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>> this program was made possible by the corporation f public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the coronavirus outbreak has claimed a 15th life in the united states. the announcement ce today in washington state, where w 14 of the deaths have occurred. meanwhile, an emergency federal funding bill became law. amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> i asked for $2.5. i got $8 billion. i'll take it. >> nawaz: the $8 billion coronavirus bill, now la president trump signed the bipartisan emergency spending package at the white househis morning, alongside health and human services secretary alex azar. the spending measure includes more than $3 billion for the national institute of health for vaccine and treatment research.

it also allocates re than $2 billion to the centers for disease control and prevention, or c.d.c., for preparedness and response. this afternoon, the presidentnt flew to atlato visit the c.d.c., the agency at the heart of the country's response to the outbreak. >> the testing has been amazing, actually, what they've been able to produce in such a short period of time. everybody who needs a test gets a test, and the tests are beautiful. >> nawaz: but testing kits are still being distributed and will not be delered in some states until early next week, and the c.d.c. has been criticized for its failure to quickly provide enough testing kits. the "atlanti rthorted today at local officials are only able to test several thousand it also found that, after chking with all 50 states, only 1,895 people had been tested for the coronavirus in the united states. that, as the viral outbreak spreads across the u.s., including to pennsylvania and indiana, which annnced its

first cases today. the university of washington, in the state grappling with one of the country's most serious outbreaks, today cancelled allcl in-persoses through the end of its winter quarter in late march. globally, meanwhile, a grim milestone-- the world health organization confirmed there are now almost 100,000 coronavirus health officials said it's a critical moment. >> it all depends on the actions at we take now. the situation could get worse, the situation could get better-- we need to prepare for different situations. >> nawaz: in japan, ol closures have forced families to adjust. 49-year-old koji ishii is making it work, lucky to be able to work from home. >> ( translated ): it's not just me, some of my colleage also concerned about watching their children. c

it's good pany allows work from home, but at first, i didn't know how to look after my son all day. >> nawaz: according to the u.n., his son is just one of the now 300 million stents out of school around the world, due to fears and concerns over the coronavirus. for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: today vice president pence said 21 people aboard the grand princess cruise ship have tested positive for the coronavirus. h the sh been holding off the coast of california. the vice president said the ship will be brought to a noncommercial port this weekend. more passengers will be tessoted ane people will be quarantined. we'll focus on the quarantine measures after the news summaryt ma in the day's other news, a new jobs report showed the strongest pace of hiring since 2016. the labor department said u.s.

employers added a net of 273,000 jobs in february. unemployment fell slightly to 3.5%, matching a 50-year low. and, job growth in december and january was revised upward by 85,000 positions.th report was completed before coronavirus effects spread in the u.s. democrats on a u.s. congressional committee accused boeing today of a "culture of concealment" involving issues with its37-max passenger jetline. the house transportation committemembers said that the problem contributed to two deadly crashes that killed 346 people. the report also blamed poor oversight by the federal aviation administration. in afghanistan, at least 32 people were killed when two gunmen opened fire at ceremony in kabul. the islamic state group claimed responsibility. dozens of people were wounded and rushed into ambulances. from hospital beds, survivors described the chaos. >> ( translated ): suddenly

firing started. people around me got wounded. one of my fries was wounded as well. as i carried my wound friend, people started running. i fell down and people stepped over me. a lot of people were wounded and martyred. >> woodruff: the attack cames just dter the taliban signed a precursor to a peace deal. is not party to that agreement. a cease-fire took effect in stopping the fighting between syrian and turkish forces. turkey had opposed a syrnsn ive in idlib province that ent refugees flooding to turkish border. said the halt to shelling andmps air strikes will not let them return home. previous cease-fires failed to hold. back in this country state university announced a mettlement with some of th who say that a team doctor sexual abused them. the late dr. richard strauss allegedly gropednd mistreated

course of several s.er the the terms were not disclosed. in the democratic presidential campaign, beie sanders went after the newly-resurgent joe biden. in phoenix, arizona, sanders criticized biden's support as a senator for trade deals, the iraq war, and policies that opposed gay marriage and gay military service. >> it's a very difficult moment, we all know that. and all i can tell you, whether it was iraq, whether it was doma, whether it was "don't ask don't tell," those were difficult votes. i was there, on the right side of history. and my friend, joe biden, was not. >> woodruff: sanders also accused biden of trying over the years to cut social security. saying, "get real, bernie.r, the only person who's going to cut social security if he's elected is donald trump." e u.s. justice department a today rejectederal judge's criticism of attorney general william barr.ju the yesterday accused barr of making misleading statements

