PBS NewsHour; March 24, 2021, 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT

- ♪ - JUDY: GOOD EVENING. - I AM JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE "NEWSHOUR," ON THE GROUND - ON THE BORDER. - LAWMAKERS AND THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION CONFRONT WHAT IS - AT STAKE WITH IMMIGRATION - REFORM. - THEN GUNS IN AMERICA. - TWO MASS SHOOTINGS EXPOSE THE - PREVALENCE OF FIREARM VIOLENCE - IN THE U.S. AND THE STRUGGLE TO - STOP THE TRAUMA. - PLUS, ABUSE IN THE RANKS. - WHY MILITARY LEADERS FOLLOWED - "SHARK TANK" TO SPUR IDEAS FROM - SOLDIERS TO STOP SEXUAL - ASSAULTS. - 0 JUDY: IF WE CAN'T KEEP OUR - SOLDIERS SAFE, HOW CAN WE EXPECT - SOLDIERS TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY - SAFE? - JUDY: ALL THAT AND MORE ON - TONIGHT'S PBS "NEWSHOUR." - ♪ - [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE - NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE,

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- THROUGH INVENTION IN THE U.S. - AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, - ENVELOP -- ON THE WEB AT - LEMELSON.ORG. - COMMITTED TO BUILDING A MORE - JUST, VERDANT, AND PEACEFUL - WORLD. - MORE INFORMATION AT MACFOUND.OR - G. - AND WITH THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF - THESE INSTITUTIONS. - THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE - BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC - BROADCASTING AND BY - CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - JUDY: THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE IS - MOVING TONIGHT TO GET THE - MIGRANT CHALLENGE IN HAND BEFORE - THE HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL - DAMAGE GETS OUT OF HAND. - THE VICE PRESIDENT IS TAKING - CHARGE OF THE EFFORT. - YAMICHE ALCINDOR BEGINS OUR

- COVERAGE. - YAMICHE: TODAY, AND INTENSIFIED - FOCUS ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER. - PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESS TO THE - GROWING CHALLENGES AS THE RISING - NUMBERS OF MIGRANTS TURNED UP - THE POLITICAL PRESSURE TO ACT. - >> THIS NEW SURGE STARTED WITH - THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT - IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DEAL - WITH IT HUMANELY. - YAMICHE: HE ANNOUNCED VICE - PRESIDENT, HARRIS WILL NOW BE - LEADING THE ADMINISTRATION'S - EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH MEXICO, EL - SALVADOR, AND HONDURAS. - IT'S A NEW ROLE THAT HARRIS - EMBRACED. - >> WHILE WE ARE CLEAR THAT - PEOPLE SHOULD NOT COME TO THE - BORDER NOW, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND - WE WILL ENFORCE THE LAW, AND - THAT WE ALSO -- WE CAN CHEW GUM - AND WALK AT THE SAME TIME -- - ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES. - YAMICHE: SHE WILL FOCUS ON TWO - MAIN ISSUES. - STEMMING THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS TO - THE U.S. AND ESTABLISHING

- PARTNERSHIPS WITH CENTRAL - AMERICAN NATIONS, BUT THE ROLL - IS A HARD ONE WITH COMPLEX - ISSUES DATING BACK DECADES, AND - IT IS ONE MR. BIDEN HIMSELF - TRIED TO TACKLE WHILE HE WAS - VICE PRESIDENT. - THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT - MET WITH THE SECRETARIES OF - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND - HOMELAND SECURITY, AND PRESIDENT - BIDEN DISPATCHED A DELEGATION OF - OFFICIALS TO INSPECT A REFUGEE - RESETTLEMENT FACILITY IN TEXAS. - >> WE ARE TAKING A COMPREHENSIVE - APPROACH. - OPENING UP NEW BEDS. - YAMICHE: THE VISIT MARKED THE - FIRST TIME THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION ALLOWED MEDIA - ACCESS TO A BORDER SITE, BUT - THIS ONE WASUN BY THE - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN - SERVICES. - THE MAIN PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN AT - OVERCROWDED FACILITIES RUN BY - U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER - PROTECTION. - YESTERDAY, FOOTAGE RELEASED BY - CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION - OFFICIALS SHOWED CHILDREN EATING - AND SLEEPING IN A CROWDED - DETENTION CENTER.

- SOURCES TOLD "NEWSHOUR" THAT AS - OF TUESDAY THERE WERE ABOUT 4800 - CHILDREN AT CPB -- CBP - FACILITIES. - REPUBLICANS STEPPED UP THE - PRESSURE. - SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM SAID IT - IS CLEAR MIGRANTS BELIEVE - PRESIDENT BIDEN IS MAKING IT - EASIER TO ENTER THE U.S. - HE ACCUSED THE WHITE HOUSE OF - TRYING TO UNFAIRLY SHIFT BLAME - ONTO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. - >> IT'S TIME TO REGAIN CONTROL, - AND YOU HAVE TO DO WITH THE - DYNAMIC THAT LED TO THE BORDER - BEING OVERRUN. - THIS IS NOT A SEASONAL EVENT. - TRUMP HAS NOTHG TO DO WITH - THIS. - YAMICHE: GRAHAM PROPOSED HIS OWN - LEGISLATION TO TACKLE THE - SITUATION AT THE BORDER. - SOME OF THE PROVISIONS INCLUDE - IMMEDIATELY SENDING MIGRANTS - BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES AND - HAVING THEM FILL OUT ASYLUM - COUNTRIES IN NORTHERN TRIANGLE - NATIONS RATHER THAN THE UNITED - STATES, ALLOWING AUTHORITIES TO - HOLD FAMILIES TOGETHER LONGER - THAN THE CURRENT STANDARD, AND

- APPOINTING 500 NEW IMMIGRATION - JUDGES. - ON THE SENATE FLOOR, DEMOCRATS - BLOCKED REPUBLICAN MEASURES - TARGETING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S - REVERSAL OF TRUMP ERA BORDER - POLICIES. - THE GROWING DEBATE MADE CLEAR - THAT IMMIGRATION IS SHAPING UP - TO BE A CENTRAL CHALLENGE TO THE - BIDEN WHITE HOUSE AND A DRIVING - FORCE IN THE 2022 MIDTERMS. - I AM YAMICHE ALCINDOR. - JUDY: OUR SENIOR NATIONAL - CORRESPONDENT ALL IN A VASE IS - ON THE BORDER IN TEXAS. - -- ALL NONE OF VASE IS ON THE - BORDER IN TEXAS. - WE KNOW ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS - THIS INFLUX OF UNACCOMPANIED - MINORS, AND IN AN EFFORT TO BE - MORE TRANSPARENT, THEY DECIDED - TO RELEASE IMAGES OF ONE OF THE - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RUN - SHELTERS FOR CHILDREN. - TELL US HOW THAT IS BEING - RECEIVED. - AMNA: I THINK IT'S CLEAR THE - EFFORTS MADE BY THE BIDEN

- ADMINISTRATION ARE VERY MUCH - WELCOME. - WE HAVE BEEN AMONG THE MANY - JOURNALISTS ASKING FOR ACCESS - NOT JUST TO THOSE SHELTERS RUN - BY HHS, BUT ALSO TO THE BORDER - PATROL FACILITIES RUN BY - HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THAT IS - WHERE WE KNOW THE BACKUP OF - UNACCOMPANIED MINORS COMING - ACROSS, THAT IS WHERE THE BACKUP - IS. - WHEN YOU TALK TO FAMILIES ON THE - GROUND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE - BORDER, WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT - THOSE NUMBERS OF UNACCOMPANIED - CHILDREN TO DECREASE ANY SOON. - THERE IS THAT RULE WE KEEP - HEARING ABOUT, TITLE 42, WHICH - IS RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC, PUT - INTO PLACE BY THE PREVIOUS - ADMINISTRATION SO OFFICIALS CAN - IMMEDIATELY EXPEL PEOPLE. - EVERYONE IS DENIED ENTRY. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS - KEPT THAT IN PLACE, AND THAT - MEANS THE BACKUP ON THE OTHER - SIDE OF THE BORDER CONTINUES TO - GROW. - PEOPLE ARE BEING EXPELLED TIME - AND TIME AGAIN.

