PBS NewsHour; February 1, 2021, 3:00pm-4:00pm PST

- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Woodruff:OOD 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 RELUCTANT REPUBLICAN - LAWMAKERS. - THEN, SEEDS OF AN INSURRECTION: - WE DIVE INTO THE DETAILS OF THE - DAYS LEADING UP TO THE MOB - ATTACKING THE CAPITOL ON - JANUARY 6. - 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. - >> Woodruff: ALL THAT AND MORE

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- >> Woodruff: THE UNITED - STATES HAS NOW PASSED - 443,000 PANDEMIC DEATHS - AFTER THE WORST MONTH YET. - MORE THAN 95,000 LIVES - WERE LOST IN JANUARY ALONE - NATIONWIDE. - BUT THERE IS ALSO NEWS - THAT THE AVERAGE DAILY - DEATH TOLL HAS BEGUN TO - DECLINE, ALONG WITH - OVERALL INFECTION, AND THE - NUMBER OF AMERICANS - HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID - FELL BEYOND 100,000 TODAY - FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO - MONTHS. - HEAVY SNOW SHUT DOWN SOME COVID - VACCINATION SITES TODAY, FROM - THE NORTHEAST TO NEW ENGLAND. - A WINTER STORM SENT CARS - SKIDDING, AND BROUGHT OUT THE - SHOVELS, WITH SOME PLACES - GETTING TWO FEET OF SNOW. - IN NEW YORK AND ELSEWHERE, IT - MEANT MORE DELAYS FOR PEOPLE - WAITING FOR THEIR SHOTS. - >> WE DON'T WANT FOLKS, - ESPECIALLY SENIORS, GOING OUT IN - UNSAFE CONDITIONS TO GET - VACCINATED. - WE CAN TAKE THE SUPPLY WE HAVE - AND DISTRIBUTE IT VERY QUICKLY

- IN THE DAYS TO COME AND MAKE - SURE EVERYONE GETS THEIR - APPOINTMENTS, BUT IT'S NOT SAFE - OUT THERE TODAY, SO VACCINATIONS - ARE CANCELED TODAY AND THEY ARE - ALSO GOING TO BE CANCELED - TOMORROW. - >> Woodruff: THE STORM ALSO - GROUNDED HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS AND - DISRUPTED RAIL SERVICE. - THE U.S. AND OTHER NATIONS HAVE - CONDEMNED A MILITARY COUP IN - MYANMAR. - THE ARMY SEIZED POWER EARLY - TODAY IN THE FORMER BURMA. - CIVILIAN LEADER AUNG S SUU KYI - WAS ARRESTED ALONG WITH OTHER - OFFICIALS. - POLICE BLOCKED ACCESS TO THE - INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN YANGON. - PHONE AND INTERNET SERVICE WERE - CUT IN THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL. - WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK LATER - IN THE PROGRAM. - IN RUSSIA, THE KREMLIN DENOUNCED - MA PROTESTS IN SUPPORT OF - JAILED OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI - NAVALNY AND DEFENDED MASS - ARRESTS. - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TURNED OUT - ON SUNDAY, BUT OFFICIALS BRANDED - THEM "HOOLIGANS AND - PROVOCATEURS." - MORE THAN 5,400 PEOPLE WERE - ARRESTED, SPARKING COMPLAINTS OF

- BRUTALITY TODAY. - >> ( translated ): THE RIOT - POLICE ATTACKED US MANY TIMES - AND BEAT US, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE - JUST PEACEFULLY STANDING THERE. - THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SHOUTED, - AND AFTER WE WERE ATTACKED WE - ALSO STARTED TO SHOUT. - >> Woodruff: NAVALNY HAS A COURT - HEARING TOMORROW, AND - PROSECUTORS SAY THEY WILL ASK TO - KEEP HIM JAILED FOR UP TO 3.5 - MORE YEARS. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE'S - WORD THAT THE NUMBER OF - IDENTIFIABLE HATE GROUPS IN THE - U.S. ACTUALLY DECLINED LAST YEAR - AS EXTREMISTS MOVED TO ONLINE - NETWORKS. - THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER - REPORTS THAT SHIFT MAKES THEM - MORE DIFFICULT TO TRACK. - THE REPORT IDENTIFIED 838 SUCH - GROUPS, DOWN FROM A HIGH OF JUST - OVER 1,000 IN 2018. - AND, ON WALL STREET, STOCKS - RECOUPED SOME OF LAST WEEK'S - LOSSES. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - GAINED 229 POINTS TO CLOSE NEAR - 30,212. - THE NASDAQ ROSE 332 POINTS.

- AND THE S&P 500 ADDED 59 POINTS. - STILL TO COME ON THE "NEWSHOUR," - SEEDS OF INSURRECTION: WHAT WE - KNOW NOW ABOUT WHAT LEAD TO THE - SIEGE ON THE CAPITOL; A COUP IN - MYANMAR LEAVES A NOBEL PRIZE - WINNER OUT OF POWER; OUR - POLITICS MONDAY TEAM BREAKDOWN - PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PUSH FOR - ECONOMIC RELIEF; AND MUCH MORE. - >> Woodruff: - NEGOTIATIONS OVER NEW - ACTION TO STIMULATE THE - ECONOMY ARE MOVING INTO - HIGHER GEAR TONIGHT. - PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS HELD A - FIRST MEETING WITH SENATE - REPUBLICANS WHO ARE - PUSHING AN ALTERNATIVE - PLAN.

- WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT - YAMICHE ALCINDOR REPORTS. - >> Yamiche: - >> Reporter: LATE THIS - AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT BIDEN - WELCOMED THE GROUP OF REPUBLICAN - SENATORS TO THE WHITE HOUSE. - HE AGAIN CALLED FOR QUICK ACTION - FOR AMERICANS STRUGGLING IN THE - COVID ECONOMY. - THE INVITATION CAME QUICKLY - AFTER TEN REPUBLICAN SENATORS - SENT THE PRESIDENT A LETTER - OUTLINING THEIR COUNTERPROPOSAL - TO HIS $1.9 TRILLION COVID PLAN. - THEY URGED BIDEN TO NEGOTIATE, - RATHER THAN FORCE THROUGH HIS - BILL SOLELY ON DEMOCRATIC VOTES. - THE G.O.P. GROUP, LED BY SENATOR - SUSAN COLLINS OF MAINE, - PRESENTED A $618 BILLION PLAN. - THAT'S LESS THAN A THIRD OF - BIDEN'S PLAN. - IT INCLUDES $160 BILLION FOR - VACCINES, TESTING, TREATMENT, - AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE - EQUIPMENT. - BIDEN'S PLAN WOULD PROVIDE $400 - IT ALSO COUNTERS THE PRESIDENT'S - PROPOSED DIRECT PAYMENT OF - $1,400 TO MOST AMERICANS, WITH - $1,000 TARGETED TO INDIVIDUALS - WHO EARN UP TO $40,000 A YEAR. - IN ADDITION, IT CALLS FOR - $50-BILLION IN AID TO SMALL - BUSINESSES. - THE G.O.P. PLAN ALSO PROVIDES - $20 BILLION FOR K-12 SCHOOLS.

