PBS NewsHour; February 28, 2020, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- F.DY: GOOD EVENING. - I'M JUDY WOO - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, THE - OUTBREAK SPREADS. - FEARS RISE AS THE CORONAVIRUS - CONTINUES ITS MARCH ACROSS THE - GLOBE. - WORLD STOCK MARKETS DROP AGA. - THEN, ENDING THE LONGEST WAR. - TER NEARLY TWO DECADES OF - FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN, THE - U.S. PREPARES TO SIGN A PEACE - N.DEAL WITH THE TALIBA - PLUS, LI DESJARDINS IS IN - SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE VOTERS WILL - HAVE THE FINAL WORD BEFORE THE - DEMOCRATS SUPER TUESDAY - PRIMARIES. - >> I'M GOING TO SAY WHO CAN - STAND AND HAVE A FAIR FIGHT - AGAINST A TRU LET THE PEOPLE - DECIDE. - JUDY: AND MARK SHIELDS AND DAVID - BROOKS ARE HERE TO ANALYZE THE - WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO THE - TBAK AND THE PRESIDENTIAL

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- IS GENERATING NEW INFECTIONS AND - NEW COMMERCIAL CHAOS TONIGHT. - THIS SENT WALL STREET ANOTHER - WORST WEEK SINCE OCTOBER 2008. - DOTHJONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - FELL NEARLY 1100 POINTS. - PIT ENDED LOSING 357 POINTS TO - CLOSE AT 25,409. - THE NASDAQ MANAGED TO RISE ONE - POINT AND THE S&P 500 FELL 24. - AT THE WHITE HOUSE, ECONOMIC - ADVISOR LARRY KUDLOW SAID HE - EXPECTS E MARKET TO COME BACK - FAIRLY QUICKLY. - >> I ACKNOWLEDGE THE SITUATION - COULD DETERIORATE, BUT GIVEN - WHAT WE KNOW FACTUALLY, IT LOOKS - TO ME LIKE THE MARKET HAS GONE - TOO FAR. - I THINK EVERYBODY, WHETHER YOU - ARE AN INVESTOR OR AN ORDINARY - MAIN STREET PERSON, PEOPLE - SHOULD NOT OVERREACT

- JUDY: THE MARKET FRENZY CAME AS - MORE THAN 3500 NEW CAS WERE - REPORTED IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES - TODAY. - DISRUPTIONS TO PLANS AND TYPICAL - BUSINESS ARE GROWING TOBOUGHOUT - THE - IN GENEVA, THEWISS GOVERNMENT - CAME THE LATEST TO BAN LARGE - PUBLIC EVENTS, SCRAPPING AN - INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW. - >> WE KNOW THIS WILL HAVE A - SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON PUBLIC - LIFE, BUT THE MOVE IS EXPECTED - LICPROVIDE PROTECTION TO P - HEALTH. - JUDY: REPORTS POURED IN FROM - AROUND THE GLOBE THAT THE - CORONAVIRUS HAS DISRUPTED - EVENTS, COMMERCE, AND TRAVEL. - AS AIRLINES CUT FLIGHTS TO A - NUMBER OF ASIAN COUNTRIES,NDOKYO - DISNEYLA AND OTHER THEME PARKS - WERE CLOSED. - INLY ITA, WHERE CASES HAVE - STEADILYOF INCREASEDCIALS - SAY JITTERS OVER THE VIRUS HAVET - AF TOURISM.

- >> BOOKINGS HAVE COLLAPSED ALL - OVER ITALY. - IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED - SITUATION. - JUDY: I ONE SWIURANCE - COMPANY EVEN PUT IN PLACE A NO - HANDSHAKING POLICY. - IN IRAN, WORKERS SPRAYED - SHRINECTANT AT A SHIITE - AS PRAYERS AND PARTS OF THE - COUNTRY WERE CANCELED. - IN SOUTH, KORNDREDS FLOCKED - TO STORES TO BUY MASKSND - WORKERS CONTINUED TO CANVAS - PUBLIC PLACES. - AS FEARS OVER CORONAVIRUS RISE,H - WORLD HERGANIZATION - OFFICIALS RAISED THEIR RISK - ASSESSMENT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL. - >> HEALTH SYSTEMS AROUND THE - READY AND NEE - TO BE BETTER PREPARED. - IT IS TIME PREPARE. - IT IS TIME TO GET READY. - IT IS TIME TO ACT. - PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE A REALITY - CHECK. - JUDY: THE LIST OF AMERICAN - BUSINESSES CANCELING TRAVEL, - MEETINGS, AND EVENTS ALSO GREW.

- AMAZON TOLD ITS EMPLOYEES TO - DEFER NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL, EVEN - WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. - YESTERDAY, FACEBOOK SAID IT - WOULD CANCEL ITS BIGGEST EVENT - OF THE YEAR, AN ANNUAL - THE POLITICS OF THE VIRUS - INTENSIFIED. - IN WASHINGTON, WHITE HOUSE - ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF MICK - MULVANEYCCUSED DEMOCRATS AND - THE NEWS MEDIA OF STOKING FEARS - TO HURT PRESIDENT TRUMP. - >> THE REASON YOU ARE SEEING - MUCH ATTENTION TO IT TODAY IS - THAT THIS IS WHAT BREAKS DOWN - THE PRESIDENT. - JUDY: ON CAPITOL HILL, DEMOCRATS - BLAMED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR - POLITICIZING THE OUTBREAK. - >> THE CAREER PROFESSIONALS SAY - THAT THIS MMUNITY SPREAD IS - INEVITABLE. - IT IS A QUESTION OF WHEN, NOT - IF. - BUT THE POLITICAL PEOPLE A - SAYING THIS IS NOTHING. - JUDY: TODAY THE CENTERS FOR - DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION - SAID IT AIMS TO HAVE VIRUS

- TESTING KITS IN EVERY STATE BY - THE END OF NEXT WEEK. - IOMORE THAN $3 TRIOF VALUE - WERE WIPED OUT FROM AMERICAN - OCKS THIS WEEK, JUST DAYS - AFTER THE MARKETS WERE AT RECORD - HIGHS. - THE FEDEL RESERVE CHAIRMAN - TOOK THE UNUSUAL STEP OF ISSUING - A STATEMENT ABOUT THE - FUNDAMENTAL STRENGTH OF THE - ECONOMY. - HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE - CORONAVIRUS POSES RISK AND SAID - THE FED WOULD ACT IF NEEDED, - SIGNALING A POSSIBLE RATE CUT. - THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERINGNFIRMED - PURSUING A TARGETED TAX CUT - PACKAGE. - CARLNE TAUM IS THE EXECUTIVE - VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF - ECONOMIST FOR NORTHERN TRUST. - WELCOME TO THE NEWSHOUR. - THE MARKET DIDN'T END THE DAY AS - DOWN AS THEY WERE EARLIER, BUT - STILL ANOTHER WILD RIDE. - HOW DO YOU INTERPRET THE FORCES - AT WORK HERE?

