PBS NewsHour; February 26, 2021, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- JUDY: GOOD EVENING - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON "THE NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT, COVID - RELIEF. - CONGRESS MOVES CLOSER TO PASSING - A SWEEPING TIM LUSS BILL DESPITE - THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF A - MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE. - THEN PRESSURE POINTS. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FACES - EARLY FOREIGN POLICY TESTS WITH - A NEW REPORT ON THE MURDER OF - SAUDI JOURNALIST JAMAL - PLUS, POSTSCRIPT. - WE SPEAK TO THE OUTGOING EDITOR - OF "THE WASHINGTON POST" ABOUT - THE MURDER. - >> SO MANY PEOPLE NOW GOING TO - SOURCE OF INFORMATION OR - SO-CALLED INFORMATION THAT - CONFIRMS THEIR PREEXISTING POINT - OF VIDEO. - THEY'RE LOOKING TO BE AFFIRMED - AND NOT NECESSARILY TO BE - INFORMED. - JUDY: AND IT'S FRIDAY.

- DAVID BROOKS AND JONATHAN CAPAR - WAY IN ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S - AGENDA AND IN PERIL CABINET - NOMINATION AND THIS WEEK - CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE. - ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S - PBS NEWSHOUR. - ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING FOR - "THE PBS NEWSHOUR" HAS BEEN - PROVIDED BY -- - ♪ - ♪ - ANNOUNCER: MOVING OUR ECONOMY - FOR 160 YEARS, BNSF, THE ENGINE - THAT CONNECTS US. - ♪ - ANNOUNCER: CONSUMER CELLULAR.

- JOHNSON & JOHNSON. - >> THE JOHN S. AND JAMES KNIGHT - FOUNDATION FOSTERING ENGAGE AND - INFORMED COMMUNE TES. - MORE ON KF.ORG. - ANNOUNCER: AND WITH THE ONGOING - SUPPORT OF THESE INSTITUTIONS. - AND FRIEND OF THE NEWSHOUR. - THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE - BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC - BROADCASTING AND BY - CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - JUDY: THE U.S. HOUSE OF - REPRESENTATIVES IS ON THE VERGE - OF PASSING A $1.9 TRILLION COVID - RELIEF BILL EVEN AFTER DEMOCRATS - SUFFERED A SETBACK ON ONE OF

- THEIR KEY PRIORITIES. - OUR DANIEL BUSH IS HERE WITH THE - LATEST ON WHERE THINGS STAND AND - WHAT COMES NEXT. - SO HELLO TO YOU, DAN. - FIRST OF ALL, WHERE DO THINGS - STAND WITH REGARD TO THIS COVID - ECONOMIC RELIEF? - DANIEL: THE HOUSE IS ONE STEP - CLOSER TOWARDS PASSING THIS - BILL. - WE'RE WAITING NOW FOR A VOTE - THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ATOME - POINT LATER TONIGHT. - HOUSE SPEAKER, NANCY PELOSI IS A - MASTER OF KEEPING HER CONFERENCE - TOGETHER. - IT'S EXPECTED THAT THIS BILL - WILL LIKELY PASS. - THERE ARE SOME CONTENTIOUS - ISSUES LIKE MINIMUM WAGE AS YOU - MENTIONED. - BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS - THAT DEMOCRATS DO WANT. - LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF - THE BIG TICKET ITEMS. - $1400 IN DIRECT PAYMENTS. - INDIVIDUALS MAKING LESS THAN - $75,000. - AND COUPLES MAKING LESS THAN - $150,000 WOULD GET THE FULL - AMOUNT. - UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. - THAT WOULD EXTEND TO THE END OF - AUGUST AS WELL AS $350 BILLION

- IN LOCAL AND STATE AID. - AND 14 BILLION FOR VACCINE - RESEARCH. - SO THERE'S A LOT IN THIS VERY, - VERY BIG BILL HERE. - NOW, IF THE HOUSE PASSES IT - LATER TONIGHT, THE ACTION WOULD - SHIFT TO THE SENATE. - I'M BEING TOLD THAT THE SENATE - IS PREPARING TO INTRODUCE IT'S - OWN VERSION OF THIS BILL. - SOURCES ARE TELLING ME THAT - COULD HAPPEN AS EARLY AS NEXT - WEEK. - AND SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK - SCHUMER WANTS TO GET THIS DONE - BY MARCH 14TH THAT'S WHEN THE - CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS - INCLUDED IN THE LAST COVID BILL - ARE SET TO EXPIRE, AND HE'S - CONFIDENT I'M BEING TOLD THAT, - THAT HE CAN MAKE THAT DEADLINE. - JUDY: SO DAN, AN OFFICER OF THE - SENATE, THE PARLIAMENTARIAN HAS - RULED THAT THE MESSENGER CANNOT - BE INCLUDED IN THIS COVID RELIEF - BILL. - SO WHERE DOES MINIMUM WAGE GO - FROM HERE? - DANIEL: THAT WAS A BLOW TO - DEMOCRATS AND TO PRESIDENT BIDEN - NO QUESTION. - A LOT OF CRITICISM FROM ALL - QUARTERS IN THE PARTY FOR THAT

- RULING. - BERNIE SANDERS, SENATOR FROM - VERMONT, HE'LL PLAY A ROLE IN - THIS GOING FORWARD IN THE - NEGOTIATION. - THE STATEMENT SAYING BECAUSE OF - ARCHAIC AND NONDEMOCRATIC RULES - OF THE SENATE WE'RE UNABLE TO - END STARVATION WAGES AND RAISE - THE INCOME OF 32 MILLION - AMERICANS. - THE FIGHT CONTINUES. - THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES THAT - FIGHT CONTINUE? - ONE WAY IS TO DO A WORK-AROUND - INDELUDE -- INCLUDING A - PROVISION THAT WOULD PENALIZE - COMPANIES THAT DON'T PAY WORKERS - THAT MONEY. - THEY WANT THAT THROUGH BUDGET - RECONCILIATION. - IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER O - NOT THEY CAN DO THAT. - THAT IS THE PLAN THOUGH. - IT DOES POINT OUT TO THIS - DIVISION THE PARTY BETWEEN - MODERATE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE - WHO ARE LITTLE UNEASY ABOUT THIS - MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE. - I THINK IT MIGHT HURT SMALL - BUSINESS OWNERS IN THEIR

- DISTRICTS AND THE PROGRESSIVES - IN THE PARTY WHO ARE PUTTING A - LOT OF PRESSURE ON LEADERSHIP - BOTH IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE - TO INCLUDE SOME FORM OF A - MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IN THIS - COVID RELIEF LEGISLATION. - JUDY: WATCHING IT VERY CLOSELY. - DANIEL BUSH, THANK YOU VERY - MUCH. - ♪ - STEPHANIE: I'M STEPHANIE SY WITH - NEWSHOUR WEST. - WE'LL RETURN TO THE REST OF THE - SHOW AFTER THESE HEADLINES. - AN EXPERT PANEL RECOMMENDED A - THIRD VACCINE APPROVAL. - IT WAS DEVELOPED BY JOHNSON & - JOHNSON WHICH IS A NEWSHOUR - FUNDER. - THE VACCINE REQUIRES ONE SHOT - AND CAN BE STORED MORE EASILY. - THE C.D.C. WARNED TODAY THAT - COVID CASES HAVE BEGUN RISING - AGAIN THIS WEEK. - >> OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, - CASES IN HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS IN - THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN

- COMING DOWN SINCE EARLY JANUARY - AND DEATHS HAVE BEEN DECLINING - IN THE PAST WEEK. - BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER - WHERE WE ARE IN THE PANDEMIC. - THINGS ARE TEN YOUUOUS. - NOW, IS NOT THE TIME TO RELAX - RESTRICTIONS. - STHANIE: A NUMBER OF U.S. - CITIES AND STATES HAVE BEGUN A - GRADUAL REOPENING IN RECENT - DAYS. - PRESIDENT BIDEN SPENT THIS DAY - IN TEXAS SURVEYING DAMAGE FROM - LAST WEEK'S ARCTIC GENERATED - STORMS AND VISITING A COVID MASS - VACCINATION SIGHT. - THE STORM CAUSED SEVERE POWER - OUTAGES AND MANY PEOPLE - SUFFERING. - >> LIKE THE CRISIS HITS OUR - STATE IT'S NOT A DEMOCRAT OR - REPUBLICAN WHO IS HURTING, IT'S - OUR FELLOW AMERICANS WHO ARE - HURTING. - IT'S OUR JOB TO LEAVE NOBODY - BEHIND. - LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. - THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR - VISIT. - STEPHANIE: MORE THAN ONE MILLION - TEXANS ARE STILL UNDER BOIL - WATER RESTRICTIONS. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - RELEASED FINDINGS TODAY THAT

