PBS NewsHour; June 26, 2020, 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING, I'M - JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, CARE IN - THE TIME OF COVID-- DESPITE THE - ONGOING PANDEMIC AND THE - UPCOMING ELECTION, THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION ASKS THE SUPREME - COURTO INVALIDATE THE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. - THEN, A SURGE IN THE SUN BELT-- - AS TEXAS AND FLORIRS AGAIN CLOSE - WE ARE ON THE GROUND IN - ARIZONA AS IT RECONSIDERS - RE-OPENING AMID A DRAMATIC SPIKE - IN NEW CORONAVIRUS IECTIONS. - >> WE WERE COMING INTO A SUMMER - AND THE WEATHER HERE IS GREAT - AND EVERYBODY IS GATHE - TOGETHER IN ALL KINDS OF PLACES. - PEOPLE JUST WENT CRAZY AND - STARTED TO CONGREGATE AND THAT'S - DRIVEN THE NUMBERS HIGAN - WE EVER EXPECTED. - >> Woodruff: PLUS, IT'S FRIDAY, - MARK SHIELDS AND DAVID BROOKS - CONSIDER THE WEEK IN POLITICS - AND THE ONGOING FEDERAL RESPONSE - TO COVID-19. - ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S

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- D FRIENDS OF THE NEWSHOUR. - >> THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE - POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR - PUBL BROADCASTING. - AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: TWO BIG STATES, - TEXAS AND FLORIDA, ARE REINING - IN THEIR REOPENINGS, AS COVID-19 - INFECTIONS SURGE BACK.PU - ICAN GOVERNORS IN BOTH - STATES ORDERED BARS TO CLOSE - TODAY, OR STOP SELLI ALCOHOL. - FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON deSANTIS - ARGUED HIS EARLY PUSH PEN - IS NOT TO BLAME FOR THE TURN OF - EVENTS. - >> WE WENT TO PHASE ONE IN THE - BEGINNING OF MAY AND WE HAD THET - BEOVID RESULTS WE'VE EVER - HAD ALL THROUGH MAY AND - BEGIMEING OF JUNE. - , POSITIVITY WAS LOW, THE - CASES WERE LOW. - I THINK WHAT'S JUST TPPENED - SINCE LAST FEW WEEKS, I

- THINK IT'S MORE, YOU KNOW, - PEOPLE WANT TO BE SOCIAL, THEY - WANT TO INTERACT. - Woodruff: ALL TOLD, THE - NATION HAD A RECORD 40,000 NEW - CASES THE LAST 24 HOURS, AND - THE DEATH TOLL NEARED - 125,000. - IN WASHINGTON, DR. ANTHONY - FAUCI, THE NATION'S TOP - INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT, - WARNED THAT YOUNAMERICANS ARE - DRIVING THE NEW INFECTIONS. - >> YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL - RESPONSIBILITY TO YOURSELF, BUT - YOU HAVE A SOCIETALBI - RESPONTY BECAUSE IF WE - WANT TO END THIS OUTBREAK, - REALLY END IT, AND THEN - HOPEFULLY WHEN THE VACCINE COMES - AND PUTS A NAIL IN THE COFFIN, - YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE THAT YOU - ARE PART OF THE PROCESS. - >> Woodruff: FAUCI SPOKE AS - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CORONAVIRUS - TASK FORCE GAVE ITS FIRST - BRIEFING IN ALMOST TWO MONTHS. - VICE PRESIDENT PENCE - ACKNOWLEDGED INFECTIONS ARE - RISING IN 16 STATES, BUT HE SAID - THE OVERALL SITUATION IS BETTER

- THAN TWO MONTHS AGO. - HE ALSO DEFENDED THE PRESIDENT'S - RALLIES.ALO RESU - ON - RESURGENCE HAD INVESTORS HEADING - FOR THE EXITS. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - LOST 730 POINTS, NEARLY 3%, TO - CLOSE AT 25,015. - THE NASDAQ FELL 259 POINTS, AND, - THE S&P 500 GAVE UP 74 POINTS. - THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL - VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TODAY IN FAVOR - OF DISMANTLING ITS POLICE - DEPARTMENT. - THAT CLD LEAD TO A NOVEMBER - BALLOT MEASURE ON CREATING A NEW - HAGENCY WITH A PUBLIC HEA - APPROACH, BUT ALSO WITH LICENSED - OFFICERS. - THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, - DURING A MAY ARREST IN - MINNEAPOLIS, GALVANIZED TH - MOVE. - IN SEATTLE, CITY CREWS TRIEDDA - TO CLEAR AWAY PROTESTERS' - SO-CALLED "OCCUPIED ZONE," BUT - THEY WERE BLOCKED. - DEMONSTRATORS CHANTED THEIR

- RESISTANCE AND LAY DOWN IN FRONY - OF HEAQUIPMENT. - POLICE STOOD BY, BUT DID NOT - INTERVEN. - MEANWHILE, DEMOCRATS IN THE U.S. - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - CELEBRATED PASSAGE OF A MAJOR - POLICE OVERHAUL MEASURE. - IT SEEKS TO BAN CHOKEHOLDS AND - REDUCE LEGAL IMMUNITY FORFI - RS. - IN THE SENATE, MAJORITY - REPUBLICANS FAVOA MORE LIMITED - BILL, BUT DEMOCRATS HAVE BLOCKED - IT. - HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY SAYS - THE NEXT MOVE IS UP TO THE - A.O.P. - >> WE ALWAYS HAV - RESPONSIBILITY TO REACH ACROSS - THE AISLE, BUT INSTEAD OF AHA - SHAKE, YOU GET A SLAP IN THE - FACE, THEN YOU SAY YOU BETTER GH - BACK TDRAWING BOARD. - AND THAT'S WHAT THEY BETTER DO. - AND THAT'S UP TO THE SENATE, - WHEN THEY COME TO THEIR - CONCLUSION. - THEY CAN'T PASS A BILL, AND YOU - THINK WE SHOULD EMBRACE IT? - NO. - >> Woodruff: SENATE MAJORITY - LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL HAS SAID - THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS' BILL CANNOT - PASS THE SENATE. - THE HOUSE VOTED TODAY, FOR THE

- FIRST TIME EVER, TO MAKE - WASHINGTON, D.C. THE 51st STATE. - THE MEASURE PASS 232 TO 180, - WITH ALL BUT ONE DEMOCRAT IN - FAVOR, AND ALL REPUBLICANS - OPPOSED. - IT IS GIVEN LITTLE CHANCE IN THE - SENATE.L - WEKE A CLOSER LOOK, LATER - IN THE PROGRAM. - IN MEXICO CITY, LICE WERE OUT - IN FORCE, AFTER GUNMEN TRIED TO - ASSASSINATE THE POLICE CHIEF IN - UPDAYBREAK ASSAULT. - IT HAPPENED IN AALE - NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ATTACKERS - BLASTED THE CHIEF'S ARMORED - VEHICLE WITH SNIPER RIND - GRENADES. - HE WAS BADLY WOUNDED, AND REE - PEOPLE WERE KILLED. - OFFICIALS BLAMED A DRUG CARTEL,1 - AND SASUSPECTS WERE IN - CUSTODY. - THE LAST OF THREMEN CONVICTED - IN THE INFAMOUS BIRMINGHAM, - IEDBAMA CHURCH BOMBING HAS - IN PRISON. - KU KLUX KLANSMAN, WAS 81.FORMER - OFFICIALS SA HE PASSED AWAY - TODAY, OF NATURAL CAUSES. - THE 1963 BOMBING KILLED FOUR

- YOUNG BLACK GIRLS. - BLANTON WAS FINALLY CONVICTED IN - 2001. - AND, CORPORATE GIANT UNILEVER - WILL STOP ADVERTISING ON - FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM - TO PROTEST RACIST AND VIOLENT - CONTENT ONLINE. - IT'S THE LATEST COMPANY TO TAKE - THAT DECISION, AND IT SAYS THE - AD HALT WILL LAST THROUGH - DECEMBER. - UNILEVER MES EVERYTHING FROM - DOVE SOAP TO BEN AND JERRY'S ICE - CREAM. - THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ASKS: - THE SUPREME COURT TO INVALATE - THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. - ARIZONA RECONSIDERAMRE-OPENING - A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN NEW - CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS. - AND MUCH MORE. - Woodruff: THE FATE OF T - HEALTH CARE LAW OFTEN REFERRED

