PBS NewsHour; September 16, 2020, 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

- Captioning spoHOored by - PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Woodrf: GOOD EVENING, I'M - JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, A SLOW - MOVING HURRICANE HITS THE U.S., - RAISING FEARS OF FLOODING AS THE - STORM BATTERS THE GULF COAST. - THEN, MILLIONS OF ACRES ABLAZE,S - SPREADING SMAR AS - EUROPE. - HOW THE WILDFIRES AREVA - ATING THE WESTERN U.S. - PLUS, HOW TO VOTE-- WHAT WE KNOL - ABOUT N BALLOTS AND WHAT - BEFORE MAKING THEICE INDERSTAND - THE PANDEMIC. - >> BECAUSE OF ALL THESE MAIL-INE - VOBEING COUNTED, WE LIKELY - WON'T SEE A WINNER DECLARED ON - ELECTION NIGHT. - ON TONIGHT'S PBS NR.T AND MORE - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY:

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- FLORIDA STATE LINE BEFORE DAWN. - BUT, MAJOR DAMAGE IS PILING UP. - STEPHANIE SY HAS OUR REPORT. - >> Reporter: WAVES OF SWOLLEN - WATERS CRASHED ONTO SOUTHE - SHORES. - COAST THIS MORNING AS A CATEGORY - 2 STORM, AND IS MOVING FORWARD - AT A GLACIAL PACE. - IN MOBILE, ALABAMA, WINDS OF UPH - TO 105 MILES PR SWEPT - THROUGH EMPTY STREETS. - >> THERE IT GOES! . - >> ReporteAND DOWNED TREES - IN BACKYARDS NEAR THE STATE - BORDER WITH FLORIDA. - >> HOLY MOLY! - >> Reporter: IN PENSACOLA - FLORIDA, A PORTION OF THE - MASSIVE THREMILE BRIDGE - COLLAPSED IN THE HIGH WINDS, - APPARENTLY AFTER A CRANE CRASHED - ONTO THE ROAAY. - >> PRETTY WINDY, BLOW YOU OVER. - >> Reporter: RESIDENTS LIKERH - TRENT T, WERE LEFT TO WADE - THROUGH KNEE-HIGH WATER AS - RAINFALL REACHED 20 INCHES, AND - KEPT COMING. - THE STORM GREW RAPIDLY LAST - WEEKEND INTO HURRICANE FORCE A - IT MADE ITS WAY PAST SOUTHERN - FLORIDA AND UP THE GF OF - MEXICO. - CLIMATE SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND

- EVIDENCE THAT HURRICAN ARE - INTENSIFYING MORE RAPIDLY, WHILE - PRODUCING MORE RAIN AND - STALLING, AND THEY'VE LINKED - THOSE IMPACTS TO HUMAN-CAUSED - CIMATE CHANGE. - KEN GRAHAM, AT THE NATIONAL - HURRICANE CENTER, SAYS "SALLY" - ILLUSTRATETHE POTENTIAL - DAMAGE.. - >> WHEN YOU GET A SLOW MOVING - STORM, IT JUST COMPOUNDS THE - ISSUES. - IT'S LONGER TO BE ABLE TO PUTN - THAT R THE GROUND, LONGER - TO PUSH THAT STORM SURGE IN, SO - ALE COMBINATION OF THE RAI - AND STORM SURGE WHEN ITS A SLOW - MOVING STORM, YOU JUST HAVE THE - OPPORTUNITY TO PUT TORRENTIAL - NGEROUS RAINFALL ONTO THE - GROUND LEADING TO FLASH - FLOODING. - IN FACT, WITH TROPICAL SYSTEMS - HISTORICALLY, 90% OF THE - FATALITIES IN TROPICAL SYSTEMS - IS FROM THE WATER. - >> Reporter: OFFICIALS IN - ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI HAD - URGED RESIDENTS IN FLOOD-PRONE - AREAS TO GET OUT.E - BUT, SNORED THE EVACUATION - ORDERS. - PARK PAINTER OF FISH RIVER SAYS - HE'S ENDURED FALSE ALARMS - BEFORE. - >> A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S - HURRICANES AND THEY DON'T END UP - TTING AS BAD AS PEOPLE S - THEY WILL SO I GUESS EVERYONE'S

- THINKING IT'GOING TO BE LIKE - THAT AGAIN AND THEN EVERYONE - TECKED UP, MOVED LAST MINU. - >> Reporter: THE STORM'S SLOE - SPEED ALSO MS PATH LESS - PREDICTABLE.TS - METEOROLOGREDICTED IT - WOULD HIT BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, - BUT THAT CHANGED LAST NIGHT, - SPARING THE CITY. - MAYOR ANDREW "FO GILICH TOLD - THE PBS NEWSHOUR HE'S RELIEVED. - >> IT HAD BEEN RIGHT ON YOUR - THROAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ON OUR - BACKYARD. - AND WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF - ISSUES WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, YOU - KNOW, THE DOWNED TREES, THE - DOWNED POWER, THOSEVEN THE - COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH WAS ALWAYS - A BIG ING. - I AM RELIEVED THAT PEOPLE ARE - BACK AT WORK THIS MORNING. - >> Rorter: HURRICANE SALLY'S - LASHING OF THE GULF COAST COMES - JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER HURRICANE - LAURA HIT WITH DEADLY FORCE. - THIS ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON - HAS BEEN AMONG THE MOST ACTIVEOR - ON R WITH SOME 20 NAMED - SYSTEMS SO FAR. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOURI'M - HANIE SY. - >> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, DOZENS OF WILDFIRES KEPT

- BURNING ACROSS THE PACIFICES - NORTAND CALIFORNIA. - PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARED AST - FEDERAL DI IN OREGON, - WHERE SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS HAVE - BEEN RAZED. - T, IMPROVED WEATHER IS - HELPING. - IN CALIFORNIA TODAY, CREWS - ETSTOPPED A FIRE JUST 500 - FROM THE FAMED MOUNT WILSON - OBSEATORY. - FEDERAL HEALTH AGENCIES AND THE - PENTAG TODAY OUTLINED PLANS TO - MAKE COVID-19 VACCINES - AVAILABLE, FOR FREE, TO ALL - AMERICANS. - THE CAMPAIGN WOULD BEGIN - GRADUALLY, LATE THIS YR OR - EARLY NEXT YEAR. - AT A U.S. SENATE HEARING, THE - HEAD OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE - CONTROL AND PREVENTION CAUTIONED - THAT THE SUPPLY WILL BE VERY - LIMITED AT FIRST. - >> IF YOU'RE ASKING ME WHEN IS - IT GOING TO BE GENERALLY - AVAILABLE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC - SO WE CAN BEGIN TO TAKE - ADVANTAGE OF VACCINE TO GET BACK - TO OUR REGULAR LIFE, I THINK - WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THIRDE - Q-- ECOND QUARTER, EARLY - THIRD QUARTER 2021. - >> Woodruff: REDFIELD ALSO

- >> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID DIRECTOR - REDFIELD MADE A MISTAKE IN HIS - ESTIMATE. - REDFIELD - DEFENDED HIS AGENCY'S SCIENTIFIC - INTEGRITY, AND HE DISMISSED - CLAIMS THAT C.D.C. SCIENTISTS - ARE PLOTTING AGAINST PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S RE-ELECTION. - THAT CHARGE CAME FROM TRUM - APPOINTEE MICHAEL CAPUTO AT THE - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - DEPARTMENT.HE - TODAY,EPARTMENT ANNOUNCED - HE'S TAKING A TWO-MONTH LEAVE O. - ABSE - THE "BIG TEN" CONFERENCE HASLD - REVERSED FAND WILL PLAY - COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTER ALL THIS - TIFALL, WITH PANDEMIC PRECS. - OFFICIALS TODAY ANNOUNCED EIGHT - REGULAR-SEASON GAMES, NG - NEXT MONTH, PLUS A CONFERENCE - TITLE GAME. - THAT WOULD MAKE THE WINNER - ELIGIBLEOR THE NATIONAL - CHAMPIONSHIP. - IN THERESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, - DEMOCRAT JOE BIDEN BLASTED - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LATEST - STATEMENTS ON THE PANDIC. - PRESIDENT PLAYED DE NEEDT, THE - FOR MASKS AND SAID HE HAD DONE - ALL THAT COULD BE DONE.OK - BIDEN TODAY IN WILMINGTON,

- DELAWARE. - >> ALL THE PRESIDENT HAD TO - OFFER LAST NIGHT, PRESIDENT - TRUMP, WAS THE SAME WEAK AND - FECKLESS INACTION. - LET ME BE CLEAR: I TRUST - VACCINES. - I TRUST SCIENTISTS. - BUT I DON'T TRUST DONALD TRUMP. - AND AT THIS MOMENT, THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE CAN'T EITHER. - >> Woodruff: BIDEN ALSO - DISMISSED CLAIMS BY THE TRUMP - CAMPAIGN THAT HE IS TRYING TO - UNDERMINE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN A - POTENTIAL VACCINE FOR POLITICAL - GAIN. - A U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE HAS - ISSUED A SCATHING REPORT ON THE - BOEING 737 MAX. - IT BLAMED FAILED GOVERNMENT - OVERSIGHT, AND BOEING'S FAILURE - TO FIX PROBLEMS, FOR CRASHESLE - THAT K346 PEOPLE. - IT ALSO CALLED FOR MAJOR - REFORMS.L - WESCUSS ALL OF THIS AFTER - THE NEWS SUMMARY. - THE STE DEPARTMENT TODAY - DEFENDED THE FIRING OF INSPECTOR - GENERAL STEVE LINICK. - HE HAD BEEN REVIEWING AN - $8 BILLION ARMS SALE TO SAUDI - ARABIA, AMONG OTHER THINGS.

