PBS NewsHour; February 1, 2021, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- JUDY: GOOD EVENING. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE "NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT, THE - DRIVE TO A DEAL. - PRESIDENT BIDEN PUSHES TO RAMP - UP ECONOMIC RELIEF TO THE - PANDEMIC, BUT FACES REPUBLICAN - LAWMAKERS WHO WANT A SMALLER - PACKAGE. - THEN, SEEDS OF THE INSURRECTION - . - A NEW REPORT SHOWS SIGNS OF - COORDINATION LEADING UP TO THE - STORMING OF THNATION'S CAPITOL - LAST MONTH. - AND, SEPARATED FAMILIES. - WE EXPLORE THE LEGACY OF ONE OF - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MOST - CONTROVERSIAL POLICIES AND HOW - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WANTS - TO CHANGE GOING FORWARD. - >> EVERY PARENT DREAMS OF ALWAYS - BEING BY THEIR CHILD'S SIDE, - NEVER BEING SEPARATED, WATCHING - THEM GROW UP, SEEING EVERY STAGE - THEY GO THROUGH. - JUDY: ALL THAT AND MORE ON - TONIGHT'S "PBS NEWSHOUR."

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- STEPHANIE: GOOD EVENING. - I AM STEPHANIE WITH NEWSHOUR - WEST. - PRESIDENT BIDEN MET WITH SENATE - REPUBLICANS THIS EVENING TO TRY - AND BRIDGE THE DIFFERENCES OF - COMPETING COVID RELIEF PLANS. - THE MEETING LASTED MORE THAN TWO - HOURS. - WHILE NO FIRM AGREEMENT WAS - REACHED, SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS - OF MAINE SAID THE MEETING WAS - PRODUCTIVE. - SEN. COLLINS: IT WAS A VERY GOOD - EXCHANGE OF USE. - I WOULD NOT SAY WE CAME TOGETHER - ON A PACKAGE TONIGHT. - NOBODY EXPECTED THAT IN A TWO - HOUR MEETING. - BUT WHAT WE DID AGREE TO DO WAS - FOLLOW UP AND TALK FURTHER. - STEPHANIE: YAMICHE ALCINDOR WILL - HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE COVID-19 - PROGRAM LATER. - THE UNITED STATES HAS NOW PASSED - 443,000 PANDEMIC DEATHS AFTER - THE WORST MONTH YET. - MORE THAN LIVES WERE LOST IN - 95,000 JANUARY ALONE,

- NATIONWIDE. - BUT, THERE IS ALSO NEWS THAT - THE AVERAGE DAILY DEATH TOLL HAS - BEGUN TO DECLINE, ALONG WITH - OVERALL INFECTIONS. - AND, THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS - HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID FELL - BELOW 100,000 TODAY FOR THE - FIRST TIME IN TWO MONTHS. - A WINTER STORM SENT CARS - SKIDDING AND BROUGHT OUT THE - SHOVELS, WITH SOME PLACES - GETTING TWO FEET OF SNOW. - MORE DELAYS FOR PEOPLE WAITING - FOR THEIR SHOTS. - THE STORM GROUNDED HUNDREDS OF - FLIGHTS AND DISRUPTED RAIL - SERVICE. - THE U.S. AND OTHER NATIONS HAVE - CONDEMNED THE MILITARY COUP IN - MYANMAR. - THE ARMY SEIZED POWER EARLIER - TODAY. - THE CIVILIAN LEADER WAS ARRESTED - ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICIALS. - PHONE AND INTERNET SERVICE WERE - CUT IN THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL. - IN RUSSIA, THE KREMLIN DENOUNCED - MASS PROTESTS IN PROTEST OF - JAILED OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEY

- NAVALNY. - HUNDREDS SHOWED OUT ON SUNDAY - BUT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BRANDED - THEM AS HOOLIGANS AND - PROVOCATEURS. - >> THE RIOT POLICE ATTACKED US - MANY TIMES AND BEAT US, EVEN - WHEN WE WERE JUST PEACEFULLY - STANDING. - AFTER WE WERE ATTACKED, WE ALSO - STARTED TO SHOUT. - STEPHANIE: NAVALNY HAS A COURT - APPEARANCE TOMORROW AND - PROSECUTORS SAID THEY WILL ASK - TO KEEP HIM JAILED FOR MORE THAN - THREE MORE YEARS. - COMING UP, WHAT WE KNOW NOW - ABOUT THE SIEGE ON THE CAPITAL. - THE COUP IN MYANMAR LEAVES A - NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER OUT OF - POWER. - THE PUSH FOR ECONOMIC RELIEF, - AND MUCH MORE. - >> THIS IS THE PBS NEWSHOUR FROM - W ETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON AND

- FROM THE WEST AT ARIZONA STATE - UNIVERSITY. - JUDY: NEGOTIATIONS OVER NEW - ACTION TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY - ARE MOVING AT A HIGHER GEAR - TONIGHT. - PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS HELD A FIRST - MEETING WITH SENE REPUBLICANS. - WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT - YAMICHE ALCINDOR REPORTS. - YAMICHE: LATE THIS AFTERNOON, - PRESIDENT BIDEN WELCOMED A GROUP - OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO THE - WHITE HOUSE. - HE CALLED FOR QUICK ACTION. - THEY URGED BIDEN TO NEGOTIATE - RATHER THAN SEARCH THROUGH HIS - BILL ON DEMOCRATIC VOTES. - THE GROUP, LED BY SENATOR SUSAN - COLLINS OF MAINE OFFERED LESS - THAN A THIRD OF BIDEN'S PLAN.

- IT OFFERS $116 MILLION FOR - VACCINES AND TREATMENT. - IT COUNTERS THE PRESIDENT'S POST - DIRECT PAYMENT OF $1000 -- OF - $1400 TO AMERICANS WITH A MORE - TARGETED $1000. - THE GOP PLAN ALSO PROVIDES $20 - BILLION FOR K-12 SCHOOLS. - PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PROPOSING - $130 BILLION. - BIDEN PROPOSED EXTENDING ON - INSURANCE PROGRAMS THROUGH - SEPTEMBER. - REPUBLICANS ALSO ZERO OUT - BIDEN'S PLAN TO PROVIDE $350 IN - EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR STATE AND - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. - TODAY, THE WHITEOUSE PRESS - SECRETARY SAID AT THE MEETING - THAT BIDEN WOULD NOT ACCEPT OR - MAKE ANY OFFERS. - SHE MADE CLEAR THAT HE WANTS TO - GO BIG.

- >> THE RISK IS NOT THAT IT IS - TOO BIG, THE RISK IS THAT IT IS - TOO SMALL. - HIS VIEW IS THAT THE SIZE OF THE - PACKAGE NEEDS TO BE COMMENSURATE - WITH THE CRISES WE ARE FACING. - YAMICHE: THE CONGRESSIONAL - BUDGET OFFICE PROJECTING THAT - THIS YEAR'S GROWTH WILL SURGE - BUT THE WORKFORCE WILL NOT - RETURN TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS - UNTIL 2024. - THE OVERALL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS - EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DECLINING - THROUGH 2026. - THEY ALSO SAID STIMULUS IS - ESSENTIAL TO RAMP UP VACCINE - DISTRIBUTE. - TODAY, A WHITE HOUSE ADVISOR - VOICED FRUSTRATION. - >> WHEN THE ROLLOUT OF THE - VACCINE BEGAN IN DECEMBER AND - JANUARY, IT IS NO SECRET THAT - THE PROGRAM GOT OFF TO A SLOW - START. - THIS SLOW START OBVIOUSLY CAUSED - A DELAY IN PEOPLE GETTING THEIR - FIRST DOSES. - NOT ONLY DID THIS DELAY FIRST - DOSES, BUT IT CREATED A BACKLOG

