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presidential campaign is now, officially, under way. president trump traveled to new hampshire this evening for a rally. it came just hours after he nomination for a second term, using the white house as aac campaignrop. amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> nawaz: before a striking white house scene, president trump defined november'sn electionrk and dire terms: >> this election will decide whether we save the american dream or whether we allow a socialist agenda to demolish our cherished destiny. issued dystopian warnin >> no one will be nvernance-- biden's america. >> nawaz: he argued that his rival, former vice president joe biden, would dismantle democracy... >> a trojan horse for socialism. >> nawaz: ...destroy the economy... >>e is the destroyer of america's jobs. >> nawaz: ...and unleash violence and anarchy in american communities. >> most dangerous aspect of the

biden platform is the attack on public safety. >> nawaz: the coronavirus pandemic-- which has killed more than 180,000 americans-- seemed to be in the rearview mirror. >> the united states has among the lowest fatality rates of any major country anywhere in the world. >> nawazpresident trump misleadingly touted new jobs-- which make up less than half of the 22 million jobs lost since march-- as evidence that the economy is on its way to a full recovery. >> over the past three months, we have gained over nine million jobs, and that's a record in the history of our country. >> nawaz: he said that science has driven his pandemic response. >> to save as many lives as ssible, we are focusing on the ience, the facts and the data.: >> nawt the spectacle flew in the face of public health guidelines, with the president delivering the speech before more than 1,500 spectators--ry ew masks, very little social distancing. >> the fact is, i am here.wh

is the name of that building? but i'll say it differently. the fact is, we are here and ey are not. >> nawaz: but just outside the white house gates, hundreds gathered tprotest his divisive response to the racial justice movement andhe pandemic. the 70-minute speech was riddled with misinformatn and misleading statements, on topics foreign and domesticincluding repeated mischaracterizations biden's positions. on immigration, he exaggerated progress on border wall construction... >> whave already built 300 miles of border wall. >> nawaz: most of that wall replaced or repaired existing barriers, and none of it was paid for by mexico, as mr. trump pledged four years ago. on energy, president trump misstated his opponent position. >> biden has promised to abolish the production of american oil, coal, shale and natural gas.

>> nawaz: biden has actually called for a ban on new oiand gas drilling on public land, as clean energy and flimateelop change, but he has not called for an all-out fracking ban. on health care, the president repeated this claim:ay >> we will aand very strongly protect patients withon pre-existingtions. >> nawaz: even though his administration is currently inti court fi to dismantle the affordable care act, and with it, protections for patients with pre-existing conditions. and onace and justice, president trump restated his false claim at biden supports defunding police departments. >> make no mistake, if you give power to joe biden, the radical left will defund police departmentall across america. >> nawaz: but the president's stofement followed a series this, from secreta carson,ke the lone black member of mr. trump's cabinet. >> many on the other side love to incite division by claing that president trump is a

racist. they could not be more wrong. >> nawaz: the president's daughter and senior adviser, ivanka trump, offered a side of the president the publely sees. >> i've been with my father, and i've seen the pain in his eyes when he receives updates on the lives that have been stolen by this plague. >> nawaz: the night ended with president trump echoing his familiar refrain, nearlyti idl to his closing words at the convention four years >> on november 3, we will makeic amsafer. we will make america prouder.. and we will make america greater than ever before. president trump's ypticback on view of democrats in power, writing on twitter, "remember: every example of violencdedonald trump cries has happened on under his leadersh during his presidency."

both candidates noitsay they willhe campaign trail in person in some way to reach voters nationwide. for president trump, that includes small rally tonight in new hampshire, with just 67 days to go befe the election. for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: for a deeper look at some of the president's statements, specifically on the pandemic, i'm joined by william brangham. william, you have been listening closely to what was said last nigh, the claims made about progress on the pandemic and all week, tell us what you've heard. >> reporter: that's rigdyht, as amna was just reporting, the med toe of the r.n.c. see be saying the pandemic is behind us, it's in the rearview mirror, but by almost any measure it is noin our rearview mirror. 5 million cases, 180,000 americans have already died. i mean, in just the four days of is convention, we lost more americans to covid 19 thn were lost on 9/11, and that's just

