>> goodie. -- good evening. how to change the system and our society? as the u.s. ways police reform, i speak with republican senator tim scott of south carolina about his plan forward. then one on one, former defensci secretary andirector bertro dissses the federal response to protesters and america's response to the world in a changing world. wehe explore trowing coalition around black lives i matter the wake of recent pole killings and nationwide protests. >> the people who i see whoave not conditionally invested in act for kenan -- african-amer

equality, i think that is an important indicat to people who are in powerful places. judy: all that and more o tonight's "pbs ♪newshour." >>ding for the pbs nehour h been ajpr movidoredun - ♪ consumer cellular. financial services firm raymond james. johnn & johnson. ♪ >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their ossitions to the world's mng pr. espr >>at foun, committed to improving lives through invention in the u.s. and developing countries.

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national reckoning on racism and policing. senate repub introduced to their police reform bill. >> too often we are having a discussion about are you enforcr are you supporting communities of color? this is a false binary choice. >> the justice act includes incentives for police departments to banned chokehold and grants for body cameras. it increases disclosure reirements for no not warrants and the use of force. senator tim scott spearheadn. the legislat he said he understands firsthand the need for chang sen. scott i was stopped this year. i got a warning ticket for failingo use my turn signal earlier in my lane change. so this issue continues and that is why it is so important for us to say that we hear you, we are listening to your concerns. the white house says it fully supports the scott.

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said democratshould back it, but democrats have their own reform bill that they say more direct changes federal lawsn police misconduct. the house judiciary committee held a markup ofra the demc proposal. democratsaieid slarthnmes , ese of george floyd's death after being pinned by the neck for nearly nine minutes. >> what the administration and the senate are missing is the understanding of eight minutes and 46 seconds. they are missing the deeply embedded pain that is evidenced by protesters not only in the nation, but around the world. clearly reform lite milquetoast is not going to answer the pain of eight minutes and 46 sends. democratsoutright banses, the holiceholds and no knokeck warrants in drug cases, rather

than disincentive i and collecting data. it also ends qualified immunit, a controversial legal doctrine that his shield police and officials from lawsuits over p.uccoer sovr both would make lynching a federal crime. despit the points of contention, something that washington's partisan lines might be blurring at aeami l biisraun said party needs to go fuher on qualified immunity. bcaasd rnanfoemli dtiia who chairs the congressional black caucus vcedope. >> when i hear that many of our in what i hear is coming out ofd the senate in a different way, not as strong or powerful, but it makes methwaus to do this. >> meanwhile in atlanta, the district attorney announced the policeman who killed rayshard brooks is beinghharged w murder and 10 other offenses.

the officer shot brooks inhe back and then kicked him while he was on the ground fighting for his d life, tsaid. he has since been fired and o a secondicer was put on desk duty. that s with aggravated assault for standing on brooks' shoulders while he was shot. he told prosecutors he is willing to testify against the other officer. brooor falling asleep at a drive through and failing a fid sobriety test. dy: we want to take a closer look at today's plan with the man behind the republican push for change. he is senator tim scott of south carolina. he joins us from the capitol. scsenatot, thank you for joining us. i want to ask you about some oft the dem' reaction. they are saying that this is a move in the right direction, but the senate minority leader chuck schumer sa today that it isth not rising tmoment. we heard house speaker nancy

pelosi saying it is inadequate. do you think you will be able to get enough democratic votes to get this to a debate and a vote on the senate floor? se scott: if they don't, we will have to explain to the familit i met with why we areot willing to take seriously some of the changes that are important to those families who have lost loved ones becau of the police interaction. this billh modeled after m the house bill is an important step in the right direction. e inc president and the priorits in the execuve order, so have a chance to do something meaningful for the american people, especially communities of color, who are losing confidence in the institutions of authority in this country. judy: as you know, democrats are olling for an outright ban certain measures like chokeholds

