PBS NewsHour; February 2, 2021, 3:00pm-4:00pm PST

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- TONIGHT, DIRECTED AT THE U.S. - SOUTHERN BORDER. - THEY COME AS THE MAN WHO WILL - MANAGE MIGRANT POLICY IS JOINING - HIS CABINET. - WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT - YAMICHE ALCINDOR BEGINS OUR - COVERAGE, WITH A LATE-AFTERNOON - EVENT. - >> GOING TO SIGN A FEW EXECUTIVE - ORDERS. - >> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN - F - >> Alcindor: PRESIDENT BIDEN - FOCUSED ON IMMIGRATION, AND ON - ROLLING BACK FORMER PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL POLICIES. - TODAY, HE SIGNED THREE EXECUTIVE - ORDERS ON THE TOPIC. - TOPPING THE LIST: - THE CREATION OF A TASK FORCE TO - REUNITE FAMILIES SEPARATED AT - THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER UNDER THE - TRUMP “ZERO TOLERANCE” POLICY. - >> WITH THE FIRST ACTION TODAY, - WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO UNDO THE - MORAL AND NATIONAL SHAME OF THE - PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION THAT - LITERALLY, NOT FIGURATIVELY, - RIPPED CHIRP FROM THE ARMS OF - THEIR MOTHERS, FATHERS AND - FAMILIES AT THE BORDER WITH NO - PLAN TO REUNIFY THE CHILDREN WHO - ARE STILL IN CUSTODY AND THEIR - PARENTS. - >> Reporter: TASK TORSE WILL

- BE LED BY - >> Alcindor: THE TASK FORCE WILL - BE LED BY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND - SECURITY SRETARY ALEJANDRO - MAYORKAS. - AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF DELAY, - THIS AFTERNOON, THE SENATE - CONFIRMED HIM. - BIDEN'S ORDERS WERE PRAISED BY - SEVERAL GROUPS, INCLUDING THE - LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE - SERVICE, AN ORGANIZATION - ADVOCATING FOR SEPARATED - FAMILIES. - IT CALLED THE PRESIDENT'S - ACTIONS A “MONUMENTAL FIRST - STEP.” - THE GROUP SAID, "IT IS INCUMBENT - UPON ALL OF OUR ELECTED - OFFICIALS TO END THE RAMPANT - SEPARATION AND DETENTION OF - MIGRANTS." - E AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES - UNION TWEETED, "BIDEN MUST - REUNITE ALL SEPARATED FAMILIES - IN THE U.S., AND WE CAN'T STOP - THERE. - THESE FAMILIES DESERVE - TIZENSHIP AND CARE." - WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY NO ONE - KNOWS JUST HOW MANY CHILDREN - REMAIN SEPARATED FROM FAMILIES. - FEDERAL COURT DOCUMENTS PUT THE - NUMBER AT MORE THAN 600. - BIDEN AIDES SAY IT COULD BE UP - TO A THOUSAND. - BIDEN WILL BE LOOKING INTO - WHETHER SOME FAMILIES-- - INCLUDING PARENTS DEPORTED - WITHOUT THEIR CHILDREN-- WILL BE - GIVEN SOME SORT OF LEGAL STATUS - IN THE UNITED STATES. - TODAY'S EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ALSO

- ORDER A REVIEW OF THE TRUMP - POLICIES THAT RESTRICTED LEGAL - IMMIGRATION. - THOSE INCLUDE THE “REMAIN IN - MEXICO” PROGRAM THAT SENT MORE - THAN 60,000 ASYLUM SEEKERS - BACK TO MEXICO TO WAIT FOR - THEIR CLAIMS TO BE PROCESSED IN - U.S. COURTS. - MANY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO WAIT IN - DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. - SOME HAVE EVEN BEEN KIDNAPPED - AND KILLED. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALREADY - ANNOUNCED IT WOULD NO LONGER - ENROLL NEW ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE - PROGRAM, BUT IT REMAINS UNCLEAR - WHAT WILL BECOME OF THOSE - ALREADY ENROLLED. - ALSO TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN - ORDERED A REVIEW OF THE - SO-CALLED “PUBLIC CHARGE RULE.” - IT DENIES GREEN CARDS TO - IMMIGRANTS WHO MIGHT REQUIRE - XPAYER-FUNDED FINANCIAL - ASSISTANCE. - MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN - CONTINUES HIS PUSH FOR A - $1.9 TRILLION COVID-19 STIMULUS - PACKAGE. - LAST NIGHT, HE HELD A MEETING - WITH A GROUP OF SENATE - REPUBLICANS WHO WANT A FAR - SMALLER BILL. - SO FAR, NO BIPARTISAN DEAL HAS - BEEN REACHED. - THE SENATORS SAID THE MEETING

- WAS “FRANK AND VERY USEFUL.” - THEY PLEDGED TO CONTINUE THEIR - TALKS. - TODAY, WHITE HOUSE PRESS - SECRETARY JEN PSAKI REITERATED - THE PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR BOLD - ACTION. - >> THERE CERTAINLY IS A GAP - BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE - THE PROPOSAL, THE REPUBLICAN - PROPOSAL THAT WAS DISCUSSED LAST - NIGHT, WAS. - >> Alcindor: SENATE REPUBLICANS - ARGUED AGAIN FOR A SMALLER, MORE - TARGETED APPROACH THAT CAN WIN - BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. - >> WE'RE OFF TO A TOTALLY - PARTISAN START. - I THINK THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. - BUT THEY ARE IN THE MAJORITY IN - THE HOUSE AND SENATE, AND LIFE - IS A SERIES OF CHOICES, AND - THEY'VE CHOSEN. - >> Alcindor: DEMOCRATS ARE - FORGING AHEAD ON A PROCESS TO - PASS A BILL WITH A SIMPLE - MAJORITY IN THE 50/50 SENATE, - IF THEY CANNOT WIN REPUBLICAN - SUPPORT. - TODAY, MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK - SCHUMER INSISTED AGAIN, THERE'S - NO TIME TO LOSE. - >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO DILUTE, - DITHER, OR DELAY. - THE NEEDS OF THE ACAN PEOPLE - ARE SO DEMANDING, WE NEED TO - THINK BIG, AND WE NEED TO ACT

- QUICKLY. - >> Alcindor: FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR, I'M YAMICHE ALCINDOR. - >> Woodruff: AND WE TURN NOW TO - THE ISSUES DIVIDING LAWMAKERS - ON CAPITOL HILL, WITH OUR LISA - DESJARDINS. - SO, LISA, TODAY WE LEARN MORE - ABOUT THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL - THAT'S GOING TO START ONE WEEK - FROM TODAY IN THE SENATE. - WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE - ARGUMENTS EACH SIDE IS GOING TO - MAKE. - TELL US ABOUT THAT. - >> THAT'S RIGHT. - THIS UNPRECEDENTED SECOND - IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOR A U.S. - PRESIDENT, LET'S START WITH THE - HOUSE DEMOCRATS. - THEIR BRIEF ON EXACTLY THE CASE - THEY'RE GOING TO LAY OUT, AN - 80-PAGE PRE-TRIAL BRIEF. - I WANT TO PULL OUT A QUOTE THAT - LAYS OUT WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE - ARGUING HERE. - THEY SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S - EFFORT TO EXTEND HIS GRIP ON - POWER BY FOMENTING VIOLENCE - AGAINST CONGRESS WAS A PROFOUND - VIOLATION OF THE OATH HE SWORE. - IF PROVOKING AN INSURRECTIONY - RIOT IS NOT AN IMPEACHABLE - OFFENSE,INGS HARD TO IMAGINE

- WHAT WOULD BE. - ESSENTIALLY, DEMOCRATS IN THE - HOUSE ARE LAYING OUT A CASE - WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S OWN - WORDS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND - INTENTIONAL TO TRY AND CAUSE A - RIOT AT THE U.S. CAPITOL TO STOP - THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT JOE - BIDEN. - THEY ALSO LAY OUT A CASE WHERE - THEY SAY THERE IS PERES SENT FOR - PEACHING -- PRECEDENT FOR - IMPEACHING A FORMER OFFICER. - HIS RELATIVELY NEW ATTORNEYS - FILED A 14-PAGE ANSWER. - THEIR FULLER BRIEF IS EXPECTED - NEXT WEDNESDAY, BUT THIS IS A - FIRST GLIMPSE WHAT HIS ATTORNEYS - WILL ARGUE IN COURT. - THEY ARE GOING TO ARGUE THE - PRESIDENT WAS UNDER HIS FIRST - AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS TO EXPRESS - HIS BELIEF THE ELECTION WAS - SUSPECT, IN THEIR WORDS. - THOSE ATTORNEYS WRITE, - INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE EXISTS - UPON WHICH A REASONABLE JURIST - COULD CONCLUDE THAT THE 4 - 45th PRESIDENT'S STATEMENTS - WERE ACCURATE OR NOT AND HE, - THEREFORE, DENIES THAT THEY WERE