- BIDEN IS PROPOSING $130 BILLION - FOR SCHOOLS AND FOR EXTENDED - FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS - THROUGH JUNE. - BIDEN PROPOSES EXTENDING - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS - THROUGH SEPTEMBER. - REPUBLICANS ALSO ZERO OUT - BIDEN'S PLAN TO PROVIDE $350 - BILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR - STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. - TODAY, WHITE HOUSE PRESS - SECRETARY JEN PSAKI SAID AT THE - MEETING PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD - NOT MAKE OR ACCEPT ANY OFFERS. - AND SHE MADE CLEAR, HE WANTS TO - GO BIG. - >> THE RISK IS NOT THAT IT IS - TOO BIG, THIS PACKAGE. - THE RISK IS THAT IT'S TOO SMALL. - HIS VIEW IS THAT THE SIZE OF THE - PACKAGE NEEDS TO BE COMMENSURATE - WITH THE CRISES WE'RE FACING. - >> Reporter: TODAY'S TALKS CAME - AS THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET - OFFICE PROJECTED THAT THIS YEAR - ECONOMIC GROWTH WILL SURGE, BUT - WITHOUT ANY NEW STIMULUS BILL - THE NATION'S WORKFORCE WILL NOT - RETURN TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS - UNTIL 2024. - THE OVERALL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS - EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DECLINING - THROUGH 2026. - THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SUPPORTERS - ARGUE THAT FRESH STIMULUS IS

- ALSO ESSENTIAL TO HELP RAMP UP - VACCINE DISTRIBUTION. - TODAY, WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS - ADVISER ANDY SLAVITT VOICED HIS - FRUSTRATION WITH THE PACE TO - DATE. - >> WHEN THE ROLLOUT OF THE - VACCINE FIRST BEGAN IN DECEMBER - AND EARLY JANUARY, THIS SLOW - START OBVIOUSLY CAUSED A DELAY - IN PEOPLE GETTING THEIR FIRST - DOSES, BUT NOT ONLY DID THIS - DELAY FIRST DOSES, BUT IT - CREATED A BACKLOG OF SECOND - DOSES THAT HAD BEEN SITTING IN - STATES WAITING FOR A 3-4 WEEK - PERIOD TO PASS BEFORE THEY CAN - BE ADMINISTERED. - >> Reporter: ULTIMATELY, - CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS INSIST - THOSE ARE ALL GOOD REASONS TO - ACT ON PANDEMIC RELIEF NOW-- - WITH OR WITHOUT SUPPORT OF - REPUBLICANS. - THEY ARE PRESSING THE PRESIDENT - TO MOVE QUICKLY, WITHOUT GIVING - GROUND. - >> Woodruff: AND YAMICHE JOINS - ME NOW. - WE'RE HEARING THE MEETING - IS STILL UNDER WAY.

- PLEASE TELL US WHAT MORE - ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT - THIS TALKS OVER ECONOMIC - RELIEF? - >> Yamiche: WELL, - PRESIDENT BIDEN'S TALK OF - BIPARTISANSHIP HAS NOW - TURNED INTO ACTION, AND - THAT ACTION IS HAPPENING - RIGHT NOW IN THE OVAL - OFFICE. - HE IS MEETING WITH THE - REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO - LAID OUT A PLAN THAT IS - ONLY A THIRD -- LESS THAN - A THIRD OF THE PRICE OF - HIS $1.9TRILLION PLAN. - THE WHITE HOUSE IS CLEAR - TO SAY THIS IS AN EXCHANGE - OF IDEAS, THAT THERE IS - NOT GOING TO BE ANY - NEGOTIATION FOR AN OFFER - THAT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT - OR ONE THAT IS ACCEPTED BY - PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH THE - CHANGES HERE. - BUT THAT BEING SAID, WHAT - YOU SEE HERE IS - REPUBLICANS COMING TO THE - TABLE AND TELLING BIDEN, - IF YOU WANT UNITY, HERE IS - WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU, AND - YOUR BILL IS ESSENTIALLY - TOO BIG. - WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS I'VE - BEEN TALKING TO SAY THEY - FEEL LIKE THE REPUBLICAN - PLAN IS WAY TOO SMALL, AND - SO MUCH NEEDS TO BE DONE, - THAT THEIR PLAN IS NOT - FEASIBLE, BUT ON THE - RECORD, THE WHITE HOUSE IS - SAYING THEY'RE OPEN TO ALL - SORTS OF IDEAS.

- PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE TO - REPORTERS AND SAID HE - WOULDN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS - ABOUT HOW MUCH HE WOULD - TAKE AWAY FROM HIS PLAN. - INSTEAD, HE JOKED ABOUT - THE FACT THAT HE FELT LIKE - HE WAS STILL IN THE - SENATE. - THE MOST TELLING THING IS - EVEN THOUGH HE IS SITTING - DOWN WITH THE REPUBLICANS, - HE IS STILL IN SUPPORT OF - STARTING TO GO WITH THE - PROCESS OF BUDGET - RECONCILIATION, AND A - WONKY WORD THAT PEOPLE ARE - GOING TO GET VERY FAMILIAR - WITH, ESSENTIALLY MEANING - THAT DEMOCRATS MAY BE - GOING IT ALONG AND NOT - NEEDING REPUBLICAN - SUPPORT. - HE IS ALREADY IN SOME WAYS - BACKING THE BACK-UP PLAN - HERE. - >> Woodruff: YAMICHE, I - KNOW YOU'LL CONTINUE TO - REPORT AT THE WHITE HOUSE - UNTIL YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT - WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT - MEETING AFTER IT ENDS. - YOU'RE NOT ONLY COVERING - THIS PRESIDENT, BUT YOU'RE - COVERING THE FORMER - PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP. - HE, AS WE KNOW, IS FACING - AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IN - THE SENATE NEXT WEEK. - AND, YAMICHE, WHAT ARE YOU - LEARNING ABOUT HIS LEGAL - DEFENSE? - >> Yamiche: WELL, - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEGAL - DEFENSE GOT EVEN MORE - COMPLICATED THAN IT - ALREADY WAS OVER THE

- WEEKEND. - HE PARTED WITH NOT ONE, - BUT FIVE, ATTORNEYS, - INCLUDING THE HEAD - ATTORNEY, BUTCH BOWERS. - HE TOLD THE "WASHINGTON - POST" HE DIDN'T HESITATE - TO TRY TO BACK THE - PRESIDENT, TO TRY TO - DEFEND HIM. - HE SAID IT WAS ALL ABOUT - THE CONSTITUTION. - BUT REPORTS ARE THAT - PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTED HIS - ATTORNEYS TO GO FORWARD - WITH THE CLAIM THAT HE - FALSELY WON THE 2020 - ELECTION, ESSENTIALLY - TRYING TO REPEAT SOME OF - THE SMOT DISINFORMATION THAT - LED TO THE MOB STORMING - THE CAPITOL, AND HIS - LAWYERS DIDN'T WANT TO DO - THAT AND THEY PARTED WAYS. - ONE OF THE NEW ATTORNEYS - IS DAVID SHOON, AND THE - SECOND IS BRUCE CASTER, - JR., AND SO HE HAS A NEW - LEGAL TEAM. - WE'RE WAITING TO SEE - WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE - GOG TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT - THAT IT IS - UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO - IMPEACH A PRESIDENT WHILE - HE IS OUT OF OFFICE OR IF - THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP - WITH SOMETHING ELSE. - >> Woodruff: AND - FINALLY, YAMICHE, YOU HAVE

