PBS NewsHour; June 21, 2020, 5:30pm-6:00pm PDT

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- >> WHEN YOU DO TESTING TO THAT - EXTENT, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND - MORE PEOPLE. - YOU'RE GOINGO FIND MORE CASES. - SO I SAID TO MY PEOPLE, "SLOW - THE TESTING DOWN, PLEvaE." - >> Sreen: A WHITE HOUSE - OFFICIAL SAID TODAY THAT THE - PRESIDENT WAS BEING "TONGUE IN - CHEEK" ABOUT TESTING BEING - SLOWED. - WE'LL HAVE MORE ON INCREASES IN - COVID-19 INFECTIONS IN MANY - PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, IN OUR - NEWS SUMMARY. - DESPITE PROMISES BY THE TRUMP - CAMPAIGN OF RECORD CROWDS, BY - THE TIME PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK - THE STAGE LAST NIGHT AT THE - 19,000 SEAT B.O.K. ARA, - THOUSANDS OF SEATS WERE ETY. - OSTUTSIDE, E SET UP FOR - OVERFLOW ATTENDEES WAS - DISMANTLED BEFORE THE PRESIDENT - ARRIVED IN TULSA. - BEFORE ENTERING THE ARENA, TEAMS - OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS, BUT THERES - WAS NO REQUIREMENT THAT PEOPLE - WEAR MASKS, AND MANY DIDN'T. - ATTENDEES ALSO AGREED TO A - WAIVER NOT TO HOLD THE CAMPAIGN - IABLE IF THEY GET SICK - >> NO JUSTICE! - NO PEACE! - >> Sreenivasan: NEAR THE ARENA, - LARGELY PEACEFUL PROTTERS - BLOCKED SOME STREETS. - DURING THE EVENING, THERE WERE - ALSO SMALL PRO-TRUMP PROTESTS. - AND IN OTHER PARTS OF TULSA,

- BLACK LIVES MATTER - DEMONSTRATIONS HAD A FESTIVE - TIEL, AS PROTESTERS CONTINUED - WHILE THE PRESIDENT WAS - TRAVELING TO OKLAHOMA, - GEOFFREY BERMAN MADE IT OFFICIAL - T WHAT AS NO LONGER THE - U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN - DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. - AONFTER A DAYSTANDOFF WITH - ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR, - THE PRESIDENT FIRED BERMAN, WHO - THEN AGREED TO STEP DOWN LAST - NIG - NAMED INTERIM U.S. ATTORNEY. - IN AN INTERVIEW TODAY, HOUSE - JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN JERROLD - ADLER SAID BERMAN HAD BE - INVITED TO TESTIFY BEFORE HIS - COMMITTEE AS HE INVESTIGATES - PREOLITICAL INTERFEE IN THE - JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. - BUT, NADLER ALSO SAID THAT CALLS - FCHOR THE IMPNT OF ATTORNEY - GENERAL BARR DIDN'T MAKE SENSE - RIGHT NOW. - > A> THEY ARE A WASTE OF TI - THIS POINT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A - THE SENATE WHICH WILL NOT IN - CONSIDER AN IMPEACHMENT, NO - MNCATTER WHAT THE EVIAND - NO MATTER WHAT THE FACTS. - FOR MORE ON THE MANY ISSUES, - CONTROVERSIES, AND WHAT'S AHEAD - IN NATIONAL POLITICS, NEWSHOUR - EEKEND SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT - JEFF GREENFIELD JOINS US NOW - FROM SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNI - JEFF, LET'S START WITH WHAT

- TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY STRANGE - MATCH-UP, WHICH WAS ATTORNEY - GENERAL BARR VERSUS U.S.A. - BERMAN. - WE HAD TROUBLE FOLLOWING THIS - YESTERDAY ON ALL THE DIFFERENT - CONTOURS THAT THEY WERE TAKING, - BUT WHAT'S THE IMPACT HERE? - >JU> WELL TO REVIEW THE - BIDDING, FRIDAY NIGHT, LATE, - ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR SAYS - "U.S. ATTORNEY BERMAN IS GOING - TO STEP DOWN, I'M GOING TO - R ALACE HIM WITH A GUY WHO - VERY LOYAL ALLY OF TRUMP." - TWO HOURS LATER, BERMAN SAYS, - "IGI DIDN'T R" - SO THE NEXT DAY, BARR SAYS - "OKAY, I TALKED TO THE - PRESIDENT, HE SAYS YOU'RE - FIRED." - THEN THE PRESIDENT TELLS THE - PRESS, "I HAD NOTHING TO DO W - H - AND BY THE END OF THIS BIZARRE - DOWN TO BE REPLACED BY HISNG - DA EPUTY, WHO IS NOT LITICAL - ALLY OF TRUMP, JUST A - PROSETOR. - AND THE IMPACT IS, A LOT OF WHAT - THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN - NEW YORK WA - PLEASING TO THE PRESIDENT. - EITHER INVESTIGATINHIS - INAUGURAL COMMITTEE FOR THE - MISUSE OF FUNDS; DEUTSCHE BANK,