or the so-called no knock warrant. in your proposal, you are saying these things should be tied to federal funding. that if departmen go ahead with them, they risk lose funding. yet you also said today that this is something that should be ated ford.eb the american people to hear. it sounds like you are open to a complete ban on chokeholds. sen. scott: i would say it this way. my legislation gets us in a position where if you are in a law enforcement department that does not already have a ban on chokeholds, you do not have access to the federal funding. the houseability to actually iny opinion ban chokeholds. what they do is they defund federal government.eams from it is kind of the same thing to the be honest with you. the fact of the matter is that policing is a local government

decisi, not a federal cision. i would love to see how the democrats thread that needle from federalism and the local departments ability to make cisions. we do that by refusing them the grant doars. the whit house in their executive order does the same cati process. . i think we get there ifeep esoon. wa judy: hear a ltle bit of given your position, but let me ask you about this legal concept qualified immunity. this protectsolice from lawsuits for their actions taken an official capacity. y onshsasomething the democrats away with. there have been 14 professional athletes who signed a letter to even a republican, senator mike

braun,aid this is something that needs to be looked at. are you willing to considerg tweaking or do away with qualified immunity? sen. scott: it is a very important issue. it could be considered a poison pill for the vast majority of my conference. we already know that our focus on collecting information togh lead to the outcomes is a part of the bill that both sides agree on. at w dividee us is we better spend more tn the things that unite us, so we actuallypo haven unity to have a conversation where the american people can decide whetherthhe good f effort on the republican side and the good faith effort on the democrat side can lead to the effort of getting an billone. if we are only going to talk in this interview about the rarities of the democrats, that seems to be inauthentic in ueery winginlede dheayth.g the ability to de-escalate violence is a really important

decision. if we can ain people who know how to get there, that is a great outcome for famili. that is a great outcome for communities of color. restoring hope and confidence in institutiothf nsy.orau debate on the issues that should be a part of the conversation as it relates to police reform. oi'm not goingegotiate wit you or with them through this interview. ontylcome the opportuni tn on tthhe floor of the senate. if they are more interested in a political point and not an wtul say no to the motion to proceed. if they want to have aalhance to actu have thewi debate, they have this debate sometime next week. judy: i appreciate what you are saying senator. all this is designed to better understand what your position is, but when you sayng cg police attitudes, changing the kind of training police have come of this is something that

and yet these instances keepry happening. sen. scott: what i can tell you i 2 was o t is tflhar of thet senate askingy n colleaguesth sides of the aisle to join me in providing more resources for those departments so they could have body cameras. had we had body cameras, i think weould see the statistics we have seen reinforcing the see a 90% drop in complaints, a 60% drop in the use force. without a body camera or without a video, the ahmaud arbery situation woul never have been own. without a video, the walter scott situation would never have heen known. without a video,eorge floyd eight and a half minutes would never have been seen. there are lots of opportunities for my friends on the other sido to comhe table five years later. judy:t in tnnection senator, i heard one of the orders at today's news conference when u are

introducing your legislation and explaining it ask you r you believe there is systemic racism among the police in this country and i think i wrote this down correctly, you said some people are racist, but we are not racist country. and yet i would ask bn protestig in the streets and calling out the names of george floyd and michael brown and freddie ay, the charlston church shooting, breonna taylor, rayshard brooks, senator, thgo on, are askg, there is a lot of hatwom in this country, so yo tulhatd andun how to rstand if that is a problem among the police? sen. scott: i would say to all of my friends and neighbors is the communit col, as an african-americanal elected offiho has been stopped seven times in a single year, as an african-american united states senator who haspe been stcoming into the u.s.