- WE ARE HEARING ABOUT HIGH RATES - OF RECIDIVISM, PARENTS - INCREASINGLY TELLING US THEY ARE - SO DESPERATE THEY ARE - CONSIDERING SENDING THEIR - CHILDREN ALONE, AND IT IS NOT - JUST THE PARENTS. - WE MET A MOTHER FROM GUATEMALA - WHO WAS HERE IN A SHELTER ON THE - EL PASO SIDE. - HER TEENAGE SON AND HER HAD BEEN - STUCK IN MEXICO FOR OVER A YEAR - BEFORE ONE DAY HE DECIDED IT WAS - TOO MUCH. - HE DECIDED TO CROSS ALONE, AND - HE MADE HIS WAY INTO THE UNITED - STATES, WAS HELD IN THE SHELTER, - AND WAS EVENTUALLY REUNITED WITH - FAMILY. - WE ARE INCREASINGLY HEARING - STORIES LIKE THIS. - JUDY: THE RULE 42 THAT YOU - MENTIONED THAT DENIES ENTRY TO - MOST PEOPLE WHO TRY TO COME - ACROSS, IS THERE A DISCUSSION - INSIDE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - ABOUT UNDOING THAT, ROLLING IT - BACK? - AMNA: I DON'T THINK ANY - INDICATION HAS COME YET THAT - THEY ARE PLANNING TO MAKE ANY

- CHANGES TO TITLE 42. - WE KNOW ROBERTA JACKSON AND THE - SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR THE NATIONAL - SECURITY COUNCIL ARE IN - GUATEMALA. - THAT COULD BE UP FOR DISCUSSION, - BUT NOT WHILE THE PANDEMIC IS - WITH US. - WE TALKED WITH A MAN NAMED RUBEN - GARCIA WHO A LONG-STANDING - INSTITUTION IN TERMS OF MIGRA - SERVICES IN THE EL PASO AREA - ABOUT TITLE 42. - WHEN I ASKED HIM ABOUT WHAT THE - FUTURE OF THAT RULE COULD BE, - HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. - >> I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT - IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN TITLE 42 - GETS IMPACTED. - THAT IS WHAT IS KEEPING ME UP AT - NIGHT. - AMNA: WHY ARE YOU CONCERNED? - >> BECAUSE THE MINUTE YOU BEGIN - TO TAMPER WITH TITLE 42, YOU ARE - GOING TO HAVE A SURGE. - WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE TALKING - ABOUT HUNDREDS. - THAT EVEN THOUSANDS. - WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TENS OF - THOUSANDS.

- REFUGEES WHO ARE GOING TO CROSS - INTO THE U.S. - JUDY: WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT - TODAY ABOUT VICE PRESIDENT - HARRIS, WHAT IS IT BELIEVED THAT - SHE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO - WITH REGARD TO THIS COMPLICATED - SET OF ISSUES AROUND IMMIGRATION - AS SHE TAKES OVER THIS - PORTFOLIO? - AMNA: THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO - BE DONE. - WITH THE PREVIOUS - ADMINISTRATION, THEY DID TRY TO - STRIKE SOME UNILATERAL DEALS TO - TRY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM - LEAVING, BUT WE ALL KNOW UNTIL - THOSEOOT CAUSES ARE ADDRESSED - ON THE GROUND, THOSE FLOWS WILL - LIKELY NOT SLOW DOWN. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS $4 - MILLION EARMARKED TO GO TOWARDS - THAT EFFORT. - THEY WANT TO CHANGE ASYLUM RULES - TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO - ACCESS ASYLUM IN THEIR COUNTRIES - OF ORIGIN, BUT NONE OF THOSE - PLANS ARE QUICK FIXES. - IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE - NUMBERS WE ARE SEEING NOW ARE - BECAUSE OF A BACKUP OVER THE

- LAST YEAR. - AS THIS BACKUP CONTINUES TO - GROW, EXPERTS SAY WE ARE LIKELY - TO SEE THE NUMBERS GROW IN THE - WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD. - JUDY: SUCH A COMPLEX SET OF - ISSUES AROUND THIS. - AMNA NAVAZ REPORTING FROM THE - BORDER IN TEXAS. - AMNA: THANKS, JUDY. - ♪ - VANESSA: I AM VANESSA RUIZ. WE - WILL RETURN TO - JUDY WOODRUFF AFTER THE LATEST - HEADLINES. - AS PART OF THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO MAGE - THE INCREASE IN MIGRANTS AT THE - SOUTHERN BORDER, THE PENTAGON - ANNOUNCED THIS EVENING IT WOULD - TEMPORARILY HOUSE UNACCOMPANIED - CHILDREN AT TWO TEXAS MILITARY - INSTALLATIONS. - IN NORTH KOREA WHERE IT IS - ALREADY THURSDAY, THE GOVERNMENT - LAUNCHED AT LEAST TWO

- PROJECTILES THAT LANDED IN THE - OCEAN. - A U.S. OFFICIAL CONFIRMED A - LAUNCH BUT WOULD NOT CONFIRM THE - NUMBER OR TYPE OF PROJECTILES. - THE COUNTRY FIRED TWO SHORT - RANGE MISSILES LAST WEEKEND AND - HAS IGNORED THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO - ENGAGE IN TALKS. - PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS POINTED TO - PROGRESS IN THE PANDEMIC. - RISING VACCINATIONS, DECLINING - DEATHS, AND FALLING - HOSPITALIZATIONS, BUT THEY ALSO - WARNED NEW INFECTIONS REMAIN - HIGH. - DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID THE - COUNTRY HAS NOT YET TURNED THE - CORNER, AND TODAY, LOUISIANA, - IDAHO, AND ARIZONA BECAME THE - LATEST STATES TO OPEN - VACCINATIONS TO ALL ADULTS. - TOP DEMOCRATS SAY SOME 30 - MILLION SOCIAL SECURITY - RECIPIENTS ARE WAITING FOR COVID - PAYMENTS. - THE IRS HAS NOT RECEIVED - INFORMATION FROM THE SOCIAL - SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. - CONGRESSMAN RICHARD NEAL AND - OTHERS ARE DEMANDING IMMEDIATE

- ACTION. - MEANWHILE IN THE U.S. SENATE, - LEADERS CLASHED OVER AN - ELECTIONS BILL. - DEMOCRATS WANT TO EXPAND BALLOT - ACCESS, OVERHAUL CAMPAIGN - FINANCE LAWS, AND HEAD OFF - ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT VOTING ACCESS - AT THE STATE LEVEL. - REPUBLICAN SAY IT IS PARTISAN - OVERREACH. - THE DISPUTE DOMINATED A SENATE - HEARING. - >> INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT YOU - SHOULD BE DOING WHEN YOU LOSE AN - ELECTION IN A DEMOCRACY, - ATTEMPTING TO WIN OVER THOSE - VOTERS IN THE NEXT ELECTION, - REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO - DISENFRANCHISE THOSE VOTERS. - SHAME ON THEM. - >> THE LEGISLATION IS NOT READY - FOR PRIME TIME. - IT'S AN INVITATION TO CHAOS. - CHAOS. - STATE LEVEL ELECTION OFFICIALS - ARE SOUNDING ALARMS LEFT AND - RIGHT. - THIS MESSAGING BILL WOULD CREATE - A NIGHTMARE THAT ACTUALLY BECAME - LAW. - VANESSA: DEMOCRATIC KIM JANE E - WAS SWORN IN AS ACTING MAYOR OF - BOSTON, THE FIRST WOMAN AND

