>>> TONIGHT, THOUSANDS PAY
TRIBUTE AS GEORGE FLOYD COMES
HOME TO HOUSTON.
JOE BIDEN AMONG THEM.
ALSO TONIGHT, THE NEW VIDEO JUST
RELEASED FROM NEW MEXICO.
A KNEE TO THE NECK AND TONIGHT,
CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER.
>>> HERE IN HOUSTON, MANY
WALKING IN THE STIFLING HEAT TO
LINE UP FOR HOURS, THEN FILING
PAST GEORGE FLOYD'S CASKET.
GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED TWO
WEEKS AGO TODAY, AN OFFICER WITH
HIS KNEE ON FLOYD'S NECK FOR
EIGHT MINUTES, 46 SECONDS.
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
CAME TO HOUSTON TODAY.
THE IMAGE OF HIM WITH GEORGE
FLOYD'S LITTLE GIRL.
PAYING HIS RESPECTS TO THE FLOYD
FAMILY.
AND THE FAMILY SPEAKING JUST
MOMENTS AGO.
>>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE FORMER
OFFICER NOW CHARGED WITH SECOND
DEGREE MURDER, DEREK CHAUVIN,
WEARING AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT FOR
HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE
TODAY.
PROSECUTORS SAYING HE KEPT HIS
KNEE ON FLOYD'S NECK WHILE HE
WENT LIMP AND EVENTUALLY
LIFELESS.
AND THE BREAKING HEADLINE AS WE
COME ON THE AIR TONIGHT.
THE NEW VIDEO FROM NEW MEXICO
NOW.
THE OFFICER WITH HIS KNEE ON THE
NECK OF A MAN DETAINED AFTER A
TRAFFIC STOP.
THAT OFFICER TONIGHT NOW CHARGED
WITH MANSLAUGHTER.
WHAT WE'VE JUST LEARNED.
>>> THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL
VOTING TO DISMANTLE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE MAYOR THERE SHOUTED DOWN FOR
REFUSING TO SUPPORT CALLS TO
DEFEND THE POLICE.
GROWING CALLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TO DO THE SAME.
JOE BIDEN TONIGHT SAYING HE DOES
NOT SUPPORT THAT IDEA, NOR DOES
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO CALLED
MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY.
>>> THE DISTURBING CASE IN
VIRGINIA TONIGHT.
THE CHARGES.
THE ALLEGED MEMBER OF THE KKK
WHO DROVE RIGHT INTO A PROTEST.
AND IN SEATTLE, THE MAN WHO
DROVE INTO DEMONSTRATORS THERE
AND THEN ALLEGEDLY SHOT SOMEONE
AS HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR.
>>> ON CAPITOL HILL TONIGHT,
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
TAKING A KNEE FOR EIGHT MINUTES
AND 46 SECONDS.
TONIGHT, WHAT THEY HAVE NOW
UNVEILED TO TRY TO REFORM
POLICING.
>>> THERE ARE ALSO MAJOR
DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT IN THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
NEW YORK CITY BEGINNING TO
REOPEN.
BUT AT LEAST 20 STATES TONIGHT
HAVE NOW SEEING INCREASES IN
CASES.
AND THIS EVENING, WHAT
RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED
ABOUT CHINA AND THE VIRUS.
TONIGHT, RIGHT HERE, YOU WILL
SEE THE SATELLITE IMAGES.
DO THEY SUGGEST THE VIE WAS WAS
SPREADING FAR EARLIER THAN FIRST
THOUGHT?
AND THE SYMPTOMS PEOPLE IN CHINA
WERE SEARCHING FOR ONLINE THAT
MATCHED THE VIRUS.
THOSE SEARCHES HAS EARLY AS
OCTOBER.
IN.
>>> AND GOOD EVENING TONIGHT
FROM HOUSTON, AS WE BEGIN
ANOTHER WEEK TOGETHER.
AND AS A COMMUNITY SAYS GOOD-BYE
TO A NATIVE SON.
GEORGE FLOYD WHO HAS BECOME A
FACE OF A MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE
AND CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY.
TONIGHT HERE, WE TALKED WITH SO
MANY PARENTS WHO BROUGHT
CHILDREN, TO NURSES WHO ARE ALSO
WORKING IN THE MILD OF THIS
PANDEMIC, AND STILL, THEY
THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THEY
COME HERE TODAY.
