judy: good eve i'm judy woodruff. the outbreaks bottom line, n paid sick leave. and the spector of medical debt. howoronavirus could raise the financial stress on many americans. then -- >> yout know t is the trap question for everyone. judy: as two men fight over the democratic nomination, a look at the uniqueha difficulties women face when they seek the presidency. plus -- ♪ robby robertson and the ban legends of rock 'n' roll. and now the subjects of a new documentary, once were brothers. >> this music came along w wre it like that's it. that's the sound. that's the feeling.

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this program was made tossible corporation of public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs news station from viewers like you. thank you. stephen: we'll return to jude -- stephanie: we'll return to judy woodruff. the coronavirus has claimed a 15th life in theat united . the announcement came today in washington state where now 14 of the deaths have occurred. meanwhile an emergency federal funding bill becele law. >> -- became law. >> i asked for $2.5 bilon but. i got b $8lion. i'll take it. bipartisan emergen package at the white house this morning alongside health and human services secretary alex azar. the spending measure includes more than $ billion for the

national instute of health for vaccine research. it allocates more than $2 billion to the c.d.c. for prepar this afternoon, the president flew to atlanta to visit the c.d.c. the agency at the heart of the country's response to the ou >> the testing has been amazing, to produce i such a short able period of time. test, gets needs a a test. they're there. and the tests are beautiful. e> but testing kits are still being contrib and in some states won't be deliverednto early next week. the c.d.c. has been criticized for failing to provide kits. they're onlyo test several thousands of people a day. it found that after checkin 5 with allstates only 1,895 people had been tested for the coronavirus in the united states. that as the viral outbreak spread uacross the. including to pennsylvania and

indiana which announced its first ces today. meanwhile in texas, the south by southwest festival annnual thering of more than 100,000 culture fans was canceled by austin city officials. the university of washington and the state grappling with one of the country's most serious outbreak today canceled all in-personal classes through the winter quarter in march. a grim milestone. world health organization re confirmed the are more than 100,000 coronavirus cases health officials st's a critical moment. >> it all depends on the action wes take now. the situation get worse. the situation could get better. we need to prepare for different situations. >> in japan, school close sures have forced -- closures have been forced to adjust. >> it's notust me. some of my colleagues are also

concerned about watching their children. it's good my company allows work from hom but a first, i didn't know how toook aftery son all day. >> according to the united nations, his son is just one of the now 300 milon students out of school around the world. due to fears and concerns over the coronavirus. for the pbs newshour, i'm amna navaz. cases.r more states recorded that means there are coronavirus u.s. states.at least half this afternoon, vice president mike pence said 21 peoplebod the grand princess cruise ship have tested positive for the coronavirus. the ship has been holding off the coast of california. the vice president said the ship will be brought to a noncommercia port this weekend. more passengers will be tested and some people will be quarantined. we'll focus on the conces over quarantine measures after the

news summary. aeey staff cha in the white house tonight. president trump announced in at tweet t mick mulvaney will be taepping down as acting white house chief of and replaced by mark meadows, epublican congressman fro north carolina. meadows will be the fourth chief of staff under president trump. mulvaney who served in the acting role for morhan a year will become a special envoy for northern ireland the latest u.s. jobs report showed the strongest pace of hiring since 2016. the labor department said in february, u.s. employers added a net of 273,000 jobs. the unemployment rate fell slightly tohree -- 3.5%. d job growth was revised upward by 85,000 positions. the report was completed before on wall street stocks fell hard again on coronavirus fears anda back some of the losses in the end, the dow jones was

down 256 points tose ct 25 ,864. the nasda fell 1, 063 a the p gave up 5 is. -- 51. two members of the roy family oust the prince.were planning to "the wall street journal" said one of the king's brothers prince ahmed and his nephew prince muhammad ben naef were charged with treason. there was no official comment from thenm saudi govt in afghanistan, at least 32 people were killed when two gunmen opened fire a at a ceremony in kabul. dozens of people were wounded and rush into ambulances and taken to hpitals. the attack came just days after the taliban signed a precursor a to a dl. isis is not party to that

