PBS NewsHour; September 14, 2020, 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT

- ♪ - JUDY: GOOD EVENING, I'M JUDY - WOODRUFF - TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JOE - BIDEN FIND ANOTHER DIVIDING - LINE. - THEN, WE ARE ON THE GROUND IN - OREGON AS THE LDFIRES ARE - RAGING, TAKING LIVES AND FORCING - THOUSANDS FROM THEIROMES. - AND COVID IN A WAR ZONE. - HOW THE PANDEMIC IS MAKING A - DIRE SITUATION WORSE IN SYRIA. - VERY DIRE.UATION IN THE - EVEN WITH MASKS, CLEANING - SUPPLIES, WITH THIS CORONAVIRUS - WE HAD KIDS VERY CLOSE TO EACH - OTHER. - IT IS A CLLME HOW WE ARE - LIVING SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. - JUDY: ALL THAT AND MORE ON - ♪ONIGHT'S "PBS NEWSHOUR." - >>HE MAJOR FUNDING FOR TBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY --

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- BROADCASTING AND BYIC - WENTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIE LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - JUDY: WILDFIRES ARE THREATENINGI - MORE OF THE PA NORTHWEST - AN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT, - AS DRY, WINDY CONDITIONS RETURN - IN PLACES. - SO H FAR, AT LEAST 35 PEOPE - DIED AND THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN - FORCED TO FLEE. - HA A DOZEN SMALL TOWNS HAVE - BURNED AND DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWED - OREGON TURD TO AOODS IN SOUTHERN - STREETS WERE STAINED RED BY FIRE - RETARDANT. - A LOOK AT THE SITUATION IN - OREGON LATER IN THE PROGRAM. - THE WILDFIRES EXPOSED TWOT - STARKLY DIFFEROINTS OF VIEW - ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. - LISA DEEG CHARDINS OUR - COVERAGE WITH A LOOK AT HOW - DIVIDE ON CLIMATE . JOE BIDEN - LISA: IN CALIFORNIA, PRESIDENT - TRUMP ARRIVEDO ASSESS A - SWEEPING DISASTER, THE LATEST - ROUND OF WILDFIRES SCORCHING THE

- WESTERN U.S. - HE MET WITH OFFICIALS NEAR - SACRAMENTO. - >> WEOANT T THANK THESE - INCREDIBLE PEOPLE. - LISA: CRITICS HAVE SAID THE - PRESIDENT SHOU HAVE PAID MORE - ATTENTION TO THE FIRES, WHICH - STARTED LAST MTH. - AT THE LEAST, HIS APPROACH HAS - REVEALED A CHA IN - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY WITH HIS - DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT JOE BIDEN. - WHILE SCIENTISTS INCREASINGLY - RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT CLIMATE - CHANGE DRIVING MORE EXTREME - WEATHER, THE PRESIDENT HAS - BLAMED FOR -- POOR FOREST - MANAGEMENT. - NEARLY 60% OF CALIFORNIA'DE - FORESTS ARE LLY MANAGED. - IN AN EXCHANGE WITH THE STATE'S - NATURAL RESOURCES SECRETARY, THE - PRESIDENT BLUNTLY DENIED - SCIENCE. - >> WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU TO - REALLY RECOGNIZE THE CHANGING - CLIMATE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR - FORESTS AND WORK TOGETHER WITH - THAT SCIENCE. - THAT SCIENCE IS GOING TO BE KEY. - IF WE IGNORE THAT SCIENCE AND - PUT OUR HEAD IN THE SANDND - THINK IT IS ALL ABOUT VEGETATION - MANAGEMENT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO - SUCCEED TOGETHER PROIACTING

- CALIFO. - >> IT WILL START GETTING COOLER. - YOU JUST WATCH. - >> WISH SCIENCE AGREED WITH - YOU. - >' I DON' THINK SCIENCE KNOWS, - ACTUALLY. - >> THIS WELL IN WILNGTON, - DELAWARE, TODAY FORMER VICE - PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS - EXPLICIT. - >> THE UNRELENTING IMPACT OF - CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS EVERY - SINGLE SOLITARY ONE OF US. - IF YOU GIVE A CLIMATE ARSONIST - FOUR MORE YEARS IN THE WHITE - HOUSE, WHY WOULD ANYBODY BE - SURPRISED IF WE HAVE MORE - AMERICA ABLAZE? - LISA: ANOTHER NTRAST FROM - BIDEN, THE ONE WITHOUT WORDS. - AS HE DOES REGARLY, BIDEN WORE - AISASK WHEN HE ANDIFE WENT - TO VOTE IN A STATE I MARRY. - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS RESUMED - HOLDING LARGE-SCALE RALLIES, - INCLUDING ONE LAST NIGHT NEAR - LAS VEGAS. - THOUSANDS PACKED INTO A - WAREHOUSE INDOORS, VIOLATING - NEVADA STATE GUIDELINES BANNING - GATHERINGS OVER 50 PEOPLE. - WHILE THOSE BEHIND THE PRESIDENT

- NO BROADCAST NETWORK SETNOT.HE - REPORTERS INSIDE OUT OF HEALTH - CONCERNS, ACCORDING TO CNN. - THE PRESIDENT DOUBLED DOWN ON - HIS REOPENING PUSH. - >>TT WE ARE NOT SG DOWN OUR - COUNTRY. - AHUTDOWN WILL DESTROY THE - LIVES AND DREAMS OF TENS OF - MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. - LISA: BEFORE THE RALLY, NEVADA'S - THECRATIC GOVERNOR TWEETED - PRESIDENT WAS "TAKING RECKLESS - AND SELFISH ACTIONS THAT ARECO - PUTTINTLESS LIVES IN - DANGER." - PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID SUNDAY HE - DID NOT THINK HE WAS BOUND BY - THE STATE'S RULES. - TODAY, VICE PRESIDENE HELD - AN INDOOR RALLY IN WISCONSIN, - WHERE CASES OF COVID-19 HAVE - BEEN PICKING UP. - AS HE DRAWS CROWDS, THE - PRESIDENT IS ALSO LOOKING TO - TARGET HIS CAMPAIGN INCLUDING TK - LATINO VOTERS, THIS WEEKEND - WITH THIS ROUNDTABLE IN LAS - VEGAS. - IT IS A VITAL GROUP FOR BOTH - CAMPAIGNS AND IN KEY STATES LIKE - FLORIDA, WHERE POLLS SHOW BIDEN

- IS SLIPPING WITH LATINO VOTERS. - FLORIDA IS WILL BILLIONAIRE - A DIFFERENCE, PLEDGING TO SPEND - $100 MILLION TO AID BIDEN THERE. - BIDEN HEADS TO THE SUNSHINE - STATE TOMORROW WITH EVENTS -- - FOR EVENTS WITH VETERANS AND - HISPANIC VOTERS. - ♪ - WE WILL RETURN TO JUDY WOODRUFFH - AFTER THE LATEST HEADLINES. - THE U.S. GULF COAST BATTENED - DOWN FOR HURRICANE SALLY'S - ARRIVAL, NOW I CATEGORY 2 - HURRICANE EXPECTED TO HIT EAST - OF NEW ORLEANS WITH UP TO TWO - FEET OF RAIN. - ANOTHER HURRICANE STRUCK BERMUDA - TODAY, KNOCKING OUT POWERP BUT - CLEAS ALREADY BEGUN. - I SPOKE TO THE NATIONAL OF THE - HURRICANE CENTER -- DIRECTOR OF - THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER - EARLIER TONIGHT. - OTHE GOVERN LOUISIANA SAID - THAT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE

- HURRICANSALLY SEEMED TO HAVE - COME OUT OF NOWHERE, RAPIDLY - FORMING INTO A HURRICANE IN THE - LAST DAY. - WHAT IS THE CURRENT FORECAST AND - IT IS HEADING AND RONG IT WHERE - WILL BE? - >> LOOKING AT 100 MILE-PER-HOUR - WINDS RIGHT NOW. - LOOKING AT THIS, THE TROPICAL - STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OVER - 100 MILES. - THE REAL STORY IS SLOW. - THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM. - IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS BEING - 1:00 P.M. TUESDAY, THI:0 IS - P.M. WEDNESDAY, IN 24 HOURS, - THAT IS NOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT. - WITH A SLOW STORM, THAT - COMPOUNDS THE ISSUES WITH - RAINFALL, STORM SURGE. - THERE IS GOING TO BE WATER. - FROM LOUISIANALL THE WAY BACK - FLORIDA. - AND TORRENTIAL, DANGEROUS RAINS, - AS WELL. - SO, A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WITH THE - WAR. - STEPHANIE: A LOT OF TIMES, THERE - IS FOCUS ON THE CENTER OF THE - EHURRICND WHEN IT HITS - LANDFALL. - WITH HURRICANE SALLY, ARE WE - MORE CONCERNED WITH THE