AND TODAY, AS WE COME ON, THE
NEW CASE, THE NEW VIDEO RELEASED
JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, A KNEE TO
THE NECK AND NOW AN OFFICER
CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.
GEORGE FLOYD'S CASKET ESCORTED
INTO THE FOUNTAIN OF PRAISE
CHURCH HERE IN HOUSTON TODAY.
MOURNES PASSING BY IN SINGLE
FILE, SOCIALLY DISTANCING.
AMONG THEM, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT.
AND MANY, MANY FAMILIES, PARENTS
WITH SMALL CHILDREN.
DIVERSE AGES, DIVERSE
BACKGROUNDS, WAITING OUTSIDE IN
THE SEARING HEAT, WELL INTO THE
90s HERE.
AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN HERE IN HOUSTON TO PAY HIS
RESPECTS, TOO.
THE IMAGE OF HIM WITH GEORGE
FLOYD'S LITTLE GIRL.
ALL OF THIS AMID NEW
DEVELOPMENTS AS WE COME ON THE
AIR.
IN MINNEAPOLIS, FORMER POLICE
OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN APPEARING
BEFORE A JUDGE TO FACE MURDER
CHARGES.
AND NOW THAT NEW CASE EYE
MENTIONED FROM NEW MEXICO, AN
OFFICER WITH HIS KNEE TO A MAN'S
NECK.
TONIGHT, THAT OFFICER HAS NOW
BEEN CHARGED IN HIS DEATH.
ABC'S ALEX PEREZ LEADS US OFF
FROM MINNEAPOLIS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, FIRED
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER
DEREK CHAUVIN FACING MURDER
CHARGES, MAKING HIS FIRST
APPEARANCE IN COURT.
VIDEO IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT AND
BLUE FACE MASK.
THE PROSECUTOR LAYING OUT THE
SECOND DEGREE MURDER CASE
AGAINST CHAUVIN, SAYING HE
PLACED HIS KNEE ON FLOYD'S NECK
FOR NEARLY NINE MINUTES AS HE
"WENT LIMP."
THE JUDGE SETTING BAIL AT
$1.25 MILLION.
THE THREE OTHER OFFICERS,
TOU THAO, J. ALEXANDER KEUNG AND
THOMAS LANE, ALL CHARGED WITH
AIDING AND ABETTING CHAUVIN.
TONIGHT, LANE'S LAWYER PLACING
THE BLAME ON CHAUVIN, THE
VETERAN OFFICER, SAYING LANE HAD
ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB, FOUR
DAYS.
WAS HE AFRAID OF CHAUVIN?
>> HE RELIED ON HIS 20 YEARS
EXPERIENCED OFFICER.
AND HE THOUGHT THIS MAN KNEW
WHAT HE WAS DOING.
MY CLIENT DID EXACTLY WHAT HE
WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
FOLLOWED THE EXPERIENCED
OFFICER'S ADVICE.
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
MORE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF
EXCESSIVE FORCE FACING CHARGES.
IN NEW MEXICO TODAY, A WHITE
POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, AFTER
USING A NECK RESTRAINT THAT
PROSECUTORS SAY LED TO THE DEATH
OF A HISPANIC MAN BACK IN
FEBRUARY.
IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA --
>> NO!
>> Reporter: A WHITE HOUSE
OFFICER ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT
AFTER BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWED
HIM USING A STUN GUN ON AN
UNARMED BLACK MAN, PUTTING HIS
KNEES ON THE MAN'S BACK.
THE MAN YELLING, "I CAN'T
BREATHE."
ALL THE OFFICERS INVOLVED PLACED
ON ADMINISTRATIVELEY.
NOW, GROWING CALLS TO DEFUND OUR
OUTRIGHT ABOLISH POLICE
DEPARTMENTS.
DEFUNDING MEANING DIVERTING SOME
FUNDS FROM POLICE, TO OTHER
SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE COMING
TO A BOILING POINT IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
THE CITY'S MAYOR CONFRONTED BY
PROTESTERS AT THE SITE OF
FLOYD'S KILLING.
>> I KNOW THERE NEEDS TO BE
DEEP-SEEDED STRUCTURAL REFORM IN
TERMS OF HOW THE DEPARTMENT
OPERATES.
