PBS NewsHour; February 5, 2021, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- ♪ - JUDY: GOOD EVENING. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE "NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT -- - FEELING THE PAIN. - THE ECONOMY FACES AN UNEVEN - RECOVERY AS DAILY CORONAVIRUS - DEATHS TOP 5000 FOR THE FIRST - TIME AND CONGRESS BEGINS TO MO - CLOSER TO PASSING A RELIEF - PACKAGE. - THEN -- - SIX MONTHS LATER, A WORSENING - PANDEMIC COMPLICATES BEIRUT'S - LONG RECOVERY FROM THE MASSIVE - EXPLOSION THAT DEVASTATED THE - CITY. - >> THE EXPLOSION WAS YET ANOTHER - BLOW IN A YEAR THAT HAD ALREADY - SEEN THE CURRENCY LOSE 80% OF - ITS VALUE. - AND NOW, JUST AS THE CITY WAS - GETTING BACK ON ITS FEET, IT'S - BEEN FLOORED BY A DEVASTATING - WAVE OF COVID-19. - JUDY: AND IT'S FRIDAY. - DAVID BROOKS AND JONATHAN - CAPEHART CONSIDER THE REPUBLICAN - PARTY'S IDENTITY CRISIS AND THE - ONGOING PANDEMIC RELIEF

- NEGOTIATIONS. - ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S - "PBS NEWSHOUR.” - ♪ - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE "PBS - NEWSHOUR" HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY - -- - ♪ - ♪ - >> MOVING OUR ECONOMY FOR 160 - YEARS. - BNSF, THE ENGINE THAT CONNECTS - US. - >> CONSUMER CELLULAR, FINANCIAL - -- JOHNSON & JOHNSON.

- >> THE JOHN S. AND JAMES L - KNIGHT FOUNDATION, FOSTERING - COMMUNITIES. - >> AND WITH THE ONGOING SUPPORT - OF THESE INSTITUTIONS -- - AND, FRIENDS OF THE NEWSHOUR. - THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE - BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC - BROADCASTING AND BY - CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - JUDY: PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PLANS TO - PASS A NEARLY $2 TRILLION - ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE PICKED - UP SOME MOMENTUM TODAY, AS - DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS APPROVED A - BASIC BLUEPRINT. - WHILE THE MEASURES DO NOT HAVE - THE FORCE OF LAW, LAWMAKERS ARE

- EXPECTED TO BEGIN WRITING - DETAILS OF A MAJOR PACKAGE NEXT - WEEK. - AS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT - YAMICHE ALCINDOR REPORTS, THE - PRESIDENT MADE HIS CASE ON THE - SAME DAY AS THE RELEASE OF - ANOTHER WEAK JOBS REPORT TIED TO - THE PANDEMIC. - YAMICHE: TODAY AT THE WHITE - HOUSE, PRESIDENT BIDEN DOUBLING - DOWN ON THE NEED TO PASS HIS - COVID RELIEF PLAN. - PRES. JOE BIDEN: I SEE ENORMOUS - PAIN IN THIS COUNTRY, A LOT OF - FOLKS OUT OF WORK, A LOT OF - FOLKS GOING HUNGRY, STARING AT - THE CEILING TONIGHT WONDERING, - WHAT AM I GOING TO DO TOMORROW? - SO I AM GOING TO ACT AND I'M - GOING TO ACT FAST. - YAMICHE: THE PRESIDENT - DISMISSED REPUBLICAN CONCERNS - THAT THE $1.9 TRILLION PACKAGE - IS TOO MUCH. - PRES. JOE BIDEN: WHAT - REPUBLICANS HAVE PROPOSED IS TO - EITHER DO NOTHING OR NOT ENOUGH. - ALL OF SUDDEN, MANY OF THEM HAVE - REDISCOVERED FISCAL RESTRAINT - AND THE CONCERN FOR THE - DEFICITS. - BUT DON'T KID YOURSELF. - THIS APPROACH WILL COME WITH A - COST, MORE PAIN FOR MORE PEOPLE - FOR LONGER THAN IT HAS TO BE. - YAMICHE: BIDEN IS CALLING ON - LAWMAKERS TO PASS THE PLAN FAST.

- AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT CALLS FOR - $1,400 DIRECT PAYMENTS TO - INDIVIDUALS, WHICH BIDEN SAYS - ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE, INCREASED - WEEKLY FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT - BENEFITS TO $400, AND EXNDING - FEDERAL JOBLESS PROGRAMS THROUGH - SEPTEMBER. - EARLIER IN THE DAY, PRESIDENT - BIDEN MET WITH CONGRESSIONAL - DEMOCRATS. - AFTER THE MEETING, HOUSE SPEAKER - NANCY PELOSI SAID A BILL WOULD - ABSOLUTELY BE PASSED BY MARCH - 15. - THAT'S WHEN ENHANCED FEDERAL - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ARE SET TO - EXPIRE. - OVERNIGHT, THE SENATE APPROVED A - BUDGET RESOLUTION THAT WOULD - ALLOW IT TO FAST-TRACK THE AID - WITHOUT REPUBLICAN SUPPORT. - TODAY, THE HOUSE FOLLOWED SUIT. - THE HOURS-LONG SESSION INCLUDED - VOTES ON AMENDMENTS THAT COULD - DEFINE WHAT GOES INTO THE ACTUAL - BILL. - >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. - >> AYE. - YAMICHE: AMONG THE VOTES, A - REJECTION OF HIKING THE FEDERAL - MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR. - REPUBLICANS AND SOME ECONOMISTS - ARGUE THAT, SINCE THE WORST OF - THE PANDEMIC, THE ECONOMY HAS - REBOUNDED. - SOME SECTORS, INCLUDING - PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS

- SERVICES, HAVE RECOVERED WELL. - AND THIS WEEK, THE CONGRESSIONAL - BUDGET OFFICE PROJECTED THAT GDP - WOULD RISE TO PRE-PANDEMIC - LEVELS BEFORE THE END OF THIS - YEAR. - BUT THIS MORNING, THE NATION - WOKE TO A BLEAK PICTURE OF THE - ECONOMY, STILL HURT BY THE - PANDEMIC'S WINTER SURGE. - THE LABOR DEPARTMENT'S JANUARY - JOBS REPORT REVEALED, U.S. - EMPLOYERS ADDED ONLY 4000 - JOBS. - THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL, BUT - REMAINED HIGH AT 6.3%. - OF THE 22 MILLION JOBS LOST - SINCE LAST SPRING, ABOUT 10 - MILLION JOBS REMAIN LOST. - THAT'S WORSE THAN AT THE HEIGHT - OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. - ANGELA RETAMOZA IS ONE OF 4 - MILLION AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN - OUT OF WORK FOR MORE THAN SIX - MONTHS. - ANGELA RETAMOZA: I KIND OF FEEL - LIKE I AM IN LIMBO. - YES, IT CAN BE SOMEWHAT - DISCOURAGING AT TIMES, BUT I - JUST KEEP TRUDGING ALONG. - YAMICHE: SINCE MARCH, SHE HAS - RELIED ON STATE UNEMPLOYMENT - AID. - SHE SAID THE EXTRA FEDERAL - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS HAVE - HELPED HER MAKE ENDS MEET. - ANGELA RETAMOZA: IT ALLEVIATES - SO MUCH STRESS. - IT'S NOT LIKE MY STRESS

- COMPLETELY WENT AWAY, BUT TO - KNOW THAT I CAN PAY MY RENT AND - MY BILLS AND PUT FOOD ON THE - TABLE BECAUSE JUST UNEMPLOYMENT - ON ITS OWN REALLY ONLY PAYS MY - RENT AND UTILITIES. - EVERYTHING ELSE I HAVE TO FIGURE - OUT HOW TO DO THAT. - THE EXTRA IS REALLY HELPFUL. - YAMICHE: AT THE HEART OF A - BIFURCATED RECOVERY, JOB LOSSES - FOR WOMEN. - WOMEN ACCOUNT FOR MOST OF THE - NEARLY 10 MILLION JOBS STILL - LOST, WITH WOMEN OF COLOR HIT - ESPECIALLY HARD. - OVERALL, THE JOBLESS RATES FOR - BLACK AMERICANS AND HISPANIC - AMERICANS ARE BOTH STILL HIGHER - THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. - AND SINCE THE START OF THE - PANDEMIC, THE FEDERAL RESERVE - REPORTS THAT WEALTH FOR THE TOP - 1% OF EARNERS WENT UP 400% - COMPARED TO THE BOTTOM 50%. - IN MARCH, LEIDA PARKER SYLVESTER - WAS FURLOUGHED FROM HER JOB IN - THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. - SHE SAID LOOKING FOR WORK HAS - BEEN GRUELING. - LEIDA PARKER SYLVESTER: THE JOB - SEARCH HAS BEEN REALLY - DIFFICULT. - I JUST PUT IN JOB AFTER JOB. - IT HAS TO BE OVER 100 JOBS THAT - I HAVE APPLIED FOR. THE MOST

