PBS NewsHour; May 26, 2020, 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

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- THAT MAY GO DOWN IN HISTORY. - ( OPENING BELL ) - GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO DID THE - HONORS, WEARING A MASK, THE - NOW TELL-TALE SYMBOL OF THE - PANDEMIC. - WITH THAT, THE TRADING FLOOR - PARTIALLY RE-OPENED FOR THE - FIRST TIME IN TWO MONTHS. - THE NORMALLY BUZZING SPACE - SAW ONLY A FEW BROKERS RETURN - IN-PERSON, AND MOST EMPLOYEES - WILL CONTINUE TO WORK REMOTELY, - FOR NOW. - CUOMO SAID THE OPENING AFTER - MEMORIAL DAY MARKED A CRITICAL - MOMENT. - >> WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE PAGE - ON COVID-19, AND WE'RE GOING TO - START FOCUSING ON RE-OPENING AND - HOW WE REOPEN AND HOW SMART WE - ARE IN REOPENING. - >> Reporter: BUT EVEN AS SOME - NEW YORK SUBURBS ENTERED THE - FIRST PHASE OF RELAXED - RESTRICTIONS, CUOMO ALSO - HIGHLIGHTED DATA THAT LOW-INCOME - AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES ARE - STILL EXPERIENCING DOUBLE THE - INFECTION RATES OF THE REST OF - THE CITY. - IN CALIFORNIA, CHURCHES ARE - STARTING TO OPEN THEIR DOORS. - >> WE RESERVE THE RIGHT - OURSELVES TO DETERMINE THE - THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DO, THAT

- WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF OUR - PEOPLE. - >> Reporter: AFTER HEATED - DEBATE, THE STATE LAID OUT A - PLAN THIS WEEK TO T INDIVIDUAL - COUNTIES DECIDE WHEN HOUSES OF - WORSHIP SHOULD RE-OPEN. - MEANWHILE, AT THE WHITE HOUSE - TODAY, THE PRESIDENT SPOKE AT A - ROSE GARDEN EVENT. - ONE TOP WHITE HOUSE STAFFER, - KATIE MILLER, VICE PRESIDENT - PENCE'S PRESS SECRETARY, - RETURNED TO WORK TODAY AFTER A - SERIES OF NEGATIVE COVID TESTS. - SHE TESTED POSITIVE EARLIER THIS - MONTH, PROMPTING THE WHITE HOUSE - TO MANDATE FACE MASKS FOR ALL - STAFF. - BUT, EVEN AS THE SLOW MARCH - TOWARD NORMAL PROGRESSES, THERE - ARE NEW FEARS OVER MEAT-PACKING - FACILITIES, WHERE WORKERS - CONTINUE TO GET SICK. - THE "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTED - TODAY THAT THERE ARE 11,000 - COVID-19 CASES LINKED TO THREE - MAJOR MEAT PRODUCERS: TYSON - FOODS, SMITHFIELD FOODS, AND

- J.B.S. - EACH OF THOSE COMPANIES HAS - TAKEN STEPS TO SLOW THE SPREAD - OF THE VIRUS. - STILL, PLANT CLOSURES AND WORKER - SHORTAGES HAVE STRAINED THE - NATION'S MEAT SUPPLY. - OVERSEAS, IN INDIA, THE NUMBER - OF NEW INFECTIONS CLIMBED FOR - THE SEVENTH STRAIGHT DAY. - CASES HAVE SURGED SINCE THE - COUNTRY LIFTED LOCKDOWN ORDERS. - DESPITE THAT, LIMITED DOMESTIC - AIR TRAVEL RESUMES THERE - THIS WEEK, WITH EMPLOYEES - DISINFECTING BAGS AND SOME - TRAVELERS WEARING CONSPICUOUS - SAFETY GEAR. - >> CORONAVIRUS IS VERY - DANGEROUS. - WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT, AND WE - HAVE TO TAKE ALL THOSE MEASURES - WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS ASKING - US TO DO. - >> Reporter: IN RUSSIA TODAY - AUTHORITIES REPORTED THE HIGHEST - DAILY DEATH TOLL THERE YET. - THE COUNTRY HAS THE THIRD - HIGHEST NUMBER OF INFECTIONS IN - THE WORLD, BUT THE GOVERNMENT - HAS REPORTED A RELATIVELY LOW - MORTALITY RATE. - RUSSIAN OFFICIALS HAVE DENIED - THAT THEY ARE DELIBERATELY - UNDER-REPORTING COVID DEATHS. - ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, - FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON

- UNVEILED AN $8.8 BILLION PLAN TO - SAVE THE HARD-HIT FRENCH AUTO - INDUSTRY. - AND, IN SOUTH AMERICA, THE - CONTINENT'S LARGEST AIR CARRIER, - LAT-AM AIRLINES, FILED FOR U.S. - BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION, CITING A - COLLAPSE IN DEMAND. - THAT, AS A U.S. BAN ON FOREIGN - TRAVELERS FROM BRAZIL TOOK - EFFECT TODAY. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - STEPHANIE SY. - >> Woodruff: AS WALL STREET - WELCOMED BACK TRADERS TO THE - FLOOR OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE - TODAY, TRADERS WELCOMED THE - MOMENT. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - GAINED NEARLY 530 POINTS TO - CLOSE AT 24,995. - THE NASDAQ ROSE 15 POINTS, AND - THE S&P 500 ADDED 36. - IN THE DAY'S OTHER NEWS, THE - CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FIRED FOUR - POLICE OFFICERS IN THE DEATH OF - AN UNARMED BLACK MAN LAST NIGHT. - A BYSTANDER'S VIDEO SHOWS A - WHITE OFFICER PRESSING HIS KNEE - ON THE MAN'S NECK AS HE PLEADS - THAT HE CANNOTREATHE. - WE WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK - AFTER THE NEWS SUMMARY.

- THE GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN - BEGAN RELEASING 900 TALIBAN - PRISONERS TODAY, AND IT URGED - THE MILITANTS TO EXTEND A - THREE-DAY CEASE-FIRE. - DOZENS OF INMATES WALKED OUT OF - THE BAGRAM JAIL NEAR KABUL. - THE RELEASE WAS PART OF A DEAL - THAT THE U.S. SIGNED WITH THE - TALIBAN BACK IN FEBRUARY. - HONG KONG'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE HAS - DISMISSED FEARS THAT MAINLAND - CHINA IS MOVING TO SNUFF OUT - DISSENT. - CHINA'S CEREMONIAL LEGISLATURE - IS CONSIDERING A BILL TO REIN IN - PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS THAT - ROCKED HONG KONG LAST YEAR. - BUT, CARRIE LAM SAID TODAY, IT - IS FOR THE GREATER GOOD. - >> WE ARE A VERY FREE SOCIETY. - SO FOR THE TIME BEING, PEOPLE - HAVE THE FREEDOM TO SAY WHATEVER - THEY WANT TO SAY. - BUT ULTIMATELY, WHAT IS TO BE - PROVIDED IN THIS PIECE OF - LEGISLATION IS FOR ALL OF US TO - SEE, IN ORDER TO BE ASSURED THAT - HONG KONG'S FREEDOMS WILL BE - PRESERVED.

- >> Woodruff: THE COMMANDER OF - THE CHINESE ARMY GARRISON IN - HONG KONG SAID TODAY THAT HIS - TROOPS WILL FIRMLY ENFORCE - BEIJING'S ORDERS. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, THE - PENTAGON'S DEPUTY INSPECTOR - GENERAL GLENN FINE RESIGNED, - WEEKS AFTER HE WAS REMOVED AS - OVERSEER OF PANDEMIC RELIEF - SPENDING. - IN A BRIEF STATEMENT, HE PRAISED - THE WATCHDOG ROLE OF INSPECTORS - GENERAL. - IN RECENT WEEKS, PRESIDENT TRUMP - HAS FIRED THE I.G.s FOR THE - STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE - INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. - THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF - GEORGIA, BRIAN KEMP, IS NOW - OFFERING TO HOST THE PARTY'S - NATIONAL CONVENTION IN AUGUST. - THE PRESIDENT THREATENED TO PULL - THE EVENT FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH - CAROLINA OVER PANDEMIC - RESTRICTIONS. - ANOTHER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, - RON DeSANTIS OF FLORIDA, SAID - TODAY HE ALSO IS WILLING TO HOST - THE CONVENTION. - THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED - MEDICARE CO-PAYS FOR INSULIN - WILL BE CAPPED AT $35.

