- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - GOOD EVENING. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT: - BIDEN AGENDA BATTLE. - SPEAKER PELOSI ANNOUNCES A KEY - VOTE WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY ON - THE PRESIDENT'S INFRASTRUCTURE - BILL, AS THE FATE OF ITS PASSAGE - REMAINS IN LIMBO. - THEN, GAINING MOMENTUM. - THE LATEST U.S. JOBS REPORT - SHOWS HIRING ACCELERATING, - ANOTHER SIGN THAT THE ECONOMY IS - RECOVERI FROM THE PANDEMIC - RECESSION. - PLUS, TALIBAN TAKEOVER. - REPORTER JANE FERGUSON IS - BACK ON THE GROUND IN - AFGHANISTAN, AS THE COUNTRY - FACES A DIRE ECONOMIC AND - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. - >> THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, THE - W.F.P., SAYS THAT 14 MILLION - PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY CANNOT - FEED THEMSELVES, THEY DON'T KNOW - WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS GOING - TO COME FROM. - THAT'S OUT OF A COUNTRY OF - 38 MILLION. - >> Woodruff: AND, IT'S FRIDAY.
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- THE KEY QUESTION-- DO DEMOCRATS - HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS A - TRILLION-DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE - BILL AND MOVE FORWARD ON A - LARGER SOCIAL SPENDING PLAN? - LISA DESJARDINS BEGINS OUR - COVERAGE. - >> Desjardins: FOR PRESIDENT - JOE BIDEN, TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO - BRING TWO HARD-FOUGHT WINS. - >> THE NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY - SHOULD BE SEEING CONGRESS PASS - THESE BILLS. - >> Desjardins: HOUSE DEMOCRATIC - LEADERS SAID THEY WOULD - HOLD VOTES AND PASS TWO - BIDEN AGENDA BILLS, THAT TOTAL - NEARLY $3 TRILLION. - TO NUDGE WOBBLY DEMOCRATS, BIDEN - WENT TO THE HILL LAST WEEK, MADE - PHONE CALLS OVERNIGHT, AND WAS - BLUNT THIS MORNING. - >> I'M ASKING EVERY HOUSE - MEMBER-- MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF - REPRESENTATIVES-- TO VOTE YES ON - BOTH THESE BILLS, RIGHT NOW. - SEND THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TO - MY DESK. - SEND THE "BUILD BACK BETTER" - BILL TO THE SENATE. - >> Desjardins: BUT INSTEAD, - A GROUP OF MODERATES CAUSED A - HARD STOP, REFUSING TO VOTE - ON A USUALLY-SIMPLE MOTION TO - ADJOURN. - AT LEAST FOUR DEMOCRATIC - LAWMAKERS, INCLUDING
- REPRESENTATIVES STEPHANIE - MURPHY, KURT SCHRADER, JARED - GOLDEN, AND ED CASE, DEMANDED - ANOTHER COST ESTIMATE OF THE - LARGER "BUILD BACK BETTER" BILL - BEFORE VOTING FOR ANYTHING. - THROWN INTO LIMBO WERE TWO MEGA- - BILLS. - ONE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL: A - BIPARTISAN, ROUGHLY $1 TRILLION - PACKAGE WITH MONEY FOR ROADS AND - BRIDGES, PUBLIC TRANSIT AND - CLEAN DRINKING WATER. - AND THE OTHER, THE "BUILD BACK - BETTER" ACT. - IT'S SUPPORTED ONLY BY - DEMOCRATS, WITH $1.75 TRILLION - FOR CHILDCARE AND HOUSING, - CLIMATE CHANGE, AND - STRENGTHENING THE A.C.A. - MODERATES HAVE WAITED MONTHS FOR - A VOTE ON THAT FIRST ITEM, - INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING - CONGRESSMAN JOSH GOTTHEIMER, WHO - TOLD NEWSHOUR THIS IN SEPTEMBER. - >> YOU CAN'T HOLD ONE UP, THIS - INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, WHILE - YOU'RE WORKING ON THE OTHER ONE. - THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR - THE COUNTRY. - >> Desjardins: TODAY WAS ONLY - THE LATEST QUICKSAND MOMENT FOR - HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI, WHO LAST
- WEEK HAD JUST GOTTEN THE OTHER - END OF HER CAUCUS, PROGRESSIVES, - ON BOARD. - >> THIS IS PROFESSIONAL. - LET'S DO IT IN A TIMELY FASHION. - LET'S NOT JUST KEEP HAVING - POSTPONEMENTS. - >> Desjardins: THIS WAS - PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CHAIR - PRAMILA JAYAPAL A FEW DAYS AGO. - >> WITH THE TEXT, WITH THE - VOTES, WE ARE READY TO SAY WE - TRUST YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. - WITH NEW DIVIDES TODAY, PELOSI - SIGNED ON TO A NEW PLAN, - SEPARATE THE BILLS, VOTE ON - INFRASTRUCTURE TONIGHT AND VOTE - TOED A VANS BUT NOT ULTIMATELY - TO PASS BUILD BACK BETTER YET. - >> WE'RE IN THE BEST PLACE EVER - TODAY TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD. - >> Reporter: THAT MOVE TOWARD - MODERATES, AGAIN, WAS A PROGRESS - FOR PROGRESSIVES LIKE JARED - HUFFMAN WHO SAYS BOTH BILLS GO - OR NEITHER. - >> THIS HAS BEEN A BIT OF A - CURVE BALL, THIS LATEST - DEVELOPMENT, AND IT'S UNSETTLING - AND DISRUPTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, I - HOPE WE CAN GET BACK ON THAT - ORIGINAL TRACK. - >> Reporter: TIMING IS ALSO A - FACTOR AT THE CAPITOL WITH THE - HOUSE AND THE SENATE SCHEDULED
- TO BE GONE NEXT WEEK. - >> Woodruff: LISA JOINS ME - FROM THE CAPITOL. - IT IS DIZZYING. - BRING US UP TO THE MOMENT. - IS EITHER ONE OF THE BILLS GOING - TO COME UP FOR A VOTE? - >> I THOUGHT THE EXACT SAME - WORDS. - EVERYONE IS LOST IN THE LIGHTS - HERE. - THAT'S THE RIGHT QUESTION, JUDY, - YES. - THE MAJORITY LEADER STENY HOYER - FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE I - ASKED HIM IS INFRASTRUCTURE - COMING UP FOR A VOTE, HE TOLD ME - A SHORT TIME AGO 100% THEY WILL - VOTE ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL - TONIGHT. - LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOUSE - FLOOR RIGHT NOW. - THEY'RE STILL STUCK IN THE - MIDDLE OF A PAST VOTE. - THIS IS A PROCEDURAL VOTE. - IT'S NOT SUBSTANTIVE, BUT THE - FACT THEY HAVE BEEN STUCK ON - THIS VOTE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME - TELLS YOU THEY ARE STILL WORKING - OUT THE MECHANICS OF WHAT'S - AHEAD. - JUDY, I THINK IT WILL BE A LATE - NIGHT BUT WE EXPECT BOTH THESE - VOTES, SORT OF A PROCEDURAL VOTE - ON THE BUILD BACK BETTER BILL - BUT THE VOTE ON THE MAJOR - INFRASTRUCTURE WE EXPECT
