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economic and humanitarian crisis that is emerging because of this lockdown. they're practically faci severe starvation. >> woodruff: and it's friday. mark shields and david brooks break down the divide overin reoptoo soon and the allegations against biden. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 ars. bnsf, the engine that connects

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>> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woouff: another week ends the era of covid-19. as of tonight, more than 87,000 peopleave died nationwide. more than 300,000 have recovered. more of thcountry is reopening, or getting ready to, from the grand canyon to the jersey shore. and more federal relief is moving through the u.s. house of representatives. amna nawaz begins our covera. >> nawaz: in the capitol today, fervid debate over the newest coronavirus aid bill. >> we hear members talking about how much they love america,th r constituents. put up or shut up. now is the time to do it.

>> this is theingle >> this is the single largest borrow and spend bill the country has ever seen, and it included not one republican amendment. >> nawaz: proposed by democrs, the 1,800 page, $3 trillionlol 0 in direct cash payments to individuals; and, provide hazard pay to others on the front lines. democrats argued more federal atpport is needed for struggling and businesses. congressman alcee hastings of florida. a ricans are afraid, not just of how they're going to make ends meet, but whethergo they'rg to make it through this pandemic at all. buaz nput : anblreic through a partisan bill. oklahoma.an tom cole of >> let's do what we've done four together and craft a bipartisan bill. we've proven we've done it, and can do it ain. >> nawaz: senate majority leader, republican mitch mcconnell has dismissed the house proposal as a "totally

and the president has threatened to veto it. but today's vote came as the number of americanin need of help continues to grow. new figures this week reveal a total of 36 million americans have now filed for unemployment in the last two months. and new commerce department numbers today showed retail sales in april p redludec a or in an attempt to soothe the financial strain, more than 40 states have already announced plans to re-open or are in the midst of doing so. in frederick, virginia, mike mansfield's gastropub begaa phased re-opening today. >> we want to do something, everybody wants to work. but we want to take every precaution also. it's a little scary, but we're ready. >> nawaz: in parts of new york state, gernor cuomo allowed restrictions to ease, while extending stay at home orders for new york city until june 15th. >> there's no politics to this judgment. there's no arbitrary nature to this judgment.ll it'sn the numbers. >> nawaz: back in washington...

(horns honking) p ...the sounds testing truck drivers honking their horns, frustrated by low freights during the pandemic, ced the president's whit house event, promoting the administration's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine. though doctors birx and fauci of the coronavis task force wore masks, the president did not. >> i want to make e thing clear: vaccine or no vaccine, we're back. and, we are starting the process. in many cases, they don't have vaccines and a virus or a flu comes and you fight thugh it. >> nawaz: according to national institutes of health direcr francis collins, large scale trials for a possible vaccine aren't expected until july. and now, new questions about a co19viesd ma t bt abdetty white house. id late thursday the test can sometimes give a false negative, clearing the person tested as virus-free, when he or she isn't. and today, a blistering editorial from "the lancet"

medical journal, bashing the national pandemic response as""" accusing the trump administration of "marginalising and hobbling" the c.d.c., and calling on americans to vote for understand that public health should not be guided by partisan litics." overseas in china, officials said they marked one full month with no w cod deaths. but vulnerable populations, like here in bangladesh, are bracing for a blow. in this crowd camp, home to e million rohingya muslims, sethe first coronavirus ca was confirmed just today. for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, former vice president joe t, he would not pardon donald trump or his associates of any crimes. instead, he says he would let any investigations plaout. the presumptive democratic nominee spoke in a virtual town

hall on msnbc last night, and he accused mr. trump of abusing his power. >> we never saw anything like the prostitution of that office like we see it today. it is not something the president is entitled to do, to direct either the prosecution role, responsibilityand it's a dereliction of his duty. >> woodruff: biden also denied again the sexual assault accusations by tara reade, one but he said americans whofers. believe her probably should not vote for him. we'll take an in-depth look at the ree allegations, later in the program.e s. envoy to afghanistan, zalmay klilzad, blamed the islamic state group today for an attack that killed 2mapeople at a rnity hospital. he tweeted that the militant group has "demonstrated a pattn for favoring these typ of heinous attacks against civilians."