- SAUDI CROWN PRINCE MUHAMMAD BIN - SALMAN LIKELY APPROVED THE - MURDER OF REPORTER JAMAL - KHASHOGGI MORE THAN TWO YEARS - AGO. - THE SAUDIS REJECTED THE - FINDINGS. - TONIGHT IN A TELEVISION - INTERVIEW, BIDEN SAID HE MADE - CLEAR WITH THE KING THAT THE - RULES ARE CHANGING AND THAT THE - U.S. WOULD HOLD SAUDI ARABIA - ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY HUMAN RIGHTS - ABUSES. - SEPARATELY, THE WHITE HOUSE - DEFENDED YESTERDAY'S U.S. AIR - STRIKES ON AN IRANIAN BACKED - MILITIA IN SYRIA. - WE'LL EXAMINE BOTH DEVELOPMENTS - AFTER THE NEWS SUMMARY. - MORE THAN 300 GIRLS ARE MISSING - IN NIGERIA AFTER A GUNMAN RAIDED - A BOARDING SCHOOL TODAY. - IT HAMMED IN THE NORTHERN STATE - OF ZEMFARA AND WAS THE THIRD - MASS ABDUCTION SINCE DECEMBER. - THERE WAS NO MEET CLAIM OF - RESPONSIBILITY. - NASA FORMERLY RENAMED ITS - WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS FROM - MARIANNE W. JACKSON. - SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE

- ENGINEER AS TOLD IN THE BOOK - "HIDDEN FIGURES." - RELATIVES AND OTHERS PAID - TRIBUTE TO HER DETERMINATION TO - BECOME A MATHEMATICIAN AND ARROW - SPACE ENGINEER DESPITE RACIAL - SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION. - >> THE OFFICIAL NAMING OF THE - MARY W. JACKSON NASA - HEADQUARTERS TODAY, WE INSURE - THAT SHE IS A HIDDEN FIGURE NO - LONGER. - SHE PERSONIFIED NASA'S SPIRIT OF - PERSEVERING AND ADVANCING - SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION. - STEPHANIE: MARY JACKSON PASSED - AWAY IN 2005. - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FACES - MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY TESTS IN - THE MIDDLE EAST. - THE OUTGOING EDITOR OF THE - "WASHINGTON POST" DISCUSSS THE - STATE OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM. - WE DISCUSS THE POLITICS OF - FEDERAL RESPONSES TO NATURAL - DISASTERS AND MUCH MORE. - ANNOUNCER: THIS IS THE PBS - NEWSHOUR FROM WETA STUDIOS IN

- WASHINGTON AND IN THE WEST FROM - THE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF - JOURNALISM FROM ARIZONA STATE - UNIVERSITY. - JUDY: THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE - SEEN TWO MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY - DEVELOPMENTS. - OVERNIGHT THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHED ITS - FIRST KNOWN AIR STRIKE AGAST - IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS IN - SYRIA. - AND TODAY THE U.S. SELL GENERALS - COMMUNITY RELEASE ADAMMING - REPORT TYING SAUDI ARABIA'S - CROWN PRINCE TO THE MURDER OF A - JOURNALIST. - TO DISCUSS BOTH NOW WE TURN TO - NICK SCHIFF REN. - NICK, FIRST OF ALL ON THIS - COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE REPORT, - TELL US WHAT IS IN HERE? - WHAT IS IT SAYING ABOUT WHAT THE - CROWN PRINCE OF SAUDI ARABIA'S - CONNECT WAS TO THE MURDER OF - JAMAL KHAOGGI? - >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE - SEEN THE ASSESSMENT ON WHO - MURDERED JAMAL KHASHOGGI. - AND FROM THE VERY FIRST - SENTENCE, IT IS DAMNING. - THE REPORT BEGINS, WE ASSESS

- SAUDI ARABIA'S CROWN PRINCE - APPROVED AN OPERATION IN - ISTANBUL, TURKE TO CAPTURE OR - KILL SAUDI JOURNALIST JAMAL - KHASHOGGI. - IT MAKES THAT ASSESSMENT OF HIS - CONTROL OF THE DECISION-MAKING - AND THE DIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF - ONE OF HIS KEY ADVISORS AND HIS - PROTECTIVE DETAIL. - IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY - FIRSTHAND INTELLIGENCE THAT - M.B.S. WAS RESPONSIBLE. - YOU WILL RECALL THAT KHASHOGGI - WAS A PALACE INSIDER WHO BECAME - A PROMINENT CRITIC OF M.B.S. - ON OCTOBER 2018, KHASHOGGI - WALKED INTO THE CONSULATE IN - ISTANBUL AND WAS BRUTALLY - MURDERED INSIDE. - ONE OF HIS MURDERS PUT ON HIS - CLOTHES AND LEFT THE EMBASSY IN - AN APPARENT WAY TO COVER IT UP. - ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AND - HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES ADMITS IT - IS REMARKABLE TO SEE IT OUT IN - PUBLIC. - JUDY: AND NICK, THE BIDEN

- ADMINISTRATION MOVED QUICKLY TO - ANNOUNCE HOW IT'S GOING TO - PUNISH SAUDI ARABIA. - TELL US ABOUT THAT. - NICK: THEY'RE CALLING IT THE - KHASHOGGIAN. - IT RESTRICTS ANYONE ON VISSAS - WHO HARMS, THREATENS - JOURNALISTS, ACTIVISTS AND - DISSIDENTS AND IT USED THAT - SANCTION 77 SAUDIS. - THEY SANCTIONED WHAT IT CALLED - THE RING LEADER OF THE MDER OF - AND M.B.S.'S PERSONAL PROTECTIVE - DETAIL THAT WAS INVOLVED. - WHO WAS NOT ON THE LIST WAS - M.B.S. HIMSELF. - SENIOR OFFICIALS CONFIRM TO ME - THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN DECIDED NOT - TO SANCTION MUHAMMAD BEN-SALAM. - TODAY'S ACTIONS IS SIMPLY NOT - ENOUGH, TAKE A LISTEN TO UN RING - -SINGH WHO BROUGHT FORWARD THE - WSUIT THAT LED TO TODAY'S

- RELEASE. - >> M.B.S. DOES NOT FACE ANY - SANCTIONS OF THE CURRENT TIME - AND NOR WILL HE APPARENTLY FACE - ANY IN THE FUTURE. - THE MESSAGE THAT THE UNITED - STATES IS GIVING TO M.B.S. IS - THAT HE GOES UNPUNISHED EVEN - THOUGH HE'S THE RING LEADER FOR - THE MURDER OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI. - NICK: EVEN THOUGH ADMINISTRATION - OFFICIALS SAY IT IS HOLDING - M.B.S. ACCOUNTBILITY BY - RECALIBRATING THE RELATIONSHIP - NOT ONLY THE RELEASE TODAY BUT - FREEZING ARM SALES TO SAUDI - ARABIA, ENDING TARGETING - ASSISTANCE TO THE SAUDI MILITARY - AND DOWNGRADING M.B.S. SO HE - ONLY SPEAKS TO SECRETARY OF - DEFENSE LOYD AUSTIN. - SECRETARY BLINKEN SAID THAT THE - ADMINISTRATION WAS TRYING TO - CALIBRATE BUT NOT RUPTURE THE - RELATIONSHIP. - >> WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT ONGOING - INTERESTS. - WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO THE - DEFENSE OF THE KINGDOM. - BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE -- - AND THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT - HAS SAID FROM THE OUTSET THAT - THE RELATIONSHIP BETTER REFLECTS - OUR INTEREST AND OUR VALUES. - AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO

- UNDERSTAND AS WELL THAT THIS IS - -- THIS IS BIGGER THAN ANYONE - PERSON. - >> NOW, IF HUMAN RIGHTSED A SLOW - VOW CATS SAY THE ADMINISTRATION - DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH, OTHERS - ARGUE THAT SAUDI ARABIA MUST - REMAIN A KEY U.S. PARTNER. - TAKE A LISTEN TO SIMON HENDERSON - WITH THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE. - >> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS - JUST RECALIBRATED IN A VERY - OBVIOUS MANNER ITS RELATIONSHIP - WITH SAUDI ARABIA IN GENERAL AND - M.B.S. IN PARTICULAR. - BUT NEXT WEEK IT STILL HAS TO - DEAL WH SAUDI ARABIA. - SAUDI ARABIA WILL ALMOST - CERTAINLY PUT UP M.B.S. AS THE - INTERLOCUTOR IN DEALING WITH - WASHINGTON. - >> THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT HAS - RESPONDED "REJECTING THE - NEGATIVE FALSE AND UNACCEPTABLE - ASSESSMENT IN THE REPORT - PERTAINING TO THE LEADERSHIP, - THEY WERE SENTENCED BY THE - COURTS IN THE KINGDOM AND WE - LOOK FORWARD TO MAINTAIN THE - FOUNDATIONS OF THE RESILL YEBT

- PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE KINGDOM - AND THE UNITED STATES." - WHICH MEANS THAT THE - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN M.B.S. AND - THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO - CONTINUE. - JUDY: VERY INTERESTING. - LET'S GO TO THE OTHER STORY - TODAY, NICK. - AND THAT IS THE U.S. TARGETING - AIR STRIKE ON SYRIA. - WHO EXACTLY WERE THEY TARGETING - AND WHY? - NICK: THE TARGET WAS A GROUP OF - MILITIAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECENT - ATTACKS IN IRAQ THAT INJURED - FIVE AMERICANS AND KILLED A - FOREIGN CONTRACTOR. - THE PENTAGON SAYS TWO F-15'S - DROPPED SEVEN BOMBS ON A MILITIA - CHECKPOINT THAT THE MILITIA HAD - BEEN USING TO GET ARMS INTO - IRAQ. - SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS - SAY IT WAS A PROPORTIONATE - STRIKE MEANING THEY TRIED TO HIT - SAME NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AS - WERE HIT IN IRAQ. - BUT THERE IS A LOCAL REPORT THAT - MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE - KILLED. - THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S - CONFIDENT THEY GOT THE MILITIAS - RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK. - AND THEY HOLD IRAN RESPONSIBLE

- FOR CONTROLLING THOSE MILITIAS. - JUDY: GIVE US MORE CONTEXT. - WHAT IS THE U.S. STRATEGY WHEN - IT COMES TO IRAN? - NICK: YEAH, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID - THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE MESSAGE - WAS TO DETER IRAN. - AND WE HEARD THE SAME THING FROM - PENTAGON SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY - WHO SPOKE TO US A FEW HOURS AGO - IN THE PENTAGON BRIEFING. - >> THE STRIKES SENDS A MESSAGE - TO ANYONE IN THE REGION THAT WE - WILL DEFEND OURSELVES. - >> BUT SENIOR OFFICIALS TELL ME, - JUDY THAT THE STRIKE WAS - CALIBRATED TO AVOID MILITARY - ESCALATION WITH IRAN WHICH IS - WHY THEY TRIED TO HAVE THE SAME - NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AND TRIED - TO HAVE THIS GOAL THAT THIS - ROUND BE DONE. - SO THE DIPLOMATS CAN CREATE - MOMENTUM AND THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION CAN RETRY THE - IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL. - JUDY: ALL RIGHT. - NICK SCHIFF REN FOLLOWING TWO - MAJOR STORIES TODAY. - THANK YOU.

- NICK: THANK YOU. - ♪ - JUDY: THIS WEEK MARKS A TURNING - POINT AT ONE OF THE NATION'S - PREMIER NEWSPAPERS, "WASHINGTON - POST" EXECUTIVE EDITOR MARTY - BARRON IS STEPPING DOWN ON - SUNDAY AFTER EIGHT YEARS AT THE - POST, AND MORE THAN FOUR DECADES - IN THE NEWS BUSINESS INCLUDING - AS EXECUTIVE EDITOR AT THE - "BOSTON GLOBE." - HIS DEPARTURE COMES ON A WEEK - WHEN HIS PAPER WON FOUR GEORGE - POLK AWARDS FOR ITS COVERAGE. - AS WE JUST HEARD THE U.S. - GOVERNMENT ISSUED A REPORT ON - THE KILLING OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI, - A LONG-TIME CONTRIBUTING - COLUMNIST AT THE POST. - AND MARTY JOINS US NOW. - WELCOME. - YOU SAID YOU'RE READY TO MOVE - ON. - IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY ACTIVE - NEWS PERIOD THESE LAST FEW YEARS - ESPECIALLY. - BUT AS YOU LOOK BACK OVER YOUR - CAREER, ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE - BETTER INFORMED BY THE PRESS - TODAY THAN THEY WERE WHEN YOU - STARTED OUT AS A REPORTER IN

- WHAT? - 1976? - >> YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY. - CERTAINLY, WE'VE DONE OUR JOB IN - PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE - PUBLIC WHETHER THE PUBLIC IS - BETTER INFORMED OR NOT IS - ANOTHER QUESTION. - BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE NOW ARE - GOING TO SOURCES OF INFORMATION - OR SO-CALLED INFORMATION THAT - AFIRMS THEIR PREEXISTING POINT - OF VIEW. - THEY'RE LOOKING TO BE AFFIRMED - AND NOT BEING INFORMED. - BEING INFORMED MEANS THAT YOU - LEARNED THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T - KNOW OTHERWISE OR THAT THINGS - THAT MACON TRADICT TO YOUR - PREEXISTING EXPECTATIONS OR - PERCEPTIONS AND THAT'S A - CHALLENGE FOR US. - I'M NOT SURE THAT THE AMERICAN - PUBLIC IS BETTER INFORMED. - I'M NOT SURE IT IS. - BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING OUR JOB - IN TERMS OF INFORMING THE - PUBLIC. - JUDY: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THAT - BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW THE POLLS - ARE SHOWING A SURPRISINGLY LARGE - PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS SAYING - THEY DON'T TRUST THE NEWS MEDIA. - THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TRUST AT - ALL. - MAYBE A QUARTER SAY THEY HAVE - SOME TRUST.

- IS THIS A LONG STANDING - CONDITION THAT WE ARE ARE IN? - IS THERE SOMETHNG THAT COULD BE - DONE ABOUT IT? - WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS? - >> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE WITH - US FOR QUITE A WHINING WHILE - BECAUSE WE'RE A HIGHLY POLARIZED - SOCIETY. - AND THAT IS GOING TO HAVE AN - IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS - OF THE PRESS. - MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR - MEDIA OUTLETS TO TELL THEM WHAT - THEY THINK IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. - SO IF THEY THINK THE ELECTION - WAS STOLEN, THEY'RE LOOK IF A - MEDIA OUTLET TO TELL THEM THE - ELECTION WAS STOLEN EVEN THOUGH - IT WAS NOT STOLEN. - THIS IS A PROBLEM. - THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT WE - CONFRONT. - IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO THE PRESS BY - THE WAY. - THERE'S BEEN A DECLINE IN TRUST - IN ALL INSTITUTIONS. - AND -- IN JUST ABOUT EVERY - INSTITUTION REALLY EXCEPT FOR - THE MILL TAMPLETE A DECLINE IN - TRUST IN CONGRESS. - A DECLINE IN TRUST IN JUDICIARY - IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN THE - HEALTH SECTOR, AND IN SIGNITIES - AND ALL OF THAT -- SCIENTISTS

- AND ALL OF THAT AND SOE'RE - PART OF THAT. - I THINK WE NEED TO GO ABOUT THE - BUSINESS OF TRYING TO - RE-ESTABLISH SOME LEVEL OF TRUST - IN OUR PRIMARY INSTITUTIONS - PARTICULARLY THE ONES THAT ARE - ARBITORS OF INFORMATION AND OF - FACT. - JUDY: PRESIDENT TRUMP PLAYED - SOME ROLE IN THAT. - HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME - CRITICIZING THE PRESS CALLING IT - FAKE NEWS SAYING REPORTERS ARE - ENEMIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. - AND YET, IRONICALLY MARTY BARRON - BY THE END OF HIS TERM IN OFFICE - NEWS AUDIENCES GREW ENORMOUSLY - BOTH FOR NEWSPAPERS, ALL NEWS - ORGANIZATIONS. - DID -- DID -- DID DONALD TRUMP - IRONICALLY END UP HELPING - STRENGTHEN THE PRESS AFTER ALL - WAS SAID AND DONE? - MARTY: I WOULD SAY HE HELPED US - AND HE HURT US. - HE HELPED US IN THE SENSE THAT - PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN POLITICS - WAS HEIGHTENED.