four days of this convention. so the president likes to tout the case fatality raing down, but by most public health experts think that's a very inaccurate metric. i'd like to show you this graphic here that gives you a tter measure of this. we are still losing more americans to this virus than other nations. this is aea coronaviruss per million in developed nations. that red line at the top is the all those other little lines at the bottom on the right-hand side are other modern nations similar to us -- canada, australia, european union, red line is far abhem.ee that we are losing far more americans than these other nations. the fact is those nations don'ct have better s, they don't have more effective medications, they simply mounted a more effective responsand, on this chart, you can see the results, more of their citizens are stl

alive than ours. woodruff: so, william, whate are some of fferences in how those nation res sponded compared to how the united states has? >> reporter: testing is a big one.bo we've talked this a great deal of times. the president touts that we've tested more people than anywhere in the world. if you believe the chise, ey've actually tested more people, but that's maybe not the st metric. we have test add lot of people, but we know there are still shortages in many parts of the country. many people are waiting days and days and days to get their test results back which virtuly makes them useless. many people asked why didn't the esident deploy the defense production act to address the shormtses, to make more chemals, equipment, swbs, those things that could have addressed that? those other nations ha re uniform messaging about things like social distancing and mask wearing and the importance ofke you can distance, and we've not seenconsistent messaging

from the president here. so it's not that all the na did the exact same thing, but what they did was they took it seriously and they started at the beginning and have kept it up consistently and we see the results. >.>> woodruff: we also heard tte presiday we could have a vaccine in just a few months. is that realistic? >> reporter: that's right. he saon we could havby the end of the year or even sooner, which would mean in the next couple of months. that's a very aggressive timeline. most predictions are longer. the federal government has plowed billions of dollars to her vaccine manufacturers to speed up this process, but we just don't know, there's no immediate knowledge whether that's going to come middle east or take into, say, next year. the caveat i hear at lo is that, given the president's exaggerations about other coronavirus treatment -- like hydroxychloroquine, which fizzled out, or just this week we saw serious misstatement

about the effectiveness of convalcent plasma -- those things make people think i'm not necessarily sure the president is talking about theings to help public health or he's more interested in boosting hi election chances. >> woodruff: finally very quickly, william, you have a very special project coming next week every night on the program we're going to feature one your special reports comparing healthcare in the united states with care in other countries. we're very much looking forward to that. >> reporter: that's right, judy. this is trying to look at how ia it th we such incredible technolo and yet so many millions of people dying of preventable diseases. we go to three other ntions that cover everybody, they do it trying to look, what can those nations' experience teach s about making our system better. >> woodruff: as i say, we are very much looking, forwa william brangham, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome, judy.

>> woodruff: thousands of people gathered on the national mall in washington, d.c. today to commemorate the 1963 march on washington, and to cate a today's called for an end to killings of black americans at the hands of police. yamiche alcindor reports. >> we almost ran here when we saw the crowd. i'm feeling inspired. >> alcindor: angela flourney's late mother, helen, witnes md in person dtin luther king deliver these iconic words at m.e lincoln memorial. >> i have a drea alcindor: king's speech was the culmination of the historic march on washington in 1963. it brought together more than 250,00people to the nation's capital to demand economic and racial justice. ( singing ) 57 years lat, in the middle of a pandemic, the 53-year-old drove her daughter zora and their friend, rebecca phoenix, more than 500 miles from detroit to d.c.

she wanted to stand where r own mother had on that historic day. >> those stories became my stories. i also want to model for my daughter that we have to stand up and that this is a struggle that's going to be ongoing that you have to participate in. >> alcindor: i spoke to the group as they toured washington earlier this week. 15-year-old zora flourney says she needed to be here. >> there's just so many people that are ignorant to the problems that are going on in this country. and really need to see that change in my lifetime. >> alcindor: today on the tional mall, the group joined the "get your knee off our necks" rally. it was organized by reverend al sharpton's civil rights group, the national action network. >> black lives matter, a we won't stop until it matters to everybody. >> alcindor: the march w planned in response to the police killings of george floyd, breoa ylor and other rican americans. the killings fueled protests around the country throughout the summer. but this week, video of a liceng

officer shootiacob blake seven times in the back in kenosha, wisconsin sparked new outrage. blake survived, but his family says he's ralyzed. until earlier today wen he posted bond. he faces a number of charges include third degree sexual assault charge from july. his attorney told "newshour" blake plans to plad not they spoke at the rally. >> we will not be a footstool to oppression. >> alcindor: democratic vice presidential nominee kamala harris also made an appearance in a pre-recorded video. >> if we work together toe challeery instinct our nation has to return to the status quo, and combine the-t wisdom of loe warriors for justice wi the creative energy of the young leaders todaywe have an opportunity to make history, right here and right now. >> alcdor: organizers required

