captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sarday, july 4: the country celebrates independence day, as coronavirus cases are the rise. chicago's controversial method to curb holiday weekend gun violence. ♪ ♪ and, celebrating 20 years of musical coion between israel and palestine. next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. barbara hope zuckerberg. charles rosenblu we try to live in the moment, to notiss what's right in front of us. at mutual of america, we

believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make e most of today. mutual of america financial igroup, rent services and investments. additional support has bee provided by: >> consumer cellular. and by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private ncorporation by the american people. and by contributions to your station fromiewers lik you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and th it is the fourth of july-- independence day-- 244 years after the signing of the declaratn of independence. instd of parades and prinics, many ans are staying home, as a precaution during the coronavirus pandemic. others are protestinagainst racial inequality and police brutality. ♪ ♪ despite warnings not to gather in large groups, and to wear chface masks, the presidene to have a rally and fireworks

display at mount rushmore in south dakota last night. mr. trump used his speech at the mount rushmore national merial to rail against "angry mobs trying to tear down statues," and what he called a "left-wing cultural revolution." >> our nation is wnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children. >> boo! >> sreenivasan: there were few face masks and no social distancing at the event, and the president barely mentioned the coronavirus pandemic. before the speech and fireworks show began, native americans and supporters protested on roads chleading to the site, whis on land taken from the lakota sioux. police arrested 15 people who refused to leave themprea after aned deadline. i spoke with chase iron eyes, special advisor tohe president of the oglala sioux tribe, about the protests and president trump's visit. , chase iron eyes, i know that some of the concerns leading up

to the protests were that the president and the administration neveasked permission from th haibes to hold the event there and that the lanbeen ruled by the supreme court as your lad rightfully that the uni states has stolen. what happened? what dyou think was accomplished with the protests? >> well, a lot of times over the past 500 years, indigenous yvoices have been complet ignored or deliberately brushed under the rug so that sometimes that's the only way ouvoice will be heard is if we offer our bodies and we place our bodies in harm's way, like we did at the dakota access pipeline, like 'll do at the keystone aess pipeline. the religious radical right terrorists who support our current great white father, president donald trump, were out in full force yesterday so we had to let the entire world know

that when a man of ill character, according tour whites-- whenever he plans to come into our sacred land without so much as a courtesy call, then we know that a man like that lacks the proper civil decorum. he could have called one of our tribal leaders or somendf our chiefselayed that message because he knowsowecause of his laws, his own court system-- and quite frankly, our own cour system since 1924 when on us, whether we wanted it or not. so, all of the constitutional rights and natural rigat inhere to american sovereigns also in here to us as american indians. but we have an ancient a priori sovereign right to say who can and can't pass through our territory, according t1851 and 1868 treaties, which are ch newer than our united states constitution-- i might add. all of these rights, including our treaty rights and our tribal

indian rights that prdate the english language here on this hemisphere. sometimes that's the only way we have to communicate to the world is to say, look it, this means so much to us, our children's rights to clean water and healthy ecosystems and having land back in 2020, because the-- the black hills, 1.3 million acres are federal lands. >> sreenivasan: this is also happening in the context of tension between tribal nations and the state government on measures ytaking to make sure that the coronavirus doesn't spread. >> it-- yo, it's all connected,ruir. not only's visit, but-- but the deliberate visit that governor kristi noem s are-- we are literally not going to socl distance. we're not going to concern ourself with other people's health and well-being. we're going to do the opposite of that. and the-- the health and safety

checkpoints that not only the-pi th ridge reservation, but the cheyenne river sioux tribe and the rosebud sioux tribe and lower brule, it's the law of the nationthe sioux nation. this is the only way that we're survive another euralague.o and a lot of our european brothers and sisters, either they feel extra brave because they'd svive so ma plagues. but we as indigenous nations have a very direct memory of what we went through with smallpox, cholera,panish flu. i mean, it-- it hits us harder because we haven't been exposed to those things for that long. >> sreenivasan: yesterday, the president spent quite a deal of time talkingbout how he wants to preserve statues and monuments and how he wants to enforce those laws. one of the subtexts was that if protesters got their way, mount shmore would be demolished or destroyed in some way. that-- that's a very important

