PBS NewsHour; June 17, 2020, 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOURRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING, I'M - JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, HOW TO - CHANGE THE SYSTEM AND OUR - SOCIETY, AS THE U.S. SENATE - WEIGHS POLICE REFORM, I SPEAK - WITH REPUBLICAN SENATOR TIM - SCOTT OF SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT - HIS PLAN FORWARD. - THEN, ONE ON ONE-- FORMER - DEFENSE SECRETARY AND C.I.A. - DIRECTOR ROBERT GATES DISCUSSES - THE FEDERAL RESPONSE TO - PROTESTERS AND AMERICA'S ROLE IN - A CHANGING WORLD. - PLUS, THE MOVEMENT'S MOMENT-- WE - PLORE THE GROWING COALITION - AROUND BLACK LIVES MATTER IN THE - WAKE OF RECENT POLICE KILLINGS - AND NATIONWIDE PROTESTS. - >> THE PEOPLE WHO I SEE WHO HAVE - NOT TRADITIONALLY EN INVESTED

- IN AFRICAN AMERICAN EQUALITY WHO - ARE NOW INVESTED, I THINK THAT'S - AN IMPORTANT INDICATOR TO PEOPLE - WHO ARE IN POWERFUL PLACES. - >> Woodruff: ALL THAT AND MORE - ON TONIGHT'S PBS NEWSHOUR. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY: - >> SUPPORTING SOCIAL - ENTREPRENEURS AND THR - SOLUTIONS TO THE WORLD'S MOST - PRESSING PROBLEMS-- - skollfoundation.org. - >> THE LEMELSON FOUNDATION. - COMMITTED TO IMPROVING LIVES

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- AND A NATIONAL RECKONING ON - POLICING AND RACISM. - TODAY SENATE REPUBLICANS - INTRODUCED THEIR POLICE REFORM - BILL. - >> TOO OFTEN WE'RE HAVING A - DISCUSSION IN THIS NATION ABOUT, - E YOU SUPPORTING THE LAW - ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY OR ARE YOU - SUPPORTINGOMMUNITIES OF COLOR? - THIS IS A FALSE BINARY CHOICE. - >> Alcindor: THE JUSTICE ACT - INCLUDES INCENTIVES FOR POLICE - DEPARTMENTS TO BAN CHOKEHOLDS - AND GRANTS FOR BODY CAMERAS. - IT ALSO INCREASES DISCLOSURE - REQUIREMENTS FOR NO-KNOCK - WARRANTS AND THE USE OF FORCE. - SENATOR TIM SCOTT OF SOUTH - CAROLINA SPEARHEADED THE GOP - LEGISLATION. - TODAY, HE SAID HE UNDERSTANDS - FIRST HAND THE NEED FOR CHANGE. - >> I WAS STOPPED THIS YEAR, - DRIVING WHILE BLACK WHEN I GOT A - WARNING TICKET FOR USING-- - FAILING TO USE MY TURN SIGNAL - EARLIER IN MY LANE CHANGE. - THIS ISSUE CONTINUES AND THAT'S - WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO - SAY THAT WE HEAR YOU, WE'RE - LISTENING TO YOUR CONCERNS. - >> Alcindor: THE WHITE HOUSE - SAID TODAY IT FULLY SUPPORTS THE - SCOTT BILL.

- SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH - McCONNELL SAID DEMOCRATS SHOULD - ALSO BACK IT. - BUT DEMOCRATS HAVE THEIR OWN - REFORM BILL THAT THEY SAY MORE - DIRECTLY CHANGES FEDERAL LAWS ON - POLICE MISCONDUCT. - TODAY, THE HOUSE JUDICIARY - COMMITTEE HELD A MARK-UP OF THE - DEMOCRATIC PROPOSAL WHICH WAS - UNVEILED LAST WEEK. - DEMOCRATS SAID THEIR PLAN IS THE - ONLY ONE THAT RISES TO THE - MOMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE - OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH IN - MINNEAPOLIS AFTER BEING PINNED - BY THE NECK FOR NEARLY NINE - MINUTES. - >> WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND - THE SENATE ARE MISSING IS THE - UNDERSTANDING OF EIGHT MINUTES - AND 46 SECONDS. - THEY'RE MISSING THE DEEPLY - EMBEDDED PAIN THAT IS EVIDENCED - BY PROTESTERS NOT ONLY IN THE - NATION BUT AROUND THE WORLD AND - CLEARLY REFORM-LIGHT, MILK TOAST - IS NOT GOING TO ANSWER THE PAIN - OF EIGHT MINUTES OF 46 SECONDS. - >> Alcindor: AMONG THE - DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BILLS: - THE DEMOCRATS' PLAN OUTRIGHT - BANS POLICE CHOKEHOLDS AND NO- - KNOCK WARRANTS IN DRUG CASES, - RATHER THAN DISINCENTIVIZING AND

- COLLECTING DATA ON THEM. - THE DEMOCRATIC BILL ALSO ENDS - QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, A - CONTROVERSIAL LEGAL DOCTRINE - THAT HAS SHIELDED POLICE AND - OTHER OFFICIALS FROM LAWSUITS - OVER THEIR CONDUCT. - STILL, THERE IS SOME OVERLAP: - BOTH PARTIES' BILLS WOULD MAKE - LYNCHING A FEDERAL CRIME. - DESPITE THE POINTS OF - CONTENTION, SOME THINK THAT - WASHINGTON'S PARTISAN LINES - MIGHT BE BLURRING, AT LEAST A - BIT. - TODAY, INDIANA REPUBLICAN - SENATOR MIKE BRAUN SAID HIS - PARTY NEEDS TO GO FURTHER ON - QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. - AND, CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC - REPRESENTATIVE KAREN BASS, WHO - CHAIRS THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK - CAUCUS, VOICED HOPE. - >> WHEN I HEAR THAT MANY OF OUR - PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED - IN WHAT I HEAR IS COMING OUT OF - THE SENATE. - IN A DIFFERENT WAY, NOT AS - STRONG, NOT AS POWERFUL, BUT IT - MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THERE IS A - PATHWAY FOR US TO DO THIS. - >> Alcindor: MEANWHILE, IN - ATLANTA, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY - ANNOUNCED THE POLICEMAN WHO - KILLED RAYSHARD BROOKS LAST WEEK - IS BEING CHARGED WITH MURDER AND - 10 OTHER OFFENSES. - OFFICER GARRET ROLFE SHOT BROOKS

- IN THE BACK AND THEN KICKED HIM - WHILE ON HE WAS ON THE GROUND - FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE, THE D.A. - SAID. - ROLFE HAS SINCE BEEN FIRED, AND - A SECOND OFFICER WAS PUT ON DESK - DUTY. - THAT SECOND OFFICER IS NOW - CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT - FOR STANDING ON BROOKS' - SHOULDERS AFTER HE WAS SHOT. - HE HAS TOLD PROSECUTORS HE IS - WILLING TO TESTIFY AGAINST - ROLFE. - THE OFFICERS WERE TRYING TO - ARREST BROOKS FOR FALLING ASLEEP - AT A DRIVE THROUGH AND FAILING A - SOBRIETY TEST. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - YAMICHE ALCINDOR. - >> Woodruff: WE WANT TO TAKE A - CLOSER LOOK AT TODAY'S PLAN WITH - THE MAN BEHIND THE REPUBLICAN - PUSH FOR CHANGE: SENATOR TIM - SCOTT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. - SENATOR SCOTT, THANKOU SO MUCH - FOR JOINING US. - I WANT TO ASK YOU FIRST ABOUT - SOME OF THE DEMOCRATS' REACTION. - THEY ARE SAYING, YES, THIS IS A - MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT - THE SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK - SCHUMER SAID TODAY IT DOESN'T - RISE TO THE MOMENT. - WE HEARD HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY - PELOSI SAY IT'S INADEQUATE.

- DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO - GET ENOUGH DEMOCRATIC VOTES TO - GET THIS TO A DEBATE AND A VOTE - ON THE SENATE FLOOR? - >> IF WE DO NOT, THEY WILL HAVE - TO EXPLAIN TO THE FAMILIES I MET - WITH AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND - YESTERDAY IN MY OFFICE ON WHY - WE'RE NOT WILLING TO TAKE - SERIOUSLY SOME OF THE CHANGES - THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THOSE - FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED - ONES BECAUSE OF THE POLICE - INTERACTION. - THE BILL MODELED AFTER MUCH OF - THE HOUSE BILL IS AN IMPORTANT - STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. - IT ALSO INCLUDES THE FOCUS OF - THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIORITIES - IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. - SO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO - SOMETHING MEANINGFUL FOR THE - AMERICAN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY - COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO ARE - LOSING CONFIDENCE IN THE - INSTITUTIONS OF AUTHORITY IN - THIS COUNTRY. - >> Woodruff: WELL, SENATOR, AS - YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING - FOR AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON CERTAIN - MEASURES LIKE A CHOKEHOLD OR THE - SO-CALLED NO-KNOCK WARRANT.

