PBS NewsHour; May 25, 2021, 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING, I'M - JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, ONE - YEAR LATER-- THE COUNTRY - REFLECTS ON THE MURDER OF GEORGE - FLOYD AS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS - STRUGGLES TO REFORM ITS POLICE - DEPARTMENT. - THEN, TAIWAN ON EDGE-- WE SPEAK - WITH THE COUNTRY'S FOREIGN - MINISTER ABOUT THE EVER-LARGER - SHADOW CHINA CASTS OVER THE - REGION. - AND, BRAZIL IN CRISIS-- COVID 19 - EXACERBATES THE MANY INEQUITIES - ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HITTING - MINORITY AND INDIGENOUS - COMMUNITIES THE HARDEST. - >> ( translated ): AS WITH ANY - PANDEMIC, WHAT WE SEE ARE ALL - INEQUALITIES ARE ILLUMINATED. - THE MOST VULNERABLE, THE PEOPLE - THAT WERE MORE ISOLATED, ETHNIC - MINORITIES, THEY ARE THE ONES - THAT REALLY ARE SUFFERING THE - MOST. - >> Woodruff: ALL THAT AND MORE - ON TONIGHT'S PBS NEWSHOUR.

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- COVERAGE. - >> Alcindor: ONE YEAR AFTER THE - MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, - COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERED TO - PAY THEIR RESPECTS AND RENEW - DEMANDS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND - POLICE REFORM. - THEY ALSO HELD AN OUTDOOR - FESTIVAL AT THE INTERSECTION - WHERE HE DIED ONE YEAR AGO - TODAY. - USING MUSIC AND FOOD, THE OWD - TRIED TO TURN A PLACE OF AGONY - INTO A PLACE OF HOPE. - >> IT'S BEEN A TROUBLING YEAR, A - LONG YEAR, BUT WE MADE IT. - >> Alcindor: ON MAY 25, 2020, - GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED BY - FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE - OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN, WHO - KEELED ON FLOYD'S NECK FOR NINE - MINUTES AND 29 SECONDS. - IN APRIL, CHAUVIN WAS CONVICTED - OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND - OTHER CHARGES. - HE AWAITS SENTENCING NEXT MONTH. - IN AUGUST, THREE OFFICERS WHO - THE MURDER TRIGGERED NATIONWIDE - PROTESTS AND CALLS FOR POLICE - REFORM THAT VE CONTINUED - THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING - YESTERDAY AT A MARCH TO THE

- MINNESOTA STATE CAPITOL. - GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY HAS TAKEN - A LEAD ROLE IN THOSE EFFORTS. - TODAY, THE FAMILY WAS IN - WASHINGTON. - THEY MET FIRST WITH HOUSE - SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI AND OTHER - CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AMID A - PUSH FOR A FEDERAL BILL, DUBBED - THE “GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN - POLICING ACT.” - THE LEGISLATION WOULD BAN - CHOKEHOLDS, AMONG OTHER - PROVISIONS. - FLOYD'S BROTHER PHILONISE URGED - THE SENATE TO PASS THE HOUSE- - APPROVED BILL. - >> WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SET - STANDARD PROCEDURES IN PLACE - JUST LIKE WE NEED MEANINGFUL - LEGISLATION WHEN THEY SIGNED - THAT GEORGE FLOYD POLICING ACT. - WE NEED THIS ON BIDEN'S DESK. - THE SENATE, WE NEED TO GET THIS - TAKEN CARE OF. - >> Alcindor: THE FAMILY SPOKE - SEPARATELY WITH DEMOCRATIC - SENATOR CORY BOOKER AND - REPUBLICAN SENATOR TIM SCOTT, - WHO ARE LEADING NEGOTIATIONS FOR - A COMPROMISE TO GET THE BILL - PASSED. - AT THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT - BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS - HOSTED THE FAMILY PRIVATELY. - THEY SPOKE TO REPORTERS - AFTERWARD.

- >> HE DID LET US KNOW THAT HE - SUPPORTS PASSING THE BILL BUT HE - WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THE - RIGHT BILL AND NOT A RUSHED - BILL. - >> Alcindor: AT TODAY'S WHITE - HOUSE BRIEFING, PRESS SECRETARY - JEN PSAKI SAID PRESIDENT BIDEN - WAS HOPEFUL A CONSENSUS COULD BE - REACHED. - >> WE HAVE ALSO BEEN RESPECTING - THE SPACE NEEDED FOR THE - NEGOTIATORS TO HAVE THESE - DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN - FIND COMMON GROUND AND WHERE - THEY CAN FIND AGREEMENT. - >> Alcindor: THE FEDERAL EFFORTS - COME AS MANY CITIES AND STATES - HAVE MOVED TO CHANGE POLICING - POLICIES AFTER FLOYD'S DEATH. - LAST JULY, MINNESOTA BECAME ONE - OF THE FIRST STATES TO BAN - POLICE CHOKEHOLDS AND MANDATE - MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR - OFFICERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - AND TODAY, THE FLOYD FAMILY - ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF A FUND - TO BENEFIT BUSINESSES AND - COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE - NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE GEORGE FLOYD - DIED. - THEY'LL BE USING MONEY FROM THE - FAMI'S $27 MILLION SETTLEMENT - WITH MINNEAPOLIS. - BEFORE TODAY'S EVENT AT “GEORGE - FLOYD SQUARE,” AN ASSOCIATED - PRESS JOURNALIST CAPTURED THE - SOUNDS OF WHAT HE SAID WERE 30 - GUNSHOTS A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE

- INTERSECTION, A REMINDER OF THE - CHALLENGES FACING THE - NEIGHBORHOOD. - >> Woodruff: AND YAMICHE JOINS - ME NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. - SO, YAMICHE, AS YOU REPORTED, - GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY MET WITH - PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY. - WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT - MEETING? - >> Reporter: WELL, THIS WAS AN - HOUR-LONG, PRIVATE MEETING - BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN WHO HAS - KNOWN TRAGIC PUBLIC LOSS, AND - THE FLOYD FAMILY THAT, OF - COURSE, ALSO KNOWS TRAGIC PUBLIC - LOSS OF COURSE AT THE HANDS OF - POLICE. - PRESIDENT BIDEN, I'M TOLD WAS - VERY PERSONAL WITH THIS FAMILY. - HE'S GOTTEN TO KNOW THIS FAMILY - OVER THE LAST YEAR. - HE'S HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS - WITH THEM BEFORE AND AFTER THE - VERDICT. - HE'S TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE - FAMILY'S WELL BEING ASKING THEM - HOW ARE THEY DOING, HOW ARE THEY - COPING, DO THEY HAVE THE - RESOURCES THEY NEED. - THE PRESIDENT ALSO RELEASED A - STATEMENT, AND I WANT TO READ - PART OF IT TO YOU. - HE SAID, FOR ANY FAMILY - EXPERIENCING A PROFOUND LOSS, - THE FIRST YEAR CAN FEEL LIKE - THEY GOT THE NEWS A FEW SECONDS - AGO, AND THEY'VE HAD TO RELIVE - THAT PAIN AND GRIEF AT EACH AND - EVERY TIME THOSE HORRIFIC NINE - MINUTES AND 2-9D SECONDS HAVE - BEEN REPLAYED.

- THAT STATEMENT, OF COURSE, - TALKING ABOUT THE THE NINE - MINUTES AND 29 SEONDS DEREK - CHAUVIN KNEELED ON THNECK OF - GEORGE FLOYD. - I'M TOLD BY THE FLOYD FAMILY AS - WELL AS IN PUBLIC STATEMENTS - THAT THE PRESIDENT SPENT TIME - TALKING TO THEM ABOUT PROCESSING - THEIR GRIEF. - HE ALSO SPENT TIME PLAYING WITH - GIANNA FLO, THAT'S GEORGE - FLOYD'S DAUGHTER. - SHE RAN INTO THE PRESIDENT'S - ARMS, HE SAID, AND ALSO SAID, - I'M HUNGRY, DO YOU HAVE SOME - SNACKS? - HE GAVE HER ICE CREAM AND - CHEETOS. - A GENUE BACK AND FORTH THERE. - THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD BE - PUSHING FOR POLICING REFORM. - >> Woodruff: THE PRESIDENT HAD - CALLED FOR CONGRESS TO PASS THE - GEORGE FLOYD POLICING REFORM ACT - BY NOW, BY THIS ANNIVERSARY, - BUT, SO FAR, NO BIPARTISAN - AGREEMENT. - WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHERE THAT - ANDS? - >> WELL, PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE - TO THE FLOYD FAMILY ABOUT THIS - AND HE SAID HE WAS NOT HAPPY - WITH THE IDEA THAT THE DEADLINE - THAT HE SET WHICH IS TODAY, THE - YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE - FLOYD'S MURDER, THAT THERE

