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Congressional correspondent lisa desjardt s begins our coverage reporter at the current epicenter of the nations wovid19 battle dire ofco caseloads becoming death toll. For the fir time, florida reported more deaths than any other state. In tallahasse Governor Ron Desantis tried to ease concerns. A floridians, i think there lot of anxiety and fear out there and i think folks were going to be able to get through it. Reporter this as washington shied from summer recess to sudden, high gear on the next covid relief bill. All sides agree on the urgency. T also know t both sides want to get it done. O go tohase four, i think war going to get it done. Reporter but there is deep o dividever what to do. Republican senators dont yetei agree on thplan, but have said it would be about a m trillion e in spending. A few, like Kentucky Republican senor rand paul, say the spending has gotten out of contro theyre talking about spending another trillion dollars. They should be ashame ofe and themselves. Eporter democrats in the house already passed their plan in may, the sweeping 3 trillion heroes act. N e inhe coronavirus is a o a century pandemic that requires a once in a century meaningfulal congressintervention. That is what we did when we passed the heroes act, that is the type of agreement we need tt pass his moment. Th reporter a solid deal is still far off, dditional sticking points between republican senators and the white house, which sent chief of histaff mark meadows to th for talks today. Ar press secrkayleigh mcenany outlined some of the president s priorities add a payroll tax cut, and block any additional testing money for states. Were willing to put in money for targeted testing thatakes sense, not just dumping money into a pot that already contains 10 billion. Reporter some republicans o the hill voiced concern over that. I think we want to be sure in dealing with the admition that the money we put into testing already is stillai lable if it hasnt been spent. We want to continue to focus one tests. Reporter and majority leadei ch mcconnell again marked his red line moving forward in negotiations. I wont put a bill on the floor that doesnt have p Liability Protection in it. Dont mischaracterize what this is about. This is not just for businesses. For hospitals, doctors, nurses. Reporter he said a bill will come in the next few days, that will also include another round of direct payments to americans. Woodruff lisa was at they capital tollowing the negotiations and she joins meno now. We understand theres disa eement upere, but talk about first where theres agreement. Wh what do we think is going to be reporter its important to . Talk about that. Im because this is a bill that could get the American Economy through the next however many months. We dont know how many. First of all there is agreement lets look at a graphic quickly on a few things. One, there should be another round of small busine funds known as ppp thats program thaa has kept so many Small Businesss goingurg this part of the pandemic. That looks like it will be renewed, we dont know whatde degree. Another round of stimulus checks also, not sure how large those checks will be its poible ey may go to fewer americans, they may be more targeted but it lock like that is something thaf mostcongress agrees on. Also helps schools, thats a new item that is now entering discussion and is creati agr t deal of urgency on bothsi sides as schools are trying toop reopen in just a few wee. Congress is now figuring out how to try and fund schools thaten want to o and those that wantto to go only online. Its a very large debate. Woodruff let me ask youno now about some of t difference difference. Es you pointed out the house passed their version of thisba backat the end of may. What are the main difference between what the house wanted and whatikhe senatey todo do. Reporter you know, i have th say negotiation is maybemo more complicated has more issuen in it than any other. There are a few tatan wepo point to as top level issues. Lets look at what the tpriorities are that the sides disagree on. Fi first, four democrats are one of eir priorities is that expan , 6anded Unemployment Benefits above what they would normallyge get. Th that benef runs ou july 3 1 in just a couple of weeks. Democrats want to extend it rough the end of the year for everyone on unemployment. Republicans,io their pty asyo you heard from leader mcconnell, liability proteion forbusinesses. No now, this gets a little bit complicated, but he essentiallya wants to make sure that no bu bness can sued for someone getting the virus or being harmed byus the vi who usedth that business. That is something they say is critical to them. He says some 3,000 lawsuits have been filed over the pandemic so far. Ot others say sheyre notre ifth this is priority that it needsto to be. Woodruff lisa, what aboutwh whats next. Republicans have said that they might have a draft plan as early as today, whats itook loo eing like now . We are in extraordinary times it was extraordiry day at the capitol today. I stood outside the Senate Republican lunch, where republicans wire meeting the chief of staff and treasury secretary. Idea they were supposed to allt get on board their plan for whao to do about this virus. What to do aboutur economy and instead, judy, they walked out with less n theyhant th ad going in. When you talk to people in the room they saide that ther were instead of one or twoid ideas, 50 ideas. Manyma senators bringing upbi ions of dollars, maybe for the Hotel Industry, for another industry in their state that are divided amongstgs themselves and judy, they are alsoivided with their president. Th the president is asking ecifically for the payroll taxcu cut. Th that is something most republicans and most d disagree with, republicans behind closed doors, difficult tobreak