b captioning sponsoredy newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: we look at how america is stilli grapplin racism as we mark juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the u.s. en, echoes across the continent of africa. george flo's killing sparks widespread protests, condemnation of the uned states, and demands for equality. >> we don't want to be done any favors, but all we want is that we must be treated like human beings. >> woodruff: and, the politics of face coverings. health officials say they save lives in the pandemic, but americans are incrsingly divided over whether to wear

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>> nawaz: across the country, massive gatherings, on a scale many say is long overdue. from oakland, california, to atlanta, georgia. >> i wanted to be here amongst the people i grew upr ith, in orde form some type of unity. >> nawaz: meanwhile, in lveston, texas... >> district of texas. >> nawaz: ...a reading of the military order, that on june 19, 1865, informed the last group of enslaved people here, they were free. that was two years after president lincolansigned the empation proclamation. president trump has claimed credit for raising awareness of juneteenth, after planning a mally in tulsa, oklahoma, home to the 1921 tulsacre, in which white mobs killed hundreds of blackesidents. trump postponed the rally to saturday, a today tweeted a warning salvo to any" protestors, anarchists, agitators, looters, or lowlifes." juneteenth is not a federal holiday, but 47 states and the district of columbia now

recognize the day as a holiday orbservance. in virginia and new york, it's now a paid holiday for state workers. and corporations from twitter to target, nike to the n.f.l., have also made juneteenth a paid holiday. but as juneteenth is remembered, history is revisited in washington, d.c., a statue of george preston marshall, the man who refused to integrate thess city's pronal football team, was removed. in decatur, georgia, cranes pulled down a 2-year-old confederate monument. and in brooklyn, new york, a reflection on how far the country has come... >> for a very long time, juneteenth was not recognized, it was not celebrated-- not heavily, right? and over the coue ofhe weeksoo it tpeople like you, who finally hear the strugglesst that we've beeggling with for years in our community. >> nawaz: ch.as this next ter in history is still being written.

r the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: we'll have more on the juteenth holiday, and take a closer look at the history of racial violence in tulsa, oklahoma, right after this news summary. the mayor of louisville, kentucky said that one of the ofngcers involved in the kil of breonna taylor will be fired. two other officers remain on administrave reassignment pending the investigation into the shooting inside herar apartment in. meanwhile, the atlanta police officer who shot rayshard brooks to death waived his initial court appearance today. garrett rolfe faces felony murder and other charges. there are new concerns today that the covid-19 pandemic is accelerating. the world health organization reported that the largest single-day uptick in global cases to date. nearly half of the 150,000 new coronavirus infections are in >> the world is in a new and

dangous phase. many people are understandably fed up with being at home,un ies are understandably eager to open up theec societies anomies.is but the virutill spreading fast, it is still deadly, and most people are stillsc tible. >> woodruff: yesterday, five u.s. states-- florida, zosouth carolina, texas, a, and california-- all set new day records for infections today, dr. anthony fauci, the nati's top infectious diseas expert and a white house health atvisor, said it's "unfort and "frustrating" that some americans aren't following recommended health guidelines prevent the spread of covid-19. the u.s. navy today uphe the firing of an aircraft carrier captain who warned of the spread of covid-19 aboard the u.s.s.

"theodore roosevelt." about a quarter of the 5,000 sailors aboard ultimately became infected with the virus, including one who died. the navy says the virus came aboard during a port call to vietnam. nick schifrin has that story. >> reporr: judy, it was a remarkable scene at the pentagon. the navy's top officer excoriated the captain of the t.r., brett crozier, accusing him and his boss, rear admiral stewart baker, of failing to prevent the cov oid 19tbreak. they are accused of being tooo slow evacuate sailors and endanger the entire ship when they moved some infected sailors out of quarantine, all before crozier's alarm and email that started the cis. email was unnecessary because the steps were already been taken. today there's a reversal that

