1 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:12,800 >>> WE JUST WANNA SEE FRIENDS 2 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:12,800 AND WE WANNA SEE OUR FAMILY, AND 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,200 WE WANT TO HUG EACH OTHER! 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,200 >> YEAH, IT'S A LONG TIME. 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,467 >> EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO THOSE 6 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,467 TEARS. 7 00:00:18,467 --> 00:00:24,433 WE ALL FEEL THAT! 8 00:00:18,467 --> 00:00:24,433 >> I WANT YOU TO HUG YOUR SON. 9 00:00:24,433 --> 00:00:27,300 >> WHAT A GOOD BOY YOU ARE! 10 00:00:24,433 --> 00:00:27,300 >> WE'RE TURNING A CORNER, AND 11 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:30,400 WE JUST GOTTA HOLD ONTO IT A BIT 12 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:30,400 LONGER. 13 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,400 >> COVID CHANGED A LOT ABOUT OUR 14 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,400 LIFE, AND SOME OF IT PROBABLY 15 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,433 WON'T GO BACK. 16 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,433 >> DO YOU THINK COVID IS A 17 00:00:34,433 --> 00:00:38,167 MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF 18 00:00:34,433 --> 00:00:38,167 TRAVEL? 19 00:00:38,167 --> 00:00:40,400 >> IT MAY CHANGE TRAVEL 20 00:00:38,167 --> 00:00:40,400 FUNDAMENTALLY. 21 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,667 >> HOW DO YOU THINK STUDENTS 22 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,667 WILL RECOVER? 23 00:00:44,667 --> 00:00:48,067 >> I THINK WE ARE FACING A 24 00:00:44,667 --> 00:00:48,067 CATASTROPHIC EXPERIENCE FOR 25 00:00:48,067 --> 00:00:49,767 MILLIONS OF CHILDREN. 26 00:00:48,067 --> 00:00:49,767 >> DO WE SUSPECT THAT JOBS WILL 27 00:00:49,767 --> 00:00:51,767 COME BACK? 28 00:00:49,767 --> 00:00:51,767 >> I THINK THEY WILL COME BACK. 29 00:00:51,767 --> 00:00:54,033 >> WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA SEE 30 00:00:51,767 --> 00:00:54,033 SOME KIND OF BOOM. 31 00:00:54,033 --> 00:00:59,167 >> WHEN THESE STREETS ARE 32 00:00:54,033 --> 00:00:59,167 BUZZING AGAIN, WE'LL KNOW WE'RE 33 00:00:59,167 --> 00:01:02,867 BACK. 34 00:00:59,167 --> 00:01:02,867 PEOPLE WILL SEEK OUT NIGHT CLUBS 35 00:01:02,867 --> 00:01:12,433 AND BARS AND RESTAURANTS. 36 00:01:02,867 --> 00:01:12,433 IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE 37 00:01:12,433 --> 00:01:14,433 ROARING 38 00:01:12,433 --> 00:01:14,433 ROARING 20s. 39 00:01:14,433 --> 00:01:18,300 >> I HOPE THAT BRINGS A GREATER 40 00:01:14,433 --> 00:01:18,300 SENSE OF HUMANITY. 41 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:20,300 WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER! 42 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:20,300 >> GOOD EVENING FROM THE LINCOLN 43 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:22,833 MEMORIAL. 44 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:22,833 I'M LESTER HOLT, AND JOINING ME 45 00:01:22,833 --> 00:01:25,100 FOR THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF 46 00:01:22,833 --> 00:01:25,100 "DATELINE" IS MY COLLEAGUE 47 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:29,067 SAVANNAH GUTHRIE. 48 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:29,067 >> THANKS LESTER. 49 00:01:29,067 --> 00:01:35,567 A YEAR AGO TODAY COVID STOPPED 50 00:01:29,067 --> 00:01:35,567 THE WORLD. 51 00:01:35,567 --> 00:01:36,900 BUT IT FEELS LIKE THE WHEELS ARE 52 00:01:35,567 --> 00:01:36,900 STARTING TO TURN AGAIN. 53 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:42,967 EARLIER TONIGHT WE HEARD FROM 54 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:42,967 PRESIDENT BIDEN, MARKING THIS 55 00:01:42,967 --> 00:01:44,300 ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN 56 00:01:42,967 --> 00:01:44,300 COVID FIRST BECAME REAL TO 57 00:01:44,300 --> 00:01:45,400 AMERICANS. 58 00:01:44,300 --> 00:01:45,400 THE PRESIDENT WAS LOOKING BACK, 59 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:46,500 BUT HE WAS ALSO LOOKING AHEAD TO 60 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:46,500 NORMALCY. 