- TONIGHT. - BLOWS IS ROLLING THE DICE HERE. - IT IS NOT CLEAR TO THOSE OF US - OUTSIDE HER OFFICE THAT SHE HAS - THE VOTES TO PASS THAT - INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TONIGHT - BECAUSE SO MANY DEMOCRATS - INCLUDING PRO -- PRAMILA JAYAPA, - OTHERS PROGRESSIVES SAID THEY - DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON IT. - THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IS - BIPARTISAN. - IT'S A POLITICAL MATTER. - NOT CLEAR IF PELOSI IS GOING TO - SUCCEED OR NOT. - >> Woodruff: TELL US MORE - ABOUT WHO HAD PROBLEMS TODAY AND - WHY. - >> Reporter: RIGHT. - THE MODERATES HAD A COUPLE OF - CONCERNS. - ONE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WAS - THE COST OF THE BILL. - THEY SIMPLY DIDN'T TRUST THE - INITIAL COST ESTIMATE, THEY WANT - THE OTHER FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL - BUDGET OFFICE. - BUT THE BIGGEST ARE MANAGERS - ANDER STATUS FOR UNDOCUMENTED - IMMIGRANTS. - FRONTLINE D.M.s, MODERATES ARE - WORRIED THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE - THEY WOULD LOSE ON NEXT YEAR AT - THE POLLS. - ON THE OTHER HAND, PROGRESSIVES
- FELTODERATES COULD MOVE THE - GOALPOSTS. - THEY FELT THEY COULD COME TO THE - TABLE WITH EARNEST, THEY WANT - THE BUILD BACK BETTER BILL. - THE TWO SIDES CAN'T SAY "I DO" - TO EACH ORR AT THE SAME TIME. - >> Woodruff: LISA, I KNOW - YOU'VE COVERED PRESIDENT BIDEN - AND SPEAKER PELOSI FOR MANY - YEARS. - WHAT IS WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY - TELL YOU ABOUT THEM AND ABOUT - THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS? - >> Reporter: FASCINATING. - SPEAKER PELOSI HAS A WELL-EARNED - REPUTATION AS BEING ONE OF THE - BEST VOTE COUNTERS AND - SCHEDULERS NOT JUST IN THIS - CONGRESS BUT IN ANY RECENT - CONGRESS, AND I THINK WE SAW, - WITH THIS SITUATION, WITH THIS - CLOSE MARGIN,HE ONLY HAS THREE - VOTES SHE COULD LOSE ON - ANYTHING, THAT SHE REALLY - OVERESTIMATED I THINK HER - ABILITY TO PUSH HER CAUCUS. - I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE - TO REALIZE ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS - IN THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW, A THIRD - OF THEM ARE RELATIVELY NEW, - THEY'VE ONLY BEEN HERE SINCE - 2017, VERSUS PELOSI WHO'S BEEN
- HERE FOR DECADES. - THAT'S ALSO A FACTOR FOR - PRESIDENT BIDEN. - HE OPERATES ON SORT OF AN OLDER, - I THINK, SENATE WAY OF WORKING - THINGS OUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS - CALMLY, AND SOME PEOPLE I TALK - TO HERE SAY, YES, HE WAS - INVOLVED, BUT PERHAPS HE SHOULD - HAVE BEEN LESS CONGENIAL AND - REALLY TAKEN MORE OF A STAND AND - REALLY TOLD FOR EXAMPLE, - MODERATES AND PROGRESSIVES, YOU - NEED TO VOTE NOW, VERSUS PLACING - IT ON SPEAKER PELOSI TO DO IT, - WHICH IS HOW HE HANDLED IT. - >> Woodruff: LISA, LET'S STEP - BACK TO UNDERSTAND. - TELL US AGAIN, WHERE DO THESE - BILLS STAND, WHAT NEEDS TO - HAPPEN NEXT FOR THERE TO BE - FINAL PASSAGE EVENTUALLY? - >> THE FIRST THING THAT NEEDS TO - HAPPEN NEXT FOR THE COUNTRY IS - EVERYONE TO HAVE A WEEKEND BREAK - FROM THIS STORY. - AFTER TONIGHT WE WILL SEE IF THE - INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SURVIVES THE - VOTE. - THEN ON BUILDBACK BETTER, WE - KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO PASS - TONIGHT, THEY WON'T EVEN VOTE ON - THAT IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT, SO - WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR - DEMOCRATS TO GET THAT COST - ESTIMATE FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL
- BUDGET OFFICE, THAT WILL TAKE - WHO KNOWS HOW LONG, DAYS, COULD - BE WEEKS, THAT IS A POTENTIAL - TIME COST THAT COULD AFFECT THEM - AND IN THE MEAN WHILE THERE - STILL WILL BE MORE TALKS WITH - THE SENATE. - I WANT TO TELL FOLKS ABOUT THE - LARGE BILL. - THE TRUTH IS THERE'S A LOT OF - SUPPORT FOR EVERYONE IN THE - HOUSE FROM DEMOCRATS ON BUILD - BACK BETTER. - THAT WILL PASS WHEN IT COMES UP, - I THINK. - THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE EASY - PART. - ONCE WE GET PAST THIS, YOU AND I - WILL PROBABLY SPEND TIME TALKING - ABOUT THE SENATE WHERE THINGS - ARE STILL VERY TRICKY ON THE - LARGE BILL. - >> Woodruff: FOLLOW THE - BOUNCING BALL. - I HAVE A FEELING YOU WILL BE - WORKING LATE TONIGHT, LISA - DESJARDINS. - >> Reporter: THE WEEKEND WILL - COME. - >> Woodruff: IT WILL COME. - LISA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> Reporter: YOU'RE WELCOME. - >> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, THE OCTOBER JOBS REPORT - SHOWED A NEW SURGE OF HIRING, - AFTER THE LATEST COVID-19 SURGE. - EMPLOYERS ADDED A NET
- 531,000 WORKERS, AND - UNEMPLOYMENT DROPPED TO 4.6%. - PRESIDENT BIDEN HAILED THE - NUMBERS AND TOUTED HIS POLICIES. - >> FORECASTERS SAID IT WOULD - TAKE TILL THE END OF 2023-- - TO THE END OF 2023-- TO GET TO - 4.6% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. - TODAY WE HAVE REACHED THAT RATE - TWO YEARS BEFORE FORECASTERS - THOUGHT THAT WAS POSSIBLE. - I WOULD HUMBLY SUGGEST THAT THIS - IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT - FROM WHEN I TOOK OFFICE. - >> Woodruff: WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER - LOOK AT ALL THIS AFTER THE NEWS - SUMMARY. - PFIZER ANNOUNCED STRONG RESULTS - TODAY FOR AN ORAL MEDICATION TO - TREAT COVID. - TRIALS SHOW THE PILL CUTS - INFECTIONS AND DEATHS BY NEARLY - 90% IN HIGH-RISK ADULTS. - PFIZER SAID IT WILL APPLY SOON - FOR F.D.A. AUTHORIZATION. - ALSO TODAY, AT LEAST 26 STATES-- - NEARLY ALL OF THEM LED BY - REPUBLICANS-- SUED TO BLOCK A - FEDERAL VACCINE REQUIREMENT FOR - LARGE COMPANIES. - THREE WHITE MEN ACCUSED OF - MURDERING A BLACK MAN, AHMAUD
- ARBERY, FORMALLY WENT ON TRIAL - TODAY IN BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. - THE PROSECUTOR CHARGED THAT - THEY JUMPED TO CONCLUSIONS - THAT ARBERY WAS A BURGLAR, - BEFORE CHASING AFTER HIM. - THE DEFENSE ARGUED, THEY WERE - DEFENDING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. - THEY SPOKE IN OPENING - STATEMENTS. - >> ALL THREE OF THESE DEFENDANTS - DID EVERYTHING THEY DID BASED ON - ASSUMPTIONS. - AND THEY MADE DECISIONS IN - THEIR DRIVEWAYS BASED ON THOSE - ASSUMPTIONS THAT TOOK A YOUNG - MAN'S LIFE. - >> THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO - BELIEVE A FELONY HAD BEEN - COMMITTED, AND THAT THIS MAN WAS - ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE OR FLEE. - THAT'S WHY CITIZENS ARREST IS IN - THIS CASE. - >> Woodruff: THE CASE IS - BEING HEARD BY A NEARLY - ALL-WHITE JURY - AUTHORITIES IN MEXICO ARE - CONDEMNING A NEW ERUPTION OF - DRUG VIOLENCE ALONG THEIR - CARIBBEAN COAST. - 15 GUNMEN STORMED ASHORE - THURSDAY NEAR A LUXURY RESORT - JUST SOUTH OF CANCUN, AND KILLED - TWO RIVAL GANG MEMBERS.