about the special counsel' russia report. a department spokeswom disputed the criticism, and said that barrelied on justice department lawyers and others, in making his judgments. president trump got a firshand look today at this week's tornado damage in central tennessee. 24 people were killed in the region on tuesday night. in putnam county, east of nashville, the president toured wrecked neighborhoods. late he also met with displacefamilies. and, on wall street, stocks fell hard again, on coronavirus fears, and then clawed back some of the losses. in the end, the dow jones industrial average was down 86256 points to close at 2 the nasdaq fell 163 points, and the s&p 500 gave up 51. still to come on the newshour: when coronavirus hits a country without guarante sick leave. american workers, and the threat of theutbreak.

after elizabeth warren bows t of the race, a look at sexism on the campaign trail. mark shields and david brooks analyze a resurgent joe biden and a remade political map. plus, musician robbie robertson, best known for the rock grouphe "tand," as seen through a documentarian's lens. >> woodrf: as the covid-19 virus spreads to communities e ound t country, state and local officials rning that a number of measures may have to be taken to prevent the outbreak from getting worse. but, as william branghamme explains, f those steps, such as quarantines, could add even more economic stress. >> brangham: one big concern is

whether emoyers, schools, and communities will require workers to take unpaid sick leave. roughly 25% of american workers have no sick days. in some lower-wage industries, that percentage significantly higher. another concern? those who get sick and need care could face hefty bills. we look at this with two who know these issues well. joseph leitmann-santa cruz is executive director of capital area asset builders. they are a non-profit that works with low- and moderate-income families in the washington, d. region.ri and, s corlette is the co-director of the center on health insurance reforms at georgetown univeity. welcome to you both. thank you. >> reporter: joseph leitmann-santa cruz, to you first, people are being told, if you're sick, fl unwell, if you have any symptoms of coronavirus, stay home. that's great public health policy, that's good advice, but

apending on your job, tt might not be such an easy thing to dompleghts it is. one of the biggestge challis when we focus on low-wage workers, 43% of all workers througho the nates are low wage and primarily in the in-person engagemthat requires so for those individuals who are either driving an uber, serving coffee, making food, wcannot ask them to work from home. so it's imperative that we look at a wakeup situation becae of coronavirus as to how the enable low-wage wokers to have an equitable opportunity at prosperity. >> reporter: because there's a governor or publalth, if your official is saying we need you, if you feel sick, not to go toyo work, bur boss sayig need you on your shift, if you don't co, you might lose your job. >> most importantly, that family's finances need for the individual to be generating what's amazing is 40% of all households in the united states are considered liquid asset

poor. this means that their -- >> reporr: liquid asset poor. >> this means they're only one economic disruption like not being able to show up for work from an ecomic disruption, that could lead toho evictionelsness, focus, bankruptcy. so the system is not set up to enable a low-wage worker to have the abilityo show up tork even in a situation like coronavirus. >> sabrina corlette, let's talk about for people who are's uninsured, lay they see these acknowledgments by their govern or public heh officials saying if you have symptoms, go to the hospital. if you don't have insurance and you go to the hospital, what happens to you? >> right, so we have in this country close il 30on people who don't have any health insurance at all and a lot of them are the same industries and fields that joseph was just talking out, they are sevice workers and these are folks who, if they don't have insurance coverage, they're less likely to go to the doctor if they get

sick or go teo the emrgency room if they really, really need care. >> reporter: because of fear of the bill. >> because of fear of the costs. so even though the coronavirus test itself mayere cov by the government, there's the cost of going to the e.r.or seeing a doctor and that could be hundreds or in some cases thousands of dollars. >> reporter: and from a public health perspective, the idea of being afraid of going to get a test, it might be cruci for our ability to control an outbreak, that might be hindered by the fact that they do't have insurance. >> absolutely, andeth true not just for folks who are uninsured, but a l of people who have insurance and even gold stan employer-based insurance will have high deductibles, and they will also face high out of pocket costs. >> reporter: do we hve a sense -- i understand the president has signed this big $8coillion ronavirus piece of legislation to try to offer aid to states and researchers and all of that. are there any protections for