- PROLONGED IMPACTS? - >> ABSOLUTELY. - YOU HAVE THE CONE. - AT IS WHERE TWO THIRDS OF THE - TIME WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE - CENTER. - THE IMPACTS AR WELL OUTSIDE OF - IT. - THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THE. - DANGEROUS STORM SURGE, - HISTORICALLY THE LEADING CAUSE - OF FATALITIES IN THESE STORMS. - YOU LOOK AT THIS FROM SOUTH LISA - LOUISIANA TO PORTIONS OF THE - MISSISSIPPI COAST. - 6-9 FEET. - 4-6 FEET. - LOUISIANA, DANGEROUS STORM, - SURGE. - IT MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO TRAVEL. - IMRTANT TO NOT BTHOSEO - DANGEROUS LOCATIONS. - STEPHANIE: I KNOW YOU WERE - PREDICTING AN ACTIVE SEASON. - YOU ARE MONITORING FIVE ATLANTIC - CYCLONES AT THE SAME TIME, ONLY - THE SECOND TIME IN RECORDEDY - HISTOR THAT TO HAPPEN, EVEN - RUNNING OUT OF NAMES. - KEN GHAM WITH THE NATIONAL - HURRICANE CENTER, THANK YOU SO - MUCH FOR THE LATEST.

- >> TNK YHA. - STE: THIS EVENING, ONE OF - THE CYCLONES WAS DOWNGTO A - TROPICAL DEPRESSION. - THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE - ARCTIC IS RAPIDLY HEATING -- NEW - SEVIDENCE THAT THE ARCTIC - RAPIDLY HEATING. - A HUGE JUMP -- CHUNK HAS BROKEN - AWAY FROM THE ICE SHELF. - IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE 42 SQUARE - MILES, NEAY THE SIZE OF SAN - FRANCISCO. - SEOF COVID-19 TOPPED 29 - MILLION AROUND THE WORLD, - CLUDING MORE THAN 6.5 MILLION - IN THE UNITED STATES. - BUT NEW CASES IESTHE UNITED - STAVE DECLINED 7.2% FROM A - WEEK AGO. - THE RATE OF NEW DEATHS IS - FALLING, EVEN AS TOTAL DEATHS - NATIONWIDE APPROACH 195,000. - THE BESIEGED PRESIDENT OF - RUSSIA SEEKING SUPPORT AGAINSTG - MASSIVE PROTESTS AFTER 26 YEARS - IN POWER. - RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN MET WITH - ALEXANDER IN SOCHI. - HE PROMISED $1.5 BIION LOAN - AND ONE AGAINST FOREIGN

- INTERFERENCE. - >> WE SEE WHAT KIND OF DOMESTIC - POLITICAL EVENTS ARE HAPPENING - AN RELATION TO THE ELECTIO - BELARUS. - YOU KNOW OPPOSITION WELL. - WE ARE FOR BELARUSIANS TO SORT - OUT THE SITUATION THEMSELVES - ABOUT TIPS OR PRESSURE FROM - OUTSIDE. - THEY SHOULD COME TO A COMMON - DECISION. - STEPHANIE: ON SUNDAY, AN - ESTIMATED 150,000 PEOPLE TOOK TO - THE STREETS OF THPIBELARUSIAN - CAL. - THEY SAY LUKASHENKO RIGGED HIS - REELECTION AND MUST STEP DOWN. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, A FEDERAL - APPEALS COURT UPHELD PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S DECISION STRIP - PROTECTIONS THAT LET HALF A - MILLION IMMIGRANTS STATE IN THE - U.S. - THEY WERE ADMITTED ON - HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS FROM EL - SALVADOR, HAITI, NICARAGUA, AND - SUDAN -- SOME HAVE BEEN THERE - FOR DECADES. - THE CASE COULD WIND UP BEFORE - THE SUPREME COURT. - AUTHORITIES ACROSS THE LOS - ANGELES AREA ARE SEARCHING FOR - THE GUNMAN WHO FIRED IO A - SCOTT CAR -- SQUAD CAR INJURING

- IT TRIGGERED AN ANTI-POLICE - PROTEST OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL - WHERE THE DEPUTIES ARE - RECOVERING. - ORACLE HAS WON BECOME PETITION - FOR TIK TOCK'S U.S. OPERATIONS. - THE PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP WAS - ANNOUNCED TODAY, BUT IT WAS NOT - CALLED A SALE. - PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THE U.S. - OPERATIONS MUST BE SOLD OR SHUT - DOWN TO PREVENT ADAM -- DATA - FROM BEING TRANSFERRED TO CHINA. - STILL COMING UP WITH JUDY, ON - THE GROUND IN OREGON AS - LDFIRES RAVAGED THE WES - HOW THE PANDEMIC MAKES A DIRE - SITUATION WORSE IN SYRIA. - OUR POLITICS MONDAY TEAM BREAKS - DOWN THE LATEST IN THE RACE FOR - THE WHITE HOUSE. - AND MUCH MORE. - ♪ - >> THIS IS THE "PBS NEWSHOUR - CLOSE-OUT -- "PBS NEWSHOUR" FROM - WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON AND - FROM THE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL - OF JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE

- UNIVERSITY. - N JUDY: WE FOCUS NOWE - TERRIBLE FIRES AND DEVASTATION - IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE - COUNTRY AND SOME OF THE FACTORS - THAT MAKE THIS ALL WORSE. - WILLIAM BRANGH WILL LOOK AT - SOME OF THOSE REASONS WITH MILES - O'BRIEN SHORTLY. - WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH AND - ON THE GROUND REPORT FROM - EGON, WHERE MOR THAN ONE - MILLION ACRES HAVE BURNED. - TWICE THE AVERAGE OF MOST YEARS. - SEARCH ANDRE RESCUE TEAMS - CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR MIING - PEOPLE. - AT LEAST 22 A MISSING SFAR. - NEARLY 40,000 HAVE BEEN FORCEHO - TO FLEE THEIS. - OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT HAS - THE REPORT STARTING FROM SOUTH - OF PORTLAND. - >> THE SMOKY STREETS WERE EERILY - QUIET THIS WEEKEND. - THIS RURAL TOWN OF 9000 ABOUT 30 - MILES SOUTH OFORTLAND WAS - UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATION - ORDERS UNTIL SUNY NIGHT. - THE RIVERSIDE FIRE HAS BEEN - THREATENING THETY COMMU AND - OTHER NEARBY TOWNS FOR DAYS. - WITH FIREFIGHTERS STRETCHED THIN - ACROSS THE STATE, SOME

- RESIDENT HAVE DEFIED - EVACUATION ORDERS AND HAVE BEEN - BATTLING SECTIONS OF THE FIRE - LINE ON THEIR OWN. - OVER THE WEEKEND, WE MET UPH W - A GROUP OF LOCAL VOLUNTEERS ON - THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN WHOIN WERE - FIWATER TCKS AND DRIVING - THEM TO THE FRONT LINES LESS - THAN A MILE UP THE ROAD/ - ENOCHILN, A LOCAL LANDOWNER, - WAS ONE OF THOSE COORDINATING - THE EFFORTS. - HE SAYS HE IS GRATEFUL T FORHE - ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTING SUPPORT - THE COMMUNITY HAS RECEIVED OVER - THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS, BUT I - WAS LARGELY RESIDENTS WHO KEPT - THE FLAMES AT BAY BEFORE THE - GOVERNME ARRIVED. - >> THE ONLY THING THIS HAS BEEN - CURBED WHATSOEVER IS BECAUSE - LOCALS AND THE VOLUNTEERS AROUND - THIS AREA HAVE COME UP AND THEY - ARE DIGGING THE BRAKE LINES - THEMSELVES. - >> I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD RIGHT - THAT FIRE BURNED. - WE DON'T FIGHT FIRES IN OREGON. - WE NEED TOHE FIGHT - WE NEED TO CATCH THEM RIGHT AS - THEY START. - >> A SPOKESMAN FOR THE OREGON - FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE SAID TODAY - THAT MORE THAN 20 FIREFIGHTING - TEAMS ARE BATTLING 11 FIRES - RESOURCES ARE EXCEEDED. EXISTING