with the president even though theyre starting to publicly state that. One other area, judy, where there isdisagreement amont republicansith their presidenis is on ting. Lets look at a graph. Th white house has sent mixed signals sying it supports mo testing, but not a gat deal it it. They feel like theres money already that could be used for it. Mo most Senate Republicans disagree with that. They say there i ney more mo left they are proposing rightno now about 5 billion for testing to help states g more tests tout you and i everyone in the country. Ho House Democrats propose 75 million for testing, they say republicans dont go far enoughu the republicans including white house chief of staff late today, to tell you where thingsre, democrats walked out of that meeting say republicans have no an. They are in disarray was the word that House Speaker nancylo used, we cant negotiate with them. We have a plan, they dont, we need republicansne to tell us where they stand. Woodruff so much important material here to follow. Li, given all this, when can americans look for something final to come out . Reporter well, this is alll part of theegislative process,of of course. Mve been through dramatic upsn and downs onny issues. The deadline that many are watching is that july 31st deadline for Unemployment Benefits end. That is when millions of americans will see 600 less per week, that could affect things like rent immediately in augustu also, schools planning tore reopen in the first week of august are waiting for mey. They are saying to congress they need some at least seme guida on what is going to happen. Of next week, now because of the republicans still seeming to form their plan, i hav to sayy it look likely august is when i think we could see this hole package get through congress. Wh who knows, things change datoday. Woodruff a lot of people closely,losely ery li desjardins we thank youth. Youre welcome. To woodruff well spea leading republican lawmaker in just a moment. But first, lets hear from some ofthe people who stand to beom directly impacted by the legislation at hand. Two of the major sg points lisa just ntioned extending Unemployment Benefits past the end of the month, and protecting businesses from covidrelat lawsuits are at the top of many peoples minds. So, i own a small taproom focused brewery just outside of atlanta in evandale estates, georgia. And weve been open just a year now. So itsuite an interesting we have not been able to hire. People to come and work in the kitchen because they are making more money now with the additnal 600 thats coming from the federal government than avey were making previously. So they dontan incentive om come to work and they are happy to stay atwhile theyre able to collect this paycheck versus looking for employment. Re i cly live in louisville, kentucky. Part time job, i worked in the Hotel Industry as my Part Time Job and in the Healthcare Industry as a payroll Team Supervisor when i became furloughed as of may 2. Me, stereotype us as being that we all are sitting at home and we just want to collect a check and eat bonbons, at is not right. There are some people that are getting pa more. I cant speak for them, but for me, my check, the extra six dollars is comparable to what i was getting paid prior to being furloughed and laid off. So the 600, im not saying im getting paid extra. I wish that was the case, but im not. And i would love to go back to a job and be more stab i own and im the general of loco doro rent, an Italian Restaurant in austin, texas. We need grants and or loans. We need tax, tax rebates and tax credits. Liability protection puts no money in my pocket, puts no money in my employees pockets, does not create any work for, for our restaurant or for the people who work in our restaunt, and i know that senator mcconnell has said he will not pass anything that doesnt include liay protection. And if he is going to sacrifice all of the things that all the Small Businesses in ts country need to be able to make it through this reduced revenue, reduced capacity world to wiotect employers who are taking risks, that is ly misplaced priority. I think having some stated protections would help any business, and in particular, as a Small Business owner, i cant imagine how i would defend a case if a staffember did try to sue us because they hadte contrthe virus while working. So, yeah, i would definitely bee in favor ofng some sort of liability proction put in place for busisses, obviously, business was fong thethat the current guidelines. Woodruff as we hear, all eyes are now on congress for covid relief. Lets turn now to republican senator david perdue of georgia. Senator, thank you so much for joining us. We just heards reporting from or Lisa Desjardins about di disagreements still among senat, about what to do. Speaker pelos senator schumer say republicans ar in disarray. Are you in disarray . I listened most of that, i lovely saw, but that was a gross misrepresentation of happened in that room today. At go back and look at first cares act, different components that weve had. . 9 trillion, by the way, only about two trillion has beenfu fully allocat. We we have a trillion dollars yetto to flow into the economy. There are several key points, w w see how that is receiveded and impacted the business world. Also ou hospitals and schools. We proced seven million new jobs between last halff mayan and month of june. Th the economy is beginning to open up again. We need to foll the protocol and what were talking about right now are priorities to support not only the opening ofu our businesses, but also the r reopening of our schools, more hospitals, what we dont want to do turn this into a binary conversation between Liability Protection and bailing out our st financially troubled states. Ng youre g to see this planro roll out, ll5 n for ed cakes and will be some other things coming in the next few days. Woodruff sooure saying next few days. Let me just ask you y, knowth the house voted its plan out3 trillion at the end of may. Youre still debating this in the senate its almost the end of july. Why is it that republins ofth the sen at that time have been able to come together with majority republicansst i j said that the reasonth that we purposely did this, we said it back then, when we talked about it a month a. We want to see how f first round of cares act, 2. 