agreement. a cease-fire took effect in northwestern syria today stopping the fighting between sir y and turkish forces. turkey had opposed a syriae offensn idlib pro-vens that centre few gees floodg to the bored. strikes will not let them return home. preeve yours cease-fire -- previous cease-fires failed to hold. ohio state yumpte announced a settlementhere a team doctor allegedly sexually abused them. he allegedly groped and mistreated 350 athletes over the course of several decades. terms of t settlement were not disclosed. the u.s. justice department rejected a federal judge'sic crm of attorney general william barr. pokeswoman disputed the criticism and said bar relied and on justice department lawyers and others in

making his judgments. president trump got a firsthand look today at this week's tornado damage central tennessee. 24 people were killed in then region oesday night. in c putnamnty east of nashville, the president toured wrecked neighborhoods. later he also met with displaced families. still to come o the newshour, when coronavirus hits a country wiout guaranteed sick leave. american worrs and the threat of the outeak. after elizabeth warren bows out of the race, a look at sexism on the campaign trail. mark shields and david boks analyze a resurgent joe biden and a remade political map. robby robertson best known for the rock group the band as seen through a filmmaker's lens. >> this is the pbles newshour from weta stuse of -- studios in washington and fromal ther

cronkite school of journalism. judy: as theid c9 virus spreads through communities around the country, state officials are warning that a number of measures will have to be taken to prevent the outbreak from getting worse. but as william bregham explains some of the quarantines cou add even more economic stress. >> one big concern is whether employers, schools and to take unpaid sick leave.orkers roughly 25% of american workers have no sick days. and so lower wage industries that percentage isly sigfica higher. another concern, those who get sick and need care could facehe y medical bills. we look at this with two people who know these issues well. joseph lightman santa cruz is executive directo ofapital area asset builders. they're a nonprofit who works with lownd moderate income families in the washington, d.c. region.na

and sab corlette she's the co-director on health insurance reforms at georgetown university. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> people are being told you're sick, if you feel unwell, if you have any symptoms of coronavirus, stay home. that's great public health policy. that's a good advice. but depending on your job thatn migh be such an easy thing to. do >> it is. when we focus on lowell wage workers, right, 4 of all workers are low wage. and primarily they're i the service industr that requires in person engagement. for those people who are driving an uber, serving coffee, making food, we cannot ask them to work from he. it's imperativehat we look at wake-up situation because of coronavirus as to how theic econystem is set up to also have an equitable rs to opportunity and prosperity.

>> there'son clearict that if your governor or public health official is saying, we need you you feel sick to not go to work. but your boss saying i need you on your shift. if you don't come, you might lose your job. >> and most importantly that be y's finances need to generating income. what's amazing is that 40% of all households in the uted states are considered liquid asset poor that means that their -- they're only one disruption away not being able to show by disruption. that could lead to homelessness, bankruptcy. the sysetm is notp to enable a low wage worker to have the ability to show up to work even in a situation like coronavirus. >> sabrina, let's talk about people who areed unins let's say they see these acknowledgements that if you have symptoms, go to the

hospital. if you don't have insurance and happens to you? s >> right. so we vm in this country, close to 3million people don't have any health insurance at all. a lot of them are in thee s industry and fields that joseph was just talking about. there ar service workers. and these are folks who if they don't have insurance coverage they're less likely to go to tdo or if they get sick or go to eee emergency program to they're really, really n care. and -- >> because of fear of a huge bill. >> because of the fear of the cost. >> so even though the coronavirus tests itself may be covered by the governmt, that cost, there's the cost of going the e.r. or seeing a doctor. and that can be hundreds or >> if ynk "on the fly" from a public health perspective, the ideaf people being afraid to go get a test that might be crucial for our ability to control an obreak, that might be hindered by the fact that they don't have insurance. >> absolutely. and it's true not just for folks who are uninsured but a lot of

