♪ ♪ judy: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, use of fce. mayors nationwide respond to the president's intensifying threats to send federal agents to american cities in response to peaceful protest then, the ongoing outrage. four months after breonna taylor killed by police in louisville, demonstrators continue to ll for charges to be filed. and the challenge of childcare. how the coronavirus forces working parents to balance their for theh caring chilen at home. >> we're really seeing the impact of decades of under-investment in child care, and now we're seeing is fragile system really break down beuse oft.

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igclaimed aolitical casualty. president trump announced late today that he's giving up on his hopes for a full-scaleat republicannal convention next month in jacksonville, florida. event is not right.ming fo it's jus not right, with what' happened recently, the flare up in florida, to have a big it's not the right time. me -- i have to protect the for american people. that's what i've always done. that's what i alw's will do. t's what i'm about. stephanie: the president sai they will still hold some convention-related events in north carolina. the city of charlotte issued a statement, saying their agreement with the republican national committee is for a scaled-down business meeti. the cancellation of the convention comes on a day when the pandemic's human toll swed in big numbers. the nation has now exceeded 4

million infections as theui resurgences. and another 1.4 million americans have filed for jobless benefits, as lay-offs increase again. meanwhile, senate republicans say the white house has tentatively agreed to a framework pandemic aid package worth $1 triion. ,ey have not made it publ and majority leader mitch mcconnell says it continues -- it contains extra jobless benefits at a reduced level. sen. schumer: we alsnd to continue some temporary federal supplement to unemployment insurance while fixing the obvious craziness of paying people more to remain out of the workforce. inall business owners across the country have exp how this dynamic is slowing rehiring and recovery.ha ste: republicans also want businesses and schools, and money to help schools reopen. but the white house dropped a demand for a payroll tax cut. democratic senate leader chuck schumer criticized the prosals

-- and the delays. sen. schumer: even after all this time, it pears the to covid is ununiftive response unserious, unsatisfactory. the republican disarray and dithering has serious potentially deadly consequences. stephanie: democrats want $3.5 trillion in relief, including more money for states and locales. in washington state, where casum numbers haved to more than 50,000, gov. jay inslee is roing back opening steps, to combat the rising numbers. masks are now required anywheree outside home, and new restrictions are also being placed on restauranbars and other vendors. unofficial from the u.s. justice department will review the actions of federal agents against protesters in nd, oregon, and washington, d.c.

that announcement followstr presidenp's vow to send .gents into more cities to deal with violent cri tonight, "the new york times" reports that seattles now among them, with a team being deployed there despite strong objections from local als. we'll take a closer look after the news summary. representatives witnessed a dramatic denunciation of sexism today. progressive mocrat alexandria ocasio-cortez of new york had accused conservative republicanr ted yoho of a of berating her with a slur on monday. she charged it's part of a deep, longstanding disregard for women. rep. ocasio-cortez: this issue is not about one incident. its cultural. it is a culture of lack of impunity, of accepting violence and violent language against won, an entire structure of power that supports that. stephanie: yoho had addressed

the issue yesterday and voiced regret. rep. yo: i rise to apologize for the abrupt manner of the conversation i had with my colleage from new york. it is true that we desagree on polind visions for america, but that does not mean we should be drespectful. i nnot apologize for my passion, or for loving my god, family, and my country. stephanie: today, yoho, who is retiring in january, accused ocasio-cortez of inflating the --cident, and said -- quot "i'm not going to apologize for something i didn't say." president trump and ssian president vladimir putin spoke on the phone today -- their sixth call since march. the white house saidtalked about covid-19 and arms control, among other things. there was no mention of allegations that russia offered bounties for killing u.s. troops in afghanistan. the u.s. is now accusing chinese scientts with secret military

ties of stealing research. the justice dertment charged four chinese today with visa fraud, incding one holed up at the chinese consulate in san francisco. yesterday, the u.s. ordered beijing's consulate in houston to close over alleged data eft. the chinese also launched an today.ous new mission to mars a "long march 5" rocket soared skyward from hainan island. it carried a mars orbiter and a rover meant to land on the planet. a new u.s. rover is set to launch for mars next week. and major league baseball returns tonight after the pandemic delayed theareason's there will be just 60 games in ballparks without fans. the game is underway right now, with the world champion washington nationals host the -- hosting the new york yankees. the yankeesd l 4-1. infectious disease expert dr.