- RECIPIENTS WHO SELECT DRUG PLANS - WITH THE NEW BENEFIT COULD SAVE - ABOUT $450 A YEAR. - PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED IT AS - HE LOOKS TO SHORE UP SUPPORT - AMONG SENIORS, WHO HAVE TAKEN - THE BRUNT OF THE CORONAVIRUS - PANDEMIC. - AND, COSTA RICA IS NOW THE FIRST - CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY TO - LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. - THE COUNTRY'S SUPREME COURT HAD - RULED IN 2018 THAT A BAN ON GAY - UNIONS WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. - THAT RULING FORMALLY TOOK EFFECT - TODAY, AFTER THE NATIONAL - CONGRESS FAILED TO PASS A LAW - ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. - STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - AN UNARMED BLACK MAN DIES, AFTER - A MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER - KNEELS ON HIS NECK. - THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS ON - THE CAREGIVERS TAKING CARE OF - THE SICK. - SENDING ASTRONAUTS BACK INTO - SPACE FROM THE U.S. FOR THE - FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A DECADE. - AND, MUCH MORE. - >> Woodruff: THERE IS A PROTEST - IN MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT FOLLOWING

- THE DEATH OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN - MAN. - HE DIED AFTER A POLICE OFFICER - KNEELED ON HIS NECK WHILE - APPREHENDING HIM LAST NIGHT. - ECHOING THE ERIC GARNER CASE - FROM STATEN ISLAND, THE MAN TOLD - THE OFFICER, "I CAN'T BREATHE." - THE CONSEQUENCES HAVE BEEN - BUILDING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. - AMNA NAWAZ HAS A LOOK AT HOW THE - INCIDENT, CAPTURED ON VIDEO, LED - TO OUTRAGE IN THE TWIN CITIES - AREA, AND WIDER. - >> Nawaz: THE VIDEO SHOWS GEORGE - FLOYD ON THE STREET, HANDS - CUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK, PINNED - DOWN BY A POLICE OFFICER'S KNEE - ON HIS NECK. - FLOYD REPEATEDLY SAYS "I CAN'T - BREATHE." - >> PLEASE, PLEASE, I CAN'T - BREATHE! - >> Nawaz: WITNESSES ON THE - SIDEWALK ARE HEARD BEGGING ONE - OFFICER TO LISTEN TO FLOYD... - >> YOU GOT HIM DOWN. - LET HIM BREATHE. - >> Nawaz: ...THEN IMPLORING THE - SECOND OFFICER TO INTERVENE.

- >> YOU'RE JUST GOING TO STAND - THERE? - SO YOU CALL WHAT HE'S DOING - OKAY? - >> Nawaz: MINUTES INTO THE - VIDEO, ONE BYSTANDER ALERTS THE - POLICE THAT FLOYD IS NO LONGER - MOVING. - >> BRO, HE'S NOT EVEN ( BLEEP ) - MOVING! - >> Nawaz: FLOYD WAS TAKEN BY - AMBULANCE TO HENNEPIN COUNTY - MEDICAL CENTER, AND PRONOUNCED - DEAD. - MINNEAPOLIS POLICE SAID IN A - STATEMENT MONDAY NIGHT THAT THEY - WE RESPONDING TO A REPORT OF A - FORGERY IN PROGRESS, AND THAT - FLOYD PHYSICALLY RESISTED - OFFICERS. - >> HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DIED. - >> Nawaz: THIS MORNING, - MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR JACOB FREY - ADDRESSED REPORTERS AFTER - WATCHING THE VIDEO. - >> FOR FIVE MINUTES, WE WATCHED - AS A WHITE OFFICER PRESSED HIS - KNEE TO THE NECK OF A BLACK MAN. - FOR FIVE MINUTES. - WHEN YOU HEAR SOMEONE CALLING - FOR HELP, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO - HELP. - THIS OFFICER FAILED IN THE MOST - BASIC HUMAN SENSE.

- >> Nawaz: BY THIS AFTERNOON, - MAYOR FREY ANNOUNCED FOUR - MINNEAPOLIS OFFICERS INVOLVED IN - FLOYD'S DEATH HAD BEEN FIRED. - SOME REACTION TOLL OF THIS, - FROM ONE OF THE AREA'S LEADERS. - MELVIN CARTER IS THE MAYOR OF - ST. PAUL, PART OF THE TWIN - THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. - THAT VIDEO IS SO HARD FOR TOE - MANY PEOPLE TO WATCH, YOUR HEART - JUST GOES OUT TO THE FRIENDS AND - FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD. - WHEN YOU FIRST SAW THAT VIDEO, - YOU LEAD A COMMUNITY RIGHT NEXT - DOOR. - WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? - >> EXACTLY THAT. - THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON. - WE HAVE A TEN-MINUTE VIDEO JUST - AS MAYOR FRYE JUST SET OF A MAN, - GEORGE FLOYD, HAVING HIS NECK - PRESSED IN FROM BEHIND. - HE'S DEFENSELESS, HE'S HELPLESS - HE'S HANDCUFFED THE WHOLE TIME. - THERE COULDN'T BE ANY - DISTRACTIONS ON THIS AS WE - TRADITIONALLY SEE FOLKS BLAMING - THE VICTIM THERE COULDN'T BE ANY - EXCUSES. - THERE'S NO ARGUMENT THAT THERE

- WAS A HEAT OF THE MOMENT, - THERE'S NO WEAPON, NO SUSTAINED - 'DEPRESSION, THERE'S NO - ARGUMENT. - THE OFFICER COULD HAVE BEEN - ACTING IN SELF DEFENSE OR WITH - FEAR FOR HIS LIFE. - WE JUST HAVE A MAN, GEORGE FLOYD - WHO SHOULD BE STILL ALIVE TODAY. - >> MAYOR CARTER, IT'S SAD TO SAY - TWIN CITIES HAVE BEEN HERE - BEFORE. - YOU THINK BACK TO THE 2015 - POLICE SHOOTING OF JAMAR CLARK. - THE 2016 POLICE SHOOTING OF - PHILANDO CASTILE. - YOU CANNOT HEAR GEORGE FLOYD SAY - THE WORDS "I CAN'T BREATHE" - ENOUGH. - THINK BACK TO ERIC GARNER AFTER - NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER PUT - HIM IN A CHOKEHOLD. - EACH TIME THERE ARE PROTESTS, - THERE'S CALLS FOR JUSTICE, - MONTHS SOMETIMES YEARS GO BY. - WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE REACTION - YOU HAVE SEEN SO FAR NEXT DOOR - IN MINNEAPOLIS TO WHAT HAPPENED? - >> I THINK JUROR EXACTLY RIGHT. - YOU CAN'T PRETEND THIS IS ONE - TIME STAND ALONE THING. - I CAN TELL YOU IN GARNER "VOX" - SO MANY OF THE VIDEOS WE'VE - SEEN, CERTAIY IN THE ONE WE'VE - ONE OF THE MOST DISTURBING THING - TO ME IS THE OTHER OFFICERS. - THE OTHER OFFICERS WHO STAND

- AROUND. - IF IT'S JUST ONE OFFICER, ACTING - BY HIMSELF THEN SOMEBODY MIGHT - BE ABLE TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT - THAT HE'S A BAD APPLE OR THAT - HE'S A ROGUE OFFICER OR - SOMETHING LI THAT. - EVERYONE KNOWS THE BASIC JOB OF - A POLICE OFFICER IS TO HELP WHEN - SOMEONE IS BEING HURT. - SO FOR THREE OFFICERS TO STAND - THERE NOT DEEM IT IN THEIR JOB - TO INTERVENE AND STOP THIS FROM - HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, TO GEORGE - FLOYD, SPEAKS TO AN UNDENIABLE - CULTURE A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE, A - CULTURE OF ABUSE THAT SOMEHOW - BEEN NORMALIZED. - THAT'S BEEN ACCEPTED. - AND THAT HAS TO END RIGHT NOW. - >> AS WE MENTIONED FOUR POLICE - OFFICERS FROM MINNEAPOLIS HAVE - ALREADY BEEN FIRED. - WHY DO YOU THINK MAYOR FRYE - REACTED SO SWIFTLY? - >> I TELL YOU, MAYOR FRYE IS A - GOOD FRIEND, HE AND I WORK - TOGETHER CLOSELY ON A NUMBER OF - THING. - I APPRECIATE HIM MAKING A VERY - STRONG STATEMENT THIS MORNING - SAYING THAT THIS WAS - UNACCEPTABLE. - FOR BEING BLACK IN AMERICA TO BE

- A LIFE SENTENCE, I APPRECIATE - SEEING THEM TAKE STRONG ACTION - AND FIRE THESE OFFICERS. - I ASSUME THE MAYOR, HE WATCHED - THIS VIDEO LIKE SO MANY OF US - JUST CAN'T LIVE WITNESS. - CAN'T SUSTAIN ALL OF THIS. - I TELL YOU I APPRECIATE HIM - GIVING VOICE TO THAT. - I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT - SITUATION FOR HIM BECAUSE PART - OF HIS JOB RIGHT NOW, TOO, IS TO - MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T DO OR SAY - ANYTHING THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE - DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO HOLD - THESE OFFICERS FULLY - ACCOUNTABLE. - >> YOU MENTION THE POLICE - DEPARTMENT. - I SHOULD POINT OUT THEIR FIRST - STATEMENT, SOME PARTS OF IT WERE - CONTRADICTED WHEN THE VIDEO - SURFACED AND STARTED BECOMING - MUCH MORE WIDELY SEEN. - THERE WAS NO MENTION IN THE - POLICE STATEMENT OF A NEON THE - NECK. - OR OF GORGE FLOYD LOSING - CONSCIOUSNESS IT WAS SAID IT WAS - MEDICAL INCIDENT. - THOSE KIND OF STATES AND STORIES - CAN LEAD PEOPLE TO THINK THE - POLICE ARE HIDING SOMETHING OR - NOT TELLING THE FULL STORY. - LEADS TO MISTRUST. - IN THE SAME COMMUNITIES THEY ARE - SWORN TO PROTECT. - AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, HOW DO - YOU FIX THAT? - >> YOU ARE SO RIGHT.