people who are uninsured to hep them defray some of these costs? >> not in the bill that just passed congress this week. i think it's certainly possible that congress could appropriate some moey thelp compensate hospitals and providers for treating then uinsured. but right now, acually, a lot of the folks who are being treated in hospitals are on medicare because they're older and, so, the government is probably picking up the tab in that respect. >> reporter: joseph, back to you. your organization advocates fora lo workers, and that's what we have been talking about here, but a mandate for an employer to sudenly allow their workers to stay home from work, that could he a huge cos on an employer, as well, right? >> it's a situation where i pu two hats on right now, the advocate and the c.e.o. of my the ability to cover the expenses associated with any kind of a errker, whe it's low wage or high wage, is one

where there is reallya significant dependency on the ability of that business or that entityo generate income. if a business is not open, it c will not gents who come and spend money. a nonprofit organization like rs is not able to provide the servicesor which we are compensated. we cannot pass on upthat income to our employees. so there is n magic formula. but it is extremely necessary for us to remember that, to thee best of my kne, the united states is the only industrialized economy without a natial policy or law that provides for paid sick days. >> reporter: sabrina, would you imagine, given this urge at we need people to get catre when required, but, yet, there might be these concerns. do you seeor anyof federal or state action that could remedy this concern?>> well, wee states take action, so, for example, new york, california, washington state are requiring private insurance compan s to cover tsts of the tests,

including the doctor or hostal visit, without any cost so u wouldn't have to face a deductible.but for the uninsuret have a system that works for those folks. >> reporter: really important issues. sabrina corlette, joseph leitmann-santa cruz, thank you both very much. >> thank you. w >> woodrufh elizabeth warren'separture, the 2020 democratic field, that began as the most diverse in american history, essentially became a contest between two white men. as the massachusetts senator ced her exit from the ra yesterday, she was asked about the role of gender in the campaign. >> gender in this race-- you knowthat is the trap question f every woman. if you say, "yeah, there was sexism in this re," everyone

says, "whiner." and if you say, "no, the was no sexism," about a bazillion women think, "what planet do you live on?" i promise you this, i'll have a lot more to say on that later. >> woodruff: tod, president trump was asked if he thought sexism played a role in warren's departure.nk >> no, i tack of talent was her problem. she had a tremendous lack of talent. she was a good debater. she destroyed mike bloomberg very quickly, like it was nothing. that was easy for her. but people don't like her. she is a very mean person and people don't like her. people don't want that. >> woodruff: to look at the challenges and successes of women running in 2020, i'm joined by lily adams. she served as communications director for kamala harris' presidential campaign, and she worked for hillary clintonn the 2016ace. she is now a fellow at the georgetown university institute of politics.er and, amanda hus the research and communications

director for the barbara leeat family foun, a nonpartisan olganization that works to promote women inics. and we welcome both of you to the "newshour". lily adams, i'm going to start with you. seeking the democraticmen nomination for president. now we're down to tulsi gabbard, who, at this point, is far back. what happened? >> well, look, i mean, i think what you saw in some of the sorrow and why women saw this as a gut punch is because we had en woman after man leave the race. so i think it leads to foard questionthe country but also for the democratic party of how hard it is still to be a woman running for the highest office in the land wdhat sort of structural changes we need to make to support women who are running for ts highest position, eas especially since y majof the democratic party is women. >> reporter: amanda hter, we did hear from president trump,

but what happened to these other women happened by democratic voters. i mean, these women were not welcome by democratic voters. 2020uch harder is it for a woman to run for president? >> well, we know from our research that, when women sek executive office, they're held to a different and higher standard, and we certainat saw ith all of the women who particularly senator warren, who is the latest example. but, at thsameime, even at the ballot box this time, we probably won't see a woman ine the wh house, that doesn't mean we won't see any progress. r the first time having multiple women in a ways allowed women to run as an individual and challenge stereotypes and that progr.s is here to sta >> woodruff: no question the fact you had this manwomen staying in as long as you did, people can imagine -- it's easier to imagine a woman in the white house. but ill, democratic voters

rejected the women candidates. >> welok, i think part of it is there has been this cloud unof question arothis entire race on so-called electability and what does that mean, and there has been, for a year, sort of an assumption, i think, by the press and punthdits that e easiest person to elect is a white male because otherav presidentslooked like white males or some of the attract are white males.o i don't think there's any good data to pack that up but it h certainly seeped into the consciousness of democratic voters who are hell bent on beating donald trump this november. >> woodruff: amanda hunter, what are some examples of what women still have tdeal with? we just heard elizabeth warren say, look, if i say the was a problem with sexism, people accuse me of whine, but the reverse -- you know, women know that's just not true, there is se.sm out the >> certainly, and we know from ghr research that women are held to a hi standard on the issues of qualification and

