PBS NewsHour; Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

JUDY: GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, THE AFTERMATH -- THE DEATH TOLL FROM AN EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA RISES AS RESCUE WORKERS DESPERATELY SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS. THEN, LOCKDOWN AGAIN -- CHINA CLOSES MANY PUBLIC SPACES AND RESUMES MASS TESTING IN ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO STOP THE CORONAVIRUS UNDER THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S ZERO-COVID POLICY. AND, SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE -- WHY JUVENILES IN MANY STATES ARE AUTOMATICALLY CHARGED IN ADULT COURT FOR CERTAIN CRIMES, AND HOW THAT AFFECTS THEIR LIVES LONG AFTER BEING RELEASED. SIMMS: THERE ARE SO MANY BARRIERS WHEN YOU'RE RETURNING FROM BEING INCARCERATED. >> THE MAJORITY OF YOUNG BLACK MEN WHO'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS SYSTEM ARE STILL IN THIS SYSTEM. IT'S A REVOLVING DOOR.

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WE WILL RETURN TO THE FULL PROGRAM AFTER THE LATEST HEADLINES. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXTENDING HIS PAUSE ON FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS AGAIN UNTIL JUNE 30, 2023. HE ANNOUNCED THE MOVE TODAY, WHILE HIS PLAN TO CANCEL BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DEBT IS ON HOLD. THE EXTENDED PAUSE GIVES THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TIME TO HEAR THE CASE IN ITS CURRENT TERM. IN A SEPARATE MOVE, THE HIGH COURT CLEARED THE WAY TODAY FOR A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TO GET FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS. THE U.S. HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ASKED FOR THEM 3 YEARS AGO. MAJORITY DEMOCRATS NOW HAVE A FEW WEEKS TO INVESTIGATE THE RETURNS BEFORE REPUBLICANS TAKE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE. THAT REPUBLICAN HOUSE MAJORITY WILL NOW HAVE 219 SEATS, WITH SEVERAL RACES STILL PENDING. CALIFORNIA GOP CONGRESSMAN DAVID VALADEO WAS FINALLY DECLARED THE WINNER IN HIS RE-ELECTION RACE LAST NIGHT. HE'S AMONG THE 10 HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED TO IMPEACH MR. TRUMP. ONLY TWO WERE RE-ELECTED. IN INDONESIA, THE DEATH TOLL REACHED 268 A DAY AFTER AN

EARTHQUAKE STRUCK SOUTH OF JAKARTA. AND OFFICIALS WARNED THERE MAY BE MANY MORE BODIES ACROSS THE SHATTERED LANDSCAPE. JOHN YANG HAS OUR REPORT. JOHN: ENDLESS RUBBLE IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF MUCH OF WESTERN JAVA AS RESCUERS SEARCH FOR VICTIMS. HOPE FOR FINDING SURVIVORS FADES WITH EACH PASSING HOUR. SO FAR, THIS MAN COUNTS 11 RELATIVES AMONG THE DEAD. ENJOT: THIS IS SO TERRIBLE. WHAT I WENT THROUGH WITH THIS EARTHQUAKE, I HAD TO LOSE RELATIVES AND MY HOUSE WAS ALSO DESTROYED. JOHN: INDONESIA'S MOST POPULOUS ISLAND IS STILL REELING AFTER MONDAY'S MAGNITUDE 5.6 EARTHQUAKE. AMONG THE HARDEST HIT, THE RURAL, MOUNTAINOUS TOWN OF CIANJUR -- ABOUT 135 MILES SOUTH THE CAPITAL, JAKARTA. THIS WOMAN RECALLS THE TERROR. PARTINEM: I WAS CRYING AND IMMEDIATELY GRABBED MY HUSBAND AND CHILDREN. IF I DIDN'T PULL THEM OUT, WE MIGHT HAVE BECOME VICTIMS. THE HOUSE WAS SHAKING AS IF IT WAS DANCING.

JOHNRESCUE OPERATIONS ARE COMPLICATED BY DAMAGED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND EXTENSIVE POWER BLACKOUTS. SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN SLOW TO MAKE IT TO SURVIVORS STAYININ MAKESHIFT SHELTERS -- MANY OF THEM TENT VILLAGES IN THE STREETS. AWALUDIN: MOST OF THE RESIDENT'' COMPLAINTS ARE ABOUT THE LACK OF DRINKING WATER AND SUPPORT, THINGS LIKE BLANKETS AND MEDICINES. JOHN: HOSPITALS ARE OVERWHELMED. ONE MOTHER DESCRIBES THE HORROR OF WATCHING A WALL COLLAPSE ON HER DAUGHTER. FATIMAH: I COULD ONLY SEE HER HEAD. THERE WAS A FULL THERMOS THAT WAS HIT BY THE WALL AS WELL, AND THE HOT WATER HIT HER BUTTOCKS AND HER LEG, BURNING THEM. JOHN: TODAY, INDONESIAN PRESIDENT JOKO WIDODO SURVEYED THE DESTRUCTION IN CIANJUR. HE VOWED TO REBUILD INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING AN IMPORTANT CONNECTING BRIDGE, AND HELP THOSE WHOSE HOMES WERE DAMAGED. FOR "THE PBS NEWSHOUR," I'M JOHN YANG. STEPHANIE: IN UKRAINE, A MANMADE DISASTER THREATENS A LONG, DARK

WINTER. OFFICIALS WARNED TODAY THAT ROLLING BLACKOUTS COULD LAST UNTIL MARCH AS RUSSIAN MISSILES PUMMEL THE POWER GRID. ALREADY SNOWY, SUB-FREEZING WEATHER IS SETTING IN. AUTHORITIES ARE URGING THE PUBLIC TO STOCK UP OSUPPLIES, INCLUDING WARM CLOTHES AND BLANKETS. THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER REPORTED TODAY THAT MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE PROTESTS IN IRAN OVER THE PAST 2 MONTHS. IN GENEVA, A U.N. SPOKESMAN ACCUSED TEHRAN OF VIOLENT REPRESSION AND GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. MR. LAURENCE: THE RISING NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM PROTESTS IN IRAN, INCLUDING THOSE OF TWO CHILDREN AT THE WEEKEND, AND THE HARDENING OF THE RESPONSE BY SECURITY FORCES, UNDERLINE THE CRITICAL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY. JUDY: THE U.N. ALSO VOICED CONCERN ABOUT REPORTS OF IRANIAN SECURITY FORCES KILLING MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE IN MAINLY KURDISH CITIES IN THE PAST WEEK. MEANWHILE, IRAN ANNOUNCED IT'S ENRICHING URANIUM TO 60 PERCENT PURITY AT A SECOND SITE. THAT'S ONE STEP SHORT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS GRADE.

STATE MEDIA SAID IT'S BEING DONE AT AN UNDERGROUND COMPLEX. ANOTHER SITE AT NATANZ ALREADY REACHED THAT LEVEL OF ENRICHMENT. THE U.N. NUCLEAR AGENCY CONFIRMED IRAN'S CLAIM. BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, TOP MEDICAL ADVISERS ARE URGING AMERICANS AGAIN TO IGNORE SOCIAL MEDIA SKEPTICS AND GET COVID BOOSTERS AND FLU SHOTS. AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY, CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISER DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID POLITICAL DIVISIONS ARE FUELING VACCINE DOUBTERS AND FILLING UP HOSPITAL BEDS. DR. FAUCI: I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY GET INFECTED. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY HOSPITALIZED, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY DIE FROM COVID. WHETHER YOU'RE FAR RIGHT REPUBLICAN OR A FAR LEFT DEMOCRAT, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME. STEPHANIE: THE PRESIDENT'S COVID COORDINATOR, ASHISH JHA, SAID IN THE END, "YOU CAN TRUST AMERICA'S PHYSICIANS OR YOU CAN TRUST SOME RANDOM DUDE ON TWITTER." WE'LL RETURTO THIS AFTER THE NEWS SUMMARY. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TODAY ISSUED FORMER COMPLAINTS AGAINST

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM FOR UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES. 40,000 ACADEMIC WORKERS ARE STRIKING, SEEKING BETTER PAY. IT IS THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST WORK STOPPAGE THIS YEAR. A STATE LABOR AGENCY SAID UC REGENTS FAILED PRIOR TO THE STRIKE TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH AND UNILATERALLY SET COMPENSATION. AND TODAY IN LOS ANGELES, A JURY FOUND IN A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND VERDICT THAT THE NCAA WAS NOT NEGLIGENT IN THE DEATH OF AN EX-FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO HAD BRAIN DAMAGE. MATTHEW GEE, A STAR LINEBACKER FOR USC, ENDURED AN ESTIMATED 6000 HITS THAT CAUSED PERMANENT BRAIN TRAUMA KNOWN AS CTE. IN THE PAST DECADE, HUNDREDS OF WRONGFUL DEATH AND PERSONAL INJURY LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST THE NCAA BY COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS OR THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN TOUGHER FOR INVESTORS TO RECOUP FUNDS FROM FTX, THE BANKRUPT CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE.