- WHILE SOME IN THIS COMMUNITY - CHOSE TO REMAIN AND DEFEND THEIR - PROPERTY FROM THE FLAMES, MANY - OTHERS IN THE REGION REMAIN - EVACUATED. - THE ELKS LODGE IN MILWAUKEE, - OREGON, HAS BECOME A SAFE HAVENE - FOR SOME EVA - AROUND 100 PEOPLE, INCLUDING - MILIES WITH CHILDREN, HAVE - BEEN CAMPED OUT HERE THE PAST - FEW DAYS. - A LOCAL COMPANY SERVED UP HOT - PANCAKES. - OTHER DONATIONS HAVE FLOWED IN - FROM THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING - FOOD, WATER,OY TENTS, ANDFOR - THE KIDS. - SCOTT WHITE, THE CURRENT HEAD OF - THE LODGE, HAS BEEN COORDINATING - RELIEF EFFORTS. - >> NOBODY KNOWS WHAT TO DO. - THEY LEFT THEIR HOUSES WITH - WHATEV THEY HAD ON THEIR - WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE - PANDEMIC WITH COVID-19 AND WE - THOUGHT WE WERE SEEING THE - BOTTOM SIDE OF THAT AND GOING - BACK TO NORMA AND THEN THIS - PPENED. - >> 23-YEAR-OLD TIFFANY IS ONE OF - THE MANY STRUGGLING WITH THE - IMPACTS FROM THE WILDFIRE IN THE - PANDEMIC.

- SHE LIVES INEARBY CAMBY WITH - HER HUSBAND AND FOUR YOUNG - CHILDREN. - WHEN WE MET UP WITH HER, SHE WAS - WARM TO THE BONE AFTER SLEEPING - IN A.ENT THE PAST TWO NIGHTS - >> I'M EXHAUSTED. - SEVEN DIFFICULT, SCHOOLH - CLOSURES, FINANCIAL STRAINS, AND - NOW THE FIRES. - >> THE SECOND I TAKE A DEEP - BREATHER EVERYWHHE THROWS - ITSELF AT ME. - EVERYTHING. - FROM WHEN MY HUSBAND IS GOING TO - GO TO WORK TO WHAT THE NEXT KID - THING MY KIDS ARE GOING TO - EAT TO WHAT THE NEXT FIT THEY - ARE GOING TO THROW OR IF WE HAVE - TO LEAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE - NIGHT OR BE ABLE TO GO HOME AND - NOT FIND A FIRE AT OUR DOORSTEP. - >> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STRETCHED SO - THIN TO THEIR BREAKING POINT. - >> THE LEAD HEALTH OFFICER FOR - THE REASON -- REGION. - SHE SAYS THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT - INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF - ANXIETY RELATED CALLS TO THE - REGIONAL CRISIS CENTER. - >> PEOPLE HAVE CALLED - CORONAVIRUS UNPRECEDENTED. - PEOPLE HAVE NOW CALLED THIS

- WILDFIRE UNPRECEDEEED, - LEVEL OF AIR QUALITY, THE POOR - AIR QUALITY. - WE ARE RUNNING OUTF O ADJECTIVES - TO DESCRIBE THIS POINT IN TIME. - MIXED IN WITH O ATHIS IN - PORTLAND IN PARTICULAR AND THE - COUNTY HAS BEEN A REAL RECKONING - AROUND HOW WE TREAT - AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BLACK, - INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR - IN THIS COUNTRY. - THOSE SAME GROUPS SUFFER - DISPROPORTIONATELY FROM THE POOR - AIRUATY, FROM COVID-19. - AS WE SPOKE YESTERDAY, - VISIBILITY FROM THE ROOF OF THE - COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN - DOWNTOWN PORTLAND WAS ABOUT A - QUARTER OF A MILE. - THE REGION'S AIR QUALITY HAS - BEEN THE WORST IN THE WORLD FOR - SEVERAL DAYS. - >> WE ARE SEEING A SHARP - INCREASE IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMEN - VISITS FOR RESPIRATORY - COMPLAINTS AS WE WOULD EXPECT - WITH AN AIR QUALI EVENT LE - MANY OF THE VISITS SEEM TO BE - RELATED TOA AST AND PEOPLE - DIRECTLY RELATING THEIR VISIT TO - THE SMOKE. - >> DORIAN IS AN OUTREACH WORKER - FOR A PORTLAND, NONPROF - TRANSITION PROJECTS, WHICH HELPS

- PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS - FIND HOUSING. - SINCE LAST THURSDAY, THE - ORGANIZATION AND OTHERS HAVE - HANDED OUT MORE THAN 26,000 N95 - MASKS PROVIDED BY THE CITY AND - COUNTY. - >> BECAUSE OF THEIR LACK OF - ADCOMMUNICATION WITH NOS, NO - PHONES, NO INTERNET, THEY ARE - SECLUDED AWAY FROM PEOPLE. - THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING - ON. - THEYS DON'T KNOW THISTUAL - FOG, THIS IS SMOKE. - UNFORTUNATELY, THAT PUTS THEM IN - A BAD POSITION. - MANY CLIENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT - PAIN IN THE CHEST, TIGHTNESS IN - THE CST, THEY CAN'T BREATHE. - SO OF THEIR TENTS ARE FILLING - UP WITH SMOKE. - >> HE IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO - ESCAPE THE SMOKE AND GO TO THE - OREGON CONVENTION CENTER, WHERE - A LARGE SHELTER HAS BEEN SET UP. - BUT HE SAYS SOME PEOPLE ARE - CONCERNED ABOUT GOING INSIDE DUE - TO COVID-19. - BACK IN MILWAUKEE AT THE ELKS - LODGE, EVACUEE TIFFANY AND HER - FAMILY WERE LOADING UP THEIR CAR - TO GO CHECK ON THEIR HOME. - EXTHEY TOLD US THECTED IT TO - BE UNSCATHED, BUT FOR SO MANY

- OTHER FAMILIES A HAZE OF - UNCERTAINTY STILL LOOMS. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M CAP - WISE IN OREGON. - >> ASE HEARD EARLIER, THE - IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE WAS - VERY MUCH IN THE NEWS TODAY. - IT CAME UP DURING PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S VISIT TO CALIFORNIA AND - THDEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, JOE - BIDEN, LAMBASTED THE PRESIDENT'S - POLICIES REGANDING CLIMATE - . - OUR SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT MILES - O'BRIEN IS HERE TO LOOK AT WHAT - WE KNOW AND WHAT WE D'T AND - THE OTHER FACTORS THAT BE - CONTRIBUTING TO THESE WILDFIRES - OUT WEST. - GREAT TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS. - WE KNOW THE SCIENCE IS QUITE - CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTES TO,E - EXACERBATES THE PROBLEMS THAT - THESE WILDFIRES ARE - DEMONSTRATING. - CAN YOU REMIND US A LITTL SBIT - ABOUT THENCE? - MILES: EXACERBATE IS A GOOD - WORD. - CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT STARTING - THESE FIRES, BUT IT IS CRTING - THE DRY CONDITIONS THAT MAKE IT - EASIER TO HAVEIG THESE FIRES - TED IN THE FIRST PLACE, - SPREAD FASTER, BECOMED IGGER - SO-CALGA FIRES.

