PBS NewsHour; May 27, 2020, 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT

- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT: - AS THE U.S. APPROACHES 100,000 - DEATHS FROM COVID-19, WE TALK TO - DR. ANTHONY FAUCI AND THE - SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF - REPRESENTATIVES NANCY PELOSI - ABOUT THE ONGOING RESPONSE, ON - BOTH THE HEALTH FRONT AND THE - ECONOMY. - THEN, A CALL FOR CHANGE. - DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, LARGE - PROTESTS ERUPT IN MINNESOTA - FOLLOWING THE POLICE-INVOLVED - DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. - PLUS, THE QUESTION OF CHILD - CARE. - AS STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY - BEGIN REOPENING, HOW TO HANDLE - OUR YOUNGEST CITIZENS. - >> CHILD CARE AROUND THE - UNITED STATES PRIOR TO THE - PANDEMIC WAS ALREADY CHALLENGED - AND REALLY FRACTURED. - NOW THAT WE'RE IN THE CONTEXT OF

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- NEW NUMBER TONIGHT: 100,000 - LIVES LOST IN THE UNITED STATES. - IT IS MORE THAN ALL THE AMERICAN - DEAD IN THE KOREAN AND VIETNAM - WARS, COMBINED. - LISA DESJARDINS BEGINS OUR - COVERAGE OF THIS DAY'S EVENTS. - >> Desjardins: THE U.S. DEATH - TOLL HAS NOW REACHED STAGGERING - HIGHS, BUT EVERY DAY, MORE - COMMUNITIES ARE MOVING TO REOPEN - FOR BUSINESS. - IN ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, STACY - HEWETT IS GETTING READY TO - REOPEN HER SON AND SPA, WITH A - NEW CHECK-IN FOR CUSTOMERS. - >> THEIR TEMPERATURE WILL BE - TAKEN. - THEY WILL BE HANDED A HANDOUT ON - OUR PROTOCOLS THAT WILL BE - IMPLEMENTED IN THE SALON. - THEIR HANDS WILL BE SANITIZED - AND THEY'LL BE ESCORTED BACK TO - THEIR SEAT. - >> Desjardins: IN NEIGHBORING - NEVADA, CASINOS WILL BE BACK - UP AND RUNNING JUNE 4, AFTER A - TEN-WEEK SHUTDOWN. - FLORIDA'S TOURISM INDUSTRY IS - HOPEFUL ABOUT JULY, AFTER - DISNEY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO REOPEN - SOME OF ITS ORLANDO THEME PARKS - JULY 11, WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR - FACE MASKS, TEMPERATURE CHECKS - AND SOCIAL DISTANCE. - AND IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MAYOR

- MURIEL BOWSER ANNOUNCED SHE'LL - LIFT THE DISTRICT'S STAY-AT-HOME - ORDER FRIDAY. - >> SO AS WE BEGIN REOPENING, IT - CANNOT BE SAID ENOUGH THAT EVERY - SINGLE ONE OF US HAS A ROLE TO - PLAY IN PROTECTING OURSELVES AND - EACH OTHER. - >> Desjardins: BUT IT WASN'T - BUSINESS AS USUAL ON CAPITOL - HILL TODAY. - THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - ALLOWED PROXY VOTING FOR THE - FIRST TIME IN ITS 231-YEAR - HISTORY-- LAWMAKERS COULD ASK - ANOTHER MEMBER TO CAST THEIR - VOTE FOR THEM. - HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE FILED A - LAWSUIT ARGUING, THE PROCEDURE - IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. - HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE - CHAIRWOMAN LIZ CHENEY. - >> SO, INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN THE - PATH OF SAYING "HOW CAN WE DO - THIS TOGETHER," THE DEMOCRATS - HAVE ADOPTED A COMPLETELY - PARTISAN SCHEME, AND THEY HAVE - DONE IT IN A WAY THAT ABSOLUTELY - INFRINGES ON THE RIGHTS OF THE - MINORITY AND INFRINGES ON THE - CONSTITUTION. - >> Desjains: WHILE THE U.S. - LOOKS TO REOPEN, COVID-19 CASES - ARE SPIKING AROUND THE WORLD, - INCLUDING IN PREVIOUS HOT SPOTS. - SOUTH KOREA REPORTED ITS HIGHEST

- NUMBER OF NEW CASES IN WEEKS. - MANY OF THE INFECTIONS WERE - LINKED TO AN OUTEAK AT AN - E-COMMERCE WAREHOUSE. - >> ( translated ): WE ARE VERY - NERVOUS ABOUT COMMUNITY - INFECTIONS, AND WE ARE KEEPING A - CLOSE EYE ON THE SITUATION. - WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO PREVENT - THE FURTHER SPREAD OF INFECTION - THROUGH FAST CONTACT TRACING AND - TESTING. - >> Desjardins: INDIA LOGGED A - NEW RECORD NUMBER OF DAILY - INFECTIONS AS WELL, AS ITS - OVERALL CASELOAD TOPPED 150,000. - AND, WITH CORONAVIRUS CASES - SURGING ACROSS LATIN AMERICA, - HOSPITALS IN BRAZIL, MEXICO, AND - CHILE ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP - WITH THE HUGE INFLUX IN - PATIENTS. - MEANWHILE, HOSPITALS IN FRANCE - WILL NO LONGER USE THE MALARIA - DRUG HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE TO TREAT - COVID-19. - THE COUNTRY BANNED IT AFTER A - STUDY FOUND IT WASN'T EFFECTIVE - AND POSED SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS. - THIS, AS THE EUROPEAN UNION - UNVEILED AN $825 BILLION FUND TO - HELP ITS 27 MEMBER STATES - REBUILD THEIR STRUGGLING - ECONOMIES. - >> ( translated ): TOMORROW, THE - COST OF INACTION IN THIS CRISIS

- WILL BE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. - THIS IS ABOUT LAYING THE - FOUNDATIONS FOR OUR FUTURE - TOGETHER. - AND ATHE SAME TIME, TO REACT - APPROPRIATELY TO A CLEARLY - DEFINED, EXTRAORDINARY CRISIS - SITUATION, THROUGH NO FAULT OF - OUR OWN. - >> Desjardins: THEY'RE NOT - ALONE. - JAPAN, THE WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST - ECONOMY, INJECTED $1 TRILLION - MORE DOLLARS INTO ITS ECONOMY TO - HELP BOUNCE BACK FROM ITS - RECESSION. - THE MOVE EFFECTIVELY DOUBLES THE - COUNTRY'S STIMULUS SPENDING. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - LISA DESJARDINS. - >> Woodruff: AS WE SAID, THE - U.S. HAS JUST PASSED A GRIM - MILESTONE IN THE NUMBER OF - DEATHS. - I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT - THIS DEVASTATING LOSS, AND WHERE - WE STAND IN THE BATTLE AGAINST - COVID, AND HOW TO RE-OPEN - SAFELY, WITH DR. ANTHONY FAUCI. - HE IS ONE OF THE LEADING PUBLIC - HEALTH VOICES IN THE COUNTRY, - AND A KEY MEMBER OF THE - PRESIDENT'S PANDEMIC TASK FORCE. - DR. TONY FAUCI, THANK YOU FOR - JOINING US. - WE WELCOME YOU. - AS THE UNITED STATES TODAY NEARS - 100,000 DEATHS, THAT TERRIBLE

- TOLL, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS - ABOUT THAT? - >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN - PUT THROUGH A VERY TERRIBLE - ORDEAL, IN MANY RESPECTS, THAT'S - HISTORIC, JUDY. - BUT I LOOK FORWARD ABOUT THE - KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO - YOU KNOW, TO CONTAIN THIS, BOTH - FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT - AND MARSHALING ALL OF THE - RESOURCES OF SCIENCE THAT WE - HAVE. - SO, WE'RE IN A SITUATION. - WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. - THINGS WILL, I BELIEVE, IMPROVE - AS WE START TO SEE THE - DIMINUTION IN CASES IN MANY - AREAS. - ALTHOUGH DISTURBINGLY, THERE ARE - STILL SOME AREAS IN WHICH CASES - ARE GOING UP. - I THINK IF WE CONTINUE TO PULL - TOTHER AS A NATION, DOING THE - KINDS OF THINGS TO MITIGATE THE - SPREAD, AS WELL AS, AT THE SAME - TIME, AS WE TRY TO GRADUALLY AND - PRUDENTLY, TRY TO REOPEN THE - COUNTRY TO A LITTLBIT MORE - NORMALITY... - WE'VE TAKEN A TERRIBLE HIT. - 100,000 PEOPLE IS JUST REALLY - HISTORIC IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH - IMPACT IT'S HAD ON US.

- BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CHALLENGE. - AND-- AND THIS COUNTRY, AS I'VE - SAY OFTEN, HAS BEEN THROUGH - SOME-- SOME REALLY CHALLENGING, - TERRIBLE TIMES. - YOU KNOW, WORLD WARS, - DEPRESSIONS, 9/11. - THIS FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY. - YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO PULL - TOGETHER AS A NATION TO GET OVER - THIS. - >> Woodruff: YOU MENTIONED - OPENING UP, AND PARTS OF THE - COUNTRY ARE OPENING UP FAST. - I MEAN, THE STATE OF GEORGIA - OPENED, WHAT, OVER THREE WEEKS - AGO? - OTHER STATES OPENING UP ALL OVER - THE COUNTRY. - IS IT NECESSARILY THE CASE THAT - WE ARE GOING TO SEE OUTBREAKS - WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN MOVES TO - OPEN UP QUICKLY? - >> WELL-- WELL, FIRST OF ALL, - THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF-- OF HOW - INDIVIDUAL STATES, CITIES AND - COUNTIES HAVE OPENED UP. - FOR THOSE WHO HAVE OPENED UP IN - A WAY THAT HAS BEEN STRICTLY - ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES OF - THE GATEWAY TO PHASE ONE, THE - PHASE TWO-- EVEN AT THAT

- APPROACH, THERE ARE GOING TO BE - CASES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE - BLIPS. - THAT'S INEVITABLE, AND PEOPLE - SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED AT THAT. - THE REAL CRITICAL ISSUE, JUDY, - IS HOW YOU RESPOND TO THAT? - HOW YOU CAN HAVE THE RESOURCES - IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, - ISOLATE, CONTACT, TRACE, SO A - BLIP DOESN'T BECOME A SURGE. - FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY GONE - AND LEAPED OVER A COUPLE OF - THE-- OF THE BENCHMARKS THAT - THEY NEEDED TO PASS-- I MEAN, - OBVIOUSLY, I'VE SAID, AND I - CONTINUE TO SAY, THAT WE NEED TO - BE PRUDENT AND CAREFUL AND NOT - TO, IN THIS SENSE, GO - PREMATURELY INTO AN AREA WHERE - WE SHOULD WAIT A LITTLE BIT - MORE. - BUT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY - DONE IT, AND WE'VE SEEN IT ON - TELEVISION, YOU KNOW, MY-- MY - ADVICE IS, THERE ARE CERTAIN - FUNDAMENTAL, BASIC THINGS THAT, - NO MATTER WHAT STAGE YOU'RE AT, - YOU NEED TO DO IT. - AND THAT'S THINGS LIKE WEARING - MASKS, STAYING PHYSICALLY-- JUST - AVOIDING CROWDS, WASHING HANDS. - THOSE ARE THINGS YOU SHOULD DO - NO MATTER WHAT. - >> Woodruff: AND MY QUESTION IS, - IN THOSE PLACES THAT HAVE OPENED

- UP, IS IT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO - WASH HANDS, WEAR THE MASK, KEEP - SOCIALLY DISTANCED? - BECAUSE WE ALSO ARE HEARING IF - THERE IS NOT TESTING AVAILABLE-- - YOU MENTIONED CONTACT TRACING, - BUT TESTING. - THE ADMINISTRATION THIS WEEK - SAID IT'S UP TO THE STATES, AND - AS YOU KNOW, DR. FAUCI, A NUMBER - OF EXPERTS SAY THAT'S NOT - ENOUGH. - WE NEED MORE OF A NATIONAL - STRATEGY. - >> YEAH. - WELL, JUDY, WHAT'S HAPPENING - RIGHT NOW, AND WE WERE JUST AT A - MEETING DOWN AT THE WHITE HOUSE - YESTERDAY, ONE OF OUR MEETINGS - WHERE WE WENT OVER WITH SEVERAL - OF THE GOVERNORS, THE KINDS OF - THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE-- THE - TESTING IS GETTING BETTER AND - BETTER AND BETTER. - I MEAN, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, YOU - KNOW, PUBLICLY SKEPTICAL ABOUT - THAT. - BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT I'M SEEING - IS THAT THE KINDS OF TESTING, - AVAILABILITY, IS GETTING BETTER - AND BETTER. - AND AS THE WEEKS GO BY, I - BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT WE'RE - GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS - THAT. - BUT YOU MAKE A VERY GOOD POINT. - WHEN I SEE SOME OF THOSE - PICTURES OF HOW PEOPLE ARE - CONGREGATING, AT A TIME WHEN - THERE ARE STILL INFECTIONS - AROUND, THAT'S NOT PRUDENT. - AND PEOPLE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A - STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.

- I MEAN, EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE - US GET BACK TO SOME SORT OF - NORMALITY. - EVERYBODY WANTS TO OPEN UP THE - COUNTRY, INCLUDING AN ECONOMIC - REBOUND. - BUT WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL - THAT WE DON'T DOT IN A WAY - THAT IS, IN SOME RESPECTS, - STEPPING OVER THE PRUDENT STEPS. - SO THAT'S THE THING I KEEP - ADVISING, AND I KEEP URGING - PEOPLE TO BE REAY PRUDENT - ABOUT THAT. - >> Woodruff: SO YOU'RE SAYING IT - CAN BE DONE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE - NOT GOING TO HAVE A VACCINE - UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR AT - THE EARLIEST? - I MEAN, EVEN YOU HAVE SAID IT'S - POSSIBLE. - BUT YOU'RE SAYING, IN THE - MEANTIME, IT IS GOING TO BE SAFE - FOR STATES TO OPEN UP, AS LONG - AS THEY DO IT CAREFULLY? - >> I DO THINK SO. - AND I THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEN, - AND I KEEP SAYING THAT WE DO NOT - NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE A MAJOR - REBOUND OR, AS PEOPLE SAY, A - SECOND WAVE, IN THE FALL AND IN - THE WINTER. - IT WILL HAPPEN IF WE DON'T - ADDRESS IT IN AN APPROPRIATE - WAY, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO SEE - BLIPS OF CASES COMING UP AS WE

- TRY TO TIPTOE TOWARDS NORMALITY. - MY FEELING IS THAT IF WE PUT ALL - OUR EFFORTS INTO THAT, WE CAN - PREVENT THESE BLIPS FROM - BECOMING A RESURGENCE OR A - SECOND WAVE. - >> Woodruff: AND JUST TO CLARIFY - ON TESTING, MINISTRATION IS - SAYING 300,000 TESTS A DAY IS - ENOUGH. - AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S GOING - TO-- THAT'S GOING TO WORK? - >> NO, NO, I'M NOT, JUDY. - WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE - TESTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE - AVAILABLE ARE GOING TO GO WELL - BEYOND THAT. - I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH ONE SAYS - IT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH, IF YOU - LOOK AT THE REALITY, THE WAY THE - TESTING THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT - NOW, AND THE PARTNERING WITH THE - INDUSTRY, IS THAT AS WE GET INTO - THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO - MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MANY - MORE TESTS THAN THAT LIMIT THAT - YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. - WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THAT. - >> Woodruff: VACCINE. - I WANT TO COME BACK TO THAT VERY - QUICKLY. - YOU SAID YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE - BY THE END OF 2020. - DO YOU THINK THAT'S THE MOST - LIKELY SCENARIO? - >> YOU KNOW, I'M CAUTIOUSLY - OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT, JUDY, - BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN--

- RIGHT NOW, AS I TOLD YOU-- - WE GOT-- WE JUMPED INTO THE - DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINE WITHIN - DAYS, FROM THE TIME THAT THE - SEQUENCE WAS PUT ON THE PUBLIC - DATABASE. - WE'RE WELL INTO A PHASE ONE WITH - ONE CANDIDATE. - BUT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE - CANDIDATES. - I MEAN, I S JUST ON THE PHONE - LITERALLY 15 MINUTES AGO WITH - THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES - THAT ARE INVOLVED, THAT GROUP OF - FOUR OR FIVE THAT ARE GOING TO - BE GOING INTO TRIALS AT VARIOUS - STAGES, SOME RIGHT NOW OR - ALREADY IN OTHERS WILL BE GOING - IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. - WE HOPE TO START AND I THINK - WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, JUDY. - DUTY TO START A PHASE THREE - START A PHASE THREE TRIAL, AT - LEAST WITH A COUPLE OF - CANDIDATES BY EARLY JULY. - IF WE DO THAT AND WE GET ENOUGH - EFFICACY SIGNALS OVER THE SUMMER - AND INTO THE FALL, IT IS NOT - ONLY CONCEIVABLE, BUT I'M - CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE - WOULD HAVE A VACCINE TOWARDS THE - END OF THIS YEAR AND THE - BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. - >> Woodruff: SO YOUR BEST - ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW, DR. FAUCI,

- ABT WHAT LIFE LOOKS LIKE THIS - FALL IS, WHAT? - IN TERMS OF SCHOOL, IN TERMS OF - BACK TO WORK? - >> RIGHT, WELL, AGAIN, IT'S VERY - DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE WHEN YOU - HAVE A MOVING TARGET LIKE AN - OUTBREAK. - BUT WHAT I WOULD HOPE HAPPENS IS - THAT AS WE GET INTO THE SUMMER, - WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT - LEVELING OFF AND COMING DOWN. - BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE - CURVES FOR THE UNITED STATES, - EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SOME - STATES THAT ARE STILL GOING UP - AND NOT PLATEAUING, FOR THE MOST - PART, AS A NATION, WE'RE - STARTING TO COME DOWN. - IF THAT DECLINE CONTINUES AND WE - GET TO THE POINT IN THE SUMMER - WHERE WE'RE REALLY VERY, VERY - LOW-- WHICH IS A GOOD BASELINE - TO BE AT-- WHAT I SEE IN THE - FALL, IN THE WINTER, IS THAT AS - PEOPLE START TO GET CONGREGATING - INDOORS AND WHEN WINTER COMES, - RESPIRATORY DISEASES TEND TO - FLOURISH. - WE CAN HAVE THE COMPLICATION OF - INFLUENZA COMING BACK. - I BELIEVE AT IF WE HAVE IN - PLACE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT - KIND OF IDENTIFICATION, - ISOLATION AND CONTACT TRACING AS - WE SEE THESE BLIPS, IT IS NOT - INEVITABLE THAT WE WILL HAVE A - SECOND WAVE.