- AT A - DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REJECTED - DEMOCRATS' ALLEGATIONS OF A - COVER-UP LED BY HOUSE FOREIGN - AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ELIOT ENGEL. - >> THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO DRAG - YOU UP HERE KICKING AND - THREAMING ITSELF MAKES ME INK - TRYING TO HIDE THE. HAS BEEN - >> THE I.G.'S REMOVAL WAS NOT - ABOUT RETALIATION ON ANY - SPECIFIC REPORT OR - INVESTIGATION. - THERE HAVE BEEN A VARIETY OF - UNSUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATIONS IN - THE MEDIA THAT THE SECRETARY - RECOMMENDED REMOVAL OF.G. - BECAUSE OF SOME AWARENESS OF - THESE INVESTIGATIONS. - NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM - THE TRUTH. - >> Woodruff: LINICK IS ONE OF - SEVERAL OFFICIALS WHO'VE BEEN - DISMISSED FROM OVERSIGHT RES - IN THERUMP ADMINISTRATION. - THE PARLIAMENT OF JAPAN ELECTED - YOSHIHIDE SUGA TODAY TO BE PRIME - MINISTER. - HE HAD LONG BEEN THE TOP AIDE TO - SHINZO ABE, WHO RESIGNED AS - PRIME MINISTER DUE TO CHRONIC - ILLNESS. - AFTER HIS ELECTION, SUGA - PROMISED TO FOCUS ON THE - PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC TROUBLES. - HE ALSO CALLED FOR EVEN CLOSER

- TIES WITH THE U.S. - THE U.S. JUSTICE DARTMENT HAS - WITH COMPUTER HACKING MORE THAN - 100 COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONST - U.S. AND WORLDWIDE. - THE FIVE SUSPECTS REMAIN AT - LARGE.AT - INVESTS SAY THEY FOUND NO - DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE - HACKERS AND THE CHINESE - GOVERNMENT. - TODAY IT HAS NO PL RAISEUNCED - INTEREST RATES, AT LEAST THROUGH - 2023, IN ORDER TO BOOST ECONOMIC - GROWTH. - CHAIRMAN JEROME POWELL SAID THE - ECONOMY HAS RECOVERE - QUICKLY THAN EXPECTED, BUT THE - OUTLOOK IS STILL UNCERTAIN. - >> THE LABOR MARKET HAS IMPROVED - BUT ITS A LONG, LONG WAY FROM - MAX EMPLOYMENT AND IT WILL BE - SOME TIME GETTING BACK THERE. - TOTHINK THAT'S THE BEST WA - THINK ABOUT IT. - IN MANY PARTS OF THE ECONOMY, - THERE'S JUST A LOT OF DISRUPTION - AND ITS VERY HARD OT SAY WHERE - WE ARE. - >> Woodruff: POWELL ALSO URGED - CONGRESS TO DO MORE, BUT - LAWMAKERS REMAIN DEADLOCKED ON A

- NEW RELIEF PACKAGE. - ON WALL STREET, TECH STOCKS LED - MUCH OF THE MARKET LOWER, - DESPITE THE FED'S ANNOUNCEMENT. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - MAGED TO GAIN 36 POINTS TO - CLOSAT 28,032. - BUT THE NASDAQ FELL NEARLY 140 - POINTS, AND, THE S&P 500 SLIPPED - 15. - AND, THE WELL-KNOWN INTELLECTUAL - AND JAZZ AUTHORITY STANLEY - CROUCH DIED TODAY, IN NEW YORK. - HE GAINED NOTICE IN THE 1970'S - AS A HIGHLY ORIGINAL, AND HIGHLY - CONFRONTATIONAL, WRITER ANDUR - CU CRITIC. - E CHAMPIONED JAZZ, DENOUNCED - RAP MUSIC AND WRTENSIVELY, - INCLUDING A BIOGRAPHY OF JAZZ - GREAT CHARLIE PARKER.OU - STANLEY WAS 74 YEARS OLD. - STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE BOEING - 737 MAX. - HOW TO VOTE, EITHER BY MAIL OR - IN PERN, FOR NOVEMBER. - A DESERATE JOURNEY TO THE CLIFFS - OF DOVER. - AND MUCH MORE. - >> Woodruff: TRAGEDY IN THE

- SKIES: TWO BOEING 737 MAX JETS - CRASH IN 2019. - THE CAUSE: MULTIPLE FAILURES - ALONG THE WAY. - AMNA NAWAZ EXPLORES A NEW, - BLISTERING REPORT REVEALS THE - EXTENT OERRORS AND THE NEED - FOR CHANGE. - >> Nawaz: JUDY, THAT REPORT WAS - ISSUED BY THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS - OF THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATIONCO - ITTEE. - AND THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE - CRASHES IN INDONESIA AND - ETHIOPIA FOU WHAT THEY CALLED - "A HORRIFIC CULMINATION OF A - SERIES OF FAULTY TECHNICAL - ASSUMPTIONS BY BOEING'S - ENGINEERS, A LACK OF - TRANSPARENCY ON E PART OF - BOEING'S MANAGEMENT, AND GROSSLY - INSUFFICIENT OVERSIGHT BY THE - F.A.A." - THE REPORT ALSO FOUND "BOEING - TSTHHELD CRUCIAL INFORMATION

- FROM THE F.A.A.,USTOMERS - AND 737 MAX PILOTS." - OUR OWN AVIATION CORRESPONDENT, - MILES O'BRIEN, CONTINUES TO - COVER THIS STORY AND JOINS ME - NOW. - MILES, WELCOME BACK. - IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. - WE SHOULD NOTE THIS ISN'T THE - FIRST INVESTIGATCRN INTO THOSE - HES BUT IT IS THE MOST - COMPREHENSIVE. - IT'S ALSO STRIKING THEY SEEM TO - FIND A PROBLEM O A FAILURE A - EVERY SINGLE STEP ALONG THE WAY. - HOW UNUSUAL IS THAT? - >> IT IS UNUSUAL, AMNA. - THIS IS SYSTEMIC PROBLEM. - THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISOLATED - SITUATION. - WHAT THE REPORT PAINTS IS A - PICTURE OF A COMPANY IN A VERY - COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE, TRYING TO - GET AN AIRCRAFT TO MARKET, - CUTTING CORNERS FINANCIALLY, - SEEING PROBLEMS THAT CROP UP AT - A LOW LEEL, AND THOSE PROBLEMS - NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY THE - COMPANY. - AND MEANWHILE, THE REGULATOR, - THE FEDERAL AVIATION - ADMINISTRATION, USING ITS - -CALLED DESIGNEES, THAT IS TO - SAY BOEING EMPLOYEES THAT AREWA - SUPPOSED TO BEHING ALL OF - THIS, NOT AWARE OF MUCH OF THIS, - AND TO THE EXTENT THE F.A.A.AS - AWARE, OVERRULING OVERRANKING - PEOPLE AT THE F.A.A. WHO RAISED

- NCERNS. - THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES - A FUNDAMENTAL RE-THINK ONO HW - AIRCRAFT ARE DESIGNED, BUILT AND - FLOWN IN THIS COUNTRY. - >> Nawaz: LET ME ASK YOU WHAT - THEY FOUND ABOUT BOEING'S ROLE - IN ALL OF THIS BECAUSE EARLIER - INVESTIGATIONS FOUND A PROBLEM - WITH SOMETHING CALLED THE MCAS - SYSTEM, FEEDING BAD DTA THAT - WOULD FORCE THE NOSE OF THE - PLANE DOWN. - DID WE FIND T ANYTHING ABOUT - THIS REPORT ABOUT WHAT BOEING - KNEW AND THE PROBLEM AND HOW - THEY HANDLED IT? - >> ENGINEERS, PILOTS WERE SEEING - THE PROBLEM WHICH ULTIMATELY LED - TO THE TWO FATAL. CRASH - THE PROBLEMS WERE RAISED AND - NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT THEM - INTERNALLY WITHIN BOEING. - THAT DIDN'T T TO THE F.A.A. - EITHER. - SO WHAT YOU HAD WAS A SERIOUS - PROBLEM, A PROBLEM THAT, YOU - KNOW, ULTIMATELY LED TO THE LOSS - OF LIFE THAT WAS BEING OVER AN - OVER OVERLOOKED. - >> Nawaz: THE REPORT FOUND - WHEN IT COMES TO THE F.A.A. THAT