- >> I THINK OVER THE LAST WEEK - THE MARKETS HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING - A MASSIVE REEVALUATION OF THE - I THINK WHAT THE MARKET MAY BE - REACTING TO IS HOW PUBLIC HEALTH - OFFICIALS ANDHE PRIVATE SECTOR - WILLAL REACT TTHIS. - TO IMPEDCOMMERCE MEASURES TEND - THEY MAY BE SLOW TO REMOVE THEM - RSEVEN AS THE COAST CL - INTERRUPTION IN THE GLOBAL - SUPPLY CHAINS AND AN - INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE - BUSINESSES LIKE TRAVEL. - DEMAND SHOCK.A SUPPLY AND A - PERHAPS THE MARKET NEEDED TO - REEVALUATE ITS EXPECTATIONS FOR - ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. - JUDY: WHAT IS IT THAT IS GOING - ON IN THE ECONOMY AND IN THE - REACTION TTHE CORONAVIRUS THAT - IS MOST CONCERNING TWO PEOPLE - LIKE YOU? - >> IN HEAVIER INDUSTRIES, IF YOU

- CAN'T GET PARTS TO YOUR PLAN, - T FINISH PRODUCTS. - THE WAY THINGS ARE WORKING IN - ASIA, IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET - THOSE SUPPLIES. - COMPANIES ARE TIED CLOSELY TO - CHINA AND OTHER ASIAN VENDORS. - THAT MEANS THEIR BUSINESS IS - SLOW AND THEY MIGHT HAVE TO - FURLOUGH WORKERS. - R RVICE BUSINESSES, THE - LOGISTICS, THE MOVEMENT OF - PEOPLE, ARE VERY SLOW. - 'THERE'IS ALSO A PSYCHOLOGY - DEVELOPING THAT WILL NEED TO BE - MANAGED CAREFULLY. - PEOPLE OFTENSSUME THE WORST - AND THAT CAN CREATE DECISIONS - THAT PERPETUATE A NEGATIVE - CYCLE. - JUDY: HOW DID YST READ THE FED - EMENT TODAY FROM CHAIRMAN - POWELL? - >> I THINK THE STATEMENT WAS - ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE. - IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS JUST ISN'T - A MARKET CORRECTION, THAT THERE - IS SOMETHING FUNDAMENTAL - UNDERNEATH IT.

- FOR THE FED TO CONTINUE TO - PURSUE ITS OBJECTIVES, IT MIGHT - NEED TO LOWER INTEREST RATES. - IT WILL RESTORE SOME CONFIDENCE - AND HELP FINANCIAL CONDITIONS. - JUDY: IF THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY - THE RIGHT TOOL, WHAT COULD BE - THE RIGHT TOOL, AND WHENHIOU - HEAR THE W HOUSE IS - CONSIDERING TAX CUTS, WHAT DID - THAT SAY TO YOU? - >> LIKE THE FLU ITSELF, - SOMETIMES THE BEST REMEDY IS TO - LET IT RUN ITS COURSE. - BUT THERE ARE SOME THERAPIES - THAT CAN BEPPLIED IN THE - INTERIM. - IN THE CASE OF FISCAL POLICY, - SOME AID TO PREPARE HEALTH - OFFICIALS FOR DEALING WITH C - WHATEVER MIGE OUR WAY, AS - WEES AS SOME HELP FOR INDUST - WILL HELP THEM TO FROM - TAKING FURTHER STEPS THAT COULD - DAMAGE OUR ECONOMY. - JUDY: WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT - TAX CUTS? - D COAT BE EFFECTIVE? - >> I THINK SOME FISCAL MEAELRES - COULD BEUL. - THEY SHOULD BE DESIGNED SO THEY

- T WITH THE MOST FORCE OVER THE - NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS. - EVEN IN A WORST-CASE SCENARIO, - IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT GLOBAL - SUPPLY CHAINS WILL BE BACK - ONLINE. - WHAT WE NEED HELP WITH IS THE - SHORT TERM. - JUDY: CARL TANNENBAUM WITH - NORTHERN TRUST, THANK YOU VERY - MUCH. - THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE - CONTROL'S NEW TIMELINE FOR - GETTIN CORONAVIRUS DIAGNOSTIC - TESTING KITS TO EVERY STATE W - WELCOME WS TODAY BUT THERE HAD - BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE - TESTS IN THE EVENT OF A REAL - OUTBREAK. - ALSO, LARGER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE - ABILITY TO DEAL WITH A MAJOR - SURGE OF PATIENTS. - DENNIS CARROLL IS THE FORMER - DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. AGENCY - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS - HE HEADS A NONPROFIT GLOBAL - PREPAREHIP WORKING TO - FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE VIRAL - THREATS. - WELCOME TO THE NEWSHOUR. - RIGHT NOW, DOES THE UNITED

- STATES HAVE IN PLACE THE - SYSTEMS, THE MATERLS TO - ADDRESS WHAT MAY BE COMING? - DENNIS: THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. - WE DO HAVE THE PLANS FOR WHAT IS - NEEDED. - I THINK THE PUBLIC HEALTH - COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES - AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE - CONTROL HAVE AN EXCELLENT PLAN - ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS - SITUATION. - AND FOR TWO MONTHS WE'VE KNOWN - THAT THIS IS AN IMMINENT THREAT. - A MONTH AGO, THE WHOIS SIGNALED - AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EVENT - OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN. - SULD HAVE INITIATED - POLITICAL LEADERSHIPP TO S - FORWARD AND BEGIN AUTHORIZING - THE USE OF THESE PLANS. - WWH HAVE NOT SEEN IS THE - EXECUTION OVER THEEADERSHIP OF - POLITICAL COMMUNITIES. - JUDY: SO YOU ARE SAYING IT HAS - BEEN SLOWER THANT SHOULD HAVE - BEEN. - A LOT OF FOCUSN THOSE. - ARE THERE ENOUGH AVAILABLE N

- FOR WHAT MAY BE COMING IN THE - NEAR FUTURE? - DENNIS:UT ABSY NOT. - THE STRATEGIC USE OF THESE KITS - AS DEFINED BY THE CENTERS FOR - DISEASE CONTROL LIMIT WHERE WE - ARE TESTING. - IT IS LARGELY AROUND POPULATIONS - COMING FROM WHAT WE T KNOBE - INFECTED AREAS. - WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUTHAT MAY - OR M NOT BE CIRCULATING WITHIN - THE UNITED STATES. - WE'VE ONLY TESTED 500 PEOPLE. - SOH KOREAAS TESTED TENS OF - THOUSANDS. - JUDY: ARE THERE KITS AVAILABLE - ELSEWHERE AROUND THE GLOBE? - DENNIS: I DON'T REALLY HAVE - INSIGHT IN THAT, BUT IT IS - CLEAR THAT THERE'S BEEN A REAL - CHALLENGE ON THE PART OF THE - UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE THESE - KITS. - HISTORICALLY, THE U.S. AND - CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROHAS - BEEN A LEADER IN BEING ABLE TO - EPIDEMICS.HESE KITS FOR OTHER - I THINK WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT

- IS A CSEQUENCE OF UNDERFUNDING - AND UNDER ATTENTION. - THIS CAN'T TURN ON T SPIGOT - AND MAKE A KIT AVAILABLE. - JUDY: WE HEARD ALEX AZAR SAY - TODAY THE RISK OF AMERICANS - CONTRACTING THE VIRUS REMAINS - LOW, BUTLDMERICANS CECOME - INFECTED AND THE VAST MAJORITY - WOULD HAVE LOW-LEVEL SYMPTOMS, - BUT 30%, DOES THAT ALARM YOU - DOES THAT SOUND LIKE WHAT YOU - WOULD EXPE? - DENNIS: THE WORLD HEALTH - ORGANIZATION DECLARED THAT THIS - IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL EMERGENCY. - FOR THE WHOLE GLOBE. - I THINK WHAT WE ARE RECOGNIZINGD - 'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE - WILL BE INFECTED, BUT IT WILL BE - COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION. - WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR TH. - SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF THE - POPULATION WILL BE INFECTED.