says crozier should be the navy are not hold more senior officials responsible even those who approved the port visit to vietnam. as for the ship, it's back at s. >> woodruff: thank you, nick. president trump is pledging to renew efforts to end protections for those brought to the u.s. ilgally as children. yesterday, the supreme court rejected his action to end the daca program. today, the president tweeted that his administration "will be submitting enhanced papers shortly," but he didn't provide any further details. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany followed up this afternoon. >> we're looking at documents currently, and we're going to move forward in a responsible way and cure some of the remedies and unlawfulness that we see with the previous memo that brought daca into place, but we want to find a compassionate way to do this. >> woodruff: yesterday, the supreme court ruled that the acesident does have the authority to end but his reasoning was "arbitrary and

capricious." chief master sergeant banne bass hn selected to be the next chief master sergeant of the air force. she will also be the first woman in u.s. history to ss the highest-ranking non-commissioned .sficer to lead one of the military services. bass has been in the air force for nely 30 years. in the presintial campaign, nnesota senator amy klobuchar is no longer vyi to be presumptive democratic nominee joe biden's e nning mate. rmer presidential candidate said late thursday, he should use the opportunity to "heal this nation" in her words, by picking a non-white woman instead. >> america must seize on this moment, and i truly believe-- as i actually told the vice president last night, when i called him-- that i think this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket. >> woodruff: klobuchar's

decision comes amid protests over racial inequities that began in her home state after the killing of george floyd by a white police officer in minneapolis. a federal judge in california has approved pacific gas and electric's plan to exit bankruptcy. its outdated equipment sparked wildfires that killed more than 100 people.&e ill now pay more than $25 billion for losses fromre those stocks were mixed on wall street stday. the dow jones inal average dropped 208 points to close at 25,871. the nasdaq rose three points, and the s&p 500 slid 17. a passing to note tonight. acclaimed brish actor ian holm has died from a parkinson's- related illness. holm played bilbo bain "the hobbit" and "lord of the rings" trilogy. he was also a long-time member

of the royal shakespeare company, and known f his award-winning performance in the title role o"king lear." ian holm was 88 years old. and, an abandoned bus in the alaskan woods made famous by the book and movie "into the wild" has been removed over safety concerns. state officials said tourists routinely needed rescuing from the site, where they paid homage to a young man who died of starvation there in 1992. an alaska national guard helicopter airlifted the bus from near denali national park to an undisclosed te. still to come on the newshour: the united states continues to grapple with racial inequality on this juneteenth. george floyd's killing sparks widespread protests and demands for justice across afric wearing a mask becomes an increasingly political act asnd the ic persists. and, much more.

>> woodruff: as we saw earlier, people across untry today are observing juneteenth, a holiday marking the end of slavery in the united states. the commemations are being held in many communities, including tulsa, oklahoma, where president trump will hold an election rally tomorrow. some residents are upset with the timing of the visit, especially as the city is trying to deal with its lonhistory of racial violence. yamiche alcindor's story was produced in partnership with pbs affiliate oeta in tulsa. and a warning, it includes some disturbing images.in >> ar: today, commemorations for juneteenth kicked off in tulsa's historic greenwood district. kristi williams, a community activist and tour guide, calls

this sacred ground. ur you can feel the pain. you can feel the you can even sometimes hear the walk through greenwood.s as you >> alcindor: 100 years ago, greenwood spanned 40bllocks of k-owned business and homes. it was known as "black wall street," one of the most prosperous areas in the country for african americans. >> greenwood had hotels, architects, doctors, attorneys. it was the mecca of black entrepreneurship, black economics.y they actuaeated an economy within an economy. >> alcindor: but starting on may 31, 1921, a white mob killee 00 black residents here and burned much of greenwood to sae ground. the tulsa race me-- as the incident is now known-- ame after allegations tha young black man working as a shoe shiner had assaulted a white woman. the woman later requested charges dropped in the case. massacre was captud in the

recent hbo fictional series," wahmen." no arrests were ever made, and insurance companies refused to pay out claims. survived the violerehose who largely buried, through fear and intimidation. >> we didn't talk about it all, yamiche. >> alcindor: tiffany crutcher, another community activi, says she only learned about the massacre after leaving the city. i>> the first i heard of when i went off to college, and people would ask"where are you from?" "tulsa." and they would just immediately say "black wall street" or "tulsa race riot." after the third time, i went home and said, "dad, what are they talking about?" >> alcindor: for the crutcher family, tulsa's racial violence isn't just history. in 2016, her twin brother, a white police officer.illed by he was unarmed, and video of his killing became national news. the next year, a jury found the officer who killed him,t betty shelby, ilty of first-degree manslaughter. >> terrence, i miss him so much.