- WORK I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND IS - PART TIME WORK HERE AND THERE. - YAMICHE: IN JANUARY, THE - SERVICE SECTOR SHED 127,000 - JOBS. - THE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO - REPRESENT E OVERWHELMING - MAJORITY OF JOBS LOST LONG-TERM - OR PERMANENTLY. - AMY SCHEIDE: WE HAVE - EXPERIENCED A 72% LOSS IN - REVENUE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. - YAMICHE: AMY SCHEIDE RUNS A - RESTAURANT AND CATERING BUSINESS - IN WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WISCONSIN. - SHE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BRING - BACK MOST OF HER STAFF, AND SHE - SAYS HELP FROM WASHINGTON ISN'T - COMING FAST ENOUGH. - AMY SCHEIDE: WHEN PAYROLL ROLLS - AROUND, IT'S COMING FROM MY - PERSONAL SAVINGS. - THERE IS NO MOY IN THE - BUSINESS FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN - THE FOOD NECESSARY TO KEEP - MOVING FORWARD, THE MORTGAGE - THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED, AND TH - UTILITIES THAT CANNOT BE - IGNORED. - WE HAVE WATCHED BUSINESS AFTER - BUSINESS AFTER BUSINESS CLOSE - ALREADY. - YAMICHE: FOR THE "PBS - NEWSHOUR," I'M YAMICHE ALCINDOR. - JUDY: LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK - NOW AT WHO IS BEARING THE BRUNT - OF THE PANDEMIC'S ECONOMIC PAIN,

- AND WHETHER FEDERAL RELIEF - EFFORTS ARE REACHING THOSE WHO - ARE MOST IN NEED. - FOR THAT, WE TURN TO RAPHAEL - BOSTIC. - HE'S THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF - THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF - ATLANTA. - MR. BOSTIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH - FOR JOINING US. - LET ME START BY ASKING YOU ABOUT - THE ECONOMY OVERALL. - IT WAS JUST A FEW DAYS AGO THE - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE WAS - FORECASTING WE'RE GOING TO SEE A - ROBUST RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE OF - THIS YEAR, BUT THEN TODAY AND - YESTERDAY WE'RE SEEING - DISCOURAGING REPORTS ABOUT - UNEMPLOYMENT, HOW MANY PEOPLE - ARE OUT OF WORK AND HAVE BEEN - FOR A NG TIME. - WHAT DOES THIS ECONOMY LOOK LIKE - TO YOU? - RAPHAEL: WELL, I THINK THERE - ARE TWO THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND - HERE. - ONE IS THAT, IN E CURRENT - PERIOD, WE HAVE A VIRUS THAT IS - STILL GOING THROUGH THE ECONOMY - AND GOING THROUGH OUR POPULATION - QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY. - WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING, WE'RE - GOING TO SEE CHOPPY TIMES, AND I - THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ROUGH - TIMES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF - MONTHS. - T, AS THE VACCINE GETS FURTHER - INTO THE POPULATION, I THINK WE - ARE GOING TO TURN TO A MUCH MORE

- ROBUST GROWTH PERIOD. BUT THAT'S - GOING TO NOT COME UNTIL THE - SUMMER AT THE EARLIEST. - WE HAVE TO WEATHER THIS TIME AS - MUCH AS WE CAN. - JUDY: WELL, TO BRING IT DOWN TO - THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, WHO IN - THIS ECONOMY IS DOING WELL, OR - MAYBE ABOUT TO DO BETTER, AND - WHO IS GOING TO BE STRUGGLING - FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE? - RAPHAEL: WELL, THIS PANDEMIC - HAS REALLY HIT THE POPULATION IN - TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. - WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO - HAVE JOBS WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO - WORK FROM HOME, THEY DON'T - NECESSARILY NEED TO BE NEXT TO - PEOPLE OR CLOSE TO PEOPLE TO DO - THEIR WORK. - THEY'RE DOING FINE, AND THEY'RE - GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO FINE. - IT'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOBS WHERE - PROXIMITY IS IMPORTANT, THE - SERVICE INDUSTRIES, LIKE IN - RESTAURANTS D IN GROCERY - STORES. - THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF JOBS - WE'RE GOING TO SEE STRUGGLES. - THAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR - MONTHS TO COME. - JUDY: SO, GIVEN THAT, MR. - BOSTIC, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL - FOR COVID ECONOMIC RELIEF, $1.9 - TRILLION? - AND WE KNOW THAT COULD CHANGE

- SOME. - THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING. - WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FOCUS OF - IT, THE PRICE TAG, AND WHAT IT'S - AIMING TO FIX? - RAPHAEL: WELL, I THINK IT'S - VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET - RELIEF TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE - ECONOMY, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A - LOT OF UNCERTAINTY THAT'S OUT - THERE. - AND PEOPLE ARE NERVOUS, AND - PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE THAT - SUPPORT, KNOW THAT THAT'S THERE. - I THINK THE SUPPORT TO - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IS - EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE - THOSE ARE PEOPLE WE NOW HAVE - PROBLEMS. - WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW - WE GET SUPPORT TO SMALL - BUSINESSES THAT MAY NOT HAVE - PARTICIPATED IN THE PAYCHECK - PROTECTION PROGRAM AND TO A - NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE - REALLY STEPPED AWAY FROM - EMPLOYMENT ALTOGETHER. - WE CAN'T FORGET THEM, BECAUSE - THEY ARE DEFINITELY AT RISK. - JUDY: WELL, AS YOU KNOW, - DIFFERENT GROUPS OF ECONOMISTS - HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT AMERICANS - HAVE DONE WITH LAST YEAR'S - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYOUTS. - AND THE REPORTS THAT I HAVE - SEEN, THEY FOUND THAT $1.6 - TRILLION OF IT HAS STILL NOT - BEEN SPENT. - IT'S BEING SAVED OR IT'S BEING

- USED TO PAY OFF DEBT. IN FACT, I - WAS READING THIS MORNING THAT - HOUSEHOLDS EARNING OVER $78,000 - THEY HERE HAVE SPENT LESS THAN - 10% OF WHAT THEY RECEIVED IN - FEDERAL PAYOUTS. - DOES THAT TELL YOU THAT WE NEED - TO SEE MORE TARGETING IN WHAT - THE GOVERNMENT DOES NEXT? - RAPHAEL: WELL, I DEFINITELY - THINK TARGETING IS IMPORTANT. - BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT - TO REMEMBER THAT WE STILL HAVE A - LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. - IT'S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR WHERE - PAIN IS GOING TO HIT IN THE - POPULATION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL - MONTHS. - YOU SAW FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE - WE ACTED BIG AND WE ACTED BOLD - IN THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE WE - DIDN'T WANT THE AGES TO BE LOST. - I THINK THE APPROACH THAT WE - HAVE TAKEN THUS FAR HAS REALLY - BEEN TO SAY, WE'D RATHER ERR ON - THE SIDE OF BEING TOO SUPPORTIVE - THAN NOT SUPPORTIVE ENOUGH, - BECAUSE, IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE - FALL SHORT IN THAT SUPPORT, THE - DAMAGEO THE ECONOMY AND THE - PEOPLE WHO ARE HURT MORE - PERMANENTLY IS GOING TO BE MORE - SIGNIFICANT. - JUDY: AND ARE YOU SAYING THAT - STILL APPLIES TO THIS UPCOMING - COVID RELIEF PACKAGE?

- THE DANGER IS IN NOT DOING - ENOUGH, RATHER THAN ING TOO - MUCH? - RAPHAEL: WELL, I THINK WE HAVE - LEARNED IN THE LAST SEVERAL - EPISODES OF CRISIS THAT DOING - MORE IS BETTER. - BUT WE ARE ALSO LEARNING THINGS - THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE AS WE - MOVE FORWARD. - THAT SHOULD GUIDE TARGETING. - I'M HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH - POLICY-MAKERS TO TRY TO ASSIST - IN THAT. - I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE TARGETING - WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE AS WE - MOVE THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL - MONTHS. - JUDY: YOU MEAN TOWARD THE LOWER - END OF THE INCE SCALE? - RAPHAEL: TOWARD THOSE WHO HAVE - LOST THEIR JOBS, WHO ARE STILL - OUT OF WORK, AND TO SMALL - BUSINESSES IN MANY COMMUNITIES - ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE THE - LIFEBLOOD FOR MANY SMALL TOWNS - AND MANY NEIGHBORHOODS. - WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT - THEY STAY AFLOAT, SO THAT, WHEN - WE GET TO THE OTHER SIDE, THE - COMMUNITIES HAVE A FOUNDATION - FROM WHICH THEY CAN GROW AND - PROSPER. - JUDY: MR. BOSTIC, YOU SAID LAST - OCTOBER THAT THIS PANDEMIC - ECONOMY HAS -- AND I I'M QUOTING - AM YOU. - YOU SAID "IT'S LAYING BARE AND - , EXACERBATING DISPARITIES THAT

- HAVE LONG PLAGUED OUR ECONOMY - ALONG ETHNIC, RACIAL, GENDER, - GEOGRAPHIC, AND OCCUPATIONAL - LINES." - YOU SAID "THE FED MUST - , PARTICIPATE IN A DEEPER AND - MORE CREATIVE RECKONING WITH A - HISTORY OF RACIAL INJUSTICE THAT - CONTINUES TO WEAKEN THE ECONOMY - FOR ALL OF US.” - MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS THE - FED DOING THAT HAVE YOU BEEN - , DOING THAT, AND, IF SO, HOW? - RAPHAEL: WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DOING - THAT. - WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF EFFORT - RAISING THE ISSUES THAT ARE - IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF - UNDERSTANDING THOSE RACIAL - BARRIERS AND THE STRUCTURAL - THINGS THAT ARE KEEPING PEOPLE - FROM BEING FULLY ENGAGED. - WE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER - WITH SOLUTIONS AND TALKING ABOUT - HOW WE CAN APPLY THEM IN - COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR POLICY. - AND WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS - WITH BUSINESSES ACROSS THE - COUNTRY TO REALLY GET THEM TO - EXAMINE THEIR PRACTICES AND - POLICIES AND TO RETHINK HOW THEY - ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE ACROSS THE - COUNTRY, AND, IN PARTICULAR, IN - NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY HAVE - NOT NECESSARILY BEEN SO - ATTENTIVE.