- TOURISTS AND RESORT STAFF TOOK - REFUGE IN A HOTEL AND WAITED FOR - THE SHOOTOUT TO END. - THE ATTACKERS ESCAPED BY BOAT. - THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE - DEMANDED STRONGER ACTION ON - CLIMATE CHANGE TODAY, OUTSIDE - THE ONGOING GLOBAL CLIMATE - SUMMIT IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. - THE PROTESTERS MARCHED, - CARRYING SIGNS AND CALLING FOR - WORLD LEADERS TO DO MORE. - THEY WARNED THAT THE SUMMIT - IS FALLING FAR SHORT OF WHAT IS - NEEDED. - THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT IS - MOVING TO HEED APPEALS THAT - IT DO MORE ON SO-CALLED - "HAVANA SYNDROME." - AMERICAN DIPLOMATS AND - INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS HAVE - REPORTED HUNDREDS OF CASES, - STARTING IN CUBA IN 2016. - NO ONE HAS IDENTIFIED A CAUSE. - TODAY, SECRETARY OF STATE - ANTONY BLINKEN ANNOUNCED A - NEW COORDINATOR OF THE - INVESTIGATIONS. - >> THESE INCIDENTS HAVE LEFT OUR - COLLEAGUES WITH PROFOUND HARM. - THEY'VE EXPERIENCED SERIOUS - PHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES, - INCLUDING PERSISTENT HEADACHES - AND HEARING LOSS. - THEY'VE ALSO EXPERIENCED
- PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM, INCLUDING - TRAUMA, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION. - >> Woodruff: THIS MONTH, - PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED A BILL TO - IMPROVE MEDICAL CARE FOR THOSE - REPORTING SYMPTOMS. - BOEING HAS AGREED TO PAY NEARLY - $238 MILLION TO SETTLE A - SHAREHOLDERS LAWSUIT OVER SAFETY - OVERSIGHT OF THE 737-MAX. - THE SETTLEMENT ALSO CALLS FOR - A NEW DIRECTOR WITH SAFETY - EXPERTISE, AND AN OMBUDSMAN - PROGRAM. - THE 737-MAX PLANES WERE - GROUNDED FOR 20 MONTHS AFTER - TWO FATAL CRASHES. - AND ON WALL STREET TODAY, - STOCKS REACHED MORE - RECORD CLOSES AFTER THE - OCTOBER JOBS REPORT. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - GAINED 203 POINTS TO FINISH AT - 36,328. - THE NASDAQ ROSE 31 POINTS. - THE S&P 500 ADDED 17. - STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT EFFORTS TO - ADDRESS AFGHANISTAN'S GROWING - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. - NICARAGUA'S LEADER FURTHER - DISMANTLES THE COUNTRY'S
- DEMOCRACY, AND TIGHTENS HIS GRIP - ON POWER, AHEAD OF ELECTIONS. - PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVELIST - LOUISE ERDRICH DISCUSSES THE - IMPOANCE OF INDIGENOUS - LITERATURE. - PLUS, MUCH MORE. - >> Woodruff: AS WE REPORTED, - THE LATEST JOBS DATA SHOWED - SIGNIFICANT GROWTH ACROSS - DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE - ECONOMY, A PROMISING SIGN OF - RECOVERY IN THE WAKE OF THE - COVID-19 DELTA VARIANT SURGE. - AMNA NAWAZ EXPLAINS. - >> Nawaz: JUDY, NOT ONLY DID - THE GOVERNMENT REPORT STRONGER- - THAN-EXPECTED GAINS LAST MONTH, - BUT IT ALSO FOUND MORE JOBS WERE - CREATED IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER - THAN HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY - ESTIMATED. - LAST MONTH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR - PICKED UP MOMENTUM, WITH THE - LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY SECTOR - ADDING 164,000 JOBS. - THE PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS SECTOR
- GREW BY 100,000, AND - MANUFACTURING BY 60,000. - JOINING US FROM CHICAGO - TO EXPLAIN WHAT THIS MEANS, - IS DIANE SWONK, CHIEF ECONOMIST - AT GRANT THORTON. - WELCOME BACK TO THE - "NEWSHOUR". - THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. - I WONDER BIG PICTURE, YOU SEE - THE JOB NUMBERS GROWING, - UNEMPLOYMENT DIPPED SLIGHTLY - OVERALL WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE, - WHERE ARE THE PICTURE IT PAINTS - AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE - RECOVERY. - >> WELL, IT MEANS WE'RE FINALLY - MAKING MORE PROGRESS AGAIN - TOWARDS HEALING. - WE HAVEN'T FULLY RECOUPED ALL - THE JOBS LOST BUT WE'RE - WHITTLING AWAY AT IT MUCH MORE - RAPIDLY AND I THINK WE'RE GOING - TO SEE AN ACCELERATION ONCE WE - GO INTO NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. - THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO - ACTUALLY COULDN'T WORK BECAUSE - THEY WERE ILL ACTUALLY FELL BY - 150,000 BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND - OCTOBER AGAIN A SIGN OF THE - DELTA WAVE EASING ITS PRESSURE - ON THE U.S. ECONOMY WE SAW OVER - THE SUMMER AND EVEN THEN, AS WE - ALREADY HEARD, THE ECONOMY WAS - IN MUCH MORE RESILIENT DURING - THE SUMMER.
- MORE IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS HOW - THE PRIVATE SECTOR ACCELERATED - JOB GAINS AND OFFS.A.T. DECLIPS - IN EDUCATION WHICH IS A PROBLEM - BUT GOOD NEWS THEY'RE PICKING UP - THE BATON SECTOR AT A CRITICAL - TIME WHEN MILLIONS HAVE LOST THE - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THEY HAD - IN SEPTEMBER AND THE SUPPLEMENTS - THAT GENERALLY LAPSED SEPTEMBER. - >> Reporter: RELATED TO THAT. - LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION DID - REMAIN FLAT, AROUND 61, 62%, SO - ABOUT 100,000 MORE PEOPLE - ENTERED THE WORKFORCE BUT - MILLIONS STAYED OUT. - THAT MEANS THERE ARE STILL - WORKER SHORTAGES. - A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WOULD - CHANGE WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT AGAIN - FITS WENT AWAY AND SCHOOL - STARTED BACK UP. - HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THE THE - WORKFORCE NUMBER? - >> THAT IS ONE TO HAVE THE - BIGGEST PROBLEMS. - NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE 1.5 MILLION - EXCESS RETIREMENTS ABOVE THE - TREND WE HAD SEEN PRE-PANDEMIC - DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE DON'T - KNOW IF THE WORKERS STAYING IN - THE SHADOW ON THE SIDELINES WILL - COME BACK.
- WE LOST A LOT OF WORKERS TO HONG - HAUL COVID AS WELL, OVER A - MILLION WORKERS CURRENTLY - STRUGGLING WITH LONG-HAUL COVID - WHICH IS A DISABILITY. - THEY HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR - DISABILITY YET BUT THEY MAY BE - SOMETHING WE SEE GOING FORWARD. - MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THE NEED TO - PROVIDE CARE, CHILDCARE IN - PARTICULAR, NOT ONLY DID WE SEE - EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT CONTINUE TO - FALL, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS - THE COUNTRY STRUGGLED TO TRY TO - COMPETE WITH THE AMAZONS AND - WAL-MARTS OF THE WORLD TO PUT - SUPPORT STAFF FOR MANY OF THE - AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT MAKE - IT POSSIBLE FOR LOW-WAGE PARENTS - AND SINGLE PARENTS TO ACTUALLY - GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE. - THAT'S REALLY A HURDLE OUT - THERE. - WE ALSO SAW CHILDCARE CONTINUE - TO DECLINE. - SO, IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT. - SO THAT CHILDCARE ASPECT OF IT, - GETTING WOMEN BACK INTO THE - LABOR FORCE, THOUGH THEY - UPTICKED IN THEIR PARTICIPATION - A BIT AFTER LOSING GROUND IN - SEPTEMBER, WE'RE STILL MISSING A - LOT OF WOMEN HARDE HIT BY THE - INITIAL LAYOFFS. - >> THE.
