PBS NewsHour; December 28, 2020, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- Captioning sponsoreded by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> NODawaz: VENING, I'M AMNA - NAWAZ. - JUDY WOODRUFF IS OFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, CRISIS - AVERTED-- ECONOMIC AID IS GREEN- - LIT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - STAYS OPEN AFTER THE PRESIDENT - SIGNS THE MASSIVE COVID RELIEF - BILL. - THEN, THE NASHVILLE BOMBER IS - NAMED-- AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY THE - MAN BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS DS - BOMBING, AE INVESTIGATION - TURNS TO POSSIBLE MOTIVES. - D, GETTING THE VACCINE-- AS - COVID INOCULATIONS BEGIN, WE - REPORT FRORETHE DEMOCRATIC - BLIC OF CONGO ON WHEN - DEVELOPING NATIONS WILL BE ABLE - TO TREAT THEIR CITIZENS. - >> THOUGH THE AFRICAN C.D.C. HAS - PROMISED NOT TO LEAVE THEM OUT, - AFRICAN NATIONS DO NOT KNOW WHEN - CI HOW MANY DOSES OF THE V - WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THEM. - >> Nawaz: ALL THAT AND MORE ON - TONIGHT'PBS NEWSHOUR. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY:

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- CHANGES.GH - WILLIAM BR BEGINS OUR - HVERAGE. - >> TSE WILL BE IN ORDER. - >> Brangham: LAWMAKERS RETURNED - TO WASHINGTON TODAY, AFTER A - HIGH-STAKES STANDOFF WITH - PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER CORONAVIRUS - RELIEF AND GOVERNMENT FUNDING. - .>> IT REALLY IS A DISGRA - >> Brangham: FOR DAYS, THE - PRESIDENT REFUSED TO SIGN THE - $2.3 TRILLION BILL TO PROVIDE - $900 BILLION IN CORONAVIRUS - RELIEF AND FUND THE FEDERAL - GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE REST OF - FISCAL YEAR 2021. - BU - SUDDENLY REVERSED COURSE. - IN A STATEMENT, THE PRESIDENT - SAID HE HAD SIGNED THE BILL, - RESCISSIONS" T BACK WHAT - HE SAID WAS "WASTEFUL" SPENDING. - ONAT'S EVEN THOUGH HIS OWN - ADMINISTRAAD HELPED - STILL, HIS DEMANDSUTBACKS. - ARE UNLIKELY TO GO ANYWHERE. - CONGRESSWOMAN NITA LOWEY, WHO - CHAIRS THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS - COMMITTEE, SAID SHE ANR - ECDEMOCRATS "WILL REJT ANY - RESCISSIONS SUBMITTED BY - THE PRESENT'S STATEMENT ALSO - CALLED FOR CONGRESS TO INCREASE - THE BILL'S $600 CHECKS FOR

- AMERICANS EARNING UP TO $75,000 - A YEAR TO $2000. - >> REPUBLICANS HAVE A - CHOICE: VOTE FOR THIS - LEGISLATION OR VOTE TO - DENY THE AMERICAN PEOE - THBIGGER PAYCHECKS THEY - NEED. - >> Reporter: - >> Brangham: THAT GAVE DEMOCRATS - IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TODAY ON - AN ATTEMPT TO PUSH THROUGH THOSE - $2000 CHECKS, FORCING - REPUBLICANS TO EITHER APPROVE - THE SPENDING, OR BREAK WITH THE - PRESIDENT. - UT THAT MEASURE IS UNLIKELY TO - PASS THE SENATE, WITH MAJORITY - REPUBLICANS OPPOSED TO SUCHHER - RELIEF SPENDING. - >> SENATE DEMOCRATS ARTING - FOR $2,000 PER PERSON.ra - >>ham: TODAY IN NEW YORK, - SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK - ONHUMER CALLED FOR PRESIDENT - TRUMP TO LEAENATE - REPUBLICANS TO GET THOSE BIGGER - CHECKS PASSED. - >> TODAY I AM TELLING DONALD - TRUMP DON'T JUST TALK IT, - ACT.SE - THESTE REPUBLICANS HAVE - FOLLOWED YOU THRGH THICK AND

- THIN, GET THEM NOW TO ACT AND00 - SUPPORT THE $CHECKS. - >> Brangham: THE PRESIDENT'S - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN - TODAY SAID HE ALSO - SUPPORTS THE $2,000 - AVERT THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN - THAT WAS SET TO BEGIN TONIGHT. - BUT HIS DELAY OF SEVERAL DAYS - COST MILLIONS OF AMERICANS A - WEEK OF ADDITIONAL $300 IN - FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, - AND DELAYED THE $600 DIRECT - PAYMENTS. - >> I'M KIND OF RELIEVED RIGHT - NOW THAT HE SIGNED THE BILL, BUT - STILL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WORRY A - LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WHAT'S GOINGH - PEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE - >> Brangham: SHANDA McCOY WAS - LAID OFF FROM HER JOB AT THE - DAYTON AIRPORT IN OHIO AT THE - BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. - MEE SAYS THE BILL'S UNEMPL - BENEFITS CAN ONLY STRETCH SO - FAR. - >> I PAY RENT, UTILITIES. - I HAVE TO PAY CAR INSURANCE, A - CAR PAYMENT. - NOHAVE GRANDKIDS. - AND, YOU THESE ARE YOUNG

- PARENTS THAT STILL NEED SOME - HELP. - I CAN'T HELP MY GRANDKIDS AS - MUCH. - THE ECONOMY CRASHED.08 WHEN - AND I DID END UP BEING HOMELESS - FOR A WHILE. - >> Brangham: ANGELA RETAMOZA WAS - LAID OFF FROM HER JOB AS AN - ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT IN MARCH. - SHE SAYS SHE TRIED TO SAVE WHAT - LITTLE SHE COULD FROM THE LASTOV - ROUND OF RELIEF KNOWING IT - COULD EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE - YEAR. - >> I'M AT LEAST ABLE TO KNOW - THAT I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY - RENT NEXT MONTH.AF - BUR THAT, I JUST I DON'T - KNOW. - >> Brangham: THAT UNRTAINTY IS - A REALITY FOR MILLIONS OF - AMERICANS, STILL WAITING FOR - RELIEF AMID THIS PANDEMIC. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - LLIAM BRANGHAM. - >> TO INCREASE STIMULUS - PAYMENTS FROM $600 TO - $2,000. - 44 REPUBLICANS JOINED THE - >> Nawaz: FOR MORE ON PRESIDENTE - TRUMP'SION TO SIGN THE - BILL AND WHAT COMES NEXT, ANNA - PALMER JOINS US NOW. - SHE'S SENIOR WASHINGTON - CORRESPONDENT FOR POLITICO. - LET'S START WITH PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S DECISION TO SIGN

- THAT RELIEF BILL. - WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHATIM - TOOKO LONG, AND WHY - HE FINALLY CHANGED HIS - MIND. - >> IS IS REALA CRISIS - OF THE PRESIDENT'S OWN - MAKING. - THE BILL WAS ON ITS WAY TO - BEING SIGNED. - IT HAD BEEN NEGOTIATED BY - THE WHITE HOUSE AND BOTH - HOUSES OF CONGRESS. - AT THE LAST MINUTE HE - DECIDED TO THROW THIS - WRENCH IN IT, AND FOR WAYS - EVERYBODIN LIMBO. - CERTAINLY THE PEOPLE THAT - WERE EXPECTING AND NEEDING - THESE CHECKS, BUT ALSO - FACT THAT IT WAS TIED TO - GOVERNMENT FUNDING, WHICH - WOULD HAVE REALLY SHUTDO - THE GOVERNMENT, AND - THERE WAS NOT A REAL END - GAME THERE. - WE KNOW THAT SEVERAL - MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, - SENATE REPUBLICANS LIKE - LINDSEY GRAHAM, WE - HIM AND SPOKE TO HIM, MADE - THE CASE THAT HE NEEDED TO - SUPPORT THIS COVID RELIEF - BILL, THAT GEORGIA, WHICH - IS OBVIOUSLY IN PLAY WITH - THE TWO RUNOFFS WOULD BE - LOCKED BY REPUBLICANS IF - HE SHUT DOWN THE - GOVERNMENT AND THEY DID - NOT GET THE RELIEF THAT F - WAS NEED AMERICANS - BEFORE THE END OF THE - YEAR. - >> AS WILLIAM BRANGHAM - JUST REPORTED IN A SAME, - AFTER SIGNING THE BILL, - PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE

- WANTS LESS WASTEFUL - SPENDING, SENDING TO - CORESS A REDLINE BILL, - ITEMIZG ALL OF THE FUNDS - HE WANTS REMOVED. - IS THE PRESIDENT GOING TO - GET ANY OF THAT? - WHAT IS THE PRACTICAL - IMPACT OF THOSE REQUESTS? - >> Reporr: JUST TO - GIVE THE PRESIDENT A WAY - OF SAYING HE HAD A WIN IN - TERMS OF WHAT HE WANTED TO - HAPPEN WITH FUNDING. - THIS IS NOT A REALITY. - BOTH HOUSES HAVE MOVED ON - FROM THIS SPENDING BILL. - THE HOUSE APPROPRIATORS, - THE POWER OF THE PURSE, - HAS SAID THEY WILL NOT BE - CONSIDERING ANY OF THE - RECISIONS THAT THE - PRESIDENT WOULD OR COULD - GIVE TO THEM BEE HE - LEAVES OFFICE.RE - BUT THIS IS LY MORE OF - A TALKING POINT FOR THE - PRESIDENT. - IT HAS NO BASIS IN - REALITY. - >> Nawaz: WE SEE NOW THE - HOUSE HAS SUPPORTED THAT - SUGGESTION TO RAISE THE - STIMULUS PAYMEN TO 2,000 - DOLLARS, BUT THIS PUTS - REPUBLICANS IN A PINCH, - PARTICULARLY IN THE - SENATE. - WHAT IS GOG TO HAPP - THERE? - ARE THEY GOING TO BACK - THAT INCREASE IN STIMULUS - HOYMENTS? - >> Reporter: THE - DEMOCRATS JUST INKED OUT A - TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY THEY

- NEEDED IN ORDER FOR THIS - BILL TO MOVE FORWARD IN.TO - THE SENA - THE CRITICAL QUESTION IS - GOING TO BE: WHAT, IF A, - PRESSURE DOES PRESIDENT - TRUMP PUT ON HIS ALLIES IN - THE SENATE TACTUALLY - TAKE THIS UP. - THERE WAS ALREADY SOME - STRONG OBJECTIONS TO IT. - SENATOR RON JOHNSOOF - WISCONSIN, A KEY ALLY OF - THE PRESIDENT, OPPOSED A - 200 CHECK BILL BEFORE - THIS. - SO IT IS HARD TO SEE WHERE - HE WOULD BE RUNNING FOR - SUPPORT. - AND IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE - HE ISN'T MAKING THOSE - CALLS. - TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, HE HAS - NOT BEEN ON THE CALL - TRYING TO PREITCH - McCONNELL TO ACTUALLY - TAKE THIS VOTE UP. - UNLESS HE DOES THAT, - APPEARS THIS WILL PASS IN - HOUSE, BUT IT WILL DIE IN - THE SENATE. - >> Nawaz: ANNA PALMER, - SENIOR WASHINGTON - CORRESPONDENT WITH - POLIÍTICO. - ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO - YOU. - >> Nawaz: MILLIONS OF AMERICANS' - WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSPI - D THIS WEEKEND WERE - WATCHING AND WAITING TO SEE IF - PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD SIGN THE - RELIEF BILL. - ONE OF THEM IS 60-YEAR-OLD - MICHAEL WEST. - HE JOINS US NOW FROM HIS HOME IN

- HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA. T - WELCOME "NEWSHOUR," - AND THANKS FOR MAKING THE - TIME. - WE SHOULD FILL FOLKS IN - AND TELL THEM YOU WERE - WORKING AS AN UBER DRIVER - BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT, - AND THEN E PANDEMIC HIT - AND YOUR BUSINESS DROPPED, - AND YOUR DOCTOR TOLD YOU - IABIS PR NOT A GOOD - IDEA TO GO OUT AND WORK - HEALTH CONTIONS.UNDERLYING - GIVE US A SENSE HOW HARD - IT IS TWO MAKE ENDS MEET - SINCE THEN AND HOWEOU - DONE IT? - DIFFICULT, AND I DIDN'TXTREMELY - KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO - DO AND THEN THE CARES ACT - PROGRAM PASSED, AND IT - ALLOWED ME TO COLLECT - UNEMPLOYMENT, AND THEN THE - ADDITIONAL $0 A EK - ALLOWED ME TO BASICALLY - REPLACE WHAT I WAS MAKING - INPRIOR TO HTO JUST - STOP WORKING. - AND SO THAT GOT ME THROUGH - THE SPRING AND SUMMER, AND - THEN AT THE END OF THE - JULY, WHEN THAT PROGRAM - ENDED, THE ADDITIONAL

- $600, IT WAS REALLY - DIFFICULT. - IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT. - I LIVIN SOUTHERN - CALIFORNIA. - IT IS ONE OF THE MOST - EXPENSIVE PLACES IN THE - WORLD TO LIVE. - AND TRYING TO MAKE ENDS - MEET ON $300 A WEEK WAS - EXCRUCIATINGLY azFFICULT. - >> NLET ME ASK YOU - THIS: AS YOU'VE WATCHED - THE POLITICAL BACK AND - FORTH OVER THIS LATEST - RELIEF BILL, AND YOU SAWES - THE ENT SAY PART OF - THE REASON HE DELAYED - SIGNING IT IS BECAUSE HE - WANTED TO GET MORE MONEY - TO PEOPLE LIKE U, WHAT - WAS YOUR REACTION TO THAT? - >> QUITE FRANKLY, IT WAS - INFURIATING. - WHEN HE FINALLY DID SIGN - IEF BILLD R - AFTER THE DELAY, IT - BASICALLY COST THE PEOPLE - THAT ARE ON P.U.A. A WEEK - OF INCOME WHICH - AFFECTIVELY TAKES AWAY OUR - $600 STIMULUS CHECK, - BECAUSE THAT'SOUGHLY - ABOUT HOW MUCH WE LOSE, OR - AT LEAST I DO. - SO I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS - EN A POLITICAL FOOTBALL.

- I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN - PAWNS INIT. - AND I'M ANGRY. - I'M ANGRY THAT IN THEY - RICHEST COUN THE - WORLD, OUR CONGRESS HAS - DONE SO LITTLE TO HELP - THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING. - >> Nawaz: MR. WEST, YOU - SHARED WITH US EARLIER, OF - COURSE, TH YOU LOST - FAMILY IN RECENT YEARS. - UNDER.0-YEAR BUNESS WENT - YOU'VE HAD SOME TOUGH - ENDURED 2020 AND ALL IT - BROUGHT WITH IT. - WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU NEED - NOW TO GET BACK ON TO YOUR - FEET? - >> IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME. - I'VE WORKED HARD MY WHOLE - LIFE. - I'VE NEVER REALLY ASKED - FOR ANYTHING FROM THE - GOVERNMENT. - I'VE NEVER HAD TO RELY ON - GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE. - BUT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T - CHOOSE TO LOSE MY JOB. - I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO HAVE - ALL OF THIS HAPPEN. - THIS HAPPENED THROUGH NO - FAULT OF MY OWN, AND THE - SAME THING WITH MILLIONSAN - OF OTHER AMERTHAT - WERE CAUGHT IN THE SAME - SITUATION. - WE DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS. - SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE - HAPPEN IS, I WOULD LIKE TO - SEE THEM INCREASE THE

- AMOUNT THAT THEY GIVE US - IN THE WAY OF THAT - STIMULUS PAYMENT, TO THE - $2,000 THAT HAS BEEN - DISCUSSED, AND I WOULD - LIKE TO SEE THE $300 - ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT - BACK-DATED TO BE PAID - RETROACTIVELY BACK TO THE - BEGINNING OF AUST,WHEN - THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM - ENDED. - THAT WOULD HELP. - TH WOULD HELP. - OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW -- IT - IS JUST A MATTER OF TRYING - TO DOGE THE INEEVITA - ECONOMIC FALLOUT THAT IS - COMING. - AND THE FEAR OF EVICTION, - NOT BEING ABLE TOY PA - RENT, CAR PAYMENTS, ALL - THE OTHER EXPENDITURES, TO - HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER - YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND YOUR - MONEY FOOD OR WHETHER - YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND IT - ON RENT. - IT IS JUST A VERY UNFAIR - PROPOSITION FOR US TO BE - FACING. - >> Nawaz: MR. WEST, I - OW MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

- CAN RELATE TO WHAT YOU ARE - SAYING. - I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU - FOR JOINING ARE - YOUR STORY. - THAT IS MICHAEL WEST OF - HUNTINGTON BEACH, - CALIFORNIA. - THANK YOU. - >> THANK YOU. - I APPRECIATE. - TM>> Nawaz: NOW TO THE CHR - DAY BOMBING THAT ROCKED - NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE."W - WE NOW KNOW TH". - THE "WHY" REMAINS A MYSTERY. - STEPHANIE SY HAS OUR REPORT. - >> Sy: INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL - THEY DID ALL THROUGH CHRISTMAS - WEEKEND. - AMONG THEIR DISCOVERIES: D.N.A - EVIDENCE THAT LINKED BACK TO 63Q - YEAR OLD ANTHONN WARNER. - THEY NOW SAY HE DIED IN THE - DEPLOSION, AN APPARENT SUI - AND THE ONLY FATALITY. - >> IT ES APPEAR THAT THE - INTENT WAS MORE DESTRUCTION THAN - DEATH. - THAT'S ALL STILL SPECULATION AT - THIS POINT AS WE CONTINUE IN OUR - INVESTIGATION WITH ALL OF OUR - PARTNERS.