people who have insurance and even gold standard emplor based insurance will have high deductibles and theyill also face high, out of pocket costs. >> i understand that the president h signed this big $8 billion coronavirus piece of legislation. are there any proteions for ople whore uninsured to help them defray some of these costs? >> not the bill that passed in congress ts week. think it's certainly possible that congress could appropriate someoney that could compensate hospitals and provido for treating the insured. a lot of folks who are being treated in hts are on medicare. and so the government is probably picking up the nab that respect. >> back to you, joseph. your organization advocates for low wage workeha ands what

we've been talking about here. but for a mandate for an employer allow their workers to stay home from work, that could have a huge cost on an employer as welcome, right? >> it's a situation where i put two hats on right n.at the adv and the c.o. of my own profit. the ability to cer the expenses associated with any kind of a worker with its low ge or high wage is one where there is really ani scant dependency on the ability of that business or tha entity to generale -- gener income. a nonofit is not able to provide services for w which are compensated. we cannot pass that income to our employees.e' th no magic farm la. but it's extremely -- there's no magic formula. but the united states is the only industrialized economy without a national law that provides for paid sick days. >> and sabrina, would you

given this urge that we need be people to get care when it's required. butet, there might be all these concerns? do you see any sort of federal ortate action that could remedy this concern? >> well, we are seeing some states take action. for example, new york, california, washington state are requiring private insurance companies to cover the cost of the tests including doctor's visit or hospital invite witut in cusheringo you would haven't to face a dedeductible. but for the uninsured we don't have a plan that works for them. tha you both very much. >> thank you. ♪ judy: with elizabeth warren's departure the0 2 democratic

field that began with the most essentially became a contest between two white men as the massachusettsenor announce herd exit from the race -- announced her et from the race yesterday, he was askedth about role of gender. >> gender in this race, you know that i the trap question for every woman. if you say, yeah, there was sexism in this race, everyone says whiner. and if you say no, there's no sex itch. about a billion women think what planet do you live on? today president troop ask if in her departure? played a role >> she was a good debaret. she -- debaret. she destroyed mike bloomberg. that was ey for her. people don't like her. she's aery mean person. and people don't like her.

people don't want that. judy: toook at the challengers and successes of women running in 2020, i'm joined by lily adams. she served as communications director for kamala harris's presidential campaign and she worked for hillary clintth in 2016 race. she's now a fellow at thege getown university institute of politics. and amanda hunter is the research and communications director for the barbara lee family foundation, ais nonpa organization that works to promote women in politics. we welcome both of you to the newshour. so lil adams, i'm going to start with you. we started with six women seeking theemocratic nomination for president. now, we're down toulsi gabbard who at this point is -- is far what happened? >> well, look, i think what you saw -- some of thero s and why people felt this was a gut punchas that there were not only a number of fans for warren

after woman leave this race. it does leave for hard questions for the country but also for the democratic party of how hard it is to be aun womanng for the highest office in the land and what sort of structure changes do we need to make to support the women especially because the majority of the democratic party is women. judy: amanda, what happened to these other women? it happened by democratic voters. i mean, the n women were welcomed by democratic voters. how much harder is it in 2020 for a woman to run for president? >> well, we know from our research that when women seek executive office they're held td a different higher standard. and we certainly saw that with all of w the women ran in the 2020 field particularly senator warren who is the latest but at the same time, even though a woman wasn't successful at the ballot boxhis time, we probably won't see a woman until the white house. that doesn't mean that we won't

see in progress. for the first time having multiple women the race allowed each woman to run as an individu andhallenge stereotypes and that progress is here to stay. ju: no question the fact that you did have this many women staying, lily adams, as long as yo did. people can't imagine -- it's easier to imagine a woman in the white house. but still, democratic voters rejected the women cdates. >> well, look, i think part of it is that there's been this cloud of a question around this entire race on so-called electbity and what does that mean? and there has been for a year sort of anpt assn, i think by the pss and pundits that the easiest person to elect is a white male because other peths have looked like white males or some of the voters the president needs to attract are white males. i don't think there's data backing that up.

