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140 that received it yesterday. the diribution widened as the food and drug admistration is expected to approve another vaccine from moderna bthe end of the week. fda reviewers say merna's two-shot regimen is effective, safe, and pent in preventing severe cases. the fda approved the first be bought without a prescription and provide quick results. 'its expected to become available next month. by the end of december, the trump administration estimates that 20 million people will have gotten vaccinations. after health care workers, nursinhomes are next in line, but as all none of oz tells us, they pose special challenges. >> residents and staff in long-term ca facilities will art to receive vaccinations next week. cvs and walgreens wi provide the shots on site at nursingr

homes and otcilities. more than one million americans live ines nursing h and they are especially vulnerable. up to 300,000e peove died in the u.s. due to covid-related causes. more than 100,000 were in nursing homes or other facilities. dr. richard pfeiffer isit genesis. welcome to "the newshour." you have partnered with cvs. they are going to be providing vaccinely chain, the the vaccinate or's coming into administrate the vaccine. how are you deciding who gets the vaccine first? dr. pfeiffer: vaccine prioritization is something we are struggling with, and we understand cvs is acquing the pfizer vaccine first, then the moderna vaccine. we expec to have enough during each of those visits to

vaccinate all staff and residents who want the vaccine. that may lead to some of the clinics to bepaced out a little bit, and that will be dependent on the supply that cvs acquires from the manufacturerss but if it tuut that the vaccine gets to our centers, and we don't have enough or esryone who wa it, we do have a prioritization framework that is consistent with what cdc recommended. reporter: you said you have enough for everyone that wants it. you have sai the goal is to generate enough high levels of vaccine acceptance voluntarily among your workers and residents, but we know there is skepticism around the country. eoyou neede vaccinated to keep them safe. if people refuse, what can you do? dr. pfieffer: at this time, our focus is on voluntary acceptance from staff and residents. nursing home staff and residents

are a miccosm of society in general. they have the same questions, sing concerns. they don't know, for example, that the vaccine development has gone through the same steps as has gone into every other vaccine or drug development. approval process has been followed. we need to educate them and engagehem, and in some cases, engage their peers. we will be among the first as medical leaders getting the vaccine ourselves. we need take sure we get high levels of acceptance so we can protect those in our care. is it possible there will be a mandate down the road for those rking in health care or state mandates? that is certainly possible, but right now, all of our energy is focused on voluntary acceptance. errepotiming is of the essence. you have said to getting through this quickly is critt al to makingrk. when do you anticipate this will be done?

will everyone be vaccinated by the end of the year in your facilities? dr. pfieffer: we are eager to get this done as soon as possible, and the i speedtied to the supply, how much supply there is from pfizer and madrona,ge and each stat to decide how much gets to goo nursing homes as opposed to hospitals. we don't know yet how much supply each state is directing to cvs for use in our facilities, b when it becomes available, we are going to put it to use immediately. we have clinics scheduled around the country starting monday. awe don't hainal word, but we hope to get the first vaccines in peoples arms within just a few weeks. then we need to meke sure they ack and get the booster shots because the vaccine is not entirely effectihout two doses. reporter: can i ask you about

the other impact of this pandemic, financial? for your industry.your company . where are yo now? do you feel like you are on the brink if you don't get financial help? dr. pfieffer:os the of caring for residents in the pandemicte has skyroc staff and costs, ppe, and revenue has been a struggle because fewer people are coming to skilled nursing facilities out of the hospital because so much care has been delayed. it's a real struggle. all of us h in thelth-care industry are working hard to get through to the other side, and yes, it is a major issue. we've spoken with leaders in washington about this, and we are eager to receive wh cever support . we are grateful for the support we have already received. we are grateful for the support that has helped us to keep going throughout this pandemic. reporter: can y i a, we mentioned the disproportionate deaths suffered in facilities

like yours. you are at a point where you will have a vaccine to save people from dying. what does this moment feel like? dr. pfieffer: this is a huge moment. there has been so much suffering in nursing homes, residents, their loved ones, and nursing home staff, so we are entering this final phase, and i am optimistic. we've got all the right people working on it, but i am optimistic we wi see the end of this pandemic in a few months as we get through this. reporter: dr. richard pfeiffer of genesis health care, thanks for being with us. ♪ stephanie: i am stephanie tsai with "newshour west." we will return to judy woodruff after these headlines.

