PBS NewsHour; December 8, 2020, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- JUDY: GD EVENING. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE "NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT. - A SIGN OF HOPE.BR - AIN GETS THE FIRST COVID - VACCINE, AS PRESIDENT-ELECT - BIDEN NAMES HIS TOP HEALTH CARE - ADVISERS WHO WILINHERIT AN - EVER-WORSENING PANDEMIC. - RETIRED ARMY GENERYDICE -- - AUSTIN IS TAPPED TO BE THE NEXTF - SECRETAREFENSE, - POTENTIALLY BREAKING BARRIERS, - BUT ALSO RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT - CIVILIAN CONTROL OF TH - PENTAGON. - AND SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE -- - COVID-19 AND SOCIAL STIGMA - COMPLICATE THE ALREADY DIFFICULT - PROCESS OF INTEGRATING INTO - SOCIETY FOR THE HOMELESS AND - FORMERLY INCARCERATED. - >> YOU G OUT, BUT BECAUSE YOU - DID THIS CRIME, WE'RE GOING TO - HO Y IT AGAINST YOU TO WHEREOU - CAN'T GET CERTAIN THINGS THAT - ARE BASIC UTTER NECESSITIES. - JUDY: ALL THAT AND MORE ON

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- ASSEMBLING A TEAM TO OVERSEE THE - EFFORT. - EPITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT - YAMICHE ALCINDORTS. - YAMICHE: TODAY, ANOTHER BIG - STEP.R - REVIEWERS E FOOD AND DRUG - ADMINISTRATION FOUND PFIZER'S - VACCINE SAFE AND 95% EFFECTIVE. - THAT'S CLEARING THE WAY FOR ITS - EXPECTED APPROVAL -- POSSIBLY - BEFORE THE WEEK IS OUT. - >>Y WE'RE JUST DAYS AOM - AUTHORIZATION FROM THE FDA AND - WE'RE PUSHING THEM HARD. - AT WHICH POINT, WE WL - IMMEDIATELY BEGIN MASS - DISTRIBUTION. - THE GOLD STANDARD VACCINE HAS - BEEN DONE IN LESS THAN 9 MONTHS. - YAMICHE: PFIZER AND MODERNA - STAYED AWAY FROM A WHITE HOUSE - IT WAS THERE THAT PRESIDENT - TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER - PRIORITIZING COVID VACCINE DOSES - FOR AMERICANS OVER OTHER - COUNTRIES. - IT IS UNCLEAR WHHAHER THAT ORDER - ANY LEGAL FORCE. - AND EVEN T CHIEF SCIENTIST - LEADING THE PRESIDENT'S VACCINE - DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION - DETAILS ABOUT THE ORDER. - >> FRANKLY I DON'T KNOW AND - FRANKLY I'M STAYING OUT OF THIS - , SO I CAN'T COMMENT. - YAMICHE: AT THE SA TIME, TRUMP

- ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS DENIED - A "NEW YORK TIMES" REPORT THAT - THEY BOTCHED THE CHANCE TO BUY - MORE OF THVACCINE MONTHS AGO. - THE COMPANY WARNED IT WILL MOST - U.S. CAN GET MORE THE 100E THE - MILLION DOSES IT ALREADY BOUGHTD - MEANWHILE, BRITAIN -- THE - FIRST COUNTRY TO APPROVE THE - PFIZER VACCINE -- BEGAN ITS - INOCULATION CAMPAIGN WITH - 800,000 INITIAL DOSES. - PRIORITY IS GOING TONUHE ELDERLY - ANING HOME WORKERS. - 90-YEAR-OLD MARGARET KEENAN WAS - THE WORLD'S FIRST RECIPIENT OF - THE PFIZER VACCINE OUTSIDE O - CLINICAL TRIALS. - SHE ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO FOLLOW - SUIT. - >>, GO FOR CAUSE IT'S FREE - AND IT'S THE BEST THING THAT'S - EVER HAPPENED AT THE MOMENT, SO - DO PLEASE GO FOR IT. - YAMICHE: A THIRD CANDIDATE - BEHIND PFIZER AND MODERNA IS - SHOWING PROMISE. - COURTESY FINDINGS RELEASED TODAY - SHOWED A VACCINE DEVELOPED BY - DRUGMAKER ASTRAZENECA AND OXFORD - UNIVERSITY IS SAFE AND 70% - EFFECTIVE. - MORE ANALYSIS MUST BE DONE TO - GAUGE HOWELL IT WORKS FOR - OLDER RECIPIENTS, SIE ONLY A - SMALL NUMBER OF THE TRIAL'S - PARTICIPANTS WERE OVER THE AGE - OF 70. - IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN, WHO WILL

- ULTIMATELY OVERSEE DISTRIBUTION - OF MOST OF THE COVID VACCINES IN - THE S., FORMALLY UNVEILED TH - TEAM THAT WILL HELP HIM. - BE THE NEXT SECRETARY OF HEALTH - AND HUMAN SERVICES AND DR. VIVEK - MURT AS SURGEON GE - DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY, ANIO - INFE DISEASE EXPERT, WAS - TAPPED TO HEAD THE CENTERS FOR - DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. - DR. ANTHONY FAUCI WILL BE THE - PRESIDENT'S CHIEF MEDICAL - ADVISER ON COVID-19. - HE'LL ALSO CONTINUE AS THE - DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL - INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND - INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - >> THIS TEAM WILL HELP GET AT - LEAST 100 MILLION COVID VACCINE - INTO THE ARMS OF THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS. - 100 MILLION SHOTS IN THE FIRST - 100 DAYS. - ANANWE'LL FOLLOW THE GU OF - SCIENCE TO GET THE VACCINES TO - THOSE MOST AT RISK. - YAMICHE: BECERRA CURRENTLY - SERVES AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF - CALIFORNIA -- WHERE MOST OF - RESIDENTS ARE NOW UNDER W - LOCKDOWNS. - HA YOU HAVE MADE IT CLEAR, MR. - PRESIDENT-ELECT,TO BUILD - BACK A PROSPEROUS AMERICA, WE - NEED A HEALTHY AMERICA. - FTHAT TN, WILL BE JOB O

- YOUR TEAM AT HHS. - YAMICHE: DR. MURTHY HELPED FIGHT - EBOLA AND THE ZIKA VIRUS AS - SURGEON GENERAL DURING THE OBAMA - ADMINISTRATION. - >> WHILE THIS IS A DAUNTING - TASK, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE AS A - COUNTRY WH WE NEED TO OVERCOME - THIS VIRUS. - E WORLD CLASS SCIENTISTS - WE HAVE COURAGEOUS MEDICAL - PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE RISKING - THEIR LIVES TO CARE FOR THE ILL, - WE HAVE COMPANIES THAT ARE ONVE - THE CUSP OF DENG VACCINES, - . - YAMICHE: MR. BIDEN ALSO - APPOINTED JEFF ZIENTS TO BE THE - COORDINATOR OF HIS - ADMINISTRATION'SSEOVID-19 - RESP - FORMER WHITE HOUSE AND PENTAGON - SENIOR ADVISER NATALIE QUILLIAN - WAS TAPPED TO BE HIS DEPUTY. - AND, YALE MEDICAL PROFESSOR,R. - MARCELLA NUNEZ-SMITH, WILL CHAIR - THE PRESIDENT'S COVID-19 EQUITY - TASK FORCE. - THIS AFTERNOON PRESIDENT-ELECT - , BIDEN ALSO NOUNCED HE HAS - CHOSEN RETIRED ARMY GENERAL - LLOYD AUSTIN AS HIS NOMINEE FOR - SECRETY OF DEFENSE. - AUSTIN WOULD BE THE FIRST BLACK

- AMERICAN THOLD THAT POST. - JUDY: THIS EVENING, THE - "NEWSHOUR" CAN CONFIRM THAT U.S. - REPRESENTATIVE MARCIA FUDGE, - DEMOCRAT FROM OHIO, WILL BE - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN'S NOMINEE - TO BE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND - URBAN DEVELOPMENT. - WE TURN AGAITO YAMICHE - WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW AT THIS - HOUR ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE'S - EFFORT ON THE VACCINE FRONT, - WHAT THEY ARE PUSHING TO DO? - YAMICH THE PRESIDENT TOOK - TODAY TO REALLY TAKE A VICTORY - LAP AND BRAG ABOUT THE FACT THAT - HE WAS ABLE, HE SAYS, TO OVERSEE - THIS REALLY SPEEDY VACCINE - DISTRIBUTION AND DEVELOPMENT. - HE WANTED TO MAKE THE CASE THAT - EVEN THOUGH HE'S IN THE WANING - DAYS OF HIS PRESIDENCY THAT HE - IS SOMEONE WHO WAS DOUBTED AND - PEOPLE SULD GIVE HIM CREDIT. - BUT WE KNOW ALSO IS HE SIGNED - THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT ARE - SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT PUTTING - AMERICANS FIRST WITH THE IDEA OF - AMERICS BEING PRIORITIZED OVE - OTHER COUNTRIES.

- ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ALS - TOLD ME THERE'S PART OF THIS - ORDER THAT MEANS THE U.S. WILL - HELP OTHER COUNTRIES WITH - VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. - INTERESTINGAT'S - RE IS THE PRESIDENT WAS - CONTINUING TO ALSO TALK ABOUT - THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'INKNOW - WHICH ATRATION IS GOING TO - BE NEXT. - . - HE WAS SPECIFICALLY QUESTIONED - ABOUT THE IDEA THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION DID NOT INVITE - AND THEN HE SAID, YOU DON'T KNOW - WHICH ADMINISTRATION WILL BE - NEXT. - OF COURSE, WE DO KNOW - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN WILL BE - COMING INTO OFFICE JANUARY 20 - EVEN WITH THE PRESIDENT TALKING - ABOUT THE VACCINE HE WAS STILL - LEERING IN THE FALSE CLAIMS THAT - THE ELECTION WAS STILL UP IN THE - AIR -- LAYERING THE FALSE CLAIMS - THAT THE ELECTION IS STILL UP IN - THE AIR. - JUDY: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIS - VACCINER THE - DISTRIBUTION AND MANAGING THE - PANDEMIC OVERALL? - YAMICHE: PRESIDENT-ELECT J - BIDEN WANTED TO USE TODAY TO

- SHOWCASE THE EXPERTISE AND THE - OPLE WHO WILL BE HELPING HIM - CARRY OUT HIS COVID-19 RESPONSE - AND DISTRIBUTING THE VACCINE. - HE TALKED A LOT AATUT THE FACT - E WILL TELL AMERICANS THE - TRUTH. - THAT OF COURSE IS IN CONTRAST - TH PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO HAS - DOWNPLAYED THE VIRUS, EVEN - COMPARING IT TO THE F. - HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT EQUIT - SAYING HE WOULD CENTER THE IDEA - THAT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, - AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LATINOS, - THAT THEY WILL BE PUT AT THE TOP - OFTE HIS LIST IS OF - PRIORITIES. - WE SAW A NUMBER OF PIX TALK - ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND AS - CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS. - WE SAW JOE TALK ABOUT THREE - THINGS. - HE SAID EVERYONE WILL BE WEARIN - A MASK. - HE WANTS EVERYONE TO WEAR A MASK - IN THE FIRST 100AYS. - HE ALSO SAID THERE SHOULD BE 100 - MILLION VACCINES DISTRIBUTED. - HE ALSO WANTS TO OPEN THE - MAJORITY OF SCHOOLS IN THE FIRST - 100 DAYS, ALSOKI T ABOUT - EQUITY AND RACIAL - DISCRIMINATION. - JUDY: AMBITIOUS PLANS. - SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT, WE - CONFIRMED, IT HAS NOW BEEN - ANNOUNCED, THAT JOE BIDEN HAS

- SELECTED RETIRED ARMY GENERAL - LLOYD AUSTIN TO BE THE - SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. - TELL US WHAT MORE YOU HAVE - LEARNED ABOUT HIM AND THAT - CHOICE. - YAMICHE: FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A - HISTORIC CHOICE. - GENERAL AUSTIN WOULD BE THE - FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN JOAT - IF HE IS CONFIRMED. - THAT IS IN LINE WITH JOE BIDEN'S - COMMITMENT TO TRY AND HAVE HIS - CABINET LOOK LIKE AMERICA. - I WANT TO BACKGROUND. - HE SERVED WITH ARMY AND WAS ALSO - VICE CHIEF OF STAFF OR THE U.S. - ARMYROM 2012 TO 2013 AND THE - FIRST BLACK COMMANDER OF U.S. - CENTRAL COMMAND FROM 2013 TO - 2016. - PEOPLE SAY HE IS QUALIFIED FOR - THIS JOB, AND YOU ADD MARCIA - FUDGE TO THE MIX, THERE ARE MOR - AFRICAN-AMERICANS FILLING OUT - THE PIX AND THIS COMES AFTER - CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS AND THE - CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS

- WANTED HIM TO HAVE A MORE - DIVERSE CABINET, ESPECIALLY WHEN - IT COMES TO THE TOP POSITIONS IN - HIS ADMINISTRATION. - THIS PIC IS O SEEN AS PART - THAT. - I SHOULD SAY PEOPLE FANS OF - GENERAL AUSTIN SHOULD NOT BE - SEEN AS SOMEONE PICKS BECAUSE HE - WAS AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUT - RATHER HE IS AN EXAMPLE OF - AFRICAN-AMERIC CONTRIBUTIONS - TO THE MILITARY. - JUDY: AND WE HAVE MORE REPORTING - TO COME LATER ON THE PROGRAM - FROM NICK SCHIFRIN, BUT FVE NOW, - THANK MUCH. - YAMICHE: THANKS SO MUCH. - STEPHANIE: I'M STEPHANIE SY WITH - "NEWSHOUR" WEST. - WE WILL RETURN TO JUDY WOODRUFF - AND THE FULL PROGRAM AFTER THE - LATEST HEADLINES. - JOE BIDEN IS SAID TO REPLACE THE - SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. - A FORMER GOVERNOR OF IOWA, HE

- WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN.E - HE HAS BEEN HEAD OF THE U.S. - DAIRY EXPORT COUNCIL SINCE 2017. - THE U.S. SUPREME COURT BRUSHED - ASIDE REPUBLICAN ATTEMPTS TO - BLOCK PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN'S - WIN IN PENNSVANIA. - THAT CAME AS THE ATTORNEY - GENERAL OF TEXAS, KEN PAXTON, - ASKED THE HIGH COURT TO - INVALIDATE BIDEN'S ELECTORAL - VOTES IN GEORGIA, MIN IGAN, - WISCOND PENNSYLVANIA. - AND, DURING HIS VACCINE SUMMIT, - TE PRESIDENT INSISTED AGAIN - THAT OFFICIALS SNGS HIS - WAY. - >> WE WERE REWARDED WITH A - VICTORY. - NOW, LET'S SEE WHETHER SOMEBODY - HAS THE COURAG WHETHER IT'S A - LEGISLATOR OR LEGISLATURES OR - WHETHER IT'S A E OF THE - SUPREME COURT OR A NUMBER OF - JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, - LET'S SEE IF THEY HAVE THE - COURAGE TO DO WHAT EVERYBODY IN - THIS COUNTRY KNOWS IS RIGHT. - STEPHANIE: TODAY WAS THE - SO-CALLED FE HARBOR DEADLINE - FOR ST - RESULTS AND GUARANTEE THAT

- CONGRESS ACCEPTSHEIR ELECTORAL - VOTE TALLIES. - ONLY WISCONSIN MISSED THE - DEADLINE. - CIS IS DUE TO A PENDING LAWSUIT - FILED BY THE TRUPAIGN. - THE PUSH FOR PANDEMIC ECONOMIC - RELIEF IS HUNG UP ON - DISAGREEMENTS OVER AID FOR STATE - -- FROM CONGRESS AND THE WHITE - HOUSE. - TODAY, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER - DROPPING STICKIER ISSUES FOR NOW - AND PASSING JOBLESS BENEFITS AND - RENTER PROTECTIONS. - LATE TODAY, SPEAKER PELOSI - TWEETED, "WHILE IT IS PROGRESS - THAT MCCNELL HAS SIGNED OFF ON - THE 916 BILLION DOLLAR OFFER, - THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL TO CUT - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BY $140 - BILLION IS. UNACCEPTABL - " - THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - ADVA - FUNDING BILL -- DESPITE A VETO - THREAT. - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DEMANDED - UNRELATED LANGUAGE TO STRIP THE - BIG SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES OF - LEGAL LIABILITY PROTECTION - A VETO COULD BLOCK A PAY RAISE - FOR U.S. TROOPS. - Y THE U.S. AS FIRED OR

- SUSPENDED 14 OFFICERS AND - SOLDIERS AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS -- - OVER FAILURES TO STOP EXTREME - VIOLENCE IN THE RANKS. - TODAY'S REPORTAID THE KILLING - OF SPECIALIST VANESSA GUILLEN - EXPOSED A PATTERN OF SEXUAL - HARASSMENT, ASSAULTS AND EVEN - MURDER. - >> THE TRAGIC DEATH OF VANESSA - GUILLEN, AND A RASH OF OTHER - CHALLENGES AT FORT HOOD, FORCED - US TO TAKE A CRITICAL LOOK AT - OUR SYSTEMS, OUR POLICIES AND - OURSELVES.WI - BUOUT LEADERSHIP SYSTEMS - DON'T MATTER. - THE PENALTIES ARE NOT STRONG - ENOUGH, NOR ARE THE - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM - SPIRIT STILL TO COME, HEALTH - ALEX AZAR DISCUSSES THE - APPROACHING ROLLOUT OF THE - D-CO VACCINE. - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN TO TAP - ARMY GENERAL LLOYD AUSTIN TO - LEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. - PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER IN - THE U.S., PLUS MUCH MORE. - ANNOUNCER: THIS IS THE "PBS - NEWSHOUR," FROM WETA STUDIOS IN