meanwhile,heondemned afghan president ashraf ghani cl fo.blaming the attack on th a tropical weather system off the floda coast could become the year's first named storm in the atlantic. it was blowing ovethe northwestern bahamas today, and already bringing high winds anou season does not officially begin unti.nel on 1ll street, stockd out gains to end the week, despite sharp drops in retails and industrial output. the dow jones industrial average was up 60 points to close at 23,685. e nasdaq rose 70 points, and, the s&p 500 added 11. still to come on the newshour: questions remain about a new complication from coronavirus affecting children. the pandemic exacerbates already dire crises in densely-populated bangladesh.po an in-depth on the sexual

assault allegations against joe biden. mark shields and david brooks break down the week's political news. plus much more. >> woodruff: while just a small percentage of the children infectedith this coronavirus are now learning a aesearchers in young people that seems to be caused by the viru in more than 100 cases in new york, and 60-plus acrossurope, young people have developed an awflammatory response similar to what's known as aki disease". it's led to concerns that we still don't fully understand the full impact covid is having on young people.

answers about what is known.syrh someone who is both seeing and treating this syndrome in kids: dr. jane newberger is a pediatric cardiologist at boston children's hospital, and a member of the young hearts council the american heart association. dr. newberger, thank you very h much for beie. i wonder if you could just start off by telling us, what is thisa syndromeyou're seeing? how does it manifest itself? what is it? >> yes. so it strikes individuals who are under 21 years of age.te and it's manifby either an extreme inflammatory response functioning properly because ofn

the inflammatory milieu. to have it, you n't have recent exposure to covid9. en you must have either cu evidence of covid-19 from a nasal swab for sars-cov-2 or evidence much more often of a recent infection because you were antibody positive, or else you need to have been exposed closely to somebody who had covid-19 in the past four weeksb ngham: i see. syndrome as a kind ofnav immunologic reaction in other words, it doesn't seem infection with covid, with sars- cov-2, but much more related to the body's immune response tong haeen exposed to that virus.

and so one has a tremendous inflammatory response to the trigger, really, that is the virus. >> brangham: and what is theer outcome, gly speaking, for the kids, for the young people who develop this syndr >> well, we think parents can be dvery optimistic if a chis devep this syndrome with careful, careful support in the right medicatis. the majority of children seem to a new wave of illnesthat we still are characterizi so we don't we don't have big statistics or reliable numbers that we can give people yet. but very quickly, people are gathering their cases and we're hoping that every child or teen who has this illness is logged into a registry of some sort. so that we can provide very

quantitative information in the future.ng >> bm: can you help us put this in perspective? i mean, my just quick back-of- the-envelope calculation is that this is affecting a relatively small number of the children who we believe who have been exposed to sars-cov-2. so help us weigh-- for the in the news, worrying a lot about this, how worried should parents be, given how few casess m to see of this?s >> t a very rare reaction or a pnoe menon ecoxpmpareded l to sars-cov-2. so parents, i wouldn't be extremely worried as a pu ent. i think n be reassured that the vast majority of children haven't either no sytoms or very mild sympto in response to a virus. so very few children are having this new syndrome.

>> brangham: and given that, parents who do worir childe might have been exposed to the virus. are there symptoms, particularly of this syndrome that they ought to be onhe lookout for? yes. so if a child has fever and seems inflamed with a rash, red eyes, red lips, any signs of what we call kawasaki disease? and i, if they have g.i. symptoms as well, which seem to be very, very common-- diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain-- theyd she in contact with their primary caregiver or their pediatrician. if the child really seems sick, in a sense, the way that a parent's sixth sense tells you and they don't seem responsive or the color doesn't seem right then they should go to asp al if they're worried. >> brangham: this is all some very, very helpful advice amids a confusion and nervousness and fright on a lot of parents' part. dr. jane newburger, thuck you very mh for being here.

