PBS NewsHour; November 4, 2016 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

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>> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT:

>> IN FOUR DAYS, WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

>> I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE IN THE HOME OF THE STEELERS.

>> Woodruff: AS CANDIDATES MAKE THEIR FINAL PUSH THROUGH SWING STATES, WE ASK VOTERS IN THE BATTLEGROUND OF PENNSYLVANIA WHETHER THEY THINK THEIR VOTE COUNTS.ROUND OF PENNSYLVANIA THEN, DESPERATE FOR HEALTH CARE. SIX YEARS AFTER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WE LOOK AT ONE EFFORT TO HELP THOSE STILL IN NEED.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF POVERTY IN THIS AREA, AND THE COAL MINES WENT DOWN, AND THE JOBS HAVE GOTTEN REALLY BAD.

>> Woodruff: AND IT'S FRIDAY. MARK SHIELDS AND DAVID BROOKS ANALYZE THE LAST FULL WEEK OF NEWS BEFORE ELECTION DAY. ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S PBS NEWSHOUR.

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>> Woodruff: IT'S ALL ABOUT NUMBERS TONIGHT-- ECONOMIC AND ELECTORAL-- AS THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST COMES DOWN TO THE WIRE. LISA DESJARDINS BEGINS OUR COVERAGE, WITH FOUR DAYS TO GO.

>> Reporter: THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE 2016 RACE AND THE TWO CAMPAIGNS ARE OFF TO A LONG WEEKEND OF CRISSCROSSING THE BATTLEGROUND STATES. DONALD TRUMP STARTED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE-- WHERE HE'S NOW NECK- AND-NECK WITH HILLARY CLINTON, HOPING TO BREAK THROUGH HER ELECTORAL WALL OF USUALLY BLUE STATES. THE GRANITE STATE LAST VOTED REPUBLICAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2000.

>> WHEN YOU SEE THE RUSTED OUT FACTORIES AND EMPTY BUILDINGS, JUST REMEMBER THIS: HILLARY CLINTON'S POLICIES AND OTHER'S LIKE HER-- HER FRIENDS-- DID THIS TO US, ALL OF US. WE WILL STOP THE JOBS FROM LEAVING NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE THEFT OF AMERICAN PROSPERITY WILL END. THEY'VE TAKEN AWAY OUR PROSPERITY. FROM NOW ON IT'S GOING TO BE AMERICA FIRST.

>> Reporter: NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS THE NATION'S LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, BUT TRUMP MOVED ON TO MORE LIKELY ECONOMIC TERRITORY-- OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA. MEANWHILE SOME REMARKABLE FALLOUT INVOLVING WORDS TRUMP SAID YESTERDAY. HE TOLD CROWDS THAT HILLARY CLINTON WAS LIKELY TO BE PUT ON TRIAL FOR ACTIONS RELATED TO HER FOUNDATION AND E-MAIL. BUT THAT WAS BASED ON A FOX NEWS REPORT THAT HAS NOW BEEN SCUTTLED. BUT YESTERDAY, FOX NEWS ANCHOR BRET BAIER FULLY RETRACTED HIS STORY ALLEGING A "LIKELY CLINTON INDICTMENT," AND ISSUED THIS APOLOGY.

>> IT WAS A MISTAKE AND FOR THAT I'M SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE SAID THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THEIR CASE. "INDICTMENT" OBVIOUSLY IS A VERY LOADED WORD.

>> Reporter: FOR HER PART, HILLARY CLINTON FOCUSED TODAY ON HISTORICALLY DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLDS, REKINDLING HER ECONOMIC MESSAGE FOR MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASSES IN PITTSBURGH.

>> I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO GET INCOMES RISING FOR HARDWORKING PEOPLE-- WHETHER YOU WORK IN STEEL, WHETHER YOU WORK IN A FACTORY, WHERE YOU'RE A MACHINIST, A NURSE, A TEACHER, A FIREFIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, WHATEVER YOU ARE, YOU DESERVE TO BE PART OF A GROWING, THRIVING MIDDLE CLASS ECONOMY!

>> Reporter: FROM THERE, SHE WAS OFF TO AN AFTERNOON RALLY IN DETROIT: CLINTON'S LEAD IN MICHIGAN HAS NARROWED IN RECENT DAYS. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT OBAMA IN NORTH CAROLINA, CAMPAIGNING FOR CLINTON WAS INTERRUPTED BY A PROTESTOR DRESSED IN A UNIFORM. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF TRYING TO CALM HIS CROWED, HE URGED RESPECT.

>> WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT RESPECTS FREE SPEECH. SO SECOND OF ALL, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE HE MIGHT HAVE SERVED IN OUR MILITARY. WE NEED TO RESPECT THAT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, CLINTON IS ALSO HOPING TO ATTRACT VOTERS WITH THE HELP OF CELEBRITY SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING A CONCERT WITH JAY-Z IN CLEVELAND AND A RALLY WITH STEVIE WONDER IN PHILLY TONIGHT. BOTH CAMPAIGNS HAVE PACKED THE WEEKEND WITH EVENTS-- TRUMP APPEALING TO WHITE, WORKING CLASS VOTERS AND CLINTON HOPING TO BOOST MINORITY TURNOUT. FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M LISA DESJARDINS.

>> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER NEWS: THE LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT U.S. WORKERS SAW THEIR BEST PAY RAISES IN SEVEN YEARS LAST MONTH-- IN THE FINAL JOBS REPORT BEFORE THE ELECTION. IT FOUND THAT FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, U.S. EMPLOYERS ADDED A NET OF 161,000 JOBS, ROUNDING OUT WHAT OBSERVERS SAY ARE SIGNS OF A RESILIENT ECONOMY. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DIPPED A TENTH OF A POINT, TO 4.9%. GUILTY VERDICTS TODAY IN A SCANDAL THAT SHADOWED NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE IN HIS FAILED RUN FOR PRESIDENT. A FEDERAL JURY CONVICTED HIS FORMER AIDES BRIDGET KELLY AND BILL BARONI OF SHUTTING DOWN PARTS OF A MAJOR BRIDGE TO PUNISH A POLITICAL OPPONENT. AFTERWARD, BOTH SIDES ARGUED AGAIN OVER WHETHER CHRISTIE HIMSELF SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED. ATTORNEYS OFFICE SHOULD BE

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF IS WHERE THEY DECIDED TO DRAW THE LINE ON WHO TO CHARGE AND WHO NOT TO CHARGE. THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD BELIEF IN THEIR OWN CASE TO CHARGE POWERFUL PEOPLE AND THEY DID NOT.

>> THE EVIDENCE WE HAD THE PROVED PEOPLE GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT WAS SUFFICIENT TO INDICT AND CONVICT BILL BARONI AND BRIDGET KELLY, AND THAT'S THE INDICTMENT WE ASKED THE GRAND JURY TO RETURN.

>> Woodruff: IN A STATEMENT, CHRISTIE SAID AGAIN HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE BRIDGE CLOSURES UNTIL AFTER THE FACT. AND, HE PROMISED TO SPEAK OUT SOON ABOUT WHAT HE CALLED "THE LIES TOLD BY THE MEDIA AND IN THE COURTROOM." U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY THEY'VE PICKED UP INFORMATION THAT AL QAEDA MIGHT STAGE ATTACKS HERE ON ELECTION EVE. REPORTS TODAY SAID NEW YORK, TEXAS AND VIRGINIA WERE LISTED AS POSSIBLE TARGETS. BUT OFFICIALS WARN, THE INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN CORROBORATED. THREE U.S. MILITARY TRAINERS IN JORDAN WERE KILLED TODAY OUTSIDE A MILITARY BASE. IT HAPPENED NEAR THE SOUTHERN CITY OF MANN. THE AMERICANS WERE FIRED ON AS THEIR CAR TRIED TO ENTER THE BASE. IT IS NOT UNCLEAR WHAT PROMPTED THE SHOOTING. U.S. AND JORDANIAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING. THE POLITICAL PURGE IN TURKEY TOOK ANOTHER SHARP TURN TODAY: POLICE ROUNDED UP A DOZEN TOP KURDISH LAWMAKERS AS PART OF WHAT THEY'RE CALLING TERROR INVESTIGATIONS. THE ARRESTS SPARKED PROTESTS FROM ISTANBUL TO ANKARA, AND POLICE USED PEPPER SPRAY AND WATER CANNONS ON THE CROWDS. SUPPORTERS OF THE KURDISH LAWMAKERS CALLED THE ARRESTS "POLITICAL GENOCIDE".