judy: amanda, what are someam es of what swrim to deal with? we just heard elizabeth warren say look, ihef i said was a problem with sexism, people ac but the reverse, you know, womew hat's just not true. there is sexism out there. and we know from our research that women are held to a higher standards on issues of qualification and leability. all me have to do is put out eir resume. and women have to prove itan ov over. that's part of the reason why we saw this creeping elecility refraying coming up over and over. we know that likeability is a nonnegotiateable. women voters won't vote for a woman if they don'tike her. they will vote for a man they don't like. likeability is so subjective. the advice is like wtiking a t rope. use humor, not too much humor. take credi but also share credit. dress nice but not t nice.

so much of it is based ond hunches opinions. that's a burden that swrim to bear and men simply don't. w judyt did you see of that with kamala harris? >> one for example, there was a headline of a story about kamala harris saying kamala harris is connecting with voters. this is an impossible standard for anye to mee some of it too is with men we always are seeing the possibility. with women we're asking home to delineate time and time again how they haveet all the qualification and, you know, are the expect perfect -- again qualified but not too qualified -- i think that's anos ible standard that we're putting on them. the future, amanda hunter? about we heard sen sor warren to the hardest thing knowing little girls they're goingo have

wait four more years. how discouraged should women be? >> well, fur hundreds of years in this country, the stereotype of what a presidential candidate looked like was an older white man. and having a generation grow up seeing the most diverse presidential prima 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 andhallenge stereotypes in and of itself. we know from our research that women are more politically engaged than ever. and my lineal women particularly women of color are leading the charge and report they have no plans to slow down. this could galvanize more women to become politically involve and see more women elected to office in the coming years. >>ngs this g to send a signal to other women interested in reaching higher, that you're not going to be welcome?

>> i think probably just the opposite. i think one thi that the01 elections did, is it elected a whole new slate of democratiche women toouse, to local office. i think that builds the bench of the next p fple will run president. i do though think this is not just a women problem. this is also for the men and the democratic party to say. you know what you need to do next cycle? we need t support mor women earlier more consistently to run not hat higher office an run for that office yourself. i think that's a challenge that we as a party need to make, ich is to say we are going to put this, you know, on the front burner of electing the first woman president. it should be us and not republicans. >> and that brings me back t the point i was making earlier, amanda, hunter, that it was after all democratic voters, the democratic party that has sent most ohese women packing. >> well, a lot of voters still have an imagination barrier when it comes tode a woman pre, because we don't know what a woman president looks like t. t just because there's a barrier doesn't mean it can't be

broken. we'veefeen it happene. as lily said we have a whole bench of talenfid qua women that could potentially none the future. and nals the wake of the 2017 women else march and the me too movement and this tidal wave of truth telling in the future,he conversation has shifted. we've been seeing women call out sexism in realtime. we've been seeing more conversations about gender on the campaignanrail. those are all signs of progress that also will continue to move us forward. judy: we're going to choose to end on thatplifting note. [laughter] thank you so much. amanda hunter and lily adams. thank you both very much. >> good be here. >> thank you. ♪ judy: and now to help make sense o aoi turning week in the race for the democratic nomination, here are shields and brooks. that is syndicated columst

mark shields and david brooks. hello to both of you. so the earth shifted on its axis or at least the democratic party, the democrati party did, david. we had south carolina. we had super tuesday. we had four presidential candidates drop out or maybe more than that. what happened? >> i've never seen anythin like it. it was in the -- in the 48 hours after south carolina, were moving so fast, some pollsters were saying that polls that were 12 o hours were obsolete. and it's -- it was a spontaneoul move byons of people all around the country and different demographics. turning one and reaching the same conclusion that it's got to beoe biden and why they didn't do that four weeks ago or six weeks ago, first super tuesday forced a decision. amy klobachar would have won miesota and it would hav been a nice feather in her bonnet. she said, no i would be selfish.