all attendees to have tickets, wear masks, and get their temperatures checked. but, despite the potential health ris stand in solidarity against police brutality. c.j. jessup came from minneapolis.ge he sayge floyd was killed a block from his home. >> i wanted to come here because i wanted to be a part of-- i want to be a part of change. i want to be a part of-- one of the voices. >>lcindor: linda roebuck traveled from new york city. >> i am so tired of crying in my bedroom, watching our brothers being killed by police. i'm tired of being afraid. >> alcindor: organizers say they're hoping today's march will help spur new legislation aimed at stopping police violencegainst african americans, and they point to how both the cil rights act and the voting rights act were passed after the march on washington. >> it's impossible to overemphasize the importance of that moment for everything that's happed since. this is a march that had to happen.

>> alcindor: earlier this week, i spoke with d.c.'s delete to congress, eleanor holmes norton. back in 1963, as part of the student nonviolent coordinating committee, she helped ornize transportation for the march on washington. >> just as in '63, the country says "we're not going to take that anymore." there must be equal treatment.yo i thinre hearing that same refrain when it comes to lice actions that take t lives of people needlessly. >> we do not want our freedom gradually. we want our freedom now. >> alcindor: on that august day was the late congressman john lewis, who died last month.>> oday, we think of john lewis as this iconic, monumental figure. at the march on washington, he was the young radical. >> alcindor: historian john meachem wrote a biography of lewis, published this week. >> the world view he brought to the racial and economic problems of injustice of his time i think

is incredibly relevant to where we are now. not because it means everybody should wait. quite the opposite. it means freedom now. >> alcindor: and 57 years later, that messe is still being echoed by young african americans, like zora fy. the third generation in her family to come to washington and fight for equality she was thinking of her grandmother. >> it says a lot that i need to come back here. but otherwise, i feel really proud to be able to take on herh and her struggle, and to hopefully end things in my generation, so we don't have to do this again. >> alcindor: just before i had a chance to speak torch, jacob blake's father. >> tell me about how your son ir doing, palyzed, handcuffs, possibly. >> he's paralyzed from the waste down and he neds support right now. he's not feeling well, he's not doing good. you knowow yor child tells you, i don't feel good, daddy,

dthat's what he tol me. daddy, i just don't feel good. i said, wel daddy's going to be here. you know, i don't care how old c yoldren get, they're still your babies. they'll always be your bies. so when he scweeksed my hand and started weeping, i weep rig with him, i weep right with him, ani love my so. he's a human bing. he was shooting my son while he was pulling my son's shirt to t him closer to him. what is it sense does that make? how do you think a parent would feel, watching his son basically attempted murder on your son by the people that are pad to protect and serve? to watch that video, knowingou that was your child? >> when i first watched it, i got a little emotional, then i got mad, then i sat down and got

determined, and then i realized i had to do wht i had to do. i'll never leave my son's side because he said he never wants to go outside again. >> reporter: what are you grandsons saying right now? >> the day my son was shot, my 8-year-old grandson's birthday, so, two hours before he was shot, he was on the phone telling his pop-pop- that's me e wanted, and he was so excited, i coulhear h little feet. he was telling me what he was going to get and what he wanted his daddy to do. and then two, hours later, this. our father was here in the first part of d.c., wamped from selma to montgomery, got whipped on

the edmund pettus bridge. sometimes you get your whoopg directly, sometimes other ways. we had all planned to come here, and then th.s happen here.id, well, i cnnot not be i don't think we've come far at all, okay. this is 2020, and we're still fighting tovote. it's 2020. >> reporter: what does it mean? >> it means that chattellavery was a powerful thing. it's never gne anywhe. they've taken the chance off only from around your ankles. our braine changed you are our wallets are changed, and you can't even touchhe change. but that's how diabocal chattel slavery was to us as brown and black people. >> reporter: did you anticipate that this migppht to your son? what did you tell him? >> as black me, we anticipate

it might happen to us any second of any day. when a policeman pulse me over the first thing i think is they're getting redio to shoot me, i'm todambig. so i pull my handicap sticker out, hey, look, you will have n problems with me. >> reporter: what do you make the protests, the b.a. boycotting? >> i was on the phone yesterday with the entbire buble, that means every team that was in the bubble, and they asked me what i wanted them to do, and i said i couldn't tell them what to do, but the milwaukee bucs showed you the way, and the bucs call me every night, and we wre in tears, the whole bucs team and myself ced on the phone together. so if you don't think it's real, it's real, and the athletes are setting precedent. so i'm not going to stop. > >> woodruff:

>> woodruff: the remnants ofe hurricura made their way east today. the weather system was downgraded to a tropical storm, but it still was dropping heavy rains and spawning tornadoes across the south. at least 14 people have been killed. residents are starting the business of recovery, but it's a daunting road ahead. power could be out for days or weeks for many.se or producer adam raney is on the ground in louisiana with this report. >> reporter: the noisy din of generators and chainsaws filled the air across southern louisiana, where the destruction fromurricane laura was all around. from the toppled old southern trees to flattened homes,s resideo didn't evacuate

started the business of cleaning up. hundreds of thousands of people who were in the storm's path along the gulf coast are still without power. and one of the worst hit places ke charles, louisiana, a city of 78,000 just off the gulf coast. >> i've never run fr hurricane. this is probably the worst one i've ever been through. >> reporter: 82-year-old cecil morgan has lived here in lake charles his entire life. his house survived; the barn he ilt himself did not. >> all i know is, it's going to be a job cleaning it up. i've got to go through it because there's probably a lot of stuff i want to save. >> reporter: not far away, michael dewayne elm was trying to save what he could from his store, "drips and kicks." the front and back of itblere n off by the high winds of the storm. >> things happen, but we'll gett it bacrack. we'll get it back on track. >> we don't even have a home to go back to. >> reporte tara bartie showed us photos of how badly

her hometown of lake crles was damaged. she had to evacuate and stay in a hotel in lafayette. she's a shift manager at a burger king, and was already financially strapped, but this is wiping her out. >> we got, like, 12 people in our party. e don't really have any m cash, and we can't really afford to drive to baton rouge or new orleans. we're in the middle of nowhere, and don't know who or what or where. can someone, red cross, fema, reach out assist us? >> reporter: bartie was also very concerned about covid-19. she's already lost three family members to the virus. >> i have a senior citizen mother, i have a sick cancer child up here, and we is really in the strict, strict time righb now, so evy that'sg- listenred cross, fema, somebody, please give us some type of help, some type of inrmation.

after tonight, it will be our last night, and we'll be stuck on the road without any place to go, and right now we can't afford that. >> reporter: we met 71-year-old carole porter outside her apartment complex-- the roof haf blown and the power was out. he blessed us wellde it through, >> reporter: she and her neighbors were waiting to be evacuated. the community is mostly retirees and people with disaes. when you're retired, you have to live off a pension, you just can't move anywhere or any way you wao to go, s you just have to hold in there and just pray to god that you make it. >> reporter: speaking a little while ago with carol porter, she says she along with othernt resiof her housing projects were evac witted from new orleans some two hundred eyles from lake charles, t don't know when they will be able to go home. much lees used ar shelters like

this in alexandria, louisiana, ethis one run by th red cross. but louisiana is one of the states hardest hit by cid 19, and public health officials and evacuees themselves say the last thing they want do is gather in these congregate shelters. that means people alrey stretched then have fewer options as to where to look for shelter. reporting for the "pbs newshr," am raney in louisiana. >> woodruff: thank you, adam, so important to have that reporting from that part of the country right now. >> in the day's other news, athorities in kenosha, wisconsin, defended their actis during protests over the shooting of jacob blakeay on tueight, officers were seen thanking civilians who carre d long guns. peared to be kyle rittenhouse, a white teenagerpr who said he waecting businesses, and who allegedly killed two people. the kenosha sheriff said today he did not want civilians volved. >> the situation escalated

tuesday night because a 17-year-old boy carrying what appears to be an assault rifle who has no idea to handle ahi situation like- i don't care if he had the right intention or not. two people are currently dead, blown off.most had his arm went off pcefullnight.in kenosha protests also took place in los angeles and sacramento, with reports of scattered vandalism. e national basketball association has announced an agreement for ploff games to resume tomorrow. players had refused to take part in games this week, after the s cob blake killing. now, the league reed to create a social justice council, and to turn its arenas into polling places for the november election. on the panmic front, california governor gavin newsom unveiled a new framework today bunesses.ally reopening each county will move through a