>> ( translated ): THESE OPERATIONS ARE POLITICALLY DESIGNED BY THE STATE. AS YOU KNOW, THE PARLIAMENT WAS BY-PASSED AFTER THE COUP ATTEMPT. AND NOW, THE PARLIAMENT'S OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY STOPPED IN ILLEGAL AND ANTI- DEMOCRATIC WAY. THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO CREATE AN AUTHORITARIAN TURKEY.

>> Woodruff: HOURS AFTER THE ARRESTS, A CAR BOMB KILLED NINE PEOPLE AND WOUNDED SCORES MORE IN THE CITY OF DIYARBAKIR IN THE KURDISH SOUTHEAST. THE IRAQI MILITARY LAUNCHED A NEW ASSAULT INTO EASTERN MOSUL TODAY, TOUCHING OFF SOME OF THE FIERCEST FIGHTING YET. TANKS BLASTED ISLAMIC STATE POSITIONS AND SPECIAL FORCES CAPTURED SIX DISTRICTS. ISIS FOUGHT BACK WITH ROCKETS, MORTARS AND SUICIDE CAR BOMBS. IN INDONESIA: A MASS PROTEST BY HARD-LINE MUSLIMS TURNED VIOLENT LATE TODAY IN JAKARTA. AT LEAST ONE PERSON DIED AND SEVEN WERE HURT. AN ESTIMATED 150,000 PEOPLE DEMANDED THE CITY'S CHRISTIAN GOVERNOR BE ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY INSULTING THE KORAN. AS THE DAY WORE ON, CLASHES BROKE OUT, AND POLICE FIRED TEAR GAS AND WATER CANNONS. THE BESIEGED PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA MADE AN EMOTIONAL APOLOGY TODAY FOR AN INFLUENCE-PEDDLING SCANDAL. IT STEMS FROM ALLEGATIONS THAT PARK GEUN-HYE LET A CLOSE CONFIDANTE MEDDLE IN STATE AFFAIRS. ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, PARK CALLED THE SCANDAL "HEARTBREAKING" AND SAID SHE ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY, WHILE DENYING SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS. PARK'S APPROVAL RATING HAS FALLEN TO 5%, AND SHE'S UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE TO RESIGN. BACK IN THIS COUNTRY: A FEDERAL JURY TODAY HAS FOUND A "ROLLING STONE" MAGAZINE STORY ABOUT A GANG RAPE DEFAMED AN ADMINISTRATOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. THE STORY HAS SINCE BEEN DISCREDITED. THE OFFICIAL SUED THE MAGAZINE, ITS PUBLISHER AND THE REPORTER. THE JURY NOW DECIDES WHETHER TO AWARD HER $7.5 MILLION IN DAMAGES. HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAS CANCELED THE REST OF ITS MEN'S SOCCER SEASON OVER SEXUAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE WOMEN'S TEAM. AN INVESTIGATION FOUND MEMBERS OF THE MEN'S SQUAD ROUTINELY RATED FEMALE PLAYERS ON APPEARANCE, AND MADE LEWD COMMENTS. THEY CALLED IT THE "SCOUTING REPORT" AND PUT IT ONLINE. OFFICIALS SAY IT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE AT LEAST 2012. WALL STREET STUMBLED FOR A NINTH DAY-- ITS LONGEST LOSING STREAK SINCE 1980. ANALYSTS CITED JITTERS OVER DONALD TRUMP'S ECONOMIC POLICIES, AS HE MAKES LATE GAINS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE LOST 42 POINTS TO CLOSE AT 17,888. THE NASDAQ FELL 12 POINTS, AND THE S&P 500 SLIPPED THREE. AND CHICAGO TURNED OUT TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE CUBS' FIRST WORLD SERIES SINCE 1908. THE CHICAGO RIVER WAS DYED BLUE IN THEIR HONOR, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS CHEERED THE TEAM. THE PLAYERS PARADED FROM WRIGLEY FIELD TO A RALLY DOWNTOWN. STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: STRATEGISTS WEIGH IN ON WHAT EACH CAMPAIGN NEEDS TO DO IN THE FINAL PUSH TO ELECTION DAY, HOW VOTERS IN THE SWING STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA VIEW THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTION, A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WITH FEW PLACE TO TURN FOR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND MUCH MORE.

>> Woodruff: WITH 72 HOURS TO GO, THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE MAKING THEIR FINAL PITCH TO VOTERS THIS WEEKEND. TO SIZE UP THE RACE I'M JOINED BY TWO CAMPAIGN VETERANS. JIM MESSINA IS THE C.E.O. OF THE MESSINA GROUP, HE SERVED AS CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR PRESIDENT BAMA IN 2012. AND MATTHEW DOWD, FORMER CHIEF STRATEGIST FOR GEORGE W. BUSH IN 2004, NOW A POLITICAL ANALYST FOR ABC NEWS. AND WE WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO THE PROGRAM. SO I'LL ASK YOU BOTH TO PUT YOURSELF IN THE SHOES OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE RUNNING THE CLINTON AND TRUMP CAMPAIGNS THIS YEAR. JIM MESSINA, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW?

>> WE HAVE ABOUT 102 HOURS BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE, JUDY. SO YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, GETTING OUT YOUR VOTE, MAKING SURE WHAT WE CALL THE SPORADIC VOTERS ABSOLUTELY VOTE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE SPENT TWO YEARS BUILDING FIELD DATA AND RESOURCES TO TARGET THESE PEOPLE TO TURN OUT THEIR VOTE. THE SECOND EQUALLY CRUCIAL THING IS WE'RE SITTING HERE WITH 5% TO 7% OF AMERICA WHO IS UNDECIDED. OUR RESEARCH SHOWS CLEARLY THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE INFLUENCED BY WHAT THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SAYING, YOU'RE TARGETING THOSE VOTERS WITH A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES TO MOVE YOUR MESSAGE IN THESE LAST 200 HOURS.

>> Woodruff: MATTHEW DOWD, YOU'RE RUNNING ONE OF THESE CAMPAIGNS. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?

>> WELL, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT OBJECTIVELY, RIGHT NOW THE RACE LEANS IN HILLARY'S DIRECTION. I THINK THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES IN PLAY. TODAY IF THE ELECTION WERE HELD, HE WOULD WIN THE PRESIDENCY. SO FIRST, SHE WANTS TO DO NO HARM, MAKE SURE NO MISTAKES ARE MADE. I AGREE WITH JIM, THEY WANT TO EMPLOY AND ENGAGE THEIR STRATEGY THAT WILL BE THE LAST 72 AND 90 HOURS OF THIS RACE AND TURN OUT THE VOTE AND IF SHE DOES THAT, SHE WINS THE RACE. FOR DONALD TRUMP, HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A FEW CHANCES TO OVERCOME THAT SMALL AMOUNT THAT EXISTS IN THE REESE AND HOPE SOMETHING BREAKS SO HE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT IN THE NEXT 28 TO 48 HOURS. IT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION TORE DONALD TRUMP THAN HILLARY CLINTON.

>> Woodruff: FOR SOMETHING TO BREAK IN THE LAST -- WE'VE ALREADY SEEN BREAKS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS BUT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE ELECTION AT THIS POINT?

>> ONE, AS WE TALKED EARLIER, TURNOUT MATTERS. IF WE HAVE HISTORIC TURNOUT IN WHITE PRECINCTS LIKE MATHEW HELPED PRESIDENT BUSH DO IN 2004, THAT COULD CHANGE THE RACE. PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES. THINGS HAPPEN. WORLD EVENTS HAPPEN. RIGHT BEFORE THE BREXIT VOTE, THERE WAS AN INTERNAL TERRORISM INCIDENT IN THE U.K. THAT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED THE RACE. SO YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU'VE GOT TO BE READY FOR WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY STICK TO YOUR MESSAGE. MATHEW'S RIGHT, SHE'S GOT TO TURN HER VOTE OUT AND STAY DISCIPLINED. I THINK SHE'S RUNNING THE RIGHT KIND OF CAMPAIGN TO DO THAT. DONALD TRUMP IS RUNNING A MUCH DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN. I DON'T THINK THE WORD DISCIPLINE HAS EVER COME TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF HIM. HE'S AT HIS BEST WHEN HE GOES STRAIGHT AT IT. I THINK HE'S GOING TO TRY TO CAUSE A LITTLE STIR AND PUSH HARD HERE AND YOU SAW HIM YESTERDAY GO RIGHT AFTER IT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A WILD AND WOOLLY FINAL FOUR DAYS HERE.