- SO MY CAUTIOUS HOPE AND OPTIMISM - IS THAT AS WE GET INTO THE FALL, - WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE - INEVITABLE RETURN OF INFECTION. - ANYBODY THAT THINKS IT'S NOT - GOING TO COME BACK IN THE FALL - IS NOT BEING REALISTIC. - IT'S HOW YOU HANDLE IT THAT - DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT YOU - HAVE A SECOND WAVE. - >> Woodruff: DR. FAUCI, WE - ALWAYS APPRECIATE TALKING TO - YOU. - >> GOOTO BE WITH YOU, JUDY, - THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. - >> Woodruff: HERE IN WASHINTON, - LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE - AISLE AGREE THAT ANOTHER - ECONOMIC RELIEF PACKAGE IS - NEEDED TO LP STRUGGLING - AMERICANS DEAL WITH THE ECONOMIC - FALLOUT CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC. - BUT, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC

- LEADERS IN CONGRESS ARE DIVIDED - OVER WHO SHOULD RECEIVE THAT - HELP, AND HOW MUCH THE - GOVERNMENT SHOULD SPEND. - JOINING US NOW, THE SPEAKER OF - THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, - NANCY PELOSI. - ALL OF THE BILLS WE HAD PASSED - HAD BEEN BIPARTISAN BUT THEY

- DIDN'T ALL START OUT THAT WAY - AND AGAIN WE'VE MADE OUR - PROPOSAL AS THEY THEIR PROPOSALS - IN THE PAST AND WE NEGOTIATE IT. - I'M QUITE CERTAIN THAT WE WILL - HAVE A BILL AND IT WILL BE A BIG - BILL. - ANYTHING LESS WILL COST MORE IN - THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF LIVES, - LIVELIHOOD AND THE LIFE OF OUR - DEMOCRACY. - >> Woodruff: WITH REGARD TO - UNEMOYMENT BENEFITS FOR - EXAMPLE, THE REPUBLICANS ARE - SAYING LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THERE - NOW THAT THEY SAY IT CREATES A - DISINTENTATIVE FOR WORKERS. - RIGHT NOW, IT'S ASSISTANCE OF - $600 A WEEK FOR WORKERS UP TO - FOUR MONTHS. - REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING THAT'S A - REASON FOR PEOPLE NOT TO WANT TO - GO BACK TO WORK. - DO YOU SEE A COMPROMISE ON THIS? - >> WELL, AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO - NEGOTIATE, AS MUCH AS I LOVE - THIS SHOW AND AS MUCH AS I'M - HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU, I'M NOT - GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING HERE. - HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THIS -- THE - $600 REALLY, AT A VERY DIFFICULT - TIME IN THE LIVES OF AMERICAN

- FAMILIES LOSING THEIR JOBS, - CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH, - LOSING LIVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, - $600 IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY. - AS WE GO FORWARD, HOPEFULLY - WE'LL SEE. - HOPEFULLY THE ECONOMY WILL - IMPROVE, BUT IT WON'T IMPROVE - UNLESS WE TEST, TEST, TEST, SO - THAT WE CAN OPEN UP THE ECONOMY. - SO ALL OF THIS IS CONNECTED. - YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE ONE PIECE. - BUT THEY HAD NO TROUBLE GETTING - TAX CUTS IN THEIR BILL, CARES - ONE. - THEY HAD A $120 BILLION TAX - BREAK TO HIGH ROLLERS, HEDGE - FUNDS, TO HIGH ROLLERS, THAT WAS - RETROACTIVE, HAD VRY LITTLE TO - DO WITH THE CORONAVIRUS. - BUT WHEN IT COMES TO POOR - PEOPLE, THEY HAVE A RELUCTANCE - TO HELP OUT. - BUT THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IN - TERMS OF IT BEING A STIMULUS TO - THE ECONOMY IS TO PUT MONEY IN - FOX OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH - DIRECT PAYMENTS, WITH - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, WITH - FOOD STAMPS. - THEY ARE OPPOSED TO FOOD STAMPS - WHEN PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY IN OUR - COUNTRY.

- WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES OF - OPINION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL - NEGOTIATE. - BUT I WOULD HOPET THAT THE GREAT - MOVEMENT IN OUR COUNTRY ON FOOD - INSECURITY, TO FEED THE HUNGRY - WILL CATCH FIRE IN THE SENATE, - TOO, AS IT HAS IN THE COUNTRY. - >> Woodruff: I DO WANT TO ASK - YOU ABOUT SOMETHING IN THAT - CARES ACT THAT YOU MENTIONED. - WE LEARNED IN A STUDY DONE BY - THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION - THAT SOME $72 BILLION IN THAT - LEGISLATION THAT WENT TO - HOSPITALS, MOST OF IT OR, I - SHOULD SAY, TWICE AS MCH WENT - TO HOSPITALS THAT ARE WELL - ENDOWED, SITTING ON A LOT OF - CASH, MONEY THAT THEY HAVE - RAISED, AS OPPOSED TO THE - HOSPITALS THAT SERVE MORE OF THE - PUBLIC. - SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS THE - KIND OF THING THAT CONGRESS CAN - LOOK AT? - WE YOU MADE AWARE OF THIS AND - IS THERE SOME WAYO FIX IT? - >> WE WERE MADE AWARE OF IT WHEN - THEY DISPENSE THE MONEY, AND - THAT MEANS IN THE NEXT BILL WE - ARE DOING NOW, WE HAVE - PRESCRIBED MORE CAREFULLY HOW IT

- SHOULD GO OUT, BECAUSE THEY CAME - UP WITH A FORMULA THAT WAS VERY - STRANGE THAT WOULD GO THE - MEDICARE-FAVORED HOSPITALS AS - OPPOSED TO MEDICAID, IT WAS A - STRANGE FORMULA, AND, NOW, WE - HAVE TO BE MORE PRESCRIPTIVE IN - HOW WE PUT OUT THE MONEY. - IN THE FIRST CARES ACT, THEY DID - THAT. - THE SECOND ACT WHICH WAS THE - INTERIM BILL ON MORE P.P.E. THAT - WE PUT THE MONEY IN FOR TESTING - AND HOSPITALS, $175 BILLION FOR - HOSPITALS, 25 BILLION FOR - TESTING, $100 BILLION FOR - HEALTHCARE, WE WERE MORE - PRESCRIPTIVE AS TO WHERE THIS - MONEY SHOULD GO AND, OF COURSE, - NOW, IN THE HEROES ACT, WE'VE - LEARNED MORE ABOUT HOW CAREFUL - WE HAVE TO BE AND NOT JUST LEAVE - IT UP TO THEM TO MAKE THOSE - DECISIONS BECAUSE IT REALLY, - FRANKLY, HAD NO LOGIC AND REALLY - WASN'T IMMEDIATE MEETING THE - NEEDS OF NORTHWESTERN PEOPLE, - WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO - BE DOING. - BUT WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO COME - TOGEER ON THAT. - WE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT THE - ADMINISTRATION DID, BUT WE WILL, - IN CONGRESS, CORRECT THAT.