TODAY, ATTORNEYS FOR DEBT HOLDERS SAID HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM FTX ACCOUNTS SINCE IT COLLAPSED THIS MONTH. THE COMPANY ESTIMATES IT FACES MORE THAN 100,000 CLAIMS SO FAR. ON WALL STREET TODAY, SOLID EARNINGS REPORTS GAVE STOCKS A BOOST, WITH MAJOR INDEXES GAINING 1% OR MORE. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE WAS UP NEARLY 400 POINTS TO CLOSE AT 34,098. THE NASDAQ ROSE ALMOST 150 POINTS. THE S&P 500 ADDED 53. AND AT SOCCER'S WORLD CUP, SAUDI ARABIA SCORED ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPSETS EVER, BEATING ARGENTINA 2-1 TODAY. SAUDI COACHES AND PLAYERS CELEBRATED THE VICTORY, AND THE KINGDOM DECLARED A PUBLIC HOLIDAY TOMORROW. BUT FOR ARGENTINIAN STAR LIONEL MESSI, THE LOSS WAS A HUGE SETBACK IN WHAT MAY BE HIS FINAL WORLD CUP. STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR, HIGH PRICES ON STAPLE FOODS HAVE MANY AMERICANS RETHINKING THEIR THANKSGIVING DINNERS. WE EXAMINE WHY BLACK WOMEN

CANDIDATES HAD MIXED RESULTS IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. A MUSICAL STAGING OF THE ACCLAIMED NOVEL "THE HOURS" BECOMES THE OPERA EVENT OF THE YEAR. AND MUCH MORE. >> THIS IS THE PBS NEWSHOUR, FROM WBT A STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON AND IN THE WEST FROM THE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. JUDY: A SO-CALLED TRI-DEMIC IS THREATENING TO OVERWHELM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'S ESSENTIALLY A TRIPLE THREAT FROM THE COMBINED SPREAD OF FLU, RSV, AND COVID, AND IT'S ALREADY HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT. MORE THAN 3/4 OF PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL BEDS NATIONWIDE ARE AT CAPACITY. AND SOME STATES ARE REPORTING THAT MORE THAN 90% OF PEDIATRIC BEDS ARE OCCUPIED. SENIORS ARE ALSO BEING HOSPITALIZED AT A HIGHER RATE FOR RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. AND HOSPITALIZATIONS FROM THE FLU ARE AT A DECADE-LEVEL HIGH. DR. MEGAN RANNEY IS A PRACTICING EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN AND ACADEMIC DEAN AT THE BROWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC

HEALTH, AND SHE JOINS ME NOW. WELCOME BACK. TELL US ABOUT THE CASELOAD AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE YOU ARE AND HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DR. RANNEY: HERE IN RHODE ISLAND, LIKE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST, WE ARSEEING A DRAMATIC RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY VIRUSES. OUR PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL IS EXCUSING CASELOADS THAT ARE 125% OF ANYTHING WE HAVE EVER SEEN, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, AND WE ARE SEEING RISING NUMBERS OF ADULTS WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNSES AS WELL. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS ON TOP OF AN ALREADY FULL HOSPITAL, CONSISTENT UNDERSTAFFING. WE HAVE LOST NURSES, DOCTORS, TECHS, HOUSEKEEPERS OVER THE COURSEF THE PANDEMIC. IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE POURING BUCKETS OF WATER INTO AN ALREADY OVERFLOWING TUB. THERE IS SIMPLY NO SPACE TO TAKE CARE OF THESE VERY SICK PATIENTS. JUDY: WE HEARD THE PLEAS

MOMENTS AGO FROM DR. F.AUYOUR IEW? ATDR. PERANNEY: WE'VE HAD DECADF UNDERFUNDING AND UNDER PREPAREDNESS IN THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY. WE CALLED IT OUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN DURING COVID, WHETHER IT WAS CALLING FOR PPE OR STAFFING DURING OMICRON. THESE ARE NOT NEW PROBLEMS. UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE WORSENED BECAUSE WE'VE LOST STAFF AND WE'VE SEEN HOSPITALS AND PARTICULARLY PEDIATRIC BEDS CLOSE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND NOW HAVE ALL OF THESE FOLKS SEEKING CARE AND THERE ARE NOT AS MANY PEOPLE LEFT TO CARE FOR THEM. ADD THAT ONTO A STRONGER THAN USUAL SEASON OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES AND WE HAVE A PERFECT STORM OF OVERWHELM FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. JUDY: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT CHILDREN FIRST. WE ARE SEEING, AS YOU SAID AND WE REPORTED, PEDIATRIC BEDS FILLED UP AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WHAT SHOULD PARENTS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR? WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME OVERLAPPING SYMPTOMS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RSV, FLU, COVID. WHAT SHOULD PARENTS BE LOOKING FOR? DR. RANNEY: I AM A PARENT MYSELF AND HAD TWO KIDS HOMESICK FROM SCHOOL LAST WEEK, SO I FEEL YOUR PAIN. IT FEELS LIKE MY KIDS ARE IN DAYCARE AGAIN EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. PARENTS, ESPECIALLY OF LITTLE ONES, YOU WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR THEM NOT EATING OR DRINKING, NOT MAKING WET DIAPERS, THEIR FEVER NOT COMING DOWN DESPITE IBUPROFEN OR TYLENOL. IF YOU ARE WORRIED, CALL YOUR PHYSICIAN OR COME TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT -- THAT IS WHAT WE ARE THERE FOR -- BUT COME KNOWING THAT YOU WILL LIKELY HAVE TO WAIT. JUDY: THE SYMPTOMS THAT WOULD CAUSE PARENTS TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL ARE WHAT? DR. RANNEY: IF YOUR KID IS NOT MAKING URINE OR WEDIAPERS, NOT MAKING TEARS IF THEY ARE CRYING.

IF THEY ARE BREATHING QUICKLY, OR IF YOU SEE THEM USING EXTRA MUSCLES IN THEIR CHEST OR BELLY TO BREATHE. IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO SLEEP OR EAT OR DRINK. HONESTLY, IF THEY ARE JUST NOT ACTING LIKE THEMSELVES, EVEN AFTER YOU GET THE FEVER DOWN, THOSE ARE ALL REASONS TO SEEK CARE. JUDY: WHAT ABO SENIORS? WE'VE BEEN REPORTING MORE SENIORS ARE BEING HIT WITH THE FLU, PRESUMABLY ALSO WITH COVID. WHAT SHOULD FAMILY MEMBERS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THERE? DR. RANNEY: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO MAKE SURE YOUR OLDER RELATIVES OR YOU YOURSELF HAVE GOTTEN THE BY VALID BOOSTER -- BIVALENT BOOSTER AND YOUR FLU SHOT. IT'S A LITTLE LATE TO GET IT TO PROTECT YOURSELF OR THANKSGIVING BUT IT WILL HELP PROTECT FURTHER INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON. THE NEXT THING IS, AS YOU ARE TRAVELING TO VISIT FAMILY MEMBERS, WEAR A MASK IF YOU ARE GOING ON A PLANE OR TRAIN OR OTHER CROWDED PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF YOU BRINGING SOMETHING INTO THE HOUSEHOLD. I RECOMMEND THAT FOLKS TEST FOR COVID THE MORNING OF

THANKSGIVING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT BRINGING SOMETHING INTO THE CELEBRATION. ALSO, IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING GOOD, STAY HOME. I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO BE TOGETHER AFTER SO MANY YEARS APART, BUT HELP PROTECT YOUR LOVED ONES, WHETHER THEY ARE OLD OR YOUNG OR IMMUNOSUPPRESSED, BY STAYING AT HOME IF YOU ARE FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER. JUDY: IN GENERAL, THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT PARENTS BEING ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEIR CHILDREN -- WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GOING TO A CROWDED EMERGENCY ROOM, WHAT SHOULD TIP THE SCALE? WHAT SHOULD FAMILY MOVERS THINK ABOUT, WHAT SHOULD SOMEONE THINK ABOUT WHEN THEY THINK, COULD I READ THIS AT HOME, OR DO I NEED TO GET AWAY HOSPITAL, EVEN -- TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, EVEN IF I HAVE TO SIT IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM? DR. RANNEY: WE ARE THERE 24/7, 365. I SURLY WANT FOLKS TO KE CARE OF THEMSELVES AT HOME AND CALL THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, BUT IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT, THAT'S WHY WE ARE THERE.