>> Woodruff: MATTHEW DOWD, IS THAT WHAT YOU EXPECT THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE SAID BY DONALD TRUMP OR THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF SOME PLACE WE DON'T EXPECT THAT COULD CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY AT THIS POINT?

>> WELL, WE DEFINITELY KNOW DONALD TRUMP WILL SAY THINGS IN THIS THAT, AS JIM SAYS, ARE UNDISCIPLINED THAT WOULD NORMALLY ROCK ANY OTHER CAMPAIGN WHICH HE PROBABLY HAS DONE IS HUNDRED TIMES IN THE LAST 200 DAYS. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT. THAT'S USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS. THE COMEY REPORT THAT HAPPENED A WEEK OR SO AGO THAT ADJUSTED THE RACE TO HILLARY CLINTON'S DISADVANTAGE BY ABOUT 2 POINTS, SO SHE STILL HAS A SOLID BUT SMALL LEAD IN THIS. BUT IT WILL COME DOWN TO EMPLOYING THE STRATEGY YOU NEED. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WILL FUNDAMENTALLY ADJUST THIS RACE. ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS IN THIS, JUDY, IS IF HILLARY CLINTON WINS THIS RACE, SHE WILL WIN IT WITH THE MOST DIVERSE COWLINGS ANYBODY'S EVER BEEN ELECT BID IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY. SHE WILL HAVE THE MOST DIVERSE COALITION THAN ANYBODY'S EVER -- EVEN MORE DIVERSE THAN BARACK OBAMA IN 2012 AND 2008.

>> Woodruff: JIM MESSINA, YOU WROTE A COLUMN FOR THE "NEW YORK TIMES" YESTERDAY WHERE YOU SAID YOU REALLY DISLIKE NATIONAL POLLS AND REFER TO SOMETHING YOU CALL THE GOLDEN REPORT THAT YOU TRUSTED WHEN BARACK OBAMA LAST WON AN ELECTION. WHAT EXACTLY WAS THAT?

>> WELL, JUDY, JUST TO CORRECT YOU, I SAID I HATE PUBLIC POLLS. I THINK THEY'RE THE WORST THINGS IN THE WORLD BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG. BUT IN THE OBAMA 2012 CAMPAIGN AND TO THIS DAY, WE DO 62,000 COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF THE ELECTION, SIMULATE EVERY POSSIBLE VARIANCE, TURNOUT NUMBERS, ECONOMY INCIDENTS MATHEW WAS TALKING ABOUT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND WE FOLLOW THAT MORE THAN PUBLIC POLES. I HAD A ROLE IN THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN, IF YOU LOOKED AT PUBLIC POLLS I WOULD FIRE YOU, BAYS IT WAS A SILLY WASTE OF TIME. PEOPLE HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED. WHAT THE GOLDEN REPORT ALLOWS YOU TO DO IS LOOK AT THE VOTERS THAT REALLY MATTER AND WHICH STATES ARE UP FOR GRABS, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A NATIONAL RACE NOW. EIGHT TO TEN STATES ARE REALLY GOING TO DECIDE THIS ELECTION AND YOU HAVE 102 HOURS TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME. SO THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T GET MORE OF IS TIME. SO EACH CAMPAIGN HAS TO BE VERY STRUCTURED AND DISCIPLINED IN WHAT THEY DO. DONALD TRUMP AGAIN USING HIS NON-DISCIPLINED CAMPAIGN. DOESN'T BELIEVE IN DATA, HASN'T DONE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. HE'S JUST MAKING AN ARGUMENT TO THE COUNTRY WHEREAS YOU SEE THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN BE VERY STRATEGIC INCOME HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR TIME.

>> Woodruff: VERY QUIRKILY, JIM MESSINA, DOES HILLARY CLINTON HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT NOW?

>> I THINK HER CASM PAIN MANAGER ROBBY MOOK HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AT BUILDING IT.

>> Woodruff: DOES DONALD TRUMP HAVE ANYTHING CLOSE?

>> NO, THE HUGE ADVANTAGE IN ELECTION DAY IS HILLARY CLINTON -- WIN THING I SLIGHTLY DISAGREE WITH IS I'M GNOSTIC ABOUT PUBLIC TOLLS POLLS. IN 2004, GEORGE BUSH CALLED ME UP ON ELECTION MORNING AND I SAID HE WOULD WIN BY 2 TO 3 POINTS. HE WON BY 2.5 IN THE RACE. THAT WAS BASED ON ALL THE THINGS JIM SAID. BUT FOR VIEWERS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO STUFF WE HAVE ACCESS TO, I WOULD COUNSEL LOOK AT A BROAD AVERAGE OF THE NATIONAL POLLS AND THAT TELLS YOU WHAT'S GOING ON. THE STATE POLLS ARE LAGGING INDICATORS OF WHERE THIS RACE IS.

>> Woodruff: WE'RE HEARING IT FROM BOTH YOU HAVE AND WE'LL TALK TO YOU AGAIN AFTER THE ELECTION. MATTHEW DOWD, JIM MESSINA, GREAT TO SEE BOTH OF YOU.

>> THANKS. , JUDY.

>> Woodruff: MEANTIME, ALLEGATIONS OF WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD ARE NOTHING NEW, BUT THEY'VE TAKEN ON A RENEWED INTENSITY IN THIS CAMPAIGN. WHILE THERE'S VIRTUALLY NO EVIDENCE FOR THE CLAIMS, DONALD TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS INSIST THE VOTING PROCESS IS RIGGED. WILLIAM BRANGHAM TAKES A LOOK AT THOSE ACCUSATIONS-- AND HOW THEY'RE BEING HEARD BY THE ACCUSED-- IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

>> Reporter: THIS PAST WEEKEND IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, A GROUP OF DONALD TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS STAGED A RALLY AT A BUSY INTERSECTION.

>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!

>> I'M HERE TO SUPPORT TRUMP, AND PRAY THAT HILLARY GOES TO PRISON FOR ALL THAT SHE HAS DONE.

>> Reporter: THESE VOTERS ARGUE TRUMP IS EXACTLY WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS RIGHT NOW, AND THEY THINK THE MEDIA ISN'T TREATING HIM FAIRLY, AND IS OVERLOOKING HILLARY CLINTON'S FLAWS. MANY ARE ALSO DEEPLY SUSPICIOUS THAT THE ELECTION IS SOMEHOW GOING TO BE STOLEN FROM THEM.

>> I THINK THE MACHINES ARE RIGGED. I WATCHED ON YOUTUBE HOW THEY RIG THE MACHINES. THERE'S BEEN INSTANCES THIS YEAR ALREADY OF MACHINES BEING RIGGED WHERE YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN, AND IT TURNS UP DEMOCRAT. WE'RE GOING TO WATCH PENNSYLVANIA GO DOWN TO CERTAIN AREAS AND WATCH AND STUDY AND MAKE SURE OTHER PEOPLE DON'T COME IN AND VOTE FIVE TIMES.

>> Reporter: THERE'S NO EVIDENCE FOR THE KIND OF WIDESPREAD FRAUDULENT VOTING THAT TRUMP SAYS IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. BUT HIS SUPPORTERS-- PEOPLE LIKE TOM CARROLL-- SAY IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE RIGGED VOTING OCCURS, JUST LOOK AT PHILADELPHIA.

>> IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGGED. PHILADELPHIA IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE WARDS, IN 2012 THAT HAD MORE THAN 100% TURNOUT-

>> IN PHILADELPHIA, THERE WERE 17 DISTRICTS WHERE THERE WERE 100% OBAMA VOTES, WHICH IS STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS 'EXHIBIT A' FOR THEIR CASE. IN THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BETWEEN PRESIDENT OBAMA AND GOVERNOR ROMNEY, OBAMA WON PENNSYLVANIA, GETTING ALMOST THREE MILLION VOTES, COMPARED TO ROMNEY'S 2.6 MILLION. BUT, IN PHILADELPHIA IN THESE 59 DIVISIONS-- KNOWN AS PRECINCTS IN MOST PLACES-- NOT ONE SINGLE VOTE WAS RECORDED FOR MITT ROMNEY. NOT ONE. OBAMA RECEIVED 100% OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTES.

>> I WAS STRUCK THE SAME WAY THAT ANYONE ELSE WAS IN WONDERING, HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY OCCUR? SO THIS IS THE VOTING SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN PHILADELPHIA.

>> Reporter: AL SCHMIDT IS ON THE COMMISSION THAT RUNS AND OVERSEES ELECTIONS IN PHILADELPHIA-- HE'S THE ONLY REPUBLICAN ON THE THREE PERSON PANEL. AFTER THAT ELECTION, HE INVESTIGATED: WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT NO ONE IN THOSE DIVISIONS VOTED FOR MITT ROMNEY?

