PBS NewsHour; July 19, 2021, 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT

- JUDY: GOOD EVENING. - I AM JUDY WOODRUFF. - A RESURGENT A VIRUS AS COVID - OUTBREAKS CONTINUE TO SPIKE. - WE GET THE LATEST FROM DR. - ANTHONY FAUCI. - THEN, CYBER THREATS. - THE GLOBAL BATTLEFRONT IS EVER - MORE CLEAR AS CHINA IS BLAMED - FOR A MASSIVE MICROSOFT HACK, - AND SURVEILLANCE SOFTWARE IS - USED AGAINST DISSIDENTS AND - JOURNALISTS. - A R CORRESPONDENT REPORTS ON - HIS HOMETOWN, WITNESSING HOW HIS - FELLOW VILLAGERS SEE THE PUSH TO - DROP RESTRICTIONS. - >> PEOPLE HAVE WORKED VERY - BRAVELY THROUGH THIS LAST 18 - MONTHS, AND I FEEL LIKE IT IS A - MASSIVE SLAP IN THE FACE THAT WE

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- BROADCASTING AND BY - CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PUBLIC - STATION BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - JUDY: FEARS ARE GROWING OVER A - SURGE OF COVID CASES. - WALL STREET HAD ITS WORST DAYS - SINCE MAY AS INVESTORS WORRIED - ABOUT RISING INFECTIONS AND - WHETHER THEY COULD LEAD TO NEW - RESTRICTIONS. - COVID CASES HAVE SHOT UP ALMOST - 20% A WEEK IN THE U.S.. - IT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER - IN SOME SOUTHERN STATES, BUT LOS - ANGELES COUNTY REPORTED 10,000 - CASES IN ONE WEEK, THE HIGHEST - SINCE MARCH UNVACCINATED - AMERICANS ARE THE HARDEST HIT, - ACCOUNTING FOR 95% OF THE - HOSPITALIZATIONS. - THE CDC WARNED OF A PANDEMIC OF - THE UNVACCINATED. - DR. ANTHONY FAUCI IS THE - DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL - INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS - DISEASES AND PRESIDENT BIDEN'S - CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISOR.

- WELCOME BACK TO THE "NEWSHOUR." - HOW MUCH OF A THREAT IS THE - DELTA VARIANT RIGHT NOW? - DR. FAUCI: IT'S A SIGNIFICANT - THREAT. - IT CLEARLY HAS THE CAPABILITY - AND EFFICIENCY OF TRANSMITTING - READILY FROM PERSON TO PERSON, - WHICH MAKES IT A CONSIDERABLE - THREAT. - IF YOU LOOK AT HOW IT IS - BECOMING DOMINANT IN THIS - COUNTRY, IT WENT FROM A COUPLE - PERCENTAGE POINTS OF THE - VARIANTS IN CIRCULATION, TO NOW - IT IS CLOSE TO 80%, AND IN SOME - REGIONS COME UP TO 90% OF THE - VARIANTS ARE THE DELTA VARIANTS. - IT HAS SHOWN THIS ABILITY TO - TRANSMIT FROM PERSON-TO-PERSON. - JUDY:OR THOSE AMERICANS WHO - ARE NOT VACCINATED, AND WE KNOW - HALF THE COUNTRY IS VACCINATED, - HOW VULNERABLE ARE THEY, PEOPLE - WHO HAVE NOT HAD THE SHOT YET?

- DR. FAUCI: CONSIDERABLY - VULNERABLE, AND THAT IS THE - REASON WHY IF YOU LOOK AT THE - CDC RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY - EMPHASIZE THINGS WE'VE NOTICED - FOR SOME TIME. - IF YOU ARE UNVACCINATED, YOU - SHOULD BE WEARING A MASK INDOORS - . - UNVACCINATED PEOPLE ARE - VULNERABLE. - AS YOU SHOWED THERE, 95.5% OF - THE DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE - DUE TO UNVACCINATED PEOPLE. - -- 99.5% OF THE DEATHS IN THIS - COUNTRY ARE DUE TO UNVACCINATED - PEOPLE. - JUDY: AND IN ADDITION, THE RISK, - THE DANGER THEY ARE SPREADING IT - TO OTHERS? - DR. FAUCI: THERE IS NO DOUBT - ABOUT THAT. - WE ARE SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW. - CLUSTERS OF CASES OF INDIVIDUALS - GET INFECTED, AND SINCE YOU ARE - DEALING WITH SUCH A HIGHLY - EFFICIENT VIRUS IN ITS ABILITY

- TO SPREAD FROM PERSON-TO-PERSON, - THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE - SYRIAN -- SEEING AN UPTICK IN - CASES IN SEVERAL REGIONS, AND - THE UPTICKS CORLATE WITH - VACCINATIONS. - IF YOU HAVE A LOW LEVEL OF - VACCINATION IN A PARTICULAR - STATE OR CITY OR COUNTY, THAT IS - WHERE THE UPTICK IN INFECTIONS - ARE OCCURRING -- IS OCCURRING. - JUDY: TO BE CLEAR, EVEN AMONG - THOSE WHO ARE VACCINATED, WE ARE - HEARING AND READING MORE ABOUT - BREAKER INFECTIONS WHERE PEOPLE - ARE COMING DOWN WITH THE VIRUS - EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN - VACCINATED. - HOW MUCH AT RISK ARE THEY? - DR. FAUCI: FIRST OF ALL, - VACCINES PROTECT VERY WELL - AGAINST INFECTION, AND VERY WELL - AGAINST SERIOUS DISEASE, BUT NOT - COMPLETELY PROTECTIVE AGAINST - INFECTION.

- IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA FROM THE - CLINICAL TRIALS THAT SHOWED THE - 93%, 94% EFFICACY, THAT WAS - AGAINST CLINICALLY RECOGNIZABLE - DISEASE. - IT WAS NOT AGAINST PURE - INFECTION. - IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT YOU - ARE SEEING BREAKTHROUGH - INFECTIONS. - THIS BECOMES PARTICULARLY - PROMINENT WHEN YOU ARE DEALING - WITH A VIRUS THAT IS EFFICIENT - IN GOING FROM PERSON-TO-PERSON. - THE PEOPLE WHO DO GET INFECTED, - NAMELY BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS - AMONG VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS, - GENERALLY HAVE NO SYMPTOMS OR - MILD SYMPTOMS AS OPPOSED TO - GOING ON AND DEVELOPING DISEASE. - THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT IT. - JUDY: AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW - FOR THOSE WHO ARE VACCINATED, - FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LIVE IN LOS - ANGELES COUNTY, THEY'VE IMPOSED - NEW MASKING INDOORS AND