senate with my lapel pin on, as someone who is driving while black earlier this year who was pulled or by the police officers, stopped last year in november for having my flashers on, i understand the pain and thhfrustration that comes w that. i also as an african-ameran understand that when my house was broken in, law enforcement showed up to help me out. i understand that wh was in a major car accident, the law enforcement folks showe up at the scene to help pick me off the interstate where there to help me. i understand that we have a delicate and weak relationship between the communities of color in the law enforcement community. i would say to them as i say to myself every single day as someone who has toe comfortable in this skin and i certainl am that we are making progress. judy: senator tim scott of south carolina in charge of this legislation introduced to day police, thank you very

much, we an.reciated. se scott: yes, ma'am. thank you very much. have a good dayrea -- day. ♪ newshour west. we will return to judy woodruff after the latest headlines. emergency filing for a restraining order to block the scheduled release of a book by john bolton, the former national security advisor. obtained copies anis aalready bombshell. bolton says president trump asd china's president for reelection help. accus mr. trump of endorsing concentration camps for china's muslim population. writing i'm hard-pressed to identify any significant trumpecision that wasn't

driven by reelection calculations. the justice department is requesting a hearing this friday. heinovid-19 pandemic, w numbers h show new york state cut infection rates to the lowest in the country. meanwhile, the who welcome to british findings that a steroid cutseath rates among critically ill patients, but it also counseled cauti >> it is exceptionally important medical supervision. this is not for mild cases. this is a very powerful anti-inflammatory drug. it can rcue patients who as in very serion s cystemonditirey be in trouble. >> two thirds of flights canceled out of beijing.

china has agreed to peacefully and a border dispute in the himalayas with india. a vigil was held in new delhi for the 20 indian troops killed. said how man casualties it suffered. the united states is targeng syrian is a bashar al-assad and his inner circle with new economic sanctions aimed at punishing syria for refusing to bashar al-assad has recaptured nearly all of the areas captured by rebels. thu.s. has approved the most far-reaching conservation level. it includes nearlyll $3 bin. still to come on the newshour, herne-on-one with former defense secretary and cia

director robert gates. a state of emergency to be lifted. a growing coalition around black lives matter and the recent police killings and much more. >> this is the pbs newshour in the west from walter cronkite school of jourlism at arizona state university judy:he united states faces multiple simultaneous and competing challenges here at home abroad. one man with keen insight on how america has dealt with past challenges is robert yates -- robert gates, he served eight presidents of both political parties and with the secretary of defense under presidents george w. bush and barack obama. cia he is the author o a new book

"exercise of power." he joins me now. secretary gates, so good to see you again. let me start with what fohe e ficorsunttrs time, an african-american was named to head one of theary service branches. i think my question for you as sowhe meo rvedse of the pentagon is why wasn't this done earlier and why didn't it happen under your watch? >> i don't really know what it sspeople, african-american p officers, to not be as represented in the senior leadership as they are in the military service as a whole. arly not a question o competence or capability.

what cap to major general's are brigadier generals from moving into t rajhe.anorks it is a chaenge, but it is one is taking seriously. i think maybe for the irst was it even this --judy: was it even discussed when you are at the pentagon? >> it really wasn't. in part because we had officers in leadingositions. there is a lot of attention to diversity. i would have tofreqntly discussi would secretary was held to prote more women. judy: i want to ask you house, e president handle that. after that, we saw secretary james mattis say that this is a president before him tried to

divide the country. do yout agree with him ab that? >> it is t quite clet being a unifying president is pretty low on the priority of our current incumbent. i think he is a divider. i think he does so quite consciously. judy: the thesis of your book secretary gates is that american presidents need to usehe full rang of american power, not just the military, but plomacy, economic, intelligent, strategic communications, even cultural connections, development assistance. you go on to s not one of the past four u.s. presidents has done what it takes to be a obal power. you worked for two of these .agsidents at thonnte doib you accept respoity, your own responsibility for

