PBS NewsHour; December 29, 2020, 3:00pm-4:00pm PST

- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Nawaz: GOOD EVENING, I'M AMNA - NAWAZ. - JUDY WOODRUFF IS OFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, THE - PANDEMIC MARCHES ON: COVID-19 - DEATHS TOP 337,000 AS A NEW - STRAIN IS CONFIRMED IN THE U.S. - O TALK WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT - BIDEN'S PICKAD THE C.D.C. - THEN, CRITICAL VOTES-- THE HOUSE - OF REPRESENTATIVES OVERRIDES - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VETO OF A - DEFENSE SPENDING BILL AS THE - FIGHT OVER COVID RELIEF PAYMENTS - MOVES TO THE SENATE. - AND, A HIDDEN CRISIS-- WITH - HOSPITALS OVERRUN WITH PANDEMIC - PATIENTS, MANY AMERICANS ARE I - DELAYIORTANT MEDICAL CARE, - OFTEN WITH DEVASTATING - CONSEQUENCES. - >> WHILE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO - TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR - AVOIDING EXPOSURE A COVID-19, - ITO IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR - TIMELY MEDICAL CARE. - >> Nawaz: ALL THAT AND MORE ON - TONIGHT'S PBS NEWSHOUR. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY:

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- AND INDIVIDUALS. - >> THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE - POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR - PUBLIC BROADCASTING. - AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - >> Nawaz: THE END THIS - PANDEMIC YEAR IS NOW IN SIGHT, - BUT PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN IS - WARNING THE WORST IS Y - COME. - TODAY, IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, - HE FORECAST A POST-HOLIDAY SPIKE - IN INFECTIONS AND DEATHS, - THROUGH FEBRUARY. - PE ALSO CHARGED THE TR - ADMINISTRATION HAS FALLEN FAR - BEHIND THE PRESIDENT'S TALK OF - VACCINATING 20 MILON PEOPLE BY - YEAR'S END. - >> WITH ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT IN - DECEMBER WE'VE ONLY VACCINATED A - FEW THLLION SO FAR. - PACE THE VACCINATION PROGRAM - IF IT CONTINUES

- TO MOVE AS IT IS NOW IT'S GOING - TO TAKE YEARS, NOT MONTHS, TO - CCINATE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. - >> Nawaz: HOURS EARLIER, VICE - PRESIDENT-ELECT KAMALA HARRIS - RECEIVED T MODERNA VACCINE IN - WASHINGTON. - SHE URGED MORE PEOPLE TO GET THE - SHOTS. - MEANWHILE, OFFICIALS IN COLORADO - A MORE CONTAGIOUS COVID VARIANT, - INITIALLY DISCOVERED IN BRITAIN. - THE U.S. SENATE CONVENED A RARE, - DEADLOCKED OVER INCREASING COVID - RELIEF CHECKS TO $2,000. - PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED A BILL ON - SUNDAY THAT INCLUDES $600 AR - MOST AMERINS, BUT HE'S - DEMANDING BIGGER CHECKS. - TODAY, HE CALLED IT "THE RIGHT - THING TO D" - ON THE SENATE FLOOR, REPUBLICAN - MAJORITY LEADER TCH McCONNELL - DECLINED TO COMMIT HIMSELF ON - THE ISSUE. - >> THE PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE - FURTHER DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT - FOR AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS. - THIS WEEK, THE SENATE WILL BIN - A PROCESS TO BRING THESE THREE - PRIORITIES INTO FOCUS. - >> Nawaz: FOBLNOW, McCONNELL - KED AN ATTEMPT BY DEMOCRATIC

- MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER TO - FORCE A VOTE. - SCHUMER SAID THE SENATE SHOULD - NOT ADJOURN UNTIL IT TAKES - ACTION. - >> THIS ISSUE HAS UNITED - AMERICANS FROM COAST TO COAST - AND BRIDGED MASSIVE POLITICAL - DIVIDE HERE IN WASHINGTON. - THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC, - REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT,NG - ST SUPPORT $2000 CHECKS. - >> Nawaz: VERMONT SENATOR BERNIE - ACTION ON BIGGER CHECKS, BUT - McCONNELL BLKED THAT, TOO. O - IN TURN, SANDEECTED TO - VOTING TO OVERRIDE THE - PRESIDENT'S VETO OF A MAJOR - LAST NIGHT. AS THE HOUSE DID - WE'LL TALK WITH SENATOR SANDERS, - LER IN THE PROGRAM. - THE PRESIDENT TODAY LASHED OUT - AT REPUBLICANS FOR OPPOSING HIS - VETO OF THAT DEFENSE BILL. - HE TWEETED THAT "WEAK AND TIRED - REPUBLICAN 'LEADERSHIP' WILL - ALLOW THE BAD DEFENSE BILL TO - HE OPPOSES THE BILUSE IT - STRIPS CONFEDERATE NAMES FROM - MILITARY BASES, AND DOES NOT - STRIP LIABILITY PROTECFROM - SOCIAL MEDIA FIRMS. - A FEDERAL JUDGE IN GEORGIA HAS - BLOCKED EFFORTS TO PREVENT SOME - 4,000 PEOPLE FROM VOTING IN SEXT - WEEK'S U.STE RUN-OFFS. - TWO COUNTIES HAD PLANNED TO MAKE - THOSE VOTERS PRO THEIR

- RESIDENCY, AFTER A LAWSUIT BY A - CONSERVATIVE GROUP. - THE RUN-OFFS WILL TERMINE - CONTROL OF THE SENATE. - THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL - NOT BRING FEDERAL CRIMINAL - CHARGES IN THE KILLING OF TAMIR - RICE IN CLEVELAND. - A WHITE POLICE OFFICALLY - SHOT THE BLACK 12-YEAR-OLD I - 2014. - DEE YOUTH WAS PLAYING WITH A - PELLET GUN OUT RECREATION - CENTER. - TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT SAID VIDEO - OF THE INCIDENT IS TOO POOR - QUALITY TO DETERMINE EXACTLY - WHAT HAPPENED. - BOEING'S 737 MAX JETLINER - RESUMED COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS IN, - THE U.S. TODR THE FIRST - TIME IN NEARLY TWO YEARS. - THE PLANES WERE GROUNDED - WORLDWIDE IN MARCH 2019 AFTER - N O DEADLY CRASHES. - TODAY,AMERICAN AIRLINES - 737-MAX FLEW ABOUT 100 PEOPLEW - FROM MIAMI TYORK. - THE COMPANY PRESIDENT SAID - PASSENGERS CAN HAVE COMPLETE - CONFIDENCE IN THE PLANE. - >> THIS IS AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAS - REEN MORE HIGHLY SCRUTINIZED - THAN ANY EVER BE - WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THIS - AIRCRAFT ITHE SAFEST IN THE - SKIES AND WE'RE CONFIDENT TO BE - PUTTING IT BACK IN THE AIR SND - CONFIDENT WING IT TO OUR - CUSTOMERS AND GETTING PEOPLE

- BACK TO WHERE - >> Nawaz: AIRLINES IN BRAZIL AND - MEXICO HAVE ALREADY RESUMED - USING THE 737 MAX, WITH 600 - FLIGHTS THIS MONTH. - NEW FEDERAL DIETARY GUIDELINES - OUT TODAY SAY NO CANDY OR CAKE - FOR KIDS UNDER TWO. - THEY ALSO RECOMMEND FEEDING - BABIES ONLY BREAST MILK, FOR AT - LEAST THEIR FIRST SIX MONTHS. - FOR ADULTS, THE GUIDELINES - LIMITS, NO MORE THAN TWO DRINKS - A DAY FOR MEN, AND ONLY ONE - DRINK DAILY FOR WOMEN. - ON WALL STREET TODAY, THE DOW - JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE LOST 68 - POINTS TO CLOSE AT 30,335. - THE NASDAQ FELL 49 POINTS, AND, - THE S&P 500 SLIPPED EIGHT. - AND, FAMED FASHION DESIGNE - PIERRE CARDIN DIED TODAY. - HIS FUTURISTIC, AVANT GARDE - DESIGNS REVOLUTIONIZED THE - FASHION INDUSTRY STARTING IN THE - EARLY 1950'S. - HE SUMMED UP HIS VIEW OF FASHION - IN AN INTERVIEW LAST FEBRUARY. - >> ( translated ): COPYING IS - NOT CREATING. - IT'S MAKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, - A DIFFERENT SENSITIVITY.IT

- HOWS WHAT I HAVE INSIDE ME, - MY PSYCHE, MY WILL TO CREATE THE - SHAPES, THE FABRICS, THE COLORS - AS I FEEL THEM, AND HOW I WANT - TO SHOW THEM TO PEOPLE. - >> Nawaz: PIERRE CARDIN WAS 98 - STILL TO COME ON TSHOUR: - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN'S PICK TO - LEAD THE C.D.C. ON THE SURGE OF - CORONAVIRUS CASES ACRO THE - U.S. - THE HOUSE OVERRIDES THE - PRESIDENT'S VETO AS THE FIGHT - OVER COVID RELF PAYMENTS MES - TO THE SENATE. - WITH HOSPITALS OVERRUN WITH - AMERICANS ARE DELAYING CRITICAL - MEDICAL CARE. - AND MUCH MORE. - >> Nawaz: WHEN PRESIDENT-ELECT - JOE BIN ENTERS THE OVAL OFFICE - THREE WEEKS FROM NOW, THE U.S. - WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT HE - CALLS SOME OF THE "TOUGHT - DAYS" OF THE CORONAVIRUS - LLNDEMIC. - HIS HEALTH TEAM E TASKED