anthony fauci through -- threw t the first pitch. still to come on the "newshour" with judy woruff, the s esident intensifies thre send federal agents to american cities in response to peaceful protests. four months after breonna taylor was killed by police, demonstrators continue to call for charges to be filed. former president obama entersth campaign season with a new and much more.nt trump. ♪ ♪ >> this is "the pbs newshour," in washington and from the walter cronkitech sl of journalism at arizona state university. judy: the investigation announced today er the use of federal force in portland and elsewhere came as many cities pushed back on the president's actions and plans.mb a of mayors said the administration is crossing a

its role andi power. yamiche alcindor has the latest. pres. trump: we want to make law enforcement stronger, not weaker. what cities are doing is absolute ianity. yamich president trump is surging eederal lorcement in cities he thinks are being overrun by violence. e push includes officials from the department of homelanduding security, the fbi, and the justice department. it ces as the president is ramping up law and order rhetoric in the lead up the here he is at the white house yesterday. pres. trump: will work every day to p restorelic safety, protect our nation's children, and bring violent perpetrators to justiee. we'vedoing it, and you've been seeing what's happening all around the country. we've just started this process, and frankly, wee have no cho but to get involved. send federal agents into cities

like albuquerque and chicago. local officials say they are not necessary and not welcome. for several weeks, a dhsnts have already been out in force in portland, oregon. they have faced fierce backlash as they clashed with black lives matter protesters. officers are dressed in with equipmentsh like lds, armed rifles, and batons. they wear custom i.d. numbers, protesters and local officials have criticized federal use of force. video shows agents pulling vehicles.s into unmarked last night, federal law enforcement tear gas the crowd, includinportland mayor ted wheeler. it was the 56th consecutive night protests in portland, most of them peaceful. near the federal courthouse, tensions have been high. >> one person throws a water bottle and they start throwing tear gas at us and shooting us th rubber bullets and pepper bombs. yamiche: acting homeland security secretary chad wolf says the agents are protecting

federal property, the hatfield courthouse. some protesters have coveredfi n gr and attempted to set it on fire. today on cbs, wolf defended the law enfcement presence and response. mr. wolf: we have a responsibility given us by congress. we are protecting federal property. yamiche: while the trump administration says deploying officers will curb unrest, federal statistics on the most violent cities do not necessarily match the president's focus. accordg tonalysis, alaska had the most violentrimes per 100,000 residents. that state was followed new mexico and tennessee. and 38% of violent crime occurred in the south. still, the president has focused much of his attentn on sending c edible agents cago. chicago activist jahmal cole says the move would not be helpful. >> the solution is supporting people on the ground, helping it's a broadetegy.hey are doing. that's what we need in chicago.

yamiche: for the pbs newshour, i' judy: the divide between local officials and the prerodent has only by the day. this week, mayors cities asks the president to withdraw federal forces from cities, and to not deploy similar federal agents without a request. d they cale federal action in portland and threats elsewhere a violatil of fundamennstitutional protections. tom ridge was the first secretary of homeland security during the george ra bush adminion. he is also the former governor ofs pennsylvania, and he jo now. governor ridge, thank you so much foreing here. trump administration is saying the cities cannotontrol the violence on their streets, and therefore the federal government has to get inlved. what do you say to that? tom: i would say to the president you might want to ask your vice president, who has been a staunchuprter, other en thinks that an uninvited,

unsolicited inteon by the federal government, as well intentioneas it might have d them, wove been welcome in indiana without much closer collaboratio, setting priorities, and working together in partnership to adess the issues that not only the president is concerned about -- the citizens and the communities are concerned about. thbut intervention, this spontaneous and probably very temporaryer intion, is not really going to solve the problems of the mayors and the governors and the local community want resolved. judy: it at one point a reality tv approac what did you mean by that? tom: i meant that it s justms there is going to be some reporting on it. there will be some video cameras there. it will make the nightly news. and then it will kind of drift away andhere will be another presidential priority. what has happened is you held the stlight for an hour. it's like being on "apprentice" you have an hour of story. it is a reality tv approach to a