- WHICH WAS A BIG CREDITOR OF - TRUMP'S; GIULIANI AND HIS - AW FIRM. - SHYO THAT'S PART OFHIS GOT - EYEBROWS RAISED. - BUT THEN THERE'S THE PART ABOUT - JOHN BOLTON. - FRIDAY NIGHT, ABC NEWS RELEASED - THE TRANSCRIPT,N A CLIP OF THE - INTERVIEW WITH LTON. - THE FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY - ADVISOR HAD WRITTEN A VERY - CRITICAL BOOK OF TRUMP. - HE SAID THE PRESIDENT TOLD THE - PRESIDENT OF TURKEY HE WAS GOING - TO INTERVENE THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S - OFFICE TO PROTECT THE STATE BANK - OF TURKEY. - THAT'S WHY THIS HAS RAISED SO - MANY EYEBROWS OVER THE LAST - 48 HOURS. - >K > Sreenivasan: LET'S TOUT - THE RALLY IN TULSA YESTERDAY. - THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN THAT - URING A PANDEMIC, THIS WASN'T - THE BEST ID. - THE END RESULT? - > A> WELL, TO PUT IT - TECHNICAL, POLITICAL SCIENCE - TERM, NOT GOOD. - DAUR., THE PUBLIC HEALTH - OFFICIALS IN TULSA, WERE ALL - SAYING, THE WORST THING YOU CAN - DO IS PACK PEOPLE INTO A CROWDED - RWHOOE THEY'RE MAKING A LOT - OF NOISE, BECAUSE THAT WILL

- SPREAD THE PARTICLES. - B WHAT BASICALLY HAPPENED WAS - THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WAS - TELLING US THIS WAS GOING TO BE - A HUGE EVENT. - THEY HAD GOTTEN A MILLITI - REQUESTS FOETS. - AND WHEN THE TIME CAME FOR THE - RALLYIT TURNED OUT THAT - NOBODY SHOWED UP FOR THAT - OVERFLOW CROWD. - AND THE HL WAS PERHAPS HALF - FULL. - INTRIGUING IS THEA GROUP - OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICITE ON - SOCIAL MEDIA APPS LIKE TIKTOK, - AND K-POP, THE KOREAN MUSIC - ORGANIZED SOME KIND OF GUERILLA - OPERATION TO ASK FOR AN ENORMOUS - NUMBER OF TICKETS, THE POINT - BEING TO INFLATE THE ESTIMATES - AND TO DELUGEHE TRUMP CAMPAIGN - WITH USELESS DATA. - THE WHOLE POINT ABOUT GETTING - DATA.IES IS TO GET VOTER - AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBETHAT - THIS PRESIDENT PARTICULARLY - OBSESSES WITH THE SIZE OF HIS - CROWDS. - YOU REMEMBER BACK IN THE - INAUGURAL, HOW ANGRY HE GOT WHEN - OBAMA HAD MORE. - SO THE PICTURES OF THE HALF- - EMPTY HALL AND THE STORS OF - THE SPUTTERING EVENT IS EXACTLY - WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO KICK OFF