the top republican in congress senate majority leader mitch publicly recognize joe biden as president elect. it came six weeks after the election. macconnell spoke on the senate floor a day after the electoral college confthe outcome. >> many hope to the presidential election would yield a different result, but our system of government has processes to 0.termine who will be sworn in on january the electoral college has spoken. da i want to congratulate president elect joe biden. stephanie: other top republicans have also recognized the biden win sinc vote.lectoral college the president elect responded >> i had a great conversation i called him to thank him for the congratulations and told him, while we disagree on a lot

of things, the things we can work together o, we've always been straight with one another, and we agreed we would get together sooner than later. stephanie: at the white house, press secretarkayleighclcenany ed to say if president biden to be president elect.ect the electoral colle outcome is "one step" in the constitutional process. a former biden presidential rival pete buttigieg is mr. biden's choice for secretary of transportation. if confirmed, he would become the first openly gay man to serve in a cabinet position. bin is expted to tap former michiganovernor jennifer granholm as secretary of energy and former epa chief ginast mccarthy as do climate czar. topss leaders in conget on economic relief. they reported progress and plan to more talks this evening.

a bipartisan plan worth nearly $700 billion is on the table. it includes jobless benefits and other aid. it leaves out help democrats wanted for state and local governmentshand liability lds for businesses that republicans wanted. >> those two things, what you are left with are the things that i just mentioned, which enjoyed broad bipartisan an easy negotiatiould make this >> on state and local, everyone knows my position. i'm not going to get iioo negoti in any way. stephanie: treasury secretary steven mnuchin joined the talks in another sign that the deal is neil. it woulde attached to a bill that must pass by friday to avert a government shutdow in nigeria, the jihadist group boko haram h claimed response ability for of ducting hundreds of boys. more than 300 students are missing from a secondary school

after a friday night attack. classroom seats have been empty since the assault. boko haram opposes non-islamic education and of theucted 270 girls in 2014. the international iminal court s rejected a plea to investigate china's treatment of uihur muslims. thcourt said it lacks jurisdiction because china, ke the united states, does not recognize its authority. honda is announcing a series of recalls of v 1.5 milliicles in the u.s. the recalls involve driveshaftse that can, window switches that can overheat, and a software flaw. the company said it will send recall notices to vehicle owners in january. the actress and tony award-winning choreographer and raking has died.she performed o0 year g firting fame in

chicago in 1977. nearly 20 years later, she reprised her role as a proxy heart.- roxy still to come on "the newshour," hawaiian officialsre cautiously optimistic about keeping covid-19 at bay as they reopen to tourists. the camigns intensify ahead of georgia's runoff elections with control the senate up for grabs. president trump's refusal to concede reminds many immigrants of the autocracies they fled. and much more. ♪ announcer: this is the pbs "newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: as states grapple to keep their economies afloat while controlling the spread of

covid-19 hawaii is uniquely positioned. it has had one of the lowest case counts and positivity rates in the country, and that is not just because of its geography. stephanie tsai reports on what the state has done to protect its population and what it is doing now to reopen to tourism. stephanie: hawaii's success ing keepvid-19 in check is not just about its geography. it has had some of the stricte restrictions, including a statewide mask mandate, an until recently, a 14-day quarantine rule for al tourists. violators have been arrested, but it's restrictions have also crushed it economy. in october, hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in the country -- highest unemployment rate in the country at almost 14%. the island is now implementing e policy trying to reopen tourism. it allows travelers whoan prove they've gotten a negative

covid test within 72 hours of travel to forgo that 14-day quarantine. lieutenant governor joshua green joins us from the aloha state. tdr. kareenks for being with us -- dr. green, thanks for being with us. dr. green: the balance we are trying to achieve is keeping people alive andafe while also restoring those parts of life which are necessary, such as having a job, being able to pay one's rent. thesare the challenges, and i come at it from a health care perspective. i'm an er physician on t weekends and lieutenant governor on the weekdays. we have been lucky because we have been able to keep our counts relatively low imd at the samecome up with policies based on our isolation to begin to open up. stephanie: let's talk about the policy you implemented on october 15

