PBS NewsHour; May 18, 2020, 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT

- Captioning sponsored byy - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING, I'M - JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, THE - CORONAVIRUS CONUNDRUM-- THE - WIDESPREAD RELAXING OF - RESTRICTIONS CONTINUES AS NEW - HOT SPOTS EMERGE AND THE DEATH - TOLL IN THE UNITED STATES TOPS - 90,000. - THEN, THE DIPLOMATIC ANGLE-- - CHINA MAKES STRONG MOVES ON THE - WORLD STAGE, PUSHING TO AID THE - GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE - WHILE DERAILING INVESTIGATIONS - INTO THE EARLY STAGES OF THE - PANDEMIC. - AND, COVID AND COLLEGE-- THE - PANDEMIC HIGIGHTS INEQUITIES - IN APTITUDE TESTING FOR COLLEGE - ADMISSIONS AND HASTENS A - NATIONWIDE MOVE AWAY FROM THEM. - >> MANY STUDENTS TODAY TAKE THE - S.A.T. DURING THE SPRING, DURING

- THE SCHOOL DAY. - THAT'S ABOUT 700,000 STUDENTS - WHO MISSED THAT CHANCE. - >> Woodruff: ALL THAT AND MORE - ON TONIGHT'S PBS NEWSHOUR. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY: - >> LIFE ISN'T A STRAIGHT LINE, - AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN FIND - YOURSELF HEADING IN A NEW - DIRECTION. - FIDELITY IS HERE TO HELP YOU - WORK THROUGH THE UNEXPECTED, - WITH FINANCIAL PLANNING AND - ADVICE FOR TODAY, AND TOMORROW. - >> THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT - FOUNDATION.

- FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, - ADVANCING IDEAS AND SUPPORTING - INSTITUTIONS TO PROMOTE A BETTER - WORLD. - AT www.hewlett.org. - >> AND WITH THE ONGOING SUPPORT - OF THESE INSTITUTIONS: - >> THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE - POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR - PUBLIC BROADCASTING. - AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - MAJOR - NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COVID-19 - PANDEMIC. - THE UNITED STATES REACHES 90,000 - DEATHS OUT OF 1.5 MILLION CASES, - AS MORE OF THE COUNTRY LOOSENS - RESTRICTIONS. - THERE IS POTENTIALLY PROMISING - NEWS ABOUT A POSSIBLE VACCINE. - AND PRESIDENT TRUMP DROPS HIS

- OWN MEDICAL BOMBSHELL. - JOHN YANG BEGINS OUR COVERAGE. - PRESIDENT TRURCH PLAYED A - STARTLING DISCLOSURE. - HE HAS BEEN TAKING THE - CONTRORSIAL DRUG - HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AS A - PREVENTIVE AGAINST COVID-19 . - >> I'M TAKING THE TWO, THE ZINC - AND THE HYDROXY. - AND ALL CAN I TELL YOU IS SO FAR - I SEEM TO BE OKAY. - >> THE PRESIDENT'S USE OF THE - DRUG OUTSIDE A HOSPITAL SETTING - GOES AGAINST THE FOOD AND DRUG - ADMINISTRATION'S WARNING ABOUT - THE RISK OF HEART PROBLEMS. - MR. TRUMP HAS LONG TOUTED THE - ANTI-MALL AR WHY MEDICATION'S - POTENTIAL EVEN THOUGH ITS - EFFECTIVENESS SUN PROVEN. - HE MADE THE DISCLOSURE AMID - POSSIBLE SIGNS OF PROGRESS ON A - VACCINE. - DRUG MAKER MODERNA REPORTED THAT - LIMITED DATA FROM EARLY HUMAN - TESTING SUGGESTS THE - EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT IS SAFE AND - TRIGGERS AN IMMUNE RESPONSE. - THIS ALL COMES AS THE NATION - TAKES TENT TIFF STEPS TOWARD

- REOPENING. - THE - BEFORE DAWN IN MICHIGAN TODAY, - FORD AUTO WORKERS RETURNED TO - WORK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE - THIS PLANT CLOSED IN MID-MARCH - DUE TO COVID-19. - >> AT LEAST FOR NOW, EVERYBODY - IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THEIR - TEMPERATURE DAILY AND FILL OUT - THAT SCREENING. - AND THEY'LHAVE TO GO THROUGH - THE SAME SCREENING PROCESS EVERY - MORNING WHEN THEY COME TO WORK. - >> Yang: MICHIGAN RECORDED 11 - NEW DEATHS SUNDAY, THE LOWEST - SINCE MARCH 24. - GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER SAID - THAT IN COMING WEEKS SOME - COUNTIES COULD LIFT - RESTRICTIONS. - I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE - TO STAY SMART AND TO STAY SAFE. - >> STATES LIKE FLORIDA AND - MASSACHUSETTS ARE - MEANWHILE, STATES LIKE FLORIDA - AND MASSACHUSETTS ARE ISSUING - THEIR OWN GUIDANCE ON A GRADUAL - REOPENING. - FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS - ANNOUNCED GYMS AND FITNESS - CENTERS CAN RESUME OPERATIONS. - AND, RESTAURANTS CAN OPEN AT 50% - CAPACITY. - SAN FRANCISCO TOOK A SMALL STEP - TODAY, ALLOWING RETAILERS TO - REOPEN WITH CURBSIDE PICK-UP. - BUT, IN THE EPICENTER OF THE - COUNTRY'S OUTBREAK, NEW YORK - CITY MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO WARNED - THAT LIFTING SAFETY MEASURES TOO

- QUICKLY WILL LEAD TO MORE - INFECTIONS. - >> WE CANNOT HAVE A BOOMERANG. - WE CANNOT HAVE SOMETHING WHERE - WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN AGAIN. - SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY - BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SOME ARE - DEFYING MEASURES MEANT TO STOP - THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS. - SEVERAL PROTESTERS STOOD OUTSIDE - A NEW JERSEY STRIP MALL THIS - MORNING IN SUPPORT OF A GYM THAT - OPENED IN DEFIANCE OF STATE - GUIDANCE. - GYM CO-OWNER IAN SMITH INSISTED - IT'S SAFE AND PROPER SAFETY - PRECAUTIONS WERE IN PLACE: - >> THE GYM HAS BEEN SANITIZED - TOP TO BOTTOM BY A PROFESSIONAL - CLEANING CREW, EVERYTHING IN THE - GYM IS SIX FEET APART, - EVERYTHING WILL BE MARKED, THERE - WILL BE MASKS. - >> Alcindor: COVID-19 IS TAKING - CENTER STAGE AT THE ANNUAL - ASSEMBLY, HELD BY VIDEO - CONFERENCE THIS YEAR, OF THE - 194-MEMBER WORLD HEALTH - ORGANIZATION. - CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI JINPING - TODAY PLEDGED $2ILLION OVER - TWO YEARS TO SUPPORT RECOVERY - WORLDWIDE EFFORTS. - IN WASHINGTON, THE WHITE HOUSE - DISMISSED IT AS A 'TOKEN' TO - DISTRACT FROM CHINA'S FAILURE TO - 'WARN THE WORLD OF WHAT WAS - COMING'

- AND, THE W.H.O. IS FACING - QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT HANDLED - THE PANDEMIC. - THE EUROPEAN UNION, ALONG WITH - COUNTRIES LIKE THE UNITED - KINGDOM AND NEW ZEALAND ARE - PUSHING FOR A PROBE INTO THE - RESPONSE. - NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER - JACINDA ARDERN: - >> THIS IS ONE THAT DOES NOT - SEEK TO LAY BLAME, IT SEEKS TO - LEARN FROM AN EXPERIENCE THAT I - THINK EVERY CITIZEN AROUND THE - WORLD WOULD KNOW WE WOULD NEED - TO LEARN FROM. - >> Yang: ACROSS HARD-HIT ITALY, - SIGNS OF NEW NORMALCY AS - CHURCHES, SHOPS AND EVEN - VENICES' GONDOLAS REOPENED - TODAY. - A NUN AND PRIEST, BOTH WEARING - MASKS, ENTERED ST. PETER'S - BASILICA TODAY, OPEN TO THE - PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME IN - NEARLY THREE MONTHS. - AND, IN DENMARK, FOR THIS FIRST - TIME IN MONTHS, SOME ENJOYED A - CUP OF COFFEE BREWED OUTSIDE - THEIR KITCHENS AS CAFES AND - RESTAURANTS RESUMED SERVICE. - THE COUNTRY WAS THE FIRST IN - EUROPE TO ENTER A LOCKDOWN IN - MARCH, AND WAS THE FIRST TO - BEING EASING THOSE RULES LAST - MONTH. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M JOHN - YANG.