- THE CAMPAIGN. - EIZVEN THOUGH CROWD DON'T - TELL YOU MUCH ABOUT VOTES-- - I MEAN, BERNIE SANDERS GOT HUGE - CROWDS; JOE BIDEN COULDN'T FILL - A TELEPHONE BOOTH. - BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR - THE-- AS THEY SAY, THE OPTICS, - BECAUSE THE PRESS PUT SO MUCH - TTENTION ON IT - THIS WAS NOT THE WAY YOU WANT TO - START A CAMPAIGN. - >> Sreenivasan: AND YOU WATCHED - THE ENTIRE SPEECH. - WNGAS THERE ANY INKLIF A - STRATEGY OF HOW THIS CAMPAIGN IS - GOING TO PLAY OUT? - > C> YES, IT'S VEAR, AND IT - HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE, THAT THE - PRESIDENT IS NOT PURSUING ANY - KILIND OF UNITY OR RECOTION - MESSAGE. - THERE WAS NO MENTION OF - JETEENTH, OR BLACK - EMANCIPATION DAY. - THERE WAS NO MENTION OF GEORGE - FLOYD. - IT WAS ALL ABOUT HOW - "THE RADICALS AND ANTIFA ARE - GOING TO BURN YR CITIES DOWN. - THEY'RE GOING TO ABOLISH THE - POLICE. - JOE BIDEN IS A PAWN OF THE - RADICALS." - SYIT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT T - ARE PURSUING A BASE STRATEGY TO - GIN UP HIS CORE SUPPORTERS IN - ENOUGH NUMBERS THAT THEY CAN - OUTDO THE LOSS HE HAS IN PLACES - LIKE THE SUBURBS. - K > Sreenivasan: LOOKING B

- THE WEEK, WHICH SEEMS SO LONG - AREGO NOW, THERE OME BIG - SUPREME COURT DECISIONS THAT - WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE - ADMINISTRATION. - BUT YOU POINT OUT THAT DECISIONS - ARE DECISIONS, AND THEY CAN GO-- - WORK AGAINST YOU IN THE FUTURE. - >> YEAH. - THERE WERE TWO CELEBRATIONS ON - THE PART OF WHAT WE WILL BROADLY - CALL LIBERALS. - ONE, THE TITLE VII, THE CIVIL - RIGHTS LAW, PROTECTS NOT JUST - SEX BUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION. - YANOU FIRE SOMEBODY BECAUSE - THEY'RE GAY. - AND ALSO, THE DEFERRED ACTION ON - CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS. - THE COURT SAID THAT TRUMP COULD - NOT END IT THE WAY HE DID. - B, IF YOU'RE GOING TO READ - TITLE VII LITERALLY, THE WAY - JCEUSORSUCH, THE KEY VOTE, - DID, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT HE - WOULD BE VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT - A AFFIRMATIION. - YOU CAN'T HIRE SOMEBODY JUST - BECAUSE THEY'RE BLACK, BECAUSE - YASOU WANT TO INCNUMBERS. - IF HE READS THE STATUTE THAT - LITERALLY, THAT'S TROUBLE. - A, ND AS FAR AS DACA GOAT - THE COURT SAID WAS "YEAH, THE - PRESIDENT CAN ABOLISH IT BY - EXETTIVE ORDER-- HE JUST DID - DO IT THE RIGHT WAY." - SO I THINK THOSE WHO ARE - CELEBRATING THESE DECISIONS MAY

- WANT TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND - WHAT THE LONG-TERM - CONSEQUENCES MIGHT BE. - >> Srnivasan: JEFF GREENFIELD, - TS HA MUCH FOR JOINING US. - >> PLEASURE. - n: - >> SreenivaOR MORE - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS, - VISIT www.pbs.org/newshour. - >> Sreenivasan: NEW CASES OF - THE CORONAVIRUS ARE INCREASING - IN STATES ACROSS THE SOUTH, WEST - AND MIDWEST, WITH SEVEN STATES - HITTING SINGLE-DAY RECORD HIGHS - YESTERDAY. - NATIONWIDE, THERE WERE MORE THAN - 0,000 NEW INFECTIONS ON BOTH - FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THE HIGHEST - TOTALS SINCE MAY 1. - SOUTHERN STATES ARE SEEING SOME - OF THE HIGHEST SPIKES. - FA, SOU - COLINA, LIS, AND - MISSISSIPPI ARE ALL IN THE TOP - TEN FOR THE LARGEST NUMBER OF - NEW CASES PER CAPITA OVER THE - PAST TWO WEEKS. - I - OVERALL VIRUSELATED DEATHS - RE DROPPING, WITH THE 14-DAY - AVERAGE DOWN 42% AS OF - YESTERDAY. - APKCCORDING TO JOHNS S - UNIVERSITY, COVID-19 HAS - THE UNITED STATES, AND NEARLYN