- LINE AGAIN AS THE D PANDEMICHE - PLAYS OUT. - LAST NIGHT, THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION AGAIN SOUGHT TOTH - STRIKE IT DOWN TIME BY - FILING A BRIEF WITH THE SUPREME - COURT ARGUING IT'S - UNCONSTITUTIONAL. - STATES JOINED IN, CONTENDING - THE LAW MUST BE OVERUSTURNED - BECONGRESS ELIMINATED THE - INDIVIDUAL MANDATE. - MORE THAN 23 MILLION AMERICANS - GET COVERAGE THROUGH THE A.C.A., - BUT FOR SOME, THE COSTS OF THAT - COVERAGE ARE STILL TOO HIGH. - ANDY SLAVITT IS THE FORMER - ACTING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE - CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND - MEDICAID SERVICES DURING THE - OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. - HE JOINS ME NOW. - ANDY SLAVITT, WELCOME BACK TO - THE "NewsHour". - AS YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT THAT - THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND - THESE 18 STATES ARE MAKING IS - NOW THAT THERE'S NO LONGER A TAX - PENALTY IMPOSED ON PEOPLE IF - THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE THATA - THISNO LONGER HAS A - THEREFORE, IT SHOULD BEND, - OVERTURNED. - WITHOUT GETTING TOO MUCH INTO

- THE LEGAL WEEDS ON THIS, ANDY - SLAVITT, WHY IS THAT WRONG? - >> WELL, THEY'RE SUGGESTING, - WHEN THE SENATE PASSED A TAX LAW - IN THE END OF 2017, THAT IT - ACTUALLY INTENDED NOT TO JUST - ELIMINATE THE MANDATE BUT - INTENDED TO ELIMINATE THE ENTIRE - LAW -- IN OTHER WORDS, THAT ONE - WAS INTENDEDO STRIKE DOWN ALL. - SENATOR LAMARLEXANDER MADE - VERY CLEAR WHEN HE SAID THAT WAS - NOT THE INTENT OF ANYBODY - VOTING, NOBODY WAS VOTING TO - REPEAL THE ENTIRE LAW. - SO THEY ARE, I THINK THIS CASE - IS ATTEMPTING TO -- AND I THINK - IN A POLITICAL FASHION- TO TRY - TO REINTERPRET WHAT - CONGRESSIONAL INTENT WAS WITHO - REALLY PUND IMPACT ON THE - AMERICAN PUBLIC. - NOW, IT'S NOT JUST THECHING LAW - 23 MILLIONEOPLE WHO HAVE - COVERAGE, IT'S THE 130 MILLION - PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING - PROTECTIONS, MORE PEPLE WHO - WILL NEED COVERAGE COMING OUT OF - COVID 19 AND PRE-EXISTING

- PROTECTION, SO IT'S A SWEEPING - LAW CHANGE T MAKE ON THAT - BASIS. - >> Woodruff: SO THEY'RE MAKING - THE ARGUMENT THAT 'S NOT - CONSTITUTIONAL. - AS YOU KNOW VERY WELL, THERE'S - SOT CRITICISM, AS WE JUST - SAID, THAT, FOR MANY AMERICANS, - THE PREMIUMS ART STILOO HIGH. - WHAT'S THE ANSWER TO THAT? - >> WELL, THERE IS PLENTY TO NOT - SYSTEM, AND NO ON LAW, WHETHER - IT'S THE ACA OR ANY OTHER LAW, - IS GOING TO FIX IT ALL. - WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS KEEP - AND MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE FOR - OTHER PEOPLE. - THERE IS A BILL JUST INTRODUCED - HIS WEEK THAT ATTEMPTS TO - ADDRESS THAT. - I THINK IT'S LONG OVERDUE. - I THINK WHEN THE REPUBLICANS - WERE CONTROLLING THE CONGRESS,TR - RATHER THANG TO TEAR IT - DOWN, THEY COULD HAVE PUT - FORWARD THESE IMPROVEMENT BILLS. - WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SUGE - EVERYBODTS A PROPER TAX - TREATMENT THAT EMPLOYERS GET. - RIGHT NOW, IF YOU EARN UP TO - ABOUT $100,000 A YEAR, IT'S - BECAUSE YOU GET THE SAME TAX

- SUBSIDIESTY THE EMPLOYER GETS, - BUT IF YU'RE OVER $100,000 A - YEAR, YOU DON'T. - THAT'S CLEARLY A GAP IN THEAW, - BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE - WHO MAKE OVER $100,000 A YEAR TO - WHOM HEALTHCARE IS WAY TOO - EXPENSIVE. - >> Woodruff: ANDY SLAVITT, - BACK TO YOUR FIRST POINT, WHA - DOES THIS MN IN HUMAN TERMS IF - TTHIS LAW IS OVERTURNED AE - COURT FINDS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL, - ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE ITHE - MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC? - >> IT MEANS A FEW THINGS. - DIRECTLY, 23 MILLION PEOPLE WILL - NO LONGER BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE - OF THEIR FAMILIES IF SOMEONE - SHOULD GET SICK FROM COVID OR - ANYTHING ELSE, PREVENTATIVE CARE - AND ALL THE THINGS THAT COME - ALONG WITH IT. - SECONDLY, YOU HAVE - EMPLOYER-BASED COVERAGE, IT WILL - NOW BE UP TO THE INSURANCEMP - IES TO DECIDE WHAT TO - COVER AND WHAT NOT TODORF. - AND IF YOU LOSE EMPLOYER-BASED - COVERAGE, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO - ERAGENTEED TO GET THAT COV - BACK OR, IF YOU GET IT, YOUR - PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS WILL B - CLUDED, NO MATTER WHAT IS SAID - BY THE WHITE HOUSE. - RHETORICLY, THAT IS JUST THE

- FACT. - AND WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THE - MONEY BEING SPENT TO GET PEOPLE - HEALTHCARE? - WELL, THE TOP 1% OF EARNERS WILL - GOING TO GET A $200,000 TAX CUT, - AND I THINK WHAT'S BEHIND A LOT - OF THIS IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO - ARE PUSHING TO REPEAL THE LAW - WOULD RATHER YOU HAVE THAT MONEY - YOU USE FOR A TAX BENEFIT FOR - E WEALTHY THAN FOR PEOPLE - INDIVIDUALLY. - OF COUE, IF YOU HAVE COVID AND - IT BECOMES A PRTIE-EX - CONDITION, IT'S NOT JUST COVID, - IT'S THE CDITIONS FROM COVID, - AN INSURANCE COMPANY COUCILD - NOT TO COVER IT. - MUCH GREATER WHILE WE'RE IN THE - MIDDLE OF FIGHTING COVID 19. - TODAY, THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES - SURGUG AROUND THE COUNTRY, - FOLLOW THIS VERY CLOSELY. - THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING THIS - IS NOT DUE TO REOPENING, IT'S - WHAT VICE PRESIDENT PE TE PENCE - SADAY. - HOW DO YOU READ THE CAUSE BEHIND - THIS RESURGENCE ACROSS MUCH OF - THE COUNTRY, 16 STATES?

- >> WELL, THIS IS WHAT THE VIRUS - DOES. - THE VIRUS MOVES FM BIGGER - CITIES TO SMALLER CITIES AND, - SO, IN SOME LEVEL, WE SEEM TO BE - ONE OF THE ONLY NATIONS IN THE - WORLD THAT DSTESN'T UNDD - THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. - AND THEN THERE'S CAUSE AND - EFFECT AND A TIME LAG. - SO I THINK WE HAVE PARTICULARLY - IN ARIZONA AND TEXAS AND - FLORIDA, GOVERNORS THAT HAVE - BEEN REPEATEDLY TOLD THROUGH THE - COURSE OF MAY THAT THIS WAS - WAING TO HAPPEN AND THEYTED - NOT ONLY TO SEE ENOUGH CASES, - THEY WAITED NOT ONLY TO SEE TH - POSITIVITY RATE GO UP, THEY - WAITED TO SEE IF THE HOSPITAL - STARTED TOL. FIL - AT THIS POINT, IF THEY ACTED - TODAY WITH STRONG ACTN, THEY - WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TURN THE - TIDE FOR ANOTHER THREE WEEKS OR - SO. - WE'RE REALLY DEALING WITH THE - MIDDLE OJULY AND THINGS ARE - GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO ON ANDGE - WORSE. - SO I THINK WE HAVE TO QUESTION A - BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT'S CAUSING - THESE THNGS, WE HAVE TO BE MORE - HONEST, AND THE VICE PRESIDENT, - COMEALL DUE RESPECT, CAN - OUT AND PAINT A ROSY PICTURE.

- IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE PUBLIC WHO - JUST WANTS TO KNOW WHAT DO THEY - NEED TO DO TO BE SAFE. - >> Woodruff: CERTAINLY BAD - NUMBERS TODAY IN THE TERMS OF - THE COVID RECURRING, RESURGING - ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. - ANDY SLAVITT, WE THANK YOU. - >> THANK YOU, JUY. - >> Woodruff: AS WE HEARD, - ARIZONA HAS BECO A NEW - EPICENTER FOR COVID-19. - IN FACT, IT NOW HAS MORE PER - CAPITA CASES THAN REPORTED BY - ANY EUROPEAN COUNTRY. - BUT AS STEPHANIE SY REPORTS FROM - ORARIZONA, THE RENEWED EFFTS TO - FLATTEN THE CURVE ARE STILL - MEETING SOME RESISTANCE. - >> Reporter: AT THE DOWNTOWN - PHOENIX FARMERS MARKET, KELVIN - WEST DID SOME SHOPPING AND - PICKED UP EXTRA FACE MASKS. - >> CORONAVIR IS REAL.

