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loikes in hospitalizations. hospitals say theinsivezen care units are completely full. governor ron desantis dug deep into those numbers for a silver lining. >> as we've seen more traffic into hospita, we're seeing a aller number of patients from longer-term care facilities admitted. and so, look, we obviously would like to not be here, to t have anyone admitted, but those residents of the long-term care facilities, when they are admitt, they have a much much higher rate of mortalit so to see that decline is simething that's very, very ve. >> yang: cases in florida have now topped 300,000, but that hasn't stopped officials from pushing to reopen the state. on monday, the state's education commissioner ordered schools to president trump saay heove the hoped will be mirrored across

the country. >> what we want to do is, we want to get our schools open, we want to get them to open quickly, beautifully, in the fall. >> yang: harvard is among many colleges and universities saying that, beginning this fall, all instruction will be online. that's a problem for international students. enforcement says sdents atms schools that are fully online won't be allowed to enter the country, and, if they're already anre, they'll have transfer to some in-person insuction or leave the country. that threatens the visas of more than a million students-- many from china. today, china's foreign ministry tried to offer some assurancat >> ( tran ): china is now closely following the u.s. moves on relevant policies and will make utmost efforts gi protect the mate rights and interests of chinese students in the u.s. >> yang: in brazil, president heir bolsonaro, who from the outset dismissedhreat of the coronavirus, said he has tested positive for covid-19 and

is taking hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug president trump has touted but has not been proven against coronavirus. >> ( translated ): it started on sunday, july 5 with a certain feeling of unwell, that worsened during the day on monday july 6, with malaise, tiredness, a bit of muscle pain and a fever >> yang: over the weekend, he attended a fourth of july celebration at the u.s. embassy hosted by ambassador todd chapman. photos of the two showed no evidence of precautions like distancing or masks. today the embassy said chapman, a career diplomat, had tested brgative. even thougil has the world's second-highest number of cases-- behind the united states-- it does not have a ntordinated national policy to n the virus. european countries that imposed tougre already eyeing a return to more normal life, from pubs in t britain newly-reopened rauvre museum in paris. aua, once considered a success story, is again cracking

cwn. its second largey, cklbourne, reimposed a six-week wn in an effort to beat back a new surge of infections. >> i think a sense of i think that each of us know we've got no choicbut take these very, very difficult steps. >> yang: a recognition that the virus is far from beg fully contained. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: this afternoon, president trump said it was "ridiculous" that rvard will do its instructions online, and he accused the school of taking the "easy way out." we will take a closer look at the reopening of the nation's k-12 schools later in the thogram. in the day's news, the trump administration has officially notified congress and the united nations that the u.s. is withdrang from the world health organization,espite the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. but, the withdrawal cannot legally go into effect for at

least another year. the u.s. has previously contributed over $400 millioa year to the w.h.o., more than any other country. later, the presumpve democratic presidential nominee, joe biden, tweeted that he will rejoin the w.h.o. on his first day as president. the democratic mayor of atlanta said the city doesn't need national guard troops to protect it, after a weekend of gun last night, republican governor brian kemp sent the troops to f trol the streets, after he declared a stateergency. we will examine the recent spike in gun violee across the country, later in the program. r e person is hospitalized afdriver sped through a protest in bloomington, indiana, late monday. the driver struck two people as denstrators protested an assault on a black man at a lake over the weekend. vauhxx booker said a group of white men attacked him july 4th,

and threatened to "get a noose." his attorney spoke to reporters this afternoon. >> i can confirm that an official investigation has been opened up by the f.b.i. i believe it has been approved of the united states' attorney's ce, and they are investigating this as a hate crime. woodruff: authorities are still searching for the driver of the car that struck the two people at yesterday's protest. e f.i. sounded the ala today about the growing number st threats emerging from china. its director, chher wray, highlighted several areas of clcreased beijing gression, ing targeting u.s. military technology and economic a ercion. he tolshington think tank that the increase in chinese cases at ter bureau is cong. >> we'veow reached a pb.nt where the is opening a new china-related counter- erintelligence case about ten hours. of the nearly 5,000 active f.b.i. counter-intelligence