very serious problem. you need sustained commitment. there are economic and social issues involved,adnd you cannot ess them, let alone resolve them, unless you have the kind of partnership and the cooperation that is so critical. and by the way, i must say, when leading dhs, it was my great pleasure to connect with governors a mayors and law enforcement agencies, working together in communities. lastck time i c, it worked out pretty well. judy: is there ever a time when federal agents --hen it would be appropriate for federal agents to go into a city tom: i think -- i personally believe there are probab multiple occasions --here are certrnly legitimate reasons them to go into -- to go execute

laws. there is no conceivable scenario that i think that this massive invasion should be done or can be done effectively without local support. that means you have toph pick up the e, rally, and pull people together. the thing that is i don't care whether you are republican or democrat -- there are a lot of families of both political persuasions in these communities. and the dismissive nature of "they are democratic governors" ng-- that is unappeao me. pennsylvania was ruled by democratic governors. we got a lot done together. how would you handle this? i cannot speak for him. you might suggest more cooperation, more effort on the part of the federal government. i may be wrong. judy: governor ridge, what is the larger risk? what is the concern?

if federal agents are used to gn in, in a situaike this, is the concern? this could lead to greater violation of citizens' rights? tom: i think it corrodes the federal system of government we have, the republic. remember,re "it's blic, if you can keep it." 50 states. we have to be mindful t. we have to be mindful of the constitution. hethe fact is that people say, "wellthey hadhe authority to do it." i have the authori to go 70 mph across the pennsylvania turnpike, and i can do it in a blizzard if i want, but i'm not sure i want to do it police have the authority to murder suspects and draw their firearms, but they a probably not going to do it, even though they have the authority. to say i have technically the authority to do it does notreean

that you seriously addressing a problem, and does not mean you comclose to guaranteeing you are going to achieve the outcome. these are serious problems. they are economic. they are socia i was lookg at chicago. 13,000 police. 200 agents. how lonare they going to be there? it is a reality tv show. a couple of pss conferences. the men and women from these departments will do all they can to help, but they are not going to be there. they make a few arrests. it will be good for tv. move out. in the mayors and the governors and the attorneys and the law enforcement officialsto are goig ave to deal with it all over again. it is not a serious effort, long-term effort, to deal with the problem. judy: governor, know you are aware president trump responded on twitter to what you hadll sa, and you a never trumper, saidou are a failed republican in name only. the argument that they fall back on is that this is about law and order.

so when they say that,e what is ome back to that? tom: well, mr.de pre, i had a etty good record as governor , was a pretty good prosecutor. what i really fall back on, mr. president -- my dad told me a excited about a critic, take the measure of that person. and i took the measure of this opinion has not changed. and by the way, mr. president, i would say i am a lifelong republican. you were a lifelong democrat. i'm not sure you want to question pedigree looking outward. judy tomidge, former secretary of homelandecurity, thank you for talking with us. ♪ ♪

judy: weeks before george floyd's death fueled national protests around black lives matter, e death of breonna taylor at the hands of police led to anger and grief in louisville, kentucky. her caseas now become a national touchpoint for protesters, who often chant, "say her name." as john yang repor, the city of louisville's casponse to the is now a flashpoint all its own. >> say her name, breonnaaylor. john: anger and frustrl ion are stilfresh more than four months after 26-year-old breonna taylor died at the hds of louisville police. no apparent progress in the investigation, and no charges in the case. >> say her name, breonna taylor. do you remember her name? breonntaylor. john: for weeks, daily demonstrations have demanded justice for the emergency room

technician who was shot in her apartment as police tried to serve a no-knock drug search waant after midnight. >> hunger strikers for breonna taylor. hajohnah drake is a louisville activist. hannah: we continue to fight. we continue to speak. we continue to shout.nc this is not anent that will be buried underneath bourbon and bluegrass in kentucky. john: on monday, several louisvilleesidents began a nger strike, live-streamed on facebook and backed by medical professionals to ensure their well-being. >> defund the police. john: otests have spread across the country, including the nba. philadelphia 76er forward tobias harris used his time with reporters on monday to s kd a message tucky attorney general daniel cameron, who is investigating taylor's death. tobias: we want to make su that daniel cameron will arrest the cops and officers involved with breonna taylor's death. and, yeah, that's all i goto say.