- PEOPLE STARTED TO SUBSCRIBE TO - NEWS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS - BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED - BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE - THAT GOVERNMENT WAS HELD - ACCOUNTABLE, THAT SOMEBODY HELD - GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE AND THEY - SAW US AS SOMEONE WHO FULFILLED - THAT ROLE. - BUT HE HURT US IN TRYING TO - DEMOLISH THE ROLE IN THE - AMERICAN PRESS IN AMERICAN - DEMOCRACY. - THAT'S LED TO THE DECLINE AND - TRUST -- OR IT'S CONTRIBUTED TO - THE DECLINE AND TRUST THAT WE - WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. - AND SO OVER THE LONG RUN THAT'S - NOT VERY HELPFUL. - JUDY: WELL, "THE WASHINGTON - POST" CERTAINLY HAS GROWN UER - NEW OWNERSHIP. - JEFF BEZOS HAS GROWN OVER THE - LAST SEVERAL YEARS UNDER YOUR - LEADERSHIP. - THE "NEW YORK TIMES" HAS SEEN - GROWTH. - BUT LOCAL NEWSPAPERS HAVE TAKEN - -- HAVE REALLY TAKEN A HIT WHAT - OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, I WAS - READING 1800 NEWSPAPERS LOCAL - WEEKLIES AND DAILIES HAVE SHUT - DOWN. - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE

- COUNTRY? - >> IT'S REALLY CONCERNING. - IT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN - JOURNALISM TODAY AND A CHALLENGE - FOR DEMOCRACY OVERALL. - WE NEED LOCAL NEWS ORGANIZATIONS - TO COVER OUR COMMUNITIES TO KEEP - A WATCH ON WHAT STATE OFFICIALS - ARE DOING, WHAT LOCAL OFFICIALS - ARE DOING WHETHER THEY'RE - RUNNING THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE - COUNTY COMMISSION OR THE SCHOOL - BOARD OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT - OR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES, - YOU NAME IT. - THE COURTS ALL OF THAT. - WHO IS GOING TO COVER ALL OF - THAT IF THE PRESS ISN'T THERE TO - DO SO? - WHO IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE - BLIC THE KIND OF INFORMATION - THEY NEED AND DESERVE TO KNOW IN - ORDER TO BE ENGAGED CITIZENS? - ONLY THE PRESS CAN DO THAT. - AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THESE - INSTITUTIONS ARE DEPRIVED OF THE - RESOURCES THEY NEED TO PROVIDE - COVERAGE, THEN THAT REPRESENTS - NOT JUST A THREAT TO OUR - PROFESSION AND OUR BUSINESS BUT - A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY IT AND - DEMOCRACY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND - AT THE STATE LEVEL. - >> WELL, CERTAINLY ANOTHER

- FEATURE OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER - THE LAST YEAR OR SO. - MARTY BARRON IN ALL THE PRESS IS - A MOVE, A CRY FOR MORE - DIVERSITY, MORE INCLUSION. - IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE IN THE - PRESS HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR A - LONG TIME. - BUT WITH THIS DEEP RACIAL - RECKONING GOING ON IN THE - COUNTRY, THERE'S A -- THERE'S A - CALL FROM INSIDE NEWSROOMS TO BE - -- NOT ONLY MORE DIVERSE BUT TO - GIVE JOURNALISTS OF COLOR A - GREATER VOICE, MORE - RESPONSIBILITY. - WHAT DO NEWS ORGANIZATIONS OWE - JOURNALISTS OF COLOR, - JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE NOT HAD A - VOICE IN DECISION-MAKING BEFORE? - >> WE NEED TO COVER THE COUNTRY - IN ITS ENTIRETY. - WE DON'T NEED TO COVER PEOPLE IN - EVERY CORNER OF OUR COUNTRY. - PEOPLE WITH ALL DIFFERENT - BACKGROUNDS. - AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE - IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IT'S - IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE DIVERSE - NEWSROOMS. - WE AT THE POST HAVE HAD AMONG - THE MOST DIVERSE OF MAJOR - ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY. - BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK - FOR US TO DO AND THAT'S BEEN

- MADE CLEAR BY PEOPLE WHO WORK IN - OUR STAFF AND OUTSIDE OF THE - ORGANIZATION AS WELL. - I THINK THAT IS JUSTIFYING - CRITICISM. - IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE - WORKING ON TO IMPROVE. - WE NEED MORE JOURNALISTS OF - COLOR AND MORE SENIOR POSITIONS - IN OUR NEWSROOM AND THROUGHOUT - OUR ORGANIZATION. - SO IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE - SUBSTANTIAL DIVERSITY ON THE - STAFF OVERALL. - IT'S IMPORTANT THAT JOURNALISTS - OF COLOR BE IN THE MOST SENIOR - POSITIONS IN OUR -- IN OUR NEWS - ROOM. - AND SO EARLIER THIS YEAR OR LAST - YEAR, I SHOULD SAY, WE NAMED A - MANAGING EDITOR FOR DIVERSITY - AND INCLUSION. - THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST SENIOR - EDITORS WE HAVE. - AND WE ALSO DEDICATED A DOZEN - POSITIONS TO COVER ISSUES OF - RACE, ETHNICITY AND IDENTITY IN - AMERICA COVERING EVERYTHING FROM - ALTH DISPARITIES TO - ENVIRONMENTAL DISPARITIES TO - DISPARITIES IN THE - ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. - THAT WAS A CONCRETE STEP - FORWARD, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT - THAT IS NOT THE END OF THE LINE. - THAT'S MERELY A STEP FORWARD.

- AND I WOULD DEMAND AT THE POST, - WE WILL CONNUE TO MAKE - PROGRESS IN THAT REGARD. - JUDY: WE'RE HAND IN HAND OF - THIS. - WE ARE SEEING A NUMBER OF - JOURNALISTS OF COLOR SAYING THEY - INCREASINGLY BELIEVE THEIR WORK - AS A JOURNALISTS NEEDS TO BE - INFUSED WITH -- WITH THE FIGHT - FOR JUSTICE. - WHICH RAISES THE QUESTION, HOW - MUCH CAN JOURNALISTS ADVOCATE - FOR A CAUSE NO MATTER HOW GOOD - THE CAUSE IS AND STILL DO - CREBLED REPORTING? - >> I THINK WE NEED TO BE - INDEPENDENT. - THAT'S OUR ROLE HERE IS TO BE - INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS. - WE SHOULD COVER RACE. - WE SHOULD COVER INJUSTICE - THROUGH OUR REPORTING. - AND THAT'S HOW WE SHOULD - APPROACH IT. - MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING THE - SUBJECTS THAT ARE OF CRITICAL - IMPORTANCE TO THIS COUNTRY. - MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT WELL. - MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING THE - IMPORTANT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE IN - OUR NATION AND AROUND THE WORLD - FOR THAT MATTER. - AND WE DO THAT THROUGH

- REPORTING, AT LEAST ON THE NEWS - SIGHT. - OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE AN OPINION - SIDE AND THEY EXPRESS THEIR - OPINIONS BUT THAT'S ENTIRELY - SEPARATE FROM OUR NEWS - DEPARTMENT WHICH I RUN. - AND SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO - DEDICATE REPORTING RESOURCES TO - THESE KINDS OF SUBJECTS AND - COVER THEM MORE. - AS I'VE SAID WE'VE DEDICATED A - DOZEN POSITIONS IN OUR NEWSROOMS - FOR COVERING THIS ISSUE AND THE - COVERAGE IS NOT LIMITED TO THOSE - KIND OF PEOPLE. - THERE ARE MANY OTHER WHO ARE - INVOLVED IN THIS COVERAGE AND - SHOULD BE. - JUDY: AS YOU KNOW THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION RELEASED A REPORT - FROM THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY - CONCLUDING THAT THE CROWN PRINCE - OF SAUDI ARABIA, MUHAMMAD BEN - SALMAN WAS INVOLVED, DID - AUTHORIZE THE KILLING OF JAMAL - KHASHOGGI. - WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THAT? - >> I EXPECTED FOR IT TO SAY - THAT. - WE REPORTED THAT MANY MONTHS - AGO. - AND NOW WITH THE RELEASE OF THIS - REPORT, WE SEE THAT THAT - REPORTING WAS VALIDATED.