- FALSE. - ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT THE - PRESIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT - ABOUT THE ELECTION, AND IN - ADDITION, OF COURSE, HIS - ATTORNEYS ARGUE THAT THIS IS A - MOOT POINT BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT - THERE IS NOT ENOUGH - CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTIFICATION FOR - TRYING A NOW FORMER PRESIDENT. - >> Woodruff: SO, LISA, IN - CONNECTION WITH THE ASSAULT ON - THE CAPITOL, A LOT OF DISCUSSION - IF RECENT WEEKS ABOUT SECURITY - AROUND LAWMAKERS ON THE HILL. - WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT - CONCERNS ABOUT THAT DURING AND - AROUND THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AND - THEN IN GENERAL? - >> Reporter: WE'VE CONFIRMED - HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE - CONSIDERING A SEPTEMBER 11-STYLE - COMMISSION THAT WOULD BE AN - INDEPENDENT LOOK AT THE EVENTS - OF SEPTEMBER 6, WHO WAS BEHIND - THEM, WHAT HAPPENED HOUR BY HOUR - AND THE LEADUP TO THEM AS WELL - AS THE AFTERMATH OF THEM. - IN ADDITION, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC - LEADERS ARE WORKING ON A - POTENTIAL EMERGENCY SPENDING - BILL TO INCREASE SECURITY FOR - LAWMAKERS THEMSELVES. - THE SER SERGEANT AT ARMS HAS MOD

- FORWARD WITH THE IDEA OF - INCREASING SECURITY AT AIRPORTS, - FOR EXAMPLE, IN WASHINGTON WHERE - LAWMAKERS LAND WHEN THEY ARRIVE - HERE OR FOR SOME LAWMAKERS UNDER - THREAT IN THEIR HOME DISTRICTS. - NOW, THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A - BEHIND-THE-SCENES, VERY SERIOUS, - EMOTIONAL, TRAUMATIC TIME FOR - MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND THAT - CAME TO BEAR LAST NIGHT WHEN - REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDRIA - OCASIO-CORTEZ SPENT OVER AN HOUR - RELAYING HER EXPERIENCE ON - JANUARY 6 AND ENDED TALKING - ABOUT THE TRAUMA SHE AND OTHER - MEMBERS ARE FACING. - >> THEY'RE TRYING TO TELL US - THAT IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL. - THEY'RE TRYING TO TELL US TO - MOVE ON. - WITHOUT ANY ACCOUNTABILITY, - WITHOUT ANY TRUTH-TELLING OR - ACTUALLY CONFRONTING THE EXTREME - DAMAGE, PHYSICAL HARM, LOSS OF - LIFE AND TRAUMA THAT WAS - INFLICTED ON NOT JUST ME AS A - PERSON, NOT JUST OTHERS AS - INDIVIDUALS, BUT ON ALL OF US AS - A COLLECTIVE. - >> Reporter: JUDY, IT'S NOT

- JUST MISTRUST OF THE CAPITOL BUT - A BETRAYAL BY SOME MEMBERS. - >> Woodruff: AND MEANTIME, - QUICKLY, LISA, IDEOLOGICAL - DIVISIONS AMONG REPUBLICANS OVER - TWO HIGH-PROFILE MEMBERS OF THE - HOUSE, MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, - THE FRESHMAN CONGRESSWOMAN FROM - GEORGIA, AND LIZ CHENEY FROM - WYOMING. - >> Reporter: RIGHT, MARJORIE - TAYLOR GREENE, SOMEONE WHOSE - REMARKS ARE INCREASINGLY UNDER - ATTACK OR CRITICISM FROM THOSE - INTHE MIDDLE AND LIZ CHENEY WHO - MAY FACE A VOTE ON HER - LEADERSHIP TOMORROW. - YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT, MITCH - McCONNELL, THE SENATE - REPUBLICAN LEADER SENT OUT THIS - NOTEWORTHY STATEMENT ABOUT - MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE. - HE SAID THAT LOONY LIES AND - CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE CANCER - FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND OUR - COUNTRY. - DIDN'T MENTION HER BY NAME, BUT, - JUDY, THIS IS A VERY SHARP - INTRAPARTY FIGHT. - >> Woodruff: SO INTERESTING - THAT HE WEIGHED IN. - LISA DESJARDINS COVERING IT ALL - FOR US AT THE CAPITOL. - THANK YOU, LISA. - >> Woodruff: AS WE - DISCUSSED EARLIER, THE

- BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND - SENATE REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO - DEBATE THE MERITS AND DETAILS OF - THE PRESIDENT'S $1.9 TRILLION - COVID RELIEF PLAN. - SENATOR JOHN BARRASSO IS THE - THIRD HIGHEST RANKING REPUBLICAN - IN THE SENATE. - AND HE JOINS US NOW. - SENATOR, WELCOME BACK TO THE - "NewsHour". - WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE EFFORTS - BY TEN OF YOUR REPUBLICAN - COLLEAGUES TO MEET WITH THE - PRESIDENT, TO TRY TO HAMMER OUT - SOMETHING THAT ALL SIDES CAN - AGREE ON? - DO YOU THINK IT WILL BEAR FRUIT? - >> WELL, I HOPE THAT IT DOES AND - I THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO - MEET TOGETHER IN A BIPARTISAN - WAY, JUDY, BECAUSE WE STILL NEED - TO DO MORE TO HELP PEOPLE GET - BACK TO WORK, TO HELP KIDS GET - BACK TO SCHOOL AND TO PUT THE - VIRUS BEHIND US, TO GETTING MORE - SHOTS INTO ARMS. - YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS - PROPOSED, $1.9 TRILLION IS AN - AWFUL LOT OF MONEY, AND THE - CONCERN THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE IS - IT INCLUDES MANY THINGS THAT ARE - UNRELATED TO CORONAVIRUS RELIEF. - YOU KNOW, WE JUST PASSED A - $900 BILLION BILL THAT WAS - SIGNED AT THE END OF DECEMBER,

- AND SO MUCH OF THAT MONEY HASN'T - GONE OUT THE DOOR YET. - SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT - THAT IS OUT THERE EFFECTIVELY - DOING ITS JOB, AND THEN I THINK - WE CAN BETTER PREPARE TO SEE - WHAT ADDITIONAL NEEDS THERE ARE. - >> Woodruff: AS I'M SURE YOU - KNOW, SENATOR, PRESIDENT BUSH IS - ARGUING THAT IT'S THE GREATER - MISTAKE WOULD BE TO DO NOT - ENOUGH, WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE - SUFFERING. - YOU HAVE, WHAT, 18 MILLION - AMERICANS, AT LEAST, WHO, AS OF - THIS MONTH, ARE STILL RECEIVING - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. - HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT - PEOPLE WHO WERE EARNING IN THE - MIDDLE CLASS RANGE BUT ARE NOW - WELL BELOW THAT OR OUT OF WORK - ALTOGETHER? - >> WELL, I GET HOME TO WYOMING - AND TALK TO PEOPLE EVERY WEEKEND - ABOUT THAT VERY THING, AND WHAT - I'M HEARING AT HOME IS THEY SAY, - LISTEN, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT - REALLY NEED HELP AND WE NEED TO - TARGET THAT HELP. - BUT WHEN I SEE PRESIDENT BIDEN - IN HIS PROPOSALS SENDING RELIEF - CHECKS OUT TO FAMILIES WHEN YOU - CAN MAKE OVER A QUARTER MILLION - DOLLARS A AR, PEOPLE DON'T - WANT TO SEE THAT SORT OF THING

- IN. - WYOMING WHERE WE HAVE HELP - WANTED SIGNS OUT, SMALL BUSINESS - OWNERS STRUGGLING SAY IF WE HAVE - MANDATORY DOUBLING OF THE - MINIMUM-WAGE, THEY'RE GOING TO - HAVE A HARDER TIME MAKING - PAYROLL AND COULD HAVE TO CLOSE - THEIR DOORS. - WHEN THEY SEE THAT ONE OF THE - THINGS IN THE PRESIDENT'S - PROPOSAL IS TO PAY UNEMPLOYMENT - BONUSES, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT -- - BASICALLY THE MATH SAYS YOU DO - BETTER BY NOT WORKING THAN - WORKING, IT'S HARDER TO GET - PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. - AND THE OTHER THING THAT - REPUBLICANS ARE VERY CONCERNED - ABOUT IS THESE BAILOUTS FOR BIG - CITIES AND BLUE STATES AND - PLACES THAT REALLY HAVE A - HISTORY OF BAD BEHAVIOR WHENT IT - COMES TO MANAGING THEIR - FINANCES, UNRELATED TO - CORONAVIRUS. - >> Woodruff: WELL, I'M SURE - YOU KNOW THAT MANY OF THESE - CITIES AND STATES SAY THAT THAT - MONEY GOES TOWARD PEOPLE WHO ARE - WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES, - POLICE, FIRST RESPONDERS AND - OTHERS. - BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO - BE LOOKING AT THAT. - I DO WANT TO ALSO ASK YOU, - SENATOR, ABOUT SOMETHING THAT - THE SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH - McCONNELL HAS SAID IN THE LAST