that's going to be my answer for every question. >> fair enough. john: amid all this, new details aremerging. last wk, "the louisville courier-journal" used police dispatch tapes to determine th for morehan 25 minutes, taylor lay where she fell in her apartment hallway, receiving no medical attention. the coroner sash she had been five times and could not have been saved. hannah: it seems as if this city continues to murder breonna taylor every single day. so there was a moment where thed mayor can us to have a day of healing and reflection. and there can be no healing and reflecti when every da something new is coming out out the case. john: records show three plainclothes officers used a battering ram to break down amyl's door at 12:40 a.m. none wore a bodya. kenneth walker, taylor's boyfriend, has said he heard

pounding on the door, bungno one sahey were police. he said he thought someone was meeaking in. investigators recorded his sta. kenneth: so now the door is, like, flying open. i let off one shot, and then all of a sudden, there iole lot of shots. so there's justg. like, we're both on the ground and when all the shots stop. i'm, like, panicking. she's right there on the ground, like, bleeding. john: walker shot once, hitting an officer in the leg, though charges against him were later dropped. .e police fired 20 rounds detective brett hankison was dismissed last month for violating the department's deadly force policy by awantonly -- by "wantonly and blindly" shooting into the apartment. detective myles cosgrove are on iaministrative leave. in may, city off turned the case over to attorney general cameron, a republican. he is the rst black person to hold that office, and is a protege of senat mmajority leadch mcconnell.

>> your new neighbor has the power to arrest the cops that killed breonna taylor. john: last week, nearly 90 protesters were arrestedfter peacefully gathering at his home. cameron declined to comment for this story, citing the ongoing investigation. >> why have laws not been enforced? john: louisville mayor gregoc fischer, a dt, faces calls for a city council investigation into his handling of taylor's death, and the ensuing protests when a popular restaurant owner was shot and killed by authorities. on msnbc's "andrea mitchell reports" questions about the criminal probe. mayor fischer: this is in daniel cameron's hands. move this forward quickly as you possibly can. our city is suffering. the untry is suffering. certainly, breonna's family is suffering as well. and so i pray we will have a quick resolution to this. we've done everything we can here. john: the fbi is conducting a separate investigation. >> it is time for daniel cameron to get in formation.

into months since ahave turned taylor's killing, demonstrators in louisville and elsewhere hava sure she is not forgotten. for the "pbs newshour," i'm john yang. ♪ ♪ judy: the november election is just a both residential candidate haver been raisiord-setting amounts of money. the pandemic hasch drastically ged how campaigns are spending that money, with the raceoving online and relying less on in-person rallies. today, the biden campaign released a digital video featuring the presumptive democraticin n in a 17-minute conversation with his former boss, barack obama. v.p. biden: we have to change

the way we dealg with allow people an opportunity to make a living. that in kludge childcare. that includes making significant investments in infrastructure,ak so people can not just a living wage, but a union wage, king sure we have a build up, an entire new public health system, andaking sure everybody has health care. and now we have a chance. anwe out public option now. but this guy's in court in the middle of a pandemic, trying to take away the protection for 100 pre-existing condi have i don't think he has any sense ofat e. i don't think he can associate at all. held aly in person in over at month. his campaign has turned to live online conversations fturing many of the president's closest advisers. >> this is joe biden. this is a man who wants to be president, and he can't find

time in his video to say he's proud of his country. we've never liv up to it, he says. >> i don't think it e biden was president we would see these types of games. it's because t of donaldmp's policies to help our country grow again. judy: to look at how the pandemic has changed the way campaigns meet voters, we turn to guy cecil. he was the political directo for hillary clinton's 2008 campaign for president, and is now chairman of priorities usa. and john braebender was a senior advisor for rick sanprrum's 2016 idential campaign, and is the chief strategist at a political marketing firm. thank you for joining us. john, i'm going to start with president trump is announcinghe the jacksonville convention is completely going away. as a result of the pandemic -- you are a republican what does this say about how

republicans are going nominate their president for reelection? john: as a strategist, i see th as a bit of a disappointment and a disadvantage for president trump. th is not a fireside chat president. this is not a press conference president. this is a large rally, live events -- we know he feedsff that, unscripted, a now he is forced to turn to a more mundane way of aki small screen, t to people. that is not what this president is. i'm sure it is frustrating for the trump campaign at this point, but it is the new reality. campaigns are going to have t adjust, and they are going to have to find some way to make it teresting, not just something that looks typical. judy: and the democrats have pretty much said all along that they knew there was going to be does this give oneor event. another an advantage at the conventions? guy: i think the advanta i

