PBS NewsHour; March 23, 2021, 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING, I'M - JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, - COLORADO MOURNS: A SUSPECT IS - CHARGED IN THE DEATHS OF TEN - PEOPLE IN BOULDER, THE COUNTRY'S - SECOND MASS SHOOTING IN LESS - THAN A WEEK. - THEN, ON THE BORDER-- AS MORE - UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN AND - TEENAGERS CROSS INTO THE U.S., - THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS SENT BACK - TO MEXICO FACE DIRE - CIRCUMSTANCES. - >> FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IT'S NOT - AN OPTION TO GO BACK TO CENTRAL - AMERICA, THERE WAS REALLY GOOD - REASON WHY THEY LEFT IN THE - FIRST PLACE. - THEY HAVE NO CLOTHES, NO FOOD, - NO TRANSPORTATION, MONEY-- - NOTHING. - >> Woodruff: AND, GETTING THE - VACCINE-- QUESTIONS ARISE ABOUT - A PROMISING INOCULATION AFTER - REPORTS OF INCOMPLETE DATA - REGARDING ITS EFFICACY. - ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S - PBS NEWSHOUR.

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- AND INDIVIDUALS. - >> THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE - POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR - PUBLIC BROADCASTING. - AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: THE BLOODBATH IN - BOULDER HAS PLUNGED A CITY INTO - MOURNING, AND PROPELLED A NATION - INTO DEBATING GUN CONTROL AGAIN. - THOSE DUAL DEVELOPMENTS PLAYED - OUT TODAY, AS POLICE PURSUED - THEIR INVESTIGATION. - YAMICHE ALCINDOR BEGINS OUR - COVERAGE. - >> Alcindor: TODAY IN COLORADO, - SHOCK AND GRIEF. - >> MY HEART ACHES TODAY AND I - THINK ALL OF OURS' DOES, AS - COLORADANS, AS AMERICANS, FOR

- THIS SENSELESS TRAGEDY. - >> Alcindor: IN BOULDER LAW - ENFORCEMENT HAVE CHARGED THE - ALLEGED 21-YEAR-OLD GUNMAN IN - YESTERDAY'S SUPERMARKET ATTACK - WITH 10 COUNTS OF MURDER. - TODAY, POLICE SAID HE IS IN - CUSTODY, BUT DID NOT GIVE A - MOTIVE. - >> WE ARE COMMITTED WITH STATE, - LOCAL, AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES - FOR A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND - WILL BRING JUSTICE TO EACHF - THESE FAMILIES. - >> THERE'S A SHOOTER! - ACTIVE SHOOTER! - >> Alcindor: THE RAMPAGE BEGAN - MONDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN AN - EYEWITNESS SAID A GUNMAN ARMED - WITH A RIFLE STARTED SHOOTING IN - THE PARKING LOT BEFORE ENTERING - THE STORE. - HUNDREDS OF POLICE OFFICERS - DESCENDED ON THE STORE IN RIOT - GEAR, AS SHOPPERS SCRAMBLED FOR - SAFETY. - >> WE STARTED RUNNING HERE AND - THERE WAS AT LEAST TWO SHOTS - FIRED AT US AS WE WERE RUNNING. - >> Alcindor: POLICE ENGAGED IN A - SHOOTOUT WITH THE ALLEGED - GUNMAN, BEFORE TAKING HIM FROM - THE SUPERMARKET, SHIRTLESS WITH - BLOOD RUNNING DOWN HIS LEG. - THE VICTIMS RANGED IN AGE FROM - 20 TO 65. - AMONTHEM, 51-YEAR-OLD POLICE - FICER ERIC TALLEY, THE FIRST

- ON THE SCENE. - TODAY OUTSIDE THE BOULDER POLICE - STATION, HIS PATROL CAR SERVED - AS A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL. - THE OTHERS KILLED ARE: - DENNY STRONG, 20 - NEVEN STANISIC, 23 - RIKKI OLDS, 25 - TRALONA BARTKOWIAK, 49 - SUZANNE FOUNTAIN, 59 - TERI LEIKER, 51 - KEVIN MANEY, 61 - LYNN MURRAY, 62 - JODY WATERS, 65 - YESTERDAY'S MASS SHOOTING IS THE - LATEST OF MANY IN COLORADO IN - RECENT MEMORY. - IN 1999, THERE WAS MASSACRE AT - COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL. - IN 2012, A DOZEN PEOPLE DIED IN - AN ATTACK ON A MOVIE THEATER IN - AURORA. - AND IN 2019, ONE STUDENT DIED IN - A SHOOTING AT A SCHOOL IN - HIGHLANDS RANCH. - IT ALSO COMES A WEEK AFTER THE - ATTACKS IN ATLANTA THAT LEFT 8 - PEOPLE DEAD. - AND IT HAS PROMPTED RENEWED - CALLS FOR GUN REFORM. - IN WASHINGTON, THE WHITE HOUSE - PAID TRIBUTE BY LOWERING FLAGS - TO HALF STAFF. - AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESSED

- THE SHOOTING. - >> JILL AND I ARE DEVASTATED AND - FEELING-- I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE - HOW THE FAMILIES ARE FEELING. - THE VICTIMS WHOSE FUTURES WERE - STOLEN FROM THEM, FROM THEIR - FAMILIES, FROM THEIR LOVED ONES. - WE CAN BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS AND - HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES IN THIS - COUNTRY, ONCE AGAIN. - THIS IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE A - PARTISAN ISSUE. - THIS IS AN AMERICAN ISSUE. - IT WILL SAVE LIVES--AMERICAN - LIVES. AND WE HAVE TO ACT. - >> Alcindor: ON CAPITOL HILL, - THE GUN CONTROL DEBATE PLAYED - OUT IN A SENATE JUDICIARY - HEARING ON GUN VIOLENCE. - >> THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS - ABOUT WHAT THE MOTIVES WERE FOR - THE KILLER IN BOULDER, BUT - THERE'S NO MYSTERY ABOUT WHAT - NEEDS TO BE DONE. - >> EVERY TIME THERE IS A - SHOOTING WE PLAY THIS RIDICULOUS - THEATER WHERE THIS COMMITTEE

- GETS TOGETHER AND PROPOSES A - BUNCH OF LAWS THAT WOULD DO - NOTHING TO STOP THESE MURDERS! - >> Alcindor: LATER, SENATE - MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER - PLEDGED TO HOLD A VOTE ON A GUN - CONTROL BILL PASSED BY THE - HOUSE. BUT ITS PROSPECTS ARE - UNCERTAIN IN A NARROWLY DIVIDED - SENATE. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - YAMICHE ALCINDOR. - >> Woodruff: WE GET THE - LATEST FROM BOULDER WITH - BEN MARKUS, WHO HAS BEEN - ON THE GROUND COVERING THE - SHOOTING FOR COLORADO - PUBLIC RADIO. - AND HE JOINS ME NOW. - BEN MARKUS, WELCOME TO THE - "NEWSHOUR." - IT IS ABOUT 24 HOURS AFTER - ALL OF THIS TOOK PLACE. - WHAT MORE ARE YOU LEARNING - ABOUT THE SHOOTER HIMSELF? - >> Reporter: SO, I SPENT - THE BETTER PART OF THE DAY - DIGGING INTO HIS PAST. - I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM - PEOPLE THAT USED TO HANG - OUT WITH HIM ON THE - WRESTLING TEAM AT ARVADA - WEST HIGH SCHOOL, THEY - TALKED ABOUT SOMEONE WHO - WAS PRONE TO ANGER, WHO - COULD EXPLODE AT A - MOMENT'S NOTICE, BUT COULD - ALWAYS BE TALKED DOWN AND - WAS OTHERWISE A NICE - PERSON.

- WE HAVE A POLICE RECORDS - FROM AN ARREST IN 2017, - LATE 2017, SO HE WAS STILL - IN HIGH SCHOOL. - HE WALKED ACROSS A - CLASSROOM AND PUNCHED - ANOTHER CLASSMATE IN THE - HEAD. - HE FELL OUT OF THE CHAIR, - AND HE JUST KEPT PUNCHING - HIM. - HE LATER TOLD THE OFFICERS - HE HAD BEEN CALLED A - RACIAL NAME OF SOME SORT. - >> Woodruff: AND WE - KNOW, AND WE JUST WERE - REMINDED AGAIN IN - YAMICHE'S REPORT ABOUT THE - NUMBER OF MASS SHOOTINGS - AND SCHOOL SHOOTINGS THAT - HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN - COLORADO IN RECENT YEARS. - IS THAT PART OF THE - CONVERSATION THERE NOW? - >> Reporter: IT IS. - I THINK PEOPLE DEFINE - THEMSELVES TO SOME DEGREE - BY WHAT MASS SHOOTING THEY - EXPERIENCED AT WHAT TYPE. - WHETHER IT IS COLUMBINE, - THE AURORA THEATER - SHOOTING, AND NOW THIS - BOULDER SUPERMARKET - SHOOTING. - I COVERED THE AURORA - SHOOTING, AND THE - COLLEAGUES IN THE NEWSROOM - COVERED COLUMBINE.

