captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the protests persist-- peaceful demonstrations continue nationwide as a divide emerges aowmong police over to handle them; some showing solidarity with protesters and others showing force. then, signs of an economic recovery-- a better than xpected jobs report shows a surprising rebound in the labor mllarket but ns remain out of work. and it's friday, mark shields and david brooks examine this week of massive protests and president trump's reaction by calling up the nation's military. at ll td more on tonight's pbs newshour.

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but, there is also news of economic recovery, with more thst two million jobs added month. thide prt melded the two today, and quickly drew criticism for it. stephanie sy begins our coverage. >> hopefully george is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that's happening for our country. this is a great day for him. it's a great day for everybody. >> reporter: president trump invoked the memory of george floyd this morning, as he hailed the may jobs report, calling i"" the greatest thing that can happen for race relations," even though unemploymnt rates for inorities actually went up. in delaware, a short time later, the presumptive democratic nominee for president, former vice president joe biden, emned mr. trump's remarks. >> for the president to try to put any other words eo the mouth ofe floyd i frankly think is despicable. >> reporter: the president's appearance came in the rose garden, at a white house now

behind barricaut he only briefly addressed the nationwide protests against police violence on black americans. >> it will all work out. some governors will need a little help, but forost part they are in good shape. we have a fantastic military, we have a fantastic national guard. national guard was barely used. you have to dominate the streets. you can'what's happening happen. reporter: but on one street near the white housee protesters' cause now dominas. after a week defined by unrest and crackdowns from the police and national guard. today a major street declared" black lives matter," in bright yellow paint. d.c. mayor muriel bowser officially re-named the block" black lives matter plaza." >> what we have to say to young black youth is that you matter, we care about them and we hear we're listening to them and we're trying to make all of our systems starting right here in washington, d.c. more fair. >> reporter: but the local black

chapter called the action quot"" a performative distraction from nsreal policy," and iad, demanded tangible reforms. >> hshds up! don't t! hands up! don't shoot! >> reporter: last ni peaceful demonstrators weathered d.c. thunderstorms at the eight foot now circling the perimeter of the "people's house." it was one of many pro tsts arou country free of violence. but in buffalo, new york, another viraof police violenceam local news cas captured the mont an officer pushed 75- o year-old martin gugino te ground, leaving bldripping from aead wound. the officers had claimed t man tripped, they have been suspended. new york governor andrew cuomo said he was alarmed. >> it disturbs your basic sense of decency and humanity. why? why was that necessary? where was the threat? an older gentleman-- where was the threat?

it's just fundamentally >> reporter: it was one of a growing number of incidents of police violence being reported, including tuesday in los angeles, where police smashed a black man's car windows and dragged him onto theround. >> curfew is 8:00, go home! >> repter: in new york city, last night police were more restrained than the night before, but eventually, they did arrest demonstrators for o eaking the 8:00 curfew. mayor bill deblafended the enforcement actions. >> sometimes it'because there's a lot more there than meets the eye, and when you're after curfew, you have a threat of violence, you have evidence of violence being intended and people have been asked to be dispersed. i o wantmind you those are real conditions that have to be understood. >> reporter: meanwhile, the national football league is under increasing pressure, four years after thsan francisco 49ers colin kaepernick staoted his own prt by taking a knee during the national anem. he has not played in the league since.

in floridasooday, the jaille jaguars marched in solidarity and more than a dozen n.f.l. together" vidsocial media.er >> on behalf of the tional football league, this is what we, the players, would like to hear you state: we the national football league, condemn rism and the systemic oppression of black people. >> reporter: those demands continued today and into this evening, in cities across the country. from kansas city... to dallas, w the police department organized a "blue for black lives matter" march. minneapolis today, whee police killed george floyd, the city agreed to ban all police chokeholds, and require any bystanding officers to intervene in violations. and california governor gavin newsom also announced an end to pinning suspects by the neck. support from many corners, and steps toward reform.