- OUTDOORS. - PEOPLE ARE WONDERING COMING EVEN - IF I'VE BEEN VACCINATED, SHOULD - I CONTINUE TO WEAR OUR MASK IF - I'M INDOORS? - ARE THERE GUIDELINES THAT WORK - ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OR SHOULD - PEOPLE LISTEN TO THEIR LOCAL - AUTHORITIES? - DR. FAUCI: THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES - VERY OFTEN GET IT CORRECTLY. - IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL - RECOMMDATIONS, THEY SAY - OVERALL, IF YOU ARE VACCINATED, - YOU DON'T NEED TO WEAR A MASK - INDOORS OR OUTDOORS. - HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD ALSO PAY - ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN - THE AREA YOU ARE LIVING. - IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE YOU - HAVE A HIGH DYNAMIC OF INFECTION - , USUALLY AN AREA WITH LOW - VACCINATION, YOU MAY WANT TO GO

- THE EXTRA MILE AND GET THE EXTRA - DEGREE OF PTECTION OF WEARING - A MASK EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE - VACCINATED, TO PROTECT YOURSELF, - BUT PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE AT - HOME VULNERABLE PEOPLE LIKE THE - ELDERLY OR PEOPLE WITH - UNDERLYING CONDITIONS, YOU MIGHT - WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THAT - EXTRA STEP. - THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON IN LOS - ANGELES. - THEY WANT TO SHOW YOU CAN - PROTEC YOURSELF MORE IF YOU ARE - UNVACCINATED. - JUDY: YOU'RE SAYING THAT APPLIES - EVEN IF INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN - VACCINATED. - THEY STILL NEED TO BE CONCERNED. - DR. FAUCI: I THINK PEOPLE WHO - ARE VACCINATED AND GO INTO AN - AREA WHERE THERE IS INFECTION, - IF THEY HAVE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE - AT HOME OR EVEN PEOPLE WHO MIGHT - BE VACCINATED OR - IMMUNOSUPPRESSED WHERE THEY - MIGHT NOT HAVE A GOOD RESPONSE

- AGAINST THE VACCINE OR WITH THE - VACCINE. - YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. - JUDY: WE ARE BEGINNING TO HEAR - MORE ABOUT THE NEED FOR BOOSTER - SHOTS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO - MAY BE IMMUNOSUPPRESSED. - DR. FAUCI: THAT IS CORRECT, AND - THOSE DATA ARE BEING COLLECTED - NOW. - WE ARE DOING STUDIES ON THE - EFFECT OF BOOSTERS. - PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING DISEASE - THAT MIGHT REQUIRE MEDICATION. - JUDY: WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT - THIS VIRUS SINCE EARLY 2020. - WE ARE A YEAR AND A HALF INTO - IT. - THE DELTA VARIANT, A LOT OF - WORRY RIGHT NOW. - ARE YOU BEGINNING TO THINK WE - WILL NOT GET THIS VIRUS UNDER - CONTROL WHEN YOU'VE GOT HALF THE - AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN TOLD

- REPEATEDLY ABOUT THE DANGERS BUT - ARE NOT VACCINATED. - DR. FAUCI: THAT IS THE BIG - PROBLEM. - WE WILL NOT GET COMPLETE CONTROL - OVER THIS AND NOT BE ABLE TO - FULLY GET BACK TO WHERE WE WANT - TO BE UNTIL WE GET MANY MORE - PEOPLE VACCINATED. - WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION - AMONG THE ELDERLY. - PEOPLE WE ARE DOING WELL THERE, - BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, WE STILL - HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF - THE PORTION NOT VACCINATED. - THE ONLY WAY TO CRUSH THIS VIRUS - IS BY GETTING THE OVERWHELMING - POPULATION VACCINATED, AND WE - ARE NOT THERE YET.

- WE'VE GOT TO GET THERE IF WE - WANT TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL. - JUDY: WE KNOW MANY ARE SAYING, - I'M NOT GOING TO GET THAT SHOT - NO MATTER WHAT. - DR. FAUCI: THAT IS TRUE, AND - THAT'S WHY WE WILL TRY ANYTHING - AND EVERYTHING WE CAN, - PARTICULARLY GETTING TRUSTED - MESSENGERS. - THEIR PHYSICIAN, THEIR HEALTH - CARE PROVIDER, CLERGYMAN, - COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, - PEOPLE THEY TRUST TO CONVINCE - THEM WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR - THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILY, AND - COMMUNITY. - JUDY: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, WE - APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US. - DR. FAUCI: THANK YOU FOR HAVING - ME, JUDY. - STEPHANIE: I AM STEPHANIE SY AT - "NEWSHOUR" WEST. - WE WILL RETURN AFTER THE LATEST - HEADLINES. - STOCKS TUMBLED OVER WORRIES THAT - COVID RESTRICTIONS WILL SLOW THE

- RECOVERY. - THE DOW JONES LOST 725 POINTS TO - CLOSE AT 33,962. - THE NASDAQ FELL 152 POINTS. - THS&P DROPPED 68. - PRESIDENT BIDEN CLAIMS FACEBOOK - IS KILLING PEOPLE BY LETTING - LIES ABOUT COVID-19 STAY UP. - HE MADE THE ACCUSATION FRIDAY, - AND THE COMPANY REJECTED IT. - THE PRESIDENT SAID IT'S THE - USERS DOING THE DAMAGE. - >> ANYONE LISTENING TO IT IS - GETTING HURT BY IT. - IT'S BAD INFORMATION. - MY HOPE IS THAT FACEBOOK, - INSTEAD OF TAKING IT PERSONALLY, - THAT THE WOULD DO SOMETHING - ABOUT THE MISINFORMATION. - STEPHANIE: THE WHITE HOUSE SAID - IT IS NOT IN A WAR WITH FACEBOOK - BUT WITH THE VIRUS. - ALL REMAINING PANDEMIC - RESTRICTIONS ENDED IN ENGLAND - FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 18 MONTHS. - PARTYGOERS IN LONDON DITCHED - THEIR FACE MASKS AND FLOODED

- DANCE FLOORS. - PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON - DEFENDED THE MOVE EVEN THOUGH - INFECTIONS ARE GROWING BY 50,000 - A DAY. - IN THIS COUNTRY, A FLORIDA MAN - WAS SENTENCED TO EIGHT MONTHS IN - FLORIDA PRISON. - PAUL HODGKINS IS THE FIRST OF - THE RIOTERS SENTENCED IN A - FENNEL LATE -- FELONY CASE. - A NEW CHIEF HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO - LEAD THE U.S. CAPITOL POLICE, - THE LEAD LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY - THAT RESPONDED TO THE CAPITAL - ASSAULT. - J THOMAS MAJOR WHO HAS LED - POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN MARYLAND - AN VIRGINIA IS EXPECTED TO BE - NAMED TO THE POST. - HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN - MCCARTHY HAS ANNOUNCED HIS PICKS - TO JOIN THE SELECT COMMITTEE - INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6 - ATTACKS. - HIS CHOICES INCLUDE GOP HOUSE - MEMBERS WHO POSSESS COMMITTEE - LEADERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT - EXPERIENCE. - THE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD ITS - FIRST HEARING JULY 27. - THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES FORMALLY - ACCUSED CHINA OF A SWEEPING HACK - OF MICROSOFT'S EMAIL SOFTWARE. - IT AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF

- COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE. - A MEDIA CONSORTIUM REPORTED A - NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTS HAVE USED - SPYWARE TO HACK THE PHONES OF - JOURNALISTS AND OFFICIALS AROUND - THE WORLD. - WE WILL USE THIS AFTER THE NEW - SUMMARY. - IN IRAQ, A SUICIDE BOMBER KILLED - AT LEAST 35 PEOPLE AND INJURED - DOZENS IN A BUSY MARKET. - MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE WERE - WOUNDED. - THE TOLL IS EXPECTED TO GROW. - THE ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMED - RESPONSIBILITY. - FIRE CREWS IN SOUTHERN OREGON - FACED DANGEROUS WINDS, BATTLING - A WILDFIRE THE SIZE OF LOS - ANGELES. - THE BOOTLEG FIRE IS THE LARGEST - OF 70 BURNING IN THE WESTERN - U.S. - THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE UNDER - EVACUATION ORDERS. - IN CALIFORNIA, PACIFIC GAS AND - ELECTRIC SAY ITS EQUIPMENT MAY - HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE START - OF A FIRE BURNING IN THE SIERRA - NEVADA. - THE FLOODS THAT RAVAGED WESTERN - EUROPE HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 196 - PEOPLE.

- THE CLEANUP AND SEARCH FOR - VICTIMS COINUED TODAY IN - GERMANY. - AUTHORITIES SAID THE NUMBER OF - DEAD IS LIKELY TO CLIMB HIGHER. - >> WE ARE EXPERIENCING AN - INCONCEIVABLE TRAGEDY THESE - DAYS. - THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL - SITUATION, WHICH, EVEN WITH OUR - EFFORTS ON THE GROUND, CAN ONLY - BE OVERCOME WITH A GREAT - NATIONAL SHOW OF STRENGTH. - STEPHANIE: IN HAITI, CLAUDE - JOSEPH WILL STEP DOWN IN A BID - TO AVOID A POWER STRUGGLE. - HE'S LED THE GOVERNMENT SINCE - THE PRESIDENT WAS ASSASSINATED - JULY 7. - HIS SUCCESSOR HAS INTERNATIONAL - SUPPORT. - 15 NATIONS AND NATO HAVE RENEWED - CALLS FOR A CEASE-FIRE IN - AFGHANISTAN. - TALIBAN FIGHTERS HAVE SEIZED - MUCH OF THE COUNTRY AS THE U.S. - WITHDRAWS. - WEEKEND TALKS BETWEEN THE - TALIBAN AND AFGHAN GOVERNMENT - FAILED TO PRODUCE AGREEMENT. - THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS - BARRED FEDERAL PROSECUTORS FROM - SEIZING REPORTERS' PHONE AND

- EMAIL RECORDS TO INVESTIGATE - LEAKS. - THIS FOLLOWS DISCLOSURES THAT - THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION - OBTAINED RECORDS ON JOURNALISTS - AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. - STILL TO COME, THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION MOVES ITS FIRST - DETAINEE AWAY FROM GUANTANAMO - BAY. - A WAR CORRESPONDENT REPORTS ON - LOCKWN. - TAMRA KEITH AND AMY WALTER BREAK - DOWN THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS, - PLUS MUCH MORE. - ♪ - >> THIS IS THE "PBS NEWSHOUR" - FROM WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON - AND FROM THE WEST FROM THE - WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF - JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE - UNIVERSITY. - JUDY: THERE ARE TWO STORIES - TODAY THAT SHOW THE THREAT OF - GOVERNMENTS USING CYBER TOOLS TO - TARGET ADVERSARIES, BOTH - INTERNATIONALLY AND WITHIN THEIR - N BORDERS, AND TO DISCUSS THAT - I AM JOINED BY NICK SCHIFRIN. - FIRST ON CHINA, TELL US WHAT IT - IS THAT THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES

- ARE SAYING. - NICK: THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL - NAMING AND SHAMING OF CHINESE - HACKING AND ESPIONAGE. - FOR THE FIRST TIME, NATO ALONG - WITH THE EU, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, - NEW ZEALAND JOINED THE U.S. AND - ACCUSED CHINA OF USING CYBER - CRIMINALS TO CONDUCT HACKING. - THE ACCUSED CHINA OF THE BIG - MICROSOFT EXCHANGE HACK EARLIER - THIS YEAR. - I TALKED WITH JAMES LEWIS FROM - THE THINK TANK THE CENTER FOR - STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL - STUDIES ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE - CHALLENGE POSED BY CHINA, AND - TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT. - >> THEY ARE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE - ESPIONAGE OPPONENT WE HAVE COME - A MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN RUSSIA. - THIS IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD - BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY COUNTRIES - JOINING THE U.S. IN CONDEMNING - CHINA FOR ITS RAMPANT ESPIONAGE. - IT'S A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT THAT - THE CHINESE ARE PROBABLY SHOCKED

- TO FIND THERE IS SUCH A - CONSENSUS ABOUT WHAT THEYRE - DOING. - NICK: WHAT TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT - DID NOT INCLUDE IS ANY - PUNISHMENT. - I TALKED WITH A SENIOR - CONGRESSIONAL AIDE ABOUT THAT, A - FREQUENT CRITIC. - THIS AIDE PRAISED THE - ADMINISTRATION FOR GETTING - ALLIES ON BOARD, BUT SAID THE - RESPONSE WAS WEAK BECAUSE IT DID - NOT INCLUDE. PUNISHMENT. - AS FOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, - THEY SAY THIS IS A FIRST STAGE - AND "NO ONE ACTION CAN CHANGE - CHINESE BEHAVIOR." - JUDY: YOU HAVE TODAY THE - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ISSUING A - NEW INDICTMENT AGAINST CHINESE - HACKERS. - NICK: THIS IS A GRAND JURY - INDICTING CHINESE INTELLIGCE - AGENTS FOR A WORLDWIDE HACKING, - A WORLDWIDE CYBER ESPIONAGE, - ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE CAMPAIGN. - THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAID

- IT WAS DESIGNED TO AID - CHINESE-SPONSORED AND - CHINESE-OWNED COMPANIES AND GIVE - THEM STOLEN TECHNOLOGIES SO THE - COMPANIES WOULDN'T HAVE TO - CREATE IT. - THIS IS THE FBI NOTICE FOR THE - FOUR HACKERS. - THEY SAY THE HACKERS TARGETED - TRADE SECRETS, INTERNET -- - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, - HIGH-LEVEL INFORMATION FROM - COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENTS ACROSS - MULTIPLE SECTORS, FROM THE NIH - TO EBOLA RESEARCH. - THIS WAS ALL OVER THE WORLD, - FROM THE U.S. TO CAMBODIA TO - SOUTH AFRICA, EXACTLY THE KIND - OF ACTION THE U.S. AND ITS - ALLIES ARE CALLING OUT TODAY. - WHEN IT COMES TO CHINA, WE A - TALKING ABOUT "THE GLOBAL TIMES" - RESPONSE. - THEY ACCUSE THE U.S. OF STIRRING - UP A GEOPOLITICAL DISPUTE. - JUDY: AS WE MENTIONED, THERE IS - ANOTHER HACKING STORY. - WHAT IS PEGASUS, AND WHAT HAS A