- THERE IS SOME SOUL - SEARCHING TO SEE IF THE - METRO AREA IS A RELATIVELY - SAFE PLACE, COMPARED TO - OTHER CITIES, BUT WE HAVE - THE SPASMS OF MASS - SHOOTING VIOLENCE THAT - HAPPENS. - DESPITE GUN CONTROL - LEGISLATION THAT HISTORY - HAS BEENPASSED AT THE STATE - LEVELS, WHICH IS FAIRLY - STRICT COMPARED TO OTHER - STATES, AND MEASURES IN - MENTAL HEALTH. - >> Woodruff: NO QUESTION - THAT GUN-CONTROL - LEGISLATION HAS BEEN - LOOKED AT BUT NOT ENOUGH - TO ADDRESS THIS. - BEN MARKUS OF PUBLIC - RADIO, WE THANK YOU. - >> Reporter: THANK YOU - FOR HAVING ME. - >> Woodruff: AND WE GET - REACTION TO THE SHOOTING - FROM U.S. REPRESENTIVE - JOE NEGUSE OF COLORADO. - HE IS A DEMOCRAT WHO - REPRESENTS BOULDER, AND HE - IS THERE TODAY. - CONGRESSMAN NEGUSE, THANK - YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US - TODAY.

- WE'RE SO SORRY FOR YOUR - LOSS. - TELL US ABOUT THE - NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS - HAPPENED, AND HOW IS THE - COMMUNITY REACTING? - >> WELL, THANK YOU, JUDY. - ITAS BEEN A DEVASTATING - 24 HOURS FOR OUR COMMUNITY - HERE IN BOULDER, FOR OUR - STATE, AND FOR OUR - COUNTRY. - THE LOSS OF LIFE HERE IN - BOULDER IS JUST HARD TO - FATHOM. - IT IS UNIMAGINABLE. - AND WE ARE IN MOURNING FOR - THE VICTIMS WHO TRAGICALLY - LOST THEIR LIVES YESTERDAY - IN SOUTH BOULDER. - AND THE 10PEOPLE WHO LOST - THEIR LIVES ARE FRIENDS - AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS - AND NEIGHBORS AND - COLLEAGUES AND - TREASURED COMMUNITY - MEMBERS HERE IN BOULDER, - EVERY ONE OF THEM. - AND OUR HEARTS AND OUR - PRAYERS ARE WITH THE - FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO LOST - THEIR LOVED ONES LAST - NIGHT, INCLUDING THE - FAMILY OF OFFICER TALLEY, - WHO HEROICLY SAVED LIVES - AND DIED IN THE LINE OF - DUTY PROTECTING OUR - COMMUNITY.

- >> Woodruff: - CONGRESSMAN, YOU SAID IN - YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU - RECALL BEING A HIGH SCHOOL - STUDENT IN COLORADO WHEN - THE COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL - SHOOTING TOOK PLACE 21 - YEARS AGO. - THE SHOOTER OF THIS - INCIDENT YESTERDAY IN - BOULDER WAS BORN THAT - YEAR, IN 1999. - WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU - ABOUT THE CYCLE OF - VIOLENCE IN YOUR STATE AND - AROUND THE COUNTRY? - >> IT TELLS ME, JUDY, THAT - THIS CRISIS OF GUN - VIOLENCE IS PERVASIVE - ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND IT - HAS METASTASIZED YEAR - AFTER YEAR, DECADE AFTER - DECADE. - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. - I GREW UP IN COLORADO, AND - I WAS 14 WHEN THE TRAGEDY - OF COLUMBINE HAPPENED 10 - MINUTES FROM MY HIGH - SCHOOL, AND NOW 21 YEARS - LATER -- TO STAND HERE 22 - YEARS LATER AND MOURN THE - 10 VICTIMS WHO LOST IN - BOULDER LAST NIGHT WHILE - CONGRESS CONTINUES TO

- DITHER ON GUN VIOLENCE, - COLORADOANS AND AMERICANS - ARE BEING MURDERED, YEAR - AFTER YEAR AND DAY AFTER - DAY. - I THINK THE TIME FOR - INACTION IS OVER. - I THINK AMERICANS ARE - TIRED OF EXCUSES. - I THINK THEY WANT US TO - DELIVER TO PROTECT OUR - COMMUNITIES. - I HAVE A 2-YEAR-OLD - DAUGHTER, AND I WANT HER - TO GROW UP IN A COUNTRY - WHERE SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO - BE SCARED TO GO TO THE - GROCERY STORE OR TO GO TO - SCHOOL OR TO GO TO A MOVIE - THEATER OR BE IN HER - COMMUNITY. - IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS - WY. - WE CAN CHANGE IT. - AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE - TO MUSTER THE POLITICAL - WILL TO DO IT. - >> Woodruff: AND YOU SAY - WE HAVE TO MUSTER THE - POLITICAL WILL, AND WE - HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN SAY - IT IS A TIME FOR ACTION, - WHICH IS NOW, AND HE IS - CALLING FOR COMMON-SENSE - LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS - ASSAULT WEAPONS, TO DO - SOMETHING ABOUT HIGH - CAPACITY MAGAZINES. - BUT IS IT REALISTIC IN - THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE - THAT THIS KIND OF CHANGE - CAN HAPPEN? - >> JUDY, WE HAVE TO TRY.

- WE HAVE TO TRY. - I APPRECIATED THE - PRESIDENT'S WORDS TODAY IN - TERMS OF BOTH, AGAIN, - EXTENDING HIS CONDOLENCES - AND THE CONDOLENCES OF THE - FIRST LADY TO MY - CONSTITUENTS AND TO THE - COMMUNITY HERE IN BOULDER - AND TO THE FAMILIES WHO - GRIEVED, AND THOSE WE - TRAGICALLY LOST LAST - NIGHT, AND I APPRECIATED - THE CLARITY OF HIS REMARKS - WITH RESPECT TO GUN - VIOLENCE REFORM - LEGISLATION. - AS HE SAID, THESE ARE - COMMON-SENSE REFORMS, AND - THEY'RE BROADLY SUPPORTED - BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, - AND WE OUGHT NOT FORGET - THAT, AND WE SHOULDN'T - ASSUME THAT OUR POLITICAL - INSTITUTIONS ARE - IMPERVIOUS TO THE OPINIONS - OF THE PUBLIC. - SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE - TO PUSH FOR THESE SENSIBLE - REFORMS THAT HE - ARTICULATED AND I'M - HOPEFUL MY COLLEAGUES WILL - AS WELL. - >> Woodruff: - CONGRESSMAN, WHAT DO YOU - SAY TO THOSE WHO FIERCELY - BELIEVE IN GUN RIGHTS, AND - WHO SAY WHEN THESE KINDS - OF THINGS HAPPEN, THAT IT - IS ABOUT THE PERSON WHO - DID THEM, THAT THIS WAS A - TROUBLED YOUNG MAN, - APPARENTLY, 21 YEARS OLD, - AND THAT IT'S NOT THE - GUNS, BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE

- WHO ARE COMMITTING THESE - ACTS? - >> I'D SAY WE'RE LEARNING - MORE EVERY HOUR ABOUT WHAT - HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND THE - TRAGIC EVENTS UNFOLDED. - LAW ENFORCEMENT IS - OBVIOUSLY IN THE VERY - STAGES OF THEIR - INVESTIGATION. - THERE IS NO QUESTION THERE - WILL BE MULTIPLE PUBLIC - POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT I - THINK LOCAL, STATE, AND - FEDERAL POLICY-MAKERS WILL - NEED TO ENACT TO ADDRESS - THESE TYPES OF SENSELESS - TRAGEDIES THAT ARE - OCCURRING IN OUR COMMUNITY - AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE - COUNTRY. - BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THERE - IS NO QUESTION THAT GUN - VIOLENCE AND THE - AVAILABILITY OF GUNS AND - WEAPONS OF WAR IN OUR - COMMUNITIES IS CREATING AN - ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH I - SAID, NUMBERS OF OUR - COMMUNITY ARE SENSELESSLY - DYING. - IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE - THIS WAY. - WE CAN CHANGE IT. - I BELIEVE THAT BROADLY - SPEAKING, THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE SUPPORT THE KIND OF - REFORMS THAT PRESIDENT - BIDEN ARTICULATED EARLIER - TODAY.

- UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND - CHECKS PERHAPS BEING A - GREAT EXAMPLE, A BILL THAT - WE PASSED JUST TWO WEEKS - AGO IN THE UNITED STATES - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, - WITH BIPARTISAN, - REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, - SUPPORT. - AND M HOPEFUL WE CAN - BUILD ON THAT AND GET - SOMETHING DONE. - MOST OF ALL, JUDY, I WILL - TELL YOU I'M SPENDING MY - TIME TRYING TO HELP OUR - COMMUNITY HEAL. - IT IS GOING TO BE A - DIFFICULT SET OF DAYS, - WEEKS, AND MONTHS AHEAD - FOR THE FAMILIES WHO LOST - LOVED ONES AND FOR OUR - ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND - WE'LL CERTAINLY BE THERE - FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WE - HEAL TOGETHER. - >> Woodruff: BUT YOU DO - BELIEVE THE CLIMATE, THE - POLITICAL CLIMATE, IS - THERE IN CONGRESS TO GET A - SERIOUS CHANGE IN GUN - CONTROL POLICY? - >> I DO. - I DO, JUDY. - WE CAN'T AFORD NOT TO - ACT. - WE SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD NOT - TO ACT. - WE'VE LOST TOO MANY LIVES - ALREADY. - >> Woodruff: CONGRESSMAN - JOE NEGUSE OF COLORADO, - WHOSE COMMUNITY WAS DEEPLY - STRUCK BY THIS TERRIBLE