>> thank you. >> woodruff: we continue our look now at how covid-19 is reverberating acro the globe. banglash, in south asia, is about the size of iowa but has 50 times as many people. that m containing coronavirus a huge challenge. as does the recent influx of a million refuge from neighboring myanmar. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro reports on efforts by one banglaedshnon-governmental oup trying to tale the problem. it's part of his series, agents for change. >> reporter: testing is only now ramping up in bangladesh, so the 20,000-odd covid cases and 300 deaths reported so far could rise significantly in the days

ahead. that's espially true in dhaka, a bustling, chock-a-block like the rest of the country,dh a has been in lockdown since late march, squeezing peopleto ven less space. the infection control challenge is plain to see.w practice distancing when there's so litane space? ?r hwashing when most homes lack running wat >> we are trying to plug holes to support the governmre system >> reporter: from my home in minnesa, i reached asif saleh, with the bangladesh rural advancement committee or brac,es the world's lanon- government aid group. brac plans to seup 600 testing kiosks across the country and is pauaincies.h the military most urgently it's also supplementing efforts by the government to get food to people.

>th (at up.translat i am hungry.ve ot had anything for four days. >> ( translated ): i'm here rvivtrsu tyi thio e,vethis .as foodyou? >> ( translated ): hardly two to three days. they give us eight pounds of rice and there are seven to eight people in my family. this is the kind of pain we face. >> repomirter: tens oions of already struggling bangladeshis, laborers, who rely on daily wages have lost their means of survival. >> beyond the public health crisis, there's a massive economic and humanitarian crisis that is emerging because of thie peho don't who are not oranntsavingwas.y ep ror 2teve starvion. partic

rohingya rugulees who'ar fle vdt here from whathe u.n has called genocidal violence in neighborg myanmar. the first confirmed covid case erside the camp was reported but there's not much testing available so no way to know how widely the virus has sprd here. what has spread, in the camp and across the country, is misinformation and fear. >> they're thinking that, you know, i'm going to die, or i'm going to get taken away or, so we're not going to be able to get food. we need to move out of the lockdown situation and come up with a post lockdown strategy >> reporter: for brac, that means awareness caaigns to spread accurate information, involving local communities to create qr raace nttoessp, prssible outbreak. beethn r to ge et pgoeople back to wo, especially garment we are like parul begum.ro b

hu (ngry. >> reporter: in bangladeshec omy, there is perhaps noen more esstial employee than the garment worker. inur million of them, earn about $100 u.s. a month, work in thousands of factouces, and prod80% of this country's it all ground to apt halt when the government declared a total lockdown.re garment worker sent home, many without being paid, and throughout the shutdown, there have been protests in the streets. have you been paid for march? >> ( translated ): how can we live? our rent is due and the landlord is kicking us out! we have kids, we have school fees.ou house is running out of food. >> reporter: they've been and american clothing retailers facing a meltdown in demand,ys orkers rights advocate kalpona akter.

>> many brands and railers started canceling their orders by saying that all t shops are closed and consumers are not buying at this moment, so they cannot take the product which, already made, and those are already in production. >> reporter: several brandsou reversede, she says, after a campaign her group conducted with the washington, d.c.-based workers rights consortium. it launched a site tracking which brands are and are not honoring their earlier purchase coits.h ory ners thspok'rese wnru more than $n 3 billion in cancelled orders and stuck with neadoy two billion ars worth of fabric. r >> for all t materials, the entire liability is on our we are very, very hetic to all the retailers who are suffering because without them 's just that we want them to itso kindly realize that there's a different reality out here. the reality is, there are lots

of peoe o are into go hungry.te >> rep we reached out to american companies on that the tracking site claims went back on their bangladesh commitments, including gap, j.c. penn, and kohl's but have received no response. amid all the uncertainty and a lockdown, garment factories were allowed to reopen in late april. there are still plenty of pending orrs and owners say they¡ve added safeguards to sanitize the workspace and put more distance between workers. workers advocates say it still leaves a lot people in still- crowded spaces in a country ill equipped to handle covid outbreaks, but one that's counting on this workforce to anchor its economic recovery. the health of bangladesh's garment industry post covid will depend heavily on how consumers behave in rich countries. will they return to the malls or even onlinto buy as they used to or will the appetite forsh n have shifted and