- DAY ABOUT CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE - TAYLOR GREENE OF GEORGIA. - HE SAID, AND I'M QUOTING, LOONY - LIES AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE - DANCING FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY - AND OUR COUNTRY. - HE WENT ON TO REFER TO HER VIEW - THAT PERHAPS NO AIRPLANE HIT THE - WORLD TRADE CENTER ON 9/11, - SAYING THAT HORRIFYING SCHOOL - SHOOTINGS WHERE CHILDREN DIED - WERE PRE-STAGED. - DO YOU AGREE WITH HIM? - >> I FIND HER STATEMENTS - DISTURBING. - THAT'S NOT THE FUTURE THAT I SEE - FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. - I KNOW THE HOUSE IS GOING TO - HAVE TO MAKE ITS OWN DECISIONS - ON WHAT PATH THEY TAKE. - BUT ALL THE TIME THAT IS SPENT - ON HER IS DISTRACTING FROM THE - WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE - AMERICAN PEOPLE OF GETTING - PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AND KIDS - BACK TO SCHOOL AND THE - CORONAVIRUS BEHIND US. - >> Woodruf AND SENATOR, I - ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT - ANOTHER MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND - THAT IS YOUR FELLOW REPUBLICAN - LIZ CHENEY, WHOREPRESENTS THE

- STATE WYOMING, YOUR HOME - STATE. - SHE HAS COME UNDER ATTACK FROM - OTHER REPUBLICANS FOR VOTING TO - IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP. - YOU HAD A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN - GO TO WYOMING TO SAY THAT SHE - SHOULDN'T BE REELECTED. - DO YOU THINK SHE SHOULD BE - REMOVED FROM A LEADERSHIP ROLE - IN THE HOUSE BASED ON WHAT SHE'S - DONE? - >> NO, I SUPPORT LIZ CHENEY, WE - WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER ON ISSUES - IMPACTING WYOMING. - I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE A - DIFFERENT POSITION ON - IMPEACHMENT THAN SHE DOES. - THIS IS NOW COMING TO THE SENATE - AND I BELIEVE IT'S - UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR US IN THE - SENATE TO GO THROUGH A TRIAL OF - IMPEACHMENT OF SOMEBODY WHO IS - NO LONGER IN OFFICE AND THE FACT - THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE - SUPREME COURT ISN'T GOING TO - PRESIDE TELLS ME THAT IT IS NOT - A LEGITIMATE PROCESS. - >> Woodruff: DO YOU BELIEVE - THE PRESIDENT BEARS ANY - RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT - HAPPENED, THOUGH, SENATOR, GIVEN - THAT HE URGED THAT CROWD TO GO - FIGHT, NOT TO SHOW WEAKNESS? - WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS ROLE WAS - IN ALL THIS?

- >> WELL, I WISH HE HAD CHOSEN - HIS WORDS DIFFERENTLY, BUT THE - HOUSE HAS NOW MOVED AHEAD WITH - IMPEACHMENT, AND THAT IS COMING - TO THE SENATE. - WE HAVE A TRIAL STARTING NEXT - TUESDAY IN THE UNITED STATES - SENATE. - 45 PECKS OF THE REPUBLICANS IN - THE -- 45 REPUBLICANS HAVE VOTED - IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO IMPEACH - SOMEBODY WHO IS NO LONGER IN - OFFICE AND AT HOME. - THE PEOPLE IN WYOMING BELIEVE IN - FAIRNESS. - WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HOUSE WAS A - SH TO JUDGMENT, A SNAP - IMPEACHMENT WITHOUT A HEARING, - WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR - DEFENSE, AND, SO, I THINK THAT - WAS RUSHED, AND I THINK THAT THE - PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE - ACQUITTED WHEN IT COMES TO THE - UNITED STATES SENATE. - >> Woodruff: AND DO YOU THINK - FUTURE PRESIDENTS SHOULD BE - MAKING SIMILAR STATEMENTS? - >> WELL, I THINK THAT, FIRST, IN - TERMS OF PAST PRESIDENTS, WE - SHOULDN'T BE IMPEACHING PEOPLE - WHO ARE NO LONGER IN OFFICE OR - TRYING THEM IN THE SENATE FOR - IMPEACHMENT. - IN TERMS OF FUTURE PRESIDENTS, - SO ME, IMPEACHMENT IS ABOUT - REMOVING SOMEONE FROM THE OFFICE - TO WHICH THEY HOLD, REMOVING A - PRESIDENT FROM OFFICE, THAT TO - ME IS THE WAY I READ THE

- CONSTITUTION, AN THAT'S WHAT I - THINK IMPEACHMENT IS ALL ABOUT. - >> Woodruff: ALL RIGHT, WE - WILL LEAVE IT THERE. - SENATOR B BARRASSO, THANK YOU VY - MUCH. - WE APPRECIATE IT. - >> THANK YOU, JUDY. - >> Woodruff: NOW FOR THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION'S TAKE ON THE - STATE OF COVID RELIEF TALKS, - WE'RE JOINED BY JARED BERNSTEIN. - HE IS A MEMBER OF THE WHITE - HOUSE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC - ADVISERS. - >> Woodruff: JARED BERNSTEIN, - GOOD TO SEE YOU. - THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. - I WANT TO ASK YOU FIRST ABOUT A - REPORT THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY - BY THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET - OFFICE FORECASTING THAT THE U.S. - ECONOMY IS GOING TO RECOVER - RAPIDLY BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS - YEAR, WHICH RAISES THE QUESTION - DOES THE GOVERNMENT NEED TO - SPEND AS MUCH MONEY AS THE - ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING TO - BOOST THE ECONOMY? - >> YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY FAIR - AND IMPORTANT QUESTION. - WHAT THAT C.B.O. REPORT SHOWED - IS THAT, IN THE SECOND HALF OF - THIS YEAR, G.D.P. WOULD GROW AT - ABOUT 4%. - THAT'S A GOOD G.D.P. GROWTH - RATE. - HOWEVER, FOR FAR TOO MANY - FAMILIES, BOTH THROUGHOUT THIS - CRISIS AND EVEN BEFORE THIS

- CRISIS, G.D.P. GROWTH HAS BEEN A - SPECTATOR SPORT. - THEY HAVE FALLEN BEHIND EVEN AS - THE ECONOMY HAS EXPANDED. - THIS IS OFTEN DISCUSSED UNDER - THE RUBRIC OF ECONOMIC - INEQUALITY OR RACIAL INJUSTICE, - AND IT'S ONE OF THE HUGE - MOTIVING FACTORS FOR - PRESIDENT BIDEN AND - VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WHEN THEY - CAMPAIGNED. - NOW, THESE INEQUITIES HAVE BEEN - LAID BARE BY THIS CRISIS, BY - THIS PANDEMIC. - IT HAS BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY - FELT BY WORKERS ON THE BOTTOM - LEG OF THAT K -- WE TALK ABOUT A - K-SHAPE RECOVERY, WITH FOLKS AT - THE TOP WHO NEVER MISSED A - PAYCHECK DOING FINE, AND TENS OF - MILLIONS OF FOLKS AT THE BOTTOM - WHO HAVE BEEN BESET BY BOTH THE - HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISIS. - THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN TARGETS - THAT BOTTOM LEG OF THE K ALONG - WITH VIRUS CONTROL AND VACCINE - DISTRIBUTION TO ENGENDER AN - INCLUSIVE RECOVERY, NOT JUST, - YOU KNOW, A G.D.P. NUMBER THAT - DOESN'T REACH MANY WHO NEED IT. - >> Woodruff: WELL, SEVERAL - POINTS TO ASK YOU ABOUT, AND I'M

- GOING TO MOVE QUICKLY. - BUT IT IS REPORTED TODAY, JARED - BERNSTEIN, THAT THE PRESIDENT - TOLD THIS GROUP OF DEMOCRATIC - SENATORS -- I'M SORRY, - REPUBLICAN SENATORS HE MET WITH - LAST NIGHT THAT HE GAVE THEM THE - CLEAR INDICATION HE'S WILLING TO - LOOK AT LOWERING THE PRICE TAG - OVERALL. - IS THAT TRUE, NUMBER ONE, AND, - NUMBER TWO, HOW FAR? - >> SO, WHEN I HEAR JOE BIDEN - TALK ABOUT THIS PLAN, I DON'T - THINK HE'S REFERRING TO A TOP - LINE PRICE TAG. - WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS AS - QUICKLY AND AS EFFICIENTLY AS - POSSIBLE MEETING THE URGENCY OF - THIS CRISIS. - HE'S TALKED ABOUT THE COST OF - ENACTION IN TERMS OF JOBS AND - KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL, IN TERMS OF - PARENTS WHO CAN'T GO BACK INTO - THE JOB MARKET, IN TERMS OF - NUMBERS YOU YOURSELF HAVE - MENTIONED, THE 1 MILLION PEOPLE - WHO CLAIMED UNEMPLOYMENT JUST - LAST WEEK, A BIGGER NUMBER THAN - THROUGHOUT THE HEART OF THE - GREAT RECESSION. - NOW, IN TERMS OF PRICE TAG, THE - PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO SETTLE - FOR ANY PACKAGE THAT FAILS TO

- MEET THE URGENCY OF THE MOMENT - TO GET SHOTS INTO ARMS, TO GET - SCHOOL REOPENED, TO GET PEOPLE - BACK TO WORK, TO PRESERVE - BUSINESSES, TO DISTRIBUTE THE - VACCINE, AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE - PLAN IS SCALED TO MEET THAT - CHALLENGE. - WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID TO - REPUBLICANS IS COME IN ALL DAY - AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT BETTER, - MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO MEET THAT - CHALLENGE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING - TO DIAL BACK THE GOALS OF THIS - PLAN. - >> Woodruff: I HEAR YOU. - SO YOU'RE NOT -- I HEAR YOU - SAYING IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT - YOU'RE NOT WEDDED TO THAT 1.9. - I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT - SOMETHING SENATOR BARRASSO SAID - WHICH CONGRESS PASSED AID LAST - MONTH IN HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF - DOLLARS AND SAID THAT MONEY - HASN'T GOTTEN OUT OF THE - PIPELINE INTO PEOPLE'S - POCKETBOOKS YET. - WHY RUSH? - WHY NOT WAIT FOR THAT MONEY TO - GO OUT AND SEE WHAT'S NEEDED? - >> BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE - CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER EPISODE OF - WAIT AND SEE. - I AGREED WITH A LOT OF WHAT