- OF SECOND DOSES THAT HAVE BEEN - SITTING STATES, WAITING FOR - THE 3-4 WEEK PERIOD TO PASS - BEFORE THEY CAN BE ADMINISTERED. - YAMICHE: CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS - INSISTS THESE ARE ALL GOOD - REASONS TO ACT ON PANDEMIC - RELIEF NOW WITH OR WITHOUT - SUPPORT OF REPUBLICANS. - THEY ARE PRESSING THE PRESIDENT - TO MOVE QUICKLY. - JUDY: YOUR HEARING MEETINGS ARE - STILL UNDERWAY. - PLEASE TELL US, WHAT MORE ARE - YOU LEARNING ABOUT THESE TALKS - OVER ECONOMIC RELIEF? - YAMICHE: PRESIDENT BIDEN'S TALK - OF BIPARTISANSHIP HAS TURNED - INTO ACTION. - HE IS MEETING WITH THE - REPUICAN SENATORS, LAID OUT A - PLAN THAT IS LESS THAN A THIRD - OF THE PRICE OF HIS $1.9 - TRILLION PLAN. - THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN CLEAR - TO SAY THAT THIS IS REALLY AN - EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, THAT THERE - WILL NOT BE ANY NEGOTIATION FOR - AN OFFER OR ONE THAT IS ACCEPTED

- BY PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH THE - CHANGES HERE. - THAT BEING SAID, WHAT YOU SEE - HERE IS REPUBLICANS COMING TO - THE TABLE AND TELLING BIDEN, IF - YOU WANT UNITY, THIS IS WHAT WE - CAN OFFER YOU. - THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT THEY - FEEL THAT THE REPUBLICAN PLAN IS - WAY TOO SMALL AND THAT SO MUCH - NEEDS TO BE DONE. - ON THE RECORD, THE WHITE HOUSE - HAS SAID THAT THEY ARE OPEN TO - ALL SORTS OF IDEAS. - PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THAT HE - WOULD NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT - HOW LITTLE OR HOW MUCH HE WOULD - TAKE AWAY. - INSTEAD, HE JOKED ABOUT THE FACT - THAT HE FELT LIKE HE WAS STILL - IN THE SENATE. - WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY HE IS - STILL IN SUPPORT OF AT LEAST - GOING WITH THE PROCESS OF BUDGET - RECONCILIATION. - ESSENTIALLY, IT MEANS THAT THE - DEMOCRATS MIGHT BE GOING IT - ALONE AND NOT NEEDING REPUBLICAN - SUPPORT. - EVEN THOUGH BIDEN IS SITTING NOW - WITH THE SENATORS, HE SEEMS TO

- BE ALREADY BACKING A BACKUP PLAN - HERE. - JUDY: YAMICHE, I KNOW YOU WILL - CONTINUE REPORTING AT THE WHITE - HOUSE UNTIL YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT - WHAT HAPPENS. - YOU ARE ONLY COVERING THIS - PRESIDENT, YOU ARE COVERING THE - FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP. - HE IS FACING AN IMPEACHMENT - TRIAL IN THE SENATE. - WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT HIS - LEGAL DEFENSE? - YAMICHE: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEGAL - DEFENSE GOT EVEN MORE - COMPLICATED THAN OVER THE - WEEKEND. - HE PARTED WITH NOT ONE BUT FIVE - ATTORNEYS INCLUDING THE HEAD - ATTORNEY, A LONGTIME FRIEND OF - SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM WHO OF - COURSE HAS BEEN A LONGTIME ALLY - OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. - BOWERS SAID THAT THIS WAS REALLY - ALL ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION. - REPORTS ARE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP - WANTED HIS ATTORNEYS TO GO - FORWARD WITH A CLAIM THAT HE - FALSELY WON THE 2020 ELECTION, - WANTING TO REPEAT THE FALSE - INFORMATION THAT LED TO THE MOB

- STORMING THE CAPITAL. - NOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS TWO NEW - LAWYERS. - ONE WAS A LONGTIME ATTORNEY FOR - ROGER STONE. - ANOTHER IS BRUCE CASTOR JUNIOR. - HE HAS ANOTHER NEW LEGAL TEAM. - WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHETHER OR - NOT THEY WILL MAKE THE ARGUMENT - THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO - IMPEACH A PRESIDENT WHEN HE IS - OUT OF OFFICE OR IF THEY WILL - COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE? - JUDY: YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN DOING - SOME REPORTING ON HOW MUCH MONEY - THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS ABLE TO - RAISE AFTER THE ELECTION. - YAMICHE: THE MONEY STORY IS VERY - IMPORTANT. - THE PRESIDENT WAS ABLE TO RAISE - A LOT OF MONEY EVEN AFTER HE WON - THE ELECTION. - 290 MILLION DOLLARS RAISED BY - COMMITTEES SUPPORTING FORMER - PRESIDENT AND THE GOP. - A LEADERSHIP PACK THAT PRESIDENT - TRUMP STARTED AFTER IS LOST. - ONLY $218,000 HAVE BEEN SPENT BY

- THAT PAC. - THIS SHOWS YOU THAT TRUMP STILL - HAS A LOT OF INFLUENCE OVER THE - REPUBLICAN PARTY. - CAN USE THE MONEY ON THE - MIDTERMS IN 2022. - HE CAN USE IT TO SWAY - REPUBLICANS. - JUDY: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF - MONEY. - SO MUCH TO KEEP AN EYE ON. - YAMICHE ALCINDOR ON THE JOB AT - THE WHALES. - THANK YOU. - -- AT THE WHITE HOUSE. - THANK YOU. - YAMICHE: THANK YOU SO MUCH. - ♪ - JUDY: THE STORMING OF THE U.S. - CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6 WAS A - SHOCKING MOMENT FOR MANY - AMERICANS. - BUT MORE DETAILS ARE EMERGING - ABOUT WHO WAS INVOLVED AND HOW - IT WAS PLANNED. - A NEW REPORT EXAMINES THE ROLE - THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS - ALLIES PLATE IN THE CRUCIAL

- WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE ATTACK. - AMNA: THE SWEEPING NEW YORK - TIMES REPORT LOOKS AT THE 77 - DAYS BETWEEN THE ELECTION AND - INAUGURATION. - IT EXAMINES OUT THE - THEN-PRESIDENT UNDERMINED THE - ELECTION RESULTS AND THE - CENTURIES OLD TRADITION OF A - PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER IN - AMERICA. - THE REPORT TELLS THE STORY OF A - COORDINATED CAMPAIGN. - NOW, TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE KEY - POINTS IN THAT CAMPAIGN, JIM - RUTENBERG JOINED ME NOW. - WELCOME BACK AND THANK YOU FOR - BEING HERE. - LET'S START WITH NOVEMBER 4. - THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AFTER - THE ELECTION, PRESIDENT TRUMP - CALLS THE ELECTION A FRAUD. - IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, A PARADE - OF REPUBLICAN LEADERS ECHO THAT - AND CAST DOUBT ON THE ELECTION - RESULTS. - AMONG THEM, KEVIN MCCARTHY, - LINDSEY GRAHAM.