and pete buttigieg did the same. so you had a party establishment frankly doing the right thing. but more important was the rank-and-file voters who just -- they looked at reality and like- a communi a community is more than a bunch of individuals. a community, people have common values. they sense each other's movement. the democratic party acted like a community moving all in one ment. >> what did it look like to you? >> that was good david. african-american voters are the most strategic vote ners the democratic party. they're t much. given to empty gestures. and they -- theyant to retire donald trump more than any group in the electorate. and they saw in joe biden needs of dhang an instrument. and they saw in bernie sanders an obstacle t that andhey saved the democratic party. judy: in south carolina? >> in south carolina. they redeemed it. i don't disagree with the points

that david made. they'rgood. but think donald trump is the key to this. donald trump galvanized democrats, the idea of beating him became more than just anc n or an interest. it's an overriding passion. u can see it, late deciding voters, 40% of the people in north carolina who decided late went to -- went to joe0% biden . across the board. decision. ery practical the fference between angu ideo ideologue believe what is is right works. and a prack maitieses believes -- prague maities believes theo site. judy: they were almost paralyzed. something cnged. >> yeah, i thinkartly it was

south carolina because it looked so strong. i think it was super tuesday. i think the -- i had thought the democrats made a big mistake by early in the process. es s but as it turned out, they just speeded up people's decision-making. you had 35% of the delegatesed seleeant they couldn't wait. and they had to make a decision. at had been goi on earlier is they were floating around. and so you h - people- warren was up. buttigieg did well in iowa. and they were just sort o trying people out. and then they said, ok. make a call. and so i'm thinking, i mean, the bernie sanders hope there's i personally think that's unlikely. in part we're going into some stes where biden's lead like florida is massive. and part even in michigan where sanders won last time, he' not doing as well with working class

voters as he did last time. even michigan becomes a harder state. >> in the meantime, we had not just buttigi and klobachar drop out, michael bloomberg spent a half a billiollars in this race dropped out. and then as we know, elizabeth warren yesterday. how do you size up those decisions that they made? >> well, in, m obviously, it's the toughest decision. it's a tough decision for y anyb run for president knowing that virtually everybody who run loses. but it's an even tougher decision to end t campaign that's saying publicly i've lost, i've been defeated. michael bloomberg made it in an analytical fashion. there was no road forward. there was no avenue. he had a premise which was the aretting and collapse of joe biden and that stopped. if tha hadontinued he would have been seemingly an alternative. other problem with bloomberg

quite frankly he did not match s campaign. his campaign was far more compelling and interesting than he was. -- judy: you mean hi ads? >> he was a very uninspired candidate wn you did see him on that stage. the other mistake he made and he didn't do good atas the time on august 15th, 2012 when he hosted at his upper east townhouse aundraiser for republican senator from massachusetts named scott brown. scott brown was being opposed by elizabeth warren. there's an old statement saying don't get mad. don't get even. she kneecapped him he never recovered. elizabeth warren iser case. but go ahead, let david -- i'll be happy to discuss. she's a mystery to me. i thought she was a phenomenal candidate. i really did. >> and she was leading last time. >> she was leading. she made a mistake.

she was honest. she made aistake, i think by endorsing medicare for all. bu she was honest about paying for it. and that -- that -- medicare for all, you've got to be a purist andou don't get -- bernie doesn't get into help. once you get into the weeds for that, she lost her purity and stumbled. >> i want to mention one thing .hat biden is a legislatu so he's able to build coalitions. that's what being president. is and with jim clyburn he was going to reach out and say would you support me?d bernie sanders didn't have those calls. so that's important in a president. on bloomberg, i started this thinking, you can't bour way in votes in a presidential election. there's too much free media. good ads don't do it. there's a lot of political science evidence that advertising just dent does not work. b anen -- bloomberg did not help himself in the debate.