- IT'S SUCH A BIG PROBLEM. - PHILANDO WAS MY CHILD'S LUNCH - GUY. - IT WASN'T THE SAINTED PAUL - POLICE DEPARTMENT. - THAT VIDEO DIDN'T HAPPEN IN - ST. PAUL. - IT WASN'T THE ST. PAUL POLICE - DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE BEEN - WORKING FOR YEARS, WE HAVE - FANTASTIC POLICE CHIEF, MY - FATHER IS RETIRED ST. PAUL - POLICE OFFICER. - WE WORKED FOR YEARS TO BUILD THE - TYPE OF TRUST, TO BUILD THE - CREDIBILITY. - TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY AND - COMMUNITY LEADERS, WHEN THIS - HAPPENS WHETHER IT'S IN - MINNEAPOLIS OR ANYWHERE AROUND - THE COUNTRY, IT SETS US BACK - YEARS ON THAT WORK THAT WE'VE - DONE TO BUILD TRUST. - IT PUTS EVERY SINGLE OFFICER IN - OUR COUNTRY IN A BAD SWAGE. - THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC - THINGS ABOUT THIS. - WE KNOW THAT THE PROCESS OF - BUILDING TRUST IS NEVER - COMPLETE. - IT'S NEVER DONE AND SO THAT JUST - MEANS WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO - DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT WORK. - I'VE SPOKEN TO MY POLICE CHIEF - THIS MORNING, HE ALWAYS TALKS - ABOUT THE BANK OF TRUST THE - NEEDS THAT MAKE DEPOSIT IN THAT - BANK OF TRUST BEFORE YOU EVER - HAVE TO MAKE A WITHDRAWAL. - THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IN

- ST. PAUL. - >> MAYOR CARTER AS WE SIT THERE - ARE PROTESTS IN MINNEAPOLIS, - PEOPLE CALLING FOR JUSTICE. - AS WE SIT HERE THERE IS THE - TRAGIC AMERICAN TRUTH THAT - NATIONWIDE U.S. POLICE - DISPROPORTIONATELY KILL BLACK - PEOPLE IN AMERICA. - WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHAT - NEEDS TO HAPPEN NEX TELL ME AS - AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, WHAT WOULD - YOU LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN NOW, - SPECIFICALLY. - SO THERE'S NOT JUST JUSTICE FOR - MR. FLOYD'S FAMILY BUT WE CAN - MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T KEEP - HAPPENING. - >> I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY - RIGHT. - UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE SEEN - HISTORICALLY TOO MANY TIMES THAT - NO ONE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR - THINGS LIKE THIS. - I CAN ONLY PRAY THAT WE HAVE A - LEGAL SYSTEM HERE IN MINNESOTA, - HERE IN AMERICA THAT IS CAPABLE - FOR HOLDING THESE OFFICERS - ACCOUNTABLE. - FOR TAKING GEORGE FLOYD'S LIFE - IN A WAY THIS THEY DID. - I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD - SEND THIS TO A GRAND JURY. - I'M LOOKING TO HENNEPIN COUNTY - ATTORNEY MIKE FREEMAN TO MAKE A - CHARGING DECISION TO MAKE IT - SOON SO THAT WE CAN HEALED THESE - OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE. - IF WE CAN'T OR IF WE WON'T HOLD

- THESE OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE THEN - IT WILL JUST BE ANOTHER PAINFUL - REMINDER IN A MOUNTAIN OF - EVIDENCE THAT TELLS OUR YOUNG -- - IN PARTICULAR OUR YOUNG AFRICAN - AMERICAN MEN THAT THEIR LIVES - ARE NOT VALUED IN THE SAME WAY - AS OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE. - THAT HAS TO BE UNACCEPTABLE. - I'M SPEAKING UP LOUD AND CLEAR - ABOUT THIS EVER CHANCE I CAN GET - TO EVERYONE WHO I CAN. - BUT THAT'S NOT SURPRISING, I'M A - YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN. - WE NEED EVERYONE SPEAKING UP ON - THIS. - WE NEED OUR SENIOR CITIZENS, WE - NEED OUR WHITE WOMEN, WE NEED - EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY - WHO VALUES LIFE, WHO VALUES - HUMANITY WHO CAN LOOK AT A VIDEO - LIKE THAT, GEORGE FLOYD, THERE'S - NO REASON HE SHOULDN'T BE GOING - HOME TO HIS FAMILY TODAY. - WE NEED TO ALL BE SPEAKING UP SO - ALL OF OUR FAMILIES HERE, ALL OF - OUR CO-WORKERS HEAR US, OUR - ELECTED OFFICIALS, JUDGES, - POLICE OFFICERS, THAT WE'RE ALL - SPEAKING UP SAYING THAT IS NOT - THE AMERICA THAT WE WANT TO LIVE - IN. - >> Reporter: THAT IS MAYOR - MELVIN CARTER OF ST. PAUL, - MINNESOTA, JOINING YOU. - THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,

- MR. MAYOR. - >> Woodruff: THE NUMBER OF - AMERICANS WHO PROVIDE UNPAID - CAREGIVING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES - HAS BEEN RISING. - MORE THAN 50 MILLION PEOPLE NOW - PROVIDE CARE FOR THEIR LOVED - ONES. - THE PANDEMIC AND THE SHUTDOWNS - HAVE MADE IT THAT MUCH HARDER, - FURTHER ISOLATING PEOPLE IN TOO - MANY CASES. - WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE - VOICES OF SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE - WHO CONTACTED US, FAR MORE THAN - WE COULD EVEN SHOW. - HERE'S SOME OF WHAT THEY TOLD - US. - AND A WARNING: - THIS SEGMENT CONTAINS SENSITIVE - SUBJECT MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY - FOR YOUNGER VIEWERS. - >> MY NAME IS DEANNA LUDWIG, AND - I LIVE IN PORT WASHINGTON, - WISCONSIN. - AND I'M 50 YEARS OLD. - >> MY NAME IS STEPHANIE - CAMPBELL, AND I LIVE IN - ELLENWOOD, GEORGIA. - >> MY NAME IS LYDIA GIORDANO. - I'M 61 YEARS OLD, AND MY SON IS - 20 YEARS OLD.

- AND I LIVE IN STAMFORD, - CONNECTICUT. - >> MY NAME IS HECTOR ALVARADO. - I'M 37, AND I LIVEN SAN JOSE, - CALIFORNIA. - >> MY NAME IS KAREN ROED-RICK. - I AM 66 YEARS OLD, AND I LIVE IN - FARMINON, MINNESOTA, A SUBURB - OF THE TWIN CITI. - >> MY NAME IS SHAWN MOORE. - I AM FROM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, - AND I JUST TURNED THE BIG 5-0 A - FEW MONTHS AGO. - >> I PROVIDE CARE FOR MY - 94-YEAR-OLD FATHER. - THIS IS A MAN WHO HAS LIVED - THROUGH A COUPLE OF STROKES AND - MANY HEART ATTACKS, BUT THE - COVID SITUATION REALLY THROWS - HIM OFF. - HE ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT WANT TO - DIE ALONE IN THE HOSPITAL. - AND SO, HE RESTRICTS HIMSELF - COMPLETELY FROM SEEING ANYONE - ELSE AND HAVING ANY OTHER - INTERACTION OTHER THAN WITH ME. - >> SO, I LIVE HERE WITH MY - GRANDMA. - I'VE TAKEN CARE OF HER SINCE I - WAS A LITTLE KID, BUT, ABOUT - THREE YEARS AGO, SHE WENT INTO A

- DEMENTIA-RELATED PSYCHOSIS. - AND EVER SINCE THEN, SHE'S - REQUIRED, LIKE, 'ROUND THE CLOCK - CARE. - I HAVEN'T HAD A BREAK SINCE THE - MIDDLE OF MARCH. - >> MY CAREGIVING BEGAN FIVE - YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY, TO MY - GRANDFATHER, WHO IS 89. - HE HAS DEMENTIA, AND HE HAS HAD - IT NOW FOR GOING ON EIGHT YEARS. - >> WELL, MY HUSBAND, HE HAD A - MASSIVE BILATERAL STROKE ABOUT - 25 YEARS AGO. - HE DOES FEED HIMSELF, BUT, OTHER - THAN THAT, HE REQUIRES - EVERYTHING. - >> SO, I AM A CAREGIVER TO MY - SPOUSE, WHO IS A 23-YEAR ARMY - VETERAN WHO COMPLETED SEVEN - COMBAT TOURS TO AFGHANISTAN. - AND FOR THE MOST PART, WITH OUR - CAREGIVING, MY HUSBAND HAS - CHRONIC P.T.S.D. AND - SUICIDALITY, AS WELL AS ANXIETY, - MAJOR DEPRESSION.

