PBS NewsHour; August 12, 2020, 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING, I'M - JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, - PRESENTING THE TICKET: KAMALA - HARRIS JOINS JOE BIDEN FOR THE - FIRST TIME AS HIS RUNNING MATE. - WHAT THIS HISTORIC MOMENT MEANS - FOR THE RACE FOR THE WHITE - HOUSE. - THEN, THE Q-ANON CAMPAIGN-- - COIGPIRACY THEORISTS SCORE A - WIN AS A SUPPORTER OF AN ULTRA- - FAR-RIGHT ONLINE MOVEMENT WINS A - REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN GEORGIA. - AND, DESPERATE JOURNEY-- - MIGRANTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD - RISK DEATH CROSSING THE JUNGLE - BETWEEN PANAMA AND COLOMBIA, ONE - OF THE MOST NGEROUS PLACES ON - EA - >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A - MESSAGE TO ANYNGE WHO IS - THINF DOING THIS ROUTE, - IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. - IF I KNEW THIS, I WOULDN'T HAVE - DONE IT. - >> Woodruff: ALL THAT AND MORE - ON TONIGHT'S PBS NEWSHOUR. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY:

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- >> THIS PROGRAMADE - POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR - PUBLIC BROADCASTING. - AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: FORMER VICE - PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND HIS - NEWLY-CHEN RUNNING MATE - SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS OF - CALIFORNIA MADE THEIR CAMPAIGN - DEBUT TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON IN - WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. - THEY OFFER A UNIFIED VISION FOR - HOW THEY PLAN TO DEFEAT - PRESIDENT TRUMP IN NOVEMBER'S - ELECTION. - LISA DESJARDINS BEGINS OUR - COVERAGE. - >> Desjardins: FOR THE FIRST - TIME, E 2020 DEMOCRATIC TICKET - APPEARED TOGETHER, IF ON - SOCIALLY DISTANT STAGE. - ONE DAY AFTER TWEETING OUT THAT - SHE WAS HIS V.P. PICK, FORMER - AVVICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDENAN - IN-PERSON WELCOME TO CURRENT - CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA - HARRIS. - >> KAMALA IS SMART, TOUGH PROVEN - KAMALA KNOWS HOW TO GOVERN, HOW

- TO MAKE THE HARD CALLS, SHE'S - READY TO DO THIS JOB ONE DAY - ONE, WERE BOTH READY TO GET TO - WORK REBUILDING THIS NATION. - >> WT HAVE TO ACCEPT THE - FAILED GOVT. - IN 83 DAYS WE HAVE A CHANCE TO - CHOOSE A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR - COUNTRY. - APPEARED AT A HIGH SCHOOL, NO - SPORPTERS TO SHARE OR APPLAUD. - A SOMEWHAT SURREAL PANDEMIC - VERSION OF ISAT SUALLY A - FULL THROATED RALLY TOHOW OFF - THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HOS TO SHOW - DIGITAL EMOTION RELEASING - THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HOPED TO SHOW

- DIGITAL EMOTION, RELEASING VIDEO - OF THE MOMENT THE PRESIDENTIAL - NOMINEE OFFERED THE JOB TO - HARRIS. - >> FIRST OF ALL IS THE ANSWER - YES? - >> THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY YES, - JOE. - >> Desjardins: HARRIS' CANDIDACY - IS A MOMENOF MANY FIRSTS. - E'S THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN AND - FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN VICE - PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE ON A MAJOR - PARTY TICKET. - FOR SUPPORTERS IN HER NATIVE - OAKLAND CALIFORNIA, LIKE - BUSINESS OWNER MIKA McCANNTS, - HARRIS' IDENTITY IS AN IMPORTANT - SYMBOL. - >> AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, - ESPECIALLY AS AN AFRICAN - AMERIC WOMAN, WE'RE USED TO - BEING A TARGET. - IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING - NEW FOR KAMALA. I'M PRETTY - CONFIDENT THAT SHE CAN HANDLE - IT. - RESIDENT JOHN DAVIS SAY ITS HER - EXPERIENCE THAT HAS BEST - PREPARED HER FOR THE JOB. - >> I KNOW JOE BIDEN MENTIONED, - YOU KNOW, HE WAS GOING TO PICK A - WOMAN AS HIS VICE PRESIDENT. - BUT I THINK SHE'S REALLY THE - BEST CANDIDATE EITHER WAY, NOT - JUST BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN. - >> Desjardins: SCOTT SHAFER OF - KQED COVERED HARRS' TIME AS D.A. - AND LATER AS CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY - GENERAL. - >> FOR EXAMPLE, SHE WAS VERY - SLOW TO EMBRACE LEGALIZING

- MARIJUANA IN CALIFORNIA, WELL - BEHIND A LOT OOTHER DEMOCRATS, - NCLUDING THE GOVERNOR. - SHE DID NOT TAKE A POSITION ON A - STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURE THAT - NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENSES FROM - FELONIES TO MISDEMEANORS. - SHE VERY VIGOUSLY PURSUED - DEATH PENALTY CASES THAT HAD - BEEN OVERTURNED BY THE COURTS. - AND SO WHILE SHE HAS EMBRACED - THINGS LIKE GETTING RID OF CASH - BAIL, THERE ARE A LOOF THINGS - THAT GIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE - REFORM ADVOCATES CONCERN. - >> KAMALA HARRIS RAN FOR - PRESIDENT BY RUSHING TO THE - RADICAL LEFT. - >> Desjardins: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S - CAMPAIGN TEAM QUICKLY RELEASED A - VIDEO CLAIMING HARRIS WAS TOO - FAR LEFT. - HARRIS DID NOT POSE A THREAT TO - HIS RE-ELECTION, SAYING S" - STARTED STRONG IN THE - DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES AND - FINISHED WEAK, FLEEING THE RAC - WITH ALMOST ZERO SUPPORT." - BUT LAST NIGHT, THE PRESIDENT'S - NUMBER TWO HAD FRIENDLIER WORDS - FOR HIS DEMOCRATIC CONTENDER. - >> CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA - HARRIS WILL BE THE DEMOCRAT - CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT - SO LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY - TO WELCOME HER TO THE RACE. - >> Desjains: ON INSTAGRAM,

- ANOTHER WELCOME, FROM SARAH - PALIN, THE FIRST REPUBLICAN - WOMAN ON A PRESIDENTIAL TICKET. - SHE WROTE TO NEW V.P. NOMINEE - THAT THE EXPERIENCE WILL BE "THE - STMOMAZING VIEW IN YOUR LIFE," - ALONG WITH ADVICE, WRITING" - N"N'T GET MUZZLED" AND "HAVE - . - SOME ADVICE ON DAY ONE FOR THE - BIDEN-HARRIS TEAM. - LIKE AMERICARS, THEY FACE - AN INTENSE 83 DAYS UNTIL THE - ELECTION. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M LISA - DESJARDINS.dr - >> Wf: AND LISA JOINS ME - NOW, ALONG WITH THE NEWSHOUR'S - DANIEL BUSH, WHO'S BEEN ON THE - GROUND IN WILMGTON TODAY, - REPORTING ON THE BIDEN-HARRIS - EVENT. - SO DAN, TO YOU FIRST, - YOU DID GET THIS UPCLOSE LOOK AT - WHAT IS GOING ON THERE, DID YOU - GET I SENSE OF WHAT STH-- WHAT - THESE TWO ARE GOING TO BE LIKE - AS THEY TRY TO APPEAL TO - AMERICAN VOTERS AS A TEAM? - >WELL, JUDY, THIS IS THEIR - KICKOFF, THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY - TO APPEAR ON STAGE TOGETHER. - THEY DID SEEM CFORTABLE BUT OF - COURSE THE SIGNS OF COVID WHERE

- EVERYWHERE, COVID-19. - EY BOTH WO MASKS. - THEY KEPTS THEIR DISTANCE. - HARRIS DELIVERED ALL THE - TRADIONAL NOTES OF A RUNNING - MATE, TALKING ABOUT HER BACK - STORY, PRAISING BIDEN ANOF - COURSE GOING AFTER PRESIDENT - TRUMP. - IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO - SEE HOW THE CAMPAIGN PROCEEDS - FROM HERE. - THE CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW IS BEING - TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT HOW IT IS - THAT THEY ARE GOING TO USE - KAMALA HARRIS IN THE DAY AHEAD. - WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THEY JU LEFT - R A FUNDRAISER AT A HOTEL - NEARBY, A VIRTUAL FUNDRSER. - HARRIS IS A DYNAMIC PUBLIC - SPEAKER. - SME DID STRUGGLE A BIT AT TIMES - N HER CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR. - IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE - HOW SHCAMPAIGNS IN THIS NEW - VIRTUAL-- VIRTUAL REALITY THAT - WE ARE IN. - >> Wodruff: AND LISA, FROM - WATCHING THIS UP CLOSE, ARE YOU - TRTTING ANY SENSE OF HOW THEY'RE - GOING TO- WHAT IS THEIR - MESSAGE, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO - TRY TO APPEAL TO VOTERS? - >> I HAVE COVERED BOTH OF THESE - PEOPLE IN THE U.S. SENA, BIDEN - AND HARRIS. - I THINK WHAT WE SAW TONIGHT JUDY - IS APU ONE-TWNCH. - BIDEN WAS THE ONE LIVING ON A

