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>>> TONIGHT THE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT BY PRESIDENT BIDEN MOVING UP NATIONWIDE COVID VACCINATION DEADLINE BY NEARLY TWO WEEKS. THE PRESIDENT NOW SAYING EVERY AMERICAN ADULT WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE BY APRIL 19th, COMES AS CALIFORNIA, STATE HARDEST HIT BY COVID ANNOUNCES A TARGET DATE TO FULLY REOPEN. >>> AND NEWS ON MODERNA, HOW LONG DOES ITS PROTECTION LAST? >>> POLICE INSTRUCTOR WHO TRAINED DEREK CHAUVIN TESTIFYING HE DID NOT USE AUTHORIZED NECK RESTRAINT AND GEORGE FLOYD AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN FLOYD'S FRIEND WHO WAS IN THE CAR FACED THE JUDGE. >>> NAVY MEDIC KILLED AT BASE. AFTER SHOOTING AND INJURING TWO SAILORS AT A SEPARATE LOCATION. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING. >>> MAN WHO RAMMED CAR INTO POLICE AT THE CAPITOL SHORTLY BEFORE THE ATTACK. WHAT HE'S BUYING. >> A MIGRANT BOY SAYING HE WAS ABANDONED BY THE BORDER, TEARFUL PLEA TO A PATROL AGENT. >>> "THE AMERICAN WORKER," CAN YOUR COMPANY REQUIRE YOU TO GET VACCINATED? >> NEW HOME OF THE ALL-STAR GAME REVEALED. >>> AND HUG A YEAR IN THE MAKING "INSPIRING AMERICA." >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BIDEN EXPRESSING CONCERNS PROGRESS AGAINST COVID COULD BE THREATENED BY NEW VARIANTS, HE'S JUST ANNOUNCED MOVING UP THE VACCINATION TIME LINE. NOW DECLARING ALL ADULTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE AS OF APRIL 19th. SPEAKING TO REPORTERS, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT CASES ARE RISING AGAIN, WARNING COMING AS HEALTH EXPERTS CONTINUE TO DEBATE IF THE COUNTRY HAS ENTERED A FOURTH WAVE OF ILLNESS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IN A FEW MINUTES, MY EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WITH GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, A STATE TRYING TO MANAGE CASES, BUT IF THEIRS IS A CAUTIONARY TALE IT'S NOT BEING HEEDED BY A GROWING NUMBER OF STATES THAT ARE EAGER TO MOVE ON. THAT'S WHERE WE START WITH MIGUEL ALMAGUER. >> Reporter: HIT HARDEST BY DEADLY WINTER SURGE, NOW CALIFORNIA, WORLD'S FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY PLANS TO REOPEN BY JUNE 15th IF ALL GOES WELL. >> SEEING THE BRIGHT LIGHT AT END OF THE TUNNEL. >> Reporter: CALIFORNIA'S SLOW, MEASURED APPROACH, FAR DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE UNFOLDING IN TEXAS. IN STRIKING DEFIANCE OF CDC GUIDANCE, RANGERS HOSTED A SELLOUT CROWD OF 38,000, MAKING SOCIAL DISTANCING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AND MASKS REQUIRED BUT OFTEN NOT WORN. >> ALSO HONOR ALL WHO HAVE LOST LIVES DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS -- >> Reporter: HOLDING A MOMENT OF VICTIMS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS, THOUGH EXPERTS SAY IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THIS CAN THREATEN LIVES. >> CHUNK OF AMERICANS STILL AT HIGH RISK. NOT GOTTEN VACCINATED. >> Reporter: TEXAS HAS SEEN A 19% DROP IN COVID CASES, STATES IN OVER THE HALF THE COUNTRY RECORDING A RISE IN INFECTIONS. MINNESOTA'S HOSPITALIZATIONS DOUBLING IN FIVE WEEKS. IN MICHIGAN GROWING CRITICAL. >> HOSPITALS AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FILLING UP AS WELL. >> Reporter: HOPING TO QUICKLY REACH HERD IMMUNITY, THE