- CONSORTIUM OF MEDIA COMPANIES - UNCOVERED? - NICK: THIS IS A WINDOW INTO - TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN TURN YOUR - TOOL -- PHONE INTO A SPYING - TOOL. - WHAT IS PEGASUS? - IT'S A SOFTWARE CREATED BY AN - ISRAELI COMPANY, AND THE COMPANY - SAYS IT IS DESIGNED TO TRACK - TERRORISTS AND OTHER CRIMINALS. - THE INVESTIGATION REVEALS - GOVERNMENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD - USED THIS SOFTWARE TO TARGET - OPPONENTS, WHETHER JOURNALISTS, - OPPOSITION POLITICIANS, EVEN - ACTIVISTS, AND IT IS ALL OVER - THE WORLD. - TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FROM MEXICO - TO RWANDA, TO INDIA. - THIS WAS PRODUCED BY THE - NONPROFIT FORBIDDEN STORIES. - THEY ARE THE ONES WHO - SPEARHEADED THIS. - THE TECHNICAL CAPACITY WAS - PROVIDED BY AMNESTY - INTERNATIONAL. - >> THAT TECHNOLOGY IS A WEAPON, - AND WHAT THE INVESTIGATION IS

- SHOWING IS THAT THE SPYWARE IS - MISUSED TO SUCH AN EXTENT WE - HAVE A WEAPON THAT COULD BLOW U - AT ANY MOMENT. - IT IS UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY. - IT IS UNDERMINING HUMAN RIGHTS. - IT COULD BE A THREAT TO PEACE - AND SECURITY. - IT MUST BE REGULATED. - NICK: IN A STATEMENT, THE NSO - GROUP CALLED "THE WASHINGTON - POST" STORY "FLIMSY." - NSO GROUP IS ON A LIFESAVING - MISSION, AND THE COMPANY WILL - FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THIS MISSION - UNDETERRED DESPITE CONTINUED - ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT IT ON FALSE - GROUNDS. - JUDY: INTERESTING. - WE KNOW MOST OF THOSE TARGETED - ARE IN MEXICO? - NICK: THIS WAS INTERESTING.

- UP TO 15,000 PHONES IN MEXICO - WERE TARGETED BY A MEXICAN - CLIENT WHO EMPLOYED PEGASUS TO - TARGET AS MANY AS 15,000 PHONES. - ONE BELONGED TO A JOURNALIST - CECILIO BERTO.HE - WAS INVESTIGATING LOCAL POLICE - COLLUDING WITH A DRUG CARTEL. - THAT IS WHEN HIS PHONE ENDED UP - ON A LIST FOR PEGASUS TWICE. - AND MEXICAN CLIENT USING PEGASUS - SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS SHOT AND - KILLED. - MEXICO IS THE MOST DEADLY - COUNTRY IN THE WORLD FOR - JOURNALISTS. - THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN - PEGASUS AND HIS MURDER, BUT THE - PEOPLE CALLING ON THE NSO GROUP - TO STOP EXPORTING THIS SOFTWARE, - PEOPLE CALLING ON ISRAEL TO NOT - ALLOW IT TO BE EXPORTED, AND FOR - GOVERNMENTS NOT TO EMPLOY IT SAY - THIS IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND - DEATH.

- JUDY: THIS IS SO DISTURBING. - NICK SCHIFRIN, THANK YOU. - TONIGHT, THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION RELEASED ITS - FIRST DETAINEE FROM THE U.S. - DETENTION CAMP AT GUANTANAMO BAY - NAVAL BASE IN CUBA. - IT'S AN EFFORT TO DECREASE THE - POPULATION AND EVENTUALLY SHUT - DOWN THE PRISON COMPLEX NEARLY - TWO DECADES AFTER ITS OPENING. - AMNA: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - SAYS ITS GOAL IS TO CLOSE WONTON - AMO OBEY. - THEY BEGIN THAT PROCESS BY - RELEASING ABDUL NATIF NASSIR. - HE WAS REPATRIATED TO MOROCCO. - NEARLY EIGHT TO REEF -- 800 - DETAINEES HAVE MOVED THROUGH

- GUANTANAMO. - 39 MEN REMAIN. - TO DISCUSS TOD'S MOVE, I'M - JOINED BY TOM DURKIN. - THANKS FOR MAKING THE TIME. - WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION AND HIS - WHEN YOU LEARN HE WAS - GOING TO LEAVE GUANTANAMO AFTER - TWO DECADES? - TOM: I CAN'T SPEAK TO HIM - BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO HIM - YET. - I DID SPEAK TO HIS BROTHER WHO - WAS ABSOLUTELY ECSTATIC. - I'M TOLD HE'S BEEN RELEASED IN - MOROCCO, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD - FROM HIM YET. - HE PROBABLY HAS MORE IMPORTANT - PEOPLE TO SEE THAN ME AT THE - MOMENT. - I WAS JUST TREMENDOUSLY - RELIEVED. - IT'S LIKE GETTING A BOULDER OFF - YOUR SHOULDER. - IT'S THE BEST I CAN SAY. - IT IS AWFUL WHAT HAPPENED TO - HIM. - AMNA: HE WAS CLEARED FOR RELEASE - BACK IN 2016. - DO YOU KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED

- TODAY? - TOM: I DON'T KNOW WHY IT - HAPPENED TODAY. - I HAVE A THEORY ON WHY IT - HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS - BECAUSE WE HAVE A PLEADING THAT - WAS DUE IN FEDERAL COURT, AND WE - HAD FILED, ALONG WITH BERNARD - HARCOURT OF COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, - WITH THE HELP OF SOME LAW - STUDENTS, AN AMENDMENT TO A MASS - PETITION FOR 11 PEOPLE WHO WERE - LABELED FOREVER PRISONERS. - I BELIEVE HE WAS RELEASED - BECAUSE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - HAD THE INTEGRITY NOT TO FILE A - PLEADING OPPOSING HIS RELEASE - EY DID NOT BELIEVE IN, UNLIKE - THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. - AMNA: WT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT - HIS SITUATION IN MOROCCO? - HIS FAMILY MENTIONED HE IS - RELEASED, BUT MOROCCAN - AUTHORITIES SAID THEY WOULD - INVESTIGATE HIM ON SUSPICION OF - COMMITTING TERRORIST ACTS.