for the pbs newshour, i'm stephanie sy. >> woodruff: in the wsy's other talk of a turnaround from the pandemic accelerated on news of those surprising job gains in may. the economy added 2.5 million jobs, after losing 21 million in march and april. and, the national unemploynt rate fell more than a full point, to 13.3%. we'll get the details, after the newsummary. the jobs report sent a jolt of timism through wall street. the dow jones industrial average ined 829 points, 3%, to close above 27,100. the nasdaq rose 198 points, and, the s&p 500 added 81 points. even as economic activity picks up, the covid-19 pandemic is still spreading, and claiming lives.

worldwide deaths neared 400,000 today, with about a quarteof those in the united states. geneva, the world health organization called for widespread use of face masks by more than just health workers and patients. >> in light of evolving governments should encourage the where there is widespreadsks transmission and physical distancing is difficult, such as on public transport, in shops or in other confined or crowded nments. >> woodruff: the issue of social distancing ame up at president trump's white house event today. staffers moved rep' chairs closer together than the recommended six feet. they said they did it because "it looks better." the commanding gener i of u.s. forcjapan says china is pushing territorial claims

across the south china sea, while the pandemic occupies the rld's attention. he reports a surge in chinese naval activity, and he says it is aimed at intimidating other tions with their own territorial claims. and, in the u.s. presidential campaign, an associated press count shows former vice president joe biden is now within 18 delegates of clinching the democratic nomination. he could win those in primaries over the next few days. meanwhile, twitter has disabled a trump campaign video honoring george floyd. the social media company cited a copyright complaint. still to come on the newshour: new jobs report shows a surprising recovery in the labor market. we discuss the ongoing nationwide protests with the mayor of los angeles. mark shields and david brooks break down this moment in america. plus much more.

>> woodruff: the unexpectedly strong jobs numbers caught most econists by surprise. but, as john yang reports, the administration was quick to hail them as early indications of an economic recovery already underway. >> yang: judy, at his rose >> this afternoon in maine the president said today's j support was sign a that good times are ahead. rica's economic comeback has begun. the next year is set to be a year, and you rember i said it, but it's going to be an amazing byear. ve thing happened today when we saw numbers the likes of which we've never seen inhe history of our country. good timing because people look at that and they say, hey, this

country's great. we've done things that nobody else has ever done. >> yang: how do others interpret the numbers, and how much do they say about the future? elise gould is a labor economist at the economic policy institute, a rescenter that gets funding from organized labor, and our own lisa desjardins, who covers economic policy on capital hill. lisa, let me start with you. you heard the president say that looking this jobs report, america's economic comeback has do you see that in this report? >> not yet. it certainly is welcome surprise that the top line numberstarted to turn around, but it would be a mistake to think it is nowor time policy-maker to turn off the valve and stop providing aid to workers, their families, cessary aid to state and local governments. >> reporter: the consensus of economists was that we would see another drop i payroll, in

jobsla how do you e, or when you look at the numbers, what does it tell you to explain this increase of 2.5 million? >> it is a bit of a puzzle, absolutely. many economists did not expect this. i think there's a couple of factors. is the initial unemployment insurance claims came ind aro 10 million between the reference period in april and the reference perinod may, and would like many people to think the job office would be lar. turns out some of the hires miff set that and maybe some of the claims were pent-up demand when' people couget in earlier to make the claims. it's also possiblehe paycheck protection program has gotten people back on pay troll as well. >> reporter: where the new jobs come from in may. >> in may we saw many of the sectors th had the first b job losses. some have come back. 31 states have begun using their

stay-at-home restrictions, so we can see that result there, leisure and hospitality, trade, healthcare employment, even in constr. >> reporter: earlier today, president trump was asked about what he could do to help race erelations in america andaid a strong economy, was his answer, and he pointed to these jobs numbers. but even in these jobs numbers weee the continuing disparity along racial lines and even in is lite minirebound in may we see disparity along racial lines. >> yes, that's exactly right. know that there were job offers across the -- js los across the board, devastating job losses that we saw in march and april and those are felt across the economis differently. the job losses that hit black workers are more devastating because they have historically higher unemployment rates, higher poverty rates, low income, lower wages and lower

liquid savings to be able to weather that kind of atorm of those massive job losses. then in may, you see a little sign, a glimmer of some hope. but it's actually hitting whi workers, not hitting black workers. so it's adding moreinsult to injure and it seems that this recoveryas it has just begun, has alrey started to discriminate further against the black workers. >> reporter: lisa desjardins, president trump this morning in the rose garden signed an ortension of one of the e congress is trying to help people, the paycheckrarotection prthat elise just mentioned. there is anecdotal evidence that you have that's helping and that's in this extension that the president signed? >> this is something critical for millions of these small businesses, john, who have been waiting for weeks, worried they would not be able to use this money. this, course, is a program meant to help businesses with