9 trillion not only economy but our schools and our hospitals. We were beginning to have a better vision ofthat right now, w h stille almost a Million Dollars that havent fled to the econom a plot the money in hospitals and our communities have already been disbursed that is oneve wee looking at as high priority. Re reopening schools is such an emotional issue, wee lookingat at that very carefully. And ppp we still have almost 140 billion that has not been allocated that went to that. Ma main Street Program just now going out. Th the fact that this being reported as an artificial delay, we cant get ouct together is a gross misrepresentation of what wre doing here. What were doi is proper, prudent oversightwh of weve already allocated. What about something that is about to r out, that is u Unemployment Benefits includingt adnal benefits of of 600 awe week. Thosrun out at thend of july july, that is ten days from now. . Here does that stan first of all, judy, the representation that Unemployment Benefits run out is n correct. What happens woodruff the additional the premium, the 600 premi emium, i can tell you in my ate the number one thing that is holding us back from opening up a lotsm ofll businesses further than they are is factth that theyre having trouble getting people to com bk to work because of this premium. That many of the who areremium working get that premium. I i believe that Going Forward weve got reopening the economy, state, particularly, thatmy doesnt include a premium that weve just done to help in the worse time. Were movin past that now andth it needs to be, looking at maybe reprogramming some of the money that hasnt already been us i the first round of cares. Woodruff two very quickqu tions about this covidvi relief. D i do want to ask you about the president wants to cut payroll taxes. Are you in favor of tt . I think payrollnetax is way to do it. I i do support that. I support that better than giving just a direct payment like we did in the first roundof of cares. I i really oppose that, because we didnt see the impact back in 11 a 12 when it was done. Th this thing is in senting people to the tax structure, i do support as business guy i think that does work. Th it needs to be targeted, it needs to be short to be focused on the immediate needs in the next few days mont. Woodruff your proposal on school,12 schools to help them come up with the best plan for reopening. As as you know a number of teachers are saying they are concerned abouthe rush to reopen. How much does your plan take into consideration the i know both of your parents are teachers. Dy. Tha you, that is very sensitive to me. Its a tough decision by local ministrators, i believe that decision is made by the local administration. Rs that is why hesdo pushing itto to the state level. Th thing. A very emotional ive been on the phone with superintendants and prinpals today. What were trying to do i give them some help. We have about 105 billion coming in this next round potentially for k12 and also our cleges. In in k12, to think, if were working parents arng backhese to work weve got to find a way toy saf take care of the education of our children. About half the schools, so far ny schools are doing hybrid program right now they get more clarity. Bu but more testing, ppe, integration with health care, getting database to knowat is going on in those schools and getting a summary of that. A the all thing that make common sense to try to help these administrators make goodsi des about protecting kids,by by the way, families they go home to. Many of the Largest School districts in the state of georgia are saying they are noto going to go back, start the fall semester with inperson classesr are they making a mistake . I couldnt gung that, judy. I dont think anybody can. I trust the local administrator and parents and teachers to make those decisions, its going t vary county by county. Th they all have a little different formula about how they doing it. I dont want to politicize, i dont think its being politicized right now in many of the counties. These ople are. Trying to make earnest and thoughtful decision. Priority isaking our children and their families also reope reopening economy and mthe sure we dont have these kids lose significant portions of this year in terms muchioch educ. En regimen treaand a vaccinear are all integrated into this effort to open, the econom getou our schools moving again and ges us back to some sort of normalce here. Its impossible. Woodruff very quick final quesneon. You ment schools. In schools some members of your republican colleagues think there should bo more money spent on testing, what do you think . We were told today by secretary treasurer that we have that. Y of money available to do ot resist spending more money on testing. We got two groups out there, two control groups. S. Military and our essential workers. Military is following general order number one right now w is a biohazard protocol. We know it works. Eir infection rat and infection rate of essential workers is lower than the restof of us. I i believe in more testing, whatever it takes. Weve been told the money iseth , if its not, well appropriate more money for it. Woodruff senator davidpp perdue of georta. Nk you very much for talking with us. Thanks, jud woodruff in the days other news, the United States justice ckepartment charged that rs working with china have targeted covid19 vaccine. Research on a two chinese nationals were indicted as part of a brder scheme going back ten years. Theyre also accused of stealing weapon designs, drug information and even chinese dissidents. China has now tak its place korea in that shaclub ofd north nations that provide a safe c haven fober criminals in exchange for those criminals to be on call for the b of the state. Woodruff these areirst criminal charges involving attempts to steal Covid Vaccine data, but they are mainly symbolic. The chinese suspects remain at large, and federal officials y concede they are not lik be arrested. The European Union approved a plan today woh 2. 