- >> Woodruff: REPORTS OF POSITIVE - RESULTS FROM AN EXPERIMENTAL - VACCINE BOOSTED WALL STREET - TODAY. - SO DID OIL PRICES, CLOSING ABOVE - $30 A BARREL FOR THE FIRST TIME - IN TWO MONTHS. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - GAINED MORE THAN 900 POINTS, - NEARLY 4%, TO CLOSE NEAR 24,600. - THE NASDAQ ROSE 220 POINTS, AND, - THE S&P 500 ADDED 90 POINTS. - TODAY THE WORLD HEALTH - ORGANIZATION HOSTED AN ANNUAL - SUMMIT, DESIGNED FOR WORLD - LEADERS TO COORDINATE IN THEIR - FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19. - BUT THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY - WAS DOMINATED BY TENSIONS - BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA, AND - CRITICISMS BY THE REST OF THE - WORLD, OF A VACUUM OF GLOBAL - LEADERSHIP. - NICK SCHIFRIN JOINS ME NOW. - SOO NICK, WHAT IS - THIS IS CENTRAL TENSION BETWEEN - THE U.S. AND CHINA? - >> JUDY, THE WORLD HEALTH - ASSEMBLY BASICALLY BECAME A - PROXY BATTLE FOR THE POLITICAL - TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND - CHINA. - WHAT WE HEARD TODAY WAS MUCH OF

- WHAT WE HEARD OVER THE LAST FEW - MONTHS, TENSIONS BETWEEN THESE - TWO COUNTRIES OVER THE ORIGIN OF - THE VIRUS, OVER THE WORLDWIDE - LEADERSHIP OF THIS CRISIS AND OF - COURSE WHETHER THE WHO ITSELF - DID A GOOD JOB. - NOW XI JINPING WAS THE FIRST - WORLD LEADER TO, HE PROMISED TO - SHARE ANY CHINESE VACCINE, HE - PLEDGED - 2 BILLION FORTH ENTIRE WORLD FOR - COVID-19 19 AND DEFEND THE WHO - AND CHINA'S EFFORTS. - >> WE HAVE ACTED WITH OPENNESS, - TRANSPARENCY AND RESPONSIBILITY. - WE HAVE PROVIDED INFMATION TO - WHO AND RELEVANT COUNTRIES IN A - MOST TIMELY FASHION, WE HAV - RELEASED A GENOME SEQUENCE IN - THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME. - >> XI IS REALLY RESPOND - TOWMPLEGHT. - IS CRITICISMS THAT IN THE EARLY - DAYS OF THIS OUTBREAK LOCAL - AUTHORITIES SILENCED DOCTORS AND - BEIJING AUTHORITIES CENTRALIZED - OR EVEN DESTROYED SOME OF THE VY - RUGS SAMPLES. - SO WHAT DID WE HEAR FLT U.S. - THAT WAS LEAD BY ALEX AZAR, - SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN - SERVICES. - HE GAVE A SHORT SPEECH BUT RIGHT - OUT OF THE BAT BLAMED THE WHO - AND CHINA.

- >> IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO - CONCEAL THIS OUTBREAK AT LEAST - ONE MEMBER STATE MADE A MOCKERY - OF THEIR TRANSPARENCY - OBLIGATIONS WITH TREMENDOUS - COSTS FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD. - WE SAW THE WHO FAILED AT ITS - CORE MISSION OF INFORMATION - SHARING AND TRANSPARENCY WHEN - MEMBER STATES DO NOT ACT IF GOOD - FAITH. - THIS CAN NOT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. - >> Woodruff: SO NICK, WE KNOW - BASED, LISTENING TO SECRETARY - AZAR JUST NOW, THE U.S. HAS BEEN - TALKING ABOUT REFORM SO THAT - THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. - HAVE ANYF THOSE REFORMS BEEN - ADOPTED? - >> IN A WORD, NO, JUDY, AT LEAST - NOT YET. - THE U.S. SHAS WANTED TIE WANT TO - BECOME THE OWN OBSERVER AT THE - WHO AND THE U.S. HAS WANT - FUNDAMENTAL REFORMS TO THE WHO, - ALLOWING IT TO ENFORCE COUNTRIES - REPORTING THEIR OUTBREAKS EARLY - ON THAT THE U.S. SAYS CHINA DID - NOT DO. - BOTH OF THOSE EFFORTS WERE - SHELFED EVEN BEFORE THIS - ASSEMBLY BEGAN. - U.S. OFFICIALS TELLING ME THAT - THEY ARE GOING TO TRY AGAIN

- LATER THIS YEAR. - AND THIS WASN'T REALLY THE IDEAL - VENUE IN ORDER TO DO THAT. - BUT WHAT THE U.S. BELIEVED IT - SUCCEEDED WAS TO GET CHINA TO - AGREE TO AN INVESTIGATION INTO - COVID-19. - BUT JUDY, THIS IS IMPORTANT. - IN ORDER TO GET THAT RESOLUTION - PASSED, IT WAS WATERED DOWN, IT - DOES NOT MENTION THE WORD CHINA. - IT DOES NOT MENTION THE WORD - WUHAN NOR DOES IT CALL FOR AN - INVESTIGATION INTO THE ORIGIN OF - THE DISEASE, INSTEAD ALL IT - CALLS FOR IS THE INTERNATIONAL - COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY THE ANIMAL - SOURCE OF THE VIRUS, DETERMINE - HOW IT ENTERED HUMANS AND TO - CREATE A KIND OF LESSONS LEARNED - PROJECT BUT ONLY AFTER THE - PANDEMIC ENDS. - >> Woodruff: AND NICK, OUTSIDE - THE U.S. AND CHINA, WHAT OTHER - COUNTRIES SAY? - >> MANY OTHER COUNTRIES DEFENDED - THE WHO AND CALLED FOR GLOBAL - SOLIDARITY INCLUDING U.S. - ALLIES, COUNTRIES THE U.S. WILL - NEED TO PRESSURE CHINA, NAMELY - FRANGS AND GER ANNIE-- GERMANY. - NOW THERE WAS A REAL BATTLE OVER - GLOBAL LEADERSHIP, GLI JINPING - MF SIDE THE MONEY, SOLIDARITY.

- WHAT THE U.S. OFFICIALS I TALKED - TO SAY LOOK, WE HAVE ALREADY - PLEDGED $2 BILLION TO THE WORLD, - ON TOP OF $10 BILLION THAT THE - U.S. PLEDGES EVERY YEAR, A $100 - BILLION THAT THE U.S. HAS BEEN - GIVEN TO AFRICA, BUT NONE OF - THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED TODAY. - SO CHINA MIGHT NOT GIVE MO - MONEY, JUDY BUT EVEN U.S. - OFFICIALS I'M TALKING TO ADMIT - THAT IT ADVERTISES BETTER AND - PRIORITIZES EVENTS LIKE TODAY - MUCH MORE NAN THE U.S. EVER HAS. - >> Woodruff: AND NICK, A - DIFFERENT SUBJECT BUT ALSO THE - U.S. AND CHINA, AND THAT IS - TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO - COUNTRIES OVER THE TECH GIANT W. - HOW HAS THE U.S. IN THE LAST FEW - DAYS BEEN INCREASING PRESSURE - OVER THIS? - >> IT IS REALLY AT THE - TECHNOLOGICAL BATTLE, ST A - HUNDRED BILLION DPLOR PHONE AND - TECHNOLOGY'SUGGER NAWTD AND - THE U.S. TOOK THE MOST - AGGRESSIVE STEP THAT IT HAS - AGAINST WA-WEI AS MUCH OF A - MORTAL BLOW TO THE COMPANY AS - THE U.S. IS CAPABLE OF

- DELIVERING. - BASICALLY ANY SUPPLIER WHETHER - FOREIGN OR THE U.S. THAT MAKES - CHIPS FOR WA-WEI MEASURES CHIPS - FOR THEM, SELLS ANY TECHNOLOGY - AT ALL, IF THAT SUPPLIER HAS ANY - U.S. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, EVEN - LIKE THE SOFTWARE THAT RUNS THE - MACHINE THAT PRINTS THE CHIP, - THAT COMPANY WILL NOW NOT BE - ABLE TO SELL TO WA-WEI UNLESS IT - GETS A U.S. EXEMPTION. - THE EXPERTS I TALKED TO SAY THIS - WILL SET WA-WEI BARK ABOUT 18 - MONTHS AND COST THEM A - CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY. - THEY ADD POLITTED TODAY IF WOULD - SET THEM BACK BUT ALSO SAID - BEIJING WOULDN'T SIT BACK AND - LET THE U.S. DESTROY THE - COMPANY, JUDY. - SO EXPECT SOME KIND OF - RETALIATION FROM CHINA, PERHAPS - AGAINST U.S. COMPANIES THAT - STILL RELY ON CHINESE SUPPLY - CHAINS IN WHAT REALLY HAS BECOME - A TECHNOLOGICAL COLD WAR. - >> Woodruff: A LOT GOING ON, - BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA RIGHT - NOW, NICK SCHIFRIN, THANK YOU - VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER

- NEWS, FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY A - SAUDI GUNMAN WHO OPENED FIRE AT - A U.S. NAVAL BASE IN PENSACOLA, - FLORIDA, HAD TIES TO AL-QAEDA. - THE SAUDI OFFICER KILLED THREE - SAILORS LAST DECEMBER, BEFORE - BEING KILLED HIMSELF. - F.B.I. DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY - SAYS DATA RECOVERED FROM HIS - CELL PHONE SHOWS TIES TO THE AL- - QAEDA BRANCH IN YEMEN, KNOWN AS - "A.Q.A.P." - >> HE WASN'T JUST COORDINATING - WITH THEM ABOUT PLANNING AND - TACTICS, HE WAS HELPING THE - ORGANIZATION MAKE THE MOST IT - COULD OUT OF HIS MURDERS. - AND HE CONTINUED TO CONFER WITH - HIS A.Q.A.P. ASSOCIATES, RIGHT - UP UNTIL THE END, THE VERY NIGHT - BEFORE HE STARTED SHOOTING. - >> Woodruff: WRAY AND ATTORNEY - GENERAL WILLIAM BARR SHARPLY - CRITICIZED APPLE FOR NOT HELPING - TO UNLOCK THE GUNMAN'S PHONE. - F.B.I. AGENTS FINALLY MANAGED TO - BREAK THE ENCRYPTION, AFTER FOUR