- BLACK CITIZEN TO HOLD THAT - OFFICE. - SHE TOOK THE O'S AT CITY HALL - AND REFLECTED ON THE CITY'S - EXPLOSIVE DAYS OF SCHOOL - DESEGREGATION IN THE 1970'S. - >> I HAD A ROCKS AND RACIAL - SLURS THROWN AT MY BUS SIMPLY - FOR ATTENDING SCHOOL WHILE - BLACK. - JUST YESTERDAY ON MY FIRST FULL - DAY AS MAYOR, I VISITED MY - CHILDHOOD ALL MAMA ARE. - I SAW STUDENTS HAPPY TO BE BACK - IN SCHOOL WITH THEIR TEACHERS - AND FRIENDS, INSTEAD OF THE PAIN - AND TRAUMA I EXPERIENCED IN - MIDDLE SCHOOL. - VANESSA: JANEY REPLACES MARTY - WALSH WHO RESIGNED TO BECOME THE - U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR. - RACHEL LEVINE BECAME THE FIRST - OPENLY TRANSGENDER PERSON TO WIN - SENATE CONFIRMATION. - SHE WILL BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY - OF HEALTH. - TWO DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATORS - HAVE DROPPED THREATS TO BLOCK - PRESIDENT BIDEN'S NOMINEES OVER - DIVERSITY CONCERNS. - HAWAII'S MAZIE HIRONO AND - ILLINOIS'S TAMMY DUCKWORTH

- DEMANDED MORE ASIAN AMERICANS BE - CHOSEN. - THE WHITE HOUSE HAS PROMISED TO - ADD A SENIOR-LEVEL ADVISOR ON - THIS ISSUE. - BALD EAGLE NUMBERS ARE SOARING - HIGHER THAN EVER. - THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE - SERVICE SAYS THE POPULATION HAS - QUADRUPLED SINCE 2009 TO MORE - THAN 300,000 BIRDS ACROSS THE - LOWER 48. - FEDERAL PROTECTIONS HAVE HELPED - THE EAGLES RECOVERY FROM NEAR - EXTINCTION IN THE 1960'S. - STILL TO COME ON THE "NEWSHOUR," - WE EXAMINE THE STATE OF THE - AMERICAN WORKFORCE WITH NEW - LABOR SECRETARY MARTY WALSH. - HOW THE MILITARY IS TRYING TO - STOP SEXUAL ABUSE WITHIN THE - RANKS. - TWO MASS SHOOTINGS HIGHLIGHT THE - EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE - U.S.. - PLUS MUCH MORE. - ♪ - >> THIS IS THE PBS "NEWSHOUR" - FROM WBTA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON - AND IN WEST FROM THE WALTER

- CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT - ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. - JUDY: PRESIDENT BIDEN REGULARLY - TOUTS OF THE PROMISE OF HIS - COVID RELIEF LEGISLATION, BUT - THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS - IN THE JOB MARKET THAT MAY NOT - EASILY BE SOLVED. - MORE THAN 9 MILLION AMERICANS - REMAIN OUT OF WORK, AND THE - UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS HAVE A LONG - WAY TO GO BEFORE REACHING - PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. - TO WALK US THROUGH THE - ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO - IMPROVE THESE NUMBERS, LET'S - BRING IN THE NEW SECRETARY OF - LABOR MARTY WALSH. - HE WAS SWORN IN YESTERDAY, AND - HE JOINS US IN HIS FIRST - TELEVISION INTERVIEW. - SECRETARY WALSH, CONGRATULATIONS - ON YOUR CONFIRMATION. - LET ME BEGIN BY ASKING YOU - WHO AND WHAT ARE YOUR MOST - URGENT PRIORITIES AS YOU TAKE ON - THE JOB OF LABOR SECRETARY? - SEC. WALSH: THANK YOU VERY MUCH - FOR HAVING ME. - IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU. - THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT

- PRIORITIES WE HAVE. - LOOKING AT OUR BROAD-BASED - POLICIES IS SOMETHING THAT IS - REALLY IMPORTANT, MAKING SURE WE - LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT - INDUSTRIES AND WORKERS IN ORDER - TO GET THEM BACK TO WORK. - I THINK THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN - IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE - VITALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR - ECONOMY, TO GETTING OUR KIDS - BACK IN SCHOOL, GETTING PEOPLE - BACK INTO THE WORKPLACES, AND - HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. - THERE IS MONEY IN THERE FOR OUR - SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN - DCIMATED THROUGHOUT THIS - PANDEMIC, AND JUST WORKING ON - BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. - THIS IS MY FIRST FULL DAY. - I'M EXCITED TO SPEND THE DAY - GETTING BRIEFED ON DIFFERENT - POLICIES, WHAT WE WANT TO DO, - WHAT WE WANT TO RULE OUT, AND - FOLLOW PRESIDENT BIDEN'S LEAD IN - BUILDING BACK BETTER. - JUDY: AS WE HAVE SUGGESTED, THIS - PANDEMIC HAS WREAKED HAVOC ON - THE ECONOMY. - MOST AMERICANS ARE CONTINUING TO - WORK, ALTHOUGH IN VERY DIFFERENT - CIRCUMSTANCES.

- WE ALSO KNOW THE FIRST OF THE - YEAR, 16% OF AMERICANS HAD LOST - THEIR JOB ENTIRELY OR WERE - WORKING FEWER HOURS. - WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THAT? - HOW CAN THAT BE FIXED? - SEC. WALSH: I THINK WE HAVE TO - WORK ACROSS AGENCY LINES. - IT'S IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH - CONGRESS. - IT'S IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH - GOVERNORS AND MAYORS ACROSS - AMERICA TO MAKE SURE WORKERS - FEEL SAFE. - IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE - WE SET THE RIGHT POLICIES IN - PLACE TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL - COMFORTABLE IN HELPING BUSINESS - MOVE ALONG. - MY PREVIOUS ROLE, WE WERE - PLANNING ON, HOW DO WE COVER -- - RECOVER FROM COVID-19? - WITH VACCINES IN PEOPLE'S ARMS, - THAT IS PART OF THIS WHOLE PLAN. - THERE'S LOTS WE HAVE TO DO, AND - THE BEAUTY I PRESIDENT BIDEN - AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAVE A - PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD. - IT'S MY JOB AS SECRETARY OF - LABOR AND OTHER PEOPLE'S JOBS TO

- MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO CARRY - OUT THAT PLAN AND PUT CONFIDENCE - BACK INTO PEOPLE. - JUDY: JUST PICKING UP ON THAT, - IT IS SOMETHING LIKE AN - ESTIMATED 4 MILLION AMERICANS - HAVE NOW LEFT THE WORKFORCE - BECAUSE OF THIS PANDEMIC, - BECAUSE OF WHAT IT HAS MEANT IN - THEIR LIVES. - WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT? - WE ARE BEING TOLD IT MAY BE - WEEKS, MONTHS BEFORE - OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM COME - BACK, IF EVER. - SEC. WALSH: IT REALLY COMES DOWN - TO PUTTING CONFIDENCE IN THE - WORKFORCE. - WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WE NEED - TO DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF WOMEN - IN THE WORKFORCE. - WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE - TALK ABOUT CHILDCARE, MAKING - CHILDCARE AVAILABLE. - THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, YOU - CAN'T CONTINUE TO EXTEND - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND NOT TO - GET OUR ECONOMY UP AND GOING, - AND I KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS - WORKING WITH THE SENATE.

- THERE IS LEGISLATION THAT THEY - ARE WORKING ON TO GET AMERICA - BACK TO WORK. - THOSE SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES, WE - HAVE TO BE A LITTLE MORE - THOUGHTFUL. - I KNOW RESTAURANTS, THOUSANDS OF - RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY - HAVE GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. - WE NEED TO COME BACK STRONGER. - WE NEED TO GET SOME OF THOSE - RESTAURANTS HOPEFULLY BACK. - WE NEED TO KEEP MAKING - INVESTMENTS. - IT'S NOT JUST COMING OUT OF THE - WHITE HOUSE. - THIS IS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ALL - THE WAY DOWN TO MAIN STREET WE - HAVE TO WORK COLLECTIVELY - TOGETHER ON. - IN MY OFFICE AND THE BRIEFINGS I - WAS IN TODAY, EVERY SINGLE - BRIEFING WAS FOCUSED ON THE - AMERICAN WORKER. - HOW DO WE STRENGTHEN THEIR - ABILITY TO EARN MONEY? - HOW DO WE STRENGTHEN THEIR - ABILITY TO GET A JOB? - JOB TRAINING IS ANOTHER PIE, - AND WORKING ON JOB TRAINING AND - GETTINTHOSE DOLLARS OUT THE - DOOR. - SOME OF THOSE INDUSTRIES WE'VE - LOST, WE AREN'T GOING TO GET - THEM BACK, SO WE NEED TO MAKE - SURE WE CAN RETRAIN AMERICA'S - WORKERS SO THEY CAN ACCESS THE - JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW. - JUDY: YOU MENTIONED WOMEN.