- BIGGER MESSAGE. - THAT WAS OF IDENTITY. - HE WENT STRAIGHT TO PRESIDENT - TRUMP AND CHARGEDHAT TRUMP IS - DISTORTING THE AMERICAN IDENTITY - OF ONE THAT IS ABOUT EVEN - PREJUDICE. - HE TALKED ABOUT CHARLOTTESVILLE, - TODAY IS THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY - OF WHAT HAPPENED IN - CHARLOTTESVILLE, BIDEN SAID THAT - WAS INSPIRATION FOR HIM. - HE SAID THEIR CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT - ALL IDEOLOGY. - IDENTITY THAT IS OFRICAN - POSSIBILITIES AND DIVERSITY. - NOW HARRIS FOLLOWED THAT UP WH - HER OWN PERSONAL STORY AS DAN - SAID. - ANTHAT IS ONE OF DIVERSE OUT. - LLIN COMPE - SHE ALSO DID HER JOB AND TALKED - ABOUT WHY SHE THINKS HER BOSS IS - THE BEST MAN TFOR IT ONEHER - NOTE, THESE ARE TWO PEOPLE WHO - ARE NOT SCARED TO SHOW EMOTION. - AND THEY ARE BOTH EXPRESSING - HAT THEY SEE IS THE URGENCY OF - THECTION. - THEY WANT THEIR VOTERS TO BE - HIGHLY MOTIVATED. - >> SO DAN, WE KNOMING UP TO - ABIS CHOICE, THERE WAS A LOT OF - SPECULATIOT WHETHER THE - PICK THAT VICEÑi PRESIDENT BIDEN - MADE WOULD EXCITE THE DEMOCRATIC - BASE.

- AND YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TODAY - WHOTALK WITH SOME VOTERS - PHYSICALLY SHOWED UP AROUND THE - HIGH SCHOOL THERE IN WILMINGTON. - AND YOU TALKED TO SOME OF THEM. - WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? - >> WELL, JUDY, THIS IS HOME - TURF, ME TER TOW-- TERRITORY - FORE BIDEN. - WE ARE NOT VERY FAR AWAY FROM - HIS EEME WHERE HE HASN - SPENDING MOST OF HIS TIME DURING - THE PANDEMIC. - SO A LOT OF DEMOCRATS, I SPOKE - TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WERE - EXCITED ABOUT HISPICK OF HARRIS - NOTING THE HISTORIC NATURE OF - IT. - ONE WSAID THAT THE MOMENT - THAT SHE GOT THE TEXT MESSAGE - THAT THE CAMPAIGN PUT UP - SUPPORTERS AS A CHOICE, SHE WENT - ONLINE, DOWNLOADED AN IMAGE OF - THE BIDEN LO AN IMAGE OF - HARRIS' NAME, PUT THEM TOGETHER - AND SHE WAS WITH R, HOMEMADE - SIGNS TODAY. - SO A LOT OF SUPPORT AND - ENTHUSIASM ON THE DEMOCRATIC - SIDE. - THERE WERE, HOWEVSEROME - PROTESTORS HERE, IN PARTICULAR, - WHO OPPOSE JOE BIDES VIEW ON - ABORTION. - AS WELL AS SOME TRUMP SUPPORTERS - WHO WEREALKING AROUND JUST A - MINUTE AGO BEHIND ME WAVING - TRUMP SIGNS. - SO ALREADY WE'RE SEEING SORT OF

- THE DIVIDES THAT ARE GOING TO - PLAY OUT FROM HERE THROUGH - ELECTION DAY. - >> Woodruff: CERTAINLY MAKING - THEIR MESSAGE HEARD. - LISA, BACK TO BYOU. - YOU HAVEN WATCHING KAMALA - HARRIS, YOU WATCHED HER CAMPAIGN - WHEN SHE WAS RUNNIN - WHAT DID YOU LEARN? - WHAT DID WE LEARN, DO YOU THINK, - THAT TIME ABOUT THE - VOTERS SHE APPEALS TO THAT MAYHI - TELL US SOM ABOUT THE KIND - OF APPEAL SHE'S GOING TO HAVE - RIGHT NOW? - >> I LOVE LOOKING AT THESE KINDS - OF NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT THEY - TELL US. - AND WHEN YOU LO OKAT KAMALA - HARRIS AS A CANDIDATE FOR - PRESIDENT, LAST SUMMER WHENHE - WAS AT HER PEAK, HER APPEAL, - SWRUDY, WAS MOSTLY BROAD. - HER LARGEST GROUP THAT SHE WAS - APPEALING TO IN JULY WHEN SHE - WAS AT HER PEAK, WERE PEOPLE - THAT SAIDPA THEY WERNG CLOSE - ATTENTION TO THE CAMPAIGNMENT - ONE REASON FOR THAT MIGHT BE - THAT SHE H THAT VIRAL MOMENT - WITH VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WHEN - SHE WENT AFTER HIM ON STAGE. - SHE FW HER BIGGEST BOUNROM - THAT DEBATE PERFORMANCE. - THAT IS SOMETHING THE BIDEN - CAMPAIGN MAY LIKE IN THE MATCHUP - AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT PENCE. - BUT JUDY, OVERALL HER APPEAL WAS - BROAD.AND THAT IS ONE REASON SHT

- NOT HAVE ADVANCED FARTHER. - SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY NICH O CORE - VOTERS THAT WOULD REALLY PUSH - THINAHEAD THAT IS ALSO SO - BIDEN CAMPAIGN LIKES IN A VICE - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, SHE - KINDALS TO MANY DIFFEREN - OF PEOPLE AM ONE OTHER NOTE, - JUDY, A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC, I - LOOKED INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT - THIS WAS TODAY, ALEXIS DU PONT - HIGH SCHOOL IN DELAWARE, THIS IS - A HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS PART OF - THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE 1970S - WHICH SUED TO TRY AND KEEP - SEGREGATION GOING AS THE COURT - SAW IT. - THIS IS A HIGH SCHOOL SHE LIKELY - COULD NOT HAVE ATTENDED BUT YET - TODAY THIS IS WHERE KAMALA - HARRIS BECAME THE FIRST BLACK - WOMAN TO BE A VICE PRESIDENTIAL - NOMINEE OR ANY NOMINEE ON - PRESIDENTIAL TICKET FOR A MAJOR - PARTY. - >> Woodruff: SO INTERESTING, - THAT PA OF HISTORY WHICH OF - COURSE CAME UP IN THE DID HE - BAITS. - AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE, I'M - SURE, TO COME UP. - LL, IT CERTAINLY WAS A ROLLOUT - LIKE NO OTHER WE'VE SEEEE - A NOMIN BRINGING HIS RUNNING - MATE, AND YOU DIDN'T SEE THEOG

- HANDS RAISEDHER OR - ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE'VE SEEN. - BUT THAT IS THE WORLD WE LIVE - IN. - DANIEL BUSH, THERE IN - WILMINGTON, LISA DESJARDINS - HERE, THANK YOU. - >> YOU'RE WELCOME. - >> Woodruff: WITH LESS THAN - MUCH OF THE ATTENTS BEENION DAY, - ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. - BUT AMNA NAWAZ LOOKS AT HOW A - CONSPIRACY THEORY COULD MAKE ITS - WAY INTO THE HALLS OCONGRESS - AFTER THE ELECTION. - >> Nawaz: ON TUESDAY, MARJORIE - TAYLOR GREENE WON THE REPUBLICAN - RUNOFF IN GEORGIA'S 14th - CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. - IT'S AN OVERWHELMINGLY G.O.P. - DISTRICT SO SHES FAVORED TO - WIN IN NOVEMBER. - >> WE HAVE AN ISLAMIC INVASION - INTO OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICES. - >> Nawaz: BUT AFTER POLITICO - UNCOVERED GREENE'S PREVIOUS - ISLAMOPHOBIC, ANTI-SEMITIC AND - RACIST REMARKS ABOUT BLACK - PEOPLE, G.O.P. LEADERS DISTANCED - THEMSELVES, CONDEMNING HER WORDS

- AS "APPALLING," "DISGUSTING" A"" - BIGOTED." - BUT REPUBLICAN LEADERS REMY NED - LARGELSILENT ABOUT GREENE'S - SUPPORT FOR A FAR-RIGHT - CONSPIRACY THEORY KNOWN AS "Q- - ANON." - SUPPORT SHE PROFESSED IN A 2017 - VIDEO SHE DELETED BEFORE HER - CAMPAIGN LAUNCH. - >> Q IS A PATRIOT. - HE IS SOMEONE THAT VERY MUCHTR - LOVES HIS COAND IS ON THE - SAME PAGE AS US, AND HE IS VERY - PRO-TRUMP. - IN THE MONS AFTER PRESIDENTERGED - TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, STARTING ON - FRINGE INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS - BEFORE SPREADING TO SOCIAL - MEDIA. - ADHERENTS ALLEGE, AMONG OTHER - THINGS, THAT THE PRESIDENT IS - THE TARGET OF SO-CAL - STATE" ACTORS-- HIGH RANKING - OFFICIALS PLOTTING AGAINST HIM. - THE CONSPIRACY QUICKLY TOOK OFF - AND THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS - LATCHED ON TO THE MYSTERIOUS" - Q." - SIGNS AND T-SHIRTS APPEARED AT - TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN RALLIES. - LAST YEAR, THE F.B.I. LABELED - THE MOVEMENT A POTENTIAL - DOMESTIC TERROR THREAT. - I STAND WITH Q AND THE TEAM.UMP. - THANK YOU ANONS. - TRTHANK YOU TS.