- WHAT IS HIS CURRENT STATUS? - TOM: I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. - I DO KNOW THE FAMILY WAS TOLD - THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE A - LENGTHY INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS - NOT COMMON. - I HAD TWO OTHER DETAINEES - RELEASED IN THE PAST, ONE TO THE - SUDAN, ONE TO ALGERIA, AND THOSE - INVESTIGATIONS AREN'T USUALLY - LENGTHY. - THEY ARE GENERALLY TO GET - AGREEMENTS FROM HIM THAT HE WILL - ABIDE BY CERTAIN CONDITIONS OR - WHAT HAVE YOU. - AMNA: WE SHOULD REMIND FOLKS - THAT YOUR CLIENT WAS CAPTURED IN - AFGHANISTAN. - HE TRAINED AT AN AL QAEDA CAMP, - AND IN MAYF THIS YEAR, - REPUBLICAN SENATORS URGED - PRESIDENT BIDEN NOT TO RELEASE - ANY MORE MEN FROM GUANTANAMO, - TELLING HIM THE MEN WHO ARE - THERE ARE ALL "HIGH-RISK." - DO YOU BELIEVE YOUR CLIENT POSES - A SECURITY RISK? - TOM:TOM: THAT IS AN ABSURD, - HYPERBOLIC STATEMENT THEY'VE

- BEEN USING TO JUSTIFY GUANTANAMO - FOR YEARS. - IT STARTED WITH BUSH'S STATEMENT - THAT THEY HAD THE WORST OF THE - WORST THERE. - A REVIEW BOARD FOUND HIM NOT TO - BE A RISK. - THOSE ARE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - PEOPLE. - THEY ARE NOT LIBERALS. - HE WAS FOUND NOT TO BE A RISK, - AS OUR 11 OTHERS WHO ARE DUBBED - FOREVER DETAINEES. - NONE OF THEOW VALUE DETAINEES - SHOULD STILL BE THERE. - MILITARY COMMISSIONS ARE A - DIFFERENT DISCUSSION. - AMNA: THAT PRISON REMAINS OPEN - DESPITE THE INTENTIONS OF MANY - PRESIDENTS. - DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN - WILL BE THE ONE WHO SUCCEEDS IN - TRANSFERRING OUT THE REMAINING - DETAINEES AND CLOSING GUANTANAMO - BAY? - TOM: ONLY IF DEMOCRATS MAINTAIN - CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE. - IT'S BECOME A POLITICAL - FOOTBALL. - I BLAME THE JUDICIARY FOR - KEEPING IT OPEN. - THE JUDICIARY HAS NO SPINE WHEN - IT COMES TO GUANTANAMO, AND IT

- IS SAD. - I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SAY THAT - ABOUT THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY. - THEY ARE SPINELESS. - THEY'VE BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO - GIVE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY NO - LIMITATIONS WHATSOEVER. - AND GUANTANAMO IS A CLASSIC - EXAMPLE OF THAT. - YOU CAN STILL BELIEVE IN THE - RULE OF LAW AND PARTICIPATE IN - GOING ON AMO? - IT'S A MOCKERY OF THE RULE OF - LAW. - AMNA: THAT IS TOM DURKIN, LAWYER - FOR THE FORMER DETAINEE ABDUL A - LATIF NASSER. - THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. - TOM: THANK YOU. - JUDY: WITH COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS - LIFTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, - DESPITE BEING IN THE MIDST OF A - MAJOR SUE OF INFECTIONS, WE

- EXAMINE HOW LIFE HAS BEEN LIVED - IN ONE ENGLISH TOWN. - FOR THE LAST 16 MONTHS, WILL - WINTER CROSS HAS BEEN - QUARANTINED LIKE SO MANY OF US, - UNABLE TO TRAVEL. - HE SENT US THIS LOOK AT A LOOK - AT THE PANDEMICS AFFECT, NESTLED - IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHWEST - ENGLAND. - >> AS A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, I - SPENT MY CAREER COVERING - EVERYTHING FROM WARS IN THE - MIDDLE EAST TO THE EBOLA - OUTBREAK IN AFRICA. - AS COVID-19 TOOK HOLD IN - BRITAIN, I WENT BACK TO MY HOME - COUNTY OF WEST YORKSHIRE IS THE - COMPANY WENT INTO ITS FIRST - LOCKDOWN. - LITTLE DID I KNOW I WOULD BE - COVERING THIS FOR THE NEXT YEAR - AND A HALF. - THE AREA IS DOMINATED BY CHEAP - FARMS AND MORE. - IN THE BEGINNING, RESIDENTS OF - MY VILLAGE SPRING INTO ACTION,

- FORMING A SUPPORT GROUP. - DR. ANGELA OPERATES A LOCAL - CARE. - WE SPOKE LAST MARCH. - >> I RUN A 75-BED HOSPICE. - THE MASKS WE'VE BEEN GIVEN SO - FAR ARE THE MOISTURE MASKS. - LUCKILY, MY HUSBAND HAS - FANTASTIC SKILLS, MAKING SKILLS - WITH 3D PRINTERS. - >> ANGELOS STAFF NEEDED THE - MASKS, AND HERE I AM WITH THESE - MACHINES. - I THOUGHT I COULD MAKE THEM. - >> EVERYTHING IS NEW FOR US. - IT IS QUITE A RISKY TIME AT THE - MOMENT, BUT AS WE ARE MEDICAL

- PEOPLE, PATIENTS COME FAST. - >> JUST AS THE DOCTOR SAID THIS - WAS A NEW SITUATION FOR HIM, IT - WAS FOR ME, AS WELL. - I NORMALLY REPORT STORIES FROM - FAR-FLUNG PLACES. - I WASN'T JUST REPORTING FROM MY - HOMETOWN, WHERE THERE ARE NO - FRONT LINES, AND THE ENEMY IS - INVISIBLE. - IN MY LINE OF MONTH, THERE'S A - REAL RISK OF DEATH OR INJURY. - HOWEVER, BEING AT HOME, I CLD - HAVE BEEN THE AGENT, SPREADING - THE VIRUS TO MY PARENTS WITH - WHOM I'VE BEEN STAYING. - THIS FORCED ME TO BE MORE - CAREFUL THEN I'VE BEEN IN SYRIA - OR THE CONGO. - I WAS AWARE UNLIKE EVERY OTHER - STORY, I COULDN'T GET ON A PLANE - AND LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND, AND IT - ALLOWED ME TO EMPATHIZE WITH - THOSE I'VE INTERVIEWED AROUND - THE WORLD. - A SCHOOLTEACHER IN MY VILLAGE - TALKED ABOUT HER WORRIES FOR - HERSELF AND HER DAUGHTERS. - >> WHETHER WE ARE SAFE OR NOT

- SAFE. - WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE - HAD IT OR HAVE NOT HAD IT. - >> DORIS WAS A WORKING - SHEPHERDESS UNTIL LAST YEAR, BUT - AT 87 HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE. - SHE'S LIVED IN THE VALLEY HER - ENTIRE LIFE. - SHE REMEMBERS WORLD WAR II HERE. - >> WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS, - WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. - >> DORA GREEN IS ALSO A RETIRED - SHEPHERDESS. - SHE STILL LIVES ON THE FARM WITH - HER SON. - >> WE ARE FIGHTING BUGS NOW. - WE WERE FIGHTING BOMBS THEN. - WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. - >> OVER A YEAR ON, WE WENT INTO - OUR THIRD LOCKDOWN, WHICH MEANS - I WASN'T ABLE TO COVER THE - PANDEMIC FROM THIS TOWN OR THE - FALLOUT FROM GEORGE FLOYD'S