1 trillion to help Member States throh the pandemic recession. After a marathon, fourday meeting in germany,locs strongest nations agreed to share the debt. Weaker states will get grants that do not have to be repaid. The package must still be ratified by all e. U. Members. In ohio the spear of the state House Republican Larry Householder and four other men were arrested as part of a 60 million bribery scheme. Its believed to be the largest Money Laundering operation in ohios history. E me resulted in a roughly 1billion Financial Rescue for two of the states Nuclear Power plants. Resident trumps threat to send other cities is sticago and reverberating tonight. H says big cities with democratic mayoe let protests turn violent. And acting secretary of omeland security chad wolf vowed today that we will not retreat. But new york mayor bill de blasio said the city will fight back, if it comes to that. This president blusters and bluffs and says hes going to do things and they never materialize on a regular basis. So first, we should not overrate his statements. They are so often not true. Second, if he tried to do it, it would only create more problems, it would backfire, it wouldnt make us safer, and we would immediately take action in crt to stop it. Woodruff federalgents are already in portland, oregon, and last night they fired tear gasot at pters, who pulled down fencing at the federal courthouse. From milisiry bases. Prent trump has threatenedto to veto over that provision. Es the pent is also trying to count he 2020 census from counting people who are in the u. S. Illegally. He signed a memandum today that says they should be excluded. The u. S. Supreme court already blocked efforts to add a Citizenship Question to the census. Opponents of todays move say they will go to court again. Nomineetobe, joe, hastial rolled out another big piece of his economic recovery plan. He called today for spending 775 billion over ten years on elderly care, preschool programs and otherriorities. He said it would create three million jobs, and that President Trump has no plan of his own. Al fohis bluster about his expertise on the economy, he is unable to explain how hell actually help worng families hit the hardest. You know, hes quit , and hes quit on this country. Woodruff the former Vice President is also warning of swift retaliation against any nation that tries to meddle in the 2020 election. In britain a committee of parliament reports the government largely ignored possible russian interference in the brexit referendum. It says officials refused tohe investigate llegations. The 2016 vote approved the breakupith the European Union. The report acknowledges it isic dit, if not impossible, to prove that russian meddling influened the outcome. And, on wall street, investors focused on hopesor mre economic recovery aid from coress. The Dow Jones Industrial average was up 159 points to close at 26,840. The nasdaq fell6 points, but, the s p 500 added 5 points. Woodruff as the pandemic tears across the globe, the toll exacd in liv lost and ruin grows by the day. T or those already in need the hungry and starving nightmares. Accelerating their heres amna nawaz, with the head of a Global Agency on a mission. To h reporter the World Food Program is warninghat by the end of this year, it could have to feed the most people in the agencys history. Nearly 140 million that40 million more than they expectedr covid. In a new report, it warns that covid19 has exacerbated already existing crises like Climate Change and displacement from war. To help keep up with the increased need, the w. F. P. Is calling on developed nations tor vide 5 billion over the next six months. David beasley is the w. F. P. Or executive dirend he joins me now from south carolina, where he was on governor. David beasley, welcome back to the newshour. Thanks f making the time. And we should remind people, even before the pandemic, you were warning World Leaders there was a coming disaster, that 2020 could be the worst humanitarian crisis since world war ii. Were more than halfway through 2020. Now what can you say the effecth of the pandem been on world hunger . Well, youre exactly right. Fore covid hit the scene, i was telling World Leaders that 2020 was going to be your worstt humian crises disaster since world war ii. And ny of the leaders were like, wow. And i began to begin to break it down from yemen to syria to lebanon tohe Desert Locusts to the sahel and sudan and ethiopia, d. R. C. And let me keep going. So we had seen literally in the last couple of years, and imno talking about people going to bed hungry. Im talking about people that atre on the brink of starn. That number has gone from 80 million to 135 Million People as of last year. Thats precovid. Now, with covid, and we were we were feedi about 100 Million People last year. The people goin i mean, oning at the brink to starvation, going wom 135 milln to 270 Million People around tld. Reporter help us understand a little bit about what exactl is unfolding on the ground. Youve continued to travel in recent weeks as safely as you can to see those w. F. P. S operati the ground. What are you seeing . What does that say to people on ink of starvation look like on the ground . Well, it was already pretty bad in many locatiike yemen, devastation from years of war,s well as syria. E then you hanomic collapse inside lebanon. So we were seeing a hunger ratet just spiking se regns with the price, you know, of food and the unavailability of food. And the list goes on, but let me just give you a good example. Take ethiopia, very sizable nation with a lot of poverty, a lot of hunger. But covid has just dynamically impacted, on top of Desert Locusts, which was alreadyta devastating c parts of that country. It, but ethiopia, their about export revenues is tourism. That is completely shot and gone. Well, another major pa of cetheir economy is remitt from their families, friends and loved ones that livand work, lets say, in the unitestates, thats gone. And could keep going from country to country. Nigeria. 