- IT'S OUT THERE. - PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM IT. - AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IFOU'RE - FEELING ANYTHING OR NOT. - >> Reporter: OTHERS WEREN'T AS - CONCERNED. - >> I THINK THE CORONAVIRUS IS A - REAL ISSUE, BUT I DON'T FEEL - LIKE THE HYPE BEHIND IT IS AS - MUCH AS THEY SAY IT IS, IN MY - PERSONAL OPINION. - I JUST THINK THAT THE NUMBERS - ARE VERY SKEWED. - AND SO I DON'T PERSONALLY FEEL - THREATENED. - >> Reporter: THE GRAND CANYONH - STATE WHICS EXPERIENCED - SEVERAL WEEKS OF INCREASING - CORONAVIRUS CASES HAS BECOME A - TALEF TWO REALITIES-- ONE, - WHERE PEOPLE LIKE ED ZIEGLER - CONTINUE TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE. - >> I'M DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE - D.C. SAYS. - WASHING MY HANDS RELIGIOUSLY, - USING MASK, TRYING TO STAY - AWAY FROM PEOPLE AS MUCH AS I - CAN. - >> Reporter: AND ANOTHER, WHERE - PEOPLE LIKE KU BREWER ARE - ENJOYING WEEKEND BRUNCH AS - THOUGH THE PANDEMIC WAOVER. - >> I'M ACTUALLY COMING TO EAT TO - SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS - PEOPLE ARE KIND OF OVERREACTIN - TO HOW THEY'RE HANDLING - SITUATION. - >> Reporter: UNDER PRESSURE FROM - ALL SIDES, THE REPUBLICAN

- GOVERNOR, DOUG DUCEY, BEGAN RE- - OPENING THE STATE'S ECONOMY IN - MID-MAY, ONE OF THE FIRST TO DO - SO. - CASES QUICKLY SPIKED. - >> THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES THAT - ARE JUST WINGING IT AND BEHAVING - PRE PANDEMIC - >> Reporter: WILL HUMBLE IS A - FORMER STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR. - HE SS MANY NEW CASES IN RECE - DAYS HAVE BEEN AMONG YOUNGER - STATE RESIDENTS. - >> THE AVERAGE AGE OF DIAGNOSIS - IS 34. - NEW CASES IS 39. - AND SO THAT NUMBER IS MOVING - DOWN. - >> Reporter: HUMBLE SAYS THE - PROBLEM IS NOT WITH E STATE - RE-OPENING, BUT HOW IT REOPENED, - ALLOWING FOR COMPLACENCY TO SET - IN. - >> IF WE HAD PUT SOME COMPLIANC - MEASURES IN PLAT WERE - ENFORCEABLE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN - ABLE TO PRESERVE THE GAINS OR - MOST MANY OF THE GAINS THAT WE - MADE DURING THE STAY AT HOME - ORDER. - >> Reporter: OFFICIALS ARE NOW - TAKING STEPS TO ENFORCE SOCIAL - DISTANCING AND MASK GUIDELINES - IN RESTAURANTS - GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY IS NOT - TAING ABOUT SHUTTING BACK - DOWN. - HE IS URGING PEOPLE TO STAY - HOME. - >> THERE'S NO MAGICAL DECISION - OR GOLDEN GOVERNMENT ACTION THAT - WILL STOP THIS VIRUS.

- >> Reporter: AS THINGS STAND, - TE OF POSITIVEE - TESTS EACH DAY HAS BEEN ABOVE - 20% FOR A WEEK, COMPAREDO NEW - YORK STATE'S POSITIVE TESTING - RATE, WHICH IS HOVERING AT - AROUND 1%. - >> ALTHOUGH ONE OF THE THINGS - THAT WE'RE HEARING MORE AND MORA - IN ARIOW IS THAT WHILE - TESTING CAPACITY HAS IMPROVED - MARKEDLYTHE TURNAROUND TIME - HAS BEEN BAD. - AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT - BECAUSE YOUR CONTACT TRACING - EFFECTIVENESS IS REALLY DETER IS - DEPENDS ON FAST TURNAROUND TIMES - FROM THE LABORATORY. - >> Reporter: AND IN THE STATE'S - WORST AFFECTED AREAS TESTING - SITES ARE OVERWHELMED-LINES OF - PEOPLE WAITING TO BE SWABBED - ARIZONANS LIVE HAS BY FAR THE - HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES, DEATHS, - AND HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE - STATE. - BUT OTHER AREAS ARE ALSO SEEING - SURGES, INCLUDING YUMA, WHICH - BORDERS HOTSPOTS IN CALIFOIA - AND MEXICO. - >> WE WERE COMING INTO A SUMMER

- RAND THWEATHER HERE IS EAT - AND EVERYBODY IS GATHERING - PEOPLE JUST WENT CRAZY AND - STARTED TO CONGREGATE AND THAT'S - DRIVEN THE NUMBERS HIGHER THAN - WE EVER EXPECTED. - >> Reporter: YUMA COUNTY - CHAIRMAN TONY REYES SUGGESTS - MINDSETS MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO - DO WITH THE HIGHER RATE OF - INFECTIONS HE'S SEEING. - >> WELL, YOU HAVE A LOT OF - PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE TYTHING - YOU MANDATE IS AN INFRINGEMENT - OF THEIR RIGHTS. - WE TRY TO EMPHASIZE TO OUR - FRIENDS AND OUR ENEMIES THAT - THIS IA HEALTH CRISIS. - THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL CRISIS. - IT'S NOT A CULTURAL CRISIS. - VE Reporter: BUT POLITICS - COME INTO PLAY. - AT A RALLY FOR PRESIDENT DONALD - TRUMP IN PHOENIX EARLIER THIS - WEEK, THERE WAS NO SOCIAL - DISTANCING, AND DESPITE THE - CITY'S ORDINANCE REQUIRING MASKS - IN PUBLIC PLACES, MANY CHOSE NOT - TO WEAR THEM.E - FOR THRRIED ABOUT CATCHING - THE VIRUS, A MASS RALLY WITH - PEOPLE COMING IN FROM ALL OVER - THE STATE AND BEYOND DEFIES - LOGIC. - I HAVE A PRE-EXISTING - CONDITION. - IF I GET THIS VIRUS, CHANCES ARR

- I'D HAVE LONGOR PERMANENT - ORGAN DAMAGE OR I'D DIE. - >> Reporter: HEATHER FRUSHOUR - KNOWS FIRST HAND HOW SERIOUS - GETTING COVID 19 CAN BE. - >> I GOT COVID BACK IN MARCH AND - IT'S A LONG RECOVERY FOR SOME - AND IT WAS FOR ME. - SO WE ARE HESITANT TO GO OUT. - >> Reporter: BUT AS OTHERS - DECIDE TO GO OUT, HOSPITALS ARE - CLOSER TO REACHING CAPACITY. - >> IN A WORD, TERRIBLE, ANOTHERD - WOS OVERWHELMING. - DEPARTMENT DR. FRAECCHIO - WITH VALLEYWISE HEALTH IS - CONCERNED WITH STAFFING CRITICAL - CARE UNITS. - >> I THINK A LOT OF THE NURSES - ARE TIRED. - A LOT OF NURSES ARE EXHAUSTED. - YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DOCTORS ARE - EXHAUSTED. - >> WE ARE KIND OF ON THE - EXPONENTIAL PART OF THE CURVE. - >> Reporter: DR. SANDRA TILL - WITH BANNER HEALTH IS SEEING - INTENSIVE CARE UNIT BEDS FILL - QUICKLY IN ARIZONA'S LARGEST - HOSPITAL SYSM. - >> IT'S MORE THAT CRITICAL CARE - STRETCHED. - THE HOSPITAL BEDS ARE STRETCHED. - THE NURSES ARE STRETCHED. - >> Reporter: AND WILL HUMBLE,

- THE PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT WHO'S - BEEN CAREFULLY MITORING - ARIZONA'S SPIRALING COVID CRISIS - SAYS SOME MODELS HAVE PREDICTED, - STATEWIDE, HOSPITALS MIGHT BEEA - FULL AY AS MID JULY. - >> IF ARIZONANS PICK IT UP, IF - THEY USE THEIR MASKS, IF - BUSINESSES START TO GET SERIOUS - ABOUT IMPLEMENTING C.D - MITIGATION MEASURES, THEN MAYBE - THOSE MODELS ARE GOING TO BE - WRONG. - I HOPE THEY ARE. - >> Reporter: ARIZONA NEVER - FLATTENED THE CURVE BEFOREE- - OPENING, AND NOW IT'S SCRAMBLING - TO DO SO WHILE TRYING TO STAY - OPEN. - FOR THE S NEWSHOUR, I'M - STEPHANIE SY IN PHOENIX. - >> Woodruff: WE TURN NOW TO THE - TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING - OF PROTESTS AROUND RACIAL - INJUSTICE, POLICE REFORM AND THE - CORONAVIRUS. - YAMICHE ALCINDOR HAS MORE. - >> Alcindor: WE GET THE WHITE - HOUSE'S VIEW ON ALL THIS WITH