- >> Woodruff: SEVERAL MORE - THINGS TO ASK YOU ABOUT, MADAM - SPEAKER. - ONE, YOU MENTIONED CORONAVIRUS - TESTING. - THE ADMINISTRATION PUT OUT A - PROPOSAL THEY'RE LAVING IT UP - TO THE STATES. - THIS IS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION - ISOING. - IN THE MEANTIME, IS THERE - SOMETHING CONGRESS CAN DO TO - HELP THE STATES COME UP WITH THE - TESTING MATERIALS THEY NEED? - >> WELL, THAT'S WHAT OUR SECOND - PILLAR OF OUR BILL IS, HONOR OUR - HEROS WITH STATE AND LOCAL TO - HELP THEM WITH THE COST TO HAVE - THE CORONAVIRUS IN TERMS OF - OUTLAY AND IN TERMS OF REVENUE - LOST BY THE STATES, COUNTIES, - COMMUNITIES, CITIES AND - MUNICIPALITIES. - THE SECOND PILLAR IS TESTING, - TESTING, TESTING. - WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION PUT OUT - THIS WEEKEND WAS AN INSULT TO - THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE AND A DISSERVICE TO THIS - CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING WITH - THE CORONAVIRUS. - I DON'T KNOW -- IT DOESN'T EVEN - RISE TO THE LEVEL, THE NOTION, - MUCH LESS AN IDEA OR A PLAN.

- BUT IN OUR BILL, WE HAVE A PLAN - WITH A STRATEGY, AS I MENTIONED, - A STRATEGY, A TIMETABLE, - BENCHMARK, MILESTONE, AND, - AGAIN, THE CULTURAL - COMPATIBILITY THAT WE HAVE AMONG - THE PEOPLE WHO WILL DO THE - TRACING THAT DR. FAUCI SAID WAS - SO NECESSARY, IF WE DO IT RIGHT - WITH THE SECOND WAVE. - IF WE HAD DONE IT RIGHT WITH THE - FIRST WAVE, WE WOULD NOT BE - OBSERVING 100 PEOPLE DYING IN - OUR COUNTRY FROM THE CORONAVIRUS - THIS VERY DAY. - IT TOOK ABOUT 100 DAYS TO GET - HERE. - HOPEFULLY, WE CAN SLOW THAT PACE - AS WE GO FORWARD. - TESTING, TRACING, TREATMENT, - ISOLATION, IF NECESSARY. - BUT IDENTIFYING IT CULTURALLY IN - TERMS OF THE DISPARITY, SO MANY - IN NURSING HOMES, BREAKS YOUR - HEART TO THINK OF THE HIGH - PERCENTAGE WHO HAVE DIED IN - NURSING HOMES, BUT IN TERMS OF - THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, FAR - HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF INCIDENTS - OF THE CORONAVIRUS THAN IN THE - REST OF THE POPULATION. - WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THAT.

- WE HAVE TO FIGHT THAT. - WE HAVE TO STAVE THOSE LIVES. - WE CAN'T SAVE LIVES IF WE DON'T - IDENTIFY THEM WITH TESTING. - >> Woodruff: TWO OTHER THINGS - I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT, MADAM - SPEAKER, ONE IS THE FOREIGN - INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT, - F.I.S.A., THIS IS SOMETHING THE - HOUSE IS DUE TO VOTE ON. - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS AGAIN SAID, - JUST IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, - I'M TOLD, THAT HE'LL VETO IT IF - THE HOUSE PASSES IT. - WHY DOES THIS MATTER TO THE - AMERICAN PEOPLE? - >> WHEN WE TAKE THE OATH OF - OFFICE, WE RAISE OUR RIGHT HAND - AND VOW, TAKE AN OATH TO PROTECT - AND DEFEND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED - STATES AND, IN DOING SO, WE - RECOGNIZE THAT OUR STRENGTH IS - MEASURED IN MANY WAYS -- THE - HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELL BEING - OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR - FAMILIES, OUR MILITARY MIGHT SO - ESSENTIAL, BUT ALSO THE - INTELLIGENCE THAT PROTECTS OUR - FOURTH PROTECTION, FOR THOSE WHO - WOULD GO RISK THEIR LIVES IN THE - INITIATION OF HOSTILITY, TO - PREDICT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO

- PROTECT ONCE THEY'RE THERE. - WHEN I STARTED IN INTELLIGENCE - 25 YEARS AGO, IT WAS FORCED - PROTECTION. - NOW THERE IS SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY, - IT'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD, AND THE - F.I.S.A. IS ABOUT HOW WE -- WE - HAVE TO PASS A NICA BILL IN - ORDER TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE - AMERICAN PEOPLE. - WE HAVE TO HAVE A BILL. - THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY I DON'T - LIKE THIS BILL OR THAT BILL, YOU - HAVE TO HAVE A BILL. - THE BILL WE'RE TAKING UP TODAY - IS A BILL THAT 48 OF THE 53 - REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE VOTED - FOR. - IT PASSED WITH 80 VOTES IN THE - SENATE JUST RECENTLY, AND NOW - THEY SENT IT OVER TO THE HOUSE. - THERE ARE SOME WHO SAY I DON'T - LIKE THIS, I DON'T LIKE THAT, - AND IF THEY DON'T WANT TO VOTE - FOR A BILL, WE'LL JUST SEND BACK - OUR HOUSE BILL, WHICH ISN'T AS - GOOD AS THE SENATE BILL. - THE SENATE BILL WAS VERY - COURAGEOUS, BROKE NEW GROUND, - VERY PROGRESSIVE IN TERMS OF - PROTECTING THE BALANCE BETWEEN - SECURITY, PRIVACY, SECURITY AND - CIVIL RIGHTS. - THAT'S THE CONSTANT BALANCE THAT

- WE HAVE TO HAVE, AND THIS BILL - DOES IT VERY WELL. - SO I WOULD HOPE PEOPLE WOULD - VOTE FOR IT. - IF THEY DON'T, WE'LL SEND BACK - OUR ORIGINAL HOUSE BILL. - THE SENATE BILL IS BETTER. - 48 REPUBLICANS VOTED FOR IT IN - THE SENATE. - THE HOUSE BILL, WE HAD TWO-THIRD - REPUBLICANS VO FOR THE HOUSE - BILL, TWO-THIRDS OF THE - DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR IT, SO I'S - BIPARTISAN AND VETO-PROOF, BUT, - AS I SAY, THE SENATE BILL IS - BETTER. - SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN PASS - THE SENATE BILL IN THE HOUSE - TODAY, SEND IT TO THE PRESIDENT. - IF NOT, WE'LL JUST SEND BACK OUR - HOUSE BILL, WHICH WOULD BE OKAY, - BUT IT'S BETTER IF WE COULD PASS - THE SENATE BILL. - BUT THESE REPUBLICANS IN THE - HOUSE AND VOTING AGAINST THE - SENATE, IMAGINE, THEY VOTED - AGAINST THEIR OWN VOTE. - THEY'RE COUNTERING THEIR OWN - VOTE IN SUPPORT OF HAVING A - CHECK ON THE F.I.S.A. SYSTEM - JUST BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT TOLD - THEM TO. - HOW DO YOU PROTECT AND DEFEND - EXCEPT IF HE SAYS NOT TO. - >> Woodruff: FINAL YES OR NO

- QUESTION. - SHOULD THE DEMOCRATS GO AHEAD - WITH AN IN-PERSON CONVENTION IN - THIS AUGUST IN MILWAUKEE? - >> YOU KNOW THERE'S NO YES OR - NO. - AT THE MOMENT, I WOULD SAY NOT - YET BECAUSE WE WANT -- PEOPLE'S - HEALTH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT - PART OF ALL OF IT, BUT LET'S - JU SEE. - GOD WILLING, WE HAVE A THERAPY, - A VACCINE, WHATEVER, BUT, FROM - THIS VANTAGE POINT, I THINK ALL - OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE. - I DON'T KNOW, I'MT NOT CENTRAL - TO THAT DECISION-MAKING, BUT I - THINK THAT, UNTIL WE KNOW THAT - WE CAN DO IT SAFELY, WE - SHOULDN'T GO DOWN THAT PATH. - BUT WE'LL SEE. - WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH TOM - PEREZ, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE - DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COITTEE, - PROUD OF OUR NOMINEE JOE BIDEN. - I'M SURE THEIR TEAMS, WORKING - TOGETHER, WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT - FOR OUR COUNTRY TO NOMINATE THE - NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED - STATES, JOE BIDEN. - >> Woodruff: SPEAKER OF THE - HOUSE, NANCY PELOSI, THANK YOU

- VERY MUCH. - >> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, JUDY, - ALWAYS. - THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, THE MAYOR OF MINNEAPIS - CALLED FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES - AGAINST A WHITE POLICEMAN, AFTER - A BLACK MAN DIED IN CUSTODY. - GEORGE FLOYD PLEADED HE COUL - NOT BREATHE WHEN THE OFFICER - PRESSED A KNEE TO HIS NECK. - FOUR OFFICERS VE BEEN FIRED, - BUT THERE WERE NEW PROTESTS - OVERNIGHT. - WE WILL GET MUCH MORE, AFTER THE - NEWS SUMMARY. - IN HONG KONG, THOUSANDS OF - PEOPLE PROTESTED TODAY AGAINST - CURTAILING CIVIL LIBERTIES. - POLICE FIRED PEPPER PELLETS AND - ARRESTED 360 DEMONSTRATORS, WHO - CONDEMNED EFFORTS TOUTLAW - DISRESPECTOR CHINA'S NATIONAL - ANTHEM. - MEANWHILE, U.S. SECRETARY OF - STATE MIKE POMPEO DECLARED - HONG KONG MAY NO LONGER QUALIFY - FOR SPECIAL TRADE BENEFITS. - WE WILL RETURN TO THIS STORY AS - WELL, LATER IN THE PROGRAM. - PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BASHING - SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER TWITTER - SLAPPED FACT-CHECK WARNINGS ON