500 or fewer workers. the idea i this program essentially floats most of the ticks costs for the businesses for two months, that's how much money the federal government is given. so they were only given a time to use the money. first of all the bill from congress and tptd said the funds could be spent over 24 weeks. it was eigks, so that's a huge extension. 60% of that money must go to salaries. that's a lower figure than previously it was 75 some of these businesses said we don't spend 75% on our salaries. 60% is too much. so essentially, john, what's happened here is businesses aren't getting mo money, but they're getting a lot more flexibility. there are some technpral lems with the way this bill was written, over. we're seeing what changes y come, when this is actually but as far as evidence that this

program made a big deal in our economy, this is clearly the largest infusion of cash in the economy in the past honest. let's look a little bit at what panother graphic here for hou. e a prom that so far used $510 billion. it still has more than 100 billion left to spend that's been approved. now, this is 4.5 million americ small businesses that have used this fund, and, john, the average loan is not that righe, considering the situation about 114,000 on average. so we are talking about small and if you look at the data, if you look at exactly when this moy hit, most of these businesses got this money in may, andcohad have something to do with these unemployment numbers. >> lisa, what do you think these unemployment numbers will do to the thinking on capitol hill about another -- or more stimulus down the line? >> speaking ources across the capitol and in both parties,

i'll tell you, republicans feel this bolsters their argument that it is time to take a pause and to wait before there is mory mo spent, more relief given. they want to see what the relief so far has d now, house democrats, speaker pelosi sent outtea snt today saying she thinks the opposite, that this money spent shows that it was spent well, that the unemployment results are from previous relief and if ey stop spendinthe money, she is saying she thinks unemployment will goack up. i have to tell you i think the republicans seem to be wning the momentum context here and there is a larger debate on employment benefits, also extended under the cares act because to have the pancrmic, and des would like to keep that going. r unemploymene fo than specifically, an and they would like to keep that going, but that runs out adt the of july, and they admit the unemployment numbe will make it harder for them to get that extension.

reporter: when they wer doing the cares act on capitol hill and talking about the unemployment bs, there was an argument made by some republicans that it was a disincentive to unemploymenty raising the unemployment benefits and extending them. as a labor economit, what's your reaction to that? >> $600, my dwrd zits very important to extend that, it does run out in july. that has been vital to keep workers the afloat. it allow workers with throw nuflatiorates to con to equal rights put food on the table, a roof over their head and, without that money, they will be economically devastated. i think it speaks more to the fact that wages are so lowor many workers across this country that $600 could ly make that much of a difference. turned on.ital to keephat when workers get called back to work, they can't keep collecting that $600, they're going to have

so i don't really see that happening there. >> reporter: with thunder rolling in the background, elise sjuld, economic policy institute, lisa dins our congressional correspondent for the "newshour", thank you very much. >> you're welcome. thank you. >> woodruff: the nationwide protests over the killing of state and local governmentan officials to closely examine their law enforcement agencies. los angeles mayor eric garcetti announced yesterday his proposal to cut $150 million from the city's police budget and put that money towar helping communities of color. and mayor garcetti joins us now. welcome back to the "newshour", mr. mayor. i think a loteople could understand why you would want to put this money into communities

that are hurting, but why take it from the police department, pweeks after you were calling fr an increase in the police department budge >> it's a fair question to ask, judy, and good to be with you again. ok, budgets are moral documents, and we knew in make cuts almost everywhere -- myself, ivilian departments took a 10% cut. so i want to be very clear with police officers and everybody else listening, this is shared sacrifice, but no one department can be complete immune. we have to, in tough economic times, and in a moment of racial justice where we hav the portunity, any police officer out there i've ever talked to sa, please, can you invest in education and the healthcare and the things that mightnt pre crime before i have to deal with it? on their b and they'reo shoulder supposed to solve homeless,ne mental health, deal with lack of