- >> DO NOT BE QUIET, DO NOT BE - SILENT ABOUT THIS. - WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN - BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. - >> THE MEDIA CAN PROJECT. - THE MEDIA DOES NOT GET TO DECIDE - WHO THE WINNER IS. - >> I'VE HAD IT WITH THESE - PEOPLE. - LET'S FIGHT BACK. - WE LOSE ELECTIONS BECAUSE THEY - CHEAT US. - AMNA: WHAT DOES YOUR REPORTING - SHOW ABOUT WHY THEY CHOSE TO - BACK THIS FALSE CLAIM THIS TIME? - >> THERE WAS A FEAR OF THE BASE, - THAT TRUMP VOTERS WERE ANGRY, - PRESIDENT TRUMP BEEN PREPARING - THE GROUND TO ARGUE THAT THERE - WAS RAMPANT FRAUD IF HE LOST. - THEN YOU HAVE THE GEORGIA RUNOFF - COMING UP, THE PARTY WANTS THE - GEORGIA-BASED TO TURN OUT AND - STILL BE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. - LASTLY, THERE IS PURE AMBITION, - THAT THESE LAST STANDING REPORT - IS WHAT TO PICK UP THE TRUMP - BASE. - AMNA: IT ALESCES AROUND THIS

- IDEA THAT THERE WERE VOTES - STOLEN, FRAUD COMMITTED. - THAT HAD BEEN FLOATED IN RIGHT - WING MEDIA CIRCLES FOR A WHILE - AMONG INFLUENTIAL VOICES LIKE - STEVE BANNON, CHARLIE KIRK, - ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN GOSAR. - ON NOVEMBER 12, THE IDEAS - BROUGHT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP RUDY - GIULIANI. - YOU CALL THAT A TURNING POINT. - >> IT IS BASICALLY WHEN THEY - TRUMP FORCES OR THE PRESIDENT - HIMSELF DECIDE HE IS GOING TO - POWER FORWARD AND DISPUTE THIS - ELECTION WHEN IN FACT HIS LEGAL - OPTIONS ARE DWINDLING TO THE - POINT OF NOTHING. - HIS OWN ELECTION LAWYERS AT THIS - POINT HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THEY - DON'T HAVE ANY OPTIONS. - THEY HAVE NOT FOUND ANYWHERE - NEAR ENOUGH IRREGULARITIES TO - OVERTURN A STATE. - THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF SMALL - CASES LEFT BUT THAT SAME DAY, - THEY HAVE LOST ARIZONA. - ARIZONA IS NOW OUT OF REACH. - HERE COMES RUDY GIULIANI TO TELL - THE PRESIDENT, WE ARE GOING TO

- KEEP FIGHTING. - HE WANTS ALL THESE MEGA LAWSUITS - THAT HAVE QUESTIONABLE BASIS BUT - THEY FLOAT THESE CONSPIRACY - THEORIES ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DEEP - STATE OF MALFEASANCE. - THE PRESIDENT'S OWN LAWYERS WHO, - BY THE WAY, HAVE PUSHED IN SOME - CASES THE LIMIT OF THE LAW, HAVE - HIT THEIR OWN LIMIT AND THEY - SAY, DON'T GO WITH THESE - ARGUMENTS THAT MR. GIULIANI IS - MAKING. - IT WILL BE A DISASTER FOR YOU AT - THE COURTS. - THE PRESIDENT SHOVES THEM ASIDE - BECAUSE RUDY GIULIANI IS TELLING - THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE WANTS TO - HEAR. - FROM THERE, IT IS OFF TO THE - RACES FOR WHAT BECOMES A WILDER - STORYLINE THE PRESIDENT PURSUES. - AMNA: WE KNOW THAT THOSE - ELECTION RESULT CHALLENGES - CONTINUE EVEN THOUGH COURT AFTER - COURT THROWS OUT THE CHALLENGES - OR SETS THEM ASIDE, THERE IS - ANOTHER CHALLENGE IN - PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN, AND - WISCONSIN TAKEN UP BY THE - ATTORNEY GENERAL IN TEXASKEN

- PAXTON. - WHAT ELSE DID YOU LEARN FROM - YOUR REPORTING ABOUT HOW BAD THE - CONFLICT GOT? - >> THAT CONFLICT, THERE WAS - SHOUTING, BASICALLY THERE WAS AN - EXCHANGE OF WORDS BETWEEN JUSTIN - CLARK, THE DEPUTY CAMPAIGN CHIEF - AND A LEAD CRDINATOR FOR THE - LEGAL TEAM, AND RUDY GIULIANI - CAP -- AND RUDY GIULIANI, WHO - ACCUSES THE PRESIDENT'S RANK - LAWYERS OF LYING. - MR. CLARK CALLSUDY GIULIANI A - NAME THAT I WILL NOT SHARE ON - TELEVISION. - FOR EVERY ATTORNEY WHO IS NOT - GOING TO GO DOWN THE RABBIT WITH - THE PRESIDENT, HE CAN FIND 50 - WILL. - THAT CERTAINLY HAPPENS WITH - THESE ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN THE - MANY STATES. - AMNA: WE SEE OVER THE WEEKS THAT - FOLLOW, THERE IS A NEW STRATEGY - THAT EMERGES, WHICH IS BLOCK THE - CONGRESSIONAL CERTIFICATION OF - RESULTS.

- TELL US HOW THAT MESSA - SPREADS, HOW IT MAKES ITS WAY TO - MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND HOW - THEY ARE CONVINCED TO MAKE THEIR - WAY TO WASHINGTON, D.C., ON A - LIE. - >> THAT IS SORT OF THE BIG LIE. - THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF IS - TWEETING AT THE TIME MULTIPLE - TIMES A DAY, MAKING OUTLANDISH - CLAIMS. - YOU HAVE A CONSERVATIVE MEDIA - SORT OF RATINGS WERE WHERE THESE - NEW PLAYERS LIKE NEWSMAX AND ONE - AMERICAN NEWS, ARE FINDING NEW - RATINGS BY CARRYING THIS IDEA - THAT THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY WON, - WHICH FOX NEWS COULD DO IN ITS - PRIME TIME AND WITH OPINION - SHOWS, BUT IN FACT ITS NEWS - DIVISION HAD ALREADY DECLARED - JOE BIDEN THE WINTER. - FOX IS KIND OF HAMSTRUNG, - GETTING OUT FLAKED ON THE RIGHT - YOU HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, OF - COURSE, WITH SOCIAL MEDIA -- - WITH CRAZY CONSPIRACIES, BUT - THEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS

- MUCH MORE ORGANIZED AND - TRADITIONAL. - A GROUP CALLED WOMEN FOR AMERICA - FIRST IS RUNNING A BRUSH TOUR -- - RUNNING A BUS TOUR, GOING STATE - TO STATE, TELLING SITTING - SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN TO GET - BEHIND THE PRESIDENT'S BID TO - REJECT THESE RESULTS. - WHICH, I REMIND YOU, WOULD BE - THE EQUIVALENT OF REJECTING 20 - MIION VOTES AROUND THE - COUNTRY. - AMNA: BEFORE I LET YOU GO, I - HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT ONE - SPECIFIC ELEMENT, THE ROLE THAT - MIH MCCONNELL PLAYED. - OVER THE 77 DAYS YOU TRACK IN - EUROPE, THERE IS A REAL - EVOLUTION. - TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO - SAY ON NOVEMBER 9 AND LATER ON - JANUARY 19. - >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 100% - WITHIN HIS RIGHTS TO LOOK INTO - ALLEGATIONS OF IRREGULARITIES - AND WEIGH HIS LEGAL OPTIONS. - THEY WERE PROVOKED BY PRESIDENT - AND OTHER POWERFUL PEOPLE.

- >> IN THE BEGINNING, MR. - MCCONNELL IS VERY CONCERNED - ABOUT GEORGIA. - HE WANTS THE PRESIDENT'S HELP. - BECAUSE, BY THE WAY, HOLDING - GEORGIA IS VITAL TO MITCH - MCCONNELL REMAINING THE MAJORITY - LEADER OF THE SENATE. - ON TOP OF THAT, THERE WERE - MESSAGES BEING SENT THROUGH THE - PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF, MARK - MEADOWS, AS WELL AS THE - PRESIDENTIAL SON-IN-LAW AND - EIGHT, JARED KUSHNER, THAT THE - PRESIDENT WILL COME AROUND. - THAT AS THE LEGAL PROCESS PLAYS - OUT, HE WILL OF COURSE EXCEPT - REALITY AND CONCEDE. - WHEN THAT STILL HAS NOT HAPPENED - BY THE TIME THE ELECTORAL - COLLEGE SOLIDIFIES AND CERTIFIES - THE VOTE, MITCH MCCONNELL IS - GETTING FED UP. - EN THERE IS A POLITICAL - COMPONENT THAT BECOMES IMPORTANT - AS WELL. - THE REPUBLICANS START REALIZING - THAT THEIR BEST ARGUMENT IN THE - GEORGIA SENATE CONTEST IS WE DO - HAVE A REPUBLICAN SENATE TO BE A - CHECK ON A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT.