- TA'RON SMITH. - HE IS DEPUTY ASS TO - PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE DEPUTY - DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF - AMERICAN INNOVATION. - HE IS ALSO ONE OF THE - SENIOR AFRICAN AMERICAN - OFFICIALS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. - DEMOCRATS CCESSFULLY BLOCKED - SENATOR TIM SCOTT'S POLICING - BILL FROM ADVANCING IN THE - SENATE BUT WERE ABLE TO PASS THE - DEMOCRATIC VERSEON OF THE H - BILL. - WHAT'S THE PLAN NOW TO GET - THECING REFORM, AND I - WHITE HOUSE OPEN TO COMPROMISE - THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC BILL? - >> I THINK WHAT WE ALL WANT TO F - DO ISIND COMMON GROUND. - I HATE TO USE THE WORD - "COMPROMISE," BUT I THINK THE - SENATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAVE - ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO WORK - BIPARTISAN. - I THINK THAT WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE - DONE AND WHAT THE DEMOCRATS I - SHOULD HAVE DOWORK FROM A - BIPARTISAN POSITION FROM THE - BEGINNING BECAUSIP BARTISANSHIP - IS WHAT'S NEEDED TO GET THIS - DONE, AND WE ARE CERTAINLY - WILLING TOO THAT, BUTIT LOOKS - LIKE THE DEMOCRATS DON'T BECAUSE - THEY'D RATHER PLAY A LITTLE W - POLITIH THE POLICY. - AND WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON - GETTING OUTCOMES GOING, AND I - DON'E THINK THE PEOPLE HAVME

- FOR THE POLITICS. - >> Reporter: SO IS IT FAIR TO - SAY THAT THE WHITEOE WILL AT - SOME POINT BE WILLING TO WORK - WITH THE DEMOCRATIC BILL SINCE - AT'S THE ONE THAT WENT THROUGH - THE HOUSE? - >> NO, I THINK IT'S MORE FAIR TO - SAY WE NEED TO START IN A - BIPARTISAN MANNER. - YOU CAN'T WORK WITH A BILL THAT - HANO BIPARTISANSHIP WITH IT. - UES HAVE DIFFERENT ISS - BEEN TO BE FLUSHED OUT. - THERE ARE STAKEHOLDERS ON BOTH - SIDES THAT WANT TO WORK WITH THE - ISSUES. - YOU'VE SEEN IN THE EXECUTIVE - ORDER US WORKING WITH POLICE - DEPARTMENTS AND THE FAMILIES AND - COAT'S HOW YOU THREAD THE NEEDLE - BECAUSE THERE ARMON ACCEPTS - WAYS TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS TO - GET THE REFORM THAT EVERYONE - WANTS. - >> DESPITE MAKING UP ONLY 13% OF - THE POPULATION, - AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE TWO AND A - HALF TIMES MOE LIKELY TO BE - KILLED BY POLICE THAN WHITE - AMERICANS. - DOES PRESIDENT TRUMP BELIEVE - THERE'S SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THEIN - UNITED STATELUDING IN - POLICING? - >> I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT - BEEN BROKEN AND IT NEEDS REFORM,

- AND THAT SYSTEM HAS CREATEDON - DISPARITIES NO FOR - AFRICAN-AMERICANS BUT MANY - VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, BUT WE - AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION HAS - HAD SOME HISTORIC DISPARITIES - AND, SO, THIS FIRST STEP OF E.OG - THAT WE PUT THER HELPS DEAL - WITH THAT BECAUSE THE REAL ISSUO - GOES BACOLICING, COMMUNITY - RELATIONS. - THE DIRECTION THAT THE DEMOCRATS - TOOK IS INCREASING THAT - RELATIONSHIP IN THE WRONG WAY, - AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW, BECAUSE, - IF WE HAVE LESPOLI - INCENTIVIZED TO BE POLICE, YOU - HAVE LESS OPPHEORTUNITIES FOR - PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE - COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE - POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THATS - CREAME DISTRUST. - WE WANT TO DO THE OPPOSITE. - WE WANT TO CREATE BETTER POLICE - COMMUNITLATIONSHIPS AND - INVEST IN THOSE POLICE - DEPARTONTS SO THEY RECRUIT FM - THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CREATE - THAT RELATIONAL ASPECK THAT CAN - QUELL SOME OF THE DISUST. - >> Reporter: WHY HASN'T THE - ADMINISTRATION PUT OUT A LARGER - PLAN TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM - AND RACIAL INJUSTICE IN THIS - COUNTRY?

- >> WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE PUT - OUT A RGER PLAN. - IF PEOPLE WERE TO COVER WHAT THE - PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED IN DALLAS, - THEY WOULD HAVE SEEN THE - PRESIDENT PUT OUT ALAN ON - ACCESS TO CAPITAL, ACCESS TOHE - EDUCATION, TLTHCARE, AND - MORE IMPORTANTLY PUT OUT A PLAN - ON POLICE AND COMS.MUNITY - RELATI - WE'VE ALWAYS TAKEN A HOLISTIC - APPROACH. - BEFORE WE EVEN HAD THESE - DESASSERS AND ISSUES AND SHINED - A SPOTLIGHT ON IT, THE PRESIDENT - HIRED ME TO WORK - REVITALIZATION POLICY AND WE SET - UP THE WHI HOUSE - REVITALIZATION COUNCIL. - >> Reporter: WE'RE SEEING - CORONAVIRUS SPIKES INATES - LIKE TEXAS AND FLORIDA, BUT - STILL ABOUT HALF TO HAVE THE - COROVIRUS CASES IN THIS - COUNTRY DON'T HAVE RACIAL DATA - ATTACHED TO IT. - WHY HASN'T THE ANMINISTRAT - DONE MORE TO GET THE DATA ON WHO - IS BEING IMPACTED ESPECIALLY - WHEN WE KNOW THAT BLACK AND - IOWN COMMUNES ARE BENG - IMPACTED DISPROPORTIONATELY BY - THE CORONAVIRUS? - >> THE C.D.C. ACTUALLY DOING - THAT WORK AND, JUST THIS WEEK, - WE JUST INVESTED $40TOILLION - OREHOUSE MEDICAL SCHOOL TO

- DO MORE ANALYSIS ON THE - O THE INVESTMENT - IS THERE. - BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH - THIS TYPE OF RESEARCH AND - GETTING REALTIME DATA, THAT - ADMINISTRATION HAS A COMMITMENT - THERE AND THE VICE PRESIDENT - MADE THAT COMMITMENT ABOUT TWO - LKED S AGO WHEN WE T - HALF A MILLION AMERICAN - STAKEHOLDERS. - >> Reporter: I WANT TO TURN - QUICKLY TO HEALTHCARE. - THE TRUNKS FILED ARIEF WITH - THE -- THE TRUMP ADMINA TRATION - FILEIEF WITH THE SUPREME - COURT WANTING TO DISMANTLE THE - AFRDABLE CARE ACT. - WHY IS IT IMPORTANT AND - NECESSARY DURING A PANDEMIC WHEN - OPLE NEED INSURANCE, WHY IS - THE ADMINISTRATION PUSHING TO - END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT? - >> WELL, LOOK, LET ME TELL YOU - ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE CARE AT. - MY FATHER HAD INSURANCE ALL HIS - LIFE AND AS SOON AS WE HAD THAT - LEGISLATION, HE LOST THE - INSURANCE HE HAD, AND ALSO THE - SPREMIUMS FOR MY MOTHER WENT - UP. - SO I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS REALIZED - THERE NEED TO BE REAL FIXES TO - THAT. - MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE MAKING - HISTORIC INVESTMENTS INTO - FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH - CENTERS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH - CENTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY - THROUGH THE CARES ACT, SO THE

- RESOURCES THERE FOR TELEHEALTH, - TELEMEDICINEND MOBE HEALTH - CLINICS ARE THERE TO DEAL WITH - THE DISPARITIES. - BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO MORE - BECAUSE CLOSING THAT GAP FOR - THESE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES IS - SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT - TO THE ADMINISTRATION. - >> Reporter:NK THAOU SO - MUCH, JA'RON SMITH, DEPUTYTO - ASSISTANRESIDENT TRUMP. - >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, YAMICHE. - dr - >> Wf: MORE THAN FOUR - MILLION AMERICAN CITIZENS LIVINS - IN TERRITOROM PUERTO RICO - CO GUAM HAVE NO VOTING - REPRESENTATION IRESS. - BUT FOR THE ROUGHLY 700,000 - RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON, D.C., - THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - VOTED TODAY TO MAKE A CHANGE. - LISA DESJARDINS REPORTS. - >> Desjardins: WELCOME TO A CITY - FLOURISHING, WITH ONE OF THE - FASTEST GROWG POPULATIONS IN - THE COUNTRY, AWASH IN - RESTAURANTS AND TS. - NO ONE CONTRIBUTES TO GOVERNMENT - MORE-- WASHINGTONIANS Y THE