this start to become clear. for the pbs newshour, along wite the ill- minnesota.masall of america, in >> woodruff: fred's reporting is a partnership with the undertold stories project at the university of st. thomas in miesota. >> tacufcuoosionngwof:ag m former vice president joe biden of sexual assault. tara reade who in 1993 worked in the office of the senator biden, said that he kissed her and inappropriately touched her without consent. biden has categorically denied the allegations. the allegations face examination from t public our own dan bush and lisa desjardins are here to take us through their extensive porting.

they join me now to share what they've learned. i'm going to turn to you both,. but, l t take us throught what you did and what you learned in all fron 00 formerthese people. biden staffers. med aat, we were able to havein son, judy, those women told us they had never had any experience thatbl was uncomforwith the former vice president or ever heard of any experience that was uncomfortable or, worse, many of them said they hadspent timee with him aluring work hours and that did they had -- they wanted to say most of them didn't want to reflect whetr th what tara reade did sasy

exnopediriences att all, especy in a workplace thahat dan and i heard from them that they felt heltwered women.e uncomfortable,all confirmed what we know about joe biden, which is his history, has been, of reaching out and making physical contact of people he spea to, touchin them. people said at the te this was known about biden, he would rub your shoulders, squeeze yo shoulders, give people hugs anur whe thpeoe we spoke tdo sa they themselves didn't feel uncomfortable, they did acknowledge former vice president biden doesn't seem to have a strong social signal in terms of whethat kind of contact is wanted or not. that came up last year on the cam trail and now again here.

>> and, lisa, you also uncovered, frankly, new details that reflect on tara reade's allegation that she says e was forced out of the office because she complained about beingun mfortable abthe sexual incident. tell us exactly what yu learned abouthat and whs.y it >> well, tara reade sa that she complained about previous scwarmt in the office -- sexual harassment in the office and after she cplained, she sai she was retaliated against in a couple of ways and that that entually forced her out of the office. de spoke to the man who share they worked together on nstituent mail. ben savage told us, actually, it was a performance probm with tara reade that he himself raised to supervisors. in some cases said she wasrtant mail and that the problem was bad enough that he raised it to

supervisors. why she left.at and here's some of the interview d him over the phoi t wiheld that position, she's keef or wnd it frustrating. tara reade.ourse, reach sin declined our request for an rvt ponses to our questions, among them to this exact issue, he said that story is flat wrong. here is what doug winter wrote us in response. wte, ms. reade recalls there was a lot of nit-pickingrd reher performance in the office. she was also very nervous at that point and distracted so it's possible, from time to but her performance had nothing to do with her termination. we know reade worked in that office for abo>> nine months. woodruff: and, dan, you also learned new information from reade's attorney about the

location hat tara readeys is so tell us about that.ted her. >> that's right, judy. reade'so attorney prous with new information about this assault, this alleged assau, saying that reade claims that it took place somewhere between the russell building where biden had an office at the time and the u.s. capitol building. i want to show you what the spaces look like. so this is the hallway whre biden's office was, it's essentially unchanged to now to get to the capitol, you go down a flight of stairs and take a tunnel where there's a subway that takes lawmakers to the capitol building.od anwho's been to this part of the capitol knows there are a lot of people moving through these spaces, especially when congress is in session -- lawmakers, their aides, reporters, a police presence as what a lot of the former biden staffers told us is, look, these

