PBS NewsHour; March 15, 2020, 5:30pm-6:00pm PDT

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- AND ADDED CURFEWS.RE - LAYOFFS ANCED HOURS AR - STARTING TO AFFECT EMPLOYEES - ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF - INDUSTRIES. - THE PRESIDENT TESTED NEGATIVE - FOR THE VIRUS YESTERDAY. - BUT THE NUMBER OF COD - CASES IS RISING. - DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, DIRECTOR OF - THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF - ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES - AT N.I.H., WARNED THAT THE - COUNTRY NEEDS TO STAY AHEAD OFE - SEASE EVEN IF IT SEEMS - LIKE AN OVER-REACTION AT THIS - STAGE. - >> AMERICANS SHOULD BE PREPARED - THAT THEY'REOING TO HAVE TO - HUNKER DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE - THAN WE AS A COUNTRY ARE DOING. - TOHINK THAT RIGHT NOW - EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OKAY IF - YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING, THAT'S - ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT. - .E'VE GOT TO REALLY ALWAYS BE - AHEAD OF THE CUR - I SAY NOW IN A WAY I THINKER - PEOPLE UAND, I'D LIKE TO - BE CRITICIZED FOR BEING OVER- - REACTIVE. - >> Sreenivasan: AS OF SUNDAY - AFTERNOON, THERE ARE NEARLY - U.S. AND 57 DEATHS FROM COVID- - 19, ACCORDING TO JOHNS HOPKINS - UNIVERSITY'S CORONAVIRUS - RESOURCE CENTER.

- IN ITALY TODAY, POPE FNCIS - OFFERED PRAYERS TO THE SICK AND - TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS BATTLING - THE CORONAVIRUS BY VIDEO. - HIS REMARKS CAME AS THE VATICA - ANNOUNCED THAT HOLY WEEK WILL - MOVE FORWARD AS PLANNED-- BUT - THE PUBLIC WILL ONLY BABLE TO - FOLLOW THE CEREMONIES VIA - TELEVISION, RADIO AND ONLINE - MEDIA. - ST. PETER'S SQUARE AND THE - BASILICA REMAIN CLOSED TO - TOURISTS. - ITALY REPORTED 3,497 NEW - CORONAVIRUS CASES AND 175 DEATHS - YESTERDAY-- THE MOST REPORTED IN - A SINGLE DAY. - IN SPAIN, THE NUMBER OF - CORONAVIRUS-RELATED DEATHS - DOUBLED OVERNIGHT FROM 136 TO - ALMOST 300. - SPAIN DECLARED A STATE OF - EMERGENCY YESTERDAY, CLOSING - RESTAURANTS, BARS, MOST RETAIL - SHOPS, AND LIMITING TRAVEL - EXCEPT FOR WORK AND EMERGENCIES. - RITAIN OFFICIALS SAID - THEY WILL ESCALATE EMERGENCY - MEASURES THIS WE TO COMBAT THERO - VIRUS-- INCLUDING - REQUIRING THE ELDERLY TO SELF- - ISOLATE AND BANNING MASSER - GAGS. - JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER SHINZOES - ABE SAIDRDAY THAT TOKYO - WILL HOST THE SUMMER OLYMPIC

- GAMES ON SCHEDULE BEGINNING THIS - JULY. - SPEAKING TO REPORTERS,BE - INSISTED THAT DECLARING A STATE - OF EMERGENCY FOR JAPAN ISNE - SSARY-- BUT THAT HIS - GOVERNMENT IS CLOSELY MONITORING - THE CORONAVIRUS. - JAPAN S REPORTED 773 CONFIRMED - CASES OF CORONAVIRUS AND 22 - CORONAVIRUS-RELATED DEATHS. - GETTING HOME FROM EUROPE WAS NOT - EASY AT THE 13 AIRPORTS - DESIGNATED F SCREENINGS. - IN THE U.S. LAST NIGHT - PASSENGERS REPORTED HOS-LONG - LINES DUE TO THE NEW MEDICAL - REQUIREMENTS. - THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION - ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT IT IS - ALSO RESTRICTING TRAVEL FROM THE - U.K. AND IRELAND, IN ADDITION TO - MOST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. - AT CHICAGO'S O'HARE AIRPORT, - AUTHORITIES ASKED PASSENGERS - LTURNING FROM EUROPE TO F - OUT QUESTIONNAIRES AND UNDERGO - ENHANCED SCREENING. - PAENGERS COMPLAINED ABOUT - BEING PACKED INTO CROWDED AREAS - AT A TIME WHEN THEY ARTOLD TO - KEEP 6-10 FEET APART TO AVOID - SPREADING THE CORONAVIRUS. - THE DERTMENT OF HOMELAND - SECURITY'S ACTING SECRETARY CHAD - WOLF TWEETEDHAT D.H.S. IS" - AWARE OF THE LONG LINES" AND" - WORKING TO ADD ADDITIONAL - SCREENING CAPACITY AND WORKING