y,ses currently underway across the counlmost half are related to china. >> woodruff: wray also urged chinese-born people living in the u.s. to contact the f.b.i. if chinese officials t i to force tho returning home to china. heeaid it is part of a chin coercion program designed to silence criticism of beijing's policies. new york regulators fined the german lender deutsche bank $150 million for its dealings with the late sex offender jeffrey epstein. it is the first disciplinary action against a financial institution over business with the financier. epstein killed himself in a manhattan jail last august, sex trafficking charges. at least 55 people have died in southern japan after torrential rains and floods swept across a dozen others are still missing. in some towns, floodwaters

submerged cars, and the record- breaking rain triggered landslides.e, reanwhilescue crews rushed to evacuatdents. >> ( translat): about 80,000 members from the police, fire department, and japan coast reguard are on a search anue mission. our policy is saving people's lives first, and we will make mission.t effort in our >> woodruff: some three million residenthave been urged to evacuate kyushu, japan's third- largest island.hi a bus crash in today killed at least 21 people. the bus lost control and plunged into a reservoir in a southwestern city. hoit was carrying studentsad just completed their college entrance exams. 15 people were injured. back in this country, it was primary day in new jand delaware. many voted by mail on account of the pandemic. official results won't likely be announced until next week. meanwhile, in utah, the results are in from last week's

republican gubernatorial primary-- lieutenant governor spencer cox narrowly defeated former u.s. ambassador and ex-governor jon huntsman. details emerged today about a new tell-all book written by president trump's niece. mary trump, a ps alleged that her uncle is a narcissist, and that he paid meone to take his s.a.t. test for him. she wrote, "no one is lessui ed than my uncle to manage" the current crises facing the nation. the white house called the memoir "a book of falsehood." it is set to be releast week. the european union hjected a deeper-than-expected recession from the pandemic. it now forecasts the bloc's economy will shrink 8.3% this year. meanwhile, in the u.s., stocks w took a dive l street today.

the dow jones industri average lost 397 points to close at 25,890. the nasdaq fell nearly 90 points, and the s&p00 shed 34. still to come on the newshour: thdebate over when to reopen schools in the fall. more people are facing eviction from their homes in the midst of the pandemic. what is driving the recent spate of gun violence across the country? and, much more. >> woodruff: across the country, parents are wondering what the next school year will look like for their children. the decisionf how to reopen, and when, will ultimately be up to state and local officials. but, that is despite pyisident trump at a white house noent today that he would

pressure gov to reopen >> we hope that moools are going to be open. we don't want people to make ipolitical statements or for political reasons. they think it's going to be good for em politically, so they keep the schools closed. no way. so we're very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools, to get them open. and-- it's very important. it's very important foout country. thit's very important for e well-being of the student and the parents. >> woodruff: meanwhile, in a virtual hearing on capitol hill, the president the national education association offered a different view. she said that america's educators are alarmed by what they are seeing from politicians. >> they see people who are making decisions to race back in to that school without the proper plan to distance, to disinfect, to have the p.p.e., to have the health checks and

the covid testing. they'll be at risk or put their acn families at risk, put their rs and the lunch lady and the janitor at risk. and so, we are scared. ol woodruff: it is a balance thaty-makers and educators pross the country are weighing. to discuss th to reopen schools, i'm joined by noel candelaria. he is the president of the texas state teachers association, which represents about 60,000 educators in texas. ped i'm joined by elliot h he's a former elementary school teacher and education policy expert from richmond. we welcome both of you to "the news hour": mr. noel candelaria, let me start with you. at this point, what are texas -- what, 5 million public school students facing?

is it known yet we hat lan is yet with regard to opening schools? >> no. the commerissiants the schools to be reopened and educators want to start the school year up here in august. what we don't have yet clearly is a plan, an outlined plan of olt just from the state but from scistricts across the state as to standards that we can all expect to go back into when it comes to our schools. we have had districts right now looking at only doing remote learning and some districts aren ng face-to-face and some are planning hybrid models buts ther consistency across the space. >> so elliot has spell, president trump as we know is urging school systems, educators to open up. he says it's good for the students, good for the schools. what is known at this point about the argument opfoing the schools in september?k >> so i th's important to realize that the argument isig nuanced;t? like opening schools where there

are spiking transmission levelex likes and florida is a different conversation than a liace michigan which yesterday recorded zero deaths from covid and only 103 new cases. t sometimes a lot of states and differdalities matter. but it boils down to we know for elementary school studes in particular the children themselves seem to be a pretty low risk for catching covid. there's evidence that points to the fact that young kids don't transmit to other young kids or adults at higher rate sohere there isn't a high level of transmission it may be relative safe if you have all of the precautions in fac and if you're fully funded to make sure ttht you have ppe and all of those things, tarticularly with younger students to ack. could cause harm to their it ndemotional well beingas well as educational well being but in some ways that's dacon to