PEOPLE WERE SCARED TO COME TO THE ER DURING THE WORST OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, SO I DON'T WANT TO DISSUADE PEOPLE FROM SEEKING CARE. THAT SAID, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO EAT AND DRINK, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GET YOUR FEVER DOWN WITH IBUPROFEN OR TYLENOL, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GET UP AND WALK AROUND, EVEN IF YOU ARE ACHY OR TIRED, YOU ARE PROBABLY OK TO STAY HOME. BUT IF YOU ARE FEELING LIGHTHEADED WHEN YOU STAND UP, IF YOU CAN'T KEEP FLUIDS DOWN, IF YOU AN'T THINKING THE WAY YOU NORMALLY DO, THOSE WOULD ALL BE THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE ME WANT YOU TO COME SEE ME. JUDY: YOU MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, BE PATIENT, FOR PEOPLE WHO GO INTO THE HOSPITAL, TO BE PATIENT WITH THE PEOPLE WORKING THERE. REMIND US WHAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH IN MANY OF THESE OVERCROWDED SITUATIONS. DR. RANNEY: THANK YOU. THE FOLKS ON THE FRONT LINES IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS RIGHT NOW -- NURSES, DOCTORS, TECHS -- THEY HAVE BEEN THERE THE LAST THREE YEARS. THEY HAVE STUCK AROUND WHEN SO MANY OTHERS HAVE LEFT. THEY WANT TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU. THEY KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO WAIT, AND THEY WISH THEY COULD

SEE YOU FASTER. SO PLEASE BE KIND. KNOW WE ARE DOING OUR BEST. BRING A CHARGER IF YOU CAN, KEEP YOUR PHONE CHARGED, CERTAINLY BRING A MASK, AND BRING SOMEONE WITH YOU IF THEY WILL LET YOU BRING A VISITOR IN, TO HELP EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON. JUDY: A GOOD REMINDER, ESPECIALLY THIS THANKSGIVING WEEK, WHEN WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DR. RANNEY: THANK YOU, JUDY. ♪ JUDY: TODAY, BEIJING SHUT DOWN PARKS AND MUSEUMS IN THE CITY, AS THE CAPITAL OF CHINA FACES ITS LARGEST OUTBREAK OF COVID IN SIX MONTHS. AUTHORITIES CONFIRMED MORE THAN 28,000 CASES YESTERDAY, AND THE FIRST OFFICIAL COVID FATALITY SINCE MAY. DESPITE SOME RECENT ADJUSTMENTS, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS

THE STRICTEST COVID POLICY IN THE WORLD. AND AS NICK SCHIFRIN REPORTS, LOCKDOWNS THAT RESTRICT THE MOVEMENTS OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF RESIDENTS ARE SPARKING RARE PUBLIC DISSENT. NICK: IN THE SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING HUB OF GUANGZHOU TODAY, BEYOND THE CLOSED CAFES AND THE PLIANT PEOPLE WHO SUBMIT TO SWABS, THERE IS RAGE. LAST WEEK, RESIDENTS OF CHINA'S THIRD LARGEST CITY PULLED DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT FOR NEARLY A MONTH HAVE KEPT THEM LOCKED DOWN. THEY TARGETED THE SYMBOLS OF THE STATE THAT RESTRICT THEIR FREEDOM. AND IN A COUNTRY THAT PUNISHES PROTEST, THEY CONFRONTED POLICE, UNAFRAID TO FIGHT OR FILM. YAQIU WANG: THEY WANTED THEIR FREEDOM. THEY WANT THEIR RIGHTS. THEY FEEL IT'S SO WRONG TO CONFINE THEM IN THIS SITUATION. NICK: YAQIU WANG IS A SENIOR RESEARCHER AT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH. SHE SAYS GUANGZHOU RESIDENTS ARE FURIOUS AT LOCKDOWNS AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE PREVENTED THEM FROM WORKING AND EVEN BUYING FOOD. AND THE FRUSTRATION IS NATIONAL. YAQIU WANG: PEOPLE UNDERSTAND I GO PROTESTS, I CAN BE HARASSED BY THE POLICE, I CAN BE DETAINED

OR WORSE, I COULD BE IMPRISONED FOR YEARS. IT HAPPENED TO SO MANY PEOPLE. AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE INJUSTICE IS TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW, FOR TOO LONG, YOU JUST CAN'T BEAR IT. NICK: BEIJING'S ENFORCERS MAINTAIN THE WORLD'S STRICTEST COVID RESTRICTIONS, AND TRY TO SILENCE DISSENT -- SOMETIMES LITERALLY. THE POLICEMAN'S FOOT ON THE NECK OF A RESIDENT. ELSEWHERE, THEY MANHANDLED AND ARRESTED A WOMAN FOR NOT WEARING A MASK. AND AS FAMILIES WAIL, POLICE DRAG RESIDENTS TO A QUARANTINE CAMP, WHERE SOME HAVE BEEN FORCED TO STAY FOR MONTHS. YAQIU WANG: IT HAS CREATED SO MANY HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T ACCESS A HOSPITAL TO HAVE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TREATED. NICK: EARLIER THIS MONTH, A FATHER IN THE NORTHWEST CITY OF LANZHOU TRIED TO SAVE HIS THREE-YEAR-OLD SON FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. HE WAS TOO LATE.

THE FATHER LATER WROTE THEY'D BEEN UNDER LOCKDOWN AND BUILDING MANAGERS REFUSED TO HELP BECAUSE HE HADN'T TAKEA COVID TEST. "IF MY SON HAD BEEN ABLE TO GO JUST A BIT SOONER TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE HIM." IN BEIJING, THE CITY'S MOST POPULATED DISTRICT SHUTTERED SHOPS AND ORDERED RESIDENTS TO QUARANTINE. >> IF THERE IS A POSITIVE CASE IN MY DORM, THEN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ESSENTIALLY EVERYBODY IN THIS DORM WOULD HAVE TO QUARANTINE. NICK: WE SPOKE TO AN AMERICAN STUDENT AT PICKING UNIVERSITY OUEST TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. LAST WEEK, STUDENTS STOCKPILED FOOD AS CAMPUS LOCKED DOWN. 14,000 STUDENTS TESTED POSITIVE. >> SCHOOL TOTALS -- THE SCHOOL TOLD US WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE CAMPUS FOR EMERGENCY REASONS. NICK: THEY ELIMINATED CONTACT TRACING FOR SECOND CONTACTS,

PHASED OUT ROUTINE MASS TESTING IN MANY SOURCES, AND INCREASED RESOURCES AT HOSPITALS AND INTENSIVE CARE UNITS. THOSE BABY STEPS REFLECT THE CONCERN AND IMPACT OF THE ZERO COVID ECONOMY ON SOCIETY. NICK: THIS PROFESSOR AT SETON HALL UNIVERSITY POINTS OUT ZERO COVID HAS SHUT DOWN FACTORIES, HELPING DEPRESS CHINA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH TO ITS SECOND LOWEST LEVEL IN 46 YEARS. LAST MONTH, WORKERS AT IPHONE MAKER FOXCONN WERE SO SCARED OF PENDING LOCKDOWN, THEY SCALED FENCES TO ESCAPE. APPLE SAID THAT DELAYED SHIPMENTS OF THE NEW IPHONE 14. BUT CHINESE OFFICIALS FEAR LIFTING RESTRICTIONS COULD LEAD TO THE DEATHS OF MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE. YANZHONG HUANG: THIS WORST CASE SCENARIO, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE UPSURGE OF CAS, RIGHT, OVERWHELMING THE

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, LEADING TO MASS DIE OFF. NICK: BUT ARE THOSE ESTIMATES, THAT WORST CASE SCENARIO, IS THAT REALISTIC? YANZHONG HUANG: THE LEADING PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, LIKE ZHANG WENHONG, LIKE CHINA'S DR. FAUCI, BASICALLY TELLING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS NOT SUCH A SEVERE DISEASE. NICK: AND SO DO YOU BELIEVE THAT XI JINPING'S DECISION NOT TO OPEN UP FURTHER IS NOT A MEDICAL ONE, BUT A POLITICAL ONE? YANZHONG HUANG: THIS POLICY, IT'S SO CLOSELY TIED TO PRESIDENT XI HIMSELF, RIGHT? ABANDONING IT IMMEDIATELY WOULD ALSO POTENTIALLY UNDERMINE HIS PERSONAL STATURE. NICK: XI JINPING HAS REWARDED PARTY OFFICIALS WHO ENFORCED STRICT VERSIONS OF ZERO COVID. SO EVEN AS BEIJING SAYS IT WANTS TO MINIMIZE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR -- MINIMIZE COVID.