- >> YES. - >> Woodruff: IN YOUR PROPOSAL, - YOU ARE SAYING THESE THINGS - SHOULD BE TIED TO FEDERAL - FUNDING, THAT IF DEPARTMENTS GO - AHEAD WITH THEM, THEY RISK - LOSING FUNDING. - >> YES. - >> Woodruff: AND, YET, YOU - ALSO SAID TODAY THAT THIS IS - SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE - DEBATED, THE CHOKEHOLD SHOULD BE - DEBATED FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE - TO HEAR. - SO SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE OPEN TO A - COMPLETE BAN ON A CHOKEHOLD. - IS THAT RIGHT? - >> WELL, I WOULD SAY IT THIS - WAY, MY LEGISLATION GETS US TO A - POSITION WHERE IF YOU ARE IN A - LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT THAT - DOES NOT ALREADY HAVE A BAN ON - CHOKEHOLDS, YOU DO NOT HAVE - ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING. - THE HOUSE BILL DOES NOT HAVE THE - ABILITY TO ACTUALLY, IN MY - OPINION, BAN SHOLDZ. - WHAT THEY DO IS DEFUND STATES' - REVENUE STREAMS FROM THE FEDERAL - GOVERNMENT. - IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING, TO - BE HONEST WITH YOU. - THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT - POLICING IS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT - DECISION, NOT A FEDERAL - DECISION. - SO I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW THE

- DEMOCRATS THREAD THAT NEEDLE - FROM FEDERALISM AND THE LOCAL - DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO MAKE THE - DECISIONS. - WE DO THAT THROUGH THE REFUSING - TO GIVE THEM THE GRANT DOLLARS. - THE WHITE HOUSE, IN THEIR - EXECUTIVE ORDER, DOES THE EXACT - SAME THING THROUGH A - CERTIFICATION PROCESS. - SO ALL THREE LEADERS OF - GOVERNMENT HAVE THE SAME - OBJECTIVE. - I THINK WE GET THERE IF WE KEEP - WORKING TOGETHER, LOOKING FOR A - SOLUTION. - >> Woodruff: SO I HEAR A - LITTLE BIT OF GIVE IN YOUR - POSITION, BUT LET ME ALSO ASK - YOU ABOUT THIS LEGAL CONCEPT - "QUALIFIED IMMUNITY." - THIS PROTECTS POLICE FROM - LAWSUITS FOR ACTIONS TAKEN IN - THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY. - THIS IS SOMETHING DEMOCRATS SAY - SHOULD BE COMPLETELY DONE AWAY - WITH. - I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN 1,400 - PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES WHO SIGNED - A LETTER SAYING DO AWAY WITH IT. - EVEN REPUBLICAN SENATOR MIKE - BRAUN OF INDIANA IS SAYING THIS - IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE - LOOKED AT.

- ARE YOU WILLING TO CONSIDER - TWEAKING OR DOING AWAY WITH - QUALIFIED IMMITY? - >> IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. - IT COULD BE CONSIDERED A POISON - PILL FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY - CONFERCE, BUT WHAT WE ALREADY - KNOW IS OUR FOCUS ON COLLECTING - INFORMATION TO LEAD TO THE RIGHT - OUTCOMES IS A PART OF THE BILL - BOTH SIDES AGREE ON. - WHAT WE DO KNOW AS OPPOSED TO - LOOKING AT THIS THINGS THAT - DIVIDE US, WE BETTER SPEND MORE - TIME ON THE THINGS THAT UNITE US - SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN - OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A - CONVERSATION WHERE THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE CAN DECIDE WHETHER THE - GOOD FAITH EFFORT ON THE - REPUBLICAN SIDE AND THE GOOD - FAITH EFFORT ON THE DEMOCRAT - SIDE LEADS IN THE DIRECTION OF - GETTING A BILL DONE. - IF WE'RE ONLY GOING TO TALK IN - THIS INTERVIEW ABOUT THE - PRIORITIES OF THE DEMOCRATS, - THAT SEEMS TO BE INAUTHENTIC IN - DEALING WITH THE ISSUES FACING - COMMUNITIES OF COLOR EVERY - SINGLE DAY. - THE ABILITY TO DEESCALATE - VIOLENCE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT - DECISION, AND IF WE CAN TRAIN - PEOPLE ON HOW TO GET THERE, - THAT'S A GREAT OUTCOME FOR - FAMILIES, IT'S A GREAT OUTCOME - FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND

- IT'S A GREAT OUTCOME FOR - RESTORING HOPE AND CONFIDENCE IN - INSTITUTIONS OF AUTHORITY. - I WELCOME ALL DEBATE ON THE - ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE A PART OF - THE CONVERSATION AS IT RELATES - TO POLICE REFORM. - I'M NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE WITH - YOU OR WITH THEM THROUGH THIS - INTERVIEW. - I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY FOR - THEM TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO HAVE - THAT CONVERSATION ON THE FLOOR - OF THE SENATE. - IF THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN A - POLITICAL POINT AND NOT AN - ACTUAL LAW, THEN THEY WILL SAY - NO TO THE MOTION TO PROCEED. - IF THEY WANT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO - ACTUALLY HAVE THE DEBATE, THEN - WE'LL HAVE THIS DEBATE SOMETIME - NEXT WEEK. - >> Woodruff: I APPRECIATE WHAT - YOU'RE SAYING, SENATOR. - >> YES. - >> Woodruff: AND ALL THIS IS - DESIGNED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND - WHAT YOUR POSITION IS, BUT WHEN - YOU SAY CHANGING POLICE - ATTITUDES, CHANGING THE KIND OF - TRAINING POLICE HAVE, THIS IS - SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE - AROUND THE COUNTRY AND, YET, - THESE INCIDENTS KEEP HAPPENING. - >> WELL, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS - THAT, IN 2015, I WAS ON THE - FLOOR OF THE SENATE ASKING MY

- COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE - AISLE TO JOIN ME IN PROVIDING - MORE RESOURCES FOR THOSE - DEPARTMENTS SO THEY COULD HAVE - BODY CAMERAS. - HAD WE HAD BODY CAMERAS, I THINK - WE WOULD SEE THE STATISTICS THAT - WE'VE SEEN, REINFORCING THE - IMPORTANCE OF BODY CAMERAS, WE - SEE A 90% DROP IN COMPLAINTS, A - 60% DROP IN THE USE OF FORCE. - SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS - WITHOUT A BODY CAMERA OR A - VIDEO, THE AMAUD ARBERY - SITUATION WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN - KNOWN. - WITHOUT A VIDEO, THE WALTER - SCOTT SITUATION WOULD NEVER HAVE - BEEN KNOWN. - AND WITHOUT A VIDEO, THE GEORGE - FLOYD EIGHT AND A HALF MINUTES - WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN SEEN. - SO THERE ARE LOTS OF - OPPORTUNITIES FOR MY FRIENDS ON - THE OTHER SIDE TO COME TO THE - TABLE FIVE YEARS LATER. - >> Woodruff: AND IN THAT - CONNECTION, SENATOR, I HEARD ONE - OF THE REPORTERS AT TODAY'S NEWS - CONFERENCE WHEN YOU WERE - INTRODUCING YOUR LEGISLATION AND - EXPLAINING IT ASK YOU WHETHER - YOU BELIEVE THERE'S SYSTEMIC - RACISM AMONG THE POLICE IN THIS - COUNTRY, AND I THINK I WROTE

- THIS DOWN CORRECTLY, YOU SAID, - SOME PEOPLE ARE RACIST, BUT WE - ARE NOT A RACIST COUNTRY. - >> YES. - >> Woodruff: AND, YET, YIELD - ASK YOU, FOR THOSE -- I WOULD - ASK YOU, FOR THOSE PROTESTING IN - THE STREETS CALLING OUT THE - NAMES OF GEORGE FLOYD, MICHAEL - BROWN, FREDDIE GRAY, THE - CHARLESTON CHURCH SHOOTING, - BREONNA TAYLOR, RAYSHARD BROOKS, - AND I COULD GO ON, SENATOR, - THEY'RE ASKING -- THERE'S A LOT - OF RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY. - SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM - ABOUT HOW TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND - HOW TO UNDERSTAND IF THAT'S A - PROBLEM AMONG THE POLICE? - >> I WOULD SAY TO ALL OF MY - FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN THE - COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, ANSWER - AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELECTED - OFFICIAL WHO'S BEEN STOPPED - SEVEN TIMES IN A SINGLE YEAR, AS - AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN UNITED - STATES SENATOR WHO'S BEEN - STOPPED COMING INTO THE U.S. - SENATE WITH MY LAPEL PIN ON, AS - SOMEONE WHO WAS DRIVING BLACK - EARLIER THIS YEAR PULLED OVER BY - POLICE OFFICERS, STOPPED LAST