- >> Nawaz: BUT NOW, Q-ANON HAS - FIRMLY TAKEN ROOT IN THE 2020 - >> HONESTLY, EVERYTHING I'VE - HEARD OF Q. - I HOPE THAT, I HOPE THAT IT IS - REAL. - >> Nawaz: SOME CONGRESSIONAL - CANDIDATES, LIKE LAUREN BOEBERT - IN COLORADO, PROMOTED THE - CONSPIRACY THEORY TO FRIENDLY - MEDIA OUTLETS, BEFORE LATER - CALLING Q-ANON "FAKE NEWS." - ACCORDING TO "MEDIA MATTERS," A - LEFT-LEANING WATCHDOG GROUP, 20 - CANDIDATES, ALL REPUBLICANS, - EXCEPT ONE INDEPENDENT, WITH - VARYING LEVELS OF SUPP C - SPIRACIES HAVE ADVANCED - TO NOVEMBER'S GENERAL ELECTION. - ILD NOW MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE'S - NAMEBE ON THE BALLOT AS - WELL. - TO LRE CLOSELY AT THE RISE - AND SPREAD OF THE Q-ANON - CONSPIRACY ON THE CAMPAINE - TRAIL, I'M JBY TRAVIS - VIEW, CO-HOST OF THE "QANON - ANONYMOUS" PODCAST. - TRAVIS, - WELCOME TO THE NEWSHOUR, YOU - HAVE BEEN FOLLING THE Q-ANON - CONSPIRACY THEORY AND FOLLOWERS - FOR A VERY LONG TIM - LET'S START WITH THE BASICS FOR - THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN. - JUST EXPLAIN TO US WHERE AND HOW

- THIS Q-ANON CONSPIRY BEGINS. - >> THE Q-ANON CONSPIRACY THEORY - ORIGINATED ON OCTOBER OF 2017. - SOIT HAS ITS ORIGIN IN A PIA - GAIT. - THE BASIC PREMISE IS THAT A - GROUP OF HIGH LEVEL MILITAR - INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS CLOSE TO - PRESIDENT TRUMP, ARE SENDG OUT - SECRET CODED MESSAGES ON THESE - IMAGE ARDS ABOUT THIS GREAT - GRAND BATTLE OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL - IN WHICH TRP AND WHAT THEY - CALL THE Q TEAM ARE WORKING TO - DESTROY A GLOBAL CABAL OF SATAN - WORSHIPING PEDOPHILES WHICH THE - Q-ANON COMMUNITY BELIEVES IS - CONTROLLING EVERYTHING AND THAT - INCLUDES POLITICIAN, - ENTERTAINMENT AND THE MED - >> AND WHAT IS THE END GAME. - IF YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT COMPLEEF - BELIES IN THIS CONSPIRACY - THEORY WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE WILL - HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THIS. - >> TY Q-ANON COMMUNS - CALLED THE SUPPOSED TO BE A IS - GREAT-- WHICH OVER 100,000 - PEOPLE FROM THE HIGHEST LEVELS

- OF POWER AND ENTERTAINMENARE - ARRESTED AND FACE A GREAT DAY OF - RECKONING. - THE OTHE EVENT THEY ARE WAITING - FOR IS CALLED THE GREAT - AWAKANING, BASICALLVENT IN - WHICH EVERYONE REALIZES THAT - Q-ANON RIGHT THE WHOLE TIME - AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ENTER - INTO A GREAT BRAND NEUTPIAN - AGE. - >> Nawaz: SO WHAT YOU JUST - LAID OUT SEEMS SO OBVIOUSLY - IRRATIONAL THAT A LOT OF - REASONABLE PEOPLE - DISMISS IT. - AND YET IT HAS PICKED UP REAL - SPD IN RECENT YEARS, RIGHT? - IT WAS REPORTED JUST RECENTLY - THAT FACEBOOK FOUND THOUSANDS OF - GROUPS AND PAGES OF MILLIONS OF - FOLLOWERS AND MEMBERS SUPPORTING - Q-ANON. - SO WHAT HAS HELPED TO FUEL THIS - IDEA SO WELL? - >> YOU KNOW, IT IS A REALLYOR - APPEALING - YOU HAVE REALLY DISENFRANCHISED - AND YOU WANT TO LIEVE THAT THE - WORLD IS ABOUT TO CHANGE IN A - REALLY IMPORTANT, REVOLUTIONARY - WAY. - AND IT IS ALSO APPEALING BECAUSE - IT ALLOWS THE Q-ANON FOLLOWE - BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN TAKE

- PART IN THIS GREAT GRAND - REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE. - THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE - CONDUCTING AN INFMATION WAR, - BY GOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND - POSTING Q-ANON MEMES AND - SPREADING THESE Q-AN - CONSPIRACY THEORY THES CAN HELP - USHER IN THIS GREAT AWAKEERNING. - SO IT SOUN LUDICRIS AND ST BUT - THIS HISTORIC- HAS A A LOT OF - APPEAL TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT - OTHERWISE FEEL LIKE TH HAVE - VOICE IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM. - >> Nawaz: TRAVIS, THE FACT - THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN - RETWEETING SOME OF THESE - CONSPIRACY THEORIES, THAT - CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES ARE NOW - SAYING THEY SUPPORT THESE IDEAS - AND ARE THEN WINNING LIKELY - ENDING UP IN CONGRESS. - WHAT DOES ALL OF THAT SAY TO YOU - ABOUT THE POTEEE OFHIS - PARTICULAR CONSPIRACY THEORY? - >> WELL, THERE IS SOME - HISTORICAL PRECEDENCE FOR A - CONSPIRATOR YAL MOVEMENT GAINING - A SIGNIFICANTHARE OF POWER IN - ALL THE WAY IN 18RE WAS A - PARTY CALLED THE ANTI-MASONIC - PARTY DEDICATED TO THE - PROPOSITION THAT FREE MASSONS - WERE CONTROLLING THE WORLD.

- THEY GAINED 10% OF THE HOUSE OF - REPRESENTATIVES. - THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN - UNDERCURRENT OF CONSPIRACY - THINKING AND PARANOIA IN - AMERICAN POLITICS. - AND ACTUALLY GET SOME ACTUAL - SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL POWER. - SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE ARE - SEEING AGAIN. - >> Nawaz: YOU MENTIONED THAT - PIZZAGATE NSPIRACY THEORY IN - 2016. - WE SHOULD MENTION THAT HAS NOT - REALLY GONE AWAY. - IT TAMPED DOWN BUT IT HAS - RESURFACED AGAIN RECENTLY. - WHAT HAPPENS TO THE Q-ANON - CONSPIRACY THEORY. - DO YOU SEE A PISOINT AT WHICH TH - GOES AWAY. - >> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. - HAS STARTED VERY SMALL, A COUPLE - OF YEARS AGO. - AND IST HA ONLY ACCELERATED AND - GAINED IN POPULARITY. - AND GAINED IN SIFPEED. - SOYOU GO BY THE TRAJECTORY, - WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE WITH US - FOR AT LEAST A GENERATION. - AND PROBABLY LONGER FLZ THAT IS - AVIS VIEW, COHOSOF THE QANON - ANONYMOUS PODCAST. - THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRAVIS. - >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

- >> Woodruff: AS SCHOOLS ARE - PREARING FOR THE START OF - ANOTHER YEAR, NY DISTRICTS SAY - THEY ARE NOT READY TO BRING - STUDENTS BACK TO THE BUILDINGS - BECAUSE OF THE SPREAD OF COVID - IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. - BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DIALING - UP THE PRESSURE ON THEM TO DO SO - AND TRIED TO MAKE THE CASE FOR - IT AGAIN TODAY AT THE WHITE - HOUSE. - KELLYANNE CONWAY IS COUNSELOR TO - PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SHE JOINS US - NOW. - KELLYANNE CONWAY, WELCOME BACKSH - TO THE NR. - AS WE WERE SAYING, THE PRESIDENT - IS TRYING TO GET THE SCHOOLTOS - OPEN UP PHYSICALLY. - BUT THIS COMES AT THE VERY SAME - TIME WE ARE LEARNING THAT 90 - THAT THERE HAS BEEN A 90% - INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF - CHILDREN DIAGNOSEED OR WITH FETS - ION, SOMETHING LIKE - 100,000 CHILDREN DIAGNOSED AT - THE END OF JU. - NOW WE HAVE THE AMERICAN ACADEMY - OF PEDIATRICS DAN THE - ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S

- HOSPITALS SAYING PLEASE HOLD OFF - ON IN-PERSON SCHOOL. - HOW DOES THAT SQUARE WITH WHAT - THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING. - >> JUDY, IN OUR DISCUSSION TODAY - WITH PARENTS, TEACHERS, - SCIENTISTS AND DOCTORS, STUDENTS - THEMSELVES, IS VERR, LET'S - REOPEN SAFELY. - THE WORD "SAFELY" IS CRITICALLY - IMPORTANT HERE. - BECAUSE AS YOU POINT OUT, - NATION'STUDENTS ARE NOTE - RETURNING TO A PHYSICAL - STRUCTURE ON DAY ONE OF THE - REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR THIS FALL.HA - SODOES THAT MEAN? - IT MANIES THAT THOSE THAT ARE, - STILL HAVE LOW INFECTION RATES, - KNOWING THAT CHILDREN ARE STILL - A RELATIVELY LOW RISK FM - CONTRACTING, THAT 99.95 PERCENT - OF THE COVID FATALITIES ARE - ADULTS ANOF COURSE THE AVERAGE - AGE IS 78, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, - PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED. - AND WE WANTEDTO ME SURE THAT - WE AMPLIFIED AND ACKNOWLEDGED - THOSE CONCERNS AND CAME UP WITH - EIGHT DIFFERENT THINGS T - PRESIDENT IS ANNOUNCING TONIGHT - THAT WE THINK WILL HELP SCHOOLSS