- WHETHER THEY ARE CAUSED BY - HUMANS OR LIGHTNING, AS HAS - HAPPENED IN MANY CASES IN - CALIFORNIA THIS YEAR. - IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANNUAL NUMBER - OF BURNED ACRES IN THE WT, IT - HAS INCREASED JUST IN LOCKSTEP - WITH THE CHANGING CLIMATE. - FROM YEAR-TO-YEAR TO YEAR, THE - AREA BURNED UP CORRELATES ALMOST - DIRECTLY TO TEMPERATURE - VARIATIONS. - IF YOU LOOK OVER A 30-50 YEAR - PERIOD, THE NUMBERS AND THE - AMOUNT OF FIRES AND THE ACREAGE - BURNED CORRELATES EXACTLY WITH - THE 2.5 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT - INCRSE IN THE TEMPERATURE O - THE CLIMATE OVERALL, WHICH IS - WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED. - PARK WILLIAMS IS A HYDRO - CLIMATOLOGIST. - >> AS YOU WARM UP THE - ATMOSPHERE, IT CAN HOLD MORE - MOISTURE, SO IT CAN PULL MORE - MOISTURE OUT OF FOREST - ECOSYSINMS, THEREFORE D - THEM OUT FASTER. - THEN, AS LONG AS YOU GET SPARK - AND WIND AND YOU'VE GOTNOUGH - TO BURN, YOU ARE GOING TO BURN - IT. - WILLIAM: WE KNOW CLIMATE CHANGEI - IS P A ROLE, POTENTIALLY A - MAJOR ROLE, BUT WHAT ELSE CAN

- EXPLAIN THIS INCREDIBLE - DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THESE - FIRES? - MILES: IT IS WORTH REMINDING - EVERYBODY THAT FIRE IS JUST A - M INRAL PART OF THE ECOSYS - THE LAS - WHAT HAS REALLY CHANGED IS T O - NUMB PEOPLE LIVING IN CLOSE - PROXIMITY TO IT. - THERE ARE MORE AND MORE PEOPL - BUILDING IN THE WOODS IN AREAS - THAT BURN. - RESEARCHERS HAVE A WONKY TERM - FOR IT. - CTHEYL IT THE WILDLAND URBANE. - INTERFAC - RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY - OF COLORADO, BOULDER, FOUND THAT - BETWEEN 1992 AND 25, AMERICANS - BUILT 32 MILLION HOMES IN THE - WILDLIFE URBAN INTERFACE. - WHEN YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE LIVING - IN THE FOREST, YOU HAVE MORE - PEOPLE STARTING FOREST FIRES. - SOUNDS LIKE COMMONEN, BUT AS - YOU -- IT TURNS OUT, 97% OF THE - FIRES THAT DESTROY A HOME ARE BY - PELE IN THE FIRST PLACE. - THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT TO THIS - BUILDING BOOM IN THE WOODS. - A GEOGRAPHER AND FIRE ECOLOGISTH - NIVERSITY OF COLORADO,

- BOULDER -- - >> 80% OF THE POTENTIAL - LANDSCAPES THAT COULD BE BUILT - INTO HAVE YET TO BE BUT INTO. - MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING - TO WANT TO MOVE INTO LANDSCAPES - THAT ARE FLAMMABLE. - WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 1.8 - MILLION HOMES THAT ARE - THREATENED AT HIGH RISK OF - THREAT FROM WILDFIRE AND THAT IS - ABOUT $300ILLION WORTH OF - LUE. - WILLIAM: SO, IF MORE AND MORE OF - US ARE MOVING INTO THE - WILDERNESS, ARE THERE THINGS WE - CAN DO TO MANAGE THOSE - WILDERNESSES BETTER SO WE CAN - REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE? - THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHINGES - ENT TRUMP KEEPS STRESSING - AS A MAJOR ISSUE. - MILES: THE PRESIDENT TALKED - ABOUT KING THE FOREST AND - THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY - BE SOME CHANGES IN THE WAY WE TO - MANAGE THE FOREST IF PEOPLE ARE - GOING TO LIVE IN THEM. - EACH TIME WE SUCCESSFULLY PUT - OUT A FIRE OVER THE PAST HUNDRED - YEARS AND WE WERE VERY - AGGRESSIVE ABOUT IT,RV THE FORET - E AND OTHER ENTERPRISES - DOING THAT, WE KICKED THE CAN

- ECAUSE IT ALLOW - MORE UNDERBRUSH AND FUEL TO - GROW, CREATING MORE DIFFICULT - PROBLEMS. - SO, AT THE U.S. FOREST SVICE'S - FIRE LAB IN MISSOULA, MONTANA, - RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT - ALTERNATIVES. - ONE OF THE IDEAS IS TO THIN THE - FORESTS OUTCOME ATTEND THEM,ND - DO CONTROLLED, MANAGED, - PRESCRIBED BURNS. - BURDENS THAT WILL NOT GET - CARRIED AWAY, MAKING THE FOREST - AFTERWARDS LESS OF A TINDERBOX. - THERE IS A 30-ACRE PLOT THAT HAD - NOT BURNED FOR 100 YEARS. - THEY LET IT BE. - NEARBY, THEY THINNED AND BURNED - TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. - THATAS FOREST IN EVERY ABLE - BARK BEETLES, AND LESS LIKELY TO - BURN IN MEGA FIRE FASHION, AS WE - ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN THE - WEST. - WILLIAM: OK, I WANT TO MAKE A - HUGE CHANGE OF TOPIC HERE. - GIVEN THAT YOU ARE ALSO OUR - EXPERT,ID OUR RT EXPERT WHEN

- IT COMES TO ALL THINGS SPACETE - RE - PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE - HEADLINES THAT SCIENTISTS - BELIEVE THEY HAVE FOUND SIGNS OF - LIFE ON VENUS. - WHAT HAPPENED? - WHAT SHOULD WE TAKE AWAY FROM - ALL THIS? - MILES: ABOVE VENUS WOULD BE A - LITTLE MORE ACCURATE. - VENUS IS NOTE THE KIND OF PLAC - TO RAISE YOUR - PARAPHRASE ELTON JOHN. - [LAUGHTER] - THE TPERATURE IS 900 DEGREES - FAHRENHEIT ON AVERAGE. - THE PRESSURE IS 90 TIMES GREATEE - THAN THAT TH. - TO THINK OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT - EXISTING THERE IS PRETTY HARD TO - BIMAGIN RESEARCHERS USING - TELESCOPES IN HAWAII AND CHILE - HAVE FOUND SIGNS OF A GAS IN THE - CLOUDS ABOVE VENUS, WHICH ARE A - LITTLE MOR' TEMPERATE, I' BE - AT ACIDIC. - WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT GAS? - WE DON'KNOW A TON ABOUT IT - EXCEPT THAT IT IS ASSOCIATED - WITH ANAEROBIC LIFE HERE ON - EARTH, WHICH IS TO SAY SWAMPS - AND BOGS AND SEWAGE. - THERE IS A LOT OF IT, BELIEVE IT

- OR NOT, IN PENGUIN POOP. - WHAT COULD IT BE? - COULD THERE BE A LIFE FORMNN - TED TO IT? - THE RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT - POTENTIAL CHEMICAL AND GEOLOGIC - PROCESSES, VOLCANOES, METEORS, - LIGHTNING. - NONE OFE IT SUPPORTS OUNT - THAT THEY HAVE FOUND. - SO, IT RAISES A HUGE QUESTION. - WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SO LONG - FOR SIGNS OF LIFE ON MARS. - COULD IT BE OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOR - ALLS HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED IN - OF THIS?NASA IS THINKING ABOUT G - SOME MISSIONS TO VENUS. - THEY ARE LOOKING AT FOUR - POSSIBLE MISSIONS ON THE - HORIZON. - TWO WOULD BE TO VENUS. - MAE THIS WILL GIVE A LITTLE - BIT MORE CREDENCE FOR THOSE - TEAMS TO WIN THOSE PROPOSALS. - MAYBE EVEN GO TO VENUS, MAYBE - THEY WILL SURPRISES AND WE - WILL FIND VENETIAN PENGUINS. - I DON'T KNOW. - [LAUGHTER] - JUDY: VENETIAN PENGUINS. - I LOVE IT. - MILES O'BRIEN, ALWAYS GOOD TO - SEE YOU. - THANK YOU SO MUCH.