98 , 94 of their export revenues is oil. L prices have tanked. Compound that with boko haram and militancy, the sahel. And so as you start breaking it down country by coun and then now understand you, like in the caribbean and central america. Were coming into the hurricanes and cycloneson. Were into the lean season in south sudan now, which means flooding and droughts already on top of a very desperate situation. And so the numbers a beginning to spike. Were seeing economic deterioration. Were seeing supply chain disruption. You rember just a few weeks, few months ago in the United States, people were panicking, just trying to get toilet paper. You can imagine if that happens in one of the most sophisticates ply chain systems in the world, what do you think is happening in, in chad d. R. C. Or somalia . Just imagine the disruption of the availability of food. Ond these people dont have a pantry full of they live literally day to day from hand to mouth. Gr and so if you do a lot down in an area, it is devastating. So if were not there with with a Safety Net Program for people in this situation, youri talking about mass starvation. Youre talking about potentialhs s migration. And or youre also talking abou deep stabilization, politalan and risk, violence in an l extraordinary way. Fl so the cost will be a lot morefe than it will if we come in andn address it on the front end. S reporter you mentioned those supply cin disruptions, of course, people are seeing that around the world. O but you rely on those gettingndt the foodeans you have theg planes to fly. At the man that you have healthyera woon the ground to move the supplies. Youve got trucks to drive them around and deliver them. W every supply chain has beenfo disrupted. Th have you worried, even if you t get the money coming in now, cac you get it where ineeds to go . No yes. In fact, this is a significant and very sious issue. Weve got the supply chain were doing that vll, bute becausairline industry has all but shut down with passengers and cargo, you ct move covid supplies. So, while weve been able tov our Food Supplies in a pretty good way, though, there are hiccups and issues, theco id supplies cant get there from testing kits to ventilators to mask and p. P. E. And let me just keep going. Well, we are picking up that Logistics Service to we are now the logistics, humanitian backbone for the entire United Nations systems from who, unicef, u. N. H. C. R. , i. M. , et cetera, and all the n. G. O. S. On and if we have the money for that, and thats money that w. F. P. Needs to help all agencies around the world. It is critical that we have that money and we have it now. N and quite frankly, we run out of that moy in about three weeks. Reporter david beasley, youre asking for billions of dollars to help keep those tensl of millions of people from starvation, the u. S. Is facing a deep recession in economies around the world are coracting. How do you convince World Leaders right now that this is something they need to inst in, turn their resourcesur towards . You know, the response so far has been amazing. Quite frankly, its been shocking in the United States senate and the house. Ive been talking withpu icans and democrats, and though theyre fighting on erything, when it comes food aid and International Foreign support and these types of issues, because they understand its in the national secury interests of the american people. And i know in theeanre strapped. Community is, were making the case, if you dont help us now, going to cost you. And let me give an example of this ongoing. In the syrian war we would ed a syrian for about 50 cents a day. And thats almost double thehe normal rate, but its a war zon ast the logistics of coare higher. That same syrian who does not nt to leave syria, but if theyri dont have food and any degree of peace, theyll do at any mom and dad uld do. They willet their children to a place where they can feed their families. So if that family ends up in berlin or brussels, its not 50 ents a day. The humanitarian support package is 50100 euros per day. So its a hundred times the normal cost. And quite frankly, we when we feed about 100 Million People, we survey people all the time. They dont want to leave home. They really want to be in tirwa home. It doesnt matter whether its guatemala or whether its in nigeria or whether its in syria. Toople generally dont wan leave home. And so, if were there for them with a Safety Net Program in this time of crisis, i believe we can avert famine. Ma we can avert migration and destabilization. But we need the money. Not next year, but we need it right now. Reporter crisis on top ofep another crisis. Tiat is david beasley, exe director of the world food progra thank you so mch for your time. Thank you. Woodruff we call our series on Higher Education rethinking college for a number of reasons, but this summer colleges are literally rethinking everything. Roughly half of the colleges an hari srsan reports on a pair of schools currently taking different approaches for thet fall. Reporter College