the cost of their holistic well toing. >> from the educ from texas, do you see a difference going to take to be safe for the younger children in the elementary grades veus children in high school or middle school? >> right. part of the challenge that we have had is that not enough educators have been part of this conversation when it comes to putting plans together in place at the local level.ar educatorthe experts in knowing and understanding student movement across the campus, how students move from campus to the restroom, from the school bus to home. and with all of these that are critical pieces, putting a well thought out ptolather will affect the middle school, middle school and high school lel. in texas we have schools with as few as 50 studes and schools with as many as 6,000 students in them. so obviously those plans a going to differ from community to community based on the school's needs. leat we're not seeing right now isrly outlined plans to

ensure all of the safety for students, for theducators and really the community as a whole in othershat are goi to engage and act with the neighborhood public schoo's. >> well, lalking about the things ellias spell the schools have to have in place in order for schools and for the parents to feel safe and for the faculty and teachers to feel safe. what are the essentials essentials schools have have? >> there are few things. we know that maps and pe is important. that is essential. with the new recommendations the american academy of pediatrics tricks, world health organizaon have put outaying it's just about as good to have three feet of distance between e students and the c-d-c says 6 feebut with 6 feet it's almost impossible to get a full classroom so the three feetis the way to having full classrooms. and it's important that it's three feet with a mask.

so particularly for elementary school and middle school students being able have enough masks that is really important. we need to make sure that we have a staffing plan. we want it to be good. any teacher feels that they'reo able tay home and know their class wi be taken care of.st >> as you to this, noel candelaria, is this the kind of thing that will make teachers in the state of texas feel safe going back, this debate about 3 feet versus 6 feet? the question about whether masks are required? what's going to make teachers feel safe abouckt going in the classroom? >> it's not just talking about the sks. it's talking about social distancing, how do we ensure oper social distancing within the day-to-day movement the classroom. we also need to bal ting about ventilation a lot of teachs here in texasyou know, are fearful because of, you know, over the majority of our schoo have 30 or are 30 to 40 years old. so proper ventilation in our schools has always been an issue, even prior to the pandemic. there's always a shortage of

supplies and we don't have enough staff -- a lot of our schools are without a school nurse right now. a lot of our districts haven't been funded to provide a school provide for pape towels to dry your hand and washing stations, even prior to the pandemic, most of our campuses have had transitions from paper towel to air dryers which odce is should not be used during this pandemic because it will spray over the campus. so there are so many things that right now our campuses are struggling wh when their atrying to plan out openings to schools and not having the need or the staffing that ishey going to be needed to properly clean and disinfect the school. and right now authorities are following a model that's been laid out with one custodian for, you know, about 500 or 700 square feet which is not going to be manaengeable right now you have to do thorough cleaning

on surfaces that will be touched by various adults. >> judy: elliot has spell, everybody acies the great thing would be to get children back in e background. back in the classroom. but the realier is the are these concerns. when you have the white house saying we reallwant this to happen. we know we can't require schools to open -- how much --ow much pressure do you think school systems will be under? >> i think they're going to be under an immense amount of pressure. and it's really unfortunate. this is not one of the issues that should be comment critical but it already has. we saw that with the florida commissioner of education requiring all of the schools in that state to just -- that are igperiencing an enormous outbreak now in transmission to create plans to open. there's e conservative author jonathan glass that wrote in a neece recently that says anyo that says all schools should is either foolish, historical or

pushing an agenda. maybthat's fairly accurat i think we have to take this community by community and, you know, by reallleaning into the local context. >> we have certa ginng to be keeping an ion this and many decisions yet to be made. i want to thank both of you fork tag about it with us today. elliot has spell and noel candelaria, thank you very much. >> woodruff: it is one of the federal government's signature efforts to help small businesses weather the covid-19 pandemic. now, there is new datarom the trump administration about the paycheck protection program, or p.p.p. the most detailed inrmation yet about some of the forgivable loans it has issued over the last 3.5 months. tiially, there were questions over wheth program had enough funds to aid all of the small businesses that requested