- NOVEMBER FOR HAVING MY FLASHERS - ON, I UNDERSTAND THE PAIN AND - THE FRUSTRATION THAT COMES WITH - THAT. - I ALSO, AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, - UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN MY HOUSE - WAS BROKEN IN, LAW ENFORCEMENT - SHOWED UP TO HELP ME OUT. - I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I WAS IN - A MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT, THAT THE - LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLKS WHO SHOWED - UP AT THE SCENE TO HELP PICK ME - OFF THE INTERSTATE WERE THERE TO - HELP ME. - I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A - DELICATE AND WEAK RELATIONSHIP - BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR - AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT - COMMUNITY. - I WOULD SAY TO THEM AS I SAY TO - MYSELF EVERY SINGLE DAY AS - SOMEONE WHO HAS TO BE - COMFORTABLE IN THIS SKIN, AND I - CERTAINLY AM, THAT WE ARE MAKING - PROGRESS. - >> Woodruff: SENATOR TIM SCOTT - OF SOUTH CAROLINA, IN CHARGE OF - THIS LEGISLATION INTRODUCED - TODAY TO REFORM POLICE. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR. - WE APPRECIATE IT. - >> YES, MA'AM. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - HAVE A GOOD DAY. - >> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, A BOMBSHELL HAS LANDED AT

- THE WHITE HOUSE, IN A BOOK BY - JOHN BOLTON, THE FORMER NATIONAL - SECURITY ADVISER. - ACCORDING TO NEWS ACCOUNTS, - BOLTON SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP - ASKED CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI - JINPING FOR RE-ELECTION HELP, BY - BUYING MORE U.S. FARM PRODUCTS. - BOLTON ALSO REPORTEDLY ACCUSES - MR. TRUMP OF ENDORSING - CONCENTRATION CAMPS FOR CHINA'S - MUSLIM UIGHURS. - BEYOND THAT, THE "WALL STREET - JOURNAL" QUOTES HIM AS WRITING: - "I AM HARD-PRESSED TO IDENTIFY - ANY SIGNIFICANT TRUMP DECISION - DURING MY WHITE HOUSE TENURE - THAT WASN'T DRIVEN BY REELECTION - CALCULATIONS." - THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILED - SUIT YESTERDAY TO BLOCK - PUBLICATION OF THE BOOK. - IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, NEW - NUMBERS TODAY SHOW NEW YORK - STATE HAS CUT INFECTION RATES TO - THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY. - IT HAD BEEN THE EPICENTER OF THE - U.S. PANDEMIC. - MEANWHILE, THE WORLD HEALTH - ORGANIZATION WELCOMED BRITISH - FINDINGS THAT A STEROID, - DEXAMETHASONE, CUTS DEATH RATES

- AMONG CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS. - BUT, IT ALSO COUNSELED CAUTION. - >> IT'S EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT - THAT THIS DRUG IS USED UNDER - MEDICAL SUPERVISION. - THIS IS NOT FOR MILD CASES. - THIS IS NOT FOR PROPHYLAXIS. - THIS IS A VERY, VERY POWERFUL - ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG. - IT CAN RESCUE PATIENTS WHO ARE - IN VERY SERIOUS CONDITION WHERE - THEIR LUNGS AND CARDIOVASCULAR - SYSTEM AROUND THEIR LUNGS MAY BE - VERY INFLAMED. - >> Woodruff: ALSO TODAY, - TRAVELERS IN CHINA LOOKED FOR - WAYS OUT OF BEIJING AS OFFICIALS - CANCELED TWO-THIRDS OF FLIGHTS - IN AND OUT OF THE CITY AMID A - NEW OUTBREAK. - SEPARATELY, CHINA SAYS INDIA HAS - AGREED TO PEACEFULLY END A - BORDER DISPUTE IN THE HIMALAYAS. - THE TWO SIDES CLASHED MONDAY IN - THE LADAKH REGION'S GALWAN - VALLEY, AS SOLDIERS FOUGHT HAND - TO HAND. - A VIGIL WAS HELD IN NEW DELHI - TODAY, FOR THE 20 INDIAN TROOPS - KILLED. - CHINA HAS NOT RELEASED ITS - CASUALTIES. - THE UNITED STATES IS TARGETING

- SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD - AND HIS INNER CIRCLE WITH NEW - ECONOMIC SANCTIONS. - IT'S AIMED AT PUNISHING SYRIA - FOR ABUSING HUMAN RIGHTS AND - REFUSING TO NEGOTIATE PEACE - AFTER NINE YEARS OF CIVIL WAR. - WITH RUSSIA'S HELP, ASSAD HAS - RECAPTURED NEARLY ALL OF THE - AREAS ONCE HELD BY REBELS. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, THE U.S. - SENATE HAS APPROVED THE MOST - FAR-REACHING CONSERVATION - MEASURE IN NEARLY HALF A CENTURY - AND SENT IT TO THE HOUSE. - THE "GREAT AMERICAN OUTDOORS - ACT" INCLUDES NEARLY $3 BILLION - A YEAR FOR NATIONAL PARKS AND - OTHER EFFORTS. - WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, LATER - IN THE PROGRAM. - AND, ON WALL STREET, STOCKS - MOSTLY RAN OUT OF STEAM. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - LOST 170 POINTS TO CLOSE AT - 26,119. - THE NASDAQ ROSE 14 POINTS, BUT, - THE S&P 500 SLIPPED 11. - STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - ONE ON ONE WITH FORMER DEFENSE

- SECRETARY AND C.I.A. DIRECTOR - ROBERT GATES. - JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT RUSHES TO - LIFT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY - DESPITE A DIRE LACK OF TESTING. - A GROWING COALITION AROUND BLACK - LIVES MATTER IN THE WAKE OF - RECENT POLICE KILLINGS. - AND MUCH MORE. - >> Woodruff: THE UNITED STATES - FACES MULTIPLE, SIMULTANEOUS AND - COMPETING CHALLENGES HERE AT - HOME, AND ABROAD. - ONE MAN WITH KEEN INSIGHT ON HOW - AMERICA HAS DEALT WITH PAST - CHALLENGES IS ROBERT GATES. - HE SERVED EIGHT PRESIDENTS OF - BOTH PARTIES, AND WAS THE - SECRETARY OF DEFENSE UNDER - PRESIDENTS GEORGE W. BUSH AND - BARACK OBAMA. - HE WAS ALSO DIRECTOR OF THE - C.I.A. UNDER GEORGE H.W. BUSH.

- HE IS THE AUTHOR OF A NEW BOOK, - "EXERCISE OF POWER: AMERICAN - FAILURES, SUCCESSES, AND A NEW - PATH FORWARD IN THE POST-COLD - WAR WORLD." - AND HE JOINS ME NOW. - SECRETARY GATES, IT'S SO GOOD TO - SEE YOU AGAIN. - AND LET ME START WITH WHAT THE - COUNTRY IS VERY FOCUSED ON RIGHT - NOW, AND, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S - THE TREATMENT OF - AFRICAN-AMERICANS. - FIRST THE FIRST TIME, AN - AFRICAN-AMERICAN WAS NAMED TO - HEAD ONE OF THE MILITARY SERVICE - BRANCHES. - I THINK MY QUESTION FOR YOU, AS - SOMEONE WHO SERVED AT THE HEAD - OF THE PENTAGON, IS WHY WASN'T - THIS DONE EARLIER AND WHY IT - DIDN'T HAPPEN UNDER YOUR WATCH? - >> I DON'T KNOW REALLY KNOW WHAT - IT IS ABOUT THE PROMOTION - PROCESS THAT HAS LED THE NUMBER - OF PEOPLE -- AFRICAN-AMERICAN - OFFICERS -- TO NOT BE AS - REPRESENTED IN THE SENIOR - LEADERSHIP AS THEY ARE IN THE - MILITARY SERVICE AS A WHOLE. - IT'S CLEARLY NOT A QUESTION OF - COMPETENCE OR CAPABILITY, BUT - WHAT IS IT THAT KEPT COLONELS - AND BRIGADIER GENERALS AND MAJOR - GENERALS WHO ARE

- AFRICAN-AMERICAN FROM MOVING - INTO THE SENIOR RANKS MORE - FREQUENTLY THAN IN THE PAST. - IT IS A CHALLENGE BUT ONE THAT, - IT SEEMS TO ME NOW, THE MILITARY - IS TAKING ON SERIOUSLY, I THINK - MAYBE FOR THE FIRST TIME. - >> Woodruff: WAS IT EVEN - DISCUSSED WHEN YOU WERE AT THE - PENTAGON? - >> NO, IT REALLY WASN'T, I GUESS - IN PART BECAUSE WE HAD OFFICERS - LIKE GENERAL OFTEN WHO WERE IN - LEADING POSITIONS. - THERE WAS A LOT OF ATTENTION TO - DIVERSITY. - I WOULD SAY MORE FREQUENTLY - DISCUSSED WAS, WHEN I WAS - SECRETARY, WAS HOW TO PROMOTE - MORE WOMEN. - >> Woodruff: I WANT TO ASK YOU - ABOUT THE RECENT PROTESTS IN - FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE, THE - PROTESTS, HOW THE PRESIDENT - HANDLED IT. - AFTER THAT, WE SAW SECRETARY - JAMES MATTIS, FORMER SECRETARY - UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, SAY THAT - THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO HAS, - UNLIKE ANY PRESIDENT BEFORE HIM, - TRIED TO DIVIDE THE COUNTRY.