likability. voters assume men are qualified all men have to do is put out their resume, and women have to prov oit over ander and that's part of the reason we saw this creeping electability refrain coming up over and over, and we also know that likability is nonnegotiable for women. voters won't vote for a woman the they don't li, ke hed they will vote for a man they likability is shing that's so subjective. the advice is like walking a tight rope. use humnoortoo much, take credit but also share credit, dress nice but not too nice. so much of it is based on wnches and opinions, an that's such a burden thomen have to bear and men simply don't. >> woodruff: what did you see of that, lily adams, when youil were on the trith kamala harris? >> with kamala harris, yeah, there is a million examples. one is there was a headline about kamala harris saying kamala harris is connecting with voters, is she connecting too much? this is an impossible standard for anyone to meet and i think

some of it, too, as being mentioned, with men, we always are seeing the possibilitim, with we're asking them to just delineate time and timey again how tve met all theat qualifns and, you know, are the exact perfect, again qualifiebut not too qualifie and intimidating? i think that's sometimes an impossible standard we're putting on them. >> woodruff: what should we think about the future, amanda we heard senwarren say yesterday the hardest thing for her -- one of the hardest things is knowing little girls out there going to have to wait four more years how discouraged should women be? in thistry, the stereo typears of what a sidential candidate looks like was an older white man, and having a generation grow up seeing the mot diverse presidential primary slate in history, seeing six women run as individuals rather than running as the token woman, as we've seen before, is something that

will make an impact and challenge the stereotypes in and of itself. women elected to offi in 2017 and 2018. we know from our resrch that women are more politically engaged than ever, and millennial women, particularlyor women of coare leading the charge and report that they have so inked galvanize more women to become politically involved and actually see woen elected to office in the coming years. >> reporter: how do you see th, lily adams?ue myion is, is this going to send a signato other women interested in rehingthigher you're not going to be welcome? >> no, i think probably just the i think the one thing the 2018 elections did is it elected a new slate of democratic women to the house, to local office, and i think that really builds the bench of the next people who will run for predent. i do, though, think this is not just a women problem. this is also for th men in the democratic party to say you know t cycle? need to do nex you need to support more women

earlier on more consiy to run for that higher office and maybe not run for the higheryo officerself. that's a challenge we as a party need to make which is to say we are going to put this on the front burn of electing the first woman president. it should be us and not republicans. ings me tof: that point i was making earlier, amanda hunter, is it was, after l, democratic voters, the democratic party that has sent most of these women packing. >> right. well, a lot of voters don't have a imagination when it comes to a woman president because we don't know what a woman prsident oks like. just because there's a barrier doesn't mean it can't be brokee ween it happen before. bench of talented, qualifiede women who couldotentially run in the future, and also in the and the #metoo movement and the tidal wave of truth telling we're seeing in ou culture, the conversation is shifted. we've seen women call out sexism in real time. we've seen more conversations

about gender on the campaign trail, and those are all signs of progress that also willve continue to m us forward. >> woodruff: we'll choose to end on tht uplifting note. thank you so mch amanda hunter and lily adams. thank you both very much. >> good to be here. thank you. >> woodruff: and now, to help make sense of a turning-point week in the race for the demoatic nomination, here are shields and brooks. that is syndicated columnist mark shieldsand "new york times" columnist david brooks.he o to both of you. >> judy. >> woodruff: so the earth shifted on its axis, or at leasr the democratic, the democratic primary did, saved. we had south carolina, we had super tuesday, wead h four presidential candidates drop out, or maybe more than that. what happened? >> i've never seen anything like it. it was in the 48 hours after

south carolina, the polls were moving so fast, some pollster s weying polls that were 12 hours old were obsolete, and it was a spontaneous move by millions of people all around the country in diffent demographics turning as one and reaching the same conclusion, that it's got to be joe biden. why they didn't do that six think, first, super tuesday, i forced a decision on a lot of voters all at once,cond you had an amazing political act of selflessness. amy klobuchar could have won miesota and would have beea nice feather in her bonnet and she said, no, it woulbe selfish, pete buttigieg did the same so you had a party establishment essentially doing the right thing. more importantly are thenk ra and file voters and they looked at reality. a community is mche than a bun of individuals. community have common values, they sense each other's movements. i don't see the democratic party