that? expand on what you meant? >> what i was writing about i that most of the nonmilitary instruments of power availtele to the u states and that played such an important part in the successful ocomesome of they the congrs, the united states information agency was disestablished under predent clinton. the u.s. agency for international development they wanted to abolish, clinton refused, butwhat i've argued ish the last 25 years oro, all of these nonmilitary instruments of wer have been allowed to weaken or whether or even disappear.and the result is thas left the military with a disproportionate role in both

decision-making and executing american foreign policy. in effect, if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem. looks like a n ao means strengthening nonmilitary instruments of power, which are also instruments of leadership, to o world.er tci rhe juindy:ole i want to ask about scribe how complicated it is, how china is playing the long game while the u.s. is not. given g thebal nature of this competition, that it crosses not just military, but economic, it is cyber, technology. do you worry that the tensions between the.s. and china could spin out of control in a dangerous way? >> i think there is that worry, think that we are on the mat. if president xies concl so preoh

domestic affairs, our economic crisis, our race crisis, ou financial crisis then he may think that there ar opportunities. this in their actions with the new law in hong kong. we have seen this in the regressions stored hong kong -- their actions toward taiwan and in the south chinaea. we are luckyon that thisst with china in the decade ahead will be against the backdrop of significant military power, but will take place in the realm of power.ary instruments of economic, potical, all the different aspects of it you described. my worryes w are doing nothing to strengthen the nonmilitary instruments tt over the past number of years that have e we have no strategybl crade ad

for how we are going to deal erwith china over the long judy: to other things i want to quickly ask you about. one is north korea. you say it was a goodid idea of prt trump to kim jong-un. you gsaon t in the book that you think should perhaps lower our side and live within north korea that has limited nuclear capability. >> i argue in the book that i favored the overture to the north and willing to meet with kim jong-unecse frankly every other effort to limit the new we're capability over the past 25 yearhas failed. we need to come to n iatsal tio probably gvei think s they it as essentil to their survival.

at what point do weecognize going t north is no give up its nuclear weapons and decide that some minimal number is acceptable as long as we are able tave complete access to north korea to be able toif v in agreement and numbers of weapons and so on and anywhe, anytime inspections, so we know theyannot expand that capability and we know where the weapons are. we have to come to grips with the reality thatuy these aren't giving these things up. period. judy:t the ling i want to isre--at bh onwrotoe biden thad been wrong on virtually every foreign policy or national ready issue of the last four d about his policy chops.trong vis you have questions though that

president trump's character. you said earlier in this interview, you spoke about dividing the american people. if it comes down to policy positions versus character, which one matters more? >> well, i think that is what e american people are going to decide in november. judy: what robert gates thinks e will keep to himself. judy: we will leave it at that. [laughter] judy: the new book is "exercise of power." >> thank you, judy. judy: response, limitedng tesand a soft lockdown. japan has beengrn every step ofy against its battle against covid-19.

errits nng20us casesea e are asking whether it should be called a disaster or a success? specia at this hospital south of tokyo, a rare sight in the eraov of nine teen. a mountain of personal protective equipment.he hereirst wave of the virus has already come and gone. staff are now preparing fo what to expect next. >> my impression is that japan just happened to be lucky. we were inos aion figheht infreection that way. >> masks may be the answer to japan's low death rate to the government's expert panel on

covid-19. but ere areuestns a to ethethe country took the right steps. stay indoors if possible and close up shop if you are not essential. that has been the essence of japan's nationwide state of emergency. plit was put in ace midnhastete m. ,pril prime minist shinzo abe. when we declared the stain of emergenc japan, we were not allowed to penalize and force peopo not out, but even so, we were able to conduct the state of emergency and japan's own way and trolled the spread in a month and a half. >> experts are sure jaespapenale country's low test rate. janpa h ofas i