- WITH THE AIRLINES TO EXPEDITE - THE PROCESS." - TO HELP CONTAIN TRANSMISSION OFC - CORONAVIRUS, TTERS FOR - DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION - HAS ISSUED GUIDELINES FOR SOCIAL - DISTANCING. - FOR SOME, THAT HAS MEANT - OUMITING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN - A GATHERING OR EGING - PEOPLE TO KEEP A DISTANCE OF SIX - FEET FROM OTHERS. - JOINING ME NOW IS CRYSTA - TSON, SENIOR SCHOLAR AT JOHNS - HOPKINS CENTER FOR HEALTH - SECURITY. - LET'S GET A KIND OF A BASIC - UNDERSTANDING HERE. - WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOCIAL - DISTANCING, IS IT ABOUT THE - OFYSICAL SPACE JUST AROUND - OURSELVES OR LOTTHER - BEHAVIORS? - >> YEAH, IT'S ABOUT PH - SPACE AROUND OURSELVES, THAT'S - THE FUNDAMENTAL. - BUTOIT'S ALSO ABOUT NOT GOIN - PLACES WHERE EITHER YOU COULD BE - EXPOSED TO MANY PEOPLE OR YOU - COULD EXPOSE SOMEONE IF YOU'RE - ILL AND MAYBE EVEN DON'T KNOW - IT. - WE'RE SEEI SOME MORE - INDICATIONS THAT THIS MIGHT BE - TRANSMITTED PRE-SYMPTOMATICALLYA - OR ASYMPCALLY BEFORE - PEOPLE HAVE SYMPTOMS. - AND SO SOMETIMES WE WON'T EVEN - KNOW THAT WE'RE INFECTED WITH - THE VIRUS.en - >> Sasan: YOU KNOW, A LOT - OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, HEY, LISTEN, - THIS, I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT

- SHOU WORK FOR THE ELDERLY OR - THE FRAIL. - I'M HEALTHY. - I'M YOUNG. - WHY SHOU I ENGAGE IN THIS - DISTANCING? - >> RIGHT. - SO WE'RE TAKING SOME PRETTY BIG - STS HERE TO CANCEL SCHOOLS, TO - WORK FROM HOME. - THOSE ARE ALL BIG THINGS THAT - ARE CAUSING US TT SACRIFICE A - LLECTIVELY. - BUT THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT - IS BECAUSENT TO PROTECT - THOSE OLDER INDIVIDUALS AND - THOSE PEOPLE WITH OTHER - UNDERLYING CONDITIONS THAT MIGHT - BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEVERE - DISEASE IF THEY GET INFECTED - WITH THIS VIRUS. - >> Sreenivasan: AND SO FAR, WE - HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS NOT A - VIRUS THAT'S AFFECTING CHILDREN - NEARLY AS MUCH AS PREVIOUS OS. - SO THE RAGING DEBATE, AT LEAST C - IN TY OF NEW YORK AND - OTHER PLACES, ARE SHOULD THE - SCHOOL DISTRICTS STAY OPEN? - >> RIGHT. - IT'S A REALLY HARD CALL, WE - ALWAYS WANT MORE INFORMATION - THAN WE HAVE IN THESE TYPES OF - CRISES. - BUT WH WE'VE SEEN SO FAR IS - THAT CHILDREN IN LARGE PART - DON'T GET AS SICK AS OTHER - PEOPLE. - BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH - ABOUT IS WHETHER THEY ARE - TDRIVERS OF TRANSMISSION S