- MOST TAXES PER CAPITA IN THE - U.S. - BUT ALMOST NO U.S. CITIZENS HAVE - LESS SAY IN GOVERNMENT. L - AS THEENSE PLATES DECRY, - RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON D.C. - HAVE NO VOTE IN CONGRESS. - >> WE ALONE DEPRIVE THE CITIZENS - OF OUR CAPITAL THEIR RIGHTS THAT - ALL AMERICANS CAN ENJOY. - >> Desjardins: ELEANOR HOLMES - NORTON, D.C.'S DELEGATE TO - CONGSS, CANNOT VOTE ON BILLS - BUT SHE CAN AUTHOR THEM, AND - SHE'S PROPOSED A STATEHOOD BILL - EVERY YEAR FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. - >> THERE BEING 232 VOTES IN THE - AFFIRMATIVE. - 180 VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE. - THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - >> Desjardins: TODAY THE HOUSE - PASSED HER WASNGTON, D.C. - E MISSION ACT, THE FIRST T - HISTORY THAT EITHER CHAMBER HAS - VOTED TO MAKE THE CITY A STATE.I - TH WOULD NAME THE NEW - STATE " WASHINGTON, DOUGLASS - COMMONWEALTH" AFTER FORMER CITY - RESIDENT AND ABOLITIONIST - FREDERICK DOUGLASS. - FEDERAL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE - OUWHITE HOUSE AND CAPITOL,

- REMAIN A SEPARATE FEDERAL - DISTRICT STILL CALLED THE - STRICT OF COLUMBIA. - THE CITY WOULD GAIN TWO - SENATORS, ONE VOTING MEMBER OFUS - THE AND CONTROL OVER ITS - OWN DECISIONS. - CURRENTLY CONGRESS CAN OVERRULE - LOCAL OFFICIALS. - THAT'S NOT THEORICAL. - EARLIER THIS MONTH DISTRICT - OFFICIALS HAD TTLE SAY AS - FEDERAL PARK POLICE MOVED IN ON - PEACEFUL PROTESTERS, IN SOME - BLOCKS USUALLY OVERSEEN BY THE - CITY. - AND IT AFFECTS PANDEMIC - RESPSE. - IN THE CARES ACT OFFERING - RELIEF, CONGRESS SENT D.C. $750 - MILLION LESS THAN IT GAVE TO - STATES. - >> THE CARES ACT IS A - QUINTESSENTIAL EXAMPLE OF WHAT - IT MEANS TO NOT HAVE THE SAME - RIGHTS AS OTHERS IN OUR OWN - COUNTRY. - >> Desjardins: HOLMES NORTON - POINTS OUT TWO CURRENT STATES, - VERMT AND WYOMING, HAVE - SMALLER POPULATIONS THAN D.C., - AND HAVE FULL REPRESENTATION IN - CONGRESS. - D.C. RESIDTS WE SPOKE WITH - FEEL THE DIFFERENCE. - AT ANY MOMENT CONGRESS CAN

- SWOOP IN AND MAKE A DECISION ON - AT I DECIDED AS A LOCAL - RESIDENT IN THIS CITY IS NOT - IMPORTANT AND CAN CHANGE THOSE - THINGS. - >> IF I WANT TOY CON - OPINION ABOUT LEGISLATION TO A - MEMBER OF CONGRESS, I CAN DO - THAT BUT THEY CAN'T VOTE FOR OR - AGAINST SOMETHING, AND ITS - FRUSTRATING AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE - I FEEL LIKE I'M JUS YELLING - INTO THE WIND. - >> Reporter:SOME OPPONENTS - SAY WHAT'S FAIR TO D.C. - >> Desjardins: BUT SOME - OPPONENTS SAY WHAT'S FAIR TO - D.C. RESIDENTS ISN'T THE ISSUE, - ITN. WHAT'S IN THE CONSTITUT - >> WELL, WHEN THE DISTRICT OF - COLUMBIA WAS ESTABLISHED 230 - YEARS AGO BY CONGRESS, IT WAS - SET UP TO BE A UNIQUE ENTITY, - NOT TO BE PART OF ANY STATE. - >> Desjardins: ROGER PILON IS A - CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR AT THE - CATO INSTITUTE. - TWO OF HIS ARGUMENTS? - FIRST, THE CONSTITUTION DEFINES - THE CITY AS A FEDERAL DISTRICT.S - PILON ARHAT ONLY A - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDME, NOTKE

- CONGRESS, CAN T A STATE. - THEN THERE'S THE 23rd AMENDMENT, - WHICH GIVES THE DISTRICT - ELECTORAL VOTES FOR PRESIDENT. - BUT THAT WOULD CONFLICT WITH THE - ELECTORAL VOTES A NEW STATE - WOULD GET SEPARATELY, AND COULD - >> IN OTR WORDS, FOR THE - PRESIDENT, THAT 23rd AMENDMENT - WOULD HAVE TO BE REPEALED. - AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT THROUGH - MERE STATUTE. - YOU HAVE TO HAVE - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO - REPEAL A CONSTITUTIONAL - AMENDMENT. - >> Desjardins: ELEANOR HOLMES - NORTON CONCEDES THAT AMENDMENT - SHOULD BE REPEALED, BUT SAYS THE - CITY CAN BECOME A STATE FIRST, - AND THAT CONGRESS CAN DO IT. - >> NOW, IT IS TRUE THAT THEER - FRDIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT - TO DO WITH THIS CAPITAL CITY, - AND SO IT GAVE JURISDICTION OVE. - THE CONGRE - WELL, THE CONGRESS IS TAKING - ACTION NOW AND IT IS TAKING - ACTION TO MAKE THE DISTRICT - FIFTY FIRST STATE. - >> Desjardins: BOTH ACDGE - ONE TOWERING OBSTACLE TO - STATEHOOD: POLITICS.AR - >> IT'S ALWAYSSAN. - LARGELY DEMOCRATIC YOU CANS A - EXPECT REPUBLICANS AND THE - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

- TO BE AGAINST IT. - >> WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE - AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, - ATTHE REPUBLICANS IN THE S - WANT TO SEE SINCE THE SENATE IS - SO CLOSELY DIVIDED. - >> Desjardins: WHICH IS WHY - THERE IS LITTLE HOPE THE - REPUBLICAN-LED SENATE WILL PASSH - THE STATOOD BILL THIS YEAR. - AND WHY THE STAKES FOR D.C. AR - HIGH IN NOVEMBER, WHEN CONTROL - AND THE LONG-TERM CHANCES FOR - D.C. STATEHOOD, ARE ON THE - BALLOT. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOURDII'M LISA - DESJ. - W WE TURNTO THE - ANALYSIS OF SHIELDS AND BROOKS. - THAT'S SYNDICATED COLUMNIST MARY - SHIELDS AND "NK TIMES" - COLUMNIST DAVID BROOKS. - GOOD TO SEE BOTH OF YOU. - THANK YOU. - FOR BEING HERE THIS FRIDAY. - SO LET'S START WITH SOMETE - INSTING POLL NUMBERS. - THEY SHOW NOT ONLY

- PRESIDENT TRUMP RUNNING - SOMEWHERE BETWEEN EIGHT, TWELVE, - EVEN 14 POINTBEHIND JOE BIDEN, - BUT THE PRESIDENT'S DISAPPROVAL - RATINGS ARE AT RECORD HIGHS. - IS IS FROM THE NEW MARIST POLL - THE "NewsHour" DOES WITH NPR - 58% DISAPPROVAL FOR - PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE HIGHEST IT - HAS EVEREEN. - AND THEN YOU SEE ON THI - GRAPH, HIS DISAPPROVAL RATINGS - HIGHER THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA AT - IS STAGE OF HIS PRESIDENCY OR - PRESIDENT BUSH 43 AT THIS POINT - IN THEIR FIRST TERM IN OFFICE. - DAVID, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS? - >> OH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. - THE NUMBERS E DEVASTATING FOR - THE PRESIDENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, - BIG THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. - WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE REALLY - SERIOUS AND LONG ECONOMIC - RECESSION OREPRESSION. - WE'RE LOSING THE BATTLE AGAINST - COVID, WE'RE HAVING A RACIAL - RECKONING. - LEARNING WHAT DAILY LIFE IS LIKE

- FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS. - THESE ARE GIGANTIC THINGSHA - ENING IN THE COUNTRY AND ON - EACH ONE OF THEM, DONALD TRUMP - IS CONSIDERED AN INADEQUATE - LEADER BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO - HE'S LOSING COLLEGE EDUCATED - WOMEN, SOME HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATED - WHITE MEN, JUST ACROSS THE BOARD - IN. - OUR "NEW YORK TIMES" POLL TH, IS - WEDEN WAS WINNING BY 14 - PERCENTAGE POINTS. - THERE'S NO WAY OTHER THAN TO SAY - SOME SEISMIC SHIFT IS HAPPENING - A LOT OF PEOPLE WA FIREOW, AND - DONALD TRUMP. - >> Woodruff: MARK, WHAT DO YOU - SEE IN THESE NMBERS AND HOW - SIGNIFICANT DO YOU THINK THEY - ARE? - >> WELL, I TNK THEY'RE - ENCOURAGING FOR THE DEMOCRATS, - BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, JUDY, FOR - THOSE WHO WANT TO PUT THE - CHAMPAGNE ON ICE, I WOULD REMINE - THEM OF TH WISDOM OF ANN - RICHARDS, THE LATE GOVERNOR OF - TEXAA WHO SID JULY RESULTS DO - NOT MAKE A NOVEMBER ELECTION. - YOU KNORW, THIS IS NOT THE FST - TIME THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD A - LARGE LEAD AND -- IN THE SUMR - AND NOT MANAGED TO WIN IN - NOVEMBER.I

- BUINK DAVID'S ABSOLUTELY - RIGHT ABOUT DONALD TRUMP. - RIGHT NOW, THIS ELECTION IS A - REFERENDUM ON HIM, AND HE ISIN - FATHAT TEST ON VIRTUALLY - EVERY MAJOR GROUND. - THERE'S ONLY TWO TIMES IT'S GOOD - TO BE A UNITED STATES PRESINT, - ONE WHEN THINGS ARE GOING SO - SWIMMINGLY -- PROSPERITY AND - PEACE IN THE WORLD, YOU GET TO - PASS BASK IN THE WARMTH OF THE - ERA OF GOOD FEELING -- THE - SECOND TIME, IS STRANGELYTA - ENOUGH, A ROPHE NOT OF - YOUR MAKING -- ANARTHQUAKE OR - PANDEMIC AS WE'RE HAVING NOW -- - AND THAT'S WHEEN A PRSIDENT CAN - CONSOLE AND LEAD AND COMFORT AA - NATION AND RY BE A FIGURE - WHO BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER. - DONALD TTHUMP HAS FAILEAT AND - MISERABLY AND I DON'T SEE HIM - RECOVERING. - >> Woodruff: DAVID, THE - PRESIDENT IS HAVING HIS FIRST - RALLIES. - ARIZONA A FEW DAYS AGO GETTINGIN - THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO SHOW UP. - WHAT IS IT, IN TULSA, 6,000.MI

- HE'S DIING, IF YOU WILL, - THE COVID VIRUS, THOUGH. - I MEAN, HE'S SAYING THT IF MORE - TESTING -- IF THERE WERE MORE - TESTING DON'E, THERE WOUBE - A VIRUS. - HE IS TRYING PLAY TO HIS BASE. - >> TO SOME PART OF HIS BASE. - THERE IS SOME BASE WHO LIKES HIE - RALLY, THE JOKES, SPENDING 20 - MINUTES TALKING ABOUT WAING - DOWN A RAMP WHICH HE DID IN - TULSA -- BUT THERE IS A PART OF - THE BASE THAT HATE ALL THAT - STUFF. - THEY VE FOR HIM FOR SOME OTHER - ISSUES OR BECAUSE THEY THINK - HE'S DECENT ON THE ECONOMY, BUT - NOW HE'S NO DEENT ON THE - ECONOMY, AND THEY DON'T LIKETE - - LIKE THE IDEA OF VOTING - FOR A PRESIDENT WHO'S RACOIST. - SOU'RE SEEING PEOPLE FLAKE - ISSUES, NOT FOR SOME TEMPORARY - TWEET. - SO I AGREE WITH MARK, THIS ISTH

- NOTIME TO CELEBRATE, BUT - WE'VE HAD SUCH A STABLE SET OF - POLLS IN THE LASREE YEARS - WHERE TRUMP HAS HUNG BASICALLY - SOLIS VIS-A-VIS OTHER PEOPLE, - AND NOWHINGS LOOK DIFFERENT - BECAUSE BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENI - HAPPENING. - >> Woodruff: MARK, I MEAN, - COULD HIS ARGUMENTS ABOUT TH - VIRUS APPEAL TO ENOUGH PEOPLE TO - SOMEHOW PERSUADE THEM THAT HE'S - GOT THE RIGHT ARGUMENGOING - HERE? - >>IT DOUB, JUDY. - HE HAS NOT BEEN A NATIONAL - LEADER ON THIS ISSUE. - IN FACT, HE'S BEEN A SNIPER ON - THE SIDELINES TOO MUCH, - CRITICIZING GOVERNORS IN - VIRGINIA FOR TAKING MEASURES - TO -- IN THEIR STATES TO LEAD - A LOCKDOWN IN HOPES OF - CURTAILING IT. - SOMEHOW, THERE SEEMS TO HAVE - EMERGED A CHOICE BETWEEN PUBLIC - HEALTH AND A STRG EONOMY, AND - DONALD TRUMP SAYS, WELL, I'M FOC - A STRONGOMY, OPEN UP THAT

- ECONOMY, BUT THE REALITY IS WE - WILL NOT HAVE A STONG ECONOMY - WITHOUT RESTORED PUBLIC HEALTH. - THAT'S THE ROAD TO IT. - I JUST THINK HE'S GOI DOWN A - DEAD END, AND IT SHOWS TERRIBLE - INDIFFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE WHO - ARE HIS MOLOYAL SUPPORTERS, - THOSE 3,000 KIDS IN ARIZONA - WITHOUT ANY MASKS OR SOCIAL - DISTANCING, THAT'S A TERRIBLE - PROSPECTFLLNESS FORTHCOMING. - >> Woodruff: AND THAT'S THE - IMAGE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS - PROJECTING, DAVID, THE - VICE PRESIDENT, TODAY, DEFENDING - THOSE RALLIES SAYING THERE'S A - FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO - ASSEMBLY AND PEOPLE HAVE A RIT T - TO GO D SUPPORT THE - CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE. - >. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HA THE - GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS WHICH I - THINK WE SHOULD HAVE HAD. - YOU CAN'T SAY TO ONE GROUP OF - PEOPLE YOU CAN PROTEST BUT TO - ANOTHER YOU CAN'T, BUNS THE - PRECEDENWAS SET. - >> Woodruff: RIGHT. - THE MORE I THINK ABOUT THIS

- A CRUCIAL MOMENT WHEN THEE WAS - PRESIDENT BASICALLY CHOSE JAR - KUSHNER OVER STEVE BANNON, AND - WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE - BANNON POPULOUS WING IS THEY - WERE QUICK ON THIS VID - SITUATION, THEY WERE SAYING IT - WAS A MAJOR CRISIS IN FEBRUARY. - THEY WERE TAING IT SERIOUSLY, - THE SIDE OF ORDER, THE SIDE OF - THE HEALTH HAWKS, AND TRUMP WENT - THE OTHER WAY EARLY IN HIS - ADMINISTRATION AWAY FROM THE - POPULOUS AND TOWARD MORE - WALL STREET PEOPLE AND SAID, NO, - 'S NOTHING BECAUSE I DON'T - WANT TO UPSET THE MARKET. - AND THAT SHIFT IN THE - ADMINISTRATION WAS ONE OF - PIVOTAL SHIFTS IN THE - ADMINISTRATION. - BANNON, BUT I THHEER OF STEVE - PRESIDENT WOULD BE IN BETTER - SHAPE SUBSTANTIVELY AND - POTICALLY IF HE HAD LISTENED - TO PEOPLE IN THAT WING. - >> Woodruff: INTERESTING. - WE'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT. - FFD, MARK, TO TOP IT ALL O - IT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLY - IN THE PROGRAM, THE - ADMINISTRATION GOING TO THEPR - E COURT TO TRY TO, YET - AGAIN, DO AWAY WITH THE

- AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. - I THIS SOMETHING THAT'SLY - TO WN HIM FRIENDS AN ADMIRERS - AT THIS STAGE OF HIS REELECTION - EFFO? - >> NO, JUDY. - JOHN BOEHNER, FORMER REPUBLICAN - SPEAKEOF THE HOUSE, WAS VERY - CANDID ON THE SUBJECT, SAID 25 - YEARS AS A REBLICAN IN THE - HOUSE, NOT ONCE, NEVER ONCE DID - REPUBLICANS EVER AGREE ON AHE - THCARE PLAN. - AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, - THERE'S NEFF BEEN A REPUBLICAN P - HEALTHCAAN. - THEY'RE TRYING TO REPEAL, - REPLACE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, - BUT, AT A TIME WHEN 20 MILLION - PEOPLE TURNING TO IT, HAING - LOST THEIR JOBS AND, YOU KNOW, - AT A TIME WHEN IT IS MORE - POPULAR THAN IT EVER WAS WHEN - BARACK OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT. - HEALTHCARE GROUP OF ANYRY - SIGNIFICANCE IN HOSPITALS AND - DOCTORS AND -- EXEPT THE - AMERICAN NURSE'S ASSOCIATION -- - OPPOSING THE ADMINISTRON