- THE ENTIRE REGULATORY SYSTEM IS - FLAWED AND IT NEEDS TO BE - REPAIRED AND THE THING WE SHOULD - POINT OUT IS, DESPITE ALL THOSE - PROBLEMS, THE F.A.A. SIGNED OFF - ON THE PLANE, IT WAS DEEMED - COMPLIANT. - HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? - >> YEAH, HOW CAN IT BE COMPLIANT - AND CONSIDERED SAFE AND STILL - HAVE TWO CRASHES. - OBVIOUSLTHAT DOESN'T ALL ADD - UP. - WHAT YOU HAVE IS A SYSTEM THAT, - OVER THE YEARS, FOR DECADES, THE - F.A.A. HAS ESSENTIALLY - OUTSOURCED ITS CAPABILITY TO - INSPECT INCHESE PESSES AND - SIGN OFF TO THE COMPANIESTH - SELVES, SO-CALLED DESIGNEES - DO THE WORK FOR THEM, THEY DON - HAVE THEIR FOOT SOLDIERS ON THE - GROUND. - IT WOULD REQUIRE OF MONEY - AND CHANGE IN THE F.A.A. PROCESS - TO CHANGE THAT. - BUT MAYBE IT'S TIME T START - THINKING ABOUT NOT ALLOWING THE - COMPANIES THEMSELVES TO POLICE - THEI OWN PROCEDURES. - >> Nawaz: SPOKESPERSON FOR - BOEINGAS THIS TO SA, THEY SAY - WE HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK - STRERNTING OUR SAFETY CULTUREDI - REBU TRUST WITH CUSTOMERS, - REGULATORS AND THE FLYING

- COMPANY.SAYS THE COMPANY'S - THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS REMAIN WITH - THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO DIED - INHE CRASHES - BUT THE 737 MAXRE JETIN - GROUNDEDORLDWIDE. - WILL WE SEE THEM BACK IN THE AIR - SOON? - >> THIS IS A MULTI-NATION - EFFORT. - THE UNITED STAS, BRAZIL, - CANADA, REGULATORS IN ALL THESE - COUNTRIES WORKING TOGETHER TO - GET THESE AIRCRAFT BACK IN - FLIGHT. - THERE ARE AIRWORTHINESS - DIRECTIVES OUT THERE THAT WOULD - FIX THE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, BUT - WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET TO - THE POINT WHERE THIS PLANE WILL - BE BACK IN SERVICE, INCLUDING - .A. ADMINISTRATOR OF THE F. - STEVE DIXON IS A VERY - ACCOMPLISHED AIRLINE PILOT, - HE'LL FLY IT, THERE WILL BE - SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS, A AN - AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AND - THEY'LL REMOVE THE GROUND ORDER - AND RECERTIFY TO FLY, BUT THIS - WILL TAKE TIME AND NODY WANTS - TO PUT A DATE ON THE CALENDAR. - K YOU SO: MILES, TH - MUCH

- >> YOU'RE WELCOME, AMNA. - >> Woodruff: AND A QUICK - CORRECTION, IN MY INTRODUCTION T - S REPORT, I SAID THERE - WERE TWO CRASHES IN 2019. - IN FACT, THE FIRST WASFA IN THE - OF 2018. - WE REGRET THE ERROR. - >> Woodruff: HOW DO EAK A - STALEMATE? - LAWMAKERS AND THE WHITE HOUSE - REMAIN AT ODDS ON HOW TO AGREETO - ON RELIEHE ECONOMIC - CASUALTIES OF COVID. - DESPITE THE ODDS HA GROUP OF - U.SE MEMBERS ON BOTH SIDES - OF THE AISLE ARE TRYING TO - EACH THE DIDE. - >> Yang: JUDY, THE OF 25 - HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND 25 HOUSE - REPUBLICANS CALLS ITSELF THE - "PROBLEM SOLVERS CAU - ITS NEW PLAN HAS A $1.5 TRILLION - DOLLAR PRICE TAG OFFERING ADDED - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, STARTING - AT $450 PER WEEK. - NEW STIMULUS CHECKS FOR LOWER- - INCOME AMERICANS: $1,200 PER - ADULT AND $500 PER CHILD.

- $500 BILLION IN NEW AID FOR - STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. - AND AS MUCH AS $25 BILLION IN - RENTALSSISTANCE. - THE TWO CO-CHAIRS OF THE - "PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS" ARE - DEMOCRAT JOSH GOTTHEER OF NEW - JERSEY AND REPUBLICAN TOM REED - OF NEW YORK. - THEY JOIN US FROM CAPITOL HILL. - AS YOU CAN SEE, APPROPRIATELY - DISTANCED FOR THE PANMI - MR. GOTTHEIMER, I'D LIKE TO - START WITH YOU. - CAUCUS WERE LESS THANM - ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS -- YOUR - PROPOSAL, THE EIGHT CHAIRMEN - ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING IT WAS - NOGH TO SAVE LIVES OR - BOOST THE ECONOMY AND SAID, IN - CERTAIN AREASIT WAS EVEN A - STEP BACKWARD. - GIVEN THAT, HOW DO YOU USE THIS - AS AAY TO CHART A PATH FORWARD - TO SHOW HOWOMPROMISE IS - POSSIBLE? - >> WELL, I HAVE A DEEP RESPECT - FOR OUR CHAIRS AND THEIR - PRIORITIES, WHICH IS WHY ALL OF - THEM ARE ACTUALLY IN OUR PACKAGE - FROM STATE AND LOCAL SUPPORT TO - UNEMPLOYMENT TO $1IRECT

- CHECKS. - YOU KNOW, WHAT WE FOCUSED ON - WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER AS - DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WAS - HOW DO WE GET OVER THE HUMPS - THAT HAVE KEPT US STUCK FORE TH - LAST FOUR MONTHS WITHOUT GIVING - ANY RELIEF TO THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE AND TO SMALL BUSINESSES? - YOU CAN TALK ABOUT SOMETHING WE - VOTED ON FOUMONTHS AGO BUT HOW - DO WE ACTUALLY GET PARTIES BACK - TO THE TABLE TO GET THINGS DONE - INSTEAD OF FIHGHTING WITH E - OTHER? - THAT'S WITHIN OUR OBJECTIVE. - WE GOT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANP - TOGETHER AT A FRAMEWORK - TOGETHER OF A BIPARTISAN - AGREEMENT AND, TO ME, DOING - TEMETHING IS MUCH BETTHAN - DOING NOTHING. - >> MR. REED, I DO WANT TO ASKRE - YOU WHATOU HEARING FROM - THE WHITE HOUSE. - WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR - EPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES AND - OTHER CHAMBER IN THE SENATE. - >> I WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU LOOK - AT WHATHE WHITE HOUSE HAS - SAID, MARK MEADOWS, WHAT THE - PRESS SECRETARY SAID TODAY, THE - HIGHLIGHTED OUR "PROBLEM SOLVERS - AAUCUS" WORK AS A STEP IN THE - RIGHT DIRECTION THEY ARE - WILLING TO GO IN THE ROOM. - AS THE SPEAKER SAID, WE ARE - STAYING IN D.C. TILL WE GET A

- DEAL DONE. - THOSE ARE ALL POSITIVE - STATEMENTS THAT WE INITIATED A - THAW IN THE GRIDLOCK. - FROM MY PER SPECIFIC, WE DID - WHAT WE WANTED TO DONNED THAT - WAS TO SW THAT CONGRESS SHOULD - ANT CAN DO THI - >> Reporter: YOU TALKED ABOUT - GETTING OVER SOME OF THE HURDLES - AND BUMPS IN THE ROAD THAT - BLOCKED AN AGREEMENT. - FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, FRM THE - REPUBLICANS' PERSPECTIVE, WHAT - WERE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST BUMPS - AND LAST STICKING POINTS TO GET - OVER? - >> OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU'RE - DISCUSSING STATE AND LOCAL AID - WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION AND - ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS WHEN YOU - LOOK AT HOW WEROKE THAT DON, - WE MADE SURE IT COVERED ACTUAL - EXPENSES FOR PAST AND FUTURE - COVID 19 RELATED EXPENSES, THAT - WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT LOST - REVENUE BY LOCAL AND STATE - GOORNMENT, YOU TALKED ABUT - DOCUMENTED LOST REVENUES AS - SHOWN BEFORE THE COVID 19 IN - COMPARISON TO WHERE WE'RE AT ON - STATE AND LOCAL BUDGETS. - WE GOT THS BOOSTD REDUCERS

- BECAUSE IT COULD BE A - $1.3 TRILLION DEAL IF WEET - VACCINE AND HOSPITALIZATIONS - UNDER CONTROL AND DON'T SEE AN - OUTBREAK OF THEUS VIROING - FORWARD. - THAT GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING. - NOW WE'RE BASING IT NOT ON - POLITICS BUT CONDITIONS IN - REALITY, BASED ON WHAT IS TRULY - KNEELED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, - NOT AT IS NEEDED FOR POLITICAL - PURPOSES. - >> AND MR. GOTTHEIMER FROM THE - DEMOCRATS' POINT OF VIEW, WHAT - WERE SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT - THE DEMOCRATS AND THE CAUCUS HAD - TO COMPROMISE ON? - WHAT WERE SOME OF THE TOUGH - GIVES FROM THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE? - >> WHAT WE FIGURED OUT IS IF WE - SHORTEN THE TIMETABLE AND SAY - LET'S GET THROUGH THE NEX - INAUGURATION, LET'S GET HELP FOR - FOOD INSECURITY FOR THOSE WHO - NEED HELP, HER THE STATE - AND LOCAL AND FOR OUR SCHOOLS, - AND WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AND - WE CAN AGREE TO TSE - THINGS. - AS T JUST SAID, WE PUT IN - THESE THINGS CALOLED BOSTERS AND - REDUCERS, SO IT'S AT ONE-FIVE - RIGHT NOW, BUT IF THE VIRUS IS - STILL SPREADING THE WAY IT - TODAY AND DON'T HAVE A - VACCINE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED BY