- VIRUS, WHETHER THEY ARE ACTUALLY - SPREADING IT WHEN THEY'RE - ASYMPTATIC OR MILDLY - SYMPTOMATIC. - SO IT'S A HARD CALL TO MAKE. - THERE ARE A T OF DOWNSTREAM - IMPLICATIONS OF CLOSING SCHOOLS. - BUT I THINK IN T PLACES WHERE - THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSED, IT'S IT'S - A GOOD THING TO DO TO RELY - RESPOND TO THIS VIRUS AND BE - CONSERVATIVE HERE.re - >>ivasan: SO HOW DOES A - SOCIETY GO ON FUNCTIONING IN - TERMS OF, WELL, WHEN WE START TO - THINK ABOUT CLOSING SMALL, - BUSINESSAT'S KIND OF THE - LIFEBLOOD OF MOST ECONOMIES. - IF YOU STARTO SAY, HEY, IF - YOU'RE A RESTAURANT, GO AHEAD - AND SPACE EVERYBODY THREE FEET - APART, IT MIGHT NOT BE - PROFITABLE ENOUGH TO STAY OPEN. - SO WHAT ARE SOME, WHAT ARE SOME - THINGS THAWE CANT O TO TRY TO - ROUGH THIS AND HAVE SOME - SEMBLANCE OF ACCESS AND KEEP - PEOPLE EMPLOYED? - >>ELL, I THINK A BIG BUSINESS - THROUGH THIS CRISIS IS GOING TO - DELIVERIES AT HOME. - SO IF, IF COMPANIES CAN CHANGE - THEIR PRACTICES AND BE ABLE TO - CREATE DELIVERIES INSTEAD OF - HAVING PEOPLE COME TO - RESTAURANTS, THAT'S GOINTO BE - HUGELY HELPFUL. - BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A TIME

- OF SACRIFICE FOR ALL OF US. - AND SO WE NEED TO BAND TOGETHER - TO REALLY DO WHAT WE CAN TO - LIMIT THE SPREAD. - AND THAT WAY, HOPEFULLY WE WILL - GET THROUGH THIS ALL TOGETHER. - AND THE DAMAGE WON'T BE SO BAD. - >> Sreenivasan: SO FAR, HAVE WEI - LEARNED THATIS SOMETHING - IF YOU HAVE IT, IFAVE MILDEM? - SYMPTOMS, IT'S YOU'RE ONE AND - DONE? - OR IF YOU HAVE TO BE - HOSPITALIZED, ARE YOU DONE THEN? - IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF THIS - THING RECURRG IN AN - INDIVIDUAL'S BODY? - >> YEAH, TT'S ANOTHER BIG - SCIENTIFIC QUESTION THAT PEOPLE - ARE WORKING ON RIGHT N S. - WE HAVE SEE, SOME RECENT - RESEARCH ON THIS, BUT WE REALLY - DON'T UNDERSTAND ENOUGH TO BE - ABLE TO KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO - GET REINFECTED WITH THIS VIRUS. - WE DO VE EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER - CORONA VIRUSES WHERE, THAT CAUSL - COMMON AND PEOPLE DO GET - REINFECTED WITH THEM. - THIS POINT. DON'T KNOW ENOUGH AT - >> Sreenivasan: ONE OF THE - QUESTIONS WE HAD FROM VIEWERSST - DAY WAS, SHOULD WE BE - GOING TO NON-EMERGENCY STANDING - DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS?