it. about,whichenesses wereions getting the loans. lisa desjardins has behi digging intonew data, and she joins meow. >> so, lisa, you have been through all of this material. there's a lot of it. what did you learn about who got money and how much ey got? >> reporter: judy, this was an incredible troll for data. for someone like us and persons with like me, it was incredibly informative.k let's just lat the big numbers involved here. weearned that 4.9 million loans were given out in thisra prsince april. that, of course, is historic and unprecedented. those loans are connected to 51 million jobs at businesses ross this country. now, jude judy, some of those companies said they didn't save any jobs necessarily. those could have been sole

proprietors or could have been companies that didn't use the money for payroll. now, more than 3,000 of those loans were large, over $1 million. as i said, judy, this is extraordinary data. weere particularly able to get very detailed information about the largest groups of loans -- loans over $150,000. now, that's not most of the loans. most of the loans weremaller than that but they were still 600,000 loanthat were of that size. so the government released the names of every business that received a loan over $150,000 and where those businesses are. judy, i ran through the spreadsheet and here is a map of where those businesses were. you can see wherte the grest need was for small business help and then lining up with that you see of course in new england where the largest number of case evers were early on in this virus. it's not just about the help here. you see stats like wyoming and

north dakota that were experiencing a fumble crises ruen if they didn't have the th is where they were hit hard by international factors during the light yelloes are the ones that received the fewest number of loans. and judy, in bright red, washington, d.c. the greatest number of small business loans this program per capita. so it tells us a lot about where this need was. >> judy: fascinating. lisa, a lot of raised eyebrows out the big, big cops companies that got some of this money. what did you learn about that? >> reporter: right. as i mentioned some of these s ans were in the millions of dolld there were questions about where that money went. this is supposed fob for small businesses, businesses of 500 oe r employees. let's look at where some of this money went. it could go to nonpofits. some churches were able to get these loans, some schools including for profit as well as nonprofit organizations. on the other hand of the

ectrum, some national chain restaurants like p.f. changes and 5 guys that have hundrs of stores across the country were able to get money as well as name brands and celebrity brands like kanye west -- how did they nit the money, especially the larger comp? congress made an exception in this law so that any company that had franchises, separate businesses in separate locationo d file each location as a small business, and you see some of those large restaurant chains did that. aurant chains returne this money and we will have to see if these chains keep it or not. >> judy: lisa, another question received money, who hadms o political connections out there? >> right. it was important to look. and in spiteopt theof the list is the president him himself. he is known as a businessman. and we saw some trump partner organizations like the organization running trump rtel in waugh kiki, for

exampleived at least $2 million. same thing, there was a new york law firm headed by a trum attorney, mike kazowitz got at least $5 million. trump properties and family members were prohibited from getting other reliefoney in the care pact but there's an exception for the p-p-p moneyls we know that at least 7 members of congress receivedmo y througtheir businesses. of course these are all business people and all of them say thist money o help those businesses and their employees keep the payroll going. >> and just very quickly, lisa, do we know if there's money left this program to be disbursed? and is congress likely to rew this? >> there is money left. there's about $130 billion left. and a reminder that this money was intentded -- limed right now to only two and a half months of payroll. we have been in the pemic for three months. so it looks like the businesses that needed the money got it but

they have used it. so the issues if another round of this virus and another round of shut downs comes more money, and maybe a lot of money will be need, and we do expect congress to talk about that when they return next week. >> so mu material to pour through, thank you very much for ging us this look at this really impornt program. thanks. >> you're welcome. dr >> wf: during this pandemic, we hear it repeatedly from public health officials: stay at home. but many americans don't have stable housing, and as william brangham reports, a growing number of people are being forced out of their homes because they can't make rent. >> bangham: like tens of thousands of americans right now, rnda anderson and her family are being evicted. >> it's stressl and it's hard.