- >> HE HAS ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY, - AND THAT HAPPENED AT THE AGE OF - SEVEN. - STEVIE STOPPED WALKING, TALKING - AND WENT BLIND IN THREE MONTHS. - HE HAD TO GET TRACHED AT SEVEN - BECAUSE HE ALMOST DIED, AND HE'S - HAD A TRACH SINCE HE'S SEVEN, - AND NOW HE'S 20. - SO, CONSTANTLY WITH THIS - DISEASE, YOU HAVE TO SUCTION IN - ORDER FOR THEM TO BREATHE, TO - CLEAR THE AIRWAYS. - >> WITH THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS - REALLY GETTING EXTREMELY - DIFFICULT BEFORE. - AND THEN, ANY HELP THAT I WAS - GETTING, WHETHER IT WAS SOMEONE - COMING IN, THAT STOPPED. - >> ME HAVING TO REMIND HIM EVERY - DAY THAT THERE IS A PANDEMIC - GOING ON, IT'S REPETITIVE TO ME - BUT NOT SO MUCH HIM BECAUSE, - AGAIN, HE HAS DEMENTIA. - SO, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I TELL - HIM, "GRANDDAD, WE'RE NOT GOING - ANYWHERE TODAY." - SO, FOR A MINUTE, HE'LL TAKE IT, - AND HE'LL TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE - CONCEPT OF-- WE'RE STAYING AT - HOME JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. - BUT WITH THE NEXT HOUR, HE'S

- SAYING, "ARE WE GOING SOMEWHERE - DAY?" - >> WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED - TALKING ABOUT THE VIRUS, I KNEW - THAT I WAS GOING TO, LIK GUARD - HIM LIKE FORT KNOX. - I SAID, "HE CAN'T GO TO RESPITE - UNLESS I'M LAYING HERE DEAD." - DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? - LIKE, "HE WILL NOT GO TO A - FACILITY. - I'LL DO THIS. - WHATEVER." - SO, THAT'S KIND OF CHANGED OVER - TIME. - IF THEY HAD AN OPENING IN A - RESPITE FACILITY WHERE THERE'S - SOME SORT OF LIKE, "WE DON'T - HAVE ANY CASES, BUT THERE'S A - CHANCE," I'D BE LIKE, "LET'S - GO." - >> HIS MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN - DECLINING. - HE'S BEEN IN A DEPRESSIVE - EPISODE HERE THE LAST SEVERAL - WEEKS, AND HE HAD A TRIGGER - SUNDAY MORNING. - AND HE LEFT THE HOUSE, AND HE - FOUND HIMSELF PURCHASING A GUN. - SO, I CALLED THE POLICE, AND WE - WENT INTO A SITUATION OF TRYING - TO FIND HIM, TRYING TO TRACK HIM - DOWN. - BUT I'M GOING TO GET-- SO, I'VE - TOLD THIS-- I TOLD HIS THERAPIST - TODAY AND DIDN'T CRY.

- BUT I'M GOING TO CRY WITH YOU. - SO, I MUST BE GETTING TO THE-- - THE STAGE OF REALITY, RIGHT, OF - WHAT REALLY COULD HAVE HAPPENED. - >> THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST - JOBS I'VE EVER HAD IN MY ENTIRE - LIFE. - THE EMOTIONAL TOLL IT'S TAKEN ON - ME HAS BEEN INDESCRIBABLE AT - TIMES. - >> AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP - IS MY OTHER ISSUE, WHICH IS VERY - HARD BECAUSE AS SOON AS THE SUN - GOES DOWN, IT'S DARK. - I TRY TO KEEP THE HOUSE AS - BRIGHT AS POSSIBLE, BUT THE - THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD IS ABOUT THE - CORONAVIRUS AND MY SON, IF IT'S - GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT TAKES - HIM AWAY FROM ME. - THAT'S MY BIGGEST FEAR. - >> Woodruff: SO POWERFUL. - THANK YOU ALL. - T'S TALK MORE ABOUT THE - CHALLENGES AND WHAT PEOPLE NEED - TO KNOW. - C. GRACE WHITING IS THE - PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. OF THE - NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR - CAREGIVING, WHICH JUST ISSUED A

- REPORT OTHE STATE OF - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - THESE STORIES TAKE YOUR BREATH - AWAY. - WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING - THROUGH, I THINK MOST AMERICANS - DON'T REALIZE. - >> I AGREE, JUDY. - THANK YOU FOR SHOWCASING THOSE - STORIES. - I THINK TO US WHAT IS MOST - SURPRISING IS THAT THE PANDEMIC - HAS REALLY ROVED THE VENEER, - NOW WE CAN SEE WHAT CAREGIVERS - ARE GOING THROUGH. - BUT SO MANY MILLIONS OF - AMERICANS, 53 MILLION AMERICANS - HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS ON - A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. - AND NOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT - BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT - NEEDS TO BE DONE. - >> Woodruff: TALK ABOUT THE - TOLL THIS IS TAKING ESPECIALLY - NOW DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN - THESE FOLKS ARE ISOLATED AND - THEY ARE NOT GETTING ANY OF THE - OUTSIDE HELP THAT THEY MIGHT - HAVE BEEN GETTING BEFORE. - >> CAREGIVERS ARE FACING, EVEN - BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WHEN STUDY - WAS CONDUCTED, MENTAL HEALTH - CHALLENGES, PHYSICAL HEALTH - CHALLENGES AND FINANCIAL HEALTH

- CHALLENGES. - WE KNOW ONE OUT OF FIVE FEEL - ISOLATED AND WE KNOW NOT FROM - THE DATA BUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY - THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS - GOTTEN WORSE. - SINCE THE PANDEMIC MANY DON'T - HAVE ACCESS TO RESPITE CARE, - EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, EVEN - THOUGH 40% OF FOLKS SAY THEY - WOULD FIND IT HELPFUL TO HAVE - ACCESS TO RESPITE CARE. - AND WE SEE CAREGIVERS REPORTING - THAT THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF - THEMSELVES. - THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR - SELF CARE. - AND THAT FINANCIAL STRAIN, - MERELY HALF SAYING THAT THEY HAD - SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL IMPACT - LIKE GIVING UP SAVINGS OR TAKING - ON DEBTOR SELLING ASSETS IN - ORDER TO COVER THE COST OF CARE. - NOW WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE FROM - THIS RESEARCH BUT WE SUSPECT - THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE ONLY - MAGNIFIED BY THE PRESSERS WE'RE - RECEIVING BY THE PANDEMIC. - >> Woodruff: THE YOUNG MEN, - HECTOR, HE IS TAKING CARE OF HIS - GRANDMOTHER HE HADN'T HAD A - BREAK SINCE THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. - SO OVER TWO MONTHS AND IN SOME - CASES, THEY ARE FACING

- SITUATIONS THAT CLEARLY CRY OUT - FOR PROFESSIONAL HELP. - FOR PSYCHIATRISTS OR SOMEONE WHO - HAS DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH THIS - KIND OF SEVERE CONDITION. - >> ABSOLUTELY. - AND I THINK ONE OF THE SCARIEST - THINGS THAT FAMILIES ARE NOW - FACING IS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE - LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED - FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC AND - CONGRESSIONAL ACTION A LOT OF - THAT LEGISLATION DOESN'T HELP - CAREGIVERS IN THE TYPE OF - SITUATION, PARTICULARLY IF - YOU'RE CARING FOR SOMEONE WHO - DOES NOT HAVE COVID-19, YOU MAY - NOT HAVE JOB PROTECTION. - AND YOUR SICK DAYS, THE PAID - SICK DAY EXTENSION WOULDN'T - COUNT IF YOU GOT COVID AND THEN - STILL NEEDED TIME OFF WORK TO - CARE FOR SOMEONE EARL FOR ANY - REASON OR FOR COVID IF YOU USED - ALL YOUR DAYS. - THERE'S A LOT OF GAPS THAT I - THINK PEOPLE ARE FEELING AND TO - NOT HAVE HAD A BREAK OR TO HAVE - A PLACE TO GO TO GET THE SUPPORT

- YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK - PUTS NEW AND UNCERTAIN STRAINS - ON SEVERAL FAMILIES AND - THREATENS THEIR OWN HEALTH AND - WELLNESS AND ABILITY TO HAVE A - CAREER. - >> Woodruff: FROM YOUR - PERSPECTIVE, WHA IS THE MOST - IMPORTANT THING THAT NEEDS TO BE - DONE NOW FOR THESE CAREGIVERS? - >> WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEIR - MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH - AND FINANCIAL HEALTH. - MAKING SURE CAREGIVERS ARE I - WERE INCLUDED IN CARE DELIVERY - BLESS THAT NEW TELEHEALTH THAT'S - AVAILABLE. - OR CONVERSATIONS WITH PROVIDERS. - AND THE FINANCIAL PIECE, MAKING - SURE THAT THE PROTECTIONS UNDER - COVID-19 FOR PAID SICK DAY AND - PAID FAMILY LEAVE, THAT THOSE - ARE EXTENDED TO CAREGIVERS WHO - MAY NO LONGER HAVE ACTORS TO - DEPENDENT CARE SUPPORT BECAUSE - OF ALL THE SHUTDOWNS AND - QUARANTINES. - >> Woodruff: GRACE WHITING, - PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL - ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING. - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US - TELL THEIR STORY AND SHINE A