- WHERE, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS - THAT COULD GO WRONG WITH OUR - HEALTH BESIDES THIS VIRUS-- - WHAT'S A BALANCE BETWEEN MAKING - SURE TT I STAY HEALTHY FOR - OTHER REASONS AND TRYING TO STOP - FROM GETTING THIS? - >> YEAH, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT - BALANCE. - AND I WOULD SUGGEST THE BEST - THING TO DO IF YOU HAVE AN - APPOINTMENT AND YOU'RE NOT SURE - IF YOU SHOULD GO TO THE DOCTOR'S - OFFICE IS TO CALL YOUROCTOR, - HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM. - THEY CAN HELP YOU DECIDE WHETHER - IT'S WORTH GOING TO THE DOCTOR, - ERE THERE MIGHT BE OTHER - PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK OR WHETHER - IT'S BETTER TO STAY HOME AND - RESCHEDULE FOR A LATER TIME. - >> Sreenivasan: I'M PERSONALLY - GUILTY OF THIS. - I WENT TO THE GYM YESTERDAY - I SHOWED UP.F HABIT. - I DID WHAT I DID, AND THEN I WAS - THINKING ABOUT WHAT WASPP - ING IN THERE. - ARE GYMS GOOD PLACES TO SPREAD - THIS KIND OF THING? - >> I THINK ANY PLACE WHERE - YOU'RE GATHERING TOGETHER IN BIG - GRPS AND IN CLOSE QUARTERS - THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF - SPREADINTHE VIRUS. - I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO GO TO - THE GYM. - I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP BOTH OF - OUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH

- UP IF WE'RE GONNA GETHROUGH - THIS TOGETHER. - SO IF YOU DO GO TO THE GYMWOI - D SAY DON'T TAKE PART IN - THOSE LARGE CLASSES. - THAT'S PROBABLY AN AREA WHCOE - THERD BE MORE CONTACT AND - SPREAD. - O AND IF YOU USE EQUIPMENTPE - IT DOWN BEFORE AND AFTER, WASH - YOUR HANDS REALLY WELL ANDLP - THAT'LL IMIT. - >> Sreenivasan: ARE YOU - OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS IG TO - REACH SOME SORT OF PEAK IN THE - NEXT FEW WEE FOR THE UNITED - STATES BASED ON THE DATA THAT - WE'RE SEEING COUNTRY AFTER - COUNTRY? - >> YEAH, BASED ON THE DATA WE'RE - SEEING BOTH OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. - AND, AND IN THE U.S. NOW, I - THINK WE'RE STILL SEEING JUST - THE TIP OF THE ICEBERGN TERMS - OF CASES HE. - SO I THINK WE SHOULD BUCKLE IN - FOR, FOR A LITTLE WHILE.TI - I'M NOT STIC THAT IT - WILL JUST BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS. - >> Sreenivasan: ALL RIGHT. - CRYSTAL WATSON, SENIOR SCHOLAR - AT JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR - HEALTH SECURITY, THANKS SO MUCH. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Sreenivasan: TONIGHT THE 11tI

- DEMOCRATIC PNTIAL DEBATE - WILL FEATURE ONLY TWO - CANDIDATES-- AND THIS TIME THERE - WILL BE NO AE. - FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN - AND SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WILL - NOT HAVE TO FLY TO THE LOCATION - NOW THAT IT'S BEEN MOVED FROM - D.C.NIX TO WASHINGTO - THE CORONAVIRUS HAS SHUT DOWN - MUCH OF TRADITIONAL POLITICS-- - VIRTUAL EVENTS ARE REPLACING - PUBLIC CAMPAIGN RALLIES. - LOUISIANA AND GEORGIA HAVE - POSTPONED THEIR PRIMARIES AND - WYOMING IS SPENDING IN-PERSON - VOTING, AND SWITCHING TO VOTE- - BY-MAIL. - FOR MORE ON HOW THE POLITICAL - LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING, NEWSHOUR - POLITICAL REPORTER DAN BUSH - JOINUS NOW. - >> Sreenivasan: THIS IS UNLIKE - CAMPAIGNS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE - PAST. THIS ISKIND OF THE TIME - WHERE ESPECIALLY HEADING INTO - THE MONTH OR TWO BEFORE THE - RTY CONVENTIONS IT IS FULL - STEAM AHEAD, THE LEADERS ARE - REALLY, WE ARE DOWN TO O - PEOPLE BUT THEY ARE NOT HAVING - ANY EVENTS. - >> THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS - UNUSUAL. - NOTHING LIKE WE HAVE SEEN IN - RECENT MEMORY. - AS Y SAID THIS IS THE MOMT - WHERE THERE ARE MORE RALLIES - THEY ARE TRYING TO REACH AS MANY