- WASHINGTON AND IN THE WEST FROM - ONE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF - JOURNALISM AT ARSTATE - UNIVERSITY. - JUDY: AS WE SAW IN YICHE'S - REPORT MOMENTS AGO, THE FIRST - BRITAIN DELIVERED NEW HOPE IN - AROUND THE WORLD TODAY - FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY HOPE - TO BEGIN DELIVERING DOSES IN THE - U.S. WITHIN THWENEXT COUPLE OF - S. - BUT THERE ARE MANY CONCERNS - ABOUT GETTING THE VACCINE OUT TO - THOSE WHO NEED IT IN THE COMING - MONTHS. - ALR IS THE SECRETARY OF - HEALTH AND WAS AT THE - PRESIDENT'S SUMMIT TODAY. - HE JOINS ME NOW FROMHE WHITE - HOUSE. - SECRETARY A CZAR, THANK YOU FOR - JOINING US. - I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT - PFIZER IS SAYING. - IT IS SAYING IT HAS TOLD THE - TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THATRO IT - CANNOTDE SUBSTANTIAL MORE - DOSES OF THE COVID VACCINE BY - THE MIDDLE OF S TMER BECAUSE - THE ADMINISTRATIONASICALLY - DECLINED TO PURCHASE A SECOND - BATCH OF DOSES AND NOW OTHER

- COUNTRIES HAVE BOUGHT THOSE UP. - WHAT HAPPENED? - SEC. AZAR: WHAT PFIZER IS - TELLING YOU IS SIMPLY INARTURATE - AND UNATELY THEY WANT TO - DO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND THE - MEDIA AND THINK THIS CAN - PRESSURE US. - LET ME LAY OUT WHAT HAPPENED - HERE. - BACK IN JULY, BEFORE THEY HAD - EVEN INITIATED PHASE THREE - CLINAL TRIALS, CONTRACTED - WITH PFIZER TO BUY 100 MILLION - DOSES OFACCINE SIGHT UNSEEN IF - IT GOT APPROVED BY THE FDA - REGARDLESS OF EFFICACY, SAFETY, - WHATEVER ELSE, AS LONG AS THE - FDA APPROVED IT, WE AGREED TO - BUY IT AS LONG AS EYOULD - DELIVER BY THE END OF MARCH. - . - THEY REFUSED TO COMMIT TO ANY - OTHER PRODUCTION OR DELIVERY BY - A TIME CERTAIN. - WE DID A 500 MILLION DOSE OPTION - ON TOP OF THATE THAT W COULD - THEN NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE - AGAINST. - I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO SIGN - DEAL WITH PFIZER GIVING THEM - $10 BILLION TO BUY A VACCINE - 10 YEARS HENCE.VER TO - THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. - THAT'S ON TOP OF THE FIVE OTHER

- COMPANIES WE SECURED 100 MILLION - DOSES FROM EACH. - IN EARLY OCTOBER, BEFORE WE SAW - PHASE THREE DATA, WE COMMENCE - NEGOTIATIONS WITH PFIZER TO DO - ONE OF THOSE OPTIONON - VACCINES. - THEY STILL RESISTED GIVING US - ANY DATE BY WHICH THEY WOULD DO - IT. - WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. - WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THOUGH, WE - WILL USE ERY POWER OF THE - FENSE PRODUCTION ACT TO ENSURE - THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S NEEDS ARE - SATISFIED AND I'M CONFIDENT WE - WILL GET THE VACCINE WE NEED AND - WANT FROM PFIZER. - JUDY: I'M ASKING YOU VERY - PTQUICKLY, THES OF IT, WHAT - IT LOOKS LIKE IS EVEN WITH ALL - THE LIVES AT STAKE, THE - ADMINISTRATION DECIDED THE MONEY - WAS NOT WORTH IT. - SEC. AZAR: NO, THAT'S ACTULY - COMPLETELY INACCURATE. - THIS WAS BACK IN JULY, THEY DID - NOT HAVE A VACCINE. - . - THEY HAD A PHASE ONE VACCINE - THAT HAD NOT EVEN ENTERED INTO - PHASE TWO AND WE HAD A - GUARANTEED $100ILON -- 100 - LLION VACCINE OPTION. - .

- WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH - PFIZER TO GET THEM DAILED DOWN - ONE BY WHICH THEY WOULD - COMMIT DELIVERY. - I THINK WE ARE MAKING PROESS - -- PFIZER IS NEGOTIATINGN THE - MEA. - THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE AND THEY - KNOW BETTER. - JUDY: LET ME ASK YOU THIS. - BY WHAT DATE DO YOU BELIEVE WILL - ALL AMERICANS WHO NEED A VACCINE - HAVE A VACCINE? - SEC. AZAR: WE BELIEVE BETWN - PFIZER, MODERNA, AND OTHER - VACCINES W HAVE INVESTED IN, IN - THE SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, - AMERICAN WHO WANTS TO BEOR - VACCINATED TO GET VACCINATED. - JUDY: BY THE END R: JUNE? - SEC. A THE SECOND QUARTER, - CORRECT. - THIS IS NOT A SINGLE MOMENT IN - TIME EVENT. - WE WILL HAVE 20 MILLIIN PEOPLE - VAED BY THE END OF THIS - WE HAD A VACCINE SUMMIT TODAY - WITH A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF - GOVERNORS AND RETAIL CHAIN - PHARMACIES, DISTRIBUTORS, FEDEX - AND UPS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW WELL - OILED THE MACHINE IS. - 100 THOUSAND VACCINES WITHIN 24 - TO 48 HOURS.

- JUDY: THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ASK, - WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR DIVIDING UP - THE VACCINE BYTA, AND WHERE - DOES THE FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY - END AND THAT OF STATE AND LOCAL - LEADERS BEGIN TO MAKE SURE - EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS A VACCINE - GETS IT? - TRANSPAREN IT HAS BEEN VERY - WE ARE ALLOCATING THE VACCINE AS - THEOVNOR HAS REQUESTED ON A - PER CAPITA BASIS, POPULATION 18 - AND OVER ITHE STATES. - WE BUY THE VACCINE, WE PAY FOR - THE DISTRIBUTION. - THROUGH US AND PRIVATE PAYERS, - WE PAY FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE - VACCINE. - WE ASK THE GOVERNORS, BECAUSE - THEY KNOW THE LAY OF THE LAND,E - TO TELL US WHEY WANT THE - VACCINES SHIPPED. - WE DEVELOP IT -- SHIP IT - DIRECTL FROM PFIZER OR - ADTHROUGH THE WORLD'S G - DISTRIBUTOR, MCKESSON. - THEN IT GOES TOVS, WALGREENS, - A HOSPITAL OR COMMUNITY CENTER, - WHATEVER THE GOVERNO HAVE. - JUDY: I'M ASKING -- - SEC. AZAR: THEY ARE ALMOST LIKE - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

- JUDY: I'M ASKING IN PART BECAUSE - WHAT WE HEARD FROM - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN IS THAT - HIS TEAM HAS NOT SEEN A CLEAR - PLAN FOR DISTRIBING THE - VACCINE FROM THE PLACE WHERE IT - GETS SHIPPED INTO THEOURY, - FROM WHERE IT IS MANUFACTURED, - INTO PEOPLE'S ARMS. - SEC. AZAR' I'M SORRY, IT'JUST - NOT TRUE. - WE ARE INCREDIBLY TRANSPARENT. - I HAD AN HOUR-LONG PRESS - BR EFINGRY SINGLE WEEK WITH - THE DOCTORS IN MINUTE DETAIL, - DOWN TO DRY ICE LELS, HOW IT - IS BEING DISTRIBUTED FROM THE - MANUFACTURING PLANT TO THE - DISTRIBUTOR, TO WHERE THE - GOVERNORS HAVE TOLD US, HOW WE - HAVE 100 MILLION KITS AT - MCKESSON AND PPE TO HAVE IT - HAPPEN. - EVERY ITEM IS MICRO PLANT. - THIS IS THE UNITED STATES ARMY - THAT IS PLANNING IT WITH THE - DISTRIBUTORS.NG - WE ARE USING THE TND TRUE WE DO. - TESTING SYSTEM TO GET HUNDREDS - OF MILLIONS OF FLU VACCINES

- EVERY SINGLE YEAR. - DON'T INVENT A NEW SYSTEM WHEN - YOU HAVE ONE THAT WOR - JUDY: I'M ALSO ASKING IN PARTHE - BECAUSE ARE LOCAL LEADERS - WHO SAY THEY NEED MORE - RESOURCES, THEY NEED FUNDI IN - ORDER TO GET THE VACCINE INTO - EVERY INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER ITS - IN URBAN AREAS, RURAL AREAS -- - THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT THAT. - SEC. AZAR: AS I'VE DESCRIBED, WE - HAVE ACTUALLY SET UP THESE - PARTNERSHIPS WITH C, - WALGREENS, KROGER'S, COMMUNITY - HEALTH CENTERS ANDTO HOSPITALS - TAKE THE BURDEN AWAY. - MONEY WILL NOT BE THE BARRIER TO - ENSURING THAT UNDERSERVED GET - VACCINATED, SO WE WILL MAKE SURE - THAT IS AVAILABLE, BUT IT'S ALSO - IMPORTANT THEY UNDERSTAND, T MRE - ARE A LOT HS OUT THERE - ABOUT WHAT THE ROLE IS. THE - STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTASARE - NOT BEIND TO SET UP - VACCINE CLINICS BUT RATHER TO - LEVERAGE THE SYSTEMS THAT - ALREADY HELP GET PEOPLE - JUDY: ESTHER SECRETARY, THE - WORLD' POPULATION, BUT 23% OF - THE CASES IN THE WORLDVI OF - 19.

- HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? - HOW DID THIS ADMINISTRATION - OVERSEE A SITUATION WHERE IT IS - SO DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED - -- AFFECTING THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE? - SEC. AZAR: AS WE JUST TALKED - ABOUT, WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF - HAVING A VACCINACEON. - WE ARE CED ABOUT THE SURGE - AND WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO - PLEASE ACT RESPONSIBLY. - WE WANT EVERYONE TO GET TO THE - DAY WHERE THEY ARE VACCINATED. - . - THAT MEANS WASHING YOUR HANDS, - WATCH YOUR DISTANCE, WEAR YOUR - FACE COVERING. - PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL. - JUDY: BUT THAT MESSAGE HAS BEEN - A MIXED -- EXCUSE ME FOR - INTERRUPTING, IT HAS BEEN A - MIXED MESSAGE FROM THE VERY TOP, - C.HAS IT NOT? - ZAR: EVERYONE OF US WHO - PPTS AND WORKS FOR THE - PRESIDENT -- THE VICE PRESIDENT - MADE CLEAR AT THE SUMMIT, THOSE - THREE W'S, BE CAREFULHEBOUT - INDOOR GNGS, OVERCROWDED - INDOOR RESTAURANTS AND INDOOR - BARS, AND MULTI-HOUSEHOLD - GATHERINGS.

- THESE ARE SETTINGS OF DISEASE - TRANSMISSION AND I NEED YOUR - VIEWERS TOE FOCUSED ON THIS AS - WE APPROACH THE HOLIDAY SEASON. - I WANT TO MAKE SURE HOXT YEAR'S - DAY SEASON, EVERYBODY IS - ABLE TO BE TOGETHER FOR A NORMAL - HOLIDAY SEASON BECAUSE OF THE - VACCINES WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER - JUDY: DR. ALEX AZAR, THE - SECRETARY OF THE DETHRTMENT OF - HEND HUMAN SERVICES, THANK - YOU VERY MUCH. - WE TURN NOW TO A PHYSICIAN WHO - HAS LONG BEEN INVOLVED IN THE - STUDY OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AND - THE VACCINES DEVELOPED TO FIGHT - THEM. - DR. CARLOS DEL RIO IS PROFESSOR - OF GLOBAL HEALTH AND - EPIDEMIOLOGY AT EMORY UNIVERSITY - SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. - THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. - IS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF T - TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLAN AT - THIS POINT TO DISTRIBUTE THE - VACCINE TO AMERICANS? - DR. DEL RIO: LET ME FIRST START - BY SAYING THAT THE ACHIEVEMENT - OF GETTING A VACCINE IN RECORD - GETTING VACCINES THA

- ARE INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE IS - SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO BE NOT - ONLY VERY HAPPY, BUT VERYROUD. - THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE, - MANY YRS OF RESEARCH BEFORE - THIS VIRUS STUDY -, START - BASIC RESEARCH IN THIS - TECHNOLOGY HAS LED TO HAVE A - VACCINE THAT WILL BE A KEY TO - ENDING THIS PANDEMIC. - EASY.IBUTION WILL NOT BE - BUT I WILL TELL YOU AND I AGREE - WITH THE SECRETARY, WE ARE - AMERICANS. - WE PUT A MAN ON THE MOON. - WE CAN GET THE STONE. - IT WILL REQUIRE COORDINATION AND - COLLABORATION. - IT WILL REQUIRE PEOPLE TO WORK - TOGETHER AND FUNDING. - BUT I'M CONVINCED, AS - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN HAS SAID, - WE CAN GET 100 MILLION DOSES IN - THE NEXT FIRST 100 DAYS OF HIS - ADMINISTRATION. - JUDY: DO YOU BELIEVE THE - ADMINISTRATION CAN MEET THE - DEADLINE? - WE HEARD FROM SECRETARY AZAR, - GRANTED IT WILL BE THE NEXT - ADMINISTRATION, BUT DO YOU THINK - TH CANE DELIVERED TO - EVERYONE WHO NEEDS IT BY THE END

- OF JUNE? - DR. DEL RIO: I THINK SO. - I HOPE BOTHIO ADMINISTR -- - THIS SHOULD NOT BE DEMOCRAT ORRE - BLICAN. - THIS SHOULD BE BOTH AND I WOULD - HOPE SECRETARY AZAR WORKS - CLOSELY WITH JAVIER BECERRA FOR - A SMOOTH TRANSITION. - AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED - TO GET A VACCINE INTO THE ARMS - OF PEOPLE BECAUSE VACCINES DON'A - SAVE LIVESINATIONS SAVE - LIVES. - JUDY: WHAT WILL BE THE HARDEST - COMMUNITIES TO REACH? - WE ARE HEARING ABOUT URBAN - AREAS, INNER-CITY AREAS, - COMMUNITIES OFOLOR, RURAL - PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. - WHERE IS THE GREATEST EFFORTS - GOING TO BE REQUIRED? - DR. DEL RIO: THE GREATT EFFORT - WILL HAVE PEOPLE TRUST THE - VACCINEIN AND BE WITO BE - VACCINATED. - AND UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF - YEARS OF RACISM AND YEARS OF - ABUSE BY THE HEALTH CARE - INFRASTRUCTURE OF

- AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND HISPANICS, - T E POPULATIONS THAT NEEDE - MOST MAY BE THE ONES MOR - RELUCTANT. - THEY ARE NOTNTI-FACTORS, -- - ANTI-VAXXERS, THEY ARE SIMPLY - HEDISTRUSTFUL OFYSTEM. - WE NEED TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY - LEADERS TO ENSURE TRUST EXISTS. - THE SECOND THING IS TO MAKE SURE - E VACCINE GETS TO EVER - CORNER. - IT IS NOT JUST GOING TO - THE CITIES, IT WILL BE IN THE - RURAL COMMUNITIES AND EVERYWHERE - . - GETTING IT TO THE MOST REMOTE - PLACIN ALASKA. - THINK ABOUT THE POSTAL SYSTEM. - ABOUT HOW THE POSTAL SYSTEM GETS - LETTERS EVERYWHERE THAT IS - I'M CONVINCED DISTRIBUTION - SYSTEMS LIKE THE ONES THAT EXIST - FOR AMAZON, COCA-COLA AND - PHARMACISTS IN THE MILITARY CAN - GET IT DONE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING - TO BE EASY. - AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE - TO GET THE VACCINE TO EVERY - PERSON THAT NEEDS IT. - JUDY: IT SOUNDS AS IF YOU ARE - ADMINISTRATI, FOR WHATEVER

- TO A SECOND MAJOR SHIPMENT OF - THE VACCINE FROM PFIZER. - DR. DEL RIO: I'M NOT SURE, I - DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DETAILS ARE, - BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE PFIZER - VACCINE REQUIRES REFRIGERATION - AND IT HAS LOGISTICAL - COMPLICATIONS THAT IT MIGHT BE - UDO -- YOU DON'T NEED THE - VACCINE, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR MY - TURNND THEN USE THE OTHER - VACCINE. - YOU WAIT FOR ASTRAZENECA THAT - DOES NOT RIGUIRE THAT - REATION. - EACH VACCINE IS A LITTLE - DIFFERENT. - THE COLD CHAIN REQUIREMENTS OF - PFIZER MAKE IT PRETTY - U CHALLENGING. - LL NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT - TO RURAL COMMUNITIES OR MANY - PLACES ON THE INNER-CITY BECAUSE - YOU WON'T HAVE THE COLD CHAIN - REQUIRED TO DISTRIBUTE THE - VACCINE. - JUDY: VERY QUICKLY, IS IT CLEAR