ani made a vow that night, that i would not rest until i transford tulsa's police unpartment and police agencies all over this coy. >> alcdor: for her, for kristi williams, and for so mhiy others in tcommunity, the death of george floyd has reopened wounds. following the protests over floyd's death, bodycamootage showed tulsa police arresting two black teenagers for jaywalng, in what many saw as an abusive and unnecessary stop. around the same time, major travis yates of the tulsa police department said in a radio interview that officers should actually be shooting more african americs than they currently do. >> all of their research says, we're shooting african americans about 24% less than we probably ought to be, based on these crimes being committed. >> alcindor: the backlash came fast. >> the issue is the culture of policing. against.hat we're figh is he the voice of the tulsa police department? >> alcindor: the comments by the nationwide protest over policing

have renewed focus on tulsa's dark history and racialst ggles. >> as i always say that the same culture that burned down black wall street is the same policing culture th killed terence crutcher.ye and we have to receive reparations for black wall hreet. and my family-- e yet to receive any atonement or acknowledgment of what happened to terrence from this city. >> alcindor: meanwhile, this weekend, president trump is planning to visit tulsa for an indoor campaign rally, his first was onally heduled onutdown. juneteenth, but he moved it to saturday after facing fierce criticism. >> and we're going to be in oklahoma, and it's a crowd like... i guess nobody's seen before. >> alcindor: in 2016, the state of oklahoma overwhelngly voted for president trump. his supporters-- some who lined for days ahead of thevent-- say they're excited to have him back on the campaign trail. >> nothing like a trump rally. >> him and his family have

sacrificed so much for our country. >> we have a steady hand and ast le genius for such a time as this. that is an answer to prayer. it's an answer to prayer.in >> ar: but the state is experiencing a significant spike in covid-19 cases. and, this week, city officials, including the republican mayor, g.t. bynum, said they are worried about the rally and counter protests. >> i want to be clear-- i'm not positive that everything is safe. m not a public healthes pronal. i'm not here to testify to the safety of anything. >> alcindor: tiffany crutcher said she is most scared for the elderly, mostly african americat workerhe arena where the rally will take place, and about possible violence in a city that's already seen so much. >> we're a ticking time bomb. weekend, one of the largest gun shows at the fairgrounds in tulswill be taking place. so we're trying to make sense of it all. >> it's a distraction from what we really ne to be focusing on.

>> alcindor: for her part, kristi williams, the tour guide, says on juneteenth, r community needs to focus not on president trump, but on rebuilding what they lost so many yrs ago. >> it's a time for black people to come together, all across this world, especially in this country, but to reevaluate where we are as far as economics, as far as jobs, as far as health, as far as education, as far as housing. and we need to look at where we stand, create a plan to progress in all of those areas, and then we need to convene back in greenwood on juneteenth to see the progress that we've made. >> alcindor: to lk more about the significance of the tulsa massacre, juneteenth, and this moment on reckoning on race, i'm he's a professor of african and african american studies at duke university.

juneteenth has been commemorate- >> thanks for having me- >> reporter: americans. but a lot of americans are just now learning about juneteenth. what do you think people should it's an important historicaleor marker. of course, the encipation proclamation occurs january 1, 1863. to the folks in texas on june 19th, 1865, more than two years after the emancipation proclamation. mbwhat's important to re about this particular moment is the emancipation proclamation only freed slaves in the confederacy, not the union. january 1865, the 13t 13th amendment makes slavery abolished. six month even after that, te message finally gets to the folks in texas. what i'm always struck with about general grainger's language is what's implied in the context of is folks should stay on those plantations

and continue to work as they have except for wages and very clear language about blackac idleness, leisure would not be tolerated going forward. so titre were always lims on what citizenship could be in that moment evlken though suddenly had some sense of freedom. >> reporter: what do you make of president trump sayindehe uneteenth famous and the renewed attention that the dthy is gettins year? >> it's not surprising. of course, he thinks he's been the be thing to eve happen to black mark. that being said, it speaks to the fact there's always been a huge gap between practices, the thihat wel believe in, the things we do, the ceremonies that we engwhage anat white america actually knows about us. so there's no question that, even though he did not make the holiday more famous or well known, it is something now ine nsciousness of white americans the way it had never be before and, quite frankly, had he not chosen initially to