- AND SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO - DRIVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF - CONVERSATION, AND HAVE THAT - CONVERSATION TRANSLATE INTO - ACTION, BECAUSE ACTION IS REALLY - WHAT WE NEED TO SEE. - JUDY: AND DO YOU THINK YOU'RE - MAKING PROGRESS? - RAPHAEL: I KNOW WE'RE MAKING - PROGRESS. - I SEE THAT EVERY DAY IN MY - DISTRICT HERE IN ATLANTA AND - ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - JUDY: RAPHAEL BOSTIC, WHO IS - THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE - FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA, - THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING - US. - RAPHAEL: THANK YOU, IT IS A - PLEASURE TO TALK WITH YOU. - ♪ - STEPHANIE: I AM STEPHANIE SY - WITH THE NEWSHOUR WEST. - WE WILL RETURN TO JUDY WOODRUFF - AND THE REST OF THE PROGRAM - AFTER THE HEADLINES. - THE PENTAGON WILL DEPLOY MORE - THAN 1100 ACTIVE-DUTY TROOPS TO - ASSIST WITH VACCINE SITES ACROSS - THE COUNTRY, STARTING IN - CALIFORNIA.

- EACH TEAM INCLUDES PERSONNEL WHO - CAN ADMINISTER VACCINES. - THE ADVISOR SAID, MILITARY - SUPPORT WILL HELP EXPEDITE - INOCULATIONS. - >> PART OF THIS GROUP WILL - ARRIVE IN CALIFORNIA WITHIN THE - NEXT 10 DAYS. - TO BEGIN OPERATIONS AROUND - FEBRUARY 15. - WITH ADDITIONAL VACCINATION - MISSIONS TO FOLLOW. - THE MILITARY'S CRITICAL ROLE IN - SUPPORTING SITES WILL HELP - VACCINATING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE - PER DAY AND ENSURE EVERY - AMERICAN WHO WANTS A VACCINE - WILL RECEIVE ONE. - STEPHANIE: THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION IS INVESTING IN - SIX COMPANIES TO BOOST - PRODUCTION OF AT-HOME TESTING - KITS. - THEY HOPE TO MAKE MORE THAN 60 - MILLION TEST AVAILABLE BY THE - END OF THE SUMMER. - THAT COMES AS THE U.S. SET - ANOTHER GRIM RECORD OVERNIGHT. - DAILY COVER DEPTHS TOPPED 5000 - FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. - THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HAS - NOTIFIED CONGRESS THAT IT - INTENDS TO REMOVE YEMEN'S HOUTHI - REBELS FROM A LIST OF TERRORIST - ORGANIZATIONS THREE WEEKS AFTER

- THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MADE - THE LAST-MINUTE MOVE. - AID GROUPS HAD CRITICIZED THE - TERRORIST DESIGNATION, SAYING IT - WOULD LOCK HUMANITARIAN - ASSISTANCE. - DELEGATES FROM LIBYA'S WARRING - FACTIONS APPROVED AN INTERIM - GOVERNMENT. - THEY HAD TWO SEPARATE - GOVERNMENTS IN THE EAST AND - WEST. - THE UNITED NATIONS FORMING - GENEVA SELECTED FOUR LEADERS TO - LEAD LIBYA THROUGH THE NATIONAL - ELECTIONS IN DECEMBER. - THEY HAVE BEEN IN TURMOIL SINCE - QADDAFI'S RULE ENDED IN 2011. - IN MYANMAR PROTESTS AGAINST THE - MILITARY COUP, AND THE LARGEST - RALLIES TODAY SINCE THE - TAKEOVER. - THEY RALLIED AT TWO - UNIVERSITIES. - PROTESTERS HELD UP A THREE - FINGER SALUTE AS A SIGN OF - RESISTANCE AND CARRIED SIGNS - WITH IMAGES OF RHYTHMS -- - RIBBONS. - ONE TEACHER VOICED HOPE OF THE - MILITARY COUP WOULD FAIL.

- >> WE DON'T WANT THIS MILITARY - COUP, WHICH UNLAWFULLY SEIZED - POWER. - WE DO NOT WANTONE WHO STEALS - POWER INFORMS THEIR OWN - GOVERNMENT. - WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO WORK - WITH THEM. - STEPHANIE: AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE - HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR - PROTESTING AGAINST THE COUP. - THE MILITARY SAYS THEY WILL HOLD - ONTO POWER UNTIL AN ELECTION IS - HELD IN THE YEAR. - THE U.S. TRADE DEFICIT SURGED TO - A 12 YEAR HIGH IN 2020, DUE TO - PANDEMIC DISRUPTIONS. - THE GAP BETWEEN EXPERTS AND - IMPORTS ROSE 18% TO $679 - BILLION. - THAT WAS DUE IN PART TO COVID - RESTRICTIONS ON TOURISM AND - EDUCATION. - WALL STREET DODGED THE FIFTH DAY - OF GAINS. - THE DOW JONES CLIMBED 92 POINTS - TO CLOSE OUT 31, 148. - THE NASDAQ ROSE 78 POINTS AND - THE S&P 500 ADDED 15. - PASSING TO NOTE.

- AWARD-WINNING ACTOR CHRISTOPHER - PLUMMER DIED TODAY. - DURING HIS NEARLY 70 YEAR CAREER - HE BECAME KNOWN FOR A WIDE - VARIETY OF ROLES THAT WON HIM - AN OSCAR, TWO EMMYS, AND OTHER - AWARDS. - >> HE WAS A LEADING - SHAKESPEAREAN ACTOR, BUT IT WAS - THIS ROLE AS CAPTAIN VON TRAPP - OPPOSITE JULIE ANDREWS IN "SOUND - OF MUSIC" THAT CATAPULTED - CANADIAN BORN CHRISTOPHER - PLUMMER TO STARTING. - HE DISPARAGED THE PART AT FIRST, - BUT LATER CAME TO TERMS WITH IT - ENDED SUCCESS. - HE STARRED IN A WIDE RANGE OF - FILMS FROM TOLSTOY TO THE VOICE - OF THE VILLAIN IN A CARTOON FILM - "UP." - HE HAD A FILM RENAISSANCE LATER - IN LIFE. - HIS ROLE IN BEGINNERS AS AMANDA - COMES OUT AS GAY AFTER 44 YEARS - OF MARRIAGE, WON HIM AN OSCAR.

- >> MY MOTHER ONCE PREDICTED I - WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TO BE A VERY - OLD MAN BEFORE RECEIVING - RECOGNITION IN OUR PROFESSION. - SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. - REPORTER: HE CONTINUED ACTING IN - RECENT YEARS, SERVING IN THE - THRILLER "ALL THE MONEY IN THE - WORLD." - AND IN THE 2019 FILM "KNIVES - OUT." - HE DIED AFTER A BLOW TO HIS HEAD - FROM A FALL. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I AM - JEFFREY BROWN. - STEPHANIE: STILL TO COME ON THE - NEWSHOUR, COVID-19 COMPLICATES - BEIRUT'S RECOVERY FROM A - DEVASTATING EXPLOSION. - DAVID BROOKS AND JONATHAN - CAPEHART UNPACK POLITICS. - WE REMEMBER REMARKABLE LIVES - LOST TO COVID-19, AND MUCH MORE. - ♪

- >> THIS IS PBS NEWSHOUR - FROM WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON - AND IN THE WEST AT THE WALTER - CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT - ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. - JUDY:T HAS BEEN SIX MONTHS - SINCE A MASSIVE FERTILIZER - EXPLOSION AT THE PORT OF BEIRUT - TOWARD THROUGH THE CITY, LEAVING - HUNDREDS DEAD AND CATASTROPHIC - DESTRUCTION. - LEBANON WAS ALREADY MIRED IN - DEEP ECONOMIC CRISIS, BUT NOW, - AFTER THE BLAST, AS SPECIAL - CORRESPONDENT LEILA MOLANA - ALLEN TELLS US, ADD ANOTHER - CRISIS, COVID-19. - REPORTER: IT IS AND THE LEBANESE - 9:35 P.M. RED CROSS NIGHT TEAM - ISACING TO RESPOND TO YET - ANOTHER CRITICAL COVID-19 CALL. - LEBANON HAS NO FICIAL - AMBULANCE SERVICE, SO THESE - YOUNG VOLUNTEERS ARE THE FRONT - LINE OF PANDEMIC DEFENCE. THIS - 85-YEAR-OLWOMAN IS FIGHTING - FOR EVERY BREATH. THERE'S - NOTHING MORE THEY CAN DO IN THE - AMBULANCE.