but i don't tnk ads are now have get you votes. and finally on warren, i thinkm the glasks are clear. she had a huge education gap. and people who supported her were college educated people saw this very smart person with a lot of plans who taught at harvard lawschool. she grew up in oklahoma. get hat side of her didn't out.and genuinely when you meet, she does seem like a very smart harvard law professor. and a lot of people didn't relate. judy: pivoting to the challenges that biden and sanders face. michigan comingp next tuesday. david just raids it. what are the challenges that bernie sanders and joe biden have right now? >> well, joe biden, first of all is judy. and it's a challenge. and that is to sit down and tell the american people in two minutes without mentioning your opponent's name without mentioning bernie sanders or donald trump why i should be presiden of the united states.

joe biden has told us that he's not donald trump and that he's not bernie sanders. but i'm not sure that anybody really has an understanding whad a presidency would be we saw the limits of a not donald trump campaign that t20. sonk that's the first thing. there has to be -- whether it's the lift of the driving dream or two things he wants to get done in hisirst four years. i think that's necessary. judy: let me interrupt you. has joe biden done that? ry agree with mark. he's got to say the trumphe peoe -- people who support trump and sanders do it for a reason. them. ing's not workinfor but i've got an answer for you. he's basically got say that wito a setf specific policies. >> and bernie's oblem -- i think, is a constitutional problemersonally. bernie doesn't look for allies. you have to pass a litmus tape. it's the bernie bros. and i just think -- he's not a

coalition builder he's a lone eagle. he's a lone wolf. that's his strength and his greatest liability. judy: he's not reaching. >> i do think this race turns if biden looks frail really gets crushed in e debate. if it's going to change it's going to be o he's to old for it. judy we will see. bernie won that pretty big last time in 201 >> bernie is doing well than he did four years ago. >> we'll see t onsday and weeks after that. final lip and very quickly, i coronaviruis spreading around the world. it is spreading around the country. every few hours we hear about c anothey or state. how is this president, this administration leading in terms of -- instilling confidence in the american people? >> we had the report on thent at story that had so few people getting tested that seems the most important thing is to

give out honest information that does not seem pditical. his happens to be an area of government where we have very qualified people. debbie bricks has been with an obama appointee. anthony fauci. collins wa another appointee. put those people in front. get mike pence a donald trump f the air because it seems hyperpolitical. >> it's a time jude, judy, when you want the president and the leaders to befu thoug reassuring, fact-base and informative. whatever dald trump's strengths are, it's not based on fact-based. it's not fact on thoughtful and measured -- i mean, you saw it in hisnitialnclination. it's a hoax. it's the press's fault. it's the democrats. you know, to politicize it. and -- and somehow it's a threat to dow jes, which is a threat to re-election. i mean, we'll never g io the public health matter. i think it would be better off withdrawing and letting others speak for the -- for the

country. judy: i mean, he's raised estions, david, about what the mortality rate is, how many kits. inslee. riticizing gernor >> it's out of control. it's like an unwell person. this is the moment where you need the confidence that people have the health of the count and not their own political health. judy: but they're not going away. the president and the vic presiden are going to don't be on tv every day. >> no, but judy, you're on tv. but you're on tv -- you'resi disc this. i mean, the problem wh donald i mean, to a francis collins or to a tony fauci or toeople who actually know because their not mcaring hissage. you know, i mean, i just really think he hurts hself by doing it. you know, it's almost the kellyanne conway counter intuitive counter factual or what was that phrase --

judy: alternative facts. >> that's what we're dealing with now. judy: mark shields, david brooks, thank you. >> thank you. ♪ judy: next, the higs and l of a famous rock group called the band. led by canadian guitarist robby robertson. the story is told in a new dofrmentary. and brown has the story. part of o ongoing arts and culture series "canvas." >> the honor oopening last fall's toronto international film festival went not to a slashy new hollywood film but to the documentary oe were brothers. and why not? at its heart is robby robertson, aocal boy who made it big after first hearing early roc in flol the early 1950's. >> when this music came alongth