- ALSO BEEN DOING SOME - REPORTING ON HOW MUCH - MONEY THE FORMER PRESIDENT - WAS ABLE TO RAISE AFTER - THE ELECTION? - >> Yamiche: THAT'S - RIGHT. - THE MONEY STORY HERE IS - REALLY IMPORTANT. - WALKING PEOPLE THROUGH - THIS. - THE PRESIDENT WAS ABLE TO - REALLY RAISE A LOT OF - MONEY EVEN AFTER HE LOST - THE 2020 ELECTION. - $290 MILLION RAISED BY - OFFICIAL COMMITTEES, - SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP - AND THE G.O.P. SINCE - NOVEMBER 3rd. - $31.5 MILLION BY THE - LEADERSHIP PACK, AND ONLY - $218,000 HAS BEEN SPENT BY - THAT PACK. - THIS REALLY TELLS YOU THAT - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A BIG - INFLUENCE OVER THE - REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND HE - CAN USE A LOT OF THE MONEY - FROM THIS PACK, NOT ON HIS - OWN CAMPAIGN, BUT HE CAN - USE IT ON THE MID-TERMS. - HE CAN USE IT TO SWAY - REPUBLICANS. - AND A LOT OF REPUBLICANS - ARE SAYING DON'T COUNT - PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT JUST - YET. - >> Woodruff: A - SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF - MONEY. - SO MUCH TO KEEP AN EYE ON. - YAMICHE ALCINDOR ON THE - JOB AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

- THANK YOU, YAMICHE. - >> Yamiche: THANKS SO - MUCH. - >> Woodruff: THE STORMING OF THE - U.S. CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6 WAS A - SHOCKING MOMENT TO MANY - AMERICANS, BUT MORE DETAILS ARE - EMERGING ABOUT WHO WAS INVOLVED - AND HOW IT WAS PLANNED. - A NEW REPORT EXAMINES THE ROLE - PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES - PLAYED IN THE CRUCIAL WEEKS - LEADING UP TO THE ATTACK. - AMNA NAWAZ HAS THE STORY. - >> Nawaz: JUDY, THIS SWEEPING - "NEW YORK TIMES" REPORT LOOKS AT - THE 77 DAYS BETWEEN THE ELECTION - AND THE INAUGURATION. - IT EXAMINES HOW THE THEN- - PRESIDENT LEVERAGED POLITICAL, - PERSONAL AND MEDIA ALLIES-- AND - ULTIMATELY A MOB AT THE - CAPITOL-- TO UNDERMINE THE - ELECTION RESULTS AND THE - CENTURIES-OLD TRADITION OF A - PEACUL TRANSFER OF POWER IN - AMERICA. - THROUGH INTERVIEWS, DOCUMENTS - AND EXAMINATION OF VIDEOS AND - SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, THE REPORT - TELLS THE STORY OF A COORDINATED - CAMPAIGN. - NOW, TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE KEY - POINTS IN THAT WEEKS-LONG

- CAMPAIGN, JIM RUTENBERG JOINS - ME. - HE'S A WRITER AT LARGE FOR "THE - NEW YORK TIMES." - >> JIM, WELCOME BACK - TOL"NEWSHOUR," AND THANKS - FOR BEING HERE. - >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR - HAVING ME. - >> LET'S START WITH - NOVEMBER 4th, IN THE - EARLY MORNING HOURS AFTER - THE ELECTION, PRESIDENT - TRUMP THROWS DOWN THE - GAUNTLET AND CALLS IT A - FRAUD, AND REPUBLICANS - ECHO THAT CLAIM, AMONG - THEM CONGRESSMAN - McCARTHY AND LINDSEY - GRAHAM. - TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS. - >> DO NOT BE QUIET. - DO NOT BE SILENT ABOUT - THIS. - WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO - HAPPEN BEFORE OUR VERY - EYES. - >> THE MEDIA CAN PROJECT, - BUT THE MEDIA DOESN'T 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. - >> JIM, THE SAME LEADERS - ACCEPTED ELECTION RESULTS. - WHAT DOES YOUR REPORTING - SHOW AS TO WHY THEY WANTED - TO BACK THIS FALSE CLAIM? - >> IT WAS THREE TIERED, - THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS WERE

- ANGRY, AND THERE WAS RAMP - AND FRAUD IF HE LOST, AND - THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE - MIX BEFORE ELECTION DAY. - YOU HAVE A GEORGIA RUN-OFF - COMING UP, AND THE PARTY - REALLY WANTS THE GEORGIA - BASE TO TURN OUT AND STILL - BE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. - AND LASTLY, THERE IS PURE - AMBITION, THAT THE LAST - STANDING REPUBLICANS, THEY - WANT TO PICK UP THE TRUMP - BASE TO POWER THEIR OWN - RISES THROUGH THE RANKS. - >> SO ESSENTIALLY THE - EFFORT TO CHALLENGE - ELECTION RESULTS IS AROUND - THIS IDEA THAT THERE WERE - VOTES STOLEN, AND FRAUD - COMMITTED. - AD THAT HAS BEEN FLOATED - IN RIGHT-WING AND MEDIA - CIRCLES, PEOPLE LIKE - STEPHEN BANNON AND CHARLIE - KIRK AND PAUL GOSAR. - NINE DAYS AFTER THE - ELECTION, YOU REPORT ON - NOVEMBER 12th, IT WAS - BROUGHT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP - BY RUDY GIULIANI, AND YOU - CALL THAT DAY A TURNING - POINT, WHY? - >> IT IS BASICALLY WHEN - THE TRUMP SORT OF FORCES, - OR THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, - DECIDES THAT HE IS GOING - TO PLOW 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 - REALLY HAVE ANY OPTIONS. - THEY HAVE NOT PRODUCED - EVIDENCE OF FRAUD. - THEY HAVE NOT FOUND - ANYWHERE 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. - AND HERE COMES RUDY - GIULIANI TO TELL THE - PRESIDENT, WE'RE GOING TO - KEEP FIGHTING. - HE WANTS TO FILE THESE - MEGA LAWSUITS THAT HAVE - QUESTIONABLE LEGAL BASIS, - BUT THEY GOT TO FLOAT - THESE CONSPIRACY SERIES - ABOUT TAMPERING WITH - VOTING MACHINES AND - FOREIGN MEDDLING AND - MALFEASANCE. - AND THE PRESIDENT'S OWN - LAWYERS, WHO, BY THE WAY, - HAVE PUSHED THE LIMITS OF - THE LAW TO BEGIN WITH, - HAVE HIT THEIR OWN LIMIT, - AND THEY ARE SAYING, DON'T - GO WITH THESE ARGUMENTS - THAT MR. JULIANI IS - MAKING, AND THE PRESIDENT - SHOVED THEM ASIDE BECAUSE

- RUDY GIULIANI IS TELLING - HIM WHAT HE WANTS TO HERE. - AND FROM THERE IT IS OFF - TO THE RACES, AND IT IS A - WILDER STORY LINE THAT THE - PRESIDENT PURSUES, AND IT - GETS WILDER BY THE DAY. - >> AND THE ELECTION - CHALLENGES CONTINUES DAY - AFTER DAY, AND EVEN THOUGH - THEY ARE THROWN OUT. - THERE IS ANOTHER EFFORT IN - GEORGE, MICHIGAN, - PENNSYLVANIA, AND - WISCONSIN. - IT IS TAKEN OFF BY KEN - PAXTON. - YOU MENTIONED BY THE - CONFLICT BETWEEN WHITE - HOUSE LAWYERS AND RUDY - GIULIANI, AND PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S OTHER ALLIES. - HOW BAD DID THAT CONFLICT - GET? - >> THEY WERE SHOUTING, AND - THER WAS AN EXCHANGE OF - WORDS BETWEEN JUSTIN - CLARK, A LEAD COORDINATOR - FOR THE LEGAL TEAM, AND - MR. RUDY GIULIANI, WHERE - MR. RUDY GIULIANI ACCUSES - THE PRESIDENT'S - RANK-AND-FILE LAWYERS OF - LYING TO HIM. - THEY'RE LYING TO YOU, SIR. - AND JUSTIN CLARK RESPONDS - BY CALLING RUDY GIULIANI A