to think abecause someeads need o ople want to blow it up, and some people wantrship it like their gods. and so, somewhere in the middle of that, we need to have a-- a frank truth-telling and a conciliation so we can go forward in this country together we need to decide, should we add another face? we leave it alone? because if we destroy it, that is also an act of desecration. even the crazy horse monument-- though that is one of our guys-- it's still an act of desecration to-- to do something to the natural universe that-- that wasn't designed to be that way. but right now, we need to be decidinghoho can we celebrate and in what man-- manner can we celebrate th? because all of the-- the prior statues are uslly monuments to slavery, genocide and racism. and-- and if i'm an american

euroan, i can't get away from that. so, besides telling only the washington or thomas jefferson or abrahamincoln or teddy roosevelt, we also need to tell the truth about these men. and maybe we should consider celebrating and idolizing women ts point. >> sreenivasan: chase iron eyes, thanks so much for your time. >> thank yr. >> sreenivasan: president trump will hold another fourth of july event tonight, and give another speech, this time from the south lawn of the white house. local officials opposed having large crowds gather on the national mall and nearby areas, saying it violates health guidelines during a surge in coronavirus cases. but the administration contrs the federal property, and is going ahead. the department of interior says it will have 300,000 face masks ready to hand out during the fireworks and fly-overs of military aircraft. presumptive democratic presidential nominee joe biden tweeted his fourth of july message today. using images from recent and historic protests, the forme

vice president said the country has "not yet lived up to its founding ideal." >> american history is no fairy tale. it's been a constant push and pull between two parts of our character. the idea that all men and women--at all people-- are c equal, and the racism that has torn us apart. >> sreenivasan: the rise in coronavirus cases is continuing in many parts of the country this wkend. one of those new cases is a member of president trump's inner circle. kimberly guilfoyle, a top campaign fundraiser and the girlfriend of president trump's oldest son, tested positive for the virus yesterday. donald trump jr tested negative. the couple was in south dakota, t did not travel with the president. they are self-isolating as a precau nationwide, there were more than 57,000 new confirmed cases reported yesterday, according to johns hopkins university researchers. new daily cases are increasing in 39 states, with sharp upticks in california, arizona, texas, and mississippi, according to "new york times" data. florida reported 11,458 new

cases todaya new record for daily cases. while the number of new cases is increasing, new deaths per day are declining. experts say the numbers reflect better treatments, and the fact rethat younger people,ho less likely to become severely ill, accountor more of the new cases. globally, there are more than 11 million confirmed coronavirus caseording to researchers at johns hopkins. but, after months of lockdowns, restrictionsnue to ease in many places. in england, pubs and restaurants opened today for the first time since march. it's the bigge step yet in the country's gradual easing of coronavirus restrictions. about three feet-- from each other, and no one is allowed to stand at the bar. but, mask wearing is optional. barber shops, musend libraries also reopened today, with social distancing restrictions. but not all of the united kingdom is opening. each of the u.k.'s four nions, england, scotland, wales, and northern ireland, are lifting restrictions independently. in brazil, bars and restaurants

also reopened in parts of the country this week, despite the second-largest coronavirus outldbreak in the wor, behind the united states. on friday, brazilian president jair bolsonaro vetoed parts of a law quthat would have ed face masks indoors when large groups gather. bolsonaro has downplayed the severity of the pandemic, despite increasing numbers of infections and deaths in latin america's largest country. washington's envoy to afghanistan continues h for the u.s./taliban peace deal, russia may have paid bounties to afghan militants for killing american and nato soldiers. u.s. special representative zalmay khalilzad focused on the economic benefits of e deal today. he was wrapping up a week-long trip that included a stop in qatar, where taliban representatives are based. in late fruary, the u.s. gned a peace deal with the taliban that ended nearly 20 years of war in afghanistan. the deal has encountered new political opposion and doubts about whether the taliban can be

trusted, since news of the lligence about the russi bounties became public. >> sreenivasan: for more on the coronavirus pandemic and other national visit www.pbs.org/newshour. > sreenivasan: on monday chicago police superintendent david brown announced th department would deploy 1,200 additional officers over t fourth of july weekend to so-called drug corners.on brown said the strategy aims to reduce the city's holiday gun violence surge because teens are often paid to carry guns because they can face lighter penalties and after their arrest.ly but, an attorney who represents a coalition of community organizationhelping to enforce mandatory changes to chicago's police force says the plan is unconstitutind contradicts the city's police reform effokes. newshour w correspondent ivette feliciano spoke with sh clinical professor of law at the northwestern pritzker school of law.