- LET ME FOLLOW ON THAT. - AS YOU KNOW, TODAY IS SO-CALLED - EQUAL PAYDAY IN THE UNITED - STATES. - THIS IS THE DAY BY WHICH IT IS - CALCULATED WOMEN, THE AVERAGE - FEMALE WORKER, HAS TO WORK UNTIL - THEY EARN WHAT THE PREVIOUS MAN - EARNED IN THE -- WHAT THE MAN - EARNED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. - WE KNOW THE GENDER PAY GAP IS - EVEN WORSE FOR BLACK WOMEN. - FOR NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN, IT IS - SEPTEMBER 8. - FOR LATINAS, IT IS OCTOBER 21. - WHAT CAN YOU AND THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION DO TO FRANKLY - INCREASE THE FAIRNESS AND HOW - WOMEN ARE PAID? - SEC. WALSH: FIRST AND FOREMOST, - WE NEED TO STOP TALKING ABOUT - THIS AND ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION. - ONE OF MY CONVERSATIONS WAS WITH - THE WOMEN'S BUREAU AT THE - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. - WE TALKED ABOUT THI ISSUE ON - WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE A REAL - AND DEFINITE CHANGES.

- IT'S ABOUT PULLING PEOPLE TO THE - TABLE. - WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO IN MY - PREVIOUS ROLE WAS BRINGING LARGE - EMPLOYERS AND, SMALL EMPLOYERS - AND, AND TALNG ABOUT THE - IMPORTANCE OF DOING BETTER ON - PAY EQUITY ACROSS THE BOARD FOR - WOMEN IN ALL DIFFERENT AREAS. - EVERY SO OFTEN WHEN THIS COMES - UP, WE TALKED ABOUT PASSING - LEGISLATION. - IT'S TIME FOR ACTION. - THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, I - GUESS, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF - PRESIDENT BIDEN, THIS IS AN - ISSUE HE WANTS US TO ADDRESS, - AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS - ISSUE. - WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS - ISSUE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF - LABOR. - JUDY: I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT - REPORTING THAT SOME PROGRAMS - INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR - HAVE BEEN LITERALLY HOLLOWED - OUT. - SPECIFICALLY, I'M ASKING ABOUT - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH - ADMINISTRATION, OR OSHA.THEIR

- MANDATE IS TO MAKE SURE THE - WORKPLACE IS SAFE AND HEALTHY - FOR WORKERS, BUT REPORTS ARE - THAT UNDER THE PREVIOUS - ADMINISTRATION, IT IS NOW DOWN - TO THE LOWEST NUMBER OF - INSPECTORS IT HAS HAD SINCE THE - 1970'S. - WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ADDRESS - THAT? - THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED - FINANCIALLY. - THE PRESIDENT HAS ALLOCATED - FUNDS FOR US TO HIRE MORE OSHA - INSPECTORS. - TO ALL THE CAREER PEOPLE AT THE - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, I WANT TO - SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK - YOU'VE DONE. - MANY PEOPLE WORKED ACROSS MANY - ADMINISTRATIONS. - WE WANT TO BRING THE CONFIDENCE - AND RESPECT BACK TO THE WORKERS. - OS ITH. - -- OSHA IS A BIG PART OF IT. - PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL SAFE. - PEOPLE NEED TO BE SAFE ON THE - WORKSITE. - I AM A FORMER CONSTRUCTION

- WORKER, AND SAFETY NEEDS TO BE - THE PRIORITY NOT JUST IN - CONSTRUCTION BUT IN ALL - DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES THROUGHOUT - THE COUNTRY. - JUDY: I ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT - OSHA BECAUSE WE ARE IN A - PANDEMIC WHEN THOSE ISSUES - MATTER MORE THAN EVER IN THE - WORKPLACE. - SEC. WALSH: THE HEALTH AND - SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR - WORKERS IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, AND IT - SHOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY FOR - EMPLOYERS ACROSS AMERICA. - JUDY: THE NEW SECRETARY OF LABOR - MARTY WALSH, THANK YOU AGAIN WE - APPRECIATE IT. - SEC. WALSH: THANK YOU. - ♪ - JUDY: TODAY, THE PENTAGON - ANNOUNCED MEMBERS OF THE - COMMISSION THAT WILL INVESTIGATE - SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT IN - THE MILITARY. - IN A MOMENT, I WILL SPEAK WITH - SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND WHO

- HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF - THIS ISSUE. - FIRST, NICK SCHIFRIN REPORTS ON - HOW SEXUAL ASSAULT AND - HARASSMENT INFECT THE MILITARY'S - MOST PROMINENT DIVISIONS AND - WHAT LEADERSHIP IS TRYING TO DO - ABOUT IT. - NICK: THE 18TH AIRBORNE CORPS IS - ONE OF THE ARMY'S PREMIER - FORCES, AND FROM AFGHANISTAN TO - IRAQ, PORTRAYS ITSELF AS FLYING - THROUGH THE AIR, ATTACKING - THROUGH THE NIGHT, ALWAYS READY - TO FIGHT, BUT ACCORDING TO A - DOCUMENT OBTAINED BY "NEWSHOUR," - THE CORPS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING - SOME OF THE ARMY'S HIGHEST - LEVELS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND - HARASSMENT. - >> HOW CAN YOU EXPECT OUR - SOLDIERS TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY - SAFE? - NICK: STAFF SERGEANT IS A - RUSSIAN LINGUIST. - >> WE CAN GET THE SOLDIERS MORE - ENGAGED. - NICK: SHE RECENTLY PROPOSED HER - SUGGESTIONS AT AN EVENT THEY - CALLED DRAGONSLAYER, AN - USUAL EFFORT TO HEAR SOLDIER - SOLUTIONS.

- >> IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME - POWERPOINT SLIDES. - I'VE BEEN IN FOR 10 YEARS. - I'VE PROBABLY BEEN TO 15-20 - TRAININGS. - I'VE SEEN A TOTAL OF FOUR - DIFFERENT SLIDE DECKS. - >> 37% OF OUR CASES WERE NCO'S - AND OFFICERS. - NICK: AND TRAINING SESSIONS ARE - HELD IN A ROOM WITH HUNDREDS OF - SOLDIERS. - >> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET 500 - PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION? - HALF OF THEM ARE ON THEIR PHONE. - HALF OF THEM ARE TALKING WITH - THE PERSON BESIDE THEM. - NICK: DUDLEY'S SOLUTION, - TRAINING SOLDIERS LIKE THEY ARE - SOMETIME TRAINED FOR COMBAT, - VIRTUAL REALITY, WHERE SOLDIERS - ARE FOCUSED AND ABLE TO GO - THROUGH SCENARIOS. - ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT COULD - TRAIN SOLDIERS HOW TO ACT AND - RESPOND. - >> MOST KIDS ALREADY HAVE A - VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET. - IT'S LIKE, WHY NOT TAP INTO - SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE ALREADY - USING? - PUT SOLDIERS IN THE SHOES OF - ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.