- SHOOTING LAST NIGHT. - THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN. - >> THANK YOU, JUDY. - >> Woodruff: - >> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, ASTRAZENECA FACED NEW - QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS COVID-19 - VACCINE. - THE COMPANY HAD SAID ITS U.S. - STUDY FOUND THE SHOTS ARE 79% - EFFECTIVE OVERALL. - BUT NOW, FEDERAL REGULATORS SAY - THE UDY MAY INCLUDE OUTDATED - INFORMATION. - MEANWHILE, TEXAS ANNOUNCED ALL - ADULTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR - VACCINATION STARTING MONDAY. - IT'S THE LARGEST STATE TO TAKE - THAT STEP. - A NEW WAVE OF INFECTIONS IS - SWEEPING OVER MUCH OF EUROPE, - AND THAT'S PROMPTED GERMANY TO - EXTEND ITS LOCKDOWN MEASURES BY - A MONTH. - TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT LARGELY - SHUT DOWN THE COUNTRY THROUGH - EASTER AND BEYOND. - IT ALSO BROUGHT WARNINGS FROM - THE TOP INFECTIOUS DISEASE - EXPERT IN THE U.S., DR. ANTHONY

- FAUCI. - >> WE GENERALLY ARE ABOUT THREE - TO FOUR WEEKS BEHIND THE - DYNAMICS OF THE OUTBREAK THAT WE - SEE IN EUROPE, SO GIVEN THAT THE - EUROPEANS ARE SURGING BACK UP, - THAT THAT IS VERY CLEAR THAT - THIS IS A RISK THAT WE WILL BE - DOING THE SAME THING IF WE DON'T - PULL BACK AND IN OTHER WORDS WE - NEED TO KEEP DOING THE PUBLIC - HEALTH MEASURES THAT WE TALK - ABOUT ALL THE TIME. - >> Woodruff: FRANCE AND ITALY - ARE ALSO SEEING RISING RATES OF - INFECTION. - BUT SPAIN IS LIFTING - RESTRICTIONS ON FLIGHTS AHEAD OF - EASTER VACATION. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS - EXTENDED A SPECIAL ENROLLMENT - PERIOD FOR SUBSIDIZED HEALTH - COVERAGE UNDER OBAMACARE. - IT WAS SET TO END ON MAY 15th, - BUT WILL RUN THROUGH AUGUST - 15TH. - ALSO TODAY, THE U.S. SENATE - MOVED TO CONFIRM DR. VIVEK - MURTHY AS SURGEON GENERAL. - THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE UNVEILED - A 10-YEAR PLAN TODAY TO OVERHAUL - OPERATIONS AND CUT COSTS. - IT CALLS FOR RAISING POSTAGE

- PRICES AND SLOWING DELIVERY FOR - SOME FIRST-CLASS MAIL TO FIVE - DAYS, INSTEAD OF THREE. - POSTMASTER GENERAL LOUIS DEJOY - SAID IT WILL HELP REDUCE $160 - BILLION IN PROJECTED LOSSES OVER - THE NEXT DECADE. - IN ISRAEL, VOTERS FACED THEIR - FOURTH NATIONAL ELECTION IN TWO - YEARS, AND EXIT POLLS INDICATED - NO CLEAR WINNER. - THE VOTING MARKED ANOTHER - REFERENDUM ON PRIME MINISTER - BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, WHO'S ALSO - FIGHTING CORRUPTION CHARGES. - SOME PEOPLE CAST BALLOTS IN - AIRPORTS AND DRIVE-THRU'S DUE TO - COVID PROTOCOLS. - IT COULD BE SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE - FINAL RESULTS ARE KNOWN. - SEARCH TEAMS IN BANGLADESH HAVE - RECOVERED AT LEAST 15 BODIES - AFTER FIRE ROARED THROUGH A CAMP - FOR ROHINGYA MUSLIMS. - IT BROKE OUT MONDAY AND BURNED - INTO THE NIGHT, DESTROYING - THOUSANDS OF SHELTERS.

- U.N. OFFICIALS SAID 560 PEOPLE - WERE INJURED, AND 400 ARE STILL - MISSING. - >> OUR FRONT-LINE STAFF IN THE - CAMP REPORTED HORRIFIC SCENES OF - DEVASTATION, DESTRUCTION, AND - DESPAIR. - I WAS JUST IN THE PHONE WITH ONE - OF THEM, MOMENTS AGO, AND SHE - JUST SAID, "IMAGINE LOSING - EVERYTHING WHEN YOU WERE FORCED - FROM YOUR HOME JUST THREE YEARS - AGO, ONLY TO LOSE IT ALL OVER - AGAIN." - >> Woodruff: MANY OF THE - ROHINGYA FLED TO BANGLADESH TO - ESCAPE PERSECUTION IN MYANMAR. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, A JURY IS - NOW IN PLACE IN MINNEAPOLIS, TO - CONSIDER MURDER CHARGES IN THE - KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD. - THE LAST OF THREE ALTERNATES WAS - SEATED TODAY, JOINING THE 12 - REGULAR JURORS. - THEY WILL HEAR THE CASE AGAINST - DEREK CHAUVIN, THE FORMER POLICE - OFFICER ACCUSED IN FLOYD'S DEATH - LAST MAY. - OPENING STATEMENTS ARE SET FOR - MONDAY. - THE CHICAGO SUBURB OF EVANSTON,

- ILLINOIS, WILL BE FIRST IN THE - NATION TO OFFER RERATIONS TO - BLACK CITIZENS. - THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED MONDAY TO - DISTRIBUTE $10 MILLION OVER THE - NEXT 10 YEARS. - ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS WILL RECEIVE - $25,000 EACH. - IT'S FUNDED BY A T ON - RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA AND BY - PRIVE DONATIONS. - TOP ECONOMIC POLICY OFFICIALS - TALKED UP THE U.S. RECOVERY - TODAY. - AT A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING, - FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR JEROME - POWELL SAID THE ECONOMY IS - COMING BACK FASTER THAN - EXPECTED. - TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN - WAS EQUALLY UPBEAT. - >> WITH PASSAGE OF RESCUE PLAN - AM CONFIDENT THAT PEOPLE WILL - REACH OTHER SIDE OF PANDEMIC - WITH THE FOUNDATIONS OF THEIR - LIVES INTACT. - AND I BELIEVE THEY'LL BE MET - THERE BY A GROWING ECONOMY. - IN FACT, I THINK WE MAY SEE A - RETURN TO FULL EMPLOYMENT NEXT - YEAR. - >> Woodruff: REPUBLICANS AGAIN - RAISED CONCERNS THAT THE RELIEF - SPENDING MIGHT IGNITE INFLATION,

- BUT POWELL SAID THE FED CAN KEEP - IT UNDER CONTROL. - AND, WALL STREET WAS BROADLY - LOWER AS OIL PRICES AND BANK - STOCKS FELL. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - LOST 308 POINTS TO CLOSE AT - 32,423. - THE NASDAQ FELL 149 POINTS. - THE S&P 500 GAVE UP 30. - STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - THE SITUATION ON THE SOUTHERN - BORDER GROWS INCREASINGLY DIRE - FOR MIGRANTS. - HOW THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - FACES DAUNTING CHALLENGES ON - MULTIPLE FRONTS. - WE REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF THE - SHOOTINGS IN GEORGIA. - PLUS MUCH MORE. - >> Woodruff: ON THE BORDER, THE - CHALLENGE OF UNACCOMPANIED - CHILDREN CONTINUES.

- TODAY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT - ANNOUNCED IT IS OPENING AN - ADDITIONAL FACILITY TO HOUSE - THEM, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER - OF BEDS TO AROUND 14,000. - IT IS THE LATEST MOVE BY THE - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, AS IT - GRAPPLES WITH THIS LATEST SURGE. - AMNA NAWAZ IS ON THE GROUND IN - TEXAS WITH THE STORY. - >> Nawaz: MORNING IN TEXAS' RIO - GRANDE VALLEY, THE CENTER OF A - GROWING MIGRANT CRISIS, AS THE - DRAMATIC INCREASE OF - UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, WHOM THE - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT - WON'T TURN AWAY IS LEADING TO - SCENES LIKE THIS-- - OVERCROWDED BORDER FACILITIES. - CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS IN TIGHT - QUARTERS. - THOUSANDS BEING HELD LONGER THAN - THE 72-HOUR LIMIT, BEFORE BEING - TRANSFERRED TO SHELTERS AND - FAMILY IN THE U.S. - THESE IMAGES RELEASED TODAY BY - CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION - AFTER WEEKS OF DENYING THE PRESS - ACCESS TO THESE FACILITIES. - AS BORDER CROSSINGS SURGE, MOST - ARE SENT RIGHT BACK TO MEXICO. - LIKE THESE FAMILIES, GATHERING - FOR A MOMENT OF PRAYER ITHE