- DO YOU AGREE WITH HIM ABOUT - THAT? - >> IT'S QUITE CLEAR THAT BEING A - UNIFYING PRESIDENT IS PRETTY LOW - ON THE PRIORITY OF OUR CURRENT - INCUMBENT. - I THINK HE IS A DIVIDER, AND I - THINK HE DOES SO QUITE - CONSCIOUSLY. - >> Woodruff: THE THESIS OF - YOUR BOOK, SECRETARY GATES, IS - THAT AMERICAN PRESIDENTS NEED TO - USE THE FULL RANGE OF AMERICAN - POWER, NOT JUST THE MILITARY, - BUT DIPLOMACY, ECONOMIC - INTELLIGENCE, STRATEGIC - COMMUNICATIONS, EVEN CULTURAL - CONNECTIONS, DEVELOPMENT - ASSISTANCE. - AND YOU GO ON TO SAY NOT ONE OF - THE PAST FOUR U.S. PRESIDENTS - HAS DONE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A - GLOBAL POWER. - YOU WORKED FOR TWO OF THESE - PRESIDENTS AT THE PENTAGON. - DO YOU ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY -- - YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY FOR - THAT? - EXPAND ON WHAT YOU MEANT. - >> WHAT I WAS WRITING ABOUT - THERE WAS THAT MANY OF THE --

- MOST OF THE NONMILITARY - INSTRUMENTS OF POWER AVAILABLE - TO THE UNITED STATES AND THAT - PLAYED SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART IN - THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF THE - COLD WAR WERE DIS-- DISMANTLED - AND SOME DISMANTLED BY THE - CONGRESS. - THE INFORMATION ASY WAS - DISMANTLED BY CONGRESS UNDER - PRESIDENT CLINTON. - THE U.S. AGENCY FOR - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THEY - WANTED TO AGOALISH, CLINTON - REFUSED AND STUCK IT UNDER THE - STATE DEPARTMENT. - SO I BASICALLY ARGUED THAT ALL - THROUGH THE LAST 25 YEARS OR SO, - ALL OF THESE NONMILITARY - INSTRUMENTS OF POWER HAVE BEEN - ALLOWED TO WEAKEN OR WITHER OR - EVEN DISAPPEAR, AND THE RESULT - IS THAT IT HAS LEFT THE MILITARY - WITH A DISPROPORTIONATE ROLE IN - BOTH DECISIONMAKING AND IN - EXECUTING AMERICAN FOREIGN - POLICY, THAT, IN EFFECT, IF THE

- ONLY TOOL YOU HAVE IS A HAMMER, - EVERY PROBLEM LOOKS LIKE A NAIL, - AND THAT ALSO MEANS - STRENGTHENING THESE NONMILITARY - INSTRUMENTS OF POWER, WHICH ARE - ALSO INSTRUMENTS OF LEADERSHIP, - TO EXERCISE OUR ROLE IN THE - WORLD. - >> Woodruff: I SPECIFICALLY - WANT TO ASK ABOUT CHINA BECAUSE - YOU DESCRIBE HOW COMPLICATED IT - IS, HOW CHINA IS PLAYING THE - LONG GAME, WHILE THE U.S. IS - NOT. - GIVEN THE GLOBAL NATURE OF THIS - COMPETITION, THAT IT CROSSES NOT - JUST MILITARY BUT ECONOMIC, IT'S - CYBER SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY, DO - YOU WORRY THAT THE TENSIONS - BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA COULD - JUST SPIN OUT OF CONTROL IN A - DANGEROUS WAY? - >> WELL, I THINK THERE IS THAT - WORRY, ESPECIALLY IF THE CHINESE - THINK THAT WE'RE KIND OF ON THE - MAD. - IF PRESIDENT XI CONCLUDES THAT - WE'RE SO PREOCCUPIED WITH OUR - DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, OUR ECONOMIC - CRISIS, OUR RACE CRISIS, OUR

- FINANCIAL CRISIS, THEN THEY - MAY -- HE MAY THINK THAT THERE - ARE OPPORTUNITIES. - I THINK WE'VE SEEN THIS IN THEIR - ACTION WITH THE NEW LAW IN - HONG KONG, WE'VE SEEN THIS IS IN - THEIR AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS TOWARD - VIETNAM, MALAYSIA AND THE SOUTH - CHINA SEA, TOWARD TAIWAN, SO I - DO WORRY ABOUT THAT. - BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, IF - WE'RE SMART AND WE'RE LUCKY, - THIS CONTEST WITH CHINA IN THE - DECADES AHEAD WILL BE AGAINST - THE BACKDROP OF SIGNIFICANT - MILITARY POWER BUT WILL TAKE - PLACE IN THE REALM OF - NONMILITARY INSTRUMENTS OF POWEE - POLITICAL, ALL THE DIFFERENT - CHARACTERS -- ALL THE DIFFERENT - ASPECTS OF IT THAT YOU DESCRIBE. - MY WORRY IS THAT WE'RE DOING - NOTHING TO STRENGTHEN THOSE - NONMILITARY INSTRUMENTS THAT, - FRANKLY, OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF - YEARS THEY HAVE DEVELOPED TO A - VERY CONSIDERABLE DEGREE, AND WE - HAVE NO STRATEGY FOR HOW WE'RE - GOING TO DEAL WITH CHINA OVER - THE LONG TERM. - >> Woodruff: TWO OTHER THINGS

- I WANT TO QUICKLY ASK YOU ABOUT, - SECRETARY GATES, ONE IS - NORTH KOREA. - YOU SAY IT WAS A GOOD IDEA OF - PRESIDENT TRUMP TO MAKE THE - OVERTURE OF OUTREACH TO KIM JONG - UN AND GO ON TO SAY IN THE BOOK - THAT YOU THINK THE U.S. SHOULD - PERHAPS LOWER OUR SITES, BOW TO - REALITY AND LIVE WITH A - NORTH KOREA THAT HAS LIMITED - NUCLEAR CAPABILITY. - >> WELL, I ARGUE IN THE BOOK - THAT I FAVORED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S - OVERTURE TO THE NORTH AND BEING - WILLING TO MEET WITH KIM JONG UN - BECAUSE, FRANKLY, EVERY OTHER - EFFORT TO LIMIT THE NORTH KOREAN - NUCLEAR CAPABILITY OVER THE LAST - 25 YEARS HAS FAILED. - WE NEED TO COME TO THE - REALIZATION THAT THE - NORTH KOREAN LEADERSHIP IS - PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO GIVE UP - THEIR NUCLEAR CAPABILITY. - I THINK THEY SEE IT AS ESSENTIAL - TO THEIR SURVIVAL. - AT WHAT POINT DO WE RECOGNIZE - THAT THE NORTH IS NOT GOING TO - GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND - DECIDE SOME MINIMAL NUMBER IS - ACCEPTABLE, AS LONG AS WE ARE

- ABLE TO HAVE COMPLETE ACCESS TO - NORTH KOREA, TO BE ABLE TO - VERIFY AN AGREEMENT AND NUMBERS - OF WEAPONS AND SO ON, KIND OF - ANYWHERE, ANYTIME INSPECTIONS, - SO WE KNOW THEY CANNOT EXPAND - THAT CAPABILITY AND WE KNOW - WHERE THE WEAPONS THAT THEY HAVE - ARE. - WE HAVE TO COME TO GRIPS WITH - THE REALITY THESE GUYS AREN'T - GIVING THESE THINGS UP, PERIOD. - >> Woodruff: LAST THING, I - WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT'S - HAPPENING IN NOVEMBER. - YOU, IN YOUR LAST BOOK, WROTE OF - JOE BIDEN, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT - BIDEN, THAT HE HAD BEEN WRONG ON - VIRTUALLY EVERY IMPORTANT - FOREIGN POLICY OR NATIONAL - SECURITY ISSUE OF THE LAST FOUR - DECADES. - SO YOU CLEARLY HAVE STRONG VIEWS - ABOUT HIS -- HIS POLICY CHOPS. - YOU'VE ALSO, THOUGH, SAID THAT - YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CHARACTER. - I MEAN, YOU SAID EARLIER IN THIS - INTERVIEW THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT - DIVIDING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. - WHICH, IF IT COMES DOWN TO

- POLICY POSITIONS VERSUS - CHARACTER, WHICH ONE MATTERS - MORE? - >> WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE - AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO - DECIDE IN NOVEMBER. - >> Woodruff: AND WHAT ABOUT - WHAT ROBERT GATES THINKS? - >> WHAT ROBERT GATES THINKS HE - WILL KEEP TO HIMSELF. - >> Woodruff: ALL RIGHT, WE - WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. - FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT - GATES. - THE NEW BOOK IS "EXERCISE OF - POWER." - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU, JUDY. - >> Woodruff: A DELAYED RESPONSE, - LIMITED TESTING, AND A "SOFT" - LOCKDOWN. - JAPAN HAS BEEN GOING AGAINST THE - GRAIN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IN - ITS BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19. - BUT WITH COROANVIRUS CASES - NEARING 20,000, PUBLIC HEALTH - EXPERTS ARE ASKING WHETHER - JAPAN'S RESPONSE AND OUTCOME - SHOULD BE CALLED A DISASTER OR A - SUCCESS. - SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT GRACE LEE