schedule thisly ran tulsa on juneteenth, whether that was a conscious political ion or him just not being able to read the room, it's clear over the past couple of weeks more white americans areware of juneteenth than ever before. >> reporter: what should white americans and corporate america who are just tarning abohis holiday consider? >> i think it's important to remember this is an opportunity to learn. we've seen a lot of incredibl shifts in terms of corporate america. when you think of teimeless tymbols of slavery, pos slavery, aunt jemima, the cream of wheat man, uncle ben, the fact these things are disappearing suggests corporate america is trying to be on the right side of htory. we also need to be clear we live in a cancel lture, a culture that's quickly able to shift iances, andl corporate america is well aware to have the bottom line within this context. we'd like to believe they have been acting on good faith to be

on the right side of hisintory, buhis case, the right side of history is also very clearly connected to the bottom line. >> reporter: thinking of te culture we're living in, you talked ant cancel culture,e're also living through police protests and the anniversary of this massacre, juneteenth, president trump's ral and rhetoric, all happening at the same time. what do you make of that. >> feels like a rupturous moment. almost like the moment in aneteenth that something changed and shifted in the culture. it's almost like this alignment of stars, if you wil that we could have never imagined. so many americans were feeling in traumatic states because to have the covid dynamic inhich they were raising general questions in their on livele rega of race about whether or not they had full citizensh in this country. because so many folks were home dealing with covid and the spandemic, it meant thent much more time watching television, so literally everyone got to see george

floyd's killing in ways ey might not have been able to check in ont it before and, because of covid, whe tn wehink about all the young folks out normally would be hool or pursuing internships or working, suddenly now had aeilable t in which they could act upon their passions, their political passions. it's just a unique moment where all these things come together, again, even going back to theid prt's decision to hold this rally and, of course, he's been aching to hold the rally because he hasn't been able to for so long in choosing that particular date andin allus to have a much deeper conversation about race in th country. >> reporter: as you think about juneteenth, ter slavery came jim crow, kkk, and domesti violence that african-americans had to experience throughout the history of america, what gaps still exists when we think about what america did and how it failed to ensure equality for all americans? >> i think one of the clearest gaps is around economic inequality and eco

inequities. when i think about the great work done by my colleague san diand his partner dirs ten where they're loong about reparations in their book from here to equality, i think that's when we go forward to address the gaps that still exist, i think we can achieve some sort of racial ewall if folks feel like they're in on the same playing field. >> reporter: mark anthony neal of duke university. p >> woodruff: ttests over the killing of george floyd have aruck a chord across the african continen they have sparked not only demonstrations, but a deeper examination of the roles of race, colon, and exploitation through the centuries. an the united states'

reputation. from kamla, uganda, special correspondent, michael baleke reports. >> reporter: from the castles on te gold coast of africa t held men and women before they were loaded onto ships to be sold in the americas, to the bustling modern capital of ethiopia in east africa, to protests in south africa, a country still feeling the effects of aparteid, africans are questioning the gacy of colonialism and slavery. racial discrimination is on amos wekesa's mind as he plays a board game with his son duringvi the 19 lockdown. wekesa is a ugandan businessman, a black african married to a white american. they believe they are safein uganda than in the u.s.-- safer from the racl discrimination his wife observed growing up in the u.s. >> ( translated ): our firstbors

hinking about university, and our second-born, and it's very sad tt she has to tell them, "if you're thinking about university outside uganda, don't think about the u.s., becausof the racial challenges that are in there." but also at the same time,ik peopleme, the husband who travels to the u.s. for business or them that travel for familyis es, they go there in a very scared way. >> reporter: amoand his family have joined in solidarity with violence towards africanpolice americans. ♪ ♪ as did people at this black lives matter rally outside the u.s. consulate in cape town. the lingering efbrcts of police ality resonate there-- systemic racism was entrenched in the law.