- MONTHS. - ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR ALSO SAYS - HE DOES NOT EXPECT CRIMINAL - PROBES OF FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA - OR FORMER VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN. - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CLAIMED THEY - MAY HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES - RELATED TO LAUNCHING THE RUSSIA - INVESTIGATION. - BARR DISMISSED THAT CLAIM TODAY, - AS HE DISCUSSED U.S. ATTORNEY - JOHN DURHAM'S REVIEW OF THE - INVESTIGATION. - >> AS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND - VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHATEVER - THEIR LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT, - BASED ON THE INFORMATION I HAVE - TODAY, I DON'T EXPECT MR. - DURHAM'S WORK WILL LEAD TO A - CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF EITHER - MAN. - OUR CONCERN OF POTENTIAL - CRIMINALITY IS FOCUSED ON - OTHERS. - >> Woodruff: PRESIDENT TRUMP - SAID LATER THAT HE'S SURPRISED - THAT BARR IS NOT PLANNING - CRIMINAL PROBES OF OBAMA AND - BIDEN. - DEMOCRATS SAY THE FRIDAY NIGHT - FIRING OF STATE DEPARTMENT - INSPECTOR GENERAL STEVE LINICK - MAY BE LINKED TO A SAUDI ARMS

- DEAL. - REPRESENTATIVE ELIOT ENGEL, - CHAIR OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN - AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, SAID TODAY - THAT LINICK WAS INVESTIGATING - THE $7 BILLION DEAL. - PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE DOES NOT - KNOW LINICK, BUT THAT SECRETARY - OF STATE MIKE POMPEO WANTED HIM - FIRED. - WE'LL EXPLORE THIS, LATER IN THE - PROGRAM. - A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR WHO OVERSAW - CASES AGAINST TWO TRUMP ALLIES, - COULD BE GETTING A BIG - PROMOTION. - IT'S WIDELY REPORTED THAT U.S. - ATTORNEY TIM SHEA WILL TAKE OVER - THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT - ADMINISTRATION. - SHEA HELPED PUSH A LIGHTER - SENTENCE FOR ROGER STONE, A - TRUMP FRIEND AND ADVISER, - AND FOR DISMISSING CRIMINAL - CHARGES AGAINST MICHAEL FLYNN, - THE FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY - ADVISER. - IN ISRAEL, A JEWISH EXTREMIST - WAS CONVICTED TODAY OF MURDERING - AN 18-MONTH-OLD PALESTINIAN BOY - AND HIS PARENTS. - THE COURT FOUND THE DEFENDANT - THREW FIREBOMBS INTO THE - FAMILY'S WEST BANK HOME AS THEY - SLEPT, IN 2015.

- THE BOY'S GRANDFATHER WELCOMED - THE CONVICTION. - >> ( translated ): THE TRIAL - WILL NOT BRING MY FAMILY BACK. - BUT, I DON'T WANT THERE TOE - MORE CHILDREN TO GO THROUGH THE - TRAUMA THAT WE WENT THROUGH. - WE WENT THROUGH THIS TRAUMA FOR - FIVE YEARS, A WHOLE YEAR AT THE - HOSPITAL, D I DON'T WANT - ANOTHER FAMILY TO GO THROUGH - THIS. - ENOUGH ALREADY. - >> Woodruff: DEFENSE LAWYERS - CLAIMED POLICE USED TORTURE TO - FORCE A CONFESSION, BUT THEY - OFFERED NO EVIDENCE. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, DISABLED - AND MINORITY VOTERS IN WISCONSIN - FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT OVER THE - UPCOMING AUGUST PRIMARY AND - NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. - THEY WANT MORE POLL WORKERS, - PLUS ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR ALL - VOTERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - WISCONSIN HELD ITS PRESIDENTIAL - PRIMARY LAST MONTH, DESPITE - CORONA-VIRUS FEARS. - AND, THE YEAR'S FIRST NAMED - STORM IN THE ATLANTIC SWIRLED - OFF THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA - TODAY. - TROPICAL STORM "ARTHUR" BROUGHT

- HEAVY RAIN AND ROUGH SURF TO THE - OUTER BANKS, BEFORE TURNING OUT - TO SEA. - HURRICANE SEASON DOES NOT - OFFICIALLY BEGIN, UNTIL JUNE 1. - STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS REMAIN AS - MOST STATES CONTINUE TO RELAX - RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC - GATHERINGS. - THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FIRES A - ATE DEPARTMENT WATCHDOG, THE - LATEST IN ITS DISMANTLING OF - OVERSIGHT. - HOW THE PANDEMIC HASTENS A - NATIONWIDE MOVE AWAY FROM OFTEN- - UNEQUAL APTITUDE TESTING FOR - COLLEGE ADMISSIONS. - AND MUCH MORE. - >> Woodruff: IN ALL BUT TWO - STATES, STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS ARE - BEING LIFTED. - MANY STATES ARE STILL - RESTRICTING HOW WIDELY THEY WILL - RE-OPEN AND ONLY WILL DO SO

- GRADUALLY. - BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT QUESTIONS - ARE INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON HOW - THAT CAN BE DONE, WHILE - MINIMIZING RISK TO THE PUBLIC - HEALTH. - DR. ATUL GAWANDE IS FOCUSED ON - THAT AND IT'S THE SUBJECT OF A - PIECE HE WROTE FOR THE "NEW - YORKER" WEBSITE. - HE'S A SURGEON AT THE BRIGHAM - AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL IN BOSTON - AND THE CHAIRMAN OF HAVEN, A - JOINT HEALTH CARE VENTURE - CREATED BY AMAZON, BERKSHIRE - HATHAWAY, AND J.P. MORGAN. - HE JOINS US FROM BOSTON. - DR. GAWANDE, IT IS SO GOOD TOO - HAVE YOU WITH US AGAIN. - YOU ARE REMINDING PEOPLE THAT - EVEN AS WE MOOF A AHEAD IT IS - IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BASICS IN - MIND. - SO TELL US AGAIN WHAT ARE THE - BASICS? - >> WELL, I THINK THE BASICS COME - FROM THE FACT THAT THERE HAVE - BRN A GROUP OF WORKERS WHO HAVE - BEEN GOING TO WORK RIGHT THROUGH - THIS EPIDEMIC AND THOSE ARE - HEALTH CARE WORKERS. - AND WE HAVE MANAGED IN THE - UNITED STATES TO MANAGE SO WE - CAN GO TO WORK AND NOT SPREAD - THE VIRUS. - AND THERE ARE FOUR COMPONENTS TO - WHAT I HAVE CALLED A COMBINATION - THERAPY.

- THE COMPONENTS ARE ONES YOU ALL - KNOW. - BUT EACH OF THEM ARE FLAWED. - BUT WHEN YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER - IT STOPS THE VIRUS AND WE ARE - DEMONSTRATE THRAG IN HEALTH - CARE. - SO WHAT ARE THEY. - NUMBER ONE IS HYGIENE. - NUMBER TWO IS DISTANCING. - NUMBER THREE IS SCREENING. - SCREENK PEOPLE FOR EVEN VERY - MILD SYMPTOMS SO THEY STAY HOME - RATHER THAN GO INTO WORK. - AND FOUR ARE MASKS. - AND THE MAIN VALUE OF THE MASKS - IS THAT WE CAN SPREAD THE - DISEASE. - WE NOW KNOW, BEFORE WE HAVE - DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS. - AND THE BEST WAY TO KEEP FROM - INFECTING OTHER PEOPLE IS A MASK - BECAUSE IT IS OUR RESPIRATORY - DROP LETS, WHEN WE TALK, WHEN WE - BREATHE, WHEN WE COUGH THAT WE - HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPREAD THE - VIRUS. - >> Woodruff: ASSUMING THEY CAN - GET THE TEST AND HAVE ACCESS TO - THE TEST. - BUT AS YOU LOOK AROUND THE - COUNTRY, DR. GAWANDE AND YOU SEE - HOW THESE STATES ARE OPENING UP, - AND AS WE SAID MOST OF THEM ARE - NOW TRYING TO OPEN UP TO ONE - DEGREE OR ANOTHER, WHAT DO YOU - SEE THAT GIVES YOU HOPE, THAT - MAKES YOU FEEL REASSURED. - AND WHAT DO YOU SEE THAT IS

- WORRYING YOU. - >> SO THE THINGS THAT GIVE ME - HOPE, INCH ONE, WE ARE FINDING - THAT WE HAVE MANAGED THE - LOCKDOWN SUCCESSFULLY ENOUGH - THAT WE DID NOT EXCEED THE - HOSPITAL CAPACITY. - AND IN MOST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY - THERE IS ENOUGH HOSPITAL - CAPACITY FOR THE CASES TO OPEN. - NUMBER TWO IS THAT WE HAVE - TESTING CAPACITY ACTUALLY HAS - INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN A LOT - OF PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. - REPORTS ARE FLOW COMING OUT IN - MANY STATES THAT WE HAVEN'T USED - UP THE CAPACITY ENOUGH. - PEOPLE AREN'T COMING IN FOR THE - TESTS AND WE NEED TO CALL UP - YOUR DOCTOR OR GO TO ONE OF - THESE DRIVE THRU SPOTS. - DBSCVS, RITE-AID, WALGREEN,ND - GET TESTED, IF YOU HAVE EVEN THE - SLIGHTIST SYMPTOMS. - THOSE ARE WHAT GIVES GOOD FLUS. - WE ARE FINDING THAT AND IT IS - GETTING BETTER. - NOW WHAT AM I WORRIED ABOUT? - WHAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT IS WE'RE - HAVING THIS DEBATE ABOUT OUR - CULTURE, OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO - DO TO SECURE SAFETY FOR ONE - ANOTHER. - IT'S A DID HE BAIT THAT IS ABOUT