- THE NUMBERS WE SEE COMING OUT OF - HAIA, WE SHOULD BE VERY - CONCERNED ABOUTHAPPENING - HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. - JUDY: WHAT DO YOU WANT TONG SEE - CO FROM THE FEDERAL - GOVERNMENT, THE IMPORTANT POINTS - INSIDE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THE - CONFIDENCE THAT THE COUNTRY IS - MORE READY THEN YOU SAY IT IS? - DEIS: WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST - THAT EFFECTIVE RESPONSE BEGINS - WITH LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP. - THAT HAS A WAY OF TRICKLING DOWN - THROUGH THE ENTIRE SYSTE - YOU ASKED WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO - SEE. - THE WHITE HOUSE REALLY TAKING - THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY AND - RECOGNIZING THAT THIS REPRESENTS - AN EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC HEALTH - RISK. - JUDY: DENNIS CAROL, THANK YOU. - ♪ - VANESSA: I AM VANESSA RUIZ - FILLING IN FOR STEPHANIE SY.

- WE WILL RETURN TO JUDY WOODRUFF - AFTER THESE HEADLINES. - THE C CONFIRMING THIS EVENING - THAT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF A - SECOND POSSIBLE INSTANCE OF - COMMUNITY SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN - CALIFORNIA. - HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY TOL PATIENT - IS AR WOMAN WITH CHRONIC - HEALTH CONDITIONS. - A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN SAN - FRANCISCO TEMPORARILY BCKING - THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S - REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY. - NEARLY 60,000 LEGAL - ASYLUM-SEEKERS HAVE BEEN - RETURNED TO MEXICO WHILE THEIR - CASES ARE DECIDED. - TODAY'S RULING STOPS THE POLICY - THE ADMINISTRATION IS EXPECTED - TO APPEAL. - NMOUNTING CHAOS SYRIA TOUCHED - OFF HEAVY FIGHTING AND URGENT - DIPLOMACY TODAY. - FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT - NICK SCHIFRIN HAS OUR REPORT. - NICK: ON THE BORDER THAT - SEPARATES TURKEY FROM SYRIA, THE - TWO COUNTRIES' MILITARIES ARE

- HAMMERING EACH OTHER. - TURKEY LAUNCHED MULTIPLE ATTACKS - AGAINST SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES - IN RETALIATION FOR SYRIAN - AIRSTRIKES THAT KILLED - TURKISH SOLDIERS. - OVER 200 SYRIAN REGIME TARGETS - WERE STRUCK BY UNMANNED AERIAL - AIRCRAFT AND LAND-BASED - RESOURCES - ATTACK.G THIS HEINOUS - INSIDE SYRIA, THE TURKISH - AGAINST THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT AND - HIS ALLIED RUSSIA. - NEARBY, THE TURKISH MILITARY HAS - DEOYED OUTPOSTS NEAR THE - BORDER. - SYRIAN CIVILIANS WERE FORC - INTO REFUGEE CAMPS WHERE - CHILDREN HAVE LITTLE TO DEFEND - AGAINST A NEW ADVERSARY. - THESE DISPLACED FAMILIES HAVE - SPENT YEARS FLEEING VIOLENCE. - THEY ARE HOPING TO ESCAPE TO - TURKEY. - >> IF A THE SYRIAN REGI ITS - ALLIES ARE IN CHARGE, WE HAVE NO - OPTION BUT TO GO TO TURKEY AND - FROM TURKEY TO EUROPE. - NICK IN TURKEY, SYRIAN REFUGEES

- WHO HAVE SPENT MONTHS OR YEARS - SHELTERING ARE TRYING TO ENTER - GREECE AFTER TURKEY HINTED AT - OP - SOME MIGRANTS BOARDING DINGHIES - RITO MAKE THE US JOURNEY BY - OF 2015 WHEEMORIES - ALMOST A MILLION REFUGEES RISKED - EUROPE.K ASYLUM IN - TO TRY AND REDUCE TPRSIONS, - TURKISIDENT EVERYONE SPOKE - WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN. - INFOLLAN EMERGENCY MEETING, - NATO SEC - RUSSIA AND SYRIA TO STOP BOMBING - CIVILIANS. - >> I CALL ON THEM TO STOP THEIR - OFFENSIVE, TO RESPECT - INTERNATIONAL LAW. - NICK: THE U.S. SAYS IT SUPPORTS - THE TURKISH OPERATION, BUT HAS - NOT PROVIDED MATERIAL SUPPORT TO - HELP END THE CRISIS. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M NIFR - SC. - VANESSA: IN AFGHANISTAN, A LULL

- IN VIOLENCE HAS SET THE STAGE - FOR A PEACE AGREEMENT. - PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED TODAY - THAT SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE - POMPEO WILL WITNESS THE SIGNING - IN QATAR. - INDIA'S CAPITA CITY TRIED TO - RETURN TO CALM TODAY AFTER HINDU - MUSLIM RIOTING LEFT 40 PEOPLE - DEAD. - POLICE UPPED THEIR PRESENCE IN - THE CAPITAL WHERE SOME - NEIGHBORODS WERE BURNED. - THE VIOLENCE ERUPTED AFTER - MONTHS OFST PROAGAINST A - CITIZENSHIP LAW THAT FAVORS - NON-MUSLIMS. - PRESIDENT TRUMP NOMINATED - CONGRESSMAN JOHN RATCLIFFE TO BE - DIRECTOR OATNAL - INTELLIGENCE. - HE INITIALLY SAID HE WOULD - NOMINATE THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN - LAST JULY. - THE PLAN STALLED AFTER SENATE - REPUBLICANS QUESTIONED HIS LACK - OF EXPERIENCE IN THE - INTELLIGENCE FIELD. - THE U.S. HOUSE JUDICIARY - COMMITTEEN LAUNCHED - INVESTIGATION OF ATTORNEY - GENERAL WILLIAM BARR. - CHAIRMAN JERRY NADLER SAID THE