- ELY REOPEN. - AMONG OTHER THINGS THE PRESIDENT - IS REMINDING US THROUGH THE - CARES ACT, WE VOWED 13 BILLION - IN RESOURCES TO HELP THESE - SCHOOLS SAFELY REOPEN. - SOME WANT TO INVEST IN - THERMOMETER CHECKSK SOME MAY - WANT TO DO TESTING, OTHERS MAY - WANT A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR - ARE AT HIGHER RISK. FEEL THEY - >> Woodruff: IF I COULD STEP - IN, I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE GIVING - SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, AT - MAY WORK FOR SOME DISTRICTS - WHERTHE PREVALENCE IS VERY - LOW. - BUT YOU DO HAVE RISING CASES, - HER-- MORE THAN HALF THE STATES - RIGHT NOW ARE SEEINGA - RESURGENCE OF COVID. - THE DISTRICT, SCHOOL DISTRICT IN - GEORA THAT JUST THIS PAST WEEK - OPENED UP EARLY, ONE DISTRICT, - 900 STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE NOW - QUARANNED BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY - HAVE DONE. - SO THERE ARE CAUTIONSLAGS ALL - AROUND. - >> YES, AND I'M RAISING THEM - IN THE DISCUSSION WE HAD TODAY. - BECAUSE THAT IS INDEUBABLY TRUE - THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY - CONCERNED.

- I'M NOT SAYING OPEN E SCHOOLS - NOW, I'M SAYING OPEN THEM - SAFELY. - AND EACH DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO - DEDE WHAT THAT MEANS. - BUT THIS IS A GOOD TIME T - PREPARE FOR THAT, JUDY. - IN OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE - OCIAOCOLS IN PLACE, S - DISTANCING, THE MASK-WEARING, - THE HYGIENE, MAKING SURE THAT - YOUNG CHILDREN UNRSTAND WHAT - WE HAVE ALL LEARNED AS ADULTS - AND HOW CRITICALLY IMPOANT - ALSO RECOMMEND NOTHING CAFETERIA - EATING, PERHAPS EATING AT YOURMI - DESK, ING IN-DOOR - ACTIVITIES LIKE ASSEMBLIES, FOR - EXAMPLE. - AND I VE HEARD DOCTORSI - HEARD EPIDIMIOLOGISTS RECOMMEND - THE MORE YOU DO OUTSIDE THAN - INSIDE FOR ANY OF US, LET ALONE - INCLUDING THESE STUDENTS, THE - BETTER. - SO EACH SCHOOL WILL NEED TO MAKE - THOSE DECISIONS. - I WOULD POINT OUT THAT KAISER - FAMILY FOUNDATION HEALTH TRACKER - SURVEY REVEALED JUST I LAST - TWO WEEKS THAT 67 PERCENT OF - PARENTS Y THEY ARE WORRED - ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN FALLING - BEHIND SOCIALLY AND 65 FALLING - BEHIND AK DEM CLE AND IN THAT - SAME SURVEY 61% OF THE PARENTS - SAID THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT - THEMSELVES NOT BEING ABLE TO - EARN ENOUGH MONEY IF THE KIDS - AREN'T BACK IN SCHOOL. - WE ARE N SAYING DO IT TODAY,

- TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK, BUT LET'S - DO IT SAFE LEIGH-- SAFELY - NOT LOCK DOWN PARENTS - INDEFINITELY. - >> Woodruff: IF I COULD JUST - STEP IN, THERE WAS ANOTHER - SURVEY DONE BY THE SHAR SCHOOL - INSURANCEOS, "WASHINGTON POST" - SHOWING THAT MORE THAN 80% OF - PARENTS SAID THAT THEY THINKHO - SCHOOLD BE AT LEAST - PARTIALLY ONLINE, ONLY 16 - PERCENT ARE FAVORING FULLY IN - PERSON EDUCATION. - >> YOURE SEEING MANY DISTRICT - HAVE THIS HYBRID OR STARTING - VIRTUAL, WITH A PROMISE TO - REASSESS SAY IN OCTOBER, - NOVEMBER, AND IN SOME CASES, - WE ALSO HEARD STORIES TODAY FROM - FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY BACK IN - SCHOOL. - LOVITY, TEXAS, AND SOME OTHER - PLACES SAYING WE ARE ALREADY - BACK IN SOSCHOOL. - WE HEARD FROM A MOTHER AND - FATHER WHO HAVE A DOWN SYNDROME, - A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD IN - COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. - THEY FELL LIKE THIS IS THE WORST - POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR THAT CHILD - BECAUSE HE REQUIRES SO MANY OF - HIS SERVICES INSIDE, IN OTHER - WORDS, WITH THOSE SPECIALISTS, - SO THAT SHOWS YOU THERE IS N

- ONE SIZE FITS ALL MANDATE AND WE - AS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DON'T - WHAT WANT TO DO THAT. - WE DO WANT TO REMIND THAT THE - $13 BILLION THAT IS AVAILABLE, - ROUGHLY 4 PERCENT OF THAT HAS - EVEN BEEN TAPPED INTO, SO FOLKS - OUT WILL IN THE STATES, YOU HAVE - ESOURCES READY FOR YOU TO HELP - YOU TO PLTO REOPEN THE - SCHOOLS WHEN YOU FEEL IT IS BEST - TO DO SO. - >> Woodruff:ES THINK OUR - ON IS THAT AT A TIME WHEN - ABOUT CHILDREN AND EVENRMATION - ABOUT HOW CHILDREN CAN BE STRONG - SPREADERS OF COVID, THAT THIS IS - A VERY, IT'S A VER MIXED - MESSAGE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE - ARE GETTING FROM THEUSHITE - ABOUT THIS. - BUT KELLYANNE CONWAY, LET ME ASK - YOU JUST QUICKLY ABOUT THE BIG - NEWS ON THEDE MOCRATIC - PRESIDENTIAL TICKET, JOE BIDEN - HAS INTRODUCED HIS RUNNING MATE, - SATOR KAMALA HARRIS. - THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST REACTION - IN HIS COMMENTS AT THE WHITE - USE YESTERDAY WERE TO CALL HER - CASTY AND HORRIBLE. - HE HASED OTHER WOMEN - POLITICIANS HILLARY CLINTON, - NANCY PELOS - IS THIS THE TONE THAT IS GOING - TO MAINLY COME FROM THE - PRESIDENT TOWARD HER AND TOWARD

- THIS TICKET? - >> WELL, I SAID JUDY THAT I - THINK WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT, - PAUSE AND SAY GOOD FOR HISTORY. - WE HAVE A YOUNG AND FRAGILE - DISEM OCTOBER SEE. - AND FOR A WOMAN OF COLOR TO BE - ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET-- . - >> Woodruff: BUT THAT IS NOT - WHAT THE PRESIDENT SID. - >> I'M SAYING, IN FRONT OF THE - WHITE HOUSE SAYING IT TO YOU AND - WE CAN ALSO QUICKLY SAY THAT - LLEN THOSE WHO PROTEND WE ARE - FORWARD LOOKING RING US - BACKYARDS THE TAX CUTS GONE, - ENERGY DOMINANCE, TRADE BILLS - GONE, WE ARE THE NET EXPORTERS - AT NATURAL GAS AND OIL WOULD - BE - BIEDEN AND HARRIS ARE FOR - ABORTION UP TO NINE MONTHS THE - MOST EXTREME YOU CAN HAVE. - THE LIST GOES ON AND OWN. - SHE MADE SWROIFUL NOISES WHEN - LOS ANGELES DEFUNDED, SHE SAID - SHWAS THE TOP COP. - >> JOE BIDEN IS NOT FOR - DEFUNDING POLICE R - >> JOE BIDEALLY - SHOULD-- WELL, THE TICKET WILL - BE THE TICKET. - AND HERE IS THE ISSUE, I SEE, I - THINK IT IS THEIR POLI - POSITION. - I THINK MEDICARE, GOVERNMENT-RUN - HEALTH CARE AND TALKING ABOUT - GREEN NEW DEALS THAT WILL COST

- TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANDAN AIR - TRAVEL AND COWS AND GAS, I MEAN - THIS IS. - >> THERE IS A LOT-- THERE ARE A - LOT OF POLICY POSITIONS THAT YOU - ARE THROWING OUT THERE AND KNAS - YOU, JOE BIDEN IS NOT FOR - MEDICARE FOR ALL AND NEITHER IS - SENATOR HARRIS. - BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT - SOMETHING ELSE. - THAT THE PRESIDENT, HE TWEETED - THIS MORNING ABOUT SUBURBAN - USEWIVES WANTING SAFETAND - THREATENING THAT CORY BOOKER WHO - HAPPENS TO OBE TLY - AFRICAN-AMERICAN SENATOR, MALE - , NATOR TODAYULD INVAID - THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH - LOW-INCOME HOUSING. - I AM JUST CURIOUS WHY WOULD THE - PRESIDENT MENTION SENATOR - BOOKER, JUST RIGHT AFTER JOEN - BIOOSES A BLACK WOMAN, A - WOMAN OF ASIAN DESCENT TO BE HIS - RUNNINMATE. - I MEAN PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS - SAY RACIAL DOG WHISTL - >> THAT IS NOT FAIR, HAVE I NOT - DISCUSSED THAT, OR THAT ISSUE AT - ALL WITH THE PRESINT. - T I WOULD GENTLY CORRECT THAT - SENATOR SCOTT OF SOUTH CAROLINA - IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE - SENATOR SERVING, CORY BOOKER IS