- MARCH, BOOSTERS KICK IN AND ITCO - S A $2 TRILLION PACKAGE, - AND AS TOM SS GETS REDUCED IF - WE ARE AT A MUCH BETTERLACE. - THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED TO COME - TOGETHER A SAID WE CAN MEE - OUR PRIORITIES, LET'S STOP - FIGHTING OVER THE TOP LINECH - NUMBER WVERYBODY KEEPS - TALKING ABOUT, AND WE HOPE OUR - LEADERSHIP AND THE WHITE HOUSE - AND EVERYE CAN COME TO T - TABLE AND USE OUR FRAMEWORK AS A - STARTING POINT JUST TO GET - SOMETHING NE TO HELP PEOPLE - BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO HOME, - FRANKLY 'S UNCONSCIONABLE TO - GO HOME WITHOUT HELPING FOLKS. - >> Rep Morte. GOTTHEIMER, - WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE - CURRENT SITUATION THE FACT YOU - HAVE MILLIONS OF AMERIINNS - HUACROSS THE COUNTRY - FINANCIALLY AND SO WITH THEVI - COROS ITSELF THAT IS A - GROUP OF RELATIVELY JUNIOR - MEMBERS WHO ARE SITTING DOWN, - REACHING AROSS THE AISLE WHILE - THE LEADERSHIP AND THE WHITE - HOUSE AREN'T TALKING? - >> THE 50 OF US CAME TOGETHER - AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW EACH - OTHER OVER THE LAT YEAR.

- WE SPEND TIME TOGETHER, WE DON'T - JUST TALK BUT LISTEN ONE - ANOTHER. - THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO BREAK A - GRIDLOCK IS BY I REALIZIYOU - SIT IN A ROOM TOGETHER AND KEEP - WORKING IT,E SPENT AT LEAST - 100 HOURS ON IT, KEEP WORKING ON - THE PROBLEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN - AND YOU CAN GET SUCCESS. - YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO TRY. - WE'RE ENCOURAGING LEADERS, IF - YOU SIT IN THE ROOM ATRY AND - WE'RE WILLING TO HELP IN ANY WAY - POSSIBLE TO GETHIS DONE AND I - THINK WE OWE IT TO THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE TO GET IT DONE. - >> Reporter:MR. REED, SAME - QUESTION, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, - WHAT DOES THIS SAY THT IS IS - A GROUP OF AS YOUR COLLEAGUES - SAY FRESHMEN AND LOW-RANKING - MEMBERS THAT ARE SIT DOING AND - DOING THIS? - >> THE COMMON BOND OF THE - "PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS," WE - HAVE BEEN AROUNE FOURARS, IS - WE ARE COMMITTING TO PUTTING - AMERICA FIRST. - WE UNDERSTAND WE'RE IN A - POLITICAL TOWN IN - WASHINGTON, D.C., BUT ALSO WE'RE - COMMITTED TOESCTING EACH - OTHER. - I'M A PROUD REPUBLICAN, JOSH IS - A PROUD DEMOCRAT AND EVE - MEMBER OF THE "PROBLEM SOLVERS - CAUCUS" CARRIES THAT WITH THEM. - BUT WE RESPECT AND TRST EACH

- OTHER, WE LISTEN TO EACH OTHER - AND THIS IS THE ONLY FORUM WHERE - THIS OCCURS. - S"THE "PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUS - ABOUT TRUST AND RP, BUT BEING -- - AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE - REPUBLICANS, WE ARE DEMOCRATS, - BUT AT OUR HEART, WE'RE - AMERICANS FIRST. - >> Reporter: REPRESENTATIVE - JOSH GOTTHEIMER, DEMOCRAT OF - NEW JERSEY, REPRESENTATIVE TOM - REED, REPUBLICAN OF NEW YK, - CO-CHAIRS OF THE "PROBLEM - SOLVERS CAUCUS." - GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - THANKS FOR HAVING US. - YOU, JOHN. - >> Woodruff: AMID THE PANDEMIC, - TENS OF MILLIONS OF MORE - AMERICANS ARE LOOKG TO VOTE BY - MAIL THAN IN PAST ELECTIONS. - BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOTF - MISINFORMATION AROUND THE - PROCESS. - WILLIAM BRANGHAM HAS THIS REPORT - ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF - VOTING BY MAIL, AND HOW TO MAKE - SURE YOUR VOTE IS COUNTED. - >> Brangham: THERE'S A LOT OF - CONFUSION AROUND VOTING BY MAIL - THIS ELECTASON. - PEOPLE ARE WORRIED WHETHER THE - VOTE WILL BE SECURE, AND WHETHER

- ALL THE TES WILL BE COUNTED. - THAT'S ESPECIALLY CRITICAL AFTER - MORE THAN AN ESTIMATED 500,000 - MAIL IN BALLOTS WERE THROWN OUT - RY DISQUALIFIED DURING PRI - ELECTIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR. - IN ADDITION TO USER ERROR, - ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN IS DRIVEN - BY THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF - MISINFORMATION OR CONFLICTING - INFORMATION SWIRLING AROUND. - IT'S COMING FROM POLITICAL - PARTIES, FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP IN - SOME CASES, AND EVEN THE U.S.VI - POSTAL S. - FOR EXAMPLE, THE STATE OFEC - COLORADOTLY SUED THE - POSTAL SERVICE TO STOP IT - SENDING OUT THIS FLYER TO - PEOPLE, SINCE IT INCLUDEDIN - INCORRECRMATION ABOUT HOW - COLORADANS CAN GET THEIR MAIL IN - BALLOT.R - COLORADO AND FHER STATES-- - HAWAII, OREGON, WASHINGTON AND - UTAH-- ALREADY CONDUCT THEIR - ELECTIONS ENTIRELY BY MAIL. - THIS YEAR, IN PART BECAUSE OF - THE PANDEMIC, CAFORNIA, - MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, - VERMONT AND THE DISTRICT OF - COLUMBIA HAVE DECIDED TO MAIL - BALLOTS TO ALL ACTIVE VOTERS.

- OFFICIALS IN SOME RED AND BLUE - STATES ARE TRYING TO INCREASE - ACCESS TO MAIL VOTING AMID THE - PANDEMIC. - OHIO, A REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED - STNE, HELD AN ENTIRELY MAIL - PRIMARY ELECTION THIS APRIL. - >> THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO - RIG THIS ELECTION BECAUSE THAT'S - THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE GOING TO - WIN. - TRUMP'S REPEATED, BASELESSDENT - CLAIMS THAT MAIL-IN VOTING IS - RIDDLEWITH FRAUD, AND THAT - DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO USE IT - TO RIG THE ELECTION. - HIS OWN CAMPAIGN IS MAILING OUT - FLYERS TO ITS SUPPORTERS ACROSS - THE COUNTRY ENCOURAGING THEM TO - VOTE BY MAIL AND ASSURING THEM - THAT IT'S SAFE. - GOVERNOR, SPENCER COX, TOLD THE - NEWSHOUR THAT UNIVERSAL MAIL - VOTING IN HIS STATE HAS - INCREASED VOTER PARTICIPATION, - AND, LIKE IN ALL STATES, MAIL-IN - BALLOTS ARE CAREFULLY SCREENED - FOR ERRORS OR IRREGULARITIES. - WE TAKE PAINSTAKING - PROCEDURES AND EFFORTS TO MAKE - SURE THAT THERE IS NO FRAUD.SE - AND WE HAVE NO RAMPANT - VOTER FRAUD. B - >>ngham: MEANWHILE, SOME

- OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE - INADVERTENTLY SENT OUT BAD - INFORMATION TO VOTERS.CE - THE NONPROFIER FOR VOTER - INFORMATION SENT VOTE BY MAIL - APPLICIONS TO HALF A MILLION - VIRGINIA RESIDENTS, BUT WITH THE - ADWRONG RETURN ADDRESSES, NG - TO THE CONFUSION. - MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT - CONTINUES TO GIVE VOTERS BAD - INFORMATION. - SEVERAL TIMES, HE'S TOLD - SUPPORTERS TO VOTE ABSENTE - WHICH IS A TYPE OF MAIL IN - VOTI IN SOME STATES WHERE YO - NEED TO BE APPROVED TO RECEIVE A - BALLOT. - AND THEN HE'S TELLINTHEM TO - ALSO TRY AND VOTE IN PERSON ON - ELECTION DAY, TO SOMEHOW CHECK - WHETHER THEIR FIRST VOTE WAS - COUNTED. - >> MAKE SURE YOU SEND THE BALLOT - IN AND THEN GO TO YOUR POLLING - PLACE AND MAKE SURE IT COUNTS. - >> Brangham: NOT ONLY IS VOTING - TWICE ILLEGAL-- IT'S A FELONY IN - ALL 50 STATES-- BUT ELECTION - OFFICIALS WARN THIS WILL LEAD TO - DELAYS AT THE POLLS ON ELECTION - DAY. - IN FACT, IN MOST STATES, VOTERS - CAN TRACK THEIR MAIL IN BALLOTSN - NE, RATHER THAN GOING TO THE - POLL IN PERSON. - IF YOU'RE CONFUSED ABOUT ANY OF - THIS, VISIT THE WEBSITE OF YOUR

- STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, OR - SECRETARY OF STATE. - TRACK YOUR BALLOT ONNE, HOW TO - FILL IT OUT CORRECTLY SO IT'S - NOT REJECTED, AND ANY OTHER - QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT VOTING. - IS THAT UNLESS THE PRESIDENTIAL - ELECTION IS A CLEAUSLANDSLIDE, - BEOF ALL THESE MAIL-IN - VOTES BEING UNTED, WE LIKELY - N'T SEE A WINNER DECLARED ON - ELECTION NIGHT.IC - ELECTION OLS IN CRITICAL - BATTLEGROUNDS OF PENNSYLVANIA, - MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN AND OTHER - STATES AREN'T CURRENTLY ALLOWED - TO BEGIN COUNTING MAILED-IN - BALLOTS UNTIL ELECTION DAY. - SO, IF AN ESTIMATED 60% OF - VOTERS PLANNING TO VOTE BY MAIL, - IT COULD BE ANOTHER DAY, A FEW - DAYS, OR EVEN WEEKS TO COUNT ALL - THE BALLOTS. - >> Brangham: PRESIDENT TRUMP - KES FALSELY SAYING THAT AN - SUCH DELAY WOULD BE DE-FACTO - EVIDENCE OF FRAUD. - >> YOU KNOW WHAT? - YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THIS-- - POSSIBLY, IF YOU REALLY DID IT - RIGHT, FOR MONTHS OR FOR YEA. - BECAUSE THESE BALLOTS ARE ALL

- GOING TO BE LOST, THEY'RE ALL - GOING TO BE GONE. - >> I THINK IT'S ALL DESIGNED TO - CREATE SO MUCH CHAOS THAT NO - >> Brangham: THE WORRY FOR MANY - DEMOCRATS IS THAT PRESIDENT - TRUMP MIGHT TRY TO DECLARE - VICTORY ON ELECTION NIGHT, - WITHOUT WAITING FOR MAIL-IN - BALLOT RESULTS TO BE COUNTED. - POLLING SHOWS IN THIS ELECTION, - DEMOCRATS ARE MORE LIKELY TO - VOTE-BY-MAIL THAN REPUBLICANS - BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO STRESS - THAT A DELAY DOESN'T MEAN THE - RESULTS WILL BE FRAUDULENT, - ACCORDING TO PROPUBLICA'S - JESSICA HUSEMAN. - >> AND IF THERE IS ANY DELAY, WE - JUST ASSUME THAT THERE IS A - PROBLEM WHEN IREALITY AT THAT - ME THAT WE NEED TO COUNT THE - VOTES, MAKES ABSOLUTELY SURE - IT ALLOWS FOR TIME FOR ELECTION - ADMINISTRATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT - ALL OF THE COUNTS ARE ACCURATE. - AD Brangham: SO WE MIGHT ALL - HAVE TO MAKE SOMSTMENTS - FOR OUR OUR ELECTION NIGHT - EXPECTATIONS. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - >> Woodruff: WE WAO CONTINUE - OUR REGULAR LOOK AT HOW THIS - ELECTION IS SEEN ACROSS THE - COUNTRY WI PATRICIA LOPEZ, AN - EDITORIAL WRITER FOR THE "STAR - PAUL, MINNESOTA.NS US FROM ST. - AND DANIEL GARZA IS PRESIDENT OF - BRTHE ADVOCACY GRO, THE

- INITIATIVE, WHICH WILL HOST A - POLICY FORUM WITH VICE PRESIDENT - PENCE ON FRIDA - DANIEL IS ALSO A FORMER WHITE - HOUSE STAFR IN THE BUSH - ADMINISTRATION AND HE JOINS US - FROM McALLEN, TES. - WE WELCOME BOTH OF YOU. - WE WERE LISTENING TO - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REMARKS AT THE - WHITE HOUSE JUST ABOUT HALF AN - HOUR AGO, PATRICIA LOPEZ. - THE PRESIDENT AGAIN CONNING - TO -- CONTINUING TO CAST DOUBT - ON MAIL-IN VOTING. - THE PEOPLE YOU TALK TO, HOW MUCH - CONFIDENCE DO THEY TELL YOU THE - HAVEE INTEGRITY OF THE - AMERICAN VOTING SYSTEM? - >> THEY HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF - CONFIDENCE, AND IN MINNESOTA, - THEY'VE TAKEN SPECIAL - PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN - THROUGH THIS BEFORE WITH THE - FRANKECOLEMAN RACE AND OTHERS. - SO THERE IS A BALLOT TRACKER T - YOU DON'T HA CHECK YOUR - BALLOTS AT THE POLLING PLACE A - SECOND TITME. - RE'S A BAR CODE THAT'S - HELP MATCH UP THIONG WITHILL - PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING - INFORMATION. - SOHIS GOES WAY BEYOND THE OLD - SIGNATURE MATCH. - GIVEN L THOSE THINGS -- AND WE

- HAVE HAD AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER - OF APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENTEE - BALLOTS COME IN. - THE SECRETARY OF STATE HERE - THINKS IT'S AS MU AS A THIRD - OF THE STATE COULD VOTE EITHER - BY MALL OR EARLY. W - druff: INTERESTING. - DANIEL GARZA, WHAT ABOUT WHERE - YOU ARE? - WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING TO YOU - ABOUT HOMUCH CONFIDENCE THEY - HAVE IN THE VOTING SYSTEM? - >> THERE IS CONFIDENCE IN THE - VOTING SYSTEM. - LATINOS IN TEXAS WILL TELL YOU - THAT WHERE THEY HAVE MOH TO - HAVECONFIDENCE IS ACTUALLY - IN-PERSON VOTING BECAUSE THEY - FEEL THAT THERE IS A HIGH - REJECTION RATE FOR LATINOS IN - TEXAS WHEN IT COMES TO MAIL-IN - BALLOTS. - THE RULE CHANGE FROM COUNTY TO - COUNTY. - FOR EXAMPLE WE'LL START - OCTOBER 13 EARLY VOTING, BUT YOU - HAVE TO GET YOUR APPLICATION BY - THE 23rd. - SOME COUNTIES ASK IT BE45 DAYS - PRIOR. - SO YOU HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH - AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.T - THE REASON THEY PREFER TO - DO VOTING IN PERSON I BECAUSE - NAMES IN THE MAIL-IN BALLOTS - HAVETO MATCH EXACTLY, AND

- LATINOS LIKE TO USE THEIR - THAT IS A PROBLEM.AND SOMETI - MANY DON'T HAVE PERMANENT - ADDRESSES. - WE HAVE A HIGH VOLUME OF SENIOR - CITIZENS WHO ARE INENIOR - CITIZEN HOMES HERE AND ARE - TRANCEIENT AS WELL, AND MANY - REQUIRE ORAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE - OF LANGUAGE. - SO THE POSSIBILITY OF - DISENFRANCHISEMENT IS REAL WHEN - IT COMES TO MAIL-IN BALLOTS. - VIRGINIA WE KNOW 5% OF ALL OF - THE IL-IN BLTS WERE - REJECTED. - THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH - NUMBER, SO THERE'S WORRY AUT - THAT. - OVER TWO-THIRDS OF LATINOS WILL - TELL YOU THEY PREFER MAIL-IN - BALLOTS -- OR, I'M SORRY -- - >> Woodruff: I WAS GOING TO - SAY, WE KNOW THERE WAS A LOT - MORE ATTENTION PAID TO THIS - YEAR. - IT DOES PUT AR GEATER BURDEN ON - VOTERS THEMSELVES TO FIND OUT - WHAT THE RULES ARE. - WANT TO TURN BROADLY TO THE - LATINO VOTE, THE VOTE AMONG HISS - BANKS. - YOU KNO PATRICIA LOPEZ, IN - MINNESOTA, I KNOW THE LATINO

- COMMUNITY IS NOT ENORMOUS, BUTS - TO THE HNIC VOTERS, THE - LATINO VOTERS YOU SPEAK WITH, - WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THIS - ELECTION, ABOUT THE THE THINKING - BIDEN? - >> THERE'S A LOT OF EMERGENCY - AMONTHTHESE VOTERS. - ARE ENGAGED IN A WAY THAT I - THINK THEY HAVYSEN'T ALEEN - BECAUSE, AS THEY TOLD ME, THEY - FEEL DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN - POLICIES AND THE EFFECTS ON - THEIR LIVES. - A LOT OF THEM HAVSEEN THAT - PLAY OUT IN THE IMMIGRATION - WE HAVE A LOT OF RE CALLED - MIXED STATUS FAMILIES HERE. - SO YOU HAVE DACA RECIPIENTS. - YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, OLDER PEOPLE - WHO HAVE IMMIGRATED THEMSELVES, - YOUNG AMERICAN-BORN CHILDREN. - SO ALL OF THEM SEE A DIRECTCO - ECTION. - THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, - ANTI-TRUMP ENRGY. - THE ENTHUSIASM FOR BIDEN IS NOT - QUITE AS HIGH. - A LOT OF TM ARE MORE INTENSE - ON VOTING AGAINST TRUMP THAN FOR - BIDEN. - >> Woodruff: AND, DANIEL