was like that's it that's the sound. that's the feeling. that's the rebel spirit. let's go. >> at 15, he would join e rock all across north arica. touring a few years later, he was playing lead gusitar bob dylan went electric. >> he opened some doors that we didn't kno what was behind those doors before. there was a way he could write yabout things that nobodrote about before. ♪ >> most of all, he was the leader for one of the most beloved band called simply the band. bertson, dnko, manual, hudson,

all canadian and levan helm,he arkansas-born singer and driver. with songs like "up on cripple creek." the band brought disparate influences to make something new. bruce sprgsstein recalls hearing "musi from big pink." there's no band thatze empha coming together and becoming greater than the sum of tir parts than their band. simplyheir name, the band, that was it. >> and when music p from bigk came out, people said what is this? >> yeah. >> where did this come from? this doe't fit in. this isn't what's happening. e andre like, thank you. thank you. >> that'shat you wanted to hear. >> our job is not to behas happening? our job is to be as honest as we

can about this noise that we're making. ♪ >> it all culminated in 1976 in san francisco with one of rocks' most renowned concerts theba 's last walz made into a film by martin scorsese. it was music that changed its time. but daniel roar the director of "once were brothe" and the director from toronto is just 26. he said the music has lived on for many in his generation. >> i would sayheool kids know the band. music is timeless. project. dime this these guys were mythic, larger than life. you watched "the last walz" and they're just the coolest, most uyincredible you know, -- they just occupied this mythic space i rock 'n' roll history.

in cultural history. what came into focus when i made the film is that these rock 'n' roll idols of mine, these guys that i worshipped, they were just like me. you kn, they were just like, you know, five guys try to do the best they could batting their insecurities and their demons. and it's very challenge skirk circumstances trying to navigate success. ♪ >> indeed, the brotherhood didn't last amidru, alcohol, depression, quabbles overdi ction, and resentment by other members of the band by robertson who they claim took too much credit includinghen it came to collecting song a 1983 memoir, levan wrote helm died of throlet cancer. hudson took his own life. ednko strugith addiction

for years and died in 1999 at age 56. garth hudson is the only other surviving band member. robbie robertson told his side of the story in his 20 service memoir, testimony. the basis for daniel's new film. >> i think it's a bittersweet story because ultimately we're left with this phenomel body work, this music that will live on forever. but at the same time, that comes with the ay mny that we spoke to earlier, and that comes with the bitterness and sadness and >> now 76, robertson has written music for many films often including composing the score for "the irishman." ♪ and he recently released a new album "cinematic" his first in eight years including songs like "dead end kid." that tells stories from his own

♪ >> each song is like little movie. and some of them are about -- not about who i broke up with. but growing up in toronto at one time when i was just getting started. and iad these dreams. and i thought i'm going to do this. and i think i couhat. oh, it would be great to go out in the world. and i want to write sgs. and people were like what? oh, you're going to be disappointed. that's not going to happen. >> it did happen for robbie robertson along with much drama and pain along the way. the film "once were brothers" robbie robertson and the band is now showing around the country. forhe pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown. ♪

judy: great music. and we will be back shortly with a remembrance of a jazz great. but first, take a moment to hear from y local pbs station. it's a chance to offer your support which helps keep programs like ours on the

judy: and a passing to note tonight. mccoy tiner who first gained acclaim in the 1960's as member of johnoltranelse ground inspiration for jazz pianists an around the world. he joined the quartet when he was 21. the quartet is remembered for songs from "my favorite things" to a love sup people. he remainedne of the top leaders in jazz. ♪

mccoyas tiner 81 years old. on our website, you can see him playing just two yearst ago the famed blue note club in new york city and talking about his time with the coltran quartet. he's talking with jeffrey brown. online rightow, our march pick for our newshour new york times book club is inheritance. it's a memoir about identity, d.n.a. and family secretes. author danny shapiro shares wite us howas inspired to write the book as well as what her writing routines look like. you can find out how to join our book club that's on pbs.org/does rewshour. robert costa exp where the road to the white house leads from here with his panel onas ngton week." tomorrow's edition of pbs newshour weekend looks at educating female land owners on sustainable farming practices. and that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff.

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