>> reporter: so, sheila what do superintendent david brown announced on monday regarding increasing arrests at these so-called drug cners? >> superintendent brown announced that he's going to be cting officers to conduc corner sweeps. and what that means is that officers will be going predominantly in the south and west sides of the city and arresting people who a congregating at the corners. the other thing the superintendent requested is that the courts hold people who he arrests, even though he acknowledges that he is going to be arresting people for nonviolent offenses. he's asked that these folks be taken into custody and be held through that-- through the holiday weekend. >> reporter: so, what have you been hearing from civil rights activists and criminologists about th policing strategy over the july 4th weekend? >> so, there really two main number one, the-- the strategy of conducting these kinds of-- of sweeps is unconstitutional, discriminatory. and-- d number two, it's ineffective. it's not going to create safer communities in the city of chicago.

>> reporter: what data is there to support that strategies like aren't effective? >> well, one of the biggest data sets that we have is what's happened in new york city after the end of stop and frisk policing there. and what we found was-- was that crime dropped considerably. there's also a good deal of research into this idea procedural justice. and that is that when police officers break the law, when they are unaccountable, when they are lawless, that's reflected in the community. >> reporter: what do you say to arguments that apprehending those at the source of open air gun-markets ential to endingun violence right now? >> yeah,ell, we just don't have data that suggests that's what works. what we do know works are some the interventions that we see happening in the streets of chicago that are led by people most directly affected by gun violence, interventions led by organizations like "good kids, mad city." these aryoung people, many of whom themselves have lost family members to gun violence that are

actively working to negotiate peace treaties with neighborhoods that may have conflict with each other. organizations like "mother against senseless killing." this is a group of moms who have occupied one of the hottest blocks in inglewood and have essentially reduced violence on that block significantly by just being a positive force. so, it's those types of interventions that build on both the expertise of people who are most affected by gun violence and most affected by corrupt cing. that's what reduces violence in our communities. >> rr: of course in 2017, we had the u.s. department of justice rea report, which found that the chicago police department was deficient in training and servision and prone to excessive force, especially against people of color. what has police reform in chicago looked like since that report was released? >> one of the things that resulted from the department of justice's findings is a-- is a consent decree. department is currently police operating under a federal court

order. i, along with some other civil rights attorneys, represt a coalition of-- of community- based organizations in the enforcement of that consent decree. and the consent decree overhauls the police department, everything from training to supervision to use of to unbiased policing. it is and consent decrees have been, in otherurisdictions, transforming police violence and holding police departments what we've seen in chicago so police department has not- the adhered to any of the really significant deadlinecontained in the consent decree. elected officials talk a good game about police reform. when push comes to shove, we've not seen that translated into and we certainly haven't seen it translated into compliance with the consent decree. >> reporheila bedi, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me.

>> sreenivasan: the israeli- palestinian nflict remains in deadlock, especially with new plans by israel to annex occupiedtory on the west bank. however, one remarkable example of cooperation between arabs and israelis is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. it's an orchestra whose young members are both israeli and palestinian. special corresndent david tereshchuk reported on this story before coronavirus shutdowns were in efct. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the divan orchestra is the creation of two cultural giants from the middle east: pianist and conductor daniel barenboim, who's an israeli citizen; and edward said, the palestinian academic and critic. said died in 23, but his widow still works to keep the foundation going that supports the orchestra. >> their friendship was based on whatever they had in common, and

what they had in common was music. ♪ ♪ the idea of the orchestra is to get people from the arab world and israel to get to know "the her" in a humanistic project whose language is music. >> reporter: they the orchestra "divan," an arabic word for a council or assembly, to denote a coming together of disparate people. at 77 now, daniel barenboim delegates some leadership roles to his son, michael. he's a violinist and, like his father, believes the orchestra offers the middle east an example for forging better relations between arabs and israis. >> the idea is to offer an-- an alternative model of-- of thinking for the region that is not based on conflict but more on understanding, dialogue.or >> rr: it begins on the ground with an elementary-level school in the desert city of ramallah, on the israeli occupied west bank. ♪ ♪