Administrators and their legal teams have spent months crafting reopening plans. Carefully spaced seating charts; daily temperature checks; frequent testing; and threats of expulsion for those hostingst large parties. Full stadiums cheering for the home team this fall unlikely, but most of americas Higher Ed Institutions arpushing ahead with plans for some form of in person instruction. Im pleased to publicly announce today our intention and plan to returto inperson class. Reporter thats dr. Robert robbins at the end of april. Dr. Robbins is a cardiothoracic orgeon, but also the president of the universiarizona in tucson. The Public University typically enrol about 44,000 students. It has been promoting its test, trace, and treat plan, and a highprofile reopening Task Force Led by former u. S. Surgeon general richard carmona, who is a longtime faculty member. Nd make no mistake, cases deaths are increasing. During a virtual bg, dr. Ek, carmona and dr. Robbins raised serious concerns about the huge spike in arizonas covid19 cases, and indicated current plans to offer aix of inperson and Remote Learning may have to change. How many inperson interactions aree gonna have . It may be zero. Reporter i spoke with dr. Robbins soon after that briefing. m ery, very concerned about having our university open. Certainly today we wouldnt dort it. Reporter whats the level of responsibility that the university has . Ar right, im at right now, im about to send rising sophomore freshmen your campus. They get sick or worse. What happens . Yeah, thats a good question, i dont have an answer to. Were no different thanny other university whos trying to balance the risk of bringing students back to theius versus the benefit of themng getontinuing their education and giving the ability to do that with thr colleagues. Reporter the University Says needrly 70 on campus have te positive for the coronavirus since testing began in march. Dr. Robbins hopes as many as half of the faculty will vonntarily return to inper instruction, but some staff who keep t University Running have less flexibility to remain at t home. Those and other concerns are causing some on campus to push ceck on reopening plans. Were very ced about whether there are enoughce prres and policies in place to keep everyone safe. Re rter journalism associate professor Celeste Gonzalez de bustamante says a small group shrepresents the coalition for academic justice did a survey that showed most of faculty, staff, and grad students, who responded, were uncomfortable returning to campus. Many faculty are older which puts them at greater risk forpu serio complications from covid. Bustamante says she and her colleagues are concerns, raised at other schools, that universities are prioritizing the wrong things. The desions that are being made are being driven bys, the finanhe financial situation, and keep trying to keep the university of arizona financially solvent, whicit is. It has a double a moodys rating. Reporter the schools tuition will remain the same next year. Dr. Robbins admits money is a factor, but not the only factor. Its very clearly one of e drivers. Thes no question about it. Were the largest employer in southern arizona. Ayweve already had a fewfswe here. A couple of hundred, as a matter of fact. At ansso, the economics of thi drive it, but not primarily. Reporter but its not just faculty raising concerns. I am stressed, i am full f anxiety. Reporter incoming senior armando Gavin Ramirez is a tucson native. Four members of his extend family have died of covid19. S i he s has Underlying Health issues and cant afford Health Insurance so he wl likely stay home, but he feels the school hasnt provided enough support for students who have struggled with Remote Learning. I have a cputer that audio sometimes works and sometimes ie doesnt. I have the internet that crashes at least twice a day, right. Will the universityferingin computers . Will we be helping establish Better Internet connections . Will they provide theca technololead for the students to be able to succeed a in an online environment for an entire semester . Reporter another question that los large beyond the university of arizona for those who do decide to return to campus, will social distancingca work . Infections have already staed spreading at different campuses across the country recent coronavirus outbreaks at several schols, including theas university ofngton and u. C. Berkeley, have been tied to fraternity houses. But there are schools not planning to return tus at all. One of them is paul quinn college, a small, religiously affiliated, historally black college in dallas, texas, another state grappling with. Coronavir i think the first thing that you have to ask yourselfne ly is can you keep your students and your stf safe . Reporter Michael Sorrell is the schools president. S chool is keeping the same tuition as last year, but lowering other costs by more than 2,000 as students continue with Remote Learning. He says the risks of the newig virus outthe benefits of students returning to campus, especially for the cmunity of students he serves. To the extent that something to the tune off ourun students are of color and thosee he communities that are being ravaged, that a disproportionate amount by this virus, then absolutely we feel of concern and caritional level reporter are you concerned that people who are writing the checks are ing to say, you know, this Online Education doesnt seem like what i signed up for and what i paid for. Yes. Im absolutely concerned that people will make a different w decision. If ure making a different decision then heres what you are rejecting an institution that put you first. That sa your health and safety and wellbeingas of such concern to us that we were willing to change our onomic model to ensure your safety. R incoming senrnealous manning says like many students, hed to returno campus for