- SHE NEEDS A HOSPITAL BED. - THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TAKING CASES. - THOSE ARE HARD TO FIND. - >> THE HOSPITAL'S INEBANON ARE - SUFFERING FROM A SHORTAGE OF - RESOURCES AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED - MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN WE TRANSPORT - A PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL THERE - IS NO ROOM IN THE EMERGENCY - ROOM, ICU, OR THE WHOLE - HOSPITAL. - >> THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WAS - FULL. - SHE ONLY MAKES IT INSIDE BECAUSE - HER DOCTOR RESERVED A SPACE FOR - HER IN ADVANCE, KNOWING SHE - MIGHT DETERIORATE. - SIX MONTHS AGO AN ENORMOUS - EXPLOSION SWEPT THROUGH BEIRUT, - TEARING APART HOMES AND LIVES. - HE KILLED MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE, - INJURED THOUSANDS MORE AND LEFT - LARGE SWATHES OF THE CITY IN - TATTERS. - MY OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD OF MAR - MIKHAEL WAS LEFT IN PIECES. - MANY OF ITS RESIDENTS HAVE COME - BACK AND REBUILDS. - SOME HAVE NOWHE ELSE TO GO. - BUT THE AREA IS A SHELL OF ITS - FORMER SELF. THIS WAS ONCE ONE

- OF THE BUSIEST STREETS IN - BEIRUT, LINED WITH CROWDED - CAFES, BARS, RESTAURANTS AND - SHOPS. - WHILE SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN - REBUILT, OTHERS ARE STILL PILES - OF RUBBLE. - AND THANKS TO THE PANDEMIC, IT - IS STILL A GHOST TOWN. - THE EXPLOSION WAS YET OTHER - BLOW IN A YEAR THAT HAD ALREADY - SEEN THE CURRENCY LOSE 80% OF - ITS VALUE AND FOOD PRICES - TRIPLE, WHILE MANY LOST THEIR - LIFE SAVINGS. - THE GOVERNMENT HAD LITTLE TO - TACKLE SINCE THE COUNTRY'S - ECONOMIC FREEFALL, SWORE IT - WOULD RAPIDLY PUNISH THOSE - RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BLAST. - INSTEAD, IT HAS SPENT MONTHS - GRIDLOCKED IN POLITICAL - INFIGHTING. - NOW, JUST AS THE CITY WAS - GETTING BACK ON ITS FEET, IT'S - BEEN FLOORED BY A DESTATING - WAVE OF COVID-19 AND A - NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN IMPOSED ON A - POPULATION THAT HAS NOTHING LEFT - TO GIVE. - ONE OF THE COUNTRIES -- - COUNTRY'S LARGEST HOSPITALS HAD - ONLY JUST RECOVERED FROM THE - DAMAGE SUSTAINEDN THE BLAST. - THEY'RE BUILDING AGAIN, RACING - AGAINST TIME TO ADD MORE - CAPACITY BEFORE THEY'RE HIT BY - ANOTHER SPIKE. - THEY HAVELREADY REPURPOSED TWO - EXTRA FLOORS ABOVE THE PACKED

- ICU COVID WORDS. - THOSE WERE FULL ALMOST AS SOON - AS THEY WERE COMPLETE. - THE ER IS FULL TOO. - >> WE TREATED A LOT OF PATIENTS - ON THE CHAIRS, UNDER THE TENTS, - OUTSIDE THE ER, WE PUT SOME - EXTENSION OXYGEN CORDS TO - OXGENATE THE PATIENTS ON - STRETCHERS OUTSIDE OF THE ER. - IT WAS A VERY CHAOTIC AND SEVERE - TWO WEEKS. - REPORTER: THE RISE IN CASES CAME - AFTER THE GOVERNMENT CHOSE TO - PRIORITIZE THE ECONOMY OVER - HEALTH OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON, - LIFTING RESTRICTIONS TO ALLOW - TENS OF THOUSANDS TO GATHER AT - BARS, RESTAURANTS AND PARTIES. - THE RESULTING VIRUS SPREAD - CARRIED A HEAVY TOLL. - MY PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED OF - CORONAVIRUS IN THE LAST 4 WEEKS - HERE THAN IN ALL OF 2020. - THE TEST POSITIVITY RATE HAS - BEEN 20% OR HIGHER FOR WEEKS. - THE W.H.O. SAYS MOVEMENT - RESTRICTIONS SHOULD REMAIN UNTIL - IT FALLS BELOW 5% FOR AT LEAST - TWO WEEKS. - IF THERE LIFTED ANYTIME SOON, - DOCTORS FEAR ANOTHER SPIKE. - ARE YOU WORRIED THE GOVERNMENT, - FOR POLITICAL REASONS, WILL LIFT - THE LOCKTON?

- >> IT IS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN - ECONOMY, POLITICS, AND SCIENCE. - IN MY OPINION, THIS IS HOW WE - SHOULD BE LIVING FOR THE NEXT AT - LEAST YEAR. - REPORTER: BUT EVEN AS DOCTORS - BEG FOR AN EXTENSION, THERE'S - ALREADY TALK OF EASING THE - RESTRICTIONS. LEBANESE SAY THEY - CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS - LOCKDOWN, ONE OF THE HARSHEST IN - THE WORLD. - IN PLACE FOR NEARLY A MONTH, - IT'S IMPOSED A 24/7 CURFEW, WITH - ALL SHOPS, INCLUDING FOOD - STORES, CLOSED. - MANY HERE WORK DAILY - CASH-IN-HAND JOBS, SO IF THEY'RE - NOT WORKING, THEY'RE NOT - EARNING. - SIX MONTHS AGO WE MET THE MITRI - FAMILY AFTER THEIR HOME WAS - DECIMATED BY THE EXPLOSION. - EVER SINCE THEY'VE BEEN - , REBUILDING. IT WAS NEARLY - LIVEABLE AGAIN, BUT THEN THE - CURFEW STOPPED CONSTRUCTION - WORKERS FINIING THE JOB. - THEIR FATHER JOSEPH REFUSED TO - LEAVE THE HOUSE EVEN WHEN IT WAS - AT ITS WORST, BUT THE REST OF - THE FAMILY ARE SPLIT ACROSS THE - CITY AND BEYOND, STAYING WITH - FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. - DESPERATE TO BRING THEM HOME

- AFTER MONTHS APART, HE'S - COMPLETING WHAT HE CAN HIMSELF. - HIS SON MAHER HAS MOVED BACK IN - TO HELP, SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR - AMIDST THE PLASTER DUST. - THE PAINT IS STILL WET ON THE - FLOOR, IT IS THAT FRESHLY DONE. - THE GROCERY STORE WHERE CAMIL, - THE YOUNGEST WORKS, IS CLOSED. - IT IS DURING DELIVERY AND - LETTING TRUSTED CUSTOMERS PICK - UP ITEMS, BUT HE'S NOT NEEDED - BEHIND THE COUNTER. - ONLY HIS SISTER AND MOTHER WORK - IN EXEMPTED JOBS. - SO YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO WORK, - YOUR FATHER IS NOT ABLE, YOUR - BROTHER IS TRYING. - THE OTHER THREE ARE SURVIVING ON - YOUR SISTER AND MOTHER'S SALARY - BASICALLY? CAMIL: YES. BECAUSE - OF THEM WERE LIVING, LIKE, A - LITTLE BIT. - REPORTER: MAHER STILL NEEDS - SURGERY TO REMOVE GLASS FROM THE - EXPLOSION THAT'S EMBEDDED IN HIS - HAND AND ARM, BUT HE'S BEEN - WITHOUT WAGES FOR SO LONG, HE - CAN'T RISK HAVING HIS HANDS OUT - OF ACTION IF THE LOCKDOWN LIFTS - AND HE'S ABLE TO WORK AGAIN. - >> 20 DAYS AT HOME, NO MONEY, - NOTHING. - IT IS HARD.

- REPORTER: HOW LONG CAN YOU - CONTINUE LIKE THAT, DO YOU - THINK? - >> I CAN'T -- WE NEED TO LIVE. - WE NEED TO GET OUR JOBS BACK. - WE NEED INCOME IN OUR HANDS. - IT IS REALLY HARD. - REPORTER: THE MITRIS ARE LUCKY - BY LEBANESE STANDARDS. - THEY HAVE USED UP MOST OF THEIR - SAVINGS GETTING THROUGH THE - LOCKDOWN, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A - LITTLE MONEY COMING IN, AND A - CHARITY PAID FOR MOST OF THEIR - REBUILDING WORK. - OTHERS HERE HAVEN'T BEEN SO - FORTUNATE. - THE MOOD ON THE STREETS NOW IS - HOPELESS. - A RECENT CALL FOR PROTESTS IN - THE CAPITAL, WHICH JUST A YEAR - AGO SAW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS - TAKING TO THESE STREETS CALLING - FOR BETTER GOVERNANCE, FELL - FLAT. - GONE IS THE IDEALISM THAT CHANGE - WILL CALM. - LIFE HERE HAS SIMPLY BECOME A - FIGHT TO SURVIVE. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M LEILA - MOLANA-ALLEN IN BEIRUT. - ♪ - JUDY: NOW TO THE ANALYSIS OF - BROOKS AND CAPEHART.