are publ if this allegation is true, i havefa, it woul been extremely brazen, judy, beuse the likelihood it would have been seen by someone was very high. >> >woodruff: and separately from this, lisa, tara reade has identified other details of what occurred during that time. take us thrt wouyhaouea l staffers about those. >> yes, judy. some of these accounts corroborate what she's saying. let's look at a couple of things. first, she saidt that the vice president reached up her skirt when she was bringing him a gym bag on this path that then describes we know that the atvice president or the se at the time did go to the gym. many staffers told us that and at reade's job is one that would have run errands, for another thing that comes up that is tara reade says that she was asked to serverinks at fundraiser because the then senator liked her legs, likedks her lo. staffers told us that, actually, that's contrary to their

experience, that, at that timle, peho worked there -- and we spoke to about 20 oafef fthm really was asked to go to fugnraisers that was a camp function, and, moreeror moreoven staffers around the time reade was there recalled biden had a policy that he asked men to do menial tasks to bring him coffee or drive him specifically because he didn't want women to be seen as serving him. one more thing, judy, reade claimed she was admonished for how she dressed by a supervisor and that that was part of the retaliation. staffer who was with reade at the time and didn't want to be named that she remembers that conversation. she remembers reade telling her about the admonishment about her dress. that is something we have confirmed. there are different opinions. we believe there waso cause for the comment, that it was retaliation and her dress was

normal and professional, but three co-workers said it was not professional. we raise that only because it speaks to the issue of retaliation and what was going on in the office toward her. >> toodruff: in additi all this, you both looked at the culture in 1993, what was going on at the with regard to womn , working, women working on capitol hill. what did you find about that and about how joe biden was seen in that period? lisa? th>> yeah. judy is not just any time or any senator. joe biden around that time waswr ing the violence against women act. she was the chairman of the ijudiciary committee, anthe month just before wenhvth ie occurred is when he chaid si anita hill on harassment. he is criticized for not allowing witnesses to corrobate her there are many complaints about many femalet saffers saying men

felt they could put their hands on them, prvasive in offices. senator pack wood who would leave under shambecause of allegations of sexual misconduct with staffers was prnt. the staffers described a list of senators to stay away from like packwood, and they said those who worked for biden and we talked to some who didn't work for biden said biden was not on the hist, he was regarded as someone who had women high in hioffice, however he was known as someone who put his hands on you but notn the lisof egregious staway-from senators. >> to underscore that, as lisa was saying, this was commonplace as a lot of aides told us a gave us specific anecdotes of treatment of women that ey saw themselves, others told them or they experienced. one woman scribed a man coming up when she was a young staffer, rubbing her shoulders in a way that made her feel very

uncomfortable. another staffer told us about walking into an office setting where uty ief of staff was sitting in aer? 's lap. we spoke to someone else wh described a signature senator in his elevator with his arm around a young female staffer's waist.t re was the kind of culture in place in the senate arndlkin about. >> woodruff: the story is so important, all these stories very important. you've dne some extensive and excellent reporting. dan bush, lisa desjardins, we thank you. >> ksdr. woo a that's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. hello to bd,h of you. daet's go right to what we've just been hearing from lisa and dan bush and their

extensive reporting, exhaust repoing, talking to 74 former biden staffers and coming away with no one saying they were aware of any -- anything like what tara reade haslleged. what do you take away from this? deeply into the biden office at that time as i thi it's possible to go and i think we have a good sense of it. it reveals joe biden is a transparent person. the culture they described is the one i knew when i was covering senator biden and the pers i know him to b and it raises more skepticism about ths cl i would say, in addition, there's a politico report looking into some of tarast reade's allegations in other cases, other parts of her life, and i think the bottom line is, if you were a perso who was sag should this issue for joe biden, i think the arrow has moved into less of a we dnow that it didn't 'tproblem. happen, we can't know that, but

certaie degree of skepticism has to be a little higher because of this rort. >> woodruff: and, mark, you're somebody who's covered the city for a long time, you've walked the halls of the senate office buildings, what do you come away with here? is. >> well, i come away, first of all, with great admiration fo both lisa and dan. 74 people on the record is remarkable. there have been a couple hundred calls they had to make to get that, ani think it does confirm what has been sort oseug political people who don't have a dog in the fight and that is joe bidenwas 50 years old in, 19d that's 27 years ago, and suggesting that this wason e and only time in his entire life that he sexually assaulted a woman who has reported it, just seems increangly unlikely, that's all.