- VOTERS AS THE CAN IN PRSON, - AND YET HERE WE ARE, WE SAW - PRESIDENT BIDEN STRT CANCELINGE - THEIR EVENTS LAST WEEK AND - PULLING BACK AND THESE CAMPAIGNP - ARE BIATIONS, IT IS LIKE A - COANY, STAFFERS ARE WORKING - FROM HOME IN MANY CASES NOW, SO - THEY ARE TRYING TO, NUMBER ONE, - REDUCE THE EXPOSURE, OBIOUSLY, - RT OF REDUCE THE NUMBER OF - LARGE CROWD GATHERINGS AND 2 - NUMBFIND CREATIVE WAYS TO - REACH VOTERS VIRTUALLY. - >> Sreenivasan: YES. - LL WHAT DOES THAT VIRTUAL TON - HALL CAMPAIGN RLOOK LIKE? - >> SO WE ARE STARTING TO SEE - THEM LAST WEEK, BIDEN HAD HIS - FIRST VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, SORT OF - LIKE IMAGINING L AARGE - TELECONFERENCE WITH A LOT OF - PEOPLE WHERE BIDEN CAN SPEAK - EVEN THOUGH SHE NOT IN THE ROOM, - THAT WAS IN ILLINOIS. - AND WE SAW SANDERS DO A KIND O - ONLINE FIRESIDE CHAT, EVEN AHEAD - OF THE DEBATE TONIGHT THE - SANDERS CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED TODAY - THEY ARE DOING A SORT OF LIVE - STREAM WHERE THEY ARE SITTING - LOWNITH CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS AND - SOME EXPERTS TO ABOUT THE - CORONAVIRUS, TALK ABOUT THE - CAMPAIGN. - SO THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYSP

- TO REAOPLE EVEN WHEN THE - CANDIDATES THEMSELVES CAN'T BE - OUT THERE TAKING TO VOTERS, - DOING ALL OF THIS SORT OF - GENERAL ELECTION YEAR THINGS WE - >> Sreenivasan: I SHOULD ALSO - MENTION THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN - CANCELED SOME OF ITS EVENTS AS - WELL SO WHEN YOU L AOOK L - THREE OF THESE GENTLEMEN IF THEY - ARE THE PRESUMPTIVE LEADERS OF - THEIR PARTIES AND PSIBLY COULD - BE COMPETING TO BE PRESIDENT, - THEY ARE SMACK-DAB IN THEHI - DEMOGRTHAT IS AT GREATEST - RISK, RIGHT? - THEY ARE OFFICIALLY THE ELDERLY. - >> THAT'RIGHT. - THAT'S RIGHT. - AND WE SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST - ANNOUNCE YESTERDAY THAT HE HAD - BEEN, THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASES - HE HAD BEEN TESTED FOR - E RONAVIRUS, THE TEST CAMCK - NEGATIVE. - WE ARE WAITING TO SEE SORT OF - HOW BERNIE SANDERS AND JOE BIDEN - APPROACH THAT, BUT YOU ARE - EXACTLY RIGHT AND THAT'S ANOTHER - REASON WHY THE CAMPAIGN IN - ADDITION TO SORT OF FOLLOWING - THE GUDELINES, FOR EXAMPLE, JOE - BIDEN IN CANCELING HIS ELECTION - NIGHT IN PSON RALLY ON THE - SECOND SUPER TUESDAY, JUST THIS - PAST TUESDAY HE CITED OFFICIAL - STATE GUIDELINES, THIS WAS IN - OHIO SAYING, REDUCING SORT OF - LARGE CROWD, LARGE GATHERINGS - BUALSO THESE CANDIDATES ARETH