- SAFETIES AND FREEDOM, RIGHT, - KEEP ME SAFE, LEAVE ME ALONE. - WE ARE PUTNG TOO MUCH MF SOINS - THE MINORITY THAT ARE REFUSING - TO PARTICIPATE. - THE REALITY IS IF THE VAST - MAJORITY OF, IF HE WETTED JUST - 60 PERGS WEARING MASKS THAT ARE - 60% EFFECTIVE, THAT IS TO SAY - THERE IS DOUBLE LAYER COTON AT - LEAST AND FITS WELL, THEN WE CAN - AVOID SPREADING INFECTION TO - OTHER PEOPLE. - THE VALUE IS I PROTECT YOU, YOU - PROTECT ME. - AND WE DON'T HAVE TO ALL BE - PERFECT. - YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE VIGILANTES - ABOUT IT, BUT WE DO HAVE TO - BUILD A CULTURE WHERE WE FEEL MY - JOB IS THAT I NEVER WANT TO BE - THE - THE ONE TO PUT YOU IN THE - HOSPITAL. - I NEVER WANT TO BE THAT PERSON. - THAT IS THE CULTURE OFHEALTH - CARE THAT WE HAVE BUILT, THAT - KEEPS US SAFE. - WHEN WE GO INTO WORK AT A PLACE - THAT HAS RISK AND WE HAVE - MANAGED TO AVOID TURNING - HOSPITAL INTO PLACES THAT SPREAD - WRZ AND EVEN AS WE ARE - KEEPINGURE SELVES SAFE, WE NEED - TO CONSTANTLY REMEMBER HOW - IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP OTHERS - SAFE AS WELL.

- DR. GA WANED, I ALSO WANT TO ASK - YOU ABOUT THE NEWS TODAY THAT - HAS GIVEN INVESTORS HOPE. - WE SEE THE MARKETS GOING UP - TODAY BECAUSE THERE ARE REPORTS - THAT PROGRESS SEEMS TO BE MADE - IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF A - VACCINE. - PUT THAT IN CONTEXT FOR US. - WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? - HOW MUCH HOPE SHOULD WE HAVE? - AT THERE POINT ABOUT A VACCINE - AND WHEN? - >> WELL, FIRST I HAVE TO SAY IT - IS EXTRAORDINARY TO SEE THE - PROGRESS THAT HAPPENS TO THIS - POINT. - YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THIS - IS JUST THE FIRST STEP ON A - MULTISTAGE JOURNEY. - BUT YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOU - HAVE STLEE COMPANIES NOW. - YOU HAVE CHINESE, A CHINESE - VACCINE, AN OXFORD VARKS EVEN - AND THIS ONE FROM MODERNA HERE - IN BOSTON. - AND ALL THREE HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN - PRODUCED, THEY HAVE GRON INTO - TRIAL AND ALREADY HAVE SOME - EARLY RESULTS IN THE FIRST FEW - WEEKS THAT IS AN INDICATION, NOT - THAT THEY WORK YETUT THA - WOULD HAVE TAKEN, IN PREVIOUS - TIMES, THREE TO FIVE YEARS, THIS

- HAPPENED IN WEEKS. - I MEAN THAT'S STUNNING. - NOW THE ENTIRE VARKS EVEN - PROCESS FROM CONCEPT TO FINISH, - MY VACCINE COLLEAGUES TELL ME, - YOU KNOW, NEVER BEEN DONE IN - LESS THAN 20 YEARS BEFORE. - SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS - FRONT END ALREADY AT THIS STAGE - AND WE WILL HAVE OTHERS COMING - OUT INTO THE SUMMER, A HUNDRED - VACCINES THAT ARE COMING OUT - INTO TESTS, IT DOES GIVE A LOT - OF HOPE THAT WITHIN A COUPLE OF - YEARS, WE COULD BE IN TO - PRODUCTION. - IS THIS A MATTER OF JRSZ MONTHS - AWAY, NO. - I THINK WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR - THAT. - AND BEING READY SPHOR IF MEANS - BEING READY TO UNDERSTAND. - WE ALL HAVE TO TAKE SERIOUSLY - REALLY LEARNING HOW TO TAKE WHAT - WORKS AND IF WE ARE GOING TO - COME OUT AND WORK TOGETHER AND - BE WITH ONE ANOTHER, WE'VE GOT - TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE SAFE - STEPS AND ORK TOGETHER ON THIS. - >> Woodruff: ONE OTHER THING I - WANT TO ASK YOU,nd THAT IS - WE JUST LEARNED TODAY PRESIDENT - TRURCH SAYS FOR THE LAST-- TRUMP - SAYS FOR THE LAST WEEK AND A - HALF TO TWO WEEKS HE HAS BEEN - TAKING THE DRUG - HYDROXYCHLOROQUI I GUESS

- TYPICALLY PRESCRIBED FOR MALL - ARIA BUT TAKING IT - PROPHYLACTICALLY. - WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT. - >> THERE ARE V BEEN MULTIPLE - STUDIES THAT HAVE SO FAR SLOW NO - BEN FLIT FROM HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE - AND ONE HAS SHOWN THERE ARE - SERIOUS HEART RISKS FROM THE - DRUG. - SO AS A F MI NOT ADVERTISING TO - PATIENTS THAT THIS IS A GOOD - IDEA. - THERE WILL BE BETTER TRIALS TO - COME. - BUT RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO - EVIDENCE IT WORKS. - AND IN FACT IT COULD BE HARMFUL. - >> Woodruff: SO IMPORTANT TO - HEAR BECAUSE IN SOME QUARTERS - PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO BELIEVE - THIS IS GOING TO BE HERE BY THE - END OF THE YEAR. - SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AT - THIS POINT TO PUT IT IN THAT - KIND OF CONTEXT DRVMENT ATUL - GAWANDE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - IT ST ALWAYS GOODS TO HAVE YOU - WITH US. - THANK YOU. - >> GLOOD TO BE HERE, THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS - FIRED THREE INSPECTORS GENERAL

- IN THE PAST SIX WEEKS. - THAT INCLUDES THE WATCHDOG OF - THE STATE DEPARTMENT, STEVE - LINICK, LAST FRIDAY. - TODAY, CHAIR OF THE HOUSE - FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - ELIOT ENGEL SAID LINICK WAS - INVESTIGATING THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION FAST-TRACKING - WEAPONS SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA - LAST YEAR. - ENGEL AND DEMOCRATIC SENATOR BOB - MENENDEZ ARE REVIEWING LINICK'S - FIRING. - YAMICHE ALCINDOR TAKES A CLOSER - LOOK. - >> Alcindor: SOME SEE THE - FIRINGS AS A THREAT TO THE - INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT - WATCHDOGS. - THE PRESIDENT SAYS MANY OF THE - PEOPLE HE REMOVED WERE TOO - PARTISAN. - THE MOST RECENT FIRING COMES - AFTER THE PRESIDENT REMOVED OR - REPLACED INSPECTORS GENERAL FOR - THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, THE - DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND THE - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN - SERVICES. - JOINING ME TO TALK ABOUT THE - ROLE OF INSPECTORS GENERAL IS - JOEL BRENNER. - HE WAS AN I.G. FOR THE NATIONAL - SECURITY AGENCY UNDER PRESIDENT - GEORGE W. BUSH.

- AND,ROM 2006 TO 2009, HE WAS - THE HEAD OF U.S. - COUNTERINTELLIGENCE UNDER THE - DICTOR OF NATIONAL - INTELLIGENCE. - HE ALSO SERVED UNDER PRESIDENT - OBAMA. - THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. - I WANT TO FIRST PLAY WHAT - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD TO SAY AT - THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN HE WAS - TALKING ABOUT THE STATE - DEPARTMENT IG AND TALKING ABOUT - THE FACT THAT OF COURSE HE WAS - FIRED AFTER THERE WERE REPORTS - THAT SRFACED THAT HE WAS - LOOKING INTO AN MS TRADING - DEAL WITH SAUDI ARABIA AS WELL - AS SERVING STATE MIKE POMPEO'S - PERSONAL CONDUCT. - HERE IS WHAT HE SAID. - >> I DON KNOW HIM AT ALL. - I NEVER EVEN HEARD-OF-HIM. - BUT I WAS ASKED TO BY THE STATE - DEPARTMENT, BY MIKE. - I OFFERED MOST OF MY PEOPLE, - ALMOST ALL OF THEM. - I SAID THESE ARE A OBAMA - APPOINTEES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO - LET THEM GO I THINK YOU SHOULD - LET THEM GO BUT THAT IS UP TO - YO - BECAUSE ST MY RIGHT TO DO T I - SAID SURE, I'LL DO IT WE HAVE - GOTTEN RID OF A LOT OF INSPECTOR - JENNERS, EVERY PRESIDENT HAS. - >> HOW CONCERNED WITH YOU ABOUT - THE PRESIDENT FIRING THESE IG - AND HOW UNUSUAL IS IT FOR HIM TO

- REMOVE THESE INSPECTORS GENERAL. - >> I'M VERY CONCERNED. - THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE - APPOINTED UNDER STATUTE WITHOUT - REGARD TO THEIR POLITICAL - AFFILIATION SOLELY ON THE BASIS - OF DEMONSTRATED ABILITY IN LAW - OR AUDITING OR SIMILAR AREAS. - AND THE IDEA THAT IT IS TYPICAL - THAT THESE JOBS CAN TURN OVER - WHEN A NEW ADMINISTRATION COMES - IN SAUL WRONG. - WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS NOT ONLY - AN ATTACK ON PARTICULAR IG'S - QUHO ARE UNCOVERS EXACTLY WHAT - THEY WERE MEANT TOWN COVER, WE - ARE SEEING AN ATTACK ON THE - INSTITUTION OF IG ITSELF. - AND THAT IS, WE'VE NEVER SEEN - BEFORE. - THE INSTITUTION OF IG'IN THE - CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT IS 42 YEARS - OLD. - IT WAS A POST WATERGATE REFORM - DESIGNED STO UNCOVER MALL - FEESANCE IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH - OF THE GOVERNMENT.