- WITH THE U.S. RESPONSE INCLUDING - CONTINUING THE VACCINE ROLLOUT, - WHICH HE SAID TODAY IS "FALLING - FAR BEHIND" UNDER THE UMP - ADMINISTRATION. - ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF BIDEN'S - TEAM IS DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY, - WHO WAS NAMED THE NEXT DIRECTOR - CONTROL EARLIER THISONTH AND - SHE JOINS ME NOW. - >> Nawaz: DR. ROCHELLE - WALENSKY, THANK YOU SO - WELCOME TO THE "NEWHOUR" - AND CONGRATULATIONS ON - YOUR APPOINTMENT. - I DO WANT TO START WITH - THE NEWS TODAY. - COLORADO PUBLIC OFFSAICIALS - THEY HAVE NOW - CONFIRMED THE FIRST CASE - OF THIS NEW VARIANTS, A - MORE CONTAGIOUS COVID-19 - VARIANT HERE IN THE UNITED - STATES. - AY IT IS A YOUNG MAN - IN HIS 20s, HE IS - ISOLATG, AND HE HAS NO - TRAVEL HISTORY. - WHAT DOES THIS TELL US - ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF THIS - NEW COVID VARIANT HERE IN - THE U.S.? - >> Doctor: GOO EVENING - AMNA. - IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE - U.RE WITH YO - WE HEARD ABOUT THIS CASE - ABOUT IN SEPTEMBE,WE HEARD - AND WE SAW THAT THIS NEW - VARIANT WAS LEADING TO

- MANY, MANY MORE CAIN - THE U.K. - OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS - AND SEEKS', WE HAVE EN - THIS VARNT VARIANT HAS BEEN IN - 14 OTHER COUNTRIES, - INCLUDING CANADA, AND - TODAY WE HE DEFINITIVE - INFORMATION THAT IT IS - HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, - BUT MANY OF US EXPECTED IT - WAS HERE DURING THEN - RE TIME. - I THINK IT TELLS US - SEVERAL THINGS: ONE, WE - BONEED TTER OUR - SURVEILLANCE. - IF OTHER COUNTRIES WERE - FINDINIT BEFORE US, IT - TELLS ME WE NEED TO DO A - BETTER JOB OF TESTING AND - GENOMIC SURVEILLANCE. - BUT FROM A BLIC HEALTH - STANDPOINT, I WANT TO - CONVEY A COUPLE OF THINGS. - ONE IS TT WE DO BEIEVE, - BASED ON THE DATA FROM THE - U.K., THAT THIS STRAIN IS - LIKELY MORE TRANSMISSIBLE, - SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 56 AND - 70% MORE TRANSMISSBILE, - AND ITNDS TIGHTLY TO - THE RECEPTOR IN THE HOST. - THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE - OF INFORMATION. - HAS IT LED TO INCREASED - PERHAPS EVEN HERE?.K. - WE DON'T QUITE KNOW THAT - YET.

- BUT THE IMPORTANT THING - THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO - UNDERSTAND IS THERE IS NO - DEMONSTRATION THAT THE - MEASURES THAT WE ARE USING - TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM - THE INITIAL STRAIN, - WITHOUT THIS MUTATION, THEH - MASKING,SOCIAL - DISTANCING, ALL OF THOSE - MEASURES SHOULD WORK THWITH - STRAIN AS WELL. - SO ALL OF THE MEASURES WE - HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TO - PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT - YOURSELF SHOULD ACTUALLY - HELP WITH THIS STRAIN, - ETHER WESS OF - HAVE THE U.K. STRAIN OR - NOT. - >> Nawaz: HAVE YOU BEEN - BRIEFED ON THIS NEW STRAIN - BY THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION? - DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY - KNOW?V - >> Doctor: I HBEEN - GETTING AGENCY-REVIEWED - TEAM BRIEFINGS FROM THE - C.D.C., AND I D'T KNOW - WHETHER THE REVIEW TEAMS - HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT - THIS THROUGH THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION. - I IMAGINE OUR REVIEW TEAMS - THAT ARE BRIEFING ME AREG - HEAROUT IT THROUGH - THE C.D.C. - THAT HAS BEEN FLUID. - >> Nawaz: CAN I ASK YOU - ROLLOUT, WE HEARDCCINE - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN SAY - IT IS NOT MOVING AS - QUICKLY AS IT SHOULD. - AND THERE ARE GROWING - CONCERNS ON HOW IT IS - BEING ROLLED OUT, WHICH IS

- RELYING ON STATES, AND - EIATES ARE OUT OF MONEY, - AND HEALTH - DEPARTMENTS ARE - UNDERSTAFFED, AND THEYSS - T ON TO FRONTLINE - WORKERS WHO ARE TRYING TO - ADDRESS THE PANDEMIC - IT IS SIMILAR TO THE - TESTING ROLLOUT, WHICH YOU - KNOW HAS NOT REALLY - WHAT ELSE SHOULD THE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE - DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT - THE VACCINE ROLLOUT - DOMIESN'T THE TESTING - FIASCO? - >> Doctor: IT IS A - REALLY CRITICAL THING, - SOMETHING THAT THE - ADMINISTRATIONADMISTTION IS REAY - WORKING ON THIS THROUGH - THE TRANSITION. - 11.4 MILION VACCINATIONS - HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. - SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIT - THE 20 MILLION MARK AT - WAS PROPOSED. - I BELIEVE THIS TELLS US - SEVERAL THINGS. - FIRST, PERHAPS THAT WAS AN - AMBITIOUS BENCHMARK, BUT, - ALSO, THAT THIS IS GOING - TO BE HARD. - WE HAVE A LOT OF HARD WORK - IN FRONT OF US. - MONTHS INTO THE PANDEM11 - IN THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE - NOT ONE, BUT TWO, VACCINE - THAT DEMONSTRATE EFFICACY,

- THD WE HAVE PERHAPS MORE - COMING DOW PIPELINE. - THAT IS ALL REALLY GOOD - NEWS. - NOW WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO - DO IS DO EXACTLY AS YOU - SAID: TAKE SOME OF THAT - MONEY AND WE NEED MORE - RESOURCES TO INVEST IN - INTO THE DISTRIBUTION ANDTH - GETTINT VACCINE THAT - HAS BEEN DEVELOPED INTO - I DON'T THINK WE CAN - UNDERESTIMATE EXACTLY HOW - HARD THAT IS GOING TO BE. - WE HAVE AMAZING DOWN - PAYMENT BYTHE - 8.57 MILLION PASSED BY - CONGRESS, 4.5 BILLION TO - THE STATES, LOCALIES, - TERRITORIES, AND TRIBES, - TO WORK TOWARDS THAT - DISTRIBUTION, BUT THAT IS - JUST A DOWN PAYMENT.WH - YOU SEE THE - EXTRAORDINARY WORK AND THE - RESOURCES THAT ARE GOING - TO BE MOVGIN AHEAD, THE - PRESIDENT-ELECT HAS - ARTICULATED IS GOING T - LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED IN - TERMS OF THE ACTIONS HE IS - GOING TO T KE TOKE SURE - WE GET THOSE VACCINES INTO - PEOPLE, AND THAT INCLUDES

- USING THE PRODUCTION ACT. - >> Nawaz: LET ME ASK YOU - ABOUT SOME OF THE ACTIO - YOU MAY TAKE AS THE HEAD - OF THE C.D.C. - WE KNOW THIS PANDEMIC HAS - D A DISPROPORTIONATE - IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES OF - COLOR. - WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE - NUMBERS, IT IS SO CLEAR. - YOU SEE BLACK AMERICANS, - NATIVE AMERICANS, AND - LATINO AMERICANS - DISPROPORTIONATELY - AFFECTED AND DYING - COMPARED TO WHITE - AMERICANS IN THAT CHART. - IS THERE ANSENSE YOU - SHOULD MOVE THESE - IDMMUNITIES UP IN THE - PRIORITY GLINE? - COULD THE C.D.C.GE - GUIDELINES CHSO THESE - COMMUNITIES ARE HIGHER UP - IN PRIORITY? - >> Doctor: THE GUIDELINE - ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES - FROM THE C.D.C. HAS MADE - HOW THESE THINGS GET - PRIORITIZED. - RECOMMENDATIONS THAT LOOK - AT BOTH MORBIDITY AND - MORALITY, AS WELL AS - PRESERVING THE SOCIAL - FUNCTIONS OF THE UNITED - STATES, AND MAKING SURE - THAT THE COUNT CAN KEEP - MOVING ON. - SO IN THSE GUIDANCES,

- THERE IS AN UNDERPINNING - OF EQUITY IN ALL OF THOSE - SPACESOK - SO AS WE LT HOW WE'RE - GOING TO BE ROLLING OUT, - EITHER BY AG BY - ESSENTIAL WORKERS OR BY - HEALTH CARE WORKERS, - EQUITY IS REALLN THE - UNDERPINNING OF ALL OF - THAT. - WORK THAT I NEED DO AT - THE C.D.C., CERTAINLY WE - COVID PANDEMIC, AND THAT - IS GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST - PRIORITY THAT HAVE WITH - LEADING THROUGH SCIENCE, - LEING THROUGH TRUST, - TRANSPARENCY, - COMMUNICATION, BOTH TO TE - SCIENTISTS OF THE C.D.C., - AS WELL AS TO THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE, OF WHAT WE'RE - LENING. - AND THEN TO DISTRIBUTE - VACCINES, TO SCALE UPO - TESTING, ALL OF - THOSE THINGS WITH AN - ESSENTIAL EYE TOWARDS - EQUITY, AS YOU SAY. - FOUR AND A HALF TIMES OF - HOSPITALIZATIONS IN BROWN - AND BLACK COMMUNITIES, AND - TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE - RATES OF DEATHSTHAT - CANNOT CONTINUE IN THE - NEXT PHASE OF THIS - PANDEMIC. - >> Nawaz: IN THE MINUTE - WE HAVE LEFT, CAN YOU GIVE - US ANY KIND OF A TIME INE?