- THIS, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY WIN - AND THERE IS NO AFFORDABLE CARE - ACT AND THERE'S NO PRE-EXISTING - CONDITION COVERAGE? - YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ABOLUTE - POLITICAL FOLLY. - >> Woodruff: I WANT TO ASK YOU - ABOUT THAT, DAVID, AND THEN I'VW - GOOR THREE OTHER THINGS - OPINION TO ASK. - SO GO AHEAD, IF YOU WANT TO - COMMENT,OMMENT FOR US ON THE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND THE - ADMINISTRATION, TRNG TO, YET - AGAIN, GET RID OF IT. - >> WEL JUST QUICKLY, IF YOU'RE - A REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE IN - ARIZONA OR GEORGIA OR WREVER - THESE CLOSE RACES ARE, SUDDENLY - YOU HAVE TO DEFEND TAKING AWAY - CONDITIONS.H PRE-EXISTING - >> Woodruff: POLICE REFORM. - AFTER ALL THE RALLIES ACROSS THE - COUNTRY, IT'S CLEAR THERE'S A - LOT OF SENTIMENT FOR LOOKING FOR - WAYS TO APPROVE POLICING -- - IMPROVE POLICING IN THE COUNTRY.

- REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS - COMPLETELY AT ODDS OVER TIS. - WHAT'S GOING ON? - >> THIS ONE, I BLAME THE - DEMOCRATS, FRANKLY. - I THINK TOM SCOTT, THE PR FRM - SOUTH CAROLINA WHO IS THE - REPUBLICAN SPONSOR PUT TOGETHER - A GOOD FAITH BILL. - IT HAD NOT EERYTHING THE - DEMOCRATS WANTED, OBVIOUSLY, BUT - SOME STUFF, MAKING LYNCHING A - FEDERAL HATE CRIME, AGAINST - CHOKEHOLDS, MORE TRANSPARENCY - FOR POLICE MISCONDUCT, AND THEN - SCOTT SAIDE'LL LET Y VOTE ON - AMENDMENTS, AND SAID MAYBE I'D - SUPPORT SOME OF THESE - AMENDMENTS. - SO HE HAD A PRETTY OPNOCESS. - I'M A BIG BELIEVER IF YOU CAN - TAKE HALF THE CAKE, TAKE HALFE - THE CAKE, TN IF DEMOCRATS WIN - IN NOVEMBER, THEY CAN GET THE - WHOLE CAKE. - I THINK THESHOULD HAVE - COMPROMISED AND ACCEPTED HALF - BETTER STEP FORWARD TO A BETTER - POLICE DEPARTMENo - >> Wuff: HAVE DEMOCRATS - TRIED TO SIT DOWN WITH TIM SCOTT

- OR ANY OF THE OTHER REPUBLICANS? - >> I THINK TIM SCOTT WAS AN - AUTHENTIC FIGURE ON THIS AND - ABSOLUTELY A MAN OF REALITY, - TALKED ABOUTLIS OWN PERSO - EXPERIENCE OF BEING STOPPED - SEVEN TIMES BY CAPITOL HIL - POLICE, HE A UNITED STATES - SENATOR, BEING ASKED FOR - IDENTIFICATION AND PAPERS. - SO HE SHOD A SENSITIVITY TO - IT. - I THINK THERE WAS A SKEPTICISM - ABOUT HOW MUCH HE COULD DLIVER, - BUT I DID HONESTLY THINK THERE - WAS A CHANCE. - I FOUGHT FOR LEGISLATIVE - COMPROMISE ON THIS. - I'M LESS CONFIDENT OF THAT TODAH - LAST WEEK. - IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR. - THE SENATE IS GOING TO TAKE TWO - WEEKS OF - THE CLOSER WE GET TO ELECTION, - THE LESS CHANCE THERE IS, AND - I'M SAD ABOUT IT. - >> Woodruff: AND JUST VERY - QUICKLY TO BO OYOU, WHAT - YEAR WILL THE DISTRICT OF - LUMBIA BECOME A STATE, DAVID? - >> I WILL LIVE HERE AND DIE HERE - ANNEVER SEE IT. - SO I'M PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THAT. - >> Woodruff: AND MARK? - I'M MORE OPTIMISTIC, JUDY.

- I MEAN, DISTRICT RESIDENTS PAY - MORE I TAXES THAN 22 STATES, - THE RESIDENTS OF 22 STATES - COMBINED. - THEY, AT THE SAME TIME, DIE AT A - RATE HIGHER THAN AMENRICANS14 - OTHER STATES IN WARS. - AT SOME POINT, THEY'VE GOT TO BE - AFFORDED CITIZENSHIP AND I HOPE - IT'S IN THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION. - ru Wo: CITIZENSHIP, YES, - BUT NO VOTING REPRESENTATIONS. - LEAVE IT THERE.ID BROOKS, WE - THANK YOU BOTH. - >> Woodruff: AS THE U.S.ES - APPROANOTHER CORONAVIRUS - MILESTONE, WE LOOK BACK AT THE - LIVES OF A FEW OF THE ALMOST - 125,000 AMERICANS WHO HAVE DIED - BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. - 92-YEAR-OLD THEODORE GAFFNEY WAS - A RESEARCHER AND DOCUMENTARIAN

- WHO BROUGHT GREAT CURIOSITY TO - HIS RK. - AFTER SERVING IN THE U.S. ARMY - FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II, THEODORE - STUDIED PHOTOGRAPHY UNDER THE - G.I. BILL. - THE WASHINGTON, D.C. NATIVE WAS - ONE OF THE FIRST AFRICAN - OF THE WHITE HOUSE.RAPH INSIDE - IN 1961, HE DOCUMENTED THE - FREEDOM RIDERS AS THEY TRAVELEDT - THROUGH THE TO FIGHT - SEGREGATION. - THEODORE LATER MOVED TO BRAZIL - TO STUDY THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. - IT WAS THERE THAT HE MET HIS - JESS BEGAY SENIOR OF THE NAVAJO - NATION WAS A LONG-HAUL TRUCKER - WHO TRANSPORTED EVERYTHING FROM - EXPLOSIVES TO MILK. - HE TAUGHT OTHERS HOW TO DRIVE - COMMERCIALLY, INCLUDS OWN - DAUGHTER, LESLYNN. - SHE SAID HER DAD WAS HUMBLE, AND - ALWAYS OPEN TO LEARNING MORE. - HE STILL REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS - A ROOKIE, EVEN AS A 25-YEAR - VETERAN IN THE TRUCKING - INDUSTRY.

- S FAMILY DESCRIBED JESS AS - DEDICATED, PRAYERFUL, AND - LOVING. - HE WAS 73 YEARS OLD. - MARY WILSON HAD A WAY WITH - ANIMALS. - SHE WAS 23 WHEN SHE STARTED - WORKING AT THE MARYLAND ZOO, AND - WENT ON TO BECOME THFIRST - BLACK WOMAN TO BE PROMOTED TO - SENIOR ZOOKEEPER. - MARY WAS A MOTHER FIGURE TO - MANY, INCLUDING AN ORPHANSY - GORILLA NAMEIA. - MARY CONTINUED TO VISIT SYLVIA - EVEN AFTER SHE LEFT THE MARYLAND - ZOO. - SYLVIA ALWAYS REMEMBERED HER. - MARY'S DEDICATION TO HER WORK - TO BECOME A ZOOKEEPER, TOO.RON - MARY WAS 83. - LIFELONG EDUCATOR UDENT. - PASSIONATE ABOUT LEARNING, - THOMAS EARNED ADVANCED DEGREES - IN EDUCATION, WELL INTO HIS - FIFTIES.HE - AUGHT ENGLISH CLASSES IN - KENYA, WHERE HE WAS BORN.