- THE PRESIDENT APPEARS TO BELIEVE - THAT THE CONGRESS HAS NO - AUTHORITY TO INQUIRE OR - INTERFERE WITH HOW HE DOES - BUSINESS IN THE EXECUTIVE - BRANCH. - I THINK THIS IS THE CLOSEST - WE'VE COME TO A LEUSES 14th - THEORY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT - WHICH IS I AM THE STATE. - NO SUPREME COURT HAS EVER AGREED - WITH THAT. - >> WELL, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT - THE FACT THAT THESE REMOVALS ARE - UNUSUAL. - SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO - ALSO SAID THAT HE HAS NO IDEA - WHAT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AT - THE STATE DEPARTMENT WAS LOOKING - INTO. - HOW CREDIBLE IS IT THAT A - TARGET, A POTENTIAL TARGET OF AN - INSPECTION WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT - THAT INVESTIGATION? - >> WELL, AN INVESTIGATION THAT - IT-- IS POSSIBLE. - BUT I THINK IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY - INCREDIBLE THAT THE SECRETARY - WOULD KNOW THIS. - THE INVESTIGATION ACCORDING TO - ACCOUNTS IN THE MEDIA HAVE BEEN - GOING ON FOR SOME TIME. - WHEN YOU DO AN INSPECTION-- AN

- INVESTIGATION, YOU INTERVIEW - PEOPLE, YOU FIND OUT THINGS, YOU - ASK FOR DOCUMENTS. - IT IS INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT - THOSE STORY WAS NOT HAVE - PERCOLATED UP TO THE SECRETARY'S - OFFICE ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE - STATE DEPARTMENT. - ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. - >> SOME LAWMAKERS ARE ALREADY - LOOKING AT THIS LATEST REMOVAL. - WHAT ROLE IF AT ALL SHOULD - CONGRESS PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO - THESE DISMISSALS AND SHOULD - CONGRESS CHANGE THE LAW SO THAT - INSPECTORS GENERAL ARE MAYBE - MORE INSULATED FROM POLITICAL - APPOINTEES AND MORE INSULATED - FROM GETTING FIRED BY - PRESIDENTS? - >> WELL, THEY AREN'T POLITICAL - APPOINTEES AND THEY HAVE TO BE. - THIS IS AN EXECUTIVE BRANCH, - CONGRESS HAS CREATED A POSITION - BUT ST A POSITION IN THE - EXECUTIVE BRANCH. - AND CONGRESS CAN'T DIRECT HOW - THAT PERSON IS GOING TO CARRY - OUT HIS OR HER FUNCTION. - THAT IS SPG FOR THE HEAD OF THE - AGENCY TO DO. - BUT WHAT WE HAVE HAD IS AGAIN AN - ATTACK ON THE COMMON - UNDERSTANDING, THE NORM IF YOU - WILL, ABOUT HOW THE GOVERNMENT

- SHOULD BE CONDUCTED THAT IS WHAT - THE PRESIDENT IS BREAKING AND - TACKING, THAT IF WE HAVE A - PRESIDENT WHO IS DETERMINED TO - UNDERMINE THE LAW AND IF WE HAVE - A CONGRESS THAT WILL NOT STAND - UP FOR ITS OWN INSTITUTIONAL - PREROGATIVES, THEN OUR PUBLIC IS - IN TROUBLE. - AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MAJORITY - IN THE SENATE THAT IS FIRMLY ON - THE RUNG UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP - COUCH. - AND UNLESSHEY GET OUT FROM - UNDER THAT COUCH, YOU'VE GOT A - PROBLEM. - NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IN - MY VIEW, UNTIL WE HAVE A CHANGE - IN THE GOVERNMENT. - >> WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS - LEFT HERE BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU, - THE PRESIDENT SAYS THAT HE IS - DEFENDING HIMSELF BECAUSE THESE - ARE O OAMA HOLDOVERS, WHAT DO - YOU MAKE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S - DEFENSE. - >> WELL, AS SUGGESTED, THAT - ISN'T A DEFENSE. - THE IDEA WAS THAT YOU WOULD PUT - IN PERSONS WHO WERE NOTED FOR - THEIR NONPARTISAN EXPERTISE. - STLO HAS BFN A POSITION THAT

- THESE JOBS DO NOT TURNOVER EVERY - TIME THERE SAY NEW - ADMINISTRATION. - THAT THE IDEA THAT THE PRESIDENT - HAS SIMPLY THOUGHT TO BE - CHANGING IG'S BECAUSE HE HAS THE - RIGHT TO DO IT IS EXACTLY THE - OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE STATUTE - CONTENDS. - >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING - US, JOEL BRENNER, A FORMER IG - HIMSELF. - >> YOU'RE WELCOME. - >> Woodruff: SPRINGTIME FOR - JUNIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL USUALLY - MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE - COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS, WITH - S.A.T. AND A.C.T. TESTS AND - ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS. - MORE THAN TWO MILLION STUDENTS - TOOK A.P. EXAMS LAST WEEK, BUT A - GLITCH PREVENTED THOUSANDS FROM - SUBMITTING THEIR EXAMS, WHICH - MOVED ONLINE. - ALL THIS IS RAISING QUESTIONS - ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH TESTING - FOR THE CLASS OF 2021 AND - BEYOND.

- STEPHANIE SY LOOKS AT HOW THE - CORONAVIRUS IS CHANGING THE - CALCULUS FOR COLLEGE HOPEFULS. - >> Reporter: SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED. - CLASSES ARE ONLINE. - STUDENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE - BEEN FORCED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. - ONE UNANTICIPATED CHANGE DURING - THIS PANDEMIC? - CANCELLED COLLEGE ADMISSIONS - TESTS. - >> IT'S GIVEN ME A LOT OF - ANXIETY, NOT KNOWING THAT I CAN - TAKE THIS TEST OR WHEN I'LL BE - ABLE TO TAKE IT. - >> Reporter: IN ALEXANDRIA - VIRGINIA, BRIDGETTE ADU-WADIER - HAD PLANNED TO TAKE THE S.A.T. - FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SPRING - AT HER HIGH SCHOOL. - NOW SHE WORRIES RESCHEDULING THE - TEST WON'T BE EASY. - >> MY FAMILY DOESN'T HAVE A CAR, - SO FIGURING OUT PUBLIC - TRANSPORTATION AND BUS ROUTES - AND TRAIN ROUTES, ESPECIALLY - WHEN THE TESTING LOCATION IS IN - A DIFFERENT CITY SEVERAL MILES - AWAY. - IT'S REALLY COMPLICATED AND THE - COSTS DO ADD UP. - >> Reporter: ANNETTE ROONEY, - FROM SALT LAKE CITY, WAS HOPING - TO TAKE THE A.C.T. A SECOND TIME - TO IMPROVE ON HER SCORE AND HAVE - A BETTER SHOT AT TOP-TIER

- SCHOOLS. - >> I AM A PERSON THAT LIKES TO - GET THINGS DONE AHEAD OF TIME. - AND SO I WANTED TO GET MY - COLLEGE APPLICATIONS DONE BY THE - END OF SUMMER. - AND NOW THAT I DON'T HAVE SCORES - THAT I FEEL GOOD ABOUT, IT'S - LIKE WHEN AM I GOING TO BE ABLE - TO SEND IN MY APPLICATIONS? - >> Reporter: NEW S.A.T. TESTING - DATES AND SITES HAVE BEEN ADDED - IN THE FALL, ACCORDING TO DAVID - COLEMAN, C.E.O. OF THE COLLEGE - BOARD, WHICH ADMINISTERS THE - TEST. - >> MANY STUDENTS TODAY TAKE THE - S.A.T. DURG THE SPRING, DURING - THE SCHOOL DAY. - THAT'S ABOUT 700,000 STUDENTS - WHO MISSED THAT CHANCE. - WE'VE ALSO SAID THAT IF SCHOOL - DOESN'T REOP, THAT WE WILL - PROVIDE AN S.A.T. AT HOME JUST - AS WE'RE PROVIDING THE A.P. - EXAMS AT HOME. - >> Reporter: THE COLLEGE BOARD - RE-DESIGNED ITS ADVANCED - PLACEMENTS TESTS SO STUDENTS - COULD TAKE THEM ONLINE THIS - MONTH, BUT CRITICS ARGUE THAT AN - ONLINE FORMAT FOR THE A.P.'S AND - S.A.T.'S WILL ONLY EXACERBATE - INEQUALITIES. - DAVID COLEMAN ACKNOWLEDGES THE - CHALLENGES. - >> SOME STUDENTS HAVE LOST