YAQIU WANG: BEIJING IS SAYING THAT I STILL WANT ZERO-COVID, BUT YOU SHOULD DO IT IN A NICER WAY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. BUT STILL, ULTIMATELY, BEIJING WANTS ZERO-COVID. AND IT'S NOT A DEMOCRACY. SO THEY'RE NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE THEY ARE GOVERNING. SO MY LEADER TOLD ME TO CONTINUE TO INSTITUTE ZERO COVID POLICY AND I AM NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR MY ABUSES. SO THE ABUSE IS GOING TO CONTINUE. NICK: AND SO TOO WILL THE TENSION BETWEEN THE POWER AND THE PEOPLE, AS LONG AS BEIJING MAINTAINS ZERO COVID. FOR "THE PBS NEWSHOUR," I'M NICK SCHIFRIN. ♪ JUDY: THIS WEEK, MANY AMERICANS ARE PREPARING FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER, BUT FOOD PRICES ARE HIGH ON EVERYTHING FROMURKEY, TO STAPLES LIKE BUTTER AND FLOUR. THAT HAS LED TO A 20% INCREASE IN THE COST OF THE AVERAGE THANKSGIVING DINNER SINCE LAST

YEAR. STEPHANIE SY RECENTLY SPENT A DAY IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA FOLLOWING ONE FOOD BLOGGER MAKING HER HOLIDAY MEAL ON A BUDGET. JESSICA: IF I WANT TO USE A LOT OF ONIONS, I'M GOING TO SAVE MORE BY BUYING THE BAG. STEPHANIE: JUST DAYS BEFORE THANKSGIVING, FOOD BLOGGER JESSICA FISHER IS HUNGRY FOR DEALS. JESSICA: EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T USE ALL OF THEM, YOU COULD CHOP IT AND FREEZE WHAT'S LEFT. STEPHANIE: AND KNOWS HOW TO FIND THEM. >> AND THREE DOLLAR BLUEBERRIES. STEPHANIE: IT'S HER MISSION TO HELP FAMILIES ENJOY DELICIOUS MEALS ON A BUDGET. JESSICA: THE GENERIC IS ALWAYS GONNA BE CHEAPER, UNLESS YOU FIND A REALLY KILLER CLEARANCE SALE. YOU LOOK AT THE CANS, IN MANY CASES THEY'RE PACKAGED IN THE SAME MANUFACTURER. THEY JUST PUT A DIFFERENT LABEL ON THEM. STEPHANIE: YOU ARE PAYING A BUCK MORE FOR THE LABEL? JESSICA: RIGHT. STEPHANIE: SHE SAYS AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAYS, SHOP GENERIC BRAND ITEMS, AND SEEK OUT GROCERY STORES WITH COMPETITIVE PRICES. JESSICA: THESE ARE THE PERFECT COLORS. AND FOR $1.50, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL. STEPHANIE: ANOTHER TIP? CHECK THE CLEARANCE RACK FOR HIDDEN TREASURES LIKE OUT OF SEASON SPRINKLES. JESSICA: GO AHEAD AND PUT THE BEAKS ON.

>> ARE THOSE THE BEAKS? OK. STEPHANIE: BACK HOME, THE SPRINKLES WORK JUST FINE FOR HER SIGNATURE CINNAMON ROLL TURKEYS. HER DAUGHTERS CANA AND EDEN HELP MOM SHAPE THEM USING FROZEN DOUGH. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO HAVE THOSE CINNAMON ROLLS JUST SITTING IN THEIR FRIDGE. JESSICA: RIGHT, AND THEY GO ON SALE THIS TIME OF YEAR. YOU CAN FIND COUPONS AND YOU CAN ALSO JUST MAKE A HOMEMADE DOUGH FOR FAIRLY CHEAP TOO. STEPHANIE: FISHER SAYS HER MONEY-SAVING SYSTEM TAKES JUST A FEW SIMPLE STEPS, AND SOME PLANNING AHEAD FOR THANKSGIVING FAVORITES, LIKE STUFFING. USING CHEAPER DRIED HERBS AND STAYING ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DEALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON ITEMS WITH A LONGER SHELF LIFE CAN SAVE A FORTUNE. JESSICA: I BOUGHT THIS AFTER LAST THANKSGIVING FOR $.50, BECAUSE THEY HAD TOO MANY AND I WAS SURE TO CHECK THE PRICE. STEPHANIE: THAT IS GOOD UNTIL 2023. THIS IS THE CHEAPEST STUFFING EVER. OVERALL, GROCERY PRICES ARE UP OVER 12% FROM LAST YEAR. POULTRY PRICES, INCLUDING TURKEY

, ARE UP NEARLY 15%. THE COST OF STAPLES HAS GROWN DRAMATICALLY. BUTTER HAS RISEN NEARLY 27%, AND FLOUR NEARLY 25%. FISHER, A MOTHER OF SIX, STARTED HER GOOD CHEAP EATS FOOD BLOG IN 20 AFTER PAYING OFF $18,000 OF DEBT. SHE IS NOW THE AUTHOR OF THREE CASH-SAVING COOKBOOKS. SHE SAYS COOKING DELICIOUS MEALS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TOUGH ON YOUR BOTTOM LINE. JESSICA: GOOD CHEAP EATS IS ALL ABOUT REALIZING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SACRIFICE REALLY GREAT FLAVORS JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE AN UNLIMITED BUDGET. I CAN'T CONTROL THE MORTGAGE, I CAN'T CONTROL THE PRICE OF GAS, BUT I CAN CONTROL WHAT GOES IN MY GROCERY CART. STEPHANIE: IT'S A SKILL SHE THINKS IS AS USEFUL AS EVER AS INFLATION SQUEEZES MANY FAMILIES LIKE HERS. FISHER SAYS RULE NUMBER ONE IS SHOP YOUR KITCHEN BEFORE YOU SHOP THE STORE. JESSICA: IF I'M GOING TO MAKE A RELISH TRAY FOR THANKSGIVING, I'M GOING TO LOOK.

I COULD ADD ARTICHOKE HEARTS, I COULD DO PICKLES. LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST SEE, WHAT DO WE ALREADY HAVE BEFORE WE GO BUY MORE? STEPHANIE: RIGHT. BECAUSE PEOPLE FORGET WHAT'S STUFFED IN THE BACK THERE. JESSICA: RIGHT. STEPHANIE: EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS FOTHIS CLASSIC MIDWESTERN APPETIZER SHE ALREADY HAD. THAT SAVES MONEY, AND FISHER SAYS TIME IS MONEY TOO. JESSICA: I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS TRICK, BECAUSE WHEN I REALIZED I COULD DO THIS, I WAS LIKE, YES! STEPHANIE: HER TOP TURKEY DAY TIP IS PREPARING A STOCK BOX WITH THE VEGGIE SCRAPS WHILE PREPARING THE MAIN MEAL, SO THERE'S NO EXCUSE TO WASTE A GOOD TURKEY CARCASS AFTER THE GUESTS HAVE LEFT. JESSICA: THERE IS CELERY, BAY LEAF, PEPPERCORNS. STEPHANIE: WHAT THIS REALLY SAYS TO ME IS YOU'RE NOT WASTING ANYTHING. AND THAT IS A BIG PART OF BUDGETING. AFTER THROWING THE TURKEY BONES AND STOCK BOX CONTENT IN A SLOW COOKER, SHE CAN FORGET ABOUT IT FOR HOURS. BUT FREEZES THE STOCK TO USE