four-tiered, cor-coded system based on numbers of cases andrc tage of positive tests. infections had spiked in julyat after the initially eased closings. >> we're going to be more stubborn this ti, and have a mandatory wait time between moves. we didn't do tt last time, and that is a significant distinction between what we've learned in the past and what we are now advancing in this more stringent, but we believe, more steady approach. >> woodruff: separately, the food and drug administration's ief spokeswoman, and an outside consultant, have been fired."n th york times" reports that it happened after president trump and f.d.a. commissioner stephen hahn exaggerated the benefits of treating c9 with blood plasma. hahn later apologized. in japan, prime minister shinzo abe announced today that he is resigning because of a chronic health problem. he has held the post longer than

anyone, including a grandfather and great-uncle who were also prime ministers. foreign affairs nick schifrinre rts. >> schifrin: shinzo abe and his family are political veterans, but one of his lasting legacies may be an alliance with a political novice. w i grabbed him and hugged him because that's t we feel. >> donald, president, you are excellent businessman. you have fought the uphill ruggle, and this is the dynamism of democracy.fl >> htered president trump and, you know, he understood president trump's chrsonality. >>rin: mike mochizuki is the u.s./japan chairt george washington university. he says the abe/trump bro-mance, forged over sumo wrestling,d golf selfies, kward handshakes, strengthened the anlateral relationship to confront china, north korea, and outlast trump. >> prime minister abe understood the strategic situation well, that without a strong u.s./japan

relationship with japan would not then have the autono and freedom to pursue its own interests in asia. >> schifrin: top of the list, abe's japan purchased more u.s. weaponry. he failed to revise the country's pacifist constitution, but pushed through changes that allow japanese forces to fight in a crisis. >> schifrin: this opened the way for japan to cooperate with other countries, especially the united states, on a variety of common defense missions. >> abe-nomics. >> schifrin: economically, "abe-nomics" lowered interest rates, increased spending, and deflation, but it achieved only modest success. he did manage to end political instability and a rotating door of leaders. >> just to be able to stay in office this long, and to stabilize foreign policy, andy chip a some of the economic challenges, you know,

that, in itsel i think is a lasting achievement. >> schifrin: abe leaves his successor with major structural economic cces, exacerbated by covid. and today, in a final press conference, an emotion abe said it "broke his heart," to "leave the job half done." for e pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: the u.s. house foreign affairs committee will start contempt proceedings against secretary of state mike pompeo. today's announcement comeste pompeo defied a subpoena in a probe of whether he's used the state department for partisan ends. the department says the allegations are baseless. in economic news, m.g.m. resorts is laying off 18,000 workers--of about a quartets u.s. work force. the company today blamed pandemic losses. and on wall street, the dow

jones industrial average gained 161 points to close near it is now back in the black for the year. the nasdaq rose 70 points, to a new record close, and the s&p 500 record territory.so in >> woodruff: with the democratic and republican national conventions both behind us now, it's time for e analysis of shields and brooks. that is syndicated columnist mark shiel, and "new york times" columnist did brooks. i haven't seen enough of the two of you this week. i'm so glad you're back with us on this friday night. so much to talk about. but, mark, i'm going to start with you.

the republicans had their chance the last four nights. how well did they make their case? >> well, judy, we'll find out ir the nuwhen they do come out probably next week. but i would say, to listen to the republican speakers, which was privileged to do, especially the nomee, was toconclude that the country had beenby blacked ouhe economic precipice by the darkest time by the unrivaled leadership of president trump and then to be told in spite of that the country is in chaos, surrounde by lollsness and all the rest of so what we had to with the change, an outsider donald trump. i've never seen one r un asthe incumbent and insurgent at the same time, but it's obvious donald trump is more comfortable running as the indurnlgt of 2016 than the incumbent of 2020.