communication in communities of color. let's start going down a road are priorities, not anngs, t, either/or, it's a yes/an we've all squeezed budgets. we can keep our police officers well protected, invested training, making sure they're compensated in the right way. but if we don't start walking through this door today, whe will we, and if we don't take this action, who will? so i hear what people areaying out there as well as what my officers say, too. we have to find a better way, it can't just be on the back of policing, it has to be in t reflections of society that says long beforeheriminal justice system intervenes we can giveth people wha need for their lives they deserve and not have the racial disparity we have hao foong in america. >> woodruff: but but you recognize the impetus was the killing of george floyd.t' >>not when it started. the largest thing that's

increased in the last years i have beenayors is $700 million to fight homelessness we didn't have before. we increased the gang reduction youth development workers. people in criminal juasice work entors to keep our parks open late, that's increased 50%, ile the number of police pfficers we had stay the same, all budgets gobecause of more receipts and the cost of living, but we put our priority overwhelmingly long before today and trying to invest in those things to help our officersbe safer and help our communities be safer. you don't have to choose between those two, and i know that's a tough message.people are listene ears that either characterize all police offasers terrible human beings or vice versa that have for toolong characterized people of color, especially african-american men and women as threats. we can't stand for either of those things, and the second result in the loss of life based on your skin. and theout burn puts police officers in danger. we have to move forward in the

momentum that built long before today, but certainly today demands acceleration of and i'm proud l.a. is taking those steps. >> woodruff: we should just point out though " tlack lives matter" and other groups saying these cuts aren't enough theyying there should be a 90% cut below what the city was already spendinlamb l.a. they want to cut the number of police. in fact some people are saying get rid of the department altogether, virtually. i'm understanding you saying this is re far as yogoing to go? >> no, there's always more. as we have a stronger economy, let's continue to invest in those things. how cuff so many less people who have hvjt women who are black have a four to six times more te of dying in childbirth. that's something we can all embrace together. but i want to be very clear, this is something in which folks would say let's get rid of our policets departmi disagree.

ive seep police officers break up sex tfficking rings, making sure a woman experienng sexual violence has safety. i want to have heroes all over our communities and investments in our young people, and the idea that we have to choose between those two is the wrong dichotomy. >> woodruff: in that connection, you said just in the la few days, and i'm quoting, the vast majority do this job selflessly and with honor andy dignfitting the badge. but we know, mayor garcetti in the last few days there have been a number of incidents the protesters.l.a. police and we have video wear showed elier in the "newshour". these are scenes that have played out on social media, one of them, in one case, there wa-- the police used a baton on someone who was standing there peacefully. in other olcase,s, a pe car drove into people in the street.

there wastanother instance where officers smashed the windows of a car that was sitting there, dragged the persoout of the car. how does all this square with your description of police officers, most of whom you say are acting with the dignity that befits the badge? >> yeah, we have hundreds of n ousands of incidents that happengiven year, and even in the toughest times, and there should be accountability always. have an inspector general not police officers, thatiz investigate these and they should be investigated and they trouble . one camera frame nay not tell the entory, for instance the car backing away was taking projectiles and we've seen an officer get a cracked skull and near die. that says, i know policingis n completely tough job, but protestors should be we should have accountability and i hope we lift up the stories of the amazingoments we saw where folks had dialogue,

hugged, took knees, engaged as well as holding anything that violates policy within our city, holding those individuals accountable. >> woodruff: but are these incidents and other questionable incidents like them, are they investigated. >> yes, 100% and our inspector general is available for anyoneo elseas one that needs investigation. it's something not new now. t of people may be having these interactions for the first time in their life. this is something we set up decades ago in our police department here, and that accountabilityo be for anybody, whether a government employee, member of the public, itand no badge or should hide that, as well for the public as well.>> oodruff: mayor garcetti, i'm sure you know that a number of the folks involved in the protest, though, are saying investigating isn't good enou, they're calling on the police chief, your police chief michael moore, to step down, toe fired. some of them i even heard today