- FROM THERE, HE JUST GETS ANGRIER - AND ANGRIER. - HE SAYS HIMSELF THERE THAT IT - SPUN SO MUCH OUT OF CONTROL ANY - COULD NOT TAKE IT. - AMNA: ONE OF THE ELEMENTS IN A - SWEEPING REPORT OUT IN THE NEW - YORK TIMES. - AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PART OF - AMERICAN HISTORY. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING - WITH US. - ♪ - JUDY: IN MYANMAR, TODAY WAS - SUPPOSED TBE A STEP TOWARD - DEMOCRACY, WHEN THE PARLIAMENT - BEGAN A NEW SESSION. INSTEAD, - THE MILITARY LAUNCHED A COUP, - AND A NOBEL LAUREATE IS NOW BACK - IN JAIL. - NICK SCHIFRIN HAS THE STORY. - >> IN MYANMAR'S CAPITAL, THE - BRIDGE TO PARLIAMENT IS BLOCKED - BY POLICE, - AND THE ROADS ARE LINED WITH - MILITARY.

- IN THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CITY - , YANGON, MILITARY SUPPORTERS - PLAY ARMY ANTHEMS. - AND THE POLICE KEEP A CLOSE EYE - ON RESIDENTS SHUT INTO A COUNTRY - WHERE THE INTERNET WAS SHUT OFF, - AND THE AIRPORT CLOSED. - MILITARY TV DECLARED A STATE OF - EMERGENCY, AND REPORTED ARMY - LEADER - MIN AUNG HLAING, WOULD TAKE - CONTROL FOR A YEAR. - IT IS THE END OF 5 YEARS OF - QUASI-DEMOCRACY. - EARLIER THIS MORNING, MILITARY - OFFICIALS ARRESTED THE COUNTRY'S - CIVILIAN LEADER AUNG SAN SUU - KYI, AND DOZENS OF OTHERS, - INCLUDING A LAWMAKER HOLDING HIS - YOUNG SON AS HE BROADCAST HIS - ARREST ON FACEBOOK. - IN A STATEMENT, SUU KYI CALLED - FOR PEACEFUL RESISTANCE -- "I - URGE PEOPLE NOT TO ACCEPT THIS, - TO RESPOND AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO - PROTEST AGAINST THE COUP BY THE - MILITARY, ONLY THE PEOPLE ARE - IMPORTANT." - >> THERE ARE A FEW OF MY FRIENDS - WHO ARE ON THE LIST OF BEING - DETAINED, ARRESTED, SO I DO NOT - KNOW WHERE THEY ARE OR HOW - THY'RE BEING TREATED.

- >> TUN MYINT IS A PROFESSOR AT - CARLETON COLLEGE. - HE SAYS THE PROBLEMS BEGAN IN - NOVEMBER, WHEN SUU KYI'S PARTY - WON AN ELECTION LANDSLIDE, - MILITARY OFFICIALS CALLED THE - RESULTS FRAUDULENT AND THE VOTER - ROLLS INACCURATE. - LAST WEEK, SU KYI AND MIN AUNG - HLAING HELD LAST-MINUTE TALKS - ABOUT HIS FUTURE, BUT THEY ARE - BELIEVED TO HAVE BROKEN DOWN. - LONG HISTORY OF DISTRUST. - >> THERE ARE SO MANY OCCASIONS - THEY HAVE BEEN RUBBING ONE - ANOTHER. - >> THE MILITARY FIRST ARRESTED - SU KYI IN 1989, WHEN THE ARMY - HAD ALREADY BEEN IN CHARGE FOR - 27 YEARS. - DEMOCRATS WON THE NEXT ELECTION, - BUT GENERALS IGNORED THE - RESULTS. - IN 2010, SU KYI WAS RELEASED, - AND THE COUNTRY TENTATIVELY - OPENED. - IN 2011 SHE MET HILLARY CLINTON, - AND IN 2012, PRESIDENT OBAMA - BECAME THE FIRST SITTING US - PRESIDENT TO VISIT. - IN 2015, HER PARTY THE NATIONAL - LEAGUE OF DEMOCRACY WON - DECISIVELY -- AND THIS TIME, THE - MILITARY HONORED THE RESULTS. SU - KYI BECAME THE DE FACTO CIVILIAN - LEADER.

- BUT THE MILITARY LURKED IN THE - BACKGROUND. - THE MILITARY WRITTEN - CONSTITUTION RESERVED - TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF - PARLIAMENT FOR MILITARY - OFFICERS. - AND SUU KYI REMAINED SILENT, AS - THE MILITARY COMMITTED WHAT THE - UN CALLED GENOCIDE AGAINST - MINORITY ROHINGA MUSLIMS. IN - FACT IN 2019, SHE DEFENDED THEM. - TODAY, THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASED - A STATEMENT, CALLING THE KUWAIT - DIRECT ASSAULT OF THE COUNTRY'S - TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY AND THE - RULE OF LAW. - FOR MORE ON THIS, WE TURN TO - DEREK MITCHELL, THE FORMER U.S. - AMBASSADOR TO MYANMAR, THE FIRST - TO SERVE THEREINCE THE U.S. - DOWNGRADED TIES WITH WHAT IS NOW - CALLED BURMA IN 1990. - WELCOME BACK TO THE NEWSHOUR. - WHY DO YOU THINK THE MILITARY - LAUNCHED THIS COUP ON THIS DAY? - >> THE OSTENSIBLE REASON, THE - ONE THEY ARE SAYING, IS THERE -- - IS THEY DETECTED MILITARY -- - DETECTED ELECTION FRAUD. - THEIR STRANGE LOGIC IS THAT THEY

- SHOULD THEN TAKE OVER IN ORDER - TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY. - A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING THE - QUESTION, WHY DID THEY DECIDE - NOW? - I THINK THEY FELT THEY WOULD DO - MUCH BETTER, THEIR POLITICAL - PARTY, IN NOVEMBER. - THEY DID NOT DO WELL AT ALL. - THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF WAS -- HE - HAD TO RETIRE IN JULY AT AGE 65. - HE HAS POLITICAL AMBITIONS. - SO I THINK HE WAS QUESTIONING - WHAT HIS CLINICAL FUTURE WAS. - >> THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT - EXPERTS I HAVE TALKED TO ABOUT - WHETHER THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF - WAS WORRIED PERSONALLY ABOUT HIS - OWN FINANCES AFTER HE STEPPED - DOWN. - DO YOU BELIEVE HE HAS CONSIDERED - THAT? - >> WE CANNOT RULE THAT OUT. - THERE IS NO QUESTION HIS FAMILY - HAS LUCRATIVE INTERESTS AND THAT - HE HIMSELF HAS HAD HIS OWN - PERSONAL AMBITIONS THAT WERE NOT - BEING RESPECTED, IN HIS VIEW. - >> THE U.S. ALREADY HAS - SANCTIONS ON TERRY LEADERS. - SHOULD THE U.S. IMPOSE - ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS?