population, one of the lowest rates of developed countries. there are worries thusat t may be spreading silently. rigid infectious disease laws dictate that mild cases must hospitalized and that takes away critical bed space from critical spaces. authorities have been reluctt to test people who are not in critical condition. they have opted for a different method. track and trace clusters. it is a strategy experts they worked in the beginning, but have proven difficult in the long term. this dr. runs a local clinic in tokyo. he has been handling a large mber of patients with symptoms and to protect other paties he has been opening his clinic on hoys off strictly for tse exhibiting symptoms. he has recommended a handful of them get tested, but none have been able to. this is why. >> if you get sick, you have to

go to a call center. the call center will contact tbut th local government willinstitution for actual test. >> the convoluted testing system is putting lives at risk, they say. >> some people get to cs -- see us. >> survivor went through the system firsthand. fabout. ctel w >> a long time japan resident who lives on the northern island. he has asked to stay anonymous due to the stigma surrounding the virus in japan.

hials doctor recommended he the hotline and get tested immediately. >> they just ran me around in circles. at the end of my fourth or fifth call with them i said, listenr , the doc saying i should have a test. youed have noal experience or background or certification. you are reading a script. how can you override the instructions of madame? >> for prime minister abe's administration, covid-19 has been a pr disaster. >>apane people the government is deciding on the spot based on nothing. they keep changingoliciesm. all the time and they don't have any firm grounwhere this

country should do and where we should go. >> a recent poll showed 55% of the public ws not haph how the outbreak was handled. most felt shinzo abe was too late in declaring the state of emergency. >> theeal probl is they don't have statistics in terms of the number of cases of covid-19 because we are so behind it testing every -- testing. >> international criticismfebrre critical response to the government's handling of the diamond princess. critism for the japanese government intensified lat over another hot button issue in ht was aused of downplaying the severity of the pandemic in an unsuccessful attempt to kgap ths on for the summer. now it's restrictions are relaxed across the board, residents are left feeling uneasy. many don't trust the official figures.

i'm o infect aions.d i have children that are currentlyot going to classes, but they have to go on the subway to i commufte, i'th worrd might catch the virus. >> doctors s jap is not quite out of the woods and they are urging t ramp up testing. t tohe genernmmedical stf are hf there is a next wave of covid-19 , it won't overwhelm e system. for the pbs newshour, i'm grace lee inokyo. judy: in the three-plus weeks since george floyd's death, the protests that began in minneapolis over policing, race, and use of force have grown into a national reckoningis on these es and many more. a look at how the coalition has dened around the country among

different races and ethnicities. >> systemic racism relies on your inactivity. ohio to far-flungs in vermont communities in alaska, protests for black lives matter are occurring for the first time in aces where few african-americans live, led by a mosaic of people o different creeds and cultures. >> black lives matter! >> moines, from laramie, wyoming, to illinois, a town with a particularly troubled history of racism. she found out about a vigil for george floyd organized in norwood, colorado, where she lives part-time.

>> this is a town of 550 some souls, mosof them white, almost all of them white, in a ve rural area. for 40 some people to turn out for thiwith so little notice, that is almost a 10th of the population. >> she saw democrats and republicans and thew ity's to forcement officers participating in the >>so tl.hinkvigi there town and a lot of other rural towns across america care. weha have seen evidence of >> she is a former television ws reporter who covered ovethe police beating of rodney king. >> i've been through a lot of these stories. nothing has quite touched me as one. as thi in my little town. i'm quite moved by it. >> some say it is the graphic video of george flo's death.

others point to the sharedit vulnerabily that can only come out of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, but for whatever reason, this time the de bh of an unarmlack man has brought activism out of thek woodw, including among other marginized groups. >> it was important for mas a native to support the black lives matter movement. >> jordan oega attended a lafen new mexico. >> it was my first protest to go and i went to it because i had seen all the video and pictures of whatap murder and it struck a cord with me and it really shook me. across indian country in a wayne that is unprecedented. >> mark is then editor of "ind country today," which covers native american issues. native americans experience a higher rate of fatal encounters