- OURE, YOU KNOW, AT A GIVEN - RALLY SHAKING HUNDREDS OF HANDS, - TAKING T SELFIES WE SEEO - MUCH AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON - WHY THESE CAMPAIGNS ARE SAYING - WAIT AT MINUTE, LET'S SLOS - DOWN, WE DO HAVE TO SORT OF - ADJUST TO THIS NE REALITY - >> Sreenivasan: AND DOES THE - LAST LACK OFR IN PESON CAMPAIGNS - GIVE EITHER JOE BIDEN OR BERNIE - SANDERS ANY KIND OF AN EDGE, - WHETHER IT IS BASED ON THEIR - KIND OF ONLINE INFRASTRUCTURE OR - WHO GETS MORE FROM THIS STUFF? - >> IT IS A GOQUESTION AND - SORT OF A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. - ON THE ONE HAN BERNIE SANRS - HAS BUILT A FOLLOWING GOING ALL - THE WAY BACK TO 2016 WITH THESE - LARGE RALLIES, WITH THESE LARGE - EVENTS, WHERE SORT OF HIS G - SUPPORTERST ENERGIZED, WHERE - THE MEDIA SEES THAT, MR. SANDERS - GETS ATTENTION, TAT'S ONE OF - THE STRENGTHS OF HIS CAMPAIGN, - IT HURTS HIM ESPECIALLY AT THIIS - WHEN SHE BEHIND IN THE - DELEGATE COUNT AND TRYING TO - REGAIN MOMENTUM, NOT BEING ABLE - TO BE OUT THERE IS DIFFICULT FOR - SARNS, SANNERS, ON THE OTHER - HAND WE ARE SEEING HIM BREAK OUT - HIS FULL ARSENAL OF ORGANIZING - TOOLS, HE HAS A ROBT ONLINE

- EFFORT SO HE IS WELL POSITIONED - TO SORT OF TAKE ADVANTAGE OF - THIS VIRTUAL MOMENT, RF YOU - WILL, CH OUT TO VOTERS - THAT WAY. - BIDEN, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS - STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT MOE TO - ADJUST TO THIS REALITY OF THE - CAMPAIGNING IN 2020. - HE IS CATCHING UP QUICKLY, - THOUGH, AND A HE ACTUALLY - DEPENDS A LITTLE BIT LESS ON THE - LARGE CROWDS, USUALLY DOESLE - SMEVENTS, SO ARGUABLY - BIDEN IS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY - BETTER POSITIONED TO SORT OF AS - THEY DEAL WITH THIS, WITH THIS - MOMENT IN THE CAMPAIGN. - >> Sreenivasan: L RIGHT. - NEWSHOUR POLITICAL REPORTER DAN - BUSH, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING - US. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Sreenivasan: FOR MRE -- - >> Sreenivasan: FOR MORE OF OUR - COVERAGE OF TONIGHT'S DEMOCRATIC - PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, VISIT - pbs.org/newshour - Sreenivasan: CORONAVIRUS IS - NOT THE ONLY CONCERN AS THE 2020 - ELECTION TAKES SHAPE. - RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN TH - 2016 RACE STILL RESONATES - TODAY AND COULD BE A FACTOR ON - OWECTION DAY. - I RECENTLY SAT DN WITH RICHARD - HASEN, A PROFESSOR OF LAW AND

- POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE - UNIVERSITY OF CAFORNIA, - IRVINE, AND AUTHOR OF "ELECTION - AND THE THREAT TO AMERICANRUST - DEMOCRACY." - ER>> WELL, SO, I'M VERY COD. - YOU KNOW, BASED ON RECENT - POLLING, INCLUDING AN NPR/PBS - MARIST POLL, THERE ARE LARGE - PERCENTAGES OF THE PUBLIC THAT - DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE ELECTIONE - IS SAFE AND SETHAT ARE - WORRIED ABOUT FOREIGN - INTERFERENCE. - THEY DON'T THINK THEY CAN GET - THE INFORMATION THEY NEED IN - ORDER TO BE ABLE TO VOTE. - AND THAT WAY, I THINK THE - RUSSIANS ACTUALLY WON IN 2016CA - BECAUSE THEY'RING US TO - DOUBT OURSELVES. - AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO THINK - ABOUT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO - BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER TO TRY - AND INCREASE THE RESILIENCY OF - THE PROCESS AND ULTIMATELY - ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THERE'S - GOING TO BE A FAIR AND SECURE - VOTE GOING FORWARD.WE - >> SreenivasanAVE - DIFFERENT ELECTION SECURITY - SYSTEMS. - WE HAVE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS. - IN SOME WAYS, THAT HAS BEEN SPUN - AS, "HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? - THAT'S OUR FAILSAFE, TCKT NOBODY - CAN NE CENTRALIZED SERVER - OR SYSTEM AND TAMPER WITH ALL OF - THOSE VOTE" - IN ANOTHER WAY, THAT'S KIND OF - INHERENTLY ALSO R WEAKNESS. - WE CAN'T DEPLOY ANY KIND OF A