- SOME PEOVE SAID WE - NEED TO BE DOING 3.5 - MILLION VACCINATIONS A DAY - TO GET THE RDIMMUNITY - BY JUNE. - WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE - LOOKING LIKE? - >> Doctor: AS I THINK - THE PRESIDENT-ELECT - INDICATED TODAY, I THINK - THINGS AREOING TO GET - WORSE BEFORE WE GET - BETTER. - IF WE LOOK AT THE SURGES - TH HAPPENED THOUGH - THANKSGIVING. - AND THEN WHAT IS GOING TO - HAPPEN OVER THE CHRISTMAS - HOLIDAY AND OVER THE NEW - YEAR'S HOLIDAY. - THINGS WILL BE EVEN DARKER - TAKES OFFICE.IDENT-ELECT - THE VACCINATION TIMELINE - IS NOT EXACTLY AS WE HAD - PLANNED OR ANTICIPATED OR - WAS PROMISED. - WE ARE WORKING -- THEEL - PRESIDENT HAS SAID - HE WOULD LIKE TO GET 100A - MILLION VCCINES INTO - 100 MILLION ARMS IN HIS - FIRST 100 DAS, THAT IS - AMBITIOUS BY AN ACHIEVABLE - AL. - IT WILL ONLY BE ACHIEVABLE

- IF WE HAVE RESOURCES TO - ACCOMPANY IT. - I THINK THE SPRING LOOKS - BETTER THAN THE DARK DYS - OF WINTER. - I WOULD HESITATE TO PUT A - TIMELINE ON THIS BECAUSE - SO MANY FACTORS ARE AT - PL HERE IN TERMS OF HOW - MUCH MANUFACTURING WE,HOW - QUICKLY WE CAN GET IT - DISTRIBUTED, WHERE THE - TTLENECKS ARE IN THAT - DISTRIBUTION. - AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE - WILLINGNS OF THE - ERICAN PEOPLE TO TAKE - THE VACCINE. - >> Nawaz: WE APPRECIATE - YOU TAKING THE TIME TO - SPEAK WITH US TONIGHT. - THAT IS ROCHELLE WALENSKY, - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN'S - PICKO LEAD THE C.D.C. - >> Doctor: THANK YOU SO - MUCH, AMNA. - >> Nawaz: AS WE REPORTED, - PAFORTS TO INCREASE STIMULUS - ENTS TO $2,000 WERE BLOCKED - IN THE U.S. SENATE TODAY. - ONE OF THE SENATORS MACANG THE - FOR MORE MONEY IS BERNIE - SANDERS OF VERMONT. - AND HE JOINS ME NOW FROM CAPITOL - HILL. - >> Nawaz: SENATOR - SANDERS, WELCOME BACK TO

- FOR MAKING THE TIME.ANKS - PET'S START WITH A LITTLE - RECAP OF WHAT PENED - TODAY. - MITCH McCONNELL BLOCKED - YOUR REQUEST TO VOTE ON - THAT HOUSE BILL FOR DIRECT - PAYMENTS TO GO UP TO - $2,000. - HE THEN PUT FORWARD A NEW - BILL, THAT COMBINES THE - $2,000 PAYMENTS WITH - ELECTION SECURITY REQUESTS - ALSO REVING SOME LEGALD - COOTECTIONS FOR SOME TECH - ANIES. - WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN - FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE - WAITING TO SEE IF THEY'RE - GETTING THAT $2,000 CHECK - OR NOT? - >> IT MEANS THAT MITCH - McCONNELL AND SENATORS - ARE MUDDYING THE WATER. - THIS IS NOT COMPLICATED - ISSUE. - THE HOUSE DID THE RIGHT - THING LAST NIGHT. - THEY UNDERSTAND THAT ALL - ACROSS THIS COUNTRY THERE - IS A LEVEL OF ECONOMIC - DESPERATION WE HAVE NOT - SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE - THE GREAT DEPRESSION. - WE'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE - WHO ARWORRIED ABOUTEV - BEINTED, PEOPLE WHO - ARE GOING HUNGRY, UNABLE - TO FEED EIR KIDS, PEOPLE - WHO ARE IN THE MIDDLE OFE - THIS TERRINDEMIC

- THAT YOU JUST DISCUSSED - CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO A - DOCTOR, PEOPLE ARE - ACCUMULATEING MORE AND - MORE DEBT. - AND THE PEOPLE ARE CRYING - OUT THEYNEED HELP. - WE MANAGED TO GET $600 IN - DIRECT PAYMENT IN E BILL - THAT TRUMP FINALLY SIGNED. - EVERYO UNDERSTANDS THAT - IS NOT ET OUGH. - ALL T'RE ASKING - MITCH McCONNELL TO DO, - THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP - DOWN VOTE ON WHAT THEUP OR - HOUSE DID. - H YOU WANT TO VOTE - AGAINST IT, E AND - EXPLAIN WHY YOU VOTED - AGAINST IT. - BUT LET US HAVE AN UP AND - WN VOTE, A CLEAN BILL IN - TERMS OF WHAT THE HOUSE N - DID LAHT. - THAT'S IT. - >> Nawaz: SO YOU WOULD - NEED ADDITIONAL REPUBLICAN - SUPPORT, IF THIS WA TO - MOVE FORWARD -- - >> YES. - >> Nawaz: -- AND TO PASS - E SENATE. - YOU'VE SEEN SOME - REPUBLICANS STEP FORWARD - AND SAY THEY WOULD PASS - THAT. - MARCO RUBIO, KELLY - LOEFFLER AND DAVID - PERD -- WHAT ABOUT - OTHERS? - DO YOU KNOW THERE IS - ADDITIONAL REPUBLICAN - SUPPORT --

- >> I BELIEVE THERE. - I CAN'T GUARANTEE WE'LL - GET THE 60 VOTES, BUT I - THINK VIRTUALLY ALTH OF - DEMOCRATS WILL VOTE FOR - IT, AND I THINK WE CAN GET - THE 12 R - THAT WE NEED. - ALREADY HAVE FIVE - REPUBLICAN VOTES, PEOPLE - WHO HAVE INDICATED THEY - WANT TO SUPPORT THISIO - LEGISL - OTHERS ARE TALKING ABOUT - IT IN A POSITIVE WAY. - ALL I -- I CAN'T - GUARANTEE, BUT ALL I CAN - ASK OF McCONNELL IS TO - LET DEMOCRACY PLAY OUT. - AGAINST IT, VOTE AGAINST - IT, BUT AT LEAST BRING IT - TO THE FLOOR SO THE PEOPLE - HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE - PRIORITIES ARE OF THEIR - SENATORS. - >> Nawaz: AT THIS MOMENT - IN TIME, YOU AND PRESIDENT - TRUMP ARE BOTH ARGUING FOR - THE SAME THING. - YOU BOTH WANT TO SEEHESE - $2,000 PAYMENTS. - IT STRIKES ME FOR A MAN - YOU HAVE DESCRIBEDS A - THREAT, YOU ARE BOTH - SEEING EYE TO EYE ON THIS - ISSUE RIGHT NOW. - WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU? - >> IT SAYS THAT A BROKEN - CLOCK IS RIGHT TWICE A - DAY. - I GUESS IN FUR YEARS, - EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, - TRUMP HAS IT RIGHT.

- HERE IS THE POIN IN TEMS - OF TRUMP COMPANYIN: HE COULD -- - RATHER THAN JUST SENDING - OUT TWEETS, IF HE GOT ON - THE PHONE, IF HEALKED TO - McCONNELL AND SAID, - IMPORTANT, LET'S T.Y - I THINK WE CAN WIN THE - REPUBLICAN VOTES THAT WE - NEED AND PASS THIS - LEGISLATION. - SO I SAY TO THE PRESIDENT, - YOU'RE RIGHT ON THIS - ISSUE. - $600 IS NOT ENOUGH. - DO THE RIGHT THING: GET ON - THE PHONE AND LET'S SEE IF - WE CAN WORK TOGETHER FORER - THE AN PEOPLE ON - THIS ISSUE. - >> Nawaz: WHILE WE HAVE - YOU, I WANT TO ASK YOU - ABOUT SOME - TRANSITION-RELATED ISSUES, - VERYUSE YOU HAVE BEEN - CLEAR IN ALL OF YOUR - INTERVIEWS, YOU ARE NOT - HAPPY WHEN IT COMES TO - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN'S - HAS HE CONSULTED WU - FOR NAMES YOU THINK SHOULD - BE FILLING THSE ROLES? - >> LET ME SAY THIS, I - BELIEVE THE - PRESIDENT-ELECT HAS MADE - SOME REALLY EXCELLENT - APPOINTMENTS OR - NOMINATIONS, VERY, VERY - COMPETENT PEOPLE, AND I