- WASN'T A POLICING LEGISLATION - THAT HE COULD SIGN INTO LAW - TODAY. - THAT SAID HE TOLD THE FAMILY HE - DOESN'T WANT TO RUSH THIS, THAT - HE WANTS IT TO BE A BILL WITH - SUBSTANCE. - THAT SAID THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION'S OVERALL RACIAL - JUSTICE AGENDA IS GOING FORWARD. - JUST TODAY, KRISTIN CLARK WAS - CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE, THE - FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HEAD THE - CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION AT THE - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THAT'S - THE DIVISION THAT WORKS - SPECIFICALLY WITH POLICE - DEPARTMENTs ON POLICIES AND - PRACTICES. - SHE'S EXPECTED TO BE SWORN IN BY - VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TONIGHT. - ETCH THOUGH THE LEGISLATION IS - STALLED, THERE'S STILL A GULF TO - GO, THERE IS, OF COURSE, KRISTIN - CLARK THERE NOW AT THE D.O.J. - >> Woodruff: FINALLY, YAMICHE, - THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, OF - COURSE, TRIGGERED THESE - CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POLICING BUT - ALSO ABOUT RACE AND RACISM IN - AMERICA, AND YOU'VE DONE A LOT - OF REPORTING ABOUT THIS OVER THE - LAST YEAR. - YOU'VE TRAVELED, YOU'VE TALKED - TO PEOPLE. - WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF WHERE WE - ARE ONE YEAR LATER? - >> Reporter: WELL, ONE YEAR - LATER STAFF THE DEATH OF GEORGE

- FLOYD, WE HAVE REALLY - EXPERIENCED A PROFOUND SHIFT IN - PERSPECTIVES AND ALSO PROFOUND - DISAPPOINTMENT IN LIVED - REALITIES OF SO MANY PEOPLE OF - COLOR IN THIS COUNTRY. - SO THERE IS THIS REAL BREATH - THAT'S BEEN BREATHED INTO THE - BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENTIVE - MOVEMENT WITH CORPORATIONS AND - COMPANIES LOOKING AT SYTEMIC - RACISM, HAVING THE RACIAL - RECKONING THAT WE ALWAYS TALK - ABOUT, REALLY TALKING ABOUT - DIVERSITY AND THE NEED FOR - CHANGE. - BUT THERE ALSO HAS BEEN THIS - REAL PUSHBACK, PUSHING BACK ON - TALKING ABOUT THE IDEA OF - SLAVERY AND THE 1619 SLAVERY - THERE. - THERE IS, OF COURSE, THIS IDEA - THAT BLACK AMERICANS ARE TWO AND - A HALF TO THREE TIMES MORE - LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY POLICE - THAN WHITE AMERICANS AND EACH - DAY BLACK AMERICANS ARE WAKING - UP TERRIFIED TO HAVE THE POLICE, - TEACHING THEIR CHILDREN HOW TO - SURVIVE POLICE INTERACTIONS, - EVEN IF THEY'RE DOING NOTHING - WRONG. - A LOT OF CHANGE, MUCH MORE TO - GO. - >> Woodruff: THOSE - CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO - CONTINUE. - YAMICHE ALCINDOR, REPORTING ON

- THIS DAY THAT ALL OF US ARE - MARKING. - YAMICHE, THANK YOU. - >> Reporter: THANKS. - >> Woodruff: MEMBERS OF GEORGE - FLOYD'S FAMILY ALSO MET TODAY - WITH CONGRESSWOMAN KAREN BASS OF - CALIFORNIA. - SHE IS THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS' LEAD - NEGOTIATOR ON POLICE REFORM - LEGISLATION NAMED AFTER GEORGE - FLOYD. - I SPOKE WITH HER A SHORT TIME - AGO. - REPRESENTATIVE KAREN BASS, THANK - YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. - LET ME FIRST ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR - CONVERSATION WITH THE GEORGE - FLOYD FAMILY. - TELL US ABOUT IT. - >> THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT DAY - FOR THE FAMILY. - ANYTIME THERE'S AN ANNIVERSARY, - A BIRTHDAY, YOU KNOW, OR TODAY, - COMMEMORATING IT WAS ONE YEAR - AGO, IT'S A PAINFUL DAY FOR - THEM, AND, SO, OUR CONVERSATION - WAS JUST THEM ENCOURAGING - CONGRESS TO FINISH THE JOB, AND - ALSO EXPRESSING THAT THEY - THOUGHT IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT - THAT THE JOB BE DONE CORRECTLY - RATHER THAN RUSHING TO HAVE A - BILL JUST TO MEET A DEADLINE. - SO I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. - I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR, TO KNOW - THAT THEY WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED, - BUT THAT THEY WERE ENCOURAGED

- BECAUSE OUR TALKS HAVE BEEN - MOVING FORWARD. - >> Woodruff: YOU SAY THEY HAVE - BEEN MOVING FORWARD. - WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM ABOUT THE - STATUS OF THE TALKS. - >> I TOLD THEM THAT SENATOR - BOOKER AND SENATOR SCOTT AND I - WERE TALKING REGULARLY, THAT WE - WERE EXAMINING THE COMPREHENSIVE - BILL THAT WAS PASSED IN THE - HOUSE, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S - ALMOST NEVER THAT A BILL PASSES - THE HOUSE, GOES TO THE SENATE - AND NOTHING CHANGES. - SO WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT - DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BILL THAT - THEY FEEL ARE VERY IMPORTANT. - FOR EXAMPLE, THE PART OF THE - BILL THAT ESSENTIALLY HOLDS - OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE. - WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR BROTHER - THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD WITNESSED, - THEY NEVER WANT TO SEE ANOTHER - FAMILY GO THROUGH THAT. - >> Woodruff: YOU'RE REFERRING - TO SOMETHING CALLED QUALIFIED - IMMUNE AT THIS, LEGAL PROTECTION - FOR OFFICERS. - YOU'VE SAID THAT THIS HAS TO BE - IN THE BILL. - REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THEY DON'T - WANT IT IN THE BILL. - WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS HEADED? - >> WELL, IT'S ONE OF MANY ITEMS - THAT ARE ON THE TABLE FOR US TO - NEGOTIATE, AND I'M HOPING THAT - WE WILL FIND A RESOLUTION.

- YOU KNOW, WHAT THE BILL ISN'T A - AND WHAT THIS MOMENT IN OUR - HISTORY IS ABOUT IS REALLY - LOOKING AT THE PROFESSION OF - POLICING AND MODERNIZING IT. - YOU KNOW, THE PROFESSION THAT - HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE AWAY - YOUR FREEDOM AND TAKE AWAY YOUR - LIFE REALLY SHOULD MEET THE - HIGHEST OF STANDARDS, SHOULD BE - TRANSPARENT, SHOULD HOLD EACH - OTHER ACCOUNTABLE. - IF AN OFFICER SEES ANOTHER - OFFICER BRUTALIZING SOMEONE, - THEN THEY HAVE A LEGAL - OBLIGATION TO INTERVENE. - THAT'S ONE OF THE PROVISIONS IN - THE BILL. - WE HAVE 18,000 POLICE - DEPARTMENTs ACROSS THE - COUNTRY, AND 18,000 DIFFERENT - WAYS OF DOING POLICING. - ANY PROFESSION THAT REACHES THAT - POINT NEEDS TO HAVE NATIONAL - STANDARDS, NATIONAL - ACCREDITATION, AND, SO, THAT'S - WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. - >> Woodruff: IS THERE, THOUGH, - CONGRESSWOMAN BASS, AMADELE - GROUND WHEN IT COMES TO THIS - SORT OF LEGAL PROTECTION? - COULD IT BE PROTECTION FOR THE - DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE KNOW HAS - BEEN RAISED BY SOME? - >> WELL, THAT IS ONE OF THE

- OPTIONS THAT WE'RE EXAMINING, - BUT THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE OF - HOLDING OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE AND - BEING ABLE TO PROSECUTE AN - OFFICER. - YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT - IS SO PAINFUL FOR FAMILIES AND - COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY SEE - INCIDENT AFTER INCIDENT, TAPE - AFTER TAPE, AND THEN THE - OFFICERS AREN'T EVEN PROSECUTED, - THEY DON'T EVEN FILE CHARGES, - AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE STANDARD - TO FILE CHARGES TO PROSECUTE AN - OFFICER IS SO HIGH THAT THEY - WALK AWAY WITH NO CHARGES. - AND, SO, THE OVERALL POINT IS - ACCOUNTABILITY, WHETHER IT'S - QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S - HOW YOU PROSECUTE, WHETHER IT'S - HAVING A REGISTRY WHERE OFFICERS - WHO ARE BAD CAN'T JUST BOUNCE - FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT. - YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL - EGREGIOUS CASES RECENTLY AND - WE'VE SEEN THAT THE OFFICERS - HAVE EITHER RESIGNED OR THEY'RE - FIRED, BUT I THINK WHAT MOST - PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS ALL THEY - HAVE TO DO IS JUST GO DOWN THE - ROAD TO ANOTHER TOWN AND BE - RIGHT BACK ON A POLICE FORCE, - YOU KNOW, HAVING NO

- ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHATEVER BAD - ACTIONS THEY TOOK IN THEIR LAST - JOB. - >> Woodruff: SO DO I HEAR YOU - SAYING THERE MAY BE ANOTHER WAY - TO HOLD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE - THAT COULD BE A WORK-AROUND WHEN - IT COMES TO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY? - >> WELL, RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS ON - THE TABLE IS QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. - IF MY COLLEAGUES, WHETHER IT'S - SENATOR SCOTT OR SOMEONE ELSE, - CAN SHOW HOW WE CAN KEEP AN - OFFICER ACCOUNTABLE, THEN I'M - OPEN TO HEAR IT. - I HAVEN'T HEARD SO FAR. - >> Woodruff: IS THAT WHAT - THEY'RE WORKING ON? - >> SO RIGHT NOW IT'S QUALIFIED - IMMUNITY. - IT MIGHT BE. - IT MIGHT BE. - THERE ABSOLUTELY HAVE BEEN - DISCUSSIONS AND MAYBE IN MY NEXT - MEETING I WILL HEAR OTHER - ALTERNATIVES, BUT I CAN'T - EMPHASIZE ENOUGH RIGHT NOW - QUALIFIED IMMUNITY IS WHAT IS ON - THE TABLE. - >> Woodruff: AND YOU SAID AT - THE BEGINNING, THE FLOYD FAMILY - IS ASKING -- IS SAYING WHAT - COMES FROM THESE NEGOTIATIONS IS - MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE SPEED. - >> RIGHT. - >> Woodruff: SO DO I

- UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY THIS COULD - DRAG ON FOR SOME TIME? - >> WELL, I THINK THAT WHAT WE - OBVIOUSLY DID NOT MEET THE - DEADLINE TODAY, I DON'T BELIEVE - IT'S GOING TO DRAG ON FOR - MONTHS. - I DO THINK WE NEED MORE TIME. - I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO - SET A DEADLINE RIGHT NOW, - BECAUSE I WOULD JUST BE MAKING - ONE UP, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT - WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT - PROGRESS, AND I AM HOPING THAT - WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THIS JOB - DONE SHORTLY. - >> Woodruff: BUT IS IT YOUR - SENSE -- I MEAN JUST TO GO BACK - TO THIS QUESTION ABOUT HOLDING - OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE, THAT THERE - MAY BE GIVE ON THE PART OF - REPUBLICANS ON THAT? - >> WELL, I MEAN, I THINK ALL OF - US COME TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE - WITH AN OPEN MIND, WE HAVE TO. - OTHERWISE, THERE'S NO POINT IN - NEGOTIATING. - YOU CAN JUST SUBMIT YOUR - OPINIONS AND THEN WALK AWAY. - SO, I THINK ON BOTH SIDES, - THERE'S AN OPEN MIND AND A - WILLINGNESS TO SAY, OKAY, IF NOT - THIS THETHAT. - SO SHOW ME. - RIGHT NOW THE SECTION LOWERING - THE STANDARD TO PROSECUTE AN

- OFFICER, ALSO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY - IS ON THE TABLE, BUT THERE'S - MANY, MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF THE - BILL THAT WE ARE ALSO TALKING - ABOUT -- HAVING NATIONAL - STANDARDS, NATIONAL - ACCREDITATION, BANNING NO-KNOCK, - BANNING CHOKE HOLDS, PROVIDING - GRANTS TO COMMUNITIES TO - REENVISION PUBLIC SAFETY, WHAT - DOES A COMMUNITY NEED TO BE - SAFE. - >> Woodruff: IN THE LAST - ANALYSIS AT THIS POINT, - CONGRESSWOMAN, DO YOU THINK - THERE WILL BE A BILL THAT PASSES - THE SENATE? - >> OH, I DO THINK THERE WILL BE - A BILL THAT PASSES THE SENATE. - I BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN - WILL HAVE A BILL TO SIGN. - >> Woodruff: ALL RIGHT. - WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE AND WE - WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT VERY - CLOSELY. - THANK YOU SO MUCH CONGRESSWOMAN - KAREN BASS. - >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: AND LET'S FOCUS - MORE - >> Woodruff: LET'S FOCUS MORE ON - WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS - ONE YE LATER. - IN NOVEMBER, VOTERS WILL BE - ASKED TO APPROVE A MEASURE THAT - COULD DISMANTLE THE POLICE - DEPARTMENT AND FOLD IT INTO IN A - BROADER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC - SAFETY.

- THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN - MIRED IN CONTROVERSY FOR DECADES - AND SOON WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF - A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - INVESTIGATION. - BUT THE CAMPAIGN TO BRING CHANGE - IS FRAUGHT WITH COMPLICATIONS. - SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT FRED DE - SAM LAZARO HAS OUR REPORT, PART - OF OUR SERIES: RACE MATTERS. - >> Reporter: DEREK CHAUVIN'S - CONVICTION FOR THE MURDER OF - GEORGE FLOYD BROUGHT CELEBRATION - AND RELIEF IN MINNEAPOLIS, AFTER - NEARLY A YEAR OF ANGUISH, - PROTESTS, DESTRUCTION. - IT WAS SHORT-LIVED - >> A 10-YEAR-OLD WITH A GUNSHOT - WOUND TO THE HEAD! - WHY IS THIS COMMUNITY NOT ANGRY? - >> Reporter: SHAMONDA GREER'S - GRANDSON, LADAVIONNE GARRETT - JUNIOR WAS ONE OF TWO YOUNG - CHILDREN CRITICALLY INJURED IN - SEPARATE GUNFIRE INCIDENTS IN - THE CITY'S MAJORITY BLACK - NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD. - >> BECAUSE THE COP DIDN'T SHOOT - HIM? - WHERE'S EVERYBODY? - WE ONLY MARCH WHEN THIS IS - AGAINST THPOLICE, HUH? - >> Reporter: GREER MADE AN

- IMPROMPTU APPEARANCE AT A NEWS - CONFERENCE CALLED BY SEVERAL - CITY LEADERS LAST WEEK TO - ADDRESS VIOLENT CRIME. - NATIONWIDE, IT CONTINUES THE - SHARP UPWARD TREND THAT BEGAN IN - 2020. - COMPOUNDING MATTERS, THE POLICE - DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN AN EXODUS OF - RECENT RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS - AND LEAVES OF ABSENCE. - CHIEF MEDARIA ARRADONDO PLEADED - FOR THE COMMUNITY'S HELP... - >> I AM DOWN ABOUT A THIRD OF - OUR DEPARTMENT. - WE CANNOT DO THIS WORK ALONE. - WE HAVE GOT TO COME TOGETHER, - THIS VIOLENCE CANNOT CONTINUE. - >> Reporter: EVEN AS SOME CITY - LEADERS AND CITIZENS EXPRESS - CONCERN ABOUT AN UNDERSTAFFED - POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST WHEN - CRIME IS RISING IN MINNEAPOLIS, - CRITICS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT - SAY THE ANSWER TO THE SPIKE IN - VIOLENT CRIME IS NOT NECESSARILY - TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS. - >> I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED - MORE COPS. - >> Reporter: CORENIA SMITH HEADS - YES 4 MINNEAPOLIS, A BLACK-LED - COALITION OF CITIZEN GROUPS - CAMPAIGNING TO DISMANTLE THE - POLICE DEPARTMENT. - THEY SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THE

- PETITION DRIVE TO PUT THE ISSUE - BEFORE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. - THE IDEA CAME UP SOON AFTER - FLOYD'S KILLING WHEN NINE OF THE - CITY'S 13 COUNCIL MEMBERS - PLEDGED TO DEFUND THE - DEPARTMENT. - SMITH SAYS THE SLOGAN SIMPLY - MEANS FOLDING ARMED POLICE - OFFICERS INTO A LARGER PUBLIC - SAFETY DEPARTMENT THAT CAN - RESPOND WITH A WIDER RANGE OF - SKILL SETS. - >> A HOLISTIC DEPARTMENT THAT - INCLUDES LICENSED PEACE OFFICERS - IF NECESSARY. - IT INCLUDES PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO - BETTER RESPOND TO DOMESTIC - VIOLENCE CALLS AND INCLUDES - PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO BETTER - HANDLE OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, - FOLKS WHO ARE DEALING WITH - ADDICTION. - >> Reporter: WHY BLACK-LED? - >> I THINK BLACK LED BECAUSE - PEOPLE AT THE FOREFRONT AND MOST - IMPACTED SHOULD BE LEADING THE - CHANGE. - >> Reporter: THE M.P.D. HAS LONG - HAD A FRAUGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH - THE CITY'S BLACK RESIDENTS, - ABOUT 20% OF THE POPULATION, NOW - INCLUDING AT LEAST 100,000 - AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS.