- MR. BARRASSO SAID. - A LOT OFT IT RESONATED WITH ME. - I THOUGHT HE HAD A SENSE OF - URGENCY, UNTIL HE STARTED - TALKING ABOUT WAIT AND SEE. - YES, WE HAVE PASSED THE BILL IN - DECEMBER, AND THAT IS HELPING - PEOPLE, BUT THAT BILL ENDS. - MANY OF THE COMPONENTS OF THAT - BILL END IN MARCH, AND WHAT WE - DID LAST YEAR IS CONGRESS DID - THIS WAIT AND SEE EXERCISE -- - THIS WAS BEFORE THE DECEMBER - BILL -- THEY DID THIS WAIT AND - SEE EXERCISE, AND WHAT HAPPENED? - FAMILIES LOST WORK, JOBS BEGAN - TO DECLINE, CONSUMER SPENDING, - ICH IS 70% OF THIS ECONOMY, - ACTUALLY CONTRACTED IN NOVEMBER - AND DECEMBER BEFORE THAT PLAN - WENT INTO EFFECT. - WE HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF THIS. - THE VIRUS WILL ONLY BE PUT - BEHIND US, WE'LL ONLY PRODUCE - AND DISTRIBUTE THE VACCINES IF - WE HELP STATES AND LOCALITIES DO - WHAT THESE TO BE DONE, AND WE - CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT ANOTHER FEW - MONTHS TO SEE HOW THIS IS GOING - TO WORK OUT.

- THAT WAY WE FALL BEHIND THE - CURVE, PASSING THE AMERICAN - RESCUE PLAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - GETS US AHEAD OF THE CURVE - FINALLY, SO THAT WE CAN FINALLY - LAUNCH A ROBUST, INCLUSIVE AND - RACIALLY EQUITABLE RECOVERY. - >> Woodruff: SO MUCH MORE TO - ASK YOU, JARED BERNSTEIN. - QUICK QUESTION, YES OR NO -- IS - IT POSSIBLE THAT FAMILIES - EARNING A QUARTER OF A MILLION - DOLLARS A YEAR COULD END UP - BENEFITING FROM THIS AID? - YES OR NO. - >> I THINK THAT THE ONGOING - DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW ARE VERY - MUCH ABOUT DEALING WITH THAT - TARGETING ISSUE. - >> Woodruff: ALL RIGHT. - A SUBJECT TO CONTINUE TO ASK YOU - ABOUT. - JARED BERNSTEIN, THANK YOU VERY - MUCH. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: AS WE REPORTED - EARLIER, PRESIDENT BIDEN DID - ISSUE A NUMBER OF EXECUTIVE

- ORDERS ON IMMIGRATION TODAY. - THESE ARE THE LATEST STEPS IN - WHAT THE NEW ADMINISTRATION HAS - PLEDGED WILL BE BOLD REFORMS, - INCLUDING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - TO OVERHAUL THE ENTIRE U.S. - IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. - AMNA NAWAZ IS HERE WITH A LOOK - AT WHERE THESE MOVES FIT INTO - THAT LARGER LANDSCAPE. - >> Nawaz: JUDY, TODAY'S ACTIONS - FOLLOW A NUMBER OF EXECUTIVE - ORDERS PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED IN - HIS VERY FIRST DAYS IN OFFICE, - ORDERS THAT IMMEDIATELY HAD AN - IMPACT ON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. - WE SPOKE TO A FEW OF THEM TO GET - THEIR REACTIONS. - HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. - >> MY NAME IS JOSE AGUILUZ. - I AM 31 YEARS OLD. - I AM A REGISTERED NURSE THAT IS - CURRENTLY WORKING IN COVID - VACCINATIONS, AND I AM A DACA - RECIPIENT. - >> MARK J. DANNELS. - I'M THE SHERIFF OF COCHISE - COUNTY, ARIZONA, LOCATED IN THE - SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE OF - ARIZONA. - >> MY NAME IS KARLA. - I'M CURRENTLY UNDOCUMENTED, BUT - I RECENTLY APPLIED FOR DACA FOR - THE FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER. - >> MY NAME IS RODOLPHO KARISCH, - I GO BY RUDY.

- I RETIRED FROM THE U.S. BORDER - PATROL IN DECEMBER OF 2019 AFTER - SPENDING MORE THAN THREE DECADES - IN THE ORGANIZATION. - >> MY NAME IS HAYA. - I AM 20 YEARS OLD, AND I'M A - FIRST-GENERATION AMERICAN. - SO, MY FAMILY AND MY SISTER IS - SYRIAN. - I AM CURRENTLY LIVING IN CANADA. - WE SOUGHT REFUGE HERE BECAUSE OF - THE MUSLIM BAN. - >> WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN - ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS GOING TO - STRENGTHEN DACA, IT WAS REALLY A - SENSE OF RELIEF, TO BE HONEST. - IT PRETTY MUCH GAVE ME A LITTLE - BIT OF RELIEF THAT I WAS GOING - TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE - COUNTRY AND KEEP DOING WHAT I'M - DOING, KEEP TAKING CARE OF MY - PATIENTS AND EVERYTHING. - WHEN I STARTED WITH THE DREAM - ACT MOVEMENT, IT WAS LIKE TEN - YEARS AGO. - I'M STILL A DREAMER AND I STILL - HAVE A DACA. - SO TEN YEARS HAVE PASSED AND - THERE'S STILL NO SOLUTION. - >> WHEN I SAW THAT PRESIDENT - BIDEN HALTED BORDER ISSUES, TO - INCLUDE THE PHYSICAL BARRIER, - RE-LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DOING - BUSINESS, TO INCLUDE THE RELEASE

- PROGRAM, RELEASING THOSE THAT - NORMALLY WOULD BE PUT BACK INTO - MEXICO OR DEPORTED OR HELD IN A - PROSECUTION LEVEL, IT WAS A - LITTLE DISAPPOINTING. - AND I'LL SAY THIS-- I THINK IT - WAS HASTY. - WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST IS, - THOSE THAT SHOULD BE HELD - ACCOUNTABLE IN THE CRIMINAL - JUSTICE SYSTEM ARE NOT, AND - THOSE THAT SHOULD BE DETAINED OR - DEPORTED ARE NOT. - AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY - MOVE INTO COMMUNITIES AND BAD - THINGS HAPPEN. - >> THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT THAT - FEAR FOR MYSELF THAT MAYBE I - WON'T BE ALLOWED TO STAY HERE - FOR A WHILE, BUT THERE IS AT - LEAST A CHANCE FOR ME TO-- TO - GET PROTECTION WITH DACA, - WHEREAS WITH MY FAMILY, THEY - WILL BE LIVING UNDER FEAR FOR AN - INDEFINITE AMOUNT OF TIME. - UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS STILL - PAY TAXES, THEY STILL GO - SHOPPING AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE - ECONOMY, AND ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS - IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. - AND DESPITE ALL THAT, WE STILL - LIVE IN FEAR EVERY DAY THAT - WE'RE NOT-- WE DON'T FEEL

- WELCOME HERE. - >> YOU CAN'T RUSH THESE THINGS. - YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT - PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS DID TO - SEE WHAT'S WORKING RATHER THAN - COMING IN WITH A WRECKING BALL - TO START OFF WITH AND COMPLETELY - WIPE OUT ALL OF THE INITIATIVES - THAT A PRIOR ADMINISTRATION HAS - DONE. - I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHERE WE PUT - UP A WALL OR FENCES, IT'S - DETERRED THE FLOW OF NARCOTICS. - SO I THINK THAT YOU ALSO HAVE TO - LOOK AT OTHER THINGS THAT IT - DOES PREVENT. - >> WHEN I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH - SCHOOL LIVING IN THE UNITED - STATES WITH MY EXTENDED FAMILY, - MY PARENTS COULDN'T ATTEND MY - GRADUATION BECAUSE OF THE MUSLIM - BAN. - WHEN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - REPEALED THE MUSLIM BAN, IT WAS - AN IMMENSE RELIEF FOR US. - WE WERE VERY EXCITED. - AND THE FIRST THING WE DID, OF - COURSE, WAS TALK TO OUR FAMILY - IN THE UNITED STATES, MAKING - PLANS ABOUT THE SUMMER, ABOUT - THE WINTER, ABOUT BREAKS. - I THINK EVERY IMMIGRANT, EVERY - PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO SEEK THE - OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THAT, TO - THE UNITED STATES, TO SEEK - CITIZENSHIP AND TO LIVE A LIFE - OF DIGNITY. - >> Woodruff: SO, AMNA, SO