democrats hathat the demo attic national committee and the bidenampaign -- democratic national committee and the biden campaign have had weeks to prepare for a different convention. with the republicans, donald trump has been delaying and waiting, with a lot of bluster, saying he is going to bring people together regardless. i think what he recognizes now is that with these numbers in florida, he needed to make a n u-turn and godifferent direction. judy:ta let', both of you, about how the campaign is different ndcause of the ic. hn, the candidas c't go t people in person. they have got to communicate online. at does that mean? what is lost by that? ly get todon't re kickires. so much of the campaign isto gog be edited versions of what we see. i think this is a frustration for the trump campaign.

i think they believe that if joe biden is forced to not talk with a teleprompter, is not forced ti haved content where they can take mistakes out, that people would see thes probl why he should not be president. the opposite is true with president trump. he is a live candidate he can be entertaining. he can be interesting. noand he how to steal the newsycle, which is easier to do with a big rally than it is online. the real problem is, how do they make effective content that competes with hbo, netflix, and public broadcasting? judy: and what are the challenges of trying to make a campaign compelling online? we saw that, i think some people saying, relatively clev twosome between president obama and vice president biden. what kind of pressure does this put onhe campaigns to make it interesting? guy:nk i the first big

pressure is there is a lot of in-person organizi that cannot happen. they have to have more of a digital organizing laws a few where they are using these platforms to reach out to ones and neighbors. i think the most interestg way we can talk to people is by talking to them athut the issues care about. ith the role a lot of independent group organizations have played, to organize their membership to get those that are interested, and their issues -- it's critical. it is what 2017, 2018, and 2019 prepared for this on. democrats judy: maybe picking up on that, john, you were telling us earlier that you don'thi campaigns have done a great job so far figuring out how, digitally, to be persuasive, to personalize their two voters. what did you mean by that?

john: look, they are excellent at raising money online. they are excellent at talking t supporters and getting them to want to be active isocampaigns anarth. but they have not become -- and forth. but they have not become great content producers. 18 30 rolled voters will be a bigger part of the electorate than they were before. they are not watching cable news. they are more likelyo determine their political ideology watching the daily show then cnn or fox news, and expect shareable in their communities. i'm not seeing that happening particularly well with either campaign. i think there is an opening for whatever campaign effectively starts doing that. judy: how do you see the campaigns doing on that front in terms of tailoring the msage, whether it is the younger generation or the olderolks, tailoring it in a way that is going to capture people's imagination? guy: number one,t we know t

voters under 35 are strongly supporting joe biden, so worhave a real onity here to reach out to those voters. but i also think you see d a strategiference between the trump campaign and the biden campaign. the trump campaign has used online to raise money, sell mega hats, and to talk to their base, where has -- whereas groups like i lead have been advertising in michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, talking tors dable voters, voters that sat out in any 16. i think this is not only a using online -- it is as of strategic difference between base versus trying to build the biggest, broadest coalition of voters possible. think you will see that reflected in t type of content that gets run over the next three months. judy: very quickly, in a few seconds to each of you, the fott that earlyg is going to be such a big factor this time -- a

lot of people don't want to show up at the polls in person. w much pressure does that put on the campaigns to doomething different? john: a great deal. they will do a lot of modeling to find out who is likely to vote early, and second of all, they areoing to monitor who already turned in a ball, and figure any dollars advertising to them are wasted dollars. i think froman a targeting oint, it will be huge. judy: and guy cecil? gu there are two things. one is the misinformation that is being spread by the president bohimself vote by mail, which i think ultimately will be counter productive for his own supporters. the thing we are going to focus on besides applying for mail-in ballots, is making sure people have information about where they can vote, other by mail or in person on election day. judy so much to follow.

we are so glad to have most of you join us today. guy cecil, john ray bender, -- b raebender, thank you so much. john: great to be here. ♪ ♪ judy: today marked the 18th straight week of more than one million people filing for unemployment -- a record level of claims. even as congress and the white house debate what should be done next, one challenge remaina constant for parents -- child care. it was difficult for many long before all of this, but the pandemic has magnified the m problem, a prevent some parents from bng able to return to the workforce fully. paul solman has the story, part of his regular reporting series "makinsense." nina: my husband and i have not had ild care since the pandemic started jaspreet: we're now, i think, in day 110. but who's counting?