- >> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF - LEVERAGE. - WE NEED TO GET OUR ALLIES - ENGAGED. - WE NEED PARTNERS TO ALSO ENGAGE. - NOT ONLY AN ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS - BUT ALSO SEE IF THERE ARE SOME - TRUSTED INTERLOCUTORS WHO CAN - GET TO THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF - AND EXPLAIN WHY WHAT IS GOING ON - IS NOT IN THE INTEREST OF - MYANMAR AND CERTAINLY THE - MYANMAR MILITARY. - >> AUNG SAN SUU KYI IN THE PAST - FEW YEARS HAS DEFENDED THE - MILITARY AND HAS BEEN WIDELY - DENOUNCED FOR DOING SO. - SHE SAID SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO - BALANCE. - DO YOU BELIEVE SHE SHOULD HAVE - BEEN CRITICIZING THE MILITARY? - >> I THINK SHE WAS SOMEWHAT IS - UNDERSTOOD IN RECENT YEARS, NOT - ENTIRELY. - SHE DID SPEAK OUT AS SHE SHOULD - HAVE ABOUT THE ROHINGYA - QUESTION. - THE VIOLENCE OR THE GENOCIDEI - GUESS IT IS NOW BEING - ADJUDICATED WHETHER IT IS - GENOCIDE.

- SHE ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT SHE WAS - BOXED IN BY THE MILITARY ABOUT - CONTROL OVER ALL THE LEVERS OF - MILITARY AND POLICE POWER. - SIZING THE MILITARY MORE, THAT - WOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT. - BEHIND THE SCENES, PARTICULARLY - THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, SHE HAS - HAD A BAD RELATIONSHIP FROM THE - START. - CRITICIZING THEM MORE WOULD NOT - HAVE MADE ANY KIND OF - DIFFERENCE. - >> LET THE EXPANDER THIS OUT. - REGIONALLY, SOME EXPERTS HAVE - TOLD ME THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS - MIGHT HAVE BEEN VISITING MYANMAR - RECENTLY AND MAY HAVE GIVEN THE - MILITARY THE GREEN LIGHT. - DO YOU THINK THAT IS WHAT - HAPPENED? - >> THERE IS NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN - THE MYANMAR MILITARY AND THE - CHINESE. - THE CHINESE PROVIDE WEAPONS FOR - A LOT OF THE ETHNIC ARMED GROUPS - FIGHTING THE MILITARY. - SOMEHOW, WHEN THEY TAKE THE - WEAPONS AWAY FROM THESE GROUPS, - THEY FIND CHINESE MARKINGS ON - THEM.

- TO BE A BURMESE OR MYANMAR - NATIONALIST IS NOT TO BE VERY - TRUSTED WITH THE CHINESE. - THE RUSSIANS HAVE A CLOSER - RELATIONSHIP. - THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IS VERY - CLOSE TO A FORMER - COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THAILAND - WHO TOOK OVER CIVILIAN - LEADERSHIP RECENTLY AFTER A - COUP. - THE CHINESE NO DOUBT FEEL THAT - THEY HAVE AN OPENING. - THEY MAY FEEL THAT THERE IS A - VACUUM NOW, AND OPPORTUNITY TO - GET EVEN MORE INFLUENCE IN THE - COUNTRY. - ONE HAS TO WONDER WHAT IS GOING - THROUGH THE MINDS OF THE MYANMAR - MILITARY IF THEY DON'T TRUST THE - CHINESE. - THEY WANT TO HAVE BALANCE, AND - YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY THEY - WOULD DO THIS AND BOX THE WEST - INTO A CORNER. - >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - ♪ - JUDY: PRESIDENT BIDEN IS - EXPECTED TO SIGN A SERIES OF - EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON IMMIGRATION

- THIS WEEK, INCLUDING ONE SETTING - UP A TASK FORCE TO REUNITE - FAMILIES SEPARATED AT THE - MEXICAN BORDER UNDER FORMER - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ZERO TOLERANCE - POLICY. - WE CONNECTED WITH TWO MOTHERS IN - CENTRAL AMERICA WHO HAVE BEEN - WAITING YEARS TO BE REUNITED - WITH THEIR CHILDREN. - WE BEGIN WITH ONE OF THEIR - DAUGHTERS, WHO IS NOW LIVING IN - THE U.S.. - TO PROTECT HER IDENTITY, WE - DON'T SHOW HER FACE. - >> IT IS SATURDAY MORNING AND - THAT MEANS HORSEBACK RIDING - LESSONS FOR MARIA. - HER LIFE TODAY IS A WORLD AWAY - FROM THE LIFE SHE LEFT BEHIND. - IN AUGUST OF 2017, SHE AND HER - MOTHER FLED VIOLENCE IN EL - SALVADOR AFTER LOCAL GANGS - THREATENED TO KI MARIA. - SHE AND HER MOTHER REQUESTED - ASYLUM AT THE U.S. BORDER. - , LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHER - FAMILIES AT THE TIME, THEY WERE

- SEPARATED UNDER A TRUMP - MINISTRATION POLIC - MARIA WAS 12. - HER MOTHER WAS DEPORTED AND - MARIA WAS LEFT BEHIND. - >> I STAYED HERE. - I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT - ALL THIS AT THE TIME. - AMNA: MORE THAN 2000 MILES AWAY, - HER MOTHER YENI REMEMBERS THE - LAST TIME SHE SAW HER DAUGHTER. - >> THE IDEA WAS TO PROTECT HER, - NOT MAKE HER SUFFER. - I CRIED TO THE OFFICER, I CRIED - AND TOLD HER, "I DON'T WANT TO - BE SEPARATED FROM MY DAUGHTER. I - DON'T WANT TO BE SEPARATED. - NA: YENI SAYS U.S. OFFICIALS - TOLD HER IF SHE SIGNED A - DOCUMENT DROPPING HER ASYLUM - CASE, SHE AND MARIA WOULD BE - REUNITED AND DEPORTED TOGETHER. - >> I SHOWED THE OFFICER THE - PAPER I SIGNED. - I HAD IT IN MY HAND. - IT IS ALL I HAD TO SHOW THEM - BECAUSE THEY SAID MY DAUGHTER - WAS GOING TO COME WITH ME. - HE SAID, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING - ABOUT THAT.

- AND I HAD TO GO HOME ALONE AND I - LEFT MY DAUGHTER. - BACK IN EL SALVADOR, SHE - REUNITED WITH MARIA'S FATHER. - SHE HAS HER HANDS FULL WITH - THEIR TWO-YEAR-OLD TWINS. - AS MUCH AS SHE MISSES HER - DAUGHTER, SHE KNOWS MARIA IS - SAFE FROM THE GANGS THAT - THREATENED HER. - MEANWHILE, AFTER MORE THAN SEVEN - MONTHS IN CUSTODY AND TWO - DIFFICULT TEMPORARY HOMES, SHE - NOW LIVES WITH A FAMILY IN - WISCONSIN WHO ARE ALSO HOSTING - OTHER MIGRANTS. - THEY ARE MARIA'S LEGAL GUARDIANS - IN THE U.S. - IN NINE SHORT MONTHS, THEY HAVE - TRIED TO HELP BUILD A NEW LIFE - WITH SCHOOL, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY - ACTIVITIES. - THE SEPARATION, THEY SAY, HAS - TRAUMATIZED HER. - >> WE WENT CAMPING ONE NIGHT. - I WENT TO LOOK FOR HER AND SHE - WAS IN MY CAR, CRAWLED UP IN THE

- BACKSEAT, JUST SOBBING. - I JUST SAT THERE AND HELD HER. - SHE KEPT SAYING, MY HEART IS - BROKEN. - MY HRT IS BROKEN. - WE CANNOT REPLACE HER - RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FAMILY. - WE LOVE HER DEARLY. - I KNOW SHE LOVES US. - AND IT IS STILL LIKE, IF YOU - HAVE A BELOVED AUNT OR - GRANDMOTHER, THEY STILL DO NOT - REPLACE YOUR PARENTS. - AMNA: MARIA'S IMMIGRATION CASE - TO DECIDE IF SHE CAN STAY IN THE - U.S. ARE NOT IS PENDING. - PHONE CALLS AND VIDEO CHATS LIKE - THESE ARE THE ONLY CONTACTS SHE - HAS WITH HER MOTHER. - >> SOMETIMES, I TELL HER TO - PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR TAKING - THAT DECISION. - I KNOW THAT I DID IT TO PROTECT - HER, NOT HURT HER MORE. - BUT SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T TURN - OUT LIKE YOU EXPECTED THEY WILL. - AMNA: EXPERTS HAVE BEEN RAISING - CONCERNS ABOUT THE HARM CAUSED