- IMPORTANT TO HEAR THESE - DIFFERENT VOICES. - PRESIDENT BUSH ONLY IN OFFICE - LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. - ALREADY, AS WE SAID, HE'S ISSUED - A FLURRY OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, - SIGNALING THIS IS A REAL - PRIORITY FOR HIM. - >> Reporter: JUDY, THAT'S - ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, A MESSAGE HE - HAS SENT FROM DAY ONE IN OFFICE - WHEN HE SAT DOWN AND STARTED TO - REVERSE AND END SOME TRUMP ERA - IMMIGRATION POLICIES. - AS HE SAID TODAY HE DOESN'T FEEL - HE'S MAKING NEW LAW, HE'S ENDING - BAD POLICIES. - TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE STEPS - HE TOOK ON THE VERY FIRST DAY IN - OFFICE, HE DID, AND THE TRAVEL - BAN. - HE REINSTITUD DACA, SHIELDING - FROM DEPORTATION PEOPLE BROUGHT - HERE AS KIDS AND HALTING BORDER - WALL CONSTRUCTION. - HE ENDED STEPPED-UP ENFORCEMENT - GOING ON BY I.C.E., PUT INTO - PLACE UNILATERALLY BY - PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ENDED - UNILATERALLY BY PRESIDENT BIDEN. - HE CONTINUED UNRAVELING TRUMP - ERA POLICIES. - IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST, HE - CREATED THE TASK FORCE TO

- REUNIFY SEPARATED FAMILIES, - ORDER A REVIEW OF ASYLUM - POLICIES FROM THE PREVIOUS - ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING THAT - M.P.P. PROGRAM THAT KEEPS PEOPLE - IN MEXICO WHILE U.S. CASES - UNFOLD AND ORDER A REVIEW OF THE - REPUBLIC CHARGE ROLE WHICH MAKES - IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO - GET CITIZENSHIP IF THEY ACCESS - HELP IN THE U.S. - WE'VE GONE FROM THE RESTRICTIONS - OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO A - WELCOMING MESSAGE UNDER THE - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. - IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE CHANGES - WON'T HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT - BECAUSE MANY OF THE REVIEWS WILL - LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS. - HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE CASE OF - 65,000 PEOPLE STUCK IN MEXICO - WAITING FOR THEIR ASYLUM CASES - TO UNFOLD? - WHERE AND HOW DO YOU REUNIFY - SOME OF THESE SEPARATED - FAMILIES? - DO PARENTS GET SOME KIND OF - PROTECTED STATUS AND HOW DO YOU - HANDLE THIRD COUNTRY DEALS - NEGOTIATED BY HOMELAND SECURITY - WITH THOSE COUNTRIES OF OR GIN? - ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND THOSE - DETAILS WILL HAVE TO BE WORKED - OUT.

- >> Woodruff: AND AMNA, ALL OF - THESE THINGS ARE THINGS HE CAN - DO ON HIS OWN, EXECUTIVE ORDERS, - BUT HE ALSO PUTTING OUT A - SWEEPING IMMIGRATION REFORM LAW - PROPOSAL. - TELL US WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THAT. - >> Reporter: IT'S THE MOST - AMBITIOUS PLAN SINCE 2013. - THE CENTERPIECE IS THIS PATHWAY - TO CITIZENSHIP, AN EIGHT YEAR - PLAN FOR ESTIMATED 11 MILLION - UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE HERE AFTER - THEY GET BACKGROUND CHECKS AND - MAKE TAX PAYMENTS. - WANTS TO EXPAND THE REFUGEE - RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM AND - INCREASE BORDER SECURITY - TECHNOLOGY. - WE SHOULD MENTION, BACK IN 2013, - THERE WERE 13 REPUBLICAN - SENATORS WHO SIGNED ON TO THE - BILL, FIVE REMAIN IN THE SENATE, - TWO, KEY MEMBERS, MARCO RUBIO - AND LINDSEY GRAHAM, HA ALREADY - THROWN COLD WATER ON THE BIDEN - PLAN, AND WHEN MINORITY LEADER - MITCH McCONNELL WAS ASKED - ABOUT THE PLAN, HE CALLED IT A - MASSIVE PROPOSAL FOR BLANKET - AMNESTY THAT WOU GUT - ENFORCEMENT OF AMERICAN LAWS AND - CREATE HUGE INCENTIVES FOR - PEOPLE TO RUSH HERE ILLEGALLY.

- WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A NUMBER OF - REPUBLICANS EXPRESSING SOME KIND - OF HESITATION EVEN TODAY. - IF ALL 50 DEMOCRATS UNITE AROUND - THE PLAN, THEY NEED 10 - REPUBLICANS TO JOIN THEM. - IT IS AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR SURE. - >> Woodruff: BURTONNING THIS - UP, AMNA, THE TEMPERATURE HAS - BEEN SO HIGH AROUND - PRESIDENT TRUMP AND IMMIGRATION. - WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS YOU'RE - GOING TO SEE COMMON GROUND GOING - FORWARD? - >> Reporter: THE TEMPERATURE - WAS RAISED IN THE LAST FOUR - YEARS. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HOPES - THE UNILATERAL MOVE WILL ACT AS - AT CATALYST FOR THE LEGISLATIVE - ONES BUT IF THEY'RE ABLE TO BUSH - THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE REFORM, IT - WOULD BE THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE - IMMIGRATION REFORM IN OVER 30 - YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY. - JUDY. - >> Woodruff: IT COULD BE SUCH - A HUGE DEVELOPMENT. - AMNA NAWAZ WHO'S BEEN FOLLOWING - THIS ISSUE SO VERY CLOSELY. - AMNA, THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, PETE BUTTIGIEG EASILY WON

- SENATE CONFIRMATION TO BE - TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY. - THE FORMER SOUTH BEND, INDIANA - MAYOR AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE - IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON - TO BE CONFIRMED FOR A CABINET - POST. - MEANWHILE, THE SENATE VETERAN - AFFAIRS COMMITTEE APPROVED - DENIS McDONOUGH'S NOMINATION - FOR V.A. SECRETARY AND SENT IT - TO THE FULL SENATE. - THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED PLANS - TODAY TO SHIP ONE MILLION DOSES - OF CORONAVIRUS VACCINES TO SOME - 6,500 PHARMACIES NATIONWIDE. - COVID COORDINATOR JEFF ZIENTS - SAID SHIPMENTS BEGIN NEXT WEEK. - >> THIS WILL PROVIDE MORE SITES - FOR PEOPLE TGET VACCINATED IN - THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S AN - IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO - DELIVERING VACCINES EQUITABLY. - SITES ARE SELECTED BASED ON - THEIR ABILITY TO REACH SOME OF - THE POPULATION'S MOST AT-RISK - FOR SEVERE ILLNESS FROM COVID- - 19, INCLUDING SOCIALLY - VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. - >> Woodruff: MEANWHILE, RUSSIAN - SCIENTISTS REPORTED THAT - RUSSIA'S SPUTNIK VACCINE IS

- 91% EFFECTIVE. - COVID VACCINATION SITES ACROSS - THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. ARE - REOPENING, AFTER A MAJOR WINTER - STORM PASSED. - THE SYSTEM PUSHED DEEPER INTO - NEW ENGLAND TODAY. - IT HAD DUMPED 17 INCHES OF SNOW - IN NEW YORK, AND UP TO 30 IN - NEW JERSEY. - PLOW DRIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND - ELSEWHERE KEPT BUSY CLEARING - PARKING LOTS AND STREETS TODAY, - AND PEOPLE STRUGGLED TO DIG OUT - CARS. - IN RUSSIA TODAY, A COURT ORDERED - OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY - BACK TO PRISON FOR MORE THAN - 2.5 YEARS. - HE GESTURED A HEART TO HIS WIFE - AS THE RULING CAME IN. - THE COURT FOUND THAT HE VIOLATED - PROBATION ON AN EMBEZZLEMENT - CHARGE, THAT HE SAYS WAS - FABRICATED. - THE DECISION WAS WIDELY - CONDEMNED, INCLUDING BY THE - NEW BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. - >> WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH - MR. NAVALNY SPECIFICALLY, - WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE - MASS DETENTIONS OF THOSE WHO - HAVE BRAVELY TAKEN TO THE - STREETS IN THE AFTERMATH OF - MR. NAVALNY'S ARREST, AND OF

- COURSE, ALL OF THAT WE WILL - ACCOUNT FOR IN DETERMINING AN - APPROPRIATE POLICY COURSE. - >> Woodruff: WE WILL TAKE A - CLOSER LOOK AT THIS STORY, AFTER - THE NEWS SUMMARY. - THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT NOW - SAYS WHAT HAPPENED IN MYANMAR ON - SUNDAY WAS INDEED A MILITARY - COUP. - THAT FINDING TODAY TRIGGERS A - REVIEW OF U.S. AID TO THE FORMER - BURMA. - MEANWHILE, AUNG SAN SUU KYI, - MYANMAR'S OUSTED CIVILIAN - LEADER, REMAINS UNDER DETENTION. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, TWO F.B.I. - AGENTS WERE KILLED AND THREE - WOUNDED IN SOUTH FLORIDA, TODAY, - IN ONE OF THE DEADLIEST DAYS IN - F.B.I. HISTORY. - THEY WERE TRYING TO SERVE A - WARRANT INVOLVING VIOLENCE - AGAINST CHILDREN. - THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN DIED AFTER - A STANDOFF IN A FORT LAUDERDALE - SUBURB. - A SWAT TEAM STORMED THE - APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE HE WAS - BARRICADED. - IN BUSINESS NEWS, AMAZON - ANNOUNCED THAT JEFF BEZOS - WILL STEP DOWN AS C.E.O. LATER - THIS YEAR. - HE WILL BECOME EXECUTIVE