>> reporter: across the continent, there's been an awakening about africa's colonial history. buildings, symbolsropean colonial oppression, and exploitation. in a bid to reclaim the country's pride, ugandan lawyer apollo makubuya is leading a petition drive to change those name >> ( translated ): we are perpetrated crimesstow that they humanity, they violated human herights, and we object to streets of uganda and elsewhere. >> reporter: they propose to use the names of heroes instead. the events in the u.s. and rope are creating more

history of colonial rule. the this is inspiring africans to take aloser look at the past, and to think about how to reframe it, says professor mwambutsay ndebesa. colonialism, racism, discrimination, and whatever, cannot be eliminated by merely removing symbols. but symbols is one of those efforts towardremoving those injustices. >> repter: the u.s. protests have redoubled plans by some hiopian americans to invest in their country. feleg tsegaya gave up on the u.s. seven years ago. he now runs a successful online food delivery service. even with the threat of covid-, 19 says ethiopia offers more opportunity for him and his business than the u.s. did. >> even my own family thought i

was a little bit crazy at first, we've seen, over the pas three years, we've grown two times... year over year. >> reporter: he runs ethiopia's first e-commer company, a 21st century success run by and for africans. and, a world away from the business conductedenturies ago on the cape coast in west africa, then the center the gold and slave trades. key historical sites like the elmina castle, built by the portuguese and later taken over ghana. british, still and in the steel barriers and rusted chains that bound sles before the horrific middle passage iacross the atlantic, sti the holding cells. but as the rest of the world pulls down monuments that depict colonialism, authorities here are calling for the renovation and rehabilitation of such sites

as reminders of the past. >> ( translated ): you are here today, so you have seen it. what of those who will come after you? what will they see to learn from what happened in the past? >> reporter: but historians argue that different ways horrific events n be remembered. >> i am not for erasing that history, because history isrt imt. whether positive or negative, those names should be put down in books or in the museum for past.e to recognize them in the >> reporter: last year, ghana marked 400 years since the first slave ship sailed. n'is year, a policeman's knee on an african amerineck is a stark reminder of the enduring consequences of that voyage. for the pbs newshour, i'm michael baleke in kampala, uganda.

>> woodruff: with more and more states experiencing spikes in coronavirus cases and covid-19 hospitalizations, the debate over wearing face masks is creating a sharp divide among some americans. in a moment, william brangham will talk with a doctor about the evidence surroundiks, but first, he begins with this report. >> brangham: even though nearly everyone in the public health community says wearing a mask in crowded places can help slow the spread of this pandemic, for some, masks are an affront. >> i understand the coronavirus >> brangham: former major league baseball player aubrey huff summed up this view: >> hell, i would rather die from coronavirus than to live the rest of my life in fear andas wearing a k. >> brangham: every week, social media lights up with vide of ople resisting

mask requirements. >> i work for costco, and i'm asng this member to wear a mask, because that is our company policy. so either wear the mask... >> and i'm not doing it because i woke up in free country. >> brangham: on the flip side, there are numerous stories of ople engaging in "mask shaming"... >> get out! >> brangham: ...like here, where shoppers in a grocery store hound a woman for not wearing one. >> gethe beep out! >> brangham: this fight is also spilling into government. >> wearing masks decreases the shed of this virus. >> brangham: in montgomery, alabama, after a parade of doctors and nues testified about the surge of covid hospitalizations, and the need for masks, the city council on tuesday voted down a face mask requirement. >> i think this is a overreach of the government. i think to make somebody do something, or wear something, is a overreach. >> brangham: but the next day, montgomery's mayor passed an executive order requiring them.g

soernors have required everyone wear masks in public but greg abbott, the republican governor of texas, has banned cities and counties from fining residents fuse to wear them. >> i make clear on a daily basiw thring a mask is very send the same messal officials putting people in ja, however, is the wrong approach for this thing. >> brangham: the centers forro disease coand prevention, and the world health organization, both now recommend proven prevention strategy. but, that wasn't always their recommendaon, and that reversal has added to people's suspicion. dr. anthony fauci recently tried to explain that change, saying that officials werworried about early mask shortages for health care workers: >> we wanted to make surthat the people-- namely the health care workers who were brave engh to put themselves in harm's way-- we did not want them to be without the equipment that they needed. >> brangham: president trump