THE SYSTEMIC AND RACIST SYSTEM
NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED.
>> Reporter: BUT THE CROWD
PRESSING HIM FOR MORE ANSWERS.
>> WE DON'T WANT NO MORE POLICE.
IS THAT CLEAR?
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE WITH GUNS
TOTING AROUND IN OUR COMMUNITY,
SHOOTING US DOWN.
IT IS A YES OR A NO.
WILL YOU DEFUND THE MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE DEPARTMENT?
>> I DO NOT SUPPORT THE FULL
ABOLITION OF POLICE.
>> Reporter: THE MINNEAPOLIS
CITY COUNCIL IT INTENDS TO
DISMANTLE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
CALLING IT BEYOND REFORM.
JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE MAYOR
ANNOUNCING A NEW COALITION TO
PROVIDE MORE ECONOMIC INCLUSION
FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR TO HELP THE
CITY MOVE FORWARD.
>> GEORGE FLOYD MOVED TO
MINNEAPOLIS FOR A FRESH START.
IN HONORING HIS MEMORY AND
GENERATIONS OF BLACK PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED BEFORE HIM,
WE WILL REBUILD AS A STRONGER,
MORE EQUITABLE AND MORE
INCLUSIVE CITY.
>> Reporter: OTHER CITIES ALSO
ANNOUNCING PLANS TO PARTIALLY
DEFUND THE POLICE.
NEW YORK CITY SHIFTING NYPD
FUNDS TO YOUTH PROGRAMS.
L.A. CUTTING $150 MILLION FROM
ITS POLICE BUDGET.
>> AND ALEX PEREZ IS WITH US.
WE KNOW ALL FOUR OFFICERS
CHARGED IN FLOYD'S DEATH REMAIN
BEHIND BARS TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: YEAH, DAVID,
THEY'RE ALL IN CUSTODY.
CHAUVIN FACES UP TO 75 YEARS
BEHIND BARS.
AND THOSE THREE OTHER OFFICERS
COULD FACE UP TO 50 YEARS IN
PRISON.
DAVID?
>> ALEX PEREZ LEADINGS OFF ON A
MONDAY NIGHT.
THANK YOU, ALEX.
MEANTIME, HERE IN HOUSTON, THE
STIRRING IMAMGS OF SO MANY
PEOPLE COMING HERE TO HONOR
GEORGE FLOYD.
PEOPLE SEEN WALKING IN THE HEAT
TOWARD THE CHURCH AND ARRIVING
BY THE BUS LOAD.
AMONG THOSE PAYING THEIR
RESPECTS, AS WE MENTIONED
EARLIER, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN WHO MET FOR MORE THAN
AN HOUR WITH FLOYD'S FAMILY.
ABC'S MARCUS MOORE WITH US RIGHT
HERE AT THE CHURCH TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS
DEATH AT THE HANDS OF POLICE, AN
EMOTIONAL FAREWELL FOR GEORGE
FLOYD IN HIS HOMETOWN OF
HOUSTON.
MOURNERS LINING UP EARLY THIS
MORNING TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS,
BRAVING EXTREME TEXAS HEAT.
BUT SO MANY TELLING US THEY
NEEDED TO BE HERE.
>> THIS MAN WHOSE DEATH HAS
CHANGED THE WORLD.
HE'S CHANGED THE WORLD.
YOU HAVE TO COME.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
>> Reporter: INSIDE THE CHURCH,
SOCIAL DISTANCING, JUST
15 PEOPLE AT A TIME IN MASKS AND
GLOVES.
FOR HOURS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS
STREAMING PAST FLOYD'S OPEN
CASKET.
MANY HERE WERE STRANGERS TO
FLOYD AND THOSE NEXT TO THEM IN
THIS LINE, BUT TODAY, PEOPLE
LIKE QUINN RICHARDSON AND DON
MURRAY ARE CONNECTED IN THEIR
GRIEF AND HOPE FOR PROGRESS.
>> BUT WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE LIKE
MR. DON HERE WHO SAID HE HAD TO
BE HERE, TOO, IT MAKES ME PROUD
TO SAY SOMETHING WE'RE DOING,
MAKING A LOT OF NOISE, WE'RE
SHOWING UP AND PEOPLE LIKE HIM
ARE COMING OUT.