acting like community moving all in one moment. that was good, david. african-american voters are the most sategic voters in the democric party. they are not much given to empty stures, and they want to retire donald trump more than any group in theat elect and means of doing thad then, a instrument, and they saw bernie sanders an obstacle to that, and they saved the democratic paty. >> wododruff: south carolina. >> and south carolina, they redeemed him. and i don't disagree with the points that david made, they're good, but i think donald trump is the key to this. organized, galvanized democrats. the idea of beating him became more than just oncern or an interest, it's an overridn.g pass you can see it late deciding voters as david is talking about, the polls changing, 40%

of the people in north carolina who decided late went to joe biden. 40% said they wanted joe biden. same thing in virginia, across the board. it was a very practical position. different between an idolog d a pragmatist. the democrats were prgmatists. >> woodruff: when we were here at this table a week ago, democratic voters were ill struggling with the right thing to do, almost paralyzed with indecision. something changed. >> yeah, partly, it was sod h carolina that he loo strong, but, really, i think it was super tuesday. i thini had thought the democrats made a big mistake by tting all these states so early in the process, but as it turned out they just speeded up people's decision-making. so the fact that you had 38% of

the delegates selected by at point -- you had people flogat around. warren was up, buttigieg did well iniowa. they ngwere treople out and then said, okay, make the call. the bernie sanders people hope that there's another twist in this story.p sonally think that's unlikely, in part because we'ren going tto some states where biden's lead, like florida, ise, massnd in part, even in michigan, where he -- sanders won last time, he's not doing as well this time with working clasvoters as he did last time so even michigan becomes a rder state. >> woodruff: mark, in the meantime, we've had not just buttigieg and klobuchar drop hot, michael bloomberg, spent, as we've all said, a half billion dolls ars in tce, dropped out, and then, as we know, elizabeth warren yesterday. how do you size up those decisions that they made? >> well, i mean, obviously, it's

the toughest decision. it's a tough decision for anybody to run for president knowing rtually evrybody who runs loses, but it's an even tougher decision to end the campaign. i mean, that's the saying publicly, i've lost, i have bee. defeat michael bloomberg made it almost an analytical fashion, it seemed. there was no road , rwaere was no avenue. he had an apprentice, which was the cratering and collapsof joe biden, and that stopped. if that had continued, he would have been seemingly an alternative. the other problem with bloomberg is he did not match his campaign. his campaign as r more compelling and interesting than he was. >> woodruff: you mean his ads. >. than he was in person. he was an uninspiring and uninspired candidate when you did see him on the stage. the other mistake he made was on august 15, 2012, when he hosted

atis upper townhouse a fundraiser for a republican senator from massachusetts scot brown, scoown was opposed by elizabeth waren. there's a saying in massachusetts, don't get mad, get even. she did both, got mad and even. she knee capd him, and he never recovered. elizabeth warren is another case i would be happy to discuss. david, i think she's a mystery. she was ame phel candidate. >> woodruff: and she was leading. >> she was leading. she made a mistake. she was honest. she made a mistake, i think, by indoriing medicare for all, dut then she was honest about paying for it, mdicare for all, you've got to be a purist and you don't get in -- like bernie doeet help, it's paid for. once she got into the weeds on that, she lost he purity and also, i think, stumbled. it?ff: how do you see

>> one, biden, i want to mention one thing, he's a legislator, so he's able to build coalitions o d that the what a president is. e o candidates and even jim clyboiurn, he was to reach out and say would you support me, and bernie sanders did not make those cal or ve the relationship joe biden had. on bloomberg, i started this wau thinkingan't buy your votes in the presidential election. too much freeedia. good ads don't do it and i think there's a lot of political sciee evidence that advertising especially in a high-profile campaign just does not work, d bloombedid not help himself in the debate, but i don't think that adds enough to get votes. on warnings the demographics are clear,hedidn't have a huge gender gap, she had a huge education gap. college educated who sawr were a smart person with a lot of plans who taught at harvard law school. she grew up in oklahoma and that side of her didn't get out.