- GARZA, WHAT ABOUT THE LATINO -- - I KNOW YOU'RE VERY INVOLVED IN - THE ORGANIZATION LIBRE, BUT EVEN - BEYOND THAT WHEN YOU TALK TO - PEOPLE ABOUT THE LATINO VOTE, - WHAT ARE YOU HEAINNG? - >> I TTHERE'S SOMETHING - DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND FOR - DONALD TRUMP THAT HE ACTUALLYTH - HAS A RECOR HE CANHOW - CASE AND IT IS ONE THAT - BENEFITED THE LATINO COMMUNITY - TREMENDOUS WITHC REORD - UNEMPLOYMENT, RECORD WAGE GROH - AND HOMEOWNERSHIP, THESE ARE ALL - THINGS THAT HELPED TREMENDOUSLY - TO INCREASE THE PROSPERITY FOR - LATINOS. - SO THEY HAVE NOW, AS OPPOSED TO - A 2016, A RECORD TO RUN ON. - AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK - THEY'RE GENERATE AGO LOT OF - EXCITEMENT. - THEY'RE MOBILIZING LATINOS TO - RECRUIT LATINOS TO PERSUAD - LATINOS. - THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE - FOR LATINOS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT - THAT WE RELATE TO THE MESSENGER, - FOLKS WHO HAVE A SHRE - LANGUAGE, A SHARED CULTURE, - SHARED EXPERIENCES, AND WHEN - LATINOS ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR - TALKING TO LATINOS, THIS - GENERATES EXCITEMENT.

- THE FLOTILLAS, THE CAVANS, THE - IN-PERSON ADVANCE THE PRESIDENT - IS DOING -- - >> Woodruff: AND YOU'RE SAYING - - YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S HAPPENING - DESPITE TH PANDEMIC? - >> THAT IS HAPPENING DESPITE THE - PANDEMIC. - OBVIOUSLY, I THINK PEOPLE ARE - TRYING TO TAKE STEPS IN - RESPECTING THE PROTOCOLS FOR THE - RESTRICTIONS IN STATE BY STATE. - WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE - COMPLY FULLY WITH ARIZONA STATE - LAWS WHEN WE VE OUR POLICY - MEETING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT, - BUT IT WILL BE IN PERSON WAN - AUDIENCE, ABSOLUTELY IT WILL. - >> Woouf PATRICIA LOPEZ, - WHAT KIND OF OUTREACH ARE YOU - SEEING FROM THE BIDEN AND THE - TRUMP CAMPAIGNDOOR TO DOOR - VERSUS VIRTUAL? - >> I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN - VIRTUAL. - YOU KNOW, THE CANDIDATES - THEMSELVES, AND WE WILL HAVE - BOTH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND - VICE PRESIDENT BIDENLL, - FORMER VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN HERE - ON FRIDAY WHEN EARLY VOTING - STARTS. - SO THAT WILL BE SORT OF A - KICKOFF FOR THAT KIND OF-P - SON ENGAGEMENT.

- BUT THERE HAVE BEEN DOOR TO DOO - VOLUNTEERS. - I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SENSE - HERE THE TRUMP RECORD HAS BEEN - PARTICULARLY POSITIVE FOR - LATINOS, NOT AMONG THE PEOPLE IO - HAVE TALKE - THEY ARE WARY. - I THINK THEY HAVE SEEN A LOT OF - THE EFFECTS OF THEIR CONCERNS - ABOUT I.C.E. AND COVID AND - ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN THAT THEY - DON'T ACCOUNT FOR AS MUCH AS - OTHERS DO AND THAT'S BEEN - DISTURBING TO A LOT OF THEM. - THE ONE THING I KEEP HEARING - ABOUT IS A LOT OF THEM ARE VERY - INTRIGUED BY KAMALA HARRIS ANDEL - HE MAY BE A PART OF A NEW - MESSAGE, A NEW TONE THAT THE - BIDEN CAMP IS TRYING TO SEND, - DISCONNECTING THEM FROM THE - OBAMA ADMINISTTION BECAUSE - OBAMA WAS A VERY MIXED BAG FOR - HIM. - HE CREATED THE DACA PROGRAM AND - A LOT OF DEPORTATIONS UNDER - PRESIDENT OBAMA, AND FOR SOME IN - THE LATCOMMUNITY, THAT'S - BEEN A LITTLE HARD TO GET

- BEHIND, BUT THEY FEELVERALL - MUCHORSE ABOUT TRUMP. - >> Woodruff: WE'LL CONTINUE TO - REACH OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN. - PATRICIA LOPEZ, DANIEL GARZA, - THANK YOU. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: FIVE YEARS INTO THE - REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CRISIS, THE - NUMBERS OF PEOPLE FLEEING TO - EUROPE ARE DROPPING, DUE TO THE - PANDEMIC. - EXCEPT IN ONE PLACE: A RECORD - 6,000-PLUS ASYLUM SEEKERS - CROSSED THE ENGLISH CHANNEL TO - THE UNITED KINGDOM THIS SUMMER - FROM THE FRENCH PORT OF CALAIS. - HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ARE WARNING - OF THE DANGER OF A RIGHT WING - BACKLASH. - FROM THE PORT OF DOVER, SPECIAL - CORRESPONDENT MALCOLM BRABANT - REPORTS. - >> WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK! - WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK! - >>eporter: FURIOUS THAT RECORD - NUMBERS OF ASYLUM SEEKERSON

- ARE LANDING HESE SHORES. - >> THESE ARE INVADERS, YOU - SHOULD BE PROTECTING US, NOT - THEM.r: - >> Reporte ONE DAY THIS - SUMMER, MORE THAN 40DE IT - ACROSS THE CHANNEL FROM FRANCE - 21 MILES AWAY. - >> 409 W IT THE OTHER DAY? - ARE THEY ISIS? - ARE TH DAESH? - ARE THEY TALIBAN? - ARE THEY SOMALIAN PIRATES? - YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE - LETTING . - >> Reporter: THE PROTEST BEGAN - BY THE PORT WHERE MIGRANTS - ARRIVE AFTER BEING RESCUED. - WEON THE BUSIEST DAY LAST , - THERE WERE OVER 20 SOME SAVED - FROM THIS DINGHY IN THE WORLD'S - BUSIEST WATERWAY. - GIVEN THE CALLOUSNESS PEOPLE - TRAFFICKERS, THESE CHILDREN WERE - FORTUNATE TO MAKE IT. - AN UNKNOWN NUMBER HAVE DROWNED. - BRITAIN FINALLY FORMALLY LEAVES - THE EUROPEAN UNION ON DECEMBER - THE 31st. - AND THE PEOPLE SMUGGLERS ARE - TELLING THE MIGRANTS ACROSS THE - CHANNEL IN CALAIS, THAT THEY - HAVE TO GET HERE BEFORE THAT - DEADLINE KICKS IN. - THAT'S WHEN, ACCORDING TO - GOVERNMENT RHETORIC, BRITAIN IS - REALLY GOING TO TAKE CONTROL OF

- ITS BORDERS. - BUT IF ANYTHING, THESE CROSSINGS - ARE PROVING THAT BRITAIN IS - UNABLE TO STOP THEM FROM COMING. - >> OUR STREETS!te - >> Reporr: BRITAIN'S ECONOMY - DEPENDS ON FREE FLOWING TRAFFIC - IN DOVER. - THE DEMONSTRATORS' WEAPON? - A BLOCKADE. - OUR STREETS.TS, NOT YO - WE PAY YOU. - DO YOUR JOB. - >> WE'RE JUST REFLECTING THE - ANGER. - IT'S T THE PEOPLE WHO SIT AME - WHO'RE ANGRY, BUT DON'T COME OUT - AND UT. - KEYBOARD WARRIORS! - >> Reporter: KEN TRANTER IS A - FORMER MAYORF DOVER, FROM THE - LEFT LEANING LABOUR PARTY. - TRANTER ARGUES THAT ASYLUMTE - SEEKERS ARE TRBETTER THAN - THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS BRITISH - MILITARY VETERANS. - >> BRITA IS UNDER ATTACK AND - THAT'S NOT BEING-- I HAVE NO - ORCISM WHATSOEVER, ALTHOUGH I'M - CALLED FAR RIGHTTTENDING - THIS MARCH, I'M A SOCIALIST. - I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE THAT - CHANCE. - BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHO WE'RE - GIVING THE CHANCE TO. - WE'RE NOT HAVING SOMEONE WHO'S - DISAPPEARING INTO THE BLACK - ECONOMY. - >> REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE. - >> Reporter: THE LABOUR MAYOR OF - A NEARBY COASTAL TOWN COUNTER