- REPORTS FROM TOKYO. - >> THOSE ARE P.P.E. - >> Reporter: AT THIS HOSPITAL - JUST SOUTH OF TOKYO, A RARE SITE - IN THE ERA OF COVID-19: A - MOUNTAIN OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE - EQUIPMENT. - HERE, THE FIRST WAVE OF THE - VIRUS HAS ALREADY COME, AND - GONE. - STAFF ARE NOW PREPARING FOR - WHAT'S EXPECTED NEXT: - THE SECOND WAVE OF INFECTIONS. - DR. TAKAYUKI OHISHI IS DEPUTY - DIRECTOR OF THE FACILITY'S - INFECTION CONTROL TEAM. - >> ( translated ): MY IMPRESSION - IS THAT JAPAN JUST HAPPENED TO - BE LUCKY. - WE WERE IN A POSITION WHERE - MASKS WERE READILY AVAILABLE, - AND ABLE TO FIGHT THE INFECTION - THAT WAY. - >> Reporter: MASKS MAY BE THE - ANSWER TO JAPAN'S LOW DEATH - RATE, AT LEAST ACCORDINGO THE - GOVERNMENT'S EXPERT PANEL ON - COVID-19. - BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS AS TO - WHETHER THE COUNTRY TOOK THE - RIGHT STEPS TO BATTLE THE VIRUS. - THERE'S BEEN NO LOCKDOWN HERE, - DUE TO THE COUNTRY'S STRICT

- CONSTITUTION. - ONLY A POLITE REQUEST FROM THE - GOVERNMENT: STAY INDOORS IF - POSSIBLE, AND CLOSE UP SHOP IF - YOU'RE NOT ESSENTIAL. - THAT HAS BEEN THE ESSENCE OF - JAPAN'S NATIONWIDE STATE OF - EMERGENCY, WHICH WAS PUT IN - PLACE MID-APRIL. - BUT EVEN THAT WAS LIFTED TWO - WEEKS AGO. - PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE: - >> ( translated ): WHEN WE - DECLARED THE STATE OF EMERGENCY - IN JAPAN, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO - PENALIZE AND FORCE PEOPLE NOT TO - GO OUT. - BUT EVEN SO, WE WERE ABLE TO - CONDUCT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY - IN JAPAN'S OWN WAY. - AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONTROL THE - SPREAD IN JUST A MONTH AND A - HALF. - >> Reporter: EXPERTS AREN'T SURE - THAT JAPAN HAS CONTROLLED THE - SPREAD, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF - THE COUNTRY'S LOW TEST RATE. - JAPAN HAS TESTED 0.2% OF ITS - POPULATION, ONE OF THE LOWEST - RATES AMONG DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. - THERE'S WORRY HERE THAT THE - VIRUS MAY BE SPREADING SILENTLY. - JAPAN'S RIGID INFECTIOUS DISEASE - LAW DICTATES THAT EVEN MILD - CASES MUST BE HOSPITALIZED, BUT - THAT TAKES VALUABLE BED SPACE

- AWAY FROM CRITICAL CASES. - SO AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN - RELUCTANT TO TEST THOSE WHO - AREN'T IN LIFE THREATENING - CONDITIONS, AND INSTEAD HAVE - OPTED TO TRACK AND TRACE - CLUSTERS. - IT'S A STRATEGY THAT EXPERTS SAY - WORKED IN THE BEGINNING, BUT HAS - PROVEN DIFFICULT IN THE LO - TERM. - DR. MASA NUMATA RUNS A LOCAL - CLINIC IN TOKYO. - HE'S BEEN HANDLING A LARGE - NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 - SYMPTOMS, AND TO PROTECT OTHER - PATIENTS, HE'S BEEN OPENING HIS - CLINIC ON HIS USUAL DAYS OFF, - STRICTLY FOR THOSE EXHIBITING - SYMPTOMS. - HE'S RECOMMENDED A HANDFUL OF - THEM GET TESTED, BUT NONE OF - THEM HAS BEEN ABLE TO. - THIS IS WHY. - >> IF YOU GET SICK, THEN YOU - HAVE TO GIVE A CALL TO CERTAIN - CALL CENTER. - THEN THE CALL CENTER WILL - CONTACT TO DISTINCT OUTPATIENT - FACILITIES AND THEN THEY FINALLY - CONTACT TO HEALTH CENTER OF - LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

- THEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT WILL - CONTACT TO ANOTHER INSTITUTION - FOR THE ACTUAL TESTING. - >> Reporter: A GROWING CHORUS OF - PHYSICIANS SAY JAPAN'S - CONVOLUTED TESTING SYSTEM IS - PUTTING LIVES AT RISK. - >> THAT'S NOT RIGHT. - BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE GET SERIOUS - AND I THINK ONLY MEDICAL DOCTORS - CAN MAKE DECISION. - AND NOT BUREAUCRATS. - >> Reporter: THIS COVID-19 - SURVIVOR WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM - FIRST HAND. - >> IT FELT LIKE HUMANS WERE - BEING SORT OF SET ASIDE AND NOT - CARED ABOUT. - >> Reporter: DREW IS A LONGTIME - JAPAN RESIDENT WHO LIVES ON THE - NORTHERN ISLAND OF HOKKAIDO. - HE'S ASKED TO STAY ANONYMOUS DUE - TO THE STIGMA SURROUNDING THE - VIRUS IN JAPAN. - AFTER EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS FOR - MORE THAN TWO WEEKS, HIS DOCTOR - RECOMMENDED HE CALL THE HOTLINE - AND GET TESTED IMMEDIATELY. - HE WASN'T ABLE TO FOR MORE THAN - A MONTH. - >> THEY JUST RAN ME AROUND IN - CIRCLES, BACK AND FORTH AND BACK - AND FORTH.

- FINALLY AT THE END OF MY FOURTH - OR FIFTH CALL WITH THEM I JUST - SAID, LISTEN, THE DOCTOR IS - SAYING THAT I SHOULD HAVE A - TEST, YOU HAVE NO MEDICAL - EXPERIENCE OR BACKGROUND OR - CERTIFICATIONS OR ANYTHING - WHATSOEVER, YOU'RE JUST LIKE A - TRAINED HOTLINE CALL ANSWERING - PERSON, READING A SCRIPT. - SO HOW CAN YOU OVERRIDE THE - INSTRUCTIONS OF MY DOCTOR? - >> Reporter: FOR PRIME MINISTER - ABE'S ADMINISTRATION, COVID-19 - HAS BEEN A P.R. DISASTER. - >> I THINK THAT PEOPLE SEE THAT - THEY JUST KEEP CHANGING THE - POLICIES ALL THE TIME AND THEY - DON'T HAVE ANY FIRM GROUND WHAT - THIS COUNTRY SHOULD DO WHERE WE - SHOULD GO. - >> Reporter: A RECENT POLL - SHOWED THAT 55% OF THE PUBLIC IS - NOT HAPPY WITH HOW ABE'S - ADMINISTRATION HANDLED THE - OUTBREAK, WITH MOST SAYING THEY - FEEL HE WAS TOO LATE IN - DECLARING THE STATE OF - EMERGENCY.

- >> THE ROOT PROBLEM IS THEY - DON'T HAVE GOOD STATISTICS IN - TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF CASES OF - COVID-19, BECAUSE WE ARE SO - BEHIND IN TESTING. - >> Reporter: INTERNATIONAL - CRITICISM BEGAN IN LATE - FEBRUARY, WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S - RESPONSE TO THE DIAMOND - PRINCESS. - MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE WERE - INFECTED ONBRD THE QUARANTINED - SHIP. - CRITICISM TOWARD THE JAPANESE - GOVERNMENT IENSIFIED LATER - OVER ANOTHER HOT BUTTON ISSUE IN - THE GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT: THE - OLYMPICS. - ABE WAS ACCUSED OF DOWNPLAYING - THE SEVERITY OF THE PANDEMIC, - IN AN ULTIMATELY UNSUCCESSFUL - ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE GAMES ON FOR - THIS SUMMER. - NOW, AS RESTRICTIONS ARE RELAXED - ACROSS THE BOARD, RESIDENTS HERE - ARE LEFT FEELING UNEASY. - MANY DON'T TRUST THE OFFICIAL - FIGURES. - >> ( translated ): I'M AFRAID WE - MIGHT SEE A SECOND OR THIRD WAVE - OF INFECTIONS. - I HAVE CHILDREN, AND THEY'RE - CURRENTLY NOT GOING TO CLASSES, - BUT IF THEY HAVE TO START GOING - ON THE SUBWAY TO COMMUTE, I'M - WORRIED THEY MIGHT CATCH THE - VIRUS THERE. - >> Reporter: DOCTORS SAY JAPAN - ISN'T QUITE OUT OF THE WOODS