- MURDER OR THE WAR IN GAZA AS I - WAS STILL COVERING THE PANDEMIC - AT HOME. - THE PANDEMIC HAS CLAIMED THE - LIVES OF 129,000 IN THE U.K. AND - THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE HAS - BEEN STRETCHED TO A BREAKING - POINT. - >> MY BIGGEST WORRY WAS, WHEN IS - IT GOING TO END. - I THINK THE VACCINE CAME LIKE A - BIG WEAPON. - >> MANY BRITONS GIVE CREDIT TO - THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. - >> THEY PUT ME ON FULL OXYGEN. - I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD COME HOME - BECAUSE OF HOW I FELT. - >> IT'S BEEN VERY QUIET. - I MISS MY FRIENDS, BUT I AM - WORKING FOR MY SECOND INJECTION. - >> I'VE SORT OF LEARNED HOW TO - DO SOON. - IT'S A BIT OF A STRANGE WAY OF - DOING IT BECAUSE I AM NEVER SURE - WHEN I CAN SPEAK AND WHEN I - CAN'T.

- >> LOCAL RESIDENTS WERE KEEN TO - SHARE THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE - NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. - >> I THINK WE CAN GO THROUGH ANY - SITUATION. - I HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE. - >> AS OF TODAY, JULY 19, OR - FREEDOM DAY AS SOME ARE CALLING - IT, ALL LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS - HAVE BEEN LIFTED IN ENGLAND. - HOWEVER, CASES OF THE DELTA - VARIANT ARE RISING - EXPONENTIALLY, MAKING IT 95% OF - NEW INFECTIONS. - THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ACCUSED - OF SENDING MIXED MESSAGESFEE - ABOUTT THE DANGER POSED -- - MIXED MESSAGES ABOUT THE DANGER - POSED BY THE CORONAVIRUS. - LIKE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, - HERE IN THE VALLEY, PEOPLE ARE - DIVIDED ON THIS DECISION OF - OPENING UP. - >> IT MAKES ME FEEL ANXIOUS - BECAUSE THE DIFFERENT VARIANTS

- ARE SPREADING. - >> WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE TO - BORIS JOHNSON? - >> IF I WOULD DARE TO ADVISE A - PRIME MINISTER, I WOULD SAY SLOW - IT DOWN. - IT'S PREMATURE. - I UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURE HE'S - UNDER. - AS A HOSPICE, WE HAVE VULNERABLE - PEOPLE. - AND THERE ARE MANY IN THE STAFF - GROUP WHO ARE VULNERABLE, AS - WELL. - THEY ARE BEING INCREDIBLY - SELFLESS, INCREDIBLY BRAVE. - IT'S A MASSIVE SLAP IN THE FACE - WE ARE SAYING, IT'S OK. - YOU CAN OPEN UP. - WE CAN'T OPEN UP. - >> MY SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - CAME OVER TODAY, BROUGHT LUNCH - OVER FOR ME, AND IT WAS THE - FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THEM FOR - SUCH A LONG TIME. - I REALLY ENJOYED IT, AND WHAT A

- GOOD DAY TO DO IT. - IT'S GIVEN ME A REAL LIFT. - THE WORLD IS GOING TO CHANGE. - I KNOW IT IS. - >> I'M VERY LUCKY. - MIGHT EVEN GO TO THE BALL. - >> I AM WILL WINTERCROSS IN WEST - YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. - JUDY: AS WE BEGIN ANOTHER BUSY - WEEK, LISA DESJARDINS CHECKS IN - WITH OUR POLITICS TEAM ABOUT THE - POLITICAL CALCULATIONS AROUND - IMMIGRATION, VACCINE - MISINFORMATION, AND PULLING - ACCURACY. - LISA: WE TURNED TO AMY WALTER OF - THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT AND - TAMRA KEITH OF NPR. - OUR FIRST IN PERSON REUNION. - HIGH STAKES, AND I WANT TO TURN

- TO AN ISSUE THAT MIGHT GET LOST - BUT IS PART OF THIS BUDGET - RECONCILIATION PACKAGE. - DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING ABOUT - ATTACHING IMMIGRATION REFORM. - THEY DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT - I WANT TO GO TO YOU. - HOW DOES THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION HANDLED THIS IDEA - OF ADDING SOME LEGAL STATUS, - PUSHING FOR THAT FOR SOME - ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, WHILE AT THE - BORDER, SEEING MORE AND MORE - UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS - ENTERING. - TAMRA: IN JUNE, 180,000 PEOPLE - WERE APPREHENDED ON THE - SOUTHWEST BORDER. - THAT IS A 21-YEAR RECORD. - IN TERMS OF THE RECONCILIATION - BILL, THE BUDGET BILL, A FEDERAL - JUDGE IN TEXAS SAID THAT THE - DREAMER PROGRAM THAT WAS PUT IN - PLACE DURING THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION --

- LISA: THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. - TAMRA:TAMRA: THE OBAMA-BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION, THAT PROGRAMS - NEEDS -- THAT PROGRAM NEEDS TO - PAUSE AND MAY GET THROWN OUT. - PRESIDENT BIDEN, THEY DON'T HAVE - A LOT OF OPTIONS LEFT. - HE SAID, CONGRESS SHOULD DO - SOMETHING. - CONGRESS HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR - MULTIPLE YEARS. - TODAY, HE WAS ASKED ABOUT IT, - AND HE'S ESSENTIALLY SAID, - WHETHER IT CAN ACTLLY BE PUT - INTO THAT BILL OR NOT DEPENDS ON - WHETHER THE PARLIAMENTARIAN - DEEMS WHETHER THIS IS RELATED - ENOUGH TO THE BUDGET, AND THE - SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE - MINIMUM WAGE. - PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SAYING, - CONGRESS, DO SOMETHING. - HE ISN'T PUTTING A LOT OF - POLITICAL CAPITAL INTO IT. - AMY: THE POLITICS ARE - INTERESTING, AND YOU ARE RIGHT. - THE ADMINISTRATION IS IN A TOUGH - PLACE.

- THEY ARE NOT ONLY TRYING TO MOVE - BEYOND DONALD TRUMP, THE - ADMINISTRATION, THEIR POLICIES, - AND THEIR POSITIONING ON - IMMIGRATION, WHICH THEY ARGUE - WAS TOO HARSH. - AT THE SAME TIME, ADVOCATES ON - THE LEFT ARE PUSHING THE - ADMINISTRATION TO GO FARTHER - THAN BARACK OBAMA DID. - THEY WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENT - KIND OF DEMOCRATIC - ADMINISTRATION HANDLING - IMMIGRATION. - YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PENT-UP - DEMAND. - IT'S BEEN SINCE 2009 THAT THE - DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD FULL CONTROL. - THE TRAIN IS LEAVING THE - STATION. - THIS IS YOUR SHOT TO PUT IT ON. - THE PERSON WHO DECIDES WHAT - BAGGAGE CAN GET ON IS SOMEBODY - WHO IS NOT ELECTED, IS A - PARLIAMENTARIAN, AND THAT IS - GOING TO BE COMPLICATED.