- FAMILY MEMBERS. - SOME STUDENTS ARE IN CROWDED - HOMES. - THIS IS NOT A TIME TO SIMPLY - LOOK AT A MEASURE AND JUDGE - SOMEONE. - IT'S ONLY PART OF THE PUZZLE. - >> Reporter: TAMIR HARPER - FOUNDED THE NON-PROFIT URB-ED IN - PHILADELPHIA, AND SAYS SCHOOLS - SHOULD STOP RELYING ON THE - S.A.T.'S AND A.C.T.'S - ALTOGETHER. - >> THE TEST WAS NOT MADE FOR - BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS AND - STUDENTS OF LOWER ECONOMIC - STATUS, IT IS 100% UNFAIR. - >> Reporter: DO YOU VIEW THIS - PANDEMIC IN A WAY AS A WAKEUP - CALL TO THESE INSTITUTIONS OF - HIGHER LEARNING TO SEE THE - INEQUITIES THAT HAVE BEEN LAID - BARE? - >> I THINK IT'S HIGHLIGHTING - INEQUITIES ACROSS THE BOARD FROM - HEALTH CARE TO WORK, EVEN TO - EDUCATION. - WHILE IT'S VERY TRAGIC, IT'S - DOING SOMETHING THAT WILL - HOPEFULLY CHANGE THE WAY WE LOOK - AT EDUCATION. - >> Reporter: NOW DOZENS OF - COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, LIKE - CORNELL, WILLIAMS AND THE ENTIRE - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM- - ARE GOING TEST OPTIONAL FOR THE - FIRST TIME. - MICHELLE McANANEY IS A COLLEGE - ADMISSIONS SPECIALIST AND - FOUNDER OF THE COLLEGE SPY. - >> A TEST OPTIONAL ADMISSIONS

- POLICY ALLOWS A STUDENT TO APPLY - TO A COLLEGE WITHOUT SUBMITTING - THEIR A.C.T. OR S.A.T. SCORES. - AND THE WAY THAT WORKS IS THE - COLLEGE LOOKS AT THE OTHER PARTS - OF THEIR APPLICATION TO EVALUATE - WHETHER THEY'D BE A GOOD FIT FOR - CAMPUS. - >> Reporter: SHE SAYS GOING TEST - OPTIONAL CAN ALSO BE BENEFICIAL - FOR THE SCHOOLS. - >> THEY GET A LOT MORE - APPLICATIONS. - SO THEN THEY REJECT MORE - STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A - CERTAIN NUMBER OF PLACES IN THE - FRESHMAN CLASS. - AND THEN THEY ALSO APPEAR MORE - SELECTIVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A - HIGH RATE OF REJECTION. - >> Reporter: SEATTLE UNIVERSITY - PROVOST SHANE MARTIN SAYS THE - SCHOOL WAS ALREADY CONSIDERING - GOING TEST-OPTIONAL, BUT THE - COVID 19 PANDEMIC ACCELERATED - THEIR DECISION. - WHAT REASONS DROVE YOUR - COLLEGE'S DECISION TO GO TEST - OPTIONAL IN THESE TIMES? - >> THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT - SUGGESTS THAT THESE TESTS ARE - BIASED TOWARDS CERTAIN GROUPS - AND THAT THEY'RE NOT ENTIRELY - PREDICTIVE OF SUCCESS IN COLLEGE - FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. - >> Reporter: MARTIBELIEVES - TEST OPTIONAL SCHOOLS WILL - EVENTUALLY BE IN THE MAJORITY.

- >> WHEN YOU SEE INSTITUTIONS - WITH STRONG REPUTATIONS LIKE THE - UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MOVED TO - TEST OPTIONAL, THAT'S A GAME - CHANGER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND - WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE - INSTITUTIONS FOLLOWING SUIT. - >>eporter: FOR NOW, McANANEY - SAYS THE TESTS ARE STILL - CRITICAL FOR MANY STUDENTS, - INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE HOPG - FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. - >> STUDENTS REALLY SHOULDN'T BE - SAYING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE - TO WORRY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE - SCHOOLS M INTERESTED IN ARE - TEST OPTIONAL. - IF YOUR SCHOOLS ARE TEST - OPTIONAL AND YOUR SCORES ARE - GREAT FOR THAT COLLEGE, YOU - SHOULD BE SUBMITTING YOUR - SCORES. - IT COULD HELP YOU GET IN. - AND IT COULD HELP YOU GET MERIT - AID. - >> SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SMART OR - THEY HAVE THE GRADES THAT THEY - ARE COMFORTABLE WITH BECAUSE - THEY WORK HARD. - AND JUST ONE TEST THAT YOU TAKE - ON A SATURDAY DOESN'T REALLY - MEASURE THAT. - >> Reporter: JOHN BARNES, OF - ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, SAYS THE - TESTS ARE AN UNRELIABLE - INDICATOR OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT - AND CREATE TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON - STUDENTS. - >> I GOT MY SCORE BACK AND IT - WENT DOWN 20 POINTS. - SO I JUST STARTED FREAKING OUT.

- I WENT OUTSIDE AND THEN THIS - SECURITY GUARD COMES OUT. - I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS TEST - HAS DRIVEN ME TO GO THIS INSANE, - THAT A LIBRARY SECURITY GUARD - COULD COME OUT OF THE LIBRARY - WHILE I'M HAVING A NERVOUS - BREAKDOWN. - >> Reporter: DAVID KANG, A - JUNIOR IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, FEELS - THE OPPOSITE. - >> I MOVED HERE FROM KOREA LIKE - RIGHT BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL - STARTED. - SO I JUST JUMPED RIGHT IN HERE - AND I REALLY HAD A ROCKY START. - SO MY G.P.A. ISN'T ALL THAT - GREAT COMPARED TO MY S.A.T. - SCORES. - >> Reporter: COLEMAN SAYS THE - EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF THE S.A.T. - IS "OVERWHELMING." - >> IF YOU PUT A STRONG SCORE - TOGETHER AS STRONG GRADES. - ADMISSIONS OFFICERS HAVE MORE - CONFIDENCE ABOUT YOUR - BACKGROUND. - SO IT IS A GOOD THING TO HAVE A - MEASURE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO - BETTER COMPARE PEOPLE IF USED - HUMANELY IN THE CONTEXT IN WHICH - PEOPLE LIVE AND LEARN. - >> Reporter: AND WHILE SOME - STUDENTS DISAGREE WITH THE - EMPHASIS ON TESTING, THEY - RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF A - GOOD SCORE IN THE CURRENT - SYSTEM. - WHETHER TO GET INTO THEIR DREAM - SCHOOL... - >> A NUMBER DOES NOT DETERMINE - YOUR FUTURE, WHICH IS SOMETHING - THAT I'VE TRIED TO ACCEPT, BUT

- IT'S HARD BECAUSE IT STILL - DETERMINES YOUR FUTURE KIND OF. - >> Reporter: OR TO EARN - FINANCIAL AID... - >> MY PARENTS ARE NOT AT THE - HIGHEST INCOME AND I'M REALLY - WORRIED ABOUT THEM TAKING ON - DEBT. - SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S - NOT AS BIG OF A BURDEN FOR ME. - AND THE S.A.T. WAS REALLY - SOMETHING THAT I WAS COUNTING ON - TO HELP ME. - >> Reporter: THE CLASS OF 2021 - LOOKING FOR CLARITY FOR THEIR - FUTURE IN THE CHAOS OF A - PANDEMIC. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - STEPHANIE SY. - A POST SCRIPT TO HER REPORT - THERE IS MORE CRITICISM TO HOW - THE COLLEGE BOARD HAS HANDLED - THE AP EXAMS TAKEN AT HOME, THE - BOARD SAYS LESS THAN ONE PEFERS - STUDENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO SUBMIT - THEIR EXAMS. - STUDENTS CAN TAKE A MAKEUP NEXT - MONTH. - THE BOARD SO SAYS IT TRIED TO - LAY OUT SPECIFIC GUIDANCE BEFORE - THE EXAMS BEGAN. - BUT SOME PARENTS AND CRITICS - HAVE SAID THE BOARD HAS NOT BEEN - TRANSPARENT ENOUGH ABOUT JUST - HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE AFFECTED. - SOME ARE ANGRY ABOUT STUDENTS - HAVING TO TAKE A MAKEUP EXAM.

- >> WE ARE POSTING A FULLER - RESPONSE FROM THE COLLEGE BOARD - ON OUR WEBSITE. - 6 - >> Woodruff: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS - INTENSIFIED HIS ATTACKS ON - FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA IN RECENT - WEEKS, ON ISSUES RANGING FROM - PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS TO THE - F.B.I.'S INVESTIGATION OF - MICHAEL FLYNN. - ON SATURDAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA HIT - BACK DURING HIS ADDRESS TO HIGH - SCHOOL GRADUATES. - >> DOING WHAT FEELS GOOD-- - WHAT'S CONVENIENT, WHAT'S EASY-- - THAT'S HOW LITTLE KIDS THINK. - UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF SO-CALLED - GROWNUPS WITH FANCY TITLES AND - FANCY JOBS, STILL THINK THAT - WAY. - WHICH IS WHY THINGS ARE SO - SCREWED UP. - ALL THOSE ADULTS THAT YOU USED - TO THINK WERE IN CHARGE AND KNEW - WHAT THEY WERE DOING? - TURNS OUT THEY DON'T HAVE ALL

- THE ANSWERS. - A LOT OF THEM AREN'T EVEN ASKING - THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. - SO IF THE WORLD'S GOING TO GET - BETTER, IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO - YOU. - >> Woodruff: HERE TO LOOK AT THE - POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS BEHIND - BOTH PRESIDENTS' BEHAVIORS: - AMY WALTER OF THE COOK POLITICAL - REPORT A HOST OF PUBLIC - RADIO'S "POLITICS WITH AMY - WALTER." - AND TAMARA KEITH OF NPR. - SHE ALSO CO-HOSTS THE "NPR - POLITICS PODCAST." - HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU. - SO HERE WE HAVE THE TWO - PRESIDENTS. - BUT I WANT TO PREFACE THIS, AMY, - BY SAYING TODAY ATTORNEY GENERAL - WILLIAM BAR STATED AND WE AIRED - THIS EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM, - THAT HE DOES NOT EXPECTED THERE - TO BE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF - EITHER FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA OR - FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, - PRESUME BLEEF OVER THE RUSSIA - INVESTIGATION AND YETS THAT IS - WHAT ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN GOING - AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMA, VICE - PRESIDENT BIDEN OVER. - ANY IDEA WHY RIGHT NOW PRESIDENT - OBAMA APPEARED TO PICK THIS