- FOCUSBL IS POS POLITICAL - MEDDLING IN CRIMINAL CASES. - IT INCLUDES HIS PUSH FOR A - GHTER SENTENCE FOR ROGERNT - STONE, PRESI TRUMP ALLY WHO - WAS CONVICTED OF LYING TO - CONGRESS. - STILL TO COME, AFTER NEARLY TWO - DECADES OF FHTING, THE U.S. - AND THE TALIBAN PREPARE TO MAKE - A DEAL. - IN SOUTH CAROLINA, VOTERS ARE ON - THE EVE OF MAKING THEIR PRIMARY - CHOICE. - MARK SHIELDS AND DAVID BROOKS - BREAK DOWNHE THE POLITICS OF T - OUTBREAK. - PLUS MUCH MORE. - ♪ - THIS IS THE PBS NEWSHOUR FROM - WASHINGTON AND FROM THWALTER - CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT - ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. - JUDY: IN EARLY OCTOBER 2000 ONE, - THE FIRST U.S. MILITARY - SPERSONNE FOOT IN - AFGHANISTAN. - TODAY THERE ARE U.S. SOLDIERS - DEPLOYED TO AHANISTAN WHO WERE

- NOT BORN IN OCTOBER 2001. - TORROW, THE UNITED STATES WILL - SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE - TALIBAN WHO GOVERNMENT THE - U.S. DEPOSED MORE THAN 18 YEARS - AGO, AND BIN A PROCESS THAT - MAY END AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR. - CK SCHIFRIN IS BACK WITH THIS - LOOK AT THE DETAILS AND THE - STAKES. - NICK: ALONG THE BANKS OF THE - KABUL RIVER, THERE IS A RARE AND - PRECIOUS COMMODITYVAABLE IN - THE MARKET. - HOPE. - >> WE ARE HAPPY AND HOPEFUL THAT - NS WILLLING OF THE AFG - END.GOD WILLING, A LASTING PEACE - AGREEMENT WILL BE SIGNED. - NICK: FOR SEVEN DAYS, KABUL HAS - BEEN QUIET ENOUGH FOR MILITARY - OFFICIALS TO TAKE A STROLL. - GENERAL SCOTT MILLER AND ACTING - DEFENSE MINISTER SELEKA LEAD SAY - THEY HAVE HELD THEIR FIRE AND - THE TALIBAN HAVE AN ABILITY TE. - REDUCE VIOLE - >> A DOWNWARD TREND IN VIOLENCE.

- >> THE SACRIFICES OF OUR - HARD-WORKING AFGHAN FORCES A - THE PATIENT'S OF OUR GREAT - NATION BECAUSE THIS REDUCTION IN - VIOLENCE. - WE HOPE THIS RESULT IN A - CEASE-FIRE AND ENDURING ACE. - NICK: TOMORROW IN DOHA, LEAD - U.S. NEGOTIATORS ARE EXPECTED TO - SIGN A PEACE DEAL WITH THE - TALIBAN. - E TOP U.S. PRIORITY IS THE - ITEM, TALIB FIRST - REPUDIATION OF AL QAEDA AND - ISIS. - >> IT CONTAINS PROVISIONS FOR - THE TALIBAN TO DENOUNCE SUPPORT - OF AL QAEDA. - NO TRAINING AREAS, NO FUNDING, - NO ORGANIZATIONS WILL PLAN ANY - ATTACKS. - NICK: SCOTT DIRECTS THE - AFGHANISTAN AND CENTRAL ASIA - PROGRAM. - HE SAYS PROGRESS WILL LEAD TO A - STAGED U.S. WITHDRAWAL. - >> IT IS CONDITIONAL ON WHETHER

- THE TALIBAN WILL HOLD THEIR - AGREEMENTS, PARTICULARLY WITH - LINKS CK TERRORISM. - THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE MAY - BE ITEM NUMBER THREE, DIRECT - NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TALIBAN - AND A S - ASHRAF GHANI HAS CELEBRATED HIS - REELECTION AS PRESIDENT. - HICHIEF RIVAL SAYS HE IS - PRESIDENT AND REJECNOD RECENTLY - CED RESULTS. - >> THERE NEEDSO BE SOME DEGREE - OF PITICAL STABILITY. - WHILE THIS IS TALKING ABOUT U.S. - TROOP WITHDRAWAL AND TIBAN - COUNTERTERRORISM GRANTEES, - NONE OF THAT WOULD BE WORTH MUCH - OVERTIME IF THERE'S NOTRE - POLITICAECT. - NICK: TALKS ARE SCHEDULED TO - BEGIN MARCH 10 IN OS - THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT HASN'T YET - AGREED ON A PROMISED PRISON - TSRELEASE FOREGOTIATING - TEAM. - GHANI WANTS HIS TEAM. - THE U.S. WANTS A MORE INCLUSIVE - >> THERE ARE SOME DIVISIONS. - THE DEGREE OF UNITY AT THE TALKS

- EGANSLATES TO THEE OF - STRENGTH AND LEVERAGE THAT THE - THE LACK OF UNITY IS ANHE. - IMPEDIMENT TO SUCCESSFUL - NEGOTIATIONS. - NICK: THE TALIBAN HAVE NEVER - RENOUNCED THEIR DIRE TO - DOMINATE THE COUNTRY. - TRANSFORMED.AFGHANISTAN HAS - WOMEN ARE EDUCATED. - THERE ARE MODERN COMMUNICATIONS. - AAND AFGHANS ADVOCATE F - DIRECT SAY IN WHO GOVERNS THEM. - A HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE FEARS - PROGRESS IS DELICATE. - >> RIGHT NOW WOME'S CONCERNS - ARE CONSIDERED SERIOUSLY AND - THEIR VOICES AREEARD. - WHEN THE TALIBAN COMES TO THE - COUNTRY, WILL THEY ACCEPT WOMEN - IN THE SAME WAY? - NICK: FOR THE U.S., THIS IS THE - MOST SERIOUSFFT TO END THE - WAR. - PRESIDENT TRUMP IS UNINTERESTED

- IN KEEPING U.S. TROOPS IN - AFGHISTAN IF THEY ARE MOSTLY - ADVISING AFGHANS - >> THEY HAVE TO POLICE THEIR OWN - COUNTRY. - AFTER 19 YEARS, WE WOULD LIKE TO - BRING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BACK - HOME. - NICK: THE U.S. HOPES THAT - TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEGINNING - OF THENDF THE LONGT WAR - THAT LONG AGO BECAME A GRINDING - AND BLOODY STALEMATE. - SCHIFRIN.BS NEWSHOUR, - ♪ - NOW, THE POLLS OPEOUTHURS FROM - CAROLINA, THE LAST DEMOCRATIC - PRIMARY BEFORE SUPER TUESDAY. - LISA REPORTS ON HOW VOTERS IN - RESPONDING TO PRESTIAL - CANDIDATES' CLOSING ARGUMENTS. - LISA: IF YOU WANO WIN IN - SOUTH CAROLINA, YOU GET OFF THE