- THINK IN THE DAY OFCO - D-19, YOU'LL SEE A - RADICAL CHANGE, SOME VERY - BE AT THE HELM.E WILL NOW - WHAT I HAVE SAID - REPEATEDLY IS THAT THE - PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT IN - THIS COUNTRY IS 35%, 40% - OF THE DEMOCRATIC - COALITION. - MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF - SPEOPLE IDENTIFY THEMSEL - AT PROGRESSIVES. - THEY WANT THE CONGRESS TO - STAND TO POWERFUL - SPECIAL INTERESTS. - THEY WANT THE CONGRESS TO - THEY BELIEVE IN ICAREPLE. - FOR ALL, ETC. - AND THAT POINT OF VIEW - SHOULDEPESENTED, IN - MY VIEW, IN THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATIPO. - AS OF THIST, THAT HAS - NOT HAPPENED, BUT I HOPE - IT WILL. - >> Nawaz: LET ME ASK YOU - THIS, BECAUSE YOU'RE - SAYING WHAT I'VE HEARD - FROM OTHER PROGRESSIVE - DEMOCRATS IN BOTH THE - HOUSE AND THE SENATE: WHAT - DO YOU THINK THAT SAYS? - IF THERE IS NOT SOMEONE - FROM THE PROGRESSIVE - MOVEMENT THAT ENDS UP IN - BIDEN'S CABINET, HOW DO - YOU THK IT WILL BE - PERCEIVED BY PROGRESSIVE - VOTERS IN THE COUNTRY? - >> ITHINK WITH

- DISAPPOINTMENT. - THE PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY - WORKED VERY, VERY HARD AT - THE GRASSROOTS LEV DO - EVERYTHING WE COULD TO - DEFEAT TRUMP, WHO I - CONSIDER TO BEMO THEST - DANGEROUS PRESIDENT IN THE - SOMEBODY WAS LITERALLYY, - TODAY THAT IS TRYING TOAM - UNDERMINICAN - DEMOCRACY. - WE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD - TO DEFEAT HIM. - IN ALL OF THE PRIMARIES, - THERE WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT - FOR ME ANDWA ELIZABETH - EN AND OTHER - PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES. - I THINK THEY WILL BE - DISAPPOINTED, IN THE - PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY, IF - THERE ARE NOT PROGRESSIVE - VOICES IN THE CABINET. - >> Nawaz: WHEN YOU - AHEAD TO WHAT IS NEEDED TO - ADDRESS THIS PANDEMIC, THE - CARES PACKAGE, - $2.2 BILLION, AND THIS - PACKAGE, $2 TRILLION, WHAT - DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO T - ME AMERICAN NEEDS? - >> I CANNOT GIVE YOU AN - EXACT NUMBER. - BUT WHAT I BELIE IS THE - CASE IS THAT THE - PRESIDENT-ELECT - UNDERSTANDS THE SEVERITY - OF THE CRISI - AND I BELIEVE THAT ON DAY - ONE THIS WILL BE HIS MAJOR - PRIORITY, BOTH IN TERMS OF

- THE PANDEMIC AND THE - ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE - SO I THINK YOU'RE TO - SEE A VERY, VERY - DIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC - LAYOUT TO ADRESS THE - CRISIS FACING WORKING - FAMILIES ALL ACROSS THISY. - COUN - WHAT DOES IT MEAN? - IT MEANS IN MY VIEW DIRECT - CHECKS. - IT MEANS EXTENDING - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. - IT MEANSLIREATING MONS - OF GOOD-PAYING JOBS BY - REBUILDING OUR - INFRASTRUCTURE. - IT MEANS PROVIDING HEALTH - CARE TO THE MILLIONS OF - PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIRUR - HEALTH ICE BECAUSE - THEY LOST THEIR JOBS - DURING THIS PANDEMIC. - SO THERE IS AN ENORMOUS - AMOUNT OF UNMET NEEOUT - THERE, AND I THINK THE - BIDEN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND - THAT, AND I EXPECTHEY'LL - BE READY TO GO TO WORK ON - DAY ONE TO ADDRESS THOSE - PROBLEMS. - >> Nawaz: SENATOR BERNIE - SANDERS OF VERMONT, THANK - YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. - ALWAYS GOOD TO SPEAK WITH - YOU. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Nawaz: WE INVLITED AL - 52 REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO - >> Nawaz: WE SHOULD ADD THAT WE - INVITED ALL 52 REPUBLICAN - SENATORS TO APAR ON THE - NEWSHOUR TONIGHT. - THEY ALL EITHER DECLINED OR

- DIDN'T RESPOND. - >> Nawaz: FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR, - MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEENV - HUNKERING DOWNDING CROWDS - TO TRY TO STAY SAFE FROM COVID- - S . - BUT THAT ALSO MENY HAVE - ALSO BEEN DELAYING IMPORTANT - MEDICAL RE, SOMETIMES WITH - DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES. - JOHN YANG REPORTS ON THIS HIDDEN - CRISIS DURING THE PANDEMIC. - >> Yang: LORRAINE ENSOR SPENT - HER CAREER AS A LIBRARIAN IN - SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, - WATCHING GENERATIONS OF READERS - GROW UP. - >> LITTLE KIDS COME IN, GREW UP, - GOT MARRIED, HAD KIDS OF THEIR - OWN. - IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING LIFE. - >> Yang: A FEW YEARS AGO, AT AGE - LATE LAST YEAR, SHE NOTICED A - PROBLEM WITH HER RIGHT EYE. - >> I TURNED ON THE TV TO LISTEN - TO THE WEATHER AND THERE WAS A - BLACK SPOT. - IT WAS LIKE A SMALL BRICK. - AND I THOUGHT THAT WASTRANGE. - >> Yang: HER DOCTOR, RETINA

- SURGEON AND OPHTLMOLOGIST - ANDREW LAM, DIAGNOSED HER WITH - MACULAR DEGENERATION, THE - LEADING CAUSE OF BLINDNESS IN - PATIENTS OVER 65. - HE EXPLAINS THERE ARE TWO - VERSIONS OF THE DISEASE: THE - SLOWER-MOVING "DRY" KIND, AND - THE FASTER-MOVING "WET" KIND --H - H IS WHAT LORRAINE HAS. - >> IT'S VERY SERIOUS WHEN PEOPLE - HAVE THE WET MACULAR - DEGENERATION. - LUCKILY, WE HAVE MEDICINES THAT - CAN HALT THE PROGRESSION OF WET - MACULAR DEGENERATION AND OFTEN - IMPROVE VISION. - BUT THE MEDICINES WEAR OFF. - SO THEY'RE OFTEN REPEATED EVERYI - FOUR TOR EIGHT WEEKS, - DEPENDING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL'S - SITUATION. - >> Yang: LORRAINE BEGAN GOING TO - REGULAR APPOINTMENTS TO RECEIVE - THOSE INJECTIONS, UNTIL COVID-19 - HIT. - 85-YEARS-OLD AND DIABETIC, SHE - FALLS INTO TWO HIGH-RISK - CATEGORIES FOR CORONAVIRUS, AND - WHAT SHE HEARD ON THE NEWS - TERRIFIED HER. - >> SO I CANCELED MY APPOINTMENTE - AND WHEN I CTHE GIRL, YOU - KNOW, SHE EXPLAINED THAT THEY - HAD PREPAR THE OFFICE FOR

- EVERYTHING. - BUT I WAS STILL TOO FRIGHTENED - TO GO. - >> Yang: SHE CANCELED HER NEXT - APPOINENT AS WELL. - IN FACT, SHE DIDN'T RETURN TO - DR. LAM UNTIL SHE EXPERIENCED - SUDDEN VISION LOSS. - >> UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN SHE - RETURNED IN JUNE, AFTER HAVING - MISSED A COUPLE OF ROUTINE - INJECTIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC, - SHE HAD SEVERE CENTRAL VISION - LOSS, WHICH WAS LATED TO A - VERY OBVIOUS SUBMACUR - HEMORRHAGE THAT HAD OCCURRED. - >> Yang: DR. LAM OPERATED ANDRE - WAS ABLE TORE SOME OF HER - VISION. - BUT HE'S CERTAIN HE COULD HAVE - PREVENTED IT FROM HAPPENING IN - THE FIRST PLACE, NOT JUST FOR - LORRAINE AND ALSO FOR SO MANY - OTHER PATIENTS WHO'VE HAD EN - WORSE OUTCOMES. - >> THIS SUMMER, LITERALLY, WE - WERE HAVING PEOPLE COME IN WITH - CATASTROPHIC VISIOSOLOSS, - TIMES IN THEIR ONLY GOOD EYE - ANCAUSE OF DEFERRED MEDICAL - CARE. - IT'S-- IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT - CONVERSAON TO HAVE WITH THESE - PATIENTS. - YOU KNOW, THEY'RE - SOMETIMES THEY'RE CRYING BECAUSE

- THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAD VISIONRE - LOSS THAT WASNTABLE. - BUT NOW WE'RE NOT SURE WE CAN - GET IT BACK. - >> Yang: AS COVID-19 HPT - ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SOMETIMES - OVSWHELMING HOSPITALS, THER - BEEN A LESS OBVIOUS TOLL OF - PATIENTS SKIPPING BOTH ROUTINE - AND URGENT MEDICAL CARE. - EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CENTERS - FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND - THAT FOUND FOUR IN 10 AMERICANS - HAD DELAYED OR AVOIDED CARE - DURING COVID-19. - 12% OF THEM FOR URGENT OR - EMERGENCY CARE, LIKE HEART - ATTACKS AND STROKES. - NEEDED MEDICAL CARE IN A TIMELY - NNER IS ESSENTIAL. - >> Yang: TRAINED AS A - PEDIATRICIAN, COMMANDER KRISTIE - CLARKE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH - OFFICER AND EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT - THC.D.C. - SHE CO-AUTHORED THE STUDY. - >> ROUTINE CARE IS WHERE WE AS - PHYSICIANS CAN DETECT NEW - CONDITIONS, WORSENING CONDITIONS - PREVENTIVEARE SUCH ASTANT - VACCINATIONS, WELL-CHILD CHECK - OR HEALTH MAINTENANCE VISITS FOR - ADULTS WITH OR WHOUT - UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. - >> Yang: AS WITH MANY OF THE - EFFECTS OF COVID-19, SHE SAYS

- THIS PROBLEM OF DELAYED CARE IS - OTHERS. SOME GROUPS HARDER THAN - >> WE FOUND THAT URGENT AND - TO BE DELAYED OR AVOIDED INELY - PEOPLE OF NON-HISPANIC BLACK - RACE OR THOSE OF HISPANIC - ETHNICITY, THOSE WITH A - MORE UNDERLYING MEWITH TWO OR - CONDITIONS, AND THOSE WHO ARE - SERVING AS UNPAICAREGIVERS FOR - AN ADULT RELATIVE. - >> Yan COULD THERE BE LESSONS - HERE ABOUT HOW HEALTH CARE - PROFESSIONALS AND MAYBE PUBL - HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN - COMMUNICATING THE RISKS AND - DANGERS OF THE PANDEMIC, THAT - PERHAPS IT'S CREATED SUCH A FEAR - THAT PEOPLARE UNWILLING TO GO - TO TAKE CARE OF CHRONIC HEALTH - CONDITIONS AND HE ROUTINE - HEALTH CHECKS FOR FEAR OF THE - VIRUS? - >> SO YOU BRING UP A REALLY - AND SO I'M A PHYSICIAN AT THE - C.D.C. - I'M ALSO THE DOCTOR IN MY - FAMILY, SO I WOULD TELL YOUR - VIEWERS EXACTLY WHAT I TELL MY - FAMILY, WHICH IS THAT WHILE IT'I

- VEORTANT TO TAKE NECESSARY - PRECAUTIONS FOR AVOIDING - EXPOSURE TO COVID-19, AND I'M - GLAD THEY'RE BEING CAREFUL, IT'S - ALSO IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR - TIMELY MEDICAL CARE. - >> Yang: BACK IN SPRINGFIELD, - LORRAINE'S VISION IN HER RIGHT - EYE HAS IMPROVED AFTER SURGERY, - ILL ISN'T WHAT IT WAS - BEFORE SHE BEGAN SKIPPING HER - APPOINTMENTS. - >> IF I LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD, I - STILL SEE BLACKNESS, BAN - SEE THE MOTION BEHIND IT. - >> Yang: LOOKING BACK, SHE - WISHES SHE'D TRUSTED DR. LAM'S - OFFICE AND THEIR COVID - BEOTOCOLS: TEMPERATURE CHECKS - RE ENTERING, FEWER PEOPLE - ALLOWED IN THE ELEVATOR AND IN - THE SOCIALLY DISTANCED WAITINGOM - THE MANDATORY USE OF - MASKS.ID - WITH C9 RESURGENT, SHEEO - WORRIETHATE LIKE HER - >> I ONLY HOPE THAT THE MESSAGE - DOES GET OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO - ARE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS THAT, - YOU KNOW, THEY CAN PUT DOWN THE - FEAR A LITTLE AND KEEP THEIR

- APPOINTMENTS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE - IT'S SO IMPORTT. - >> Yang: IT'S A MESSAGE DR. LAM - DRIVES HOME AS WELL.NT - HE SAYS IF PATARE STILL - CONCERNED, THEY SHOULD TALK TO - THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ABOUT - HOW TO BALANCE THOSE. - >> THE FACT THAT THIS IS WITHIN - OUR POWER TO PREVENT IS VERY - TUSTRATING. - SONK THE MESSAGE HAS TO BE - THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT AVOID - GOING TO THEIR DOCRS FOR - REGULAR CARE. - YOU KNOW, THE CHANCES OF GETTING - COVID AT YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR - IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM ARE VERY - REMOTE D FAR LESS THAN THE - CHANCE OF HAVING A BAD MEDICAL - OUTCOME FROM DEFERRED MEDICAL - CARE. - >> Yang: HE AND OTHERS WORRY - THAT THE TRUE TOLL OF COVID-19, - ALL THE THINGS DOCTORS LIKE HIM - AREN'T SEEING, MAY NOT BE KNOWN - FOR SOME TIME COME. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M JOHN - YANG. - UC Nawaz: THE PANDEMIC HAS - DISRUPTED ION AT EVERY

- LEVEL THIS YEAR, INCLUDING THE - WORLD OF HITHER EDUCATION. - LEADING TO CHANGES IN THE - WAY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES - OPERATE. - WE'RE BEGINNING A SPECIAL SERIES - THAT WILL EXPLORE E IMPACT ON - WHAT SCHOOLS ARE TEACHING, THEIR - EYCOSTS AND FINANCES, HOW - DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS - AND THE IMPACT ON STUDENTS OF - COLOR. - TONIGHT, WILLIAM BRANGHAM BEGINS - OUR "RETHINKING COLLEGE" SERIESG - FOCUN HOW THE PANDEMIC IS - ALREADY CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE - OF ADMISSIONS. - >> Brangham: AMNA, AHEAD OF THE - JANUARY 1st DEADLINE FOR - SIPLICATIONS, COLLEGES AND - UNIVES REPORT MIXED - RESULTS. - WITH MANY OF THE COLLEGE - ADMISSIONS TESTING-SITES CLOSED - DOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC, AS - MANY AS 50% OF EARLYRR - APPLICATIONSED WITHOUT ANY - TEST SCORES THIS YEAR. - THAT'S RESULD IN SOME TOP- - RANKED SCHOOLS SEEING A SURGE IN - APPLICATIONS. - BUT, ELSEWHEREPPLICATION - NUMBERS ARE FLAT, OR EVEN DOWN - COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. - JEFFREY SELINGO HAS HIMSELF BEEN - A STUDENT OF THE COLLEGE - ADMISSIONS PROCESS FOR MANY - YEARS. - HE IS AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK,

- "WHO GETS IN AND WHY, YEAR - INSIDE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS," AND - HE'S A FORMER EDITOR OF THE - "CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION." - >> JEFFREY SELINGO, U EAT - TO HAVE CK ON THE - "NEWS HOUR." - HELP US UNDERSTAND THIS. - IF THERE ARE NOT AS MAN - A.C.T. AND S.A.T. TESTS - GOING TO COLLEGES, WHY - DOES IT MEAN TOP-TIERED - SCHOOLS ARE SEEING AN - INCREASE IN APPLICATIONS. - >> BECAUSE FOR MOST - TOP-TIERED SCHOOLS, IT IS - AN TION. - SO WHAT YOU PROBABLY SAW - WAS A NUMBER OF STUDENTS - O THOUGHT THE TH HAD - PRETTY GOOD HIGH SCHOOL - GRADES OR MAY NOT BE OD - TEST TAKERS, AND SAID, WHY - NOT GIVE IT A SHOT. - YOU SAW MANY OF THE A - STUDENLY TO THESE - TOP SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY - DIDN'T HAVE TO SUBMIT TEST - SCORES. - SO IN THAT SENSE, IT - SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR THAT - TESTING FOR CERTAIN - STUDENTS IS A REAL BARRIERO - TO TRYING GET INTO - ELITE COLLEGES? - >> IT IS A REALBARIER, I

- THINK, BECAUSE MANY - STUDENTS LOOK AT THE - AVERAGE TEST SCORES F - THESE TOP SCHOOLS. - IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE - NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THAT - AVERAGE, THEY'RE GOING TO - TAKE THEMSELVES OUT OF THE - RUNNING AND THEY'RE NOT - EVEN GOING TO APPLY A - ALL. - EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THESE - KNOWN AS HOLISTICWHAT IS - ADMISSION, MEANING THEY'RE - LOOKING AT OTHER FACTORS - BEYOND TEST SCORES. - IN FACT, MY YER IN - E YCHOLOGY ADMISSIONS FOR - RECORDING OOK, WHEN I - SAT AT EMERY, DAVIDSON, - THEY LOOK AT STUDENTS' - HIGH SOOL CURRICULUM A - HIGH SCHOOL GRADES BEFORE - THEY EVER EVEN LOOK AT THE - TEST SCORES.S - SODENTS ARE PROBABLY - BETTER OFF APPLYING TO - THESE SCHOOLS TO SEE IF - THEY COULD POTENTINIALLY GET - AND NOW WE'RE SEEING - THEM DO THAT BECAUSE THEY - TEST'T HAVE TO SUBMIT - SCORES. - >> SO IF THAT IS DRIVING A - RIGHT APPLICATIONS TO - WELL-KNOWN SCHOOLS, WHAT - IS HAPPENING WITH THE - SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT QUITEWN - SO WELL-K - >> WELL, WHAT WE'RE SEEING - IS A DECLINE IN - APPLICATIONS, THE STUDY