- >> Sy: AUTHORITIES MADE CLEAR - .UNDAY THAT THEY DO BELIEVE - WARNER ACTED ALO - OVER THE WEEKEND, FEDERAL AGEN - SEARCHED WNER'S HOUSE IN A - SHVILLE SUBURB. - A GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE FROM 2019 - SHOWED AN R.V. IN THE BACKYARD. - IT LOOKS SIMILAR TO ONE IN A - LLOTO POLICE SAY WAS CAPTURED ON - A SURVCE CAMERA ON - CHRISTMAS IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE. - THE R.V. PARKED, AND A - LOUDSPEAKER BLARED A WARNING TO - EVACUATE, ALONG WITH A MINUTE BY - MINUTE COUNTDOWN TTHE - EXPLOSION. - THE MOMENT OF THE BLAST WAS - CAPTURED ON VIDEO. - EVEN IN THE EMPTY EARLMORNING - STREETS, CHAOS ERUPTED. - THE BOMB WAS SO POWERFUL, IT - DAMAGED MORE THAN 40 BUILDINGS. - JEFFREY RASMUSSEN AND HIS FAMILY - ESCAPED, BUT FELT THE BOMB'S - >> AS WE'RE DRIVING AWAY, THISMA - IVE EXPLOSION, I MEAN, THIS - I MEAN, I WAS LOOKG FORWARD, - DRIVING AND I HEAR THE SOUND AND - THE WHOLE CAR SHIFTS.AG

- >> Sy: DDONE TO THE AT&T - BUILDING WHERE THE EXPLOSIVE- - LADEN R.V. PARKED, DISRUPTED - TENNESSEE AND BEYO SERVICES IN - AS OF THIS MORNING THE COMPANY - SAID THAT "THE MAJORITY OF - SERVICES HAVE BEEN RESTORED IN - NASHVILLE." - FEELS LIKE THERE HBE SOMEIT - CONNECTION WITH THE AT&T - FACILITY AND THE SITE OF THE - BOMBING. - THAT'S JUST LOCAL INSIGHT, - BECAUSE IT'S GOT TO HAVE D - SOMETHINO WITH THE - INFRASTRUCTURE. - >> Sy: THE BOMBER'S LATE FATHER - HAD RKED AT AT&T, AND - AUTHORITIES SAID HIS MOTHER WAS - COOPERATING WITH THE - INVESTIGATION. - AND WHILE THE QUESTION OF MOTIVE - REMAINS UNANSWERED, A NEIGHBOR - RECOUNTED THE SUSPECT SAYING - LESS THAN A WEEK AGO THAT THE - WORLD WOULD NOT FORGET HIM. - WARNER WAS A COMPUTER CONSULTANT - WITH A SCANT CRIMINAL RECORD-- A - SINGLE MARIJUA POSSESSION - CHARGE DATED BACK TO 1978. - HE HAD NOT BEEN ON LAW - ENFORCEMENT'S RADAR. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M

- STEPHANIE SY. - >> Nawaz: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, HEALTH OFFICIALS SOUNDED - NEW WARNINGS ABOUT SURGING - COVID-19 INFECTIONS. - THAT'S DUE IN PART TO THE RISE - MUTATIONS OF THE VIRUS IN - BRITAIN AND SOUTH AFRICA. - INLD GENEVA, THE WEALTH - ORGANIZATION CALLED THIS MOMENT - A WAKE-UP CALL FOR A WEARYIC - PU - >> I KNOW EVERYONE IS TIRED. - I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AL - KIND OF WITH THIS AND - WANTS THIS TO BE OVER, BUT THIS - SHOULD PUSH US EVEN FURTHER TO - HAVE EVEN MORE RESOLVE TO END - THIS PANDEMIC. - >> Nawaz: MEANWHILE, SOUTH - RAMAPHOSA RE-IMPOSED A BAN ON - ALCOHOL SALES AND ORDERED ALL - RS CLOSED. - AS OF NDAY, THE COUNTRY HAD - TOPPED ONE MILLION INFECTIONS. - HOLIDAY TRAVEL FUELED CONCERNS, - AS NEARLY 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE - PASSED THROUGH U.S. AIORTS ON - SUNDAY, THE MOST SINCE MARCH. - LOGAN AIRP - OF MANY STILL PACKED THIS - MORNING. - A CHINESE COURT HANDED DOWN A - FOUR-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE TODAY - FOR A CITIZEN JOURNALIST WHO

- REPORTED ON THE INITIAL COVID-19 - OUTBREAK. - ZHANG ZHAN POSTED VIDE FROM - WUHAN DISPUTING THE GOVERNMENT - NARRATIVE THAT THE SITUATION WAS - UNDER CONTROL. - CHINA HAS DENIED COVER THE - INITIAL OUTBREAK AND DELAYING - RELEASE OF VITAL INFORMATION. - PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDENGE - CHTODAY THAT PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION HAS - DAMAGED NATIONAL SECURITY - AGENCIES. - IN A SPEECH IN WILMINGTON, - DELAWARE, HE SAID MANY HAVE - AGENCIES BEEN "HOLLOWED OUT". - AND, HE SAID POLITICAL - APPOINTEES AT THE PENTAGON AND - THE BUDGET OFFICE REFUSE TO P - GIVE A CLETURE OF THE - SITUATION. - >> RIGHT NOW WE JUST AREN'T - GETTING ALL INFORMATION THAT WE - NEED FOR THE ONGOING, OUTGOING - AND FROM THE OUTGOING - ADMINISTRATION IN KEY NATIONAL - SECURITY AREAS. - IT'S NOTHING SHORT IN MY VIEW OF - IRRESPONSIBILITY. - >> Nawaz: PENTAGON OFFICIALS - HAVE DENIED EARLIER COMPLAINTS - FROM THE BIDEN TEAM THAT THEY C - WERE NOT GETTIPERATION. - THE U.S. HOUSE OF - REPRESENTATIVES MOVED THIS - NTENING TO OVERRIDE PRESI - TRUMP'S VETO OF THE ANNUAL

- NSE POLICY BILL. - IT TOTALS $740 BILLION IN - SPENDING, INCLUDING PAY RAISES - FOR THE MILITARY. - MR. TRUMP HAD DEMANDED AN - UNRELATED PROVION THAT WOULD - STRIP SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES OF - LIABILITY PROTECTION. - THE SENATE VOTES TOMORROW ON - OVERRIDING THE VETO. - IN SAUDI ARABIA, A CRIMINAL - WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST TOG - NEARLY SIX YEARS IN PRISON. - LOUJAIN AL-HATHLOUL WAS CHARGED - WITH UNDERMINING THE KINGDOM.E - OTESTED THE BAN ON WOMEN - DRIVING AND CALLED FOR REPEALING - MALE GUARDIANSD P LAWS. - SHE EN JAILED SINCE 2018, - AND TODAY'S VERDICT SUSPENDED - PART OF HER SENTENCE, AND - BACKDATED HER TERM, MEANING SHE - COULD BE RELEASED IN MARCH. - A WHITE POLICEMAN IN COLUMBUS, - OHIO WAS FIRED TODAY AFTER BODY- - CAM FOOTAGE SHOWED HIM KILLING A - BLACK MAN AND THEN, REFUSING TO - GIVE FIRST AID FOR SEVERAL - MINUTES. - THE VICTIM, ANDRE HILL, WAS - CAME OUT OF A GARAGE HOLDING UP - A CELL-PHONE. - OFFICER WAS FIRED AFTER AS THE - DISCIPLINARY HEARING. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, THE

- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY - FINALIZED THE FIRST REGULATIONS - OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM - AIRLINERS AND LARGE BUSINE - JETS. - THEY APPLY IMMEDIATELY TO PLANEG - OF NEW D, AND TO EARLIER - MODELS STARTING IN 2028. - THE RULES DON'T APPLY TO - MILITARY AIRCRAFT. - SOME ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, PLUS - 11 STATES AND THE DI OF - COLUMBIA, HAVE SAID THE RULE - DOES NOT GO R ENOUGH. - AND, ON WALL STREET, - INDEXES ALL FINISHED AT RECORD - HIGHS, AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMPHE - SIGNEDOVID RELIEF BILL. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - GAINED 204 POINTS TO CLOSE NEAR - 30,404. - THE NASDAQ ROSE 94 POINTS, AND, - THE S&P 500 ADDED 32. - STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - A LOOK BACK ON MISTAKES MADE - TEARLY IN THE U.S. RESPON - THE PANDEMIC. - A FRONTLINE REPORT FROM THEEP - DEMOCRATICLIC OF CONGO ON - VACCINE EQUITY.OU - POLITICS MONDAY TEAM BREAKS - DOWN THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO - SIGN THE COVID RELIEF BILL. - AND MORE. - >> Nawaz: THE TIME-HONORED - TRADITION OF CASTING BACK ON THE