- >> Reporter: THE RECOVERY HAS - NOT BEEN EQUAL FOR EVERYONE. - I WANT TO LOOK AT NUMBERS FROM - EARLIER THIS YEAR. - >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT STATES WITH - HIGHER VACCINATION RATES VERSUS - LOWER ONES AND HOW THE RECOVERY - IS GOING, ACCORDING TO FITCH - RATINGS, AN MARKET ANALYSIS, - BETWEEN MARCH AND AUGUST, AN - INCREASE, 123% OF JOBS CAME - BACK. - WYOMING FROM MARCH TO AUGUST, - VERY LOW VACCINATION RATE OF - 44%, 89% DECREASE IN THE NUMBER - OF JOBS. - HAS THAT TREND, HIGHER - VACCINATION RATE, FASTER - RECOVERY, HAS THAT CONTINUED? - >> WELL, WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT - THERE, THAT IS PART OF THE - TREND, AND IT'S LAYERED ON TOP - OF THE IDEA THAT WHEN WE HAVE - LESS FEAR OF CON TABLEN WE CAN - CONGREGATE MORE AND GO TO - VACATION HOT SPOTS, TRAVEL MORE, - DO ALL THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO, - SEE EACH OTHER MORE, WE CAN GO - AND GET MEDICAL VISITS WE - DEFERRED DURING THE CRISIS. - THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AS MUCH - DURING THE SUMMER, DURING THE - DELTA WAVE AND THOSE VACCINATION - RATES DID PLAY A ROLE BECAUSE - THEY HAPPENED TO BE IN PLACES
- THAT ALSO WERE HIT HARDEST BY - SOME OF THESE SERVICE SECTOR - LOSSES. - WE ARE SEEING PLACES THAT DO - HAVE HIGHER VACCINATION RATES - LIKE NEW YORK CITY WHERE PEOPLE - AREN'T RETURNING AS MUCH TO - THEIR OFFICES. - THE WORK FROM HOME PHENOMENA HAS - ALSO BEEN A PROBLEM OF NOT - HAVING WORKERS WHERE THE JOBS - ARE. - THE JOBS ARE IN THE SUBURBS AND - VACATION HOT SPOTS AND THE - WORKERS IN URBAN AREAS DON'T - HAVE A WAY TO HAVE GETTING THERE - AND IFHEY DO THE COST OF - COMMUTING HAS GONE UP SO MUCH - THAT EVEN THE WAGE GAINS WE'VE - SEEN AT THE LOWER WAGE JOBS ARE - MAKING IT HARD FOR THEM TO - APPLY. - >> Reporter: WE'RE STILL - 4 MILLION JOBS OF WHERE WE WERE - AT THE PEEK IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. - DIANE SWONK JOINING US, CHIEF - ECONOMIST AT GRANT THORTON FROM - CHICAGO. - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: IT'S BEEN NEARLY - THREE MONTHS SINCE THE TALIBAN
- TAKEOVER OF AFGHANISTAN, AND THE - COUNTRY IS IN ECONOMIC AND - HUMANITARIAN FREE FALL. - OUR JANE FERGUSON WAS THERE IN - AUGUST AND, WITH THE SUPPORT OF - THE PULITZER CENTER, SHE'S NOW - RETURNED TO REPORT ON THE - INCREASINGLY DIRE SITUATION. - AND JANE JOINS ME NOW. - JANE, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. - TELL US, YOU HAVE BEEN IN - AFGHANISTAN NOW FOR OVER A WEEK. - GIVE US A SENSE OF JUST HOW - SERIOUS THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS - IS. - >> A NUMBER OF FACTORS, JUDY, - HAVE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE IT AN - ABSOLUTE ECONOMIC FREE FALL - HERE. - WE JUST RETURNED FROM HARAT - WHERE DROUGHT, WHEAT REDUCED - MORE THAN A THIRD. - MOST PEOPLE RELY ON WHEAT FOR - BREAD AS A STAPLE. - HOSPITALS ARE FINDING THEIR - WARDS FILLED WITH TYBEE SICK - BABIES, WITH MOTHERS WHO CAN'T - FEED THEIR BABIES, WITH MANY - FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO - FEED THEIR FAMILIES AT ALL. - ALSO THE AIDE COMMUNITY LARGELY
- LEFT. - MANY OF THE AIDE ORGANIZATIONS - ARE STILL HERE BUT IN A MUCH - SMALLER CAPACITY. - PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH - ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED BY THE - INTERNATIONAL AIDE COMMUNITY - HAVE HAD THEIR SALARIES STOPPED. - >> Woodruff: JANE, IN ADDITN - TO THAT, THERE'S THE ISSUE OF - TERROR THREATS, THERE WAS AN - ATTACK IN KABUL LAST WEEK THAT - LEFT OVER 2 DOZEN PEOPLE DEAD. - GIVE US A SENSE OF THE NATURE OF - THE THREAT NOW THAT THE - TALIBAN'S IN CONTROL. - >> WELL, DESPITE THE FACT THAT - THE TALIBAN USED TO UNDERTAKE - THESE KINDS OF ATTACKS ON A - REGULAR BASIS FOR YEARS IN - KABUL, THEY NOW FIND THEMSELVES - HAVING TO REPEL THESE ATTACKS, - THAT THEY'RE BEING CARRIED OUT - BY THE AFGHAN VERSION OF - I.S.I.S. OR ISIS-K AS THEY CALL - IT HERE. - TUESDAY, THERE WAS A HUGE ATTACK - IN A MAJOR MILITARY HOSPITAL - HERE IN THE CENTER OF KABUL, AND - THAT KILLED ABOUT 25 PEOPLE - INCLUDING A SENIOR COMMANDER - WITHIN THE TALIBAN.
- SO THAT WAS A MAJOR VICTORY FOR - I.S.I.S. OVER THE TALIBAN, AND - ONLY UNDERSCORES THE PRESSURE - THAT THE GROUP IS UNDER. - THEY'RE MEANT TO BE THE GROUP OF - LAW AND ORDER OF BRINGING AN END - TO THIS WAR, THAT'S WHAT THEY - SAID WHENEVER THEY ENTERED - KABUL, BUT IF PEOPLE HERE - CONTINUE TO SEE THESE ATTACKS, - IT CONTINUES TO UNDERMINE THEIR - GRIP OF POWER ACROSS THE - COUNTRY. - >> Woodruff: AND, JANE, YOU - WERE TELL US IT'S NOT JUST - I.S.I.S., THERE ARE OTHER - CHALLENGES FACING THIS NEW - GOVERNMENT. - >> THERE ARE HUGE CHALLENGES - FACING THE TALIBAN, ARGUABLY - EVEN LARGER THAN THE I.S.I.S. - THREAT AT THE MOMENT. - EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGES TO THEIR - CONTROL OF THIS COUNTRY. - MANY OF THE TECHNOCRATS, MOST - ARE NOT BACK IN THEIR JOBS. - MOST GOT ON THOSE C-17 FLIGHTS - OUT OF THIS COUNTRY. - WHEN YOU GO TO MAJOR GOVERNMENT - MINISTRIES IN THE HUGE BUILDINGS - IN KABUL, MOST ARE EMPTY. - THERE ARE NOT PEOPLE HERE - RUNNING THE COUNTRY. - ADDED TO THAT IS THE FACT THAT - EVEN IF THEY WERE HERE THEY
- WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR - SALARIES, AND THEY'RE ONLY GOING - TO COME UNDER PRIOR PRESSURE - FROM THE PUBLIC AS PEOPLE FACE - EXTREME ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS AND - FAMINE. - THEY ARE ALSO STRUGGLING TO - REALLY BUILD AN INTERNATIONAL - ENTITY FOR THEMSELVES, OR AT - LEAST TO BE ACCEPTED - INTERNATIONALLY. - THEY VERY MUCH SO WANT TO BE - TAKEN SERIOUSLY DIPLOMATICALLY. - HOWEVER, THEIR MOVES, SINCE - TAKING OVER THE GOVERNMENT HERE, - HAVE NOT MADE THAT EASY FOR THE - INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. - BANNING GIRLS FROM SCHOOL FROM A - CERTAIN AGE, TEENAGE GIRLS ARE - NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO SCHOOL, - UNIVERSITY, YOU KNOW, FORMING A - GOVERNMENT THAT DOESN'T - REPRESENT THE VARIOUS - ETHNICITIES IN THE GOVERNMENT, - IN THE COUNTRY ACROSS - AFGHANISTAN, MANY OF THESE MOVES - HAVE BEEN SEEN AS ISOLATING THEM - EVEN FURTHER FROM DIPLOMATIC - COMMUNITIES, AND THAT ONLY CUTS - THEM OFF FROM THE LIKELIHOOD OF - AID AND FINANCES EVEN FURTHER. - >> Woodruff: SOUNDS LIKE - PROBLEMS FROM EVERY DIRECTION, - ONE CAN IMAGINE. - JANE FERGUSON WHO IS REPORTING
- FOR US BACK IN AFGHANISTAN, - JANE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. - >> THANK YOU, JUDY. - >> Woodruff: NICARAGUA IS DAYS - AWAY FROM HOLDING AN ELECTION - THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CALLS - A "SHAM." - PRESIDENT DANIEL ORTEGA IS - SEEKING A FOURTH CONSECUTIVE - TERM, AND SILENCING THE - OPPOSITION BEFORE THE FIRST - VOTE IS CAST. - HE HAS JAILED OPPOSITION LEADERS - AND ATTACKED CRITICAL MEDIA, AND - HIS INEVITABLE VICTORY HAS - IMPLICATIONS FOR THE U.S. - NICK SCHIFRIN REPORTS. - >> Schifrin: NICARAGUA HAS - BECOME A POLICE STATE. - AND FOR THESE RELATIVES OF - OPPOSITION POLITICIANS WHO'VE - BEEN DETAINED, THE CRACKDOWN IS - COMPLETE. - >> THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY. - DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED. - >> Schifrin: CARLOS FERNANDO - CHAMORRO IS A NICARAGUAN - JOURNALIST, NOW IN EXILE. - HIS IS ONE NICARAGUA'S MOST - PROMINENT FAMILIES-- NOW THE - TARGET OF AUTHORITARIANISM. - HIS MOTHER, VIOLETTA, BECAME