- MILES: YOU' WELCOME. - ♪ - JUDY: AFTER YEARS OF WAR AND - ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, SYRIA IS - POORLY EQUIPPED TO HANDLE - COVID-19. - BUT THE VIRUS IS SPREADING FAST - AND GOVERNME -- IN - GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DOMESTIC - AND THE REBEL-HELP NORTH - WHERE IT IS TARGETING THE MOST - VULNERABLE. - NICK: A FEW MILES FROM THE - TURKISH BORDER, THERE IS NO - REFUGE FROM THE WIND AND THE - HEAT AND NO REFUGE FROM COVID. - THIS WOMAN GATHERS CLOTH FROM - HER NEIGHBORS TOEW MASKS. - SHE STARTED WI HER OWN KIDS - AND THEN REALIZED THE NEED WAS - MUCH GREATER. - >> I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE - CHILDREN IN THE CAMP. - I'M GOING TO HOPEFULLY MAKE - MASKS FOR EVERYONE. - ITHISA HUMANITARIAN SERVICE I - CAN PROVIDE. - NICK: SHE FITS MASKS ON - CHILDREN'S WHOSE COUNTRY HAS - BEEN ATAR LONGER THAN THEY

- HAVE BEEN ALIVE. - NORTH WEST SYRIA HAS OVER 260 - CORONAVIRUS CASES, INCLUNG IN - AN INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS - CAMP, WHERE NO SANITATION - SYSTEMS PREVENTS PROPER - HANDWASHING. - CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY - VULNERABLE BECAUSE MANY ALREADY - SUFFER FROM A PARASITE SPREAD BY - SAND FLIES. - TE RUSSIA AND CHINA - RESTRICTED HUMANITARIAN AID TO A - SINGLE BORDER CROSSING, SOME - SYRIANS HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY - HELP IN FOUR MONTHS. - THIS WOMAN HAS THR CHILDREN -- - THIS MAN HAS THREE CHILDREN WITH - LEARNING DISABILITIES. - >> THE SITUATION IN THE CAMP IS - VERY DIRE. - S,EVEN WITH MALEANING - SUPPLIESWITH THIS CORONAVIRUS, - WE HAD KIDS VERY CLOSE TO EACH - OTHER. - I MEAN, IT IS A CRIME HOW WE ARE - OTHER. SO CLOSE TO EACH - NICK: IDLIB IS THE FINAL - RONGHOLD FOR ANTI-REGIME FOR - SAYS. - IN THE CITY, VOLUNTEERS - SINFECT THEIR OWN MOSQUES AND - STREETS. - IN THIS BUSTLING MARKET, NOBODY - STAYS SIX FEET APART.

- TO GET INTO THE MARKET, VISITORS - WALK THROUGH A HOMEMADE - DISINFECTANT MACHINE. - T OSE WHO GET SICK HAVE FEW - PLACES FOR TREATMENT. - THE U.N. SAYS RUSSIA AND THE - REGIME HAVE TARGETED MOR FTHAN - 80 MEDICILITIES SINCE - DECEMBER. - HALF OF ALL HOSPITALS ARE OUT OF - SERVICE. - FEAR FOR THE FUTURE.,OCTORS - >> WE HAVE A FRAGILE HEALTH - SYSTEM. - THAT IS WHY WE EXPECT A DISASTER - IF THE DISEASE SPREADS, GOD - FOID. - IF THE VIRUS SPREADS HERE, LIKE - SPREAD IN THE - GIME-CONTROLLED AREAS, WE WILL - REALLY STRUGGLE. - NICK: THE REGIME CONTROLS ALL IN - SYRIA IN RED. - AND COVID'S EPICENTER IS THE - HEART OF THE ASSAD REGIME'S - POWER, DAMASCUS. - WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS IN - DAMASCUS HOSPITALS TODAY? - WEPOKE TO A PHYSICIAN WHO - ASKED HIM TO KEEP HIM ANONYMOUS. - >> THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT - CONCERNED AT ALL WITH TREATING - THIS DISEASE. - IT HAS SHOWN IT IS COMPLETELY - UNABLE TO DEAL WITH COVID-19.

- NICK: OFFICIALLY, SYRIA HAS 3500 - COVID DASES AND 150THS. - BUT EXPERTS SAY FOR EVERY DEATH - PORTED IN DAMASCUS, THERE ARE - 50-100 NOT REPORTED. - >> THE GOVERNMENT ONLY ALLOWED - SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS THEY TRUST - TO EER THE SECTIONS IN - HOSPITALS THAT HAD COVID-19 - PATIENTS. - WE WE NOT ALLOWED AS - PHYSICIANS TO EVEN USE THE NAME - COVID-19 OR ASKED HOW MANY - INFECTIONS THERE - HAVE ACCESS TO PATIENTS. - NICK: LACK OF HOSPITAL BEDS LEAD - PEOPLE TO SELF TREAT AT HOME. - DOCTORS TOOK TO FACEBOOK TO - OFFER MEDICAL ADVICE. - COVID PATIENTS HAD TO BUY THEIR - OWN OXYGEN. - >> T PRICE OF OXYGEN IS - GETTING VERY EXPENSIVE DUE TO - THE DEMAND. - MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A NORMAL - PERSON CAN AFFORD. - MANY TIMES, PEOPLE ARE DYING - BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GET - OXYGEN. - >>NG PEOPLE ARE DN THEIR - HOMES. - BEALEISMA - RESEARCHER IN SYRIA. - >> THEN THESE GUYS IN THESE - ZMAT SUITS COME ANDHEY ARE

- TAKING THEM AWAY TO THESE VERY - CEMETERY SCENT BURYI - THEM THERE. - NICK: THAT IS THE ONLY VISU - PROOF OF INCREASED DEATHS. - THE SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW WHAT - RESEARCHERS BELIEVE ARE BURIALS. - FROM JANUARYO JUNE TO AUGUST, - MULTIPLE ROWS OF NEW GRAVES. - L MEDICARKERS ARE OFTEN THE - FIRST FATALITIES. - AT LEAST 65 HAVE DIED ACCORDING - TO A LIST KEPTN BY A SYRIA - AMERICAN ACTIVIST, WHO LIVES IN - CHICAGO. - >> PEOPLE ARE OVERWHELMED AND - THERE IS NO ONE TO HELP. - THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT THERE TO - HELP. - DONICK: DAMASCUORS ARE - VULNERABLE. - DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH PERSONAL - PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT? - VIDEDERE IS NOTHING P - HERE. - WE ARE IN NEED OF EVERYTHING. - THE QUESTION SHOULD BE THE - OPPOSITE. - NOT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE, BUT WHAD - 'T HAVE, BECAUSE WE ARE IN - NEED OF EVETHING.

- >> IN MY HOSPITAL, WE HAVE MORE - VE.ILATORS THAN ALL OF SYR - I HAVE NOT HEARD OFNY PATIENT - OF VENTILATORS THAT. - NICK: THE GOVERNMENT IMPOSED - CURFEWS AND TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, - BUT THAT EXACERBATED AN ECONOMIC - CRISIS. - FOOD PRICES80 SOARED. - OF SYRIANS ARE NOW BELOW THE - POVERTY LINE. - COVID GOT SO BAD THAT EVEN - SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT ASSAD - SPOKE OUT. - >> ALL THE PRIVATE HOSPITALS - THAT RECEIVED CORONA CASES ARE - FULL. - NOW THE PRIVATE HOSPITALS - CONTAIN LARGE NUMBERS OF - COVID-19 CASES, WHILE WE HAVE - VERY FEW RESPIRATORS. - NICK: THERE ARE ALSO VERY FEW - TESTS. - LA MONTH, THE GOVERNMENT - OPENED A TESTING CENTER. - IT QUICKLY REACHED CAPACITY AND - HAD TO CLOSE. - HUNDREDS WAITING OUTSIDE WERE - SENT HOME UNTESTED. - YOU ARE CRITICIZING THE REGIME, - WE ARE KEEPING YOU ANONYMOUS. - HOW DANGEROUS IS IT TO USE SOME

- OF THE WORDS YOU ARE SING AND - TALK TO US ABOUT THE EXTENT OF - THE PROBLEM? - >>TI CSM OF THE REGIME, - WHETHER ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH OR - ANY OTHE ISSUE, RISKS DETENTION - OR DEATH. - WHY AM I TALKING? - E BECAME BUT HE MUST TALK. - THERE IS ALWAYS A NEED FOR - SOMEONE TO BE A VOICE OF TRUTH. - NICK: WHETHER IN DAMASCUS OR - NOH WEST SYRIA, THE TRUTH IS - COVID IS SPREADING IN A COUNTRY - THAT CAN LEAST AFFORD IT. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M NICK - SCHIFRIN. - ♪ - JUDY: WITH EXACTLY 50 DAYS UNTIL - ELECTION DAY, THE PRESIDENT ONE - JOEL CAMPAIGNS ARE OFFERING -- - PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS ARE - OFFERING TWO VERY DIFFERENT - MESSAG ABOUT COVID-19 AND THE - WILDFIRES. - OUR MONDAY POLITICS TEAM IS HERE - TO UNPACK IT ALL. - SO, HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU.