- NAME I WILL NOT SHARE ON - NATIONAL TELEVISION. - BUT WHAT WE LEARNED IS, - AND SOME OF THIS WE ALL - GOT TO SEE BEFORE OUR VERY - EYESFOR EVERY ATTORNEY - WHO ISN'T GOING TO GO DOWN - THE RABBIT HOLE WITH THE - PRESIDENT, HE CAN FIND - FIVE WHO WILL. - AND THAT CERTAINLY HAPPENS - WITH THESE NATIONAL -- - THESE ATTORNEY GOVERNS IN - THE MANY STATES. - >> WE SEE OVER THE WEEKS - IN THE COMING WEEKS THE - LEGAL STRATEGIES. - AND THEY WANT TO BLOCK THE - CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS - ON JANUARY 6th. - JIM, TELL US HOW THAT - MESSAGE SPREADS, HOW IT - MAKES ITS WAY TO THOUSANDS - OF AMERICANS, AND HOW - THEY'RE CONVINCED TO MAKE - THEIR WAY TO WASHINGTON, - D.C. ON THE BASIS OF A - LIE? - >> THAT IS SORT OF THE - REAL SORT OF ENGINE BEHIND - ALL OF THIS, THE BIG LIE. - OBVIOUSLY THE PRESIDENT - HIMSELF IS TWEETING AT THE - TIME, MULTIPLE TIMES A - DAY, MAKING OUTLANDISH - CLAIMS. - YOU HAVE A CONSERVATIVE - MEDIA SORT OF RATINGS WAR, - WHERE THESE NEW PLAYERS - LIKE NEWSMAX AND ONE - AMERICAN NEWS ARE FINDING - NEW RATINGS BY CARRYING

- THIS IDEA THAT THE - PRESIDENT ACTUALLY WON, - AND THIS IS GOING TO AND - ITS OWN ELECTION. - WHICH FOX NEWS COULD DO IN - ITS PRIME TIME, BUT ITS - NEWS DIVISION HAD ALREADY - DECLARED JOSEPH BIDEN THE - WINNER. - AND IT IS DRIVING A - COMPETITION TO BE MORE - TRUMPY IN THE HOURS WHEN - FOX CAN, AND IN THESE - OTHER NETWORKS. - YOU HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, OF - COURSE, WITH CRAZY - CONSPIRACIES RICOCHETING - THROUGH. - AND YOU HAVE A GROUP - CALLED "WOMEN FOR AMERICA - FIRST," WHICH IS RUNNING A - BUS TOUR, GOING STATE TO - STATE, PRESSING LOCAL - OFFICIALS AND NATIONAL - SITTING SENATORS AND - CONGRESSMEN TO GET BEHIND - THE PRESIDENT'S BID TO - OBJECT TO THESE RESULTS, - OR REJECT THESE RESULTS ON - THE 6th, WHICH WOULD BE - THE EQUIVALENT OF - REJECTING 20 MILLION VOTES - ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - >> AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT - UNFOLDED AT THE U.S. - CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6th.

- JIM, BEFORE I LET YOU GO, - I NEED TO ASK YOU ABOUT - THE ROLE THAT MITCH - McCONNELL PLAYED. - THERE IS A REAL EVOLUTION - IN HIS STATEMENT. - TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE - HAD TO SAY ON - NOVEMBER 9th, AND THEN - LATER ON JANUARY 19th. - >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 100% - WITHIN HIS RIGHTS TO LOOK - INTO ALLEGATIONS OF - IRREGULARITIES AND WEIGH - HIS LEGAL OPTIONS. - THEY WERE PROVOKED BY THE - PRESIDENT AND OTHER - POWERFUL PEOPLE. - >> JIM, WHAT DID YOUR - REPORTING SHOW LED TO THAT - EVOLUTION OVER TIME? - >> WELL, IN THE BEGINNING, - MR. McCONNELL IS VERY - CONCERNED ABOUT GEORGIA, - LIKE HIS OTHER PARTY - MEMBERS. - HE WANTS THE PRESIDENT'S - HELP. - BECAUSE, BY THE WAY, - HOLDING GEORGIA IS VITAL - TO MITCH McCONNELL - REMAINING THE MAJORITY - LEADER OF THE SENATE. - THEY NEED TO WIN THOSE TWO - RACES. - ON TOP OF THAT, THERE ARE - MESSAGES BEING SENT - THROUGH THE PRESIDENT'S - CHIEF-OF-STAFF, MARK - MEADOWS, AS WELL AS THE - PRESIDENTIAL SON-IN-LAW - AND AIDE, JARED KUSHNER, - THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL

- COME AROUND. - AS THE LEGAL PROCESS PLAYS - OUT, HE WILL, OF COURSE, - ACCEPT REALITY AND - CONCEDE. - WE, WHEN THAT STILL - HASN'T HAPPENED BY - DECEMBER 14th, WHEN THE - ELECTORAL COLLEGE - CERTIFIES THE VOTE, MITCH - McCONNELL IS GETTING FED - UP AND REALIZING THAT IS - NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. - AND THEN THERE IS A - POLITICAL COMPONENT TO - THIS THAT BECOMES VERY - IMPORTANT AS WELL. - THE REPUBLICANS START - REALIZING THEIR BEST - ARGUMENT IN THE GEORGIA - SENATE CONTEST IS THAT WE - NEED TO HAVE A REPUBLICAN - SENATE TO BE A CHECK ON - THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT, - AND PRESIDENT TRUMP AT - THAT POINT IS NOT REALLY - ALLOWING THEM TO MAKE THAT - CASE. - SO FROM THERE HE JUST GETS - ANGRIER AND ANGRIER. - AND HE SAYS HIMSELF THERE - THAT IT SPUN SO OUT OF - CONTROL HE COULDN'T TAKE - IT, AND SO THAT'S - CERTAINLY AN ELEMENT, TOO. - >> ONE OF THE MANY - ELEMENTS IN A SWEEPING - REPORT OUT IN THE "NEW - YORK TIMES" FROM JIM - RUTENBERG AND HIS - COLLEAGUES. - AN INCREDIBLE CRUCIAL PART - OF AMERICAN HISTORY. - JIM RUTENBERG, - EDITOR-AT-LARGE FOR THE - "NEW YORK TIMES." - THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING

- HERE. - >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR - HAVING ME. - >> Woodruff: INSTEAD, - THE MILITARY LAUNCHED A - COUP, AND A NOBEL LAUREATE - IS NOW BACK IN JAIL. - NICK SCHIFRIN HAS THE - TEENAGE. - >> Reporter: 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 FIVE YEARS OF - ASI-DEMOCRACY. - EARLY 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 - THEY'RE BEING TREATED. - >> Reporter: TUN MYINT IS A - PROFESSOR AT CARLETON COLLEG - 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, - THE PRODUCT OF A LONG HISTORY OF - DISTRUST. - >> WHEN YOU DIG DEEPER INTO THE - PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN - ASSK AND THE MILITARY LEADER, - AND THERE ARE SO MANY OCCASIONS - WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN RUBBING ONE - ANOTHER. - >> Reporter: THE MILITARY FIRST - ARRESTED SU KYI IN 1989, WHEN - THE ARMY HAD ALREADY BEEN IN

- DEMOCRATS WON THE NEXT ELECTION, - BUT GENERALS IGNORED THE - RESULTS. - ( APPLAUSE ) - 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 U.S. - PRESIDENT TO VISIT. - IN 2015, HER PARTY-- THE - NATIONAL LEAGUE OF DEMOCRACY-- - WON DECISIVELY. - AND THIS TIME, THE MILITY - HONORED THE RESULTS. - BUT THE MILITARY LURKED IN THE - BACKGROUND. - THE MILITARY-WRITTEN - CONSTITUTION RESERVED 25% OF - PARLIAMENT FOR MILITARY - OFFICERS. - AND SUU KYI REMAINED SILENT, AS - THE MILITARY COMMITTED WHAT THE - U.N. CALLED GENOCIDE AGAINST - MINORITY ROHINGA MUSLIMS. - >> SURELY, UNDER THE - CIRCUMSTANCES, GENOCIDAL INTENT - CANNOT BE THE ONLY HYPOTHESIS. - >> Reporter: U.S. OFFICIALS ONCE - CELEBRATED MYANMAR AS A COUNTRY - WHERE MILITARY OFFICIALS - WILLINGLY HANDED POWER TO - CIVILIANS, BUT TODAY THE WHITE - HOUSE RELEASED A STATEMENT - CALLING THE COUP A “DIRECT - ASSAULT ON THE COUNTRY'S - TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY AND THE - RULE OF LAW.” - FOR MORE ON ALL OF THIS WE TURN - DEREK MITCHELL.