- PAST 12 MONTHS AT THE CLOSE OF - THIS YEAR.S A SOMBER OCCASION - UNE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC BROUGHT - LD HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING - THAT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER - TOUCHED NEARLY EVERY AMERICAN IN - D.20, AND MILLIONS MORE AROUND - THE WO - THE "NEW YORKER" MAGAZINE - DEVOTED NEARLY ITS ENTIRE - CURRENT ISSUE TO THE SUBJECT - THIS WEEK. - PIECE, "THE PLAGUE YEAR," - AUTHOR LAWRENCE WRWARD-WINNING - CHRONICLES SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL - EVENTS AND PEOPLE OF THE - PANDEMIC AND THE EFF - CONTAIN IT, AND POINTS TO THREE - AL MOMENTS WHEN HE SAYS - EVENTS MIGHT HAVE TURNED OUT - DIFFERENTLY. - >> LAWRENCE WRIGHT, - WELCOME BACK TO THE - "NEWSHOU" AND THANKS FOR - JOING US. - THOSE THREE CRITICAL - MOMENTS, THOSE MISTAKES, - AS YOU CALLED THEM IN YOUR - PIECE, THEY ARE BASICALLYAM - A U.S. BEING DENIED - ENTRY TO CHINA EARLY IN - THE PANDEMIC, THE LURE - OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO - HAVE A TESTING PLAN, AND - FLAWED TESTS BEINGNT, - AND THEN THE FAILURE TO - SUPPORT MASK USE. - P YOUR REORTING, AND - EVERYONE YOU TALK TO, HOW

- THINGS WOULD BE TODAY IF - THOSE THREE THINGS HAD - BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY? - >> WELL, IT STILL WOULD - HAVE BEEN A TRAGEDY. - IT HAS BEEN FOR EVERY - COUNTRY, REALLY. - BUT THE DIMENSIONS OF THE - TRAGEDY OR SO MUCH GREATERE - IN CA THAN ANYWHERE - ELSE. - NE'RE REALLY AN OUTLIA OUTLYER I - THE REST OF THE WORLD. - HAD WE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF - THE OPPORTUN TIES WE HAD - FR BEGINNING, WE - WOULD BE IN A LOT BETTER - SHAPE. - THERE WOULD BE MANY MORE - ALIVE NOW.WHO WOULD BE - TARTING WITH THE VERY - FIRST THING, WHEN - REDFIELD, THE DIRECTOR OF - THE CENTER FOR DISEASE - CONTROL ON JANUARY 3rd, - CALLED HIS COUNTERPART IN - CHINA, GEORGIA GOU, GOU - TO HIM THERE WAS NO - EVIDENCE OF HUMAN-TO-HUMAN - TRANSMISSION. - BUT THE MAIN THING WAS THESE - BIET THAT WE DIDN'T - UNDERSTAND WAS THAT THIS - WAS NOT LIKE A FLU. - YHIS WAS SOMETHING THAT - SPREAD MAI

- ASYMPTOMATICLY. - >> Nawaz: THE TWO OTHER - THINGS YOU IDENTIFIED A - MISTAKES WERE REALLY - STRICTLY WITHIN THE WHI - HOUSE AND THE - ADMINISTRATION'S CONTROL, - AND THAT WAS A FAILURE TO - GET OUT REAL TESTS, FLAWED - TESTS THEY SENT OUT, - AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND ARE - FAIO SUPPORT MASK - USE. - YOU TALKED TO A NUMBER OF - WHITE HOUSE INSIDERS, AND - WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU - ABOUT WHAT LED TO THOSE - DECISIONS AND THOSE - FAILURES? - WHAT WAS HAPPENING INSIDE - THE WHITE HOUSIT - >> WELL,AS A VERY - DIVIDED WHITE HOUSE. - AND, YOUNOW, MATT - POTENGER WAS THE DEPUT - NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, - AND HE WAS THE MAIN - ADVOCATE ALL ALONG, N - BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEALTH - PEOPLE GOT ON BOARD. A - THE TREASUD OFFICE OF - MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, - THEY WERE ALL FRIGHTENED - OF DOING ANYTHING THAT - WOULD DISRUPT THE ECONOMY - AND SO . - BUT MATT WAS PUSHING FOR - TRAVEL BANS AND FOR MASK - US - AND THESE WERE THE TWO - THINGS THAT WE COULD DO - BEFORE A VACNE ARRIVED, - OR ANY KIND OF REALEU - THERC.

- MATT PUT ON A MASK -- HE - WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO - PUT ON A MASK IN THE WHITE - HOUSE. - AND HE SAID IT FELT LIKE - WEARING A CLOWN NOSE. - ANPEOPLE GAWKED AT HIM. - THE PRESIDENT ASKED IF HE - WAS SICK. - AND HE SAID, NO, I JUST - WANT TO NOT BE THE GUY - TH GOES DOWN HISTORY - FOR KNOCKING OFF THE - PRESIDENT WITH COVID-19. - ON Nawaz: YOU CHRLE - IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT - WAYS, AND IT IS STRIKING - TO SEE HOW MANY OF THESE - ANTIDOTES THERE WERE OVER - THE LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER - OF TIMES THAT PRESIDENT - TRUMP PUBLICWNPLAYED - THE THREAT, SAID MASKS ARE - VOL TORY TORY -- VOLUNTARY, AND - I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO - BE WEARING ONE. - IS IT FAIR, THOUGH, - BECAUSE THIS IS A ONCE IN - A CENTURY PANDEMIC, AND A - LOT OF PEOPLE POINT THE - BLAME TOWARDS THE WHIT - HOUSE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. - IS IT FAIR TO DO THAT? - >> THERE ARE THINGS THAT - HE SHOULD BE GIVEN CRDIT - FOR. - I THINK "OPERATION WARPED - SPEED" WAS A GREAT - SUCCESS. - GETTING THESE VACCINES OUT - IN RECORD TIME, THIS IS - SOMETHING TH WE SHOULD - BE THANKFUL FOR, - ESPECIALLY FOR THE - SCIENTISTS WHO DEVELOPED - THAT.

- AND I THINK, ALSO, WE - SHOULD GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR - THE TRAVEL BANS, WHICH - WERE NOT PART OF THE - ORTHODOX OF PUBLIC HEALTH - AT THE T - BUT I FAULT HIM ON TWO - THINGS: ONE WAS THE - POLITICIZATION OF OUR - HEALTH INSTITUS.TI - ESSENTIALLY, THE C.D.C. - AN F.D.A. BECAME CAPTIVE - AGENCIES OF THE PROPAGANDA - WINGOF THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION. - AND THE OTHER THING THAT - IS REALLY -- THAT YOU - THELLY HAVE TO LAY AT - FEET OF THE PRESIDENT, - THERE IS NO NATIONAL PLAN, - EVEN TO THIS DAY. - ON MARCH 11th, I THINK - IT WAS, THE PRESIDENT WAS - IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE - 50 U.S. GOVERNORS, AND HE - SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE - STANDING BEHD YOU. - BUT HE DIDN'T EXPLAIN WHAT - THAT MEANT. - IF YOU WANT TO GET P.P.E., - THAT SORT OF THING, DO IT - YOURSELF. - SUDDENLY THE GOVERNORS - REALIZED IT WASN'T A - NATIONAL POOIVELG. - PANDEMIC.

- EY WERE UNPREPARED - FOR THIS. - >> Nawaz: YOU TELL A - NARRATIVE ABOUT PEOPLE AT - EVERY STAGE, AND HOW THEYWE - AFFECTED, INCLUDING - THE FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO - DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH P.P.E., - WHO REMAIN ON THE - FRONTLINES TRYING TO SAVE - PEOPLE'S LIVES TODAY. - WHAT STOOD OUT IN YOUR - CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM? - >> IT IS SO TOUCHING. - BECAUSE IN THE MIDST OF - THIS CATASTROPHE, IT HAS - COUNTRY AND OUR SPIRIT, - THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER - OF HEROS. - AND I WAS PRIVILEGED TO - HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO - WRITE ABOUT -- STARTING - WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE - FRONTLINE IN THEALTH - INDUSTRY. - EBONY, A YOUNG BLACK - ANESTHESIOLOGIST AT THE - UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, - WHO IS ADVOCATING SO - STRONGLY FOR BETTER - OUTCOMES IN ETHNIC - DISPARITIES IN HEALTH - CARE. - YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD FORME - TO EVEN BEGIN, BUT - BARNEY GRAHAM WAS THE ONE - WHO DEVELOPED THE ACTUAL

- VACCINE THAT WE'RE NOW - TTING INTO OUR ARMS, THE - VACCINE THAT IS BOTH - PFIZERND MODERNA WHO - CONTAIN THE SAME VITAL - PROTEIN THAT WAS DESIGNED - TU BARNEY GRAHAM AT THE - NATIONAL INS OF - ALLERGIES AND INFECTIOUS - DISEASES. - >> Nawaz: LAWRENCH IT - IS REALLD FOR MANY - PEOPLE TO REMEMBER WHAT - THE EARLY WEEKS OF 2020 - RE EVEN LIKE. - YOU CALL YOUR PIECE THE - PLAGUE YR, BUT WE'RE - STILL IN IT. - THE VIRUS ISN'T DONE WITH - US YET. - SO AFTER LOOKING AT ALL OF - THE STRANDS OF THIS, THELI - CAL, THE SOCIAL, THE - MEDICAL, AND SO ON, WHAT - DO YOU THINK WE CAN LEARN - FROM ALL OF THOSE THATINGS - ELL US ABOUT WHAT - OUR NEXT YEAR COULD LOOK - LIKE? - >> WELL, THINK THIS - VIRUS HAS BEEN LIKE AN - X-RAY ONIEOUR SOC. - AND IT ALLOWS US TO SEE - ALL OF THE BROKEN PLACES. - AND IT COULD THAT NOW - THAT WE'RE SO AWARE OF - THEM, WE'LL DO SOMETHING - TO MEND THEM. - HEALTH CARE, FOR INSTANCE, - YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE ONY

- COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT - SEPARATES CLINICAL HEALTH - CARE FROM BLIC HEALTH. - AND IT'S LUNACY TO - SEPARATE THEM. - WEHOULD HAVE A SYSTEM - THAT IS UNIFIED. - WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE - BEING ABLE TO TURN GETOT - MEDICAL CARE AS SOON AS - SYMPTOMS AT ALL.Y KIND OF - ALSO, I THINK A BIG PART - OF WHAT WE HAVE TO FIX IS - THE DISUNITY IN OUR - COUNTRY. - IT IS A SAD COMMENTARY - THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, - WHICH SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT - US TOGETHER, ONLY OVE US - FURTHER APART. - >> Nawaz: THERE ARE BIGES - CHALLEHEAD FOR US AS - A NATION, FOR SURE. - LAWRENCE WRIGHT, YOUR NEW - PIECE "THE PLAGUE" YEAR IS - TION OFLATEST EDI - "THE NEW YORKER". - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR - JOINING US TODAY. - >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> Nawaz: THE DEVELOPMENT OF - COVID-19 VACCINES IS RAISING

- QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR ROLL-OUT - ACROSS THE WORLD; QUESTIONS - AS THE WORLD'S RHEST NATIONS - BUY UP THE LION'S SHARE OF THE - DOSES, THAT LEAVES POORER - THAT SETS UP A CHALLENGE IN A - UNTRY LIKE THE DEMOCRATI - REPUBLIC OF CONGO, A NATION WITH - PLENTY OF RECENT EXPERIENCE - DEALING WITH EPIDEMICS. - CHRIS OCAMRINGA HAS MORE FROM - KINSHASA. - >> Reporter: IT'S A TYPICAL - PRIVATE CLINIC ON THE OUTSKIRTS - OF KINSHASA, THE CAPITAL OF E - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. - PATIENTS COME HERE WITH ALL WITH - TYPES OF AILMENTS. - THIS SCHOOL GIRL IS HERE FOR A - FEVER, IN THE MIDST OF A POWER - HACKOUT. - THE DOCTOR ALTHCARE - WORKERS HERE ARE USED TO MAKING - DO WITH THE LITTLE THEY HAVE. - >> ( translated ): WE HAVE NO - MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO PREVENT THE - SPREAD OF COVID-19 HERE. - THERE'S NO DISINFECTANT TO - SANITIZE THE CLNIC OR MASKS TO - GIVE OUR PATIENTS. - WE ARE EXPOSED TO THE DISEASE. - SE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SUPPORT US - WIE EQUIPMENT.

- >> Reporter: BUT THE DEMOCRATIC - REPUBLIC OF CONGO IS ONE OF THE - POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. - DECADES OF CONFLICT AND - CORRUPTION HAVE BLIGHTED ITS - HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. - EVEN SO THE D.R.C. HAS LEARNED - HOW TO WIN WARS AGAINST - EPIDEMICS. - A CAMPAIGN TO VACCINATE 18 - MILLION CHILDREN HERE HELPED THE - D.R.C. OVERCOME THE WORLD'S - LARGEST MEASLES EPIDEMIC IN THE - LAST TWO YEARS. - THE GOVERNMENT DECLARED THE END - OF AN EBOLA OUTBREAK IN A - NORTHWESTERN PROVINCE LAST - MONTH. - THAT OUTBREAK WAS THE 11th TO - OCCUR IN THE D.R.C. SINCE 1976. - THE WORLD HEALTH ORGIZATION - SAYS VACCINES AND TREATMENTS - PLAYED A ROLE IN FIGHTING THE - OUTBREAKS, AS DID THE D.R.C.'S - SUCCESS IN MOBILIZING HEALTH - WORKERS AND EDUCATING THE - PUBLIC. - THE D.R.C. IS NOW TRYING TO USE - THAT HARD-WON EXPERIENCE. - >> OUR PREVIOUS FIGHTINGS - AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES, NOT - ONLY EBOLA BUT MEASLES, YELLOW - FEVER AND OTHER EPIDEMIC

- DISEASES HELPED US A LOT TO - ORGANIZE FIGHTING THIS PANDEMIC - CRISIS. - >> Reporter: BUT THERE'S A LONG - WAY TO GO.HE - WHENANDEMIC BROKE OUT IN - MARCH, MANY CONGOLESE SUSPECTED - THE GOVERNMENT MADE THE - ANNOUNCEMENT JUST TO GET FUNDING - FROM DONORS. - THEY IGNORED THE HEALTH MEASURES - AIMED AT LIMING ITS SPREAD. - AND THE D.R.C. IS NOW - EXPERIENNG A SECCTD WAVE OF - INNS, WITH OVER 14,000 - CASES RECORDED. - -1D HEALTH AUTRITIES ARE EAGER - >> THERE IS A SPECOUP OF - SCIENTISTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH - ON ALL THOSE ISSUES RELATED TO - COVID-19. - BUT DEFINITELY I THINK OUR - COUNTRY IS COMMITTED TO USE A - COVID-19 VACCINE AS A TOOL. B - >> Reporte THE GOVERNMENT

- DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO - PROCURE THE VACCINES ITS - HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS GRAPPLING - WITH OTHER DISEASES LIKE - CHOLERA, POLIO AND MONKEYPOX. - EVEN IF IT DID HAVE THE FUNDS. - RICH NATIONS ARE STOCKPILING THE - WORLD'S MOST TRUSTED VACCINES - BUYING UP DOSES THAT OUTNUMBER - THEIR POPULATIS. - THAT LEAVES MOST OF AFRICA - SCRAMBLING FOR OPTIONS.E - >>VE DEVELOPED A STRATEGYNT - FOR THE ENT WHICH WE CALL - THE WHOLE OF AFRICA STRATEGY TO - ACCESS VACCINES IN A TIMELY, - FAIR AND EQUITABLE MANNER. - >> Reporter: THE AICA CENTERS - FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND - PR DENTION AND ITS DIRECTOR, - JOHN NKENGASONG, ARE WORKING - WITH A GLOBAL INITIATIVE KNOWN - AS COVAX TO ENSURE THA - COUNTRIES LIKE THE D.R.C. GET - ACCESS TO THE COD-19 VACCINES, - AND ARE NOT LEFT BEHIND. - BUT AN INTERNAL INE STIGATION BY - OGRAM'S OWN PROMOTERS - REPORTEDLY INDICATES IT'S - STRUGGLING FROM A LACK OF FUNDS - AND FACES A HIGH RISK OF FAILURE - WITHOUT ACCESS TO ES FORLE

- YEARS. - BUT AS THE RICHER NATIONS - RESERVE MORE DOSES THAN THEY - N-ED OF THE U.S. AND EUROP - MADE VACCINES, AFRICA MAY HAVE - LITTLE CHOICE THAN TO TURN TO - THE RUSSIAN OR CHINESE VACCINES. - >> AFRICA C.D.C. IS WATCHING - OVER ALL VACCINES THAT ARE BEING - TRAILED, WE ARE ANALING THE - RESULTS AND ONLY THE MOST - EFFECTIVE AND EFFICACIOUS - VACCINES WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE - USED ON THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA. - >> Reporter: BUT IT MAY BE YEARS - BEFORE ANY OF THE VACCINES ARE - AVAILABLE FOR MANY AFRICANS. - AND THOUGH SOME AFRIN - COUNTRIES ARE ALREADY PREPARING - TO SUPPLY COOLERTHE COVID- - 19 VACCINES ACROSS THE - CONTINENT. - A RECENT STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION FOUND - THAT ONLY 40% OF AFRICANTR - COUNIES ARE PREPARED TO ROLL - OUT A VACCINE.RU - POOR INFRACTURE, FREQUENT - ILWER OUTAGES, ROADS IN - DISREPAIR, ALL WBE - CHALLENGES FOR THE D.C. WHEN - PLANNING HOW TO STORE AND - >> THE D.R.C. IS AMONG THE - COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT YET READY

- VACCINE.OUT THE COVID-19 - HEALTH EXPERTS HERE SAY THEY ARE - STILL DISCUSSING THE MODALITIES - OF INTRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING - A VACCINTHAT'S SUITABLE FOR - THEIR ENVIRONMENT. - AND THOUGH THEFRICAN C.D.C. - HAS PROMISED NOT TO LEAVE THEM - OUT, AFRICAN NATIONSO NOT KNOW - WHEN OR HOW MANY DOSES OF THE - VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO - THEM. - THE INCIDENT MANAGER OF THE - D.R.C.'S COVID-19 PANDEMIC TM - TOLD US THEYAVE NO IDEA YET - WHEN A FINAL DECISION WILL BE - MADE. - >> Reporter: AND WHEN THE D.R.C. - VERNMENT DOES GET THE VACCINES - IN HAND, IT WILL FACE RESISTANCE - FROM SOME CONGOLESE CITIZENS IN - THE ROLL OUT. - >> ( translated ): I'M NOT SURE - ABOUT WHAT WAS USED IN MAKING - THAT COVID-19 VACCINE BY - FOREIGNERS. - I WON'T ACCEPT IIF THEY BRING - IT HERE. - CONGO HAS A LOT OF PLANTS WITH - MEDICINAL PROPERTIES THAT CAN - CURE THAT DISEASE. - >> ( translated ): I REJECT THAT - VACCINE BECAUSE I KNOWESUS IS - MUCH BIGGER THAN ANY MEDICATION.