- YET, AND ARE URGING THE - GOVERNMENT TO RAMP UP TESTING. - MEDICAL STAFF ARE HOPING IF - THERE IS A NEXT WAVE OF COVID- - 19, IT WON'T OVERWHELM THE - SYSTEM. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M GRACE - LEE IN TOKYO. - >> Woodruff: IN THE THREE-PLUS - WEEKS SINCE GEORGE FLOYD'S - DEATH, THE PROTESTS THAT BEGAN - IN MINNEAPOLIS OVER POLICING, - RACE AND USE OF FORCE HAVE GROWN - INTO A NATIONAL RECKONING ON - THESE ISSUES AND MANY MORE. - STEPHANIE SY LOOKS AT HOW THE - COALITION HAS WIDENED AROUND THE - COUNTRY AMONG DIFFERENT RACES - AND ETHNICITIES. - >> SYSTEMIC RACISM RELIES ON - YOUR INACTIVITY. - >> Reporter: FROM RURAL TOWNS, - SUCH AS CRAFTSBURY, VERMONT... - >> NO RACIST POLICE, NO JUSTICE, - NO PEACE. - >> Reporter: ....AND SMALL - CITIES, INCLUDING ATHENS, OHIO. - TO FAR-FLUNG COMMUNITIES IN

- ALASKA, AMONG THEM TALKEETNA, - PROTESTS FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER - ARE OCCURRING FOR THE FIRST TIME - IN PLACES WHERE FEW AFRICAN - AMERICANS LIVE, LED BY A MOSAIC - OF PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CREEDS - AND CULTURES. - >> BLACK LIVES MATTER! - >> Reporter: FROM WAXAHACHIE, - TEXAS, TO DES MOINES, IOWA. - >> THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS - LIKE. - >> Reporter: FROM LARAMIE, - WYOMING, TO ANNA, ILLIIS... - >> I WAS REALLY GOBSMACKED. - >> Reporter: THAT WAS JUDY - MULLER'S REACTION WHEN SHE FOUND - OUT ABOUT A VIGIL FOR GEORGE - FLOYD ORGANIZED IN NORWOOD, - COLORADO, WHERE SHE LIVES PART- - TIME. - >> THIS IS A TOWN OF 550 SOME - SOULS, MOST OF THEM WHITE, - ALMOST ALL OF THEM WHITE. - IN A VERY RURAL AREA, SO FOR 40- - SOME PEOPLE TO TURN OUT FOR - THIS, WITH SO LITTLE NOTICE, - THAT'S ALMOST A TENTH OF THE - POPULATION.

- >> Reporter: SHE SAW DEMOCRATS - AND REPUBLICANS AND THE CITY'S - TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS - PARTICIPATING IN THE SOMBER - VIGIL. - >> I THINK THE TOWN OF NORWOOD - CARES, AND A LOT OF OTHER RURAL - TOWNS CARE AND WE'VE SEEN - EVIDENCE OF THAT. - >> Reporter: MULLER HERSELF IS A - FORMER TELEVISION NEWS REPORTER - WHO COVERED THE 1992 LOS ANGELES - RIOTS AFTER THE POLICE BEATING - OF RODNEY KING. - >> I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF - THESE STORIES AND NOTHING HAS - REALLY TOUCHED ME AS MUCH AS - THIS ONE... IN MY LITTLE TOWN. - I'M QUITE MOVED BY IT. - >> Reporter: SOME SAY IT'S THE - GRAPHIC VIDEO OF GEORGE FLOYD'S - DEATH. - OTHERS POINT TO THE SHARED - VULNERABILITY THAT CAN ONLY COME - OUT OF A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIM - PANDEMIC, BUT FOR WHATEVER - REASON, THIS TIME THE DEATH OF - AN UNARMED BLACK MAN HAS BROUGHT - ACTIVISM OUT OF THE WOODWORK, - INCLUDING AMONG OTHER - MARGINALIZED GROUPS. - >> IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME AS A

- NATIVE. - TO GO OUT THERE AND SUPPORT THE - BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT. - >> Reporter: JORDAN ORTEGA - ATTENDED A RALLY IN GALLUP, NEW - MEXICO. - >> IT WAS MY FIRST PROTEST TO GO - TO AND I WENT TO IT BECAUSE I - HAD SEEN ALL THE VIDEO AND - PICTURES OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH - GEORGE FLORIDA AND HIS MURDER. - AND IT STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME. - AND IT REALLY IT REALLY SHOOK - ME. - >> THE PROTEST MARCHES HAVE GONE - ON AROUND INDIAN COUNTRY IN A - WAY THAT'S REALLY UNPRECEDENTED. - >> Reporter: MARK TRAHANT IS - EDITOR OF "INDIAN COUNTRY - TODAY," WHICH COVERS NATIVE - AMERICAN ISSUES. - NATIVE AMERICANS EXPERIENCE A - HIGHER RATE OF FATAL ENCOUNTERS - WITH POLICE THAN ANY OTHER - RACIAL GROUP. - AND YET... - >> A LOT OF THE ACTIVISTS ARE - SAYING, FIRST, "BLACK LIVES - MATTER" WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK - ABOUT OUR ISSUES. - WE'RE GOING TO BE IN COMPLETE - SOLIDARITY. - >> THE PEOPLE THAT I SEE WHO ARE - IN THE SMALL TOWNS, THE PEOPLE - WHO I SEE WHO HAVE NOT - TRADITIONALLY BEEN INVESTED IN - AFRICAN AMERICAN EQUALITY.

- GLOBALLY FOR THAT MATTER, WHO - ARE NOW INVESTED, I THINK THAT'S - AN IMPORTANT INDICATOR TO PEOPLE - WHO ARE IN POWERFUL PLACES, WHO - HAVE SOME IMPACT ON EQUALITY. - >> Reporter: BRENDA STEVENSON IS - A PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND - AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT THE - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS - ANGELES. - HER OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF THE - BROADENING COALITION IS TEMPERED - BY HER 24-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER EMMA - CONES. - EMMA RECENTLY SPOKE AT A RALLY - FOR BLACK LIVES. - >> I'M HAPPY ABOUT THE SUPPORT - BUT I'VE NOTICED... PERFORMATIVE - ACTIVISM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. - I'VE SEEN A LOT OF INFLUENCERS - REPOST OTHER PEOPLE'S DONATION - PAGES TO BLACK LIVES MATTER, AND - SCREEN SHOTTING IT AND SAYING - THEY ACTUALLY DONATED. - >> I'M INTERESTED IN BROAD - COALITIONS AND GETTING THE WORK - DONE NO MATTER WHO DOES IT, AND

- HOW IT'S DONE. - >> Reporter: OTHER COMMUNITIES - OF COLOR ARE ALSO ALIGNING WITH - THE MOVEMENT, AND IN SOME CASES, - FACING A RECKONING. - >> THE DAM OF OUR HEARTS BROKE - OPEN WHEN WE SAW GEORGE FLOYD - CRY OUT TO HIS MAMA RIGHT BEFORE - OUR EYES. - >> Reporter: IN THE OPENING - SPEECH AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN - GROUP "TSURU FOR SOLIDARITY'S" - VIGIL IN SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA, - WHICH INCLUDED MANY AGG - SURVIVORS OF JAPANESE - INTERNMENT." - TSURU" MEANS CRANE, A SYMBOL OF - HEALING. - KIM MIYOSHI IS CO FOUNDER OF - JAPANESE AMERICANS FOR JUSTICE - AND EXPLAINS WHY THE "MODEL - MINORITY" MYTH HAS CONTRIBUTED - TO VARYING DEGREES OF COMPLICITY - IN THE OPPRESSION OF BLACK - PEOPLE, FROM OFFICER TAO THAO'S - ROLE IN GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH, TO - STAYING SILENT. - >> WHEN YOU'RE CONFRONTED WITH - VIOLENCE AND DOMINATION COMING - OUT A SYSTEM OF WHITE SUPREMACY, - I FEEL LIKE PART OF OUR - COMMUNITY AND THIS IS PROBABLY - TRUE OF OTHER ASIAN AMERICAN - COMMUNITIES TURNED TOWARDS AND - KIND OF ALLIED OURSELVES WITH - WHITENESS OR THE VALUES AROUND

- WHITENESS AND IT WAS A WAY TO - SURVIVE RACISM. - >> Reporter: MORE THAN 700 - JAPANESE AMERICANS HAVE SIGNED - UP TO A PLEDGE BY HER GROUTO - END ANTI-BLACK RACISM AND - SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT'S DEMANDS - FOR DEFUNDING POLICE AND - REPARATIONS FOR AFRICAN - AMERICANS. - OTHER PROTESTERS HAVE FOCUSED ON - MORE INCREMENTAL CHANGE. - JORDAN ORTEGA SHARED HER NEXT - STEPS. - >> SUPPORTING MORE BLACK - BUSINESSES THAT ARE OUT IN - ALBUQUERQUE. - AND I HAVE MADE A COUPLE - DONATIONS TO A COUPLE OF PROTEST - BAILOUT FUNDS THROUGH FACEBOOK. - >> Reporter: FILMMAKER CHRISTIAN - VAZQUEZ IS DOCUMENTING THE - PROTESTS. - >> I THINK SOMETHING WE ALL NEED - TO BE THINKING ABOUT RIGHTOW - IS HOW DO WE TELL THESE STORIES - AROUND ACTIVISTS. - >> Reporter: AND MANY SAY THEIR - MAIN PRIORITY IS EDUCATING THEIR - OWN SOCIAL CIRCLES. - >> I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT WITH - MY FIVE CHILDREN, YOU'RE GOING - TO HAVE FIVE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE - GOING TO BE PROTESTING FOR THE - REST OF THEIR LIVES.