- LISA: I THINK THIS IS NOT THE - LAST TIME YOU WILL BE TALKING - ABOUT THAT ISSUE. - ANOTHER QUANDARY IS VACCINE AND - VACCINE HESITANCY RIGHT NOW IN - THIS COUNTRY. - PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD TO WALK BACK - SOMETHING HE SAID. - HE SAID FACEBOOK IS KILLING US. - HE SAID HE MEANT PEOPLE ON - FACEBOOK SPREADING - MISINFORMATION. - WHAT IS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - DOING, AND IS THE -- IS IT - WORKING? - TAMRA: THEY'VE KEYED IN ON A - MESSAGE THAT THIS IS A PANDEMIC - OF THE UNVACCINATED. - PART OF THAT IS CONVINCING - PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED, AND - PART OF IT SEEMS TO BE - DISTANCING. - THERE IS THIS LARGE WELL OF - HESITANCY OR RESISTANCE, AND - THEY ARE QUITE FRUSTRATED WITH - THE MISINFORMATION THAT IS AT

- CROSS PURPOSES WITH WHAT THEY - ARE TRYING TO DO. - JULY 4, THE PRESIDENT HAD A - GOAL, 70% OF ADULTS WOULD HAVE - THEIR FIRST VACCINE SHOTS. - VACCINATION RATES ARE - STAGNATING, AND YOU TALK TO - PEOPLE TRYING TO GET FOLKS - VACCINATED, AND THEY CONSTANTLY - REFERENCED THINGS PEOPLE TELL - THEM THEY LEARNED ON FACEBOOK. - LISA: HOW IS BIDEN USING THE - BULLY PULPIT? - AMY: HE'S DOING IT TO SHAME, NOT - NECESSARILY THE UNVACCINATED, - BUT TO SHAME FACEBOOK AND OTHER - SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO TAKE - PEOPLE OFF QUICKLY WHO ARE - SPREADING INFORMATION. - YOU SHOULD BE DOING MORE TO - POLICE MISINFORMATION. - THE REALITY IS, WE HIT A - PLATEAU, AND A PIECE OF IT IS, - THERE ARE COMPLICATED REASONS A - PERSON MAY NOT WANT TO TAKE A - VACCINE.

- THERE ARE FOLKS WHO THINK, I - DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THIS, AND - I DON'T WANT TO TRY IT. - LISA: THERE WAS A NEW REPORT OUT - IN THE LAST DAY ABOUT PULLING IN - THE LAST ELECTION. - GUESS WHAT? - IT DIDN'T GO SO FAR. - THE REPORT FOUND THIS WAS SOME - OF THE RESULT -- SOME OF THE - WORST RESULTS IN WHAT THE - ELECTION TOLD US IN DECADES, AND - POLLS WERE OFF BY FOUR POINTS IN - TERMS OF UNDERESTIMATING FORMER - PRESIDENT TRUMP. - WHAT CAN POSTERS DO? - AMY: THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE - DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS. - THE ONE THING WE KNOW IN 2020 IS - WE HAD A RECORD TURNOUT. - ALL BE -- A WHOLE BUNCH OF - PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE - SYSTEM WHO MAY NEVER HAVE VOTED - BEFORE OR IT'S THE FIRST TIME - THEY VOTED IN A LONG TIME. - EVEN THOUGH THE SAMPLES THE - POLLSTERS WERE GETTING ON PAPER - LOOKED GREAT AND ACCURATE, THE - KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO FIT INTO - THOSE CATEGORIES WERE DIFFERENT

- BECAUSE MANY OF THEM WERE NEW TO - THE PROCESS. - WE ARE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS BASED - ON HOW PAST VOTERS VOTED. - THE OTHER THING IS THE TOUGHEST - TIMES FOR PULLING HAPPENED TO - COINCIDE WITH THE TWO TIMES - PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ON THE - BALLOT. - WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE'S NOT ON - THE BALLOT? - 2018, THE POLLS WERE GOOD. - LET'S SEE ABOUT 2022. - LISA: HOW LONG UNTIL THE - CONGRESSIONAL MIDTERMS? - TAMRA: 16 MONTHS. - LISA: YOU MAKE IT ENGAGING EVERY - TIME. - THANK YOU, SO MUCH. - JUDY: THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF - THE OLYMPICS ARE FOUR DAYS AWAY, - AND COMPETITIONS IN SOCCER AND - SOFTBALL BEGIN TOMORROW NIGHT, - BUT THE SPECTER OF COVID HANGS - OVER THESE GAMES.

- 50 PEOPLE IN TOKYO CONNECTED - WITH THE GAMES HAVE TESTED - POSITIVE. - THAT INCLUDES CONTRACTORS AND - STAFF. - AMONG THE ATHLETES, AN ALTERNATE - ON THE U.S. GYMNASTICS TEAM WHO - TESTED POSITIVE WHILE TRAINING - OUTSIDE OF TOKYO. - OFFICIALS SAY THEY HOPE TO PUT - ON A COMPELLING SERIES OF GAMES - DESPITE IT ALL. - WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF SOME OF THE - AMERICANS TO WATCH. - I SPOKE WITH CHRISTINE BRENNAN - SHORTLY BEFORE SHE LEFT FOR - TOKYO. - GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US AGAIN. - LET'S START WITH AN ATHLETE WHO - BRINGS THE HIGHEST HOPES AROUND - HER, AND THAT WOULD BE SIMONE - BILES, THE GYMNAST WHO HAS - ALREADY WON SO MANY GOLD MEDALS. - WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR - HER THIS TIME? - CHRISTINE: I DON'T THINK I'VE - EVER SEEN AN ATHLETE MOORE - DISCUSSED, MORE HYPED, ON THE - TIP OF EVERYONE'S TONGUE.

- WE'VE HAD GAT STARS GO IN FOR - THE UNITED STATES AND FROM - AROUND THE WORLD, BUT NOTHING - LIKE THIS. - THAT IS WELL DESERVED. - THE GREATEST GYMNAST TRYING TO - RE-CREATE WHAT SHE DID IN RIO, - FIVE GOLD MEDALS -- FOUR GOLD - MEDALS, ONE BRONZE, MAYBE WHEN - ALL FIVE GOLD MEDALS. - SHE'S THE FAVORITE TO LEAD THE - U.S. THROUGH THE TEAM - COMPETITION AND TO WIN A COUPLE - GOLD MEDALS ON VARIOUS APPARAT - I. - SHE'S A SURVIVOR OF THE WORST - SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL IN THE - HISTORY OF SPORTS, A SURVIVOR OF - LARRY NASSER, THE TRAGIC AND - SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE OF - HUNDREDS OF YOUNG GYMNASTS BY - THE FORMER GYMNASTICS TEAM - DOCTOR. - SIMONE BILES WAS THE ONE CALLING - OUT THE ORGANIZATION TIME AND - AGAIN, BEING THAT VOICE FOR THE - SURVIVORS.