- TO CHILDREN LIKE MARIA, - SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES BY - THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AFTER - ARRIVING AT THE U.S. BORDER. - ONLY UNDER A COURT ORDER DID THE - REUNIFICATION'S BEGIN. - AT THE NEWSHOUR, WE FOLLOWED THE - STORY OF THREE-YEAR-OLD SOPHIE, - SEPARATED FROM HER FAMILY AT THE - BORDER AND REUNITED AFTER SEVEN - WEEKS IN CUSTODY. - BUT, MONTHS OF CHAOTIC - SEPARATIONS DONE WITH NO CENTRAL - TRACKING NOR PLANS TO REUNIFY - HAVE LEFT A LONG SHADOW. - THE PARENTS OF MANY CHILDREN - HAVE YET TO BE LOCATED AND - HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN REMAIN - SEPARATED EVEN THE LAWYERS HAVE - TRACKED DOWN THEIR PARENTS. - EXPERTS SAY THE TRAUMA WILL BE - LIFELONG. - >> IN THE 30-PLUS YEARS IN DOING - THIS WORK, I HAVE NEVER SEEN - SUCH AN INHUMANE POLICY. - WHAT WE SAW WITH MANY OF THE - KIDS, THEY WERE ANGRY WITH THEIR

- PARENTS OR THEY WERE CONFUSED. - THEY SHUT DOWN. - IN THEIR CHILD'S MIND, THEIR - PARENT HAD ABANDONED THEM - BECAUSE THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND - THAT IT WAS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT - DOING THIS TO THEM AND THEIR - PARENT HAD NO CHOICE. - >> SANDRA WAS SEPARATED FROM HER - TWO CHILDREN AFTER REQUESTING - ASYLUM IN MAY OF 2018 AT THE - U.S. BORDER. - THEY ALSO HAD FLED VIOLENCE. - HER KIDS ARE NOW 13 AND 14. - AFTER TWO YEARS APART, THIS IS - HOW THE FAMILY SPENT CHRISTMAS. - >> WHEN I LEFT FOR THE UNITED - STATES, I NEVER THOUGHT THEY - WOULD SEPARATE US. - WHEN I GOT TO THE BORDER, WHEN - IMMIGRATION PICKED ME UP, THEY - TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD TO - SEPARATE MOTHERS. - FOR ME, IT IS DIFFICULT. - IT IS NOT EASY FOR A MOTHER OR - HER CHILDREN.

- IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. - >> AFTER BEING DEPORTED, SANDRA - FIRST RETURNED TO HER RURAL - VILLAGE IN THE ISLANDS. - SIX MONTHS LATER, SHE TRIED - AGAIN TO ENTER THE U.S.. - SO I WANTED TO BE WITH MY - CHILDREN. - I DON'T WANT TO LIVE HERE - WITHOUT MY CHILDREN. - I WENT BACK AND I HAD TO PAY - SOMEONE AGAIN TO TAKE ME. - " AGAIN, SHE WAS APPREHENDED BY - U.S. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS. - >> THEY TOLD, WHY DID YOU CE - BACK IF YOU ALREADY HAD A - DERTATION ORDER FROM THE LAST - TIME? - >> BECAUSE I WAS SEPARATED FROM - MY CHILDREN. - THAT IS WHY. - I WANTED TO COME BACK TO BE WITH - MY CHILDREN. - THE JUDGE GAVE ME A 30 DAY - SENTENCE, THEN THEY DEPORTED ME - AGAIN. - >> SHE IS AT A LOSS OF WHAT TO - DO AND DESPERATE TO BE WITH HER - CHILDREN. - >> THEY TELL ME, YOU ARE ALONE - THERE.

- WE NEED YOU. - >> WENDY YOUNG SAYS THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION CAN AND SHOULD - ACT TO REUNITE FAMILIES QUICKLY - AND HELP THEM HEAL OVER TIME. - >> WE'VE DONE THESE FAMILIES - INCREDIBLE HARM AND WE REALLY - OWE IT TO THEM TO DO THE BEST WE - CAN TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT - PROTECTION, AND THEN ALSO - PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPPORT - SERVICES TO RECOVER FROMHIS - TRAUMA THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED. - >> BACK IN WISCONSIN, MARIA IS - FOCUSED ON HER STUDIES AND SAYS - SHE NOW WANTS TO BECOME A - DOCTOR. - >> GOD WILLING, IF I CAN STAY - HERE AND FINISH MY STUDIES, I - WANT TO HAVE A PROFESSION WHERE - I CAN HELP PEOPLE. - >> HER MOTHER, YENI, HAS HER OWN - DREAM. - >> EVERY PARENT DREAMS OF ALWAYS - BEING BY THEIR CHILD'S SIDE, - NEVER BEING SEPARATED, WATCHING - THEM GROW UP, SEEING EVE STAGE - THEY GO THROUGH. - >> DO YOU HAD YOUR MOTHER TALK

- ABOUT WHEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO - SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN? - >> SOMETIMES WE TALK ABOUT HOW - WE MIGHT SEE EACH OTHER. - WE DO ABOUT HOW WE ARE NOT GOING - TO SEE EACH OTHER, PERHAPS FOR - MANY YEARS. - SOMETIMES, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT - TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE - IT IS OUT OF MY HANDS. - THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHEN I - WILL SEE HER AGAIN. - >> AND NO WAY TO KNOW YET WHERE - THAT WILL BE. - JUDY: THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING - WITH REPUBLICANS IS THE FIRST - TEST OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S - PROMISE TO BRING DOWN THE - TEMPERATURE AND WORK WITH BOTH - PARTIES. - WATCHING IT ALL IS OUR POLITICS - MONDAY TEAM. - AMY WALTER OF THE COOK POLITICAL

- REPORT. - AND TAMARA KEITH OF NPR. - HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU. - GOOD TO SEE YOU. - LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS MEETING. - HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT THE - PRESIDENT IS HAVING HIS FIRST IN - PERSON MEETING, NOT WITH - DEMOCRATS BUT WITH REPUBLICANS? - AMY: IT SAYS THAT PRESIDENT - BIDEN IS SERIOUS ABOUT THE - PROMISES HE MADE ON THE CAMPAIGN - TRAIL. - NOT JUST LOWER THE TEMPERATURE - BUT ACTUALLY TO TRY TO WORK - ACROSS THE AISLE. - THUS FAR, WE ARE TWO WEEKS INTO - THIS ADMINISTRATION, BUT THERE - WAS A RECENT PULLOUT TODAY THAT - SHOWED THAT 55% OF AMERICANS - BELIEVE JOE BIDEN IS DOING JUST - THAT, FOCUSED MORE ON UNIFYING - THE COUNTRY THEN BEING DIVISIVE. - SO, HE IS ALREADY GETTING SOME - PLAUDITS FOR THAT. - THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW, AS A - CANDIDATE, HE ALSO MADE PROMISES - ON A NUMBER OF PROGRESSIVE - POLICIES.