- TWO OF HIS POSTS. - HE HAD ALLEGED, WITHOUT PROOF, - THAT MAIL-IN VOTING IS "RIFE - WITH FRAUD." - TODAY, HE ACCUSED BIG TECH - COMPANIES OF ANTI-CONSERVATIVE - BIAS, AND WARNED, "WE WILL - STRONGLY REGULATE OR CLOSE THEM - DOWN!" - ANY SUCH ACTION WOULD LIKELY - REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. - DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL - CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN HAS STEPPED - UP CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT - FOR REFUSING TO WEAR A MASK IN - PUBLIC. - THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HAD - CALLED HIM A "FOOL" LAST NIGHT. - TODAY, HE RENEWED THE ATTACK - DURING AN EVENT WITH - PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR TOM WOLF. - >> WEARING ONE OF THESE MASKS - WHEN YOUE OUTSIDE IS NOT A - PARTISAN ISSUE. - SECRET SERVICE OUTSIDE MY HOUSE, - THEY ALL HAVE A MASK ON. - WE DON'T TALK-- WE DON'T TALK - UNLESS I WK OUT WITH A MASK. - IT IS A MATTER OF PROTECTING - OTHER PEOPLE. - NOT JUST YOURSELF BUT OTHER - PEOPLE.

- THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. - >> Woodruff: ON MONDAY, BIDEN - WORE A FACE MASK DURING A - MEMORIAL DAY EVENT, AND THE - PRESIDENT RETWEETED A POST THAT - APPEARED TO MOCK HIM FOR IT. - NASA TODAY HAD TO SCRUB THE - FIRST LAUNCH OF ASTRONAUTS FROM - U.S. SOIL IN NEARLY A DECADE. - STORMS KEPT TWO ASTRONAUTS AND - THEIR SPACEX ROCKET STALLED AT - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA. - THEY WILL TRY AGAIN ON SATURDAY - TO REACH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE - STATION. - AMERICANS HAVE BEEN HITCHING - RIDES ON RUSSIAN SPACESHIPS - SINCE THE LAST SPACE SHUTTLE - FLIGHT IN 2011. - MEANWHILE, BOEING ANNOUNCED - TODAY THAT IT IS CUTTING MORE - THAN 12,000 JOBS FROM A - WORKFORCE OF 160,000. - SALES OF THE COMPANY'S JETLINERS - HAVE PLUMMETED DURING THE - PANDEMIC. - BOEING AO SAID THAT IT HAS - RESUMED LOW-LEVEL PRODUCTION OF - THE 737 MAX JET, AFTER TWO FATAL - CRASHES GROUNDED THE PLANES LAST - YEAR. - A TROPICAL STORM MADE LANDFALL - NEAR CHARLSETON, SOUTH CAROLINA - TODAY WITH ALMOST NO WARNING. - BERTHA CAME ASHORE JUST AFTER

- FORMING, AND CAUSED MINOR - FLOODING. - IT IS THE SECOND NAMED STORM - BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON - OFFICIALLY STARTS ON JUNE 1. - ON WALL STREET, STOCKS SURGED - AGAIN, ON HOPES FOR ECONOMIC - REVIVAL. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - GAINED 553 POINTS TO CLOSE AT - 25,548. - THE NASDAQ ROSE 72 POINTS, AND - THE S&P 500 ADDED 44. - AND, PLAYWRIGHT AND PIONEERING - AIDS ACTIVIST LARRY KRAMER HAS - DIED IN NEW YORK, OF PNEUMONIA. - HE FOUGHT FOR BOLD ACTION - AGAINST H.I.V., AND FOR GAY - RIGHTS, IN THE 1980s AND '90s. - JEFFREY BROWN LOOKS AT HIS LIFE. - >> Brown: IN "THE NORMAL HEART"" - HIS 1985 PLAY, AND LATER AN HBO - FILM, LARRY KRAMER WROTE OF - LOVE, AGONY, AND ANGER IN THE - EARLY YEARS OF AIDS. - IT WAS THE SUBJECT OF MUCH OF - HIS WORK AS WRITER AND ACTIVIST. - HE WAS A FOUNDER OF THE GAY - MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS, AND LATER,

- THE GROUP ACT-UP, WHOSE PUBLIC - CONFRONTATIONS DEMANDED - ATTENTION AND URGENT ACTION TO - ADDRESS THE GROWING AIDS CRISIS. - >> PLAGUE! - 40 MILLION INFECTED PEOPLE IS A - ( BLEEP ) PLAGUE! - WE ARE IN THE WORST SHAPE WE - HAVE EVER BEEN IN. - >> Brown: HE WAS PASSIONATE, - OFTEN LOUD, BUT HE WAS HEARD, - INCLUDING WHEN HE TOOK ON - THEN-PROMINENT AIDS RESEARCHER - . ANTHONY FAUCI. - KRAMER LABELED FAUCI AN - "INCOMPETENT IDIOT." - THE TWO WOULD COME TO MUTUAL - RESPECT, AND EVEN FRIENDSHIP. - TODAY, FAUCI, ONE OF THE LEADERS - OF THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS - TASK FORCE, SPOKE TO JUDY ABOUT - KRAMER: - >> I'M VERY SAD THAT WE'VE LOST - HIM. - HE'S JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN. - HE CHANGED-- TOTALLY, BY HIS - EXTRAORDINARY ICONOCLASTIC - AND THEATRICAL WAYS OF DOING - THINGS-- HE CHANGED THE - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE - AFFLICTED COMMUNITY WITH A GIVEN

- DISEASE, AND THE SCIENTIFIC AND - REGULATORY COMMUNITY THAT HAS - SUCH A GREAT IMPACT ON THEM. - HE SAID, "YOU CAN'T BE SEPARATE. - YOU GOT TO KEEP US IN THE TENT. - WE'VE GOT TO BE IN THERE WITH - YOU." - >> Brown: KRAMER DEALT WITH - ILLNESS FOR MUCH OF HIS ADULT - LIFE: HE WAS INFECTED WITH - H.I.V. AND, SEPARATELY, LIVER - DISEASE. - A NOVELIST AND NON-FICTION - WRITER AS WELL, AT HIS DEATH, - HE WAS WORKING ON A NEW PLAY - CENTERED ON THE CURRENT - PANDEMIC. - LARRY KRAMER WAS 84 YEARS OLD. - >> Woodruff: STILL TO COME ON - THE NEWSHOUR: - PROTESTS ERUPT IN MINNESOTA - FOLLOWING THE POLICE-INVOLVED - DEATH OF AN UNARMED BLACK MAN. - HONG KONG REACTS TO THE CHINESE - GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPT TO EXERT - GREATER CONTROL. - AND, THE CHALLENGES OF CHILD - CARE IN THE TIME OF COVID. - >> Woodruff: IT WAS A PAINFUL - NIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND A DAY

- OF DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE - DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, HIS - TREATMENT BY THE POLICE, AND THE - DEPARTMENT'S RELATIONSHIP WITH - CITIZENS OF COLOR. - ALL OF THIS CAPTURED TRAGICALLY - ON VIDEO WHEN FLOYD TOLD THE - POLICE, "I CAN'T BREATHE." - AMNA NAWAZ EXPLORES THOSE - QUESTIONS. - BUT FIRST, YAMICHE ALCINDOR HAS - THIS REPORT. - >> Alcindor: IN MINNEAPOLIS, - OUTRAGE OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE - FLOYD. - >> PROSECUTE THE POLICE! - >> Alcindor: YESTERDAY, HUNDREDS - GATHERED TO PROTEST HIS DEATH IN - POLICE CUSTODY ON MONDAY. - BY NIGHTTIME, POLICE USED TEAR - GAS ON CROWDS, AS THEY WERE - DEMANDING JUSTICE IN THE CASE. - AS TENSIONS ROSE, SMOKE BILLOWED - OVER A PRECINCT. - SOME OF THE UNREST TOOK PLACE - AT THIS INTERSECTION, WHERE-- - ONLY A DAY EARLIER-- THE - STRUGGLE BETWEEN FLOYD AND THE - OFFICERS UNFOLDED. - A VIDEO, CAPTURED BY A - BYSTANDER, SHOWS FLOYD BEING - PINNED TO THE GROUND, AS A - WHITE POLICE OFFICER KNEELS ON - HIS NECK.