>> I RAN AROUND THE CITY TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT PRECINCTS TO LOOK AT HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY OCCUR. WE WERE CHASING DOWN MEMBERS OF THE MINORITY PARTY AND ASKING, "DID YOU IN FACT CAST YOUR VOTE THIS WAY?" YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL US, BUT WE'RE LOOKING INTO THIS AND WE DIDN'T FIND A SINGLE ONE.

>> Reporter: SO YOU WENT AROUND THOSE AREAS TRYING TO FIND ROMNEY VOTERS AND COULDN'T FIND ANY?

>> CORRECT.

>> Reporter: SCHMIDT SAYS THESE PARTICULAR PRECINCTS ARE VERY SMALL, THEY'RE ALMOST ALL BLACK, AND PRESIDENT OBAMA REMAINS HUGELY POPULAR. IN FACT, JOHN McCAIN-- BACK IN THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL RACE-- GOT LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN THESE SAME AREAS. AND SO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THE FACT THAT THERE WERE NO ROMNEY VOTES IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS, IS NOT EVIDENCE THAT SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE WAS TAKING ROMNEY VOTES AND THROWING THEM IN THE TRASH?

>> CORRECT, AND EVEN IF YOU SET ASIDE EVERYTHING THAT I JUST SAID-- ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE COULDN'T FIND ANYONE WHO VOTED FOR HIM-- THE PRECINCTS ARE VERY SMALL, SO THE ELECTORATE THERE IS VERY SIMILAR, YOU CAN'T SUBTRACT VOTES FROM OUR VOTING MACHINES, PERIOD.

>> Reporter: YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT?

>> YOU CAN'T.

>> BUT IN INNER CITY PHILADELPHIA, MITT ROMNEY GOT ZERO VOTES...

>> Reporter: BUT STILL, THAT'S NOT HOW THE STORY IS PERCEIVED AMONG TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS, AND CERTAIN PARTS OF THE MEDIA. FOX NEWS HAS CITED PHILADELPHIA'S 2012 RESULTS AS CLEAR EVIDENCE OF FRAUD NUMEROUS TIMES. SAME WITH OTHER POPULAR CONSERVATIVE WEBSITES LIKE BREITBART, INFOWARS, THE BLAZE-- THEY ALL IMPLY VOTES WERE STOLEN. TRUMP SUPPORTER AUDREY STREIN IS ONE OF THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD. ONE POLL SHOWED THAT 49% OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE NOT CONFIDENT THE VOTE WILL BE COUNTED ACCURATELY, COMPARED TO JUST 18% OF CLINTON SUPPORTERS.

>> IF WE OUTNUMBER AND GET EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND VOTE, WE CAN OVERCOME ANY OF THE ANTICIPATED VOTER FRAUD.

>> Reporter: WHEN SHE'S NOT RUNNING HER ROOFING COMPANY, THIS MOTHER OF THREE-- WEARING HER "ADORABLE DEPLORABLE" T- SHIRT-- TRIES TO PERSUADE UNDECIDED VOTERS. SHE SAYS VOTING FRAUD WON'T BE A PROBLEM IN HER SMALL TOWN OF JAMISON, PENNSYLVANIA, BUT SHE'S SUSPICIOUS ABOUT URBAN AREAS LIKE PHILADELPHIA.

>> IN CITIES, YOU GET MORE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, WHEN YOU HABE A DOMINANT PARTY-- THE DEMOCRATS-- THERE'S NO ONE WATCHING THE HENHOUSE.

>> Reporter: TO UNDERSTAND HOW ACCUSATIONS OF POSSIBLE FRAUD ARE BEING HEARD, WE TALKED WITH VOTERS IN WEST PHILADELPHIA, THE SAME PLACE WHERE ROMNEY RECEIVED ZERO VOTES FOUR YEARS AGO. MANY SAW THESE ACCUSATIONS AS AN ATTEMPT AT VOTER SUPPRESSION.

>> THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL IN THIS RACE WHO WANTS TO MAKE THE PROCESS SO DIRTY, WANTS TO TURN PEOPLE OFF FROM THE PROCESS, HE FEELS THAT'S HIS PATH TO VICTORY. BECAUSE HIS VOTERS ARE SO FIRED UP, THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT REGARDLESS-- RAIN, SLEET, SNOW, HELL OR HIGH WATER, RETURN TO JESUS, THEY'RE GONNA VOTE.

>> IT GOES BACK TO WORLD WAR II, AND JOSEPH GOEBBELS AND HITLER IN THE '30S: TELL THE BIGGEST LIE YOU CAN, AS LOUD AS YOU CAN, FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN, AND EVENTUALLY, SOMEONE WILL START TO BELIEVE IT.

>> Reporter: GREG SPEARMAN IS THE DEMOCRATIC WARD LEADER FOR THIS AREA. HE WAS HERE IN 2012, AND HE'LL BE HERE AGAIN NEXT WEEK ON ELECTION DAY. I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE RACIAL UNDERTONES OF THESE ACCUSATIONS. IT'S USUALLY WHITE REPUBLICANS SAYING THIS ABOUT MINORITY VOTING DISTRICTS.

>> SURE.

>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK RACE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS?

>> SURE! RACE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MOST THINGS IN AMERICA. I THINK THAT'S THE FIRE THAT TRUMP IS STOKING. HIS BUZZWORDS ARE TARGETED FOR THAT MINDSET.

>> Reporter: DAVID THORNBURGH IS PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. OF THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY, A GROUP IN PHILADELPHIA DEDICATED TO ENSURING CLEAN AND FAIR ELECTIONS.

>> AND WHAT WE REALLY HAVE IN TERMS OF OUR SENSE OF ELECTION FRAUD IS A SERIES OF ANECDOTES. YOU ADD ALL THOSE UP AND IT DOESN'T CONSTITUTE THE SAME KIND OF MASSIVE, SYSTEMIC FRAUD THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS ASSERTING IS OUT THERE.

>> Reporter: PHILADELPHIA ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER AND REPUBLICAN AL SCHMIDT SAYS HE HAS DOCUMENTED ISOLATED CASES OF VOTER FRAUD. HE WROTE THIS REPORT ON EXAMPLES FROM THE 2012 PRIMARY ELECTION. PHILADELPHIA INDICTED TEN PEOPLE FOR VOTER FRAUD SINCE THE REPORT WAS PUBLISHED. THEY AMOUNTED TO A DOZEN VOTES BEING IMPROPERLY CAST ACROSS THE CITY.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL CASES OF VOTER FRAUD AND ALLEGATIONS OF WIDESPREAD, SYSTEMATIC VOTE RIGGING, WHICH AND NO ONE FINDING OUT ABOUT IT, DESPITE IT CHANGING THE OUTCOME OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THAT'S PRETTY FAR-FETCHED.

>> Reporter: THE CLINTON AND TRUMP CAMPAIGNS SAY THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING TO ENSURE THE LEGITIMACY OF THIS ELECTION-- BOTH NATIONWIDE, AND IN THIS CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATE. LAWYERS AND POLL MONITORS FROM BOTH PARTIES WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE NEXT TUESDAY. BUT FOR BLACK VOTERS HERE IN PHILADELPHIA, THE ACCUSATION THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED FRAUD-- AND WILL DO SO AGAIN-- IS PAINFULLY FAMILIAR.

>> BEING A MINORITY, YOU EXPECT IT. IT JUST COMES WITH SKIN COLOR AND WHERE YOU LIVE, SO AFTER A THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.

>> Reporter: FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M WILLIAM BRANGHAM IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

>> Woodruff: THE FATE OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IS AT STAKE IN TUESDAY'S ELECTION. MORE THAN 20 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE GAINED COVERAGE THROUGH THE HEALTH CARE LAW. BUT AS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SARAH VARNEY REPORTS, LARGE GAPS STILL EXIST. OUR STORY, PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNER KAISER HEALTH NEWS, BEGINS IN GRUNDY, VIRGINIA AT A CLINIC RUN BY A NONPROFIT CALLED REMOTE AREA MEDICAL. IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S STILL SURPRISINGLY NECESSARY IN 2016.