- MOMENT TO RESPOND? - >> WELL, IT IS INTERESTING, - JUDY, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT - PRESIDENT OBAMA USING THE ONE - TIME WE HAVE SEEN HIM ON THIS - PLATFORM AS YOU SAID FOR - GRADUATES TO MAKE A NOT SO - VAILED SWIPE AT PRESIDENT TRUMP. - BUT IT WAS ALSO, I THOUGHT - INTERESTING THIS WEEKEND, WE SAW - A STORY IN "THE WASHINGTON POST" - THAT SAID THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS - WORKING VERY HARD TO BAIFERL - TURN THE OTHER CHEEK. - THEY DON'T WANT TO FALL INTO THE - TRAP THAT SO MANY OTHER - POLITICIANS SINCE THE RISE OF - DONALD TRUMP'S CANDIDACY IN 2015 - HAVE FALLEN INTO WHICH IS THEY - TRY TO ENGAGE HIM IN THESE - TWITTER BATTLES AND THEY ALMOST - ALWAYS LOSE. - AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE A - LOT OF DEMOCRATS, WE SAW THIS IN - THE PRIMARY, JUDY, SO MANY - DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WHO ARE - DESPERATE TO SEE THEIR - CANDIDATES GO AFTER DONALD TRUMP - IN THE WAY THAT DONALD TRUMP - GOES AFTER THEIR CANDIDATES, - GOES AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMA, GOES - AFTER JOE BIDEN. - JOE BIDEN DOESN'T WANT TO DO - THIS.

- HE KNOWS THAT HIS BRAND - ESSENTIALLY IS EMPATHY, - COMPASSION, TURNING THE OTHER - CHEEK, DOING THE THE RIGHT - THING. - THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT OTHER - CANDIDATESES, I MEAN OTHER - POLITICIANS CAN'T DO IT FOR HIM. - SO IN THIS CASE PRESIDENT OBAMA - CAN BE THAT PERSON, CAN PLAY - THAT BAD COP. - I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE - THAT A LOT FROM WHOEVER THE VICE - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF JOE - BIDEN WILL BE. - THE PERSON WHO CAN TAKE THE - ATTACK DIRECTLY TO THE - PRESIDENT. - BUT IT'S NOT COMING FROM JOE - BIDEN. - THE PERSON WHO SAYS HE WANTS TO - RESTORE DECENCY TO THE WHITE - HOUSE. - >> Woodruff: SO PICK UP ON - THAT, TAM, HOW SMART IS IT FOR - JOE BIDEN TO BE STAYING AWAY - FROM A FIGHT, IF YOU WILL? - >> WELL, IT IS THE PATH THEY ARE - TAKING NOW. - CERTAINLY COVERING HILLARY - CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN. - THEY FELL INTO THE TRAP A LOT OF - FIGHTING THAT FIGHT WITH DONALD - TRUMP AND IT DIDN'T WORK. - THE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE - STOOD FOR BECAUSE THERE WERE SO - MANY, YOU KNOW, SARKY TWEETS

- BACK IN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, - THINKING THAT DONALD TRUMP DOING - THE TRUMP THING, YOU KNOW, BEING - A BRAT AND UPSETTING PEOPLE, - THAT THAT WAS HURTING THEM. - AND THEY WANTED TO FOCUS - ATTENTION ON IT. - ANIT DIDN'T ACTUALLY HELP HER. - SO THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS TRYING - TO AVOID SOME OF THOSE TRAPS. - YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN - SOME WAYS, I MEAN HE HAS NEVER - STOPPED GOING AFTER BARACK - OBAMA. - HIS POLITICAL CAREER REALLY GOT - GOING WITH BIRTHERRISM. - AND NOW YOU HAVE FROM - BIRTHERRISM TO OBAMAGATE, IT IS - JUST CONTINUING. - SO YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE - UNITED STATES ATTACKING THE - FORMER PRESIDENT. - YOU HAVE THE FORMER PRESIDENT - SORT OF IN A THINLY VAILED WAY, - I MEAN IN SOME WAYS, PRESIDENT - OBAMA, COULD HAVE SAID A LOT OF - THINGS THAT NO MATTER WHAT HE - SAID WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN AS A - SWIPE AGAINST-- AGAINST

- PRESIDENT TRUMP. - >> Woodruff: FOR SURE. - AND IT IS, I MEAN, JUST THIS - WEEK YOU SAID A MINUTE AGO, - INTERESTING THAT THE ATTORNEY - GENERAL HIMSELF IS NOW SAYING HE - DOEN'T EXPECT THERE TO BE - CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF - PRESIDENT OBAMA, FORMER VICE - PRESIDENT BIDEN. - BUT WE'LL SEE WHETHER THAT FLOW - SLOWS DOWN THE PRESIDENTTRUMP'S - USE OF THE TERM OBAMAGATE. - IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS, WE - SAW THE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S SON RAMPING UP THRAIR - CRITICISM THIS WEEKEND. - ERIC TRUMP, THE PRESIDENT'S SON - ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT HE - THINKS DEMOCRATS ARE BEHIND THE - MOVE TO PREVENT OPENING UP THE - COUNTRY, THAT THEY ARE ALL - BEHIND THE EFFORTS TO KEEP - PEOPLE TO TO STAY AT HOME - BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PREVENT - PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM - CAMPAIGNING. - THEY SAID THEY THINK THE DAY - AFTER THE ELECTION DEMOCRATS ARE - GOING TO ADMIT THAT THIS WHOLE - STAY AT HOME BUSINESS AND THE - CORONAVIRUS WAS JUST REALLY - ABOUT NOTHING AND EVERYTHING IS - FINE. - >> SO WHAT IS THAT SAYING, JUDY,

- WHEN YOUR HAMMER, EVERYTHING - LOOKS LIKE A NAIL. - THAT HAS BEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN - AND THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. - EVERYONE IN TRUMP ORBIT AWAY OF - THINKING CONSTANTLY. - STAY CAMPAIGN OF CONSTANT - GRIEVEANCE. - THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEBODY OR - SOMETHING THAT IS OUT TO TAKE - OUT THE PRSIDENT, UNDERMINE - HIM, YUNLD MINE PEOPLE WHO - SUPPORT HIM OR WEAR HIS GEAR. - AND SO THIS IS WHAT THEY KNOW - AND WHAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO - DO. - BUT I THINK IT SLS SPEAKS - TO-- SPEAKS TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN - SEEING NOW FORTH LAST COUPLE OF - MONTHS, THE REAL DIVIDE OPENING - UP BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND - REPUBLICANS ON HOW SERIOUS THEY - THINK THE CORONAVIRUS IS. - AND PU-W HAS BEEN-- PE-W HAS - BEEN TRACKING THIS BACK IN - MARCH, A 26 POINT GAP BETWEEN - DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ON HOW - SERIOUS DO YOU THINK THIS IS AS - A HEALTH CRISIS. - ST NOW UP TO ALMOST 40 POINTS. - WHEN THEY ASK PEOPLE HOW WELL - THEY THINK CERTAIN GROUPS ARE - DOING, TACKLING CORONAVIRUS, - REPUBLICANS PUT THE NEWS MEDIA - AT 25%. - THEY PUT DONALD TRUMP AT 77%.

- SO AGAIN IT FITS RIGHT INTO THAT - IT MINDSET OF MANY REPUBLICANS. - BUT THE PRESIDENT, AS WE'VE SEEN - FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, HIS - ABILITY TO GENERATE ENTHUSIASM - FROM HIS BASE, THAT IS NOT A - PROBLEM. - TO GET MORE VOTERS INCLUDING - THOSE WHO ARE AMBIVALENT ABOUT - HIM TO VOTE FOR HIM IN 2020, - THAT'S A BIGGER PROBLEM. - >> Woodruff: AND THIS DEVICE - OF SAYING, THERE SAUL PART OF - THE DEMOCRATS PLAN, CONSPIRACY, - TO KEEP THE PRESIDENT FROM - GETTING OUT AND CAMPAIGNING, - THAT THEY ARE SINICALLY USING - THIS CORONAVIRUS AS AN - EXCLUES-- EXECUTION. - >> IT IS A WILD PLAN BUT HEY, - GUESS WHAT, THERE HAVE BEEN A - LOT OF WILD CLAIMS THAT HAVE - COME FROM THE PRESIDENT'S SONS - ON SOCIAL MEDIA. - AND YOU KNOW, BROADCAST MEDIA AS - WELL. - THE PRESIDENT'S SONS ARE OFTEN - WILLING TO SAY THINGS THAT THE - PRESIDENT APPROXIMATE DOESN'T - SAY QUITE AS OVERTLY. - WILL TIP TOE UP TO IT. - AND YOU KNOW, FOR THE TRUMP - CAMPAIGN SORT OF HAVING - CONSPIRACY'S SWIRL OUT THERE,

- WORKS FOR THEM. - THEY ARE CREATING AN ECOSYSTEM - FOR THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT FOR - AN APP, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA - CHANNELS. - CREATING AN ECOSYSTEM OF - INFORMATIO - THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVES TO THE - INFORMATION THAT IS COMING FROM - TRUMP ANG HIS SURROGATES. - AND YOU KNOW, AND HE SAYS THAT - IT DOESN'T EXPAND THE BASE, - CLEARLY THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S - THEORY OF THE CASE HERE IS THEY - AREN'T REALLY TRYING TO EXPAND - THE BASE. - THEY ARE TRYING TO JUST FIND - PEOPLE WHO WERE ALREADY PART OF - THE BASE THAT DIDN'T VOTE LAST - TIME. - >> Woodrf: AND ALL IN THE - MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC THAT SAY - DEADLY PANDEMIC THAT IS NOW - KILLED AS YOU SAID MORE THAN - 90,000 AMERICANS. - TAMARA KEITH, AMY WALTER, WE - THANK YOU BOTH. - >> UP'S WELCOME. - >> YOU'RE WELCOME - >> Woodruff: FINALLY TONIGHT, - SINGING THE CORONAVIRUS BLUES.