you want to reopen to tourism. i understand that. how is it going a month and a half in? dr. green: it's working very well. we have fewer cases of covid, fewer people in the hpital then we did before we started safe travel. we were averaging 143 people in the hospital. we are nowow to 55 in our hospital. we have an average caseo count f 90e positive per day in the state. now we are do 75. we are at 85% mask wearing in our state, excellent numbers. if we get to 95%, we won't have talk about travel restrictions. state, when you limit extensive travel, you can keeyour numbers low. stephanie: have you seen jobs

return? and iurists coming back there a point at which you would be concerned that too many people are coming again? normally wee getting 30,000 people a day traveling to hawaii. when we instituted lockdown, we dropped 96%. it has crept up to between 10,000 to 12,000 people per day. 29,000 out of our 125,000 jobs at least returned. we are starting togh think it mibe closer to 50,000, which is a big return quickly. we are watching carefullyith the extra travel that occurs around thanksgiving and christmas time. if you can keep that negative do som advance and additional testing periodically, we think we can keep the lid on it. sthanie: you have had some resistance to the safe travel policy. yothe of kawai e did see a slight rise in cases, cases

connected to tourism, and theyns havetuted on kawai that 14-day quarantine period. dr. green: we have four counties and four mayors, and their policy recommendations don't fall on deaf ears. you have to remember, hawaii has the lowest rate of covid in the country, and kawai has the as an er doctor, i can tell youe re mindful about people ending up in the hospital. kawai only had seven admissions in seven weeks. stephanie: dr. josh green, thank you so much for joining us. dr. green: beswishes. stephanie: even with relatively low transmission, 240 people have died from cid-19 in hawaii. for more, we turn to talk to hee

thomas -- dr. thomas lee, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the university of hawaii manoa. the cdc has advised people not to travel if they don't have to. is there such a thing as a safe travel policy right now? dr. lee: the one thing for everybody to remember with a to hat there is no way reduce the risk down to zero. even with covid with masks and screening and testing, those have not contributed to reducing overall risk of spreading t ease where ihe dis is safe enough to reopen travel. it is mh safer relative to disease transmission and other parts of theorld. stephanie: hawaii's geography makes it unique in its ability people are only arriving by. plane.

you've also done other things on the island, making sure there are places to isolate covid-expose people. talkbout those measures. dr. lee: we have dedicated facilities to assist our and those traveling t our island, a place to isolate and quarantine safely and not worry about economic consequences, and the big impact is that reduces the risk of it's hard for those households to isolate safely. by reducing those infected case by putting t a safe place where they are taking care of in these quarantine facilities, that fther reduces potential for cluster situions. stephanie: is there a chance you would see positivity rates rise

ncand you wouldrage a science-based lockdown or more brestrictions tput in place on the islands? dr. lee' is not one or two or three or five metrics that might determine that. are looking at it from a holistic level and looking at the trends over time. one of theohings t remember is for these decisions to be looked at at a county level. hawaii is unique. we have other islandshat differ slightly in their needs and capacity. it's really looking at all of the metrics o a daily and weekly level to determine whetherng policy c must be enacted. stephanie: dr. thomas lee, thank you song much for jois from honolulu. dr. lee: of courseu thank r having me. ♪

judy: president-elect joe biden flew to the battleground state of georgia. that is where two races just weeks awaye will determhe balance of power in the u.s. senate. with ear voting kicking off this week, biden told georgians that the senate is oline. >>oanuary 5, you've got vote in record numbers again! [horns honking] the lives of every georgian depend on what you do. yes, you still need to vote like your life depends on it bec se judy: the president elect's visit comes as ve president mike pence traveled to georgia last week. while there, he urg a vote for the republican candidates despite president trump falsely claiming the november election was fraudulent. >> we need to send him back

because a republican majority could be the last line of defense to preserve all we've done to defend this nation,re ve our economy, and preserve the god-given liberties we hold dear. judy: four of you from on the ground in georgia. righ now, we turn to deborah scott, the executive director of std up, a nonpartisan community organizing group in atlanta focused on vetting out the. thank you for joining us. tell u what does your organization advocate? deborah: despite the holidays, we are excited and ready to get we have been out to the polls. the first tw days started yesterday with early voting, and we have been out there again today giving out voter care kits. we know people are coming out. 200,000 people have already cast their vote.