- HE HAS KEPT ME ALIVE FOR SO LONG - AND ONLY HE WILL DECIDE WHEN I - DIE. - I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT COVID-19. - >> ( translated ): IF THAT - VACCINE WILL REALLY SAVE LIVES - APPROVE IT AND START VACCINATING - PEOPLE. - >> Reporter: THE EPICENTER OF - THE D.R.C.'S COVID-19 PANDEMIC - IS IN THE CAPITAL KINSHASA, HOME - TO 12 MILLION PEOPLE. - THE VAST MAJORITY HAVE TO HIT - THE STREETS DAILY TO PUT FOOD ON - THE TABLE. - THE LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS - IMPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO - CURB THE SPREAD OFOVID-19 - EARLIER THIS YEAR HAD A - DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THEIR - LIVES. - IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF CONVINCING - FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE - NUMBERS TO GET VACCINATED ONCE - IT'S APPROVED. - BUT IT'S THE KEY TO SOLVING THE - CRISIS HERE, A NIGHTMARE MANY - ARE LONGING TO WAKE UP FROM. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M CHRIS - OCAMRINGA, IN KINSHASA, - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. - >> Nawaz: IT'S THE LAST MONDAY - OF 2020.

- HERE TO BREAK DOWN THE WEEK'S - POLITICAL NEWS, FROM THE COVID - RELIEF BILL TO THE GEORGIA - SENATE RACES, AMY WALTER OF THE - EPORT AND HOST - OF PUBLIC RADIO'S "POLITICS WITH - AMY WALTER." - AND ERRIN HAINES OF THE 19th - NEWS. - TAMARA KEITH IS AWAY.: - >> NawLCOME TO YOU - BOTH. - CONGRATULATIONS FOR MAKING - IT TO THE FINAL POLITICS - MONDAY OF 2020.GH - LET'S JUMP IN AND - TALK ABOUT THIS LATEST BIT - OF CHAOS IN THE COVI-19 - RELIEF BILL. - AMY, WE HEARD THE - REPORTING EARLIER TODAY. - HAS BEEN INVOLVED.IDENT - THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN - INVOLVED IN THESE - NEGOTIATIONS FOR MONTHS. - THE PRESIDENT SIGNED IT AT - THE LAST MINUTE WITH SOME - LAST-MINUTE DEMANDS, AND - AS ANNA PALMER REPORTED, - IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKEHE'LL - BE GETTING ANY OF THE - REVISIONS. - WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED - THIS? - >> Amy: IT LOOKS LIKE - THE HOUSE WAS ABLE TOSS - THE $2,000 BILL, AND WHAT - HAPPENS NOW IS WHA - HAPPENS IN THE SENATE, - WHEN IT IS THE REPUBLICANS - IN CHARGE, NOT THE

- DEMOCRATS, LIKE IN THE - HOUSE WHERE IT IS NANCY - PELOSI. - BUT THE BIGGER POINT, - YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WASN'TBO - REALLY POLICY AS - MUCH AS IT WAS ABOUT - BRANDING AND MESSAGING. - DONALD TRUMP'S MESAGE - FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF - HIS TIME AS A CANDIDATE TO - THE END OF HIS PRESIDENCY - HAS BEEN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, - I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN - FIX THIS - ONE, CAN DO THIS. - THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS - SORT OF GGED AGAINST ME. - HE TALKS, OF COURSE, A LOT - ABOUT THE FACT, UNFOUNDED, - THAT THE ELECTION WAS - RIGGED AGAINST HIM, THAT - THE MEDIA IS RIGGED - AGAINST HIM. - IN THIS CASE, IT IS - CONGRESS, RIGHT? - HE WANTS TO KEEP MAKING - THE CLAIM THSHINGTON - IS SO DYSFUNCTIONAL, THEY - CAN'T HELP YOU.YO - I CAN HEL - AND SO HE WILL LEAVE NOT - NECESSARILY WITHGETTING - AN ACCOMPLISHMENT -- A - POLICY ACCOMPLIE MENT -- - BUT S HIS MESSAGE HE - IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO - PUT FORWARD FOR THE - FORESEEABLE FUTURE, ICH - IS TO CONTINUE TO - DESTABILIZE AN AREADY - DYSFUNCTIONAL WASHINGTON,

- AND TO MAKE THAT WHERE HE - SPENDS SO MUCH OF HIS TIME - IN THE NEXT FEW -- WELL, - WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE - IS GOING TO KEEPDOING. - BUT IT IS CERTAINLY THE - WAY HE SEES COMING BACK - INTO THE CONVERSATION - POST-PRESIDENCY. - >> Nawaz: ONE OF THE - MANY THINGS WE DO NOT KNOW - IN THE DAYS, WEEKS, AND - MONTHS AHEAD. - ERRIN, WT DO YOU MAKE OF - THIS? - WH DOES PRESIDENT TRUMP - GET OUT OF THIS? - >> Errin: LI AMY SAID, - THAT IS DEFINITELY ON - CLEAR, THIS KIND OF GAME - OF WILL HE OR WON'T HE, IT - HAS REFOCUSED THERESS' - ATTENTION ON HIM. - WE HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH FROM - THE PRESIDENT, EXCEPT FOTO - HICONTINUE TO INSIST - HE WON THE ELECTION. - WHEN WE KNOW HE LOST. - IN 22 DAYSJOE BIDEN WILL - BE INAUGURATED AS - PRESIDENT, AND KAMALA - HARRIS WILL BE SWORN IN AS - VICE PRESIDENT. - AND, YOU KNOW, HE JUST - RESURFACES TO CONTINUTO - ASSERT THAT HE DOES NOT - ACCEPT THE RESUS OFHE - ELECTION, THAT HE IS

- CHALLENGING THOSE RESULTS. - THISS A PROBLEM, - PARTICULAR IN GEORGIA, INTI - THESE CONSEQU SENATE - RUNOFFS THAT ARE GOING TO - DECIDE THE BALANCE OF - POWER IN THAT CHAMBER. - YOU HAVINE TWOCUMBENT - SENATORS ON THE ROPES - BECAUSE OF A PRESIDENTVE - RAISING THE OF A - RIGGED ELECTION AND MAKING - PANDEMIC RELIEF SO - DIFFICULT FOR SO MANY OF - THE GEORGIA VOTERS, FOR - WHOM THE REALITY OF THE - PANDEMIC FROM A PUBLIC - HEALTH AND ECONOMIC - NTANDPOINT IS VERY FRO - AND CENTER FOR THEM, - ESPECIALLY OVER THESE - HOLIDAYS, AS BENEFITS ARE. - EXPIRI - AND THEY ARE SEEING THE - REAL-LIFE STAKES OF POLICY - AND LEGISLATION IN THEIR - LIVES, AND WONDERING WHY - CONGRESS IS NO - RESPONSIVE, AND WHY THE - PRESIDENT HAS BEEN PLAYG - POLITICS WITH REAL LIFE - AND DEATH ISSUES FOR SO - MANY AMANS. - >> Nawaz: AMY, WHAT - ABOUT THAT? - WHAT ABOUT GEORGIA? - WE KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP

- HAS SAID IN A RECENT - TWEET, HE PLANS ON HEADING - DOWN THERE. - HE SAID HE IS GOING TO BEG - GO BEHALF OF TWO - GREAT SENATORS, AS HE - SAID, SENATR DAVID PERDUE - AND SENATOR LOEFFLER. - HE IS GOING TO GO FOR A - UL RALLY,ONDE - HE SAYS ALL CAPS. - WHAT KIND OF POSITION DID - THE PRESIDENT PUT HIS OWN - RTY IN, BYMANDING - THAT THE STIMULUS PAYMENTS - ARE INCREASED FROM $600 TO - $2,000. - WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE - FUTURE WILL BE IN THE - SENATE.WE - BUKNOW THE DEMOCRATIC - CHALLENGES ARE CALLING ON - PERDUE AND LOEFFLER TO - BACK THAT $2,000 INCREASE. - HAS THIS BECOME SORT OF A - LOYALTY TEST FOR - REPUBLICANS? - >> Amy: WELL, WE'VE SEEN - IN THEOUSE MANY OF THE - REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST - THIS $2,000 BILL. - IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 44 - REPUBLICANS ULTIMATELY - VOTED FOR IT. - SO IN THAT SENSE, THIS IS - ONE PLACE WHERE CONGRESS - DID NOT VOTE IN LOCK STEP - WITH THE DESIRES OF THE - PRESIDENT.