- STATES, FOR THST PART - BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS - DON'T KNOW IF SCHOOLS ARE - FALL. TO BE IN-PERSON NEXT - MS LIKE THEY'RE - WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE - ON HIGHLY SELECTIVE - COLLEGES, WHETHER THEY'RE - ONLINE OR FACE TO FACE, - BUT MANY STUDENTS, AND - PARTICULARLY PARENTS, WHO - HA TO PAY THE TUITION - BILL, ARE NOT SURE IF THEY - WANT TO TAKE OT THAFULL - TUITION BILL, TO TAKE OUT - LOANS, IN ORDER TO ENRO - IN THAT SCHOOL WHETHER - THEY'RE NOT SURE WHETHER - THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN - PERSON. - AS WE KNOW, A LOT OF THE - IS NOT EXPERIEN - ONLY WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE - THE CLASSROOM, BUT ALSO - THAT RESIDENTIAL - EXPERIEN OUTSIDE THE - CLASSROOM. - AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY - WHAT MANY OF THESE - STUDENTS ARE ALSO PAYING - FOR.GO - AND IF THEY'RNG TO BE - TAKING ONLINE CLASSES FROM - THEIR HIGH SCHOOL BEDROOM - ESSENTIALLY, THEY DON'T - WANT TO NECESSARILY DO - THAT. - AND SO THEY'RE KIND OF - HOLDING OUT, MAYBE UNTILTH - E SPRING, TO SEE WHETHER - THESE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO - GO BACK IN THE FALL AND T - THEN APPLY T POINT. - >> IT SEEMS THAT IS ALSO

- GOING TO EXAE CERBE - WELL-KNOWN ECONOMIC DIVIDE - BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS THAT - ARE WEALTHY WITHIG - ENDOWMENTS, AND THOSE THAT - ARE NOT, WHICH HAS, AGAIN, - BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE - PANDEMIC? - >> IT TOTALLY AS BEEN.TH - WE SEAT APPLICATIONS - FOR THE FEDERAL FREE - APPLICATION FOR STUDENT - AIARE DOWN COMRED TO - PAST YEARS, MAINLY FROM - STUDENTS FROM LOWER INCOME - BACKGROUNDS. - WE KNOW THAT UNDERGRADUATE - ENROLLMENT IS WAY DOWN, - DOWN 3% OVELAST YEAR, - BUT FRESHMAN ENROLLMENT IN - PARTICULAR DOWN MORE T - 13%. - AND MOST OF THAT IS COMING - AT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES, - WHERE, AGAIN, LOW ND - MIDDLE INCOME STUDENTS ARE - MORE LIKELY TO GO BECAUSE - IT IS CLOSE TO E, THEY - CAN LIVE AT HOME AND IT IS - LESS EXPENSIVE. - SO WE'RE TARTING TO SEE - THE IMPACT OF COVID ON - THOSE STUDENTS WHO - NORMALLY HAVE A TOUGH TIME - GOING TO CLEGE IN NORMAL - TIMES. - AND NOW A STRUGGLING T - FIGURE OUT A WAY NOT ONLY - HOW TO GET TO COLLEGE, HOW - TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE, BUT - ALSO HOWTO PAY FOR IT.

- >> AND, AGAIN, THAT - CERTAINLY HAS GOT TO BE A - CONCERN, THAT IF THOSE - KIDS DON'T T NEXT YEARO - COLLEGE, WE KNOW THE - TORY, RIGH - THEY MAY NEVER MAKE THAT - DECISION TO GO DOWN THE - ROAD? - >> WE MAY SEE A LOST CLASS - SS 2024, AND A LOST CLA - OF 2025, IN SOME RESPECTS, - RIGHT? - BECAUSE MANY OF THESE - UDENTS -- SOME OF THE - STUDENTS WHO DECIDED, FOR - EXAMPLE -- WHO GRADUATED - HIGH SCHOOL IN T SPRING - OF 2020 MAY END UP GOING - TO COLLEGE IN THE FALL OF - 2021. - THEY MAY HAVE TAKE A - YEAR OFF. - BUT SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS - MIGHT END UP NOT GOING. - THEIR FAMILIES MIGHT HAVE - BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID, - HEALTH ISSUES, BIG - FINANCIAL ISSUESEOR - MOST PART, MAYBE PARENTS - LOST JOBS, AND STUDENTS - CAN'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO - AFFORD COLLEGE. - THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS I - MOST WRY ABOUT WHO RE - PROBABLY ON THE EDGE TO - BEGIN WITH ABOUT GOING TO - COEGE, AND NOW A YEAR - LATER MAY NOT HAVE THE - RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY. - ENRO

- >> YOU HAVE ALSO REPORTED - THAT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS - ARE UP QUITE A BIT, OFKI - GOING FROM ONE - COLLEGE TO ANOTHER, ONE - UNIVERSITY TO ANOTHER. - WHY HAS THAT BEEN - NGPPENING? - >> WE'RE STARO SEE - THAT ANECDOTALLY NOW. - TWO THIS ARE HAPPENING - WITH THOSE STUDENTS. - ONE IS STUDENTS ARE - SHOPPING FOR INSTITUTIONS - TH THINK WILL BE FACE TO - FACE NEXT FALL. - WE'RE STARTING TO SEE - STUDENTS EXPRESS INTEREST - IN COLLEGES THAT HAVE BEEN - LARGELY FACE TO FACE THIS - YEAR. - THEY THINK IF THEY'RE FACE - TO FACE THIS YEAR, 'RE - PROBABLY GOING TO BE FACE - TO FACE NEXT YEAR, AND I - DON'T WANT TO GO ONLE - THIS YEAR. - THAT IS ONE THING THAT IS - HAPPENING. - THE OTHER THING IS SCHOOLS - HAVE BEEN HIT PRETTY HARD - FINANCIALLY BY THE - PANDEMIC. - SO YOU'RE STARTING TO SEEST - SOMEDENTS TRADE UP - ACADEMICALLY, OR THINK - UPEY CAN TRADE - ACADEMICALLY. - MAYBE THEY WERE REJECTED - BY A SCHOOL A YEAR AGO. - THEY NOW MAY THINK BECAUSE - SCHOOLS FINANCIALLY NEED - MORE STUDENTS, THEY THINK - THEY MAY HAVE A BETT JOB - GETTING IN XT YEAR IF T

- THNSFER. - THAT'S WHY I'M HEARING - THAT SOME SCHOOLS ARE - DOING BETTER WITH TRANSFER - APPLICATIONS SO FAR. - >> JUST ONE MORE WAY INND - WHICH THIS IC HAS - DISRUPTED SO MANY ASPECTS - JEFFREY SELINGO, THE - AUTHOR OF "WHO GETS IN AND - WHY: A YEAR INSIDE THE - COLLEGE ADMISSIONS - PROCESS." - GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE." - "NEWS HO - THANKS FOR BEING HERE. - >> IT WAS GREAT TO BE - HERE. - THANK YOU. - >> Nawaz: NOW TO VENEZUELA, AND - THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR POWER - AMID A GROWING HUMANITARIAN - CRISIS. - NEXT WEEK A NEW PARLIAMENT IS - SET TO BE SWORN IN, AFTER - MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION - BOYCOTTED ELECTIONS EARLIER THIS - MONTH. - THAT LEAVES OPPOSITION LEADER - JUAN GUAIDO IN AN EVEN MORE - PRECARIOUS POSITION, AND THE - COUNTRY WITH AN UNCERTAIN - FUTURE.ES - SPECIAL CONDENT MARCIA - BIGGS REPORTS. - >> Reporte THEY ARE LINES THAT - SEEM TO GO ON FOREVER. - ALL ACROSS VENEZUELA, HUNGRY

- CHILDREN WAITING TO RECEIVE A - MEAL. - LAST WINTER WE VISITED THIS - COMMUNITY KITCHEN IN A POOR - BARRIO OF CARACAS, WHERE - VOLUNTEERS FROM THE FOUNDATION - ALIMENTA LA SOLIDARIDAD WERE - PROVIDING FOOD FOR MBERS OF - THE COMMUNITY TO PREPARE FOR - THEIR NEIGHBORS.WE - ET THE HEAD OF THE - ORGANIZATION, ROBERTO PATINO. - HE TOLD US THAT IN 240 COMMUNITY - KITCHENS THROUGHOUT VENEZUELA, S - HIS TEAM WVING AROUND - 25,000 PEOPLE. - EARLY THIS MONTH, WE LEARNED - THAT THEIR OFFICE WAS RAIDED, - THEIR NK ACCOUNT FROZEN, AND - PATINO WAS WANTED FOR ARREST ON - CHARS OF TERRORISM AND - CORRUPTION AND HE IS NOW IN - WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THEY'RE - GOING AFTER YOU? - >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR - INTENTIONS ARE. - THEY ARE VERY PARANOID AND THEY - SEE IN CONSPIRACIES ALL OVER, - THEY THINK THAT EVERYTHING THAT - IS BEING DONE ON THE COMMUNITY - OVVEL MIGHT HAVE THE PURPOSE OF - THROWING THEM.

- WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEM SEE - THAT THIS IS A BIG MISTAKE, THAT - THEY'RE NOT HURTING ME, THEY'RE - NOT HURTING THE OPPOSITION, - WHICH IT DOESN'T OWN THIS - WE ARE OPEN FOR EVERYONE. - >> Reporter: PATINO TOLD ME THEY - NEVER ASK ANYONE WHOM THEY - SUPPORT, PRESIDENT NICOLAS - MADURO, OR THE OPPOSITION. - BUT POLITICSHIERMEATES - EVER IN VENEZUELA. - AND CAN DETERMINE WHETHER YOUMA - SUPPORT RO AND EAT, OR GO - HUNGRY. - IN EARLY DECEMBER'S - PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, - MADURO'S RULING PARTY WAS WIDELY - DENOUNCED FOR PROMISING FOOD FOR - VOTES. - IT WAS THE LATEST TURN IN A - YEARS-LONG POLITICAL CRISIS THAT - HAS HE COUNTRY IN CHAOS, - AND WITH TWO PRESIOSNTS: MADURO, - ELECTION IN 2018 WAS - LICLARED ILLEGITIMATE BY THE - OPPOSITION-LED PENT. - AND JUAN GUIADO, THE FORMER - SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT WHO IN - Y 2018 WAS CONSTITUTIONALLRST - IN LINE TO THE PRESIDENCY.

- FOR THE ALMOST TWO YEARS SINCE - AND DESPITE BEING RECOGNIZED AS - THE TRUE PRESINT BY THE U.S. - ,AND MORE THAN 50 COUNTRI - GUAIDO HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WIN - THE SUPPORT OFHE MILITARY AND - THEREFORE HASN'T TAKEN CONTROL - OF THE COUNTRY. - WE WERE THERE ALMOST ONE YEAR - AGO WHEN NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS - BARRED HIM FROM ENTERING - PARLIAMENT. - MADURO'S PARTY ESSENTIALLY RAN - UNOPPOSED IN THIS MONTH'S - ELECTION; ONLY 1/3 OF REGISTERED - VOTERS ACTUALLY SHOWED UP. - >> WE DID NOT BOYCOTT TH - ELECTION. - THIS WAS NOT AN ELECTION. - THIS WAS A FRAUD. - WE WANT ELECTIONS. - >> Reporter: LEOPOLDO LOPEZ WAS - CE THE FACE OF THE OPPOSITION - UNTIL HIS IMPRISONMENT IN 2014. - IN 2017, HE WAS RELEASED ON - HOUSE ARREST, UNDER THE - CONDITION OF SILENCE. - HIS PROTÉGE AND FELLOW ACTIVIST - JUAN GUAIDO TOOK UP THNTLE. - AND TOGETHER THEY MADE A FAILED - ATTEMPT TO OUST MADURO FROM - POWER 18 MONTHS AGO.

- IN OCTOBER, LOPEZ MADE HEADLINES - WHEN HE ESCAPED THE COUNTRY AND - FLED TO SPAIN, WHERE HE WAS ABLU - TOTE WITH HIS FAMILY. - >> SO I WAS INCREASINGLY MORE - ISOLATED AND I NEEDED TO - CONTRIBUTE FROM THE OUTSIDE. - AND REPRESSION IN VENEZUELA HAS - INCREASED A GRAL. - FOR EXAMPLE, PRESIDENT GUAIDO - DOES NOT SLEEP IN THE SAME PLACE - EVY NIGHT. - HE NEEDS TO MOVE EVERY NIGHT IN - ORDER TO BE SAFE. - >> Reporter: IN RESPONSE TO WHAT - HE CALLS A FRAUD, LOPEZ RECENTLY - JOINED MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION - FROM EXILE IN STAGING ITS OWN - REFERENDUM, WITH SIX MILLION - VENEZUELANS BOTH IN UNTRY AND - ABROAD DEMANDING NEW ELECTIONS. - FOR ITS PART THE GOVERNMENHAS - RESPONDED TO THIS BY SAYING - THOSE VOTERS LOOK LIKE ZOMBIES - AND THE RESULTS HAVE NO BEARING - ONEALITY. - HOW DO YOU GO FORWARD WITH THESE - THE STRATEGY HAS NOT SEEMED TO - WORK SO FAR. - >> WE HAVEEEN MANY TIMES IN A

- IN A MOMENT THAT WITH HUGE - ENTHUSIASM, WITH TENS OF - THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE - STREETS PUSHING PROTESTS ANDG - PUSHD RALLYING SUPPORT, - AND THEN WE FALL INTO A PERI - OF DEMOBILIZATION AND LOSS OF - HOPE. - AND THEN WE NEED TO REGAIN AND - WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO - FORWARD INTO A NEW UPSIDE CYCLE. - >> Reporter: BUT MEANWHILE, THE - VENEZUELAN PEOPLE SUFFER. - U.S. SANCTIONS HAMMERED A - COUNTRY ALREADY FACING ECONOMIC - COLLAPSE AND HUMANITARIAN - CRISIS. - THE COVID PANDEMIC DEALT A - FURTHER BLOW TO A CRUMBLING - HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND A COUNTRY - ALREADY STARVING. - PATINO SAYS AS HIS ORGANIZATION - HA SHUT DOWN, THE NEIGHBOR - COME TOGETHER, EACH CONTRIBUTING - A LITTLE SOMETHING TO THE - KITCHE. - BUT WITH SUPPLIES DWINDLING, THE - KITCHENS MAY BE FORCED TO CLOSE. - A OOSPECT TOO MUCH FOR SOME

- BEAR. - THIS SINGLE MOTHER BROKE DOWN IN - TEARS." - THIS KITCHEN IS HELPING ME AND - MY DAUGHTER SO MUCH." - SHE SAYS "THERE ARE SO MANY - CHILDREN THAT ARE HUNGRY". - PATINO WORRIES THAT THE CURRENT - OPPOSITION STRATEGY FOCUSES TOO - ALCH ON INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO - CHANGE THE POLITYSTEM, AND - NOT ENOUGH ON THE PEOPLE - SUFFERING AT HOME. - >> IF YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THE - SHOES OF THE AVERAGE VENEZUELAN, - YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW THE - STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY RELATES - TO THIS PERSON. - HOW THIS PERSON CAN SEE THAT HE - HAS A THERE'S A CONNECTION - BETWEEN HER OR HIS IMMEDIATE - NEEDS AND THE ASPIRATION OF A - BMOCRATIC OUTCOME. - I THINK THAT'S T QUESTION - THAT ALL OF US WHO WANT - DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA NEED TO - >> Reporter: LEOPOLDO LOPEZ - AGREES THAT THE VENEZUELAN - PEOPLE ARE AT THE CENTER OF THIS - FIGHT, BUT SAYS THEY MUST - CONTINUE FIGHTING TO SEEEAL

- >> THE ONLY WAY IN THERE - WILL BE A CHANGE IN THE - HUMANITARIAN SITUATI THE - VENEZUELAN PEOPLE IS IF THCHE IS - POLITICAGE. - WE HAVE BEEN TOP WE HAVE BEEN IN - THE BOOM. - AND AT THE END, YOU KNOW, WE - WILL WIN THE FINAL BATTLE. - >> Reporter: BUT FOR THOSE STILL - ON THE GROUND IN VEZUELA, IT - SEEMS THE WAIT FOR THAT DAY - NEVER ENDS. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M MARCIA - >> Nawaz: JUST YES, - ROBERTO PATINO RECEIVED WORD - THAT HIS ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN - REVOKED, BUT HISCCOUNTS REMAIN - FROZEN. - >> Nawaz: IN A YEAR OF ISOLATION - AND PAIN, BOOK SALES ARE UP, AS - ADULTS AND CHILDREN HAVE TURNED - TO READING FOR DISTRACTION, - UNDERSTANDING AND SHEER

- PLEASURE. - IN OUR CONTINUING LOOK THIS WEEK - AT THE "BEST OF 2020", JEFFREY - BROWN TURNS TO TWO BOOKSELLERS - WHO CURATE THEIR SELECTIONS WITH - THIS "YEAR LIKE NO OTHER" IN - MIND. - ALL PART OF OUR ONGOING ART AND - CULTURE SERIES, CANVAS. - >> Brown: AND FOR OUR LOOK AT - THE YEAR IN BOOKS, WOKTURN TO - TWO ORE OWNERS, JANET - WEBSTER JONES OF SOURCES - BOOKSELL DETROIT. - WE FEATURED HER RECENTLY IN A - LOOK AT THE PLIGHT OF - INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS. - AND ANN PATCHETT IS CO-OWNER OF - PARNASSUS BOOKS IN NASHVILLE AND - OF COURSE, ONE OF OUR LEADG - WRITERS. - HER RECENT NOVEL IS THE DUTCH - HOUSE. - IT'S NICE TO SEE BOTH OF YOU. - IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE BOTH OF - YOU IN YOUR T-SHIRTS. - JANET, LET ME JUST START WITH - YOU BEFORE WE GET TO OUR LIST. - GIVE US A LITTLE UPDATE. - HOW IS THE HOLIDAY SEASON GOING? - >> WELL, THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS - AN ABSOLUTE JOY. - WE HAVE BEEN SO BUSY, ESPECIALLY - SINCE THE LAST TIME W TALKED, - THATCAN HARDLY ANSWER THE - PHONE.