- NOT THE ONLY ONE AND SENATOR - SCOTT. - >> I MEANT TO SAY THE ONLY - AFRICAN-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC - SENATOR. - >> OKAY. - HAVINGTHAT, I BELIEVE - EVERYBODY WANTS PUBLIC SAFETY. - POLL FROM LAST WEEK JUDY THAT - SAYS 86% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY - WANT THE SAME OR MORE POLICE - THAT INCLUDED 83% OF HISPANIC. - AMERICANS AND 18% OF - AFRICAN-AMERICANS, SO THIS - DEFUNDING THE POLICE OR WHAT WE - SEE IN OUR GREAT CITIES ACRS - THIS COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE ARE - JUST GOING OUT EVERY SINGLE - NIGHT AND DESTROYING PROPERTY, - IT REALLY BELIES THE MEMORY OF - THOSE FOR WHOM THE PEACEFULRS - PROTESCTUALLY BEGAN. - THERE IS NOT PEACEFUL - PROTESTING, THIS IS VANDALISM - AND VIOLENCE. - >> Woodruff: LET ME FINALLY - BRING THIS BACK TO THE CENTRAL - MESSAGE THAT WEJUST HEARA FEW - MINUTES AGO FROM JOE BIDEN AND - KAMALA HARRIS, SHE SAID TODAY - THE PRESIDENT FAILED TO TAKE - THE VIRUS SERIOUSLY FR - START.AND SAID THAT, IN OTHER WS - HOLDING THIS PRESIDENT - THIS CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO BE

- ABOUT. - THE FACT THAT THE ITED STATES - IS DOING SO MUCH WORSE THAN MOST - OF THE REST OF THE WORLD WHEN, - AND THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER OF - CASES IN THIS COUNTRY FAR HIGHER - THAN THE PROPORTION OF THE U.S. - POPULATION TO THE REST OF THE - WORLD. - >> HERE IS WHAT I WOULD SAY TO - ROA BIDEN.RIS AND - IF THEY HAVE A BETTER WAY TO - TACKLE THIS PANDEMIC, WHAT ARE - HATHEY WAITING FOR, WHERE - THEY BEEN FOR FIVE MONTHS, WE - HAVE BEEN HERE EVERY DAY, I SIT - ON THE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE - BEHIND DR. BIRX - HAVE I BEEN HERE SATURDAYS AND - SUNDAYS, PRESIDENT AND VASE - PRESIDENT WORKED AROUND THE - CL K AND WE ARE TRYING GET - THIS RIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE. - THIS PRESIDENT SIGNED TRILLIONS - OF DOLLARS IN RELIEF. - TAKING THAT BOLD STEP TO BAN - TRAVEL FROM CERTAIN AREAS THAT - SAVED ADDITIONAL LIVES. - EVERYBY WE ARE DEVELOPING - VACCINES AND THERAPEUTICS AT A - RECORD PACE AND DIRECTOR FRARN - SIS HOLLAND HAS BEEN THERE SAID - HE NEVER SAW SOMETHING COME

- TOGETHER SO QUICKLY AND WELL. - WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO DO - THAT. - WE ALSO HAVE DEALT WITHURG7 - LEADERS BECAUSE STAY GLOBAL - PANDEMIC, THAT WE HAVE SURGE - SPLIERKS CLEANING NURSING HOMES, - THROUGH THE NATIONAL GUARD. - I MEAN IT GOES ON AND ON. - HERE.HILE CONGRESS WASN'T EVEN - JOE BIERDEN HAS BEEN IN - WILL-- WILMINGTON. - I TOLD THE PRESIDE GO TO - WILMINGTON. - >> I WOULD SAY NANCY PELOSI AND - CHUCK SCHUMER SAIDTHE WHITE - HOUSE, THEY HAVE MET WITH - TREASURY SECRETARY MNUCHIN TODAY - WHO SAID THE WHITE HOUSE WAS NOT - BUDGING ON ITS POSITION WHEREAS - THEY HAVE GIVEN A TRILLION FROM - THE $3 TRILLION. - >> SECRETARY MNUCHIN TOLD ME - JUST HALF AN HOUR AGIN OVA - OFFICE THAT WAS INACCURATE WHAT - SPEAKER PELOSI TWEETED OU - BUT LOOK, WE WANT TO GET TO THE - NEGOTIATION TABLE. - DEMOCRATS WALKED AWAY - COMPELLING THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE - EXECUTIVE ACTION ON OTECTING - FROM EVICTIONS, NOT HAVING TO - PAY STUDENT LOAN DEBT, GIVING - MORE UNEMPLOENT BENEFIT - THROUGH PAYROLL TAX, AND WE ARE - TRYING TO DO THAT BECAUSE IN THE - ABSENCE OFNGRESSIONAL ACTION - AND LEADERSHIP THE PRESIDENT HAS

- NO CHOICE. - WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THE TABLE - AND GET THE FUNDING FOR SCHOO, - FUNDING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND - WORKERS WHO NEED THAT RELIEF.ID - BUT THE PRT IN HIS PRESS - BRIEFING REVIEWED SOME OF THE - GREAT ECONOMIC DA THAT IS - HAPPENING. - RE JOBS IN THE LAST THREEI - MONTHS THAN I IN A VERY - LONG TIME AND WE ARE COMING OUT - VE THIS RECOVERY. - >> WE - >TH> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S - NEWS, COVID-19 DEATHS IN THE - U.S. TOP 165,000 TONIGHT, AS - STATES WEIGH HOW TO HANDLE THE - UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. - IN NEW JERSEY, AN EARLY HOTSPOTN

- HE PANDEMIC, GOVERNOR PHIL - MURPHY CLEARED THE WAY TODAY FOR - IN-PERSON CLASSES. - HE SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER - LOWING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE - COLLEGE TO RE-OPENHEYRTEN TO - OBSERVE SAFETY MEASURES. - >> WE HAVE HELD ONGOING - DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LEADERS - THROUGHOUTIGHER EDUCATION - SYSTEM AND WE BELIEVE THEY ARE - READY FOR THIS STEP. - COME THE BEGINF THE SCHOOL - YEAR IN SEPTEMBER, PLANS ARE IN - PLACE TO EURE THE SAFETY OF - ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF. - ET>> Woodruff: THE U.S. BU - DEFICIT HAS HIT A RECORD OF MORE - THAN $2.8 TRILLION, HE MONTHS - INTOISCAL YEAR. - THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT SAID - THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO FEDERAL - SAITIMULUTO HELP KEEP THE - ECONOMY AFLOAT DURING THE - PANDEMIC. - IT PREDICTS THAT BFISCAL YEAR- - END, THE 2020 DEFICIT WILL MORE - THAN DOUBLE ANY ON RECORD. - MEANWHILE, NUMBERS OUT OF - BRITAIN TODAY REVEAL A PANDEMIC- - INDUCED RECESSION THAT IS - WORSENING. - GOVERNMENT STATISTICS SHOW THE - ECONOMY SHRUNK BY A FIFTH IN THE - SECOND QUARTER, THE WORST

- CONTRACTION IN 65 YEARS OF - RECORD-KEEPING. - ECONOMISTS FEAR THE U.K.'S - DOWNTURN MAY BE THE DEEPEST - AMONG THE WORLD'S SEVEN LEADING - INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES. - AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE DIED AND - SIX OTHERS WERE HOSPITALIZED - TODAY AFTER A PASSENGER TRAIN - DERAILED IN SCOTLAND. - IT HAPPENED ABOUT 100 MILES - NORTHEAST OF EDINBURGH, WHERE - SEVERE STORMS TRIGGERED FLASH - FLOODS OVERNIGHT. - THICK SMOKE BILLOWED OVER THE - HILLY FIELD THIS MORNING. - ACCESS THE SITE TO RESCUE TO - PASSENGERS FROM OVERTURNED TRAIN - CARS. - BELARUS, SOME 6,000 PEOPLE - HAVE BEEN DETAINED, AFE - THIRD STRAIGHT NIGHT OF CLASHES - BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLE. - DEMONSTRATORS INSIST THE RE- - ELECTION OF PRESIDKAT ALEXANDER - SHENKO IS ILLEGITIMATE. - LAST NIGHT, POLICE ASSAULTED - JOURNALISTS AND MADE WIDESPREAD - ARRESTS. - TODAY, LUKASHENKO CAHE - PROTESTERS CRIMINALS.sl - >> ( tred ): THE CORE OF - THESE SO-CALLED PROTESTERS ARE

- PEOPLE WITH A CRIMINAL PAST AND - THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY - UNEMPLOYED. - THOSE WHO DON'T HA A JOBWALK - IN THE STREETS AND AVENUES. - THAT'S WHY I'M KINDLY URGING - EVERYONE WHO IS UNEMPLOYED TO - TODAY, IN MINSK, - NEARLY 200 WOMEN MARCHED AGAINST - POLICE BRUTALITY, AND URGED - AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE THOSE WHO - WERE DETAINED. - VIOLENT TRIBAL CLASHES IN SUDAN - HAVE KILLED AT LST 25 PEOPLE - AND WOUNDED NEARLY 90 MORE. - THE FIGHTING BEGAN SUNDAY IN - PORT SUDAN, IN THE RED SEA - PROVINCE. - AUTHORITIES DEPLOYED TROOPS AND - IMPOSED CURFEWS. - TENSIONS BETWEEN THE BENI AMER - TRIBE AND THE NUBA TRIBE DATE - BACK TO 2019, AND STEM FROM - DISPUTES OVER WATER AND OTHER - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, AN F.B.I. - INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER - AN AIR FORCE HTER S SHOT - OVER VIRGINIA.S W - THE INCIDENT HAPPENED MONDAY - DURING A ROUTINE TRAINING - MISSION FROM JOINT BASE ANDREWS - NEAR WASHINGTON.