>> Reporter: MURRAY REMEMBERS
ARGUING WITH HIS FATHER ABOUT
RACISM BACK IN THE 1950s.
ALL OF THESE DECADES LATER, AN
IMAGE OF BARRIERS BROKEN.
DOES THIS TIME THAT WE'RE IN
RIGHT NOW FEEL ANY DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT YOU SAW WHEN YOU WERE
YOUNGER?
>> OH, YEAH.
I MEAN, THIS, YOU NEVER WOULD
HAVE SEEN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
NEVER.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR OF
TEXAS VOWING TO WORK FOR CHANGE
WITH THE FLOYD FAMILY.
>> THIS IS THE MOST HORRIFIC
TRAGEDY I HAVE EVER PERSONALLY
OBSERVED.
BUT GEORGE FLOYD IS GOING TO
CHANGE THE ARC OF THE FUTURE OF
THE UNITED STATES.
GEORGE FLOYD HAS NOT DIED IN
VAIN.
>> Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN TODAY MEETING PRIVATELY
FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR WITH
FLOYD'S FAMILY, SEEN HERE WITH
HIS DAUGHTER GIANNA.
A FAMILY ATTORNEY TWEETING, "HE
LISTENED, HEARD THEIR PAIN, AND
SHARED IN THEIR WOE.
THAT COMPASSION MEANT THE WORLD
TO THIS GRIEVING FAMILY."
GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY GRATEFUL
FOR THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT
TONIGHT AND PROUD OF THE MAN HE
WAS.
>> WE ALL HURTING AS A FAMILY
AND -- YOU KNOW, THE GEORGE WE
KNOW, HE'S A FAMILY MAN, GREAT
MAN.
HE STANDS FOR THE DEFINITION OF
A MAN, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE NO
FATHER FIGURE GROWING UP.
>> Reporter: IN HIS OLD
NEIGHBORHOOD, A MURAL TO
GEORGE FLOYD.
AND ONE OF HOUSTON'S SONS WHO IS
FINALLY HOME.
DAVID, TODAY, WE SAW RELATIVES
OF ERIC GARNER, AHMAUD ARBERY
AND MICHAEL BROWN, AMONG OTHERS.
A REAL SHOW OF SOLIDARITY, AS
FLOYD'S FAMILY GETS READY FOR
ANOTHER EMOTIONAL DAY, TOMORROW.
THEY WILL HAVE A PRIVATE FUNERAL
AND FLOYD WILL BE BURIED NEXT TO
HIS MOTHER.
DAVID?
>> MARCUS MOORE WITH US HERE IN
HOUSTON TONIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>>> WE WILL BE CARRYING THE
FUNERAL LIVE TOMORROW, RIGHT
HERE ON ABC.
I'LL BE ANCHORING WITH OUR TEAM
HERE AROUND NOON EASTERN, AS
GEORGE FLOYD'S HOMETOWN HONORS
HIM AND THIS MOVEMENT FOR
CHANGE.
>>> BUT WE CONTINUE WITH THE
NEWS THIS MONDAY NIGHT, AND IN
WASHINGTON TONIGHT, LAWMAKERS
KNOW THE PRESSURE TO ACT IS
GROWING.
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
TAKING A KNEE FOR 8 MINUTES AND
46 SECONDS TODAY BEFORE
UNVEILING LEGISLATION TO REFORM
POLICING.
AND THE FENCE PUT UP OUTSIDE THE
WHITE HOUSE AFTER PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS WERE MOVED OUT OF THE
WAY LAST WEEK FOR THAT PHOTO-OP,
THAT WALL HAS INSTEAD NOW BECOME
A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE FLOYD AND
CALLS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE
U.S.
INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE,
PRESIDENT TRUMP OPPOSING EFFORTS
TO DEFUND, DISMANTLE OR DISBAND
THE POLICE.
JOE BIDEN TODAY OPPOSING
DEFUNDING THE POLICE, AS WELL.
HERE'S OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN KARL.
>> Reporter: SENSING A POLITICAL
OPPORTUNITY IN THE GROWING
PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE
PRESIDENT POUNCED ON ACTIVIST
CALLS TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
>> THERE WON'T BE DEFUNDING,
THERE WON'T BE DISMANTLING OF
OUR POLICE.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY
DISBANDING OF OUR POLICE.