this week suggested some people choose to wear masks not for protection, but to signal they don't like him. and with rare exception, and against the advice of his own officials, the president has repeatedly refused to wear a mask in public. across the country, many of his supporters are following his lead. for more on the politics and the science of mask-wearin i'm joined now by dr. ranit mishori. she is a professor of family medicine at georgetown univer and she is also the senior medical advisor for physicians for human rights. dr. mishori, very nice to see you agai thank you for being here. before we get to the politics issue, could you just remind us about the science about the efficacy of masks? ..>> yes, well, it's almos seems like almost every day we're getting a new study that shows that face masks are actually pretty efficacious in trying to curb the transmission of t coronavirus. from studies in labs to modeling

studies to aual studies in communities, we've seen evidence that wearing a mask can be extremely efficacious in lowering the transmission rate and getting people not to be alfected with the virus. so we're seeing impressive numbers. we're seeing one study fromth heffairs, which was a modeling study, but it showed that wearing a mask... the more-- the more states that allow that or mandated that, we can avert the transmission to between 230,000 to 450,000 people. that's a lot of people, for an action that is so easy, so simple and only mildly inconvenient. >> brangham: mildly inconvenient is right. as i mentioned in that tape piece, there was a lot of mixed messaging that came out at first, at the beginning of the pandemic, where public health officials said "there's no need for american citizens to wear masks," and then all of a dden that switched. you saw dr. fauci's response to that.wh

do you make of that mixed messaging, and the confusion it might have sowed?s >> yes, ther question that there was confusion. and remember in the old days... ago... those were me like years messages that i gave to my own patients. hebut the reality is, back we didn't have as many studies specifically looking at coronavirus. we had stues based on wearing masks for flu prevention. so one... one thing is, the science is evolving when it comes to the coronavirus, and everything, including ma wearing, but also clinical management, is changing basically on a daily basis. so that's one reason. but the other on as he was talking about, is that at the time, there was a huge shortage in personal protective equipr nt ysicians. and there was a concern that if everybody ran out to get the n95 or even the surgical masks, then nothing would left for physicians and nurses and other health professionals, and that would mean that those people who come in the closest contact with very, very sick people wouldn't

be protected. t t now the shortages are bad, and we have a lot more search that shows that this is very effective. >> brangham: so what do you make of these protests? if t evidence is so clear an as you say, it's really not that much of an inconvenience. how do you explain this, this wearing masks among some parts of the population? >> as a doctor, it's really, really hard to accept it and to look a appropriate or acceptable. it has become very socially and politicantentious, of course.pl i think some pthink that the coronavirus pandemic itself is a hoax. and if that is a hoax and it's not really happening, then why uld i need a mask? other people see it through a political lens. they think of people who wear a mask as somehow sendti- trump messages. but again, aa... as a public health person, as a doctor, i think we need to see it through the lens of publicealth, through the lens of helping

be protected. in your co >> brangham: i want to turn to slightly different issue, and that have been reopeningates recently, in the last weeks or month, we've seen a spike in new infection rates and those very troubling charts from each state of new casesesoing up. the ent and some of his administration have gued that we shouldn't be alarmed at those spike in cases. tiand that's simply a refl that we're doing more testing. and so wre finding more cases. that, in part, may be true. but that's really not the whole story, right? >> absolutely. i mean, ye when we test more, we will find more. but what's really happening is... beyond the increased number of testing... is that we're seeing hospitals being overwhelmed. i.c.u.s being filled to capacity. people going into thhospitals. so a lot of it is about the capacity of hospitals and the fact that more people are showing up and are sick enough to require hospitalization,

which to me is a sign t's not just about testing. getting very sick.ople actually >> brangham: dr. ranit mishori of georgetown university mical school, thank you so much for being here again. >> thank you so much fing me. appreciate that. >> woodruff: now we turn to the analysis of shields and brooks. that is syndicated columnist rk shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks. hello to both of you. so much to talk about this week. i guess that's the way it always is laely. but, mark, let's start with these two big supreme court rulings this wee yesterday, the court ruled in favor of young immigrantwh came to the u.s. illegally. earlier in the week, they -- the ruling was in favor oflike q covered under the rights were act of 1964.