- >> THE TRAFFIC STOPS IN - MINNEAPOLIS, YOU KNOW, TEND TO - AFFECT DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK - AND EAST AFRICAN DRIVERS. - >> Reporter: FORMER PUBLIC RADIO - JOURNALIST MUKHTAR IBRAHIM - FOUNDED A NEWS START UP CALLED - SAHAN JOURNAL, FOCUSING ON - ISSUES IN THE GROWING IMMIGRANT - COMMUNITIES. - IT PUBLISHED THIS VIDEO LAST - DECEMBER IN AN ARTICLE ABOUT A - TRAFFIC STOP IN 2015, INVOLVING - FOUR SOMALI YOUTH. - >> PLAIN AND SIMPLE, IF YOU - ( BLEEP ) WITH ME I'M GONNA - BREAK YOUR LEG BEFORE YOU GET A - CHANCE TO RUN. - >> CAN YOU TELL ME WHY I'M BEING - ARRESTED? - >> BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE ARRESTING - YOU. - >> Reporter: MONTHS AFTER ONE OF - THE FOUR YOUTHS IN THE CAR FILED - AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT, THE - OFFICER, RODERIC WEBER, WAS - FID, OSTENSIBLY FOR THESE - COMMENTS. - BUT WHEN FREELANCE JOURNALIST - TONY WEBSTER, WORKING FOR SAHAN - JOURNAL, SUED TO GET THE FULL - RECORD, IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS A - LOT MORE IN THAT EXCHANGE, - CAPTURED ON AUDIO FROM THE - CAMERAS OF BACK-UP OFFICERS - CALLED TO THE SCENE. - >> HEY YOU KNOW WHAT? - REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN

- BLACKHAWK DOWN, WHERE WE KILLED - A BUNCH OF YOU FOLK? - I'M PROUD OF THAT. - >> Reporter: REFERRING TO THE - 1993 U.S. INTERVENTION IN - SOMALIA, MADE FAMOUS BY THE - MOVIE BLACKHAWK DOWN, WEBER - ADDED: “IF WE'D FINISHED THE - JOB, YOU GUYS WOULDN'T BE HERE, - RIGHT NOW.” - >> I THINK THAT STORY REALLY - DISPLAYED ONE PART OF THE - MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S - CULTURE IN TERMS OF HOW IT - INTERACTS WITH, YOU KNOW, - COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY, YOU - KNOW, IMMIGRANTS. - >> THE OFFICERS WHO WERE - PRESENT, DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, - ACTED AS IF THERE WAS NOTHING - THAT HAPPENED. - THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL. - >> Reporter: HISTORIAN BILL - GREEN SAYS THE WEBER CASE IS - JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A PERVASIVE - CULTURE OF TOLERANCE FOR RACIST - AND VIOLENT CONDUCT. - OF THE NEARLY 2600 COMPLAINTS OF - POLICE MISCONDUCT, 77 RESULTED - IN DISCIPLINE, MOSTLY - SUSPENSIS; WEBER'S PARTNER GOT - 30 HOURS WITHOUT PAY; OR LETTERS - OF REPRIMAND. - A "MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE" - REPORT LAST YEAR FOUND ALSO THAT

- IN THE PAST TWO DECADES EIGHT - TERMINATIONS WERE REVERSED IN - ARBITRATION, REQUIRED BY THE - UNION CONTRACT AND PROTECTED BY - STATE LAW. - NONE OF THAT WILL CHANGE WITH - THE CITY'S BALLOT INITIATIVE. - >> THE POWER OF THE POLICE - FEDERATION, FOR EXAMPLE, REALLY - COMES FROM THE STATE FOR ALL - INTENTS AND PURPOSES. - THE REAL PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO - SEE SOME OF THIS SYSTEMIC CHANGE - IS OUTSIDE THE HANDS OF - MINNEAPOLIS CITY GOVERNMENT. - >> Reporter: AND THAT'S NOT - LIKELY TO CHANGE IN MINNESOTA'S - LEGISLATURE, WHERE RURAL - DEMOCRATS AND ESPECIALLY - REPUBLICANS, EXPRESS STRONG - SUPPORT FOR THE POLICE. - REPUBLICAN SENATE MAJORITY - LEADER PAUL GAZELKA SAYS AN - HONORABLE PROFESSION HAS BEEN - MALIGNED FOR THE MISDEEDS OF A - FEW. - >> THEY ARE DEMORALIZED BECAUSE - THERE'S THIS BIG BLANKET VIEW BY - TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT IS HARMFUL. - WE NEED THE POLICE TO KEEP OUR - STREETS SAFE. - >> Reporter: YES 4 MINNEAPOLIS

- CAMPAIGNER SMITH ADMITS THE - BALLOT MEASURE WON'T PREEMPT - STATE LAW. - BUT SHE SAYS IT WOULD ALLOW THE - CITY TO THE REDUCE MINIMUM - POLICE STAFFING NOW REQUIRED BY - THE CITY'S CHARTER. - IN TIME, SHE SAYS MINNEAPOLIS - CAN REDUCE ITS DEPENDENCE SOLELY - ON POLICE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. - >> THIS FIRST STEP OF REMOVING - THIS BARRIER, AND FOR FOLKS TO - BE ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE - WANT, THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT - WE NEED MINNEAPOLIS TO HEAD IN. - >> Reporter: HISTORIAN GREEN - SAYS IT'S A TOUGH SELL. - EVEN IN A CITY KNOWN FOR ITS - LIBERAL POLITICS. - >> YOU HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE - PERSON WHO OWNS A SHOP ON THE - STREET CORNER, WHO'S WORRIED - ABOUT CRIME, YOU NOW HAVE TO - WHETHER CRIME IS GOING TO CROP - UP BECAUSE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE NOW - WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HELD - ACCOUNTABLE, BECAUSE THERE ARE - NO COPS AROUND OR POLICE AROUND - TO DEAL WITH IT. - >> WE ARE DOUBLING DOWN ON - SAFETY BEYOND POLICING. - >> Reporter: FOR HIS PART, MAYOR - JACOB FREY, ALSO UP FOR RE- - ELECTION, OPPOSES THE CHARTER

- AMENDMENT. - HE AND CHIEF ARRADONDO HAVE - PROMISED THEIR OWN REFORMS: - INCREASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION - EFFORTS, BETTER FIELD TRAINING - FOR GRADUATES OF THE POLICE - ACADEMY AND NO MORE TRAFFIC - STOPS JUST FOR LOW LEVEL - VIOLATIONS LIKE BROKEN TAIL- - LIGHTS OR EXPIRED LICENSE TABS - THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT - MINORITY DRIVERS. - AND PUNCTUATING THE CAMPAIGN - WILL LIKELY BE CRIME NEWS THAT - GRABS THE HEADLINES. - >> IT'S TWO KIDS NOW! - WHAT, IS IT GOING TO BE A THIRD - KID THIS WEEKEND? - WHEN ARE Y'ALL GONNA STEP UP? - >> Reporter: TRAGICALLY, A THIRD - CHILD WAS SHOT EVEN BEFORE LAST - WEEKEND ARRIVED, UNLIKE - LADAVIONE AND NINE YEAR OLD - TRINITY OTTOSON SMITH, STILL - BATTLING FOR THEIR LIVES, ANIYA - ALLEN SUCCUMBED TO HER INJURIES. - SHE WAS SIX. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, THIS IS - FRED DE SAM LAZARO IN - MINNEAPOLIS. - >> Woodruff: FRED'S REPORT IS IN - PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNDER-TOLD - STORIES PROJECT AT UNIVERSITY OF - ST. THOMAS IN MINNESOTA.

- PLEASE JOIN US TONIGHT AT 10:00 - P.M. EASTERN ON YOUR LOCAL PBS - STATION OR OINE FOR OUR - PRIMETIME SPECIAL, AMERICA AFTER - GEORGE FLOYD. - >> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, MODERNA ANNOUNCEITS - COVID-19 VACCINE STRONGLY - PROTECTS CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS - 12. - THE DRUGMAKER PLANS TO ASK THE - F.D.A. FOR EMERGENCY - AUTHORIZATION. - THE AGENCY ALREADY APPROVED - PFIZER'S VACCINE FOR TEENS. - AND, HALF OF ALL U.S. ADULTS ARE - NOW FULLY VACCINATED. - STILL, THE C.D.C. URGED CAUTION - TODAY, DURING THE HOLIDAY. - >> IF YOU ARE UNVACCINATED, IN - THE CONTEXT OF MEMORIAL DAY - WEEKEND, WE ARE REALLY - ENCOURAGING YOU TO ADHERE TO OUR - GUIDANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE - UNVACCINATED AND OF COURSE TO - GET VACCINATED. - >> Woodruff: ALSO TODAY, WHITE

- HOUSE COVID ADVISER ANDY SLAVITT - DEMANDED THAT CHINA AND THE - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GIVE - DEFINITIVE ANSWERS ON THE VIRUS' - ORIGIN. - THERE'VE BEEN RENEWED REPORTS - THAT IT MIGHT HAVE ESCAPED FROM - A CHINESE LAB. - AIRLINES BEGAN AVOIDING BELARUS - TODAY, AFTER A PLANE WAS FORCED - DOWN THERE ON SUNDAY, AND A - DISSIDENT JOURNALIST WAS - ARRESTED. - ANIMATION FROM A SWEDISH FIRM - SHOWED AIRLINERS DIVERTING - AROUND BELARUSIAN AIRSPACE. - EUROPEAN OFFICIALS HAD URGED THE - MOVE. - BELARUSIAN PRESIDENT ALEXANDER - LUKASHENKO HAS BEEN CRACKING - DOWN ON LEADERS OF LAST YEAR'S - MASS PROTESTS. - THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT - BIDEN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT - VLADIMIR PUTIN WILL HOLD A - SUMMIT NEXT MONTH IN GENEVA. - IT'S TO BE THEIR FIRST FACE-TO- - FACE ENCOUNTER SINCE MR. BIDEN - TOOK OFFICE, AND WILL FOLLOW HIS - FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRIP. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ISSUED - AN INTERNATIONAL CALL TODAY TO - REBUILD GAZA, WITHOUT HELPING