- SECURITY PATCH TO FIALL THESE - SYSTEMS AT THE SAME TIME. - >> WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. - AND D.H.S. IS WORKING WITH STE - AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO TRY TO - HELP THEM. - BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT - THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BETWEEN - NOW AND NOVEMBER. - AND OF COURSE, INFRASTRUCTURE - INCLUDES NOT JUST THE ELECTION - ITSELF, BUT THINK ABOUT THER - POID. - IF SOMEONE COULD COME IN - POWER GRID IN A MAJOR DEMOCRATIC - CITY, IN A SWING STATE, THAT - WOULD HAVE A DEVASTATING EFFECT - ON THE OUTCOME OF OUR ELECTIONS. - AND IT WOULDN'T BE ATTACKING ANY - VOTING EQUIPMENT, BUT IT WOULD - ESILL AFFECT HOW THE VOTE - >> Sreenivasan: ARE YOU - CONCERNED ABOUT PERHAPS A RIPPLE - EFFECT FROM THE CORONAVIRUS? - WOULD PEOPLE, WOULD THERE BE A - DECREASED TURNOUT IF PEOPLE ARE - CONCERNED TO GO TO PLACES WHERE - LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE GO ANDPE - POSSIBLY A SICON COULD BE - SNEEZING AROUND ME? - >> RIGHT. - WELL, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 1918, WE - TD A FLU EPIDEMIC AND PEOPLE - STAYED AWAY FR POLLS IN - SOME PLACES, CAMPAIGN RALLIES - WERE CANCELED. - OUR CONVENTIONS COULBE - AFFECTED. - I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS - THAT COULD BE AFFECTED. - OFFICIALS NEED TO DO IS ENGAGE - IN CONTINGENCY PLANNING SO THAT

- THEY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, FOR - EXAMPLE, THAT MAYBE MANY MORE - PEOPLE ARE GOINGO TRY TO VOTE - BY ABSENTEE BALLOT THAN VOTE. - AND THAT CREATES ITS O OF - PROBLEMS BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT - LONGER TO PROCESS THOSE ABSENTEE - BALLOTS. - SO I THINK WE'RE GOINGVE - TO HAVE PLAN B'S IN PLACE, GOING - TO HAVE TO HAVE PATIENCE. - THINGS M NOT GO THE WAY THAT - THEY NORMALLY GO IN AN ELECTION - SEASON. - THINGS CAN THE POL PARTIES - THEMSELVES DO TO TRY TO - TOCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT ONL - VOTE, BUT TO HAVE SOME FAITH IN - THE PROCESS? - WELL, I MEAN, ONE OF THE - STRENGTHS OF THE FACT THAT OUR - ELECTION SYSTEM IS SONT - DELIZED IS THAT THE PUBLIC - CAN GET ACCESS TO PLACES WHERE - COUNTED.E ACTUALLY BEING - CAN DEMAND, YOU KNOW, FROM - YOUR LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS TO - KNOW WHAT'S THE PROCESS BY WHICH - VOTES, VOTE TOTALS ARE - COLLECTED, HOW ARE THEY - REPORTED? - AND THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS - THAT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN COULD - PAY ATTENTION TO. - THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITIZENS - WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT: IS - THERE GOING TO BE A PAPER TRAIL - TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO - HACKING OF THE VOTING MACHINES? - AND AT'S THE KIND OF THING - WHERE BECAUSE IT IS A LOCAL - ISSUE, YOU CAN TRY TO PUT