- I'M GOING TO BE HERE FOR AT - LEAST ANOTHER 10 YEARS. - WHY NOT MAKE A CHANGE WHILE I AM - HERE? - >> I HAVE NEVER DEALT WITH - SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE ARMY - BEFORE THIS. - NICK: THIS SERGEANT ALSO SHARED - HER SOLUTIONS BORN OF PERSONAL - EXPENSE. - >> I HAD NOT BEEN ASSAULTED IN - THE MILITARY UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, - AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED, IT - CHANGED MY PERSPECTIVE ON HOW - TOXIC THE ENVIRONMENT CAN BE. - NICK: SHE IS ASSIGNED TO THE - 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION. - SHE SAID SHE WAS ASSAULTED WHILE - AT THE U.S. BORDER AS PART OF - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MILITARY - DEPLOYMENT. - HE ASSAULTED A FEMALE OFFICER, - BUT DESPITE A RECOMMENDATION TO - KICK HIM OUT, A PANEL KNOWN AS A - SEPARATION BOARD DECIDED NOT TO. - >> FOR THEM TO RETAIN HIM SAYS, - YES, IN OUR ARMY. - FOR ANY OF HIS SOLDIERS OR PEERS - LOYAL TO HIM IN THE PROCESS, I - THINK THEY HEAR THE SAME

- MESSAGE. - LOOK, HE GOT AWAY WITH IT, SO IT - DOES HAPPEN IN OUR ARMY. - NICK: ADVOCATES HAVE CALLED FOR - THE MILITARY TO REFORM THE - UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE - AND CHANGE THE SEPARATION - BOARDS. - >> THE SEPARATION BOARD WAS - COMPRISED OF THREE PEOPLE, AND - THEY WERE ALL THREE MALES, ALL - SENIOR MILITARY LEADERS. - ONE, I THOUGHT, MAYBE WE SHOULD - NOT HAVE SENIOR MILITARY - LEADERS, WHETHER THEY INTEND TO - BE BIASED OR NOT, UNDOUBTEDLY - HAVE SOME BIAS TO PROTECT THEIR - OWN. - A SPOKESMAN FOR THE 18TH - AIRBORNE CORPS WHICH INCLUDES - THE 82ND AIRBORNE AND 10TH - MOUNTAIN DIVISION SAYS IT HAS - ALREADY MADE CHANGES AND - SUGGESTED THEM TO THE WIDER ARMY - . - SEXUAL HARASSMENT ASSAULT - RESPONSE AND PREVENTION - OFFICIALS WILL NOT REPORT TO - SOLDIERS' DIRECT COMMANDERS, AND - SOME TRAINING WILL BE VIRTUAL - REALITY. - >> THIS IS ABO ACCOUNTABILITY

- FOR PERPETRATORS. - IT IS ABOUT JUSTICE AND HEALING - FOR SURVIVORS. - NICK: THE HEAD OF A PENTAGON - COMMISSION EXAMINING SOLUTIONS - UNVEILED ITS MEMBERS, AND ON - CAPITOL HILL, NATOR GILLIBRAND - HELD A HEARING WITH SURVIVORS - AND ADVOCATES. - >> EVERY GENERAL OR COMMANDER - THAT HAS COME IN FRONT OF THIS - BODY FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS HAS - TOLD US, WE'VE GOT THIS, MA'AM. - WELL, THE TRUTH IS THEY DON'T - HAVE IT. - NICK: PUBLICITY AND THE 18TH - AIRBORNE CORPS SOLICITING IDEAS - COULD LEAD TO REAL CHANGE THAT - ISN'T JUST A PR EFFORT. - >> I WANT TO KNOW IT WAS MORE - THAN JUST TURNING IN A HOMEWORK - ASSIGNMENT TO THEIR BOSS. - JUDY: AND NOW TO SENATOR - KIERSTEN GILLIBRAND, DEMOCRAT OF - NEW YORK. - WELCOME BACK TO THE "NEWSHOUR." - YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS - ISSUE FOR YEARS.

- TODAY, YOU SAID IT'S AN EPIDEMIC - OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE - MILITARY. - YOU SAID NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. - WHOSE FAULT IS THAT? - SEN. GILLIBRAND: IT'S THE - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AND IT'S - THE COMMAND. - THEY HAVE SAID SINCE DICK CHENEY - WAS THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 25 - YEARS AGO THAT THERE WAS ZERO - TOLERANCE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT. - I'VE BEEN HAVING HEARINGS ABOUT - THIS SINCE 2013, AND EVERY TIME - A COMMANDER COMES IN FRONT OF - THE COMMITTEE, THEY SAY THEY'VE - GOT THIS, AND THEY DON'T. - THEY KEEP SAYING COMMANDERS ARE - THE ONLY PEOPLE TO FIX THIS - PROBLEM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE - PROBLEM KEEPS GETTING WORSE. - AT ONLY ARE THERE 20,000 - ESTIMATED SEXUAL ASSAULTS PER - YEAR, BUT THE PERCENTAGE OF - CASES GOING TO TRIAL IS GOING - DOWN, AND THE PERCENT OF CASES - WITH THE CONVICTION IS ALSO - GOING DOWN. - JUDY: LET ME ASK YOU QUICKLY - ABOUT SOLUTIONS. - THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCED MEMBERS - OF THIS INDEPENDENT REVIEW - COMMISSION. - WE ALSO JUST HEARD IN OUR REPORT - WOMEN THEMSELVES WHO ARE PART OF - THEIR 18TH AIRBORNE CORPS ARE

- SAYING WE NEED TO CHANGE - TRAINING METHODS. - ARE THESE LIKELY TO MAKE A - DIFFERENCE? - NICK: WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING WE - CAN TO TRAIN THE MEMBERS OF OUR - ARMED SERVICES AS BEST WE CAN, - BUT THE WAY TO SEND A MESSAGE - AND A WAY TO CHANGE THE CULTURE - IS TO CONVICT PREDATORS. - IN FACT, IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT - THESE ARE CRIMES THAT ARE NOT - TOLERATED IN THE MILITARY. - WHEN YOU DON'T PROSECUTE - ASSAILANTS OR PROSECUTE THE - CRIME OF RAPE, OF COURSE - PREDATORS FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE - MORE AND MORE LEEWAY TO CONTINUE - TO COMMIT THESE CRIMES. - THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE WE NEED TO - PROFESSIONALIZE HOW THE ARMED - SERVICES HANDLES THESE CASES AND - A DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO GO - TO A TRIAL SHOULD GO TO A - TRAINED MILITARY PROSECUTOR WHO - IS OUTSIDE THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. - IF YOU DID THAT, SURVIVORS WOULD - KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO

- WOULD LOOK AT THEIR CASE WITH NO - BIAS AND DOESN'T KNOW THEM OR - THE ACCUSED AND GIVE THEM A FAIR - SHAKE. - IT WILL MEAN MORE SURVIVORS WILL - COME FORWARD, AND BECAUSE OF - THAT PROFESSIONALISM, PERHAPS - DIFFERENT CASES ARE CHOSEN AND - THERE IS A BETTER END RESULT. - JUDY: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT TWO - THINGS. - ONE IS THE WAY THE SO-CALLED - MILITARY SEPARATION BOARDS - OPERATE. - COULD THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, - CHANGING THAT? - WE HEARD AMY FRANK RECOMMEND - THAT VICTIM ADVOCATES SHOULD BE - INDEPENDENT OF THE CHAIN OF - COMMAND. - THAT IS SOMETHING YOU SUPPORT? - SEN. GILLIBRAND: THAT IS - SOMETHING I FULLY SUPPORT. - WE'VE HEARD FROM VICTIM - ADVOCATES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN - BULLIED, THEY HAVE BEEN - PRESSURED, NOT GIVEN THE - AUTHORITY THEY NEED TO SUPPORT - THEIR CLIENT BY TAKING A CASE TO - THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR - RETALIATION. - THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO - REPRESENT THEIR CLIENT IN THE - SAME WAY THAT A REGULAR LOWER

- IS. - -- REGULAR LAWYER IS. - THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME ABILITY - TO REPRESENT THESE CLIENTS IN - THESE TYPES OF LITIGATION. - YES, I WOULD LOVE THEM TO BE - INDEPENDENT OF THE TRAIT -- - CHAIN OF COMMAND. - JUDY: IN CONNECTION WITH THE - COMMANDER'S ABILITY TO PUNISH - ALLEGED PERPETRATORS, YOU DID - INTRODUCE LEGISLATION CREATING A - NEW CHANNEL FOR ADJUDICATING - SEXUAL ASSAULT. - THERE WAS NOT SUPPORT OF THE - PENTAGON. - THERE WAS NOT SUPPORT AMONG YOUR - SENATE COLLEAGUES. - IS THERE SUPPORT NOW? - SEN. GILLIBRAND: I THINK THERE - IS MUCH MORE SUPPORT NOW. - A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE - SAID, I WANTED TO GIVE OTHER - REFORMS A CHANCE. - I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF - SENATORS WHO WERE PREVIOUS NO - VOTES WHO WILL BE YES VOTES. - WE ALSO HAVE A - COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF WHO SAID HE - WANTS TO TAKE THESE CASES OUT OF - THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.