- 120,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM - TMHE VIRUS. - NESOTA LEGISLATORS COULD NOT - AGREE TO POLICE REFORM AFTER A - ATWEEK OF NEGONS AND INTENSE - HEARINGS DURING A SPECIAL - SESSION. - GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH LAST MONTH - WHILE IN MINNEAPOLIS POLICE - CUSTODY AND ALL THE PROTESTS - THAT FOLLOWED COMPELLED THE - LWEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS - POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES. - BUT DEMOCRATS LEAD THE STATE'S - HOUSE AND REPUBLICANS THE - SENATE. - HOUSE DEMOCRATS CHARGED THAT - THE REPUBLICAN SENATE REFORM - PROPOSAL, WHICH INCLUDES - REQUIRING POLICE OFFICERS TO - SEYTEP IN IF EE OTHER - OFFICERS USING EXCESSIVE FORCE, - DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH. - REPUBLICANS ARGUED THAT THE - HOUSE MEASURES, SUCH AS PTING - THE STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL IN - KILLINGS, WAS TOO FAR.POLICE - A SUBSEQUENT HOUSE - COUNTERMEASURE ELIMINATED THIS - REQUIREMENT. - YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, GOVERNOR - TIM WALZ, A DEMOCRAT, SAID THE - LEGISLATURE'S FAILURE TO PASS A - BILL WAS AN "EMBARRASSMENT" FOR - THE ATE. - A DEADLY SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS - EARLY THIS MORNING LEFT ONE MAN - DEAD AND 11 PEOPLE WITH NON-LIFE

- THREATENING INJURIES, ACCORNG - TO POLICE. - THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IN - U APTOWN MINNEAPOLIOMMERCIAL - DISTRICT WITH SEVERAL - RESTAURANTS AND BARS. - THE AREA IS ABOUT THREE MILES - WEST OF THE LOCATION WHERE - GEORGE FLOYD, A BLACK MAN, DIED - WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY LAST - MONTH. - OFFICIALS SAID THERE WAS - NO CONNECON BETWEEN RECENT - ANTI-RACISM PROTESTS AND LAST - NIGHT'S SHOOTING. - POLICE SAID THEY BELIEVE THERE - MAY HAVE BEEN MORE THAN ONE - SHOOTER. - AS OF NOON TODAY, THEY WERE - S STIRCHING FOR THE SUSPECTS - WHO WERE DESCRIBED ONLY AS - "INDIVIDUALS ON FOOT." - IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, POLICE - ARE CALLING A STABBING RAMPAGE - THAT KILLED THREE PEOPLE AND - WOUNDED THREE OTHERS YESTERDAY A - TERRORIST ACT. - THE VICTIMS WERE SITTING IN A - PARK IN READING, WEST OF LONDON, - WHEN THEY WERE ATTACKED BY A - 25-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO POLICE - BELIEVE ACTED ALONE. - UNARMED OFFICERS ARRESTED THE - CESUSPECT AT THE. - BRITAIN'S PRESS ASSOCIATION - IDENTIFIED HIM AS A LIBYAN - CITIZEN SEEKING ASYLUM WHO WAS - LIVING IN READING. - OLICE SAY THEY DO NOT BELIEVE - THERE IS ANY FURTHER DANGER TO - THE PUBLIC, AND BTAIN'S - TERRORISM THREAT LEVEL HAS NOT

- BEEN RAISED. - CHINA'S TOPNMENT - LAW-MAKING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED - TODAY THAT IT WILL MEET AGAINT - THE END OF THIS MONTH, RAISING - CONCERNS FOR HONG KONG'S - AUTONOMY. - BEIJING IS CONSIDERING ENACTING - A LAW THAT WOULD SET UP AN - OFFICE IN HONG KONG TO COLLECT - INTELLIGENCE AND HANDLE CRIMINAL - CASES RELATED TO NATIONAL - SECURITY. - TODAY'S ANNNCEMENT DID NOT - ENTION THAT THE SECURITY LAW - WILL BE ON THE AGENDA, BUT THE - PATOSSIBILITY STOKED FEARS - BEIJING IS PLANNING TO TIGHTEN - ITS GRIP ON THE SEMI-AUTONOMOUS - TERRITORY. - THE TIMING COS RIGHT BEFORE - A JULY 1 HOLIDAY THAT MARKS - HONG KONG'S RETURN TO CHINA. - >> Sreenivasan: SINCE THE - CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HIT, THERE - H IAVE BEREASING REPORTS OF - ANTI-ASIAN DISCRIMINATION, - INCLUDINGT N SCHOOLS. - LNTH, THE NEW YORK CITY - COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS - LAUNCHED A TWO-MONTH CAMPAIGN - AUCIMED AT ING THE PUBLIC ON - RACISM. - BUT AS SCHOOLS WEIGH WHETHER OR