- PRESIDENT IN THE 1990s BY - DEFEATING DANIEL ORTEGA DURING - HIS FIRST TERM. - CARLOS' COUSIN, JUAN SEBASTIÁN, - WAS AN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE, - BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED IN JUNE. - AND, HIS SISTER CHRISTIANA WAS - AN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE BEFORE - SHE WAS DETAINED AND CHARGED - BY ORTEGA'S GOVERNMENT WITH - MONEY LAUNDERING AND - "IDEOLOGICAL FALSENESS." - >> HE CANNOT FACE THE LEADERSHIP - THAT ARE TRYING TO REPRESENT - THIS ASPIRATION OF DEMOCRACY-- - DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE. - HE CANNOT RISK POWER IN A - COMPETITIVE ELECTION. - SO HE BASICALLY DECIDED TO - CANCEL THE ELECTORAL ROLL. - >> Schifrin: IN ALL, THIS YEAR, - NICARAGUAN AUTHORITIES HAVE - DETAINED SEVEN PRESIDENTIAL - CANDIDATES; 39 LEADERS PERCEIVED - AS GOVERNMENT OPPONENTS; RULED - MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTIES - ILLEGAL; SHUT DOWN DOZENS OF - NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; - AND RAIDED MAJOR MEDIA - ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING - CHAMORRO'S. - >> THERE IS AN ORDER OF ARREST - AGAINST MYSELF FOR BEING A - JOURNALIST. - WE HAVE A NEW POLITICAL MAJORITY - IN NICARAGUA. - IT WAS VERY CLEAR FROM THAT
- MOMENT WHEN PEOPLE TOOK UP THE - STREETS, - >> Schifrin: THE MAJORITY WAS - BORN IN 2018 PROTESTS. - ORTEGA ANNOUNCED CHANGES IN THE - COUNTRY'S PENSION SYSTEM THAT - IGNITED NATIONAL DEMONSTRATIONS. - THE RESPONSE WAS BRUTAL. - POLICE AND PRO-GOVERNMENT - PARAMILITARY GROUPS KILLED MORE - THAN 300 PEOPLE. - >> ( translated ): NICARAGUA IS - CURRENTLY LIVING AND SUFFERING - A DICTATORSHIP, BECAUSE THERE - ARE NO INDEPENDENT, AUTONOMOUS - DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS THAT - GUARANTEE THE RIGHTS OF - CITIZENS. - >> Schifrin: WENDY ACEVEDO - HAS BEEN A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST - FOR 20 YEARS. - IN 2018, POLICE RAIDED HER - OFFICE, AND ACCUSED HER GROUP - OF WHAT SHE CALLS TRUMPED-UP - CHARGES. - IT FORCED HER INTO EXILE. - SHE NOW HELPS LEADS A GROUP THAT - DOCUMENTS HUMAN RIGHTS - VIOLATIONS. - IT'S CALLED "NUNCA MAS"-- - SPANISH FOR "NEVER AGAIN." - >> ( translated ): NEVER AGAIN, - BECAUSE NEVER AGAIN DO WE WANT - DICTATORSHIP IN OUR COUNTRY. - NEVER AGAIN, IMPUNITY. - NEVER AGAIN, TO BE FORGOTTEN. - AND ONE OF OUR MAIN AREAS OF - WORK IS THE RECOVERY OF THE - HISTORICAL MEMORY.
- SO THESE SITUATIONS WE - NICARAGUANS HAVE EXPERIENCED, - NEVER HAPPEN TO US AGAIN. - >> Schifrin: ORTEGA'S BEEN AT - THE CENTER OF NICARAGUAN HISTORY - FOR DECADES. - HE CAME TO POWER AS A SANDANISTA - GUERRILLA COMMANDER, WHO HELPED - OVERTHROW A DICTATORSHIP, AND - BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1984. - AFTER LOSING TO VIOLETTA - CHOMORRO IN 1990, HE RETURNED TO - POWER IN 2006. - OVER TIME, HE CONSOLIDATED - POWER, MUZZLED DISSENT, AND - OVERSAW MODEST GROWTH. - BUT TODAY, NICARAGUA IS THE - REGION'S SECOND-POOREST COUNTRY. - 30% LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. - AND, SINCE 2018, THERE'S BEEN A - STEADY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, - AGGRAVATED BY COVID, AND - TWO CATEGORY-FOUR HURRICANES - THAT STRUCK WITHIN WEEKS OF - EACH OTHER. - THAT HELPED LEAD TO A MASS - EXODUS. - IN JUNE AND JULY, THE DEPARTMENT - OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS MORE - THAN 20,000 NICARAGUANS - ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE U.S. - BORDER, THE HIGHEST NUMBER EVER. - >> THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. - >> Schifrin: TIZIANO BREDA IS
- THE CENTRAL AMERICA ANALYST FOR - INTEATIONAL CRISIS GROUP. - >> AND THE COUNTRY AND THE - GOVERNMENT RESULTING FROM THIS - ONE-SIDED ELECTION IS UNLIKELY - TO ATTRACT AND TO RESTORE THE - SORT OF ECONOMIC BUOYANCY THAT - YOU EXPERIENCED BEFORE. - >> Schifrin: THE TRUMP AND - BIDEN ADMINISTRATIONS IMPOSED - TARGETED SANCTIONS AND TRAVEL - BANS ON ORTEGA, HIS WIFE, VICE - PRESIDENT ROSARIO MURILLO, AND - OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS. - AND JUST THIS WEEK, LAWMAKERS - APPROVED NEW LEGISLATION CALLING - FOR MORE SANCTIONS ON - NICARAGUANS "RESPONSIBLE FOR - UNFAIR ELECTIONS." - TODAY, A SENIOR BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SAID THE - PRESIDENT WOULD AVOID SIGNING - THE BILL BEFORE SUNDAY'S - ELECTION, IN ORDER TO AVOID - GIVING ORTEGA A JUSTIFICATION - FOR FUTURE CRACKDOWNS. - BUT FOR A PRESIDENT WHO'S BEEN - FOCUSED ON PROMOTING DEMOCRACY, - SUNDAY'S ELECTIONS IS A DIRECT - CHALLENGE, BREDA SAYS. - >> IT COULD SET A VERY DANGEROUS - PRECEDENT IN THE REGION, - AND IT COULD BE USED BY OTHERS, - LIKE EITHER ONE OF THESE - AUTHORITARIAN, TO FOLLOW - ORTEGA'S FOOTSTEPS IF THEY - PERCEIVE THAT THE COST OF DOING - THAT WOULD NOT BE SO HIGH. - >> Schifrin: BUT THE COST HAS
- BEEN HIGH, FOR THE ACTIVISTS. - YOU'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR HUMAN - RIGHTS FOR DECADES. - YOU'VE HAD TO FLEE YOUR HOME. - WHY IS IT WORTH IT? - >> ( translated ): I WANT A - FREE NICARAGUA, A DEMOCRATIC - NICARAGUA, THAT RESPECTS - HUMAN RIGHTS. - MAY MY DAUGHTER AND SON LIVE IN - PEACE, IN FREEDOM. - THAT THEY CAN HAVE EDUCATION, - HEALTH, AND ALL THE RIGHTS THAT - EVERY PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE IN ANY - COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. - AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS - CAN BRING ABOUT PROFOUND CHANGES - IN OUR SOCIETY. - >> Schifrin: BUT RIGHT NOW, - CHANGE IS NOT COMING. - THIS WEEKEND, ORTEGA WILL - DECLARE VICTORY, AND TRY AND - ENTRENCH HIS RULE EVEN DEEPER. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - NICK SCHIFRIN. - >> Woodruff: DEMOCRATS AND - REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY - ARE EXAMINING TUESDAY NIGHT'S - SURPRISING ELECTION RESULTS, - WITH AN EYE TOWARD CRAFTING - THEIR STRATEGIES FOR NEXT YEAR'S - CRUCIAL MIDTERM ELECTION RACES. - MEANWHILE, DIGNITARIES IN - WASHINGTON TODAY GATHERED TO
