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With the kindness of friends and strangers, his hospital bill is now being paid. but he and other fijian veterans still face visa charges to legally remain in the uk. for taitusi and his family, that would cost nearly £10,000. campaigners say the policy needs to change. if somebody can sacrifice their lives to serve for queen and country, im absolutely certain they deserve to be here. theres no doubt about that. commonwealth countries like fiji have long been a fertile recruiting ground for the...

Still face these charges to legally remain in the uk. for taitusi and his family, that would cost nearly £10,000. campaigners say the policy needs to change. if somebody can sacrifice their lives to serve for queen and country, im absolutely certain they deserve to be here. theres no doubt about that. commonwealth countries like fiji have long been a fertile recruiting ground for the forces, but lawyers now representing a group of fijians, including taitusi, argue many were not given clear guid...

Joining me, appreciate it. isabella, i will start with you. congratulations. tell me why you felt so passionate about this. >> i felt as though like all seniors we worked so hard to get to this point of our lives and the school year didnt end the way we wanted to but it felt unfair to us that with the lifting of restrictions of certain things that we were not able to have the in person graduation when we can go to the beach the next day or touching all those in the store. the move was implemente...

That wants to keep the country closed, the party that wants to keep the country wearing a mask, and they are feeding this narrative on social media channels in campaign ads. as the economy struggles, they know that could be the biggest burden for president trump and republicans, as we head toward november. they want to blame the democrats, in essence, for keep the country closed. you dont see president trump talking about the economy in a serious -- >> but robert -- >> yes? >> i guess that, its ...

Misinformation on their your platform. >> the president tonight saying hes read that letter but ignores the widowers words. >> im sure that ultimately they want to get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: in that letter the staffers widower urges twitter to delete the presidents tweet. twitter has not taken them down but for tonight for the first time twitter has posted fact checks beneath some of president trumps tweets lester >> all right, peter alexander at the white house tonight, thank you. ...

There are exceptions to it just like china. but a new so-called ban on visitors from brazil to the u.s. is going into effect really minutes from now at the top of the hour. more people are now dying in brazil from the coronavirus every day than in any other nation in the world. nbc news correspondent bill neely has our report. >> reporter: today like every day, dozens of virus funerals in rio. american oscar stearns was 64 and from boston and lived here all his life. one of 800 victims in one da...

Responsible. shouldnt you act in the face of that? so i think based on that discrepancy, based on the failure of the other officers to act, based upon his misconduct, there needs to be a prosecution here. and i think based upon what i see here, it would be a very successful prosecution at that. >> joey jackson, thank you. >> thank you. >> and next the heartbreaking story of just one of the 100,271 americans who have lost their lives to coronavirus. its best we stay apart for a bit, but youre not...

Pandemic. here are some of those who we lost in the past few months reflecting on the impact on their loved ones and the country. >> reporter: a grim milestone, 100,000. americans from all walks of life across generations. "the new york times" filled its front page with just 1,000 of the grandfathers, grandmothers, husbands and wives, sons and daughters. 100,000, taken so fast by covid-19 this country is still reeling in shock. cody of colorado was a healthy 21-year-old kid. >> cody just -- he h...

Obituary names grow with no end in sight. painful to learn of the hopes and dreams lost. and when we cant say good-bye in person, it hurts. >> i give them a moment of silence and respect them because we all have loved ones out there. >> reporter: we as survivors must remember, no one, no matter who they were, should leave this world alone. kevin tibls, nbc news, chicago. kevin, thank you for that report. chuck, over to you. >> thats the hardest part. anybody thats lost somebody, the need to gr...

There are exceptions to it just like china. but a new so-called ban on visitors from brazil to the u.s. is going into effect really minutes from now at the top of the hour. more people are now dying in brazil from the coronavirus every day than in any other nation in the world. nbc news correspondent bill neely has our report. >> reporter: today, like every day, dozens of virus funerals in rio. american oscar stearns was 64 and from boston and lived here all his life. one of 800 victims in one d...