- AS LONG AS INJUSTICE IS PART OF - OUR WORLD. - >> A LOT OF MY WHITE FRIENDS AND - FAMILY MEMBERS DON'T UNDERSTAND - SYSTEMIC RACISM. - THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IMPLICIT - BIAS. - THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU - CAN SIT THERE AND SAY,' I'M NOT - RACIST' AND YOU MIGHT NOT BE. - YOU DON'T ACTIVELY DISCRIMINATE - AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE, BUT YOU'VE - STILL BENEFITED FROM - INSTITUTIONS THAT THEY HAVE NOT - BEEN ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM. - >> Reporter: EMMA CONES HAS A - BIGGER CHALLENGE FOR THE - PROTESTERS: - >> WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU DONE HAVE - YOU GIVEN MONEY TO BLACK LIVES - MATTER, OR ARE YOU JUST POSTING - A BLACK SQUARE ON INSTAGRAM - SAYING #BLACKOUTTUESDAY, AND - MOVING ALONG WITH YOUR LIFE. - >> Reporter: PROFESSOR STEVENSON - ISN'T SURE WHAT WILL COME FROM - THE GROWING COALITION EITHER, - BUT SHE SENSES, IT WILL BE - TRANSFORMATIVE. - >> I'M VERY HOPEFUL BECAUSE OF - EMMA, AND BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE - HAVE CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR - FREEDOM IN OUR COUNTRY, AND I - KNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. - >> Reporter: WITH MORE ALLIES

- THAN EVER IN THE FIGHT. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - STEPHANIE SY. - >> Woodruff: TODAY THE SENATE - OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED AN ACT - THAT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR - NATIONALARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS. - OUR LISA DESJARDINS JOINS ME TO - TELL US ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION - AND WHAT ELSE CONGRESS IS - CONSIDERING WHEN IT COMES TO THE - ENVIRONMENT. - >> THAT'S RIGHT, JUDY, THIS IS - AN EXTRAORDINARY BILL, - BIPARTISAN BILL YEARS IN THE - MAKING AND PASSED NOW AT THIS - EXTRAORDINARY TIME. - LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT - ABOUT WHAT'S NIT, FIRST OF ALL. - THIS BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE - HAS TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSE. - THIS WOULD FUND DEFERRED - MAINTENANCE FOR OUR NATIONAL - PARKS AND OTHER FEDERAL LANDS, - $9.5 BILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, - THOSE ARE NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN - OVERLOOKED FOR A LONG TIME.

- THIS ALSO WOULD PERMANENTLY FUND - SOMETHING CALLED THE LAND, WATER - AND CONSERVATION FUND. - THAT IS SOMETHING WE'LL TALK - ABOUT MORE IN A MINUTE, AND IT - WOULD FUND THAT BY USING OIL AND - GAS REVENUES, OFFSHORE DRILLING, - JUDY. - LET'S GO BACK TO THE 9.5 BILLION - FOR THE PARKS AND FEDERAL LANDS. - JUDY, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IS ONE - OF AMERICA'S PRIDE AND JOY BUT - THE TRUTH, IS FOR DECADES, THE - PARKS HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED. - THE FIRST PARK, YELLWSTONE - NATIONAL PARK, FOR EXAMP, THEY - HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE CARE - OF THEIR ROADS AND TAI AND, IN - ADDITION, SOME OF THE STAFF - THERE HAVE NOT HAD HOUSING. - SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVEN'T BEN - ABLE TO HIRE THE STAFF THEY WANT - BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM - TO LIVE. - THIS IS WHAT THE BUILD WOULD - PROVIDE, BIPARTISAN PASSED - OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE SENATE AND - HAS STRONG HOPES IN THE HOUSE AS - WELL. - >> Woodruff: AND, LISA, TELL - US WHY THAT IS. - WHAT IS IT THAT GIVES IT THE - SUPPORT IN THE HOUSE? - >> WELL, I THINK THERE ARE SOME - REALLY IMPORTANT POLICY HERE AS

- WELL. - LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT LAND, - WATER AND CONSERVATION FUND, FOR - EXAMPLE. - THAT FUND IS SOMETHING THAT IS - USED TO ADD TO FEDERAL LAND, - INCLUDING NATIONAL PARKS. - SAY YELLO YELLOW STONE WANTS TO. - THIS FUNDED IN 1965 HAS BEEN - PART OF THE IDEA THAT AMERICAN - LANDS ARE IMPORTANT. - BUT CONGRESS HAS BARELY FUNDED - IT AND USED PATCHWORK, TEMPORARY - FUNDING YEAR AFTER YEAR AND IT - HASN'T BEEN DEPENDABLE. - NOW IT HAS A PERMANENT FUNDING - SOURCE AND CONGRESS WON'T VOIT - ON IT EVERY YEAR. - SO IT MEANS NOT JUST MORE LAND - FOR NATIONAL PARKS BUT IN CITIES - AS WELL IN URBAN AREAS, THAT'S - WHERE THE ENVIRONMENTAL - ACTIVISTS WANT TO EXPAND FEDERAL - LAND. - THIS IS A BIG ISSUE FOR MUCH OF - AMERICA, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY - YOU SEE MANY REPUBLICANS, NOT - ALL, BUT SOME SUPPORTING IT. - >> Woodruff: AND LISA, - PROSPECTS, YOU WERE TELLING US, - LOOK GOOD IN THE HOUSE BUT NOT - UNANIMOUS. - TELL US WHAT THE FOLKS WHO

- OBJECT TO IT ARE SAYING. - >> THERE ARE SOME OBJECTIONS, - LARGELY ALONG THE COST OF THIS - BILL. - WHILE THAT EXPANSION TO HAVE THE - CONSERVATION FUND IS PAID FOR BY - OIL AND GAS REVENUES, THE - NATIONAL PARK MONEY, FOR - EXAMPLE, IS NOT. - SO THIS WOULD ADD TO THE DEFICIT - AND CONCERNS. - ALSO OPPOSITION COMING MOSTLY - FROM LIVESTOCK GROUPS. - THEY SAY THE EXPANSION OF - FEDERAL LAND COMES BEFORE THE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS REALLY - PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO TAKE CARE - OF THE LANDS. - AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW, ESPECIALLY - IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE - COUNTRY, THERE IS OFTEN HEATED - DEBATE OVER FEDERAL OWNERSHIP OF - LAND. - THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IN FACT, - OWNS MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE - LAND IN THIS COUNTRY. - ON THE OTHER HAND, JUDY, - CONSERVATIONISTS SAY THEY HAVE A - GOAL OF TRYING TO PRESERVE 30% - OF THE LAND IN THIS COUNTRY BY - 2030. - THIS BILL IS PART OF THAT - EFFORT. - SO IT'S A BIG MOVE FOR THEM. - >> Woodruff: AND JUST FINALLY, - LISA, INTERESTING THAT THIS BILL - DOES HAVE THE REPUBLICAN SUPPORT - IT DOES, AND YOU'RE TELLING US - THERE IS MORE CLIMATE ACTION

- BUBBLING ON THE HILL. - >> ONE REASON REPUBLICANS ARE - SUPPORTING THIS, LOOK AT THIS - LETTER, THIS IS FROM THE - EVANGELICAL ENVIRONMENTAL - NETWORK, JUDY. - 65,000 PEOPLE WHO DESCRIBE - THEMSELVES AS PRO-LIFE OR - ANTI-ABORTION CHRISTIANS SIGNED - THIS LETTER URGING CONGRESS TO - PASS THIS BILL AND OTHER - ENVIRONMENTAL BILLS. - ESSENTIALLY, JUDY, THERE IS SOME - FERVOR ON THE RIGHT FROM - RELIGIOUS GROUPS TO SAY THE - ENVIRONMENT IS A LIFE ISSUE, AND - THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE SEEING - SENDERS LISTEN -- SENATORS - LISTEN TO. - AT-RISK SENATORS, CORY GARDNER - AND OTHERS FOR WHOM THE BILL - WILL HELP AND OTHER LEGISLATION - COMING UP THE PIKE. - WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT. - >> Woodruff: LISA DESJARDINS - REPORTING ON SOMETHING THAT - HASN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION - ON THE HILL IN QUITE SOME TIME. - LISA, THANK YOU. - >> YOU'RE WELCOME. - >> Woodruff: FINALLY TONIGHT, - AMERICAN ARTISTS OF ALL KINDS

- ARE RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC - WITH NEW CREATIONS. - AS JEFFREY BROWN REPORTS, THE - ART CAN BE A CALL TO ACTION AND - A MEANS OF HEALING, FOR THE - MAKER AND AUDIENCE ALIKE. - THE STORY IS PART OF OUR ONGOING - ARTS AND CULTURE SERIES, CANVAS. - >> ♪ SIX FEET APART - BUT THE NEWS HAS ALL BEEN BAD - ♪ AND THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS SO - SAD - >> Brown: THE SONG IS CALLED" - SIX FEET APART", A KIND OF - ANTHEM FOR THE PANDEMIC. - COUNTRY MUSIC STAR LUKE COMBS - CO-WROTE IT IN APRIL, ABOUT A - MONTH INTO QUARANTINE AT HIS - HOME IN TENNESSEE. - >> YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT TO COME - FROM A PLACE THAT IS - OPPORTUNISTIC OR SOMETHING - THAT'S CORNY OR CHEESY. - YOU WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE HOPE - THAT, YOU KNOW THIS ISN'T GOING - TO LAST FOREVER. - >> Brown: COMBS, A TRIPLE - PLATINUM-SELNG ARTIST, WOULD - NORMALLY BE ON THE ROAD - PERFORMING FOR THOUSANDS. - >> I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, VOICE