- THESE WILDFIRES SO TRAGIC TO - WATCH. - THEY HAVE EXPOSED E - DIFFERENCES IN VIEWS BETWEEN - PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN, - ON CLIMATE CHANGE THE PRESIDENT - 'TYING TODAY SCIENCE DOESN - KNOW.JOE BIDEN CALLING THE PREST - A CLIMATE ARSONIST. - WHAT IS DRIVING THESE VERY - DIFFERENT MESSAGES? - >> WELL, THESE MESSAGES REALLY - REFLECT THE - COUNTRY, AS WELL.R - FACT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE - AMERICANS ARE ON THE ISSUE OF - CLIMATE CHANG A THE IMPACT - CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAVING, BOTH - FOR PERSONAL REASONS AND ALSO - ITS IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, AND - WHAT WE SAW THIS THIS WAS - RECENT PUPIL THAT ABOUT HALF OF - DEMOCRATS SAY CHANGES TO TAKE

- CARE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE GOING - TO HELP THE ECONOMY. - HALF OF REPUBLICANS SAID IT - WOULD HURT THE ECONOMY. - AT IS KIND OF WHERE YOU SEE - THE PRESIDENT AND WHERE YOU SEE - JOE BIDEN. - JOE BIDEN SAYING IF WSE FIX T - THINGS, WE ARE GOING TO CREATE - NEW JOBS. - YOUHE HEARRESIDENT SAYING - GUES WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN - JOE BIDEN'S AMERICA? WE ARE - GOING TO GET RID OF THE JOBS - THAT SO MANY PEOPLE RELY ON, - WHETR THEY ARE FRACKING AND IN - SYLVANIA OR COAL MINING IN WEST - VIRGINIA. - CLOSELY ON THE SIDE OF JOE BIDEN - ON THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, - ESPECIALLY SUBURBAN VOTERS TO - TRN P SAYS HE WANTS TO CK - OVER. - FOR THEM, CLIMATE CHANGE IS A - REALITY. - JUDY: AND YET WE HEARD IT - EARLIER IN THE SHOWN THE - REPORT, THE PRESIDENT SAYING TO - THE PANEL OF EXPER IN - CALIFORNIA, HE SAID IT IS GOING - TO GET COLDER. - JUST DEFYING WHAT THE SCIENCE - SHOWS.

- >> RIGHT, AND SAYING THAT - SCIENCMAY NOT BE RIGHT. - TOTALLY ON BRAND FOR PRESIDENT - TRUMP. - THIS IS A MESSAGE S IS - CAMPAIGNING ON. - IT IS NOT A GAFFE IF YOU SAY IT - POSE AND IT IS WHAT YO - BELIEVE AND PRESIDENT TRUMPS' - VERY MUCH, HE IS PULLING THE - U.S. OUT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE - ACCORD. - HE IS SAYING THAT IF JOE BIDEN - WINS THAT AS AMY SAID, THAT JOE - BIDEN WOULD PUT YOU BACK IN THE - PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD AND THAT - WOULD HURT THE ECONOMY. - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY - SHIED AWAY FROM CLITE SCIENCE - AND WHAT JOE BIDEN IS TRYING TO - DO AND WHAT HE DIWITH THAT - SPEECH AND WHAT HE HAS BEEN - DOING IN OTHERUE V IS - ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ANTI-SCIENCE - OR DOES NOT GO WITH THE SCIENCE - AND THAT THAT IS PUTTING - AMERICANS AT RISK. - JOE BIDEN IS TRYING TO COMBINE - THE CONCERNS ABOUT CLIMATE - CHANGE WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THE

- HANDLING OF THE CORONAVIRUS. - FOR PRESENT TRUMP, IF YOU LOOK - AT THE POLLING, YOU HAVEG - ACCORD A PUPIL, THE NUMBER - OF REPUBLICANS WHO THINK THAT - CLIMATE CHANGE IS A VERY BIG - ISSUE IS IN THE TEENS. - SO PRESIDENT TRUMP, FOR HIS - BASE, THIS IS A PERFECTLY FINE - MESSAGE. - FOR JOE BEN'S BASE, H - MESSAGES RIGHT ON YOU AND COULD - HELP MOTIVATE YOUNRE VOTERS WHO - BOUT THIS ISSUE A LOT. - JUDY: AND THEN AMY, STILL - RELATED TO SCIENCE IS THE - PANDEMIC, THE CONAVIRUS. - JOE BIDEN IS WEARING A MASK - WHEREVER HE GOES. - IS CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT. - THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO HOLD - RALLIES, MOST RECENTLY IN - NEVADA, DEFYING THE STATE - REGULATIONS AGAINST WEARING - MASKS, AGAINST HAVING OVER A - CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE - INDOORS.

- JUST DIRECTLY FLOUTING WHAT THE - RULES ARE. - >> AND WHAT SO MANY AMERICANS - ALSO AGREE WITH. - IF YOU ASK THE QUESTION OF - VOTERS, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD - BE WEARING MASKS, DO YOU WEAR A - MASK? - OVERWHELMING AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE - AGREE WITH THOSE AND DO WEAR - MASKS. - WE SAW THIS IN THE CONVENTIONS. - IT KINDA FELT LIKE WE WERE NOT - JUST LIVING INTO DIFFERENT - AMERICAS, BUT TWOS.IFFERENT - PLAN - ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, EVERYONE - WAS WEARING MASKS. - BO JOE BIDENND KAMALA HARRIS - SPEAKING TO EMPTY ROOMS, GOING - OUT SOCIALLY DISTANCED WATCHING - FIREWORKS ON THE DAY OF THE - SPEECH. - OF COURSE, REPUBLICANS GATHERING - ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN. - THE PRESIDENT REALLY LOVES A - CROWD. - HE CAN'T CAMPAIGN WITHOUT - BUNCHES OF PEOPLE AROUND YOU - CHEERING FOR YOU. - IT IS NOT, HOWEVER, WHAT - AMERICANS ARE DOING AND IT IS

- NOT WITHIN, AS YOU POINTED OUT, - WHERE SCIENTISTS WOULD LIKE US - TO BE. - JUDY:T E WHITE HOUSE, THE - TRUMP CAMP, THEY DON'T SEE THI - AS TAKING A SK. - >> THEY DON'T SEE IT AS TAKING A - POLITICAL RISK. - THE MESSAGE THAT THEY HAVE AND - THEY ARE PUSHING IT HARD AND I - THINK IT WORKS ABSOLUTELY NINE - WITH THEIR BASE AND WE KEEP - GETTING BACK TO IT IS ALL ABOUT - THE BASE THE SELECTI, AT LEAST - THE WAY THE PRESIDENT IS - HANDLING THIS. - THEIR RESPONSE IS IF THERE CAN - BE PROTESTS IN THE STREET ABOUT - THEN WE CAN HOL - A FIRST AMENDMENT EVENT INHA - STATES SAY THAT WE - SHOULDN'T BE HAVING A LARGE - EVENT. - THEY ARE JUS DOING IT - REPEATEDLY AND REPEATEDLY. - TONIGHT WAS BILLED AS A TOWN - HALL, PANEL DISCUSSION, AND IT - SO, THE WHITE HOUSE -- THIS IS - THE CAMPAIGN -- THE CAMPAIGNS - PUTTING ON RALLIES AND THEY ARE

- DOING THEM INDOORS. - THEY HAD BEENIN S THEY WERE - ONLY DOING THEM OUTDOORS. - ANDSWING THROUGH NEVAD - ARIZONA PROVES THAT THEY ARE NOT - AFRAID TO DO IT INDOORS EITHER. - PART OF THAT IS THAT THERE MAY - NOT BE A DIRECT LINE THAT CAN BE - DRAWN FROM -- SO THEY ARE TAKING - A HANDS-OFF APPROACH. - JUDY: ONE PERSON ATTENDING A - RALLY TELLING THE REPORTER THAT - THE COVID IS A HOAX. - THERE IS STILL THAT BELIEF OUT - THERE. - >> THERE IS AN THERE IS A LOT - INTERNET ANTHE - SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IS REALLY - KEEPING AMERICANS ALSO IN VERY - DIFFERENT PLACES ABOUT THE - REALITY OF THIS VERY, VERY - SERIOUS HEALTH CRISIS. - JUDY: WOW. - WELL, WE ARE CERTAINLY SEEING A - LOT OF IT THIS WEEK.