- CHAIRMAN INSTEAD. - BEZOS HAS BEEN C.E.O. SINCE - FOUNDING THE COMPANY NEARLY 30 - YEARS AGO. - HE IS NOW ONE OF THE WORLD'S - RICHEST PEOPLE. - BIG TECH AND BANKS PUSHED WALL - STREET HIGHER TODAY. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - GAINED 475 POINTS TO CLOSE AT - 30,687. - THE NASDAQ ROSE 209 POINTS, AND - THE S&P 500 ADDED 52 POINTS. - AND, TWO PASNGS OF NOTE. - BRITAIN'S CAPTAIN TOM MOORE HAS - DIED AFTER CONTRACTING COVID-19. - THE WORLD WAR II VETERAN BECAME - AN ONLINE SENSATION EARLY IN THE - PANDEMIC, DOING LAPS IN HIS - BACKYARD TO RAISE $40 MILLION - FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS. - CAPTAIN TOM MOORE WAS 100 YEARS - OLD. - THERE IS ALSO WORD THAT AWARD- - WINNING ACTOR HAL HOLBROOK DIED - LAST MONTH, IN BEVERLY HILLS, - CALIFORNIA. - HE WON FIVE EMMYS AND A TONY, - AND HIS MOST FAMOUS MOVIE ROLE - CAME AS "DEEP THROAT" IN THE

- 1976 WATERGATE THRILLER "ALL THE - PRESIDENT'S MEN." - BUT, HE MAY BE BEST KNOWN AS - MARK TWAIN, IN A ONE-MAN SHOW - THAT SPANNED SIX DECADES. - >> WHEN THE URGE TO EXERCISE - COMES OVER ME, I LIE DOWN UNTIL - IT PASSES AWAY. - ( LAUGHTER ) - NOW, AS FOR DRINKING, I HAVE - VE STRICT RULES ABOUT THAT: - WHEN OTHERS DRINK... - I LIKE TO HELP. - ( LAUGHTER ) - >> Woodruff: HAL HOLBROOK WAS - 95 YEARS OLD. - >> Woodruff: NOW, A CLOSER LOOK - AT THE PRISON TERM GIVEN TO - RUSSIAN OPPOSITION ACTIVIST - ALEXEI NAVALNY.

- SINCE HIS RETURN FROM GERMANY - LAST MONTH AFTER AN - ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN RUSSIA, - TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE TAKEN TO - THE STREETS EACH WEEKEND IN - PROTEST. - SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT STUART - SMITH IN MOSCOW REPORTS. - >> Reporter: HE MAY HAVE - ESCAPED DEATH, BUT HE HASN'T - ESCAPED THE REACH OF HIS - GOVERNMENT, WHICH ALLEGEDLY - ORDERED HIS ASSASSINATION. - IN A SPEECH IN COURT BEFORE THE - VERDICT, HE DENOUNCED VLADIMIR - PUTIN IN STARK TERMS, AND - REPEATED THIS CLAIM AGAINST THE - PRESIDENT. - >> ( translated ): MURDER IS THE - ONLY WAY HE KNOWS HOW TO FIGHT. - HE'LL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS - NOTHING BUT A POISONER. - >> Reporter: AFTER A TRIAL, - WHICH HE AND HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM - CALL POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, THE - KREMLIN'S MOST VEHEMENT CRITIC - IS HEADING BACK BEHIND BARS. - IT'S THE OUTCOME HIS SUPPORTERS - HAVE BEEN TRYING HARD TO - PREVENT. - LAST WEEKEND, RESIDENTS OF OVER - 100 TOWNS ACROSS RUSSIA GATHERED - FOR A SECOND ROUND OF PROTESTS. - 20-YEAR-OLD KRISTINA IS AMONG

- THOSE WHO WANTS CHANGE. - VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS BEEN IN - POWER, AS PRESIDENT OR PRIME - MINISTER, FOR HER WHOLE LIFE. - >> ( translated ): I CAME OUT - BECAUSE I'M NOT AFRAID. - I'M NOT AFRAID OF ANY OF THIS. - I WANT TO SPEAK MY MIND. - FOR FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, FOR - FREEDOM OF ACTION IN OUR - COUNTRY. - ( PROTESTS ) - >> Reporter: A LACK OF FREEDOM, - LACK OF WEALTH, A LACK OF - JUSTICE-- ALL COMPLAINTS AT THE - LARGEST UNSANCTIONED NATION-WIDE - PROTESTS IN MODERN RUSSIAN - HISTORY. - >> ( translated ): IN ORDER FOR - THE AUTHORITIES TO HEAR US, WE - HAVE TO COME OUT EVERY DAY. - >> Reporter: THE AUTHORITIES - WANT TO STOP THEM. - WITHIN MINUTES OF ARRIVING, - KRISTINA WAS DETAINED. - SHE JOINED THE RANKS OF MORE - THAN 5,000 ACROSS RUSSIA WHO - FOUND THEMSELVES IN POLICE VANS - ON SUNDAY, JOINING 4,000 - DETAINED A WEEK BERE. - AND, POLICE WERE WILLING TO USE - BATON STRIKES AND TASERS TO GET - THEM INSIDE, A LEVEL OF VIOLENCE - NOT YET SEEN. - SPEARHEADING THE PROTESTS ARE

- MEMBERS OF ALEXEI NAVALNY'S - ANTI-CORRUPTION FOUNDATION. - ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LIVES IN - THE U.K., AFTER A WARRANT WAS - ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST. - VLADIMIR ASHURKOV SAYS NAVALNY - COULD YET BE RELEASED, IF ENOUGH - PRESSURE BUILDS ON PRESIDENT - PUTIN. - >> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP - THE PRESSURE, AND WE'RE LOBBYING - IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA FOR - WESTERN GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE A - MORE PROACTIVE STANCE. - >> Reporter: THE EYES OF THE - WORLD ARE NOW ON RUSSIA. - THE U.S. AND THE EUROPEAN UNION - DENOUNCED THE CRACKDOWN, AND THE - UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL - IS DISCUSSING RUSSIA'S TREATMENT - OF PROTESTERS AND NAVALNY'S - DETENTION. - OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS ARE - PRESSING FOR SANCTIONS. - WITHOUT THEM, THEY FEAR FURTHER - REPRESSION. - THE KREMLIN SAYS ITS RESPONSE IS - PROPORTIONATE AND LEGAL. - PEOPLE ARE FE TO EXPRESS THEIR - OPINIONS, BUT MUST DO SO WITHIN - THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LAW. - BUT OFFICIALS SAY THE - PROTESTERS' COMPLAINTS ARE NOT - VALID. - >> ( translated ): NAVALNY IS A

- PERSON WHO SPECIFICALLY HELPS - THE ENEMIES OF RUSSIA TO DEFAME - THE IMAGE OF RUSSIA IN THE EYES - OF THE WORLD. - HE OPERATES WITH LIES. - HIS SO-CALLED ANTI-CORRUPTION - FOUNDATION, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS - NOTHING IN COMMON WITH REALITY. - >> ( translated ): ITS MOST - RECENT INVESTIGATION ACCUSED - PRESIDENT PUTIN OF CORRUPTION - DIRECTLY. - THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE HAS - RECEIVED OVER 100 MILLION VIEWS. - >> Reporter: SUPPORTERS VOW TO - CONTINUE NAVALNY'S INVESTIGATIVE - WORK, BUT, HIS POLITICAL - MOVEMENT COULD FLOUNDER WITHOUT - ITS LEADER. - WITH ALEXEI NAVALNY SENTENCED TO - PRISON, AND CALLS FOR MASS - PROTEST, THIS WILL BE A PIVOTAL - MOMENT FOR THE CAMPAIGN. - THE WAY THE STATE RESPONDS - COULD GALVANIZE MORE SUPPORT-- - OR QUELL THE PROTESTS ENTIRELY. - DESPITE OPPOSITION MOMENTUM, - LEADING POLITICAL SCIENTISTS - DON'T EXPECT REGIME CHANGE ANY - TIME SOON. - >> IT'S ONLY IN FAIRY TALES THAT - A REVOLUTIONARY CROWD TAKES OVER - THE PALACE OF THE DICTATOR. - THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN. - >> Reporter: BUT THESE PROTESTS - HAVE STRETCHED ACROSS THE - BREADTH OF RUSSIA. - THEY COULD MARK THE BEGINNING OF - A DEEPENING POLITICAL

- CONSCIOUSNESS. - >> WHAT WE ARE GOING TO - EXPERIENCE, I THINK, IS A CHANGE - BOTH IN THE PUBLIC MOOD AND IN - THE PUBLIC MASS POLITICAL - BEHAVIOR, NOT JUST CENTERED IN - MOSCOW, ST. PETERSBURG, AND - BIGGER CITIES, BUT SPREAD ACROSS - RUSSIA AND REACHING MAYBE - THROUGH THOSE SOCIAL STRATA THAT - WERE NOT POLITICIZED BEFORE. - >> Reporter: TODAY'S RULING MAY - HAVE TAKEN AWAY ALEXEY NAVALNY'S - FREEDOM, BUT FOR NOW IT SEEMS - ONLY TO HAVE INCREASED HIS - IMPACT. - THE KREMLIN WILL HOPE THAT WITH - IMPRISONMENT, HIS NOTORIETY - FADES. - HIS SUPPORTERS HOPE IT MARKS THE - START OF A POLITICAL REVOLUTION. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M STUART - SMITH, IN MOSCOW. - >> Woodruff: CONCERNS ARE - GROWING ABOUT VARIANTS OF THE - CORONAVIRUS, AND HOW EFFECTIVE - VACCINES WILL BE IN THE MONTHS - TO COME. - BRITISH AUTHORITIES TODAY SAID - THEY BELIEVE A VARIANT FIRST