- JEFFREY BROWN REVISITS A - MUSICIAN WHO HAS MET MANY - CHALLENGES WITH SONG IN THE - PAST, AND NOW CONFRONTS ONE THAT - IS QUITE PERSONAL. - THE STORY IS PART OF OUR ONGOING - "AMERICAN CREATORS" SERIES ON - RURAL ARTS AND CANVAS. - ♪ ♪ - ♪ ♪ - >> Brown: OUTSIDE THE CITADEL - NURSING HOME IN SALISBURY, NORTH - CAROLINA, AN UPLIFTING ONE-WOMAN - PERFORMANCE. - ♪ ♪ - ♪ ♪ - THE SINGER: 63-YEAR-OLD BLUES - MUSICIAN, PAT "MOTHER BLUES" - COHEN. - ♪ ♪ - ♪ ♪ - >> THERE'S BEEN LIKE A HUGE - OUTBREAK OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND - EVERYBODY'S IN THEIR ROOMS AND - EVERYBODY IS AFRAID. - I WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S - GOING TO BRIGHTEN UP SOMEBODY'S - DAY. - AND IN BRIGHTENING SOMEBODY - ELSE'S DAY IT BRIGHTENS MY DAY - ALSO. - >> Brown: THE NURSING HOME IS

- THE SCENE OF ONE OF NORTH - CAROLINA'S WORST OUTBREAKS OF - COVID-19. - HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE 160-BED - FACILITY HAS HAD MORE THAN 150 - CONFIRMED CASES AMONG RESIDENTS - AND STAFF. - ONE OF THE RESIDENTS: PAT - COHEN'S 59-YEAR-OLD BROTHER, - GEORGE. - HE FIRST WENT INTO THE HOME TWO - YEARS AGO AFTER SUFFERING A - STROKE. - HE'S NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH - COVID, BUT IS MOSTLY CONFINED TO - HIS BED AND WATCHES HIS SISTER - PERFORM THROUGH THE WINDOW. - >> MY BROTHER USED TO HELP ME - WITH MY EQUIPMENT. - HE WOULD BRING IT TO WHEREVER I - WAS PERFORMING. - HE WOULD SET IT UP AND HE WOULD - BREAK IT DOWN FOR ME, HE WOULD - CARRY IT TO MY CAR FOR ME. - I COULD ALWAYS DEPEND ON HIM. - >> Brown: WE FIRST MET PAT COHEN - IN 2014 AT A GATHERING IN DURHAM - OF THE MUSIC MAKER RELIEF - FOUNDATION, AN ORGANIZATION - THAT'S SUPPORTED MORE THAN 400

- BLUES MUSICIANS AROUND THE - SOUTH, MOSTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN - OFTEN RURAL. - PEOPLE LIKE IRONING BOARD SAM, - WHO BRIEFLY REACHED THE - SPOTLIGHT, BUT NEVER MADE IT BIG - AND EKED OUT A LIVING PLAYING - SMALL CLUBS AND BUSKING ON THE - STREETS. - MUSIC MAKER HELPS THESE - MUSICIANS MEET BASIC NEEDS A, - FOR SOME, HAS GOTTEN THEM BACK - TO PERFORMING PAYING GIGS. - NOW, FOUNDER TIM DUFFY SAYS, THE - SHOWS HAVE STOPPED, THE FEAR IS - REAL. - >> THEY'RE SCARED. - THE LOSS OF, WHEN YOU LIVE, LIKE - THE AVERAGE CHECK, IT'S LIKE - $600 TO $800 A MONTH, SOMETIMES - AS LOW AS $400 A MONTH. - AND ALL THE ARTISTS THAT WE WORK - WITH, A LOT OF THEM ARE BETWEEN - 75 AND 85 AND HAVE DIABETES. - AND SO LIKE THEY'LL TELL ME, ¡IF - I MAKE A MISTAKE, I MIGHT DIE. - IF I TOUCH THE WRONG THING.' - SO THEY'RE BEING VERY, VERY - CAREFUL. - BUT THAT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE TO - LIVE UNDER. - >> Brown: A LOT OF ARTISTS AND - ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOW

- LOOKING TO NEW MODELS LIKE - STREAMING. - IS THAT SORT OF THING POSSIBLE - FOR YOU AND THESE ARTISTS? - >> IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT THERE'S A - GREAT DIGITAL DIVIDE. - THEY'RE ELDERLY, THEY DON'T KNOW - HOW TO USE THE DEVICES. - A LOT OF PLACES IN RURAL - COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE THE BEST - INTERNET - SO WE CAN'T DO THAT. - >> Brown: PAT COHEN WAS ONCE A - REGULAR ON THE NEW ORLEANS - SCENE. - SHE LOST HER HOME DURING - HURRICANE KATRINA, ALONG WITH - HER PROFESSIONAL - CONNECTIONS. - MUSIC MAKER HELPED HER RELOCATE - TO NORTH CAROLINA AND PICK UP - HER CAREER. - SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO PERFORM AT - JAZZ FEST EARLIER THIS MONTH, IN - FACT, AND IN PORTUGAL LATER ON. - BUT NOW ALL THE GIGS ARE GONE, - THE MONEY NOCOMING IN. - >> AND SO YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY - WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, - ESPECIALLY IF ALL YOU DO IS SING - OR PLAY INSTRUMENT OR - WHATEVER IT IS, YOU DON'T KNOW - WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. - YOU WONDER IF IT'S EVER GOING TO - BE OVER. - YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THINGS ARE

- GOING TO CHANGE. - AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO - CHANGE. - WILL THERE EVER BE LIVE CONCERTS - AGAIN? - >> Brown: SHE USED TO BE PAID TO - PERFORM INSIDE THE NURSING HOME. - NOW, THERE'S JUST SINGING - OUTSIDE, TO LIFT UP HER BROTHER - AND OTHERS. - MUSIC MAKER'S TIM DUFFY SAYS - IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY THE - MUSICIANS HE'S WORKED WITH FOR - 25 YEARS DESERVE OUR RESPECT AND - HELP. - >> SHE JUST KEEPS ON GOING. - AND NOW SHE LITERALLY HAS VERY - LITTLE MONEY. - AND SHE GETS UP THE GUMPTION TO - GO OUT AND SING FOR EM AND DO - SOMETHING TO HELP OTHERS WITH - WHAT SHE HAS. - SHE HAS JOY IN HER HEART. - SHE HAS MUSIC. - AND I THINK IN TIMES OF CRISIS, - WE LOOK FOR OUR FOLK MUSICIANS - TO GUIDE US AND THAT'S THEIR - ROLE, THEY'RE BARDS. - >> Brown: PAT "MOTHER BLUES" - COHEN PUTS IT THIS WAY: - >> EVERYBODY HAS A CURRENCY AND - EVERYBODY'S CURRENCY IS - DIFFERENT. - MY CURRENCY IS MY VOICE. - YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO WHAT I DO,

- BUT DO SOMETHING NICE FOR - SOMEBODY ELSE. - AND THAT'S CONTAGIOUS BY ITSELF. - >> Brown: BLUES BOTH SAD AND - JOYFUL: NOW COMFORTING OTHERS IN - A TIME OF PANDEMIC. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - JEFFREY BROWN IN WASHINGTON. - >> Woodruff: ON THE NEWSHOUR - ONLINE RIGHT NOW, WHEN AN ALASKA - PARK DEPARTMENT HAD TO SHUT DOWN - LOCAL HIKING, THEY DIDN'T WANT - TO GIVE THEIR INFORMATION - HOTLINE THE BOOT. - INSTEAD IT'S NOW A JOKE HOTLINE, - AND A SOURCE OF SMILES AROUND - THE COUNTRY. - READ MORE ON OUR WEB SITE, - pbs.org/newshour. - AND THAT'S THE NEWSHOUR FOR - TONIGHT. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - JOIN US ONLINE AND AGAIN HERE - TOMORROW EVENING. - FOR ALL OF US AT THE PBS - NEWSHOUR, THANK YOU, PLEASE STAY - SAFE, AND SEE YOU SOON. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY: - >> AND BY THE ALFRED P. SLOAN - FOUNDATION.

- >> SUPPORTED BY THE JOHN D. AND - CATHERINE T. MacARTHUR - FOUNDATION. - COMMITTED TO BUILDING A MORE - JUST, VERDANT AND PEACEFUL - WORLD. - MORE INFORMATION AT macfound.org - >> AND WITH THE ONGOING SUPPORT - OF THESE INSTITUTIONS - >> THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE - POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR - PUBLIC BROADCASTING. - AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - Captioned by - Media Access Group at WGBH - access.wgbh.org - ♪ - ♪

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