>> woodruff: david, how did you size up what the republicans did? st you know what, when yort a big enterprise, you try to have a strategy. you figure out what the year, is what the big issues are ad what you're going to do about it. you can give biden tearedit because they started in 2019. they said the number one sue is donald trump. the country is exhausted, wants a uniter and stuck with that strategy through thick and en. the republicans have no coherent critique of bend, they have no coherent or sense of whatht priority is right now, and they have no general argument to make. there's no core idea at the center of the thing. they may be on the course of dwrav at a timing toward law and order as their central argument, but i wouldn't say they've got there yet, they're kind of scatter shot. >> woodruff: and, mark, so where does that leave thi contest right now? given what the republicans said

over four nigs, where are we? no >> judy, we went in with a 10-point lead for joe biden. in all likelihood, that lea n will bearrowed when we come out of the republican convention, and we're looking at now a long, brutish, really scorched earth campaign from the white house. make no mistake about it, tht's what we're looking forward to. the debates will be inluential if not determinate, but we've heard joe biden accused of being feckless and unaccomplished inan 45 yeard, yet, the most terrifying threat tthe american republic if elected as a closet socialist despot. so that's jusfft a whif what

we're looking at, whether we'rer looking foto it or not is another question. >> woodruff: david, the republicans did spend a lot of time going after joe biden. does that help them? i mean, they've clearly tried to not only draw distinctions, they've painted him in some pretty dark places. >> yeah, i'd say both ways over the last two weeks. i would say the democrats have a better convention, a more creative cnvention, biden gave a much better speech, obamas gave good speeches, but i would say if you measure the mood both in the democrat and republican camps, democrats are more anxious and republicans are a little more confident, so i think that has sothing to do th the convention and something about what's happened outside the convention, kenosha and this sense of risin crime and violence, and i to think the democrats have come to understand they've somehow gotten on the wrong side of order, and they got somehow

attached, even though biden has not attached tot, to the idea of defunding the police, and they need to somehow make some gesture to show they understand the insecurity of the american people.un the y has been through an anxious time with the pademic, economic turmoil, there's this great sense of fear anthe sense of physical unsafety from the pandemic and everything else an, somehow, they have to address that. now, a lot of law and order talk is code word for racism, ther no question about that, but a lot of it is not, and i think democrats would be making a mistake if they said you're just a bunch of crypto racists. i think people have yest lit ma concerns about expressing their concern safely and living safely. k bidens would do well by himself to address this issue and say, no, we're for policing, we wanto refm policing, but we will keep you safe. this is an elemental iss of politics stretching back 3,000

or 4,000 years. m >> reportek, have the democrats gotten off on the law and order or order argument as david describes it? >> yes, they have, judy. i mean, i think that portland remains a festering boil for democrats, that whawent on the seattle has been reported by the "times" and other news organizations is really just unacceptable in a civilized society, in a law-abiding society, and democrats cannot appear to be indiffent. it's donald trump's opening. i mean, donald trump's going to run on law and order, he has no -- no question about that. it was interesting that it wse sovily populated with african-american speakers in his whbehalf at the conventioch i think was more than anything a ive tocal gesture initi reach out to suburban particularly women voters who have been turned off by the

republicans. so race remains the constant in american politics but i think david mas a good point. s> woodruff: david, it' interesting you say that because we went intothe conventions saying the pandemic was the overwhelming issue, thing out there wat these candidatee going to have to grapple with, that the president was going to have to answer for. it downdz like you're saying in the last few weeks that that's been displaced? >> yeah, i wouldn't say displaced. i think in the real world, the pandemic is still the number one issue, and ifyou ask people, that's number one, and i thinks crime and e in disorder is 45, higher on the list, higher than immigration and a lot of things. so i think theandemic is still the issue, but i will be curioui to see thee my newspaper sent out two reporters to wisconsin after kenoa and interviewed a series of people leaning towards biden and had second thoughts beusof a

sense of rising insecurity. whether that's anecdotal or data, we'll find out in a few days. i still think its in the mix. but political correctness was a big issue for republicans and for trump in 2016, and the sense that you can't speak freely, the sense thatou look at pictures of rand paul, for example, senator rand paul leaving the white use and getting brutally verbally assaulted, these pictures are not good. most people are not onw titter and they're not seeing them, but for those on twitter, those seeing them, those in the ok conservative sphere, it's become the dominant story at least in that world. >> woodruff: at e same time, mark, you have this very powerful social movement ri now for racial justice. just today, you know, thousands of americans on the nationals mall, i stening to some of it, you know, parents, siblings of black americans who have been