- ATTACKED. - >> OUR CULTURE IS NOT JUST - BRITISH, IT IS NOT JUST ENGLISH, - IT IS BUILT UP OF PEOPLE FROM - ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I AM - PROUD TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY - >> NO SURRENDER. - WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK. - >> Reporter: DOVER IS A SYMBOLIC - BATTLEGROUND.AR - FOR 1,000 YE ITS WHITE - CLIFFS HAVE PROTECTED BRITAIN, - ESPECIALLY IN THE SECOND WORLD - WAR. - LIVE STREAMING A SENTIMENTAL - WARTIME SONG FROM HIS TENT, - RALLY ORGANIZER NIGEL MARCHAM, - VETERAN.OR THE LITTLE - ♪ ♪ - >> Reporter: MARCHAM'S TD TICS - BLOCKADEDOVER FOR SEVERAL - HOURS.CI - VETERANS PPATED BUT SO DID - WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND OTHER - GROUPS. - AY>> I THINK WE SHOULD ALWBE - CONCERNED ABOUT THE FAR RIGHT,

- NO MATTER HOW SMALL. - >> Reporter: JOE MULHALL - MONITORS FAR RIGHT ACTIVITIES - FOR HOPE NOT HATE, A NON - PROFIT. - >> I DON'T THINK WE CAE - THE THREAT THEY POSE BY ITS - SCALE NECESSARILY. - IT ONLY TAKES E PERSON TO - ATTACK SOMEONE.ON - IT ONLY TAKES E PERSON ON THE - FAR RIGHT TO ATTACK A MIGRANT OR - TO ATTACK A MIGRANT TEL. - >> Reporter: MIGRANTS IN - TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION ARE - TAUNTED AN EXTREMIST GROUP, - BRITAIN FIRST. - >> YOU CAN SEE MIGRANTS THERE. - ALL THE MIGRANTS THERE WITH - THEIR BAGS. - ALL BEING USHERED OUT OF VIEW. - YOU STAY IN HOTEL? - >> Reporter: IN THE DARKNESS, - ANOTHER SINISTER DEVELOPMENT. - VIGILANTES HAVE BEEN GOING TO - SEA TO TURN BACK ASYLUM SEEKERS. - THEY'RE CALLED LITTLE BOATS 2020 - AND ARE LED BY JEREMY DAVIS, A - WEDDING DISC JOCKEY. - DAVIS IS INFURIATED BY SCENES - LIKE THIS, FEATURED IN A TWEET - FROM NIGEL FARAGE, WHO - ORCHESTRATED BRITAIN'S DEPARTURE - FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION. - >> WE GOT INVOLVED IN THIS'R - BECAUSE BEING ABSOLUTELY - TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS BY OUR OWN

- GOVERNMENT. - THEY'RE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME - IN. - WE DON'T KNOW WHETAIR THEY'RE - TRRS, WHETHER THEY'RE - TERRORISTS. - >> ATTACKS ON MIGRANTS AND ANTI - REFUGEE RHETORIC DOESN'T ONLY - COME FROM THE FAR RIGHT. - THERE'S A BROADER SOCIETAL ISSUE - HERE. - BUT I GUESS THE THING THE FAROF - RIGHR IN TERMS OF A - CHALLENGE IS THAT THEY'RE OFTEN - WAY MORE EXTREME, MUCH MORE - VIOLENT. - AND IT'S WORTH REMEMBERING WE'RE - SEEING RECORD NUMBERS OFS - TERRORIST ARREOM THE FAR - RIGHT. - THIS IS A DANGEROUS BUNCH OF - PEOPLE. - >> Reporter: THE CLIFFS HAVE - BEEN USED AS A CANVAS TOIGHT - BACK BY SYRIAN WAR REFUGEE - HASSAN AKKAD. - >> FIVE YEARS AGO, I WAS ON THE - OTHER SIDE OF THIS CHANNEL - TRNG TO CROSS HERE. - THESE CLIFFS WERE ACTUALLY - VISIBLE FROM OUR MAKESHIFT CAMP - THAND THEY REPRESENTED HOP I - WOULD LIVE A SAFE AND STABLE - LIFE HERE IN BRITAIN. - >> YOU KNOW THE REALITY. - THE RESOURCES TH WE, PEOPLE - LIKE US, TAKE IN IS REALLY - REALLY REALLY TINY COMPARED - THE RESOURCES THAT THE COUNTRY - HAS. - >> Reporter: KOLBASSIA HAOSOU, - WAS A POLITICAL ACTIVIST IN - CHAD. - HE SURVIVED TORTURE, FLED - CENTRAL AFRICA AND ARRIVED IN - BRITAIN IN A SHIPPING CONTAIR.ER - >> I'VE BEEN HE, I WORK, I PAY - TAXES, I DO EVERYTHING THAT A

- CITIZEN NEEDS TO DO. - I ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY - OF THIS COUNTR - >> Reporter: ONE CONTENTIOUS - AREA FOR ANTI-IMMIGRANTT - ACTIVISTS IS TFUGEES FAIL - TO SEEK ASYLUM IN ONE OF THE - COUNTRIES BETWEEN THEIR HOMELAND - AND BRITAIN. - >> THEY ARE COMING THROUGH - HUNDREDS OF SAFE COUNTRI. - THEY'RE STOPPING OFF IN CALAIS - AND THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE A SOFT - TOUCH AND THAT HAS GOT TO STOP. - >> SO THERE IS NOTNG UNDER - INTERNATIONAL LAW WHICH REQUIRES - AN ASYLUM SEEKER TO UNDERTAKE A - PARTICULAR JOURNEY IN THEIRES - FOR SAFETY. - >> Reporter: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER - SONYA SCEATS HEADS A NON PROFIT - CALLED FREEDOM FROM TORTURE. A - SHE SALUM CLAIMS HAVE BEEN - HALVED I RECENT YEARS. - >> THEY ARE VERY SMALL NUMBERS - IN THECHEME OF THINGS, BUT - THERE IS A REAL SENSE OF - POLITICAL PANIC WHICH HAS BEEN - CULTIVATED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR - LITICAL ENDS. - >> Reporter: LAST YEAR BRITAIN - WATHE FIFTH MOST ATTRACTIV - EUROPEAN DESTINATION FOR ASYLUM - SEEKERS, WITH 45,000 - APPLICATIONS, A LONG WAY BEHIND - GERMANY, FRANCE, SPAIN AND

- GREECE. - PRE MISTER BORIS JOHNSON ISNI - PL NEW LEGISLATION WHICH - WILL MAKE DEPORTATIONS EASIER. - >> WE WILL ADDRESS THE - RIGIDITIES IN OUR LAWS TT MAKE - THIS COUNTRY, I'M AFRA, A - TARGET AND A MAGNET FOR THOSE - WHO WOULD EXPLOIT VULNERABLE - PEOPLE. - >> FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS PEOPLE - HAVE COME TO BRITAIN AS A BEACON - OF FREEDOM AND SAFETY. - AND THAT TRADITION IS ON THE - LINE AT THE MOMENT. - >> Reporter: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS - BLAME GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES FOR - ENCOURAGING RIGHT WINGERS. - HERE THEY TRIED TO FORCE THEKE - POLICE TO TA THE KNEE TO HONOR - BRITISH VETERANS. - >> WHOILL TAKE THE KNEE FOR - THE VETERANS? - >> SHAME ON YOU. - SHAME ON YOU. - >> YOU'LL TAKE THENEE FOR - BLACK LIVES MATTER, BUT YOUT - WON'KE THE KNEE FOR VETERANS - WHO HAVE DIED. - >> THEY'VE GOT NOBBY. - THEY'VE GOT NOBBY. - >> Reporter: AFTER TAUNTING THE - POLICE FOR HOURS, THE LITTLE - VETERAN WAS ARRESTED, BUT - RELEASED LATER THE SAME DAY. - >> YOU'RE NOT ENGLISH ANY MORE. - >> Reporter: THE CLIMATE - CONFRONTING ASYLUM SEEKERS MAYIO - BE DETTING, BUT THE

- LIFEBOAT CREW HONORS THE - INTEATIONAL MARITIME COVENAN - TO PROTECT THOSE IN PERIL ON THE - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOI'M - MALCOLM BRABANT IN DOVER. - >> Woodruff: IT WAS A MOMENTOUS - DECISION: A RECENT SUPREME COURT - RULING THAMUCH OF EASTERN - OKLAHOMA REMAINS INDIAN COUNTRY, - GRANTING JURISDICTIONAL NTROL - FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE CAS TO - THE MUSCOGEE CREEK NATION AND - FOUR NEIGHBORING TRIBAL NATIONS. - LEADERS ARE IN TWOOFAND TRIBAL - VIRTUAL DISCUSSIONS THIS WEEK TO - ADDRESS ISSUES FACING INDIAN - COUNTRY TODAY. - ONE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION: THE - IMPACT OF "McGIRT V. OKLAHOMA," - WHICH, FOR NATIVE AMERICANS, - GOES WELL BEYOND THE LAW. - JEFFREY BROWN HAS THE STORY, - PART OF OUR ONGOING ARTS AND - CULTURE SERIES, "CANVAS." - Brown: RICHINDA SANDS GREW UP - IN RURAL OKLAHOMA.