- NOT TO OPEN THEIR DOORS IN THE - FL, PARENTS OF ASIAN-AMERICAN - CHILDREN SAY THEY FEAR THAT - ST CHOOL MIT BE A SAFE PLACE - WHEN IT REOPENS. - NEWSHOUR WEEKEND SPECIAL - HAS OUR REPORT.ON OSTROVSKY - >> Reporter: FOR EVY PARENT, - THEIR CHILD'S SAFETY IS THE - NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. - AVEND MOM AND DAD IS ASKING - WHAT PRECAUTIONS ARE ING TO BE - PUT IN PLACE WHEN CLASSES - EVENTUALLY REOPEN. - BUT FOR PARENTS OF ASIAN - CHILDREN, THERE'S ANOTHER WORRY - ON P OF EVERYTHING ELSE. - IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS THAT - PRECEDED SCHOOL CLOSURES AND - STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS, THERE S A - SPIKE OF AN EPIDEMIC OF A - DFERENT KIND, IN CLASSROO - AROUND THE COUNTRY. - >> THE LATEST TARGET, A YOUNG - BOY FROM THE SAN FERNANDO - VALLEY. - >> THE YOUNG PERSON WAS BULLIED - IN HIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, PHYSICALLY - ATTACKED AND ACCUSED OF HAVING - THE CORONAVIRUS, SIMPLY BECAUSE - HE WAS ASIAN-AMERICAN. - >> Reporter: RACIALLY-MOTIVATED - HARASSMENT AGAINST ASIAN PULS, - RANGING FROM TEASING TO PHYSICAL - ATTACKS. - THEIR CLASSMATES BLAMING THEM

- FOR THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS, - B - APPEARANCE. ON THEIR - >> Reporter: NOW, ASIAN-AMERICAN - PARENTS ARE ASKING HOW THEIR - CHILDREN CASAFELY GO BACK TO - CT LASS NLL. - >> I'M NOT CONFIDENT THAT THE - D T.O.E. IS GOICREATE A SAFE - ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN OF - CSIOLOR, PARTICULARLY - CHILDREN, AT THIS TIME. - >> Reporter: IN APRIL, THE - F.B.I. WARNED IT WAS CONCERNED - ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR HATE - CRIMES AROUND THE COUNTRY - AGAINST MINORITIES PERCEIVED TO - BE "RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SPREAD - OF THE VIRUS." - AMERICA'S LARGEST SCHOOL - DISTRICT, NEW YK CITY, WHICH - CAREFULLY TRACKS INSTANCES OF - INCREASE IN THE WEADING UPN - TO THE LOCKDOWN, BUT DEPUTY - CHANCELLOR ADRIENNE AUSTIN - REFUSED TO DIVULGE TO NEWSHOUR - WEEKEND THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS OF - BIASED-BASED BULLYING INCIDENTS. - >> WE SAW AREND PRIOR TO GOING - TO REMOTE LEARNIN

- WE WERE SEEING A TREND OF - BIASED-BASED INSTANCES AGAINST - >> Reporter: HAI MY HUYNH IS A - 16-AR-OLD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT - IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK. - SHE TOLD NEWSHOUR WEEKEND, SHE - STRUGGLED TO GET ADMINISTRATORS - TO REACT AFTER A FELLOW - CLASSMATE LASHED OUT AT HER WITH - A VIRUS-RELATED INSULT WHEN SHE - REFUSED TO LET THE STUDENT COPY - HER COMPLETED HOMEWORK - ASSIGNMENT. - >> I JUST CHOSE NOT TO GIVE IT - TO HIM, BECAUSE I WORKED REALLY - RD ON IT. - AND, SO, HE SAID, "OH, THAT'S - WHY YOU HAVE CORONA." - AND THEN PEOPLE JUST AROUND ME - JUST START LAUGHING. - AN I JUST FELT REALLY LIKE... - I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. - >> Reporter: THIS INCIDENT MIGHT - NOT SND TERRIBLY SERIOUS TAKEN - ON ITS OWN, BUT FOR HAI MY, IT - CAME AFTER WEEKS OF OVERHEARING - CHOHATTER IN THE CORRIDORS - ABOUT ASIANS EATING BATS AND - RATS, AND BEING "DIRTY." - >> SO THE INCIDENTS REALLY VARY - DEPENDING ON AGE LEVEL AND - SEVERITY. - SOMETIMES, IT COULD BE A CHILD - JUST REPEATING WORDS THAT - THEY'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW. - AND THEN OTHERS MAY BE MORE