- KNOW HOW CHALLENGISSE THEY - WILL BE FOR KELLY LOEFFLER - AND DAVID PERDUE IN THEIR - SENATE RACE. - BUT IT GOES BACK TO WHAT - SAID AT THE BEGINNING - HERE, AMONA, WHICH IS, IT - ABOUT WHAT HE CAO TOTRUMP, - HELP HIS PARTY. - IT IS MUCH MORE ABOUT - HELPING THIS BRAN - AND HIS BRAND IS - DISRUPTION, AND HIS BRAND - IS SOWING DISCONTENT ANRMD - UNING MUCH OF WHAT - HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON. - GOING TO SEE -- THE GOOD - NEWS, IF YOU'RE LOEFFLER - THE FACTUE, I - THAT A BILL WAS SIGNED. - THERE WILL BE MONEY GOING - OUT TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. - THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT - SHUT DOWN. - THAT'S ALDO PRETTY GOO - NEWS IF YOU'RE CAMPAIGNING - AS A REPUBLICAN, AND ITS - THE PRESIDENT OF YOUR - PARTY WHO HAS MADE THAT - SHUTDOWN - AND THE NEXT QUESTION, OF - COURSE, BECOMES: HOW DOES - SENATE MAJORITY LEADER

- MITCH McCONNELL DEAL - WITH THIS NEW WRINKLE, - WHICH IS, DOES HE MAKE HIS - SENATORS VOTE ON SOMETHING - THAT MANY OF THEM DO NOT - WANT TO DO? - THERE ARE YS THAHE - COULD SLOW-WALK THIS. - WE'LL SEE IF PRESIDENT - TRUMP REAY PUTS THE - PRESSURE ON McCONLL - AND HIS REPUBLICAN - COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE. - >> Nawaz: ERRIN, AS I - MENTIONED, IT IS THE LAST - MONDAY O202 - WE HAVE AN OUTGOING - PRESIDENT WHO IS STILL - VERY MUCH PUSHING THE - BALANCE OF ORTHODOXY, - COURTING CONTROVERSY IN - THE FINAL WEEKS OF HIS - PRESIDENCY, WITH WHO HEON - PA THE WAY HE DEALS - WITH CONGRESS, INSISTING - THAT THE ELECTION WAS - RIGGED AND TRYING TO - OVERTURN THE RESULTS. - ERRIN, AT THIS MOMENT, UHOW - ARE OOKING AT THESE - FINAL WEEKS OF THE TRUMP - PRESIDENCY WHEN IT COMES - TO THE ALITY OF HIS - TIME IN OFFICE? - >> Errin: WELL, AMNA, I - THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS ENA - PRESWHO, FOR HIM, - HAS ACTED PRESIDENTIAL INR - THESE PAST FEARS. - THIS IS PRESIDENTIAL FOR

- DONALD TRUMP. - HE CENETAINLY REDETHE - PRESIDENCY AS WE KNOW IT - IN THESE PAST FOUR YEARS. - AND I THINTHAT AS WE - LOOK AT THE LAST 22 DAYS - OF HISAT PRESIDENCY, WE - ARE SEEING IS A PRESIDENT - WHO IS FINISNG MUCH AS - HE STARTED. - HE CAME INTO OFFICE - RAISING THE SPECTOR OF THE - INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTION - SYSTEM IN HIS OWN VICTORY. - AND IN HIS FINAL YEAR OF - BEING PRESIDENT, HIS - RESPONSEO BOTH THE - SYMPTOMATIC INEY - THAT WAS LAID BARE IN THIS - PANDEMIC, HE WAS NOT - RESPONSIVE TO EITHER OF - THOSE THINGS. - WE DO NOT HEAR VERY MUCH - TO THOSE THINGS N. - HE CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT - VOTER FRAUD THAT WS IN, - YOU KNOW, HIS MEMO BEFORE - HE SIGNED THAT BILL. - HE IS HEADED TO GEORGIA, - AS YOU MENTIONED, - ALLEGEDLY ON THE EVE OF

- THE ELECTION. - THE LAST TIME HE WAS IN - ORGIA FOR AN ELECTION - RALLY, HE WAS, AGAIN, - TALKING ABOUT A RIGGED - ELECTION EVEN AS HE WAS - ASKING GEORGIA REPUBLICANS - TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS FOR - KE AY LOEFFL DAVID - PERDUE. - I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING - IS REALLY JUST A FULL - CIRCLE MOMENT FOR THIS - PRESIDENT. - YOU KNOW, HIS LEGACY IS - THE -- THE FINAL CHAPTER - OF HIS LEGACY IS BEING - WRITTEN NOW. - AND, FRANKLY, IT HAS BEE - IF NOTHING ELSE, - CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE - SEEN SINCE 2017. - >> Nawaz: ERIN MENIONS - THE WORD LEGACY. - AMY, THESE ARE THE FINAL - WEEKS THAT UALLY END UP - PRESIDENCY. THE - HOW ARE YOU DOING DURING - THESE LAST WEEKS OF THE - TRUMP PRESIDENCY? - >> Amy: I THINK WHAT - ERRIN LAID O IS PRETTY - MUCH ON THE MARK: HE IS - LEAVING AS HE CAME IN. - THERE WERE FORCES THAT - CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM, - THAT ONLY HE CAN FIX THIS,

- AND SORT OF SETTING - HIMSELF UP FOR TWO THINGS, - EITHER TO BE A 2024 - CANDIDATE FORSI PRENT, - OR TO BE A KING-MAKER. - HE COULD DO BOTH, BUT I - INK WE'RE GOING TO SEE, - AT LEAST IN THE NEXT - COUPLEF MONTHS, THE ROLE - HE PLAYS AS THE FA - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND - THE ONE WHO CAN MAKE OR - BREAK CANDIDATES. - AND THAT'S WHERE HE IS THE - MOST COMFORTABLE - T NECESSARILY IN - PURSUING POLICY, BUT IN - PURSUING THE MESSAGE THAT - THE SYSTEM ITSELF REMAINS - BROKEN AND PEOPLE SHOULD - CONTINUE TO E UPSET AT - IT. - >> Nawaz: THAT IS AMY - WALTER AND ERRIN HAINES ON - THIS, THE LAST POLITICS - MONDAY OF 2020. - ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU - BOTH. - THCTTHANKS F YOUR TIME. - >> THANK YOU, AMNA. - >> HAPPY NEW YEAR. - >> Nawaz: THE PANDEMIC SHUT DOWN - THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - BUT, SOME RELIEF COUE TO - INDEPENDENT THEATERS UNDER THE - NEW COVID RELIEF PACKAICH

- INCLUDES A $15 BILLION GRANT FOR - SOME CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. - EVEN THOUGH MOST THEATERS REMAIN - OSED, A CONSISTENT LOCKDOWN - CONVERSATION STARTER HAS BEEN, - "SO WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING?" - WHILE WE'RE APART, AND AS WE - COPE IN THIS YEATHAT'S UNLIKE - ANY OTHER, SHOWS AND MOVIES HAVE - OFFERED SOME KIND OF SHARED - EXPERIENCE. - TWO CRITICS HELP JEFFREY BROWN - MOVIES HELPING US TO GET THROUGH - IT ALL. - IT'S PART OF OUR ONGOING ARTS - AND CULTURE SERIES, CANVAS. - >> Brown: THE CINEPLEX WAS - HEOSED, BUT MORE AND MORE, - WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT STREAMED - INTO OUR HOMES - LORRAINE ALI IS A TELEVISION - CRITIC AT THE LOS ANGELES TIMEST - >> OVERALL WHADS OUT THE - MOST IS TELEVISION. - THANK GOD WE HAD SO MUCH CONTENT - BECAUSE I THINK THE IDEA BEFORE - NOW, IT WAS LIKE THANKFULLY WE - HAD IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE - FILMS, WE DIDN'T HAVE THEATER, - WE DIDN'T HAVE MUSIC CONCERTS. - >> Brown: WHAT WE DID HAVE: - ATTENTION-GETTING SWS LIKE" - THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT"... - >> CHESS CAN ALSO BE... - BEAUTIFUL. - >> Brown: "THE CWN,"