- HIGHWAY WHERE JOE BIDEN WAS - TODAY FOR HIS FINAL PITCH. - BLACKS MAKE UP THE OVERWHELMING - MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS IN THIS - STATE ANDEN BKEY SUPPORT. - >> T LS NATION ISN'KING FOR - A REVOLUTION. - THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PROGRESS. - THEY ARE LOOKING FOR RESULTS. - SA: SUMTER IS NEAR THE STATE'S - MIDDLE, PART OF A RIBBON OF - COUNTIES ON EITHER SIDE OF ONE - PARTICULAR HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE - 95. - ANOTHER DOWN THE ROAD IS - ORANGEBURG COUNTY. - BILLIONAIRE ACTIVIST TOM STEYER - HAS RETURNED REPEATEDLY FOR - MONTHS. - HE INSISTS TO US -- - >> SOUTH CAROLINA IS A CHANCE TO - SHOW THAT I CAN T PULLETHER A - DIVERSE COALITION. - LISA: BUT F BLACK VOTERS, THIS - IS ABOUT A WIDE SET OF ISSUES. - AT SOUTH CAROLINA STATE - UNIVERSITY, THAT MEANS

- UNDERFUNDED HISTORICALLY BLACK - COLLEG AND OVERBURDENED - STUDENTS. - >> I DON'T LIKE LOANS. - >> EVEN MAKING IT AFFORDABLE FOR - STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL OF - THEIR CHOICE. - LISA: WHILE ELIZABETH WARREN HAS - CREATEBUZZ HERE, ESPECIALLY - WHEN APPEARING ON CAMPUS WITH - JOHN LEGEND, THE PROGRESSIVE TOP - DOG IS VERMONT SENATOR BERNIE - SANDERS. - >> THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO - INVEST IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, IN - JOBS ANDDUCATION, NOT MORE - JAILS AND INCARCERATION. - LISA: HIS VOTERS ARE PART OF A - MOVEMENT. - >> I THINK HE CAN DO IT. - >> I THINK ENOUGH DEMOCRATS - WOULD GET BEHIND HIM. - IF HE WERE TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF TO - MORE PEOPLE, DON'T BE AFRAID OF - THE WORD SOCIALISM. - >> I'M A DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST. - I USED TO BE PRETTY - MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD. - AS TMP AND HIS PEOPLE HAVE - GOTTEN STRONGER. - LISA: HIS AUDIENCE IS LARGE

- HEREBUT THE PAST TWO DAYS AT - LEAST, THEY HAVE BEEN LARGELY - WHITE, WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO - BIDEN. - >> CONTRARY TO POPULAR RELIEF, - WE ARE PRETTY DIVERSE. - LISA: COMMUNITY LEADER HAROLD - MCLEAN INVITED US INTO HIS HOMEH - E HE BARBECUES IN BIG - BATCHES AND STOCKPILES HIS - HOMETOWN GINGER ALE. - >> L IT STARTED IN TTLE TOWN - IN SOUTH CAROLINA. - LISA: HE WAS THE FIRST IN HIS - FAMILY TO GO TO COLGE. - AS A STUDENT PROTESTER INVI 196, - HE SD THE ORANGEBURG - MASSACRE IN WHICH STATE - SHOT AT 200 STUDENTS, KILLING - THREE. - >> I LIVED THAT. - LISA: THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER - QUALITY ARE REAL CONCERNS. - >> I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT - SEES THESE ISSUE - I INK MY CULTURE SEES THESE

- CULTURE IN THIS COUNTRY.RY OTHER - LISA: HE TRUSTS BIDEN, BELIEVES - HE CAN UNIFY, AND THATOO SANDERS - GOESAR. - >> IF YOU GIVE EVERYBODY - ANYTHING, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO - WORK FOR ANYTHING. - LISA: TAKE ONE MORE DRIVE, THIS - TIME TO ATE PLACE FEW CANDI - GO, FAIRFIELDOUY HAS - STRUGGLED AFTER DECADES OF A - LONG DOMINO RUN OF MAJOR JOB AND - BUSINESS LOSS. - THE RELATIVELY NEW RESTAURANT - NEXT DOOR IS GAMBLINGETHINGS CAN - CH BUT LYNN TUCKER IS - UNSURE ABOUT THAT TED ABOUT HIS - >> THE ECONOMY IS REALLY BAD. - EVERYTHING IS HIGHER NOW, - HIGHER-PRICED. - BUT NO MORE PAY. - THE DECISION IS HARD. - HARDER THIS TIME AROUND. - LISA: CRYSTAL OWNS RESTAURANT

- NEXT DOOR, A FAMILY BUSINESS - EIGHT DOWN TO FAMOUS - DOUGHNUTS. - SHE IS UNDECIDED. - >> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHO CAN - BE TRUMP.M - I'ING TO SAY WHO CAN STAND - AND HAVE A FAIR FIGHT AGNST - TRUMP AND LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE. - LISA: ELECTABILITY IS A KEY - ARGUMENT FROM PETE BUTTIGIEG, - ALSO CRISSCROSSING SOUTH - CAROLINA - SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR HAS BEEN - IN AND OUT OF THE STATE. - BUT THE TITLE FIGHT HERE IS - THREE-WAY. - BIDEN, SANDE, AND STIER. - FIGHT OVER WHO APPEALS TO - RURAL AND BLACK VOTERS AND WHO - RES.LY UNDERSTANDS THEIR ISS - JUDY: LISA JOINS ME NOW FROM A - JOE BIN RALLY IN SPARTANBURG. - LISA, JUST YESTERDAY YOU WERE - STANDING IN THAT SPOT DURING A - BERNIE SANDE RALLY. - WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES?

- LISA:TI FASCI DICHOTOMY. - YESTERDAY, BERNIE SANDERS WAS AT - THIS COLLEGE, BUT IN THE - BASKETBALL ARENA WITH 2000 - SUPPORTERS. - THIS IS THE VOLLEYBALL COURT - NEXT-DOOR FOR JOE BIDEN, WITH - ABOUT 600 PEOPLE. - JHOWEVE BIDEN HAS THE - VOTERS THAT I THINK EVERYONE - WANTS IN THIS STATE, AFRICAN - AMERICANS. - SANDERS' CROWD YESTERDAY, HIGHLY - WHITE. - THIS CROWD SEEMS TO BE ALMOST - HALF-AND-HALF. - T THAT IS WDEN WANTS TO SEE. - ONE MORE NOTE,ALKING TO VOTERS - TONIGHT, I FEEL THAT ANXIETY - LEVEL FOR DEMOCRATS. - STILL SOME INDECISION, BUT A - LITTLE LESS ANXIOUS. - JUDY: YOU ARE TALKINGPLO A LOT - OF P - ROAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT HOW - IMPORTANT SOUTH NA IS? - LISA: THE IDEA HERE IS TH - BIDEN NEEDS A DECISIVE WIN. - AND HIS CAMPAIGN TLS ME THEY - THINK HE WILL GET MOMENTUM,