OUR POLICE HAVE BEEN LETTING US
LIVE IN PEACE.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT ALSO
SAID HE'S CONSIDERING IDEAS FOR
POLICE REFORM, BUT HE DIDN'T
MENTION SPECIFICS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO WORK AND WE'RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT IDEAS, HOW
WE CAN DO IT BETTER AND HOW WE
CAN DO IT, IF POSSIBLE, IN A
MUCH MORE GENTLE FASHION.
>> Reporter: HIS ATTORNEY
GENERAL TODAY ACKNOWLEDGED
AFRICAN-AMERICAN DISTRUST OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, BUT
24 HOURS AGO, BILL BARR SAID HE
DOES NOT THINK THERE IS SYSTEMIC
RACISM.
>> I THINK THERE'S RACISM IN THE
UNITED STATES STILL, BUT I DON'T
THINK THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
SYSTEM IS SYSTEMICALLY RACIST.
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN HAS
EXPRESSED SOLIDARITY WITH THE
PROTESTERS, BUT TODAY HIS
CAMPAIGN MADE IT CLEAR HE DOES
NOT SUPPORT CALLS FOR DEFUNDING,
EITHER.
"VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN DOES NOT
BELIEVE THAT POLICE SHOULD BE
DEFENDED," THE CAMPAIGN SAID IN
A WRITTEN STATEMENT.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS UNVEILED THEIR
OWN REFORM PLAN TODAY, CALLING
FOR, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A
BAN ON CHOKEHOLDS, A NATIONAL
REGISTRY OF POLICE MISCONDUCT
AND LIMITING IMMUNITY
PROTECTIONS FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
ONE THING NOT IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PROPOSAL?
ANYTHING TO DO WITH DEFUNDING
THE POLICE.
>> FUNDING OF POLICE IS A LOCAL
MATTER, AS YOU KNOW.
FROM THE STANDPOINT OF OUR
LEGISLATION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO
THAT PLACE.
>> Reporter: REPUBLICAN LEADERS
HAVE SAID THEY, TOO, SUPPORT
REFORMS, BUT THEY HAVE NOT
SIGNED ONTO THIS BILL.
SENATOR MITT ROMNEY MADE A SHOW
OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROTESTS OVER
THE WEEKEND.
>> WE NEED TO STAND UP AND SAY
THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> SO, LET'S GET TO JON AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
AND THIS COMES AS NEW POLLS SHOW
JOE BIDEN WITH A GROWING LEAD
OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
YOU HAVE SOURCES THERE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE
WELL AWARE OF THESE NUMBERS.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE SURE ARE.
THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF SAYS THE
POLLS ARE SKEWED, DESIGNED TO
DAMPEN THE ENTHUSIASM OF HIS
SUPPORTERS.
AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS THE
PRESIDENT WILL RESUME RALLIES IN
A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND THEY ARE PREDICTING LARGE
CROWDS DESPITE THE CONTINUED
COVID-19 THREAT, DAVID.
>> JON KARL STARTING ANOTHER
WEEK AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR US.
JON, THANK YOU.
>>> THERE ARE ALSO MAJOR
DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT IN THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
A TRIUMPHANT MOMENT TODAY, 100
DAYS AFTER THE FIRST CASE FROM
THE CORONAVIRUS, AS MANY AS
400,000 PEOPLE RETURNING TO JOBS
IN NEW YORK CITY, CONSTRUCTION,
MANUFACTURING AND LIMITED RETAIL
JOBS, GETTING FREE FACE MASKS
AND HAND SANITIZER AT THE SUBWAY
ENTRANCES IN THE CITY.
GOVERNOR CUOMO SEEN TAKING THE
TRAIN TO HIS OFFICE.
BUT CASES ARE RISING IN NEARLY
HALF OF THE COUNTRY TONIGHT,
EVEN BEFORE POSSIBLE CASES AMONG
PROTESTERS.
AND TONIGHT HERE, AN
INVESTIGATION NOW REVEALING THAT
THE VIRUS MAY HAVE STRUCK CHINA
MONTHS BEFORE THEY LET ON.
TONIGHT, RIGHT HERE, YOU WILL
SEE THE SATELLITE IMAGES AND
ALSO SEE WHAT THE PEOPLE OF
CHINA WERE SEARCHING FOR ONLINE
AS EARLY AS OCTOBER.