- HAMAS. - THE LATEST WAR BETWEEN HAMAS AND - ISRAEL ENDED FRIDAY IN A CEASE- - FIRE. - IN JERUSALEM TODAY, SECRETARY OF - STATE ANTONY BLINKEN MET WITH - ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER - NETANYAHU, AND SAID HELPING GAZA - NOW COULD STAVE OFF YET ANOTHER - WAR. - >> WE KNOW THAT TO PREVENT A - RETURN TO VIOLENCE, WE HAVE TO - USE THE SPACE CREATED TO ADDRESS - A LARGER SET OF UNDERLYING - ISSUES AND CHALLENGES. - AND THAT BEGINS WITH TACKLING - THE GRAVE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION - IN GAZA AND STARTING TO REBUILD. - >> Woodruff: BLINKEN DID NOT - MEET WITH HAMAS, WHICH THE U.S. - REGARDS AS A TERROR GROUP. - HE DID ANNOUNCE THE U.S. - CONSULATE IN JERUSALEM WILL - REOPEN, TO HELP MANAGE RELATIONS - WITH THE PALESTINIANS. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, A FEDERAL - JUDGE IN NEW YORK DISMISSED AN - INDICTMENT AGAINST STEVE BANNON, - A FORMER ADVISER TO PRESIDENT - TRUMP. - HE WAS ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING - INVESTORS IN A SOUTHERN BORDER - WALL PROJECT.

- MR. TRUMP PARDONED BANNON IN - JANUARY, JUST BEFORE LEAVING - OFFICE. - REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN THU.S. - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - DENOUNCED MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE - TODAY FOR SAYING FACE-MASK - MANDATES ARE LIKE THE ZIS' - TREATMENT OF JEWS. - HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN - MCCARTHY CALLED IT "APPALLING," - BUT HE DID NOT DEMAND - DISCIPLINARY ACTION. - IT'S THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF - BLOW-UPS INVOLVING THE GEORGIA - CONGRESSWOMAN. - A HOUSE HEARING TODAY PUT A - SPOTLIGHT ON THE GROWING DROUGHT - EMERGENCY IN THE WESTERN U.S. - NEARLY ALL OF ARIZONA, - CALIFORNIA, NEVADA AND UTAH ARE - NOW IN EXTREME DROUGHT - CONDITIONS. - A U.S. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT - OFFICIAL TOLD THE HEARING THAT - THE DROUGHT IS ON AN EPIC SCALE. - >> IN CALIFORNIA WE'RE - APPROACHING ONE OF THE DRIEST - YEARS SINCE WE STARTED RECORDING - IN 1896. - WATER YEARS 2020 AND 2021 ARE - THE SECOND DRIEST TWYEAR - PERIOD ON RECORD.

- IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN, - WE'RE UNDERGOING THE DRIEST 21 - YEAR PERIOD IN OVER 100 YEARS OF - RECORD KEEPING AND ONE OF THE - LONGEST DROUGHT CYCLES IN THE - PAST 1200 YEARS. - >> Woodruff: SCIENTISTS BLAME - THE DROUGHT ON CLIMATE CHANGE - CAUSED BY HUMANS, AS WELL AS - OTHER FACTORS. - AND, ON WALL STREET, THE DOW - JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE LOST 81 - POINTS TO CLOSE AT 34,312. - THE NASDAQ FELL 4 POINTS, AND - THE S&P 500 SLIPPED NINE. - STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - WHY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DOES - NOT WANT TO RELEASE A SECRET - MEMO ON CHARGING FORMER - PRESIDENT TRUMP. - TAIWAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER - DISCUSSES THE EVER-LARGER SHADOW - CHINA CASTS OVER THE REGION. - AND COVID 19 EXACERBATES THE - MANY SOCIETAL INEQUITIES ACROSS - BRAZIL. - >> Woodruff: LATE LAST NIGHT THE - JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASED A

- DOCUMENT THAT PLAYED AN - IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DECISION - NOT TO CHARGE FOR PRESIDENT - TRUMP WITH OBSTRUCTION OF - JUSTICE. - OUR JOHN YANG EXPLORES. - >> Yang: JUDY, THE NINE-PAGE - MEMO IS TO THEN-ATTORNEY GENERAL - WILLIAM BARR FROM THE JUSTICE - DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE OF LEGAL - COUNSEL, WHICH PROVIDES LEGAL - ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. - BARR SAID IT WAS THE BASIS FOR - HIS CONCLUSION THAT THERE WASN'T - ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH - THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP BROKE - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE LAWS. - A WATCHDOG GROUP SUED TO MAKE IT - PUBLIC AND EARLIER THIS MONTH A - JUDGE SAID IT MUST BE RELEASED. - LAST NIGHT, THE JUSTICE - DEPARTMENT RELEASED A HEAVILY - REDACTED VERSION AND APPEALED - THE JUDGE'S ORDER TO RELEASE THE - REST OF IT. - NOAH BOOKBINDER IS PREDENT AND - C.E.O. OF CITIZENS FOR - RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN - WASHINGTON, OR "CREW," WHICH - SUED FOR THE MEMO'S RELEASE. - MR. BOOKBINDER, THANK YOU SO

- MUCH FOR JOINING US. - YOUR GROUP FILED THIS SUIT - LITERALLY THE AFTERNOON OF - ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR'S NEWS - CONFERENCE. - WHAT DOES THIS STRUGGLE OVER - THIS DOCUMENT WHETHER TO KEEP IT - SECRET OR NOT, WHAT DOES THIS - REPRESENT TO YOU SORT OF THE - LARGER IMPLICATIONS OF THIS - STRUGGLE? - >> ABSOLUTELY. - WELL, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE - HAPPENED BACK WHEN THE MUELLER - REPORT CAME OUT WAS THAT THE - ATTORNEY GENERAL AND PEOPLE AT - THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORTING - TO HIM -- THIS IS BILL BARR -- - SET OUT NOT TO DO A REAL LEGAL - ANALYSIS OF WHETHER DONALD TRUMP - HAD OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE, BUT - RATHER TO PUBLICLY DEFEND DONALD - TRUMP AND TO MAKE THE CASE FOR - WHY HE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING - WRONG, AND THAT'S WHY WE WANTED - TO SEE THIS MEMO THAT HE SAID HE - RELIED ON TO MAKE THIS - ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THERE WAS NO - BASIS TO SAY THAT DONALD TRUMP - HAD OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE, AND THE - JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS FOUGHT - FOR YEARS TO KEEP IT FROM GOING

- PUBLIC. - I THINK, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE - IT DOES SHOW THAT THERE WAS A - WHITEWASHING TO PROTECT THE THEN - PRESIDENT. - >> Reporter: WHAT DID WE - LEARN? - WE'VE GOT A PAGE AND A HALF, - ESSENTIALLY, LAST NIGHT. - WHAT DID WE LEARN IN THAT PAGE - AND A HALF? - >> WHAT WE DID LEARN IS -- AND - WE REALLY GOT TWO THINGS -- WE - GOT THAT PAGE AND A HALF, AND - THEN WE GOT THE FULL, UNREDACTED - VERSION OF A FEDERAL JUDGE'S - OPINION, TALKING ABOUT THIS - DOCUMENT AND ABOUT THIS CASE, - AND FROM THOSE TWO THINGS WE DID - LEARN THAT THE JUSTICE - DEPARTMENT LAWYERS ESSENTIALLY - SAID THAT WHAT THEY WERE - THINKING ABOUT WAS NOT SO MUCH - THE LEGAL ANALYSIS BUT THE CASE - THAT COULD BE MADE TO THE - PUBLIC. - AND, SO, IT REALLY WAS STARTING - TO KIND OF BLOW THE LID OFF OF - THIS AND SHOW THAT WHAT WE ALL - THOUGHT WAS HAPPENING REALLY WAS - WHAT WAS HAPPENING. - >> Reporter: AND JUDGE AMY'S