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. PLANNING FOR LEFTOVER MEALS IS ANOTHER GOOD CHEAP EATS TACTIC. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF FOOD LEFT OVER AFTER THANKSGIVING. HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T GO TO WASTE? JESSICA: PER THE USDA, PREPPED FOOD IS GOOD WHEN PROPERLY REFRIGERATED FOR UP TO FOUR DAYS. MAYBE YOU ARE NOT HAVING LEFTOVERS ALL THAT WEEKEND. YOU CAN PACKAGE TV DINNERS AND FREEZE IT. STEPHANIE: FISHER SAYS IF YOU'RE REALLY ON A TIGHBUDGET, KEEP YOUR HOLIDAY MEAL SIMPLE AND FOCUS ON FAMILY FAVORITES. YEARS AGO SHE REALIZED HER FAMILY ONLY REALLY EATS THE WHITE MEAT ON A TURKEY. NOW HUSBAND BRYAN PREPARES ONLY A TURKEY BREAST INSTEAD OF A WHOLE BIRD. A THANKSGIVING MEAL THAT'S TASTY AND GOBBLES UP LESS OF YOUR DOLLAR. THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR. LITTLE BIT OF CRANBERRY ON MY TURKEY AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF STUFFING. MMM.

FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, WITH A FULL STOMACH, I'M STEPHANIE SY IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ♪ JUDY: A RECORD NUMBER OF BLACK WOMEN RAN FOR OFFICE THIS YEAR FOR U.S. HOUSE, SENATE, AND GOVERNOR. AND WHILE SOME MADE HISTORY WITH THEIR WINS, BLACK WOMEN ARE STILL UNDER-REPRESENTED IN PUBLIC OFFICE. LISA DESJARDINS REPORTS. [APPLAUSE] LISA: IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME MAYOR-ELECT KAREN BASS HAS MADE HISTORY. MAYOR BASS: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WHAT A MORNING IT IS. LISA: FIRST ELECTED TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY IN 2004, SHE ENTERED AS THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN IN THE CHAMBER. SHE WENT ON TO BECOME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN SPEAKER IN ANY STATE HOUSE. AND 18 YEARS LATER, SHE BREAKS ANOTHER BARRIER AS THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED MAYOR OF LOS

ANGELES. MAYOR BASS: IT IS WITH A SPECIAL FEELING IN MY HEART AND WITH THE THOUGHTS OF MY MOTHER AND MY DAUGHTERS AND ALL OF THE WOMEN IN THIS CITY THAT I STAND BEFORE YOU IN THIS PLACE AS THE NEXT MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES. LISA: HER WIN IS A BRIGHT SPOT FOR BLACK WOMEN CANDIDATES IN A YEAR OF MIXED, AND FOR MANY, DISAPPOINTING RESULTS. AT THE CAPITOL, FIVE BLACK WOMEN, ALL DEMOCRATS, ENTER WHAT COULD BE THE MOST DIVERSE HOUSE EVER, INCLUDING MEMBER-ELECT SUMMER LEE OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO REPRESENT THAT STATE. REPUBLICANS, MEANWHILE, RAN THEIR MOST DIVERSE SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO DATE, BUT NO BLACK WOMEN WON THEIR RACES. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. LISA: IN THE SENATE, LOSSES FOR DEMOCRATS VAL DEMINGS IN FLORIDA AND CHERI BEASLEY IN NORTH CAROLINA MEAN THE CHAMBER REMAINS WITHOUT A SINGLE BLACK FEMALE SENATOR. ONLY TWO HAVE EVER SERVED THERE. MS. ABRAMS: I GOT INTO THIS RACE FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY -- TO FIGHT. AND NOT JUST ANY FIGHT, A FIGHT

TO SAVE GEORGIA. LISA: AND STACEY ABRAMS' DEFEAT IN GEORGIA LEAVES ONE GLASS CEILING INTACT. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BLACK WOMAN GOVERNOR IN ANY STATE. MS. ABRAMS: I KNOW THE RESULTS ARE NOT WHAT WE HOPED FOR TONIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE HURTING AND YOU ARE DISAPPOINTED. I AM TOO. WE MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT TO THE FINISH LINE, BUT WE RAN THAT RACE. LISA: A DISHEARTENING OUTCOME FOR A GROUP THAT VOTES IN HIGH NUMBERS, STILL WAITING FOR EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN POLITICS. JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS IS NADIA BROWN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES PROGRAM AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. A BIG YEAR FOR BLACK WOMEN, WINS AND LOSSES, BUT WHY DO YOU THINK THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT YEAR? NADIA: BECAUSE BLACK WOMEN CONTINUE TO RUN FOR ELECTED OFFICE BUT NOT WIN ALL THE TIME. BECAUSE BLACK WOMEN ARE A STEADFAST VOTING BLOCK AND BLACK WOMEN HAVE BEEN FORCING THEMSELVES TO BE HEARD IN AMERICAN POLITICS.

WE SEE THIS WITH GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT WE ARE NOT ALWAYS SEEING THEM END UP IN THE POSITIONS THEY RAN FOR. BIG PICTURE, THESE WOMEN ARE THE STALWARTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY BUT DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE PAYOUTS. LISA: DOING THE WORK BUT NOT ALWAYS GOING INTO OFFICE. DOING OUR RESEARCH, NOTICED SOMETHING ABOUT THIS YEAR'S ELECTION. LET'S LOOK AT IT. 27 BLACK WOMEN IN THE U.S. HOUSE, THAT IS A RECORD, BUT ZERO IN THE U.S. SENATE, ZERO IN GOVERNOR'S MANSIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHY IN PARTICULAR DO YOU THINK WE SEE THIS CEILING, SOME CALL IT A CONCRETE CEILING, FOR ATEWIDE OFFICES FOR BLACK WOMEN? NADIA: THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SENATE ARE STATEWIDE, MEANING YOU HAVE TO BE ELECTED WITH THE PLURALITIN THE STATE TO WIN. BLACK WOMEN DO A MUCH BETTER JOB WINNING IN SMALLER LOCATIONS. IF THEY ARE REPRESENTING A SMALLER DISTRICT RATHER THAN THE ENTIRE STATE.

MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT SOMETIMES VOTERS IN THE MEDIA HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF BLACK WOMEN CANDIDATES, THAT THEY CAN ONLY DO NICHE THINGS, THEY ARE ONLY EXPERTS IN SMALLER ISSUES, AROUND BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH, OR ISSUES AFFECTING WOMEN, NOT BIG ISSUES LIKE IMMIGRATION. THEY ARE WEEDED OUT OF THESE BIG ROLES BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SEEN IN THAT LIGHT. LISA: HOW MUCH OF THIS DO YOU THINK IS SYSTEMIC? I READ ONE DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST IN GEORGIA SAID STACEY ABRAMS NEEDS TO OWN SOME OF HER LOSS, THAT SHE DID NOT SPEND ENOUGH TIME IN THE STATE. HOW MUCH OF IT IS SYSTEMIC AND HOW MUCH IS CANDIDATES? NADIA: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BECAUSE THIS YEAR THERE WERE REALLY GREAT CANDIDATES. THIS IS A DIFFERENT QUESTION WHERE WE CAN NITPICK ON WHAT CANDIDATES COULD'VE DONE BETTER. BUT THESE WERE QUALITY CANDIDATES ALL AROUND. THE SECOND PART, YES, WE HAVE TO OWN THE FACT THAT THE UNITED

STATES IS STILL A RACIST, SEXIST CULTURE WHERE WOMEN ARE HELD TO HIGHER STANDARDS AND NOT PERCEIVED TO BE AS CAPABLE LEADERS. THERE'S ALSO BIGGER ISSUES AROUND DONATIONS, WHO IS SEEN BY POLITICAL PARTIES AS VIABLE CANDIDATES. THERE ARE MESSAGING ISSUES, WHICH THE MEDIA WANTS TO TRY TO HAMSTRING WOMEN BY SAYING THESE ARE ISSUES WE COME TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT AS EXPERTS AND OTHERS THAT WERE NOT. LISA: FAMILY, NOT THE ECONOMY. NADIA: RIGHT. OR FEMINIZED ISSUES, NOT THESE MASCULINIZED ISSUES. OR RACIALIZED ISSUES. I'M GOING TO TALK TO ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS, NOT SOMETHING SEEN AS MORE UNIVERSAL, MAYBE TAX POLICY. BUT THINGS THAT AFFECT BLACK WOMEN, THEY SHOULD BE EXPERTS ON TALKING ABOUT, BUT THEY DON'T GET FRAMED AS SUCH. LISA: WE MENTIONED REPUBLICANS HAD THIS RECORD YEAR, THOUGH NONE OF THEIR CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS WON THAT WERE BLACK WOMEN. YOUR WORK FOCUSES ON DEMOCRATS. WE WOULD DO YOU SEE THE LANDSCAPE FOR BLACK WOMEN