>> Reporter: SANDRA COOK GOT IN LINE MIDDAY ON A RECENT FRIDAY FOR DENTAL CARE THAT SHE WOULDN'T RECEIVE UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING. HUNDREDS MORE LIKE HER SHOWED UP AT RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GRUNDY, VIRGINIA JUST AS VOLUNTEERS WERE ARRIVING BY THE HUNDREDS TO TURN THE SCHOOL INTO A MAKESHIFT CLINIC. MANY PEOPLE HERE IN THIS SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF VIRGINIA STRUGGLE TO PAY FOR EVERYDAY NEEDS AND THAT INCLUDES BASIC HEALTH CARE.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF POVERTY IN THIS AREA, AND THE COAL MINES WENT DOWN, AND THE JOBS HAVE GOTTEN REALLY BAD.

>> ABOUT EVERYBODY YOU TALK TO, A LOT OF PEOPLE AIN'T GOT NO INSURANCE OR NO INCOME, AND THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE THEY CAN COME TO.

>> Reporter: JUST NEXT TO THE LINE, TREY JUSTICE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND SET UP A TENT, AFTER WALKING FOR FIVE HOURS TO GET HERE.

>> MY TEETH AND MY EYES ARE REALLY BAD. I GOT RAN OVER ABOUT FOUR YEAR AGO. DON'T HAVE NO DOCTORS, NO INSURANCE.

>> Reporter: SIX YEARS AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT-- AND DESPITE 20 MILLION MORE AMERICANS GAINING HEALTH INSURANCE-- CONSIDERABLE GAPS IN HEALTH CARE REMAIN. THE DECISION BY STATES LIKE VIRGINIA NOT TO EXPAND MEDICAID AND THE LACK OF DENTAL AND VISION COVERAGE EVEN FOR THOSE WITH INSURANCE HAS MEANT THAT SCENES LIKE THIS ARE STILL PLAYING OUT.

>> IF YOU'RE HERE TO SEE THE DENTIST, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

>> Reporter: THE NEXT MORNING, THE SUN HAD YET TO RISE WHEN STAN BROCK CALLED OUT THE FIRST NUMBERS.

>> WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU IN 20 AT A TIME AND THERE'S NO REASON TO RUSH, OKAY? 20 AT A TIME.

>> Reporter: BROCK FOUNDED REMOTE AREA MEDICAL IN 1985 TO BRING HEALTHCARE TO PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. BUT HE EXPANDED THE PROJECT TO THE U.S. WHEN HE REALIZED THE DEPTH OF THE NEED HERE. OVER THE WEEKEND, NEARLY 1,000 TEETH WILL BE PULLED, SOME 400 PAIRS OF EYEGLASSES MADE AND MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES DELIVERED. GARY OWENS WAS ONE OF THOSE WORKERS LAID OFF FROM THE COAL MINES. AT 55, HE'S UNINSURED. HE TELLS THE VOLUNTEER DOCTOR THAT HIS HANDS FEEL NUMB, HIS FEET BURN AND OLD JOB INJURIES PLAGUE HIM.

>> I HURT. I MEAN, I HURT.

>> Reporter: OWENS HAS PAID OUT OF POCKET IN THE PAST FOR HEALTH CARE, BUT HE'S BEEN UNABLE TO AFFORD THE BLOOD TESTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM. THE DOCTORS HERE WORRY THE REASON HE RECENTLY LOST 25 POUNDS IS THAT HE MIGHT HAVE CANCER. IF OWENS LIVED JUST 15 MILES AWAY IN KENTUCKY OR WEST VIRGINIA, HE'D BE COVERED. STATE LINES ARE NOW OFTEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POOR PEOPLE HAVING HEALTH INSURANCE OR NOT. AFTER KENTUCKY EXPANDED MEDICAID UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, THE PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED POOR ADULTS DROPPED FROM 40% TO 23% IN ONE YEAR. BUT IN VIRGINIA, WHICH HASN'T EXPANDED MEDICAID, MANY LOW INCOME ADULTS ARE STILL LEFT TO RELY ON CHARITY CARE AND REMOTE AREA MEDICAL IS THE MOST VISIBLE AND DRAMATIC. STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT PEOPLE IN MEDICAID EXPANSION STATES ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A REGULAR DOCTOR, GET VACCINATED AND RECEIVE TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC DISEASES. BUT IN STATES LIKE VIRGINIA, UNINSURED POOR ADULTS OFTEN MUST TURN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHEN THEY NEED HELP. BACK AT THE SCHOOL, VOLUNTEER NURSE DOREEN FACEY-BIGGS SAYS THE CHOICES PEOPLE FACE SEEM AT ODDS WITH AMERICA'S STANDING IN THE WORLD.

>> I'M FROM JAMAICA. I'VE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY A LONG TIME, BUT I'M STILL AMAZED AT THE DIFFERENCES AND THE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES. THAT IN THIS RICH COUNTRY, THIS FIRST-WORLD COUNTRY, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE NO INSURANCE.

>> Reporter: THAT'S THE CASE FOR JAMES LOVE. HE LIVES ALONG A MOUNTAIN ROAD WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO ADULT CHILDREN, TENDING TO HIS ANIMALS AND WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS TO PAY THE BILLS. NO ONE IN THE FAMILY HAS HEALTH COVERAGE. THEY RELY ON THE REMOTE AREA MEDICAL EVENTS EACH YEAR FOR NEARLY ALL OF HIS DENTAL AND VISION CARE. LOVE HAS TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES WHEN IT COMES TO PAYING FOR MEDICATIONS.

>> YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD, AND YOU NOT ONLY HAVE TO DO IT FOR YOU, YOUR WIFE, YOUR CHILDREN, SOMETIMES YOUR GRANDPARENTS, YOUR PARENTS.

>> Reporter: THE DISMAL HEALTH CONDITIONS HERE ARE WIDESPREAD. DIABETES, HEART DISEASE AND STROKE ARE ENDEMIC AND SMOKING AND CANCER DEATHS FAR EXCEED NATIONAL LEVELS. BUT THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINT IS PAINFUL, ROTTING TEETH. MATT KEENE HAD SIX TEETH PULLED AT LAST YEAR'S FREE CLINIC AND HE'S BACK TO HAVE ANOTHER DOZEN REMOVED. AT 24 YEARS OLD, HE FEELS A SHARP PAIN WHEN HE EATS OR DRINKS. STAN BROCK SAYS HIS POP-UP CLINICS AROUND THE COUNTRY CONTINUE TO OVERFLOW BECAUSE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND PUBLIC INSURANCE PROGRAMS DON'T COVER DENTISTRY.

>> THEY NEED TO FIX THAT. IT WAS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT IT MISSED OUT ON THE THING THAT REALLY LEADS TO A LOT OF PROBLEMS, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, AND SO ON, ALL EMANATE FROM THINGS LIKE BAD TEETH.

>> Reporter: BUT IT'S NOT JUST INSURANCE, POOR HEALTH HABITS AND POVERTY ARE BIG FACTORS, TOO, SAYS DR. TERRY DICKINSON, HEAD OF THE VIRGINIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION AND A LONGTIME VOLUNTEER.

>> THE MOST PRODUCT THAT THEY CAN BUY IS USUALLY THE WORST FOR YOU, THE HIGHLY PROCESSED FOODS, THAT'S THE HIGHLY SUGARED DRINKS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT GOOD FOR YOU EITHER HEALTH WISE OR DENTAL WISE. SO IT'S THIS KIND OF CONGLOMERATION OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING AROUND IN THEIR LIVES, THAT IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO BREAK INTO THAT CYCLE, BECAUSE IT'S ECONOMIC, IT'S CULTURE, IT'S EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE JESSE CHARLES ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHY THAT CYCLE IS HARD TO BREAK. HE HAS NO JOB, NO HEALTH INSURANCE. HE WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE AND STARTED SMOKING WHEN HE WAS 11. HE'S 21 NOW AND FAIRLY HEALTHY BUT HE'S TAKING PART IN A RITE OF PASSAGE, GETTING HIS TOOTH PULLED AT A REMOTE AREA MEDICAL EVENT. THE DENTIST WARNED HIM THAT SMOKING AFTER DENTAL SURGERY IS DANGEROUS, BUT ON THE WAY HOME, HE QUICKLY REACHES FOR A CIGARETTE.

>> YEAH, IT'S STARTING TO HURT A LITTLE BIT. THEY SAID ABOUT SMOKING.

>> Reporter: BACK AT HIS AUNT'S HOUSE, CHARLES IS WORN DOWN AFTER THE LONG DAY. HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN ROILED BY THE RECENT DEATHS OF HIS MOTHER AND UNCLE, AND WISHES HE HAD FOLLOWED THEIR ADVICE.

>> THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE CARE OF MY TEETH IS ONE THING I DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF, I NEVER DID LISTEN.