- HE'S BEEN CLEAR ABOUT HIS VIEWS - ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE, NOT ONLY - HAVING WRITTEN THE VIOLENCE - AGAINST WOMEN ACT, BUT - SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THESE ISSUES. - HOPEFULLY, HE'S INFORMED THE - SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO DO A - THREE MONTH INVESTIGATION AND - HAVE A REPORT. - HOPEFULLY, THE COMMISSION WILL - LOOK AT THESE IDEAS AND - HOPEFULLY SUPPORT THEM, BUT I'M - GOING TO GET THE BIPARTISAN - SUPPORT I NEED FOR THIS BILL. - THERE ARE FEW BILLS THAT HAVE - THE SUPPORT OF BOTH BERNIE - SANDERS AND TED CRUZ, CHUCK - SCHUMER AND MITCH MCCONNELL, BUT - THIS BILL DOES. - IT'S A COMMONSENSE REFORM THAT - COULD TRANSFORM THE WAY - SURVIVORS SEE THIS ISSUE. - THEY'VE ASKED OVER AND OVER - AGAIN AT, SURVEY AFTER SURVEY, - IF THEY COULD CHANGE ONE THING, - THEY WOULD CHANGE WHO COULD - MAKE THE DECISION. - JUDY: SENATOR, SOMETHING ELSE I - DO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT, AND - THAT IS YOUR HOME STATE GOVERNOR

- ANDREW CUOMO. - HE'S NOW BEEN ACCUSED BY EIGHT - DIFFERENT WOMEN OF SEXUAL - HARASSMENT, INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL - MISCONDUCT. - YOU AND YOUR FELLOW NEW YORK - SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER HAVE - CALLED ON HIM TO STEP DOWN, AS - HAS A MAJORITY OF THE NEW YORK - CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. - HE SAYS HE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING - WRONG. - HE SAYS CALLING FOR PEOPLE TO DO - THAT ARE PART OF THE SO-CALLED - LIBERAL CANCEL CULTURE GROUP. - IS THAT WHAT IS GOING ON? - SEN. GILLIBRAND: THAT'S AN - ABSURD STATEMENT. - GIVEN THAT HE WON'T STEP DOWN, - WE HAVE TWO INVESTIGATIONS THAT - WILL MOVE FORWARD. - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL DO HER - INVESTIGATION, AS WILL THE STATE - ASSEMBLY. - THOSE ARE INVESTIGATIONS THAT - WILL TAKE MONTHS, BUT GIVEN - WHERE WE ARE WITH COVID, I THINK - IT IS VERY DIFFICULT GIVEN THAT - OUR GOVERNOR HAS LOST THE - SUPPORT OF MOST OF HIS GOVERNING - PARTNERS.

- JUDY: ARE YOU SAYING YOU THINK - HE WILL HOLD ON FOR MONTHS WHILE - THESE INVESTIGATIONS TAKE PLACE? - SEN. GILLIBRAND: HE MIGHT. - I THINK THAT IS WHAT HE SAID. - I DISAGREE. - I THINK WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON - THE IMPORTANT TASK OF GOVERNING - AND GETTING THESE RESOURCES INTO - THE ECONOMY, BUT I THINK IT WILL - BE HARD TO DO THAT GIVEN WHERE - HE IS. - JUDY: SENATOR KIERSTEN SCHILLER - BRAND, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. -- - KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, THANK YOU - VERY MUCH. - ♪ - JUDY: THE SUSPECT IN THE BOULDER - SHOOTINGS IS EXPECTED TO MAKE - HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE - TOMORROW. - LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE - NOT PUBLICLY DISMISSED HIS - POSSIBLE MOTIVES. - PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED THE MAYOR - OF BOULDER TO OFFER HIS - CONDOLENCES, AND AS THE - INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, MANY - OBSERVERS AND ADVOCATES SAY THE - SHOOTINGS SHOULD BE A - SPRINGBOARD FOR NEW ACTION.

- WILLIAM BRANGHAM FOCUSES ON THAT - PART OF THE STORY TONIGHT. - WILLIAM: THESE MURDERS IN - BOULDER CAME ONE WEEK AFTER THE - MASS SHOOTINGS IN GEORGIA,, BUT - WHAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T - UNDERSTAND IS BETWEEN THOSE - TRAGEDIE THERE WERE SEVERAL - OTHER MASS SHOOTINGS. - IN DALLAS, IN HOUSTON, IN - PHILADELPHIA, IN STOCKTON, - CALIFORNIA, AND IN GRESHAM, - OREGON. - TWO PEOPLE DIED IN EACH OF THOSE - INCIDENTS. - 26 MORE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED. - BACK IN BOULDER, THERE WERE - CANDLELIGHT VIGILS LAST NIGHT. - WE LOOK NOW AT WHAT MIGHT COME - NEXT WITH COLORADO STATE - REPRESENTATIVE TOM SULLIVAN. - HIS SON ALEX WAS KILLED IN THE - MASS SHOOTING IN AURORA, - COLORADO IN 2012. - REPRESENTATIVE SULLIVAN, THANK - YOU FOR BEING HERE. - I KNOW THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU - EVER WTED TO BE AN EXPERT IN, - BUT THERE ARE 10 FAMILIES IN

- BOULDER GOING THROUGH WHAT YOU - WENT THROUGH SEVERAL YEARS AGO, - AND I WONDER IF YOU COU HELP - US UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT THEY - ARE GOING THROUGH AND WHAT - COUNCIL YOU WOULD OFFER THEM. - REP. SULLIVAN: A COUPLE OF DAYS - AFTER, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET - OUT OF TOWN FAMILY TO COME IN. - THEY ARE TRYING TO GET - PREPARATIONS FOR A FUNERAL FOR - WHERE THEIR CHILDREN ARE GOING - TO BE BURIED. - IT IS ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. - AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY ARE - DEALING WITH PEOPLE, ALL OF A - SUDDEN THEIR SONS OR DAUGHTERS - ARE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE - PAPER, AND THEY HAVE TO COME UP - WITH A TWO MINUTE SYNOPSIS OF - WHAT THE PREVIOUS 25 YEARS WITH - THAT SON OR DAUGHTER WAS LIKE, - TO GET SOMEBODY TO UNDERSTAND - WHO THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER WAS. - WILLIAM: I KNOW THAT YOU RAN FOR - OFFICE AFTER YOUR SON'S TRAGEDY,

- AND WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER CASES - LIKE PARKLAND AND NEWTOWN AND - PERHAPS EVEN AGAIN AFTER ATLANTA - THAT THESE EVENTS BECOME - GALVANIZING FOR THE FAMILIES - INVOLVED. - DO YOU THINK THAT IS THE SAME - HERE? - IS IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE HORROR - OF THESE EVENTS? - IS IT BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF - OUR FEDERAL GUN LAWS? - WHAT IS IT? - REP. SULLIVAN: CERTAINLY. - YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO - CAUSE SOMEBODY TO TAKE ACTION. - TO TAKE ANY KIND OF ACTION WITH - THIS, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE THE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GET - INVOLVED IN THIS. - SOME OF THESE COMMON SENSE - THINGS CAN HELP. - NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO IS GOING - TO ELIMINATE THIS, BUT PEACE BY - PEACE, WE CAN SAVE LIVES. - THAT'S WHY I GOT MYSELF ELECTED, - WAS TO COME TO THE STATE CAPITAL - IN DENVER AND START TO SAVE - LIVES. - WILLIAM: YOU'VE SAID THAT IT HAS - TO COME FROM THE NATIONAL - GOVERNMENT LEVEL.

- WHY IS THAT? - YOU RAN FOR OFFICE IN COLORADO - AND HAD SOME SUCCESS PASSING - SOME LAWS. - WHY ARE YOU SAYING IT HAS TO - COME FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL? - REP. SULLIVAN: WE PASSED A - BACKGROUNDHECK IN THE STATE OF - COLORADO IN 2013. - THEY DON'T HAVE IT IN THE - SURROUNDING STATES. - WE HAVE A HIGH CAPACITY LIMIT IN - THE STATE OF COLORADO. - THEY DON'T HAVE IT IN THE STATES - AROUND US. - EVEN THE SHOOTER IN BOULDER WITH - HIS ABILITY TO GET AN ASSAULT - RIFLE, AT THE TIME, IF THEY HAD - THAT ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN IN - BOULDER, ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS GO - TO THE NEXT COUNTY OR THE NEXT - TOWN AND PURCHASE THAT STUFF. - WE NEED COLLECTIVE HELP FROM THE - NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. - IF THEY DID BACKGROUND CHECKS - ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THAT WOULD - BE BETTER FOR US. - IF THEY DID EXTREME RISK - PROTECTION ORDERS ACROSS THE - COUNTRY, THAT WOULD HELP.

