. >> veteran driver, leon mcknight was 49 years old, a father of five who loved to talk about his children. he's one of more than 120 new york city transit workers who have lost their lives to the coronavirus. protections for new york city bus drivers have improved. >> there were barriers put up. they did start providing us with masks. the buses that are coming in being sanitized every night. >> but fears of contracting the virus are never too far. >> am i still nervous now? we all are. we have a lot of people that we move, and there's some people that come on with no mask. they're coughing, and it's only getting worse out there. more and more people are out riding these buses. >> and yet determined to do his part for the city that never sleeps. >> i'm going to keep working until god forbid something happens. >> when we come back, one on one with alexandra ocasio-cortez. why she calls poverty and inequality preexisting conditions in the time of covid-19. ♪when you have nausea, ♪upset stomach, diarrheaon,♪ pepto bismol coats and soothes your stomach for fast relief and now, get the same fas