genuinely, when you meet her, she does seem like a very smart harvard law professor and a lot of people just n'drelate. >> woodruff: talkingabout, quickly, prifting, mark, to the challenges biden and sanders face, michigan coming up next tuesday, david raised it. what are thels cha that bernie sanders and joe biden have now? >> joe biden is, first of all, judy, and a challenge for anybody running for president, and that is to sit down teanll the american people in two minutes without mentioning your opponents' name, witntut ning bernie saers or donald trump why i should be president of the united states. joe biden tos d us henot donald trump and he's not bernie sanders, but i'm not sure that anybody really has an understanding about what a biden presiden would be other n not donald trump, and we've seen the limits of a not donald trump campaignin 2016. that's the first thing. it has to be whether the lift of the driving dream tore the two things he wants to get don done

in the first four years, that's it. woodruff: has joe biden done that? >> i agree with mark. the people ho support trump or the people who support sanders do it for a reason, something'so not workinthem, but i've got an answer for you, heba cally has to say that with specific follow-up. >> and bernioblem is constitutional. bernie doesn't look for allies.d sn't look to enlarge. you have to pass a litmus test. if you're not 110% on board -- i ju think he's not a coalition builder. he's a lone eagle, a lonewolf, that's his strength and also his s eatest liability. >> woodruff: thaur point about his not reaching out. >> i think this race really only turns if biden looks frail in a debate and getcrushed in a debate. if it's going to change, it will be because he's to old for it. >> woodruff: we will see. again, michigan coming up next week bernie won that pretty big the

last time, 2016. >> bernie is doing less well in every state this year. >> woodrdif: than he d four years ago. so we'll see on tuesday and there's the week after that andh weeks aftert. finally and very quickly, coronavis is spreading around the world, aund the untry. every few hours, we hear about another city or another state,re david, wt's hit. how is this preside, this administration leading in terms of instill confidence in the american people? >> we had the report on the atlantic story who had so few the most important is. giving out honest information that doesn't seem political. this happe to be an areof government where we have very qualified peoe. anthony fauci, francis collins, they just put those people up front, get mike pence and especially donald trump off the air because itse just ems hyper political. >> it's a time, god, when you t wa leaders to be measured,

thoughtful, reassuring, fact-based and informativean whatever donald trump's strengths are, they -- it's not based on fact-based, it's not based on thoughtful and measured. it's a hoax, it's the press'ion ciult, it's the democrats, you know, to poli it, and somehow it's a threat to dow jones, whis ahreat to reelection. i mean, we'll never get into the public health matter. i think he would be better off, you know, withdrawing and letting oths speak for country. >> woodruff: i mean, he's raised questions, david, about what the morlity rate actually is, today about how many kitsab ore ava, he was criticizing gov governor inslee. >> it's out of control. this is thmoment where you need confidence that people help the country and not theirown political health.

but they're not going away, mark. the president and vicene pres are going to continue to be on tv every day. >> but, judy, yo're on tv but you're dis.cussing thi the problem with donald trump is he can't defmeer, an, to a francis collins or tony fauci, to people who actuallyknow because they're not carrying his message. you know, i just really thinkst he hs himself by doing it, you know, and it's almost the kellyanne conway counterintuitive, counter-factual -- what was dat. >> wooff: alternative facts. >> -- alternative facts, that's what we're dealing with now. >> woodruff: marshields, david brooks, thank you. >> thank you. uf >> woo next, the highs and lows of a mous rock group called "the band," led byri canadian gui robbie robertson.

documentary, and j brownew has the story, part of our ongoing arts and culture series, anvas." >> brown: the honor of international filmestival went not to a splhy new hollywood film, but to the documentary" once were brother" ♪ ♪ and why not? at its heart is ro lie robertson,al boy who made it big after first hearing early rock 'n roll in the 1950s. >> when this music camg, that was like-- that's it! at's the sound! that's the feeling, that's the rebel spirit. let's go. >> brown: at 15, he would join the rockabilly band of ronnie hawkins and begin toing all over north america. ♪ ♪ a few years later, he was playing lead guitar as bob dylan went electric. >> he opened some doors that,

we didn't know what was behind those doors before.y there was a wa could write about before.♪hat nobody wrote ♪ ♪ i pulled into nazareth...mo >> brown of all, robertson was lead guitarist and songwriter for one of rock's most important and beloved bands, called simply, "theer band"--tson, rick danko, richard manuel, garth hudson, all canadian; and levon helm the arkansas-born singer and drummer. with songs like"up on cripple creek" and "the weight," the band brought together disparate inuences to make something new.