- WILLIAM: PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED - FOR AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN. - THE MAYOR OF BOULDER ASKED FOR - THAT THAN TO BE REMOVED IN THE - CITY OF BOULDER. - IT WAS IN PLACE, BUT BLOCKED BY - A JUDGE. - EVEN "THE NEW YORK POST" RAN A - PIECE TODAY SAYING WE NEED TO - GET THESE WEAPONS OF WAR OFF THE - STREETS. - DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT, AND DO - YOU THINK THAT WILL HAVE ANY - CHANCE OF PASSING? - REP. SULLIVAN: ASSAULT WEAPONS, - THEY PUT THE MASS IN THE - SHOOTING. - THE ABILITY TO GET OFF MORE - ROUNDS QUICKER IS WHAT CAUSES - THESE HIGH CASUALTY RATES. - IF THEY HAD PUMP ACTION, THEY - COULDN'T DO IT. - IF THEY HAD A SMALLER CAPACITY - MAGAZINE, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE - BEENBLE. - I GET IT. - THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN - SELLING. - I'VE HRD ALL OF THAT, ABOUT - HOW MANY TENS OF MILLIONS OF - THESE TYPES OF WEAPONS ARE OUT

- THERE, AND I KNOW HOW TYPICAL IT - IS TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ALL - THE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS THAT - THEY USE, BUT SOMETHING HAS TO - HAPPEN. - WILLIAM: WE HAVE SEEN TWO SENIOR - REPUBLICAN SENATORS, JONATHAN - AND TED CRUZ, SAY RECENTLY, THEY - ECHO THIS COMMON POINT, WHICH - IS, NONE OF THESE LAWS THAT ARE - BEING PROPOSED WOULD STOP X - EVENT. - HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? - REP. SULLIVAN: IN 2019 WE - STOPPED THE EXTREME RISK - PROTECTION ORDER IN THE STATE OF - COLORADO. - LAST YEAR, WE HAD A 113 - PETITIONS THAT WERE FILED. - HISTORICALLY FROM THE OTHER - STATES THAT HAVE RAN EXTREME - RISK PROTECTION ORDERS, WHAT - THAT TELLS US IS THAT FOR EVERY - 11 PETITIONS THAT ARE FILED, YOU - SAVE ONE LIFE.

- WHAT HAPPENED IN THE STATE OF - COLORADO LAST YEAR BY THE - PETITIONS THAT WERE FILED? - WE SAVED 10 LIVES. - I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NAMES OF - THE 10 PEOPLE, BUT I KNOW THAT - THAT HAPPENED, AND IT PROBABLY - WAS MORE THAN THAT. - THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. - THERE IS NO ONE THING THAT CAN - STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING, BUT - COLLECTIVELY, WE CAN BRING THE - NUMBERS DOWN. - WE CAN START SAVING SOME LIVES, - AND THAT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO - CONTINUE TO DO. - WILLIAM: STATE REPRESENTATIVE - TOM SULLIVAN, THANK YOU VERY - MUCH FOR BEING HERE. - REP. SULLIVAN: THANK YOU. - ♪ - JUDY: THE NATION'S FIRST - GOVERNMENT-BACKED REPARATIONS - INITIATIVE FOR BLACK AMERICANS

- WAS APPROVED THIS WEEK IN - EVANSTON, ILLINOIS. - IT'S A PROGRAM THAT COULD SERVE - AS A MODEL FOR REPARATIONS - FORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - JOHN YANG HAS THE STORY IS PART - OF OUR "RACE MATTERS" SERIES. - JOHN: EVANSTON IS A SUBURB ON - CHICAGO'S NORTH SIDE LAKEFRONT. - IT'S THE HOME OF NORTHWESTERN - UNIVERSITY. - ABOUT 16% OF ITS 75,000 - RESIDENTS ARE BLACK. - THIS WEEK, THE CITY COUNCIL - VOTED 8-1 TO BEGIN TO MAKE GOOD - ON ITS PROMISE TO SPEND $10 - MILLION IN REPARATIONS OVER 10 - YEARS. - FIRST UP, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND - DOLLARS TO COMPENSATE FOR PAST - DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING - PRACTICES. - INDIVIDUAL GRANTS OF UP TO - $25,000 A PERSON FOR BLACK - RESIDENTS WHO CAN SHOW THEY OR - THEIR FAMILIES LIVED IN THE CITY - BETWEEN 1919 AND 1969. - THE MONEY CAN BE USED FOR DOWN - PAYMENTS, MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, - REPAIRS, OR HOME IMPROVEMENTS. - ALMOST ALL OF THE MONEY WILL - COME FROM TAXES ON THE SALE OF

- RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. - RON DANIELS IS THE CONVENE OR OF - THE NATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN - REPARATIONS COMMISSION AND JOINS - US NOW. - DR. DANIELS, THANKS FOR BEING - WITH US. - WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT - EVANSTON'S CITY COUNCIL DID THIS - WEEK? - THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF - DISCUSSION FOR A VERY LONG TIME, - BUT THIS APPEARS TO BE THE FIRST - GOVERNMENT TO ACTUALLY DO - SOMETHING ABOUT IT. - DR. DANIELS: THE SIGNIFICANCE IS - EVANSTON BECOMES A MODEL. - IT BECOMES A BLUEPRINT FOR - REPARATIONS INITIATIVES ACROSS - THE COUNTRY. - THERE ARE OTHER CITIES - INTERESTED IN THIS, PROVIDENCE, - LOS ANGELES, SEATTLE, - WASHINGTON. - THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITIES - INTERESTED IN THIS. - IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE - BEYOND THE IDEA OF IT, WE HAVE A - TANGIBLE EXAMPLE OF MOVING FROM - IDEA TO PUBLIC POLICY, AND - EVANSTON HAS SET THE TONE. - JOHN: IT'S BEEN A TOPIC OF - DISCUSSION IN CONGRESS.

- THERE'S BEEN A DISCUSSION OF - FEDERAL OR NATIONAL REPARATIONS. - YOU THINK IT IS GOING TO GIVE - THAT EFFORT AND IMPETUS? - WILLIAM: THERE'S NO QUESTION -- - DR. DANIELS: THERE'S NO QUESTION - ABOUT IT. - THERE IS A SYNERGISTIC - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EVANSTON. - MANY HAVE ENDORSED HR 40. - EVANSTON WAS CERTAINLY - INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING IT DONE, - AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THE - COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP OF - CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE - HAS MOVED US TO THE POINT THAT I - WOULD PREDICT WITHIN THE NEXT - THREE MONTHS OR SO, WE WILL - ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMISSION SET - UP THAT WILL STUDY AND DEVELOP - REPARATIONS PROPOSALS FOR - AFRICAN-AMERICANS. - THAT IS A HUGE DEVELOPMENT. - IT ENJOYS THE SUPPORT OF NANCY - PELOSI, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, - CHUCK SCHUMER, SENATE MAJORITY - LEADER, AND OF COURSE POWERED BY - A TREMENDOUSOALITION OF - ORGANIZATIONS. - THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES - UNION, COBRA, THE NATIONAL

- COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, CENTER FOR - AMERICAN PROGRESS. - THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT IN - THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED - STATES. - JOHN: I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT - THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT EVANSTON - DID. - THE ONE NO VOTE CAME FROM SICILY - FLEMING. - SHE'S A BLACK MEMBER OF THE - COUNCIL. - SHE ARGUED THE SPECIFICS OF HOW - THIS MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT WAS - ALMOST PATERNALISTIC. - SHE SAID THAT THE INJURED PARTY - SHOULD BE THE ONE TO DICTATE AND - DECIDE WHAT REPARATIONS ARE. - WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? - DRDANIELS: SHE'S CORRECT. - SHE'S INCORRECT IN THINKING THAT - THE REASON WHY THE REPARATIONS - COMMISSION CERTIFIED EVANSTON AS - A MODEL WAS BECAUSE WE WERE - INVOLVED IN HELPING TO PUT THE - PROGRAM TOGETHER. - WHEN ROBIN RUTH SIMMONS AND HER - COLLEAGUES DID TOWN HALL - MEETINGS AND HEARINGS ACROSS THE - CITY, WHAT CAME BACK FROM THE - PERSONS AFFECTED WAS OVER AND - OVER AGAIN, HOUSING, HOUSING, - HOUSING.