- THE FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO - MYANMAR DURING THE OBAMA - ADMINISTRATION, AND THE FIRST TO - SERVE THERE SINCE THE U.S. - DOWNGRADED DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH - WHAT WAS THEN CALLED BURMA, - AFTER A 1988 COUP. - HE IS NOW PRESIDENT OF THE - NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE - FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. - >> DEREK MITCHELL, WELCOME - BACK TO THE "NEWSHOUR." - WHY DO YOU THINK THE - MILITARY LAUNCHED THIS - COUP ON THIS DAY? - >> THE REASON, THE ONE - THEY'RE SAYING, IS THAT - THEY DETECTED ELECTORAL - FRAUD THAT IS NOT BEING - ADJUDICATED PROPERLY, AND - THEIR STRANGE LOGIC IS - THEY SHOULD TAKE OVER IN - ORDER TO RESTORE AND - PROTECT DEMOCRACY. - BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A - LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING THE - QUESTION, WHY DID THEY - DECIDE NOW? - I THINK THEY THOUGHT THEY - WOULD DO MUCH BETTER. - THEIR POLITICAL PARTY, IN - THE LATEST ELECTION IN - NOVEMBER, AND THEY DIDN'T - DO VERY WELL, THEY VER - DO AS WELL AS THEY EXPECT. - THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF HAD - TO RETIRE IN JULY AT AGE - 65, AND HE HAD POLITICAL

- ASPIRATIONS. - >> AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS - ABOUT EXPERTS I TALKED - ABOUT WHETHER THE - COMMANDER IN CHIEF WAS - WORRIED PERSONALLY ABOUT - HIS OWN FINANCES AFTER HE - STEPPED DOWN THIS SUMMER. - DO YOU BELIEVE THAT HE HAS - CONSIDERED THAT WHEN - DECIDING WHAT TO DO TODAY? - >> WE CAN'T RULE THAT OUT. - THERE IS NO QUESTION HIS - FAMILY IS LUCRATIVE IN - MYANMAR, AND HE, HIMSELF, - HAS HIS OWN PERSONAL - AMBITIONS THAT WERE NOT - BEING RESPECTED IN HIS - VIEW. - >> THE U.S. ALREADY HAS - SANCTIONS ON MILITARY - LEADERS. - SHOULD THE U.S. IMPOSE - ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS? - DO YOU BELIEVE THAT COULD - CHANGE THE MILITARY'S - BEHAVIOR? - >> WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE - LOT OF LEVERAGE. - WE NEED TO GET OUR ALLIES - ENGAGED. - WE NEED PARTNERS TO ALSO - ENGAGE, NOT JUST IN THE - HAMMER, ALTHOUGH THAT - COULD BE VERY IMPORTANT, - IN ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS, - BUT SEE IF THERE ARE - TRUSTED PEOPLE THAT CAN - GET TO THE COMMANDER IN - CHIEF, AND COM EXPLAIN TO HIM - WOO IS GOING IS NOT OWNER - THE INTEREST OF MYANMAR OR

- THE MYANMARILITARY. - >> HE HAS, IN THE LAST FEW - YEARS, DEFENDED THE - MILITARY, AND SHE SAYS SHE - WAS TRYING TO BALANCE - DEMOCRACY WITH MILITARY - LEADERS OVER THE LAST FEW - YEARS. - DO YOU BELIEVE SHE SHOULD - HAVE BEEN CRITICIZING THE - MILITARY MORE? - >> SHE WAS ALWAYS IN A - VERY DIFFICULT SPOT. - I THINK SHE WAS SOMEWHAT - MISUNDERSTOOD IN RECENT - YEARS, NOT ENTIRELY, AND - SHE DIDN'T SPEAK OUT ABOUT - THE VIOLENCE, WHETHER IT - IS GENOCIDE, THE MASSIVE - VIOLENCE. - BUT SHE ALSO RECOGNIZED - SHE WAS BOXED BINE THE - MILITARY WHO HAD CONTROL - OVER ALL OF THE LEF VERSE - OF MILITARY POWER. - CRITICIZING T THE MILITARY - WON'T HAVE DONE IT. - SHE AND PARTICULARLY THE - COMMANDER IN CHIEF HAD A - VERY BAD RELATIONSHIP. - IT WAS EXACERBATED IN

- RECENT MONTHS. - CRITICIZING THEM MORE - WOULD NOT HAVE MADE A - DIFFERENCE AND MAY HAVE - PRECIPITATEED ACTION EVEN - SOORNG. - SOONER. - >> SOME EXPERTS TOLD ME - CHINESE OFFICIALS MAY HAVE - BEEN VISITING MYANMAR - RECENTLY AND MAY HAVE - GIVEN MYANMAR THE GREEN - LIGHT TO DO SO. - DO YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT - HAPPENED? - >> THERE IS NO LOVE LOST - BETWEEN THE MYANMAR - MILITARY AND THE CHINESE. - THERE IS A LOT OF DISTRUST - OF CHINESE INFLUENCE IN - THE COUNTRY. - THE CHINESE PROVIDE - WEAPONS FOR A LOT OF - ETHNIC ARMED GROUPS - FIGHTING THE MYANMAR - MILITARY. - SOMEHOW WHEN THEY ABSCOND - THEY TAKE THE WEAPONS AWAY - FROM THIS MILITARY GROUPS - AND THEY FIND THE CHINESE - MARKINGS ON THEM. - THEY ARE NOT VERY TRUSTING - OF THE CHINESE. - THE RUSSIANS HAVE A CLOSER - RELATIONSHIP POTENTIALLY - THERE. - AND THE FORMER CHIEF IN - THAILAND, WHO TOOK OVER - LEADERSHIP RECENTLY AFTER - A COUP -- I WORRY MUC