- IDENTIFIED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM - MAY INDEED STUNT THE EFFECT OF - SOME VACCINES. - PAUL TURNER IS A PROFESSOR OF - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY - AT THE YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - AND A SPECIALIST ON HOW GENES - MUTATE. - AND HE JOINS ME NOW. - DR. TURNER, THANK YOU SO MUCH - FOR BEING TH US. - HOW CONCERNED SHOULD PEOPLE BE - RIGHT NOW ABOUT THESE VARIANTS? - >> WELL, I GUESS THIS IS WHAT E - HAVE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. - THE VIRUSES ARE OFTEN QUITE GOOD - AT MUTATING, EVOLVING, SO THERE - IS SOME REASON FOR CONCERN. - WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT THE - VACCINES THAT WE'RE PRODUCING - ARE GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE - AGAINST THE MAJOR VARIANTS OF - THE VIRUS, AND IF WE HAVEEW - VARIANTS WITH GREATER TRANCE - MISSABILITY, THAT CERTAINLY - STRESSES OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, - BUT WE WANT TO KNOW ARE THE - VARIANTS ABLE TO ESCAPE OUR - MEDICINES MORE EFFECTIVELY, CAN - THEY ESCAPE THE VACCINES THAT - WE'RE PRODUCING. - THIS IS A WORRISOME THING THAT

- WE SHOULD BE MONITORING. - >> Woodruff: WHAT DO WE KNOW - RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHETHER THE - VACCINES THAT ARE OUT THERE, THE - PFIZER, THE MODERNA THAT HAVE - BEEN APPROVED IN THE U.S. FOR - EMERGENCY USE, WHETHER THEY - PROTECT ENOUGH AGAINST THE NEW - VARIANTS. - >> THE DATA ARE STILL ROLLING IN - AND PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO ANSWER - THOSE QUESTIONS MORE - CONCLUSIVELY. - SOME OF THE DATA SHOW THIS - MEASURABLE EFFICACY FOR THE - VACCINES IN DEALING WITH THESE - NEW STRAINS BUT NOT AS MUCH - EFFICACY AS THE STANDARD STRAINS - THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH - SO FAR. - SO THIS HAS TO BE FIGURED OUT - EXPLICITLY. - THERE ARE MORE DATA COMING IN. - I'M AS ANXIOUS AS ANYBODY, BUT - THIS IS SOMETHING WE DON'T QUITE - KNOW YET, BUT WE NEED TO DO THE - RIGOROUS STUDIES TO FIGURE IT - OUT. - >> Woodruff: WELL, THE REPORT - THAT I JUST CITED FROM BRITISH - AUTHORITIES TODAY ABOUT THE U.K. - VARIANT, OF COURSE, HAS PEOPLE - CONCERNED. - I KNOW ONE ASPECT OF THIS IS - IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT AT LEAST - THE VACCINES PROTECT AGAINST

- SEVERE CASES AND PROTECT AGAINST - ULTIMATELY DEATH. - SO THERE'S STILL SOME GOOD - PROTECTION THEY'RE PROVIDING. - I MEAN, CAN WE AT LEAST BE - CONFIDENT OF THAT? - >> YES, WE'LL HAVE TO BE, BUT I - THINK WE CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT, - IF THESE VACCINES ARE QUITE GOOD - AT DEALING WITH THE MOST - HORRIBLE OUTCOMES, THE DEATHS, - THEN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT - COULD TRANSCEND AND WORK ALSO - AGAINST THESE NEW VARIANTS. - THIS SEEMS LIKELY THAT WE'RE - MOSTLY DEALING WITH GREATER GRET - TRANSMISSIBILITY, WHICH IS A - GREATER DEAL, YOU WILL HAVE MORE - PEOPLE GETTING SICK AND - POTENTIALLY DYING, BUT THE - VACCINE ROLLOUTS THAT ARE - HAPPENING IN EARNEST IN THIS - COUNTRY AND ELSEWHERE, THIS IS - WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS REALLY - PUSH BACK ON THE PANDEMIC - QUICKLY. - WITH THE CURRENT VACCINE - MINIMIZING AS MUCH AS WE CAN

- THOSE WHO ARE INFECTED. - THIS IS DEFINITELY A WAY WE CAN - DO WHAT WE CAN DO AT THIS POINT - AS WE GATHER MORE DATA ABOUT THE - NEW VARIANTS. - >> Woodruff: DR. TURNER, WHAT - ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF - LIKELIHOOD OF REINFECTION ON THE - PART OF PEOPLE WHO'VE ALREADY - HAD COVID OR TESTED POSITIVE? - COULD THEY -- ARE THEY STILL - SUSCEPTIBLE TO ONE OF THE NEW - VARIANTS? - >> UNFORTUNATELY, TH IS A VERY - REAL POSSIBILITY IS THAT - INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN SICK - WITH COVID, THEY MAY BE - REINFECTED BY THESE NEW VARIANTS - THAT ARE DIFFERENT ENOUGH THAT - HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEMSEVEN WHEN - DEALING WITH THE SO-CALLED - CLASSIC VERSION OF THE VIRUS, - NOW THESE PROVIDE A DIFFERENT - POSSIBILITY ENTERING THE HUMAN - BODY AND A LIKELIHOOD, PERHAPS, - THEY'D ESCAPE IMMUNE DETECTION - AND THE ABILITY TO FIGHT IT OFF. - SO, YEAH, THIS IS ANOTHER REASON - THAT THE NEW VARIANTS ARE - WORRISOME IS THAT IF YOU - CONSIDER ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE - BEEN INFECTED ALREADY MIGHT BE - SUSCEPTIBLE TO REINFECTION BY

- THESE NEW VARIANTS, THEN THIS IS - SOMETHING WE HAVE TO REALLY - MONITOR, WE HAVE TO GET ON TOP - TO HAVE THE DATA AND FIGURE OUT - WHETHER THAT IS GENERALLY THE - CASE. - >> Woodruff: SOUNDS LIKE THIS - IS AN ARGUMENT FOR PEOPLE TO NOT - IN ANY WAY LET DOWN THEIR GUARD - FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. - >> ABSOLUTELY. - I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY ONE OF - THE MAJOR MESSAGES. - WE KNEW WE WOULD EVENTUALLY SEE - MUTATIONAL CHANGES, EVOLUTIONARY - CHANGES IN THE VIRUSES, AND WHAT - PEOPLE HAVE TO DO IS, AS YOU - SAID, WE HAVE TO KEEP WEARING - MASKS, SOCIAL DISTANCING, PEOPLE - ARE GETTING QUITE FATIGUED O - THIS. - BUT IF WE ARE REALLY GOING TO DO - OUR JOBS AS INDIVIDUALS TO HELP - AS MUCH AS WE CAN, THEN WE - REALLY HAVE TO HEED THE - GUIDELINES OF THE PROFESSIONALS - WHO ARE SUGGESTING THE WAY THAT - WE CAN ALTER OUR BEHAVIOR IN - SIMPLE WAYS AND HELP GET THROUGH - THIS PANDEMIC. - >> Woodruff: PAUL TURNER AT - YALE UNIVERSITY, WE THANK YOU - VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR - HAVING ME. - >> Woodruff: AS THE PANDEMIC - DRAGS ON, THE TOLL TAKEN ON

- STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHILE - TRYING TO PROTECT THEM FROM - INFECTION HAS BECOME ONE OF THE - OUTBREAK'S MOST VEXING AND - INTRACTABLE CHALLENGES. - AS STEPHANIE SY REPORTS, SERVING - THE INTERESTS OF EVERYONE - INVOLVED-- STUDENTS, TEACHERS, - PARENTS AND OTHERS-- HAS PROVEN - TO BE A COMPLEX ASSIGNMENT. - >> Sy: DELAYS AND DEADLOCK IN - CHICAGO, AS THE CITY AND ITS - TEACHERS UNION BATTLE OVER PLANS - TO REOPEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHO - WERE SUPPOSED TO RETURN TO - IN-PERSON LEARNING ON MONDAY FOR - THE FIRST TIME SINCE LAST MARCH. - YESTERDAY, THE UNION THREATENED - TO GO ON STRIKE OVER SAFETY AND - STAFFING CONCERNS. - BUT TODAY, NEGOTIATIONS - CONTINUE. - CHICAGO MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT - SAYS ROUGHLY $100 MILLION HAVE - BEEN SPENT ON IMPROVING SAFETY - PROTOCOLS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT - SCHOOLS. - >> THESE INVESTMENTS HAVE GONE - INTO HEALTH SCREENINGS, - TEMPORARY TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT - SCHOOLS, PROVISIONS OF HAND