>> Reporter: WITH FEW JOBS AVAILABLE IN GRUNDY, HE'S THOUGHT ABOUT MOVING TO A LARGER TOWN 60 MILES AWAY WHERE HE MIGHT HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER HIS FUTURE. TERRY DICKINSON SAYS STORIES LIKE THIS HAUNT HIM, THAT SOMEHOW THE WHOLE WEEKEND IS JUST A STOP GAP.

>> I THINK ABOUT THAT A LOT ON THE WAY HOME. I'M THINKING, SO WHAT DID WE DO? BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO STOP THE CYCLE, IS TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S SUSTAINABLE. BUT WE'RE THE BAND AID, WE'RE THE SAFETY NET UNTIL THAT HAPPENS.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE VOLUNTEERS LEAVE TOWN ON SUNDAY, IT'S UP TO FREE CLINICS LIKE THE HEALTH WAGON IN NEARBY WISE, VIRGINIA TO TRY TO SCRAPE TOGETHER FOLLOW-UP CARE. PAULA HILL-MEADE, A NURSE PRACTITIONER, IS THE HEALTH WAGON'S CLINICAL DIRECTOR.

>> NO ONE CARES THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE HERE BEGGING AND SAYING, "I NEED SOMEBODY TO SEE THIS PATIENT, WILL YOU PLEASE SEE HER? SHE NEEDS A BREAST BIOPSY. CAN I GET HER SEEN?" A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST, "NO. CAN SHE PAY THIS MUCH UP FRONT?" WELL NO, SHE CAN'T.

>> Reporter: SHE'S ANGRY THAT HEALTH CARE HAS BECOME SO POLITICAL.

>> IT REALLY MAKES YOU MAD AND IT MAKES YOU INFURIATED TO SEE THAT THEY'RE UP HERE USING THIS AS A POLITICAL GAME. IT'S SICKENING TO THINK THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: BUT THE BLEAK TRUTH IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA IS THAT MANY HERE PEOPLE ARE USED TO WAITING, AND THEY EXPECT LITTLE TO CHANGE BEFORE THE REMOTE AREA MEDICAL EVENT COMES BACK TO TOWN NEXT YEAR, ONCE AGAIN BRINGING ITS CARAVAN OF VOLUNTEERS AND PROMISES OF MOMENTARY RELIEF. FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR AND KAISER HEALTH NEWS, I'M SARAH VARNEY IN GRUNDY, VIRGINIA.

>> Woodruff: NOW TO THE ANALYSIS OF SHIELDS AND BROOKS. THAT'S SYNDICATED COLUMNIST MARK SHIELDS AND "NEW YORK TIMES" COLUMNIST DAVID BROOKS. SO, GENTLEMEN, THIS IS THE LAST TIME I GET TO ASK YOU THIS ON A FRIDAY. MARK, HOW DOES THIS RACE LOOK?

>> IT LOOKS TERRIFIC. I MEAN, REALLY IS. I JUST WANT IT TO KEEP GOING, I DON'T WANT IT TO END. (LAUGHTER) I WISH IT WAS HIKE BASEBALL, WE COULD RUN EXTRA INNINGS. NO, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY QUESTION, THE WHOLE TEMPERATURE, THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE OF THE RACE CHANGED IN THE LAST EIGHT DAYS SINCE LAST WE WERE TOGETHER WITH THE COMEY ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE F.B.I. INVESTIGATION. I THINK WHAT HAD BEEN SORT OF AN ASSUMED CLINTON VICTOR AND DEMOCRATS TAKING OVER THE SENATE, I THINK IT WAS STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS. I STILL THINK SHE IS THE FAVORITE, THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT MORE DOUBT ABOUT THE SENATE TODAY.

>> WELL, I THINK SHE'S THE FAVORITE. I HAVE A SENSE IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ANYWAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME HOME TO WHO THEY WERE. WHAT'S DEPRESSED ME ABOUT THIS RACE IS WE WERE A DIVIDED NATION AND NOW THE KAZ NLS ARE SOLIDIFIED -- KA CHASMS ARE SLIT FIDE. LESS EDUCATED IS GOING TO TRUMP AND COLLEGE EDUCATED IS GOING TO CLINTON. EVERYONE IS DIVIDED BASED ON DEMOGRAPHIC CATEGORIES AND SOMETIMES YOU GET THE SENSE THE CAMPAIGN BARELY MATTERS AND PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING WITH THEIR GENE POOL, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST DEPRESSING ASPECTS OF THE RACE TO ME.

>> Woodruff: YOU SAY ALMOST DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY SAY, BUT THEY'RE GOING OUT WITH PRETTY ROUGH LANGUAGE. SHE CONTINUES TO SAY HE'S UNACCEPTABLE, DOESN'T HAVE THE CHARACTER TO BE PRESIDENT. HE CONTINUES SAYING SHE NEEDS TO BE IN PRISON. SOMEBODY AT ONE OF HIS RALLIES TODAY SAID EXECUTE HER. WITH REWATCHING AS LOW AS IT CAN GET, AREN'T WE?

>> YEAH, WELL, I THINK THERE'S NO QUESTION CLINTON -- I'M NOT SURE DAVID'S RIGHT. HE'S 97% RIGHT ABOUT 48% OF THE TIME, (LAUGHTER) BUT I THINK THERE WAS A SENSE THAT SHE HAD THE POSSIBILITY OF A DECISIVE VICTORY, AND I THINK, AT THAT POINT, WANTED -- THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN WANTED TO END UPBEAT AND MORE POSITIVE. THE PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE TWO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERSONALLY UNFAVORABLE. SO THE SPOTLIGHT IS UNKIND TO EACH, WHOEVER'S IN THAT SPOTLIGHT. WHEN TRUMP WAS IN THE SPOTLIGHT LOSING THREE DETBIETS HILLARY CLINTON AND THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE, IT HURT HIM AND HELPED HER. AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT CHANGED AND SORT OF CHANGED HER STRATEGY. SHE WAS TRYING TO SHIFT THE POT LIGHT BACK TO HIM, ELEGANTLY IN THE LAST WEEK ABOUT BRINGING OUT THE FORMER MISS UNIVERSE. THE BEST CLOSER IS BARACK OBAMA. HE'S THE BEST CLOSER. HE REALLY KNOWS HOW TO CLOSE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY DO IT WELL, JUST WATCH BARACK OBAMA. HE MAKES A FAR BETTER CASE FOR HER THAN SHE MAKES FOR HERSELF. DONALD TRUMP IS SOUNDING THE SAME THING HE SOUNDED SINCE MAY OR JUNE OF 2015.

>> WELL, IT'S A CAMPAIGN OF HATE. OBAMA IS A CAMPAIGN OF AT LEAST HOPE, AT LEAST HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN WAS. THIS IS JUST A CAMPAIGN OF HATE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE TRUMP REALLY DON'T LIKE TRUMP, I GUESS I'M AMONG THEM. AND WE SAW IN OUR REPORT ABOUT TRUMP VOTERS IN PENNSYLVANIA, DID YOU SEE WHEN THEY WERE SHOUTING ON THE ROAD, DID YOU SEE ANYTHING NICE ABOUT TRUMP? NO, SEND CLINTON TO JAIL. A BURT LANCASTER MOVIE WHERE HE HAD LOVE AND HATE TATTOOED ON HIS HANDS AND WE'RE IN A PSYCHOSIS OF NEGATIVE POLARIZATION WHERE NOBODY LIKES THEIR SIDE BUT THEY HATE THE OTHER SIDE AND IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BUILDING AND BUILDING AND WE HAVE A CYCLE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT POPS ON ELECTION DAY. I HOPE SO. THE IDEA CLINTON IS FINISHING THIS CAMPAIGN BRINGING MISS UNIVERSE TO THE RALLIES IS WRONG TO ME. I DO THINK SHE SHOULD PIVOT AND SAY I AM CHANGE, I AM CHANGE. BECAUSE PEOPLE DO WANT CHANGE AND TO END ON THIS NEGATIVE NOTE, ESPECIALLY FOR HER, HE HAS NO CHOICE, IT'S HIS WHOLE REPERTOIRE, BUT FOR HER I THINK IS A QUESTIONABLE WAY TO END HER CAMPAIGN.

>> Woodruff: DOESN'T IT SAY HER CAMPAIGN IS CONCERNED?