- REMEMBER THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF - FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE - COLIN POWELL. - HERE TO ADD PERSPECTIVE ON - ALL THIS, AND MORE, ARE CAPEHART - AND ABERNATHY. - THAT'S JONATHAN CAPEHART, - COLUMNIST FOR THE "WASHINGTON - POST," AND GARY ABERNATHY, AN - OHIO-BASED WRITER AND - CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST FOR THE - "WASHINGTON POST." - DAVID BROOKS IS AWAY. - IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE BOTH OF - YOU AND, GARY, YOU'RE HERE FROM - OHIO, AND WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU. - >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. - >> Woodruff: WHAT A WEEK, AS - THE THREE OF US WERE JUST - SAYING. - JONATHAN CAPEHART, YOU'VE NOW - HAD THREE WHOLE DAYS TO THINK - ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT THE - VOTERS SAID ON TUESDAY, AND WHAT - DO YOU THINK IT WAS? - >> SO I SPLIT IT BETWEEN - VIRGINIA AND NEW JERSEY, WITH - VIRGINIA, GOVERNOR ELECT GLENN - YOUNGKIN SHOWED IT'S POSSIBLE TO - EMBRACE TRUMP VOTERS BUT AT THE - SAME TIME KEEP DONALD TRUMP - PHYSICALLY OUT OF YOUR STATE. - HE SHOWED, AS I MENTIONED LAST - WEEK, THE ROLE OF PLAYING ON - RACIAL FEAR TO DRIVE PEOPLE OUT
- TO THE POLLS PARTICULARLY WHEN - IT COMES TO SO-CALLED CRITICAL - RACE THEORY. - IN NEW JERSEY, THE NEAR - POLITICAL DEATH EXPERIENCE OF - GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY, DEMOCRAT, - TO MY MIND SHOWS THE BIGGER - PROBLEM THAT THE NATIONAL - DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS. - GOVERNOR MURPHY IS POPULAR IN - NEW JERSEY, HE WAS RUNNING ON - THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA, - BASICALLY, AND THE FACT THAT HE - SQUEAKED IT OUT SAYS THAT FOLKS - IN NEW JERSEY ARE TIRED, - SEEMINGLY, OF THE DYSFUNCTION OF - DEMOCRATS ARGUING WITH EACH - OTHER OVER BILLS, NOT BEING ABLE - TO SHOW THEY CAN GET ANYTHING - DONE. - >> Woodruff: WE SAW MORE OF - THAT TODAY. - >> STILL GOING ON TODAY. - >> Woodruff: RIGHT. - SO THE PARTY HAS TO FIGURE - OUT HOW TO REACH THOSE VOTERS - THAT GLENN YOUNGKIN REACHED, BE - ABLE TO TALK TO THEM, BUT ALSO - SHOW THE COUNTRY THAT THEY'RE - COMPETENT, THAT THEY ARE WORTHY - OF BEING ENTRUSTED WITH - GOVERNING. - >> Woodruff: GARY ABERNATHY,
- WHAT MESSAGES DO YOU THINK THE - VOTERS WERE -- - >> WELL, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF - DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING THAT THE - MESSAGE WAS WE NEED TO DO MORE, - WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS, WE WERE - PUNISHED FOR NOT PASSING THESE - BILLS WE PROMISED WE WERE GOING - TO PASS. - I THINK IT'S THE OPPOSITE. - I THINK VOTERS WERE SAYING WE - DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. - NOW, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT - THINGS HERE AND THE DEMOCRATS - TRY TO TIE THEM TOGETHER, THE - INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND THE - BUILD BACK BETTER BILL, TWO - DIFFERENT THINGS. - THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL HAS - TREMENDOUS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, - THEY SHOULD PASS THAT TONIGHT - AND SHOW THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING - NOT JUST POLITICALLY BUT THE - COUNTRY NEEDS THIS - INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. - BUT PEOPLE THOUGHT, WE HAVE TO - REMEMBER, THE 2020 ELECTION WAS - A REFERENDUM ON DRUCH. - IT WAS NOT ABOUT ISSUES, IT WAS - NOT ABOUT WHAT BIDEN WAS - PROMISING TO DO, IT WAS WE - EITHER WANT MORE TRUMP OR - KILLING HIM OUT, THEY VOTED TO - KICK HIM OUT, THE MAJORITY DID, - BUT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE - GETTING A SAFE ALTERNATIVE WITH - JOE BIDEN AND HE TURNED OUT TO - BE A GUY WHO'S BEEN MUCH MORE
- AGGRESSIVELY LIBERAL WITH THE - BERNIE SANDERS WING THAN PEOPLE - WERE VOTING FOR. - ONE KEY THING FROM THE EXIT - POLLS ON THE -- THE EDISON EXIT - POLLS THAT I THINK "THE - WASHINGTON POST" USED AND OTHER - NETWORKS, SAID THAT TRUMP IS - STILL UNPOPULAR IN VIRGINIA. - SEVEN OUT OF TEN VOTERS THOUGHT - YOUNGKIN'S POLICIES AND IDEAS - WERE MUCH LIKE TRUMPS. - DIDN'T HURT HIM A BIT, HE WON. - PEOPLE WERE OKAY WITH TRUMP'S - POLICIES, THEY JUST DIDN'T LIKE - TRUMP. - >> Woodruff: WHAT ABOUT WHAT - THE DEMOCRATS ARE OFFERING? - I HEAR THE TWO OF YOU SAYING - DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT WHETHER - AMERICANS WANT WHAT THE - DEMOCRATS ARE DEBATING AND STILL - HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PASS YET. - >> I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM, - THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO - PASS IT. - IF YOU TEASE OUT EVERY LITTLE - THING OUT OF BOTH THE - INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, WHICH WE - KNOW THE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, BUT - EVEN WHAT'S IN THE BUILD BACK - BETTER ACT, LAST I CHECKED, SO - MANY THINGS IN IT, BUT IF YOU - TEASE OUT THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES, - THEY HAVE POPULAR SUPPORT. - IT'S JUST THAT, IF YOU'RE GOING - TO GO FOR IT AND YOU'VE GOT THE - HOUSE AND YOU'VE GOT THE SENATE
- AND YOU HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE, TO - THE LARGER AMERICAN PUBLIC WHO - DOESN'T FOLLOW THE STUFF THE WAY - WE DO, SIT BACK AND THINK WHY - DEPARTMENT YOU GET ANYTHING DONE - IF YOU HAVE ALL THREE BRANCHES, - AND THIS IS WHY THIS IS SUCH A - PROBLEM FOR DEMOCRATS AND THE - PRESIDENT. - >> Woodruff: WHAT I HEAR YOU - SAYING, GARY, IS EVEN IF THEY - PASS THIS OTHER PIECE OF - LEGISLATION THAT THAT MAY NOT - HELP THE DEMOCRATS. - >> I THINK THAT IT HURTS THEM. - AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SAY, - JONATHAN AND I WERE DISAGREEING - ON THIS, BUT THE MESSAGE TUESDAY - WAS WE DON'T LIKE THE DIRECTION - YOU'RE GOING. - THE DEMOCRATS, REALLY, IF THEY - STOPPED TO EVALUATE WHAT - HAPPENED TUESDAY, THEY WOULD BE - BETTER OFF SITTING AND LETTING - JOE MANCHIN LEAD THE DISCUSSION - WHILE BERNIE SANDERS AND - ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SIT TO - THE SIDE A BIT AND LISTEN. - BECAUSE I THINK MARCHEN, TO - HIS -- MANCHIN HAS A PULSE ON - WHERE AMERICA IS AT NOW AND, NO, - THE DEMOCRAT PARTY DOESN'T HAVE - TO BECOME THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, - BUT JOE MANCHIN IS A PRETTY
- CENTRIST DEMOCRAT WHO'S TRYING - TO WAVE THE RED FLAG AND RING - THE WARNING BELLS AND NO ONE'S - LISTENING TO HIM YET. - >> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE - BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN, FOR - INSTANCE, WOULD LOVE FOR THERE - TO BE PAID FAMILY LEAVE. - AND I GET CONSERVATIVES LOOK AT - PAID FAMILY LEAVE AS PAYING - PEOPLE TO STAY HOME INSTEAD OF - LOOKING AT THE DOMINO EFFECT OF - WHAT IT MEANS IN ORDER FOR A - FAMILY TO NOT RISK THEIR JOB IN - ORDER TO STAY HOME FOR - WHATEVER -- FOR WHATEVER - REASON -- GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A - PARENT, A NEW CHILD COMING INTO - THE FAMILY, THERE ARE ECONOMIC - BENEFITS THAT THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE WANT, THE EARNED INCOME - TAX CREDIT FOR CHILDREN, ANY - NUMBER OF THINGS. - I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT THE - AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T WANT THESE - THINGS AND THAT THESE AREN'T, - YOU KNOW, A GRAB BAG OF THINGS - TO JUST GIVE AWAY. - THEY HAVE A BENEFIT FOR THE - LONG-TERM HEALTH AND SECURITY, - ECONOMIC AND WELL BEING OF THIS - COUNTRY.