- LIGHT ON WHAT THESE CAREGIVERS - DO AND WHY WE OWE THEM SO MUCH. - THAN YOU. - >> THANK YOU, JUDY. - >> Woodruff: IT HAS BEEN NEARLY - A DECADE SINCE AN AMERICAN SPACE - CREW LAST LIFTED OFF FROM U.S. - SOIL IN A SPACECRAFT BUILT HERE. - THAT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE - TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WITH THE - RELAUNCH OF MANNED SPACE FLIGHT. - BUT IT WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT IN - SOME WAYS, WITH THE PRIVATE - SECTOR LEADING THE WAY AND - PARTNERING WITH NASA. - MILES O'BRIEN HAS THE STORY, THE - LATEST IN OUSERIES OF REPORTS - ON BREAKTHROUGHS ON THE "LEADING - EDGE OF SCIENCE." - >> Reporter: AT THE KENNEDY - SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA, THE - STAGE IS RESET FOR NASA'S NEXT - ACT IN SPACE. - WHAT'S BEEN ENVISIONED FOR YEARS - IS NOW BECOMING REAL, NEARLY - NINE YEARS AFTER THE LAST

- SHUTTLE FLEW. - >> IT'S PROBABLY A DREAM OF - EVERY TEST PILOT SCHOOL STUDENT - TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY - ON A BRAND NEW SPACESHIP. - AND I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THAT - OPPORTUNITY WITH MY GOOD FRIEND - HERE, DOUG HURLEY. - >> Reporter:ETERAN ASTRONAUTS - BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY WILL - BE SPORTING SOME STYLISH NEW - SPACE SUITS WHEN THEY ARE - STRAPPED INTO A "DRAGON" CAPSULE - SITTING ATOP A "FALCON 9" - ROCKET. - ALL DRESSED UP FOR A NEW WAY TO - GO. - IT IS THE FIRST CREWED MISSION - TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE - STATION ON A VEHICLE DESIGNED - AND BUILT BY CALIFORNIA BASED - SPACEX, FOUNDED 18 YEARS AGO BY - ELON MUSK. - IN THE HISTORY OF SPACE - EXPLORATION, HOW BIG A DEAL IS - THIS LAUH, DO YOU THINK? - >> WELL, I THINK IT COULD BE - REVOLUTIONARY. - >> Reporter: THAT'S FORMER SPACE - SHUTTLE PROGRAM MANAGER WAYNE - HALE. - >> IF IT WORKS OUT THE WAY THAT - WE ALL HOPE IT DOES, AND IT - STARTS A VIRTUOUS CYCLE OF - INDUSTRY PROVIDING COMPETITIVE - TRANSPORTATION TO LOW-EARTH - ORBIT, I THINK IT WILL BE GREAT. - BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING

- TO TURN OUT. - IT'S AN EXPERIMENT. - >> Announcer: LIFTOFF! - THE FINAL LIFTOFF OF "ATLANTIS." - >> Reporter: THE SPACE SHUTTLE, - AND EVERY PILOTED NASA - SPACECRAFT THAT PRECEDED IT, WAS - DESIGNED BY CIVIL SERVANTS AND - BUILT BY BIG AEROSPACE COMPANIES - UNDER CLOSE SUPEISION, WITH - LUCRATIVE COST-PLUS CONTRACTS. - >> Announcer: IGNITION, LIFTOFF. - >> Reporter: SPACEX SIGNED A - DIFFERENT SORT OF DEAL. - IT IS PROVIDING A SERVICTO - NASA-- TRANSPORTATION TO LOW - EARTH ORBIT-- FOR A FIXED PRICE. - AND, THE COMPANYETAINS - OWNERSHIP OF ITS INTELLECTUAL - PROPERTY. - >> THIS TYPE OF PROCUREMENT - WORKS BEST WHEN THE COMPANY IS - GOING TO HAVE A MARKET BEYOND - WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BIDDING - FOR. - SO, THEY ARE GOING TO PUT IN - THEIR OWN SKIN IN THE GAME, - BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE, THEY'RE - GOING TO NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO - SERVICE GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS, - BUT BEYOND THAT. - >> Reporter: LORI GARVER WAS - DEPUTY NASA ADMINISTRATOR DURING - THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, WHICH - CANCELLED NASA'S CONSTELLATION - PROGRAM. - >> Announcer: IGNITION AND - LIFTOFF OF "ARES IX."

- Reporter: IT HAD ALREADY - BEGUN TESTING A SUITE OF - SPACECRAFT BUILT IN THE - TRADITIONAL MANNER. - THE CANCELLATION SPUN UP A BUZZ - SAW OF OPPOSITION FROM THE - CONTRACTORS AND ALLIED - POLITICIANS. - >> THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF - BEHIND-THE-SCENES DIFFICULTIES, - COMPANIES JUST REALLY TRYING TO - BLOCK THIS INNOVATIVE WAY OF - DOING THINGS. - UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF PEOPLE - HAVE COME TO NASA BECAUSE THEY - JUST WANT TO BUILD A ROCKET, - AND THEY DON'T WANT SOMEONE ELSE - BUILDING IT. - >> PANEL WILL BE SEATED, PLEASE. - >> Reporter: CURRENT AND FORMER - ASTRONAUTS WEREN'T HAPPY EITHER. - IN 2010, APOLLO LEGENDS NEIL - ARMSTRONG AND GENE CERNAN, THE - FIRST AND LAST MAN TO WALK ON - THE MOON, TESTIFIED IN CONGRESS - AGAINST THIS NEW WAY OF DOING - BUSINESS. - >> I SUPPORT THE ENCOURAGEMENT - OF NEWCOMERS TOWARDS THE GOAL OF - LOWER-COST ACCESS TO SCE, BUT - HAVING CUT MY TEETH IN ROCKETS - MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO, AM NOT - CONFIDENT. - >> Reporter: FORMER NASA - ASTRONAUT GARRETT REISMAN IS AN - ADVISOR TO SPACEX.

- >> THE BIGGEST FEAR, ESPECIALLY - IN THE ARONAUT OFFICE, WAS - THAT WE WOULD BE SOMEWHAT RISKY. - THAT TRE WOULD BE RECKLESS - DECISIONS MADE IN THE NAME OF - INNOVATION. - AND THEY JUST DIDN'T TRUST THIS - CULTURE THAT WAS VERY DIFFERENT - FROM THE CULTURE THAT THEY HAD - GROWN UP WITH AT NASA. - >> Reporter: MANY AT THE AGENCY - WERE LEERY IN THE WAKE OF EARLY - EFFORTS TO COMMERCIALIZE SPACE - BY THE CASH-STRAPPED RUSSIANS. - THEY FLEW AN INFLATABLE PEPSI - CAN, MADE PIZZA HUT PIES, AND - PLUGGED A GOLF CLUB WITH A SHOT - OFF THE SPACE STATION. - IN 2001, CALIFORNIA ENTREPRENEUR - DENNIS TITO PAID THE RUSSIANS - $20 MILLION FOR A TRIP TO THE - SPACE STATION ON A "SOYUZ" - ROCKET. - HE WAS THE FIRST OF SEVEN WELL- - HEELED TOURISTS TO DO THSAME. - MIKE LOPEZ-ALEGRIA IS A FORMER - ASTRONAUT WHO LATER LED THE - ASSOCIATION THAT REPRESENTS - COMMERCIAL SPACE COMPANIES. - WHY WERE ASTRONAUTS SKEPTICAL? - >> IT'S A NATURAL RESPONSE. - I MEAN, MOST OF US HAD DREAMED - ABOUT DOING WHAT WE WERE DOING - FOR A LONG TIME, AND WORKED VERY

- HARD TO ACHIEVE IT, GONE THROUGH - A LOT OF TRAINING. - AND TO HAVE SOMEBODY LAY DOWN - SOME MONEY AND BE ABLE TO JOIN - YOU AND DO THE SAME THING AND - HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE IS A - LITTLE DISHEARTENING AT FIRST. - >> Reporter: BUT SPACEX ALREADY - HAD ITS NOSE IN THE NASA TENT. - IN 2012, IT BEGAN FLYING CARGO - TO THE SPACE STATION USING THE - "FALCON 9 DRAGON" DESIGN. - IT'S DONE THAT 21 TIMES, WITH - ONE FAILURE. - AND MEANWHILE, SPACEX ROCKETS - NOW DOMINATE THE COMMERCIAL - LAUNCH BUSINESS, VALIDATING THIS - PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. - IN ALL, "FALCON 9" ROCKETS HAVE - SUCCESSFULLY FLOWN TO SPACE MORE - THAN 80 TIMES. - ( APPLAUSE ) - >> IF NASA HAS DONE THE EXACT - SAME THING, IT WOULD HAVE COST - MANY TIMES MORE. - >> Reporter: KEITH COWING IS - EDITOR OF NASAWatch.com. - >> THEY'VE DONE THIS MANY TIMES - WITH THE EXACT SAME ROCKET, AND - AFTER ONE ACCIDENT, THEY FIXED A - FEW THINGS AND NASA'S SAYING," - YEAH, IT SEEMS TO BE PERFECTLY - SAFE." - AND SO NOW YOU HAVE THE ABILITY - TO LAUNCH THINGS IN "FALCON 9s"

- THAT NASA MAY WELL NOW USE IN - ITS TRIPS BACK TO THE MOON. - >> Reporter: NASA IS BUILDING - THE ROCKET AT THE CENTER OF - THE ARTEMIS MOON MISSIONS UNDER - A COST-PLUS CONTRACT WITH - BOEING. - BUT, IT IS YEARS LATE AND - BILLIONS OVER-BUDGET. - MEANWHILE, SPACEX IS DEVELOPING - A "BUCK ROGERS"-LIKE ROCKET - CALLED "STARSHIP" THAT NASA IS - NSIDERING AS A VEHICLE TO TAKE - ASTRONAUTS TO AND FROM THE LUNAR - SURFACE. - THE LESSONS LEARNED AND THE - SAVINGS ACCRUED IN LOW EARTH - ORBIT ARE CHANGING THE WAY NASA - THINKS AS IT LOOKS FARTHER INTO - SPACE. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M MILES - O'BRIEN IN VERO BEACH, FLORIDA. - >> Woodruff: AND YOU CAN WATCH - THE LAUNCH LIVE TOMORROW AT - 4:33 P.M. EASTERN ON OUR - WEBSITE, www.pbs.org/newshour. - >> Woodruff: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S - MESSAGES TO HIS MORE THAN - 80 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS

- OFTEN CARRY A LOT OF WEIGHT. - TWITTER IS PUTTING A NOTE ON A - TWEET. - YAMICHE ALCINDOR REPORTS ON THE - CONTROVERSY THAT HAS ERUPTED - WHEN THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS - AREN'T BASED ON FACTS. - >> Alcindor: AN ANGRY PRESIDENT. - A MURDER CONSPIRACY THEORY. - AND A PAINED FAMILY. - TODAY, IT'S A LETTER FROM A - WIDOWER THAT IS CALLING - ATTENTION TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S - OPEN EMBRACE OF FALSE THEORIES. - LAST WEEK, TIMOTHY KLAUSUTIS - WROTE TO THE C.E.O. OF TWITTER, - URGING HIM TO DELETE TWEETS BY - PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT SUGGESTED - HIS WIFE, LORI, WAS MURDERED.

- IN THE LETTER, OBTAINED BY THE - "NEW YORK TIMES," KLAUSUTIS SAYS - THAT "CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, - INCLUDING MOST RECENTLY THE - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, - CONTINUE TO SPREAD THEIR BILE - AND MISINFORMATION ON THE - PLATFORM, DISPARAGING THE MEMORY - OF" HIS WIFE. - LORI KLAUSUTIS DIED IN 2001. - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY - SPREAD THE BASELESS IDEA THAT - HER FORMER BOSS, CURRENT CABLE - NEWS HOST JOE SCARBOROUGH, MIGHT - HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH - HER DEATH. - LATE TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, - THE PRESIDENT DOUBLED DOWN. - >> YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY - SUSPICIOUS THING. - AND, I HOPE SOMEBODY GETS TO THE - BOTTOM OF IT. - >> Alcindor: TODAY, SCARBOROUGH, - WHO HAS BEEN A FREQUENT CRITIC - OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, SAID THE - CLAIM COMPOUNDS THE FAMILY'S - GRIEF. - >> WHETHER IT'S THE PRESIDENT OR - WHETHER IT'S PEOPLE FOLLOWING - E PRESIDENT, IT IS UNSPEAKABLY - CRUEL. - >> Alcindor: TIMOTHY KLAUSUTIS - WROTE IN HIS LETTER THAT LORI - HAD AN UNDIAGNOSED HEART - CONDITION. - SHE "FELL AND HIT HER HEAD ON - HER DESK AT WORK," AND WAS - "FOUND DEAD THE NEXT MORNING." - HE WROTE THAT HAD A SIMPLE

- REQUEST FOR TWITTER. - "PLEASE DELETE THESE TWEETS." - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ACTIONS HAVE - ALSO DRAWN CRITICISM FROM - SOME REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN LIKE - ADAM KINZINGER OF ILLINOIS. - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ACTIONS HAVE - HE WROTE, "STOP SPREADING IT, - STOP CREATING PARANOIA. - IT WILL DESTROY US." - >> Alcindor: THE PRESIDENT'S - TWEETS RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS - POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS, THE - RESPONSIBILITY OF TECH COMPANIES - AND THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA. - TO DISCUSS ALL OF THAT, I'M - JOINED BY CRAIG SILVERMAN. - HE'S DOUBLING 2001 - SAYING IT'S A SEAR USE ISSUE A - BASEMENT CLAIM. - WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT, CRAIG? - >> IT'S IN CHARACTER, HE DOES - NOT APOLOGIZE. - HE DOES NOT CORRECT FOR THINGS. - WHEN HE IS PUSHED BACK ON - SOMETHING HE TENDS TO DOUBLE - DOWN ON IT. - ALSO I THINK WE HAVE TO - RECOGNIZE DYNAMICS HERE WHERE HE - IS KIND OF PUSHING THIS BASELESS - CLAIM INTO THE NEWS CYCLE. - HE IS FORCING MEDIA TO COVER IT. - HE IS FORCING PEOPLE TO TALK - ABOUT IT ON TWITTER AND - ELSEWHERE. - WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS KIND OF

- CLAIM, THERE'S LESS TIME TO TALK - ABOUT OTHER THINGS. - SO IN A SENSE IT'S MAYBE NOT - SURPRISING THAT HE'S DOUBLING - DOWN, NOT APOLOGIZINGS BUT - TRYING TO MAKE THIS LAST FOR - MORE NEWS CYCLES AND GET MORE - ATTENTION ON THIS INSTEAD OF - OTHER THINGS THAT HE MAY - CONSIDER TO BE INCONVENIENT FOR - HIM. - >> Reporter: IN OTHER WORDS, - IT'S WORKING FOR THE PRESIDENT, - YOU THINK? - >> I THINK THIS IS PART OF THE - DYNAMIC THAT WE'VE SEEN GOING ON - NOW REALLY SINCE HE STARTED HIS - CAMPAIGN FIVE YEARS AGO. - WHERE HE GOES EXTREME, HE SAYS - COMPLETELY OUTLANDISH, CRAZY - THINGS THAT YOU WOULD THINK - WOULD DISCOUNTED AND HURT - ANYONE. - BUT JUST GETS HIM MORE AND MORE - ATTENTION. - BRINGS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TOO - HIM. - IN T END HE'LL TAKE ANY KIND - OF ATTENTION. - HE'S BEEN VERY SAVVY ABOUT - HACKING E MEDIA TO GET THAT - ATTENTION. - >> Reporter: THE FAMILY OF THE - YOUNG WOMAN WHO DIED, WHO WAS A - FORMER STAFFER OF JOE - SCARBOROUGH. - THEY WROTE A LETTER, WROTE A - LETTER TO TWITTER ASKING THAT - THE COMPANY DELETE THE - PRESIDENT'S TWEETS. - WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT LETTER - AND FACT THAT TWITTER IS NOT - GOING TO BE DELETING THOSE - TWEETS? - >> FIRST OF ALL, CLEARLY, IT'S A

- REALLY POWERFUL LETTER. - IT'S HIM SPEAKING VERY - PERSONALLY ABOUT THE SUFFERING - THAT HE AND HIS LATE WIFE'S - FAMILY HAVE GONE THROUGH. - AND HOW THEY COULD BE TARGETED - WITH HARASSMENT. - HOW THIS IS BRINGING UP THE - GRIEVING PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. - THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS THAT - TWITTER HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HANDS - OFF, EXTREMELY RETICENT TO DO - ANYTHING IN TERMS OF RESTRICTING - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BEHAVIOR ON - THE PLATFORM. - SO AS MUCH AS IT'S A VERY MOVING - LETTER, I HAVE TO SAY I'M NOT - SURPRISED THAT TWITTER HAS HELD - ITS LINE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO - REMOVE THESE TWEETS BECAUSE HE'S - THE PRESIDENT. - WHAT HE SAYS IS NEWSWORTHY. - THEY BASICALLY GIVEN HIM AND TO - A CERTAIN EXTENT OTHER WORLD - LEADERS A DIFFERENT STANDARD - THAN PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE ELSE - ON THE PLATFORM. - >> Reporter: F BIGGER PICTURE IS - CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND - MISINFORMATION THAT THEY'RE - SPREADING MORE IN THE MIDDLE OF - THIS PANDEMIC? - WHAT ARE MEDIA COMPANIES 20 DO - GIVEN FACT THAT YOU COVER THEM - YOU'RE GIVING ENERGY TO - CONSPIRACY THEORIES. - >> I THINK WE'RE ABSOLUTELY

- SEEING A REALLY DANGEROUS AND - CONCERNING HIGH WATER MARK IN - TERMS OF THE SPREAD OF FALSE AND - MISLEADING. - IN THE ARE IN A SENSE THAT'S - BEEN THE CASE DURING PANDEMIC IF - YOU LOOK THROUGH HISTORY, THEY - HAVE ALWAYS SPREAD IN THIS TIME. - BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE THIS - DIGITAL ACCELERANT HERE IN OUR - ENVIRONMENT. - AND IT IS SO QUICK AND SO FAST - AND THINGS MOVE AND ARE - ORGANIZED TO SPREAD REALLY, - REALLY QUICKLY IN THIS - ENVIRONMENT. - IN TERMS OF THE COMPANIES, I - THINK IT SHOWS SOME OF THE - WEAKNESSES OF THEIR APPROACH - WHERE THEY ARE VERY REACTIVE. - WHERE THEY WAIT UNTIL THINGS HIT - A CERTAIN TIPPING POINT. - THEN BY THEN POTENTIALLY - THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS - OR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE - ALREADY SEEN INTERACTED WITH - SOMETHING, WHETHER IT'S A - CONSPIRACY ABOUT BILL GATES OR - WHETHER A CONSPIRACY ABOUT 5G - WIRELESS. - IT'S JUST SPREADING AND PULLING - A LOT OF PEOPLE IN. - I WORRY ABOUT THAT GRAVITATIONAL - PULL OF TO THAT POINT OF VIEW AS - A RESULT OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN - THE PANDEMIC. - >> Reporter: YOU TALK ABOUT A - DIGITAL ACCELERANT.