his last year, but beyond personal health concerns, he worries what an outbreak would do to the college he loves. F a Small Institution like paul quinn even a small covid outbreak could be detrimental ta our brand andy just the mission of the institution. Ck reporter n tucson, preparations continue for some students, staff, and faculty to return to campus in late august. Dr. Robbins will be announcing his final decision on what that reopening will look like by the end of this month. For the pbs newshour, im hari sreenivasan. Woodruff the coronavirus pandemic has dealt a huge blow to the mus industry. Concer as we knew them were one of the first things to be canceled and will be among the and in a recent survey of small Jeffrey Brown has our look, part ulf our ongoing arts andre series, canvas. Se reporter derr better known by his stage name, dnice, calls it Club Quarantine. A creative response born ofy necess march when covid19 brought live music performances to a stop. Im used to interacting with people and feeling energy frompl peoe, i mean, you can drop a hot record and you can watch the crowgo crazy. Well, how do you, you know, do that online . Reporter a prominent hip hop oducer, rapper, and d. J. Whos used to playing live in clubs around the worldhe now performed from home, on instagram live, spinning records for hours, mixing in artists, watching gilllow crowd swell, from a few hundred to more than 100,000 around the world. Oh, my god, Michelle Obama is in here ere elle obama is in reporter including celebrities as eager as everyone else for a dance party. What does do for you in terms of reaching an audience . Because its really a totally different way ofnteractingen with an audience, right . Oh, totally. I just started reading the comments and i would just payio atteto what they were saying and the energy that they a re feeling. And also thereature on instagram where someone is, if aymeone is appreciating what youre doing org or enjoying that conversation, they will cotantly hit the heart button. Wi i just kept seng hearts flying every time i would play a song, hearts were just flying. S and that e energy that iwa was feeling. Honestly, it is one of the most exciting feelings that ive had recently in terms of d. J. Ing. Reporter the pandemic has devastated the world of the arts, with concert halls, clubs and theaters shut down, and forced a different kind ofe survivalmodeativity. More recently, live returned in limit ways, including at some drivein shows. The audice in or near their cars, distanced from one another. The rockand spafford was one of the first to try a drivein concert in the u. S. , in mesa, arizona, in may. Covid19 had cut short the rcnds nationwide tour in n the months following, they held zoom calls, practiced in their homes, and camith plans for the drivein show. Brian moss is spaffords guitarist. You were probably worried about when you would get up there at all, right . So there you were. And whahappened . It felt totally new. You know, i was i was playing a g chord and i was like, man, this is just the best sounding g chori could ever play. Like, evy note had a differentch feeling. It felt like i was re learningng how to play in a bd, like all over again. And it was totally vulnerable. Ki and its that of where i want to be when im on the stage, because thats where the risks happen and thats where the fun starts. reportermagical moment, and maybe more to come. Earlier this month the Global Entertainment compalive nation put on a threecity drivein tour with big names like brad paley and nelly. But for bands like spafford, is this a viable solion Going Forward . No, its not necessarily aar way for the band to make up for all the income lost with all of and no, this is not a way to keep the band financially stable. It wont break us, but themuoy of playinc and the joy oft. Bringing music to our fans is the most important part in Something Like this. R orter but artists arent the only ones impacted by thes lost revenue. It els ke theres a death sentence hanging over our industry. Reporter dayna frank is owner of first avue in minneapolis, a legendary 50 yearold Minneapolis Club where, among much else, prince performed and filmed purple rain. Now it sits empty, its 500 employe dwindled to 20. It doesnt surprise me at people are out therehe provide this servialueng to for their community, but its not, its not a revenue stream. It doesnt like, you know, its not a solve for the instry. Its like trying to fill a Swimming Pool with a drop of water. L you know, its fun. And like, it provides some distractions and some meaningful experiences for people, but itit doesnt make a busine survive. Reporter frank is president of the national independentna renue association, wch formed in april and hid a lobbying firm to press congress for a lifeline. The group now has nearly 2,000 member venues, including many that have made a mark in music story. Frank says clubs like hers have enormo Economic Impacts on their communities. She cites a study showing every doar spent on a ticket generates 12f Economic Activity for lal businesses like restaants, hotels and cabs. But theres even more at stakers than dol whats lost if a club like yours or others under . I cant even its so hard to think about. Yolose an entire subset of culture, you lose experiences that people maybdidnt even know they could have. You know, we our venues, ourur spaces are where people go to celebrate the best night of their lives, they et their spouses there. Emotional and just culturale experiences. Thatant be held anyplaceat else. Reporter where will the music go from here . R dnice is still spinning, but wondering whats next. Live performance, is it . For a do you continue on with Club Quarantine or what happens . So, i dont think this is a a substituall, because theres nothing like being in front of a Live Audience you know, that energy is unmatched. But