- DELERATE, WHICH COULD ESCALATE - TO THINGS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED - A HATE CRIME. - SO, IT HAS-- IT RUNS THE GAMUT. - >> Reporter: IN NEW YORK AS A - WHOLE, THE HUMARIGHTSDE - COMMISSION RECD 145 - COMPLAINTS OF ANTI-ASIAN BIAS - AND HARASSMENT SINCE FEBRUARY, - PERIOD LAST YEAR.11 FOR THE SAME - NOT ALL ROSE TO THE LEVEL OF A - HATE CRIME, BUT AMONG THE 18 - THAT DID, A DISTURBING TREND: - >> WHAT STOOD OUT TO US WAS THAT - OF THE PERPETRATORS, MORE THAN - ONE THIRD, ARE TEENAGERS. - AND SO, THAT'S WHY WE RLLY - WANT TO REACH THEM. - >> Reporter: WITH ATTACKS - AGAINST ASIANS SO WIDESPREAD - A YMONG MINORS, NK'S OFFICE - OF HATE CRIME PREVENTION URGED - THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF - EDUCATION TO PUT TOGETHER HOW- - TO GUIDE FOR DEALING WITH - INCIDENCES OF BIASEBULLYING - BORE SCHOOL DOORS SWUNG BK - OPEN. - HERE'S THE OFFICE'S EXPERT ON

- EDUCATION, DARIA VAISMAN, - DESCRIBING THE PROJECT TO AN - ASIAN-AMERICAN ADVOCACY GROUP IN - A CONFERENCE CALL IN MAY. - > T> EARLY OUTBREAK, WE HAD - FIRST, IN THE OFFICE,TARTED - HEARING STORIES OF COVID-RELATED - BIAS AND HATE CRIMES. - WE WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING - TOUOGETHER, A LIST OF RES - FOR EDUCATORS, SO THEY COULD USE - TO SPEAK TO THEIR STUDENTS, TO - ADDRESS AND ALSO TO ANTICIPATE - PROBLEMS THINSTNG ABOUT WHEN - ENTS REENTER THE PHYSICAL - CLASSROOM. - >> Reporter: THE GUIDE, WHICH IS - DOWNLOADABLE FROM THE NEW YORK - CITY HALL WEBSITEND IS - AVAILABLE TO EDUCATORS - EVERYWHERE, POINTS TEACHERS TO - RESOURCES LIKE THIS ARTICLE, - DESCRIBING HOW CHINESE DOCTOR - PY IONEERED AN EADICAL MASK, - OR PRACTICAL ADVICE ON - COUNTERING EXTREMISM ONLINE. - >> WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW - IS DEFINITELY NOT UTOEW - YORK CITY, ALTHOUGH THAT BEING - SAID, IT'S HAPPENING IN CITIES - IN WHICH THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT - ASIAN POPULATION. - SO, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO BAY - AREA AND LOS ANGELES WOULD BE - THE THREE, PROBABLY THE MO - PROMINENT. - >> Reporter: EXPERTS AND

- EDUCATORS SAY SOCIAL MEDIAND - COMMENTS OVERHEARD FROM PARENTS - HELP FUEL NARRATIVES ABOUT WHO'S - TO BLAME FOR THE VIRUS. - THEY ALSO SAY LANGUAGE USED BY - THE PRESIDENT ELY ON IN THE - RISIS DIDN'T HELP EITHER. - >> I TALK ABOUT THE CHINESE - VIRUS, AND-- AND I MEAN IT, - THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM. - >> Reporter: SO HOW CONCERNED - SHOULD PARENTS BE ABOUT - SCHOOLYARD TEASING THAT TARGETS - CHILDREN'S IDENTITIES? - > THIS IS LIFE OR DEAT - I MEAN, FOR STUDENTS WHO - INTERNALIZE BULLYING, WHO - INTERNALIZE DISCRIMINATION, WE - SEE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF - SUICIDES AMONGST KIDS. - AND SO, ON THE OTHER HAND, FOR - KIDS - HATRED GOES UNADDRESSED AND IT - FESTERS, WE SEE INSTANCES WHERE - ADULTS TAKEHE LIVES OF OTHER - PEOPLE BASED ON DISCRIMINATION. - >> Reporter: ONE BRUTAL INCIDENT - THAIS BEING ADDRESSED IS TH - MARCH 28 ATTACK ON A 51-YEAR-OLD - ASIAN WOM ON A BRONX BUS, IN - WHICH SEVERAL TEENAGE GIRLS - ACCED HER OF SPREADING THE - VIRUS. - >> AND THEY ENDED UP TACKING - HER, AND SHE HAD TO GET STITCHES - ON HER HEAD.