- IN YOUR MIND WHO SHOULD GET THE - VACCINE FIRST - HEALTH-CARE WORKERS, THOSE - LIVE IN NURSING HOME AND - LONG-TERM CARE SETTINGS, AND - AFTER IS IT CLEAR IN YOUR - MIND WHAT THE ORDER SHOULD BE? - DR. DEL RIO: YES, IT IS CLEAR. - THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE - PUT OUT A REPORT CALLED - EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF - VACCINES. - I WOULD LOOK AT THAT REPORT. - THE CDC LOOKS AT THAT REPORT. - THAT TELLS YOU HOW PEOPLE SHOULD - GET THE VACCINE AND IT STARTS - WITH HEALTH-CARE WORKERS AND - THOSE IN LONG-TERM FACILITIES - AND MOVES TO TEACHERS, FIRST - RESPONDERS, STUDENTS, DIFFERENT - PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION - UNTIL ENTUALLY EVERYONE IS - VACCINATED. - IF WE DO IT RIGHT, I AGREE THAT - I THE SUMMER WE COULD HAVE - PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS - IT VACCINATED. - JUDY: DR. CARLO STILL RIO, - IOEPIDGISTS, A PHYSICIAN AT - THE EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF

- MEDICINE. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - DR. DEL RIO: DELIGHTED TO BE - WITH YOU, JUDY. - JUDY: NOW, RETURNING TO - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN'S CHOICE - TO RUN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT - RETIRED ARMY GSTERAL LLOYD - , . - SEVERAL CANDIDATES WERE MUCH - TALKED-ABOUT FOR THE POST, AND - BIDEN'S PICK HAS SPARKED A - VARIETY OF REACTIONS. - HERE'S NICK SCHIFRIN. - NICK: L FOR 40 YEARYD AUSTIN - WAS A BARRIER-BREAKING SOLDIER. - THE FIRST BLACK OFFICER TO - EAMMAND A DIVISION IN COMBAT, - AND COMMAND A THR OF WAR. - HAD SOME OF THE MOST - DIFFICULT COMMANDS INCLUDING - IRAQ BEFORE THE 2011 U.S. - WITHDRAWAL. - >> IT IS GOING TO TAKE THE IRAQI - NT, THE IRAQI PEOPLE TO - CONTINUE TO MAKE THE RIGHT - DECISIONS, WORK TOGETHER. - NICK: PRESIDENT ELECT BIDEN - WORKED WITH AUSTIN IN IRAQ, - ATTENDING THE CEREMONY WHERE - AND THE VICE PRESIDENT'S LATE - SON, BEAU BIDEN, WHO DIED IN - 2015, SERVED ON AUSTIN'S STAFF.

- IN AN ARTICLE TODAY, BIDEN CAL - AUSTIN CALM UNDER PRESSURE AND - PRAISED AUSTIN'S LOGISTICAL - SUCCESS IN WITHDRAWING FROM - IRAQ. - BIDEN SAYS AUSTIN WILL USE THOSE - SKILLS TO QUARTERBACK COVID - VACCINE LOGISTICS. - BIDEN WROTE THEY ALIGN - STRATEGICALLY, AND AUSTIN'S - NOMINATION WAS A "MILESTONE." - >> THIS ALLY IS HISTORIC. - AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE SERVED IN - HIGHER NUMBERS THAN THEIRF - PERCENTAGEE POPULATION IN - THE UNITED STATES. - NICK: DANA PITTARD IS A RETIRED - TWO-STAR GENERAL WHO SERVED WITH - AUSTIN IN IRAQ WHEN THEY FOUGHT - ISIS. - HE'S THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, - "HUNTING THE CALIPHATE." - >> HE HAD OUR FORCES WITH ALL OF - OUR COALION ALLIES, FIGHT ISIS - ON NUMEROUS FRONTS. - IT TOOK STRATEGIC VISION AND AN - OPERATIONAL APPROACH TO BE ABLE - TO PULL THAT OFF. - AND THAT WAS GENERAL AUSTIN. - NICK:AL AUSTI SERVEIN THE - PENTAGON, AS THE FORMER ARMY - VICE CHIEF OF STAFF.

- >> HE RAN THE DAY IN AND DAY OUT - STAFF BUSINESS IN THE PENTAGON. - SO HE HAS INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF - THINGS, AT LEAST ON HOW THE - PENTAGON SHOULD WORK AS A SENIOR - LEAD. - NICK: BUT AUSTIN'S NOMINATION - HAS CRITICS. - HE RETIRED ONLY FOUR YEARS AGO - AND WOD THEREFORE NEED A - CONGRESSIONAL WAIVER TO SERVE AS - THE CIVILIAN SECRETARY OF - DEFENSE. - CORESS HAS ONLY APPRED THAT - WAIVER TWICE FOR FORMER WORLD - , WAR II, 5-STAR GENERAL GEORGE - MARSHALL, AND FOR PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S FIRST DEFENSE SECRETARY - JAMES MATTIS, PRSTIN'S - ECESSOR AT CENTRAL COMMAND. - IN 2017, TOP SENATE AR - SERVICES DEMOCRAT JACK REED - SUPPORTED MATTIS' WABUT - WARNED IT WAS THE LAST. - >> WAIVING LAWS SHOULD HAPPEN NO - MORE THAN ON IN A GENERATION. - THEREFORE I WILL NOT SUPPORT A - WAIVER FOR FUTURE NOMINEES. - NICK: TODAY, REED KEPT HIS - OPTIONS OPEN, DURING A WINDY - INTERVIEW. - >> IN ALL FAIRNESS, YOU HAVE TOP - GIVE THETUNITY TO THE - NOMINEE TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF OR - HERSELF. - THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE

- PRINCIPLE IS. - >> THE CONGRESS HAS, SINCE THE - 1940'S, REQUIRED THAT FOR - SOMEONE TO BECOME SECRETARY OF - DEFENSE, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN - SEPARATED FROM THAT CH - COMMAND FOR A LONG ENOUGH TIME - BACK INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR - THAT THEY AREN'T STILL PART OF - THAT SENSE OF FOLLOWING ORDERS. - NICK: DANIELLE BRYAN IS THE - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE - PROJECT - WHICH OPPOSED AUSTIN AND OTHER - PROSPECTIVE MINEES. - > SHE'S ALSO CONCERNED AUSTIN - JOINED THE BOARD OF RAYTHEON, - ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST - DEFENSE CONTRACTORS, A - MONTHS AFTER HE RETIRED. - >> WE WANT SOMEONE WHO HAS A - BROADER PERSPECTIVE THAN THE - SAME OLD CYCLE OF THE - MILITARY-INDTRIAL COMPLEX THAT - HAS BEEN SPIRALING NOW FOR - DECADES. - NICK: SOME REGRET THE - OPPORTUNITY LOST TO HAVE PICKED - THE FIRST FEMALE DEFENSE - SECRETARY MICHELLE FLOURNOY, WHO - ISST- WAS ON THE SHORT - >> I DO GET A SENSE OF BEING LEF - DOM SOME FOLKS, THAT THEY

- WERE REALLY HOPING TO BREAK THIS - BARRIER. - NICK: MIEKE EOYANG IS THE SENIOR - VICE PRESIDENT OF THIRD WAY SOT - . - >> HAVING LLOYD AUSTIN AS - SECRETAROF DEFENSE IS A BIG, - HISTORIC MOMENT. - HE HAS BROKEN BARRIERS - EVERYWHERE HE'S GONE. - RACE IS STILL AN ISSUE IN THE - MILITARY. - BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SO IS - GENDER. - BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES -- RACISM, - AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION, ARE - GOING TO BE ON THE PLATE FOR THE - NEXT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. - NICK: AUSTIN'S DEFENDERS SAY HE - IS A WARRIOR-DIPLOMAT N - DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES, AND - ALIGN WITH PRESIDENT ELECT - BIDEN'S RESTRAINT. - >> SOMEONE WHO IS MORE TIED TO - E DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND WHO - HAS BEEN IN COMBAT THEMSELVES - WILL BE A LITTLE BITORE - RELUCTANT TO WANT TO SEND OUR - SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO COMBAT - UNLESS IT'S ABSOLUTELY - NECESSARY. - AND LLOYD AUSTIN IS THAT TYPE OL - INDIVIDUAL ADER. - NICK: FOR THE "PBS NEWSHOUR,"CH - I'M IFRIN. - JUDY: IT'S BEEN FE WEEKS SINCE - ELECTION DAY, BUT PRESIDENT