finding young israeli jews with the required talent is relatively easy, since the jewish community has a long-cultivated tradition of musical educion. but it's harder to find arab children with a developed aptitude for western classical music. the foundation scours arab areas, including the west bank refugee camps. the recruiters found violinist yamen saadi of nazareth when he was very young, or perhaphe found them. e of my family is a musician or none of my friends were musicia. when i was in first grade, i saw somebody playing the violin on tv. back then, the barenboim-said conservatory opened in nazareth, e i had my first lessons. >> reporter: yamen was ten years old when he auditioned before the o, daniel barenboim. >> he liked what i played. i said that i want to join the orchestra. and then, he said, "yes, you can, but you're-re a bit too young." and i said, "okay. but if it helps you, i can say

i'm 21." >> reporter: so, it took a lionger-- until he was just 11, in fact-- before he did finallmake it into the orchestra, where most new entrants begin at 18. 's played there now for 12 years. ♪ ♪ achieving harm the music they all play is an obvious aim. getting people from such differing, even antagonistic backgrounds, to harmonise outside of music presents bigger challenges. >> most of the disagreements are about the political situation in the area. >> reporter: inevitably, it's when the violence around them reaches a crescendo that tensions get to be most serious. >> when they are playing together and the-- the situation is dire, like during the leban war in 2006, during the gaza bombardments in 2014, you can hear it in what they give you in

the music, and audiences resonate to-- to that. they see that there are other-- they are saying something different than regular musicians. w n we all come from so many different ckgrounds, it's opns about things.ferent >> reporter: and, what happens? >> we try to discuss it when we try to-- to understand why are we different and what are the different opinions. sometimes we agree to disagree. reporter: it's especial valuable, according to mariam said, that the orchestra offsets in some measure the inequalities that result from isrli minance. >> for the arabs, this is a big thig that when they are sitt in the orchestra playing together, they are equal. and the her that has been brought up to shink that he or are superior than the other side, realize that here we are equal. >> you will not find any orchestra where everyone gets

along. it's-- no, it doesn't exist, and it-- it's also not realistic. but there's something happening in this group when they ay together, when they spend time omtogether, that is just shing i've not seen elsewhere. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: a subset to the orchestra has developed, drawn from the string section-- a chamber music group of just eight members. it's a more intimate team than the full orchestra, and, until covid-19 stopped all travel, its leaner numbers were easier to send on tour. t astrig siranossian, whosarabic-speaking family soughte over generations all across the middle east, enfinds the ambemble to be ideal for forging the closest kind of cooperation. >> chamber music was the music of family. it was to-- to play in the living rooms. we are, of course, all having our differences r different ways of seeing things, but we talk about it, and we

lk a lot, and there is no border in between us. reporter: the divan players were determined to take their musical message to a wider audience beyond the middle east. just before the world started shutting down with anti-pandemic restrictions, the chamber group reached for the top in the united states. the orchestra members played at many prominent venues. now, they get to play at that internaonal pinnacle of musical excellence: carnegie hall. ♪ ♪ >> you always hear about carnegie hall, carnee hall! and it felt a bit like a jam session. >> very friendly, very warm atmosphere. the feeling of being there, it's very rewarding. >> reporter: other rewards coming from these young musicians' collaboration could even include, according to mariam said, a template for tackling the enmity which has bedeviled the middle east.

>> we have already produced a generation that can talk to the enemy.perhaps these people fromh sides who can talko each other, in the future, they may find an alternate way to resolve bigger issues. a reporter: do you think broad sense you're contributing tensions in an area where we know politically it's deadlocked? >> well, i-- i think that would be a little bit optimistic, to be honest.we bulay music together that offers some kind of different view on the middle et could look like. but this kind of conflict, it's not the mendelssohn octethat ll... ( laughs ) ...that will bring peace to the middle east. we do what we can. we're musicians. so, what we can is-- is play music. ♪ ♪

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