>> there is no band that emphasizes coming together and becoming greater than m of their parts. simply their name, the band, that was it. >> and when "music from big pink" came out, people said, "what is this? where did this come from? this doesn't fit in. this isn't what's happening." and we were like, "thank you, thank you!" >> brown: that's what you wanted to hear. >> our job is not to be what'spp ing. our job is to be as honest as we can about this noise that we're making. ♪ ♪ >> brown: it all culminated in 1976 in san francisco, with one of rock's most renowned concerts-- "the band's last waltz," made into a film by martin scorsese, and featuring a long list of stars clapton, joni mitchel, neil young, van morrison and many

others, capped off by lan. it was music that chand its time. but daniel rohrer, the director of "once were brothers," and also from toronto, is just 26,mu and he says thc has lived on for many in his generation. >> i would say that the cool kids know the band. >> brown: the cool kids know the-- es i mean, the music's tim when i came to this project, these guys were mythic. larger-than-life legendary. you watched "the last waltz" and they're just theoolest, most incredible guys, you know, they just occupy this mythic space in rock and roll history, and cultural history. and i think what really came into focus when i made the film is that these rock and roll idols of mine, these heroes of mine, these guys i worshipped, ey were just like me. o u know, they were just, like, five guys trying the best they could, battling their insecurities and their demons, and it's very challenging circumstances trying to navigate success.

♪ ♪ >> brown: indeed, thehe brood didn't last, amid drugs, alcohol, depression,ov squabble direction and resentments by other members of the band of robertson, who theym claimed took th credit, including when it came to collecting songwriti royalties. in a 1993 memoir, levon helm wrote bitterly of his former best friend.in helm die012 of throat cancer.d richnuel took his own life in 1986. rick danko struggled with addiction for year and died in 1999 at age 56. garth hudson is the only other surviving band membe robbie robertson told his sidehi of the story i2016 memoir, "testimony," the basis for daniel rohrer's new film. >> i think it's a bittersweet story because, ultimately, we're left with this phenomenal body of work, this music that will live on forever.

but at the same time, that comes with the acrimony that we spoke to elier, and that comes wit the bitterness and sadness and tragedy. >> brown: robertson, now 76, has written music for many films, often working with scorsese, including composing the score for "the irishman." ♪ ♪ and he's recently released a new album, "sinematic," his first in eight years, including songs like "dead end kid," featuringis singer glen hansard, thatri tell s from his own life. ♪ ♪ >> each song is like a little movie, and some of them are about, not who i broke up with, but growing up in toronto at one time when i just getting started, and i had these dreams toand i thought, "i'm goino this, and i thini could do anat, and it'll be great to go

out in the worldi want to write songs." and people were like, "what? you're going to be disapinted. that's not going to happen." >> brown: it did happen for robbie robertson, along with much drama and pain along the way. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: great music. and w we'll be back shorth a remembrance of a jazz great. but first, take a moment to hear from your cal pbs station. it's a chance to offer yourhi support, helps keep programs like ours on the air.

>> woodruff: now, we take a look at a budding movement that suggests changes in nials' relationship with alcohol. hari sreenivasan has our encore story from new york. >> sreenivasan: new york cit times square. this par started just before sunrise. for more than five yea,da ybreaker has hosted these early morning events around the world. people come out for two hours of dancing... but alcohol is strictly off the table. >> drinking gets in the way of dancing a lot. people are always making trips tohe bar. people have drinks on the dance floor. they're engaged with tir drink, instead of engaged with other people. >> sreenivasan: daybreaker's goal is to be healthy and have free.tance-stayi >> it changed the way i go out, too. so, i feel like i don't need to drink now. i don't need to, you know, have anything in my body, and just enjoy the dancing. >> sreenivasan: it's part of a growing idea called sober

curious, people who don't misuse or abuse alcohol, trying out alcohol sobriety. the movement, still in its infancy, is not meant for those recovering from substance abuse problems. >> it describes a questioning mind-set that can be applied to any and all drinking occasions. >> sreenivasan: ruby warrington coined the term, in her book "sober curious." we caught up with her at getaway bar in brooklyn, where mocktails are the main event. >> for millennials and gen z's, alcohol consumption is way, y down, and i think there are a few things playing into it. t one t people are just much better educated about the different ways that, what we consume influences our well- being, whethert's the food and rink we consume, whether it's the media we consume. >> sreenivan: and although ber curiosity hasn't reached every corner of the country, booze-freears like this one have popped up in illinois, maine and even the u.k. it gives people choosing sobriety from alcohol a chance to get out and sialize without the pressure of drinking. people like wellness coach a

yoga teacher emily nachazel. >> i am not an alcoholic. i am not total sober. but i go through periods of my life where i'm not drinking, or i go to events and i choose not to drink. and, yes, really just questioning that relationship, to do right now versus, kind of, doing it all the time?" >> sreenivasan: nachazel says sober curiosity makes sense for a lot of millennials. >> we are a generation of really wanting more. and not just in, like, want more money, but we want to, like, know ourselves better. ant to be the healthiest want to have jobs that we're passionate about. and so, this is, like, another space where we are able to get to kw ourselves. sreenivasan: n.y.u. clinical psychologist belinda carrasco says, although this generation is less alcohol-centric, millennials struggle with incohol in their own way. >> if you about millennials, they mostly relate with one another digitally. but what happens wn you don't sort of develop those skills to navigate interpersonal--t