- MORE ABOUT THAT KIND OF A - CONVERSATION. - THE CHINESE FEEL THEY MAY - HAVE AN OPENING, THEY MAY - FEEL THERE IS A VACUUM TO - GET MORE INFLUENCE IN THE - COUNTRY, AND ONE HAS TO - WONDER WHAT IS GOING - THROUGH THE MINDS OF THE - MYANMAR MILITARY IF THEY - DO NOT TRUST THE CHINESE. - AND THEY WANT TO HAVE - BALANCE IN THEIR RELATIONS - WITH GREAT POWERS. - WHY THEY WOULD DO THIS AND - BOX THE WEST INTO A CORNER -- WE - HOW THEY PLAY THIS OUT. - >> AMBASSADOR DEREK - MITCHELL, THANK YOU VERY - MUCH. - >> THANK YOU, NICK. - >> Woodruff: 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 MET 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. - AMNA NAWAZ IS BACK WITH THE - STORY. - >> Reporter: IT'S 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 KILL MARIA, A NAME - WE'RE USING TO PROTECT HER - IDENTITY. - MARIA AND HER MOTHER REQUESTED - ASUM AT THE U.S. BORDER, BUT - LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHER FAMILIES - AT THE TIME, WERE SEPARATED BY - U.S. OFFICIALS UNDER A TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION POLICY. - MARIA WAS 12. - HER MOTHER WAS DEPTED, AND - MARIA WAS LEFT BEHIND. - >> ( translated ): SHE WAS SENT - TO EL SALVADOR AND I STAYED - HERE. - I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ALL - THIS AT THE TIME. - >> Reporter: MORE THAN 2,000 - MILES AWAY, HER MOTHER YENI - REMEMBERS THE LAST TIME SHE SAW - HER DAUGHTER. - >> ( translated ): 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." - >> Reporter: YENI SAYS U.S. - OFFICIALS TOLD HER IF SHE SIGNED - A DOCUMENT DROPPG HER ASYLUM - CASE, SHE AND MARIA WOULD BE - REUNITED AND DEPORTED TOGETHER. - >> ( translated ): AND I SHOWED - THE OFFICER THE PAPER I SIGNED, - BECAUSE IT SAID MY DAUGHTER WAS - GOING TO COME WITH ME. - AND HE SAID, "WE DON'T KNOW - ANYTHING ABOUT THAT." - AND I HAD TO GO HOME ALONE. - AND I LEFT MY DAUGHTER. - >> Reporter: BACK IN EL - SALVADOR, YENI REUNITED WITH - MARIA'S FATHER. - SHE HAS HER HANDS FULL WITH - THEIR TWO-YEAR-OLD TWINS, WHILE - HE RUNS THEIR SMALL GROCERY - STORE. - AS MUCH AS YENI MISSES HER - DAUGHTER, SHE KNOWS MARIA IS - SAFE FROM THE GANGS THAT - THREATENED HER. - MEANWHILE, AFTER MORE THAN SEVEN

- MONTHS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY AND - TWO, DIFFICULT, TEMPORARY HOMES, - MARIA NOW LIVES WITH A STABLE - FAMILY IN WISCONSIN, WHO ARE - ALSO HOSTING OTHER MIGRANTS. - >> I'LL TELL YOU ONE STORY, WE - >> Reporter: DANAE STEELE AND - MARIJKE VAN ROOJEN ARE MARIA'S - LEGAL GUARDIANS IN THE U.S. - IN NINE SHORT MONTHS, THEY'VE - TRIED TO HELP HER BUILD A NEW - LIFE, WITH SCHOOL, FRIENDS, AND - FAMILY ACTIVITIES. - BUT THE SEPARATION, THEY SAY, - HAS TRAUMATIZED HER. - WENT CAMPING ONE NIGHT... - SO, I WENT TO LOOK FOR HER AND - SHE WAS IN MY CAR, CURLED UP IN - THE BACK SEAT JUST A BIT. - AND SO, I CRY WHEN I SAY THIS, - BUT, SO, I JUST SAT THERE AND - HELD HER. - SHE KEPT SAYING, "MY HEART IS - BROKEN, MY HEART IS BROKEN." - >> WE CANNOT REPLACE HER - RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FAMILY. - WE LOVE HER DEARLY. - AND I, I KNOW SHE LOVES . - AND IT'S STILL LIKE, IF YOU HAVE - A BELOVED FAMILY MEMBER AND/OR - YOUR GRANDMOTHER, THEY STILL DO

- NOT REPLACE YOUR PARENTS. - >> Reporter: MARIA'S IMMIGRATION - CASE, TO DECIDE IF SHE CAN STAY - IN THE U.S. OR NOT, IS PENDING. - PHONE CALLS AND VIDEO CHATS LIKE - THESE ARE THE ONLY CONTACT SHE - HAS WITH HER MOTHER. - >> ( translated SOMETIMES I - TELL HER TO PLEASE FORGIVE ME - FOR MAKING THAT DECISION, I KNOW - THOUGH THAT I DID IT TO PROTECT - HER, NOT TO HURT HER MORE. - BUT SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T TURN - OUT LIKE YOU THINK THEY WILL. - >> Reporter: EXPERTS HAVE BEEN - RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE HARM - CAUSED TO NEARLY 5,000 CHILDREN - LIKE MARIA, SEPARATED FROM THEIR - FAMILIES BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT - IN 2017 AND 2018 AFTER ARRIVING - AT THE U.S. BORDER. - ONLY UNDER A COURT ORDER DID THE - SEPARATIONS END AND THE - REUNIFICATIONS BEGIN, PROPELLED - BY ADVOCATES AND ACTIVISTS - FIGHTING TO RECONNECT FAMILIES. - AT THE NEWSHOUR, WE FOLLOWED THE - STORY OF THREE-YEAR-OLD SOFI, - SEPARATED FROM HER FAMILY AT THE - BORDER... - AND REUNITED AFTER SEVEN WEEKS

- IN CUSTODY. - ( CRYING ) - BUT MONTHS OF CHAOTIC - SEPARATIONS, DONE WITH NO - CENTRAL TRACKING NOR PLANS TO - REUNIFY, HAVE LEFT A LONG - SHADOW. - THE PARENTS OF MORE THAN 600 - CHILDREN HAVE YET TO BE LOCATED, - AND HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN REMAIN - SEPARATED EVEN THOUGH LAWYERS - HAVE TRACKED DOWN THEIR PARENTS. - EVEN FOR THOSE REUNITED, EXPERTS - SAY THE TRAUMA WILL BE LIFELONG. - >> IN THE 30+ YEARS THAT I'VE - BEEN DOING THIS WORK, I'VE NEVER - SEEN SUCH AN INHUMANE POLICY - IMPLEMENTED BY AN - ADMINISTRATION. - >> Reporter: WENDY YOUNG IS THE - PRESIDENT OF KIND, AN - ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR - UNACCOMPANIED MIGRANT CHILDREN. - >> WHAT WE SAW WITH MANY OF THE - KIDS, WAS THAT THEY WERE ANGRY - WITH THEIR PARENTS OR THEY WERE - CONFUSED THE PARENT HAD - ABANDONED THEM BECAUSE THEY - DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS - THE GOVERNMENT, THE U.S. - GOVERNMENT THAT WAS DOING THIS - TO THEM AND THAT THEIR PARENT - HAD NO CHOICE. - >> Reporter: SANDRA, WHO LIVES - BY HERSELF IN GUATEMALA, WAS - SEPARATED FROM HER TWO CHILDREN - AFTER REQUESTING ASYLUM AT THE - U.S. BORDER IN MAY OF 2018-- THE

- HEIGHT OF THE ZERO TOLERANCE - POLICY. - THEY, TOO, HAD FLED VIOLENCE. - HER KIDS ARE NOW 13 AN14, - LIVING WITH THEIR UNCLE IN - CINCINNATI. - AFTER TWO YEARS APART, THIS IS - HOW THE FAMILY SPENT CHRISTMAS. - >> HI MOMMY. - >> ( translated ): WHEN I LEFT - FOR THE U.S., I NEVER THOUGHT - THAT THEY WOULD SEPARATE US. - WHEN I GOT TO THE BORDER, - IMMIGRATION PICKED ME UP. - THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD TO - SEPARATE MOTHERS. - FOR ME, IT WASN'T EASY. - IT ISN'T EASY FOR MOTHERS... OR - HER CHILDREN. - >> Reporter: AFTER BEING - DEPORTED, SANDRA FIRST RETURNED - TO HER RURAL VILLAGE IN THE - HIGHLANDS. - SIX MONTHS LATER, SHE TRIED - AGAIN TO ENTER THE U.S. - >> ( translated ): WHY? - BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE WITH MY - CHILDREN. - I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE HERE - WITHOUT THEM. - I WENT BACK AND I HAD TO PAY - SOMEONE TO TAKE ME. - >>eporter: AND ONCE AGAIN, SHE