i mean, and, yes, tara reade a the serves a hearing -- deserves a hearing, but i thought joe biden's own statement, if i rged for what was cha me, i wouldn't vote for myself and nobody should, i thought that was a reasonable conclusion. >>, woodruff: wecertainly the case is always open. we continue to report as new information comes in, we certainly will report that as ll. but i want to turn you both now to what we saw this week and come back to you, david, anthony fauci describeon the hill it a mistake to move too fast. we heard fro m sayhes he wast pushed out beaue setrwa hos yi more on covid 19. on the other hand, you have president trp saying we'ree going to mhead no matter what. who has more credibility on this pandemic at this point? >> it's not really aocln ifa o f

american government over the last 20 years, and exmbremely and direct man. i think he's right. i think he underscores the fact of -- you know, i keep saying we're not winning this. the number of deaths is just up 100,000, 2,000, day after day goes down in york, but it's rising in other places. but one thing tstike me -- that strikes me, not tozetoloo people lockedem lves down before politicians took a move and s ople are still locking down. one of the thihat's been interesting toois mu yloo tracking, red and blue states have the same amoofun movement, the same number of people, basically, in state after state aoe stayingme and red and blue states, there's noo correlbetween it's a red and blue state or whether people are doing better or worse. so i thnk the key decisions are

not being made in the state houses or the white housee theying made in living rooms as people decide is it safe, can i go out? and most people are trying to fi a balance, but i'm sort of impressed most people are being reasonably cautious right now. >> woodruff: yet, mark, agthain, president said it again today, we need to move ahead, whether wre ready or not, on the -- in the direction of opening up. >> yes, he dd, judy, a the president proves, once again, he's not actually strategic or tactical in his political fights that he engages in. he's visceral. he's stinctive. if you're going somebody politically, go after somebodye who's er than you or ls e consecutive presidential elections running against hever because he was oothhere in the deprberression d unpopular as a republican president. but he picked dr. fauci, david

mentioned had been there since reagan years, buttot only t, in a presidential debate when george h.w. bush was asked to cite a contemporary americanit edhe dr. antho fauci. give the medal of freedom ine to 2008, he gave it to dr. anthony fauci. so no surprising in the pollmors information, anthony stood at 62% with the majority of republicans saying they trusted him. donald trump, at the same time, had a resounding 38% trust, 62% distrust. so as i think this is a decision that has been made by voters, alady, who do want solid and gnowledgeable information from ae politically. >> woodruff: as the three of us are talking now, david, the

house of representatives getadig to vote on a measure being pushed by theemocrats, $3 trillion in additional aid ti people suf as a result of covid 19. the republicans are pretty much uniformly against it. even some democrats say they think it's too much. the chairman of the federal reserve said this week we need to do more forhose -- for people who may end up with sinesses that are gone or people who have lost their jobs. what are we to make, at this point, of moving ead wh a $3 trillion prol? >> wel iere'stak po's asa political ploy, i think it's a mistake to put tether a negotiations with the other side, where it's clearly going where in the senate, it's a political poster you're putting up on the wall, i think that's a mistake. at the same time, i think we're going to have to spend a lot more money and the hllrt of this s correct, which is aid to

states. state revenues have collapsedch, state fiscal situations are disastus now unlike any we've seen in this country's history, and if you care about the things states do, schools, universities, or anything else states do, they need money. tis country started, alexander hamilton took state debt they built up in the revolutionary war and he tolebaf ized it and gave them a t.ileroual government. g money out to states , shoovveli sng morhe money out to individuals wh knherehe gog gero their grbill is right to. do i don't think it's useful to do it in a way that's a political gesture. >> woodruff: so, mark, what's the right approach? >> well, the right, judy is not that recommended by the senate majority leader whicsaiwe have not yet felt the urntley of