on the steps of city hall calling for you step dow how do you answer this? >> that's part of being a i don't think i have been in office a day where somebody either from this or that direction doesn't want me to step down, but i think we're define with action opened not with words what we do. i'm very proud of the things we've done in this city whether together raising a minimum wage, making college free, making sure that we can have a system that invest in young people who are most at risk in our communities. this is a moment where we'll either meet or misshe moment. i don't intend to miss the moment. i know this is excruciatingly difficult work to be a protester calling justice through the raids, to be a police offic and exercising restraint guarding the line. ti believe wethere are actions can take that, in the face of when we look back, say change the paradigm, open the door

built a more just society. these are the birth pangs of finally birthing a true multiracial democracy in america and there are things you can do. if you're a mayor ot there, do the eight things tt will reduce police killings by 72% statistically. we've done all eight and we pledged to do aumber more. help police officers have the mental health care, compensate em well enough to make sure that you're getting the people you want. dend that there's accountability, and engage in not just the criminal jusce system but so much more because structural racism lives in the heart of so many people in america. we have to own that and say, too, that it manifests not just in the criminal justice system, but we have to say it manifests hcin our heare system, our jobs, economy and education, and it is time for us, finly, to seize this moment to make sure george floyd didn't die in vain, th breonna taylor whose birthday is today, that we learn the lessons that peoe should not die because of the color of

their skin, and that we must find on humanity between us all, whether it's a police officer and somebody who pays their salary, whether it's a young person of a different color, or whether it's people who live in different parts of this country, it is time for us to finally heal america. >> woodruff: just in a word, you arstanding by you leaf right now? >> oh, our police chief made one comment that i saiit was in his heart he would no longer be police chief. he corrected himself within seconds, but i know that often esn't make the second part of the news. there's no moralequivalent to looting and murder. he and i knows that. he came after the lam part scandal to clean up lampart and did a fantastic job. we don't have time to late night comments you make when you're tired. i know that the not his heart. >> woodruff: lamb l.a. mayor much.veryetti, we thank >> as always, strength and love to you.

>> woodruff: to help us make sens protesters into the streets in more than 700 americwn cities and the analysis of shields and brooks. that's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new yortimes" columnist david brooks. so hello to both of you. what about these protestors, mark. i have been talking with mayor garcetti of los angeles about it, but, ase've said, 700 cities and towns across the t countrusands and thousands of people in the streets, it started out about george floyd it's become -- i think it's fair than that.something much bigger what do you make of it? anything i've eve seen.ike most protests here in washington

involve the usual suspects on both sides.those are committed , in some case zealots, who show up regularly. this is remarkable in its composition. it's people who are not protestors, who are not cal activists, at the same time even thougit's spawned and inspired by the tragic death george floyd, it is not specifically racial. very large white composition in it. that to me is remarkable it's reached not only the major cities but small towns worldwide. i think this is of enormous significance. it can't be a little consolation to george floyd and his loved ones, but his murder is having an enormous impact o this country and it will not be just

transitory, i think it will be permanent. >> woodruff: david,iso you think s a different moment? we've seen moments of protest, we've seen police-involved killings of black men. what's different this te? >> i would say it's a combination of things. i sort of think of it as a hurricane that's happening, an earthquake. the earthquake started in 2014 with ferguson, with a lot of terrorist killings, then the election odonald trump, ande saw ravin open up in our society. divides in politics, racial divides, economic divides,ou oby. and first this comes, first the pandemic, exposing the didiedz, and this murder, exposing them more. and then you have a generation of people under 35 who've seen the financial crisis, who've seen a bit of water under t rock, maybe, but who've seen nothing on global warming, and, so, this is generation that is