PRESIDENT SAID STATES SHOULD OPEN VACCINATIONS TO ALL ADULTS BY APRIL 19th, TWO WEEKS EARLIER THAN PREVIOUS GOAL. NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT MODERNA'S VACCINE, LIKE PFIZER'S, REMAINS EFFECTIVE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. BUT EVEN WITH 169 MILLION SHOTS INTO ARMS SO FAR, VARIANTS ARE FUELLING NEW WORRIES. STILL STATES LIKE NEW JERSEY WITH RISING CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE ALREADY LOOSENING MORE RESTRICTIONS, THE COUNTRY EAGER TO MOVE FORWARD WHILE STILL FACING THE THREAT OF ITS DEADLY PAST.ADLY PAST. MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS. >> I SPENT TIME IN ONE OF THE STATES STRUGGLING WITH RISING CASES, NEW JERSEY, THE SECOND HIGHEST RATE OF NEW INFECTIONS PER CAPITA. NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE, I SPOKE TO GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHY. >> 17 DIFFERENT PLACES IN NEWARK RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: I MET UP WITH NEW JERSEY'S GOVERNOR AS HE VISITED A FEMA VACCINATION SITE IN NEWARK TODAY. >> IS THIS NUMBER ONE? >> YEAH, NUMBER ONE. >> Reporter: ONE OF THE BATTLEGROUNDS IN THE STATE'S URGENT FIGHT TO REDUCE AN INCREASE IN INFECTION. >> DENSEST REGION IN AMERICA, COLD WEATHER WINTER STATE, MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILIES. >> Reporter: ARE YOU IN A NEW WAVE? >> I THINK WE'RE IN A PLATEAU, UP SOMEWHAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BUT STILL DOWN MEANINGFULLY FROM JANUARY. >> Reporter: OVER THE LAST 13 DAYS NEW JERSEY HAS A NEARLY 13% INCREASE IN CASES. HIT HARD AT START OF THE PANDEMIC, NEW JERSEY AND GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY ALREADY HAS THE HIGHEST COVID DEATH TOLL PER CAPITA, OVER 24,000 NEW JERSEYANS HAVE DIED, ANOTHER 15 YESTERDAY. IF THIS WAS HAPPENING BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC YOU'D LIKELY BE ADDING RESTRICTIONS, NOT REDUCING THEM, IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? >> AT THE TIME WE DID A YEAR AGO, THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT NONE OF US KNEW WHAT HIT US. WE HAVE VARIANTS IN THE STATE, WE'RE NOT DOING A LOT OF OPENING. >> Reporter: EASED CAPACITY FOR INDOOR DINING, ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND GYMS AMONG OTHERS BUT MOVED MORE CAUTIOUSLY THAN MANY OTHER STATES. ARE THE DECISIONS NOW IN TERMS OF ALLOWING HALF CAPACITY IN RESTAURANTS SCIENCE BASED OR PRESSURE FROM RESTAURANT OWNERS? >> WE HAVE NOTHING BUT SYMPATHY FOR THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AS AN EXAMPLE, BEEN COMPLETELY CLOBBERED. WE'RE STILL MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON THE DATA. >> Reporter: SOME STATES HAVE THROWN AWAY THEIR RESTRICTIONS AND DOING BETTER THAN NEW JERSEY, DOES THAT FRUSTRATE YOU? >> I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF LESS DENSITY AND WARMER WEATHER, HONESTLY. THEY'RE ABLE TO SPREAD OUT MORE THAN WE CAN AND LIVE MORE OUTDOORS THAN WE CAN. IT'S A REASON TO REMAIN SOBER AND DOUBLE DOWN ON EFFORTS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. >> Reporter: STATE WORKING TO HEAD OFF MODELS' PROJECTED WORST CASE. >> 4,000 OR 5,000 IN THE HOSPITAL. PEAK IN THE SPRING LAST YEAR WAS JUST UNDER 8300. >> Reporter: NEW JERSEY HAS BEEN SLOWER THAN MANY STATES EXPANDING