- HULU'S ADAPTATION OF "LITTLE - FIRES EVERYWHERE" - AND ERE WERE ALSO NEW - PLATFORMS PRESENTING SHOWS.HI - >> I STREAMING IS THE - MODEL NOW, AND I THINK, YOU - THE QUESTION THIS YEAR WAS WE - HAVE SO MANY MORE STREAMERS - COMING IN, WILL NETFLIX BE - KNOCKED OFF ITS THRONE. - NO, THAT DIDN' DHAPPEN. - BUT ID SEE, YOU KNOW, APPLE - TV PLUS COME IN.NE - WE DID SEE DPLUS COME IN - WITH THE MANDALORIAN AND BIG - THINGS LIKE THAT.YO - YOU KNOW, NOHAVE HBO AND - ON THE GAME AND PEACOCK AND SO - IT STREAMING IS IT. - >> Brown: WHAT ABOUT YOUR - PERSONAL LIST OF FAVORITES? - GIVE US A FEW OF YOUR GIVE US A - FEW OF YOUR TOP BEST PICKS F - THIS YEAR. - >> YOU'RA LITTLE WEIRD. - >> YES, YES I AM. - I THINK THE WHOLE IMMIGRANT - ASPECT TO IT, YOU DON'T SEE - ONENOUGH OF THAT ON TELEVI - I MAY DESTROY YOU, WHICH IS A - BRITISH SERIES THAT WAS ON HBO. - IT IS A DRAMA MILLENNIAL DRAMA, - YOU COULD ALMOST SAY WAS A

- LITTLE HIPSTERY, BUT THEN ITH - JUST DEALT WITXUAL ASSAULT - IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT ANDGE - ALSO WITER IDENTITY AND - RACE. - AND IT'S JUST BRILLIANT. IT WAS - REALLY WELL DONE. - SWITCHING GEARS TOTALLY WAS A - SERIES CALLED UPLOAD ON AMAZON, - AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY AN - AFTERLE COMEDY ABOUT WHEN YOU - DIE, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SOUL - UPLOADED OR ESSENTIALLY YOUR - CONSCIOUSNESS UPLOADED INTO A - CLOUD WHERE THE LIVING C TALK - TO YOU. - >> Brown: IN THE MEANTIME, BIG- - BUDGET MOVIE RELEASES, LIKE"GU - TO MAVERICK" AND JAMES - BOND'S "NO TIME TO DIE" WERE - DELAYED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR." - TENET" EVENTUALLY WAS RELEASED - IN THEATERS, BUT OTHER FILMS - FURTHER BLURRING THE LINESRMS, - BETWEEN THE BIG AND SMALL - SCREENS. - AND EARLIER IS MONTH, WARNER - BROTHERS TOOK THE NEXT STEP: - ANNOUNCING THAT ALL ITS 2021 - FILMS WILL BE RELEASED ON HBO - MAX AND IN THEATERS - SIMULTANEOUSLY, INCLUDING THE - HIGHLY ANTICIPATED "WONDER WOMAN

- 1984" AND "DUNE"ET. - THE MOVELENTY OF - RESISTANCE. - >> IN SOME QUARTERS, THAT IS - SEEN AS A FATAL BLOW TO - THEATERS, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE ALL - ON THE STREAMING HABIT. - >> Brown: ANN HORNADAY IS A FILM - CRITIC AT THE "WASHINGTON POST.A - >> BUTTELLS ME THAT VISUAL - STORYTELLING IS ALIVE AND AS - CRUCIAL AS EVER. - AND I REALLY DO THINK THAT WE - WILL HAVE PENT UP DEMAND TO GET - OUT OF THE HOUSE AND GO BACK TO - THEATERS AS SOON AS IT'S SAFE. - >> Brown: SO GIVE ME SO GIVE ME - A FEW OF YOUR TOP PICKS THEN. - >> WHAT MY TOP PICK IS, IS - ACTUALLY KIND OF REPRESENTATIVE - OF THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S NOT - JUST ONE MOVIE, IT'STHAT - ARE BEING SHOWN ON AMAZON. - IT'S CALLED SMALL AXE. - IT'S AN ANTHOLOGY OF THESE FILMS - BY STEVE McQUEEN, EACH OF WHICH - DEALS WITH THE WEST INDIAN - COMMUNITY IN LONDON IN THE '60S, - '70S AND '80S, OFTEN DEALING - WITH REAL LIFE SITUATIONS OF - POLICE BRUTALITY AND INEQUALITY, - BUT ALSO PORTRAITS OF GREAT JOY - AND RESILIENCE. - >> I'VE MET HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE - OUT HERE AND THEY DON'T SAY ANA - FIGOODBYE.>> - MY NUMBER TWO IS A TERRIFIC - MOVIE CALLED NOMADLAND, STARRING

- FRANCES McDORMAND IN AN - INDOMITABLE ROLE. - AND SHE'S A REAL SR IN FUNNY. - THIS MOVIE ABOUT A WOMAN WHO - GOES ON THE ROAD TO SOME KIND OF - AN ITINERANT TWENTY FIRST - CENTURY WORKER, BEAUTIFULLY - DIRECTED BY CHLOE ZHAO. - AND THEN MY NUMBER THREE IS - CALLED FIR COW. - THIS WAS THE LAST MOVIE I SAW IN - A PROPER THEATER. - THE MOVIE BY KELLY REICHARDT - TAKES PLACE IN THE 19th CENTURY - IN THE PACIFIC NORTH - DEALING WITH KIND OF THE THE - GREAT WESTERN EXPANSION, THE - DEFINITION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO - BE AN AMERICAN. - >> Brown: HOLLYWOOD ALSO FACED A - RENEWED RECKONING IN THE WAKE OF - THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD AND - THE PROTESTS FOR SOCIAL CED - RACIAL JUS - THIS SUMMER THE CARS ANNOUNCED - NEW RULES FOR ELIGIBILITY - SURROUNDING DIVERSITY AND - INCLUSION. - >> LIP SERVICE HAS BEEN PAID IN - THE PAST, BUT I THINK ACTUALLY - PEOPLE ARE MORE SERIOUS TO WHICH - THESE NEW RULES AT THE ACADEMY - ABOUT BEST PICTURE ATTACHED. - I THINK PEOPLE ARE NOW THEY GOT - IT. - THEY'RE GETTING IT.

- BUT IT'S EVEN RE IMPORTANT TO - THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. - >> Brown: SOME FILMS THIS YEAR, - HORNADAY SAYS, OFFERED HOPE OF - WHAT COULD BE. - >> UNCANNILY, I FEEL THAT THE - MOVIES PROVIDED THIS REALLY - FASCINATING AND I THINK - RESTORATIVE COUNTER-NARRATIVE TO - WHAT WE WERE SEEING IN TERMS OF - SAULTS ON BLACK BODIES - WITH THE WITH THE COVID-19 T - EPIDEMIC A - DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT OF THAT - ON PEOPLE OF COLOR. - THERE'S THESE WERE THESE MULTI- - BALANCED PORTRAITS OF BLACK LIFE - TRAUMA, YES, - SUFFERING. - YES. - BUT ALSO JOY, SENSUALICT, THE - FULL SM OF EXPERIENCE. - TND SO I I WASEALLY HEARTENED - BY T - >> Brown: WHAT'S NEXT FOR TV, - ITMOVIES AND OUR VIEWING H - BOTH ALI AND HORNADAY SEE - CONTINUING EVOLUTION, BUT ALSO - SOME THINGS THAT WON'TE. - >> NOW, THAT LINE IS BLURRING - AND THAT LINE, I THINK, IS GOING - TO BLUR EVEN MORE AS WE VE - FORWARD. - EVERYTHING'S BEEN ON WHAT YOU - WOULD THINK OF AS A TELEVISION - SCREEN OR YO STREAMING SCHEME

- OR HOWEVER YOU WATCHED - TELEVISION. - THAT'S HOW YOU'RE WATCHING FILMS - NOW. - >> THAT IS THE QUESTION, DID IT - CHANGE IT FOREVER? - IT CERTAINLY CHANGED THE - ECONOMIC MODEL FOR NOW. - BUT I DO THINK PEOPLE HA AN - ENDURING AND CONTINUAL NEED TO - WANT TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND - DO SOMETHING, INCLUDING GOING TO - A MOVIE. - IT'S JUST A TIME-HONORED RITUAL. - I WOULDN'T UNDERPLAY THEATERS - QUITE YET OR WRITE THEIR - OBITUARIES YET. - >> Brown: ON ONE SCREEN OR - ANOTHER, WE'LL BE WATCHING. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - JEFFREY BROWN. - >> Nawaz: AND ON THE PBS - NEWSHOUR ONLINE, WE'VE BEEN - ASKING ARTISTS AND OUR AUDIENCE - WHICH SONGS HELPED THEM SURVIVE - A STRANGE AND DEVASTATING YEAR - AND COMPILED THEM IN - PLAYLIST THAT OFFER AN ESCAPE; A - LITTLE BIT OF PENSIVE - WE'VE BEEN ASKING ARTISTS - WHAT SONGS HELPED THEM - SURVIVE 2020, AND DOZENS - OF YOU HAVE SHARED YOUR - OWN PICKS, TOO.TH - WE PUT ALL OFE SONGS - INTO ONE POWERFUL PLAY - LIST, FOR WHENEVER YOU - NEED A MOMENT OF JOY OR - INSPIRATION OR REFLECTION. - YOU CAN

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