- POLITICAL PRESSURE ON YOUR - ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE SUREKI - THEY'RE EVERY STEP, TO - MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A SYSTEM - IN PLACE THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE - THE CONFIDENCE IN NOVEMB. - >> Sreenivasan: DO YOU - PERSONALLY HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT - THIS ELECTION WILL GO OFF - SMOOTHLY? - >> I'M CONCERNED. - I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I THINK - THAT AS WE SAW WITH THE IOWAUS - CAEBACLE, WHEN THERE'S ANY - KIND OF GLITCH, IMMERIATELY - PEOPLE TO TAKE POLITICAL - ADVANTAGE OF IT. - YOU KNOW, THERE WERE CALLS BYCA - THE PRESIDENT'AIGN MANAGER - SOMETHING WAS RIGGED.HAT - YOU HAD THE PHONE NUMBER THAT - WABEING PUT, THAT WAS BEIN - USED TO REPORT THE VOTES IN - IOWA, THAT THAT NUMBER WAS PUT - UP ON 4CHAN AND PEOPLE - JAMMING THE PHONE LINES. - SO WHAT I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT - ARE PEOPLEHORE GOING TO TRY - AND MAKE TROUBLE. - THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR PLACES - WHERE THERE'S NOTHING NEFARIOUS - GOING ON BUT JUST A GLITCH AND - TRY AND USE THAT TO TRY TO SPIN - IT INTO SO KIND OF POLITICAL - DISADVANTAGE. - THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO - KI OF HARDEN OUR SYSTEMS NOW - SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO MAKE - CLAIMS THAT THERE'S A RIGGED OR

- STOLENLECTION, THAT THE - EVIDENCE WILL NOT BACK THEM UP. - >> Sreenivasan: IS THERE - SOMETHING THAT STATES SHOULD BE - DOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT - THEIR SERVERS, THEIR, KIND OF ON - THE HARDWARE SIDE AND THE - SOFTWARE SIDE OF HOW THEY ROLL - T ELECTIONS ARE MORE SECURE - BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER? - >> YES. - AND THEY'RE DOING THOSE KINDS OF - THINGS. - I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S NOT MUCH - THAT YOU OR I CAN DO ABOUT, YOU - KNOW, THE SECURITY OF THE VOTE - ITSELF. - BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER - THINGS. - SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MEDIA HAS A - MAJOR ROLE TO PLAY HERE. - ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAW WITH - THE IOWA DEBACLE IS THAT THE - MEDIA WERE VERY IMPATIENT IN - GETTING ELECTION RESULTS. - AND INK THAT'S EXACTLY THE - WRONG MESSAGE. - 'S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT - ELECTION OFFICIALS CAN DO. - IT'S ABOUT WHAT ALL DIFFERENT - PARTS SOCIETY CAN DO. - D THE MEDIA HAS A REALLY - IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN - EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOWAR - ELECTIONACTUALLY CONDUCTED - AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET A - FAIR AND ACCURATE VOTE CNT. - >> Sreenivasan: YEAH. - IT'S BETTER TO BE RIGHT THAN IT - IS TO BE FIRST. - RICK HASEN JOINING US FROM - CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. S - THANMUCH. - THANK YOU. - >> Sreenivasan: RLY THIS

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- commemorated by this statue, - is the "good king" - of Christmas carol fame. - The statue is - a popular meeting point. - Locals says, "I'll see ya - under the horse's tail." - The "good king" was actually - an exceptionally educated - and highly cultured - 10th-century Czech duke. - ed - Stors of his enlighteign - caused Europeans - to see Czechs as civilized - rather than barbarian. - To this day, Wenceslas is - a symbol of Czech nationalism. - Wenceslas Square is the main - square of the country - an - a natural assembly point we - need to raise their - collective voice for change. - In the 19th century, - the age of divine kings - and ruling fs - was coming to an end. - Here as in much of Europe, - nationalism was on the rise. - By the endrld War I, - the Habsburgs were history, - ndt Czechoslovakia - was celebrated - on this square. - But independce lasted - barely 20 years. - In 1939, - . the Nazis marched in

- While Pragueaped - the bombs of World War II, - it couldn't avoid - the Communistsho came next - and stay for 40 years. - But with this square - as the stage, - people power - ultimately prevailed. - MAN: - In the 20th century, - my family lived history - in this square. - In 191 my grandma watched - e Habsburg eagles - being pulled down - In 1939, my aunt saw - the Nazis pulling in. - In 1968, my dad stood here - with his bare hands - In 1989, it was - my generation's turn. - STEVES: So you wer. - Tell me what happened. - -In November '89, - a student march - head for this square, - kicked off two weeks - of demonstrations. - For 14 nights, this square - filled with 300,000 people. - Each night, - 300,000 people here. - And on the last thght, - Václav Havelplaywright, - who would become - our next president,

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