- CITY OF REYNOSA. - THIS FOOD, FROM A LOCAL CHURCH, - WILL LIKELY BE THEIR ONLY MEAL - FOR THE DAY, SO KIDS MOVE TO THE - FRONT OF LINE. - THIS PUBLIC PARK, A SHORT WALK - FROM THE BRIDGE TO THE U.S., IS - NOW THEIR TEMPORARY HOME. - >> THERE'S REALLY GOOD REASON - FOR THAT YOU DON'T HANG OUT NEAR - THE BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE IS WHERE - ALL THE GANGS HANG OUT WAITING - FOR PEOPLE GETTING SENT BACK. - >> Nawaz: JENNIFER HARBURY IS A - VOLUNTEER ADVOCATE WITH A GROUP - CALLED ANGRY TIAS AND ABUELAS. - SHE TRIES TO CONNECT THESE - FAMILIES WITH SOCIAL SERVICES - AND LEGAL HELP. - >> FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IT'S NOT - AN OPTION TO GO BACK TO CENTRAL - AMERICA, THERE WAS REALLY GOOD - REASON WHY THEY LEFT IN THE - FIRST PLACE. - THEY HAVE NOTHING LEFT THEY GAVE - THEIR LESSON TO THE COYOTES TO - GET THEM ACROSS AND WERE DUMPED - BACK. - THEY HAVE NO CLOTHES, NO FOOD, - NO TRANSPORTATION, MONEY-- - NOTHING. - >> Nawaz: THEY PACK INTO THIS - GAZEBO AT NIGHT, PARENTS - SLEEPING ON TOP OF KIDS TO - PROTECT THEM. - STORIES OF CHILD KIDNAPPINGS BY - GANGS ARE RAMPANT. - AND THERE ARE YOUNG CHILDREN - EVERYWHERE, AS YOUNG AS SEVEN - AND EIGHT YEARS OLD, SOME - YOUNGER. - MANY OF THEIR PARENTS ARE - SURPRISED, THEY SAY, TO FIND

- THEMSELVES AMONG THE TENS OF - THOUSANDS EXPELLED EVERY MONTH - BY.S. OFFICIALS AFTER TRYING - TO CROSS THE BORDER. - UNDER A TRUMP-ERA PANDEMIC RULE, - KEPT IN PLACE BY PRESIDENT - BIDEN. - HOW MANY HAVE HEARD BIDEN SAY - THE BORDER IS CLOSED? - NOT A SINGLE PERSON HAD. - IN FACT, MANY HAD HEARD THAT - BIDEN PROMISED NO DEPORTATIONS. - THAT YOUNG CHILDREN WOULD BE - ALLOWED IN. - THEY SAY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES - HAVE OFFERED NO HELP. - THOUGH WHEN WE SHOW UP WITH - CAMERAS, THEY SUDDENLY APPEAR. - WITHIN MINUTESF US ARRIVING, - POLICE ARRIVED, TOOK PICTURES OF - US AND EVERYONE ELSE, A LOT OF - CONCERN ABOUT COORDINATION - BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND - CARTELS. - WE'VE BEEN ADVISED BY OUR LOCAL - TEAM NOT TO SPEND VERY LONG - HERE, BUT WE DO WANT TO TRY AND - HEAR A FEW MORE OF THEIR - STORIES. - DENIS LEFT HONDURAS A MONTH AGO, - AFTER BACK TO BACK HURRICANES - DEVASTATED HIS HOME AT THE END - OF 2020. - HE BROUGHT HIS FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON - DENIS JR. WITH HIM. - HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED - FOR FEAR OF THE GANGS.

- ADA ROSA FLED HONDURAS WITH HER - 14-YEAR-OLD SON AXEL, AFTER HIS - OLDER BROTHER WAS KILLED IN - FRONT OF THEM. - SHE BROUGHT WITH HER - DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE THAT HER - SON WAS KILLED, HIS DEATH - CERTIFICATE. - SHE CARRIED THIS WITH HER TO - HELP MAKE HER CASE. - AXEL TELLS US HIS BIGGEST FEAR - NOW, IS BEING KIDNAPPED. - IT'S ALL TOO MUCH FOR HIS - MOTHER, WHO SAW THE U.S. AS A - REFUGE. - >> ( translated ): I THOUGHT - THEY WERE GOING TO PROTECT ME. - INSTEAD THEY SENT ME BACK HERE. - >> Nawaz: WITH NO WAY TO GET - HOME, AND NO CHANCE OF ENTERING - THE U.S., WE ASK WHAT THEY'LL DO - NEXT. - THEIR JOURNEY FROM HERE, MANY - SAY, IS IN GOD'S HANDS. - BORDER SHELTERS LIKE THIS, A - SHORT DRIVE AWAY, OFFER SOME - SAFE HAVEN. - UNDER PANDEMIC RULES, THEY HAVE - LIMITED CAPACITY. - BUT THEY'VE BEEN BREACHING THAT - TO MEET THE GROWING NEED. - EVEN HERE, VIOLENCE FOLLOWS - THESE FAMILIES. - ORGANIZERS SAY ARMED MEN HAVE - SHOWN UP, DEMANDING TO BE LET - IN. - THIS CITY, AND THIS STATE, ARE

- AMONG THE MOST DANGEROUS IN - MEXICO. - AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS LIKE - MIGRANTS ARE PRIME TARGETS. - >> THEY UNDERSTAND HOW DANGEROUS - REYNOSA IS AND THEY DON'T KNOW - HOW TO GET OUT OF HERE. - THEY CAN LIE DOWN ON TOP OF - THEIR KIDS, AND HOPE TO KEEP - THEM ALIVE, WHICH IS NOT LOOKING - GOOD. - OR THEY CAN SEND THEM ALONE - ACROSS THE BRIDGE AS - UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. - ALMOST EVERYBODY THERE WAS - ASKING ME IF I SEND MY 10 YEAR - OLD ACROSS A LITTLE GIRL OR MY - 12 YEAR OLD BOY, WHAT HAPPENS. - SO THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOME - REALLY HARD, HARD SOUL SEARCHING - RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T WANT THEIR - KIDS OUT OF THEIR SIGHT, THEY - LOVE THEIR KIDS, THEY'RE JUST IN - AGONY OVER THIS. - >> Nawaz: THERE ARE A LUCKY FEW - AN HOUR AWAY, AT A BUS STATION - IN BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. - A HANDFUL OF PARENTS WITH YOUNG - CHILDREN HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY - BORDER PATROL, AND ARE NOW - MAKING THEIR WAY TO MEET UP WITH - FAMILY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE - U.S. - LIKE SHENY, FROM GUATEMALA, AND - HER FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, - ALYSON. - SHE CROSSED THE RIVER IN A RAFT - WITH ABOUT NINE OTHER FAMILIES. - THEY SPENT FOUR DAYS IN BORDER

- PATROL CUSTODY BEFORE BEING - RELEASED. - >> ( translated ): THEY TOOK OUR - PICTURE AND OUR FINGERPRINTS. - THEY DIDN'T TELL US ANYTHING AT - ALL. - WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO - SEND US BACK. - BECAUSE A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS - TRAVELING WITH US HAD AN EIGHT - YEAR OLD CHILD AND THEY SENT - THEM BACK. - >> Nawaz: HER DOCUMENTS CITE - ONLY A "LACK OF SPACE" AS HER - REASON FOR RELEASE. - THEY'RE NOW HEADING TO GEORGIA - TO RE-CONNECT WITH H HUSBAND - AND EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, WHO - SHE HASN'T SEEN IN THREE YEARS. - >> ( translated ): IT'S REALLY - AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT RIGHT NOW. - I AM GOING TO SEE MY OLDER - DAUGHTER. - IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR BOTH OF - MY DAUGHTERS TO BE TOGETHER NOW. - >> Nawaz: SHENY'S ONE OF THE - FORTUNATE ONES. - AMONG MOST OF THE FAMILIES AND - LAWYERS WE TALKED TO, THE RULES - REMAIN UNCLEAR ABOUT WHO IS - BEING TURNED BACK TO MEXICO AND - WHO IS BEING ALLOWED TO STAY. - ADMINISTRATION IS - LAUNCHING COMPAIGNS AND - READY ADS TRYING TO GET - THE MESSAGE OUT, DON'T - COME, THE BORDER IS - CLOSED. - BUT THE REALITY HERE ON - THE GROUND IS LESS CLEAR. - WE HAVE MET FAMILIES WHO

- ARE BEING RELIEVED INTO - THE U.S. - WE ASKED HOMELAND SECURITY - WHY THEY RESPONDED AND - THEY REITERATED THE BORDER - IS CLOSED, AND MOST PEOPLE - ARE BEING TURNED BACK TO - MEXICO. - BUT THEY SAY SOME AGENTS - CAN MAKE EXCEPTIONS BASED - ON HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS - OR PUBLIC HEALTH. - >> Woodruff: THE SHOOTING LAST - NIGHT IN BOULDER, COLORADO, IS - RENEWING CALLS FROM SOME - DEMOCRATS TO RESTRICT GUN - ACCESS. - TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSALS BEING - MADE, ALONG WITH A HOST OF OTHER - ISSUES ON THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION'S AGENDA, I'M - JOINED BY OUR YAMICHE ALCINDOR - AND LISA DESJARDINS. - >> Woodruff: SO, HELLO - TO BOTH OF YOU. - I'M GOING TO START WITH - YOU, YAMICHE, THE - PRESIDENT TODAY DID - ADDRESS THIS TERRIBLE - SHOOTING LAST NIGHT IN - BOULDER. - WE KNOW HE HAS SEEN THIS - BEFORE AS VICE PRESIDENT. - HE WAS THERE DURING THE