- WAS APPREHENDED BY U.S. - IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS. - >> ( translated ): THEY TOLD ME, - "WHY DID YOU COME BACK, IF YOU - ALREADY HAD A DEPORTATION ORDER - FROM THE LAST TIME." - BECAUSE I WAS SEPARATED FROM MY - CHILDREN. - THAT'S WHY. - I WANTED TCOME BACK TO BE WITH - MY CHILDREN. - I WAS IN JAIL 30AYS AND THEN - THEY DEPORTED ME AGAIN. - >> Reporter: SHE'S AT A LOSS OF - WHAT TO DO, AND DESPERATE TO - REUNITE WITH HER CHILDREN, WHO - DON'T SEE ANY FUTURE FOR - THEMSELVES IN GUATEMALA. - >> ( translated ): THEY TELL ME, - "MAMA COME. - YOU'RE ALONE THERE. - WE NEED YOU MAMA." - >> Reporter: 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 FROM THIS

- TRAUMA THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED. - >> Reporter: BACK IN WISCONSIN, - MARIA IS FOCUSED ON HER STUDIES, - AND SAYS SHE NOW WANTS TO BECOME - A DOCTOR. - >> ( translated ): GOD WILLING, - IF I CAN STAY HERE AND FINISH MY - STUDIES, I WANT TO HAVE A - PROFESSION WHERE I CAN HELP - PEOPLE. - >> Reporter: HER MOTHER, YENI, - HAS HER OWN DREAM. - >> ( translated ): EVERY PARENT - DREAMS OF ALWAYS BEING BY THEIR - CHILD'S SIDE, NEVER BEING - SEPARATED, WATCHING THEM GROW - UP, SEEING EVERY STAGE THEGO - THROUGH. - >> ( translated ): SOMETIMES WE - TALK ABOUT WHEN WE MIGHT SEE - EACH OTHER. - WE SAY WE AREN'T GOING TO SEE - EACH OTHER PERHAPS FOR MANY - YEARS. - OR SOMETIMES IT'S 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. - >> Reporter: AND NO WAY TO KNOW - YET WHERE THAT WILL BE. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M AMNA - NAWAZ. - >> Woodruff: TODAY'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. - THAT'S AMY WALTER OF "THE COOK - POLITICAL REPORT" AND TAMARA - KEITOF NPR. - HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU. - THE FIRST MONDAY IN - FEBRUARY, GOOD TO SEE YOU. - LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS - MEETING. - AMY, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS IT - THAT THE PRESIDENT IS - HAVING HIS FIRST IN-PERSON - MEETING NOT WITH DEMOCRATS - BUT WITH REPUBLICANS. - WHAT DOES THAT SAY?

- >> Amy: WELL, IT SAYS - THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS - SERIOUS ABOUT THE PROMISES - HE MADE ON THE CAMPAIGN - TRAIL, AS YOU POINTED OUT, - JUDY, NOT TO JUST LOWER - THE TONIGHT BUT TO TRY TO - WORK ACROSS THE AISLE. - THUS FAR, AND WE'RONLY - TWO WEEKS INTO THIS - ADMINISTRATION, BUT THERE - IS RECENT POLL OUT TODAY, - THE MARIS COLLEGE POLL, - THAT SHOWED THAT 55% OF - AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT JOE - BIDEN IS DOING JUST THAT, - IS FOCUSED MORE ON - UNIFYING THE COUNTRY THAN - BEING DIVISIVE. - SO HE IS ALREADY GETTING - SOME PLAUDETS FOR THAT. - THE CHALLENGE IS HE IS A - CANDIDATE -- AS A - CANDIDATE, HE ALSO MADE - PROMISES ON A NUMBER OF - PROGRESSIVE POLICIES. - THOSE ARE NOT POLICIES - THAT REPUBLICANS ARE GOING - TO SUPPORT. - SO BALANCING THOSE TWO - THINGS IS ALWAYS GOING TO - BE A CHALLENGE. - IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW - THE QUESTION IS: IS THERE - A MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN - THE 1.9 TRILLION DOLLARS - THAT THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION PUT

- FORWARD, AND IT'S MUCH - SMALLER $680 SOMETHING - REPUBLICAN PACKAGE. - IT SEEMS VERY DIFFICULT TO - FIND A PLACE IN THE - MIDDLE, AND ALL OF THE - LANGUAGE COMING FROM THOSE - AROUND THE PRESIDENT, - WHETHER IT IS HIS NATIONAL - ECONOMIC COUNCIL HEAD OR - HIS PRESS SECRETARY, THEY - SALL SEEM TO SUGGEST HE IS - LOOKING FOR A BIG, BOLD - PLAN THAT WILL BE - COMPREHENSIVE, IN OTHER - WORDS, A BIGGER PACKAGE - THAN THIS. - >> Woodruff: SO, TAM, - POLITICAL RISK -- AT THIS - POINT WE KNOW THE MEETING - HAS GONE ON FOR OVER AN - HOUR AND A HALF. - POLITICAL RISKS AND - BENEFITS FOR THE - PRESIDENT? - >> Yamiche: 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. - AND THESE REPUBLICANS, - ENNUMBERING 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, TO GO - WITH DEMOCRATS ALONE. - THEY'RE TRYING TO EXTRACT - SOMETHING BY MAKING AN - OFFER, BY OPENING THE DOOR - TO A CONVERSATION AND TO - NEGOTIATIONS. - AND THEY KNOW THAT - PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SOMEONE - WHO WANTS TO TO SIT DOWN AND - TALK, AND WHICH OBVIOUSLY - THEY'RE SITTING DOWN AND - TALKING FOR A LONG TIME - RIGHT NO - YOU KNOW, THERE ARE RISKS. - DEMOCRATS ARE STILL SCARED - 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 - PACKAGE. - ULTIMATELY, IT WASN'T - BIPARTISAN, AND IT WAS - SMALLER THAN DEMOCRATS - THOUGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE - DONE, AND SMALLER THAN - ECONOMISTS IN THE OBAMA - ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO

- DO. - ANIT WAS ALL IN THIS - EFFORT TO GET A BIPARTISAN - DEAL THAT ULTIMATELY ENDED - UP NOT BEING BIPARTISAN. - SO THERE IS A LOT OF - CONCERN AMONG THE - DEMOCRATS THEY COULD BE - HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION - AGAIN WITH THIS. - >> Woodruff: AMY, - THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE - STRATEGY IS ON THE PART OF - THE REPUBLICANS, HERE THEY - COME WITH A PROPOSAL THAT - IS, WHAT, LESS THAN A - THIRD OF WHAT THE - PRESIDENT, WHICH OUT OF - THE BOX IS SAYING HE - WANTS. - DO DEMOCRATS 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. - THEIR WORRY IS THAT, AS - TAM POINTED OUT, THIS WILL - BE ANOTHER 2009, WHERE THE - WHITE HOUSE SPENT SO MUCH - TIME TRYING TO PULL IN - REPUBLICANS, THAT THEY - WASTE THE OPPORTUNITY AND - THEY GET TOO SMALL OF A - PACKAGE. - THE OTHER RISK, I THINK IF - YOU'RE DEMOCRATS, OR IF - YOU'RE AT THE BIDEN WHITE - HOUSE, IN DOING A