- >> PLEASE, PLEASE, I CAN'T - BREATHE. - >> Alcindor: GASPING FOR AIR, HE - PLEADED, "I CAN'T BREATHE," - UNTIL HE APPEARS TO LOSE - CONSCIOUSNESS. - HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT - A HOSPITAL. - THE INITIAL POLICE REPORT OF THE - INCIDENT DID N DETAIL WHAT THE - CELL PHONE VIDEO-- WHICH HAS NOW - GONE VIRAL-- LAID BARE. - INSTEAD, POLICE ID THEY WERE - RESPONDING TO A CALL OF FORGERY, - AND THAT FLOYD PHYSICALLY - RESISTED ARREST. - BUT A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE - MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THE ARREST - SHOWS FLOYD SEEMED TO COMPLY. - STATE OFFICIALS AND THE F.B.I. - ARE INVESTIGATING THE CASE. - ALL THE FOUR OFFICERS AT THE - SCENE WERE QUICKLY FIRED LATE - TUESDAY. - TODAY, MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR JACOB - FREY SAID HE WOULD BE REQUESTING - THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FILE - CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICER WHO - KNELT ON FLOYD. - >> WHY IS THE MAN WHO KILLED - GEORGE FLOYD NOT IN JAIL? - IF YOU HAD DONE IT OR I HAD DONE - IT, WE WOULD BE BEHIND BARS - RIGHT NOW. - >> Alcindor: FLOYD'S FAMILY - CALLED FOR THE FOUR OFFICERS TO

- BE CHARGED WITH MURDER. - >> ESSENTIALLY, THEY EXECUTED - HIM IN FRONT OF US, AND WE - WATCHED HIS LIFE LEAVING HIS - BODY. - >> Alcindor: FLOYD'S BROTHER - RODNEY SAID THE LATE 46-YEAR- - OLD, WHO WAS A BOUNCER AT A - LOCAL RESTAURANT, WAS DEEPLY - LOVED. - >> A GREAT PEOPLE PERSON, - EVERYONE LOVES HIM. - IF YOU GOT A CHANCE TO KNOW HIM. - HE GIVES OUT PLENTY OF GOOD - ENERGY, GOOD VIBES, HE'S HAPPY, - HE'S SMILING ALL THE TIME. - >> Alcindor: AND FLOYD'S COUSIN, - SHAREEDUH TATE, SAID THE - OFFICERS HAD FAILED TO SEE THE - HUMANITY IN HIM. - >> HE HELD NO VALUE TO THEM - WHATSOEVER. - THEY DIDN'T CARE ONE WAY OR - ANOTHER IF HE LIVED OR DIED, AND - IT WAS CLEAR BECAUSE AS HE WAS - SITTING THERE, BEGGING, BEGGING - REPEATEDLY FOR SOMEBODY TO HEAR - HIM SAY "I CANNOT BREATHE," THEY - JUST CHOSE TO TURN AND LOOK THE - OTHER WAY. - >> I THINK ANY JUROR LOOKING AT - EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING - EVIDENCE HAS TO SAY, AT SOME - POINT, WHEN THEY IGNORED HIS - PLEAS, THE INTENT FORMS.

- >> Alcindor: WITH ECHOES OF THE - 2014 ERIC GARNER CASE IN NEW - YORK, FLOYD'S DEATH HAS DRAWN - CONDEMNATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - YAMICHE ALCINDOR. - >> Nawaz: LET'S GET THE VIEW OF - A LEADING VOICE FROM THE - COMMUNITY. - CITY COUNCILWOMAN ANDREA JENKINS - IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE - COUNCIL. - SHE REPRESENTS THE AREA WHERE - GEORGE FLOYD WAS ARRESTED. - SHE JOINS US NOW. - COUNCILWOMAN JENKINS, WELCOME TO - THE "NewsHour" AND THANK YOU - FOR BEING WITH US. - I WANT TO BEGIN WITH WHAT YOU - JUST HEARD FROM MAYOR FRY. - HE WAS UNEQUIVOCAL. - EARLIER TODAY HE SAID THE - OFFICER NEEDS TO BE CHARGED. - DO YOU AGREE WITH HIM? - >> AMNA, YES, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE - WITH MAYOR FRY IN HIS CALL FOR - CHARGES TO BE FILED AGAINST THE - OFFICER INVOLVED, AND I AM - CALLING FOR ALL OF THE OFFICERS - INVOLVED TO BE INVESTIGATED. - YOU KNOW, AS TH THE MAYOR SAID,F

- YOU OR I HAD STOOD BY IN THE - COMMISSION OF A CRIME, THEN WE - WOULD BE CHARGED AS ACCOMPLICES. - SO IT WAS CLEAR TO ME WHAT WE - WITNESSED IN THAT VIDEO WAS A - CRIME, AND IT WAS NOT ONLY A - CRIME AGAINST GEORGE FLOYD, - ALTHOUGH HE SUFFERED THE MOST - DEEP INJUSTICE, BUT, IN MY MIND, - I FELT LIKE -- IT WAS A SYMBOL - FOR A KNEE ON THE NECK OF BLACK - AMERICA. - YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS - LOOSENED THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE - E.P.A., WHICH WE KNOW IS - CREATING AN ISSUE IN BLACK AND - BROWN COMMUNITIES ALL AROUND - THIS COUNTRY, INHIBITING OUR - ABILITY TO BREATHE, THE PANDEMIC - IS IMPACTING BLACK AND BROWN - COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY

- IN REGARDS TO ACCESS TO HEALTH - CARE AND TESTING, IN REGARDS TO - EMPLOYMENT, IN REGARDS TO WHO IS - DYING FROM THIS PANDEMIC. - 60% OF ALL THE DEATHS HAVE - BEENBLOCK AND BROWN PEOPLE. - SO -- BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE. - SO SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS A SYMBOL - FOR AMERICA HAVING ITS KNEE ON - THE NECKS OF BLACK AND BROWN - PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. - >> Reporter: COUNCILWOMAN, YOU - WERE AT THE PROTESTS LAST NIGHT, - THERE ARE PROTESTS AGAIN TONIGHT - IN MINNEAPOLIS. - IF THERE ARE NO CHARGES IN THE - DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD, WHAT DO - YOU THINK THE REACTION WILL BE? - >> WELL, CERTAINLY THERE WERE - PROTESTS LAST NIGHT, AND THERE - HAVE BEEN PROTESTS ALL DAY - TODAY, AND I HAVE BEEN TO TWO OF - THEM, ALREADY. - I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL NO GET TO - A PLACE OF BEGINNING TO THINK - ABOUT HEALING UNTIL WE HAVE - CHARGES AGAINST THOSE OFFICERS.

- THAT IS THE ONLY -- THAT'S WHAT - I'M HEARING FROM MY - CONSTITUENTS, AS YOUR QUESTION - ASKS, AND THAT IS THE SENTIMENT - THAT MYSELF AND MANY OF MY - COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING MAYOR FRY, - HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR, AND I - BELIEVE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO - SEE UNREST, THOUGH I AM CALLING - FOR ALL OF MY BELOVED COMMUNITY - MEMBERS TO BE SAFE, TO - UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE STILL IN - THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC. - NOTHING HAS CHANGED. - THERE IS NO VACCINE. - THERE IS NO TREATMENT. - SO GATHERING IN GROUPS OF 8- AND - 10,000 PEOPLE IS JUST CREATING - MORE UNNECESSARY HARM TO OUR - COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAN WE HAVE - TO. - I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE - UPSET, RIGHTFULLY SO. - I SUPPORT OUR RIGHT TO - DEMOCRATIC, PEACEFUL PROTESTS.

- HOWEVER, THIS IS A SITUATION -- - IT'S UNPRECEDENTED, AS THE - COMMON PHRASE HAS BEEN USED TO - REFER TO THIS, AND WE CAN'T HAVE - THE SAME KINDS OF PROTESTING - THAT WE HAVE HAD IN PAST YEARS. - >> Reporter: COUNCILWOMAN, LET - ME ASK YOU, WE JUST HAD A TWEET - FROM THE PRESIDENT SAYING THE - F.B.I. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF - JUSTICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING - GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH. - IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT, THERE - HAVE BEEN POLICY CHANGES IN - MINIMUMMIALS IN THE PAST, THE - REASON THE OFFICERS WERE FIRED - IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T INTERVENE - WHEN THEY SAW THEIR COLLEAGUE - USING EXCESSIVE FORCE. - WE ONLY HAVE A MINUTE LEFT, AND - I APOLOGIZE, BUT WHAT ELSE DO - YOU THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW? - >> SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE - PRESIDENT HAS CALLED ON THE - F.B.I. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF - JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE THIS. - THE POLICE CHIEF HERE HAS CALLED