>> SURE. HILLARY CLINTON IS IN DROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY BEFORE THE ELECTION. MICHIGAN IS ONE OF THE 18 DATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THAT IS A BLUE WALL, THE SIX DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS COMPRISE 242 OF THE 270 ELECTORAL VOTES THE DEMOCRATS START WITH. SO THERE'S A CONCERN. YOU CAN TELL MORE THAN PALS BY THE CANDIDATES' SCHEDULES, WHERE THEY'RE SPENDING TIME AND RESOURCES. SO, NO, I THINK THERE IS A REAL CONCERN.

>> THAT GOES BACK TO MY POINT ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS. WHY IS SHE IN MICHIGAN? WE ALL THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF WHITE PEOPLE IN WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN, SO THERE'S ANOTHER ROUTE HE HAS IN WAYS WE DIDN'T EXPECT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE DRIVING THIS ELECTION MUCH MORE THAN IDEOLOGY WAS IN YEARS' PAST.

>> Woodruff: I HEAR PEOPLE SAYING DON'T THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE A BETTER ELECTION THAN THIS? COULDN'T SOMEBODY HAVE FOUND A WAY, MARK, FOR THE CANDIDATES TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING UPLIFTING, OR WAS IT ALWAYS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THIS?

>> I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, YOU HAVE TWO CANDIDATES WHO ARE HIGHLY UNFAVORABLE, AND THE IDEA OF SOMEHOW CONVINCING PEOPLE THAT THEIR PERCEPTIONS IN SOME CASES LONG-HELD WERE UNACCURATE OR INCOMPLETE, THE MORE APPEALING ROUTE, QUITE FRANKLY M THE CAMPAIGN WAS TO TRY TO HIT THE OTHER FELLOW OVER THE HEAD. DAVID IS RIGHT, IT WOULD BE A NEGATIVE MANDATE. ONE OF THE POINTS DAVID MAKES IS A GOOD ONE, THEODORE WHITE WROTE AMERICA IS REPUBLICAN UNTIL 5:00 OR 6:00 AT NIGHT AND THAT'S WHEN WORKING FAMILIES GET OFF WORK, EAT SUPPER, AND AMERICA WILL VOTE DEMOCRATIC BETWEEN 5:30 AND 10:00 AT NIGHT. THE WORKING CLASS BLUE-COLLAR, NONCOLLEGE EDUCATED BASE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THE BASE OF DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR. AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOW AN UPSCALE PARTY. SO EACH PARTY -- IT'S MESSAGE IS TOTALLY OUT OF KILTER. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE AN ECONOMIC MESSAGE THAT IS DIRECTED AT PEOPLE AT THE LOWER END, THAT THE BEEN THEIR CORNERSTONE. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN A MORE UPSCALE. NOW THE REPUBLICANS HAVE A VERY LOW SCALE BY ECONOMIC STANDARDS BASE, DONALD TRUMP HAS, AND IT'S JUST TOTAL CONFLICT, JUDY, AND I THINK IT BECAME EASIER, QUITE FRANKLY, TO HIT THE GUY OVER THE HEAD THAN TO MAKE THE POSITIVE CASE.

>> I THINK IT WAS CONTINGENT ON DONALD TRUMP BEING DONALD TRUMP AND CHANGING THE RULES. SOME OF THAT WAS CONTINGENT BUT A LOT WAS BAKED STRUCTURAL INTO OUR SOCIETY. WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS GOOD FOR AMERICA. I THINK GLOBALIZATION IS GOOD FOR AMERICA. I THINK THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS HAS BEEN GOOD FOR AMERICA AND FEMINISM. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO USED TO BE UP IN SOCIETY BECAUSE TO HAVE THE THREE GOOD THINGS ARE NOW DOWN, A LOT OF COLLEGE-EDUCATED WHITE GUYS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, AND SHAME ON US FOR NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT AND HELPING THEM OUT. AND, THEREFORE, AS A RESULT, WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY WERE ALIENATED, THEY GOT SUPER CYNICAL BECAUSE THEY REALLY WERE BEING SHAFTED AND, SO, THEY REACTED IN THAT WAY. THAT'S NOT A SHOCK GIVEN THE LAST 30 OR 50 YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY. SO FOR US GOING FORWARD, IT'S TO NOT REVERSE THE DYNAMISM OF AMERICAN SOCIETY OR DIVERSITY, IT'S TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE BEING RUINED BY IT SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> Woodruff: MEANS THERE IS A LOT OF SORTING OUT TO DO AFTER THIS ELECTION. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT. MARK, WE'VE HEARD FROM REPUBLICAN SENATORS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT, IF HILLARY CLINTON IS ELECTED, NO MATTER WHO SHE PUTS FORWARD THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE SHE DOESN'T GET TO FILL THE NINTH SEAT ON THE COURT. HOW ARE WE TO THINK ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT ANYMORE? WE'VE GONE THE BETTER PART OF THIS YEAR SINCE JUSTICE SCALIA'S DEATH, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOMINEE CAN'T GET THROUGH. HAS THIS BECOME A LITMUS TEST OF THE LITMUS TEST?

>> JUDY, IN A YEAR OF IRRESPONSIBILITY, THIS IS A NEW DEPTH OF IRRESPONSIBILITY. TO SAY THAT THE CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE OF A NATIONAL ELECTION WHERE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS VOTE AND PICK A NEW PRESIDENT THAT THAT PRESIDENT -- WHAT THAT PRESIDENT DOES AND UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF NOMINATING JUSTICES AND JUDGES IS SOMEHOW MOOT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO PAY ANY ATTENTION TO IT, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. IT REALLY IS. IT'S BEYOND IRRESPONSIBLE. IT'S BEYOND RECKLESS. IS REALLY -- I THINK IT'S CRIMINAL. I BASICALLY DO. ANYBODY WHO HOLDS THAT POSITION, I THINK IT'S DEFUEL-DISCALL FY'ING FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE.

>> Woodruff: WE HEARD IT FROM JOHN MCCAIN AND I GUESS RICHARD BURR.

>> I THINK SENATOR McCAIN DID WALK IT BACK BUT HE DID SAY IT ON RADIO.

>> MY VIEWS ABOUT THIS ARE LIKE MARK'S ONLY STRONGER. I THINK IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION, AND WE NOT ONLY HAVE RULES IN THE CONSTITUTION THE WAY THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO NOMINATE JUSTICES BUT WE HAVE AN ETIQUETTE AROUND THE CONSTITUTION AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT ETIQUETTE HAS BEEN ACIDIFIED AWAY. AND I HATE THE NUCLEAR OPTION 50 VOTES GOING TO THE SENATE, BUT IF THEY BEHAVE THIS WAY, I THINK THE DEMOCRATS WOULD BE JUSTIFIED TO GO THE NUCLEAR OPTION A BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE CONFIRMED ANT AND PUT INTO OFFICE BUT IT'S THE DEGRADATION OF THE WAY OUR GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO RUN.

>> Woodruff: IN THE LAST MINUTE OR SO WE HAVE LEFT, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AT THIS POINT ABOUT THE CHOICE THEY'RE MAKING, ABOUT HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE IT MAKES.

>> WE KNOW PRESIDENTS MAKE CHOICES. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO COME UP ON A CRISIS IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IN A CRISIS, INTERNATIONALLY, DOMESTICALLY, AND WHO THAT PRESIDENT IS, THE JUDGMENT, THE INTELLIGENCE, THE CONFIDENCE THAT THAT PRESIDENT HAS CAN VERY WELL DETERMINE WHETHER WE SURVIVE LET ALONE PROSPER AS A PEOPLE.

>> IT'S A JOB. IT'S A JOB THAT INVOLVES SOME PATIENCE, TOLERANCE, THE ABILITY TO WORK FRIENDLY WITH OTHER PEOPLE, TO HERD MAJORITIES, IT'S A JOB, AND I CAN'T SAY WHO I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR, BUT ONE PERSON IS CLEARLY DISQUALIFIED FOR THAT JOB, AND I CAN'T MENTION HIS NAME.

>> Woodruff: DAVID BROOKS, MARK SHIELDS, WE'LL SEE YOU ON ELECTION NIGHT. AND BY THE WAY, MARK AND DAVID WILL BE BACK HERE, ALONG WITH OTHER GUESTS ON ELECTION NIGHT FOR SPECIAL COVERAGE STARTING AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN, AND WE WANT YOU TO JOIN US, TOO.

>> Woodruff: FINALLY TONIGHT, A NEW MOVIE OPENING THIS WEEKEND IS BEING WIDELY HAILED FOR ITS NUANCED STORYTELLING ABOUT SEXUAL IDENTITY, RACE AND UPBRINGING. JEFFREY BROWN SPOKE WITH THE FILMMAKERS OF "MOONLIGHT."