HERE'S TOM LLAMAS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, SIGNS THE
THREAT FROM CORONAVIRUS IS NOT
OVER.
CASES ON THE RISE IN 20 STATES.
1,500 NEW CASES, A RECORD,
REPORTED IN ARIZONA ON FRIDAY,
TWO WEEKS AFTER REOPENING.
TEXAS OPEN FOR MORE THAN A
MONTH, SEEING A STEEP INCREASE
IN NEW PATIENT ADMISSIONS.
NOW, NEARLY 2,000 HOSPITALIZED.
DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY NOW
SURPASSING 110,000.
KAISER HEALTH NEWS AND THE
GUARDIAN REPORTING NEARLY 600 OF
THE VICTIMS WERE U.S. HEALTH
CARE WORKERS.
AND NOW, NEW EVIDENCE THE VIRUS
MAY HAVE BEEN SWEEPING THROUGH
THAN NEARLY THREE MONTHS BEFORE
CHINESE HEALTH OFFICIALS TOLD
THE WORLD.
THESE SATELLITE PHOTOS SHOW
VARIOUS WUHAN HOSPITALS FROM
OCTOBER.
THOSE RED DOTS, CARS PACKING THE
PARKING LOTS.
THIS IS HUBEI WOMEN AND CHILDREN
HOSPITAL IN OCTOBER 2018.
393 CARS.
A YEAR LATER?
714.
>> SATELLITE PHOTOS, MIRROR
IMAGES, OCTOBER 2018, OCTOBER
2019 AND YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF
CARS SKYROCKET.
>> SO, MUCH GREATER AND GREATER
THAN ANY OTHER SORT OF TIME WEIR
YAD THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT.
>> Reporter: AT TONGJI MEDICAL
CENTER, 112 CARS IN
2018 COMPARED TO 214 A YEAR
LATER, A 90% INCREASE.
>> MORE CARS TO A HOSPITAL, THE
HOSPITAL'S BUSIER.
LIKELY BECAUSE MAYBE SOMETHING'S
HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY, AN
INFECTION IS GROWING AND PEOPLE
HAVE TO SEE A DOCTOR.
>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS SAY
THEY CAN'T PROVE THIS INCREASED
ACTIVITY IS DUE TO COVID-19, BUT
THEY ALSO FOUND INTERNET
SEARCHES IN WUHAN FOR THE TERMS
"DIARRHEA" AND "COUGH"
SPIKING IN OCTOBER.
TWO SYMPTOMS OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
ABC SPOKE WITH MULTIPLE
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTS WHO
TOLD US THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS A
DELAY IN IDENTIFYING AND THEN
REPORTING AN OUTBREAK.
CHINA HAS ADAMANTLY MAINTAINED
THEY REPORTED THE OUTBREAK IN A
TIMELY FASHION.
AND TONIGHT, NEW, IMPORTANT
GUIDANCE FROM THE W.H.O.
THEY'RE NOW SAYING IT IS RARE
FOR ASYMPTOM MAMIC PATIENTS
CARRYING COVID-19 TO SPREAD THE
DEADLY DISEASE.
THEY SAY THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON
PEOPLE SHOWING SUMP TOMS, TO
QUARANTINE THEM AND ISOLATE
THEIR CONTACTS.
DAVID?
>> TOM LLAMAS WITH US LIVE IN
NEW YORK TONIGHT.
TOM, THANK YOU.
>>> AND WHEN WE COME BACK ON A
MONDAY NIGHT, A HATE CRIME
INVESTIGATION NOW UNDER WAY
INVOLVING THE VIRGINIA KKK
TONIGHT, AND A PICKUP RIGHT INTO
A CROWD.
>>> AND ANOTHER VEHICLE RIGHT
INTO A GROUP OF DEMONSTRATORS IN
SEATTLE.
IN A MOMENT.
>>> WE'RE GOING TO TURN NEXT
TONIGHT TO THAT HATE CRIME
INVESTIGATION NOW UNDER WAY
AFTER THE SELF-PROCLAIMED
PRESIDENT OF THE VIRGINIA KKK
ALLEGEDLY DROVE HIS PICKUP TRUCK
INTO A CROWD OF PROTESTERS.