actingiddle eas a -- actingimmediately. you mentioned chairman powell painted out this is the most serious economic crisis the country has faced, cerin since the great depression since world war ii, and he pointed out that 40% of the people in the country, households earnia $40,00ar or less in february, 40% of them lost their jobs in march. and these -- these are real people. these are waiters, waitresses, hotel people, taxi drivenues aie anople in the hospita change dressings and they are really desperate and they need and that's ins'sht ipac disagrei him on the total politicalization of it, you have start somewhere. the republicans say they don't want to do anything. mitch mcconnell says let thees stnto go into bankruptcy. that is unacceptable. ate states provide gre

services. we're talking about the people who are at the front line ofg, providhether it's police, fire, or first responders. so, yes, is politicized? yes, but you have to begin somewhere and you star senate, we are told, won't be taking this up until june. t i want to conclude, in less than two minutes, just quickly, right now, with what happened with senator richard burr of north carolina this week. the f.b.i. came to hisouse unanunced and said we're going to take your cell phone. havingd on insidenformation on the icnd aemnd georgia and other republican senator kelly loeffler of gegia is turning ove she says she's cooperating with investigators. hoserious is all this? we've heard a little bit about it before, but now, when the

senator -- senator burr steps down as chair of the senate intelligence committee, it looks like something we'll pay attention to. >> the f.b.i. does not a raid a united states senator's home and seize his cell phone without real cause of suspension so i take it seriously as a leg and ethical matter. if you're a chairman dodoof senading, you have younr in a blind trust. you don't take a moment of urisis and make money off this. it's not what yo do as a leader and sort of reflects -- i don't know about the crime but tflects extremely poorly character of the senator. >> woodruff: and, mark, less than 30 seconds. >> less than 30 seconds. judy, if, in fact, anybody made a quick buck off oside information and it's someintf hg that has takenlkabout bloapod my

lationthnitessinds himselfcausil te, s committee, the senate intelligence committee has been an island of partis thepian t ashhahend concludon that, yes, russia engage and interfere and subvert the election in 2016 on behalf of donald trump and against hillary clinton. so the charges will stand on their own, but he will find himself without the support of the president of the united states who feels he's been let down by senator burr. is anodruff: kind of af th thertu ltuous week. david brooks, mark shield thank you both, please stay safe. >> woodruff: as an

devastating week comes to a close, we wami to take a few tes to honor just some of the remarkable individuals who have flen victim to covid-19. 50 year old bobby pin was known for his blue hair and infectious energy. photography and film-making took bobby around the world. he took photos at burning mang s friends along the way. a perfectionist, bobby excelled in more than just art. he was also a scuba diver, completing over 150 dives. last year, he made one special trip to cambodia, where he was born. bobby's family fled the country during the pol pot dictatorship when he was five years old. fashionable, talented and full of curiosity, chianti jackson- harpool lit up every room, from political fundraisers to girls' , ghts with friends.

baltimore natiianti worked as a social worker for the homeless before launching chhem cidrty chocolasp" teinired was yea old valentina blackhorse dreamed of one day leading navajo nation.d born and rai kayenta, arizona, valenna participated in native american pag where she demonstrated her deep ilowledge and affinity for navajo culture, , and language. quiet, wm, and caring, d r.gegeyor ti she was just 28 years old. mahmooda shaheen was known as the "universal mother" in her brooklyn community humble, spiritual, and a great listener, she cared for her neighbors as if they were family.

mahmooda was also an athlete. hecoshd d acedan badminton, netball, and tennis in pakistan, where she grew up. her principals of generosity and activism inspire the work her three children do today. she was 71 years old. don spitko was his pennsylva neighborhood's "mr. fix-it,"nia always there to offer a helping hand. the 81-year-old electrical plant supervisor lovhi working with hands, from remodeling homes to camping and gold-panning. with every project, he taught his five daughters and son the trad ita proud marine veteran, efore graduating high school, eager to serve hedis bei country.