- SHOOTING AT SANDY HOOK, - DURING ANOTHER MASS - SHOOTING IN ORLANDO, - CERTAINLY BEFORE THAT, AS - A UNITED STATES SENATOR. - WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE - SAYING? - HOW ARE THEY RESPONDING TO - THESE LATEST ATROCITIES? - >> Yamiche: WELL, - PRESIDENT BIDEN IS - RESPONDING TO THIS LATEST - SHOOTING IN BOULDER, - COLORADO, BY URGING THE - PASSAGE OF GUN REFORM, - SOMETHING HE HAS DONE OVER - AND OVER THROUGHOUT HIS - CAREER AS A VICE PRESIDENT - AND SENATOR. - IT IS UNCLEAR IF ANY GUN - LEGISLATION CAN GET - THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THE - SENATE. - THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION. - THAT BEING SAID, THE WHITE - HOUSE IS THROWING THEIR - SUPPORT BEHIND TWO BILLS - THAT HAVE ALREADY PASSED - THE HOUSE. - ONE FOCUSED ON INCREASING - AND APPROVING BACK HOUSE - CHECKS, ANOTHER ON BANNING - ASSAULT WEAPS, AND JEN - PSAKI SAID PRESIDENT BIDEN - IS OPEN TO ACTION ON THIS - ISSUE, AND SAID THERE IS A - RANGE OF ISSUES THAT CAN - BE THOUGHT OF, AND HIM

- GOING IT ALONE IN THIS - EXECUTIVE ORDER COULD BE - ONE OF THE WAYS HE DOES - THIS. - THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS - THERE ARE LAWMAKERS WHO - ARE PUSHING THE PRESIDENT - TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL - GUN VIOLENCE DIRECTOR, AND - THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE THEY - SAY WHO WOULD BE FOCUSED - ON TRYING TO CUT GUN - VIOLENCE DOWN BY HALF BY - THE END OF THE YEAR AT - OTHER TIMES IN THIS - COUNTRYMENT AND THEY'RE - FOCUSING ON WHETHER OR NOT - THAT POSITION CAN BE - HAPPENING. - BUT THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT - NOW IS NOT MAKING THAT - COMMITMENT. - INSTEAD THEY'RE SAYING GUN - REFORM IS A PRIORITY BUT - NOT MAKING ACTUAL - COMMITMENTS. - IT IS STILL UNCLEAR - EXACTLY WHAT THE WHITE - HOUSE HAS TO DO, BUT THEY - ARE SAYING SOMETHING NEEDS - TO BE DONE. - >> Woodruff: AND, LISA, - WE DID HEAR EARLIER IN THE - PROGRAM SOME REACTION FROM - THE CONGRESS, INCLUDING - THE SENATE JUDICIARY - COMMITTEE WHERE A NUMBER - OF SENATORS WERE SPEAKING - UP. - BUT AT THIS POINT, WHAT - DOES IT LOOK LIKE MAY BE - POSSIBLE? - WHAT ARE EXPECT WITH - REGARD TO WHAT CONGRESS - MAY REALISTICALLY DO? - >> Lisa: I SPENT THE DAY - SPEAKING TO DOZEN OF U.S.

- SENATORS. - THE HOUSE IS OUT OF - WASHINGTON, BUT THE SENATE - IS IN TOWN. - I HAVE BEEN AT THE U.S. - CAPITOL, UNFORTUNATELY, - FOR THE DAY, AFTER SEVERAL - OF THESE SHOOTING, GOING - BACK TO VIRGINIA TECH, - PARKLAND, EL PASO, AND THE - MOOD TODAY WAS NOT THE - SAME KIND OF SHARP - HEARTACHE AND EMERGENCY I - FELT FOLLOWING THE OTHER - SHOOTINGS. - FOR SOME DEMOCRATS, YES, - THEY ARE PUSHING HARD AND - WANT TO SEE THESE VOTES - HAPPEN. - IN GENERAL, I FELT A MORE - NUMBNESS AND NOT THE - URGENCY I THINK IT WOULD - TAKE TO GET THE VOTES THAT - ANY OF THESE THINGS NEED. - LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOUSE - BILLS FOR UNIVERSAL - BACKGROUND CHECKS THAT - YAMICHE WAS TALKING ABOUT. - I SPOKE TO A KEY SENATOR, - SENATOR JOE MANCHIN OF - WEST VIRGINIA, THE - DEMOCRAT, AND HE TOLD ME - AND OTHER REPORTERS HE IS - A NO ON THE HOUSE - BACKGROUND CHECK VOTES. - THAT BASICALLY MEANS THEY - DON'T HAVE A CHANCE OF - PASSING. - HE STILL, PERHAPS, COULD - WORK ON HIS OWN MORE - LIMITED BACKGROUND CHECK - BILL, AND HIS FORMER - PARTNER, PAT TOOMEY, TOLD

- ME HE IS TRYING TO HAVE - CONVERSATIONS AND - DISCUSSIONS TO TRY TO FIND - SOME KIND OF BIPARTISAN - PATH ON GUN REFORM. - I ASKED HIM COULD IT - COALESE THIS WEEK, AND HE - SAID NO. - AND THE FARTHER WE GET - FROM THE PATH OF EVENTS - LIKE THIS, THE HARDER THE - PATH OF GUN REFORM GETS. - >> Woodruff: I KNOW - YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE - TO REPORT ON THAT. - MEANTIME, LISA, THE DEN - ADMINISTRATION HAS A - NUMBER OF OTHER HEADACHES, - IF YOU WILL, FACING THEM - IN THE CONGRESS. - AT THIS POINT WE HAVE, - WHAT, TWO DEMOCRATS WHO - ARE THREATENING TO BLOCK - THE ADMINISTRATION'S OWN - NOMINEES FOR TOP - ADMINISTRATION POSITIONS. - TELL US WHAT IS GOING ON - THERE. - >> Lisa: THIS IS AN - EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENT - JUST IN THE PAST COUPLE OF - HOURS. - THIS IS LED BY SENATE - TAMMY DUCKWORTH OF - ILLINOIS, JOINED BY - HAWAII. - THEY ARE PROTESTING THE - LACK OF AAP I., ASIAN - AMERICAN AND ISLANDER - REPRESENTATION AMONG

- CABINET SECRETARIES. - ONLY ONE MEMBER OF HIS - TRADE REPRESENTATIVE IS - ASIAN-AMERICAN. - WE TALKED TO SENATOR - DUCKWORTH EARLIER TODAY, - AND SHE EXPRESSED WHY SHE - IS SAYING SHE WILL NOT - SUPPORT ANY MORE BIDEN - NOMINEES UNTIL SHE GETS A - GUARANTEE OF MORE - DIVERSITY IN THE NEXT - OPENING SPOTS. - HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID. - >> TO BE TOLD THAT, WELL, - YOU HAVE KAMALA HARRIS -- - AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF - HER, AND YOU DON'T NEED - ANYBODY ELSE, AND THAT'S - INSULTING. - AT THIS POINT, THEY CAN - CALL ME AND TELL ME WHAT - THEIR PROPOSAL IS. - BUT UNTIL THEN, I'M A NO - VOTE ON THE FLOOR ON ALL - NON-DIVERSITY NOMINEES. - >> Lisa: THAT'S ALL - NOMINEES, INCLUDING - JUDICIAL NOMINEES. - SHE WAS SPEAKING TO OTHER - REPORTERS. - THAT AUDIO WAS COURTESY OF - THE POOL. - >> Woodruff: SO, - YAMICHE, THE WHITE HOUSE - IS SEEING ALL OF THIS. - HOW WORRIED ARE THEY ABOUT - WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE

- NOMINEES YET TO COME, AND, - FRANKLY, FOR THE REST OF - THEIR AGENDA? - >> Yamiche: WELL, THIS - IS SOMETHING THAT IS - DEFINITELY, YOU CAN TELL, - TROUBLING TO THE WHITE - HOUSE. - THE WHITE HOUSE IS IN SOME - WAYS BEING MUM. - THERE ARE NO STATEMENTS - RELEASED. - NO ONE WANTED TO GO ON THE - RECORD WITH A COMMENT JUST - YET. - BUT YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING - THE EFFECT OF THESE TWO - SENATORS BANNING TOGETHER. - THE TOP PENTAGON ADVISOR, - THIS NOMINEE WAS ON THIN - ICE, AND NOW THESE TWO - SENATORS MAKE IT ALMOST - IMPOSSIBLE FOR THAT - NOMINATION TO GO THROUGH. - THAT'S THE WHITE HOUSE - AGENDA GETTING PUSHED BACK - AND GETTING STALLED BY - THIS STANCE. - AND THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION, WHILE THEY - SAY THEY HAVE A LOT OF - DIVERSITY. - THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND THIS - IS SOMETHING THAT IS REAL - AND WILL IMPACT THEIR - AGENDA. - THEY'RE LOOKING AT - INFRASTRUCTURE AND WANTING - TO PASS $3 IS BILLION BILLION WH - OF LEGISLATION TO HELP - WITH ROADS AND BRIDGES, - AND THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE - TO HAPPEN, AND RIGHT NOW - IT IS ON NOMINEES IN THE - TIGHT SENATE.

- AND ON IMMIGRATION, - PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS TO - BE MORE HUMANE AND MORAL, - BUT WHAT HE WANTS IS AN - IMMIGRATION BILL, AND - THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH - WHEN HE IS HAVING TROUBLE - WITH DEMOCRATIC SENATORS, - LET ALONE G.O.P. SENATORS. - >> Woodruff: YAMICHE - REPORTING TO WHAT IS - PURPORTED TO BE A $3 - TRILLION MASSIVE - INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS AND - EDUCATION PACKAGE, WHICH - WE HAVEN'T SEEN YET, BUT A - LOT OF REPORTING ABOUT IT. - AND IT IS ONLY TWO MONTHS - IN, BARELY TWO MONTHS INTO - THIS ADMINISTRATION. - YAMICHE ALCINDOR, LISA - DESJARDINS, THANK YOU - BOTH. - >> Woodruff: AS WE REPORTED - EARLIER, ASTRAZENECA IS FACING - NEW QUESTIONS TODAY AFTER A - HIGHLY UNUSUAL REPRIMAND FROM A - BOARD OVERSEEING THE COMPANY'S - CLINICAL TRIALS.