they are not leaving the line despite the weather. it's cold oside, and people are standing inside. wh we are seeing is people are determined to make sure their vote counts. judy: who are the voters you are going after? i know y are nonpartisan, and there is a lot of emphasis on women voters. tell us about the role of women voters in the georgia electorate. deborah: we are part of the black women's roundtable and pro georgia, and we believe we need to speak to our base. for us, our w base is blacken. what black women want to hear s issues that affect their everyd life. they want to hr tho kitchen table issues about jobs, the economy, covid-1 testing and they are concerned about what is happening in their communities and families, so we are speaking directly to women about their issues. we are not talking about the national implications of this race because they don't utnt to

hear ahat. they want to hear about these races t and howy affect their lives and their family. because they can't go back to school? what can they te their children about the lack of affordable health care and housing? we are speaking to those everyday issues for black women on the ground.judy: are they het these issues from the candidates? are they hearing about these issues from president elect esbide from ent trump, and vice president pence? deborah: we aren't sure what they are hearing from the candidates. we know because we are trusted stakeholders on the ground, we are a 15-yeariz orgion, and people trust us because we are here all the time. we do 360 five days of voter registration w so they knon we come to them, we are coming from a place of authentic engagement. we are talking to them in their rsown language at their don the phones, in the streets about

what is important. i'm not sure what theeandidates saying to them, but we do know they are tired of the mail. and th are tired of the negative ads. they are grateful when they get an a cll from an no n-profit. judy: i wanted to ask you about some challenges about getting engaged. specifically, i want to ask about a comment by georgia's tepublican secretary of s brad raffensperger. he was part of a panel hosted by the bipartisan policy center, and csresponded yummy shell' indoor asked about the drumbeat of claims that the novembe election was rigged. yamiche: how do you make sure people aren't questioning the integrity of the election when theyave this huge incentive that will turn out repubcan voters if they say, this was falsely done, thielection was stolen, and now you have to back

me? >> i think it is a risky road. stacey abrams always talked about voting suppressi, but if people talk about you can't trust the votes, you are going to talk about voter depression. you are going to depress you are going to depress your turnout. is a: how much of tha factor?deborah: the voters we ae talking to have through years of their vote being suppressed, from voter purges, illegal voter purges, to business at some of the polling places. theyes are used to obsta and they are not being deterred. if they are askedo vote.nge it they are going to make sure that their vote is counted. are striving to get as many people to vote early. ay say this 12of christmas? it is 12 days of voting. we want people to vote early and make sure their vote is cast, d if they h a problem, there's enough time for us to

help straighten it out. there's a number we are giving people if they have problems at the polls. judy:qu juskly, are you finding that it is hard to get people t turn out given how long this election is going on? deborah: you know what? we are taking a different approach. we are saying, this is a brand-new election, and become a serial voter. we are not acting a if the november election happened. this is a brand-new election and an opportunity for you to voice your power through your vote. put your priorities in order and vote your priorities. judy: deborah scott, executive nrector of the organizat stand up, thank you for talking to us. deborah: have a great day. ♪

judy: more than a month after the presidential election, president trump continues to falsely insist that the results areraudulent and that the election was stolen. in the echoeof this moment, some immigrants here the political turmoil they fled in their own counies. yamiche is back with that story. yamie: she has known conflict most of her life. she was three months oldonhen soviet uroops withdrew from her home country of afghanistan. when she turned six, the taliban ok power. her family escap to pakistan foa chance at an education akbar moved to the u.s. permanently in 2014, but she says in the echoes of president trump, s hea the turmoil she and her family fled. >> none of these are signs of a