fed up and, frankly, a lot of people in the african-american community arfed up, i keep hearing the word "exhausted." so when you cculate testify death to have the ravines being exposed, with the generational change, with a sense of america finally turning to race as maybe the central storyline in our history or our story rit now, these are justig epic shifts, and i do think it's like one of thoshabig shifts happen and iically in america think we're in middle -- i agree with mark. it's not just a momen it's a climactickic shift. >> woodrff: mark, a shift, will it lead to somethin distinctly different, though, from what we have today because these protestoas we've just been discussing, they want police departments defunded or they want budgets cut, ey want real change, they want more african-americans elected to office, and many, many other

demands around ecatio around housing, around communitie are those things really going to change? >> well, judy, i think there are demands, and there are demands. mayor garcetti made app good point that both the african-american community and the police need each other, they truly do. african-americans disproportionately live in high-crime areas, and theyo d want an engaged, principled and activist police force workingo preserve peace and order in their community. but i think we're fard bey the prayers and thoughts, reactions of awakening in this country, to the fact that africamericans, people of color have been treated, and it's irrefutable, been treated differently than

law enforcement, and unfairly. i don't think there's any question about that. i do find it encouraging that two institutions that have been sort of sidelined, it seems, in our country that were s much involved cain the amecivil rights movement played principle roles this wk. the bishop of the episcopal church in washington spoke out so forcefully about the photo op used in abusing her church. the african-amican catholic archbishop of washington, d.c. stoke spoke out strenuouslynd emphatically against using religious places and symls to exploit political advantage, especially when the message isn't one of inclusiveness or justice. and it's no accident the united states military, the mostns integratedtution in our

society, that the words of people like general martin dempsey and m admirale mcmullin, mike hayden, stanley mcchrystal, as we g aseral mattis, you know, and the reaction of the military, i think, was encouraging. so i'm hopeful >> woodruff: david, i do want to ask you both about the president and t bringing use of the military, but just quickly, do you think there will be real change coming out of what we're seeing. reah, i look at the polls and we usually ne have polls above 55% of anything, we wereiv completelyed in the country, now we had a pbs marist poll, 67% disapprove the way donald trump i ts reacting ts moment, 67% reaction to the ckdown, we had 67, 70%.

in the past three months we've had polls in the 60s a 70s. we're a less dividedountry. joe biden opening up in an mopoint lead in follows. weng left, and the pandemic and this event have in america, and whether you like it or not, i just think that's e reality, if you look at the evidence. >> woodruff: and,avid, let's --t mark brought up and that is the president invoking the military. i mean, having the military, armed people out in the streets, troops clearing the streets forcefully to makehe way s could walk across the area of lafayette square to holdhe bible in front of st. john's church, a lot of pushbas mark reminded us, from former military officials, even --

we're even seeing current military leaders pull back. is this a moment of turn for this president, do you think? >>i do. tched the polling. but hen a bully for a longling, time. he's a bully over twitter and maybe a bully to the press, but a bully. using u.s. troops to i think what set general mattis off was just watching the tary, which is a fine professional but uoliticized organization, suddenly turn into a profit campaign video and that should turn our stomachs. it mistfies me is you have a president who's taken this authoritarian line of domination, be no dominant, unlh vicious dogs and dangerous weapons, and that's not just talk anymore, and it swings

through the republican party and senator tom cotton's tweet out no quarter given, we're going to dominate our fellow citizens as if they're the enemy, and i think it bleeds to the police and the videos we've seen tonight. a theme coming from the top, from the white house, a theme of mentalrulism, and it affects people, and what we've seen coming out of theo white house has ebeen a m dangerous contagion than even past.all the outrages of the >> woodruff: mark, david raised the term an the president used it again today, we need to dominate, he said, even as they ae announcing they're going to pull uniformed miller out of the streets of washington. but the orders are there. i mean, we know what happened this week, we know that the president talked about calling ounational guard, he urged governors to use the national guard. he said they were weak,would

like like fools ify t didn't, and we're left with the reminders of this. >> this is the world of donald trump, to be very bnt about i want. admiral mattis may have put it best at the al smith dinner in new york last fall, which i'm sure d escape the president's attention, when he said, i wear my spurs in battle, and donald trump earned his spurs in a doctor'setter. so that's the toughness, that's sort of the phony toughness of donald trump, the swagger. when his number and chance came personbut he's somethingecure s, that wants to bully other people. i guess what bothers me more