- THAT SAID, SEEING IT IN A - REPORT, SEEING IT IN AN OFFICIAL - GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT MERELY - REINFORCES THE ABHORRENT NATURE - OF WHAT OCCURRED. - WHO WOULD EXPECT THAT A - GOVERNMENT WOULD SIMPLY INVITE A - JOURNALIST INTO A DIPLOMATIC - POST, ASSASSINATE HIM, DISMEMBER - HIM, DISPOSE OF HIS BODY - SOMEWHERE -- AND WE STILL TO - THIS DAY DO NOT KNOW WHERE HIS - BODY IS. - IT'S SHOCKING AND IT'S - ABHORRENT. - THE RELEASE OTHIS REPORT - MERELY TELLS US HOW SHOCKING IT - WAS. - JUDY: MARTY BARRON, 40-PLUS - YEARS AS A JOURNALIST. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - MARTY: THANK YOU, JUDY. - I APPRECIATE IT. - ♪ - JUDY: IT IS A KEY RESPONSIBILITY - OF A PRESIDENT MARSHALLING THE

- POWER OF THEIR OFFICE AND THE - RESOURCES OF THE FEDERAL - GOVERNMENT TO HELP AMERICANS IN - THE WAKE OF A NATURAL DISASTER. - THAT BROUGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN - TODAY TO TEXAS WHICH WAS CAUGHT - UP IN THAT RARE WINTER BLAST - EARLIER THIS MONTH. - REPORTER: A MILD LATE WINTER DAY - GREETED PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HIS - FIRST WEATHER DISASTER SINCE - TAKING OFFICE. - THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES - OVERWHELMED THE SYSTEM. - MILLIONS LOST POWER, HEAT AND - WATER ACROSS TEXAS AND THE SOUTH - AND NORTHWEST OF THE COUNTRY. - THE SUDDEN AN SEVERE FREEZE LED - TO AT LEAST 40 DEATHS IN THE - LONE STAR STATE. - BOIL WATER ORDERS ARE STILL IN - PLACE FOR MORE THAN A MILLION - PEOPLE. - >> ERIC STERN, PROFESSOR AT THE - UNIVERSITY OF ALBANY STUDIES - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND - LEADERS DURING A CRY SAYS.

- >> HE HAS PRESENTED HIMSELF AS A - PERSON WHO HAS KNOWN SUFFERING - AND CAN CON FORT PEOPLE WHO ARE - -- COMFORT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING - THROUGH HARD TIMES. - >> FEMA SUPPLIED MILLION MEALS - AND SUPPORT FOR CRITICAL - INFRASTRUCTURE. - PRESIDENT BIDEN APPROVED - DISASTER FUNDING FOR 120 TEXAS - COUNTIES. - BUT EARLIER THIS WEEK, - REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SENT - THIS REQUEST TO THE PRESIDENT TO - OPEN UP FUNDING TO ALL 254 TEXAS - COUNTIES. - AFTER WAITING FOR A VISIT TIME, - THE PRESIDENT THOUGHT LESS - DISRUPTIVE. - HIS FIRST STOP TODAY WAS THE - EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER. - >> YOU'RE SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES - AND AS MY MOTHER WOULD SAY, - YOU'RE DOING GOD'S WORK. - >> GET TO WORK, GUYS. - GOT A LOT OF FOOD TO SEPARATE. - >> LATER HE SPENT A TIME AT THE - LARGEST FOOD FACILITY IN THE - COUNTRY SERVING OVER A MILLION - PEOPLE. - >> IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PLACE.

- AND THEY'VE GOT SO MANY TALENTED - PEOPLE HERE. - >> FOR PRESIDENTS, IT'S SEEN AS - A TEST FOR LEADERSHIP. - >> THERE A LOT OF WAYS THAT IT - CAN GO WRONG AND A LOT OF - PRESIDENTS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN - CRITICIZED FOR -- FOR THE WAY - THAT THEY HAVE RELATED TO - DISASTERS. - AND THIS IS ALL VERY DELICATE. - BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH - PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERED - TREMENDOUS DISLOCATION, - SUFFERING, SOMETIMES TRAGEDY. - >> GEORGE W. BUSH WAS FORCED TO - ADMIT HE SHOULD HAVE "INTERVENED - FASTER BACK IN 2005 AFTER - HURRICANE KATRINA" IN 2012 - BARACK OBAMA WAS HAILED FOR - LEADING A SWIFT RESPONSE TO - HURRICANE SANDY. - AND DONALD TRUMP WHO GRAPPLED - WITH WILDFIRES AND THE MONSTROUS - HURRICANES HARVEY AND MARIE WAS - CRITICIZED FOR RESPONDING SLOWLY - AND APPEARING INDIFFERENT TO THE - DAMAGE CAUSED. - >> HEY, HEY, HEY, HO, HO TED - CRUISE HAS GOT TO GO. - -- CRUZ HAS GO TO GO.

- >> HE LEFT FOR CANCUN WITH HIS - FAMILY DURING THE MASS OUTAGES. - AND GREG ABBOTT WAS PANNED FOR - USING A FOX NEWS TO CRITICIZE - DEMOCRATS POLICIES. - >> IF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - ARE TRYING TO ERADICATE FOSSIL - FUELS EVERY STATE IS GOING TO - CONSTANTLY HAVE CHALLENGES WHAT - AMERICA HAS SEEN IN TRKS. - TODAY HE ACCOMPANIED PRESIDENT - BIDEN OF HIS TOUR IN HOUSTON. - AND THE PRESIDENT SPENT MUCH OF - HIS VISIT LISTENING. - >> THIS IS A TOUGH BALANCING ACT - FOR LEADERS TO MANAGE. - IT'S QUITE EASY FOR THEM TO GO - TOO FAR IN ONE DIRECTION AND FOR - ANOTHER FOR IT TO GO VERY WRONG. - LEADING DISCUSSIONS ON HO TO - MITIGATE FUTURE DISASTERS FOR - ANOTHER DAY. - ♪ - JUDY: AND NOW THE ANALYSIS OF - BROOKS AND CAPART.

- THAT'S DAVID BROOKS AND - JANUARYATHON CAPART COLUMNISTS - FOR "THE WASHINGTON POST." - HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU. - SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ON THIS - FRIDAY NIGHT. - WHILE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS IN - TEXAS, DAVID, HE'S GOT SOME - PROBLEMSACK HERE AT HOME - EMERGING. - HIS COVID RELIEF PLAN IS MOVING - THROUGH THE HOUSE OF - REPRESENTATIVES. - THE SENATE SEEMS TO BE ONBOARD. - AND THEN YOU HAD THE MINIMUM - WAGE PART OF IT KNOCKED OUT. - WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE THE WHOLE - THING? - WHY HAVE THEY HAD SUCH A HARD - TIME GETTING REPUBLICANS - ONBOARD? - >> WELL, AT ONE POINT 10 - REPUBLICAN SENATORS CAME IN WITH - A $600 BILLION SOME ODD BILL. - SO THE REPUBLICANS -- - >> I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU - BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING DIFFICULT - WITH YOUR CAMERA. - YOU'RE NOT IN FOCUS. - I'M GOING TO GIVE FOLKS A CHANCE - TO FIGURE THAT OUT. - APOLOGY.