- THAT'S NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST - DAVID BROOKS AND JONATHAN - CAPEHART, COLUMNIST FOR THE - WASHINGTON POST. - VERY GOOD TO SEE BOTH OF YOU - THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. - LET'S START BY TALKING ABOUT THE - REPUBLICAN PARTY. - JONATHAN, THE REPUBLICANS IN THE - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THIS - WEEK VOTED, IN THE LAST DAY, - VOTED NOT TO TAKE AWAY COMMITTEE - ASSIGNMENTS FROM MARJORIE TAYLOR - GREENE, CONSPIRACY THEORIST, - SOMEONE WHO HAS MADE DEEPLY - DISTURBING STATEMENTS. - ELECTED TO THE FULL HOUSE, - MEANING DEMOCRATS TOOK THE VOTE. - SHE SAID, GREENE SAID TODAY THAT - IT DIDN'T REALLY BOTHER HER, - THAT COMMITTEES DIDN'T MATTER, - AND, BESIDES, IT'S DONALD - TRUMP'S PARTY ANYWAY. - ISSUE RIGHT? - JONATHAN: WELL, SHE'S RIGHT IN - THAT IT'S DONALD TRUMP'S PARTY, - BUT SHE'S WRONG ABOUT THE FACT - THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER. - IT DOES MATTER. - IF SHE DOESN'T THINK COMMITTEE - ASSIGNMENTS OR BEING ASSIGNED TO

- A COMMITTEE MATTERS, THEN SHE - SHOULDN'T BE IN GOVERNMENT. - SHE SHOWED RESIGN HER SEAT IF - SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT SITTING - ON A COMMITTEE, DOING THE WORK - OF BEING AN ELECTED - REPRESENTATIVE AND REPRESENTING - YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN CONGRESS, - IF THAT DOESN'T MATTER, THEN - PERHAPS SHE SHOULD GO BACK TO - GEORGIA. - BUT THIS IS INDEED DONALD - TRUMP'S PARTY, AND WE SAW IT - WITH THE VOTES THAT WERE TAKEN - WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. - MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE WAS ABLE - TO HOLD ONTO HER COMMITTEE SEAT - BECAUSE THE VOTE WAS A PUBLIC - VOTE WITHIN THE CAUCUS. - LIZ CHENEY WAS ABLE TO HOLD ON - TO HER LEADERSHIP POST WITHIN - THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS BECAUSE - THAT VOTE WAS A SECRET BALLOT. - AND WE TALKED ALL LAST WEEK OR - ALL THIS WEEK ABOUT HOW HER HOLD - ON HER LEADERSHIP POST WAS - TENUOUS BECAUSE THE BASE WAS SO - ANGRY, THE CAUCUS WAS SO ANGRY. - AND YET, BY SECRET BALLOT, SHE - WON REELECTION TO THAT - LEADERSHIP POST WITHIN THE - CAUCUS OVERWHELMINGLY.

- SO, THIS MIGHT BE DONALD TRUMP'S - REPUBLICAN PARTY, BUT, BEHIND - CLOSED DOORS, WITHIN THE - REPUBLICAN CAUCUS, AT LEAST AS - IT'S PLAYING OUT IN THE HOUSE, - THERE ARE SOME TENSIONS THERE. - JUDY: AND, DAVI I MEAN, WHAT - CONGRESSWOMAN GREENE ACTUALLY - SAID WAS THAT IT'S A WASTE OF - TIME. - SHE VIEWS COMMITTEES AS A WASTE - OF TIME. - MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, I MEAN, - WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT THE - REPUBLICAN PARTY IN CONGRESS? - DAVID: YES, I HAVE DECIDED TO - LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. - I THINK THIS WAS THE WEEK WE SAW - MORE ANTI-TRUMP ACTIVITY IN THE - REPUBLICAN PARTY THAN ANY WEEK - IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. - WE HAVE HAD MITCH MCCONNELL - CALLING MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE'S - IDEAS CANCEROUS. - LIZ CHENEY WON BY 2-1. - THAT WAS NOT AUTOMATIC. - IT SHOWS THERE ARE A LOT OF - PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN - CAUCUS WHO ARE NOT WITH THE - TRUMPSTERS. - THEY'RE A LITTLE INTIMIDATED BY - THEM, BUT, IN PRIVATE, THAT'S - NOT WHERE THEIR VIEWS ARE. - WE HAD NEBRASKA SENATOR BEN - SASSE WITH A VERY FORTHRIGHT - ASSAULT ON THE GOP OF ONE OF THE - COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA WHO WANTS - TO CENSURE HIM.

- AND SO PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO - STAND UP IN WAYS THAT HAVEN'T - HAPPENED. - AND I THINK, PARTLY JANUARY 6, - PARTLY LOOKING AT THE THINGS - THAT GREENE BELIEVES, THEY SEE, - AS MCCONNELL SAID, THAT THESE - ARE JUST DISASTROUS CANCERS FOR - THE PARTY. - IT'S NOT ALL THE WAY THERE, BUT - WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE MUCH MORE - OF AN ASSAULT THAN WE SAW - BEFORE. - FINALLY, WE HAD 10 REPUBLICAN - SENATORS BREAK FROM A BIT OF - THEIR PARTY AND PUT OUT A COVID - RELIEF PROPOSAL. SO, I'M SEEING - PROGRESS. - JUDY: WELL, LET'S PURSUE THAT. - JONATHAN, I INTERVIEWED FORMER - MISSOURI SENATOR JOHN DANFORTH - THIS WEEK, WHO SAID THAT HIS - PARTY, HE SAYS HE IS STILL A - REPUBLICAN, HAS BECOME HE SAID, - , A GROTESQUE CARICATURE OF WHAT - IT ONCE WAS, THAT IT'S NO LONGER - CONSERVATIVE, IT'S POPULIST AT - THE EXTREMES. - WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING, IS - THE QUESTION. - JONATHAN: WELL, I DO AGREE WITH - DAVID THAT THERERE GREEN - SHOOTS TO USE A PHRASE FROM A - PREVIOUS PRESIDENCY, GREEN - SHOOTS OF PROGRESS, AND MAYBE

- EVEN GREEN SHOOTS OF A NEW - BEGINNING. - BUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RIGHT - NOW IS GOING THROUGH I THINK, - IS GOING TO BE A MULTICYCLE - REFRESHING, THAT THE THESE GREEN - SHOOTS THAT WE ARE SEEING, WILL - THAT MEAN THAT REPUBLICANS - BECOME MORE EMBOLDENED AND STAND - UP FOR THEMSELVES AND, GOING - INTO THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, THE - NON-TRUMP REPUBLICANS GET - ELECTED, MAYBE EVEN REPUBLICANS - TAKE OVER THE HOUSE, BUT NOT - WITH TRUMP REPUBLICANS? I DON'T - KNOW. - WHAT I DO KNOW IS THIS. - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOT - GOING TO CARE ITSELF OF WHAT - FORMER SENATOR DANFORTH TALKED - ABOUT UNTIL IT HAS CONCERTED - LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE CAUCUS TO - PUSH THE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENES - AND THE OTHER FOLKS WITHIN THAT - CAUCUS, BECAUSE SHE IS NOT THE

- ONLY ONE, PUSH THEM ASIDE AND - GET ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF - GOVERNING. - I FOCUS ON HOUSE MINORITY LEADER - KEVIN MCCARTHY, WHO SHOULD HAVE - USED THE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE - MOMENT AS A LEADERSHIP MOMENT TO - DO WHAT A LEADER IS SUPPOSED TO - DO AND STAND UP FOR THE VALUES - OF THE PARTY AND THE CAUCUS, AND - TO PUSH ASIDE THOSE WHO RUN - AFOUL OF THAT. - ION'T KNOW WHAT LEADER - MCCARTHY STANDS FOR. - I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REPUBLICAN - PARTY STANDS FOR. - IF HIS CALCULATIONS THIS WEEK - ARE ABOUT RETAKING THE HOUSE IN - 2022, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS - YOUR PROGRAM? - WHAT ARE YOU FOR? - BECAUSE UNLESS YOU CAN TELL THE - AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND - PARTICULARLY FOLKS IN THE - DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, - UNLESS YOU CAN TELL PEOPLE WHAT - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL DO AND - WHAT LEADER MCCARTHY WOULD DO AS - SPEAKER PROACTIVELY, POSITIVELY, - THEN WHY SHOULD THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE LOOK AT THE REPUBLICAN - PARTY AS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO

- THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY? - JUDY: WELL, SPEAKING OF WHAT - THE REPUBLICANS CAN DO, DAVID, - YOU MENTIONED THE REPUBLICAN - ROLE, I THINK, IN COVID RELIEF. - WHAT WORLD DO YOU SEE THEM - PLAYING? - THE PRESIDENT SAYING WE NEED TO - GO BIG. - REPUBLICANS AND EVEN SOME - MOCRATS RAISING QUESTIONS. - DAVID JOE BIDEN RAN ON - : BIPARTISANSHIP AND UNITY. - HE HAD A CHANCE WHEN THE 10 - REPUBLICANS PUT FORTH THEIR $618 - BILLION PROPOSAL TO SAY, OK, - LET'S TRY FOR A WEEK. - I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU MORE - THAN A WEEK. - WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN GET YOU - OVER $1 TRILLION. - THE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY - VOTED FOR ROUGHLY $4 TRILLION - IN AID. - I THINK THEY COULD HA GOTTEN A - FIFTH. - ASIDE FROM JOE BIDEN, I DON'T - THINK THERE'S ANY TASTE FOR - BIPARTISANSH IN THE DEMOCRATIC - PARTY, SOMETIMES WITH JUSTIFIED - REASON. - THEY JUST LIVED THROUGH THE - HORROR OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. - THEY JUST LIVED THROUGH JANUARY - 6. - THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH RESPECT OR - TRUST FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. - AND SO THEY DON'T WANT TO DO

- BIPARTISANSHIP. - I THINK THOSE 10 REPUBLICANS DO. - THERE ARE ANOTHER 10 OR 15 IN - THE SENATE WHO WOULD PREFER IT. - THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO AS BIG - AS BIDEN WANTS TO GO, BUT I - THINK THEY WOULD LIKE IT. - BUT YOU CAN'T TELL PEOPLE TO - TRUST PEOPLE THEY DON'T TRUST. - TRUST TAKES TIME AND IT IS NOT - THERE FOR BIPARTISANSHIP IN THIS - CONGRESS. - THE EVIDENCE OF THIS WEEK IS, WE - ARE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT. - JUDY: JONATHAN, WHAT DO YOU SEE - AS THE OUTLOOK FOR - BIPARTISANSHIP? - JONATHAN: WELL, IT DEPENDS ON - YOUR DEFINITION OF - BIPARTISANSHIP. - IF YOU MEAN SITTING WITH PEOPLE - FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE - AISLE, TALKING THROUGH THE - ISSUES, TALKING THROUGH POLICIES - AND PROGRAMS, AND THEN, AS - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, - YOU DECI THAT WHAT YOU HAVE - HEARD DOES NOT MEET THE POLICY - PROPOSALS THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND - AND THE MANDATE YOU FEEL YOU - HAVE FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, - WELL, THEN, IF YOU GO A - DIFFERENT ROUTE, THAT DOESN'T - MEAN THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN - BIPARTISAN. - IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU HAVE A - DIFFERENT GOVERNING PHILOSOPHY. - I DO THINK PSIDENT BIDEN HAS - LIVED UP TO HIS PROMISE TO BE

- BIPARTISANSHIP. - HE DIDN'T HAVE TO MEET WITH - THOSE 10 SENATORS, AND YET HE - DID. - I DO THINK THAT DAVID WAS - ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WITH WHAT HE - SAID INDIAN -- AND IN HIS - TERRIFIC COLUMN TODAY IN THE NEW - YORK TIMES. - I DON'T THINK DEMOCRATS DON'T - WANT TO DO BIPARTISANSHIP. - I DO THINK THAT DEMOCRATS DO - SUFFER FROM A LACK OF TRUST, - BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN CHARLIE - BROWN TO THE REPUBLICANS' LUCY - WITH THE FOOTBALL. - WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS IN THE - WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT OBAMA - TRIED DESPERATELY TO NEGOTIATE - IN GOOD FAITH WITH REPUBLICANS, - ONLY TO HAVE THEM SAY NO, BE - RECALCITRANCE. - HAVING LEARNED THAT LESSON, - PRESIDENT BIDEN, HAVING BE - PART OF THE OBAMA-BIDEN WHITE - HOUSE, DOES NOT WANT TO BE IN - THAT POSITION, NOR SHOULD HE, - ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE - MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE - NOT ONLY SUFFERING THROUGH A - PANDEMIC, BUT ALSOHROUGH THE - RESULTANT ECONOMIC CRISIS. - JUDY: AND, DAVID, LINGERING

- EFFECTS? - IF THE DEMOCRATS DO THIS WITH - DEMOCRATIC VOTES, WHAT IS THE - FALLOUT? - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE - FUTURE? - DAVID: WELL, PEOPLE DO REALLY - LIKE BIPARTISANSHIP. - OUR OWN AMY WALTER HAD A GOOD - COLUMN THIS WEEK SAYING THAT, - WHEN YOU TRY TO PASS SOMETHING - ON A PARTISAN BASIS, WHAT - HAPPENS IS THAT PIECE OF - LEGISLATION TENDS TO BE - UNPOPULAR, BECAUSE INDEPENDENTS - WOULD RATHER YOU DO IT ON A - BIPARTISAN BASIS. - SO, I THINK, IN THE LONG TERM, - DEMOCRATS PROBABLY MADE IT - SLIGHTLY MORE LIKELY THE - REPUBLICANS WILL DO VERY WELL IN - THE MIDTERM, IF THEY RAM THIS - THROUGH ON A PARTISAN BASIS. - HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK THE - SIZE OF OUR SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE - SO LARGE THAT $1.9 TRILLION - BASICALLY GIVEN TO THE LEAST - FORTUNATE AMONG US IS ABOUT THE - RIGHT SIZE. AND SO I WISH THEY - HAD DONE IT WI BIPARTISANSHIP. - I WISH THE REPUBLICANS HAD COME - UP TO LIKE $1.2 TRILLION. - BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE - COUNTRY, I'M THINKING ABOUT A

- COUNTRY THAT IS SUFFERING FROM - INEQUALITY, FROM DECAY, FROM - DECLINING PROSPECTS, FROM A - RURAL-URBAN INCOME GAP. AND $1.9 - TRILLION CAN GO A LONG WAY TO - SETTING US ON A DIFFERENT SOCIAL - PATH, A MORE EQUAL SOCIAL PATH. - DESPITE MY RESERVATIONS ABOUT - THE WAY THEY'RE DOING IT, I - STILL THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. - JUDY: JUST A LITTLE OVER A - MINUTE LEFT. - I WANT TO GET FROM BOTH OF YOU - YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT - WEEK'S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, THE - SECOND ONE, JONATHAN, FOR - TRUMP. - WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN? - JONATHAN: I THINK WE WILL HEAR - WRENCHING TESTIMONY, IN THAT THE - HOUSE MANAGERS, THE HOUSE - IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS, WILL - PRESENT A CASE THAT WILL BRING - THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE - WITNESSES-JURORS BACK TO THAT - DAY ON JANUARY 6. - I EXPECT THE MOMENT TO BE - PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST - IMPACTFUL, EMOTIONAL MOMENTS IN - RECENT AMERICAN HISTORY. - BUT I ALSO EXPECT THIS TRIAL TO - BE SURE.

- I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF - WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE END OF - THIS TRIAL A WEEK FROM TODAY. - JUDY: AND, DAVID, WHAT DO YOU - EXPECT? - DAVID: YES, THAT SOUNDS ABOUT - RIGHT. - I'M MOSTLY STRUCK BY HOW DONALD - TRUMP HAS SORT OF VANISHED. - OBVIOUSLY, HE'S OFF TWITTER, BUT - HE'S NOT TAKING ANY MEASURES TO - BE ANYWHERE. - IT IS GOING TO BE A ONE-SIDED - AFFAIR, WHICH WILL END IN AN - ACQUITTAL. AND THEN WE WILL GET - BACK TO BUSINESS. - I WILL BE VERY CURIOUS TO SEE IF - THE NATION TUNES IN OR WHETHER - THEY'RE REALLY READY TO MOVE ON - JUDY: WELL, WE ARE GOING TO BE - COVERING IT, AND WE ARE GOING TO - BE ASKING THE TWO OF YOU ABOUT - IT ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT AT - EXACTLY THIS TIME. - DAVID BROOKS, JONATHAN CAPEHART, - THANK YOU BOTH. - JONATHAN: THANKS, JUDY. - DAVID: THANKS. - ♪ - JUDY: AFTER A WEEK REACHING YET - ANOTHER TRAGIC MILESTONE IN THE - COVID-19 DEATH TOLL, WE REMEMBER

- FIVE REMARKABLE INDIVIDUALS HERE - IN THE U.S. WHO HAVE LOST THEIR - LIVES TO THE PANDEMIC. - ♪ - >> ♪ NO I NEVER SAW THEM AT ALL - UNTIL THERE WAS YOU ♪ - JUDY: FREDDIE PEREZ DE TAGLE - LOVED TO SING, WHETHER IN HIS - CHURCH CHOIR OR JUST ANSWERING - THE PHONE, HIS SON TOLD US. - HE MOVED FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO - TOLEDO, OHIO IN HIS TWENTIES TO - BE WITH HIS WIFE, PRISCILLA. - A DEDICATED GRANDFATHER, FREDDIE - LOVEDHE OUTDOORS AND CAMPING. - HE ALSO HAD A LIFELONG INTEREST - IN FASHION. - HIS FAMILY SAID HE TOOK PRIDE IN - CHOOSING WHAT TO WEAR EVERY DAY. - FREDDIE WAS 67 YEARS OLD. - SERVICE WAS AT THE CENTER OF - CAROLYN BARNES' LIFE. - SHE WAS AN ENTHUSIASTIC - VOLUNTEER AT HER CHURCH IN - PENSACOLA, FLORIDA AND WORKED AS - A CAREGIVER IN ASSISTED LIVING - AND DAYCARE CENTERS. - SHE WAS MATTER-OF-FACT AND - OUTSPOKEN, HER SON SAID, AND