democratic leader. these are signs of an autocrat who is drunk on power and doesn't have peopleround him who will call him out. miche: the transition to the biden white house has begun, but more than a month after the election, president donas trump contino falsely insist that he won and that were widespread fraudulent votes. earlier this month, the president repeated falseim c at a rally. >> they cheated and rigged our presidential election, but we will still win it. we will still win it. yamiche: tre is no evidencef widespread voter fraud in any state. presidt trump lost the election, and it was not closein lectoral or popular vote terms. but some trump supporters continue to protest the results. ofr the weekend, thousands pro-trump supporters rallied in d.c. as night fell, members of the proud boys groups urned black

matter banners. confrontations broke out between pro-and anti-trump groups, and four were stabbed. akbar says the world is watching america. they are all too familiar with fraudulent elections, as in 2014 when secretary of state john kerry mediated the disputed outcome. >> who is most impacted when democracy becomes shaky? who isost impacted when this idea that your vote doesn't matter becomes a collet belief and becomes a tool for voter suppression, that only hurts the most marginalized people. yamiche: marginalized people like this family when they landed in 1970's new york city. after growing up in a haiti, y kneession was all t for 14 years, the country's leader jailed and killed his critics. whene was a youngoy, he

killed uncles. by 1965, he declared himself president for life, and even after the dictatorship ended, political turmoil has remained. >> no one ever loses elections in a haiti. if you tell them they lost, they arm their gangs, should everybody, burn down homes, burn down officesha so tey can intimidate people and declare themselves winners. hen yr the news that president trump one even though these people out therehas mobilizing for him, these people are armed. they are threatening people. sooner or later, they will go out there and start violence. yamiche: he said he hopes the u.s. has strong government institutions and officials who

of the dozens of lawsuitssness. president trump and oth republicans filed to contest the electi results,ot one has found evidence of fraud. republican state officials continue to push back on the in arizona, governg ducey tweeted that the state followed the rules and has some of the strongest election laws in the country. americans need to pay attention and understand that democracies can die. >>c he american pubes not understand that democracy is a fragile system. look, the u.s. is the beacon. once the light gets turned off, it's going to take a long time. yamiche: this infectious disease doctor knows what it means for a democracy to slip away. she grew up in sudan and saw a dedemocratically elected l overthrown by a military officer

who then ruled for 30 years. she say the american dream includes being able to choose your own leader. president trump's rhetoric rends her of herast. >> the fact that he refuses to concede reminds us of those times. had almost a ptsd type of reaction. tithe transi of power we have witnessed every four years is now at risk. future presidentshi might follow footsteps and say, he did it. why can't i? yamiche: maria fled her native belarus in 2012. the human rights lawyer worked in a land with no rule of law. present alexander lukashenko has ruled the country for 26 years. sunday is now protest day in belaruss it has been each

sunday since lukashenko was declared winner of an early august vote. belarusian security forces have arrested more than 30,000 ople. >> every sunday morning, i wake up with the hope that i won't get a report from belarus about my friends being tortured, beaten up in the streets, or sentenceds to weeks or ye imprisonment. yamiche: in the u.s., she says she has confidence in the pple and institutions that defend democracy. >>ha w a country with checks and balances and with historically strong rule of law. i will say one should not take these principles for granted. one should care about the key prevents your country from becoming another belarus. yamiche: last month, president

elect b jen assured americans he would attempt to restore that cofidence. whatou say to americans, especially immigrant americans who came to the united states looking for politicaltability, an seeing all the things the president is doing? >> hang on. i'm e: my way. yami as the transition continues, akbar thinks america should take time to reflect. >>his a isopportunity to look at our choices. more violence, more chaos, or a moment of reflection, a moment of why we have come here.ya che: a moment for reflection and he, but as the president continues to insist the election was fraudulent, the institutints of the coury stand firm. i am young misha -- yamiche alcindor. ♪ judy: now we continue our week

long look at childhood trauma. tonight, we explore how trauma iser passed down from gion to generation in rural montana where mental health resources are scarce and a stigma surrounds seeking treatment. special correspondent cat-wise and producer leah nagy look at what is being done to break that cycle. a warning, this piece includes references to suicide and sexual abuse that may be disturbing. it's part of our series chilood trauma crisis."ca's >> at the end of a widening dirt road in montana, this is where graces story begins. >> what i remember is being little, d and my would have these little campfires, and we would all sits, in long cha and he would bring his guitar out and play.