- BEING SEEN AS A WINNER GOING - INTO SUPER TUESDAY. - OTHER CAMPAIGNS SAY THERE'S NOT - ENOUGH TIME TO BUILD NEW - MOMENTUM. - SUPER TUESDAY WILL BE IN NORMA'S - FROM MIKE BLOOMBERG, BUT ALSO - ELIZABETH WARREN NEEDS TO - SURPRISE. - THE BUTTIGIEG CAMPAIGN, THEY - WANT TO STAY IN THE TOP THREE. - JUDY:HA LISA DEIN, THANK - YOU. - FOR ME ON THE STATE OF THE - DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, WE TURN TO - THE ANALYSIS OF SHIELDS AN - BROOKS, MARK SHIELDS AND DAVID - BROOKS. - HELLO. - RK, LET'S PICK UP WHERE LISA - LEFT OFF. - THE PEOPLE SHE'S TALKING TO ARE - SAYING THIS IS A STATE THAT JOE - BIDEN HAS TO WIN. - MARK: I SEE IT THE WAY LISA - DOES. - THE TITLE FIGHT IS DOWN TO TOM - STEYER AND BERNIE SANDERS AND - JOE BIDEN. - JOE BIDEN APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD - SHAPE. - HE WAS HELPED BY THE ENDORSEMENT

- OF JIM CLYBURN, THE DEAN OF THE - SOUTH CAROLINA DOCRATS. - NO DEMOCRAT HAS CARRIED SOUTH - CAROLINA IN THE LAST 11 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. - NO DEMOCRAT HAS BEEN ELECTED TO - THE SENATEIN FROM SOUTH CAR - IN THIS CENTURY. - BUT CLYBURN ENDORSING BIDEN, - DIGITS, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT - WINNING ISOMG FIRST. - IF JOE BIDEN WINS BY EIGHT - POINTS, IS THAT A - DISAPPNTMENT? - RIGHT NOW ITKOES L GOOD FOR - HIM AND HE NEEDS IT DESPERATELY - BECAUSE HE HAS SKELETON - CAMPAIGNST AND THE R THE - SUPER TUESDAY STATES. - DAVID: I WAS THINKING0. - IN THE POLLS IT IS AROUND 13 OR - SO. - IF HE HAS AINT WIN, HE CAN - STAY AFLOAT.

- THERE IS A LOGIC TO THINK HE CAN - BE THE ONE. - IF HE DOESN'T DO THAT WELL, I - DON'T REALLY SEE THE LOGIC FOR A - BITING CANDIDACY. - IF HE DOES POORLY OR LOSES, - THERE NO LOGIC TO ME. - SANDERS, IT WILL BE INTERESTING - VOTES HE CAN GET.MERICAN - HE DID WELL WITH LATINOS IN - NEVADA. - IF HE CAN DO WELL, HIS CEILING - IS MUCH HIGHER THAN WE THOUGHT - IT WAS. - JUDY: MARK, YOU PICKED UP ON THE - STRENGTH OF THESEAMIGNS. - WHATEVER HAPPENS, ETHER IT IS - JOE BIDEN BY A BIG LEAD OR JUST - BALY, WHAT SHAPE ARTHES - CAMPAIGNS -- SUPER TUEAY, 14 - STATES? - MARK: EVERY CAMPAIGN ISESSAGE, - MOMENTUM, AND MONEY. - MIKE BLOOMBERG HAS THE MONEY.

- BERNIE SANDERS HAS HAD THE - MOMENTUM UP TO THIS POINT. - BUT THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN RUN - SIMULTANEOUS CAMPAIGNS IN 14 - STATES. - ESPECIALLY BIG, COMPLEX STATES - LIKEEXAS AND CALIFORNIA AND - NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. - REALLY IS UP FOR GRABS. - I'VE TALKED TO AT LEAST HAL IA - DOZEN PEOP VIRGINIA WHO - SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WHO THEY - ARE ING TO VOTE FOR. - THEY ARE KIND OF NARROWING - DOWN. - I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE - SIGNIFICANCE IS GOING TO BE. - I THINK BERNIE IS IN THE BEST - SHAPE. - JUDY: BEST SH:E OVERALL? - MA OVERALL. - BUT IF JOE BIDEN DOES HAVE A 12, - 14 POINT WIN, IT HURTS MIKE - BLOOMBERG. - IT REALLY HELPS BERNIE SANDERS - BECAUSET DIFFUSES THE

- OPPOSITION. - IT DOESN'T FOCUS ON ONE SINGLE - FORMIDABLE CHALLENGER, WHETHER - IT IS A BLOOMBERG, BIDEN -- AND - THE DEBATEAS WAS A DR FOR - THE DEMOCRATS. - THEY WERE HARANGUING, YELLING, - INTERRUPTING. - WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BLOOMBERG - AND BUTTIGIEG. - THEY WERE THE ONLY TWO THAT I - THOUGHT SHOWED SOME RESTRAINT. - JUDY: HOW DO YOU SEE IT LINI - UP? - DAVID:UP TUESDAY IS A - MISTAKE TO BE THIS EARLY. - WE SHOULD NOT BE CLOSI S DOWN - THE RA EARLY, WHICH IS - ESSENTIALLY WHAT I THINK IS - SECOND, I THINK SANDERS LOOKS - STRONG IN CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS. - WHAT MARK SAYS ABOUT VOTERS NOT - BEING PREPARED, I WAS IN - SOUTH-CENTRAL L.A. LAST WEEK AND - I TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHO IS - MAKING SPARKS. - OF THOSE PEOPLE, I WOULD SAY MAY - BE THEOU MAJORITYN'T NAME

- THE CANDIDATES. - THEY WERE AGAINST TRUMP. - BUT THEY HADN'T CLUED IN. - LOCAL POLITICS, THEY HAVE A L - OF OPINIONS.NATIONAL POLITICS, E - TO MAKE A VIEW, BUT THEY'VE BEEN - FOCUSING ON MORE IMPORTANT - THINGS IN THEIR LIVES. - I THINK BERNIE SANDERS - REPRESENTS A CHALLENGE TO THEIR - STYLE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NLRTY - AND THE PEOPLE WHO CAN - CREATE UNITY AMA BARACK O - AND BILL CLINTON, AND IF THEY - CAME IN AND SAID, WE ARE GOING - TO ORGANIZO WE DON'T DIVIDE - THE VOTE, THEY COULD BE THE ONES - TO DO THAT. - THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO - DO IT. - BUT IF THINK THEY WANT TO - DEFEND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS - THEY UNDERSTAND IT, THIS IS THE - MOMENT. - I DO THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME - LEADERSHIP. - OTHERWISE IT LOOKS LIKELYDEHAT - BERNIE S WALKS AWAY WITH - IT.

- MARK: - MONEY.OOMBERG HAS THE - THE QUESTION IS, CAN HE GET THEO - S? - IF JOE BIDEN DOES HAVE A BIG - WIN, DOES HE HAVE THE MEY? - HE HAS TELEVISION IN INX FIGURES - 3 STATES. - BUT BLOOMBERG SPENT 187 MILLION - DOLLARS IN THESE STATES. - JOE BIDEN HAS SPENT LESS THAN $1 - MILLION. - IN CALIFORNIA, HE HAS ONE - OFFICE. - WHEN A VOTER WENT THERE, IT WAS - PADLOCKED. - THE SECONDE, THEY HAD TABLES - SET UP FOR VOLUNTEERS. - THERE WERE MORE TABLES THAN - VOLUNTEERS. - IF HE DOES WIN, IT IS A GREAT - TRIBUTE TO THE VESTIGE OF GOOD - FEELINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOR - BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN, BUT - IT IS NOT ANY CAMPAIGN. - JUDY: IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE - GEARING UP FOR 14 STATES IF YOU - ARE NOT ALREADY THERE.