- ALWAYS TOLD HER LARGE FAMILY - ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HELPING - OTHERS. - SHE WAS 77 YEARS OLD. - STEVE PRINCE CAME FROM A FAMILY - OF JOURNALISTS, FOLLOWING IN THE - FOOTSTEPS OF HIS FATHER AND - GRANDMOTHER. - STEVE LOVED COPY EDITING AT THE - SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, WHERE HE - WORKED FOR 33 YEARS AND MET HIS - WIFE, MARY. - INTROSPECTIVE AND HUMBLE, HIS - WIFE TOLD US HE WAS PASSIONATE - ABOUT THE POSITIVE IMPACT - NEWSPAPERS COULD HAVE IN THEIR - COMMUNITIES. - STEVE WAS AN AVID RUNNER AND - QUIETLY DONATED HIS MONEY AND - TIME TO SEVERAL CAUSES, - INCLUDING AS A DEDICATED - VOLUNTEER AT HIS LOCAL HOSPIL, - HIS WIFE SAID. - STEVE WAS 75 YEARS OLD. - JUAN ORDONEZ WAS ALWAYS SMILING - AND MAKING JOKES, HIS FAMILY - TOLD US ADDING THAT HE WAS WARM - , AND ADVENTUROUS, AND QUICK TO - MAKE FRIENDS. - A NATIVE OF PERU, HE MOVED TO

- NEW JERSEY WHEN HE WAS JUST 13 - YEARS OLD, AND TOOK PRIDE IN - MASTERING ENGLISH. - JUAN WAS HARDWORKING, FASCINATED - BY COMPUTERS AND GAINED A DEGREE - IN I.T. WHILE WORKING FULL-TIME. - HIS WIFE SAID HE WAS A ROMANTIC - AND A "HANDS-ON" DAD TO THEIR - FIVE-YEAR-OLD MIA. - JUAN LOVED TRAVELING, WATCHING - COMEDY SHOWS AND THE PERUVIAN - NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM. - HE WAS 40 YEARS OLD. - 91-YEAR-OLD VEREND DOSIA - CARLSON WAS SEEN AS THE - MATRIARCH OF THE PHOENIX - RETIREMENT COMMUNITY WHERE SHE - WORKED AND LIVED FOR DECADES. - DOSIA ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR THE - UNDERDOG, HER BROTHER TOLD US. - SHE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE - ELDERLY AND, 40 YEARS AGO, - STARTED A NONPROFIT FOR OLDER - ADULTS. - THE ORGANIZATION STILL SERVES - HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN PHOENIX - EVERY DAY. - SHE OVERCAME THE EFFECTS OF A - CHILDHOOD BOUT WITH POLIO AND, - LATER, A CANCER DIAGNOSIS.

- A FRIEND SAID DOSIA WAS A - COMPASSIONATE MINISTER AND A - TALENTED MUSICIAN. - WE THANK ALL OF YOUR FAMILY - MEMBERS WHO SHARE THE STORIES - WITH US. - OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO YOU AS THEY - DO TO EVERYONE WHO HAS LOST - LOVED ONE IN THIS PANDEMIC. - ♪ - JUDY: PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, - BROADWAY WAS BOOMING BREAKING - , BOX OFFICE RECORDS IN 11 OF - THE LAST2 YEARS. - BUT CURTAINS HAVEN'T RISEN SINCE - MARCH, WITH DEEP PERSONAL AND - FINANCIAL IMPACTS. - BY ONE COUNT, BROADWAY IS - DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY - 100,000 JOBS IN NEW YORK CITY - ALONE. - AND, AS A LEADING ATTRACTION FOR - PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL TO THE CITY, - IT HAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF - NEARLY $15 BILLION. - JEFFREY BROWN IS BACK WITH THAT - REPORT FOR OUR ARTS AND CULTURE

- SERIES, CANVAS. - ♪ - REPORTER: ROUSING MUSIC AND - PULLING ENERGY. - HIGH DRAMA. - BROADWAY IS ALL THAT. - BUT NOW IT IS CLOSED AND THE - PANDEMIC HAS EXPOSED HOW MUCH - MORE THERE IS TO IT. - >> I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE - THINK OF ACTORS, FOR EXAMPLE, AS - THE MIDDLE CLASS WORKERS THAT - THE MAJORITY OF US ARE. - THEY ALSO DON'T REALLY THINK - ABOUT THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT - INDUSTRY'S IMPACT ON THE - ECONOMY. - REPORTER: KATE SHINDLE IS AN - ACTOR WHOSE CREDITS INCLUDE THE - NATIONAL TOUR OF “FUN HOME”. - NOW SHE IS AN OUT OF WORK ACTOR - WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE PRESIDENT - OF THE ACTOR'S EQUITY UNION -- A - NONPAYING JOB, BY THE WAY - DEALING CLOSELY WITH AN INDUSTRY - , IN CRISIS. - >> MAKING A LIVING IN OUR - INDUSTRY BEING A PROFESSIONAL - , ACTOR OR STAGE MANAGER, IS ONE - OF THE HARDEST THINGS YOU CAN - DO, EVEN ON A GOOD DAY.

- IT'S AN INCREDIBLY UNSTABLE AND - UNPREDICTABLE WAY TO MAKE A - LIVING FOR SO MANY OF US. - BUT WHEN IT STRETCHES ON PAST A - YEAR, WHICH IT'S ABOUT TO, I - THINK THERE'S A VERY REAL - POIBILITY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE - WILL LEAVE THE BUSINESS, BECAUSE - THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT - THEY'RE WAITING FOR. - ♪ - >> I'M A SONG AND DCE MAN. - I'VE WORKED ALL OVER THE - COUNTRY, I HE GOTTEN A FEW - NATIONAL TOURS. - I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK HERE IN NEW - YORK AT LINCOLN CENTER. - THE CAREER WAS GREAT UNTIL IT - WASN'T ANYMORE. - REPORTER: FOR YEARS, 37 YEAR - OLD RASHAAN JAMES II DID WHAT - ACTORS AND DANCERS HAVE ALWAYS - DONE WORK WHEN THEY GET GIGS, - , SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME AS - WAITERS, BARTENDERS AND DOING - OTHER ODD JOBS. - >> I WAS IN ALCOHOL SLINGER. - I WOULD STAND INSIDE OF LIQUOR - STORES AND GIVE TASTINGS AND I - GOT A PERCENTAGE OF THE BOTTLES - I WOULD SELL. - REPORTER: WITH THAT WORK ALSO - GONE, JAMES TURNED TO EVEN - ODDER TEMPORARY JOBS WORKING FOR - , THE CENSUS, THEN AS A

- POLL-WORKER, - AND NOW, TO HIS IMMENSE - SURPRISE, AS DEPUTY CAMPAIGN - MANAGER FOR A FRIEND RUNNING FOR - CITY COUNCIL IN MANHATTAN. - >> WHO I AM IS BEING REDEFINED - EVERY DAY. - SOMEBODY ASKED ME WHAT I DO AND - IT IS, I WORK IN POLITICS. - IN THAT WAY I AM REDEFINING - MYSELF AND TRYING TO FIND - AVENUES TO MAKE SURE ANY TIME I - FEEL I AM GETTING INTO A SLUMP I - , FIND A WAY OUT OF IT. - REPORTER: WHILE MOST OF US FOCUS - ON WHAT HAPPENS ONSTAGE, - COMMERCIAL THEATER IS AN - ENORMOUS ECOSYSTEM, PLAYING OUT - LARGELY BEHIND THE SCENES IN - PLACES LIKE THIS. - >> WHERE THE DEPARTMENT THAT IS - GOOD AT PUTTING OUR HEADS DOWN - AND GETTING THE WORK DONE. WE - DON'T MAKE A FUSS, WE DON'T WANT - TO BE NOTICED. - WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE - FACILITATE THE RELATIONSHIP - BETWEEN THE DESIGNER AND THE - PERFORMER. - HIS 20-YEAR-OLD COMPANY MAKES - THE COSTUMES FOR BROADWAY SHOWS - AND PERFORMANCES OF ALL KINDS. - MADE-TO-ORDER WORK, PERFORMED BY - IT IS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SKILLED

- ARTISANS. - KRISTIANSEN LAID OFF ALL OF HIS - 52 WORKERS AND WITH LITTLE WORK - HAS LESS THAN A THIRD ON HAND - NOW. - >> WHEN IT STARTED TO BECOME - TERRIFYING, WHEN THINGS WERE - HAPPENING LIKE DISNEY CLOSING - FROZEN ON BROADWAY BECAUSE IT - WAS TOO HARD TO OPEN IT UP - AGAIN, AND WE STARTED TO SEE A - SHIFT, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO - TALK TO US AND FIGURE OUT WHAT - TO DO FOR OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE MY - , MILY. - REPORTER: NOW KRISTIANSEN HAS - JOINED MORE THAN 50 OTHER SHOPS - TO FORM THE FIGHTING FOR THEIR - COSTUME INDUSTRY COALITION - FIGHTING FOR THEIR, VERY - SURVIVAL. - >> THIS COSTUME SHOPS ARE ALL - SMALL BUSINESSES. - >> DEMONSTRATIONS OF ALL THAT - GOES INTO THE MAKING OF THE - COSTUME. - >> THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE - BEADG AND WHO ARE SEWING THE - GARMENTS AND PUTTING THE THREAD - IN. - IT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING - THIS, EACH ONE IS VERY - IMPORTANT. - WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY MAKE - IT THROUGH THIS. - REPORTER: IS ONE OF MANY RELIEF - EFFORTS. - SINCE MARCH, AND ACTORS FUND HAS