VACCINE ELIGIBILITY. NEW JERSEY HAS DROPPED THE ELIGIBILITY TO AGE 55 AND OTHER. OVER. >> AS OF YESTERDAY. >> Reporter: YOU QUALIFY. >> I'M IN. >> Reporter: GOVERNOR MURPHY DOES NOT SEE TIGHTENED RESTRICTIONS IN THE FUTURE, BOTTOM OF HIS TOOL BAG IF CASES CONTINUE TO RIESZ RISE, MAY BE A PLEA FROM THE HEART. >> WE KNOW YOU'RE FATIGUED AND SICK OF THIS, BUT PLEASE GOD, KEEP DOING THE BASIC STUFF, GET VACCINATED, TESTED IF YOU NEED TO BE. >> Reporter: IN LINE WITH THE NEW DIRECTIVE, NEW JERSEY WILL OPEN UP VACCINATIONS TO ALL RESIDENTS OVER 16 APRIL 19th. HERE'S WHERE WE STAND, MORE THAN 108 MILLION AMERICANS RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE VACCINE DOSE. HOSPITALIZED NUMBER IS STEADY ABOUT 34,000. AND MAKE A PLAN SO YOU'LL BE READY WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN FOR VACCINATION, VISIT PLANYOURVACCINE.COM. >>> IN JUST 60 SECONDS, A SHOOTING IN A NAVY OFFICE. SUSPECT SHOT AND KILLED IN NEARBY MILITARY BASE. >>> HEARTBREAKING SCENE AS BORDER AGENT COMES ACRO >>> THE USE OF FORCE BY POLICE AND HOW MUCH IS NECESSARY WAS THE KEY FOCUS TODAY AT MURDER TRIAL OF DEREK CHAUVIN, FORMER POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. GABE GUTIERREZ IS IN MINNEAPOLIS. >> Reporter: WITH FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN TAKING NOTES, PROSECUTORS DRILLED DOWN ON USE OF FORCE POLICY. >> WHEN IT'S SAFE AND FEASIBLE, DEESCALATE. >> Reporter: BRINGING OFFICER AFTER OFFICER TO THE STAND. >> USE LEAST AMOUNT OF FORCE NECESSARY TO MEET YOUR OBJECTIONS. >> Reporter: LIEUTENANT WHO OVERSEES THE DEPARTMENT'S USE OF FORCE TRAINING. >> SUBJECT UNDER CONTROL AND HANDCUFFED, WOULD THIS BE AUTHORIZED? >> I WOULD SAY NO. >> Reporter: BUT CHAUVIN'S ATTORNEY ERIC NELSON DOUBLED DOWN, ARGUING THAT ANGRY CROWD DISTRACTED HIM AND GEORGE FLOYD DIED FROM DRUG USE AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS, NOT THE 9:30 MINUTES UNDER HIS KNEE. AND SHOWS A TRAINING PICTURE WITH OFFICER RESTRAINING A SUBJECT WITH KNEE ACROSS SHOULDERS AND NECK. >> IF THAT PERSON WERE HANDCUFFED AND CIRCUMSTANCES DICTATED, OFFICER WOULD BE PERMITTED TO CONTINUE TO HOLD HIS KNEE IN THAT SAME POSITION, AGREED? >> I WOULD SAY YES, HOWEVER WE CAUTION OFFICERS TO BE MINDFUL OF THE NECK AREA AND LOOK FOR THE SHOULDER. >> Reporter: HANGING OVER THE CASE, A POTENTIAL KEY WITNESS. MAURICE HALL APPEARED REMOTELY, PASSENGER IN FLOYD'S SUV SEEN IN THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO. LAWYER SAID HE EVOKED THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AVOID QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE PROVIDED FLOYD WITH DRUGS. >> PROVIDED NO IMMUNITY NO PROTECTION FOR HIS TESTIMONY WHATSOEVER. >> Reporter: JUDGE ASKED BOTH SIDES TO DRAFT A LIST OF LIMITED QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW. ALSO EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK, CRUCIAL TESTIMONY FROM THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER. FOR THE FLOYD FAMILY, PAINSTAKING PROGRESS. >> IT'S LIKE TRYING TO SQUEEZE WATER OUT OF A ROCK. BUT FAMILY HAS THE FAITH AND SMILES TO GET THROUGH THIS. >> I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY SOME OF THE TESTIMONY TODAY WAS MORE TECHNICAL THAN THE EMOTIONAL ACCOUNTS WE'VE SEEN. HOW WAS THE JURY REACTING? >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A