>> woodruff: it is that time of year when graduates u all levels aally "crossing the stage," shaking hands and receiving their diomas. ale t flo quite different-st all of them "virtual." the noti of "commencement," or dee beginning of a new chapter, is tougher for snts to imagine. as part of o ongoing arts and culture series, canvas, we hea now from a variety of leaders in message to my alma mater-- on how to embrace that uncertainty. >> it can be difficult to see >> it's vital we learn the peace and comfort of stepping into the unkn the noise of the world drowns out the sound of you. you have to get still to liste so canou use this diss order covid 19 has wrought? can you treat it as an uninvited guest that's come into our midst to reorder our way of being? can you the class of 2020 nshow how to put the pieces back together again but how to

create a new and bet moer evolved normal, a world more just, kind, butiful, tender, lime now, creative, whole? we need you too this because the pandemic has illuminated the vast systemic inequities that have defined life for too many o long. >> it can be >> it can be difficult to see the whole picture when you're still inside hope you wear these uncommon circumstances as a badge of honor. those who meet times of hchistoricalenge with their eyes and hearts open - forever restless and forever striving - are also those who leave the greatest impact on theives of others. >> there'serbi nte wfaggg r figg on, the adveity that you face going into your new situation. so i encourage you to push through. continue to believe in yourself. continue to surround yourself with people who will continue to encourage and support you in that journey. >> i'm here to say congratulations. congratulations to you chosen ones. ani am calling you the ¡chosen

ones' because you have been chosen in many ways. you have not returned to the starting line like all of us generations before you, you're just approaching it now for the very first time. you've just arrived.ar yochosen in that way to enter into the competition of life just when so many have had ret reen a tod refresh and retake up the hard work andbl unshirresponsibilities of making the world not only our own but of your own. >> when the sun ines again, the creativity of this class will shine with it. gyou'll go back to relish relationships, sharing funny stories, cheering for all of our duke blue devil athletes.hi >> this may feel like a daunting time to begin this next chapter, it is also a moment when the world desperately needs

your skills and your creativity. >> don't deny your potential, never deny your potential. i'm proof of what poteis all about. when i entered duke university, i had no idei would go into comedy and acting. i really didn'know what i wanted to do with my life. i didn't know what my passion was. it was because of duke drama and hoffenhorn i discovered my love of acting, performance, comedy.i >> there are to be bad times in life, like what's happening right now, in my life i've been through some incredible highs and somow tremendous and the one thing that's true about both of them is that they pass. so cherish the good mes and the bad times, remember they won't last forever, it does get better. >> with a quote from one who throughout his all too short uncertainty and strife, yet, the reverend dr. martin lutherho king jr.n 1961 had this to say, and i quote, "all life is inerrelated, we're tied in single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality and whatever

affects on directly, affects all indirectly. years to come in which you will shape your future and the future of our great country and our miraculously wonderfully resilient world. >> you're graduating at a time of separation and uncertainty but i want to say to you that and keep making your art, no matter the circumstances, the materials available,uarantine or no quarantine, studio or kitchen table, keep creating your music, your film, your dance, keep making yr art for today, for the future, and las. neratituon hasng ara m definient. my generation had vietnam. then another generation had 9/11. now, this is your time. it's great to be uncomfortableat just how great you can really of information and technology,d

your nr education, constant learning, andrs unnding of the world will be never slowed down or paused. continuing education will be with you for the rest of your life. thing, the rest of your life is t a spector sport. your job in life is to be an active player, to make the world a better place. now ureda to graduthate an, d you all earned, you all deserved it. >> help somebody out, be great, change the world, th's what and that's the newshour for tonight. before we go, as we watch some of the country start uop tp,en terrible time has brought americans together in common cause like we haven't seen since world war ii. the news we report often focuses on sad numbers-- of those who'vh

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tonight on kqed newsroom, we consllions of dollars in budget id mi cuts as california grapples with the financial fallout from the plus, transportation was mount as passengers and drivers stay home, but getting around may be harder when businesses reopened. plus, to area these young directors share comeback strategies foreopening in e months ahead. hello, and lce to kqed newsroom, it is week nine of sheltering in place in northern california. more than 87,000 people have now died from covid-19 the united states. on thursday,