parents on the brink, working sarah: it's causing me a lot of anxiety, trying to figure ou' how i'going to sustain it. leigha: should i keep working or should i stop and be with my children? because i just can't give them my full, undivided attention that they deserve. paul: the pandem has shuttered schools, summer camps, sidelined virus-vulnerable grandparents. the result -- some 18 million americans haveo one to care for their young kids. how tired are you? jaspreet: pretty tired! [laughter] paul: policy analyst jaspreet chowdhary and her husband are juggling working at home and parenting their two kids, which means lateight shifts after the kids hit the hay. jaspreet: i've heard a lot of parents and people just ying that they're drinking more wine and i would say i'm drking more cfee. paul: you don't look tired, that's all. jaspreet: i've gten so much better at putting on makeup with eyeliner, concealer. i feel like rupaul would be proud. sarah: can you say hello? paul: single mom sarah seeselick, a homecare aid, can't while her kids sleher

parents' basement, she works nights so she can watch them during the day. sarah: i'm always tired. sometimes, my kids will say to me, mom, why don't you just lay tablet for a little while? paul: childcare advocate nina perez can work from home, but how do you focus while caring for a toddler? nina: every person i've worked with the last couple of months dehas met my daughter on we had a loud toy go off in the background and canldn't hear hing. we had to stop the meeting. we had to go back. we have flexible jobs. -we have incredib paul: suddenly, i could not hear her. why? nina: she muted me. paul: but ment hair -- but the mental care worker focus on the job, the less on the kids during her work call. s>> i just a minute, and they can't wait that long. by the time i get off the phone, i'm screaming at them like, why couldn't you just give me that time?

i have even cried night becae i felt so guilty for getting on top of them when they really weren't doing anything wrong. they were just being children. [crying] paul: children as rattled by the pandemic as their parents. eck out this viral video moment. >> everything has to beor shut downverybody to be safe. and it's not fair because everything that is fun also has to be shut down. and the only thing that is open is nothing. paul: thomaso's kids are older, calmer, but relegated to their rooms as she confers with patients. leha: i feel the brains are not forming the way theybe shou, g stuck with no communication to an adult or other children. paul: and remote gradeschool learning? tiigha: i don't feel like they retain the infor. i don't like they are as attentive as they normally would be. paul: what percentage of the value of school are they getting when they are learning remotely, do you think? leigha: about 20%.

paul: kenya jones has an eight-year-old. kenyel she doesn't ready to go on to the third grade, based on how her second year ended. it was difficult learning english and spanish virally, becaus she goes to a dual-language school. and i don't know spanish. paul: ok, but for younger kids, what about a ce? it is not affordable for most. what' me, about 20% of centers remain closed. have fewer kids. thatre open miller: we are operating at 12%. we need to be at 75% capacity to breakeven. paul: dana miller reopened a dayce center withf plenty prections, but it cost money. what's your guess as to how long you can keep going before it's tomuch economically? dana: maybe another month. paul: $3.5re billion in act funds institute day cares, but millerays isn't enough.

she made a youtube video to publicize her fight to survive. dana:hat's going to happen if they care centers close their doors and employees can't go to wo? paul: we are already seeing what happens. alisha: 13% of working parents are saying they have lost aob or reduce their hours, directly because of the lack of child care. paul: under new federal rules, some parents not working due to lack of childcare can apply for unemployment benefits. some, for limited family and medical leave. isbut an econ says there are few good options. alisha: 6.5% of working parents have lost jobs directly because of childcare. wof those lost a job, most is falling on women. paul: taraey r was given leave from her cancer researched up to watch her kids. she was called this month, told she had to return to the office. week or more, but i can't be committed to being in front of a computer from 8:00 5:00.