- JUST YESTERD, ASTRAZENECA - ANNOUNCED ITS COVID-19 VACCINE - WAS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE - BUT TODAY, IT IS SCRAMBLING TO - RESPOND TO ALLEGATIONS IT USED - MISLEADING DATA. - NICK SCHIFRIN REPORTS. - >> Schifrin: ASTRAZENECA IS ONE - OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT - COVID VACCINES: INEXPENSIVE, - EASY TO ADMINIST, AND THE - PRIMARY VACCINE NOT ONLY FOR - EUROPE BUT ALSO FOR THE - U.N.'S PROGRAM FOR LOW- AND - MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES. - BUT THE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN - PANEL OF EXPERTS THAT OVERSEES - THE COMPANY'S TRIALS ACCUSED THE - COMPANY, IN A LETTER SEEN BY THE - "NEW YORK TIMES," OF A - SELECTIVELY POSITIVE ANALYSIS OF - ITS OWN DATA. - AND THE ORGANIZATION LED BY - DOCTOR ANTHONY FAUCI, BLAMED THE - COMPANY, AND ACKNOWLEDGED ITS - ACTIONS WOULD INCREASE VACCINE - HESITANCY. - >> THIS IS REALLY WHAT YOU'D - CALL AN UNFORCED ERROR. - THIS IS VERY LIKELY A VERY GOOD - VACCINE AND THIS KIND OF THING - DOES AS YOU SAY, DO NOTHING BUT - REALLY CAST SOME DOUBT ABOUT THE - VACCINES AND MAY CONTRIBUTE TO - THE HESITANCY.

- IT WAS NOT NECESSARY. - WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THE DATA - REALLY ARE QUITE GOOD BUT WHEN - THEY PUT IT INTO THE PRESS - RELEASE IT WASN'T COMPLETELY - ACCURATE. - >> Schifrin: TODAY ASTRAZENECA - ACKNOWLEDGED IT HAD RELEASED AN - INTERIM ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM - BEFORE FEBRUARY 17th, AND WOULD - RELEASE A PRIMARY ANALYSIS OF - THE MOST RECENT DATA, BY - THURSDAY. - TO DISCUSS I'M JOINED BY DR. - JENNIFER NUZZO, AN - EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND SENIOR - SCHOLAR AT JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER - FOR HEALTH SECURITY. - >> DOCTOR, WELCOME TO THE - "NEWSHOUR." - WHAT DID ASTRAZENECA DO - WRONG? - AND HOW UNUSUAL IS THIS - PUSHBACK? - >> Doctor: WELL, THE - WHOLE SITUATION IS QUITE - UNUSUAL, AND I DON'T FULLY - UNDERSTAND WHY THIS - HAPPENED. - ESSENTIALLY THERE IS A - DIFFERENCE INTERPRETATION - OF THE DATA IN JUST A FEW - PERCENTAGE POINTS. - AND THE D.S.M. B., THE - GROUP FROM THE N.I.H., WHO - PUT OUT THE LETTER, WANTED - A SLIGHTLY LOWER RANGE OF - NUMBERS O BE PRESENTED, - AND ASTRAZENECA PUT IN A - SLIGHTLY HIGHER NUMBER.

- THE DIFFERENCE IS REALLY - MARGINAL, AND WHY THEY - WOULD HAVE DONE THIS IS - QUE UNCLEAR. - UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT IT - DOES THEN IS RAISE - QUESTIONS ABOUT A VACCINE - THAT WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE - RIGHT NOW. - WE DON'T NEED TO BE HAVING - THESE QUESTIONS THAT ARE - NOT RELATED TO REAL ISSUES - OF EFFICACY. - IT IS JUST AN UNFORTUNATE - SITUATION IN THAT IT COULD - INCREASE PEOPLE'S - HESITANCY ABOUT RECEIVING - THIS VACCINE. - >> BUT THIS ISN'T THE - FIRST TIME THERE HAVE BEEN - QUESTIONS ABOUT - ASTRAZENECA. - THE COMPANY HAD A DOSING - ERROR DURING CLINICAL - TRIALS THAT IT DIDN'T - DISCLOSE INITIALLY. - THE COMPANY PROMISED ABOUT - THREE TIMES WHAT IT - DELIVERED TO EUROPE. - DOES ALL OF THIS INCREASE - THE HESITANCY, AND DOES - THE COMPANY HAVE MORE - QUESTIONS TO ANSWER? - >> Doctor: I MEAN, IT - COULD. - AND THAT'S REALLY THE - WORRY HERE. - TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T THINK - THERE IS ANY REASON IN ANY - OF THESE STORIES TO DOUBT - THE EFFICACY OF THIS - VACCINE. - HOWEVER, THE PERHAPS EVEN - PERCEIVED LACK OF FULL - TRANSPARENCY OR THE

- PERCEPTION THAT THE - COMPANY ISN'T DISCLOSING - EVERYTHING IT NEEDS TO - WILL RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT - THE VACCINE, AT A TIME - WHEN WE'RE DEEPLY - CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE'S - WILLINGNESS TO BE - VACCINATED. - IT IS UNFORTUNATE THIS HAS - HAPPENED. - IT DIDN'T NEED TO HAPPEN. - I THINK DR. FAUCI'S - ASSESSMENT OF IT AS BEING - AN UNFORCED ERROR IS A - CORRECT ONE. - IT IS JUST UNFORTUNATE - THAT THE COMPANY HAD A - SETBACK LAST WEEK WHERE A - NUMBER OF EUROPEAN - COUNTRIES HAD WANTED TO - PAUSE THE USE OF THE - VACCINE FOR REAL - LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT - SAFETY. - THOSE HAVE BEEN RESOLVED - IN THE SENSE THAT EUROPEAN - MEDICINES AGENCY HAS - REVIEWED THE DATA, AND - SPOKEN IN FAVOR OF IT, AND - SO HAS THE W.H.O. - IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THIS - PRESS RELEASE THEY ISSUED - COULD HELP RESTORE SOME - CONFIDENCE IN A - MUCH-NEEDED WAY FOR THIS - VACCINE, BUT NOW THE - STORIES TODAY I THINK ARE - ONLY GOING TO ADD SOME - MORE QUESTION MARKS. - >> HOW CAN THE QUESTION - MARKS BE ANSWERED? - I'M THINKING ABOUT THREE - VERY PUBLIC WORLD LEADERS - WHO GOT ASTRAZENECA IN THE

- LAST FEW DAYS. - ONE FROM SOUTH KOREA, - BORIS JOHNSON, AND THE - HIGHLANDS PRIME MINISTER - AS WELL. - WHAT CAN BE DONE TO - ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF - HESITANCY? - >> Doctor: I THINK - NATIONALLY THEY HAVE TO DO - JUST THAT, CONTINUE TO SO - SUPPORT FOR THE VACCINE. - WE'RE GOING TO WAIT THE - FULL REVIEW OF THE - ASTRAZENECA DATA IN THE - UNITED STATES. - AND I THINK -- I'M - GUESSING THAT THE REVIEW - WILL BE QUITE FAVORABLE - AND THAT WILL BE - IMPORTANT. - BUT THE COMPANY NEEDS TO - ANSWER FOR WHAT HAPPENED - HERE. - THEY SAID THEY WOULD COME - BACK IN 48 HOURS WITH NEW - DATA. - IT IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE. - WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT - 48 HOURS TO UNDERSTAND WHY - THEY RELEASED 79% IN THEIR - PRESS RELEASE YESTERDAY, - WHEN THE DSMB HAD ADVISED - THEM TO LOOK AT A SECOND - SET OF DATA. - THEY HAVE QUESTIONS TO - ANSWERS QUITE SOON AND - COMPLETELY. - AND THEY HAVE TO DISCLOSE - AS MUCH INFORMATION AS - POSSIBLE TO ANSWER THESE - QUESTIONS. - BECAUSE IN A GAP OF - INFORMATION, UNFORTUNATELY - PEOPLE CAN FIL THAT GAP

- WITH THE WRONG - INFORMATION. - >> AND FINALLY, THE U.S. - PRODUCES ABOUT A QUARTER - OF THE WORLD'S COVID - VACCINES, BUT SO FAR HAS - EXPORTED ZERO PERCENT. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - POINTS OUT IT IS THE - LEADING INVESTOR OF THE - COVAX PROGRAM. - BUT DO YOU BELIEVE THAT - THE U.S. GOVERNMENT NEEDS - TO DO BETTER IN EXPORTING - VACCINES AROUND THE WORLD? - >> Doctor: I UNDERSTAND - THE NATIONAL LEADERS' - DILEMMA. - THEIR FIRST RESPONSILITY - IS TO THE PEOPLE WHO - ELECTED THEM. - AND UNDERSTAND THE - PRESSURE TO GET AMERICANS - VACCINATED AS QUICKLY AS - POSSIBLE BEFORE WE THINK - ABOUT SHARING VACCINES WIT - REST OF THE WORLD. - BUT THE PRAGMATIC ANSWER - IS THAT THE UNITED STATES - IS NOT GOING TO BE FULLY - SAFE FROM COVID-19 UNTIL - ALL NATIONS ARE PROTECTED. - THERE IS A DEEP - DISCREPANCY AS TO WHICH - COUNTRIES HAVE ACCESS TO - VACCINES AND HOW MUCH, AND - IT CALLS FOR COUNTRIES TO - SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE, - PARTICULARLY COUNTRIES - LIKE THE UNITED STATES