- AFTER IMMIGRATING TO THE U.S. IN - 1985, HE TAUGHT AT A MINNESOTA - TECHNICAL COLLEGE. - THOMAS WAS A GENEROUS AND - DEVOTED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. - AT HIS CHURCH, HE WAS KNOWN AS A - LEADER WITHIN THE CONGREGATION. - THOMAS WAS 69 ARS OLD. - MAURICE DOTSON'S FAMILY SAID HE - ALWAYS PUT OTHERS FIRST. - WHEN MAURICE WAS 17, HE WOD - OFTEN ACCOMPANY HIS MOM TO HER - JOB AT A NURSING HOME, AND IT - WAS THERE THAT MAURICE - DISCOVERED THAT HE, TOO, LOVED - HELPING OTHERS. - MAURICE WENT ON TO WORK AS A - NURSING ASSISTANT FOR THE - ELDERLY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, FOR 25 - YEARS. - HIS YOUNGER SISTERS SAID HE IGS - A FATHER FE TO THEM; - PROTECTIVE AND GIVING. - MAURICE WAS 51. - >> Woodruff: AS THE BLACK LIVES - MOMENTUM, THERE ARE CALLS FOR

- EQUITY IN ALL SECTORS IN LIFE - UDING BROADWAY. - JEFFREY BROWN LOOKS AT EARORTS - BLACSTS IN PARTICULAR ARE - MAKING WH HOPES THAT WHEN THE - CURTAIN RISES ON AGAIN, MORE - DIVERSE FACES WILL APPEAR, ON - THE STORY IS PART OF OUR ONGOING - COVERAGE OF RACE MATTERS AND OUR - SERIES, CANVAS. - >> ♪ SOMEBODY SAY NOW, THE TIME - >> Brown: IT WASN'T THE RENOWN"" - TONY AWARDS", THE ANNUAL - CEREMO HONORING BROADWAY'S - BEST, BUT THE BRAND-NEW "ANTONYO - AWARDS"-- A PLAY ON WORDS, A - STREAMED SHOW WITH A VIRTUAL RED - CARPET, ORIGINAL MUSIC NUMBE - AND STAR PRESENTERS. - THE PURPOSE: TO HONOR - JUNETEENTH, THE DATE THAT MARKS - THE FREEDOM OF ENSLAVED BLACK - PEOPLE IN AMERICA, AND CELEBRATE - THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK

- THEATER ARTISTS, ON AND OFF - STAGE. - >> AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE - FORWARD AND FIGHT FOR EQUALITY - AND FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND TO - FIGHT FOOUR LIVES, IT'S - IMPORTANT TO HAVE SELF CARE AND - >> Brown: RENOWNEDWAY STAR - AUDRA MCDONALD ADDED TO HER - TONY, GRAMMY, AND EMMY AWARDS - WITH AN "ANTONYO" FOR "BEST - ACTOR IN A PLAY ON BROADWAY", - FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN "FRANKIE - AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE - LUNE". - THE AWARD SHOW WAS CONCEIVED - AMID THE PANDEMIC, AS BROADWAYRY - AND THEATERSERE WERE - CLOSED, BUT BEFORE THE KILLING - OF GEORGE FLOYD AND THE BLACK - LIVES MATTER PROTESTS OF THE - PAST FEW WEEKS. - NOW, THE PUSH FOR CHANGE WAS - EVEN MORE URGENT. - >> WE N DO BOTH. - WE CAN CELEBRATE AND THERE'S A - DESIRE AND A WANT TO BE TOGETHER - AND CELEBRATE IN ANY WAY WE CAN - WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH GRIEF AND - PAIN BECAUSE OF WHAT'S - HAPPENING RACIALLY IN OUR

- COUNTRY. - WE CAN, WE CAN RALLY TO MAKE - CHANGE. B - wn: TO THAT END, MCDONALD - AND AN ALL-STAR GROUP OF BLACK - THEATER ARTISTS: PHYLICIA - RASHAD, BILLY PORTER, BRIAN - STOKES MITCHELL AND MANY OTHERS, - HAVE ALSO LAUNCHED A NEW EFFORT - CALLED "BLACK THEATRE UNITED." - >> WE NEED EVERY VOICE LIFTED - AND EVERY HEART OPENED, ALIGNED - WITH OURS TO FIGHT AGAINST - RACIST IDEOLOGIES THAT HAVE - RVIDED US BY DEVALUING OU - LIVES. - WE WILL NOT BE SILENT. - >> Brown: IT'S FOCUSED ON THE - LARGER SOCIETY: THE COALITION IS - "ARTNERING WITH GROUPS LIKE" - FAIR COUNT"FAIR FIGHT" TO - PROMOTE GREATER VOTER - PARTICIPATION AND OTECT VOTING - RIGHTS. - THE THEATER ITSELF IS THE OTHER - FOCUS. - AMONG OTHER PROJECTS, THE GROUP - WANTS TO CREATE MENTORSHIP - PROGRAMS FOR ASPIRING YOUNG - BLACK ARTIST AND BRING - ATTENTION TO INEQUITIES WITHIN - THE THEATER WORLD. - AFRICAN AMERICANS MAKE UP JUST - 7.5% OF MEMBSH IN ACTOR'S - EQUITY, THE LABOR UNION FOR LIVR - THEATRICALRMANCE.

- MEMBERS OF COLOR "VE FEWER - WORK OPPORTUNITIES"-- JUST 7.5% - KEOF PRINCIPAL ROLES, AND 0% - LESSHEN THEY DO FIND WORK. - AND, ACCORDING TO THEATER MANIA, - AN INDUSTRY SITE, IN THE CURRENT - SEASON, OUT OF THE 37 SHOWS THAT - WERE ON STAGE BEFORE COVID, - EIGHT CA NO ARTISTS OF COLOR." - BLACK THEATRE UNITED" IS JUST - ONE AMONG SEVERAL NEW EFFORTS. - ANOTHER, CALLED "DEAR WHITE - ERICAN THEATER", CALLED ON - TS INSTITUTIONS TO "EXAMINE, - CHANGE AND DISMANTLE THEIR - HARMFUL AND RACIST PRACTICES." - >> Brown: ACTOR DREW SHADE - FOUNDED "BROADWAY BLACK" IN EL12 - TORATE BLACK THEATER - ACHIEVEMENTS. - HIS GROUP PRODUCED THE" - ANTOOS". - >> WE CONTRIBUTE AND GIVE OF - OURSELVES AND OF OUR TALENT AND - OF OUR BODIES EIGHT SHOWS A

- WEEK, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER - PERFORMER. - JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ARTIST. - ANI THINK THAT THECO - NTRIBUTIONS THAT WE'VE GIVEN - HAVEN'T BEEN EQUALLY RECOGNIZED - OR EQUALLY HELD UP IN THE SAME - MANNER. - IS IT AN OVERT RITUTIONAL BIAS? - IS IT JUST 'THIS IS HOW IT'S - ALWAYS BEEN DONE' BY THE PEOPLE - WHO DO CONTROL SUCH THINGS? - >> IS ALWAYS JUST THE WAY IT'S - BEEN DONE. - THING WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK - BODIES AND BLACK STORIES THAT IF - CERTAIN PEOPLE CANNOT RELATE, - GHEN IT DOESN'T FEEL AS TH - IT'S VALUED BECAUSE IT'S NOT - THEIR EXPERIENCE OR SOMETHING - THAT THEY KNOW TO BE TRUE. - SO IT'S L OF THOSE THINGS. - >> Brown: AUDRA MCDONALD HAS HAD - ONE OF THE MOSSUCCESSFUL AND - ACCLAIMED CAREERS IN THEATER - HISTORY, BUT SHE TOO SEES THE - NEED FOR PROFOUND CHANGES. - >> THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BLACK - STAGE MANAGERS. - THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BLACK - PEOPLE IN THE HAIR UNION AND - WARDROBE ON THE CREW IN CASTING - OFFICES. - OF US ARE OFTENTIMES THE ONLY

- ONE IN THE ROOM, SO IT'S HARD TO - >> Brown: THERE'S ALSO A DESIRE - TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF WHO GOET - TO TATER, WHO THEATER IS - SEEN AS BEING FOR. - >> IT'S AL ABOUT HOW YOU - CREATE YOUR MARKETING MATERIALS. - WHO DO YOU ADVERTISE TO? - AND THERE HAS BEEN A IMPLICIT - BIAS TO MAKE THE THEATER, THE - AMERICAN THEATER, A OLDER WHITE - TYPE OF CRAFT, OR OLDER WHITE - TYPE OF EXPERIENCE AND THAT'S - JUST SIMPLY NOT TRUE, WHICH IS - WHY I'VE COME INTO THE INDUSTRY - TO SORT OF SHAKE THAT UP-- TO - MARKET TO BLACK PEOPLE, TO - MARKET TO PEOPLE THAT WOULD NOT - NORMALLY THINK THE THEATER W - FOR THEM. - THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WHY I' - HERE. - >> Brown: THE THEATER WORLD, - SAYS McDONALD, REFLECTS THE - LARGER SOCIETY. - >> LARGER HOUSE IS ON FIRE RHT - NOW. - YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO SAVE OUR - LIVES. - FIRST, WE NEED TO ENGAGE, ENGAGE - CIVICALLY TO DO EVTOYTHING WE - CAFFECT CHANGE, TO PROTECT - OUR LIVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES - AND GIVE OURSELVES A GREATER - VOICE. - AND THEN AT THE SAME - CONCENTRATE ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO - CHANGE THE THEATRICAL LANDSCAPE - AS WELL. - >> Brown: IN THE MEANTIME, THE - ACTUAL SHOWS ARE ON HOLD, NOW AT

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