- IT WAS FORCED TO LAND AT - MANASS - VIRGINIA. AIRPORT IN - ONE CREW MEMBER WAS HIT IN THE - HAND, AND LATER RELEROM - THE HOSPITAL. - STOCKS SOARED ON WREET - TODAY, LED BY A REBOUND IN THE - TECHNOLOGY SECTOR. - RAE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL A - GAINED 290 POINTS TO CLOSE AT - 27,977 - THE NASDAQ RE 229 POINTS, AND - THE S&P 500 ADDED 46. - FORD IS RELLING MORE THAN HALF - A MILLION OF ITS MID-SIZE - S.U.V.'S DUE TO BRAKE ISSUES. - THE RECALL COVERS FORD EDGE - MODELS FROM 2015 TO 2018, AND - LINCOLN MKX VEHICLES FROM 2016 - TO 2018. - THE AUTOMAKER RERTED SOME - FRONT BRAKE HOSES CAN RUPTURE - AND LEAK BRE FLUID, WHICH - COULD INCREASE STOPPING - DISTANCES. - AND, BILLIONAIRE MEDIA MOGUL - SUMNER REDSTONE HAS DIED. - FROM HIS FAMILY'S DRIVE-IN MOVIE - CHAIN, HE BUILT AN EMPIRE THAT - INCLUDED CBS, VIACOM, AND

- PARAMOUNT PICTURES, AND HELPED - SHAPE THE MODERN DAY - ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. - BUT HIS FINAL YEARS WERE MARKED - BY CORPORATE BATTLES AND LEGAL - DISPUTESITH FORMER - GIRLFRIENDS. - SUMNER REDSTONE WAS 97 YEARS - OLD. - STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - YOUNG PEOPLE FACE THE REALITS - OF COVID AS THEY ACCOUNT FOR A - RISING NUMBER OF NEW INFECTIONS. - PLUS, MIGRANTS FROM AROUND THE - WORLD RISK DEATH CROSSING E - DANGEROUS JULE BETD EN PANAMA - ANLOMBIA. - >> Woodruff: YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE - UP A LARGE PORTION OF THE NEW - COVID-19 CASES BEING SEEN ACSS - THE U.S. - IN SOME STATES, LIKE ARIZONA AND - FLORIDA, PEOPLE UNDER 45 ACCOUNT - FOR MORE THAN HALF OF ALL IESES.

- AS STEPHY REPORTS, DOCTORS - ARTOWARNING YOUNG PEOPLE NEE - TAKE MORE PRECAUTIONS, NOT ONLY - TO KEEP FROM SPREADINGIRUS - TO OLDER AMERICANS, BUT FOR - THEIR OWN SAKES AS WELL. - >> Reporter: WHEN FLORIDA EASED - ITS LOCKDOWN AND ALLOWED - RESTAURANTS AND BARS TO REOPEN, - 22-YEAR-OLD NIKKI CORTLAND WAS - EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF - GOING OUT. - SHE'D FOLLOWED STAY-AT-HOME - ORDERS FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS. - >> THE OFFICIALS WERE COMING ON - TV, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR, AND - STATING THAT THINGS WERE - REOPEND THEY WERE PUTTING - ALL OF THESE SAFETY MEASURES - INTO ACTION. - >OY> I MEAN PEOPLE GO EHAVE - A DRINK. - IT'S FINE. - >> SO I BEGAN THINKING, OKAY, - YOU KNOW, I JUST GRADUATED - COLLEGE. - I MISS MY FRIENDS. - WHY NOT HAVE ONE WEEKEND IN - ORLANDO - >> Reporter: ARMED WITH HAND - SANITIZER AND MASKS, CORTLAND - AND HER FRIENDS WENT TO DINNER - AND THEN A BAR. - >> IT WAS PRETTY CROWDED. - I WOULD SAY YOU DEFINITELY DID - NOT SO>>ALLY DISTANCE. - eporter: A FEW DAYS LATER, - CORTLAND GOT A FEVER. - SHE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-

- OT19. - SO DID 3R PEOPLE SHE KNEW - WH - >> I'M JUST TRYING TO STAY - REALLY CALM BUT IT'S REALLY - HARD. - >> Reporter: CORTLAND'S CASE WAS - RELATIVELY MILD, BUT SHE SAID IT - WAS STILL A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE. - >> I WILL NEVER FORGET SITTING - THERE AND WATCHING THE CLOCK G - FROM THREE A.M., FOUR A.M., FIVE - A.M., SIX A.M. AND NOT BEING - ABLE TO GET A DEEP BREATH AND - BEING ALONE. - >> Reporter: CORTLAND HAS BEEN - WARN OTHERS THAT COVID-19 SHOULD - NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. - >> JUST WANT THEM TO - UNDERSTAND THAT IT CAN HAPPEN TO - YOU. - >> Reporter: MANY AREN'T GETTING - THE MESSAGE. - SEVERAL STATES HAVE CLOSED BARS - AGAIN BUT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STILL - GOING OUT. - A SURVEY FROM THE DEMOCRACY FUND - AND U.C.L.A. FOUND THAT DURING - THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST, NEARLY - HALF OF GEN Z-ERS AND MORE THAN - 40% OF MILLENNIALS SOCIALIZED - WITH PEOPLE WITHOUT MAINTAINING - SOCIAL DISTANCING. - THAT'S COMPARED TO 14% OF BABY - BOOMERS. - AND WHILE STATISTICALLY - SPEAKING, THE YOUNGER YOU ARE

- THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE TO BE - HPILIZED FOR COVID, SO MANY - YOUNG ADULTS ARE CATCHING THE - VIRUS THAT THERE ARE NOW MORE - PEOPLE AGE 18 TO 49 WHO HAVE - BEEN HZEOSPITATHAN PEOPLE - AGE 50 TO 64. - >> A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE - GETTING SICK. - RA>> Reporter: DR.K DOSHI - WORKS AT MEMORIAL HERMANN - HOSPITAL IN HOUS MN. - >> I'VE SETIPLE 20s, LOTS - OF 40s AND 50s THAT ARE OUT - THERE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE GETTING - SICK. - AND NOT DOING WELL. THE I.C.U. - >> Reporter: DOSHI SAYS PEOPLE - CAT ASSUME THEY'RE LOW RIS - JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUNG. - >> THERE IS A BIG DIFFEREE - BETWEEN RONOLOGICAL AGE AND - PHYSIOLOGICAL AGE. - THERE'S LOTS OF 30 YEAR OLDS WHO - ARE INACTIVE OR OBESE - PHYSIOLOGICALLY, MAYBE MORE LIKE - A 60 YEAR OLD. - >>eporter: AS A WHOLE, THERE - IS EVIDENCTHAT MILLENNIALS - AREN'T AS HEALTHY AS PAST - GENERAONS. - A BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD - ASSOCIATION SURVEY FOUND LAST - YEAR THAT PEOPLE BORN BETWEEN - 1981 AND 1996 ARE MORE LIKELY - THAN GEN X TO HAVE HEALTH

- CONDITIONS SUCH AS HIGH BLOOD - PRESSURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND - ABETES-- ALL RISK FACTORS FOR - VID-19. - BUT EVEN YOUNG, HEALTHY PEOPLE - HAVE GOTTEN SEVERE, AND EVEN - DEADLY, CASES OF COVID. - YVETTE PAZ IS A 30-YEAR-OLD - SINGLE MOM, ARMY VETERAN AND - HARD-CORE WORKOUT BUFF WHO LIVES - IN LOS ANGELES. - SHE DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT WHEN - SHE WOKE UP ONE DAY IN MARCH - WITH A SEARING HEADACHE. - >> I NOTICED A BURNING SENSATION - EYES AND A HEAVINESS IN MY - BODY, A VERY, VERY SORE FEELING, - ALMOST LIKE I HAD A REALLY,RE - LY BIG WORKOUT. - >> Reporter: THE SYMPTOMS GOT - WORSE. - SHE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID - AND WAS HOSPITALIZED THAT SAME - DAY. - SHE CHRONICLED HER EXPERIENCE ON - SOCIAL MEDIA. - >> MY DOCTOR JUST LEFT. - GHE JUST NOTIFIED ME THATSS - MY WHITE BLOOD CELLS HAVE BEEN - DROPPING REALLY FAST SINCE - YESTERDAY, WHICH IS A LITTLE - CONCERNING - >> Reporter: ONE NIGHT, SHE SAYS