>> brangham: let's back up. last december,nderson's family was excited when they moved to north charleston, soh carolina. she and her husband had both found good jobs, and this nice rental home close to work. but then, three months after they moved, the pandemic hit. anderson's husband lost his home restoration job when the virus and the shutdown dried up all his company's projects. >> my husband filed for unemployment. still didn't get no unemployment. so basically, it left me in a situation to do stuff by myself. trying to keep food in the house and try to pay the rent. >> brangham: rhonda took on extra hours at her job. ocshe's the head cook at a nursing home. 75 hours a week, but itnstillto hasn't been enough to make rent on time-- something she's never had trouble with before. >> i've never been in this situation before, in any way, never. >> brangham: after paying the rent late in april and in may, her landlord told her she was being evicted.

to evict us and we're stillgoing paying our payment? "i just want y'all out of there," and we didn't know why. >> brangha the landlord said anderson paid her rent late several times, and she was violating her lease because her 20-year-old n wasn't on the initial paperwork. he had come to live with her when his college closed because of the pandemi the cares act-- the coronavirus relief package congress passed earlier this year-- halted evictions for anyone living in properties with federally-backed mortgages. but, that only applies to about a third of renters nationwide, and it's set to expire july 25. in addition to the federal protection most states put a pause on all evictions when the pandemic first hit. but, those rules onlpone evictions. if tenants violate their rental

agreements, landlords can still evict them once the moratoriums and that's exactly what's happening now to people like rhonda anderson. when south carolina let its e ratorium expire in may, it saw a sp eviction filings, says charleston attorney nicole paluzzi. bu what we're seeing now is a significan in the nonpayment of rent cases. opd a lot of that is related to being unemployed during covid-19, during the shutdowns. >> it's really kind of a perfect >> brangham: princeton university's lavar edmonds studies evictions. he says they were already a major problem before the pandemic. >> over the last 15, 2s, you can see rents have been increasing considerably, whereas comes remain relatively stagnant. >> brangham: in 2018, one in four renters in the u.s. put more than half of their income toward rent, and about half renters have less than $1,000 in savings. >> they're paying rent, but they're-- they're sort of on the f something goes wrong a now we've got a problem. >> brangham: and now what's pushing many renters over that edge is the economic fallout

from the pandemic. one recent survey found up t a third of all renters weren't able to pay rent in april. that's causing hsing advocates to warn of what they see as a worst-case scenario-- a spike in homelessness, right in the middle of the pandemic. that could expose more people to the virus, if they end up in shelters where it's very hard to social distance. but boston medical center's dr. megan sandel says not having quality, stable housing is also tied to other problems like food insecurity and increased stress. and that c, in turn, trigger long-term physical and mental health issues. on affordable home is like a prescripor health. and nothing showed that more than during the epidemic. d so, now is the time to double down on stocking that housing prescription. of this pandemic, people ofs color are also most vulnerable when it comes to housing.ni blacks and his in the u.s. are twice as likely to be renters as whihes.

and duringandemic, black and hispanic workers are more likely to have lostllheir jobs as >> black and brown renters are disproportionately likely to bin extremely lome. they're much more likely to be severely cosburdened. >> brangham: diane yentel is president of the natnal low- income housing coalition. >> as we look towards this potential wa of evictions roat's coming, that, too, will dispportionately harm black and brown renters. >> brangham: states and cities are already using federal emergency money for rental assistance. but housing advocates say much more is needed. earlier this year, houston's $15 million fund was tapped out, just 90 minutes after it opened up to applicants. landlords are pushing for more rental assistance, too. director of mass landlords, ae trade association in massachusetts. >> landlords don't like to evict

their paying ctomers, or their not-paying customers. we want to have customers, and ant to have pele occup our housing. >> brangham: quattrochi says when rent isn't paid, small mom-and-pop landlords like him struggle to pay their own bills. nd even though there's a ic, we still have to pay for repairs. cewe have to pay for insur real estate taxes, which cover etfrastructure and first responder bu 5% of our members are insolvent, and they're selling their buildings to getneut of the bu. >> brangham: because of this pandemic? >> because of th tpandemic. pl resulting shutdowns and the eviction moratorium. they can't operate anymore, and they're done. >> brangham: after goi to court, rhonda anderson agreed to a deal with her landlord. the landlord would apply for cares act rental assistance to cover the missed june rent, and anderson would vacate the house at the end of e month. but, the eviction wouldn't go on her record-- something that could have made it harder to rent in the future. but the quick move meant her family had to go to a hotel. fortunately, it's only temporary. >> we found a place, but it's not open up until after the

holidays. so we have to stay in a hotel for, like, eight days. so that's how life is now. >> brangham: and as evictions pick up across the country, that's how life could soon be for thousands more americans. for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham. >> woodruff: in addition to all the upheavals caused by the pandemic, social unrest, and heightened political turbulence, amna nawaz reports thaalthis summer i shaping up to be hbbloody one in our cities' streets and neorhoods. >> naz: from new york to california, atlanta to chicago, a july 4th weekend interrupted by gun violence, leaving dozens, including children, dead. >>nough is enough. >> nawaz: in atlanta, 31 people shot and five killed, including