WHO ASPIRE TO LEAD IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RIGHT NOW? NADIA: THE WOMEN I SPEAK WITH IN MY RESEARCH HAVE HURT FEELINGS AROUND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND SOME OF THAT IS JUST LISTENING TO THEM AND BELIEVING THEM. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. THEY ARE THE BEST PEOPLE TO SPEAK ABOUT POLICIES AND ISSUES AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A PROXY PERSON WHO MAY BE PROGRESSIVE BUT DOESN'T SHARE THEIR BACKGROUND, CULTURE OR UNDERSTANDING. THE SECOND IS THERE HAS TO BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF CONSIDERATION AROUND HOW THE PARTY SUPPORTS CANDIDATES. IF THE PARTY WERE TO GET INVOLVED IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS, WHERE KNOW FOR A LOT OF LACK WOMEN, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN MAJORITY-MINORITY DISTRICTS, THAT'S WHERE THE RACE IS. NOT THE GENERAL. SO PUTTING MONEY INTO THE PRIMARY IS WHERE WE CAN SEE WOMEN WITH MUCH MORE OF A CHANCE. THE OTHER THING IS BEING TOLD TO WAIT THEIR TURN. THERE IS A HIERARCHY OF WAIT YOUR TURN. THIS PERSON IS NEXT AND THEN MAYBE YOU, WHO MIGHT BE 30 OR 4420, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET PAST THE 60-YEAR-OLDS FOR YOUR TURN. LISA: I AM SORRY TO ASK THIS IN

SUCH A BRIEF WAY, BUT WHY DOES IT MATTER IF BLACK WOMEN ARE REPRESENTED LEE? -- REPRESENTED EQUALLY? NADIA: IF SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT AT THE TABLE, WE DON'T GET THE FULLNESS OF THEIR VIEWS, AND HOW POLITICS AND POLICIES MIGHT BE HURTING THEM. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WHEN LACK BLACK WOMEN ARE LEFT OUT, THERE ARE WELL-INTENTIONED POLICIES THAT SEE THEM AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. WHERE DO MINORITY WOMEN GO? DO THEY APPLY AS A WOMAN, AS A RACIALIZED MINORITY? BLACK WOMEN CAME TO THE TABLE AND SAID THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE . IT WAS A WELL-INTENTIONED POLICY. THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING GREAT POLICY WIS BUT THEY WERE LEAVING OUT MINORITY WOMEN, AND IT'S HAVING THOSE

VOICES AT THE TABLE SAYING WAIT A MINUTE, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE. IT IS NOT JUST BLACK WOMEN, BUT EVERYONE NEEDS A SEAT AT THE TABLE. THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES ARE UP, AND WE DO NOT KNOW THEY ARE THERE IF THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THOSE ARE AT THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT. LISA: NADIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NADIA: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. ♪ JUDY: WE RETURN TO OUR ONGOING COVERAGE OF AMERICA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE, AND THE LINGERING CONSEQUENCES OF BEING INCARCERATED. IN SOME STATE STATES, JUVENILES ARE AUTOMATICALLY CHARGED IN ADULT COURT FOR CERTAIN SERIOUS CRIMES, A PRACTICE KNOWN AS DIRECT FILE. WILLIAM BRANGHAM REPORTS FROM PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE THERE IS A PUSH TO CHANGE THAT PRACTICE AND TRY TO PREVENT CHILDREN FROM ENDING UP WITH ADULT RECORDS. >> ♪ MAMA TRIED TO SAVE ME BUT CAN'T NOBODY SAVE ME, NO ♪ WILLIAM: ANDRE SIMMS PERFORMS

UNDER THE NAME DAYONENOTDAYTWO. ANDRE: THINK ABOUT YOUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL OR YOUR FIRST DAY OF WORK, YOU ARE TRYING TO SHOW UP AND YOU'RE IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. AND SO WHAT IF WE COULD PRESERVE THAT DAY-ONE ENERGY? WILLIAM: IT'S A POSITIVE MESSAGE FROM A 26-YEAR-OLD WHO IS JUST NOW STARTING HIS LIFE OVER ON THE OUTSIDE. ANDRE: AT 17, I WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND I ENDED UP SPENDING EIGHT YEARS IN AN ADULT FACILITY AND AN ADULT PRISON. I WAS DIRECTLY FILED IN ADULT COURT AS OPPOSED TO GOING THROUGH FAMILY COURT OR GOING THROUGH THE JUVENILE PROCESS. WILLIAM: MEANING THE SYSTEM SAYS THIS IS A SERIOUS ENOUGH CRIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT A YOUNG OFFENDER IN WITH ADULTS. ANDRE: ABSOLUTELY. WILLIAM: AS A MINOR, SIMMS WAS SEPARATED FROM ADULT INMATES, BUT THAT MEANT BEING HELD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. ANDRE: IMAGINE BEING LOCKED IN YOUR BATHROOM. NO PHONE, NO TV, NOBODY TO TALK TO.

THAT IS YOUR EXISTENCE. YOU TRY TO KEEP YOURSELF BUSY, TRY TO WORK OUT, REA DO SOMETHING. BUT A LOT OF TIMES YOU ARE IN YOUR OWN THOUGHTS, IN YOUR HEAD. I EXPERIENCED VERY INTENSE DEPRESSION, RY INTENSE ANXIETY. IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, I NTED TO HARM MYSELF. WILLIAM: WHEN YOUTHS ARE CHARGED AS ADULTS AND HELD IN ADULT FACILITIES, RESEARCH SHOWS THEY ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM SUICIDE, AND AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED. AND WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY DO GET OUT, THEY'RE LEFT WITH AN ADULT RECORD -- AND ALL OF THE CONSEQUENCES THAT COME WITH THAT. ANDRE: BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS FELONY ON YOUR RECORD, YOU CAN'T GO BACK TO CERTAIN SCHOOLS. YOU CAN'T GO GET THE EDUCATION TO BETTER YOURSELF TO GET THE JOB THAT'S GOING TO GET YOU THE PROPERTY. AND SO THAT CREATES THIS CYCLE OF THESE BARRIERS AT EVERY STEP. AND IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO GO TO THESE PRISONS GO BACK TO CRIME OR GO BACK TO CAUSING HARM. WILLIAM: THE JUVENILE JUSTICE

SYSTEM WAS CREATED IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT KIDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN ADULTS AND THEY SHOU BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY, AND ON THE BELIEF THAT A MISTAKE MADE WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG SHOULD NOT DICTATE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. BUT IN THE 1980'S AND 1990'S, A SPIKE IN VIOLENT CRIME CHALLENGED THAT IDEA, AND TALK TURNED AWAY FROM REHABILITATING YOUNG PEOPLE TO PUNISHING THEM HARSHLY, A POINT INFAMOUSLY MADE BY THEN FIRST LADY HILLARY CLINTON. MS. CLINTON: THEY ARE NOT JUST GANGS OF KIDS ANYMORE. THEY ARE OFTEN THE KINDS OF KIDS THAT ARE CALLED SUPER PREDATORS. NO CONSCIENCE, NO EMPATHY. WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THEY ENDED UP THAT WAY BUT FIRST WE HAVE TO BRING THEM TO HEAL. MALIK: THERE WAS A RACIST UNDERTONE FOR THAT SENSATIONALIZED NARRATIVE ABOUT THE SUPERPREDATOR. WILLIAM: MALIK PICKETT IS A STAFF ATTORNEY WITH THE JUVENILE LAW CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA, A NONPROFIT LAW FIRM FOCUSED ON THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. MALIK: THE SUPERPREDATOR MYTH POSITED THAT THERE WAS A WAVE OF REALLY DANGEROUS YOUTH THAT WERE