- TRUMP AND MANY OF HIS ALLIES - CONTINUE TO QUESTION STATE - ELECTION RESULTS, DESPITE THERE - BEING ZERO EVIDENCOF - WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD OR - IRREGULARITIES. - WILLIAM BRANGHAM REPORTS ON - ANOTHER MILESTONE DAY IN THE - 2020 ELECTION. - WILLIAM: JUDY, NEXT MONDAY, - MEMBERS OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE - WILL MEET IN STATE CITALS - ACROSS THE COUNRTY TO OFFICIALLY - CAST THEIR VOTES FOR PRESIDENT.H - MOST OE ELECTORS - AND HOW - THEY WILL VOTE -- ARE ALREADY - KNOWN BECAUSE TODAY IS WHAT'S - CALLED THE "SAFE HARBOR" - DEADLINE FOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS. - TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE IN THE - TRANSITION, AND AT THE - PRESIDENT'S ONGOING RESISTANCE - TO IT, I'M JOINED BY TREVOR - POTTER. - HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE - CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER. - COUNSEL FOR JOHN MCCAIN'S - PRESIDENAL CAMPAIGN AND AS - CHAIR OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION - COMMISSION. - GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE - "NEWSHOUR." - WBEFO GET TO THESE CALENDAR - ISSUES I WAS DESCRIBING BEFORE,

- WE STILL ARE SEEING CONTINUED - LEGAL EFFORTS BY THE TRUMP - CAAIGN TO STOP DIFFERENT - STATESNG FROM CERTIFHEIR - VOTES. - OURTAW ONE, THE SUPREME - KNOCKED ONE DOWN JUST TODAY FROM - .PENNSYLVANIA. - THERE WAS A NEW ONE FILED BY THE - ATTORNEY GENERAL IN TEXAS. - WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESETS - REMAINING LAWS - >> TRUTHFULLY, THEY ARE - INCREASINGLY BIZARRE IN THE - SENSE THATHE HAVE NO CHANCE - OF STOPPING THE ELECTORAL - COLLEGE FROM VOTING, AND I THINK - FROM CONGRESS ACCEPTING THOSE - RESULTS. - DTHEY ARE BEST DESCRI AS PR - MESSAGES, Y BE HEARTFELT BY - THE PEOPLE FILING THEM, BUT I - VEN'T EXPECT THEM TO NY - LEGAL EFFECT. - WILLIAM: SO AS MENTIONED, - TODAY IS THE SAFE HARBOR - DEADLINE. - JUST REMIND US WH

- IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING FROM - THE ELECTION TO A NEW PRESIDENT - SWORN I - THAT SAYS IF STATES GET THEIRSS - ELECTORS IN BY THAT DATE, IF - THEY CERTIFY THEM BY THAT DATE, - PRESUMPTIVELY, CONGRESS WILL - ACPT THEM. - IT IS NOT A GUARANTEE BUT IT IS - PART OF THE TIMELINE LEADING UP - TO THE VOTING BY E THECTORS ON - THE 14TH, NEXT MONDAY. - WILLIAM: IS IT YOUR SENSE THAT - THERE IS ANYTHING THAT COULD - LEGITIMATELY INTERRUPTOC THIS - S FROM THIS WEEK TO NEXT - WEEK TO JANUARY? - >> IN TERMS OF THE OUTCOME, NO, - THERE IS NOTHING THAT WOULDGI - MATELY INTERRUPT THAT - PROCESS. - THE STATES HAVE ALREADY - CERTIFIED THE ELECTORS AND THE - ELECTO WILL MEET NEXT MONDAY - THE 14TH AND VOTE, AND CONGRESS - WILL RECEIVE THOSE VOTES ON - JANUARY 6.

- HAVING SAID THAT, IT DOESN'T - MEAN THERE WILL NOT BE NOISE IN - THECE P. - I JUST MEAN THE END RESULT IS - NOW VERY CLEAR. - SOME OF THE NOISE ISIN THE F - OF THESE LAWSUITS, TRYING TO GET - THE SUPREME COURT TO INTERVENE - AND TELL STATES NOT TO DESIGNE - ELECTORS, OR TELLING CONGRESSNO - SOMEHO TO COUNT THEM, WHICH - IS SOMETHING THE COURT CAN'T DOS - , BUT WHAT S TRYING TO DO. - WILLIAM: PULLING BACK A BIT AND - LOOKING MORE BROADLY, WHAT DO - YOUAKE OF THE EFFORT THE - PRESIDENT IS UNDERTAKEN, TO - DECLARE THE ELECTION WAS A FRAUD - AND VOTES WERE STOLEN AND HE IN - FACT WON, NOT JOE BIDEN. - IS IT YOUR SENSE THAT THIS IS - JUST A MAN WHO DOESN'T WANT TO - CONCEDE AND WE ARE SEEING THE - SORT OF TAIL END OF THAT SPASM, - OR IS THIS SOMETHING MORE - SUBSTANTIVE GOING ON? - >> I THINK WHAT'S GOING ON HAS - CHANGED OVER THE COURSE OF THE - LAST MONTH SINCEHE ELECTION. - ORIGINALLY, I WAS A QUESTION

- OF, ARE THE VOTES BEING COUNTED - CORRECTLY? - ARE THE VOTES THAT ARE BEING - COUNTE LEGITIMATE? - HAVE THEY BEEN EXAMINED, ARE THE - MACHINE REPORTING THE RIGHT - TALLY? - THAT W A FOLLOWED ERIES OF - LAWSUITS THAT WERE I THINK - HOCREASINGLY FAR-FETCHED, - ALLEGING THAT SO THE - SYSTEM THE STATES HAD USED WAS - WRONG AND THAT A COURT OUGHT TO - STEP I AND SAY FOR INSTANCE - THAT ABSENTEE BALLOTS SHOULD NOT - BE COUNTED INENNSYLVANIA. - BUT ALL OF THAT IS NOW RESOLVED. - THOSE COURT CASES ARE ALMOST ALL - OVER, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN LOST IN - EVERY CASE. - THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHAT IS - PRESIDENT TRUMP DOING STILL - SAYING THAT THE ELECTION WAS - SOMEHOW BEING STOLEN ANDAST - FRAUDULENT? - I THINK AT THAT STAGE, YOU HAVE - TO SAY EITHER HE'S BEING - RINCREDIBKLESS IN TERMS OF - REFUSING TO ACCEPT THAT THIS IS - HOWEOPLE VOTED, THIS IS WHAT - THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE IS,

- OR SOMETHING MORE DANGOUS, - WHICH IS HE'S REFUSING TO ACCEPT - THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION - PERSONALLY AND POLITICALLY - BECAUSE IT HELPS HIM TO BE SEEN - MFIGHTING, TO RAIEY FOR HIS - NEW POLITICAL COMMAGTEE. - AT SOME IT BECOMES A - ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE THE - PRESIDENT-ELECT ANMAKE - AMERICAN THINK THE RESULT OF - THIS ELECTN IS SOMEHOW NOT - LEGITIMATE. - THAT IS REALLY DANGEROUS FOR OUR - DEMOCRACY. - TH YEAR, IT IS NOT - PARTICULARLY CLOSE. - THERE WAS A BIG BITE ANDPO LEADN - THLAR VOTE -- BIDEN LEAD - IN THE POPULAR VOTE AND - ELECTORAL VOTE. - NEXT TIME, IT MIGHT BE JUST ONTO - ONE ESTATE. - IN THE IDEA THAT STATE - LEGISLATURES SHOULD STEP IN ANDO - IGNORE WITH THRS DID AND - DECIDE THEY WILL PRODUCE A - DIFFERENT RESULT BECAUSE THEY - DON'T LIKE WHAT THE VOTERS DID

- IS INCREDIBLY ANTIDEMOCRATIC. - IT IS NOT HOW A DEMOCRACY ELECTS - ITS LEADERS. - WILLIAM: TREVOR POTTER OF THE - CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, THANK YOU - VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. - JUDY: WE CONTINUE OUR LOOK T NOW - CHALLENGES FOR THOSE - COMING OUT OF INCARCERATION. - AFTER BEING RELEASED, MANY - STRUGGLE TO FIND HOUSING, WPRCH - IN TURN CAENT THEM FROM - GETTING TREATMENT FOR AN - ADDICTION OR MENTAL ILLNESS, - SECURING A STEADY JOB, AND - ULTIMATELY, STAYING OUT OF JAIL. - IT'S A SITUATIOERMADE EVEN - TONIGHT, AMNA NAWAZ PROFILES ONE - WOMAN'S QUEST FOR HOUSING IN - AUSTIN, TEXAS. - IT'S THE SECOND IN OUR SERIES - THIS WEEK, SEARCHING FOR - JUSTICE. - AMNA: FOR FOUR MONTHS, A - MAKESHIFT LOFT UNDER THIS NORTH