- SHE FEARED FOR HER LIFE. - 'M IN THE HOSPITAL BED, - FEEL LIKE MY LUNGS NOW ARE - TOTALLY IMMOBILE. - I'M TRYING TO BREATHE. - I'M FRANTICALLY PUSHG THIS - BUTTON TO GET THE NURSE. - >> Reporter: SHE EVENTUALLY - CAUGHT HER BREATH AND WAS - RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER - A TOTAL OF FIVE DAYS. - THREE MONTHS ON, SHE'S FEELING - LINGERING SIDE EFFECTS. - >> I DO GET WINDED A LOT EASIER - THAN BEFORE. - >> Reporter: THAT'S COMMON AMONG - COVID PATIENTS, AND DOCTORS SAY - THEY ARE STILL LEARNING HOW - COVID-19 CAN CAUSE LONG-TERM - LUNG DAMAGE. - >> WE THINK THAT SOME OF THESE - PATIENTS MAY BEHAVE LIKE A GROUP - OF PATIENTS WITH LUNG FIBROSIS, - PULMONARY FIBROSIS OR - INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE. - >> Reporter: LAST MONTH, DR. - ANKIT BHARAT PERFORMED A DOUBLE - LUNG TRANSPLANT ON 28-YEAR-OLD - MAYRAAMIREZ AFTER SHE WAS - HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19. - >> IN THESE PATIENTS, WE SEE A - LOT OF BLEEDING INTO THE LUNGS, - BUT ALSO FORMATIONS.F BLOOD - CL - THY START TO FORM A LOT OF SCAR - TISSUE. - THERE O ARE A LCAVITIES THAT

- teRM INSIDE THE LUNGS. - >> Rep RAMIREZ HAS AN - AUTOIMMUNE CONDITION THAT MIGHT - HAVE MADE HER MORE SUSCEPTIBLE - TO THE VIRUS. - SHE HAS SINCE BER - RECOVERY. - >> SLOWLY BUT SURELY THINGS HAVE - GOTTEN A LOT TTER. - >> Reporter: BUT NEW RESEARCH - SHOWS VID CAN CAUSE LUNG - DAMAGE EVEN IN ASYMPTOMATIC - PATIENTS. - THEN, THERE'S THE MENTAL HEALTH - TOLL. - IN THE U.K., PCHIATRISTS HAVE - RECOMMENDED SCREENING COVID-19 - PATITS FOR POST TRAUMATIC - STRESS DISORDER. - YVETTE PAZ KNOWS FIRSTHAND HOW - TRAUMIZING COVID-19 CAN BE. - >> MENTALLY, IT'S HORRIBLE. - I MEAN, I WAS HAVING DREAMS - WHERE I DIED IN THE HOSPITAL. - >> Reporter: HER EXPERIENCE - BROUGHT BACK THE P.T.S.D. SHE - HAD FROM HER TIME IN THE - MILITARY. - AND IN RECT WEEKS, SHE'S - DEVELOPED AGORAPHOBIA, A FEAR OF - GOING OUTSIDE. - >> I WENT OUT TO A STORE ONE DAY - AND I WAS IN LINE AND I FREAKED - OUT AND I NOTICED THAT THIS WAS - HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. - SO THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN PLACES

- THAT I CAN GO TO WHERE I FEEL - SAFE. - >> Reporter: FOR PAZ, THE WORST - PART OF COVID-19 IS THE - UNCERTAINTY. - THE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHETHER - IT'S DAMAGED HER LUNGS FOR GOOD, - AND ABOUT WHETHER SHE COULD GET - DOCTORS SAY OVER THE LAST FEW - MONTHS, THEY'VE LEARNED HOW TO - TBETTER TRE VIRUS, BUT - THERE'S STILL A LOT THEY DON'T - KNOW. - >> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO - BEG WHETHER YOU'RE GO GET - REALLY SICK OR NOT. - ALL WE KNOW IS IT'S POSSIBLE. - THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. - THIS IS A BRAND NEW VIRUS. - THIS HAS NEVER AFFECTED THE - HUMAN RACE BEFORE. - >> Reporter: AND IT'S WHY - EXPERTS SAY,LL HUMANS, EVEN - UNG ONES SHOULD STAY ON GUARD. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - STEPHANIE SY. - >> Woodruff: LIFE AROUND THE - GLOBE FOR REFUGEES A MIGRANTS - FLEEING WAR, PERSECUTION, - CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECOMIC - MISFORTUNE ROUTINELY FIND

- THEMSELVES IN GREAT PERIL ALONG - MIGRANT TRAILS. - PERHAPS THE MOST PERILOUS PATH, - ANYWHERE: THROUGH THE DARIEN - GAP, A WILD, LAWLESS STRETCH - THAT STRADDLES COLOMBIA AND - PANAMA. - LAST FALL, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, - AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE - PULITZER CENTER, CORRESPONDENT - NADJA DROST AND VIDEOGRAPHER - BRUNO FEDERICO PUT THEMSELVES AT - GREAT RISK TO BRING US STORIES - OF PEOPLE RISKING EVERYTHING, TO - MAKE THEIR WAYS NORTH TOWARD THE - U.S. - AND A WARNING: THE IMAGES AND - ACCOUNTS IN THIS REPORT MAY - DISTURB SOME VIEWERS. - >>epter: WHERE SOUTH AMERICA - MEETS CENTRAL AMERICA, LIES ONE - IT'S ROAD-LESS, LAWLESS, ANDES. - ALMOST ENTIRELY UNINHABITED. - ITS NAME: THE DARIEN GAP. - UNDERNEATH THE SOARING JUNGLE - SKNOPY, MIGRANTS FROM AROUND THE - ARLD RIEATH CROSSING THE - JUNGLE, INESPERATE BID TO - REACH THE U.S. AND CANADA. - THEY HAVE NO MAP, AND NO - INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE IT

- THROUGH ONE OF THE W MOST - DANGEROUS MIGRATION ROUTES. - >> ( translated ): I WOULD LIKES - D SEND A MGE TO ANYONE WHO - IS THINKING NG THIS ROUTE, - IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. - IF I KNEW THIS, I WOULDN'T HAVE - DONE IT. - >> Reporter: MANY MIGRANTS SPEND - A WEEK OR EVEN TWO OTHIS TRAIL - BEFORE THEY REACH A VILLAGE, AND - SAFETY. - BUT THESE JOURNEYS STARTED LONG - BEFORE. - MIGRANTS, FROM ASIA, THE MIDDLE - EAST AND AFRICA FLEW INTO - ECUADOR OR BRAZIL, WHERE VIS - REQUIREMENTS ARE SOMEWHAT LAX. - HAITIANS ALSO USTHIS ROUTE AS - A SPRINGBOARD NORTH. - BUT TO GET FROM COLOMBIA TO - PANAMA, THEY HAVE TO CROSS THE - DARIEN GAP BY FOOT. - IT'S THE ONLY MISSING 66-MILE - BREAK IN THE PANAMERICAN - GHWAY FROM THE TIP OF - ARGENTINA UP TO ALASKA. - MIGRANTS GO FIRST TO THE END OF - THE ROAD IN COLOMBIA: THE PORT - TOWN OF NECOCLÍ, TO HEAD WEST - ALONG THE CARIBBEAN. - THE PASSENGER MANIFEST WAS - GLOBAL.

- MOST HAD LITTLE IDEA OF WH LAY - AHEAD. - THEY DOCK IN CAPURGANA, A - TOURIST TOWN, NOW A TRAILHEAD - FOR MIGRANTS HEADED INTO THE - DARIEN. - WE SET OUTJOIN UP WITH THE - MIGRANT TRAIL, AND REACHED A - MAKESHIFT MP WHERE SMUGGLERS - WAIT FOR MIGRANTS. - AT DUSK, A GROUP OF CAMEROONIANS - AND KISTANIS ARRIVED. - THEY WERE EXHAUSTED, AND - RELIEVED TO FIND THE LAST SPOT - N ON THE TRAIL WHERE THEY T - HOT FOOD. - IARNING BROKE WITH TORRENTL - RAIN. - THE DARIEN IS ONE OF THE WETTEST - PLACES ON THE ANET. - THE ENVIRONMENT COULD HARDLY BE - MORE DIFFERENT FROM THE HIGH - TAMOUNTAINS OF PAKTHIS GROUP - OF FRIENDS CALL HOME. - TARGETED OUR FAMILY FROM TIME TO - TIME. - THAT IS WHY I HAD TO LEFT MY - COUNTRY. - >> Reporter: WE PACKED OUR FOOD - FOR FIVE DAYS, AND WITH GUIDES - WE HIRED, FOLLOWED THE MIGRANTS - AS THEY SET OUT ON A DAY-LONG

- ASCENT OF A MOUNTAIN AHEAD. - THE STEEP AND SLIPPERY TERRAIN, - WAS TOUGH FOR EVERYONE. - BUT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WITH AN - INJURY. - THIS WOMAN, FROM CAMEROON, COULD - BARELY PUT WEIGHT ON HER KNEE. - EXHAUSTION TOOK OVER. - >> ( translat ): THE PAIN IS - TOO MUCH. - THE PAIN IS MORE THAN ME. - >> Reporter: UP THE MOUNTAIN, - THE SMUGGLER THE CAMEROONIANS - AND PAKISTAN HIRED DEMANDED - PAYMENT. - AS WE HIKED, YOUNG MEN, CARRYING - SQUARE BACKPACKS FILLED WITH - BRICKS OF COCAINE PASSED US. - WE WERE TOLD TO EXPECT THEIR - HEAVILY-ARMED SECU - PATROLLING, SO WE PUT OUR CAMERA - AWAY. - >> I WILL FALL. - AY AY AY. - >> COURAGE. - >> AY AY AY! - UP Reporter: AFTER A STEEP - DESCENT, THE GRO MADE IT TO - THIS RIVER. - D.EY WERE ALMOST OUT OF F - SMUGGLERS WON'T NTURE ANY - FARTHER INTO PANAMA, WHERE THEY - COULD FACE OVER A DECADE IN