eight-ar-old secoria turner. atlanta mayor keisha bottoms: on we are shooting each other ur streets in this city, and you shot and killed a baby. and it wasn't one shooter. there weret least two shooters. an eight-year-old baby. >> nawaz: georgia governor brian kemp moved in the national guard in response. meanwhile, in washington, d.c., 11-year-old davon mcne was killed at a cookout aimed at preventing violence. d.c. mayor muriel bowser. >> this should not have happened, and it can't keep happening. we can't losing our children to senseless gun violence >> nawaz: and in chicago, 87 people shot over the weekend and g killed. amem, seven-year-old natalia wallace, struck by a stray bullet while playing outside. >> there were kids riding by on bicycles, as we said, enjoying r of july, as they should have been, and now this child is gone. >> nawaz: as some cities see a summer, the reasons why are now

the subject of debate. in people were shot over the weekend, and june homihides hit theiest since 1996, mayor bill de blasio blamed the y ndemic. >> it is direclated to all the dislocation that's happened over these lt four months with the coronavirus. >> nawaz: others point to a strained police force as a factor, after denstrations against police brutality, and recent reforms banning some use of force. new york police commissioner dermot shea: >> we need three things. i'm going to keep repeating it for peop. we need support, we need laws that help the police itead of handcuff them, and then we need resources. >> nawaz: even president trump, in his july 3 mount rushmore speech, linked the rise in protests to the rise in violence. >> angry mobs are ying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of

violent crime in our cities. >> nawaz: violencrime, however, has not risen uniformly across the country or among cities, and many types of crime are down. we take a closer look at this recent surge in gun violence with pastor mike mcbride, director for the "live free campaign," a faith-based movement committed to reducing ion violence and to ending mass incarcerof people of color. and, thomas abt is a senior allow at the council on criminal justi a co-author es the nationwide homicide study by arnold venta philanthropy focused on criminal justice. judy: welcome to you both and that you both for being here. thomas about starting with you, t these headlines get a f attention, especially when you're talking be about the been killed.ildren that have but when you look at the data, is it dish from years past? help us with some contedxt aroun what we have been seeing so far this year? >> sure. the studyy colleague richard

rosenfeld and i performed, looked at thempact of homicide over the first five months of this year compareto the three-year average in previous years. and whate saw was, while there ris a significant decline in homicides in and in may as a result of the social distancing muscle shoalses put in place due tohe pandemic, unrtunately, the first three months of the year were quite violent. and in fact, at the od of that five-month ped, compared to the three-yearicides average 6 percent and unfortunately, we don't have the educate yet but it look like june was even worse. >> pastor mcgrde let's put context on this from your end. ng earlier iu seei the year on the ground in the working in for years to address gun violence? and how does the pandemic affect what you were see >> well, i think it's very important for us to continue to to remind ourselves tt gun

violence and urban communities acrosshe commnity, it's largely focused with a small number of individuals who are driving disproportionate amounts of violence. even during the pandemic many of our outreach workrs were deemed necessary essential works to help address the conflicts that inue to persist. so as we talk about gun violence and with the right kind of resources and targeted interveneses, even during a pandemic, we kw those who driving violence because caught in the cycle of vlence and we have the exclusions solutions to ensure that violence does not spiral out of corol. >> reporter: thomas abt, people are trying to understand what was driving that earlier surge that you mentioned, some pointing to the idea that the demonstration against police emutality calling for an end to sy racism fueled the violence in cities. is there any truth to that? does the data back that up? >> at thee outst i couldn't

agree with mr. mcbride more. there are methods to addressing urban violence and eneed 20 step up our approach to those suggeions b but i think youres tions is an upper unfair critique and our protests are a natural reaction to a highly publicized and terrible tragic incident, excessive deadly force, on top of years of rsistent ongoing problem that communities of color have been trying to call attention to literally for decades. i think it's not the protests that are the problem. it's the underlying police violence expifntle we have to knowledge there is actually a connection between police violence.nd communi >> pastor mcbride when you look at that connection that has fueled what we know has long been a cycle of mistrust between e police department and black and brown communities in america in this moment, when there's even more attentions, calls for broader reform, are you rried that mistrust is even deeper and