- BUT WHAT ABOUT DAVID SAYINO - SOMEBODY HASME OUT OF THE - DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND GIVE SOME - GUIDANCE? - MARK: I'LL WAIT FOR THAT DUO TO - EMERGE AND SAY, WE ARE HERE - SELFLESSLY TO SAVE T - DEMOCRATIC PARTY. - I DON'T -- - DAVID: I UNDERSTAND THAT. - JUDY: CORONAVIRUS. - THE NUMBER OF CASES ARE GROWING. - S HAPPENING TO TH - MARKETS. - THEDE PRE THIS WEEK NAMED - VICERESIDENT PENCE TO HEAD THE - BUT WE ARE ALREADY HEARING - SNIPING, CRITICISM. - WHAT DO YOU SEE COMING FROM THE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? - DOES IT VE YOU CONFIDENCE THAT - THE COUNTRY IS READY? - DAVID: NOT EXACTLY. - I WAS DISTURBED. - TONY FOUND G IS A GUEST ON OUR

- PROGRAM. - HE WITHDREW. - EEIT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO - WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. - THAT IS NOT A GOOD SIGN. - TONY IS A STREET DEALER AND - IFLLS THE TRUTH. - THEY ARE POLITICING, THAT - IS A PROBLEM. - THE SECOND ISSUE, WE HAVE A - FIRE, SO WE BUILD A FIRE - DEPARTNT RIGHT AWAY, THEN WE - SAY WE DON'T NEED A FIRE - DEPARTMENT ANYMORE, SO WE CLOSE - DOWN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEN - WE HAVE ANOTHER FIRE. - APPARENTLY WE'VE LEARNED A LOT - ABOUT THESE DISEASES, BUT I WAS - JUST TOLD THE WHITE HOUSE SHUT - DOWN THE GLOBAL HEALTH OFFICE - FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY - COUNCIL. - THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE - OBVIOUSLY GOING TO NEED. - WE JUST SHUT DOWN THE FIRE - DEPARTMENT. - SO THERE IS NOBODY TO FOCUS - ATNTION. - JUDY: I INTERVIEWED MIKE - BLOOMBERG YESTERDAY, WHO SAID

- THE COUNTRY NEEDS SOMEBODY IN - PLACE ALL THE TIME, NOT JUST - WHEN THERE'S A CRISIS. - MARK: THIS IS MADG, FOR - BLOOMBEALLY. - IF HE WOULD SAY LEADERSHIP - INSTEAD OF MANAGEMENT -- HE'S - RIGHT. - HE'S GOT A RECORD HE CAN SPEAK - OF. - HE'S DEALT IN PUBLIC HEALTH. - BUT THE QUESTION, 329 MILLION - HAMERICANS, IS IT A PUBLLTH - CRISIS OR A PERSONAL POLITICAL - CRISIS FOR A MAN IN THE WHITE - HOUSE? - THE PRESIDENT HAS PERSONALIZED - THIS. - THAT SOMEHOW HIS OPPONENTS ARE - OUT TO GET HIM. - FIRST IS DENIAL, THERE'S NO - PROBLEM, THEN IT IS HIS - OPPONENTS ARE OUT TOIM. - ALL I C - TERRIBLE MOMENT AT A SUBWAY TRIP

- BETWEEN TWO SCDULED STOPS AND - THE TRAIN STO AND GOES DARK. - AND WHAT YOU ARE WAITING FOR IS - A STRONG, INFORMED, INTELLIGENT - VOICE TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT HAS - HAPPENED. - THIS IS WHAT IS BEING DON - THIS IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET - OUT OF THIS. - THAT IMISSIN - WHEN YOU SILENCE THE VOICES OF - PEOPLEIKE TONY FAUCI, THE - CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, YOU - LO THAT. - YOU WANT EVERYBODY SPEAKING - THROUGH A MEGAPHONE HEADED BY - MIKE PENCE, WHO SAID SMOKING - ISN'T DEADLY BECAUSE NOT - EVERYBODY WHO SMOKES DIES OF - SMOKING. - THIS DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE - GREATEST SCIENTIFIC CONFIDENCE. - JUDY: ANOTHER POINT THAT - BLOOMBERG MADE YESTERDAY. - DOES IT BECOME -- HOW MUCH OF AN - ISSUE DOES THIS BECOME AMONG - THESE PRESIDENTIAL CAES?

- DAVID: IT COULD TAKE OVER THE - ELECTION. - T QUALIFIED TO KNOW HO - BIG THIS WILL SPREAD. - IF WE START CANCELING EVENTS,GOF - THE ECONOM DOWN, IF WE - GIGANTIC.HER IN CROWDS, THAT IS - SO MANY PEOPLE, SUDDENLY, - THEY'VE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS, - AT LEAST WE DON'T HAVE A REAL - NDCRISIS,HEN WE HAVE A REAL - CRISIS. - IN CRASS POLICAL TERMS, I - DON'T SEE ANY UPSIDE FOR TRUMP. - DEMOCRATS ARE THE PARTY OF - HEALTH CARE AND GOVERNMENT. - THINK IT COULD REALLY SHOCK - US. - MARK: IT IS, JUDY. - 10 SECONDS. - [LAUGHTER]

- MARK: DAVID SEEMS LIKE A NICE - PERSON. - JUDY: THAT WAS UNFAIR. - WE WILL MAKE UP FOR IT NEXT - TIME. - MARK SHIELDS, DAVID BROOKS, - THANK YOU. - ♪ - RS HAVSOME 2000 SIN - PASSED THROUGH THE DALLAS STREET - CHOIR IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. - A THE I TO BOOST SPIRITS - WHILE PEOPLE TRY TO GET BACK ON - THEIR FE AND TO RAISE PUBLIC - AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO - BE HOMELESS. - JEFFREY BROWN WENT TO DALLAS TO - SEE THE NATION'S LARGEST STREET - CHOIR AT WORK. - THE REPORT IS PART OF OUR - OCCASIONAL SERIES ON - HOMELESSNESS, WIT A HOME, - AND OUR ONGOING COVERAGE OF ARTS - AND CULTURE, CANVAS. - ♪ - JEFFREY: A LIFTING OF VOICES, - WHERE THE WORDS FROM THE SONG - YOU WILL BE FOUND HOLD REAL

- MEANING. - ♪ - >> ♪ MAYBE THERE'S A REASON ♪ - JEFFREY: THIS IS THE DALLAS - STREET CHOIR, WHOS MEMBERS - CARRY THEIR WORLDLY BELONGINGS - WITHHEM, INCLUDING SLEEPING - BAGS USED THE PREVIOUS NIG. - JONATHAN PALANT IS THE FOUNDER - AND CONDUCTOR. - >> IT IS WONRFUL THAT WE HAVE - SUCH A LARGE CHOIR. - SO MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING FROM - THIS CHOIR. - THEY ARE SEEING THE BENEFITS OF - MUSIC. - OF FAMILY. - OF TOGETHERNESS. - WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE AT - REQUIRE SUCH A SERVICE. - I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS JUST TO BE - THE DALLAS CHOIR, BUT IT HAS TO - BE A STREET CHR. - THE STEW POT IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS - IS A DAY SHELTER THAT OFFERS - FOOD,LOTHING, AND OTHER - SERVICES. - AND ONCE A WEEK, THOSE WHO WANT