COMMITTING REALLY SERIOUS OFFENSES WHO NEEDED TO DO TIME FOR THE CRIMES THEY WERE COMMITTING. WILLIAM: IN 1995, THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE PASSED A LAW THAT DIRECTED PROSECUTORS TO DIRECTLY FILE CHARGES AGAINST YOUNG PEOPLE 15 AND OVER IN ADULT COURT, IF THEY COMMIT TED PARTICULAR VIOLENT FELONIES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE REPEAT OFFENDERS OR USED A DEADLY WEAPON. MALIK: PENNSYLVANIA WAS WAS NOT UNIQUE IN THIS MATTER. THERE WERE A LITANY OF STATES THAT WERE KIND OF ENACTING A LOT OF SIMILAR POLICIES. THERE HAS RECENTLY BEEN A MOVEMENT TO KIND OF DRAW BACK SOME OF THOSE POLICIES AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOUTH ARE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISTINCT FROM FROM ADULTS. SEN. BARTOLOTTA: YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE UNTIL YOU'RE 18. YOU CAN'T DRINK UNTIL YOU'RE 21, BUT A YOUNG PERSON WHO COMMITS CRIMES THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. WILLIAM: REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR CAMERA BARTOLOTTA CO-CHAIRS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM CAUCUS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. IN MAY, SHE INTRODUCED A BILL

THAT WOULD END DIRECT FILE IN THE STATE. SEN. BARTOLOTTA:NE OF THE WORST THINGS THAT HAPPENS WHEN ANYONE HAS BEEN INCARCERATED, ESPECIALLY A YOUNG PERSON, THEY WILL FACE AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME. WILLIAM: ENDING DIRECT FILE WAS ONE OF MORE THAN 30 RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY A BIPARTISAN JUVENILE JUSTICE TASK FORCE LAST YEAR. ONE OF ITS KEY FINDINGS WAS THE LARGE RACIAL DISPARITIES IN WHICH YOUTH ARE CHARGED AS ADULTS. BLACK MALE YOUTHS MAKE UP 7% OF THE STATE'S YOUTH POPULATION, BUT ACCOUNT FOR 56% OF MINORS CONVICTED AS ADULTS. THE TASKFORCE ALSO DETAILED HOW KIDS WHO ARE CHARGED AS ADULTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO REOFFEND, COMPARED TO THOSE KEPT WITHIN THE JUVENILE SYSTEM. SEN. BARTOLOTTA: WE'RE DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO IF WE WANT TO CURTAIL CRIME AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF OUR YOUTHE ''REAYTH SG INAR JUVENILE COURT FIRST. AND IF THAT JUSTICE FEELS THE

NEED TO MOVE IT UP TO ADULT COURT, THAT IS THEIR PREROGATIVE. WILLIAM: DESPITE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, BARTOLOTTA'S BILL TO END DIRECT FILE HAS NOT PASSED THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. ONE KEY REASON IS THE OPPOSITION OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS LIKE JACK STOLLSTEIMER, A DEMOCRAT IN DELAWARE COUNTY, JUST OUTSIDE PHILADELPHIA. JACK: I THINK THIS IS THE WRONG TIME FOR THIS QUESTION TO EVEN BE ON THE TABLE, WHICH IS WHY YOU DON'T SEE THE LEGISLATURE MOVING. WILLIAM: PHILADELPHIA IN PARTICULAR HAS SEEN SHOOTINGS INCREASE BY NEARLY 80 PERCENT SINCE 2019, INCLUDING SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE ONES INVOLVING TEENAGERS, LIKE THE SHOOTING IN SEPTEMBER AFTER A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE THAT LEFT A 14-YEAR-OLD DEAD AND FOUR OTHER TEENAGERS WOUNDED. JACK: I THINK THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 15 WHEN THEY'RE COMMITTING RAPE, WHEN THEY'RE COMMITTING MURDER, WHEN

THEY'RE COMMITTING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, THEY'RE DOING IT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. I THINK WE HAVE TO START BY SAYING YOU HAVE NOW LOST -- YOU'VE JETTISONED YOUR ABILITY TO START IN THE JUVENILE SYSTEM. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO, WHETHER IN THE ADULT SYSTEM OR IN THE JUVENILE SYSTEM, IS FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THAT CHILD, BALANCED BY WHAT'S BEST FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THE COMMUNITY HAS A RIGHT TO BE SAFE FROM THAT CHILD AS WELL. WILLIAM: BUT FOR YOUTH IN PENNSYLVANIA, ADULT COURT IS NOT JUST FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITTED SERIOUS CRIMES. DIRECT FILE MEANS YOUTHS ARE PLACED IN THE ADULT COURT SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF CHARGING WHEN THEY HAVE SIMPLY BEEN ACCUSED OF A SERIOUS CRIME, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THEN 16-YEAR OLD DAVID HARRINGTON IN 2014. DAVID: A ROBBERY HAD OCCURRED IN THE AREA, AND ME AND MY FRIEND WERE WALKING, CAME UP 10 MINUTES AFTER THE ROBBERY. DETECTIVES, THEY JUST WERE STOPPING ANYONE. MY FRIEND HAD A FIREARM ON THEM AT THAT TIME. WILLIAM: SO 16 YEAR OLD YOU GETS ARRESTED FOR A CRIME THAT YOU SAY YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH. DAVID: HAD NO PART IN.

WILLIAM: AND HOW LONG WERE YOU LOCKED UP? DAVID: I WAS OUT OF EIGHT MONTHS ON STATE ROAD. WILLIAM: HARRINGTON COULDN'T AFFORD A BOND FOR HIS QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR BAIL, SO BEFORE HE WAS EVEN TRIED, HE SPENT MOST OF WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL IN AN ADULT JAIL. IT TOOK A JUDGE JUST MINUTES TO DECERTIFY, OR SEND HIS CASE BACK TO THE JUVENILE SYSTEM. DAVID: THE JUDGES SAID WHY IS THIS CASE IN MY COURTROOM? HE SAID, WHY IS THIS BOY HERE, SEND HIM TO JUVENILE. WILLIAM: WHICH IS WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED ALL ALONG. DAVID: IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME. SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE IN A JUVENI SYSTEM, FIRST FIGHT IN MY CASE. WILLIAM: IN FACT, NEARLY 60 PERCENT OF CASES IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE YOUTHS ARE CHARGED AS ADULTS, ARE DISMISSED, WITHDRAWN, OR END UP IN JUVENILE COURT, ACCORDING TO THE STATE'S JUVENILE JUSTICE TASK FORCE. DAVID HARRINGTON WAS FOUND TO BE DELINQUENT, OR RESPONSIBLE IN THE ROBBERY BY A JUVENILE JUDGE, PLACED ON HOUSE ARREST, AND REQUIRED TO PAY RESTITUTION. IT TOOK YEARS TO EXPUNGE HIS ADULT CRIMINAL ARREST.

DAVID: HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT TODAY'S SESSION? WILLIAM: TODAY, HARRINGTON IS AN ORGANIZER WITH THE YOUTH ART & SELF EMPOWERMENT PROJECT, OR YASP, IN PHILADELPHIA. IT RUNS ART AND POETRY WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED, AND HELPS PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES. ANDRE: PREPARE WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY. WILLIAM: ANDRE SIMMS IS ALSO AN ORGANIZER AT YASP, WHICH IS ALSO ONE OF SEVERAL GROUPS AROUND THE STATE PUSHING TO END DIRECT FILE. ANDRE: THERE A SO MANY BARRIERS WHEN YOU'RE RETURNING FROM BEING INCARCERATED. I AM THE EXCEPTION. THE MAJORITY OF YOUNG BLACK MEN WHO'VE BEEN THROUGH THE SYSTEM ARE STILL IN THIS SYSTEM, IT'S , I'M WILLIAM BRANGHAM IN PHILADELPHIA. ♪ JUDY: ONE DAY IN THE LIVES OF THREE WOMEN, FROM THREE

DIFFERENT TIMES AND PLACES, BROUGHT TOGETH ONSTAGE THROUGH THE MAGIC OF OPERA. "THE HOURS" IS A NEW WORK OPENING TONIGHT ON ONE OF THE WOR'S BIGGEST STAGES -- THE METROPOLITAN OPERA IN NEW YORK. JEFFREY BROWN REPORTS FOR OUR ARTS AND CULTURE SERIES, CANVAS. ? JEFFREY: THE REAL-LIFE ENGLISH ♪ JEFFREY: THE REAL-LIFE ENGLISH WRITER VIRGINIA WOOLF IN 1923 IN A SUBURB OF LONDON. SUNG BY JOYCE DIDONATO, SHE FIGHTS THE DEMONS IN HER HEAD AS SHE STRUGGLES WITH AN IDEA FOR A NOVEL. ♪ LAURA BROWN, SUNG BY KELLI O'HARA -- A FICTIONAL HOUSEWIFE IN 1949 LOS ANGELES, BARELY SURVIVING A SENSE OF MEANINGLESSNESS TO HER LIFE. ♪ AND CLARISSA WARD, IN NEW YORK CITY AT THE ENOF THE 20TH CENTURY, ON A DAY HER DEAR FRIEND, DYING OF AIDS, WILL TAKE HIS LIFE, AND SHE WILL CONTEMPLATE THE COURSE OF HER OWN.