they said, "we will accept this resignation," and that was that. i wasn' flexibility.a lot of i think they were looking to shed a bunch of people, and here is a whole category of people we can just be rid of. paul: jaspreet thinks she may have to quit her job to care for the kids. jaspreet: i have stepped out of the workforce twice -- once after each of my kids were rn. it was much harder than i expected to reenter. there is still a parenting penalty in terms of promodvon, career aancement. i feel if i did it again, it would be devastating. paul: poor families have even especially single moms, says economt michelle holder. michelle:io women in situ where they can't afford childcare and theyan't rely on

extended family or their community, they have to look to scaling back hours. paul: as kenya jones has had to do without full-time care for her drawer -- for her son. kenya: fridays with no dcche, i either miss work or, you know, i find someone to watch him. paul: home care workers sarah, salsogle, reduced her weekly night shift hours from 40 to4, to car for her sons, which reduced her pay. sarah:lmost by half. i'm very fortunate to have food stamps. paul: as theconomy haltingly opens, we're left with questions like michelle holder's. w michellet do we do with our kids? how do we make sure they are safe and well cared fo one third of women who work in this country are mothers. paul: and ifhhose w young kids can't work, says nina perez, how does the economy revive? na: i think we are really

seeing the impact of decades of underinvestment in childcare. providers and parefor sobacks of long, and something that so critical to our economy, the ability for people to work. and now are saying this fragile system really break down because of it. paul: four "the pbs newshour," ♪his is paul solman. ♪ judy: months afr the start of training, thei rst pitch is thrown tonight. as amna nallwaz us, it will be a very different season with outstanding questions. amna:ha thees are not surprising, but they are significant in many ways. each team will playust 60 regular-season games. there are no fans in the stadiums, and masks are required for many the dugouts. jeff pasn covers major league baseball for espn and joins me now.

you wrote about the weirdest major league baseball season that is about to begin.ot they aren a bubble like the nba. they are not limited to locations li the nhl. they are traveling. how is the league doing? jeff: the leak is trying to handle safetas best as they oun, but when you are traveling, when are exposing yourself to different environments, when you are staying in hotels, when you were going on planes, when you are doing all of ts thi that nba players and nhl players arere not, youxposing yourself inherently to the possibility tt you were going to come up positive with covid-19. and even before the washington nationals, the defending world series champions, traveled, and juan soto, their star outfielder, tested positive for covid-19 -- this is just the reality that baseball is having to deal with right now. it is understanding that no matter what you do, no matter

how much you test, no matter how many safety protocols, there are going to be positive tests that come back. do you continue playing? the awer so far is yes. amna: there has been this issuer that theysupposed to be playing in toronto, the blue jays. the government sowd no. what own federal government, and they went to pittsburgh. hethey thought had a home at pnc park. the pennsylvania department of health yesterday came back and said, not so fast. we are not going to have you here,ecause there are teams that are down in florida, the tampa bay rays as well as the miamiarlins, who a scheduled to face the toronto blue jays this year. in pennsvania does notant more people coming from hotspots into the state.

the baltimore orioles are on board now with hostin them, but it is in the hands of marilyn governor larry hogan a this point. it is the intersectionf orts and politics. ten we try to say these things are separatey are not separate. they are not separate in social justice issues, and they are certainly not separate when it comes to the coronavirus. amna: jeff, we all remember what there is a shorter, condensedmal season. there have been other changes. we mention physical changes. how different wl again be for players and for the watching at home? jeff:dihen i was at the s in kansas city this week and they were pling an exhibition game against the houstonstros, the on word that could come to mind is ty -- is eerie. it was eerie because you are

used to sites and -- sights and sounds and smells, and none of them are there. and everything seems fakeie because it is so different, because it is so antiseptic, because it is so antithetical to what you are used tba in ba, which is loud, which is joyous, which isus raptu. you smell hot dogs. you are drinking beer. youou have all these things associate with it. and instead you have piped-in crowd noise bgoause it sounds for the television audience. amna: the fact that dr. anthony fauci is throwing out the first pitch says a lot about the looming season.nging over the is there a chance the whole thing comes to a grinding halt? je: that is the fear of major league baseball. iththe fear of the players, that they are operating in a house of cards. itans a house of cards in plenty of ways.

it could be anclutbreak in the house. it could be governmental officials coming in and no, we are going to shut this whole thing down. in order f f a season,l season, a complete season all the way through the world series to happen, major league baseball recognizes that it needs a few things. it needs players and staff members abiding by these protocols and recognizing that your distance.p you won't go out and have points of contact that are unnecessary. but even if you do all of that, you still need luck, and you need a lot of luck to make this happen. the fact that we are atht opening-day row and they are actually playing is a step in the right direction. they made it this far. now comes the hard part. amna: and we wish all of them ndgood luck, hopefully good health for everyone involved. that is jeff passan. he covers major league baseball for espn. always good:o see you. je thanks.