- AUSTIN BRIDGE WAS HOME FOR - RACHEL SCHUYLER AND HER HUSBAND, - IAN. - >> IT WAS HARD TO SLEEP IN THE - BRIDGE WH THE NOISE AT FIRST, - BUTOU KIND OF GET USED TO IT. - IT BECOMES LIKE A WHITE ISE. - AMNA: THE 30-YEAR-OLD SAYS SHE'D - BEEN HOMELESS FOR FIVE OR SIX - YEARS WHEN SHE WAS ARRESTED IN - SENT TO JAIL.HECKS, AND - HER ONE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS - TAKEN INTO STATE CUSTODY. - >>T THIS WAS RI BEFORE I WAS - ARRESTED. - >> SHE'S SO CUTE. - WHAT'S HER NAME? - >> OLIVIA. - AMNA: RELEASED IN APRIL,BB - RACHEL'S BEEN NG TOGETHER - MONEY FROM ODD JOBS FOR THIS - HOTEL ROOM. - VIRTUAL VISITS ARE HER ONLY - CONNECTION TO OLIVIA. - >> I PLAY MY UKULELE. - MY HUSBAND PLAYS THE HARMONICA - AND WE READ BOOKS. - WE SING HER. - SHE'S TOO YOUNG TO KNOW ANYTHING - ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. WHAT DO - ERU SAY TO A 14 MONTH OLD - ZOOM? - LIKE SEVEN MONTHS OLD, YOU KNOW? - WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A SEVEN MONTH - OLD? - THEY'RE AUDIO VISUAL. - THEY WANT TO TOUCH STUFF AND PUT

- IT ALL IN THEIR MOUTH. - WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO OVER A - VIDEO VISIT BUT GET ANGRY - BECAUSE I'M NOT REALLY THERE? - AMNA:LI TO GET HER ON TRACK, - AND TO GET HER DAUGHTER BACK, - RACHELEEDS A JOBX AND A - E JOB AND A HD SOON, BUT SHE - SAYS HER PAST IS HOLDING HER - BACK. - >> IT'S JUST ONCE YOU'RE IN THE - SYSTEN THOUGH I GOT TIME - SERVED, I'MON DONE, I'M NO - PROBATION, MY CASES ARE FINISHED - -- I'M STILL GOING TO BE - PUNISHED FOR UP TO THE NEXT - CAN'T GET A PLACE - LIVE, OR IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT - TFOR MEGET A JOB AND START A - CAREER. - I'M DONE, I'VE DONE MY TIME AND - I'M I'VE DONE MY REHABILITATION. - T NOW I'M SCREWED. - AMNA: RACHEL'S STORY ISN'T - UNIQUE. - A 2018 STUDY BY THE PRISON - POLICY INITIATIVE FOUND THAT - FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLEN - WERE NEARLY MES MORE - LIKELY TO BE HOMELESS THAN THE - GENERAL POPULATION, ESPECIALLY - UP RELEASE. - AND A 2019 STUDY FM THE TEXAS - CRIMINAL JUSTICE COALITION FOUND - THAT THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS, IN

- RN, ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE - IKARRESTED -- FOR CRIMES L - SHOPLIFTING AND ASSAULT. - >> YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A MATTER - OF IF YOU GET ARRESTED, IT'S A - MATTER OF WHEN. - AND THAT HOW LONG YOU ARE GOING - TO BE GONE. - AMNA: THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF - INCARCERATION AND HOHALESSNESS - ISN' TO FIND HERE. - >> MYD REC, BECAUSE OF WHAT IT - IS, THE DEPARTMENT LOCATORS -- - APARTMENT LOCATORS SAID, WE CAN - DO ANYTHING. - . - FOR> YOUU GET OUT, BUT - BECAUSE YOU DID THIS CRIME, WE - WILL HOLD HER TO GET -- HOLD IT - AGAINST YOU TO GET TO WHERE YOU - CAN'T GET CERTAIN THINGS THAT - ARE UTTER NECESSITIES. - AMNA: A FEW OF THOSE BASIC - HICESSITIES CAN BE FOUND AT - ENCAMPMENTS LIKEONE, ON - THE OUTSKIRTS OF AUSTIN. - THIS 7-ACRE PLOT IS KNOWN AS - ESPERANZA, OR HOPE. - H AT'S JUST WHAT JOSEPH - WESTPHAL, THROUGS GROUP - CALLED THE OTHER ONES IS TRYING - TO PROVIDE. - THERE'S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR - EVERYBODY THAT YOU TALK TO ABOUT - WHY THEY'RE HERE. - BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE - UNDERLYING RHYTHM AND THE - UNDERLYING FACTOR IS THAT THAT

- LOSS OF FAMILY AND CONNECTION - AND COMMUNITY AND FRIEND - AMNA: AS SHELTE SHUTTERED TO - AVOID CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS, SO - DID MANY OF THEIR SUPPORT - PROGRAMS. - WESTPHAL'S GROUP HAS TRIED TO - FILL THAT SHORTFALL WITH THIS - HYGIENE TRUCK FOR SHOWERS, WORK - CREWS TO KEEP THE CAMP CLEAN, - AND THE KINDS OF BASIC JOB AND - HOUSING SEARCH SUPPORT PEOPLE - NEED TO GET OFF THE STREET BUT - HE SAYS TOO OFTEN THEY RUN INTO - THE SAME BARRIER. - >> I'D SAY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 60% - TO 80% OF PEOPLE HAVE SOME KIND - OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND THAT WILL - PROBABLY AFFECT WHERTHEY LIVE - AND HOW LIKELY THEY ARE TO FIND - STABLE HOUSING. - AMNA: BUT THE PANDEMIC HAS ALSO - FORCED JAILS AND PRISONS TOHA - SLASH PROGRAMSHELP KEEP - FORMER INMATES OFF THE STREETS - IN THE FIRST PLACE. - >> THE FIRST THINGE SAID IS WE - NEED ALL UNESSENTIAL PEOPLE OUT - OF THE JAIL. - AND THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THE - PROGRAM STAFF, OUR VOLUNTEERS - AND OUR PARTNERS, SO THAT - IMCTED OUR SERVICES QUITE - BIT. - AMNA: PART OFANIEL SMITH'S JOB - AT THE TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S - DEPARTMENT IS TO CONNECT INMATES

- WITH ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH - SUPPORT AND WITH A PLACE TO GO - ONCE RELEASED. - >> ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE RUN - INTO IS THAT THERE JUST ISN'T - ENOUGH HOUSING FOR EVERYBODY - GETTING RELEASED. - IFY THERE WERE, TULD NOT BE - COMING TO US HOMELESS OR THEY - WOULDN'T BE COMING TO US NEEDING - TREATMENT. - AMNA: ONE BRIGHT SPOT DURING - COVID? - SOME ADDITIONAL HOUSIN - CONGRESSIONAL AID ALLOWED LOCAL - GOVERNMENTS TO RENT HOTEL ROOMS - TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS, AND HELP - PREVENT VIRUS SPREAD. - THIS IS WHERE I HAVE BEEN - LIVING AT FOR THE PAST SIX OR - SEVEN MONTHS. - AMNA: ONE OF THOSE ROOMS GAVE - ANDREW JONES A CHANCE TO GETBA - CK ON TRACK. - ON TOP OF A DIVORCE, JOB LOSS, - AND LOSING BOTH HIS PARENTS, - JONES SUFFERED FROM AN UNTREATED - MENTAL ILLNESS. - >> I WAS IN BAD SHAPE. - IT WAS BAD. - THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE. - AMNA: ATAPH INFECTION LED TO A - DOCTOR'S VISIT, WHICH LED TO A - SOCIAL WORKER AND THENE OF - THE CITY'S HOTEL ROOMS. - >> WHEN I WENT TO GET MY ID, YOU - NEED PROOF OF ADDRESS.IN

- SEE THOSE ? - SO SMALL THINGS THAT PEOPLE WE - TAKE FOR GRANTED. - IT MEANS SO MUCH, JUST HAVING AN - WHAT IF I WENT THERE AND I - DIDN'T HA A PLACE TO SAY -- - STAY? - THAT WOULD'VE BEEN AN ISSUE. - NOW YOU NEED AN IDO GET A JOB. - NOW YOU NEED A JOB TO GET - SO HAVING A PLACE TO STAY HAS - BEEN THE GAME CHANGER. - THE BARBED WIRE FENCE, ALMOST - AMAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU IN - PRISON BUT THAT'S IT. - AMNA:BA JONES SAID HE'S ON - MEDICATION AND - RECONNECTED WITH FAMILY, BUT HIS - HOTEL STAY IS TEMPORARY. - AND VOCATES SAY THE WAITING - LIST IS HUNDREDS LONG. - FOR HER PART, RACHELYIAYS SHE'S - TRNG NOT TO LOSE HOPE. - BUT WITH HER SAVINGS DWINDLING, - AND HER PROSPECTDIMMING, IT'S - GETTING HARDER TO HOLD OO. - >> I WANTO SAVE MY DAUGHTER - BECAUSE I WANT A FAMILY. - MY HUSND AND I WANT TO, YOU - KNOW, HAVE THAT WHITE PICKET - FENCE AND GET MARRIED AND HAVE

- OUR LITTLE FAMILY. - AND WE WANT TO TREATUR KIDS - BETTER THAN OUR PARENTS TREATED - US. - YOU KNOW? - WE WANT TO BE BETTER. - AMNA:OR THE "PBS NEWSHOUR," - I'M AMNA NAWAZ. - JUDY: NOW TO HONORING A CIVIL - RIGHTS LEGEND IN A NEW WAY. - PRODUCER JAMES BROWN OF PBS - STATION WXXI REPORTSOW - ARTISTS IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK - LEWIS.IBUTE TO THE LATE JOHN - IT IS PA OF OUR ARTS AND - LTURE SERIES, CANVAS. - >> THIS WALL WILL BE A LANDMARK. - THE COLORS ARE NOT GOING TO - FADEG - IT'S GO BE HERE LONG AFTER - WE'RE GONE. - I GREW UP RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE - SNESEE BREWERY, ST. SIMON - TERRACE.