- A LITTLE BIT, I GUESS, OF MY - FRUSTRATION WITH, THIS WAS SET - UP TO BE, YOU KNOW, MY BIGGEST - YEAR OF MY CAREER BY LONGSHOT. - AND I'M SURE THERE ARE MILLIONS - OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHO - FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT WHATEVER - THEIR JOB IS OR THEIR PASSION. - AND ANYTHING THAT CAN GIVE - SOMEONE EVEN THREE MINUTES WORTH - OF RELIEF FROM THAT IS SOMETHING - THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF. - >> Brown: AROUND THE COUNTRY, - ARTISTIC RESPONSES OF ALL KINDS: - PHOTOGRAPHER CARRIE MAE WEEMS, - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT SYRACUSE - UNIVERSITY, HAS LAUNCHED A - CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS, - COMBINING IMAGES OF EVERYDAY - LIFE WITH DIRECT MESSAGES ON THE - NEED FOR PRECAUTIONS AMONG - PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ARE - DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY - THE VIRUS." - DON'T WORRY, WE'LL HOLD HANDS - AGAIN."" - SADLY, YOU ARE THE MOST - IMPACTED BY COVID 19!!!" - SOUND ARTIST YURI SUZUKI IS - COLLECTING SUBMISSIONS FOR HIS - NOW-VIRTUAL INSTALLATION "SOUND - OF THE EARTH: PANDEMIC CHAPTER",

- A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS - MUSEUM OF ART. - TO COMFORT CRITICALLY-ILL - PATIENTS, FILMMAKER FELIP BARRAL - CREATED A PIECE CALL "BELLA": - TAKING AND STREAMING PHOTOS OF - THE NATURAL WORLD. - DIFFERENT CREATIVE WAYS TO SPEAK - AND ACT NOW. - IN QUEENS, NEW YORK, ONE OF THE - PANDEMIC'S EPICENTERS, A - MEDITATION ON THE GHOSTLY - SILENCE OF THE #7 SUBWAY LINE, - 26-YEAR-OLD LOCAL ARTIST FRISLY - SOBERANIS SHOT THIS SHORT VIDEO - OF THE TRACKS OVERHEAD. - >> THE MEMORIES OF THE PAST COME - UP VERY OFTEN AND THEY JUST SORT - OF SLAM IN FRONT OF WHAT I'M - SEEING. - I KNOW WHAT THIS USED TO BE - I KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT WERE - MOVING HERE, THE BUSINESSES THAT - WERE OPEN, THE ENERGY OF THE - SPACE. - AND NOW I SEE IT CLOSED. - AND THEN I SEE THAT THIS - STRUCTURE IS STILL CONTINUING TO - SORT OF TOWER OVER US. - >> Brown: SOBERANIS' WORK IS - PART OF A LARGE INSTANT - EXHIBITION, INVOLVING MANY - ARTISTS COMMISSIONED BY THE - ONASSIS FOUNDATION, WORKING WITH - THE QUEENS MUSEUM AND OTHERS. - SOBERANIS NORMALLY MAKES A

- LIVING DOING VIDEO AND FILMWORK. - THAT'S GONE, AND HE AND HIS - EXTENDED FAMILY FACE URGENT - FINANCIAL AND OTHER CHLENGES. - THE PANDEMIC HAS HIT ESPECIALLY - HARD IN HIS LARGELY MINORITY AND - IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, AND - HEIGHTENED ALREADY-PROFOUND - SOCIETAL INEQUITIES, PLAYING OUT - FURTHER IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE - KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD. - HE'S MADE THOSE ISSUES A FOCUS - OF HIS ART. - >> I TRY TO SEE THE POWERS THAT - ARE AT PLAY AT THE MOMENT THAT - I'M CREATING THINGS, WHETHER - THAT'S FINANCIAL POWERS OR - CULTURAL POWERS, AND I THINK - THAT ART, AT LEAST FOR ME, IS - ESSENTIAL TO CAPTURE A MOMENT - BEFORE IT'S RE-WRITTEN IN A - DIFFERENT WAY. - >> Brown: IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA, - ARTIST CAROLYN OLSON IS PAYING - HOMAGE TO HER COMMUNITY WITH A - VIBRANT SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF - WHAT SHE SEES AS ESSENTIAL - WORKERS-- FILLING DRUGSTORE - ORDERS, PICKING VEGETABLES AND - FRUITS, DELIVERING GOODS BY - BICYCLE, REPAIRING A BAND - STUDENT'S INSTRUMENT. - >> JUST BEING ANGRY AND

- FRUSTRATED ISN'T GOING TO FIX - IT, SO I FELT LIKE IT WAS - SOMETHING I COULD DO. - I CAN DRAW, I CAN PAINT, I COULD - COMMENT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT - WERE DOING THIS KIND OF WORK AND - MAYBE BRING LIGHT TO IT. - >> Brown: WE LEARNED OF OLSON'S - WORK WHEN SHE WROTE THE NEWSHOUR - TO SAY SHE'D FOUND SOME OF HER - SUBJECTS THROUGH STORIES SHE'D - SEEN ON OUR PROGRAM: A BUS - DRIVER, A SANITATION WORKER, - FIRST RESPONDERS. - BUT MOST OF HER SUBJECTS ARE - CLOSER TO HOME, INCLUDING A - DAUGHTER WHO'S WORKED THROUGH - THIS PERIOD AT A GROCERY STORE. - >> I ASKED MY DAUGHTER ONE TIME - ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND - SAID, WHAT ABOUT THE GRIEF? - AND SHE SAID, ¡CAN'T EVEN GO - THERE, MOM,' AND I FELT LIKE MY - DRAWING AT LEAST COULD TALK - ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT - WERE GOING ON. - >> Brown: ARTISTS HAVE ALWAYS - DONE THIS, OF COURSE, INCLUDING - AROUND PANDEMICS OF THE PAST: - EDVARD MUNCH, THE NORWEGIAN - ARTIST WHOSE "SCREAM" IS A VIRAL - IMAGE OF OUR TIME, PAINTED THI"" - SELF-PORTRAIT WITH THE SPANISH - FLU" IN 1919, SPEAKING DIRECTLY - TO HIS. - MORE RECENTLY, DAVID WOJNAROWICZ

- PHOTOGRAPHED HIS FRIEND PETER - HUJAR AS HE DIED OF AIDS-RELATED - PNEUMONIA. - CHOREOGRAPHER DOUG VARONE: - >> I CAN THINK OF THE AIDS - CRISIS, I CAN THINK OF 9/11, - ARTISTS RESPOND TO THOSE - MOMENTS. - AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. - ARTISTS ARE REALLY DRIVEN BY THE - TIMES. - THINGS OCCUR IN OUR LIVES, THEY - OCCUR IN THE WORLD AROUND US. - AND WE RESPOND TO THEM. - >> Brown: VARONE AND HIS COMPANY - HAVE BEEN PRESENTING NEW WORKS - FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. - BUT COVID-19 TOOK ITS TOLL: IN - MARCH, HE FURLOUGHED HIS TEAM - UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. - RECENTLY HE WAS ASKED TO DO - SOMETHING BEYOND HIS EXPERIENCE: - CREATE A SOCIALLY-DISTANCED - DANCE, WITH VARONE WORKING IN - HIS UPSTATE NEW YORK HOME, SHOWN - HERE ON THE SMALL COMPUTER - SCREEN, AND DANCER MICHAEL - TRUSNOVEC USING HIS HOME IN NEW - JERSEY AS HIS STAGE. - >> THE CONCEPT BEHIND IT HAS - BEEN VERY MUCH ABOUT THE - ISOLATION THAT WE ALL FEEL AT

- AND FOR MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I - HAVE MANY FRIENDS WHO ARE IN - THIS ALONE. - THIS PIECE IN MANY WAYS IS - SPEAKING ABOUT THAT. - THE ROLE OF THE ARTS HAS ALWAYS - BEEN TO EXPAND PEOPLE'S - PERCEPTION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. - >> Brown: IN ANOTHER SIGN OF THE - TIMES, THE WORK WILL RECEIVE A - VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE LATER IN - JUNE. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - JEFFREY BROWN. - >> Woodruff: ON THE NEWSHOUR - ONLINE RIGHT NOW, THE WORLD HAS - SAT ON EDGE FOR MONTHS WHILE THE - PANDEMIC DISRUPTS LIFE AND TAKES - LIVES. - WE EXPLORE HOW CHRONIC STRESS - FROM THE CORONAVIRUS AS WELL AS - DISCRIMINATION MAY BE AFFECTING - THE HEALTH OF BLACK AMERICANS. - THAT'S ON OUR WEB SITE, - pbs.org/newshour. - 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, THANK YOU, PLEASE STAY - SAFE, AND SEE YOU SOON. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY:

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