- WE THANK YOU BOT - POLITICS MONDA - ♪ - JUDY: WHEN JASON HOWELLSR. - REIVED A MANDATORY 10 YEAR - FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE FOR - HEROIN DISTRIBUTION, HE SHARED - THAT PUNISHMENT WITH HIS FAMILY. - TWO OF HIS FOUR CHILDREN WENT TO - LIVE WITH HIS PARENTS. - THE COUPLE HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY - GRANDCHILDRIR - WHILE STAYING CONNECTED TO THEIR - SON. - BRIEF, BUT SPECTACULAR'S STEVE - GOLDBLUM VISITED THEM IN LATE - 2019. - >> MY SON WAS ALWAYS - ADVENTUROUS. - JASON WAS A HARD WORKER. - HE GOT WITH A GROUP OF GUYS THAT - WERE SNORTING PAIN PILLS ON THE - WEEKENDS FOR RECREATION. - THEN HEROIN WAS CHEAPER AND IT - BECAME HIS DRUG OF CHOICE. - IT WAS, JUST CONSTANTLY NOT

- ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR RENT, - EP THE WATER ON. - IT WAS HARD ENOUGHO CSB CAPS - ON AND HIS WIF - THE CHILDREN WERE THE HARDEST OF - IT ALL. - JASON PICKED IT UP FOR A GROUP - OF PEOPL, ONE OF THE KIDS SHOT - UP THEIR GIRLFRIEND, SHE - OVERDOSED. - SHE DID NOT DIE, BUT SHE DID - OVERDOSED. - AND HE GOT SENTENCED TO A - MANDATORY FEDERAL PRISON - SENTENCE OF 10 YEARS. - WHEN JASON DID GET INCARCERATED, - OUR OLDEST GRANDSON WAS LEFT - ALONE TO TAKE CARE OF HIS - YOUNGER SIBLINGS, WHICH WAS - PROBABLY THE HARDEST TIME IN MY - LIFE TO GO THROUGH. - THR MOTHER HAD OVERDOSED AND - WAS BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. - >> WENI WERE ON GETTING - ALL FOUR OF THE CHILDREN AND - WHEN THE COURTS DECIDED TO SPLIT - THEM UP BETWEEN GRANDPARENTS, - THAT WAS A REALLY HARD - SITUATION.

- >>HEN I LEARNED MY DAD WAS - GOING AWAY, IT WAS HARD FOR ALL - OF US. - MOST CHALLENGING PART I WOULD - SAY WAS JUST LEARNING HOW LONG - HE WOULD BE GONE. - EE>> WEASON ABOUT THREE - TIMES A YEAR. - IT IS AN 8.5 HOUR JOURNEY - >> IT IS A HORRIBLE THING TO - EXPERIENCE AND IT WOULD NOT BE - SO BAD IF IT WAS JUST US, BUT - USUALLY YOU HAVE FOUR LITTLE - ONES AND THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO - EXPERIENCE THAT EITHER - X THE HARDEST PART ISN' KNOWINGE - 'T COME HOME WITH US. - >> THE WORST PART IS REMEMBERING - ALL THE GOOD TIMES THAT WE HAVE - -- THE BEST PART IS THAT THERE A - -- REMEMBERI THE GOOD - TIS AND THAT THERE ARE MORE TO - COME. - >> THE MOST DIFFICULT THING IS - NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE MY SON - HOME WHEN WE GO AND VISIT. - HE IS MY FIRSTBORN AND - ALWAYS BEEN MY BUDDY.

- >> HE HAS TAKEN DIFFERENT - CLASSES, PARENTING CLASSES. - >> I'VE SEEN A HUGE CHANGE IN - HIM. - >> HE IS LEARNING THROUGH THIS - RECAP -- REH PROGRAM TO OPEN - UP AND BE ACCOUNTABLE. - HE SAID TO REESE -- REACH OUT TO - HIS CHILDREN AND SAY THINGS THAT - HE PROBABLY WOULDN NOTS - OWN. - >> MY GRANDRENTS HAVEAKEN - OVER THE ROLE OF PARENTS AT - LEAST FOR NOW. - >> I USED TO FEEL LIKE, WE GOT - OUR GRANDKIDS. - I DON'T FEEL THAT WAY ANYMORE. - WE GET TO LIVE WITH THEM. - THEY'VE TAUGHT US SO MUCH. - THEM I STILL SEE IT.HAS AFFECTED - I WONDER WHAT THEY COULD HAVE - BEEN OR WHAT THEY.OULD HAVE - BE - WHAT THEY GET TO BEAU B OF - WHAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH. - >>HENEVER THE PHONE RINGS, I - LOOK TO SEE IF IT'S IS - RESTRICTED ON IT. - BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS HIM. - >> HELLO? - >> HI, BUDDY.

- KNOW YOU DID, HONEY. - HOW DID WORK GO? - >>. WORK WAS - WE HAD A LITTLE HOLIDAY MEAL, SO - IT WAS A LITTLE BETTER THAN - NORMAL. - >> HELLO? - >> WHAT'S UP, BUDDY? - >> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO - SPENDING TIME WITH MY DAD AND - JUST MESSING AROUND AND GOOFING - AROUND.>> HERE'S MARCUS. - THE MOST EXCITINGHI IS WHEN - MY SON GETS OUT, HE WILL BE ABLE - TO SEE HIS OLDEST, MARCUS, - GRADUATED. - >> IT WAS TS MORNING. - IT HAS SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT - >> I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO - THINGS WITH HIM AND NOT HAVE ANY - RESTRICTIONS. - >> WE HAVE SHARED THE SENTENCE - WITH OUR SON. - IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. - >>HE JOY THAT COMES TO OUR - HEARTS KNOWING HE IS GOING TO - GET OUT IS ALSO A MIXED BAG - BECAUSE THAT DRUG IS A TOUGH - ONE. - YOU HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE RELAXING - -- RELAPSING ALL THE TIME.

- IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND, WE BOTH - STILKIND OF WORRY. - DO WE HAVE IT? - DO WE GET TO STOP WORRYING NOW? - I THINGS GOING TBE OK? - IS HE TELLING THE TRUTH NOW? I - GUESS TIME WILL TELL. - MY NAME IS DALE HOWELL. - >> MY NAME IS KIMBERLY HOWELL. - >> AND THIS IS BEEN OUR BRIEF - BUT SPECTACULAR TAKE -- - >> ON OUR FAMILY. - >> I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. - I LOVE YOU A LOT. - >> I LOVE YOU TOO. - >> WE LOVE YOU, BUDDY. - HAVE A GREAT DAY. - >> I WILL TALK TO YOU LATER. - >> BY FIVE. - >> OK.JU - : WHAT A STORY. - AND W HAVE AN UPDATE ON THIS - PIECE. - THE FEDERAL CORRECTIONALAFF AT - INSTITUTION WHERE JASON IS - SERVING TIME HAVE BEEN INFECTED1 - WITH COV - THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST FIVE

- DEATHS. - HOWELL IS PECTED TO BE - RELEASED THIS NOVEMBER AFTER - COMPLETING A DG ABUSE PROGRAM. - HOWEVER, DUE TO THE VIRUS, HE - CAN N LONGER TAKE THE REQUIRED - CLASSES. - ♪ - FINALLY TONIGHT, WE WANT TO - OFFER SOMETHING JOYFUL IN TSE - DIFFICULT TIMES AND LOOK AT A - BAND THAT HAS BEEN BRIDGING - RACIAL AND CULTURAL GAPS. - WE TNO RANKY TANKY, WHICH - HAS REACHED NUMBER TOP - CHARTS. - IT WON A GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST - GIONAL ROOTS ALBUM. - JEFFREY BROWN L WENT TO T - COUNTRY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO - TAKE A LESSON AND LOOK. - PART OF OUR AMERICAN - SERIES, AND ONGNG COVERAGE OF - ARTS AND CULTURE, CANVAS. - THIS WAS REPORTED DURING THE - SHUTDOWN DUE TO COVID. - ♪ - >> RANKY TANKY, IT LOOSELY MNS - GET FUNKY.