- GIVEN $18 MILLION IN EMERGENCY - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MORE - THAN 15,000 PEOPLE. - >> MY INSURANCE RUNS OUT AT THE - END OF MARCH. - REPORTER: AND HOLDS ZOOM - SEMINARS LIKE THIS FOR THOSE - WHOSE INSURANCE HAS RUN OUT. - IN DECEMBER, TINA FEY HOSTED AN - NBC SPECIAL, ONE NIGHT ONLY, - BEST OF BROADWAY. - IT RAISED MORE THAN $3 MILLION - AND THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF - PACKAGE PASSED BY CONGRESS IN - DECEMBER INCLUDED $15 BILLION - FOR “SAVE OUR STAGES” -- AID FOR - VENUES FROM SMALL CLUBS TO - BROADWAY THEATERS. - OTHERS HELP IN THEIR OWN WAYS. - WHEN THE LONG-RUNNING TV SHOW, - “LAW AND ORDER SVU”, RESUMED - PRODUCTION IN SEPTEMBER, - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER WARREN LEIGHT - ANNOUNCED HE WOULD HIRE AS MANY - UNEMPLOYED THEATER ACTORS AS - POSSIBLE. - MORE THAN 30 SO FAR. - >> WE WERE AWARE PEOPLE WERE - LOSING HEALTH INSURANCE ON - BROADWAY. - IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH TIME. - WE THOUGHT LET'S NOT FLY PEOPLE - , IN FROM OTHER CITIES. LET'S - NOT LOOK SO MUCH TO THE TV - ACTING POOR.

- LET'S TRY TO KEEP THE LOCAL - BROADWAY POOL WE HAVE ALWAYS - RELIED ON AND HELP AS MUCH AS WE - CAN. - REPORTER: PLUS, LEIGHT SAYS, HIS - SHOW BENEFITS FROM THE TALENTS - OF SUDDENLY AVAILABLE TOP - BROADWAY STARS. - >> THE OBJECTION IS SUAINED. - REPORTER: SEVERAL, INCLUDING - TONY-AWARD WINNER ADRIANE LENOX, - HAVE PLAYED JUDGES. - >> CHANGES NEED A CERTAIN TYPE - HIT THE BACK WALL OF THE WINTER - OF AUTHORITY. - IF YOU CAN HIT THE BACK WALL OF - THE WINTER GARDEN, YOU CAN - HANDLE ARRAIGNMENT COURT HERE. - REPORTER: OF COURSE THERE ARE - ONLY SO MANY JUDGES, EVEN ON THE - LAW & ORDER FRANCHISE. - THE REAL QUESTION, WHEN WILL - BROADWAY RETURN AND WHAT WILL IT - LOOK LIKE? - >> WE HAVE HAD NO REVENUE FOR - NINE MONTHS AND LIKELY NOT - ANOTHER EIGHT MONTHS. - WILL THE INDUSTRY THAT WENT OUT - FIRST AND WILL BE MOST LIKELY - THE LAST ONE IN. - REPORTER: CHARLOTTE ST. MARTIN, - PRESIDENT OF THE BROADWAY LEAGUE - THE TRADE GROUP FOR COMMERCIAL - , THEATER IN THE U.S., SAYS

- BROADWAY FACES UNUSUALLY - DAUNTING CHALLENGES. - >> BROADWAY IS A VERY, VERY - EXPENSIVE BUSINESS. - WE LOOKED AT SOCIALLY DISTANCING - BECAUSE THE STATE WAS ASKING US - TO TRY. - THE MOST SEATS WE COULD FILL IN - THE BIGGEST THEATER WAS 27%. - WE NEED 75% FOR MOST SHOWS TO - EVEN BREAK EVEN. - REPORTER: FOR NOW, ST. MARTIN - AND OTHERS SAY, THE FOCUS MUST - BE ON SUSTAINING THEEOPLE AND - THE WORK THEY DO THAT MAKE UP - THIS GREAT AMERICAN INDUSTRY. - SO THERE WILL BE AN INDUSTRY TO - RETU TO. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I AM - JEFFREY BROWN. - ♪ - JUDY: IN RECOGNITION OF BLACK - HISTORY MONTH TONIGHT'S BRIEF - , BUT SPECTACULAR COMES FROM - HISTORIAN DAINA RAMEY BERRY, - WHO CHAIRS THE HISTORY - DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF - TEXAS AT AUSTIN. SHE IS - DEDICATED TO RETHINKING THE WAY - WE TEACH AMERICAN HISTORY TO

- STUDENTS OF ALL AG. HER LATEST - BOOK IS CALLED A BLACK WOMEN'S - HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. - >> I HAVE A SON WHO IS NOW IN - HIS TEEN YEARS. - HIS FIRST RACIAL EXPERIENCE WAS - AT AGE THREE. - WE HAD JUST MOVED TO AUSTIN, - TEXAS. - WE WERE AT A NEIGHBORHOOD - MEETING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY WE - WERE IN. - WE WERE THE ONLY BLACK FAMILY - THE. - MY SON WAS POUTING AND SAID I - HAD TO BE A BAD GUY BECAUSE I'M - BLACK. AND HE SAID, AND I WANT - TO BE THE GOOD GUY, THE HERO, - THE ONE WHO SAVES PEOPLE. - THE MOTHERS WERE FROZEN. - THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY. - IT WAS TOTALLY UNCOMFORTABLE. - I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE BECAUSE - I WANTED MY SON TO KNOW WE ARE - GOING TO STAND THERE AND BEING - WHO WILL WANT TO BE. - THAT NIGHT WHEN I TUCKED HIM IN - MY HUSBAND AND I TALKED TO HIM - JUST LIKE MY PARENTS TALK TO ME - ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY - AND CULTURE AS A CHILD.

- BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF OUR HOUSE, - SETTING OUR HOME SETTING, WE ARE - CRIMINALIZED. - WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, - AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY WAS - LITERALLY ONE PARAGRAPH. - AFRICANS CAME AND THEY WERE - ENSLAVED. - THERE IS HARRIET TUBMAN, - FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AND THE NEW - JUMP TO ROSA PARKS AND MARTIN - LUTHER KING. - WE LEARNED ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE IN - AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY. - NOW, WHERE I SIT AND I KNOW THAT - 4 MILLION PEOPLE RECEIVED THEIR - FREEDOM OR TOOK THEIR FREEDOM, - OR WERE GRANTED THEIR FREEDOM - STOLE THEIR FREEDOM IN 1865. - AND EVEN BEFORE THAT MOMENT, - THERE'S SO MANY STORIES THAT WE - CAN UNDERSTAND ABOUT SURVIVAL, - ABOUT RESILIENCE, ABOUT PRIDE, - AND ABOUT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN - EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. - THAT GOES BEYOND THOSE FOUR - GREAT FIGURES. - TEACHING TEXAS SLAVERY IS A - DIGITAL HUMANITIES PROJECT THAT - I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH A TEAM - OF SCHOLARS FOR A NUMBER OF - YEARS. - IT IS A WAY TO TEACH YOUNG - CHILDREN ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS - OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO LOOK AT - THEM IN THEIR EYES TO UNDERSTAND

- THE HUMANITY OF THE ENSLAVED AND - THEIR CONTRIBUONS TO THE STATE - OF TEXAS. - IN MY WORK, I TRY TO HONOR THE - VOICES AND EXPERIENCE THAT - PEOPLE WHO WERE ENSLAVED, - BECAUSE FOR SO LONG IN THE - HIORICAL LITERATURE, NOBODY - ASKED THEM ABOUT HOW THEY - EXPERIENCED SLAVERY. - THEY TALKED ABOUT ENSLAVED - PEOPLE BY MAKING THEM OBJECTS. - THESE WERE HUMAN BEINGS. - FOR ME, THINK IT'S IMPORTANT - TO TRY TO READ AND THINK ABOUT - MOMENTS, HISTORICAL MOMENTS FROM - THEIR PERSPECTIVES. - KIDS CAN ABSOLUTELY HANDLE HARD - TRUTHS. - SOME OF THE BEST CONVERSATIONS - THAT I'VE HAD ABOUT HISTORY AND - ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY - HAVE BEEN WITH FIVE-YEAR OLDS, - SEVEN YEAR OLDS, NINE YEAR OLDS. - IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW - OUR HISTORY, THAT WE TEACH ALL - ASPECTS OF HISTORY, EVEN THE - TOUGH PARTS, - THE SUBJECTS THAT MAKE US - UNCOMFORTABLE, THE SUBJECTS THAT - MAKE US FEEL ASHAMED ABOUT OUR - NATION. - THAT IS WHEN WE ARE IN A PLACE - WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND - GROW AND LIVE IN A REALISTIC - SPACE AND STUDENTS DON'T FEEL - BETRAYED BY HIGH SCHOOL - EDUCATION, BY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

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