in both cases, one or more o the more conservative justices the president responded by saying he wants new justices on the co. i guess my question is, what do these rulings say about the court and is it in step with the country? >> i think the court is in step with the country, judy. ironically, the lgbtq decision was an histocal imperative from the 164 civi civil rights t when dge howard smth, a segregationist from virginia, chairman of the rules committee, inserted after color, race, creed and national origin the civil rights bill, sex, and hoping to sabotage the bil. but it sailed through with sex there, and that we whre, of course, justice gorsuch found the justification for changin

the absolutely correspondent prevalent in the united states that a couple could get married on a sunday legally, same-sex,an the bride or groom could be fired on monday for having been revealed to be an lgbtq, a member of that community. so i think, in that sense, there was almost an hitoscal direction to it, and as far as -- i do not undstand donald trump on the question of daca, of children who came here, whowe brought here without their will, not even involved in their will, raised, have gone on to college, have served t the unitedtes marine corps, the united states army, have no criminal recor somewhere between seven out of ten and eight out of ten americans believe those people suld remain in the country.

i don't know where he sees the ammean streak in therican electorate that wants these people who h ive only liv the united states, who have served their country and who are abiding by good assistan upcitip rules to be exported to a country that they do not know. i think he's on the losing sd te s issue in public opinion, answer and the justice and decency. >> woodruff: david, what about these two whses? do they say? >> well, when you don't have a functional congress, then the power or branch of government that is functioning is going to take control, and tht's at happened as mark said,he overwhelming majority think it's a terrible idea to be able to fire somebody on the basis of their sexual orientation, they support daca, and congress sun able tct when yohave gigantic majorities.

so the s court acted. it looks a little legislative to me if you look at the decisions, but the country moves with the people, and the people have moved on both these issues, and the court is now the only functioning branch of government we have. w druff: and the president saying, on the young immigrants, hey're going to try to come up with new language but remains to be seen whehey can do that. mark, another piece of bad news the president got this week cae in the form of john bolton's book, his former national security advisor, the title of the book "in the room whre it happened," a lot of what's in the book embarrassing the president, saying that he askede the chineser to help him with his reelection, that he didn't know norway wasn't part of russia and just a lot more, the white house denying it al. but how much of this is damaging, mark, do you think, to the president and what does it say about john bolton? >> what it says abonut j bolton is a you can call him a

truth teller,atc a snitch or a t fink, you can't call him a patriot. of course, john bolton concluded nald trump is intellectually and ethically handicapped.up but he refused to testify, didee not voluto testify at the impeachment hearing this past february, very kind of artfully skirted around i i think it could come back to bite some of the republicans who voted against witnesses. joni aaronson, steve danes, and lindsey graham who voted agast witnesses. his testimony might well have falon into a partisan -- just been chewed up, but now it's the center. i would say the first p orson thes an apology is the university of pennsylvania for

turning out araduate who di not know that finland was not part ofotussia, did know that the third nation in the world to get a nuclear power was the united kingdom, some 64 but the point you raise, judy, is the key one, and that is china, going to run against joe biden on china, tha was too kind to china and john bolton was saying donald trump asked china to give him a hand getting reelected by buying soybeans, had no qualms, gave a moral green light to the millions of uighurs being put into camps. >> woodruff: i said norway, but it was finland that the president was asked about whether it was part of russia. but, david, what does the book

say about president? does it change the opinions of e president? >> i don't think it really changed their opini i mean, he uses the office for personal gain. i think that's the portrait that we get in the whole book, certainly get from the excerpts, and that's defitely sort of corruption not using the office to serve the public good but donald trums good. the one thing of the story that owuck out that i did not kn about was the chinese telecom company zte, which apparently trump offered to give em a break on the investigation of their apparent breakage of the iran blockade, and trump said, you know, i could go light on that investigation, and that's that's what a pres is not supposed to do. if bolton had coout with that story in the middle of theen impeacprocess, it would have been gigantic. would it have demandehm impet? i dowd it, but it would have been a big story and we would know a lot more about exactly