in fact will actually fuel more violen in some communities? >> no. i believe we should pivot this conversati forcefully to go beyond the conversation of mistrust and really have a conversation about values. vo do weue? vw do we ensure that our budget demonstrates tue that we have and how then do we leverage ououtax base, tax dollars to invest in those kind of populations that we value? the bier issue around defunding the police and these other magnificent ideas that are being debated, it is a question of investment. it is a question of can indeed believe that brack and brown communities that are fully e vested in, so there is food programs, there using promise, there are job programs, there are healing programs -- first is putting 30.50 percent departments and it is a question of how do we invest in people and public saty that keeps

people at the center? so i just want to continue to sh our imagination beyond policing as it's relates to abl safety conversation. we can reduce gun violence in many communities because we have done it before so we should scale those strategies up and use this moment as a way to unlike tax dollars to get that job done. >> so pastor mcbride, let m ask you, was thomas abt talking about the higher numbers that he was seeing in 2020, what do you think pelshould understand about why that was happening and now what should e done to address it? >> we know that much of the violence that is driven from a small number of individuals in our community, they have intersecting social issues in reality that are tieing to poverty and they are at their very faith exposing the vulnerabiliy of black, brown and cor communitiescross the country. the proliferation of gun, of

course, makes this kind of violence more lethal but it is at the end of the day about how do we ensure that we are investing in the root causes of poverty that drives crime? so our attention should be -- our intention shou be not to criminalize but to literally invest. and because the early pandemic has expoed a lack of social abilities of black and brown communities we should use this as another case study of saying what if we invested in health care, in public health programs that hae mental health, are violence interrupting, that are strategies thatctually put citizens ithe community. that is a strategy. every community i believe in this country impacted would embrace if we really he deal it up. >> thomas abt, less than a minute left. i have to ask you based on whate

you have so far, and based on where we are right now what do you see in the weeknd months ahead? >> well, i'm worried that we're in for a difficult summer a rest of the year. unless we take dramatic action as pastor mcbride said, no to pthe scale downice solutions. police are a part of solution. but the scale of community-baed sorytions. these small number of people at the highest risk for gun violence, either as perp perpetuators or victidms n something so say yes to as well as something to say no to. and unless we take dramatic we're in for a difficult year. >> thomas about, senior fellow at the council on criminal justice, and pastor mike mcbride of the live free campaignou thank you tooth.

um woodruff: tomorrow, president will welcome the president er mexico to the white house. are more than 215,000 official cases of coronavirus in mexico, the second highest total in latin america. more than 20,000 have died. but mexico's government acknowledges that is a severe undercount. we sent camera crews across the country, and nick schifrin reports on the failures of the mexican government to contain covid. >> schifrin: outside the enrthern city of juarez, chilho have nothing get their food from the man in the mask. >> say gracias. s gracias. ifrin: he is not from the government. las mask is not only for covid. he is a member oueva trpresa drug cartel. >> ( slated ): the coronavirus is killing people like crazy, and we want to do something. people are a little desperate, having a hard time. plere are no jobs, there is no money, pare worn out.

>> schifrin: this so-called narco philanthropy is designed to spread goodwill, to protect smuggling routes. inbut the cartels are the source of lp because the government is absent. >> ( translated ): for us it is very good, because we need it right now. there is not much work. with all that's happening, it's a blessing >> ( translated ): the shops are far away, and if you take a look, there is no police.d so this is a gace to work. >> schifrin: but mexico's a bad place to die. a thousand miles south in mexico city, smoke rises from a orium that covid's made all too busy. judith hasn't grieved. she's too angry. >> ( translated ): they gave me a paper that says she had lung problems, and after two days, the died from covid problems, bu never proved anything to me. nothing. >> schifrin: in judith's hands, she holds her mother's remains.