- IN THIS CASE YOU HAVE WORLD - LEADERS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE - UNITED STATES, USING THE DIGITAL - ACCELERANT. - DO YOU S ANY SORT OF CHANGE IN - POLICY HERE? - >> SO, TWITTER'S RESPONSE TO THE - LETTER FROM THE WIDOWER WAS THAT - THEY ARE LOOKING AT INTRODUCING - SOME NEW POLICY CHANGES TO - ADDRESS THIS. - THEY WEREN'T ANY MORE SPECIFIC - THAN THAT. - IT IS POSSIBLE THAT TWITTER IS - GOING TO INTRODUCE AND DRAW NEW - NE IN THE SAND. - BUT I THINK THEY KNOW THAT IT'S - ALSO KIND OF A DANGEROUS THING - FOR THEM TO COME BACK AND SAY - OKAY, WE'VE CHANGED OUR MIND. - I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO - COME BACK AND DELETE TRUMP'S - TWEETS. - THEY MAY SET NEW POLICY AND DRAW - THAT LINE IN THE SAND. - BUT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT THEY - HAVE LET TRUMP AND TO CERTAIN - EXTENT OTHERS ON THE PLATFORM - GET AWAY WITH SO MUCH THAT - THEY'RE TRYING TO FIX THINGS - ONCE THEY HAVE ALREADY GONE - REALLY AWRY. - IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE TWITTER - SUDDLY BEING ABLE TO NOT ONLY - COME UP WITH NEW RULES BUT TO - ENFORCE THEM. - BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT - THESE PLATFORMS ARE SO BIG THAT - THEY C'T ACTUALLY MONITOR - EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON - THAT'S BREAKING THEIR EXISTING - POLICIES.

- >> THANK YOU CRAIG SILVERMAN OF - BUZZFEED. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: AS RESEARCHERS - RACE TO DEVELOP A CORONAVIRUS - VACCINE, ATTENTION IS - INCREASINGLY TURNING TO A - POTENTIAL STOP-GAP MEASURE - CALLED CONVALESCENT PLASMA. - AS JOHN YANG REPORTS, THIS - ELEMENT OF OUR BLOOD IS THE - FOCUS OF RESEARCH IN LABS AND - HOSPITALS, AND SHOWS EARLY SIGNS - OF PROMISE. - >> Yang: DONATING PLASMA WAS - THE FIRST THING PROFESSIONAL - PHOTOGRAPHER DIANA BERRENT - WANTED TO DO AFTER SHE RECOVERED - FROM CORONAVIRUS IN MARCH. - >> I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE - PICTURES OF ME DOING IT, I HAD - AN EAR-TO-EAR GRIN THROUGHOUT - THE ENTIRE THING. - >> Yang: NOW SHE DOES IT EVERY - WEEK. - >> DONATING PLASMA, YOU KNOW... - I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT TO MY - FAMILY, BUT I WOULD PUT THE - EXPERIENCE UP ALONG WITH, YOU

- KNOW, GETTING MARRIED AND HAVING - CHILDREN. - THERE ARE VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES - IN A LIFETIME TO LITERALLY SAVE - ANOTHER PERSON'S LIFE. - >> Yang: BERRENT IS ONE OF A - GROWING NUMBER OF COVID-19 - SURVIVORS GIVING WHAT'S CALLED" - CONVALESCENT PLASMA:" PLASMA - WITH CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODIES, THE - IMMUNE SYSTEM'S NATURAL RESPONSE - TO THE INFECTION. - THAT'S AIDING RESEARCHERS WHO - ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT - WHETHER THOSE ANTIBODIES ARE - EFFECTIVE IN HELPING OTHERS - FIGHT THE DEADLY DISEASE. - >> ANTIBODIES ARE ONE OF THE - THINGS YOUR-- YOUR BODY PRODUCES - NATURALLY TO FIGHT BUGS. - THEY HELP KILL THE BUGS A - VARIETY OF WAYS AND SO-CALLED - NEUTRALIZE THE VIRUS. - AND IF PEOPLE HAVE A HIGH VIRAL - LOAD AND THEY'RE IN THE MIDST OF - INFECTION, WE CAN SORT OF JUMP- - START THEIR IMMUNE RESPONSE BY - GIVING THEM ANTIBODIES WE' - HARVESTED FROM OTHERS. - >> Yang: DR. MICHAEL JOYNER AT - MINNESOTA'S MAYO CLINIC IS - HELPING TO COORDINATE A PROGRAM - AT 2,000 SITES ACROSS THE - COUNTRY TO HARVEST AND - DISTRIBUTE PLASMA. - >> IT ALLOWS REALLY ALMOST ANY - HOSPITALIZED PATIENT TO BE - ELIGIBLE.

- SO REALLY, ANYBODY WHO'S AT RISK - FOR DEVELOPING SEVERE DISEASE. - I THINK THE CONSENSUS IS, BASED - ON PAST EXPERIENCE, THAT EARLIER - IS BETTER, AND THAT YOU'RE GOING - TO STRUGGLE WITH INDIVIDUALS - WHO'VE BEEN IN THE I.C.U. FOR A - LONG, LONG TIME. - >> Yang: TRYING CONVALESCENT - PLASMA IS NOT A NEW IDEA. - IT WAS USED WITH SUCCESS IN THE - 1918 INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC... - >> ASIAN INFLUENZA SPREADS - RAPIDLY. - >> Yang: ...IN MORE RECENT - FLU OUTBREAKS, AND AGAINST - INFECTIONS LIKE POLIO BEFORE - VACCINES WERE AVAILABLE. - BUT, IT FAILED DURING THE 2014 - EBOLA CRISIS. - AROUND THE WORLD, RESEARCHERS - BELIEVE IT'S WORTHWHILE TO TRY. - >> I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE - OBJECTIVE AND, AGAIN, KIND OF - BALANCE BETWEEN BEING A HOPEFUL - PHYSICIAN AND A CAUTIOUS - SCIENTIST. - >> Yang: EXPERTS AT JOHNS - HOPKINS HOSPITAL IN BALTIMORE - RECENTLY LAUNCHED A CLINICAL - TRIAL DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE - PLASMA TO THOSE AT HIGH-RISK OF

- EXPOSURE-- LIKE FRONTLINE HEALTH - CARE WORKERS-- TO SEE IF IT - HELPS PREVENT INFECTION. - DR. EVAN BLOCH OF THE JOHNS - HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. - >> IT WOULD OFFER A-- YOU KNOW, - AN INTERVENTION, WHICH IS - READILY AVAILABLE AND SET AND - SCALABLE. - I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS, - YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF PREVENTION - BEING BETTER THAN THE CURE IS - WHAT-- WHAT REALLY COMES TO THE - FORE. - >> Yang: THE PROCESS OF GIVING - PLASMA, CALLED PLASMAPHERESIS, - TAKES LONGER THAN BLOOD DONATION - AND REQUIRES SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. - A CENTRIFUGE SEPARATES THE BLOOD - CELLS, WHICH ARE RETURNED TO THE - DONOR, FROM THE YELLOWISH-GOLD - PLASMA. - SOME BLOOD COLLECTION LOCATIONS, - LIKE THE NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER - WHERE DIANA BERRENT DONATES, - TEST THE PLASMA FOR COVID-19 - ANTIBODIES. - BUT, NOT EVERY DONATION SITE IS - REQUIRED TO BE AS RIGOROUS. - RIGHT NOW, PLASMA SUPPLY CANNOT - MEET DEMAND. - ENTER THE GROUP BERRENT FOUNDE"" - SURVIVOR CORPS." - >> THIS IS LITERALLY A CALL TO - ARMS. - I MEAN, LITERALLY, ARMS-- AT - WE COULD, AS A MASSIVE MOVEMENT

- OF SURVIVORS, WE COULD DO - EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO - SUPPORT THE MEDICAL AND - SCIENTIFIC ACADEMIC COMMUNITY IN - EVERY STUDY THAT THEY ARE DOING, - EVERY CLINICAL TRIAL, DONATE OUR - CONVALESCENT PLASMA, THAT WE - COULD LITERALLY BE PART OF THE - SOLUTION. - IN A MONTH, WE HAVE OVER - 40,000 MEMBERS, AND I AM PROUD - TO SAY THAT WE ARE FLOODING - THESE PROGRAMS WITH VOLUNTEERS. - >> Yang: IN SUBURBAN COLUMBUS, - OHIO, IT WAS VOLUNTEER DONORS - WHO GAVE HOPE TO THE FAMILY OF - HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR NICK BUTLER. - HE HAS AN IMMUNE DISORDER, SO - HIS BODY COULD NOT FIGHT THE - CORONAVIRUS WHEN HE GOT SICK. - PAUL BUTLER IS NICK'S FATHER. - >> YOU KNOW, HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM - IS NOT LIKE YOURS AND MINE. - IT DOES NOT HAVE THOSE - ANTIBODIES. - THE DIFFERENCE IS, HIS BODY - DOESN'T PRODUCE THEM. - SO WE ACTUALLY INJECT THEM. - >> Yang: NICK WAS IN COLUMBUS' - NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, - WITH HIS FATHER BY HIS SIDE, FOR - 15 DAYS-- MUCH OF IT IN - INTENSIVE CARE.