- SHE'S ALSO THE GREATEST IN HER - SPORT EVER. - REMARKABLE. - JUDY: REMARKABLE. - A LOT OF ANTICIPATION AROUND - SWIMMING. - TELL US WHO TO LOOK FOR. - CHRISTINE: KATIE LEDECKY IS THE - OTHER HUGE NAME TO WATCH. - SHE WAS THE STAR OF THE RIO - OLYMPICS AND IS TRYING TO DEFEND - THOSE TITLES, FREESTYLE 200, - 400, AND THE 1500, THE FIRST - TIME WOMEN WILL BE ABLE TO SWIM - THE MILE. - IT IS WELL PAST TIME TO DO IT. - SHE'S FAVORED TO WIN THE 800. - IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR HER - IN THE 200 AND THE 400, HER - SIGNATURE EVENTS BECAUSE - AUSTRALIA HAS GOT A COUPLE - STRONG COMPETITORS, AND ON THE - MEN'S SIDE, CALEB DRESSEL.

- HE'S NOT GOING TO WIN SEVEN OR - EIGHT OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS, BUT I - THINK HE IS FAVORED TO WIN - SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL GOALS. - DRESSEL IS A NAME TO WATCH FOR - THE AMERICANS. - JUDY: THEN THERE IS TRACK AND - FIELD. - THERE'S PROBABLY MORE BEING SAID - ABOUT WHO IS NOT GOING TO BE - RUNNING. - THAT IS SHIKARI RICHARDSON WHO - WAS TAKEN OFF THE U.S. TEAM, BUT - IT DOES APPEAR TO BE STARTING A - CONVERSATION THAT WAS NOT HAD - BEFORE ABOUT THE ROLE OF - MARIJUANA IN THESE GAMES. - CHRISTINE: IT'S AN IMPORTANT - CONVERSATION. - RICHARDSON WAS DESTINED FOR - GREATNESS. - WAS GOING TO BE THE FAVORITE AND - WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN ON THE - RELAY TEAM. - BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE INGESTED - MARIJUANA NOT LONG AFTER ■FINDIN - OUT HER BIOLOGICAL MOTHER DIED, - SHE WENT INTO AN EMOONAL

- TAILSPIN, AND THAT IS HOW SHE - REACTED. - EVEN THOUGH SHE TESTED POSITIVE - FOR MARIJUANA, EVEN THOUGH MANY - OF US THINK IT IS RIDICULOUS, - AND SHE KNEW IT -- TO HER GREAT - CREDIT, DESPITE THE CONTROVERSY, - SHE ACCEPTED IT. - SHE DIDN'T TRY TO LIE OR GET OUT - OF IT. - SHE'S REALLY HOLDING HERSELF IN - GOOD STEAD FOR THE FUTURE. - PERHAPS, THIS WILL LEAD THAT - CONVERSATION AND MOVE THE WORLD - ANTI-BEING AGENCY TO TAKE - MARIJUANA OFF ITS BAND LIST AS - THIS IS THAT HIGH-PROFILE CASE - THAT WOULD LEAD TO THAT - CONVERSATION. - JUDY: SHE WILL BE MISSED. - THE OTHER PART OF THE WOMEN - RUNNING STORY IS HOW MANY - MOTHERS THERE ARE WHO ARE GOING - TO BE RUNNING THIS YEAR. - CHRISTINE: THIS IS JUST -- AS IS - THE FACT THAT THE U.S. OLYMPIC - TEAM IS 54% WOMEN, FOR THE THIRD

- STRAIGHT TIME, MORE WOMEN THAN - MEN ON THE U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM -- - THIS IS ABOUT TITLE IX, THE LAW - SIGNED BY RICHARD NIXON MOST 50 - YEARS AGO THAT OPENED THE - FLOODGATES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS - TO PLAY SPORTS. - AS A MOM, ALYSSA FIELDS HAS BEEN - LEADING THIS CONVERSATION. - IF YOU ARE PREGNANT, YOU SHOULD - GET YOUR WORTH. - WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE NEXT FEW - MONTHS, THE JAPANESE OLYMPIC - ORGANIZERS HAVE RELENTED, BUT - THEY WERE NOT GOING TO ALLOW - WOMEN WHO ARE BREAST-FEEDING TO - BRING THEIR BABIES WITH THEM. - COMPETITORS WOULDN'T LET THEM - HAVE THEIR BABIES. - THANKFULLY, THEY CHANGED THEIR - MIND. - THE MOMS CAN DO WHAT THEY ARE - DOING ON THE FIELD. - JUDY: A REMINDER OF HOW MANY OF

- THESE WOMEN'S TEAMS ARE BEING SO - CLOSELY WATCHED. - CHRISTINE: WE PLAY BASKETBALL, - AND WE THINK ABOUT THE MEN, THE - DREAM TEAM. - THE DREAM TEAM IS REALLY WOMEN'S - BASKETBALL. - GOING BACK, THE U.S. WOMEN'S - OLYMPIC'S TEAM HAS NOT LOST - SINCE 1992. - THIS IS THE MOST DOMINANT TEAM - IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS. - THEY SIMPLY DO NOT LOSE. - THE ODDS ARE THEY WILL WIN - AGAIN. - THEY'VE GOT SOME GREAT STARS, - SUE BIRD, DIANA TAURASI. - THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL TEAM, - MOSTLY WNBA STARS. - JUDY: WE WILL ALSO SEE SOME - HISTORY MADE IN THAT THERE WILL - BE FOR THE FIRST TIME SOME - OPENLY TRANSGENDER ATHLETES - COMPETING. - CHRISTINE: THIS IS SOMETHING - WHOSE TIME HAS COME, AND IT'S A - CONVERSATION MANY PEOPLE ARE - HAVING AT THE HH SCHOOL LEVEL, - COLLEGE, PRO, AND AT THE - OLYMPICS.

- IN 2015, THE INTERNATIONAL - OLYMPIC COMMITTEE MANDATED THAT - TRANSGENDER ATHLETES COULD - COMPETE, TRANSGENDER WOMEN COULD - COMPETE, AS LONG AS THEY MET THE - TESTOSTERONE LEVELS IN THE BODY. - IN THE CASE OF THE NEW ZEALAND - WEIGHTLIFTER LAUREL HUBBARD, - SHE'S BEEN TAKING TESTOSTERONE - SUPPRESSANTS TO BE ABLE TO BE IN - THE COMPETITION. - AS A MAN, SHE COMPETED, AND NOW - WILL BE COMPETING AS A WOMAN. - TRANSGENDER RIGHTS ARE SUCH AN - IMPORTANT TOPIC. - THIS IS THE FRUITION OF THAT. - THE GREATEST COMPETITION IN - EARTH WILLLLOW A TRANSGENDER - ATHLETE TO COMPETE. - JUDY: THERE IS SO MUCH - EXCITEME AROUND THESE OLYMPIC - GAMES. - WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO - LOOK AHEAD WITH YOU. - CHRISTINE: MY PLEASURE. - I THINK YOU.

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