- TO SING LINEUP OUTSIDE FOR A - FIST BUMP WELCOME, AND AN HOURS - WORTH OF MUSIC AND UPLIFT. - ALONG WITH A SNACK AND A TWO - DOLLAR BILL FOR THEIR S. - PALANT, A PROFESSOR AT - UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS, - STARTED THIS REQUIRE FIVE ARS - AG, WHEN ONE OF THE COURSES HE - ADS, LARGELY WHITE, - MIDDLE-CLASS, EMPLOYED OR - RETIRED, WAS GIVEN A PIECE OF - MUSIC TO SING THAT TALKED OF THE - HARDSHIPS OF LIVING ON THE - STREET. - >> IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE UNLESS - WE WERE TO INCORPORATE THE - COMMUNITY, UNLESS WWERE TO - REACH OUT AND EDUCATE. - WHY WAS IT OBVIOUS THAT MUSIC - WOULD BE THE WAY IN TO REACH - THESE PEOPLE? - UI'M SIMPNG WHAT I DO TO - REACH PEOPLE. - I THINK THE ARTS ARE A POWERFUL - TOOL TO TEAR DOWN WALLS AND - BARRIERS AND PERCEPTIONS A

- STEREOTYPES TO SHOW THAT WE ARE - MUCH MORE THE SAME THEN WE ARE - APART. - JEFFREY:HEALLAS STREET CHOIR - HAS BEEN A SUCCESS. - THEY HELPNT PRE SOME 1500 - CONCERTS A YEAR IN SCHOOLS, - CHURCHES, AND CORPORAT - GATHERINGS. - ♪ - JEFFREY: - AND IN 2017, HAVING - GOEN THE ATTENTION AND SUPPORT - OF IMPORTING OPERA FIGURESSI LIE - ER FREDERICA VON STADE, THE - GROUP EVEN SAYING AT CARNEGIE - HALL. - >> LET'S GO. - JEFFREY: BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE - THE DAY-TO-DAY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR - THESE, PEOPLEO CAME TO - HOMELESSNESS THROUGH A LITANY OF - CAUSES INCLUDING ADDICTION, - MENTAL ILLNESS, JOB LOSS, - EVICTIONS, AND IN SOME CN.ES - INCARCERAT

- DURING OUR VISIT, DARRELL PAYNE, - WHO SERVED TIME IN PRISON AND IS - NOW IN A SHELTER, TOOK ONE OF - THE LEADS ON E PAUL SIMON - SONG, GONE AT LAST. - ♪ - >> MY PRAYER GOES OUT TO THESE - PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREETS. - IT HURT ME DOWN INSIDE. - >> WHA DOES COMING TO THE - STREET CHOIR DO FOR YOU? - >> IMAKES ME STRONGER. - IT MAKES MY VOICE STRONGER. - JEFFREY: THE O MANATHE - DALLAS STREET CHOIR, HOMELESS, - NOT VOICELESS. - MISTY ZACHARIAS IS ANOTHER - WEDNESDAY REGULAR. - SHE'S AN ARTIST AS WELL AS A - SINGER. - >> IVE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT - UNTIL I HEARD THEM SINGING. - THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. - NO MATTERRE WHAT THEY A GOING

- THROUGH, SOME OF THEM, THEY HAVE - BEEN REALLY HURTING, BU - REGARDLESS, IF YOU ASK THEM - THEY SMILE BACK AND SAY GOOD - MORNING. - JEFFREY:N THE PROBLEMALLAS - AS IN OTHER U.S. CITIES IS - GROWING WORSE. - SOME MEMBERS OF THE STREET CHOIR - SPEND THEIR NIGHTS AT THE BRIDGE - MELESS RECOVERY CENTER, A - SOME 800 PEOPLE A DAY AND OFFERS - 24/7 SUPPORT,NCLUDING PHYSICAL - AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE. - NICK COLLETTI IS PROUD OF THE - WORK DONE HERE. - BUT HEF ALSO NOTES THE PARADOX - EACH OF THE PAST TWO YEARS, IN A - CITY WITH A BOOMING ECONOMY. - >> WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OFAB - AFFO HOUSING SOLUTIONS. - WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHEN IT COMES - TO HOMELESSNESS, EVERY ONE OF US - IS ONE CATASTROPHIC MOMENT AWAY - FROM BEING HOMELESS, WHETHER IT

- A MEDICAL CATASTROPHE, - WHETHER YOU LOSE YOUR JOB, - WHATEVER COULD HAPPEN. - JEFFREY: TWO CHOIR MEMBERS WE - MET EXPERIENCED THAT KIND OF - SHIFT. - BJORN HERRMANN GREW UP IN SWEDEN - AND TOLD US HE HAD A RESTAURANT - EQUIPMENT BUSINESS HERE BEFORE - LOSING IT AND EVENTUALLAL HIS - HOME SEVEARS AGO. - HIS FRIEND, JESSE SEAY, GREW UP - IN DALLAS AND SE D HCE MADE - A GOOD LIVING AND HAD A - THREE-BEDROOM HOUSEEFE DUI - VIOLATIONS AND THREE YEARS IN - PRISON LEAD TO WHERE HE IS TODAY - IND LIFE FILLED WITH A NEW - OF STRES - >> HAVING TO THINK ABOUT WHERE I - WOULD RATHER BE AS OPPOSED TO - WHERE I AM. - IT CAN GET REALLY STSSFUL. - IT IS SOMETIMES DANGER - >> THE CHOIR HAS BEEN A BIG - THING FOR ALL OF US. - IT GIVES ME SPIRITUAL PEACE. - JEFFREY: ON THIS DAY, JESSE SY - TOLD THE GROUP HE JUST LEFT THE

- STREETS AND WASFA LIVING WITH - LY AGAIN. - >> I HOPEFULLY WILL NOT BECOME - HOMELE AGAIN. - REALLY GOING TO TRY HARD NOT TO. - I AM LOOKING FTU A BRIGHTER - . - >> ABSOLUTELY. - JEFFREY: JONATHAN PALT IS USED - TO THAT LOYALTY FROM HIS STREET - SINGERS. - THE'S ALSO USA QUESTION - RAISED AS WE TALKED IN THE - STORAGE ROOM FILLED WITH BASIC - SUPPLIES FOR THE HOMELESS. - >> RESOURCES BEING PUT INTO A - CHOIR, WHY IS THAT THE PLACE TO - PUT REURCES? - >> WHAT WE OFFER THROUGH MUSIC - ISERSONAL INTEGRITY. - OUR SINGERS WILL TELL YOU, FOUR - A HOME DOES NOT MAKE. - JEFFREY: THIS MESSAGE IS - SPREADING. - LANT HEADING NETWORK CALLED - THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FORNE MUSC

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