- THOSE ARE NOT POLICIES THAT - REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO - SUPPORT. - BALANCING THOSE TWO THINGS CAN - ALSO BE A CHALLENGE. - RIGHT NOW, THE QUESTION IS, IS - THERE A MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN - THE ONE $9 TRILLION THAT THE - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PUT FORWARD - AND A MUCH SMALLER REPUBLICAN - PACKAGE. - THAT SEEMS VERY DIFFICULT TO - FIND A PLACE IN THE MIDDLE AND - ALL THE LANGUAGE COMING FROM - THOSE AROUND THE PRESIDENT, - WHETHER IT IS HIS NATIONAL - ECONOMIC COUNCIL HEAD, PRESS - SECRETARY, ALL SEEM TO SUGGEST - THAT HE IS LOOKING FOR A BIG, - BOLD PLAN, IN OTHER WORDS A - BIGGER PACKAGE THAN THIS. - JUDY: SO, POLITICAL RISK, AT - THIS POINT, WE KNOW THE MEETING - HAS GONE ON FOR OVER AN HOUR AND - A HALF AT LEAST. - POLITICAL RISKS AND BENEFITS FOR - THE PRESIDENT. - >> CERTAINLY.

- THESE REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE - SMART. - HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND SENATE - DEMOCRATS HAVE JUST TODAY BEGUN - THE PROCESS OF POTENTIALLY GOING - IT ALONE THROUGH THIS PROCEDURE - CALLED BUDGET RECONCILIATION. - THESE REPUBLICANS, NUMBERING 10, - WHICH IS A MAGIC NUMBER THAT - COMBINED WITH DEMOCRATS WOULD BE - ABLE TO OVERCOME A FILIBUSTER, - ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR - PRESIDENT BIDEN TO JUST DO IT - THE OTHER WAY. - THEY ARE TRYING TO EXTRACT - SOMETHING BY MAKING AN OFFER, BY - OPENING THE DOOR TO A - CONVERSATION AND NEGOTIATIONS. - THEY KNOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN - IS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO SIT DOWN - AND TALK. - OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE SITTING DOWN - AND TALKING FOR A LONG TIME - RIGHT NOW. - THERE ARE RISKS. - DEMOCRATS ARE STILL SCARRED BY - THE 2009 EXPERIENCE WHERE - PRESIDENT OBAMA CAME IN, THEY - WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A

- FINANCIAL CRISIS, JOBS WERE - HEMORRHAGING, AND HE TRIED TO - GET A BIPARTISAN RESCUE PACKAGE. - ULTIMATELY, IT WAS NOT - BIPARTISAN. - THERE WAS SMALLER THAN DEMOCRATS - THOUGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE. - SMALLER THAN ECONOMISTS IN THE - OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO - DO. - SO, THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN - AMONG DEMOCRATS THAT THEY COULD - BE HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION - AGAIN WITH THIS. - JUDY: THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE - STRATEGY IS ON THE PART OF THE - REPUBLICANS, HERE THEY COME WITH - A PROPOSAL THAT IS LESS THAN A - THIRD OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT OUT - OF THE PRESIDENT OUT-OF-THE-BOX - IS SAYING THAT HE WANTS. - OUR DEMOCRATS TO TAKE THIS - SERIOUSLY, OR IS IT A LUCY AND - THE FOOTBALL KIND OF THING? - AMY: THERE ARE A LOT OF - DEMOCRATS WHO BELIEVE THAT TO BE - THE CASE. - THERE ARE WORRIES THAT THIS WILL

- BE ANOTHER 2009, WHERE DEMOCRATS - OR THE WHITE HOUSE SPEND SO MUCH - TIME TRYING TO PULL IN - REPUBLICANS, THAT THEY WASTE THE - OPPORTUNITY AND GET TOO SMALL OF - A PACKAGE. - THE OTHER RISK AT THINK IF YOU - ARE DEMOCRATS OR THE BIDEN WHITE - HOUSE DOING A BIPARTISAN BILL, - THAT VOTERS DO NOT REALLY FOCUS - ON PROCESS AND PROCEDURE. - WE LOVE IT BECAUSE IT IS WHAT WE - DO. - BUT I DON'T THINK VOTERS ARE - PAYING AS MUCH ATTENTION. - WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO PAY - ATTENTION TO, ESPECIALLY AT THE - END OF THE YEAR DID IT WORK? - IS THE ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK? - IS UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN? - HAS THE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION - PROCESS GONE MORE SMOOTHLY? - OUR SCHOOLS REOPEN? - IF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT DONE AT - THE END OF THE YEAR, IT WILL NOT - MATTER IF IT WAS A BIPARTISAN - BILL. - GUESS WHO WILL GET THE BLAME - THAT THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL? - THE DEMOCRATS. - THAT IS YOUR RK IN MAYBE BACK

- JUST TO GET SO BORED, BUT YOU - WILL GET ALL THE BLAME OR ALL - THE CREDIT TO MATTER WHAT - HAPPENS. - JUDY: DOES THE PRESIDENT NEED TO - WORRY ABOUT PROGRESSIVES IN HIS - PARTY WHO REALLY BELIEVE THAT - MORE MONEY NEEDS TO BE SPENT AND - WHO ARE LOOKING AT HIM INSANE, - WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT IS GOING ON - HERE? - IF HE WERE TO BEND IN THE - DIRECTION OF REPUBLICANS. - TAMARA: WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR - TIME TALKING ABOUT DIVISIONS IN - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHICH ARE - NOT REALLY POLICY DIVISIONS. - THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THERE ARE - CHALLENGES TOO. - YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO FIND - SOMETHING THAT VERMONT SENATOR - BERNIE SANDERS, WHO IS CHAIRMAN - OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, AND JOE - MENTION OF WEST VIRGINIA, CAN - AGREE ON. - THAT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY. - CERTAINLY, THIS WILL BE A VERY

- REAL TEST OF THAT ESPECIALLY IF - DEMOCRATS DECIDE TO GO THE ROUTE - OF RECONCILIATION. - THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WIGGLE ROOM. - THEY HAVE TO KEEP JOE MANSION ON - BOARD, WHICH IS PERHAPS WHY THE - WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN - TALKING TO HIM REGULARLY. - JUDY: THE GOVERNOR OF WEST - VIRGINIA, A REPUBLICAN, SAYING - TODAY IT IS GOOD TO GO BIG, - WHICH IS INTERESTING. - AMY: PERHAPS GIVING MANCHIN A - LITTLE MORE INCENTIVE, KNOWING - THAT IT IS COMING FROM A - REPUBLICAN. - ON THE OTHER POINT, AS TAM - NOTES, IT IS A VERY SMALL MARGIN - ON BOTH SIDES. - USUALLY BY THIS POINT WHAT - UNITES THE OPPOSING PARTY IS - THAT THEY ARE IN THE MINORITY - AND UNIFIED AGAINST THE PARTY IN - POWER. - WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS - MOMENT, IT IS THE PARTY OUT OF - POWER BATTLING OVER WHO IT WANTS - TO BE, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE

- TRUMP WILL NOT EXIT. - BUT, GOING FORWARD, IT IS - DEMOCRATS WHO WILL PROBABLY BE - SPENDING A LOT MORE TIME PICKING - ABOUT THE POINT ABOUT TRYING TO - KEEP BOTH THE LEFT PART OF THE - PARTY AND THE MODERATES ON THE - SAME SQUAD. - JUDY: NOT EVEN TWO WEEKS IN AND - IT IS ALREADY EXCITING. - THANK YOU BOTH. - JUDY: A SYMPHONY REQUIRES ALL - MUSICIANS TO PLAY THEIR PARTS IN - HARMONY. - COVID, OF COURSE, MAKES THAT - DELICATE CHOREOGRAPHY ALL THE - MORE CHALLENGING. - JEFFREY BROWN TALKS TO MAESTRO - MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS ABOUT THAT - AND "PASSING THE BATON" TO A - YOUNGER GENERATION AS PART OF - OUR ARTS AND CULTURE SERIES, - CANVAS.