than anything else, i saw him today, jack reed, called it petty and preposterous pulling 9,500 american troopsut of germany. why? out of spite and out of ttiness because mrs. merkel declined his invitation to be part oe photo op for the g-7 very legitimate grounds ofon the coronavirus. so this is the president. he does not understand the military. movie version of it.ohn i miss john mccain so much. if john mccain were alive today, it would be scorching and scalding the rhetoric he woult be dirg at this president of his own party. >> woodruff: and, david, as we wrap up our conversation, what hope ce we take into

weekend? >> well, listen, these rallies, most of the cops have been great, they have been fine, they have been da they have been kneeling with people, they have been talking with people. you know, we cover the extremes and, you know, what we do, it's where the conflict is, but most calm, peaceful, dedicated toen policy, dedicated to fundametal change and warm and even amidst the ger, there' comradeship there, and most of the cops have done eir job, and so, we shouldn't take the extremes as to what is going on in the middle which is pretty damn good. >> woodruff: on that note, daviks, mark shields, thank you. >> judy. >> woodruff: please join us tonight for our special, "race matters: americaisis." it is a moment to listen. voand we hear from powerfues on inequality, policing and the

african american experienc0 tune in at 9m. eastern on your local pbs station, or online at s.org/newshour. >> woodruff: and we'll be back shortly with our weekly look back at the remarkable lives lost to covid-19. but first, take a moment to hear from your local pbs station. it's a chance to offer your support, which helps keep programs like ours on the ai

>> woodruff: amid days of unrest and mass protests across the country, the novel coronavirus continues to take the lives of individuals every day. here are the stories of just some of those who have fallen victim to this virus. hatsy yasukochi wathe heart of

her family-run bakery in san francisco. she knew her custors by name, and often, their orders by heart. a proud mother and grandmother, hasplayed family photos on the bakery walls, and loved taking silly snapchats with he five grandchildren. oung girl, hatsy's family was imprisoned in internment camps during the second world war. her daughters say that experience gave her the perseverance she would later rely on to battle canc she was 80 years o idris bey worked to sa lives and teach others as a 27-year veteran of the fire department of new york. idris responded to the attacks on 9/11 as an emergency me.cal technici he went on to instruct odeer first resp for nearly two decades. his longtime partner described idris, or "mister bey" as his students called him, as a

dynamic teacher: relatable and funny, but also serious. the 60-year-old was also a father and a mentor; a humanitarian on and off the job. 78-year-old mario cesar romero was a leader in his east harlem community and a champion of puerto rican culture. mario was raised in manhattan, the son of immigrants. from childhood, he fell in love with the art and historyf his parent's homeland. through his work as an art historian, harlem tour guide and curator, he cultivated a love for art among his neighbors and his own family, especially his niece. susan rokus was a beloved elementary school teacher in loudoun county, virginia for a woman of faith; friends say susan was respectful and truthful; qualite instilled in her young students. she was particularlskilled at

helping children over chlenges with reading, through empathy and sitivity. susan also loved tea time with friends, tennis and fashion. she was 73 yea old. w luis fri a master of argentine dance. born in buenos aires, luis began performing professionally at age 12. his passion and talent for malambo, a traditional dance once performed by cowboys, took him around the world. he traveled with the ringling brothers circus, and performed on the las vegas strip and in madison square garden. off stage, the 65-year-old was a warm, funny and compassionat grandfather and father, say his two daughters. luis was 65 years old.

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build a just america? >> my responsibility is to fight for them. >> race matters, america in. cris tonight at eight on kqed.

toroght on kqed om, americans rise in protest against police brutity. san francisco's district attorney outlines his vision for change and discusses the steps he has taken. also, we dive into the history of policing, and controversial proposals to improve the system. and protesting during a pandemic. we hear from a doctor about the risks and how racial inequality results in poor healthoutcomes. hello, and welcome to kqed newsroom. it is week 12 of sheltering in place in northern california. run a virus infections are rising faster an ever worldwide with 100,000 nere caserted each day. there have now been 110,000 coronavirus deaths recorded in t the uned states but as you know the