- >> HE LOST 35 POUNDS, AND HE - REALLY HADN'T EATEN IN THREE - WEEKS. - HIS COUGH HAD GOTTEN REALLY - VIOLENT. - HIS HEART HAD ARRHYTHMIAS. - IT GOT ENLARGED. - THE KIDNEY'S NUMBERS WENT SKY - HIGH. - HIS LIVER HAD ISSUES. - SO EACH ONE OF THOSE BRINGS IN - ANOTHER TEAM OF DOCTORS TO KIND - OF EVALUATE. - >> Yang: DOCTORS GAVE NICK A - LITANY OF DRUGS, INCLUDING - REMDESIVIR, THE ANTIVIRAL - MEDICATION THAT HAS SINCE BEEN - GIVEN EMERGENCY F.D.A. APPROVAL - TO TREAT COVID-19. - BUT HIS CONDITION WORSENED, AND - HE WAS PUT ON A VENTILATOR. - >> THEY BROUGHT IN, LIKE, I - DON'T KNOW, 10 OR 12 DOCTORS, - NURSES. - THEY'RE BRINGING EQUIPMENT IN - AND THEY'RE WHEELING STUFF OUT. - I MEAN, IT WAS JUST CRAZY HOW - FAST ALL THIS HAPPENED. - AND SO THEY ASK, YOU KNOW, LIKE, - IF HIS HEART STOPS BEATING WHILE - HE'S ON THIS VENTILATOR, WHAT'S - YOUR PLAN? - AND I'M LIKE, WE WANT TO - RESUSCITATE. - WE WANT TO BRING HIM BACK. - AND I'M LIKE, CAN I CALL MY - WIFE? - SO ANYWAYS, WE GOT FACE TIME AND - WE TALKED TO HIM AND, YOU KNOW, - BASICALLY WE TOLD HIM WE LOVED - HIM.

- I'M SORRY. - AND THAT WAS IT. - >> Yang: WHILE NICK CLUNG TO - LIFE, A FAMILY FRIEND, ERIN - GALLOWAY, LAUNCHED A SOCIAL - MEDIA SEARCH FOR CONVALESCENT - PLASMA DONORS. - >> YOU ARE HERE. - YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR NICK, JT - LIKE WE ARE. - >> Yang: GALLOWAY LAID OUT THE - QUALIFICATIONS DONORS HAD TO - MEET TO BE A MATCH. - >> YOU HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR - COVID-19, AND YOU ARE 14 DAYS - SYMPTOM-FREE. - >> Yang: AROUND THE SAME TIME, - COLLEGE JUNIOR PAIGE FALLON WAS - COMING OUT OF QUARANTINE. - >> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT PLASMA - IS. - I HAVE-- I'VE NEVER GIVEN BLOOD - IN MY LIFE. - LIKE, I'VE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING - ON. - BUT I'M LIKE, OKAY... I MEAN, - I'M IN QUARANTINE, I'M BORED. - IF I CAN HELP SAVE SOMEONE'S - LIFE? - BONUS. - >> Yang: FALLON HAD BEEN ON HER - STUDY-ABROAD IN ITALY, MAKING - STOPS ALL OVER EUROPE BEFORE IT - WAS CLEAR JUST HOW BAD THE - PANDEMIC WAS. - >> PRAGUE IS WHERE THINGS KIND - OF GOT A LITTLE IFFY. - I STARTED HAVING BREATHING - PROBLEMS AND I JUST FELT LIKE I - WAS IN A ROOM FULL OF DUST.

- >> Yang: WHEN SHE GOT HOME TO - COLUMBUS, OHIO, HER CORONAVIRUS - TEST WAS POSITIVE. - BUT THERE WAS A SILVER LINING: - SHE COULD TRY TO BE A DONOR FOR - NICK BUTLER, A TOTAL STRANGER. - AN EMAIL CONFIRMED SHE WAS A - PERFECT MATCH. - >> JUST RECEIVING THAT EMAIL AND - IT'S LIKE, SOMETHING POSITIVE - COMING OUT OF SOMETHING SO - NEGATIVE, AND SO MANY PEOPLE'S - LIVES? - IT'S LIKE... IT'S A VERY COOL - THING TO GET TO EXPERIENCE. - AND I'M LUCKY I EVEN GOT TO - EXPERIENCE THAT. - HOW MUCH MORE POSITIVE NEWS CAN - YOU GET THAN THE FACT THAT - YOU'RE GOING TO HELP SAVE - SOMEBODY'S LIFE? - >> Yang: HER PLASMA DONATION AT - AN AMERICAN RED CROSS CENTER - BECAME NICK'S FOURTH - TRANSFUSION. - HIS DOCTORS AREN'T SURE WHETHER - IT WAS THE MEDICATIONS, THE - CONVALESCENT PLASMA, OR BOTH, - THAT ULTIMATELY PULLED NICK - THROUGH. - HE'S NOW HOME, LITERALLY RUNNING - ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY TOWARD - HIS NEXT GOAL: STARTING COLLEGE - IN THE FALL. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M

- JOHN YANG. - >> Woodruff: AS CITIES AND - STATES STRUGGLE TO FIND THE - RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN RE-OPENING - AND KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE, THE - WEIGHT OF THOSE DECISIONS FALL - SQUARELY ON SMALL BUSINESS - OWNERS. - ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY THAT - THE CENSUS BUREAU IS TAKING - WEEKLY, ALMOST HALF OF SMALL - BUSINESS OWNERS Y THAT THE - CORONAVIRUS IS HAVING A LARGE - NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR - BUSINESS. - SHOPS THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED" - ESSENTIAL" HAVE HAD TO CLOSE. - ANNA KAHOE OWNS A FURNITURE AND - CLOTHING STORE IN WASHINGTON, - D.C. - AND TONIGHT, SHE SHARES HER - "HUMBLE OPINION" ON DETERMINING - WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME TO OPEN - BACK UP. - >> ON MARCH 15, I BEGAN TUMBLING - DOWN THE STAIRCASE OF GRIEF. - WE CLOSED OUR SHOP FOR WHAT WE - THOUGHT WOULD BE TWO WEEKS, TO" - FLATTEN THE CURVE." - I WAS IN DENIAL. - I DIDN'T KNOW WE'D LOSE OUR - EMPLOYEES, THAT WE WOULD ASK OUR - LANDLORD FOR HELP, THAT I WOULD - YELL LIKE A BANSHEE AT THE BANK

- BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF FUNDS - BEFORE THEY REACHED OUR LOAN - APPLICATION. - I BARGAINED, "IF WE PAINT, MOVE - FIXTURES AND DEEP CLEAN THE - SHOP, WE'D COME BACK BETTER THAN - EVER." - NOW, WHILE STATES LIFT STAY-AT- - HOME ORDERS, I AM SCARED. - WE WANT TO OPEN, BUT AT WHAT - COST? - I'M NOW ON THE BOTTOM STEP, - KNOWN AS ACCEPTANCE, ASKING," - WHY, IN THE THROES OF A GLOBAL - PANDEMIC, DOES MY BUSINESS - MATTER?" - THERE IS NO MODEL THAT - ILLUSTRATES THE INTIMATE WAYS - SMALL BUSINESSES FORM THE - BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES. - SEE, IT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE - COMES OUT OF THE DRESSING ROOM, - TWIRLING LIKE A CHILD AT THEIR - FIRST RECITAL. - FINALLY THEY HAVE A DRESS THAT - ALLOWS THEM TO SEE THEMSELVES AS - THEY TRULY ARE." - I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW GOOD THIS - LOOKS ON ME," THEY SAY. - OR THE GENTLEMAN OF A CERTAIN - AGE WHO COMES BY DAILY. - HE ALWAYS REPORTS WHICH ART - EXHIBITS ARE A MUST-SEE. - HE RECENTLY HAD OPEN HEART - SURGERY. - HE SAYS OUR SHOP IS A PART OF A - RITUAL THAT KEEPS HIM HEALTHY.

- THESE DAYS I WAKE UP - TRAUMATIZED. - I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING BACK TO - NORMAL. - IT'S UNLIKELY I WILL BE ABLE TO - REHIRE OUR STAFF. - BEST CASE SCENARIO, IT WILL BE - ME AND MY HUSBAND, ABBREVIATED - HOURS AND A HANDFUL OF - CUSTOMERS. - I AM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN - YOU GO FROM FULL SPEED TO FULL - STOP, THEN TO PUTTERING ALONG? - I DON'T HAVE A JOB I CAN WORK - FROM HOME. - I WANT TO LOOK MY CUSTOMER IN - THE EYE, SHAKE THEIR HAND, AND - EVEN HUG THEM. - WALKING TO MY SHOP, I PASS SHOPS - WHOSE OWNERS I KNOW. - I SAY A PRAYER, "SEE YOU ON THE - OTHER SIDE." - I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO - CLIMB BACKP THE STEPS TO MY - SHUTTERED SHOP, BECAUSE THERE IS - NOTHING SMALL ABOUT SMALL - BUSINESS. - >> Woodruff: ANNKAHOE, THANK - YOU. - AND THAT IS THE NEWSHOUR FOR - TONIGHT. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

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