POOL REPORTER INSIDE THE COURTROOM, ONE APPEARED TO BE SLEEPING AT ONE POINT, OTHERS YAWNING. >> THANK YOU. >>> POLICE AND MILITARY INVESTIGATORS SEARCHING FOR MOTIVE AFTER NAVY CORPSMAN SHOT AND WOUNDED TWO SAILORS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT NEARBY MILITARY BASE. TOM COSTELLO HAS LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: 8:20 THIS MORNING. >> ALL UNITS, 10-43, CITY IS OPERATING ON ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENT. >> Reporter: TWO SHOT IN NAVAL OFFICE IN FREDERICK, MARYLAND, HOUR OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON. THE SUSPECT QUICKLY SPED AWAY. >> I HAVE A MALE SUBJECT IN ARMY TYPE SUIT WITH AR-15. >> Reporter: BREACHING THE GATE AT FORT DETRICK MILITARY BASE AND LEADING THE BASE POLICE ON A CHASE BEFORE THEY OPENED FIRE, THE SUSPECT'S CAR RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. >> THEY WERE ABLE TO STOP HIM IN A PARKING LOT, THEN BRANDISHED A WEAPON AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO NEUTRALIZE THE SUBJECT. >> Reporter: BOTH VICTIMS WERE AIRLIFTED TO TRAUMA CENTER IN BALTIMORE, TONIGHT ONE IN CRITICAL CONDITION, OTHER JUST RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. VICTIMS AND SUSPECT ALL WORKED AT FORT DETRICK, IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THEY KNEW EACH OTHER. >> EVERY TIME WE TURN ON THE TV SEEING THIS. NOW IN OUR BACKYARD, NO ONE WANTS TO SEE IT. >> Reporter: FEDERAL, MILITARY, LOCAL AND STATE POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE AND ANSWERS. TOM COSTELLO, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. >>> FOUR DAYS AFTER DEADLY CAR ATTACK ON U.S. CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS, NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE SUSPECT BUYING THE KNIFE HE WAVED AT POLICE BEFORE HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED. STORE OWNER SAYS THE KNIFE SEEN IN THE PHOTOS MATCHED ONE PURCHASED. >>> TO MIGRANT SURGE AT THE BORDER, SEARING NEW VIDEO OF A YOUNG BOY WHOSE FACE WE WANT YOU TO SEE, TELLING BORDER PATROL AGENT HE WAS ABANDONED IN THE DESERT TRYING TO CROSS INTO THE U.S. WITHOUT HIS PARENTS. ANDREA MITCHELL. >> Reporter: IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO WATCH, YOUNG BOY APPROACHING A U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENT LAST THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT, ALONE AND SOBBING. CAN YOU HELP ME, HE SAID. I WAS COMING WITH GROUP, THEY ABANDONED ME, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. THEY LEFT YOU ALONE, THE AGENT ASKED? THEY ABANDONED ME, HE SAID, ADDING HIS PARENTS WERE NOT WITH HIM AND HE WAS AFRAID OF BEING KIDNAPPED. LATEST SHOCKING VIDEO OF UNACCOMPANIED MIGRANT CHILDREN CROSSING THE BORDER. LAST WEEK SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS CAPTURING A SMUGGLER TOSSING THREE AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD TODDLER GIRLS FROM ECUADOR OVER. THEN RUNNING AWAY. INCREDIBLY THEY WERE UNINJURED. PART OF THE MIGRANT SURGE AFTER BIDEN CHANGED THE POLICY, ALLOWING UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN TO STAY IN THE U.S. >> WE'RE ENCOUNTERING ABOUT 100 A DAY IN EL PASO JUST TURNING THEMSELVES IN. >> Reporter: MORE THAN 19,000 UNACCOMPANIED MIGRANT CHILDREN IN U.S. CUSTODY, MORE THAN 4,000 HELD