- >> Reporter: ELIZABETH OUYANG, - RUNS A PROGRAM FOR NEW YORK - YOUTH THAT AIMS TO RESOLVE HATE - CRIMES THROUGH OUT-OF-COURT - MEDIATION INSTEAD OF RELYING ON - THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM - ALONE. - SHE TOLD NEWSHOUR WEEKEND, THE - PERPETRATORS OF THE BUS ATTACK - WOULD BE ABLE TO AVOID A - CRIMINAL RECORDY PARTICIPATING - IN HER TEN-WEEK ANTI-BIAS - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. - WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO - SAY, THIS IS JUST A SLAP ON THE - WRIST FOR VIOLENT PERPETRATORS - WITH A HATEFUL MINDSET? - >> IF YOU BRING A COMPLAINT, - THE FIRST TIME, THESE YOUNGO - FFENDERS ARE NOT LIKELY TO GET - MUCH OF A PUNISHMENT. - THE VICTIM, WHO IS A 51-YEAR-OLD - WOMAN, IS SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE - YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN THIS - PROAM. - SHE WANTS ASSURANCE THAT - THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS - ATHGAIN THEY UNDERSTAND WHY - IT WAS WRONG. - AATND THAT'S THINK OUR - PROJECT WILL DEFINITELY - ACCOMPLISH.

- >> Reporter: PARENTS LIKE YULI - HSU HOPE THAT WHENEVER SCHOOL - DOORS OPEN AGAIN, HER CHILDREN - ND OTHERS WILL BE ENTERING A - SAFE SPACE. - >> MY FIRST DISTINCT EXPERIENCE - WAS WHEN I WAS FIVE, IN OUR - SUBURBAN OHIO NEIGHBORHOOD, AND - OTHER CHILDREN THROWING VERBAL - SLURS, RACIAL SLURS AT ME, AS - WELAS ROCKS IN MY FACE. - YESEAH, SO ARE DEFINITELY - THINGS I WOULD HOPE MY CHILDREN - NEVER EXPERIENCE. - >> Sreenivasan: IN RECENT WEEKS, - COLLEGE AND PROFESSIONASPORTS - TEAMS HAVE STARTED TO DECLARE - ELECTION DAY A HOLIDAY FOR - EMPLOYEES AND PLAYERS.S - O FAR, THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES, - THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES AND - THLYNXN.C.A.A. AND OTHERS - HAVE JUMPED ON BOARD. - TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS - MOVEMENT, NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S - MEGAN THOMPSON SPOKE TO - "URWALL SEET L" SPORTS - REPORTER LOUISE RADNOFSKY, WHO'S - EEN COVERING THE STORY. - >> Reporter: SO WHAT MOTIVATED

- >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT'S BEEN - STRIKING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF - MANY OF WHOM HAD PREVIOUSLYTES, - BRAED THEMSELVES AS APOLITICAL - OR "JUST NOT THAT KIND OF - OUTSPOKEN ATHLETE," WHO'VE COME - F AORWA STEPPED OUT AND SAID - THAT THEY SUPPORT BLACK LIVES - MATTER. - WHI, YOU KNOW, AS A MOVEMENT, - WAS CONSIDERED TO BE SOMEWHAT - RADICAL OR CONTROVERSIAL IN SOMA - S FOR ATHLETES, UNTIL - RECENTLY, AT WHICH POINT - THINGS HAVE FLIPPED AROUND A - LITTLE BIT. - A ND ATHLETES WHO HANOT SAID - THAT THEY SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT - HAVE COME UNDER CRITICISM FOR - TT. - SO THERE'S BEEN THIHUGE CHANGE - IN ATHLETES' APPROACH TO - ACTIVISM, PARTICULARLY AMONG, I - THINK, STRIKING, WHITE, AND - THER NON-BLACK ATHLETES. - AND YOU'VE SEEN ORGANIZATIONS - NOT ONLY RUSH TO EMBRACE THEIR - ATHLETES, BUT ALSO RUSH TO - EMACE THIS MOVEMENT. - IN SOME CASES, REVERSING - PREVIOUS STANCES THAT THEY HA - HAD ON SENDING POLITICAL - MESSAGES OR ALLOWING THEIR - ATHLETES TO PROTEST. - SO YOU'RE REALLY SEEING A--