there used to be a rope swing. >> but the rugged individualism that often still defines life in rural montana can mask deep suffering, and darker moments from her childhood cast a shadow on her memories. >> my dad working at the mine would leave for lawneriods at a time, and suffering from bipolar, he would hit the depressions and couldn't get out of bed. he began drinking lefe his fathere him. >> a cycle of untreated trauma passed down from one nneration to tt. >> his dad was an abusive alcoholic. his grandpa was schizophrenic. the never treatt wound properly. he would kind of self medicate. he had to pull up his bootstraps and be a man. >> as a freshman in high school, 'grac's worst fears came true. her father took his life. >> i fell to the deepest,

darkest place i ever felt in my life. i was writing loved ones notes because i didn't want to be on this planet. >> grace's story is all too common in this state. montana has one of the highest rates of suicide in e country. experts say many children are growing up in homes plagued by domestic abuse, and depression. university ofna mon professor ryan tolson he says a ck of resources along with a deeply ingrained stigm has led to a crisis of untread trauma. >> there is a certaintigma around seeking help or getting help from others or not getting help from others. wirral area are havinch harder time.

>> those were among the issues that contributed to a nightmare scenario in grace's town of big timber. >> 30% of our high school students seriously thought about suicide. 19% had attempted one or more times. >> across montana, school counselors are often the only resource for students struggling. grace was lucky. her guidance counselor was able to connect her to a new program. in january 2019, amber martinson blake became montana's first worker working in mental health. >> the fact that i am from this community, ihink played a huge role in our success with this program. people know my face, know my name. that is your trusted individual in the committee has a unique

derstanding. >>ct she con grace to one of i>> first, developing asts. relationship so therapy becomes a safelace. there is a reason why we are here, and then we dig into the memories themselves. >> from the very first session, i am opening up aboutle things d ning things about myself i didn't even realize. had so many blocks of shame and trauma. >> while attitudes and resources e starting to change, other areas are stilltruggling, like ntana's reservations where native suicide deaths occur at five times the rest of the state. nanationwideve american children are too-threeel times more lthan non-hispanic white children to have experienced multiple adverse childhood periences.

events that occur in childhood . >> i remember my study was a sing tod that was surp me.>> savanna grew up on the crw reservation 40 miles outside of billings. e was raised mostly by her mother. >> not having parents affected my self-esteem, myonfidence level. i actuallyost trackf how many family members i lost. there were predators, sexual predators. these were a lot of things that happen to me. i am a sexual abuse survivor. unfortunately, a lot of , a but that is not something that is really spoken about. >> savanna says many of the

hardships expensed by children on the reservation are the resultf trauma that goes back generations. vast stretches of her ancestor's land were taken away by the u.s. government. that displacement and many injustices are at the root of so many problems native people face around the country. when savannah learned about adverse childhood experiences, itas a wake-up call. >> it felt like someone had turned a light on. a lot of shame, gui. it was not all because of choices made. i was born into this historical trauma, and it actually did affect my life. >> that knowledge helpedsa nnah process her childhood experiences. she's educating her community about trauma. >> not new thing, but i am one

of the first to learn about trauma, but there is still not a lot of knowledge. >>nt at a receamily dinner, her mother shared how it helped heem see history through a new lens. >> i never thought of myself as traumatized. they had to do sign language to each other. >> savannah says she hopes recognizing trauma will be the first step in lonourney of healing for her community. >> kids are so resilient. they will love people who that -- sorry -- they will love peoplehat have put them horough so much. and that is so powerful.

>> grace folk shares that hope. when she returns to the land she grew up in, she can feel how far ts is where my father took his life. it doesn't give me a negative feeling to be down here. we've worked hard to make peace of things. >> grace is womming for the ity health program. >> my dad used to talk about breaking the chain. s it'mething he wanted to do. i feel like i haven opportunity to look through the eyes of people who have gone through similar experiences and to tell them, you are going to be ok.