HARRY ROGERS IS NOW FACING
SEVERAL FELONY CHARGES.
HE'S ACCUSED OF REVVING HIS
ENGINE BEFORE RAMMING HIS CAR
INTO THE GROUP.
NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT.
AND IN SEATTLE, A DRIVER NOW IN
CUSTODY TONIGHT.
POLICE REVIEWING THIS VIDEO NOW,
SHOWING THE SUSPECT PLOWING INTO
PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS.
THAT PROTESTER IS RECOVERING
TONIGHT.
THE MOTIVE IS UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK ON THIS
MONDAY NIGHT, THAT TROPICAL
SYSTEM SLAMMING INTO THE U.S.
COAST, NOW BEING FELT ACROSS
SEVERAL STATES TONIGHT.
AND THE RESCUES.
THE IMAGES AND YOU'LL SEE THEM
IN A MOMENT.
>>> NEXT TONIGHT, REMNANTS OF
CRISTOBAL PUSHING INLAND.
MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE COAST
IN LOUISIANA.
RESCUERS PULLING PEOPLE FROM
THEIR HOMES.
FLOOD WARNINGS AND WATCHES IN
EFFECT FROM LOUISIANA TO
WISCONSIN OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48
HOURS.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE
INCREDIBLE MOMENT WE WITNESSED
RIGHT HERE ON THE LINE HEADING
INTO THE CHURCH IN A MOMENT.
>>> FINALLY, WE WALKED THAT
ROUTE HERE UNDER THE BLAZING SUN
TODAY, AND WHAT WE HEARD MOVED
US.
HERE IN HOUSTON TODAY, FLAGS
LINE THE ROUTE.
THOUSANDS COMING TO THIS CHURCH,
MANY WALKING IN BLISTERING HEAT
TO WAIT IN LINE FOR HOURS.
A NURSE IN THIS PANDEMIC COMING
HERE, TOO.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH
CONCERNS OVER THIS PANDEMIC.
>> CORRECT.
>> BUT YOU'VE TAKEN A BREAK FROM
YOUR WORK TODAY TO COME HERE.
>> YES, SIR.
>> WHY WAS THAT SO IMPORTANT TO
YOU?
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME,
BECAUSE IN MY CAREER, I'M ALL
FOR LIFE.
AND HIS DEATH IS A SENSELESS
DEATH.
>> SHE IS HERE AS A MOTHER, TOO.
>> FOR SOMEBODY TO KNOW WHEN
SOMEBODY IS TELLING YOU, "I
CAN'T BREATHE," FOR YOU TO GIVE
THAT PERSON A CHANCE TO BREATHE.
WHEN I HEARD A GROWN MAN CALLING
AND CALLING HIS MOM, I HAVE
CHILDREN, TOO.
>> A STUDENT, JONATHAN VAZQUEZ.
YOU FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DOM
HERE.
>> YES, SIR.
>> HE MADE A STOP.
>> YOU BROUGHT FLOWERS?
>> YES, SIR, NINE ROSES.
TO DEDICATE, I GUESS, THE AMOUNT
OF MINUTES THAT HE COULDN'T
BREATHE.
YEAH, JUST -- REALLY TOUGH TIME
THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND I'M
GLAD I'M ABLE TO PAY MY
RESPECTS.
>> WE SAW SO MANY MOTHERS HERE.
AISHA AND HER TWO BOYS.
>> I LOVE MY KIDS, I WANT THE
WORLD TO LOVE MY KIDS, I WANT
THEM TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, I JUST WANT THINGS TO
CHANGE.
I THINK THAT WHAT'S HAPPENED IS
REALLY -- WORDS CAN'T FATHOM
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO GEORGE.
AS A MOTHER, WHEN HE CALLED OUT,
MY HEART BROKE.
AND IT HAS TO STOP.
IT CAN'T GO NO FURTHER.
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
>> AND HOW DO YOU PROTECT YOUR
SONS?
>> I AM -- I KEEP TELLING THEM
ABOUT THE GREAT LEGACY THAT THEY
COME FROM, I ENCOURAGE THEM TO
WORK HARD, TO DO ALL THE RIGHT
THINGS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I
PRAY OVER MY CHILDREN.
>> SO MANY PAYING TRIBUTE,
HOPING FOR CHILDREN.
GOOD NIGHT.