- ON THE F.B.I. TO GET INVOLVED. - THIS IS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, THE - VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. - SO WH I THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE - IS WE NEED A -- TO DECLARE AN - EMERGENCY ON THE OTHER VIRUS - THAT IS KILLING BLACK AMERICA, - AND THAT IS RACISM. - AND, SO, I HOPE THAT THE - PRESIDENT WILL CONDEMN THE - RACISM THAT IS INHERENT IN OUR - INSTITUTIONS AND OUR SYSTEMS, - PARTICULARLY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT - AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITIES - AND CALL FOR A CEASE OF KILLING - OF BLACK, UNARMED PEOPLE IN THE - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. - >> Reporter: COUNCILWOMAN - ANDREA JENKINS, VICE PRESIDENT - OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL - WITH US TONIGHT. - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME,

- COUNCILWOMAN. - >> THANK YOU, AMNA, APPRECIATE - THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU - TONIGHT. - >> Woodruff: WE TURN NOW TO A - DIFFERENT PROTEST, THIS TIME IN - ASIA, WHERE THE CALLS FOR - FREEDOM AND JUSTICE ARE JUST AS - FIERCE. - IN HONG KONG, DEMONSTRATORS HAVE - GROWN INCREASINGLY VIOLENT AS - THE THREATS FROM CHINA MOUNT. - LAST WEEK, BEIJING SAID IT WOULD - MAKE ANTI-CHINESE BEHAVIOR - ILLEGAL, A MOVE THAT IS - PROMPTING THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE ACTION. - HOW FAR WILL THE U.S. GO, AND - WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? - OUR NICK SCHIFRIN IS HERE TO - EXPLAIN. - SO, NICK, HELLO. - WHAT DID THE ADMINISTRATION - DECLARE TODAY, AND HOW - SIGNIFICANT IS IT? - >> Schifrin: JUDY, MAKE NO - MISTAKE: THE FATE OF HONG KONG - AS A GLOBAL FINANCIAL CENTER IS - IN THE BALANCE.

- AS YOU KNOW, FOR 30 YEARS, THE - U.S. HAS GIVEN HONG KONG SPECIAL - STATUS. - YOU AND I CAN FLY THERE WITHOUT - VISAS, GOODS CAN FLOW BACK AND - FORTH WITHOUT TARIFFS, AND TRADE - DEALS CAN BE MADE INDEPENDENT OF - BEIJING. - THAT HPED THE CITY BECOME - ASIA'S BUSINESS HUB, WITH 1,300 - AMERICAN COMPANIES. - ALL OF THOSE FREEDOMS WERE - GRANTED BY CONGRESS BEFORE THE - 1997 HANDOVER FROM THE UNITED - KINGDOM TO BEIJING. - BUT, IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THOSE - FREEDOMS, THE LAW REQUIRED THE - PRESIDENT TO CERTIFY THAT HONG - KONG WAS SUFFICIENTLY - INDEPENDENT FROM BEIJING. - AND, SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE - POMPEO WROTE TODAY, "I CERTIFIED - TO CONGRESS TODAY THAT HONG KONG - DOES NOT CONTINUE TO WARRANT - TREATMENT UNDER UNITED STATES - LAWS IN THE SAME MANNER AS U.S. - LAWS WERE APPLIED TO HONG KONG - BEFORE 1997. - NO REASONABLE PERSON CAN ASSERT - TODAY THAT HONG KONG MAINTAINS A - HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY FROM - CHINA, GIVEN FACTS ON THE - GROUND." - NOW WHAT ARE THOSE FACTS? - AS YOU MENTIONED, PRO-DEMOCRACY

- ADVOCATES IN HONG KONG SAY - BEIJING HAS BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY - ERODING HONG KONG INDEPENDENCE, - AND THEY LAUNCHED HONG KONG'S - MOST SIGNIFICANT PROTESTS IN - DECADES. - BEIJING SAID THOSE PROTESTS - EXPOSED A "WEAK LINK IN CHINESE - NATIONAL SECURITY" AND A WAY F"" - FOREIGN FORCES"-- THE U.S.-- TO - THREATEN BEIJING'S INTERESTS. - AND SO, BEIJING HAS RESPONDED - WITH A NEW NATIONAL SECURITY LAW - FOR HONG KONG, EXPECTED TO BE - PASSED TOMORROW, THAT WOULD BA"" - ACTS OF SECESSION, SUBVERTING - STATE POWER AND ORGANIZING AND - CARRYING OUT TERRORIST - ACTIVITIES," AND BANS" - INTERFERENCE IN HONG KONG'S - INTERNAL AFFAIRS BY EXTERNAL - FORCES." - THAT IS VERY VAGUE LANGUAGE THAT - PRO-DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES SAY - COULD BE USED TO RESTRICT THE - FREEDOMS HONG KONG HAS ENJOYED. - AND SO, IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER - BILL BEING DEBATED IN HONG KONG, - THAT PUSHED HONG KONG RESIDENTS - BACK INTO THE STREETS TODAY.

- HONG KONG POLICE ARRESTED MORE - THAN 300 DURING TODAY'S - PROTESTS, THAT DEMONSTRATORS VOW - TO CONTINUE. - >> SO, NICK, GIVEN ALL THIS, - WHAT ARE THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION'S OPTIONS FROM - THIS POINT ON? - >> YEAH, SO TH DECLARATION - TODAY DOESN'T TRIGGER ANYTHING - AUTOMATIC. - SO SENIOR ADMINISTRATION - OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS A ROBUST - DEBATE INSIDE THE ADMINISTRATION - ON HOW FAR TO GO, AND THOSE WHO - ARE AFFECTS FOR AN AGGRESSIVE - RESPONSE SAY THIS, THAT THERE - NEEDS TO BE SANCTIONS OF SENIOR - GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, COMMUNIST - PARTY INITIALS KNOWN AS THE - C.C.P. AND THEIR FAMILIES AND - ALSO TO END HONG KONG'S SPECIAL - ECONOMIC AND TRAVEL TREATMENT, - THAT WOULD INCLUDE IMPOSING - TARIFFS, VISA RESTRICTIONS AND - COULD LEAU.S. BIDS BUSINESSES - TO LEAVE THE CITY AND COULD - IMPACT XI JINPING AND PUT - PRESSURE ON HIM AND HURT BEIJING - BECAUSE BEIJING BENEFITS FROM - THE INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL THAT

- GOES THROUGH HONG KONG. - TAKE A LISTEN TO BLUMENTHAL. - >> YOU HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF - PRESSURE ON XI JINPING AND HIS - HIS PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE'S AN - INTERNAL BACKLASH AGAINST HIM IN - THE C.C.P. BECAUSE OF HIS - VARIOUS MISHAPS, NOT LEAST LEAST - OF WHICH IS COVID 19 REACTION - AND APPROACH, SO YOU HAVE TO - CREATE ENOUGH OF A BACKLASH - THAT, INSIDE CHINA, THE - PRESIDENT TENDS TO REVERSE - COURSE, AND I THINK THAT'S - DOABLE. - >> Reporter: AND THAT, CRITICS - SAY, IS INEFFECTIVE AND - SELF-DEFEATING. - THEY SAY TARIFFS AND SANCTIONS - DON'T WORK, WOULD HURT THOSE - U.S. BUSINESSES IN HONG KONG AND - ANY VISA RESTRICTIONS WOULD - ACTUALLY HURT THE PRO DEMOCRACY - ADVOCATES WHO HAVE BEEN - AFFECTING FOR BEIJING TO ALLOW - HONG KONG TO MAINTAIN ITS - FREEMS, JUDY, SO SENIOR STATE - DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS ARE HINTING - IN A CONFERENCE CALL JUST ABOUT - AN HOUR AGO THAT THEIR RESPONSE - AND EXECUTIVE ORDER BY THE - PRESIDENT WILL BE TARGETED, WILL

- TRY TO SUPPORT THOSE DEMOCRACY - ADVOCATES BUT, ALSO, AT THE SAME - TIME, PUNISHSENIOR CHINESE - GOVERNMENT OFFICIA, BUT THE - DECISION, JUDY, IS ON THE - PRESIDENT'S DESK RHT NOW. - >> Woodruff: FINALLY, JUST - QUICKLY, NICK, TODAY, MEANWHILE, - ON CAPITOL HILL, THE HOUSE - PASSING LEGISLATION THAT HAS TO - DO WITH THE TREATMENT OF THE - UIGHUR MINORITY. - HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT IN THE - MIDST OF ALL THIS? - >> YEAH, THIS IS THE MOST - SIGNIFICANT ATTEMPT TO PUNISH - CHINA FOR A WIDESPREAD PROGRAM - THAT HAS DETAINED MORE THAN A - MILLION MUSLIM UIGHURS IN CHINA. - IT CALLS FOR THE PRESIDENT TO - SANCTION SENIOR OFFICIALS IN THE - COMMUNIST PARTY AS WELL AS THE - COMPANIES THAT CREATED THE CAMPS - THAT ARE HOLDING THESE MUSLIM - UIGHURS AND THE COMPANIES THAT - CREATED THE SURVEILLANCE STATE - INSIDE THE TOWN. - THESE ARE AUTHORITIES THE - PRESIDENT HAD BUT THEY DO PUT - PUBLIC PRESSURE ON HIM TO PUNISH - BEIJING FOR THIS, JUDY.