- ♪ - >> TWO MUSICIANS. - ONE UP-AND-COMING, THE OTHER A - RECOGNIZED MASTER. - IN THE TIME OF PANDEMICS, THEIR - INTERACTION IS ALL REMOTE. - 26-YEAR OLD VIOLIST STEPHANIE - BLOCK. - >> ONE OF MY FAVORITE EXCERPTS I - LEARNED THIS FROM BALLET - GISELLE. - >> IT IS THE OLDER REGISTER. - LET'S HEAR IT. - >> HER MENTOR, MICHAEL TILSON - THOMAS, ONE OF THE WORLD'S - LEADING CONDUCTORS. - IN MARCH, TILSON THOMAS WAS - ENDING EIGHT 25 YEAR RUN AS - CONDUCTOR AND MUSIC DIRECTOR OF - THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WHEN - THE COVID SHUTDOWN BEGAN. - IT WAS A SHOCK, KIND OF NUMBING

- AT FIRST, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF - A REHEARSAL. - BEFORE WE START TO TOUR TO - CARNEGIE HALL AND YOU'RE SAYING, - WELL, GUESS WHAT, IT'S NOT - HAPPENING OR SOME OF IT'S NOT - HAPPENING. - AND THEN GRADUALLY, MORE AND - MORE OF THE TOUR WASN'T - HAPPENING AND THEN THE END OF - THE YEAR WASN'T HAPPENING. - >> THE PLANNED CELEBRATION OF - HIS TENURE, CANCELED. - LIFE AND ART INTERRUPTED BY THE - REALITY OF A DEADLY DISEASE. - >> AND SO WE CAME TO THE STRANGE - SITUATION WHERE METABOLIC BEINGS - AS MUSICIANS ARE, IT WASN'T THAT - GET UP IN THE MORNING, GO TO - REHEARSAL PRACTICE, GET HOME, - GET A REST, AND THEN GO ON AND - REV YOUR METABOLISM UP TO ITS - HIGHEST AROUND 10:30 AT NIGHT - AND GO HOME, PUT YOURSELF TO - SLEEP AND THEN DO IT THE NEXT - DAY. - AND SUDDENLY THAT WAS ALL GONE. - >> INSTEAD, MTT, AS HE'S KNOWN, - IS USING HIS TIME TO LEAN INTO - HIS CRAFT AS MUSICIAN, COMPOSER - AND MENTOR. - TILSON THOMAS WAS BORN IN LOS - ANGELES INTO AN ARTISTIC FAMILY.

- HIS GRANDPARENTS WERE YIDDISH - THEATER STARS, HIS FATHER AND - MOTHER BOTH WORKED IN THE FILM - INDUSTRY. - BY 19, HE WAS WORKING WITH AND - CONDUCTING PREMIERES BY GREAT - COMPOSERS LIKE STRAVINSKY AND - COPLAND. - HIS BIG BREAK CAME WITH THE - BOSTON SYMPHONY. - THEN LONDON AND FINALLY IN 1995, - SAN FRANCISCO. - IN 1987, HE FOUNDED MIAMI'S NEW - WORLD SYMPHONY. - THE GOAL, AN ORCHESTRAL ACADEMY - TO PREPARE YOUNG MUSICIANS FOR - PROFESSIONAL CAREERS, A BRIDGE - BETWEEN CONSERVATORY TRAINING - AND A PLAYER'S FIRST ORCHESTRAL - GIG. - ♪ - THESE DAYS, HE WORKS REMOTELY - WITH SYMPHONY MUSICIANS LIKE - GEORGIA NATIVE CHELSEA SHARPE. - >> YOU SOUND THAT ABSOLUTELY - GREAT SHAPE.

- >> WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN IN THE - YOUNG MUSICIANS YOU WORK WITH? - HOW ARE THEY COPING? HOW ARE - THEY DEALING WITH THIS YEAR? - >> ALL THE PLANS THAT THEY HAD, - THE AUDITIONS THEY WERE SET TO - TAKE, THE NEW POSITIONS THEY - WERE ABOUT TO BEGIN, THE MOST - CREATIVE TIME OF THEIR LIVES HAD - TO STOP, SO THEY HAD TO LOOK - AROUND AND THINK, HOW CAN I - REINVENT MYSELF? - WHAT ELSE IS THERE FOR ME TO DO? - HOW CAN I COME OUT OF THIS - PERIOD BEING THE BEST THAT I CAN - BE TO GO FORWARD? - >> HERE YOU ARE WANTING TO BE IN - FRONT OF PEOPLE, TRYING TO START - A CAREER AND MAKE A LIFE AS A - MUSICIAN. - HOW HARD IS IT BEEN AND HOW IF - YOU COPED WITH IT? - >> I WAS GRATEFUL FOR THAT TIME - TO JUST SIT WITH THE INSTRUMENT - AND MAYBE THINK ABOUT SOME - THINGS TECHNICALLY THAT I HADN'T - HAD THE LUXURY OF TIME TO KIND - OF THINK ABOUT BEFORE. - >> A LUXURY TILSON THOMAS - BELIEVES THEY ALL NEED. - >>ORMALLY, MUSICIANS ARE - WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO - HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND, THE NEXT - CONCERT AND THE NEXT AND THE - NEXT AND THE NEXT. - AND NOW WE'RE IN THIS PERIOD - WHERE WE NEED TO TURN OUR - ATTENTION JUST TO HOW ARE WE - SLOWLY DEVELOPING AS MUSICIANS,

- AS ARTISTS, AND AS PEOPLE. - >> THAT'S JUST WHAT LOS ANGELES - NATIVE CORBIN CASTRO HAS - MANAGED, CREATING AN ONLINE - MUSIC ACADEMY FROM SCRATCH FOR - CHILDREN AGED 8-12. - >> THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE - KIND OF FRENCH HORN WE ARE - ASSOCIATING WITH TCHAIKOVSKY. - >> DEVELOPED WITHOUT PRIOR - CONNECTION TO ANY YOUTH MUSIC - PROGRAMS. - AND IT'S ALL VIRTUAL. - >> IT BECAME VERY APPARENT TO US - THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS - PROGRAM HAD TO REACH - UNDER-RESOURCED STUDENTS AND - PROVIDE TECHNICAL TRAINING AND - SUPER PERSONALIZED MENTORSHIP IN - ORDER TO SHOW THEM HOW CLASSICAL - MUSIC CAN HAVE A POSITIVE - INFLUENCE NOT JUST ON THEIR - LIVES, BUT ALSO THE LIVES OF THE - PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. - >> IS THIS ALL PANDEMIC RELATED - TO START THINKING THIS WAY IN - DIFFERENT TERMS ABOUT YOURSELF - AS A MUSICIAN AND PART OF THE - COMMUNITY? - >> YEAH, EXACTLY.

- IT KIND OF COMBINED ALL THE BEST - PARTS OF WHAT MUSIC CAN OFFER - AND HOW MUSIC CAN ENRICH LIVES - >> VIOLIST STEPHANIE BLOC - AGREES. - >> IT'S THE COURAGE TO TAKE ON - SOMETHING THAT CHALLENGES YOU AS - A PLAYER. - IT'S THE COURAGE TO PUT YOURSELF - OUT THERE AGAIN AFTER A LONG - -- AND THEN IS THE COURAGE TO - KIND OF BEAR YOUR SOUL AGAIN AND - GIVE YOURSELF TO WHOEVER NEEDS - IT. - >> WHAT FUTURE DO YOU SEE FOR - CLASSICAL MUSIC, ESPECIALLY - GIVEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT - YOU'RE WORKING WITH? - >> ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE I'M - WORKING WITH HAVE A REAL - COMMITMENT TO SHARING THEIR - MUSIC AND THEIR VISION WITH - PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN THEY ARE AND - AS A REAL LIFE, COMMITMENTS HAVE - TAKEN ON THE ROLE AS A TEACHER - IN A VERY EXPANDED WAY, NOT JUST - IN A STUDIO, BUT OVER THE - INTERNET, AND COMMUNITIES. - THEY ARE MUCH MORE DEDICATED. - >> IT IS A COMMITMENT TESTED AND - REDISCOVERED DURING PANDEMIC.

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