- RULING DOES HAVE STRONG LANGUAGE - ABOUT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. - SHE WROTE THE D.O.J. HAS BEEN - DISINGENUOUS TO THIS COURT WITH - RESPECT TO THE DISTANCE OF A - DECISION-MAKING PROCESS THAT - SHOULD BE SHIELDED BY - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE. - IN OTHER WORDS, SHE'S SAYING - HERE THAT THIS IS NOT A - DECISION-MAKING PROCESS BECAUSE - THE DECISION'S ALREADY BEEN - MADE. - >> THAT'S RIGHT. - THE WAY SHE LAID IT OUT IS THE - JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WAS CLEAR - THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO - PROSECUTE DONALD TRUMP. - THEY BELIEVED THEIR RULES SET - OUT THAT YOU COULDN'T PROSECUTE - A SITTING PRESIDENT, SO, - ESSENTIALLY, THIS WAS SORT OF A - P.R. DOCUMENT. - THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD - WE SAY TO THE PUBLIC. - AND FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT - TO COME AND SAY THIS WAS SOME - KIND OF DELIBERATIVE - PRE-DECISIONAL DOCUMENT IS NOT - REALLY HONEST BECAUSE THERE

- WASN'T A LEGAL DECISION BEING - MADE. - AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAD - HOPED THAT HAVING GOTTEN THIS - JUST ABSOLUTELY SCATHING - DECISION FROM JUDGE JACKSON THAT - THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WOULD - LOOK AT THIS AND SAY NOW IS THE - TIME TO REALLY -- REALLY GO FOR - A CLEAN SLATE AND SORT OF ADMIT - THAT THE DEPARTMENT, UNDER BILL - BARR, HAD BEEN DISHONEST, - BEHAVED BADLY, AND NOW IT'S TIME - TO COME CLEAN, PRODUCE THE - DOCUMENT, AND CLEAN UP THE - DEPARTMENT AND SHOW THAT IT'S - NOT GOING TO BE USED FOR THE - PROTECTION OF ANY PRESIDENT. - AND IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT, - INSTEAD, THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO - CONTINUE FIGHTING THIS CASE. - >> Reporter: NOAH BOOKBINDER, - CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND - ETHICS IN WASHINGTON, THANK YOU - SO MUCH. - >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR - HAVING ME. - >> Woodruff: TAIWAN IS THE MOST - TENSE ISSUE BETWEEN BEIJING AND

- THE U.S. - CHINA CONSIDERS TAIWAN A - BREAKAWAY PROVINCE. - TAIWAN ARGUES IT IS ON THE - FRONTLINE OF DEMOCRACY AGAINST - CHINESE AUTHORITARIANISM AND IS - INCREASINGLY FACING MILITARY - HARASSMENT. - NICK SCHIFRIN SPEAKS TO TAIWAN'S - FOREIGN MINISTER, AND SETS THE - SCENE. - >> Schifrin: IN TAIWAN, - AUTHORITIES FEAR DRILLS, ARE - BECOMING REALITY. - TAIWANESE PILOTS SCRAMBLE - AMERICAN-MADE FIGHTER JETS, TO - PRACTICE RESPONDING TO CHINESE - MILITARY INCURSIONS. - TAIWANESE SOLDIERS PRACTICE - DEFENDING THEIR ISLAND FROM A - WOULD-BE CHINESE INVASION. - TAIWAN BELIEVES BEIJING IS - PREPARING FOR WAR. - THE CHINESE MILITARY RECENTLY - RELEASED THIS VIDEO OF CHINESE - DRILLS SIMULATING AMPHIBIOUS - ASSAULTS. - AND ALMOST EVERY DAY CHINESE - JETS CROSS TAIWAN'SELF- - IDENTIFIED AIR DEFENSE - IDENTIFICATION ZONE. - NEVER BEFORE HAVE SO MANY - CHINESE PLANES COME SO CLOSE TO - TAIWAN. - SENIOR BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - OFFICIALS TELL PBS NEWSHOUR THEY - DO NOT EXPECT AN IMMINENT

- INVASION. - BUT IN MARCH, THE OUTGOING TOP - U.S.ILITARY COMMANDER IN THE - REGION, PREDICTED WAR WAS - COMING. - >> I THINK THE THREAT IS - MANIFEST DURING THIS DECADE, IN - FACT IN THE NEXT SIX YRS. - >> Schifrin: THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION INCREASED ARMS - SALES TO TAIWAN. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - CONTINUED EXPANDED US NAVAL - OPERATIONS, AND BECAME THE FIRST - ADMINISTRATION TO INVITE - TAIWAN'S ENVOY TO INAUGURATION. - I SPOKE TO TAIWAN'S FOREIGN - MINISTER FROM TAIPEI, AND ASKED - HIM WHAT HE BELIEVED WERE - BEIJING'S INTENTIONS. - >> I THINKEIJING HAS BEEN - PREPARING FOR WAR AGAINST - TAIWAN, AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE - BEEN SEEING, THEY ARE PREPARING - FOR IT. - IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF - SORTIES IT'S AROUND 2,900 LAST - YEAR. - SO THE THREAT HAS BEEN - INCREASING. - AND WHEN WE EXAMINE CLOSER WAY, - THE CHINESE SOMETIMES EVEN CROSS - THE MIDDLE LINE OF THE TAIWAN - STRAIGHT AND YOU KNOW IN THE - MIDDLE OF THE TAIWAN STRAIT HAS - BEEN SAFEGUARDING PEACE AND - STABILITY OF THE TAIWAN STRAHT - FOR DECADES.

- I THINK THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO - CUT OFF, CUT OFF TAIWAN FROM THE - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY. - FOR EXAMPLE THEY ARE TRYING TO - SQUEEZE US OUT FROM THE - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. - THEY PREVENT US FROM ENTERING - INTO THE WORLD HEALTH - ORGANIZATION. - THEY ARE PREVENTING US FROM - GETTING INTERNATIONAL - RECOGNITION. - THEY ARE FORCING OTHER COUNTRIES - NOT TO HAVE OFFICIAL CONTACT - WITH US. - AND MOREOVER, CHINESE ARE ALSO - ENGAGING IN A COGNITIVE WARFARE. - THEY USE CYBER ATTACK, - DISINFORMATION, AND SOMETHING - SIMILAR TO DISRUPT THE - DEMOCRATIC PROCESS HERE IN - TAIWAN, TO CREATE A CONFLICT IN - BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE - SOCIETY, OR TO CREATE A DISTRUST - IN BETWEEN TAIWAN AND OUR MAJOR - ALLY, WHICH IS THE UNITED - STATES. - >> Schifrin: FOCUSING ON THE - MILITARY THREAT, IF YOU BELIEVE - THAT BEIJING IS PREPARING FOR - WAR AND GETTING BETTER, - PRESUMABLY AT POINTING AT TAIWAN - BY CONDUCTING THESE MISSIONS, - THESE EXERCISES IN SOME WAYS, IS - TAIWAN GETTING BETTER AT

- DEFENDING ITSELF, AT DOING THE - THINGS IT WOULD NEED TO DO IF - THOSE EXERCISES ACTUALLY BECOME - THE REAL THING? - >> YES, WE ARE GETTING BETTER. - BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO - UNDERSTAND THE KINDS OF GAP OF - DEFENSE CAPABILITIES THAT WE - HAVE WITH CHINA, AND THEREFORE - WE ARE ASSESSING THE KINDS OF - SITUATION THAT WE NEED TO BE IN - AND TRYING TO PREPARE OURSELVES - FOR IT. - WE UNDERSTAND OUR OWN - RESPONSIBILITY AS A FRONTLINE - STATE GUARDING AGAINST THE - EXPANSION OF AUTHORITARIANISM. - >> Schifrin: THE U.S. IS - INCREASING ITS ARMS SALES TO - TAIWAN, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, IT - IS RESTRICTED BY AGREEMENTS - DECADES OLD OF WHAT IT CAN SELL - TO TAIWAN. - DO YOU BELIEVE THE U.S. IS - GIVING YOU ENOUGH TO DEFEND - YOURSELVES? - >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRACK - RECORD OF THE LAST FEW YEARS, - THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, WE - HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET WHAT W - NEED, FOR TAIWAN TO BE ABLE TO - DEFEND ITSELF.