- YOU CAN SEE AND FEEL WHY IT IS - THE RIGHT NAME FOR ADVANCED - CELEBRATING AND REINVENTING A - MUSIC OF JOY. - ♪ - AND PAIN. - >> IN THESE HA TIMES - ♪ - >> RHYTHMS BROUGHT BY THE - ENSLAVED FROM WEST AICA, - SPIRITUALS OF E CHRISTIAN - CHURCH, THEMES THAT RESONATE - IT INCLUDES SOS MANY KNOW. - THOUGH YOU'VE LIKELY NEVER HEARD - KUMBAYA QUITLIKE THIS. - >> ♪ SOMEBODY IS PRAYING LORD! - ♪ - >> THE IMPROMPTU PERFORMANCEOR - US BY THEIR SINGER AND TRUMPET - PLAYER. - >> THE GRAMMY GOES TO "GOOD

- TIME" --RANKY TANKY. - >> FRESH OFF WINNING A GRAMMY. - >> IT MEANT A T LOTME JUST - BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE - WHOLE THING. - >> YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE - REPRESENTING SOMETHING? - >> YES. - IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO - ANCESTRY.S OF OUR - IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW I - WAS RSED TO BE A MUSICIAN, - FROM LISTENING AND WATCHING AND - IMITATING ALL OF MY AUNTS AND - UNCLES AND GRANDPARENTS. - >HAVING IT ALL CAN ACCOMMODATE - WOW, YES.AMMY? - >> GROWING UP IN CHURCH, THE - ELDERS AS WELL, IT WAS LIKE AE. - HOMECOMING FOR - >> THE I ENSEMBLE IS BASED - CHARLSTON AND SPECIALIZES IN - JAZZ AND LIVE IN ARRANGEMENTS OF - TRADITIONAL'S. - IT ORIGINATED IN ENSLAVED PEOPLE - CAROLINA.A, FLORIDA, AND SOUTH

- THE FOUR MALE O MEMBERSRANKY - TANKYE H PLAYED TOGETHER SINCE - MEETING AT THE COLLEGE OF - CHARLESTON IN THE 1990'S. - THEY HAVE GONE OFF TO DO THEIR - TWO THINGS UNTIL TWO DECADES IN - CLAY ROSS PROPOSED REUNITING. - THEY BROUGHT IN KEY IN A PARLOR - IN 2017. - >> I'M A DISCIPLE OF THIS MUSIC - THIS MUSIC MOVES ME AND IT HAS - CALLED TO ME. - IT H INSPIRED TO ME AND IT HAS - BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE FOR OVER - TWO DECADES. - THERE IS ONE OUT THERE DOING - A CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSION OF OUR - SOUTH CAROLINA ROOTS MUSIC, - SPECIFICALLY GULLAH MUSIC. - >> IT IS IN ENGLISH-BLAED CREOLE - UAGE, GULLAH IS. - >> THERE WAS A STRONG SENSE OF - MISSION WITH THIS BAND WHEN WE - SAW THEY OFFERED A LESSON IN - HISTORY AND MUSIC. - THE STUDENTS AT THE CHARLSTON

- SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOL. - IT WAS NOT A HARD SELL ASSE THE - FIFTH TO EIGHTH GRADERS QUICKLY - TO TO T CLAPPING, SINGING, - AND DANCING. - >> THE THING ABOUT IT IS THE - MUSIC AND THE MESSAGE OF THE - CULTURE ITSELF DESERVES AS BIG - OF A STAGE AS IT CAN GET. - >> LE TO THINK OF IT AS - HOPEFULLY BEING PART OF THE - EVOLUTION OF THE CULTURE. - THERE IS A PRESERVATION OF - IT, THERE WAS ALSO SHARING IT - WITH THE WORLD AND ADDING TO IT. - >> SO,F THEY WERE SINGINGE - PAINS THEY WERE GOING THROUGH, - THE DIFFICULTIES. - >>RAUT ALSO SONGS OF PE. - >> THE MEMBERS OF RANKY TANKY - DREW INSPIRATION FROM PLACES - LIKE THE MAN OF LIFE CENTER, A - CHURCH ON JOHNS ISLAND, ONE OF - THE NY RURAL ISLANDS OFF SOU - CAROLINA WHERE GULLAH CULTURE - TOOK ROOT. - BUILT IN 1902 AND NOW ON THE - NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC - PLACES, IT WAS KNOWN AS A PRAISE

- USE. - ♪ - IT WAS HOME TO THE MOVING STAR - HALL SINGERS. - >> A LOT O TIMES WHEN PEOPLE - HEAR THE SONGS OF THE ELDERS - THEY HEAR, THAT IS OLD STUFF. - NO, THAT IS GOOD STUFF. - THAT IS MUSIC THAT GIVES US A - FOUNDATION AND HELPS US MOVE - FORWARD IN - STATE.E PROGRESSIVE - WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET THAT. - >> GULLAH'S POPULARITY TODAY - SPRINGS FROM A MORE DIFFICULT - 91-YEAR-OLD ABRAHAM BILL JENKINS - GREW UP ON JOHNS ISLAND. - >>DY EVERYOULD LISTEN TO - WHAT THE GULLAH DOES. - EVEN THE PEOPLE OF - THEY THOUGHT, THAT IS OLD - COUNTRY BOYS. - >> THAT IS HOW YOU WERE TREATED? - SOTO SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS? - >> MORE LIKE FIFTH CLASS - CITIZENS - >> BUT THEN THE MUSIC WAS A - RELIEF FROM THAT LIFE? - >> OH YES.

- PEOPLE GLAD TO GET TO CHURCH. - ♪ - >> RANKY TANKY BAND MEMBERS WANT - TO PLAY IT FORWARD FOR CURRENT - AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. - THEY ARE ALSO PART OF A LARGER - GULLAH CULTURAL MOMENT. - WE MET CHARLTON SINGLETON AND - ANA PARLOR IN THE FINE ART - GALLERY THAT FEATURES GULLAH - ARTISTS. - >> TO SEE HIS WORK AND HOW IT - HAS GONE OUT ALL OVER THE WORLD - IS JUSTER ANO FEATHER IN THE - CAP OF THE HOMIES FROM THE - NEIGHBORHOOD. - LL NOTHING SAYS LOW COUNTRY - CUISINE LIKE GUAH FRIED - SHRIMP. - >> TV FOOD SHOWS REACH LARGER - AUDIENCES. - EVEN AS TRADITIONAL SWEETGRASS - BASKETS AND OTHER CRAFTS ARE - SOLD ON LOCAL STREETS HERE. - ♪ - IN THE MEANTIME, THE BAND IS NOW - PERFORMING AT RGE VENUES.

- M THATWAS IN THIS VERY R - WE RECORDED OUR GRAMMY - AWARD-WINNING ALBUM. - [APPLAUSE] - >> THEY ARE STILL PLAYING FOR - LOCAL FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AS ON - THIS NIGHT AT THEIR RECORDING - STUDIO - >> ♪ GOOD TIME, A GOOD TIME! ♪ - >> IF CLOSEDPPROPRIATELY WITH - A SONGMBRACING THIS TIME FOR - RANKY TANKY AND GULLAH MUSIC. - ♪ SHAKE THAT, SHAKE THAT! ♪ - >> FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, JEFFREY - BROWN IN CHARLSTON. - JUDY: SOMETHING JOYFUL FOR SURE. - WE SURE NEEDED THAT.TH - IS THE NEWSHOUR FOR - TONIGHT. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - JOIN US ONLINE AND AGAIN - TOMORROW EVENING. - FOR ALL OF US, THANK YOU, PLEASE - STAY SAFE, AND WE WILL SEE YOU - SOON. - [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE - NATIONAL CAPONING INSTITUTE, - WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS - CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY.] - >> B MAJOR FUNDING HASN - PROVIDED BY -- - >> CFO.

- CAREGIVER. - ECLIPSE CHASER. - RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL ADVISOR. - TAYLOR'S ADVICE TO HELP YOU LIVE - YOUR LIFE. - LIFE WELL PLANNED. - >> JOHNSON & JOHNSON. - CONSUMER CELLULAR. - BSNK -- BNSF RAILWAY. - THE KANDEDA FUND. - INVESTMENTS IN TRANSFORMATIVE - LEADERS AND IDEAS. - ♪ - >> THE ALFRED P SLOAN - ♪OUNDATION. - >> SUPPORTED BY THE JOHN DEE AND - CATHERINE T MACARTHUR - FOUNDATION, COMMITTED TO - BUILDING A MORE JUST, VERDANT, - AND WITH THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF - THESE INSTITUTIONS. - THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE

- BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC - BROADCASTINGND BY - CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - U.THANK - ♪ - >> THIS IS PBS NEWSHOUR WEST - FROM WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON - AND FROM OUR BUREAU AT THE - WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF - JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE - UNIVERSITY. - ♪ - >> - ♪

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