- BIPARTISAN BILL, VOTERS - DON'T REALLY FOCUS ON - PROCESS AND PROCEDURE. - WE LOVE IT BECAUSE IT IS - WHAT WE DO, BUT I DON'T - KNOW THAT VOTERS ARE - PAYING AS MUCH ATTENTION. - WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO PAY - ATTENTION TO, JUDY, - ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF - THE YEAR, DID IT WORK? - IS THE ECONOMY BACK ON - TRACK? - IS UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN? - HAS THE VACNE - DISTRIBUTION PROCESS - ACTUALLY GONE MUCH MORE - SMOOTHLY? - ARE SCHOOLS REOPENED? - IF THOSE THINGS AREN'T - HAPPENING AT THE END OF - THE YEAR, IT IS NOT GOING - TO MATTER THAT IT WAS A - BIPARTISAN BILL. - GUESS WHO IS GOING TO GET - THE BLAME FOR THINGS NOT - GOING WELL? - PRESIDENT BIDEN AND - DEMOCRATS. - SO IF YOUR WORRY IS, AS - DEMOCRATS ARE, WHICH WANT - TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING - INTO 2022 WITH A HOT - ECONOMY, WITH THINGS BACK - ON TRACK, THAT IS YOUR - RISK IN SAYING MAYBE - PULLING BACK JUST TO GET - REPUBLICANS ON BOARD, BUT - YOU'LL GET ALL OF THE - BLAME OR ALL OF THE - CREDIT, NO MATTER WHAT - HAPPENS. - >> Woodruff: TAM, DOES

- THE PRESIDENT NEED TO - WORRY ABOUT PROGRESSIVES - IN HIS PARTY WHO REALLY - BELIEVE THAT MORE MONEY - NEEDS TO BE SPENT? - AND ARE LOOKING AT HIM AND - SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE, - WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? - IF HE WERE TO BEND IN THE - DIRECTION OF REPUBLICANS. - >> Yamiche: THERE IS - CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE. - WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME - TALKING ABOUT DIVISIONS IN - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, - WHICH ARE NOT REALLY - POLICY DIVISIONS. - BUT IN THE DEMOCRATIC - PARTY, THERE ARE ALSO - CHALLENGES, TOO. - YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO - FIND SOMETHING THAT - VERMONT SENATOR BERNIE - SANDERS, WHO IS CHAIRMAN - OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, - AND JOE MNUCHIN OF WEST - VVIRGINIA CAN AGREE ON, AND - THAT IS NOT EASY. - THIS WILL BE A REAL TEST, - ESPECIALLY IN DEMOCRATS - END UP DECIDING TO GO THE - ROUTE OF RECONCILIATION, - THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WIGGLE - ROOM. - THEY HAVE TO KEEP JOE - MANCHIN ON BOARD. - AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAS - BEEN TALKING TO HIM

- REGULARLY. - >> Woodruff: ALL RIGHT. - AMY, JUST A QUICK POST - SCRIPT, THE GOVERNOR OF - WEST VIRGINIA, A - REPUBLICAN, SAYING GOOD TO - GO BIG, WHICH IS - INTERESTING. - >> Amy: PERHAPS GIVING - MANCHIN A LITTLE MORE - INCENTIVE, KNOWING THAT IT - IS COMING FROM - REPUBLICANS. - TO 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 THEY'RE IN THE - MINORITY AND THEY'RE - UNIFIED AGAINST THE PARTY - IN POWER. - WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS - MOMENT IN TIME, IT IS THE - PARTY OUT OF POWER THAT IS - BATTLING OVER WHO IT WANTS - TO BE, IN LARGE PART - BECAUSE TRUMP WON'T EXIT. - BUT GOING FORWARD, IT IS - DEMOCRATS WE'RE GOING TO - PROBABLY SPENDING A LOT - MORE TIME LOOKING AT, THE - POINT THAT TAM MADE ABOUT - TRYING TO KEEP BOTH THE - LEFT PART OF THE PARTY AND - THE MODERATES ON THE SAME - SQUAD.

- >> Woodruff: NOT EVEN - TWO WEEKS IN, AND IT IS - ALREADY EXCITING. - AMY WALTER, TAMARA KEITH, - THANK YOU BOTH. - >> YOU'RE WELCOME. - >> Woodruff: A SYMPHONY REQUIRES - ALL MUSICIANS PLAYING THEIR - PARTS IN HARMONY AND 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." - ♪ ♪ ♪ - >> Reporter: TWO MUSICIANS: ONE - UP AND COMING, THE OTHER, A - RECOGNIZED MASTER. - AND IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC, - THEIR INTERACTION IS ALL REMOTE. - 26-YEAR OLD VIOLIST STEPHANIE - BLOCK:

- >> ONE OF MY FAVORITE EXCERPTS - THAT I LEARNED IS THE PARTIDA - FROM JAZELLE BALLET. - ♪ ♪ ♪ - ♪ ♪ ♪ - >> Reporter: HER MENTOR? - MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS. - ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST - CONDUCRS. - ♪ ♪ ♪ - IN MARCH, TILSON THOMAS WAS - ENDING A 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 DAY 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. - ♪ ♪ ♪ - >> Reporter: THE PLANNED - CELEBRATION OF HIS TENURE?

- CANCELLED. - 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 READ YOUR - METABOLISM UP TO ITS HIGHEST AND - AROUND 10:30 AT NIGHT AND GO - HOME, PUT YOURSELF TO SLEEP AND - THEN DO IT THE NEXT DAY. - THAT'S THE WAY WE LIVE. - AND SUDDENLY THAT WAS ALL GONE. - ♪ ♪ ♪ - >> Reporter: M.T.T., 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. - ♪ ♪ ♪ - CHELSEA SHARPE IS A NEW WORLD - VIOLIN FELLOW. - ♪ ♪ ♪ - >> WOW, YOU SOUND THAT - ABSOLUTELY GREAT SHAPE. - >> Reporter: 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?

- >> Reporter: HERE YOU ARE - WANTING TO BE IN FRONT OF - PEOPLE, TRYING TO GET YOUR START - A CAREER AND MAKE A LIFE AS A - MUSICIAN. - HOW HARD HAS IT BEEN AND HOW - HAVE YOU COPED WITH IT? - >> WE FINALLY HAD TIME TO SORT - OF REFLECT AND, PERSONALLY - SPEAKING, I WAS GRATEFUL FOR - THAT TIME TO JUST SIT WITH THE - INSTRUMENT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE - THINK ABOUT SOME THINGS - TECHNICALLY THAT I HADN'T HAD - THE LUXURY OF TIME TO KIND OF - THINK ABOUT BEFORE. - >> Reporter: A LUXY TILSON - THOMAS BELIEVES THEY ALL NEED. - >> NORMALLY 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. - ♪ ♪ ♪ - >> Reporter: THAT'S JUST WHAT - LOS ANGELES NATIVE CORBIN CASTRO - HAS MANAGED, CREATING AN ONLINE - MUSIC ACADEMY FROM SCRATCH FOR - CHILDREN AGED 8-12. - 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. - >> Reporter: 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 - >> Reporter: 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 - TIME OF NOT DOING SO.

- AND THEN IT'S THE COURAGE TO - KIND OF BURY YOUR SOUL AGAIN AND - GIVE YOURSELF TO WHOEVER NEEDS - IT. - >> Reporter: 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, IN COMMUNITIES. - THEY'RE MUCH MORE DEDICATED TO - IT AND I THINK THE NEW WAYS THAT - THEY'RE GOING ABOUT THIS WILL - BRING GREAT NEW THINGS. - ♪ ♪ ♪ - >> Reporter: IT IS A COMMITMENT - TESTED AND REDISCOVERED DURING - PANDEMIC. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR I'M JEFFREY - BROWN. - >> FOR THE PBS "NEWSHOUR," - I'M JEFFREY BROWN. - >> Woodruff: SUCH A - GREAT STORY, AND ON THE - PBS "NEWSHOUR" ONLE, 37 - STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF - COLUMBIA SUSPEND DRIVERS'

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