with police than any other group. >> a lot of activists are saying first black lives matter, we are not going to talk about our issues, we are going t be in complete solidarity. >> the people who i see inmall towns, the people who have not conditionally been so invested in african-american equality who are now invested, i think that is an important indicator to people who are in powerful places, who have some impact on equality. >> brenda stevenson is a professor of history and african-american studies at thei university of rnia los angeles. her optimistic view of the broadening coalition is tempered by her 24-year-old daughter. she recently spoke at a rally for black lives. >> i'm happy about the support, however i've noticed some kind of attempts of performative activism on social media. i'veeen a lot of influencers

using such as reposts of other people's donations to black lives matter and saying that they actually donated. >> i'm interested in broad coalitions and getting the wordr out maho does it and how it is done. >> other communities of color are also aligningith the movement and in some cases facing a reckoning. >> the dam of our hearts broke open when george floyd called out to his mama in front of our eyes. >> the vigil included many aging survivors of japanese internment. theym crane is al of healing. the cofounder of japanese americans for justice expdeins why the minority myth has contributed to varying degy es of complic the oppression of black peoplee, from

officers role in george floyd's death to staying silent. >> when you are confronted with out of a system of white supremacy, i feel like part of our community and thiis probably true for other asian american communities turned toward andind of allied ourselves wi whiteness for the values around whiteness end it was a way to survive racism. >> more than 700 japanese americans have signed up to a edge to herroup two and antiblack racism. r pjordan ortega shared her next steps. >> supporting more black businesses in albuquerque. and i'ou made ae donations to a couple of protest funds. >> filmmaker kristen vasquez is

documenting otest. >> something we all need to be thinking about is how we tell these stories around activists. >> many center main priority is wneducating theirocial circles. >> with my five children, you e going to have to be -- have five more people protesting for the rest of thr lives. family members don't understandd systemic racism. they don't understand implicit bias. they don't understand you can sit there and say, i'm not racist and you don't act if lee discriminate against black people, but you have still instiomtutifionsbene thatfr benefit from.able to >> what else have you done?

or did you just post #blackouttuesday and move alonge with your li >> professor stevenson is not sure what wille ces iomwill be transformati. >> i'm very hopeful because black people have connued to fight for freedom in our country and will continue to do so. >>mo wit allies than ever in the fight. ♪ judy: today, the senate overwhelmingly passed an act that provides funding for national parks and public lands. lisa joins me to tell us about this legislation and what else when it is consideri comes to the environment. >>t's right, this is an

traordinakariny bill, a bipsati. ilthis bill sthas to go through the house, but let's start with the top. this would fund deferred and other federal tional parks io9.5 bidollars over five years, nee that have been overlooked. this would permanently fund something called the land, water, and conservation fund. it would fund that by using oil and gas revenues. let's go back to ther 9.5 billion rks and federal land. america's pride and joy, but the truth is that those parks have been underfunded. let's talk about yellowstone, our first national park. they have b notn able to take care of roads and trails. some of the staff have not had

housing. the staff they want becausehire there was nowhere for them to live. this is bipartisan, passed overwhelmingly in the senate. h hasstomroe ng judy: and lisa tell us why that is. what gives it the support in the house? >> i think there are some really important policies here. let'sk t about the land, water, and conservation fund. that is something that i used to add to federal lands, including national parks. sigg yellowstone wants t grow, idea that america's public lands are important. congress has barely funded it and used a patchwork of temporary fding for it, so it has not been dependable. now, has a permanent funding i aurllndot neot o vis

every year. what this means is not only more land, but pottially more urban areas as well. that is where a lot of enviroental activists want to expand environmental land. thuc is a big issue forof america and that is why you see some rep judy: prospects look good in the house, but not unanimous. tell us what the folks who object to itg.re say >> there are some objectives -- objections, largely along the cost of the bill. while the expansion is paid for by oil and gas revenues, the national parks money is not. some opposition coming from livestock troops. -- livestock groups. they say this comes before the federal government has put together a plan to take care of these lands. especistly in the n part of the country, there is heated