what hapooned. >>uff: so much discussion in the country about race relations, treatme of black americans. e,at had a lot to do, i'm sur with amy klochar's statement last night in a tv interview, mark, that she wanted to beke out of the running. i guess she called vice president bid earlier, she wanted to be taken out of the running to be his vice presidential running mate and said she's urging him to choose an african-american woman. johow much pressure is on biden to choose a woman of color? >> well, joe biden volunteered -- he was going to pick a woman in a unpressured debate situation with bernie sanders, so there he is and, obviously, events have given greater emphasis and support to a woman of color joining the ticket. i will say thi judy, th polls are not unimportant. the wider the gap between joe

biden and donald trump, and if it does wintinue toen in the polls between now and the first of all, it gives him a lot more latitude on whom he chooses. most decisions of vice president are made on who can help me. you know, i need that help. but i would say right now that e chances of a woman of color being chosen e pretty good. one leading democrat said to me this week, i wish he could why?se elizabeth warren. he said becauselizabeth warren in ten minutes took bloomberg and reduced it to rubble in ten minutes. what she would have to do to mike pence to stop the carnage. but you want elizabeth there on the first tuesday after t

first monday in november. that's the dilemma joe biden facessism referring back to how the primary debates.bloomberg in but what about joe biden and his coming decision, whenever it comes? >> first of all, i hink it's unfortunate if you were a prosecutor, that's a problem to. function and it turned out to be negative for her. that's unfdoortunate. t think the vice president pick will not help him much. he needs to be able to govern and make sure thrts not a war between moderates and the lef he needs to someone who can take over on a moment's notico

are there n of color who can do that? obviously. i think there's a l people who could fit that bill, and i thatk he has a lot of gr options, but i just would say it's about governing, not aut running. >> woodruff: and, of course, a lot of people bring up the point that if joe biden's elected, he will be the oldest erson ever to occupy or ever to take office as president of the united states. we've only got about a minute, so just in a few beconds tooth of you, juneteenth, mark, it's a day we were aware of, but now, in a way, never before. what does it say about tis country, in just a few seconds? >> well, judy, it's remarkable. you think of january 1, 1863, the emancipation proclamation and two and a half years later, word finely gets some two a a half months after the end of the war, it gets to gavels, texas,

that slavely -- galveston,ha texas,slavery is abolished. and what a remarkableon transformand a day to celebrate. our dawning awareness of it is important, and i think it ought to be nationallyit inionalized. it's important we do fulfill the declaration of independence that all men are created equ wal. druff: david, in just a few seconds. >> yeah, i'm struck by for mandy dethe pioneer experience was the defining american experience, and then the immigrant experience was the defining expe.erie now the struggle for racial justice is the defining experience and it's right a holiday about that rises in prominence. today is juneteentnk we tboth of you, mark shields, david brooks, we'll see you next friday.

>> woodruff: theandemic continues to claim the lives of hundreds of americans every day. we want to take a moment to recognize just a few o.♪ ♪ samantha wissinger was a fighter. the michigan native never lost her infectious laugh or uplifting spirit, even as she battled stage-3 breast cancer and stage-4 brain cancer. she was always helping others, whether that meant working as a registered nurse, or fosteng kittens. last year, samantha married the love of her life, markus. wednesday would have been their first anniversary. samantha was 29 years old. costell akrie was so kind and humble that people called him" saint costell." he served in the air forceri the korean war, which led him to meet dianne.

they were engaged after one month, and would have celebratea 65 of marriage this year. costell earned five collegeil degrees working three jobs to support his wife and two children. active in his oakland community, he helped build a neighborhood playground and headed the bay area urban league's bureau for veterans affairs. costell was 88.au jeffach knew how to brighten anyone's day. that joyful spirit propelled his nurse and his volunteer work for the boy scouts of america. in california. jeff met his wife, karen, in high school. together, they raised four children and planned countioss family vac, from caribbean cruises to disneyland. he was 57 years old. eric gore was quiet and reserved, bufiercely loyal to

his family and community. following in his father's footsteps, eric spent decades in the civil service, including as a philadelphia firefighter. when he wasn't working, his daughter logan was always by his side. together, they learned spanish and mandarin.ic as 48 years old. state stood at jus foot-ton nine inches, but her daughter says she had a huge personalityo terous and loving, anita--a- or aworked around the clock to provide for her family including grandchildren. egna's generosity came through in her work as atered nurse, and overnight cashier at walmart, where she knew many of her customers by name. anna was 66.

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