i dont i ct imagine, like, me like, discontinuing any of these performances in the future because i happen to like this, too. I think this is a great addition. I know that the music is ultimately saving lives, youin know, is, you know, i dont want essential worker, knowan that there are people out here that truly needed this experience to still feel reporter for the pbs newshour, im Jeffrey Brown. Woodruff we turn now to President Trumps agenda. Ed he retuo the podium this evening, reinstating covid updates. Yamichnow yowere so, watching and listening. Ni what is the news from what the president said . Reporter well the president held a brilfing that wasd with mixed messaging much he had a stark warni about the virus but also was sharie s misleading information. The information said that things are going to get far worsef e they get better which is a stark cake, because he has been down playing sayin it would disappear. But said that using notes. Minutes later without notese said actually it will disappearh res no evidence. The president did about face. Issue of facial coughing. E were asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask. Get a mask. Sk whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact, theyy will have an impact we needwe everythin can get. Thing about patriotism, maybe ie ps. It help. Now, we have experts that have said in the recentas that masks arent necessarily good to wear, you know that. T but noy have changed their mind. If they change their mind thath or me. Nough so i wear it when appropriate. Is right that Health Officials first they were saying dont use areal coughing, now they saying. He was slower than healthlt officials to adopt idea of wea Wearing Masks as a result he only wore mask in public a few weeks ago. Other thing president said that governors dont need anything. When in fact e reporting the governor asked Vice President and pence for equipment testing, they also want resources to try to open up school for safely. Woodruff separately, yamiche, another issuev been reporting on the Trump Administration sendingeral always into portland, oregon, to deal with protests ther, some violence. What are you learning about that tonight . Reporter theres a lot of backlash that department of Homeland Security is o receiving because they have been sending federal agents into portland, oregon, people sd th is targeting people protesters, i attended a briefing today wth a department secretary, chad wolfe questioned him about gvernor of oregon saying he spoke to him directly asked him toe rem ose officials. Here is what he said. What i would say is, if you perspective we wouldnt be there, just like were not ebb any other city with this type of deploymentource having to protect other court houses. Fact that we are there, is because local officials are not taking action. Think are not procting not helping to address the situation, i think that is the key difference. Porter so there you hear him saying that the governor and local businesses are not doing their job. He says that federal officials are protectl can fede buildingspecifically the courthouse, a lot of people say this a violation of the law and constitution here. Other thing to note that he was defending officers not havingng their names on their uniforms as well as using unmarked cars, thats really being done toe pr the officers. But there are a lot of people saying that is not the behavior that shou be happening on u. S. Soil when it comes to largely people protesting. Veryodff finally, quickly. The white house today threatening to veto defensefe authorization act coming out of the house of reprentatives, what are you learning about that . Reporter this is a major defense bill that sets forth Funding Priorities for the department of def. Sede the white house is threatening to veto because president has takenissue with the fact that the bill is fitrcing mry bases and military installation to rename bases that are namedfe after crate figures. Is saying thatt he doesnt t want back this bill, the house in the last hour passed a veto proof version that have bill, reporting of pbs newsur is that we have is even if he slows it down wontbl beto stop it, per se. Woodruff all that is veryer important, yamiche. Thank you for your reporting. And that is the newshour r im judy woodruff. Join us online and again here tomorrow evening. F mo for all o at the pbs newshour, thank you, please sta safe and see you soon. Sa fe s major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by when the world gets complicated, a lot goes through your mind. With fidelity wealth management, a dedicated advisor can tailco advice and endations to your life. Il thats fidelity wealth management. Id consumer cellula johnson johnson. Carnegie corporation of new york. Suporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of internationaripeace and se. Em at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoinessupport of institutions and individuals. He am this proas made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc ne captioned byac mediss group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org da pati narrates y my good friend and fefellow che, vivian howard, is visiting me ala. The way from north carol Vivian Vivian vivian pati ting me ala. The pati vivian arol pati narrates were exploring our different cultures byin shsome of the foods we love. Oh, you are giving me the pretty one vivian i am pati narrates im making two mexican classics, pierno de cerdobada or adobo porroast, and a tres leches with a crazy twist its a cuatro leches cake. Vivian oh pati narrates and vivian is rounding out her meal with three southern staples. Mmm i love this. Pati narrates turnip greens with country sausage. Texas caviar, which is a lot like pico de gallo. And tritional hoecakes. I am loving all the names fo al. 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