ly relationships, but also then perhaps alcohys a? role, as not only a social lubricant, but, again, it's an attempto self-soothe, manage anxiety, self-medicate. >> sreenivasancarrasco says millennials certainly aren't the first to try out sobety. >> sobriety has existed for the longest time. and it is more about the rebranding, right? >> we, the jury, find the defendant... ( beer can opening ) >> oh, it's non-alcoholic. >> sreenivasan: even big alcohol is gettingn on this booze-free trend. companies like coors, heinen, and even guinness now offer >> cheers.ee beers... >> cheers. brewers like brooklyn brewery, who recently released its first non-alcoholic beer called ecial effects. robin ottaway is the brewery's president. >> what do we do when we drink? we get together with friendsr family. we socialize. it's conviviality, right?th ane moments are pretty

important to us as humans. if you can extend those moments and not have some of the negative effects, that's pretty good. >> sreenivasan: it's potentialli y for these smaller companies to venture outside their normal products, butwa otsays they couldn't pass up the opportunity to market to more people,nincluding mills. >> they're growing up in a completely different world and have different spendg and consumption habits. and i think our timing has proven to be pretty go >> sreenivasan: a survey funded by the national alstitutes of confirms that thinking: alcohol use among young people has been on the decline since eve mid-'90s. that is happenin as marijuana use is rising. the same survey found, i2018, nearly 40% of young adults used marijuana, compared to 25% in the mid-'90s. but the toll of alcohol addiction is far larger. for millennials who are simply trying to test out sobriety, it's not always easy to forgo drinking. it seems so embedded in our

culture right now. well, let's go grab a drink. >> yes. try dating without alcohol. to be fair, like, i have had a lot of men be totally fine with it. yes, let's meet for coffee. meeting someone new one-on-one is challenging enough. >> sreenivasan: and, yes, there's an app for tt. >> sober dating. there's sober travel, sober events, sober groups. so, think of it, for lack of a better example, as, like, a sober cebook. >> sreenivasan: m.j. gottlieb, who's been sober for seven elyears, created loosid to connect people practicing sobriety, even the sober curious. >> one of the biggest reasonset why i didn'tober for so long is, i found myself invariably at diners and coffee shops. and i was like, if this is allis theri'm going to continue to use, which i did. >> sreenivasan: for people like movement is havingitiveious side effect, creating more safe recovery. cialize for those in ruby warrington believes, becae people now have more

choices, the sober curious movement will stick around. k >> once you had of opened the door of sober curiosity, it's very hard to go back tori justing, blindly accepting hangovers as a part and parcel of life. >> senivasan: emily nachazel has certainly latched on to the idea, and says she's now very intentional about her use of alcohol. >> i can have a good time without alcohol. >> sreenivasan: are you surprised by that? >> no. but i think we lean into it. and there arother ways that you can feel good. there's other ways you can be social without having alcohol. >> sreenivasan: for the pbs newshour, i'm hari sreenivasan in brooklyn, new york. >> woodruff: and a passing to

note, tonight. mccoy tyner, who first gained acclaim in the 1960s as a member of john coltrane's ground- breaking quartet, was a model and inspiration for jazz pianists around the world. he joined the quartet when he was just 21. the quartet is rembered forer songs with tyn's imprint, fromy "mvorite things" to "a love supreme." he later went out on his own,re ined one of the leading bandleaders in jazz. ♪ ♪ on our website, yosee him playing just two years ago, at the famed blue note club in a new york cit talking about his time with the coltrane quartet with jeffrey brown. online right now, our march pick for our newshour/"new york times" book club is "inheritance," a memoir out identity, d.n.a. and family secrets.

author dani shapiro shares with us how she was inspired to write the book, as well as what her writing routine looks like. you can also find how to join our book club. that's all on pbs.org/newshour. and, tune in later this evening. robert costa explores where the road to the white house leads "washington week."tomorrow's eds newshour weekend looks at educating female landowners on sustnable farming practiats. and s the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. have a great weekend.nd thank you,ood night. newshour has been ed by: pbs >> fidelity investments.>> nsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> american cruise lines.

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