>> Reporter: IT'S A LIFE WE DON'T OFTEN SEE PORTRAYED IN COMMERCIAL FILMS. A COMING-OF-AGE TALE OF LOVE AND ANGUISH. A MOVIE THAT'S GARNERED CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE STORY IT TELLS AND THE BEAUTY AND POWER OF ITS TELLING. IN "MOONLIGHT", WE WATCH CHIRON GROWING UP IN THE LIBERTY CITY NEIGHBORHOOD OF MIAMI AS THE CRACK EPIDEMIC IS TAKING HOLD IN THE 1980S. HE IS YOUNG, POOR, BLACK AND COMING TO TERMS WITH BEING GAY, QUIETLY AND PAINFULLY WRESTLING WITH THESE IDENTITIES. THE STORY IS BASED ON THE LIFE OF TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY, WHO FIRST WROTE IT AS A PLAY AND THEN THE SCREENPLAY FOR THE NEW FILM.

>> IT'S A STORY THAT I STILL FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO TELL, BUT THAT I ALSO FEEL I HAVE TO EXPLORE AND TO UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, IT'S A STORY ROOTED IN EVENTS IN MY OWN LIFE THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF. AND MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD OUT OF. AND I THINK, FOR ME, I ALWAYS AM INTERESTED IN TRYING TO GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION.

>> Reporter: DIRECTOR BARRY JENKINS-- WHO ALSO GREW UP POOR IN LIBERTY CITY AT THE SAME TIME, AND WITH A MOTHER FIGHTING ADDICTION-- PRESENTS THE STORY IN THREE SEPARATE ACTS, USING THREE DIFFERENT ACTORS TO PLAY CHIRON. AT THE NEW MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE-- WHERE THE FILM WAS RECENTLY SCREENED-- HE TOLD ME HE PURPOSELY KEPT THE ACTORS FROM WATCHING ONE ANOTHER.

>> ONE OF THE THEMES OF THE FILM, FOR ME, IS ABOUT THE WAY SOCIETY IS SHAPING THESE YOUNG MEN, FROM OUR COMMUNITIES, THROUGH POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT, NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENTS. THIS IS WHAT MASCULINITY LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. AND SO MUCH TIME PASSES BETWEEN EACH STORY THAT I FEEL LIKE THE WORLD HAS SHAPED THIS CHARACTER INTO A DIFFERENT PERSON. SO I WANTED TO CAST DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO PLAY THE SAME PERSON, AND I WANTED THEM TO BE DIFFERENT.

>> Reporter: WE WATCH CHIRON GROW THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, TORMENTED BY BULLIES AND HIS OWN INSECURITIES LIVING WITH A MOTHER-- PLAYED BY NAOMIE HARRIS-- WHO SINKS MORE AND MORE INTO ADDICTION.

>> WHAT'S WRONG? NOTHING.

>> Reporter: THIS IS A YOUNG MAN WHO "SPEAKS" MORE LOUDLY IN HIS LOOKS AND SILENCES THAN IN WORDS.

>> THE POWER OF CINEMA IS THAT WE GET TO WATCH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW? AND WE GET TO WATCH PEOPLE LIKE, IN CLOSE UP. I THINK BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE OF THE POWER OF THE FEELING IN A PERSON'S EYES, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BE DOING ACTIVE-- THEY CAN BE LESS ACTIVE AND YET, REVEALING SO MUCH MORE. I THINK OF "MOONLIGHT" OF LIKE AN "ICEBERG" FILM. YOU KNOW THE HEMINGWAY PHRASE, YOU KNOW? 10% IS ABOVE WATER, AND 90% IS BELOW? WE FLIP IT UPSIDE DOWN. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT 90%, BELOW WATER, BUT IT'S MOVING VERY, VERY SLOW. YOU KNOW, IT'S A PATIENT FILM, YOU KNOW. BUT THE CHARACTER'S REVEALING HIMSELF, YOU KNOW, BY THESE TERMS, YOU KNOW, AND HIS EXPRESSIONS.

>> Reporter: THE ADULT CHIRON IS PLAYED BY TREVANTE RHODES, A ONE-TIME TRACK AND FIELD STAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WHO ONLY FOUND HIS WAY INTO ACTING HIS SENIOR YEAR. I THINK THE BEAUTY OF THE SCENE IS HE DIDN'T KNOW.

>> Reporter: AN OUTGOING AND GREGARIOUS MAN, HE TOLD ME HOW HE APPROACHED PLAYING A CHARACTER SO DIFFERENT.

>> IT WAS REALLY JUST ABOUT WALKING AROUND L.A. WITH THE THREE WEEKS I HAD PRIOR TO FILMING FEELING AS IF-- FEELING AS IF I HAD A SECRET TO HIDE FROM EVERYONE, YOU KNOW?

>> Reporter: YOU WERE WALKING AROUND FEELING...

>> WALKING AROUND FEELING AS IF I HAD THIS SECRET, FEELING AS IF I CONNECTED WITH SOMEONE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH ME. THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE MY INSECURITIES. THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THIS MASK THAT I WAS PUTTING ON. FEELING AS IF I COULDN'T LOVE MYSELF BECAUSE CHIRON HAD THIS SELF-HATE AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE COULDN'T LOVE OTHERS. I FEEL THAT ALL OF US REALLY RELATE TO SHYRONE IN A SENSE THAT WE ALL AT SOME POINT ARE INSECURE ABOUT SOMETHING IN OUR LIFE, YOU KNOW? AND I'M SOMEONE WHO I TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF EVERYTHING AND I FEEL LIKE CHIRON TENDS TO DO THE SAME THING, JUST IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THE CONTEXT IS A BIT DIFFERENT

>> WHO'S HERE? NOBODY.

>> Brown: ANOTHER COMPELLING

>> Reporter: ANOTHER COMPELLING CHARACTER IS JUAN, PLAYED BY MAHERSHALA ALI, A DRUG DEALER STEPPING IN AS A FATHER FIGURE TO THE YOUNG CHIRON. JUAN WAS BASED ON SOMEONE McCRANEY KNEW AS A CHILD.

>> IT OFTEN PAINS ME TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE SORT OF SEE HIM, AND GO, "OH, THAT'S UNUSUAL." WHEN I THINK, WHEN I THINK BACK OVER MY LIFE, I THINK, "OH, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES I'VE RUN INTO MANY PEOPLE LIKE HIM WHO ARE REFLECTIONS OF HIM IN MY MIND." AND I HEAR OTHER PEOPLE GO, "NO, I HAD A PERSON IN MY LIFE LIKE THAT, TOO." SO, I KEEP THINKING, WELL WHAT-- WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT-- WHY ARE WE SILENCING THAT STORY? WHY ARE WE-- WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US, THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING HIM MORE OFTEN?

>> Reporter: DO YOU FEEL THIS IS A FILM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE FIVE YEARS AGO? TEN YEARS AGO?

>> I MEAN, THE ONE THING I CAN, I CAN STAND UP ON IS, I COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT FIVE YEARS AGO, OR TEN YEARS AGO. I DON'T THINK I WAS INTELLECTUALLY OR EMOTIONALLY CAPABLE AT THAT POINT.

>> I'M SHAKING MY HEAD BECAUSE I HAD IT TEN YEARS AGO. AND IT DIDN'T GET MADE.

>> I DO THINK THAT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A TIME IN THIS COUNTRY, WHEN I THINK PEOPLE ARE-- THEY WANT TO SEE BEYOND THE BARRIERS OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW. AND I THINK A PART OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE REACTION TO, OR THE-- OUR RESPONSE TO THAT IS I THINK THIS COUNTRY IS A PLACE WHERE MANY VOICES, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE, ARE BEING SOUGHT, YOU AND THEN THEY GO, AND THEY SEE THE FILM, AND THEY GO, "THAT VOICE IS KIND OF SIMILAR TO MINE," YOU KNOW. "I KIND OF RELATE TO THIS GUY, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T WANT TO SIT NEXT TO HIM ON THE SUBWAY," YOU KNOW. "MAYBE I WILL NEXT TIME."

>> I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE IN A MOMENT WHERE EVERYONE HAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT AUTHENTICITY WORK IS KEY. BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME TO THE TABLE TRUTHFULLY, THEN WE CAN KIND OF-- WE SEE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY-- WE ILLUMINATE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE ROOM FOR VOICES, RATHER THAN THAT JUST ONE VOICE THAT WE HEARD PREVIOUS.

>> Reporter: "MOONLIGHT" IS OPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND. FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M JEFFREY BROWN.

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