- >> Schifrin: ARE YOU SATISFIED - WITH THE COMMITMENT THAT THE - U.S. HAS MADE TO DEFEND TAIWAN, - OR DO YOU PREFER A LESS - AMBIGUOUS COMMITMENT AND A MORE - SPECIFIC COMMITMENT TO DEFEND - TAIWAN IF ATTACKED FROM BEIJING? - >> I WOULD TELL YOU THE FULL - PICTURE IS THAT WE ARE SEEING - THE UNITED STATES GETTING MORE - AND MORE SERIOUS ABOUT THE - SITUATION IN THIS PART OF THE - WORLD. - YOU KNOW BEGINNING FROM LAST - YEAR, THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN - PATROLLING OR GOING THROUGH THE - TAIWAN STRAIT WITH ITS NAVAL - VESSELS, ONCE-- AT LEAST ONCE A - MONTH. - AND THAT IS A VERY STRONG - DETERMINATION OF THE UNITED - STATES TO SHOW ITS PRESENCE. - AND THE UNITED STATES IS NOT - ONLY SENDING A FLEET TO THE - REGION, THE UNITED STATES IS - ALSO SENDING MILITARY AIRCRAFTS - INTO THE REGION. - AND I THINK THE LEVEL OF - ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN TAIWAN AND - THE UNITED STATES ON MILITARY - TERMS, OR DEFENSIVE ISSUES, HAS - BEEN INCREASING TO A LEVEL THAT - WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. - WE NEED THAT U.S. SUPPORT AND - THE U.S. HAS SHOWN ITS SUPPORT

- TO TAIWAN. - AND I THINK THIS IS MUCH BETTER - THAN GETTING INTO THE DEBATE OR - OF THE STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY OR - STRATEGIC CLARITY. - >> Schifrin: IS IT POSSIBLE, DO - YOU THINK, THAT INSTEAD OF - PREPARING FOR WAR, SOME CHINA - EXPERTS HERE TELL US THAT - INSTEAD BEIJING SIMPLY WANTS TO - DETER INDEPENDENCE, THAT THEY - ARE TUALLY SENDING A POLITICAL - MESSAGE MORE THAN A MILITARY - ONE. - >> THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE THAT - THEY HAVE THAT KIND OF THINKING. - BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION - HERE IN TAIWAN, WE ARE BY - OURSELVES. - WE ARE NOT ADMINISTERED BY - CHINA. - WE JUST HAD REPEATED AND - PERIODICAL NATIONAL ELECTIONS - AND WE HAVE BEEN SEEN BY THE - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY AS A - SUCCESS STORY OF DEMOCRACY. - SO TAIWAN IS BY ITSELF. - AND THEREFORE POINTING TO TAIWAN - THAT TAIWAN IS SEEKING - INDEPENDENCE. - IT'S JUST LIKE CREATING A - SCAPEGOAT AND OR FINDING AN - EXCUSE TO ATTACK TAIWAN. - WHAT WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED, IF - CHINA IS SEEING SOME DOMESTIC

- DIFFICULTIES, THEY MIGHT FOLLOW - THE CLASSIC WISDOM OF AN - AUTHORITARIAN REGIME. - THEY WILL FIND A SCAPEGOAT - SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE TO DIVERT THE - DOMESTIC ATTENTION. - AND WE ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT - TAIWAN MAY BE THE VERY - CONVENIENT SCAPEGOAT FOR CHINA'S - OWN FAILURE DOMESTICALLY. - >> Schifrin: THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION HAS RELEASED NEW - GUIDELINES ON MEETINGS BETWEEN - AMERICAN AND TAIWANESE - OFFICIALS, THE ADMINISTRATION - SAYS IT HAS EASED PREVIOUS - RESTRICTIONS. - HAVE RESTRICTIONS ACTUALLY BEEN - EASED? - >> YES, INDEED. - THE RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN - EASED, AND WE ARE SEEING THE - KINDS OF CONTESTS THAT WE - HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. - AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE EASE OF - ALL THE RESTRICTIONS. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS - ALSO BEEN SENDING ALL KINDS OF - GOODWILL GESTURES TO TAIWAN, - LIKE REASSURING TAIWAN THAT THE - RELATIONS ARE BEING A ROCK - SOLID, PROVIDING TAIWAN WAS - NECESSARY ORAL SUPPORT, AND ALSO - LINING UP THE LIKE MINDED - COUNTRIES LIKE JAPAN, AUSTRALIA - AND G-7 COUNTRIES AND NOW KOREA

- TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN ABOUT THE - PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE - TAIWAN STRAIT, AND ALL THESE ARE - BEING APPRECIATED. - >> Schifrin: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO - CRITICS OF THAT ANNOUNCED - CHANGE, THAT IT GOES AGAINST - SOME OF THOSE DECADES OF - AGREEMENTS THAT THE U.S. HAS HAD - WITH BEIJING? - AND BY COMING CLOSER TO TAIWAN, - BY HAVING THOSE MEETINGS, IT - COD ACTUALLY INCREASE THE - CHANCES OF THE WAR WITH BEIJING - THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT - THE BEGINNING. - >> THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SENIOR - OFFICIAL CONTACTS IN BETWEEN THE - TWO SIDES, EXCEPT THAT WE KEPT - IT VERY QUIET. - AS FAR AS WE SEE IT, THE CHINESE - ARE NOT INCREASING ITS MILITARY - OPERATIONS AROUND TAIWAN BECAUSE - OF THAT KIND OF EASE OFF OF THE - GUIDELINES. - ON THE OTHER HAND, WE SEE THE - CHINESE SEEMS TO BE PREPARING - FOWAR AGAINST TAIWAN BASED ON - ITS OWN MERIT WHENEVER IT FEELS - THAT THAT ULD SEND ITS BOMBERS - TO FLY CLOSE TO TAIWAN TO SCARE - THE TAIWANESE PEOPLE.

- AND WHEN WE ARE IN A WEAK POINT - LIKE THE PANDEMIC, WE ARE IN, - THE CHINESE WITH THE SUDDEN - INCREASE THIS DISINFORMATION - CAMPAIGN AGAINST TAIWAN. - >> Schifrin: FOREIGN MINISTER - JOSEPH WU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU, NICK. - I HOPE I HAVE THE CHANCE TO - WELCOME YOU IN TAIWAN IN PERSON. - >> Woodruff: ALL ACROSS BRAZIL, - SLUMS, KNOWN AS FAVELAS, HAVE - LONG BEEPLACES OF CRIME AND - POVERTY, MARKED BY OVERCROWDING - AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS. - THEY ARE AMONG THE HARDEST HIT - BY THE PANDEMIC, IN A COUNTRY - WHERE THE DEATH TOLL JUST PASSED - 450,000. - IN THE SECOND OF TWO REPORTS, - NEWSHOUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT - SIMON OSTROVSKY AND PRODUCER - CHARLES LYONS REPORT ON BRAZIL'S - COVID CRISIS. - >> ( translated ): I COULDN'T - SPEAK. - I COULDN'T BREATHE, THE WHOLE

- TIME THINKING I WAS GOING TO - DIE, SUFFOCATED. - >> Reporter: CAMILA DE OLIVEIRA - SOUZA IS A HAIRDRESSER WHO LIVES - IN VILA KENNEDY, A FAVELA ABOUT - AN HOUR DRIVE FROM THE FAMOUS - BEACHES OF RIO DE JANEIRO. - LATE LAST YEAR SHE WOKE UP ONE - MORNING WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF - TASTE. - THINGS GOT WORSE, QUICKLY. - SHE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL - HOSPITAL, WHERE THERE WERE NO - BEDS AND SHE WAS FORCED TO SLEEP - IN AN ARMCHAIR. - SEVERAL DAYS LATER A DOCTOR TOLD - HER IF SHE STAYED ANY LONGER - SHE'D LIKELY DIE. - SHE RETURNED HOME, WHERE SHE - ISOLATED IN HER CRAMPED - APARTMENT. - >> ( translated ): MANPEOPLE - TURNED THEIR BACK ON US, MANY - PEOPLE MOCKED THE SITUATION, BUT - MANY PEOPLE ALSO REACHED OUT. - >> AS WE SEE WITH ANY EPIDEMIC - OR PANDEMIC, WHAT WE SEE ARE ALL - INEQUALITIES ARE ILLUMINATED. - WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF - DEATHS IN BRAZIL, OR IN THE U.S - FOR THAT MATTER, WHAT WE SEE IS - THE MOST VULNERABLE, THE PEOPLE - THAT ARE MOST ISOLATED, THE

- ETHNIC MINORITIES, THEY ARE THE - ONES THAT ARE REALLY SUFFERING - THE MOST. - >> Reporter: MARCIA CASTRO IS - CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF - GLOBAL HEALTH AND POPULATION AT - HARVARD'S CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC - HEALTH. - SHE SAID AN EQUITABLE RESPONSE - BY THE BRAZILIAN HEALTH SERVICE - WOULD HAVE LED TO FEWER DEATHS. - THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. - WITH ITS THOUSANDS OF CROWDED - SLUMS AND HUNDREDS OF INDIGENOUS - COMMUNITIES THAT ARE - UNDERSERVED, BRAZIL'S MINORITIES - ARE DYING AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE - THAN THE AVERAGE ACROSS THE - COUNTRY. - CAMILA MIGHT JUST BE A STATISTIC - IF IT WEREN'T FOR NON-PROFITS - THAT PICKED UP THE SLACK FROM A - GOVERNMENT THAT IGNORED PEOPLE - LIKE HER. - HOW COME THE FAVELAS HAVE DONE - SO MUCH WORSE THAN THE AVERAGE - ACROSS BRAZIL? - >> ( translated ): THE PANDEMIC - DID NOT CAUSE, BUT ACTUALLY - EXPOSED THE ALREADY EXISTING - PROBLEMS OF THESE COMMUNITIES. - >> Reporter: MARIO LOVE WORKS - WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED

- CUFA, A FAVELA UNION THAT FIGHTS - TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE - IN FAVELAS LIKE VILA KENNEDY. - CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE - SPECIFIC PROBLEMS, CORONAVIRUS - RELATED, THAT THE FAVELAS HAVE - FACED? - >> ( translated ): ONE OF THE - TIMES THAT I WAS DELIVERING SOME - HYGIENE PRODUCTS, THE BASIC - MATERIALS THAT HELP PREVENT - CONTAMINATION, I WENT TO A HOUSE - THAT HAD 14 GRANDCHILDREN INSIDE - OF IT, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN - TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE REST OF - THE FAMILY. - THIS IS THE REALITY THAT SHOWS - HOW THE VIRUS CAN BE SPREAD NOT - ONLY INSIDE A HOUSE, BUT IN THE - STREETS AS WELL. - >> Reporter: BUT OVERCROWDING IS - NOT THE ONLY ISSUE BRAZIL'S - SLUMS, FAVELAS, FACE. - >> ( translated ): THE - POPULATION LIVING IN THE SLUM-- - IT DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO - SANITATION. - WHEN THE PANDEMIC CRISIS THAT WE - ARE FACING STARTED, WE HAD AND - STILL HAVE A GREAT DIFFICULTY - HAVING ACCESS TO WATER. - >> Reporter: PRISCILA FRANCA IS - A CO-FOUNDER OF THE SAO PAULO- - BASED NATIONAL ANTI-RACIST - FRONT, AN N.G.O. THAT FIGHTS - RACISM AGAINST THE MOSTLY BLACK - POPULATIONS IN FAVELAS THERE. - >> ( translated ): WE LIVE IN A

- MOST PEOPLE LIVING IN FAVELAS - ARE BLACK PEOPLE, THEY'RE POOR - PEOPLE, AND MOST OF THEM ARE - WOMEN, THEY'RE HEADS OF - FAMILIES. - SPEAKING OF INEQUALITIES, WE - LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE 97% OF - PEOPLE LIVING IN THE FAVELA DO - NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ANY KIND OF - MEDICAL INSURANCE. - >> Reporter: POOR SANITARY - CONDITIONS AND OVERCROWDING - INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF - INFECTION, AND YET LACK OF - MEDICAL INSURANCE DECREASES THE - CHANCE OF FAVELA RESIDENTS - GETTING PROPER CARE. - ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IN THE - AMAZONIAN STATE OF PARA, - RIBEIRINHOS, RIVER PEOPLE, - SUFFER OPPOSITE PROBLEMS. - THEIR ISOLATION IS THEIR - ACHILLES HEEL, MAKING IT - CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO GET THE - MEDICAL HELP THEY NEED DURING A - GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS LIKE THIS - ONE. - >> ( translated ): BRAZILIAN - SOCIETY IS FINDING OUT, WITH THE - PANDEMIC, THAT IF WE ARE IN A - DIFFICULT SITUATION, WE COULD BE - IN MUCH WORSE OF ONE WITHOUT THE - SOLIDARITY, THE COMMUNITY

- ASSOCIATIONS, THE INDIGENOUS - MOVEMENT, THE FAVELAS, A BIG - MOVEMENT OF SOLIDARITY, DOING - AT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO - BUT DIDN'T. - >> Reporter: CAETANO SCANNAVINO - CO-FOUNDED THE N.G.O. SAUDE AND - ALEGRIA, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS, - BACK IN 1987. - IT'S MISSION: TO INSURE FOOD - SECURITY AND A WIDE RANGE OF - SUPPORT - DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE - ORGANIZATION WENT INTO - OVERDRIVE, GIVING FOOD AND - P.P.E. TO OVER 50,000 PEOPLE - SINCE THE CRISIS BEGAN. - >> ( translated ): WE WORK WITH - TRADITIONAL POPULATION - COMMUNITIES LIKE INDIGENOUS - PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE - BEFORE THE PORTUGUESE ARRIVED, - AND THEY ARE IN REMOTE AREAS- - THERE IS NO MOBILE, NO - CELLPHONE, AND NO ENGY. - >> Reporter: CAETANO TOLD ME - GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENTS DON'T

- FULLY UNDERSTAND THE - COMPLEXITIES OF HELPING THE TINY - RIVER COMMUNIES HIS N.G.O. - SERVES. - THIS IS WHY BRAZIL NEEDS FAR - MORE VACCINES. - SMALL MEDICAL TEAMS, LIKTHIS - ONE, HAVE TO TVEL FOR HOURS, - TO VILLAGES, LIKE THIS ONE, - WHERE SOMETIMES THEY'RE ONLY - VACCINATING A DOZEN PEOPLE, - SOMETIMES THEY'RE ONLY - VACCINATING ONE PERSON. - WITH MORE VACCINES, COMMUNITIES - LIKE THIS COULD BE FULLY - VACCINATED AND THEY WOULDN'T - HAVE TO COME BACK. - BUT ONE MARGINALIZED GROUP THAT - IS FINALLY GETTING THE VACCINE - IS BRAZIL'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, - DESPITE WIDESPREAD - MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS EARLIER - IN THE PANDEMIC. - >> ( translated ): THERE WERE - MANY LIES SPREAD, AND A LOT OF - FAKE NEWS REACHED THE VILLAGES. - THIS ENDED UP CREATING FEAR AND - MISTRUST AMONG MANY PEOPLE, SO, - COMING FROM THE INDIGENOUS, - THERE WAS A HIGH RATE OF - REJECTION TO BEING VACCINATED. - >> Reporter: SONIA GUAJAJARA IS - NOT ONLY A LEADER IN HER - TERRITORY IN THE NORTH EASTERN

- BRAZILIAN STE OF MARANHAO, - SHE'S ALSO A NATIONALLY - RECOGNIZED FIGURE WHO, IN 2018, - RAN FOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL - ON A FAR-LEFTICKET THAT - CHALLENGED EVENTUAL WINNER JAIR - BOLSONARO. - NOW SHE SERVES AS ONE OF THE - EXECUTIVE COORDINATORS OF A - NATIONAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED - TO INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND HEALTH. - IN MID-APRIL, WHEN SONIA INVITED - US TO VISIT, SHE AND OTHERS IN - HER TRIBE HAD ALREADY BEEN - VACCINATED. - AND YET, MONTHS EARLIER, MANY - INDIGENOUS FRIENDS AND RELATIVES - HAD BEEN INFECTED ANDIED. - ACCORDING TO DATA COLLECTED BY - GUAJAJARA'S GROUP, SINCE THE - BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC MORE - THAN 54,500 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - HAVE BEEN INFECTED AND MORE THAN - 1080 INDIGENOUS HAVE DIED, - INCLUDING DOZENS OF ELDERS. - THAT'S A MASSIVE TOLL FOR A - COUNTRY-WIDE POPULATION OF - ROUGHLY 800,000. - AND IT'S A DEATH RATE SIX TIMES - HIGHER THAN THATF THE REST OF

- BRAZIL. - WHILE GUAJAJARA SAID HER - PEOPLES' COMMUNAL WAY OF LIVING, - AND IMMUNOLOGICAL - VULNERABILITIES, CONTRIBUTED TO - THE HIGH RATE OF INFECTION, SH - MOSTLY ATTRIBUTES THE LARGE - NUMBER OF COVID DEATHS TO - PRESIDENT BOLSONARO'S HARSH - VIEWS ON INDIGENOUS. - >> ( translated ): IN HIS FIRST - DAY OF OFFICE, THE FIRST ACTS - WERE TO DISMANTLE THE DIGENOUS - PEOPLES' RIGHTS AND TO TRY TO - END THE INDIGENOUS POLICY OF - BRAZIL. - IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A HEALTH - SYSTEM THAT FITS ALL INDIGENOUS - PEOPLE. - WE ARE 365 GROUPS, OVER 6,000 - VILLAGES ALL OVER BRAZIL, IN - DIFFERENT REGIONS. - IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR THE - SYSTEM TO MAKE ITSELF SUITABLE - TO THE DIFFERENT REALITIES. - >> Reporter: GUAJAJARA SAYS - BRAZIL'S NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION - PLAN DOESN'T INCLUDE THE LARGE - SWATH OF INDIGENOUS LIVING IN - URBAN AREAS. - SHE FEARS THEY WON'T GET - VACCINATED QUICKLY ENOUGH AND - CONTINUE TO DIE. - >> ( translated ): IT IS - IMPORTANT TO HAVE INTERNATIONAL

- SOLIDARITY AT THE MOMENT, TO - HELP PUT PRESSURE ON BOLSONARO'S - GORNMENT TO BE MORE - RESPONSIBLE WITH THE POPULATION. - ADOPT RESPONSIBLE AND EFFECTIVE - MEASURES IN HIS PUBLIC POLICIES, - TO AVOID THE INCREASE OF - INFECTION AND DEATHS. - >> Reporter: FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR, I'M SIMON OSTROVSKY IN - MARANHAO. - >> Woodruff: AS WE MARK THIS - MOMENT, ONE YEAR SINCE A MURDER - IN MINNEAPOLIS CHANGED THE - NATION, WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US - AT 10:00 P.M. EASTERN TONIGHT - FOR OUR NEWSHOUR SPECIAL ON PBS, - "RACE MATTERS:MERICA AFTER - GEORGE FLOYD." - (CHANTING) - >> IN A YEAR OF RACIAL

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