- THEREFORE, THAT'S WHY IT'S - PAIRED TO A HOUSING INITIATIVE - CONCEIVED BY THE STAKEHOLDERS, - AND IT WENT TO THE REPARATIONS - SUBCOMMITTEE AND WAS APPROVED BY - THE CITY COUNCIL. - WE THINK THE ALDERWOMAN IS - ENTITLED TO HER OPINION. - WE THINK THAT IS GOOD. - ALL OF THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, IS - POSITIVE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE - END OF THE INITIATIVE. - THIS IS REALLY THE BEGINNING. - THERE WILL BE MANY OPPORTUNITIES - IN ORDER TO HAVE REPARATIONS - INITIATIVES. - I SHOULD SAY THIS, HOWEVER. - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE - NATIONAL AND FEDERAL, IT WOULD - TAKE FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO - CREATE THE LARGE AMOUNT OF - RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH THE - INJURY OVER THE CENTURIES. - NO AMOUNT OF MONEY IS ENOUGH OR - CASH IS ENOUGH, BUT AT LEAST THE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER THE - LEADERSHIP OF CONGRESSWOMAN - SHEILA JACKSON LEE WILL BE THE - WAY IN WHICH THIS ULTIMATELY - DOES THE REPAIR THAT IS NEEDED. - JOHN: DR. RON DANIELS, THANK YOU - VERY MUCH.

- DR. DANIELS: THANK YOU. - ♪ - JUDY: THING THE PANDEMIC HAS - MADE CLEAR, OUR NEED FOR - ESSENTIAL WORKERS. - WE'VE HEARD MANY OF THEIR VOICES - IN THE LAST YEAR. - TONIGHT, THE DIRECTOR OF THE - NATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS - ALLIANCE GIVES HER BRIEF BUT - SPECTACULAR TAKE ON THE - IMPORTANCE OF CAREGIVERS AND THE - NEED TO VALUE WORK ON THIS EQUAL - PAYDAY. - >> IN THE FIRST MONTH OF THE - STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS, 90% OF - DOMESTIC WORKERS LOST ALL OF - THEIR JOBS AND INCOME. - IT HAS BEEN A CRISIS OF - IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES WHERE YOU ARE - EITHER STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT - HOW YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE - OF YOURSELF AND YOUR OWN FAMILY - WITHOUT AN INCOME, OR YOU ARE

- GOING TO WORK AS AN ESSENTIAL - WORKER WITHOUT PROTECTIONS. - YOUR KIDS ARE HOME FROM SCHOOL - TRYING TO NAVIGATE ONLINE - LEARNING AND STILL EARNING - POVERTY WAGES WITHOUT ACCESS TO - HEALTH CARE. - MY GRANDPARENTS PLAYED A HUGE - ROLE IN RAISING ME, LIKE MANY - IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, AND MY - GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT ME A LOT - ABOUT CAREGIVING. - BEING AS CLOSE TO MY - GRANDPARENTS, WHEN THEY GOT - OLDER AND NEEDED CARE - THEMSELVES, ESPECIALLY THE - PEOPLE WHO RAISED US AND CARED - FOR US ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE THE - CARE AND DIGNITY THEY DESERVE. - EVERYONE DESERVES THAT. - THE AVERAGE INCOME OF A HOMECARE - CARE WORKER IN AMERICA IS ABOUT - $16,000 PER YEAR. - $16,000. - WE END UP LOSING SOME OF OUR - VERY BEST CAREGIVERS TO OTHER

- LOW-WAGE SERVICE JOBS BECAUSE - THEY CANNOT SUPPORT THEMSELVES - AND THEIR FAMILIES. - WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT OUR - CAREGIVING SYSTEMS AS ESSENTIAL - INFRASTRUCTURE, CHILDCARE, - ELDERCARE. - THESE ARE FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS THAT - EVERY WORKING FAMILY HAS ACROSS - THE LIFESPAN, AND WE HAVE - NOTHING IN PLACE TO SUPPORT - FAMILIES. - I THINK IN THE 21ST CENTURY WHEN - WE THINK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, - IT HAS TO INCLUDE GOOD - CAREGIVING. - I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY - HERE TO MAKE THESE JOBS GOOD - JOBS THAT YOU CAN TAKE PRIDE IN - AND SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY ON. - JUST LIKE WE TOOK MANUFACTURING - JOBS IN THE 1930'S FROM - DANGEROUS POVERTY WAGE JOBS INTO - A PATHWAY FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY - AND MOBILITY.

- AS AN ORGANIZER, I SPENT A LOT - OF TIME LISTENING. - THE ONLY WAY TO UNDERSTAND HOW - TO SOLVE A PROBLEM IS TO HEAR - ABOUT HOW THESE POLICIES AND - CHALLEES LIVE IN THE LIVES OF - PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY. - AS THE PANDEMIC RAGES ON, THE - BURDEN OF SAFETY IS FALLING - DISPROPORTIONATELY ON THE - SHOULDERS OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE - THEIR LEAST AMOUNT OF RESOURCES - TO NAVIGATE THE SITUATION. - WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS WE - EMERGE FROM THIS PANDEMIC, AS - THE VACCINE IS MORE WIDELY - AVAILABLE, TO CHART A NEW COURSE - FOR HOW WE PROTECT AND VALUE - WORK. - LET'S PUT THEM AT THE CENTER OF - HOW WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF - WORK. - THIS IS MY BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR - TAKE ON CAREGIVING. - JUDY: SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF OUR - CAREGIVERS. - YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR BRIEF

- BUT SPECTACULAR SEGMENTS ONLINE - AT PBS.ORG/NEWSHOUR/BRIEF. - ONLINE, WE TALKED TO THE MANY OF - YOU ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE - HELPING TO SECURE VACCINE - APPOINTMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO - NEED THEM MOST. - YOU CAN READ ABOUT THEIR STORIES - AND THE WORK LEFT TO BE DONE ON - OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. - PBS.ORG/NEWSHOUR. - THAT IS THE "NEWSHOUR" FOR - TONIGHT. - I AM JUDY WOODRUFF. - JOIN US ONLINE AND HERE TOMORROW - EVENING. - FOR ALL OF US AT THE PBS - "NEWSHOUR," THANK YOU. - PLEASE STAY SAFE, AND WE WILL - SEE YOU SOON. - >> MAJOR FUNDING BY THE PBS - "NEWSHOUR" HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY - -- - >> CONSUMER CELLULAR HAS BEEN - OFFERING NO CONTRACT WIRELESS - PLANS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE DO - MORE OF WHAT THEY LIKE. - OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM CAN - HELP FIND THE PLAN THAT FITS - YOU. - TO LEARN MORE, VISIT - CONSUMERCELLULAR.TV. - ♪ - >> JOHNSON & JOHNSON. - BNSF RAILWAY.

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- I'm Lidia Bastianich, - and welcome to - "Lidia Celebrates America." - For the past ten years, - I've hit the road, - sharing stories of people - from all around the country. - >> Well, you can see here, - the color of the barrel - is already changing. - >> LIDIA: From artisans - reviving a craft... - >> We got Golden Delicious, - Red Delicious, Honeycrisp. - >> LIDIA: To veterans finding - new meaning through farming... - What is for lunch today? - >> Chicken leg. - >> LIDIA: Chicken legs? - >> Yep. - >> LIDIA: - To immigrants passing on - their culinary traditions. - Okay, good luck to you. - >> Thank you so much. - (sirens wailing) - >> LIDIA: But this year, - the pandemic hit. - >> We were seeing just an - insane amount of loss of life, - hundreds of cardiac arrests - a day.