killed by police asking for justice. the plea from d dc riers, the coach of the clippers, saying i love my country, why dosn't my country love me back? the democrats are hearing that. what's going to happen to that i while all th going on, the fear factor, if you will? >> well, judy, i mean, the democrats have to be able to walk and cht ew gume same time. i mean, their record and the democrats have proud record, i mean, whether they're talking about harry truman desegregated ne american military,ble act in the middle of a presidential campaign, while lyndon johnson passing the landmark civil rights act of 1964 and '65, i mean, the democrats really have a sterling record in defending those laws as wellle,er pd donald trum and the republicans really can't compete with it. so those credentials are established, but they have to also eablish the fact that w

are here to protect the safety of ordinary citizens from mobs i mean, that's what has happened in a number of places, whether it's destroying small businesse tting -- threatening people at the same time. about the coronavirusthink it's important to remember this, that while the republicans were convening at the white house, the people's house, as ronald reagan caenlled it, whomebody said, your white house is a no e-no, it's the people's white use. more americans died in the coronavirus ndemic than on 9/11 or pearl hair door. that was central and will dfine this campaignism david, how do you see the democrats handling what they're hearing from their constituents, many of them, saying what are you going to do

about racial justice at the same yelling, saying to them, hey, we're afraid. >> yeah, i'm struck by the importance of boundary setting. what happens in d.c. was wonderful, what happe th n.b.a. sus wonderful. i talked about baseball tonight on the show. some of this uff was wonderful. i think peoplere proud and hopeful that amidst all the pain that progress is beie, mad education is being made, that people are mobilizing. but yow ve got to draa boundary between that and all the violence and l frankly of the violence i've seen in washington has hit young white people who are doing a lot of that stuff, and, but, so, you throw that boundary, and that should be a bundary kamala harris and joe biden cou draw. trump can't draw a boundary between the republican party an q anon. the you have to draw a boundary

between what's liberal andt, what's destructive to your movement. the boundary has been drawn by most politicians a most times and i hope the democrats will draw that mean. >> woodruff: we will see. the campaign begins in enest after these conventions right now. david brooks, mark shields, thank you and thank you for being with us for these last two weeks. >> woodruff: as another difficult week for our country comes to a close, we want to take the time to honor just some of the more than 180,000 people whlost their lives to the coronavirus. nelson henry, jr of philadelphia fought for more than 70 years to get his honorable discharge from the u.s. army.th

world war ii veteran was one of many black soldiersn giless-than-honorable-- and discriminatory--" blue discharge," which made it harder to get certain jobs and g.i. benefits. nelson's son eventually found lawyers to take up the case, and in 2019, just a year bhis death at 96, he was granted an upgrade by the army. he called it "a miracle." education was "huge" for lucille anderson. born in minneapolis, she worked multiple jobs to ensure her kids had every opportunity. d when her son hbts about applying to harvard, she scolds him: "andersver quit. it's like a race. even if you fall down, y get up and finish the race." lucille followed her son to the east coast, finished her own degree, and became a social worker and a probation officer. she always "emphasized how important children were to

lucille anderson wyears old. in 1984, carmen williamson became the first black boxing referee and judge at the olympics. carmen, who spent most of his life in toledo, ohio, was aeu top amboxer in the 1940s and '50s. he would go on to travel the world, teaching the sport to young people in countries that white trainers would rarelyt. vi 94-year-old "wanted to grab everything he possibly could" and "never told himself no." 72-year-old liz mar opened the hawaiian restauran" kona kitchen" in seattle 18 years ago, with her daughter and son-in-law. she was a warm face that eryone knew and loved, h daughter said. she made customers feel like part of the family. they would call her "auntie" o""

grandma." liz came to the u.s.rom fiji as a teenager. her daughter described her as "selfless," and said she'd do anything for her three cldren and seven grandchildren. lennie leblanc was 45 years ol he was born in worcester, massacsetts with cerebral palsy. lennie could never walk or talk, but his mom said he was always a happy child.ou lennie laugh-- a deep belly laugh-- sometimes for no reason. he lived most of his life in a nursing home where his caregivers adored him. he loved music and often spent time with his family. >> woodruff: as of t the "newshour" marked 100 americans whose lives we've lost to the coronavirus, that's just in the last 20 weeks. we want to thank their families for the stories they've shared. our hearts go out to them and to all those who've lost loved ones

in this pandemic. >> woodruff: man's best friend has somehow become even more indispensae over the months of the pandemic, and nowhere more so than britain-- people have gone dog mad. but as our own mad dog and englishman malco brabant reports, canine care during covid comes with more than a few complexities. >> reporter: this is betty, controlling her human with the assuredness that dogs rule the world. that's certainly true in britain where, during lockdown, puppy prices have soared. >> i think there's very few winners in the pandemic. but the dog has-- we've all remembered how marvelousogs are. dogs became the must have, after the toilet roll.