- >> I THINK AMERICANS DO WANT A - LOT OF THOSE THINGS, AND THEY DO - POLL AS POPULAR ITEM BY ITEM, - BUT AMERICANS LOVE ICE CREAM. - IF YOU DID A POLL, YOU WOULD - FIND OUT ALMOST 100% OF - AMERICANS LOVE ICE CREAM. - IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY APPROVE OF - SPENDING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO - GIVE EVERYONE FREE ICE CREAM. - NOT EVERYONE CAN HAVE THINGS - THAT EVERYONE WOULD SAY, GEE, - THAT WOULD BE NICE, BUT THERE - COMES A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE - SAY WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, - WHETHER WE'RE TALKING - 6 TRILLION, 3 TRILLION, - 1 TRILLION, IT DOESN'T EXIST. - THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW THAT - DOESN'T EXIST, TOO. - YES, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THESE - THINGS, BUT DO OUR GREAT - GRANDCHILDREN PAY FOR IT? - >> Woodruff: ANOTHER ANALYSIS - FROM JAMES CARVILLE, LONGTIME - STRATIST ON THIS PROGRAM - WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JONATHAN, - ESSENTIALLY SAID THIS "WOKE - BUSINESS" HAS GONE TOO FAR, THE - FOCUS ON INJUSTICE IN OUR - SOCIETY. - DOES HE HAVE A POINT OR NOT? - >> HE HAS A POINT UP TO A POINT. - I UNDERSTAND WHERE JAMES
- CARVILLE IS COMING FROM. - I HEARD THE QUOTE IN FULL AND IN - CONTEXT, I GET WHERE HE'S COMING - FROM, BUT WHAT HE'S DONE IS HE'S - BASICALLY SAID TO THE BASE OF - THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WHO CARES - WHAT YOU THINK? - HE CALLS IT "WOKENESS." - IT'S NOT WOKENESS TO WANT TO BE - TREATED FAIRLY BY TESTIFY - POLICE - IT'S NOT WOKENESS TO WANT LAW - ENFORCEMENT TO NOT VIEW YOU - INSTANTLY AS A CRIMINAL, - INSTANTLY AS A BAD GUY. - IT'S NOT WOKENESS TO DEMAND THAT - OUR NATION'S HISTORY BE TAUGHT - AND REFLECTED ACCURATELY. - THAT'S NOT WOKENESS. - AT A MINIMUM, IT'S ASKING FOR - DIGNITY AND RESPECT. - AND, SO, FOR SOMEONE, A - DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST LIKE JAMES - CARVILLE TO SAY THOSE THINGS - BASICALLY TO THE BASE TO HAVE - THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY -- TO THE - BASE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS - REALLY UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I
- THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT THESE - ISSUES OF INJUSTICE AND TALK - ABOUT HOW TO MOVE THE COUNTRY - FORWARD TOGETHER. - THESE DON'T HAVE TO BE TWO - SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS. - >> Woodruff: THIS IS A LARGER - DEBATE THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE, - GARY. - >> I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH A LOT - OF WHAT JONATHAN JUST SAID. - I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE - ROLE OF SLAVERY, THE ROLE OF - RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WE - SHOULD DO MORE OF THAT. - I AGREE WITH THAT. - BUT THERE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE -- - I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS, WITH - THE WOKENESS, WHAT A LOT OF US - THINK OF AS THE WOKENESS, THE - CANCEL CULTURE, IS THAT WE HAVE - TO CREATE VILLAINS. - WE HAVE TO DEMON EYES. - -- DEMONIZE. - TO LIFT ONE SET OF PEOPLE UP, WE - HAVE TO DEMONIZE ANOTHER SET. - >> I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE - CONCEPT COMES FROM OF DEMONIZING - PEOPLE. - THE PEOPLE WHO I TALK TO AND AM - ASSOCIATED WH AND RELATED TO, - WE'RE NOT ABOUT DEMONIZING - ANYBODY. - WHAT ABOUT, HEY, COULD YOU
- RECOGNIZE FOR A HOT MINUTE WHAT - WE GO THROUGH? - COULD YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THERE - WAS A CLIP OF A YOUNGKIN - SUPPORTER SAYING, WELL IF YOUNG - PEOPLE JUST, WOYOU KNOW, TREAT E - POLICE WITH RESPECT WHEN THEY'RE - STOPPED EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY. - NO, THAT IS NOT TRUE. - THAT IS NOT TRUE. - AND, SO, YOU KNOW, FOR -- UNTIL - SOMEONE LIKE HER IS ABLE TO SEE - THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE ALWAYS - GOING TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. - >> Woodruff: LIKE THAT YOUNG - PERSON. - >> WE TEND TO, ON ALL THINGS - WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT - CRITICAL RACE THEORY, WHICH IS - NOT BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, - IT'S A THEORY THAT A LOT OF - PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAE - TAUGHT. - >> IT'S TAUGHT IN LAW SCHOOL. - YEAH. - BUT THERE HAVE BEEN PUSHES TO - GET IT MORE INTO CURRICULUMS. - >> THAT'S A LARGER CONVERSATION. - >> Woodruff: THAT'S A LARGER - CONVERSATION. - >> BUT THERE ARE -- IT'S LIKE - ONE EXTREME OR THE OTHER. - YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TALK TO - RECOGNIZE MORE ABOUT WHAT, AS I - SAID, SLAVERY AND ACE AND RACISE
- PLAYED A ROLE THROUGHOUT HISTORY - IN THE BUILDING OF THIS COUNTRY - AND DO THAT HONESTLY, AND WHITE - PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO - SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? - WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE THAT WELL - AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB - OF THAT AND RECOGNIZE IT, BUT - WITHOUT MAKING US FEEL LIKE THE - VILLAINS FOR DOING IT. - AND I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF - THAT. - THERE'S A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON - WHITE PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL A - CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GUILT OVER - THIS AND WE NEED TO GET PAST - THAT. - >> Woodruff: I WANT YOU TO - MAKE A COMMENT AND THEN I WANT - TO BRING UP SOMETHING. - >> SURE. - I'M NOT ASKING FOR GUILT, BUT I - DO THINK WHITE PEOPLE HAVE TO - GET OVER FEELING VILLAINIZED - JUST EVEN WHEN THE WORD "RACE" - IS USED IN A SENTENCE, THAT'S - ALL. - >> Woodruff: IT'S A - CONVERSATION WE SHOULD CONTINUE - TO HAVE NEXT FRIDAY. - BUT SPEAKING OF ALL THIS, - SOMEONE WHO I THINK REPRESENTS - WHAT BLACK AMERICANS HAVE MEANT - TO THIS COUNTRY WAS MEMORIALIZED - TODAY AND THAT WAS, OF COURSE,
- COLIN POWELL. - THERE WAS A SERVICE FOR HIM. - HE WAS REMEMBERED AS SOMEONE WHO - WAS AN EXAMPLE FOR GENERATIONS - TO COME, SOMEONE WHO WORKED - ACROSS PARTY LINES. - IN JUST A FEW WORDS, JONATHAN, - WHAT IS HIS LEGACY? - WE SHOULD WE TAKE AWAY FROM THIS - MAN? - >> HE WAS A STATESMAN. - HE WAS A WARRIOR STATESMAN. - HE WAS THE BEST OF THIS COUNTRY. - WHEN HE WAS THINKING OF RUNNING - FOR PRESIDENT IN THE - '96 ELECTION, I WAS A YOUNG - EDITORIAL WRITER AT THE - "NEW YORK DAILY NEWS," I WAS A - BIG FAN OF PRESIDENT CLINTON, - BUT THE IDEA THAT A BLACK MAN - WOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND HA - A CHANCE TO WIN LEFT ME A LITTLE - CONFLICTED BECAUSE HE WAS A - WALKING ROLE MODEL OF WHO WE - SHOULD BE AS AMERICANS BUT ALSO - WALKING ROLE MODEL FOR ME, A - YOUNG BLACK MAN. - SEEING A BLACKMAN LIKE HIM - WALKING THROUGH THE CARTERS OF - POWER AS IF HE WAS WALKING IN - THE PARK DR. THROUGH THE