- THAT HAVE MUCH MORE THAN - MANY, MANY OTHER - COUNTRIES. - >> DR. JENNIFER NUZZO, - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> Doctor: THANKS SO - MUCH. - >> Woodruff: A SECOND MASS - SHOOTING IN A WEEK HAS SHIFTED - MUCH OF THE ATTENTION TO - COLORADO. - BUT AMERICANS ARE STILL MOURNING - EIGHT PEOPLE, INCLUDING SIX - ASIAN WOMEN, WHO DIED IN A - SERIES OF ATTACKS IN GEORGIA ONE - WEEK AGO, AS WE CONTINUE TO - LEARN MORE ABOUT THE VICTIMS. - 49-YEAR-OLD XIAOJIE TAN - IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S. FROM - CHINA AND WENT ON TO OWN TWO - SPAS IN GEORGIA. - HER DAUGHTER SAID THAT XIAOJI - WORKED EVERY DAY, LONG HOURS, TO - GIVE HER FAMILY A BETTER LIFE. - DELAINA ASHLEY YUAN GONZALEZ WAS - A NEWLY MARRIED MOTHER OF TWO-- - A TEENAGE SON AND BABY DAUGHTER. - DELAINA WAS 33 YEARS OLD. - YONG AE YUE, WHO WAS 63, WAS - DESCRIBED BY FAMILY AS “KIND

- HEARTED.” - HER SON WROTE THAT YONG LOVED TO - INTRODUCE FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO - HER HOME-COOKED KOREAN MEALS AND - KARAOKE. - 51-YEAR-OLD HYUN JUNG GRANT WAS - A SINGLE MOTHER TO HER TWO SONS. - ONE SON DESCRIBED HYUN AS - PLAYFUL AND A YOUNG SPIRIT. - DEOIT NATIVE PAUL ANDRE - MICHELS SERVED IN THE ARMY - BEFORE MOVING TO ATLANTA IN - 1995. - THE 54-YEAR-OLD WAS A DEDICATED - HUSBAND AND BROTHER, HIS FAMILY - SAID. - SOON CHUNG PARK MOVED TO ATLANTA - TO BE CLOSER TO FRIENDS. - SHE WAS SAID TO BE FIT AND - ACTIVE. - SOON WAS 74 YEARS OLD. - SUNCHA KIM, WHO WAS 69 YEARS - OLD, IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S. FROM - SOUTH KOREA. - SHE WAS “PURE HEARTED” AND“ - SELFLESS,” HER GRANDDAUGHTER - SAID. - DAOYOU FENG WAS DESCRIBED AS

- KIND AND QUIET AND HAD RECENTLY - STARTED WORKING AT YOUNG'S ASIAN - MASSAGE, ACCORDING TO REPORTS. - SHE WAS 44 YEARS OLD. - >> Woodruff: DURING THIS - PANDEMIC, WE'VE ALL BEEN - ISOLATED MORE THAN USUAL. - WE'VE CUT BACK ON SEEING - FRIENDS, GOING TO CONCERTS AND - DINING IN AT RESTAURANTS. - BUT AS JOHN YANG REPORTS, FOR - THE RESIDENTS OF ONE TOWN IN - WASHINGTON STATE, IT IS AN - ENTIRELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. - >> Yang: BILL MEURSING'S HOME - HAS LOTS OF ROOM OUTSIDE AND - INSIDE, GREAT FOR WEEKEND VISITS - FROM SON JEFF AND GRANDKIDS. - >> WE GO TO THE BEACH AND GET - ROCKS AND PAINT THEM. - IT'S ONLY A MILE AWAY FROM HERE. - WE HAVE TEA PARTIES HERE WITH - THE GRANDCHILDREN. - >> IT'S AN AMAZING COMMUNITY - DOWN THERE. - AWESOME BEACHES, GREAT PLACES TO

- GO. - >> Yang: THEY LIVE JUST ABOUT 20 - MILES FROM EACH OTHER. - JEFF IN VANCOUVER, CANADA, WITH - HIS WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS. - BILL AND JEFF'S STEPMOTHER IN - POINT ROBERTS, A SMALL COMMUNITY - ON THE TIP OF A PENINSULA JUST - TO THE SOUTH. - BUT THESE DAYS, BILL AND HIS - GRANDDAUGHTERS MIGHT AS WELL BE - ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WORLD. - >> IT TEARS ME UP NOT TO BE ABLE - TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THEM BY THE - HAND AND GO SOMEWHERE AND BUY AN - ICE CREAM. - >> Yang: THROUGH A QUIRK OF - HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY, THE FIVE- - SQUARE MILES THAT MAKE UP POINT - ROBERTS MAY BE ATTACHED TO - CANADA, BUT IT'S IN WASHINGTON - STATE, ACROSS AN INTERNATIONAL - BORDER THAT, BECAUSE OF THE - PANDEMIC, HAS BEEN CLOSED TO - NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL FOR AN - ENTIRE YEAR. - >> THE BIG CEMENT MONUMENT IS - THE BORDER AND THE OTHER SIDE IS - CANADA, OBVIOUSLY OUR SIDE AS - THE USA. - >> Yang: BRIAN CALDER, PRESIDENT - OF THE POINT ROBERTS CHAMBER OF - COMMERCE, SHOWED US THE BEACHES - AND BAY THAT MAKE THE AREA SO

- ATTRACTIVE AS A WEEKEND AND - SUMMER GETAWAY FOR CANADIANS, - WHO OWN THREE-QUARTERS OF THE - PRIVATE HOMES. - >> THEY'D BE ON THE WATER OUT - HERE EVEN AT THIS TIME OF THE - YEAR. - PEOPLE USED THE BOATS OBVIOUSLY - EVERY WEEKEND, BIG TIME, LIKE A - HUNDRED. - AND HERE NOTHING. - NO BOATS, NO PEOPLE, NOTHING. - >> Yang: TWO OTHER AMERICAN - COMMUNITIES, NORTHWEST ANGLE, - MINNESOTA, AND HYDER, ALASKA, - ARE ALSO ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY LAND - FROM CANADA. - BUT THEIPOPULATIONS ARE MUCH - SMALLER THAN POINT ROBERTS AND - CANADA DOESN'T REQUIRE THEIR - RESINTS TO QUARANTINE AFTER - ENTERING THE COUNTRY FOR FOOD OR - DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS. - WHEN POINT ROBERTS RESIDENTS - LEAVE, THEY HAVE TO DRIVE - DIRECTLY TO WASHINGTON STATE, A - 25 MILE TRIP, WITHOUT MAKING ANY - STOPS IN CANADA. - IN A STATEMENT TO THE WSHOUR, - THE CANADIAN PUBLIC HEALTH - AGENCY SAID IT DOESN'T EXEMPT - POINT ROBERTS RESIDENTS FROM - QUARANTINING BECAUSE THEY “HAVE - ACCESS TO [THE] NECESSITIES OF - LIFE WITHIN THEIR OWN

- COMMUNITY.” - >> IT FEELS ALMOST LIKE I'VE - BEEN PUNISHED, LIKE I'M IN JAIL. - >> Yang: GAIL KENDALL AND HER - FAMILY HAVE LIVED IN POINT - ROBERTS FOR 22 YEARS. - >> YOU HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION TO - LEAVE. - IT CAN'T JUST BE SOMETHING I - FEEL LIKE IS ESSENTIAL TO MY - LIFE. - IT HAS TO BE ESSENTIAL ACCORDING - TO A GOVERNMENT. - >> Yang: NOT ONLY ARE POINT - ROBERTS RESIDENTS PREVENTED FROM - LEAVING, CANADIANS, WHOSE - SPENDING IS CRUCIAL TO THE LOCAL - ECONOMY, ARE PREVENTED FROM - ENTERING. - THE TOWN'S ONLY GROCERY STORE, - CALLED THE MARKETPLACE, HAS - STAYED OPEN EVEN THOUGH IT'S - LOSING MONEY. - THE FEW RESTAURANTS HAVE REDUCED - THEIR HOURS. - BRIAN CALDER OF THE CHAMBER OF - COMMERCE. - HOW MUCH LONGER CAN YOU SUSTAIN - THIS? - >> IF THE MARKETPLACE CLOSED, - YOU'LL HAVE THESE PEOPLE - STORMING THE BORDER. - WE'RE ALREADY SUFFERING - HEALTHWISE. - SENIORS ARE SUFFERING - UNNECESSARILY AND IT'S GONE ON - FAR TOO LONG. - >> IT'S BEEN, I WOULD ALMOST - SAY, A RUDE AWAKENING FOR MANY - OF US.