BY THE BORDER PATROL IN SEVERELY OVERCROWDED DETENTION FACILITIES LIKE THIS IN DONNA, TEXAS. PACKED SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER IN A PANDEMIC. TONIGHT THE BORDER PATROL IS TELLING TELEMUNDO THAT THE BOY IS SAFE AT ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES. NEXT STEP IS TRYING TO REACH PARENTS. RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN CONTINUE TO CROSS THE BORDER. LESTER. >> ANDREA MITCHELL. AND THEN THIS -- >>> HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SAY THE CHILDREN OF MYANMAR ARE PAYING A TERRIBLE PRICE AT HANDS OF SECURITY FORCES IN HORRIFYING CRACKDOWN FOLLOWING THE MILITARY COUP TWO MONTHS AGO. KEIR SIMMONS IS FOLLOWING THE SITUATION THERE. >> Reporter: SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT BY A SOLDIER IN HER OWN HOME, MYANMAR'S YOUNGEST VICTIM OF MILITARY CRACKDOWN THAT HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SAY IS SPARING NO ONE, INCLUDING ALARMING NUMBER OF CHILDREN. >> WELL OVER 40 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED. >> Reporter: FAMILY SAYS SHE DIED IN HER FATHER'S ARMS. HOW DOES A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GET KILLED BY MILITARY? >> THE MILITARY BARGED INTO THE HOUSE, THE YOUNG GIRL WAS ALARMED, RAN TO HER FATHER AND THEY SHOT HER. >> Reporter: MILITARY IS HOLDING A PARADE WHILE PARENTS CRY. 11-YEAR-OLD BURIED WITH HER TOYS. ONE-YEAR-OLD BABY WOUNDED IN EYE BY RUBBER BULLET. RUTHLESSNESS CAUGHT ON CAMERA, TEEN ON A MOTORBIKE SHOT IN COLD BLOOD. DEATH TOLL OF PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS SINCE THE COUP TWO MONTHS AGO, NOW 550. KILLED BY A MILITARY ARMED FROM ABROAD BY COUNTRIES INCLUDING CHINA AND RUSSIA. >> THE GOVERNMENTS HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS FROM THE MYANMAR CHILDREN. >> Reporter: MANY GOVERNMENTS INCLUDING THE U.S. HAVE DEMANDED MYANMAR RETURN TO DEMOCRACY. TONIGHT THE PROTESTERS ARE VOWING TO STAY ON THE STREETS. LESTER. >> IT'S A LOT TO TAKE. THANK YOU. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW WITH OUR SERIES "THE AMERICAN WORKER," AS VACCINATIONS RISE, GROWING NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ARE RETURNING TO THE OFFICE. WHAT WILL YOUR WORKPLACE LOOK LIKE AND CAN YOUR COMPANY REQUIRE YOU TO GET VACCINATED? JO LING KENT. >> Reporter: AS COMPANIES PLAN TO BRING EMPLOYEES BACK TO THE OFFICE, REALITY OF RETURNING IS SETTING IN. >> IT IS NERVE RACKING. >> IF MY COMPANY FORCES ME TO GO BACK, I'M GOING TO TRY TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER JOB. >> Reporter: QUESTIONS PILING UP. >> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP US SAFE? >> HAVE PEOPLE BEEN VACCINATED. >> Reporter: CAN EMPLOYER REQUIRE YOU TO COME BACK TO WORK IF YOU'RE GETTING THE JOB DONE AT HOME? >> THERE'S NO REASON A EMPLOYER CAN'T REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO RETURN TO WORK IF THEY THINK THAT'S MOST EFFECTIVE, EVEN FOR EMPLOYEES WORKING PRODUCTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY. >> Reporter: MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL BE REQUIRED BUT WHAT ABOUT VACCINES? THREE AUTHORIZED BY FDA FOR USE AND FULL APPROVALS EXPECTED, BUT CAN PRIVATE COMPANIES MANDATE THEM? >> THE LAW DOES ALLOW EMPLOYER TO -- YOU HAVE TO MAKE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEVES. >> Reporter: WILL LOOK VERY DIFFERENT. >> UVC LIGHTS, AS AIR COMES INTO THE BUILDING, IT KILLS ALL AIRBORNE PATHOGENS. BRINGS FRESHER AIR IN. >> Reporter: AT DESIGN FIRM IN LOS ANGELES, INSTALLING MASSIVE FANS, SPACING OUT DESKS AND OPENING GARAGE DOORS. WHAT WAS YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY? >> FIND A GENUINE WAY TO DO IT FOR OURSELVES. SAFETY AS BASELINE. THEN STARTED TO IMPLEMENT BIGGER IDEAS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT TO DO IN THE OFFICE COMING IN TWO DAYS A WEEK. WHAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING IN WORK PROCESS. >> Reporter: POPULAR NEW STRATEGY, NO MORE PERSONAL DESK, INSTEAD RESERVE EMPTY DESK AHEAD OF TIME ON THE APP. FIRST STOP AT OFFICE IS LOCKER, WHERE YOU PICK UP YOUR OWN KEYBOARD AND MOUSE, HEAD TO THE SANITIZED DESK AND GET TO WORK. AND WILL LAST BEYOND THE PANDEMIC. >> IT WAS LONG-TERM INVESTMENT, I THINK FOR US, WE REALLY WANTED TO EMBRACE REDEFINING WHAT WORK COULD BE. >> DO EMPLOYEES HAVE A SAY IN WHAT THEIR FUTURE OFFICES WILL LOOK AND FEEL LIKE? >> Reporter: IN MANY CASES YES, A LOT OF COMPANIES BIG AND SMALL TELL US THEY'RE ASKING EMPLOYEES WHAT THEY WANT AND NEED TO FEEL SAFE. NOW REALLY IS THE TIME TO SPEAK UP, TAKE THE SURVEY, REACH OUT TO SUPERVISORS AND WEIGH IN BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE AND IT'S TOO LATE. LESTER. >> A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS IN THE FUTURE. THANKS. >>> ALL-STAR GAME HAS A NEW HOME, MLB ANNOUNCED THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED IN DENVER AFTER MOVING IT OUT OF ATLANTA IN PROTEST OF GEORGIA'S GOP-BACKED NEW LAW RESTRICTING VOTING RIGHTS. MANY REPUBLICANS HAVE BLASTED THE DECISION. PRESIDENT BIDEN TOLD GEORGIA AND OTHER STATES LOOKING TO PASS SIMILAR LAWS TO QUOTE SMARTEN UP. >> >>> WITH SO MANY SEPARATED BY THE PANDEMIC, FOR SO LONG, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR ONE COUPLE IN COLORADO, TOGETHER AGAIN AT LAST. KRISTEN DAHLGREN. >> Reporter: FOR THE PAST YEAR -- >> I'M HERE FOR YOU HONEY. >> Reporter: THIS IS AS CLOSES THEY COULD GET. >> WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS. >> DONNA HAS LATE-STAGE ALZHEIMER'S, CONFINED TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY. >> SHE'S THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. >> Reporter: CARL HAS DUTIFULLY VISITED THREE TIMES A WEEK, WORKING HARD TO BRING HER A SMILE. >> THERE YOU GO. >> Reporter: WHEN COLORADO ANNOUNCED IT WOULD ALLOW VISITORS, CARL WAS GIDDY, WAITING TO SEE HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART AND WIFE OF 55 YEARS. >> I GET TO GIVE YOU A HUG. >> Reporter: OUR DENVER AFFILIATE WITH KUFA, CAP CAMERAS ROLLING FOR FIRST HUG IN A YEAR. >> HELD HAND FOR LONG TIME. >> Reporter: DONNA IS NON-VERBAL BUT HUMMED ALONG WHEN HUSBAND SANG. ♪ YOU MAKE ME HAPPY WHEN SKIES ARE GRAY ♪ >> Reporter: EVEN A PANDEMIC IS NO MATCH FOR TRUE LOVE. KRISTEN DAHLGREN, NBC NEWS. ♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY SUNSHINE AWAY ♪ >> SWEET A MOMENT AS THEY COME. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS TUESDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. GOOD NIGHT.
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Published: Tue Apr 06 2021
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