- CORRIDORS OF POWER AS IF HE WAS - WALKING THROUGH THE PARK. - WE NEED MORE COLIN POWELLS. - >> I CAN'T IMPROVE ON THAT. - TO ME, COLIN POWELL REPRESENTED - A VERY CLASSY PERSON, CONDUCTED - HIMSELF WITH CLASS. - EVEN WHEN HE WAS UPSET OR ANGRY - ABOUT SOMETHING, EVEN IN HIS - CRITICISMS OF PEOPLE, IT WAS - DONE WITH STYLE AND CLASS, WHICH - IS WHY I THINK HE WAS SO WIDELY - ADMIRED ACROSS THE DIVIDE. - >> Woodruff: WELL, WE REMEMBER - HIM FONDLY TODAY. - >> YEAH. - >> Woodruff: GARY ABERNATHY, - JONATHAN CAPEHART, THANK YOU - BOTH. - >> THANK YOU, JUDY. - Y - AIMED AT AMERICAN INDIANS WHO - MIGRATED OR WERE PUSHED INTO
- THE TWIN CITIES. - THE CHARACTERS-- TO THEM, WHAT'S - HAPPENING IN REAL TIME, - MINNEAPOLIS 2020, FEELS VERY - FAMILIAR TO THEM. - >> YES. - >> Brown: DID IT FEEL FAMILIAR - TO YOU? - >> YEAH, IN A TERRIBLE WAY. - AND I THINK I FELT LIKE SO MANY - PEOPLE DID, THAT I FELT A SENSE - OF FAILURE. - >> Brown: IN WHAT SENSE? - >> WELL, I LOVE THIS CITY. - AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE - CITY AND WORK IN THE CITY, I - THINK, FEEL A SENSE THAT WE-- - THAT THE CITY FAILED MISERABLY. - WE CAN'T LIVE WITH THIS. - NOBODY CAN LIVE WITH THIS. - AND AS WELL, THE SYSTEM-- WE - LIVE IN A CITY THAT HAS BEEN - DIVIDED, RED-LINED. - SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN - HANDED DOWN THROUGH THESE - DECADES AND DECADES OF SYSTEMIC - RACISM. - IT ALL CAME BUBBLING UP, AS IT-- - IT WOULD. - >> Brown: THERE ARE ALSO - MORE HOPEFUL THEMES EMBEDDED - IN "THE SENTENCE"-- ABOUT THE
- LOVE OF BOOKS. - ERDRICH HERSELF LOVES - NOTHING MORE THAN OFFERING - RECOMMENDATIONS TO AN - EAGER READER. - ALSO, AND ESPECIALLY, THERE'S - THE PORTRAIT OF THOSE SHE CALLS - "INDIGERATI." - NATIVE LITERATURE LOVERS, RIGHT? - ( LAUGHS ) - >> YES! - AND YOU KNOW, IMMERSED IN THEIR - LANGUAGE AND IMMERSED IN THEIR - WORLDS AND SETTING THEIR OWN - AGENDA FOR LIFE. - BUT I HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS. - SO, I WAS VERY-- I WAS REALLY - TOUCHED BY THEM ALL THE TIME. - >> Brown: ONE DAUGHTER, PERSIA, - STUDIED AND NOW TEACHES THE - NATIVE OJIBWE LANGUAGE TO - YOUNG CHILDREN. - >> THERE'S A VERY DEEP THING - THAT'S HAPPENING THERE, BECAUSE - MY GRANDFATHER, PAT GORNEAUX, - WAS THE LAST PERSON IN OUR - FAMILY WHO SPOKE OJIBWE - FLUENTLY. - AND MY DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE BEEN - ABLE TO SPEAK WITH HIM. - HE HAD NO ONE TO REALLY SPEAK - WITH, AT SOME POINT. - BUT MY DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE BEEN - ABLE TO SPEAK WITH HIM, SPEAKING - THE SAME LANGUAGE! - >> Brown: HER BOOKSTORE ALSO - EXEMPLIFIES AN EXCITING NEW - CHAPTER IN AMERICAN LITERATURE,
- GENERALLY: AN EXPLOSION OF WORKS - IN RECENT YEARS BY A NEW - GENERATION OF NATIVE WRITERS. - >> THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I - ALWAYS THOUGHT: "IT'S GOING TO - HAPPEN, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN." - AND IT STARTED HAPPENING. - AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT - JUST-- IT JUST "BLEW UP," AS - THEY SAY. - >> Brown: WITH LOUISE ERDRICH, - WRITER AND BOOKSTORE OWNER, - HELPING TO LEAD THE WAY. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - JEFFREY BROWN IN MINNEAPOLIS. - >> Woodruff: AT THE NATIONAL - CATHEDRAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., - TODAY, FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND - COLLEAGUES OF THE LATE SECRETARY - OF STATE COLIN POWELL GATHERED - TO MEMORIALIZE HIM. - PRESIDENTS BIDEN, OBAMA, AND - BUSH, AND ANOTHER SECRETARY OF - STATE, HILLARY CLINTON, WERE - AMONG THE GUESTS. - AS SOME OF POWELL'S FAVORITE - SONGS PLAYED, A HANDFUL WHO - KNEW HIM WELL SHARED STORIES
- ABOUT WHO HE WAS AS A STATESMAN, - FRIEND, AND FATHER. - ♪ ♪ ♪ - >> MY HEART IS SAD, FOR I HAVE - LOST A FRIEND. - HE AND I WERE SHAPED BY - DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND HAD - DIFFERENT IDEAS AND REPRESENTED - DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. - BUT OVER THE PAST QUARTER- - CENTURY, WE ALSO BECAME VERY - CLOSE FRIENDS. - THE REASON IS, THAT BENEATH THAT - GLOSSY EXTERIOR OF WARRIOR- - STATESMAN WAS ONE OF THE - GENTLEST AND MOST DECENT PEOPLE - ANY OF US WILL EVER MEET. - >> SECRETARY POWELL, GENERAL - POWELL, COLIN, C.P., HOWEVER YOU - KNEW HIM. - AND VISITING F.M. OF SWEDEN, - ANNA LINDH WAS IN, AND SHE KNEW
- OF SECRETARY POWELL'S AFFECTION - FOR ABBA, A SHE KNEW OF HIS - AFFECTION FOR VOLVOS. - SO SHE OPENED UP A FULL CD SET - OF ABBA, AND PRESENTED IT TO - HIM. - COLIN IMMEDIATELY WENT DOWN ON - ONE KNEE AND SANG THE ENTIRE - "MAMMA MIA." - >> ♪ OH, LORD, MY GOD. - ♪ ♪ ♪ - >> NOT LONG AGO, HE WAS DRIVING - HIS CORVETTE ALONG THE BELTWAY - AND GOT A FLAT TIRE. - A YOUNG DISABLED VETERAN SAW HIM - AND PULLED OVER TO HELP. - A FEW DAYS LATER, TO THANK HIM - FOR HIS HELP, MY FATHER INVITED - THE VET AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY - OVER TO THE HOUSE FOR DINNER. - I'VE HEARD IT ASKED, ARE WE - STILL MAKING HIS KIND? - I BELIEVE THE ANSWER TO THAT - QUESTION IS UP TO US. - I HOPE WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO - BE A NATION WHERE WE ARE STILL - MAKING HIS KIND.
- COLIN POWELL WAS A GREAT LION - WITH A BIG HEART. - WE WILL MISS HIM TERRIBLY. - >> Woodruff: AND ON THE NEWSHOUR - ONLINE: WHILE SOCIAL MEDIA - GIANTS LIKE FACEBOOK HAVE BEEN - FACING INCREASED SCRUTINY ABOUT - SOWING MISINFORMATION, WE TOOK A - LOOK AT HOW MISINFORMATION IS - SPREAD ON PRIVATE MESSAGING APPS - LIKE WHATSAPP, AND HOW - FALSEHOODS AFFECT THE MILLIONS - OF PEOPLE WHO USE THEM-- - PARTICULARLY THE INTERNATIONAL - DIASPORA COMMUNITIES WHO USE - THESE APPS AS A PRIMARY WAY OF - COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILY. - YOU CAN READ MORE AT - www.pbs.org/newshour. - AND FOR MORE ANALYSIS OF - TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS, AND THE - LATEST FROM CAPITOL HILL, JOIN - MODERATOR YAMICHE ALCINDOR AND - HER PANEL ON TONIGHT'S - "WASHINGTON WEEK" ON PBS. - TONIGHT.
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