[booing] judy: writer and performer aasid has moved his way through the entertainment industry with memorable stops at "the daily show" and on broadway. in tonight's "brief but spectacular," he talks hbout navigati career while staying true to himself. mandvi's currently starring in the cbs series "evil which will begin its second season later this year. aasif: when a casting director, or a director, or somebody in a you, as a south astor, toasks talk like this about a part -- so, me and my friend sakina jaffrey would make fun of that, and we'd call it patanking, because to the white ear, it sounds like, "patank, patank, patank, patank," right? and that's insulting, and'm going to stop doing it. but the point is that we would get asked do that a lot.

you tried to find a reason not to patank. like, you'd try to be like, "well, it says the characterin grew uilwaukee, so i don't know why." and they'd be like, "yes, but you know, it's funnier that edy." so when i got cao audition for "the daily show," it was one of those weird days. i started the day off writing a letter to my ex-girlfriend, cause i found out that she'd gotten engaged, and i was really depressed about it. i got a phone call, anit was my manager, saying, "the daily show wants you to audition." first of alli was having a miserable day. second of all, i thought "the daily show" was so far beneath me, because i was like a trained actowho had done broadway. i'd studied chekhov, and ibsen, and shakespeare. and so i walk in, and there's jo,stewart, and he's li really nice. and he says to me, "have you ever performed in front of a live audience before?" and i just looked at him with is contempt, and i said, "dude, i've been on broadway." and he was like, "oh okay, mr. broadway.

all right, here we go." so i basically just did an impression of stephen colbert. jon hired me right there in that moment. and then i was on that night, on the show, and that was the -- mostly, i played a lot of middle east correspondent, muslim correspondent, brown correspondent, indian correspondent. before 91, i was muslim in the sense that my family was muslim and i came from that background, but it was just my religious entity, d most americans couldn't tell the differencen betwslim and muslin. after 9/11, then americans started learning, "oh, there are these muslims out there, and they're terrifying people, and they're outo get us." so then i really realized, "oh my god, suddenly now i'm associated witthis religion that people have no knowledgele of, or very linowledge of, and are demonizing." i retended to be jewish. having that platform, and beg able to talk about america from the perspective of a muslim american, was kind of new,

because there was so much fear-mongering, as there is today. i'm acting like this is something in the pasn it's actually even more today than it was after 9/11. for me, ultimately, i see myself as a storyteller. and there are still stories that i want to tell that i feel like our -- feel like are not being told in the mainstream culture, and about peopleho we don't see represented in the mainstream culture as much. as an actor and as a writer of color, somebody who's an immigrant, there are stories that i still want to tell, and that's really whates me about the future. my name is aasif mandvi, and this is my brief but spectacular take on my story so far. judy: and you can find all ofsp our brief buectacular segments online at pbs.org/newshour/brief. and now we return to the the republican nationalt that convention will no longer in florida. miche alcindor is he with the latest. tell us about the news the president made this evening.

yamiche: the president began the white house briefing today with big news that attached to the republican national convention -- he moved the event and his speech from north carolina after the democtic governor then said it was not psible to have a crowd together in that state safely. i want to read some the reactions that are coming in. anhere is the republayor of jacksonville. he says, we appreciate president trump considering public health and kifety concerns in this incredibly difficult decision. the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, also sai this was a difficult decision. democrats are really saying this was coming way too late. the florida democratic chair said this was president from taking his hd out of the sand. she says this was a political stunt and they wasted time. the president is saying he i doing this to keep people safe. i should note that the president is continuing to press for children to return to hool.

so even though he is saying thousands of people should not gather for a polit convention, he is saying children should return to school. th was also a heading coming out of this white house briefing. judy:te it's sting because there has been advice, medical experts safing it was not to hold a large event in jacksonville, and yet the president and the people around him continued to say they were going to hold the convention in jacksonville, for many weeks. yamiche: that's right. democrats made a decision weeks ago that most of their convention will happen online and virtually. president continued to push forward heth the idea tha wanted thousands of people to be there. the president now saying he will ve a speech. he's not sure where. washington, d.c., streamed online, but it is up in the air now. i's clear the president does not want people to gather in florida. judy: it is all due to begin just a overonth away. yamiche alcindor at the white house, thank you very much. 'and thats the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. a

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