- SORT OF A REPOSITIONING OF ALL - OF ESE BRANDS, THE INDIVIDU - BRANDS AND THE TEAM BRANDS, AND - AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE UNDER - PRESSURE TO DELIVER ON WHAT THAT - ACTLLY MEANS, IN PRACTICE. - SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN - ELECTION DAY IS THE FIRST - TGIBLE POLICY CHANGE COMING - FROM ANY ORNIZATION THA - ALIGNED ITSELF WITH BLACK LIVES - M>ATTER. - > Reporter: IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS - A POSITIVE STEP FOR THESE TEAMS - TO BE DOING THIS. - BUT, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, A LOT - OF THE TEAMS AND THE PLAYERS - HAVE BEEN KIND OF WARY OF WING - ITHO SOME OF THESE ISSUES I - PAST. - IS THIS KIND OF AN EASY WAY TO - "CHECK THE BOX" RIGHT NOW, IN - TERMS OF BEING ABLE TSAY THAT - THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING? - ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT - TEAMS ARE UNDER PRESSURE TO DO? - >> IT IS CERTAINLY AN EASIER Y - FOR A TEAM TO DO SOMETHING THAT - IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE - ME POLITICALLY PALATABLE, - RIGHT. - EVERYBODY THINKS THAT VOTING - GGOENERALLY IS THING, AND - INCREASING VOTER TURNOUT IS A - GOOD THING. - SO, IT'S A RELATIVELY NON- - CONTROVERSIAL WAY OF MAKING A - CHAE. - OF COURSEWHAT YOU'RE HEARING

- FROM BLACK LIVES MATTER IN SOME - PARTS OF THE COTRY IS A FAR - RE DEMANDING DEMAND, IF YOU - WILL. - OU'RE NOT HEARING A LOT OF - TEAMS RIGHT NOW RUSHING TO SAY - THAT THEY HAVE A POSIN - WHETHER TO DEFUND THE POLICE, - FOR EXAMPLE. - BUT SAYING WHERE YOU STAND ON - ELECTION DAY MIGHT BE A FIRST - STEP TO THAT. - IT MIGHT BE THE FINAL STEP. - GI THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'NG - TO BE WATCHING REALLY CLOSELY. - >> Reporter: SO, THIS ISN'T A - NEW IA, RIGHT? - I MEAN, WHERE ELSE HAVE WE SEEN - EFFORTS LIKE THIS IN THIS - COUNTRY? - >> IT'S NOT A N IDEA. - YOU'VE SEEN 13 STATES ALREADY - MAKE ELECTION DAY A HOLIDAY, AN - A 14th, VIRGINIA, JOINED THEM - THIS YEAR, ALTHOUGH IN SOME - AND CONGRESS HAS ALSO BEEN UNDER - PRESSURE TO CONSIDER THIS. - IT WAS SUPPORTED BY NUMBER OF - DEMOCRATS. - IT WAS SOMEWHAT RESISTED BY THE - REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED SENATE. - BUT CONGRESS'S FAILURE TO TAKE A - FER POSITION ON THIS, FOR - EXAMPLE, CREATED AN OPENING FOR - TEAMS TO GO IN THERE AND MAKE - POLICY THEMSELVES. - AND THEY'RE HOPING THAT OTHER

- CESOMPAIGHT FOLLOW SUIT AS - WELL. - >> Reporter: WHEN PEOPLE ARE - GIVEN THE DAY OFF, ELECTION - DAY, DOES IT ACTUALLY BOOST - VOTER TURNOUT? - >> FROM A PAPER ABOUT TEN YEARS - AEEGO, WHAT WE'VEIS THAT - MAKING ELECTION DAY A PAID - HOLIDAY DOESN'T, ON ITS OWN, - INCREASE VOTER TURNOU - I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH - PLAYERS IN PARTICULAR IS ALMOST - AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE A NEW - EXPERIMENT. - WHAT WOD ELECTION DAY LOOK - LIKE IF YOU HAD A PAID DAY OFF - AND YOU HAD AAID DAY OFF FOR - ERY HIGH-PROFILE FIGURES - SEEKING TO GO AHEAD AND GET OUT - THE VOTE THEMSELVES? - >> Reporter: ALL RIGHT, LOUISE - RADNOFSKY OF THE "WALL STREET - JOURNAL," THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR - TALKING TO ME. - >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. - >> Sreenivasan: THAT'S ALL FOR - THIS EDITION OF PBS NEWSHOUR - WEEKEND. - FOR THE LATEST NEWS UPDATES, - VISIT www.p.org/newshour. - I'M HARI SREENIVASAN. - THANKS FOR WATCHING, AND HAVE A - GOOD NIGHT.

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