debate over federal ownership of land. the federal government owns more than a order of the land in the entry. on the other hand, conservationists have a goal of trying to preserve 30% of the land in the country by 2030. this bill is part of that effort, so it is a big move for them. judy: interesting that this does have the republican support that it does. you are telling their desk telling us t is more climate action bubbling on the hill. >> one reason republicans are supporting this, look at this letter from annvironmental, and even gentle environmental network. 65,000 people who describe themselves as pro-life or antiabortionti chr sign this letter urging congress to pass this bill and other environmental bills. there is some fervor to say that the environment is a life issue.

that is something we are seeing senators listen to. there are some senators in colorado and montana whom this bill will help. and there is more environmental legislation coming up the pike. judy: lisa, reporting on of attention on the hill ina lot thank you. time. finally tonight, american artists of all kinds are responding to the pandemic with new creations. e t can be a call to f healingoe maker and the audience alike. the storis part of our ongoing arts and culture series. ♪ >> the song is called "sifeet

apart," i kind of anthem for the pandemic. luke combs co. wrote it in april about a month intouarantine. place that is opportunistic or something that is corny oree . ♪ yowanto give peoeope that this isn't going to last forever. ata um selling artist would normally be on the road performing for thousands. i want to voice my frustration. this was set up to be the biggest year of my career by a longshot and i'm sure there are millioth of people aroun world to feel the same way about whatever their job or their passion is. and anything that can give someone even three minutes worth

of relief from that is something i'm really out of. reses aindsdunro a one photographeailaunched a ca to raise awareness, combininimages of everyday itlife direct messages on the need for precautions among people of color. who are disoporonately affected by the virus. don't worry, we will hold hands again. sadly, you are the most impacted byovid-19. one sound artist is collecting submissions for his virtual a partnership with the dallas museumf art. teiece called villa, dreaming the natural world. fft civeaype and act now. in queens, new y onef epicented

sia sttion on the 26ol-ylor-l sd tca this short video of the tracks overhead. fron ohef at i'm seeing. the people that are moving here, the businesses, the energy of th space, now i see it closed. now i see that the structure is us.wer overnuing to >> part of a large exhibition. did normally makes a living doing video, and that is gone and he and his extended family faced urgent and other challenges. the pandemic has hit especlly hard in his largely minority and immigrant immunity.

pling out further now in the aftermath of the killing of george floyd. he has made those issues a focus of his art. >> whether that is the financial powers or cultural powers,rt is essential to capture a moment before it is rewritten in a different way. >> in duluth, minnesota, onecous of portraits of what see desk sheets -- she sees as essential workers. just being angry and frustrated isn't going to fix any. i felt like it was something i could do. ,nt comme about people doing this kind of work. ht to it. bring l >> we learned of her work when

she wrote the newshour say that she found some of her ri s'd seen on her program. a bus driver, a sanitation worker, first responders. erto of her subjects are clos a daughter who has worked at a grocery store through is period. >> i asked my daughter and said, what the grief? it felt like my drawings could talk about some of the things going on. >> artists have always done this around pandemics of the past. one norwegian artist whose "scream" isou viral image o time painted this self-portrait with the spanish f in 1919, speaking directly to his. more recently, thisof a man dyid pneumonia. >> i can think of the aids crisis, i can think of 9/11.

thartists respond te moments and this is no different. rttccur an hithe worlnkd tsaroud rus and we respond to them. been presenting new works for more than 30 years. but covid-19 took its toll. he furloughed his team to further notice. wrecently, asked to do something beyond hisie expe, create a socially distanced dance. working in his upstate new york home and a dancer using his home in new jersey as his stage >> the concept has been very much about the isolation that we all feel and for many people, many friends who are in this alone. this piece in many ways is speaking about that. ethe r of the artis has always been to expand people's peg.eption owhat is happen >> in another sign of the tes,

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