- WE'RE GOING TO GO TO JONATHAN - FIRST. - JONATHAN, YOU GET TO GO FIRST ON - THIS. - BUT WITH THE PRESIDENT'S COVID - RELIEF PLAN, WHERE ARE WE NOW? - >> WELL, RIGHT NOW, THE BIG - THING IS THAT THE MINIMUM WAGE - PIECE OF IT, THE $15 MINIMUM - WAGE INCREASE WAS STRIPPED OUT - OF THE BILL BY THE SENATE - PARLIAMENTARIAN. - IT IS SOMETHING ACTUALLY THAT - PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNALED WAS - COMING WHEN HE DID THAT - INTERVIEW WITH NORAH O'DONNELL - ON CBS A FEW WEEKS BACK WHERE HE - -- HE, YOU KNOW, MOUSSED THAT, - YOU KNOW, THIS PROBABLY ISN'T - GOING TO MAKE IT INTO THE BY. - AND OF COUR, HE WOULD THINK - THAT AND KNOW THAT GIVEN THAT HE - SERVED MORE THAN THREE DECADES - IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. - HE IS A CREATURE OF THE SENATE. - HE KNOWS WHAT THE RULES ARE. - WITH THE MINIMUM WAGE PIECE OUT - OF THE $1.9 TRILLION RELIEF - PACKAGE, I THINK IT MAKES IZZ - EASIER TO GET IT PAST OUT OF THE - SENATE. - REMEMBER, JOE MANCHIN AND - CHRISTIAN CINEMA WERE AGAINST - RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15

- AN HOUR. - AND SO NOW I THINK IT PUTS THE - FOCUS WITHIN THE COVID RELIEF - PACKAGE THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR - THE DEMOCRATS TO PASS THE BILL - WITH DEMOCRATSIC VOTES ONLY - THAT'S ASSUMING NO OTHER - REPUBLICANS SIGN ON TO THE BILL. - JUDY: ALL RIGHT, DAVID, I THINK - WE'VE GOTTEN THIS STRGHTEN - OUT. - SORT OF. - WE CAN SEE YOU PRETTY CLEARLY - NOW, WHICH IS THE WAY WE LIKE TO - SEE YOU. - WHY DO YOU THINK THERE HAVE BEEN - PROBLEMS GETTING REPUBLICANS - ONBOARD WITH THIS COVID PLAN? - >> WELL, I THOUGHT ALL MY - THOUGHTS WERE BLURRY. - [LAUGHTER] - YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY -- - ACTUALLY CAN I JUST MENTION -- - JONATHAN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE - MINIMUM WAGE. - IT'S BECOME A FASCINATING MOMENT - TO SEE IF WHETHER WE CAN HAVE - COMPROMISE. - SO THE DEMOCRATS WANT 15. - THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT. - AS JONATHAN SAID THERE ARE 48 - VOTES. - THEY NEED 60. - MITT ROMNEY AND TOM COTTON ARE - FOR 10. - JOE MANCHIN IS FOR 11.

- SO CAN THEY GET IT TO 12 AND 13. - TO ME THAT WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH. - I THINK 15 IS FINE IN PLACES - LIKE NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA - WHERE THE WAGE STRUCTURE IS - HIGH. - BUT IT'S TOO HIGH IN A LOT OF - OTHER PLACES. - THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE - ESTIMATES IT WOULD ELIMINATE 1.4 - MILLION JOBS. - SO A $12 MINIMUM WAGE WOULD MAKE - MORE SENSE IN MORE PLACES. - WE'LL SEE IF DEMEANOR CATS ARE - WILLING TO GO DOWN. - IT'S A TEST WHERE YOU CAN SPLIT - THE DIFFERENCE. - JUDY: JONATHAN, DO YOU THINK - THEY CAN? - DO YOU THINK THEY CAN COME - TOGETHER ON THAT? - JONATHAN: I WOULD HOPE THEY CAN - COME TOGETHER. - I ACTUALLY THINK IT IS A GOOD - THING FOR THE BEST THAT THE - MINIMUM WAGE WAS STRIPPED OUT OF - THE COVID RELIEF BILL SIMPLY - BECAUSE THE NATION NEEDS TO HAVE - THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE - MINIMUM WAGE, HOW MUCH IT SHOULD - BE, HOW -- OVER HOW MUCH TIME IT - SHOULD BE -- PHASED IN.

- WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND - HAVE THE COMPROMISE -- - PHONETIALLY HAVE THE COMPROMISE - THAT DAVID IS TALKING ABOUT - THERE. - AND TO HIS POINT ABOUT THE - MINIMUM WAGE BEING -- MEANING - SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN OTHER - AREAS. - YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN STATES - RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE BY - POPULAR VOTE. - WE SAW THAT HAPPEN IN -- IN - FLORIDA IN 2020 WHERE THE STATE - WENT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. - HE WON THE STATE. - BUT 60% OF FLORIDAIANS VOTED TO - RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN - HOUR. - I THINK IT IS A DEBATE WORTH - HAVING IN THE COUNTRY. - JUDY: WE SHALL SEE. - IS IT A PROBLEM FOR JOE BOODEN - IF THIS GOES THROUGH THE COVID - LEIF ON A PARTY LINE VOTE? - DAVID: IT'S NOT IDEAL. - HE RAN ON BIPARTISANSHIP. - BUT YOU KNOW, THIS BILL HAS 70% - SUPPORT OR NEARLY 70% SUPPORT. - I'M REALLY STRUCK BY HOW LITTLE

- REPUBLICANS ARE FIGHTING THIS. - THEY WOULD RATHER TALK ABOUT - SOMETHING ELSE THAN TALK ABOUT - THIS. - THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST SOME - OF THE BIG FIGHT OR THE DEBATE - ON FISCAL -- GOVERNMENT SPENDING - AND FISCAL HEATH. - THERE USED TO BACK LARGE NUMBER - OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T LIKE - GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. - AFTER DONALD TRUMP THAT KIND OF - CONSERVATIVE IS MUCH LESS - SIGNIFICANT. - THERE ARE FEWER OF THEM. - AND SO REPUBLICANS HAVE LOST THE - OVERALL DEBATE ON SPENDING. - AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE - TO EVEN BE TRYING TO DEFEAT THE - COVID-19. - THEY'LL LET IT GO THROUGH ON - RECONCILIATION. - JUDY: DAVID RAISES THE ONE - NOMINEE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S - CABINET WHO DOES SEEM TO BE - RUNNING INTO REAL PROBLEMS. - WHAT DO HER PROSPECTS LOOK LIKE - TO YOU. - SHE WOULD BE THE DIRECTOR OF - MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. - >> I THINK SHE SHOULD BE DIRECT - OF THE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. - I THINK THAT THE NOMINATION IS

- STILL ALIVE SAYS A LOT ABOUT - HER, BUT IT SAYS, I THINK, A LOT - ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE - BIDEN WHITE HOUSE. - AND THE FACT THAT WHEN THEY PUT - HER UP FOR NOMINATION IT WASN'T - FOR SHOW. - IT WASN'T AS, YOU KNOW, - SOMETHING TO DO. - IT'S BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT - THOUGHT SHE WAS THE BEST PERSON - FOR THE JOB. - AND THAT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING - TO STICK BY HER UNTIL WHICH TIME - IT BECOMES CLEAR -- IF IT - BECOMES CLEAR THAT SHE CANNOT - GET THE VOTES IN COMMITTEE. - BUT LOOK, THE ONLY THING - REPUBLICANS ARE TALKING ABOUT - WHEN IT COMES TO NEAR A TANDEN - ARE HER TWEETS. - AFTER FOUR YEARS OF PRESIDENT - TRUMP AND HIS INCENDIARY TWEETS - AGAINST ELECTED OFFICIALS AND - PRIVATE CITIZENS ON TWITTER, - TWEETING THINGS AND SAYING - THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WERE - JUST UNCALLED FOR AND UNBECOMING - OF A PRESIDENT TO THEN FOCUS ON - TWEETS FROM NEAR A TANDEN, - REPUBLICANS WHO WOULD BE, YOU, - NO REPORTERS WOULD COME UP TO

- THEM AND SAY WHAT'S YOUR - REACTION FROM THE LATEST TWEET? - AND THEY FAYNED IGNORANCE. - I'M NOT PAYING ATTENTION IT TO. - ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE PAYING - ATTENTION TO NIRA TANDEN. - IT'S NOT FAIR. - I CHUCKLE AT ALL THE TENDER - HEARTS AND ALL THE TENDER - FEELING IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY - ABOUT A STRONG -- ABOUT A WOMAN - WITH A POINT OF VIEW AND VALUES - IN WHO WAS NOT AFRAID TO DEFEND - THEM. - JUDY: I'M SURE, DAVID YOU CAN - EXPLAIN THAT. - DAVID: REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD A - COME TO JESUS MOMENT WHERE - INCIVILITY IS COMPLETELY - OFFENSIVE. - I AGREE WITH JONATHAN. - I FOLLOW HER TWITTER PRESENCE. - I THOUGHT AS A THINK TANK FENCE - SHE WAS INAPPROPRIATE AND RAW - CUSS. - IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO NOMINATE HER - AS AN O.M.B. DIRECTOR. - THERE'S A SUBTLE THING. - SINCE I'VE BEEN COVERING - POLITICS SINCE DAVID STOCKMAN'S - DAVID AS REAGAN'S BUDGET - DIRECTOR, THERE'S BEEN A SORT

- SORT OF PERSON THAT HAS BEEN THE - BUDGET O.M.B. AND THAT PERSON IS - SUPER WONKY, DRY PERSONALITY - WHITE MALE. - AND ANYWHEREA FITS NONE -- NIRA - FITS NONE OF THOSE. - PEOPLE LOOK AT HER THEY DON'T - SEE THE NORMAL O.M.B. DIRECTOR - AND THAT'S PART OF THE - UNCONSCIENCE UNDERTONE. - BUT REPUBLICANS ARE HICHED UP - ABOUT IT. - I THINK THEY THINK IT'S THE ONLY - BATTLE THEY THINK THEY WILL WIN. - SO I THINK HOPEFULLY THEY'LL - FIND ANOTHER SPOT IN THE - ADMINISTRATION FOR HER. - SHE'S A VERY TALENTED PERSON. - AND THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO - FIND SOMEBODY ELSE FOR THAT JOB. - JUDY: AND JONATHAN IN THE LAST - MINUTES THAT WE HAVE, I WANT TO - ASK YOU BOTH ABOUT THE - CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION - CONFERENCE, CPAC TAKING PLACE - HERE IN WASHINGTON. - THE LINEUP OF SPEAKERS, THE - MESSAGES COMING THROUGH. - WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT? - AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE - THERE SUNDAY. - >> UH-HUH.