SUNG BY SOPRANO RENEE FLEMING. RENEE: YOU'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLY INTERESTING STORY ABOUT THREE WOMEN FROM DIFFERENT PERIODS AND THEIR COMPLICATED LIVES, THEIR SEXUALITY, THEIR -- THERE'S SUICIDE, THERE'S MENTAL HEALTH, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN IT. AND OPERA CAN DO THIS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM, KIND OF TAKING THREE DIFFERENT PERIODS AND PUTTING THEM TOGETHER, BECAUSE IT'S THE MUSIC THAT CONNECTS EVERYTHING. JEFFREY: THE MUSIC IS BY 50 YEAR OLD KEVIN PUTS. AND DAYS BEFORE OPENING HE WAS INTENTLY WATCHING AND LISTENING AT A REHEARSAL. THIS IS HIS FOURTH OPERA. THE FIRST, "SILENT NIGHT," WON THE 2012 PULITZER PRIZE. IN "THE HOURS," HE WORKED WITH LIBRETTIST GREG PIERCE TO ADAPT THE 1998 NOVEL BY MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM, ALSO A PULITZER WINNER, WHICH WAS MADE INTO A STAR-STUDDED FILM FOUR YEARS LATER BY DIRECTOR STEPHEN DALDRY, AND WHICH ITSELF WAS INSPIRED BY VIRGINIA WOOLF'S

CLASSIC 1925 NOVEL, MRS. DALLOWAY. >> ♪ A WOMAN WHO'S CAPABLE ♪ JEFFREY: FOR LOVERS OF DIFFERENT ART FORMS -- NOVELS, FILMS, OPERAS -- IT OFFERS A WAY INTO THINKING ABOUT WHAT EACH CAN DO. TWO CHARACTERS FROM DIFFERENT TIMES CAN SHARE THE STAGE AND SING WITH, ALMOST TO, ONE ANOTHER. ♪ FOR PUTS, WHO'S COMPOSED EVERYTHING FROM SOLO TO ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AS WELL, IT TAPS INTO HIS LOVE OF LARGE-SCALE STORYTELLING. KEVIN: I LOVE STORYTELLING IN MUSIC. I LOVE EVOKING CERTAIN THINGS, EMOTIONS, SITUATIONS, THROUGH MUSIC. I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF MOST

AMAZING THING THAT MUSIC CAN DO. TO FIRST INTRODUCE THE THREE STORIES OF "THE HOURS" AND SORT OF ESTABLISH DIFFERENT MUSIC FOR EACH OF THOSE, AND THEN GRADUALLY BEGIN TO BLUR THE LINES BETWEEN THEM AND THEM OVERLAP IN A WAY THAT ONLY MUSIC CAN. YANNICK: BRINGING NEW OPERA IS MY PASSION. JEFFREY: MET OPERA CONDUCTOR YANNICK NEZAT-SEGUIN SAYS HE LOVES THE COLLABORATIVE ASPECT OF OPERA, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE CAN WORK WITH A LIVING COMPOSER. YANNICK: WE PLAY SO NY DEAD ONES. [LAUGHTER] WE PLAY SO MANY MOZART AND SO MANY VERDI OPERAS AND SO MANY WAGONER OPERAS. JEFFREY: YOU'RE NOT KNOCKING MOZART AND VERDI ARE YOU? YANNICK: NO, I LOVE THEM. BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW YOU WISH THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS AND SAY IN REHEARSAL, WHY DID THEY WRITE THIS? I HAVE TO MAKE A JOKE, ONE DAY I'M GOING TO ASK VERDI, IS IT IN HEAVEN OR IN HELL, I DON'T KNOW BUT I'M GOING TO ASK VERDI WHAT HE MEANS. HOPEFULLY NOT TOO SOON. NOW WE HAVE KEVIN PUTS, WE HAVE GREG PIERCE. THEY'RE HERE. AND WE'RE REMINDED HOW THE MUSIC THAT'S WRITTEN, ESPECIALLY IN OPERA, IS A LIVING ELEMENT. JEFFREY: OPERA AS A LIVING ART FORM, AND ONE THAT CAN ENGAGE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES.

RENEE: EVERY TIME I WORK ON A NEW PIECE WITH A COMPOSER, I SAY, LISTEN, I WANT TO SING WORDS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO ME IN MY LIFE, THAT SOUND LIKE I COULD BE SINGING THEM AND SHOULD BE SINGING THEM. JEFFREY: YOU, RENEE FLEMING. RENEE: THAT'S RIGHT. AT THIS AGE OF MY LIFE I WANT TO SING SOMETHING THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME. JEFFREY: IN "THE HOURS," RENEE SAW IT -- A STORY OF WOMEN AS ARTISTS, FRIENDS, LOVERS, MOTHERS. HERE, IT'S THE SMALLEST PIECES DAILY LIFE -- BUYING FLOWERS, FOR EXAMPLE -- THAT SOMEHOW RAISE THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE ITSELF. UNDERLYING ALL OF THIS, THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE REAL VIRGINIA WOOLF WOULD TAKE HER OWN LIFE IN 1941 AT AGE 59. RENEE: EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO'S IN THIS OPERA HAS A REALLY INTERESTING ROLE AND A TALE TO TELL. THE STORIES ARE RELEVANT. WE'RE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IS, IN THE WORLD ACTUALLY, THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED, CERTAINLY IN MY

LIFETIME. I FEAR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S HITTING THEM SO HARD. YANNICK: IF THE AUDIENCE RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES ON STAGE, THEY'RE GOING TO RELATE TO THE STORY. I BELIEVE THAT THIS THEN CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE OPERA, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN OUR SEATS, BUT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THE MISSION OF OPERA, THAT IS TO CONVEY THOSE MESSAGES AND COLLECTIVELY HAVE A CATHARTIC EXPERIENCE THAT CAN GIVE US HOPE. JEFFREY: KEVIN PUTS, WHO ALSO THE POSSIBILITIES OF OPERA IS ATTRACTING A NEW GENERATION OF COMPOSERS. KEVIN: THE FACT THAT SO MUCH NEW OPERA IS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY, NOT ONLY AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, BUT IN COMPANIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY -- MY STUDENTS ALL WANT TO COMPOSE OPERAS. WHEN I WAS A STUDENT, I HAD NO INTEREST IN DOING THAT, BECAUSE I THOUGHT, WELL, WHO'S GOING TO PERFORM IT? YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'LL WRITE AN ORCHESTRA PIECE AND TRY TO GET AN ORCHESTRA, EVEN THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT. BUT THESE DAYS IT'S A REAL

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AND FROM THE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY.] >> ♪ Pati, voice-over: Nuevo León

is a treasure chest of culinary magic, but you need to know where to look. And if there's somne who knows, it is Hugo Guajardo. The white flower, that's the one that you can eat. Pati, voice-over: Today, I'm spending the day with Hugo, owner of El Jonuco restaurant, to learn how he's finding traditional ingredients all over Nuevo León and turning them into irresistible dishes. [Coughing] Whoa. It's strong stuff. Pati, voice-over: First up is his go-to place for the best carne seca in the state. Pati: So, this is dried and salted. This has been the way of preserving meat since forever. You ready for the sauce? Pati, voice-over: Then I'm invited to his home to learn how he makes his most popular dish--black chicken. This is, like, your alchemist's lab, norteño dream. Wow.