- AS A GIRL SHE WORKED AS A PECAN - PICKER. - TO FAMILY MEMBERS LATER IN LIFED - SHE WAS C"MAMAGEE"-- CREEK - FOR "LITTLE MOTHER." - LAST OCTOBER, SHE DIED OF - COMPLICATIONS FROM DIABETES AT - AGE 73. - >> SHE WAS ALSO THE SYMBOL OF - ALL THE SACRIFICE THAT WENT INTO - ENSURING THAT MY FAMILY S A - TRIBAL IDENTITY TODAY. - >> Brown: JONODEV CHAUDHURI IS - RICHINDA SAND'S NEPHEW.SI - >> WHEN THE DE OF MCGIRT - CAME OUT, SHE WAS THE FIRST - I RSON I THOUGHT OF. - >> Brown: CHAUDH - AMBASSADOR FOR THE MUSCOGEE - CREEK NATION, A DIPLOMATIC - POSITION REPRESENTIN - TRIBE'S SOVEREIGN INTERESTS. - HE SEEHIS ¡MAMAGEE' AS HI - FAMILY'S LAST MATRIARCH, HER - LIFE WRAPPED UP IN ISSUES THE - SUPREMCOURT SPOKE TO. - >> IT WAS A LIFE OF STRUGGLE, - AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE - STRUGGLE THAT ALL OF OUR - FAMILIES AS MUSKOGEE CREEK HAVE - FACED. - AND TO HAVE AFFIRMATION FROM THE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S HIGHEST - COURT THAT DESPITE OUR STRUGGLE - AND BECA THE SACRIFICES OF

- PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE US, OUR - NATION REMAINS WHOLE AND OUR - RESERVATION REMAINS WHOLE, IT - WAS A POWERFUL MOMENTHAT - RESONATED WITH ME ON A VERY DEEP - PERSONAL LEVEL. - >> Brown: THAT STRUGGLE AND - SACRIFICE TRACE BACK TO WHAT'S - KNOWN AS THE "TRAIL OF TEARS": - THE 19th CENTURY FORCED REMOVAL - OF THE MUSCOGEE AND OTHER - INDIANS FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL - LANDS IN THE SOUTHEAST TO - RESERVATIONS IN WHAT WOULD - BECOME OKLAHOMA. - TODAY'S MAP STILL CARRIES THE - CLUES: ¡TALLAHASSEE' AND 'TULSA' - ARE VARIATIONS ON THE SAME CREEK - WORD FOR ¡OLD TOWN'. - >> OUR STORY IS A STORY OF - DIFFICULTIES, BUT REBIRTH AND A - CONTINUED CHAIN.E - BECA THE RAVAGES OF TIME - AND UNFORTUNATE EFFORTS BY THE - STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE FEDERAL - GOVERNMENT TO DISMANTLE THIS - NOTION OF HOME IN OUR LANDS, ITC - WAS AN ESICEPT, FEELING - NG HOME IN YOUR NATION'S LANDS. - AND THAT'S A FEEHAT MANY - CRKS KNOW. - BUT THAT'S ALSO A FEELING THAT I

- THINK A LOT OF NATIVE AMERICAN - FOLKS KNOW WHEREVER THE - RERVATION OR THEIR TERRITO - IS. - >> Brown: THE MCGIRT DECISION, - WRITTEN JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH, - DECLARED THE LANDS REMAIN WITHIN - INDIAN RESERVATIONS. I - ITS DIREACT IS ON CRIMES - COMMITTED BY TRIBAL MEMBERS ON - THE RESERVATION, GIVING THE - TRIBE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - JURISDICTION RATHER THAN THE - STATE. - >> NOT ONE INCH OF LAND, NOT ONE - FISTFUL OF SAND CHANGED - OWNERSHIP BY THIS RULING. - IT SIMPLY WAS A REGNITION THAT - THE MUSCOGEE CREEK NATION'S - BOUNDARIES HAD NEV BEEN - DISESTABLISHED OR DESTROYED. - BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT BROUGHT - MOM AND THEIR SIBLINGS, MY UNCLE - CLIFF, MY AUNT ALOWEEN AND MY - UNCLE LEON. - AND THEY'RE THERE WITH MY - GRANDPARENTS. - AND EACH ONE OF THEM HAD PASSED - AWAY IN MANY WAYS DUE TO THE - DIRECT OR INDIRECT EFFECTS OF I - REMOVAL, WHETHBE POVERTY - OR LACK OF RESOURCES TO HEALTH - CARE. - MY AUNT WAS THE FIRST ONE TO - MAKE IT OUT OF HER 50s. - >> Brown: THE COVID PANDEMIC IS - HITTING NATIVE COMMUNITIES - ESPECIALLY HARD, THE COUNTRY IS

- AGAIN FOCUSING ON ITS CONTINUING - HISTORY OF RACISM. - FEELINGS, TOO, ABO RULING YOUR - AND WHERE THINGS ARE NOW? - ABSOLUTELY. - THE MOMENT THAT WE FIND - OURSELVES, I THINK, IS BEYOND - JUST PURE READINGS OTHE LAW. - THE CASE ITSELF WAS A - BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, WELL- - REASONED OPINION, BUT IT EXISTS - IN A LARGER CONTEXT. - AND THAT CONTEXT SHOWS THAT - HAVE TO FIGHT TO KEEP THE GAINS - >> Brown: A CONTEXT, AND LEVEL. - HISTORY, THAT INCLUDE RICHINDA - SANDS. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - JEFFREY BROWN. - >> Woodruff: HOW DYOU PICTURE - A PANDEMIC? - TONIGHT'S BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR - FOCUSES ON A PHOTOGRAPHER - DOCUMENTING FUNERAL HOMES AND

- HEALTH CARE WORKERS. - HIS IMAGES CAPTURED IN MARCH - APPEARED IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" - MAGAZINE. - HE SPOKE WITH US ABOUT HIS WORK - IN NEW YORK CITY IN LATE MAY. - >> WE WERE PHOTOGRAPHING IN THE - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT QUEEN'S - HOSPITAL, WHERE TWO F.D.N.Y.RA - DICS HAD JUST WHEELED IN A - MAN WHO WAS GOING INTO CARDIAC - ARREST FROM VID-19. - THE HOSPITAL AT THE TIME WAS - COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED WITH - PATIENTS - AT THAT MOMENT, IT WAS ALL HANDH - ON DECK TO SAV MAN'S LIFE. - AND WE WATCHED FOR 10 MINUPAS AS - THESE TWMEDICS FLANKED BY - HOSPIT WORKERS, NURSES AND - DOCTORS ALL LIKE, GAVE THIS MAN - ALL OF - POSSIBLY COULD IN ORDER TO BRING - HIM BACK. - THEY BROUGHTIM BACK AFTER - WORKING TIRELESSLY. - CASUALLY, AT THE END OF IT, - EVERYONE JUST GOT BACK TO WORK. - IT WAS JUST MEN AND WOMEN - OPERATING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL - OF PROFESSIONALISM AND HEROISM.

- MOST OF THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE - FOR COVID-19 HAS BEEN DONE WITH - THE "NEW YORK TIMES" MAGAZINE. - WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON - WHAT WE HAD LOST AS A CITY. - AND WHAT WE HAD LOST AS A CITY - WERE 20,000 LIVES. - NEW YORK IS A PLACE OF MANY - STORIES, BUT IT REALLY STARTED - TO BECOME ONE STORY, AND THE - STORY WAS IN THE HOSPITALS. - OVER THE COURSE OF SIX DAYS, WE - ENDED UP VISITING NINE MUNICIPAL - HOSPITALS AND CLINICS ACROSS - FIVE BOROUGHS. - WORKING ON THIS TYPE OF STORY - REQUIRES I THINK, AN OVERDOSE OF - MEMPATHY. - IF TENT IS EMOTIONAL, I - ALLOW MYSELF TO FEEL EMOTIONAL.G - IN FEEHAT, I REALLY HOPE - THAT IT IMPACTS THE PICTURE.GI - ONE OF THE TTHINGS ABOUT - VIBEING HOSPITALIZED WITH 19 - IS FROM THE SECOND THAT YOU ARE

- HOSPITALIZED AND LEAVE YOUR - FAMILYYOU WON'T SEE THEM AGAIN - UNTIL YOU GET OUT, IF YOU'RE - LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET OUT. - THERE WERE NO FLOWERS, THERE - WERE NO VISITS, THERE WERE NO - FAMILY MEMBERS IWAITING ROOMS. - THERE WAS A NEW YORK BEFORE - COVID. - AND THERE'S A NEW YORK AFTER. - AND I'VE HAD A FEW MOMEN OF - REALIZING THAT THE WORLD IS - GOING TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT - PERMANENTLY. - THIS IS A MOMENT THAT IS LARGER - THAN ALL OF US. - MY NAME IS PHILIP MONTGOMERY, - AND THIS IS MY BRIEF BUT - SPECTACULAR TAKE ON REPORTING - THE PANDEMIC IN NEW YORK CITY. - >> Woodruff: AND YOU CAN FIND - ALL OF OUR BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR - ORIES ONLINE AT - pbs.org/newshour slash brief. - AND THAT'S THE NEWSHOUR FOR - TONIGHT. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - JOIN US ONLINE AND AGAIN HERE - VENING.W - FOR ALL OF US AT THE PBS - NEWSAYUR, THANK YOU, PLEASE ST - SAFE, AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.

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