- YES, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL - BE THERE SUNDAY. - THE SPEAKERS FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN - ABLE TO SEE SO FAR ARE, YOU - KNOW, HUING TO THE CONSERVATIVE - LINE AS IT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED - DURING THE FOUR YEARS OF - PRESIDENT TRUMP. - CLEARLY, AT LEAST AT CPAC, THE - FAR RIGHT OF THE REPUBLICAN - PARTY IS IN THE HANDS OF DONALD - TRUMP. - WEE GOING TO KNOW AND FIND OUT - FOR SURE WHEN HE SPEAKS ON - SUNDAY. - BUT ANY THINKING THAT BECAUSE - THEY LOST THE -- THE SENATE AND - BECAUSE THEY LOST THE WHITE - HOUSE THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY - AND THE -- AND THE RIGHT-WING OF - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS GOING TO - SOMEHOW MODERATE ITSELF AND TRY - TO BECOME A BIGGER 10, JUST - DISABUSE YOU'RE WITH THAT - NOTION. - JUDY: AND WHAT WE SAW AT THE - CONFERENCE WAS TED CRUZ WHO AS - WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE - SENATOR FROM TEXAS WHO FLEW OFF - TO MEXICO DURING THAT TERRIBLE - WINTER STORM LAST WEEK. - HE HAD SOME COMMENTS TODAY. - HE JOKE ABOUT THE TEXAS TRIP. - AND THEN BASICALLY MOCKED THE

- WEARING OF MASKS. - HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT TED - CRUZ HAD TO SAY. - >> NOW, THEY'RE SAYING EVERYBODY - CAN GET IMMUNIZED. - WE CAN HAVE HERD IMMUNITY - EVERYWHERE AND WE'RE GOING TO - WEAR MASKS FOR THE NEXT 300 - YEARS. - AND BY THE WAY, NOT JUST ONE - MASK, TWO, THREE, FOUR! - YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY MASKS! - HOW MUCH VIRTUE DO YOU WANT TO - SIGNAL? - THIS IS JUST DUMB. - JUDY: SO DAVID, HOW WINNING AN - ARGUMENT IS THAT? - DAVID: YOU KNOW, WHAT STRIKES ME - ABOUT CPAC THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT - GOVERNMENT. - IT'S CULTURE WAR ISSUES. - IT'S THE CANCEL CULTURE THEY'RE - AGAINST. - THEY'RE AGAINST WOKISM AND I - GUESS THEY'RE AGAINST MASK - WEARING. - THIS ISN'T ABOUT A NORMAL - POLITICAL PARTY THAT WANTS TO - PASS AN AGENDA. - AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MASK - WEARING THEY MADE A HERO OF

- GOVERNOR DE SANTIS. - MAYBE HE'LL BE THE NEXT - PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. - BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATES - AND WHERE THEY RANK ON - EFFECTIVENESS IN PRO VENTING - COVID INFECTIONS, THERE'S ALMOST - NO CORRELATION BETWEEN THE - POLITICS OF THE STATE AND THE - INFECTION RATE OF THE STATE. - FLORIDA'S LIKE 28 WHICH IS - PRETTY DECENT FOR A STATE WITH A - LOT OF SENIORS. - BUT IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO - CALIFORNIA. - PROGRESSIVE AND CONSERVATIVE - STATES, IT'S KIND OF RANDOM. - SO TO TURN THIS INTO AN - IDEOLOGICAL ISSUE AND TO BE - ANTI-SCIENCE ABOUT IT STRIKES ME - AS KIND OF BIZARRE. - JUDY: AND JUST IN A FEW SECONDS, - JONATHAN, WE WILL SEE HOW FAR - THAT TAKES SENATOR CRUZ. - >> YEAH, I FOUND IT INTERESTING - THAT HE'S RAILING AGAINST MAXES - WHEN WE SPENT ALL WEEK WHEEL HE - IS ROLLER BACK THROUGH THE - AIRPORT WEARING A MASK WITH THE - FLAG OF TEXAS ON IT. - I AGREE WITH DAVID. - CPAC IS NO LONGER ABOUT POLICIES - AND ISSUES.

- IT'S CULTURE WARS AND THE CLIP - YOU JUST SHOWED SENATOR CRUZ IS - AS IF THEY'RE DOING STANDUP. - THERE'S NO REAL VISION FOR THE - COUNTRY AND ANYTHING THAT HE - SAID IN THAT CLIP YOU SHOWED US. - JUDY: ON THAT NOTE, WE WILL - LEAVE BOTH OF YOU. - THANK YOU. - JONATHAN CAPART, DAVID BROOKS. - THANK YOU. - >> THANKS, JUDY. - ♪ - JUDY: THIS WEEK, THE UNITED - STATES HIT A GRIM MILESTONE. - MORE THAN 500,000 DEATHS IN THIS - COUNTRY FROM COVID-19. - WE TAKE A MOMENT NOW TO REMEMBER - FIVE REMARKABLE INDIVIDUALS WHO - LOST THEIR LIVES TO THIS - PANDEMIC. - >> A MAN OF SCIENCE AND FAITH, - THE REVEREND DR. EARNEST SPENCER - WARD WAS BORN IN LIBERIA AND - CAME TO THE U.S. FOR CLEGE TO

- STUDY PHYSICS. - FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS HE WORKED AT - I.B.M. WHILE RAIDSING A FAMILY - WITH HIS WIFE LAURA. - AT AGE 54, HE FELT THE CALLING - AND RETURNED TO SCHOOL FOR HIS - DOCK RAT IN DIVINITY AND - EVENTUALLY OPENING HIS OWN - CHURCH IN RHODE ISLAND. - HE LOVED A GOOD DEBATE, HIS - CHILDREN TOLD US AND BELIEVED IN - LIVING A PURPOSEFUL LIFE AND IN - HELPING OTHERS FIND THEIR - PURPOSE TOO. - THE REVEREND DR. EARNEST SPENCER - WARD WAS 82 YEARS OLD. - BORN IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, JILL - WEI LOVED TO DRAW AND PAINT AND - WANTED TO BE AN ART TEACHER. - HER HUSBAND SAID SHE WAS A HARD - WORKER, SHE RAN HER OWN NAIL - SALON AND LATER BECAME A - LIBRARIANIAN AIDE. - SHE LOVED BEING AROUND CHILDREN - WHO SHE CALLED HER LITTLES. - HER HUSBAND TOLD US SHE LOVED - BEING A WIFE AND A MOM DESPITE - OFTEN REMINDING HER HUSBAND AND - THEIR OWN THREE CHILDREN THAT - THAT HAD NOT BEEN PART OF HER

- PLAN. - JILL WEI WAS 49 YEARS OLD. - FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES CALL - COURTNEY ISAIAH SMITH A MUSICAL - GENIUS. - THE SALT LAKE CITY NATIVE - STARTED PLAYING PIANO AT JUST - AGE THREE. - AND FRIENDS SAY HE COULD PLAY A - SONG AFTER HEARING IT ONLY ONCE. - HIS GIRLFRIEND AND MUSICAL - PARTNER SAID HE RADIATED HIS - FAITH, AND THAT HE ALSO LOVED - "STAR TREK" AND HAD A NERDY - PERSONALITY. - THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD HIT - HIM HARD. - AND DURING LOCKDOWN, HE RECORDED - A SONG CALLED "I CAN'T BREATHE." - SALT LAKE CITY MUSICIANS SAY HIS - DEATH LEAVES A HUGE HOLE IN - THEIR COMMUNITY. - COURTNEY ISAIAH SMITH WAS 37 - YEARS OLD. - BORN IN SEGREGATED SOUTH - CAROLINA, GRACIE FLOYD EVEN ADDS - A YOUNG GIRL FOUGHT FOR EQUALITY - BY HELPING TO INTEGRATE A LOCAL - PARK. - AN EDUCATOR AND AN ADDICTION