♪ >> she is now a musician like her dad. on some luck i can't afford ♪ >> she will carry on her song and hopes her families train of trauma has been broken with her. -- family's chain of trauma has been broken with her. i am cat wise in montana. ♪ judy: thank you. you can listen to more of ace's song onnstagram. you can find us at instagram.com/newshour. ♪

judy: the nutacker is one of e holiday season's most beloved traditions. it is also vital to the financial well-being of belly hecompanies all around country, but this year amid pandic closures, dance companies everywhere face and a norma's threat. jeffrey brown reports for our ongoing series "candace." -- "canvas." jeffrey: live from toledo, make that live streaming, "the nutcracker." ♪ until a week ago, the todo ballet had planned to be one of the very few to stage performances for an in-person audience. the recent explosion of covid cases put a stop to that, but there they were, adults and children. including 10-year-old sthen harris iii as the prince.

already a dance veteran, this was his third "nutcracker." do you remember the first time nutcracker"?ge in "the >> i had butterflies in my stomach, but i was so excited. the green room, one person comes up, and it gets that adrenaline up. when you enter on stage, it's just so exciting. jeffre cy: theistmas fantasy of clara, the sugar plum fairy, and the nutcracker has been doing that to dancers and audiences for a long time. the original ballet was staged in 1892 with russia's marin ski ballet. itam b an american tradition after georgealanchine created his version at the new york city ballet in 1954.

various reworkings have followed, and as a ballet with erny roles for children, ihas introduced genations of young children to the art form. >> it's such an integral part of the ballet world. every dancer has experienced "the nutcracker." onof today's biggest stars has continued to spread "nutcracker cheer thyears of performances and in the 2018 movie "thecracker and the four realms." she will reember what it g her when she started dancing. >> it gave me a w voice in a i did not have as a shy little girl. being able to tackle the role of clara at 13 years old with so little training g,w in leaps and bounds from that experience, and iahas shaped who i am a dancer. jeffrey: this holiday season,

dance and performing arts communities face a continuing threat. dance usas 95% of its organizations canceled in person ndperformances through thef 2020, but companies including ballet haveke lto creative solutions. this year, there are plenty of nutcrackers, just in different ways. ivin performances at the san diego valley. projected on the side of a buildingn chicago. as a film shot around town by the santa cruz balt. most of virtual performances. san francisco, nashville, washgton. throughout the country, the stakes are high, and "the nutcracker" is always the single most important event on the calendar. lisa is executive director of the toledo ballet. >> so many people are attending "the ncracker," it is part of their tradition, and that

revenue getss through the year. most other things we do our losses. most other performances, we do a lot of education on peormances. we may come out even at best. with the ballet world, i think that is pretty typical,nd it's well-known that the nutcracker is what affords us to be able to keep our doors open. jeffrey: toledo claims an 80-year history with "the nutcracker." mayor lange herself grew up in toledo and studied ballet here. she spent 22 years in new york working freelance and on broadway before returning home to take over as artictic di. the hope had been to put on a live performance for a small-distanced audience, but even when we talked recently, she knew the odds were growing slimmer. >> i definitely do not want to t do anythint is going to endanger anybody, so if wcan

at least keep the nutcracker going, that's great. if not, at least the organization, we are doing our hardest to work through this and to be innovative in figuring out how to keepusic, dance, and the arts alive. jeffrey: in the end, the live ow was canceled, but the virtual show went on, including young stephen harris iii. i asked him and his father if they were sappointed not to have a live audience. >> no. not dippointed because the only reason why i would be disappointed is that i would not be able to perform the show, and sincetie are putting on the show, i will not be disappointed. >> that's a good way to look at it. jeffrey: that's a good answer. are you disappointed? >> i would be lying if i said i was't. you have a reason to go

somewhere with family, to watch a show that maybe you have seen before, but like stepheno aid, you havend the positive in the harshest situations. jeffrey: all over the wld of this holiday season, just as in the story itself, "the ennutcracker" has broken. our wish for the dancers in told lito and everywhere a happy ending. i am jeffrey brown. ♪ judy: happy ending for sure. weso glad the able to keep going. before we go, a good news update to report. last week, we brought you a story on how mandatory drug testing in alabama can holdback people looking to move on with their lives after prison.e n we profiled frank cobb of stephenson, alabama had to hitchhike and walk for many miles to get tested.s ory moved some viewers to action. one gave him a car.

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