s inent newshound, the canine cronkite, who shares some characteris >> well, >> reporter: dogs' unconditional love has spawned profiteering, and worse. >> i've never experienced anything quite so mad.op were outbidding each other for that last puppy, andin people were sedogs that didn't exist. >> good girl, come here. >> reporter: but, there's a side-- a major spike in dognapping, 65% up on last year. this is honey, stoletwo months ago. the poster sends a clear message to the dognappers: a deal can be ne. owner cintia gardner. >> we don't want to know who you are, or yo name, or anything. please do the right thg. you can. >> reporter: going for a simple walk is no longer fe. owners are bng monitored by crooks waiting for a chance to grab mr. four legs. >> it's easy money. we believe there's organized crime. there's a small percentage which

is opportuni crime, but we believe they're being stolen to order. >> reporter: wne may is a pet detective. working for a non-profit called dog lost, he specializes in reuniting stolen animals with their owners. >> in some cases, we've had to buy the dogs back.pe le are paying 5,000 pounds to get their dogs back. >> reporter: but if you are paying to get your dog back, aren't you actually encouraging the crime? because as far as the dognappers are concerned, it proves that crime pays? >> yes, you are. i totally agree. my own personal view is that you should offer a finder's fee rather than a reward, but it is down to the individual dog owner how they wish to proceed. >> reporter: celeste the champion beagle was once taken hostage, and was only released after sally kimber paid a substantial ransom.n >> iway, i don't agree with it, but when it's your dog and you want it back, what else can you do? >> reporter: the dognoscenti believe canine crime laws are toothless.nt beverly cuddy tougher legislation with jail time for dognaprs.

>> becse the law in this country sees dogs as just chattel. it was like having your phone stolen. and nobody cares i pyou've had yone stolen. but when it's a member of your family? because that's how we regard dogs now. theye got human names. they used to be called spot and the shed. maybe they lived in now, they're on the sofa, in the bed. >> reporter: a bed time. it's a major issue for hallie and her human, paul phillips. for years, hallie always slept alone dostairs while phillips slept upstairs. but then? >> since lockdown, she's had me around 24 hours a day, seven days a week. d and lately heloped what appears to be this fear of being separated. for a week she was up all night showing signs of severe anxiety, panting, scratching the floor. >> reporter: the solution?je urrender. >> in order to get a whole night's sleep, i've had to i gin to her and let her sleep next to me every single night, which my partner is not over the

moon about. >> reporter: the condition is known as separation anxiety, as a result of months of being .isolated with their owne there's a pandemic. >> we have a real fear that ncparation anxiety cases are going to explodewe start to come out of lockdown and things go back to normal.ep a behavior specialt with wood green, a leading animal non-profit. i >> the dreally panicking when left home alone. so it is something to be taken very seriously. >> reporter: uh-oh. this is loki, our golden retriever, complaining after my fe and i left the house. loki is a typical lockdown puppy. we paid top dollar seven months ago, and hav't once left him alone. he had an idyllic lockdown. but in common with so many new owners, we have become his prisoners and need to make some changes. it's late to wean loki off his dependency, but the behaviorist

thinks it's possible. >> the sad fact is that if you have a dog with an established attachment disorder, you have to be at home in order to get through a behavior modification program. if you only discover it once you're out for work for eight, nine hours a day, it becomes almost impossible to rectify. >> reporter: but going for a mmunal dip seems to help conquer some lockdown nerves. jo allen runs canine dip and dive. >> a lot of puppies that have been bought in lockdown haven't been socialized. but now they're beginning to come here, you can see the difference as the session goes on. >> reporter: but dog spas are rare, and can be pricey. so, in this perilous covid worla of ders and canine anxiety, we new puppnts y ve no alternative but to be vigilant and to undo the psychological problems that we, and lockdown, haca inadvertently ed.

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