- COUNSELOR, AFTER HERUSBAND - DIED IN 1999, SHE TOOK OVER HIS - SEAT ON THE ANDERSON COUNTY - COUNCIL, THE FIRST - AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN ELECTED - TO THAT POSITION. - FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, SHE - REPRESENTED ONE OF THE AREAS - POOREST DISTRICTS IN THAT PART - OF SOUTH CAROLINA. - HER SON TOLD US, IF SHE WAS ON - YOUR TEAM, IT WASN'T JUST A - CAVALRY, IT WAS THE WHOLE ARMY. - GRACIE FLOYD WAS 75 YEARS OLD. - WILLIAM BILL BRODEY WAS A - COWBOY, A PROUD VETERAN AND A - FAMILY MAN FROM ASHLAND, KANSAS. - HIS DAUGHTER TOLD US HE JOINED - THE MARINE CORE AT JUST 18. - HE WAS DEPLOYED TO VIETNAM - WOUNDED TWICE. - LOST A LEG AND RECEIVED TWO - PURPLE HEARTS. - BUT HIS DAUGHTER SAID HE NEVER - LET HIS DISABILITY GET IN THE - WAY. - HE BECAME A RANCHER. - AND LATER STARTED ALL-AMERICAN - BEEF BACK TALLIAN TO PROVIDE - FREE STEAK DINNERS TO ACTIVE - DUTY TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

- FOR HIM, SHE SAID, HONOR WAS THE - KEY. - IF HE SAID SOMETHING,E MEANT - IT. - AND HE EXPECTED THAT OF OTHERS. - TODAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, WOULD HAVE - EN BILL BRODEY'S 7ND BIRTHDAY. - -- 72ND BIRTHDAY. - OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO YOU AS THEY - DO TO EVERYONE WHO HAS LOST A - LOVED ONE IN THIS PANDEMIC. - ♪ - JUDY: THE FEBRUARY PICK FOR OUR - PBS NEWSHOUR NEW YORK TIMES BOOK - CLUB IS INTERIOR CHINA TOWN - WINNER OF THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK - AWARD. - IT'S A FUNNY, AND BITING SATIRE - OF STEREOTYPES OF - ASIAN-AMERICANS IN POPULAR - CULTURE. - IT IS CHARLES'S STORY OF AN - ACTOR ASPIRING TO BE THE HERO - KUNG FU GUY BUT STUCK FOREVER

- PLAYING A MINOR ROLE. - JEFFREY SPOKE WITH HIM FOR OUR - ARTS AND CULTURE CANVAS. - >> SO YOU WANTED TO TELL A STORY - OF A GUY WE'VE SEEN IN THE - BACKGROUND OF -- OF TV COP - SHOWS, RIGHT? - YOU GAVE HIM A TITLE, GENERIC - ASIAN GUY. - >> SPECIFICALLY AS A TV SHOW - THAT'S LIKE "LAW & ORDER" OR ANY - ONE OF THESE POLICE PROCEDURALS. - AND WITHIN THAT WORLD, WILLIS IS - A BACKGROUND ASIAN. - HE DOESN'T GET TO TALK. - HE'S USUALLY SEEN EITHER - DELIVERING FOOD OR POSSIBLY - DOING MARTIAL ARTS. - AND I WANTED TO TELL THE STORY - FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE - WHO WE NORMALLY WE DON'T GET TO - LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT. - >> IT'S VERY PLAYFUL. - IT'S ENTERTAINING. - BUT YOU'RE ALSO RAISING - IMPORTANT QUESTIONS HERE ABOUT - HOW THE STEREOTYPES OF ASIAN - AMERICANS IN POPULAR CULTURE. - >> GROWING UP, IN THE 1980'S AND - 1990'S, I NEVER SAW ASIANS AND - IF I DID THEY WERE WORKING ON

- MARTIAL ARTS OR WORKING AT A - RESTAURANT. - I WANTED TO THINK WHAT DOES THAT - KIND OF INVISIBILITY DO TO YOUR - CONSCIOUSNESS IF YOU GROW UP - NEVER SEEING A VERSION OF - YOURSELF? - AND WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE - CONSCIOUSNESS OF OTHER PEOPLE - WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TO NEVER - SEE A CERTAIN KIND OF PERSON ON - TELEVISION? - HOW DOES THAT DISTORT REALITY? - >> AND HOW DOES IT DISTORT - REALITY? - WHAT DID YOU EXPERIENCE? - WHAT DID YOU SEE OTHERS - EXPEENCE? - >> IT CREATES THIS ALTAR NAT - VERSION OF REALITY. - IT ENFORCES THIS IDEA THAT THESE - ASIANS ARE NOT PART OF THE MAIN - STORY OF AMERICA. - IN FACT, THEY AREN'T REALLY - AMERICANS BECAUSE WHEN WE SEE - THEM, THEY'RE OFTEN CAST AS - FOREIGNERS. - AND I -- YOU KNOW, I THINK AS - MUCH AS YOU COULD SAY POP - CULTURE, HOW MUCH DOES THAT - INFLUENCE? - I THINK THAT INFLUENCES ON A SUB - CONSCIENCE LEVEL OF HOW WE - PERCEIVE CERTAIN GROUPS. - >> AND HOW MUCH THAT R HAS THAT - CHANGED OR IS IT CHANGING?

- >> IT'S BOTH INCREASE IN THE - QUANTITY AND THE VARIETY OF - POINTS OF VIEW, RIGHT? - AND SOME OF THAT IS DRIVEN JUST - BY THE SHEER KIND OF DEMAND FOR - CONTENT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S -- I - DON'T KNOW 600 SCRIPTED SHOWS ON - TV, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. - AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY - EXCITING THAT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, - THROUGH THIS SORT OF EXPLOSION - IN STREAMING AND OTHER SHOWS WE - HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIP INTO - ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT WORLDS - AND CONSCIOUSNESSES. - >> I READ IT DURING THE - PANDEMIC. - AND I COULDN'T HELP TO THINK - ABOUT THE RECENT CASE OF - ASIAN-AMERICANS BEING ATTACKED - IN SOME INSTANCES BECAUSE THE - VIRUS BEGAN IN CHINA. - >> IT'S HORRIFYING WHAT'S - HAPPENING. - AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, I - THINK, IT'S NOT SHOCKING. - IT'S -- FOR ME JUST A REFLECTION - OF THE FACT THAT TO SOME EXTENT - ASIAN-AMERICANS STILL AREN'T SEE - AS FULLY AMERICAN FOR SOME

- SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION. - AND THAT'S BOTH TROUBLING BUT - ALSO I HOPE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS - CONVERSATION TO KEEP HAPPENING. - >> FINALLY, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE - THIS NOVEL SOUND LIKE IT'S A - SOCIO POLITICAL TRACT BECAUSE - IT'S EXTREMELY FUNNY AND - ENTERTAINING. - I KNOW YOU WRITE FOR TELEVISION - AS WELL AS FOR NOVELS. - DID THAT COME I HANDY? - >> YEAH, IT'S FUN. - IT'S LIKE HAVING ANOTHER TOOLBOX - THAT I CAN USE. - SOMETIMES I GET CARRIED AWAY AND - I'M VERY TOO MUCH FUN. - IF I'M HAVING FUN WITH THE - WRITING, THEN HOPEFULLY THAT'S - FUN FOR THE READER. - YES, I HOPE THERE'S WEIGHTY - STUFF IN THE BOOK. - BUT I ALSO -- YOU, NO HOPE THAT - IT'S A STORY THATEOPLE CAN - IDENTIFY WITH, WHICH IS ABOUT A - BACKGROUND GUY WHO WANTS TO BE - THE STAR OF THE SHOW WHO WANTS - TO HAVE HIS OWN STORY. - AND THAT, YOU KNOW, TO ME IS A - KIND OF UNIVERSAL STORY IN TEND. - >> ALL RIGHT, THE NOVEL "IS - INTERIOR CHINATOWN." - THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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