- SANITIZER, DISINFECTANT WIPES, - FACE COVERINGS, P.P.E., REGULAR - CLEANING, DISINFECTING PROTOCOLS - AND SOCIAL DISTANCING. - WITH THIS IN MIND, I WANT TO - REITERATE, OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE. - >> Sy: BUT THE UNION SAYS - TEACHERS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME - GETTING THE VACCINE. - >> TEACHERS ARE BEING LEFT TO - RUN AROUND TO TRY TO MAKE THEIR - OWN APPOINTMENTS AT PHARMACIES - TO GET VACCINATED, LIKE SOME - SORT OF BIZARRE "HUNGER GAMES" - SITUATION. - >> Sy: THE C.D.C. HAS SAID THE - RISK OF SCHOOL TRANSMISSION - APPEARS LOW WHEN PROPER SAFETY - MEASURES-- LIKE MASK WEARING-- - ARE ENFORCED, BUT BOTH TEACHERS - AND PARENTS STILL WORRY. - EVEN WHEN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS - REOPENED SOME PRESCHOOL - AND SPECIAL ED CLASSROOMS - EARLIER THIS MONTH, ONLY A - FRACTION OF THE STUDENTS - ELIGIBLE TO RETURN CHOSE TO DO - SO. - IT'S A DILEMMA PLAYING OUT IN - DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. - AN ANALYSIS OF ABOUT 1,200 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAS FOUND - ROUGHLY 35% OF K-12 STUDENTS

- ARE ENROLLED IN SCHOOLS OFFERING - IN-PERSON LEARNING, WHILE 23% - ARE AT SCHOOLS WITH A MIX OF - VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON - INSTRUCTION. - THE BIGGEST SHARE OF STUDENTS, - 42%, REMAIN AT SCHOOLS WITH ONLY - ONLINE CLASSES. - BESIDES CHICAGO, LARGE SCHOOL - DISTRICTS IN PLACES LIKE - LOS ANGELES, CLARK COUNTY, - NEVADA, AND PHILADELPHIA, ARE - CLASHING WITH POWERFUL UNIONS. - AND IN NEW YORK CITY, THE - NATION'S LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEM, - CLASSROOMS HAVE OPENED AND - CLOSED DEPENDING ON COVID - SURGES, ADDING TO UNCERTAINTY. - MEANWHILE, IN WASHINGTON, - PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SAID - HE WANTS TO REOPEN MOST K-8 - SCHOOLS WITHIN HIS FIRST 100 - DAYS IN OFFICE. - JOING ME NOW IS BECKY PRINGLE. - SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE - NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, - THE NATION'S LARGEST TEACHERS - UNION. - BECKY, THANKS FOR JOINING US. - BECKY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

- JOINING US. - THESE SHOWDOWNS BETWEEN - DISTRICTS AND TEACHERS UNIONS, - WHAT ARE THEY REALLY ABOUT, IN - YOUR VIEW? - >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I - CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM EDUCATORS - ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY IS AN - EXPRESSION OF WHAT I KNOW AS A - TEACHER FOR OVER 30 YEARS. - I TAUGHT SCIENCE, STEPHANIE, THE - WONDER YEARS, AND I KNOW HOW - MUCH EDUCATORS WANT TO BE IN - PERSON, IN CLASSROOMS WITH THEIR - STUDENTS. - THEY UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT - THAT IS AND HOW HARD IT IS TO - TEACH AND WORK WITH THEM - VIRTUALLY. - ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS FOR THE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE - THE RESOURCES WE NEED SO WE CAN - REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS, NOT ONLY - SAFELY, BUT EQUITABLY. - >> Reporter: WHAT SPECIFIC - RESOURCES ARE YOU REFERRING TO, - BECKY, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT - OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO HAVE, - THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, HAD TO - CONTINUE WORKING, FACIN■G SOME - DEGREE OF RISK, EVEN WITH - MITIGATION MEASURES. - HOW ARE TEACHERS DIFFERENT? - >> STEPHANIE, WHEN I TALK ABOUT

- THE REOPENING OF IN-PERSON - LEARNING OF SCHOOLS, I'M NOT - ONLY TALKING ABOUT TEACHERS IN - ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WORK - IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. - I'M TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS. - I'M TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS' - FAMILIES. - I'M TALKING ABOUT EDUCATORS' - FAMILIES. - I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THOSE - PEOPLE, AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING - TOWARD IS THE SCIENCE. - I TOLD YOU I WAS A SCIENCE - TEACHER. - WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCIENCE, - LISTENING TO THE EXPERTS, AND - EVEN THE C.D.C., WHICH A LOT OF - PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AND QUOTE WHEN - THEY TALK ABOUT REOPENING THE - SCHOOLS, THEY SAY, YES, WE CAN - REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS SAFELY IF THE - MITIGATION STRATEGIES ARE - STRICTLY ENFORCED. - THEY MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE - P.P.E., WE HAVE TO HAVE FACE - MASKS, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE - OPPORTUNITY, THE ABILITY TO - SOCIALLY DISTANCE, TO CLEAN OUR - SCHOOLS AND HAVE PROPER - VENTILATION. - WE ALSO, STEPHANIE, HAVE TO HAVE - A PLAN IN PLACE FOR NOT IF BUT - WHEN ONE OF OUR STUDENTS OR ONE

- OF OUR EDUCATORS FALLS VICTIM TO - COVID 19. - >> Reporter: BECKY, WHEN YOU - TALK ABOUT THE THE FUNDING, - PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SAID THAT HE - WANTS TO GIVE SCHOOLS - $130 BILLION TO HELP THEM - REOPEN, AND HE WANTS THEM TO - REOPEN, AT LEAST MOST OF THEM, - BY APRIL. - HOW REALISTIC IS THAT TIME LINE, - ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME - TEACHERS UNIONS THAT ARE SAYING - THEY DON'T EVEN BELIEVE THEIR - TEACHERS ARE GOING TO FEEL SAFE - TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE - FALL. - >> YOU KNOW, STEPHANIE, - EDUCATORS ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY - WORKED REALLY REALLY HARD TO - ELECT JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA - HARRIS AS OUR PRESIDENT AND OUR - VICE PSIDENT, AND WE DID THAT - BECAUSE THEY MADE A COMMITMENT. - THEY MADE A COMMITMENT TO - PRIORITIZE, GETTING THE - CORONAVIRUS UNDER CONTROL. - THEY MADE COMMITMENT TO - INVESTING IN OUR STATE AND LOCAL - GOVERNMENTS, THEY MADE A - COMMITMENT, BECAUSE HE - UNDERSTANDUPS THAT AS HE LIST - TONS HIS EXPERTS -- THE DIRECTOR - OF THE C.D.C., DR. FAUCI AND - OTHERS -- THEY KNOW THAT, EVEN

- WITH VACCINES, WE HAVE TO - CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR SCHOOLS - WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED FOR - ALL OF THOSE OTHER MITIGATION - STRATEGIES. - >> Reporter: BECKY, I KNOW YOU - HAVE ALSO FOCUSED ON INEQUITIES - IN SCHOOLS AND ONE THING THAT WE - HAVE LEARNED IS VIRTUAL LEARNING - IS EXACERBATING THOSE INEQUITIES - ALONG RACIAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC - LINES. - SO CAN YOU TALK TO THE URGENCY - ABOUT GETTING KIDS BACK IN - PERSON FROM THAT LENS? - >> STEPHANIE, THERE'S NO - QUESTION THAT OUR BLACK AND - BROWN AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES - HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY - IMPACT BID THE PANDEMIC AND ALL - OF THE CRISES THAT IT SPAWNED. - IT IS ABSOLUTELY SESSION THAT, - AS WE THINK ABOUT THE RESOURCES - THAT WE NEED TO PUT INTO OUR - SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITIES, - THAT WE ADDRESS ESE - INEQUITIES, NOT ONLY AS IT - RELATES TO THE PANDEMIC BUT AS - IT RELATES TO THE ECONOMIC - CRISIS THAT WE'RE FACING, THE - HEALTHCARE CRISIS. - ALL OF THOSE THINGS DETERMINE - WHETHER OUR STUDENTS CAN LEARN. - WE ABSOLUTELY MUST INVEST IN OUR

- STUDEN, ALL OF THEM, BUT - ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN - IMPACTED THE MOST. - >> THE PANDEMIC HAS HIGHLIGED - SO MUCH, BECKY, INCLUDING THE - IMPORTANCE OF OUR NATION'S - EDUCATORS. - BECKY PRINGLE WITH THE NATIONAL - EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING - THE "NewsHour". - >> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. - IT'S SO GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. - >> Woodruff: AND TOMORROW - NIGHT, WE'LL HEAR A - >> Woodruff: TOMORROW NIGHT, - WE WILL HEAR A DIFFERENT - PERSPECTIVE MAKING THE CASE FOR - IN-PERSON CLASSES, AND THE - CONSEQUENCES OF KEEPING SCHOOLS - CLOSED LONGER. - AND THAT IS THE NEWSHOUR FOR - TONIGHT. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - FOR ALL OF US AT THE - PBS NEWSHOUR, THANK YOU, - PLEASE STAY SAFE, AND - WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY: - >> FIDELITY WEALTH MANAGEMENT. - >> CONSUMER CELLULAR. - >> JOHNSON & JOHNSON. - >> BNSF RAILWAY. - >> CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW - YORK.

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