- IT IS VERY EXCITING FOR ME TO - COME BACK AND JUST SHOW LOVE TO - THE CITY HAS GIV ME SO MUCH. - THIS IS A PAINTING OF JOHN - LEWIS, A YOUNG JOHN LEWIS, - GIVING A SPEECH. - ORIGINAL PHOTOS FROM DANNY LYON. - THE PREMIER, LIKE CIVIL RIGHTS - PHOTOGRAPHER BACK IN THE DAY. - WE JUST WANTED TO HONOR HIS - LEGACY AND WHAT HE'S DONE FOR - THE FAIR TREATMENT OF ALL OF OUR - PEOPLE, OFPELACK AND BROWN - LE.EN - WITH HIS RPASSING, I JUST - WANTED TO KIND OF PAY HOMAGE TO - HIM AND HIS NAME AND HIS LEGACY - , D ALSO BRING DANNY LYONS' - IMAGE TO LIFE AND CIRCUS LARGER - -- IT IS LARGER-THAN-LIFE. - >> WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF WHERE - EVYONE IS GOING TO BE GOING. - >> "I AM SPEAKING" IS THE TITLE - AND THE PR WECT IS I AM. - HAVE ONE IN CHICAGO. - THE FIRST ONE IS "I AM A MAN," - THE PHOTO FROM THE MEMPHIS - SANITATION STRIKE. - SECOND ONE IS IN LOUISVILLE, - KENTUCKY. - AND THAT WAS TITLED "I AM - SINGING."

- IT'S A PROTEST L PEOPLE - SINGING AND CLAPPING THEIR HANDS - IN THE AIR. - AND THEN THIS ONE, IS "I AM - SPEAKING." - ACROSS THE STREET IS THE SITE - WHERE FREDERICK DOUGLASS GAVE - HIS WHAT WAS HIS FOURTH OF JULY - TO A SLAVE ADDRE OR SPEECH. - SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD - IDEA TO NAME IT "I AM SPEAKING." - IT'S A GOOD FIT. - WANTED TO STOP PEOPLE IN THEIR - TRACKS. - I CAN'T CONTROL HOW THIS PIECE - IS GOING TO BE PERCEIVED. - I KNOW ALL OF THE COECTIVE - EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS LIKE - BRINGING THIS TO THE COMMUNITY, - AND IT'S POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING. - I HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS - AS IT'S EVOKING SOME KIND OF - EMOTION, IT'S DOING ITS JOB. - JUDY: FINALLY TONIGHT, THE FIRST - MAN TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER, - CHUCK YEAGER, DIED MON.Y IN - CALIFORN - JOHN YANG HAS OUR REMEMBRANCE. - >> A MAN HAS FLOWN AN AIRPLANE - FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND!

- REPORTER: CHUCK YEAGER SOARED - INTO AVIATION HISTORY IN 1947. - THE FIRST PERSON TO BREAK THE - SOUND BARRIER.TH - ACHIEVEMENT IN THE - "GLAMOROUS GLENNIS" -- NAMED FOR - HIS WIFE -- WAS A LONG-SHRGHT - BREAGH. - HE RECALLED IT IN A 2012 - INTERVIEW. - >> UP UNTIL THAT TIME, WE'D - NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET ABOVE THE - SPEED OF SOUND, HAD PROBLEMS - WITH CONTROLS AND STUFLIKE - THAT. - FINALLY, ON OCTOBER THE 14TH OF - '47, WE SUCCEEDED IN PUSHING - THROUGH THE MACH ONE, AND OPED - UP SPACE TO US. - REPORTER: BORN AND RAISED IN - WEST VIRGINIA, CHUED YEAGER - ENLIN THE ARMY AIR CORPS - IN SEPTEMBER 1941, WHEN HE WAS - 18. - JUST BEFORE THE PEARL HARBOR - ATTACK PLUNGED THE UNITED STATES - INTO WORLD WAR II. - HTHE BECAME A P-51 F PILOT - AND DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF IN - AERIAL COMBAT OVER FRANCE AND - GERMANY. - AT ONE POINT, HE WAS SHOT DOWN, - BUT ESCAPED CAPTURE AND RETURNED - GE THE SKIES. - AFTER THE WAR, YBECAME A

- MILITARY TEST PILOT, TRYING OUT - NEW PROTOTYPES. - IN 2006, HE DESCRIBED FOR WEST - VIRGINIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING HOW - HE ENDED UP IN EXPERIMENTAL - ROCKET-POWERED AIRCRAFT.N - >> THEY PUT MEE FIGHTER - TEST SECTION AND I FLEW - EVERYTHING WT FLEW. - THEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY - TO GO TO THE TEST PILOT SCHOOL - JANUARY OF '46, WHICH I DID - , BEME A TEST PILOT AND THEN - STARTED WORKING ON TEST - PROGRAMS, WAS SELECTED FOR THE - X1 AND OTHER TEST PROGRAMS. - SEVERAL PREP FLIGHTS, YEAGER AND - HIS BELL X-1 DROPPED FROM THE - BELLY OF A B-29 BOMBER AND - ROCKETED PAST THE SOUND BARRIER - -- AT NEARLY 700 MILES AN HOUR. - >> EVERYTHING I DID, IT WAS MY - DUTY. - IT WAS ALL IMPORTANT. - THE SOUND BARRIER WAS JUST - I WAS WORKING ON 10 TEST - PROGRAMS WHEN I WAS FLYING THE - X1. - REPORTER: THE SECRET FLIGHT WAS - FINALLY ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD - KYGHT MONTHS LATER JUNE 1948. - , HE INSTANTLYCKETED TO

- FAME. - IRONICALLY, THOUGH, HE WAS - PASSED OVER FOTHE SPACE - PROGRAM A DECADE LATER, WHEN - NASA REQUIRED THE FIRST - ASTRONAUTSAVE COLLEGE DEGREES. - YEAGER HAD NEVER GONE TO - COLLEGE. - EVEN SO, HE WENT ON TO COMMAND - FIGHTER SQUADRONS IN GERMANY ANS - SOUTASIA DURING THE - VIETNAM WAR, AND WAS LATER - PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL. - YEAGER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE - NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAME - IN 1973, AND RETIRED FROM THE - AIR FORCE IN 1975. - IN 1979, HE GAINED NEW - INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITY WITH THE - PUBLICATION OF TOM WOLFE'S - BEST-SELLING BOOK "T" RIGHT - STUFF. - R MADE INTO A MOVIE, WIT - THE ACTOR SAM SHEPARD PORTRAYING - HIM. - AFTER THE "CHAENGER" EXPLOSION - IN 1986, HE SERVED ON THE - COMMISSION THAT INVESTIGATED THE - DISASTER. - HE ALSO WORKED AS STCONSULTING - ILOT AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE - BASE IN CALIFORNIA. - AND TRAVELED ABROAD, VISITING - U.S. TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN. - 2012 MARKED THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY - OF YEAGER'S SUPER-SONIC FLIGHT - AND AT AGE 89, HE RE-ENACTED THE - ACHIEVEMENT, FLYING WITH A PILOO

- FROM NELLIS AIE BASE IN - NEVADA. - AFTERWARD, HE REFLECTED ON THE - INDELIBLMARK THE MILITARY LEFT - ON HIS LIFE. - >> WHAT I AM, I OWE TO THE AIR - FORCE BECAUSE IT TOOK AN 1YEAR - OLD KID OUT OF WEST VIRGINIA AND - TAUGHT ME, MADE ME WHAT I WAS. - REPORTER: CHUCK YEAGER LIVED OUT - THE FINAL YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN - PENN VALY, CALIFORNIA. - JUDY: A REAL AMERICAN HERO. - CHUCK YEAGER WAS 97 YEARS OLD. - AND THAT'S THE "NEWSHOUR" FOR - TONIGHT. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - JOIN US ONLINE AND AGAIN HERE - TOMORROW EVENING. - FOR ALL OF US AT THE PBS - "NEWSHOUR"HA, YOU, PLEASE - STAY SAFE AND WE WILL SEE YOU - SOON. - ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE - "PBS NEWSHOUR," HAS BEID - PROVED BY -- - ♪ - ANNOUNCER: CONSUMER CELLULAR. - JOHNSON & JOHNSON. - BNSF RAILWAY.

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