- >> Woodruff: NICK SCHIFRIN, - FOLLOWING IT ALL FOR US. - WE THANK YOU, NICK. - >> Reporter: THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: AS STATES BEGIN - REOPENING, ONE ISSUE LOOMS LARGE - FOR WORKING FAMILIES: WHO WILL - CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN? - SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT CAT WISE - REPORTS ON THE SITUATION IN - OREGON. - >> Reporter: HER KIDS WERE ALL - SMILES IN RECENT MOTHER'S DAY - PHOTOS, BUT THE PAST FEW MONTHS - HAVE BEEN ROUGH FOR SINGLE- - MOTHER LYDIA VERSCHUREN. - SHE'S A HOME HEALTH CARE - PROVIDER IN SALEM, OREGON, AND - LIKE MANY ESSENTIAL WORKERS - AROUND THE COUNTRY, SHE HAD TO - KEEP WORKING EVEN AFTER HER - CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS CLOSED DOWN - IN MID-MARCH. - >> I WAS GETTING PRETTY - STRESSED, TO BE HONEST. - >> Reporter: THEN SHE LEARNED - ABOUT A NEW, EMERGENCY CHILD - CARE PROGRAM FOR FIRST - RESPONDERS AND HEALTHCARE - WORKERS IN THE SALEM AREA. - IT'S FREE AND RUN BY THE LOCAL - PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

- >> I JUMPED FROM JOY. - I WAS LIKE, I NEED TO GET IN ON - THAT. - I GOT ACCEPTED, AND THEY COULD - START RIGHT AWAY AFTER A WEEKEND - OR MONDAY. - SO IT WAS JUST LIKE THAT. - >> Reporter: NOW, MOST MORNINGS - AROUND 7:30, VERSCHUREN BRINGS - HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON AND SIX- - YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TO THE EAST - SALEM COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE - THE PROGRAM IS RUN. - DURING DROP-OFFS, EVERY CHILD'S - TEMPERATURE IS TAKEN, AND - FAMILIES ARE ASKED A SERIES OF - HEALTH QUESTIONS TO SCREEN FOR - POSSIBLE INFECTIONS. - SO FAR, NONE OF THE 64 ENROLLED - CHILDREN HAVE TESTED POSITIVE - FOR THE CORONAVIRUS. - OREGON IS ONE OF A SMALL NUMBER - OF STATES WHERE SCHOOL DISTRICTS - HAVE STEPPED IN TO PROVIDE CHILD - CARE FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS - DURING THE OUTBREAK. - THE SALEM-KEIZER SCHOOL DISTRICT - WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE - STATE TO COMPLY IN MID-MARCH - AFTER AN ORDER FROM GOVERNOR - KATE BROWN. - >> WE HADN'T PRACTICED FOR - PROVIDING EMERGENCY CARE FOR - FIRST RESPONDERS. - THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T - HAVE A MANUAL FOR. - >> Reporter: STEPHANIE WHETZEL - IS THE DISTRICT'S EARLY

- CHILDHOOD COORDINATOR. - >> WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE - TO HELP PARENTS PROVIDE A - SERVICE THAT WAS MUCH NEEDED. - I KNOW HOW STRESSFUL THIS IS FOR - PARENTS. - WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN - POSSIBLY DO TO KEEP KIDS SAFE, - STAFF SAFE, FAMILIES SAFE, OUR - OWN FAMILIES AT HOME SAFE. - >> Reporter: SOME OF THOSE - SAFETY MEASURES INCLUDE RIGOROUS - SANITIZING, A NURSE ON SITE, AND - TWICE-A-DAY TEMPERATURE CHECKS - OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. - CHILDREN, WHO RANGE IN AGE FROM - ONE TO 11, ARE KEPT IN SEPARATE - SMALL GROUPS WITH DEDICATED - STAFF TO REDUCE THE RISK OF - SPREADING THE VIRUS, IF A CASE - DOES OCCUR. - THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THE - DISTRICT, STATE, AND FEDERAL - GOVERNMENT. - SALEM IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY - COMMUNITIES IN OREGON, AND - AROUND THE COUNTRY, GRAPPLING - WITH WORKFORCE IMPACTS FROM THE - SUDDEN LACK OF CHILD CARE. - BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, EVERY - COUNTY IN OREGON WAS CONSIDERED - A "CHILDCARE DESERT," WHERE - THERE ARE THREE OR MORE CHILDREN - FOR EVERY LICENSED CHILD CARE - SLOT. - TODAY, THE SITUATION IS MORE - GRIM. - ACCORDING TO THE STATEABOUT - 40% OF LICENSED CHILD CARE

- PROVIDERS ARE CLOSED. - OTHERS APPLIED EARLY ON FOR - EMERGENCY CHILD CARE LICENSES - FROM THE STATE TO REMAIN OPEN, - BUT IN SOME CASES, PROVIDERS - HAVE HAD UNFILLED SLOTS BECAUSE - FAMILIES HAVE CHOSEN TO KEEP - THEIR CHILDREN HOME OUT OF - SAFETY OR OTHER CONCERNS, LIKE - FINANCES. - >> CHILD CARE AROUND THE UNITED - STATES PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC WAS - ALREADY CHALLENGED AND RLLY - FRACTURED. - NOW THAT WE'RE IN THE CONTEXT OF - THE PANDEMIC, IT IS REALLY - BREAKING. - >> Reporter: LYNETTE FRAGA IS - THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF - CHILD CARE AWARE OF AMERICA, - A NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON IMPROVING - ACCESS TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE - CHILD CARE. - THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN - ADVOCATING FOR MORE FEDERAL - MONEY, AROUND $50 BILLION, TO - KEEP THE CHILD CARE INDUSTRY - FROM CRUMBLING DURING THE - PANDEMIC. - >> AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH - REOPENING, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO - BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO PROVIDE - CHILD CARE BECAUSE OF THE COST - OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AND - GROUP SIZES AND SO FORTH, WHAT

- WE ARE GOING TO SEE IS THAT - PARENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO - BEAR THE PRICE BURDEN, - POTENTIALLY. - THEY MIGHT BE HAVING TO MAKE - DECISIONS NOT TO GO BACK TO WORK - BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND - CHILDCARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN - THAT'S SAFE AND RELIABLE. - >> Reporter: IN OREGON, ECONOMIC - RECOVERY WILL DEPEND IN PART ON - CHILD CARE PROVIDERS LIKE - SHANNON ADEN, WHO HAS RUN A - HOME-BASED PROGRAM IN PORTLAND - FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. - OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, - SHE'S BEEN PROVIDING CARE FOR - CHILDREN OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS, - BUT DUE TO STATE REGULATIONS, - SHE HAD TO CUT HER ENROLLMENT - FROM 16 TO 10 CHILDREN. - ADEN ESTIMATES SHE'S SPENT ABOUT - $1,200 MORE ON EXTRA CLEANING - SUPPLIES AND HIGHER FOOD COSTS. - SHE'S KEPT HER STAFF PAID, BUT - THAT'S MEANT SHE'S NOT HAD ANY - INCOME SINCE THE END OF - FEBRUARY. - >> I THINK THAT THIS PANDEMIC - HAS SHOWN THE COUNTRY THAT - WITHOUT CARE PROVIDERS, THE - COUNTRY CAN'T RUN VERY WELL. - WE'RE NOT IN THE HOSPITALS AND - WE'RE NOT PUTTING OUT THE FIRES - AND TRANSPORTING THE PATIENTS, - BUT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE

- MOST PRECIOUS THING WE HAVE. - AND THAT'S OUR CHILDREN, SO - THEIR PARENTS CAN GO AND DO - THOSE IMPORTANT JOBS. - >> Reporter: BACK IN SALEM, - LYDIA VERSCHUREN AND MANY OTHER - FAMILIES ARE TRYING TO FIGE - OUT CHILD CARE PLANS FOR THE - COMING MONTHS. - THE SALEM-KEIZER SCHOOL DISTRICT - RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE EMERGENCY - CHILD CARE PROGRAM WILL END ON - JUNE 9, WHEN SCHOOLS IN THE AREA - CLOSE FOR THE SUMMER, BUT THEY - ARE TRYING TO CONNECT FAMILIES - WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL CHILD - CARE PROVIDERS THAT WILL BE - OPEN. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - CAT WISE, REPORTING FROM - PORTLAND, OREGON. - >> Woodruff: SUCH AN IMPORTANT - ISSUE. - AND THAT IS THE NEWSHOUR FOR - TONIGHT. - JOIN US ONLINE, AND AGAIN HERE - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - FOR ALL OF US AT THE - PBS NEWSHOUR, THANK YOU, - PLEASE STAY SAFE, AND WE'LL - SEE YOU SOON. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY: - >> CONSUMER CELLULAR OFFERS - NO-CONTRACT WIRELESS PLANS THAT

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