- >> Yang: LISA HEIDLE MOVED - CROSS-COUNTRY FROM MAINE TO - POINT ROBERTS TWO YEARS AGO, - ATTRACTED BY ITS NATURAL BEAUTY, - SLOWER PACE OF LIFE, LOW CRIME - RATE. - AND NOW, A LOW INCIDENCE OF - COVID-- SO FAR JUST A SINGLE - CASE. - >> THE BORDER IS A PARADOX. - IT'S KEEPING US SAFE. - AND IT'S KEEPING US LOCKED IN. - >> Yang: BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, - PILATES INSTRUCTOR MARCIA - ROSALES SENT HER THREE-YEAR-OLD - SON WREN TO DAYCARE IN VANCOUVER - BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANY IN POINT - ROBERTS. - NOW, SHE HAS TO BE A STAY-AT- - HOME MOM. - >> I'M FATIGUED ABOUT THE WHOLE - BORDER SITUATION. - I'M FATIGUED ABOUT COVID AND - JUST KIND OF, I GUESS, BEING IN - THIS SPACE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I - WAS ALWAYS A CAREER WOMAN, I WAS - ALWAYS DRIVEN, I HAD A - SUCCESSFUL CAREER, AND NOW I - FEEL LIKE I'M LIKE, WHAT AM I - GOING TO DO? - >> Yang: BILL AND JEFF MEURSING - FEEL THAT FRUSTRATION ON A VERY - PERSONAL LEVEL. - >> I THINK EVERYBODY DURING THIS - PANDEMIC HAS EXPERIENCED LOSS IN

- SOME SORT OF FASHION. - AND THIS IS OURS. - >> Yang: BUT OUT OF THAT LOSS, A - NEW RITUAL. - EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY EACH - DRIVE TO A RESIDENTIAL - NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE CANADIAN - SIDE THAT BUTTS UP AGAINST A - ROAD ON THE AMERICAN SIDE. - THE DIVIDED FAMILY STANDS ON - THEIR RESPECTIVE SIDES OF THE - LOW BARRIER THAT MARKS THE - BORDER. - IT'S THE ONLY THING KEEPING THE - GENERATIONS APART. - HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT - YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHEN THE - BORDER FINALLY OPENS UP AGAIN? - >> I WANT TO CROSS THAT BORDER - WITH MY FAMILY AND GET TO ENJOY - AND HAVE THEM ENJOY THEIR - GRANDPARENTS AGAIN, BE ABLE TO - >> I THINK WHAT WE WOULD ENJOY - HERE IN THE HOUSE IS HAVING THE - WHOLE GROUP, HAVE SOME GOOD - LAUGHS AND LOOK BACK AT THIS - WHOLE THING AND THANK GOD IT'S - OVER. - >> Yang: A DAY THEY HOPE COMES - SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M JOHN - YANG. - >> Woodruff: NOW, IF YOU'VE NOT

- ALREADY BEEN TOLD BY YOUR BEST - FRIEND, TODAY IS INDEED NATIONAL - PUPPY DAY. - THIS IS SHILOH, MY SIX-AND-A- - HALF MONTH OLD GRAND-PUPPY. - AND THIS IS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - SARA JUST'S NEW PUPPY, ARCHIE. - WE CAUGHT THEM AT ONE OF VERY - FEW QUIET MOMENTS DURING THEIR - DAYS. - OUR PETS ARE NOT ONLY FAMILY - MEMBERS, THEY'VE BEEN A CONSTANT - FOR SO MANY OF US THROUGHOUT THE - LAST YEAR. - AND ONE ENGLISH DOG IN - PARTICULAR, NAMED MAX, NOT ONLY - SAVED HIS HUMAN FROM DESPAIR, - BUT HAS BEEN A JOY ONLINE FOR - TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHERS - DURING THE PANDEMIC. - HERE'S MALCOLM BRABANT. - >> Reporter: MAX'S LIVE STREAMED - WALKS IN THE LAKE DISTRICT ARE - COMPELLING VIEWING FOR HIS - 200,000 FOLLOWERS ONLINE. - MAX, A SPRINGER SPANIEL, USES

- HIS TALENT TO SPREAD THERAPY - ONLINE. - HE'S HELPED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE - IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. - AFTER BEING REAR ENDED BY A - TRUCK 15 YEARS AGO, LOCKSMITH - KERRY IRVING ENDURED - EXCRUCIATING BACK PAIN THAT LEFT - HIM DEPRESSED, TOO ANXIOUS TO - LEAVE HOME, AND EVEN SUICIDAL. - THEN HE ENCOUNTERED A CERTAIN - SPRINGER SPANIEL WHO PROVIDED - THE KEY TO HAPPINESS. - >> SIX YEARS OF PAIN. - SIX YEARS OF FRUSTRATION. - SIX YEARS OF BEING PASSED FROM - HOSPITAL TO SPECIALIST TO - PHYSIOTHERAPIST TO A DIFFERENT - KIND OF DRUG AND REALLY THE BEST - KIND OF DRUG I HAD WAS SAT - BESIDE ME AND HIS NAME WAS MAX. - >> Reporter: WE WERE GOING TO - HEAD UP NORTH TO GO AND SEE MAX - AND KERRY, BUT OUR DOG PICKED UP - A VERY CONTAGIOUS BACTERIA. - SO WE DECIDED IT WAS SAFER TO - STAY AWAY. - THAT'S WHY WE'RE USING THE - PUBLICITY VIDEO. - THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE THAT - HELPED RESTORE IRVING'S MENTAL - EQUILIBRIUM BEGAN TO SPREAD FAR

- AND WIDE WHEN COVID STRUCK. - MAX'S DAILY WALKS IN ONE OF - ENGLAND'S FINEST NATIONAL PARKS - BROUGHT JOY AND MORE TO HIS MANY - FOLLOWERS. - >> HE HELPS MAKE PEOPLE BETTER. - >> WHAT DO YOU WANT? - THEY KNOW YOU'VE GOT A SORE PAW - AND YOU'RE GOING TO THE VET'S - TOMORROW. - >> Reporter: FOR EVELYN WEBB, - MAX HAS BEEN A HEALER AND STRESS - RELIEVER. - SHE CAN SUFFER SEIZURES WHEN SHE - GETS A COUGH OR COLD. - HER MOTHER HANNAH LIVES IN - CONSTANT FEAR THAT ANY - TEMPERATURE CHANGE COULD TRIGGER - ANOTHER SEIZURE. - >> HE'S ALLOWED BREAKFAST. - >> IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO - HAVE A DISTRACTION, AND IT - REALLY HELPS HER TO, IN A WAY, - MAKE HER FEEL BETTER. - FOR HER, MAX IS AN EXTENSION OF - HER LIFE, REALLY - >> HOW CAN MAX SAY? - >> Reporter: EVELYN WILL - EVENTUALLY GROW OUT OF THE - CONDITION. - IN THE MEANTIME HER PARENTS ARE - GRATEFUL FOR MAX'S CALMING - LINE PRESENCE. - >> IT'S NOT SIMILAR TO EPILEPSY, - WHERE THEY ARE CONSTANT. - SO FOR HER IF SHE FEELS UPSET OR

- SHE'S NOT FEELING VERY WELL, - THEN FOR HER FOCUS, FOR HER TO - FOCUS HER MIND IS TO WATCH THE - VIDEOS OF MAX AND JUST SEE HIM - TRUNDLING ALONG. - AND THAT MAKES HER REALLY, - REALLY HAPPY. - >> I THINK LOCKDOWN WAS HARD FOR - ALL OF US, AND WE WERE ALL - WORRIED AND CONCERNED ABOUT OUR - JOBS, OUR FUTURE. - WE STARTED DOING LIVE FEEDS ON - OUR DAILY WALKS BECAUSE WE'VE - GOT THE LAKE DISTRICT HERE. - >> SOME PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN - CITIES, TOWER BLOCKS. - SOME PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED WHERE - THEY SHOULDN'T BE TRAPPED. - AND I THINK WE GAVE THAT RELEASE - TO PEOPLE TH THERE WAS A SENSE - OF NORMALITY STILL OUT THERE. - >> Reporter: KERRY AND MAX HAVE - RAISED MORE THAN $350,000 FOR - BRITAIN'S BIGGEST VETERINARY NON - PROFIT, THE P.D.S.A. - THIS AND MAX'S QUALITIES AS - THERAPY DOG HAVE EARNED HIM THE - P.D.S.'S ORDER OF MERIT, AN - >> THERE ARE NO WORDS.

- PROUDNESS DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO - WHAT WE FEEL ABOUT HOW OUR - LITTLE DOG IS THE BIGGEST HEART - HAS HELPED SO MANY RIGHT ACROSS - THE WORLD. - >> HERE YOU GOIF SOMEONE HAS - LEFT STICKS ON THIS BENCH FOR - MAX, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - HE NOW HAS THEM AND HIS TAIL'S - WAGGING. - >> Reporter: HAVE YOU EVER MET - HIM? - WHAT WAS HE LIKE? - >> FURRY AND SOFT. - >> Reporter: BY WAY OF THANKS, - EVEVLYN HAS HELPED RAISE MONEY - FOR A STATUE OF MAX TO BE - ERECTED IN THE LAKE DISTRICT. - >> AND IF I COULD HAVE 12 MORE - YEARS WITH HIM, I WOULD DO IT - AGAIN. - >> Reporter: IN HIS GOLDEN - YEARS, ONE MAN AND HIS DOG CAN - BASK IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT MAX - HAS AN OUTSTANDING LEGACY. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - MALCOLM BRABANT. - >> Woodruff: AND A QUICK POST- - SCRIPT: THE BRABANT FAMILY DOG - "LOKI" YOU SAW HAS RECOVERED - FROM INFECTION. - AND FOR THE MANY OF YOU WHO - ASKED AFTER MALCOLM'S WIFE AND - SON WHO CONTRACTED COVID-19 LATE

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