- WE'VE HAD A VERY BUSY, BUSY - SEASON. - WE HAVE BEEN FRANTICALLY DOING - OUR FULFILLMENT ORDERSELL - AS GREETING PEOPLE BY TWOS AND - THREES AS THEY COME TO THE - STORE. - >>rown: AND ANN PATCHETT, - WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU IN - THIS STRANGE YEAR? - >> IT'S A VERY SIMILAR STORY - HERE. - WE'VE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY HOWCR - IBLY KIND AND SUPPORTIVE - OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN, NOT - JUST IN NASHVILLE, BUT REALLY - ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - PEOPLE HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP - US OUT, ORDERING BOOKS ONLINE, - ORDERING CURBSIDE. - WE'VE BEEN RUNNING BOOKS OUT TO - PEOPLE'S CAR AND NOW WE'REW - LETTING A OPLE INTO THE - STORE AT A TIME. - WE TAKE EVERYBODY'S TEMPERATURE. - EVERYBODY WEARS MASKD - SANITIZER. - AND PELE HAVE BEEN REALLY KIND - AND COMPLIANT AND SUPPORTIVE.EE - IT'SA VERY HEARTWARMING - CHRISTMAS TIME.RI - >> Brown: ALT, SO LET'S - LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST - IMPORTANT, OUR FAVORITE BOOKS OF - THE YEAR. - AND YOU'RE BOTH NICEACKAGED - OUR FIRST ROUND IN A IN A - PACKAGE OF THRON. - JANET, WHY YOU START ALL

- OF YOUR BOOKS YOU TOLD ME HAVE - THE WORD RISE IN IT. - TELL US ABOUT THEM. - >> THE THREE BOOKS THAT WE HAVE - THAT HAVE THE WORD RISE ARE - FIRST A BIOGRAPHY. - IT'S CALLED HE DEAD ARE - RISING" BY LES PAIN, WHO WAS A - VERY WELL KNOWN JOURNALIST, AND - HIS DAUGHT, TAMARA PAYNE. - THE BOOK WAS WORKED ON OVER A 30 - YEAR PERIOD, AND IT'S ABOUT THE - LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X. - SO THIS NEW BIOGRAPHY ON HIM FOR - THAT WAS WORKED ON FOR 30 YEARS, - I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. - THE DEAD ARE RISING. - THE NEXT ONE IS A POLITICAL - COMMENTARY BY REVEREND AL - SHARPTON CALLED "RISE UP" - AND THIS BOOK IS A BOOK OF - CHOICE MAKING. - HE SAYS THAT READERS ARE LED TO - UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE AT A - CROSSROADS IN OUR POLITICALPM - DEVET, SORT OF LIKE OUR - SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, OUR - EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHILE - WE'RE IN THAT AS A COUNTRY, IN A - POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE - MUST CHOOSE TO LIVE OUT THE - MEANING OF THE TITLE R.

- ITE THIRD ONE IS A COOKBK, AND - A HISTORICAL AND - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY. - AM'S CALLED "THE RISE" BY CHEF - MARCUSLSSON, WHO I KNOW - HAS BEEN ON YOUR SHOW, JEFFREY. - I LOVED HEARING HIM. - THE BOOK IS BEAUTIFUL AND - HIGHLY RECOMMEND FOR PEOPLE.E - SO THOSE ARE MY THREE BOOKS OF - RISE THAT HAVE RISE IN T - TITLE, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE - MESSAGE THAT WE HAVE TO RISE UP - AAND CHANGE THE WAY WE LI - THINK. - >> Brown: ALL RIGHT, SO AND - JANET WENT WITH NONFICTION, I - THINK YOUR FST THREE ARE ALL - NOVELS, SO WHAT HAVE YOU WHAT DO - YOU HAVE? - >> YEAH, I'M ALWAYS FOR FICTION. - "DEACON KING KONG" BY JIM - McBRIDE. - JIM McBRIDE IS VERY MUCH IN THE - NEWS RECENTLY BECAUSE HE'S HAD A - TELEVISION SHOW ABOUT HIS LAST - NOVEL, "THE GOOD LORD BIRD," - WHICH WON THE NATIONAL BOOK - AWARD, WAS TERRIFIC. - THIS IS A BOOK THAT IS SET IN - BROOKLYN IN 1969, A CHARACTER - NAMED SPORTCOAT, WHO IS A BAD

- ALCOHOLIC, SHOOTS A DRUG DEALER - IN THE PROJECTS WHERE HE LIVES - AND HAS NO MORY OF IT. - SPORTCOAT HAS BOTH THE WORST - LUCK AND THE BEST LUCK OF ANY - CHARACTER I'VE EVER SEEN IN - LITERATURE. - AND THIS STORY FOLLOWS WHAT - HAPPENS WHEN EVERYONE'S TRYING - TO CATCH UP WITH HIM. - NEXT BOOK, ONE OF MY VERY, VERY - FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR, - "TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM" BY JESSE. - AND IT IS THE STORY OF THE - WONDERFULLY NAMED CHARACTER - GIFTY, WHO IS A SIXTCTYEAR - AL STUDENT AT STANFORD IN - NEUROSCIENCE.ST - AND SHE'YING THE SCIENCE - OF ADDICTIONANND DEPRESSION. - IT IS ABOUT THE INTERSECTION - OF EVANGELICAL FAITH AND SCIENCR - AND HOW SHE'NG TO SOLVE - THE PROBLEMS OF HER OWN LIFE. - AND MY VERY, VERY FAVORITE BOOK - OF THE YEAR BY MY VERY FAVORITE - WRITER, LOUISE ERDRICH'S, "THE - NIGHT WAHMAN," SET IN 1959.

- THIS IS THE STORY THAT'S LOOSELA - D ON LOUISE'S OWN - GRANDFATHER AND HOW HE TRIES TO - SAVE THE OJIBWAY NATION BY - MAKING SURE THAT A TERMINATION - TREATIES DOESN'T GO THROUGH THE - U.S. GOVERNMENT. - THIS IS SUCH A HOPEFUL BOOK AND - REALLY ALL THREE OF THESE NOVELS - ARE ABOUT ONE PERSON MAKING A - DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD AND - CHANGING THE OUTCOME OF A FATE - FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. - >> Brown: THERE WAS A BOOK THAT - I KNOW YOU BOTH LOVED, JANET, - YOU CAN START ON THIS. - IT'S CALLED "BLACK BOTTOM - SAINTS," A HISTORICAL NOVEL BY - ALICE RANDALL. - JANET TELL US ABOUT IT. - >> YES, BLACK BOTTOM SAINTS IS - NOVEL. - AND I WANTED TO SAY, TOO, THAT - I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT - SUBJECT BECAUSE IT'S AEL - HISTORICAL NASED ON REAL - LIFE CHARACTERS AND PEOPLE WHO - LIVED AND WORKED AND WALKED - THROUGH A SECTION OF DETROIT - WHICH WAS CALLED BLACK BOTTOM. - BLACK BOTTOM WAS A VERYPO - ANT NEIGHBORHOOD IN - DETROIT PRIOR TO THE

- EXPRESSWAYS, AND IT HAS BEEN - RAISED BY E EXPRESSWAYS COMING - TO DETROIT, THE INTERSTATE - EXPRESSWAY, SO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD - NO LONGER EXISTS. - >> Brown: AND ANN PATCHETT, YOU - HAD A FEW BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE - OR FOR OR FOR THE CHILD IN ALL - OF US. - >> YES, YES. - WE ALWAYS NEED SOMETHING FOR OUR - KIDS. - ALL RIGHT, "SILVER ARROW" BY LEV - GROSSMAN. - FOURTH GDE AND UP GIRL NAMED - KATE ASKS HER RICH UNCLE WHO - SHE'S NEVER MEFOR A BIRTHDAY - PRESENT. - HE SENDS HER A TRAIN. - SHE AND HER LITTLE B TOM, - GO OFF ON THE TRAIN, HAVE SUCH - ADVENTURES. - AND IT, AGAIN, IS ALL ABOUT - PROBLEM SOLVING AND CREATIVITY. - REALLY A WONDERFUL BOOK. - EVERYTHING KATE DICAMILLO - WRITES, I LOVE THIS IS THE FIFTH - NOVEL IN THE DUCOBU DRIVE - SERIES, STELLA ENDICOTT AND THE - ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE POEM. - GRADES ONE THROUGH THREE. - YOU HAVE TO WRITE A POEM FOR - SCHOOL. - STELLA WRITES ABOUT HER - NEIGHBOR'S PIG, MERCY WATSON. - >> Brown: AND JANET, I THINK WE

- HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE. - YOU GOT ONE MORE PICK FOR US? - >> WELL, I GUESS I HAD FIVE, - ACTUALLY, BUT I'LL PICK ONE. - ONE THAT HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF - ATTENTION IS CALLED "BRAIDING - SWEETGRASS" BY ROBIN WALL - KIMMERER.K, - THIS BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, - HAS, I BELIEVE, CHANGED THE - LIVES OF A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE - WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME IN THE - STORE TO SAY, I READ THIS BOOK, - I'VE GIVEN IT AWAY AANT TO - BUY MORE AND GIVE THEM AWAY. - >> Brown: JANET WEBSTER JONES, - OF SOURCE BOOKSELLERS IN - DETROIT, ANN PATCHETT - PARNASSUS BOOKS IN NASHVILLE, - THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU., - >> THANK YFF - RIGHT NOW, WE THINK AHEAD TO THE - NEW YEAR AS WE REFLECT ON WHAT - WAS A VERY ATYPICAL YEAR. - WHAT RESOLUTIONS ARE YOU SETTING - FO2021, IF ANY? - WE SPOKE TO EXPERTS ON HOW TO - SET YOUR INTENTIONS, AS LL AS - VIEWERS LIKE YOU ON WHAT THE - PLANS ARE FOR THE YE O AHEAD. - THATOUR WEBSITE, - pbs.org/newshour. - AND THAT THE NEWSHOUR FOR - TONIGHT. - I'M AMNA NAWAZ. - JOIN US ONLINE AND AGAIN HERE - TOMORROW EVENING.

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