- PRISON IF THEY'RE CAUGHT. - THIS SMUGGR, WHO DIDN'T WANT - HIS FACE SHOWN, WISHED SMUGGLERS - WEREN'T PROSECUTED SO THEY COULD - HELP MIGRANTS SAFELY COMPLETE - THEIR JOURNEY. - >> ( translated ): I'VE HAD TO - SEE MOTHERS WHO TELL THEIR - CHILDREN THEY CAN'T GO ON, TO - GIVE THEMSELVES UP TO GOD. - FOR ANYONE WHO HAS A FAMILY OR - KIDS, THAT BREAKS YOUR HEART. - >> Reporter: ANOTHER SMUGGLER, - WHO CAN'T BE IDENTIFIED, TOLD US - HE CAME ACROSS THIS MIGRANT, WHO - HAD BEEN INJURED AND SPENT TWO - WEEKS ON THIS MOUNTAINSIDEÉ - L CÓMO SE MOVIÁ? - >> ( translated ): HE WAS ONLY - CRAWLING, CRAWLI LIKE A CHILD. - IT'S COMMON, MOST PEOPLE WHO - INJURE THEMSELVES DIE, BECAUSE - THERE'S NO HELP FOR THEM. - >> Reporter: FROM HERE ON, - MIGRANTS ARE ON THEIR OWN. - THE NEXT MORNING, WE CAME ACROSS - AN CAMEROONIAN MAN. - INJURED, HE HAD BEEN LEFT BEHIND - BY HIS GROUP. - CAEN, FORGING AHEAD ALONE HE - FELL AND DISLOD HIS - SHOULDER. - OUR GUIDES POPPED IT BACK INTO - PLACE.

- HE WAS ONE OF MANY CAMEROONIANS - ON THIS TRAIL WHO DIDN'T WANT TO - NBE IDENTIFIED E, FLEEING AIC - BRUTAL CONIN HIS COUNTRY. - >> WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING FOR YOUR - SAFETY,OU DON'T CARE WHAT IS - IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU JUST WANT A - SAFE GROUND. - >> Reporter: JUST LIKE HIS GROUP - OF FRIENDS HAD, WE LEFT HIM - IT WAS HD TO LEAVE HIM BEHIND. - THE TRAIL AND RIVE WERE - LITTERED WITH SIGNS OF - DESPERATION. - BEFORE LONG, A LARGE GROUP OF - HAITIANS AND SRI LANKANS - APPEARED. - >> ( translated ): IT'S BEEN SIX - DAYS THAT WE'RE WALKING WITHOUT - STOPPING THE CHILDREN Y OF - HUNGER, THERE'S NO FOOD, THERE'S - NOTHING. - orter: THERE WAS NOTHING - ELSE FOR TM TO DO BUT TRY TO - GO AHEAD. - THESE HAITIANS HAD BEEN LIVING - LEGALLY IN BRAZIL OR CHILE. - AMONG THEM WERE SIX CHILDREN, - AND THREE PREGNANT WOMEN. - DUSK FELL AND THE HAITIANS MADE - CAMP HIGH ABOVE THE RIVER.

- IT WAS HARD TO FIND WOOD DRY - ENOUGH TO MAKE A FIRE. - AND EVEN HARDER TO FIND FOOD TO - COOK. - THE NIGHT'S CATCH: A FEW FISH. - ING SMUGGLERS OFTEN TELL - MIGRANTS THEY'RE ALMOST TO THEIR - DESTINATION WHICH IS WHY MANY, - LIKE DELICAT, HAD ALREADY TOSSED - THEIR CLOTHING AND FOOD. - >E > EAD IS FINISHED RIGHT - NOW. - HAVE NOTHING HERE. - BUT NOTHING. - >> Reporter: YOUR BIBLE. - >> YES, MY BIBLE AND MY BOOKS. - >> Reporter: WN BROKE AFTER A - NIGHT OF HEAVY RAIN. - THEY'VE BARELY SLEPT. - THEY ARE SOAKING WET AND VERY - HUNGRY BUTE ARE IN FACT WE ARE - STUCK HERE FOR NOW. - THAT'S BECAUSE OVERNIGHT THE - RAINADE THE RIVER RISE - DRAMATICALLY. - IT WAS TOO HIGH TO CROSS. - THE RIVERS OFTEN PULL CHILDREN

- FROM THEIR PARENTS' ARMS AND - SWEEP MIGRANTS TO THEIR DEATH. - MAROONED, WITH UNWELCOME TIME TO - THINK, WORRIES TOOK OVER THE - HAITIANS, LIKE ROSI BANTOUR. - >> ( translated ): SOMETIMES I - THINK THAT IF I WAS NOT THIS - POOR, I WOUN'T HAVE GOT INTO - THIS SITUATION. - EL>> Reporter: THE RIVER L - DROPPED, AND WE FINALLY SET OUT - AGAIN. - LATER WE WERE JOINED BY 15 - BANGLADESHI MEN, WITH NOTHING - BUT THE CLOTHES THEY WERE - WEARING. - THEY HAD BEEN ROBBED FOUR TIMES - N THE TRAIL OF EVERYTHING. - A MAN WE ARE CALLING SAEED, - BECAUSE HE IS SCARED TO BE - INTIFIED, EXPLAINED: - >> ( translated ): A GROUP OF - FIVE TO SEVEN MAFIAS CAME TO US. - THEY POINTED A GUN TOWARDS US - EVERYTHING.AY OUR BAGS AND - THEY LEFT NOTHING FOR US. - THEY EVEN TOOK AWAY OUR FOOD. - >> Reporter: THE RIVER WAS - DANGEROUSLY HIGH, AND WE CUT THE - THE NEXT MORNING, EIGHT MIGRANTS

- FROM HAITI AND GHANA WHO BEGAN - THE CROSSING WITH TLL HAITIANS - BUEHIND, SUDDENLY SHOWED - UP. - AMONG THEM, A WON AND HER - BOYFRIEND FROM HAITI, WERE - ROBBED BY BANDITS DAYS EARLIER. - ONE GRABBED THE BOYFRIEND'S ARM, - THATENING TO CUT IT WITH A - MACHETE. - CHARLIE PIERRE, FROM HAITI, - HELPED TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.> - > ( translated ): AFTER, THE - THIEF SAID, ¡GO OFF, AND LEAVE - AND SO HE'S WALKING, BUT LOOKING - BEHIND, AND SEES THESE GUYS - LOWERING HIS WIFE'S UNDERWEAR. - >> Reporter: ONE OF THE MEN - ASSAULTED HER, PENETRATING HER - INTIMATE PARTS WITH FINGERS, - LOOKING FOR DOLR BILLS THEY - SUSPECT MIGRANTS ONG. - LATER, WE HEARD MANY STORIES OF - THIS AND OTHER ABUSE ON THE - TRAIL. - AFTER ANOTHER NIGHT OF HEAVY - RAIN, THE RIVER IS VERY, VERY - HIGH, IT'S GOING TO BE RISKY TO - , BUT WE SIMPLY CAN NOT - WAIT ANY LONGER, BECAUSE WE HAVE - RUN OUT OF FOOD.

- PIERRE FOUND A PREGNANT HAITIAN - WOMAN HE HAD BEEN SEARCHING - FOR, AND WE GOT ON OUR WAY, - TRYING TO SIDESTEP THE RIVER. - >> Reporter: AFTER EIGHT DAYS ON - THE TRAIL, ROSINA BOATENG'S - FAMILY FROM GHANA HAD RUN OUT OF - FOOD. - >> WHEN IS IT GOING TO FINISH? - I LOST HOPE. - I REALLY LOST HOPE. - >> Reporter: STOMACHS WE - EMPTY, LEGS WERE QUIVERING. - BECAUSE THE RIVER WAS TOO HIGH,D - WE HAD TO MAKEOUR, WINDING - UP INTO THE FOREST, DIMMING ALIN - HOPES OF REAA SETTLEMENT - IN PANAMA BY NIGHT. - THE NEXT DAY, MINDS WERE RACING - WITH ONE QUESTIO WILL WE MAKE - IT OUT OF HERE? - THERE WERE FOREBODING REMIERS - OF THOSE WHO DID NOT.BU - THESE MIGRANTS JOINED THE - LEGIONS OF SURVIVORS CROSSING - THE DARIENAP. - AS THE RIVER OPENED UP, A DRIVER - AND HIS OUTBOARD CANOE APPEARED, - WE WERE ON OUR WAY, FINALLY, TO - A VILLAGE.

- THIS NIG, THE GROUP MADE ITS - WAY OUT OF THE DARIEN GAP, BUT - THE REST OF THEIR JOURNEY IS AS - OPAQUE ATHE BLACK WATERS - AHEAD. - FROM THE DARIEN GAP IN PANAMA, - I'M NADJA DROST FOTHE PBSRICO, - NEWSHOUR. - >> Woodruff: TOMORROW, NADJA - WILL REPORT ON THE UNEASY - WAITING GAME IN PANAMA FOR - TGRANTS WHO MAKE IT THROU - DARIEN GAP. - AND THAT'S THE NEWSHOUR FOR - TONIGHT. - JUDY WOODRUFF. - JO US ONLINE AND AGAIN HERE - TOMORROW EVENING. - FOR ALL OF US AT THE PBSUR - NEWSTHANK YOU, PLEASE STAY - SAFE, AND SEE YOU SOON. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY: - >> YOU CAN DO THE THINGS YOU - LIKE TO DO WITH A WIRELESS PLAN - DESIGNED FOR YOU. - CONSUMER CELLULAR.D DATA. - LEARN MORE AT - consumercellular.tv - >> WHEN THE WOTED GETS - COMPLI A LOT GOES THROUGH

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