she blames the government. >> ( translated ): the government says that all you need is the picture of a saint, and with that you are going to be fine. saint going to do for me? a >> schifrin: technically, it wasn't a saint. itas a religious amulet. >> ( translated ): stop, enemy, for the heart of jesus is with me. >> schifrin: that's mexico's mesident andres manuel lopez obrador -march, offering good luck charms and advice he said could protect mexico from trcovid. >> ( slated ): the protective shield is honesty.or not to allowption. >> schifrin: at first, amlo, as own government's socialunted his distancing suggestions. ec declined to be tested bause he hado symptoms. and he refused to wear a mask. >> ( translated ): if i come here wearing a mask, how are the people going to feel? i have to keep the peoe's spirits up. >> schifrin: since then, mexico has taken the threat more

seriously. the government closed the country's rders and ordered schools and all non-essential businesses shut. but as soon as he could, amlo restarted his own travel. on june 1, he re-opened the country by launching a government-funded train that takes tourists to indigenous ruins. >> ( translated ): this comes at a good time. in these times when, due to the coronavirus pandemic, we need to sactivate the economy. ifrin: amlo focused on his signature infrastructure projts, but has refused to increase direct government spending on mexicans or their businesses. at's forced more than half the workforce in the informal economy to ignore stay-at-home reders. lorena tis an entrepreneur. right now, she sells masks out of the back of a car. >> (anslated ): there are countries where the government has an infrastructure to support the citizens through something toke this, right? end them home, and only worry about taking care of their family and their health. or this case, many of us don't

have that su >> schifrin: and the government wasn't strong enough to resist ameran pressure in an entire industry near the u.s.-mexico border mexican workers make parts for american companies. hundreds of american busotess leaders that they produced esldntial products, and shou stay open with social distancing and person protective equipment. and u.s. ambassador to mexico christopher landau tweeted in spanish, "you don't have t'workers' if y close a companies and they move elsewhere." some facries never closed at all, and this man's mother caught covid at work, and died. >> ( translated ): the company anver sent her home. the conever, ever cared about her health. she was still working. mother and the other workers should have gone home as soon as they issued the federal decree. >> schifrin: outside a factory, an activist filmed workers so desperate to earn money, they were too scared to reveal dangerous conditions. >> ( translated ): there have been cases in this plant already. and nobody says anything out of

(ar. translated ): belts for a golf cart. they are claiming that they make belts for ambulances al for medie. that is a big lie. >> schifrin: the video was filmed by labor lawyer susana prieto terrarks, who urged s to walk out of factories not taking covid-19 seriously. ng ( translated ): they are pretenhey are complying with sanitary regulations when nsere are inspections. and when thector leaves, they make all theworkers work shoulder to shoulder, side by si, with a massive risk of contagion. ol>> ( translated ):ia administerales. >> schifrin: a few days later, terrazas posted this vidar, as she was rested. >> gracias. >> schifrin: she washarged with inciting riots. she sat for this interview before she wento prison. >> ( translated ): i think u.s. companies behaved as unscrupulous as they have alwa have. it demonstrated the lack of authority of the president and his cabinet, and the indifference of american businessmen and politicians who >>ve influence in this country. chifrin: foreign minister

marcelo ebrard insisted the government ignored american pressure and stuck to its own reoping schedule. >> ( translated ): we're in a global value chain, but mexico's priority is the health and protection of the sick people. mexico will follow its calendar. chifrin: but the mexican government has also failed to resist u.s. pressure in camps near the u.s. border. central american migrants live in flimsy tents cramd close together because of the trump adminsitration's "remain in mexico" statute, which was approved by the mexican government. and just last week, an asylum seeker in this camp caught covid. 23-year-old yolanda fled from gang violence in guatemala. she now fears disease. >> ( translated am afraid, especially when they distribute the food, the people from outside who come in, never wear ce masks. >> schifrin: elcias joel is also from guatamala. >> ( translated ): we are

exs,sed not only to coronavi but to many diseases. s. are not living in ideal hygienic conditi we live in fear because we are here and we dot know when this nightmare will end. >> schifrin: mexico's coronavirus nightmare has been scary and deadly. mexicans have lost their faith in the government's ability to contaicovid, and as high as the fatality numbers are officially, the actual number might be double. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: and, nick will be back tomorrow night, in primetime at 10:00 p.m. on pbs, with a "pbs newshour presents" documentary, "china, power and promise." built from more than a year and frlf of reporting both inside china an five continents, nick and his team examine the rise of china and the new obal confrontation with the united states.

here's a quick preview. >> why do you keep calling this the chinese virus? >> it comes froma chin. the corporation is the only correct choice for tunited states. >> we believe in democracy. >> if the government asks for the data will you have to turn it over. >> no. in in other company have you had such a great amount ofch ge in sort amount of time. >> welcome to china. >> woodruff: that is tomorrow night at 10 on pbs. and that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again re tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, please stay safe, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs

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