61 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:47,933 >> AND, WE'RE DOING THE SAME. 62 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:47,933 SO MANY BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 63 00:01:47,933 --> 00:01:51,533 FUTURE. 64 00:01:47,933 --> 00:01:51,533 WHEN WILL THINGS BE BACK TO 65 00:01:51,533 --> 00:01:54,700 NORMAL? 66 00:01:51,533 --> 00:01:54,700 AND WHEN CAN WE STOP WEARING 67 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:58,900 THESE? 68 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:58,900 WE START WITH A FEW WISHES WE 69 00:01:58,900 --> 00:02:00,867 PROBABLY ALL SHARE. 70 00:01:58,900 --> 00:02:00,867 >> SEND ME ANYWHERE WHERE THERE 71 00:02:00,867 --> 00:02:04,567 IS WARM SUN AND A BEACH, AND A 72 00:02:00,867 --> 00:02:04,567 TON OF PEOPLE LISTENING TO GOOD 73 00:02:04,567 --> 00:02:06,067 MUSIC. 74 00:02:04,567 --> 00:02:06,067 >> I WILL BE HUGGING MY 75 00:02:06,067 --> 00:02:08,633 DAUGHTER. 76 00:02:06,067 --> 00:02:08,633 THE LONGEST HUG IN HISTORY. 77 00:02:08,633 --> 00:02:13,133 >> SHARING FOOD AND STORIES 78 00:02:08,633 --> 00:02:13,133 WITHOUT MASKS. 79 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:23,067 >> BEING AROUND EVERYONE AGAIN, 80 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:23,067 EVEN THE ONES YOU DON'T EVEN 81 00:02:23,067 --> 00:02:24,500 LIKE THAT MUCH. 82 00:02:23,067 --> 00:02:24,500 >> AFTER A YEAR OF LOCKDOWN, WE 83 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:29,900 ALL HAVE A WISH LIST AND A 84 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:29,900 QUESTION -- 85 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:32,733 WHEN WILL WE GET OUR LIVES BACK? 86 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:32,733 >> CHRISTMAS IS WHAT PRESIDENT 87 00:02:32,733 --> 00:02:35,300 BIDEN HAS SAID. 88 00:02:32,733 --> 00:02:35,300 I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'LL BE A 89 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:39,033 BELL THAT TOLLS ON CHRISTMAS 90 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:39,033 THAT SAYS, "WE'RE BACK TO 91 00:02:39,033 --> 00:02:42,200 NORMAL." 92 00:02:39,033 --> 00:02:42,200 >> DR. NAHID BHADELIA, AN 93 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,733 INFECTIOUS DISEASE PHYSICIAN AT 94 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,733 BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER, SAYS WHEN 95 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:49,267 WE GET BACK TO NORMAL DEPENDS ON 96 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:49,267 THE VIRUS, ON SCIENCE, AND ON 97 00:02:49,267 --> 00:02:51,333 US. 98 00:02:49,267 --> 00:02:51,333 >> WE'RE TURNING THE CORNER 99 00:02:51,333 --> 00:02:54,933 BASED ON THE INTERVENTIONS WE'RE 100 00:02:51,333 --> 00:02:54,933 DOING RIGHT NOW. 101 00:02:54,933 --> 00:02:58,333 AND WE JUST GOTTA HOLD ONTO IT A 102 00:02:54,933 --> 00:02:58,333 BIT LONGER UNTIL WE GET MORE OF 103 00:02:58,333 --> 00:03:03,167 US VACCINATED. 104 00:02:58,333 --> 00:03:03,167 >> WE'VE BEEN HOLDING ON SINCE 105 00:03:03,167 --> 00:03:08,433 EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TONIGHT, 106 00:03:03,167 --> 00:03:08,433 MARCH 11TH, 2020 -- THE DAY 107 00:03:08,433 --> 00:03:10,167 COVID REALLY HIT HOME. 108 00:03:08,433 --> 00:03:10,167 >> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT -- THE 109 00:03:10,167 --> 00:03:13,600 CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK DECLARED A 110 00:03:10,167 --> 00:03:13,600 GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 111 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,533 >> WE WILL BE SUSPENDING ALL 112 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,533 TRAVEL FROM EUROPE. 113 00:03:16,533 --> 00:03:20,000 >> THE GAME TONIGHT HAS BEEN 114 00:03:16,533 --> 00:03:20,000 POSTPONED. 115 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,833 >> TOM HANKS REVEALING HE AND 116 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,833 HIS WIFE HAVE TESTED POSITIVE 117 00:03:22,833 --> 00:03:25,667 FOR THE VIRUS. 118 00:03:22,833 --> 00:03:25,667 >> WE HOPED IT WOULD GO AWAY 119 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:30,200 QUICKLY. 120 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:30,200 IT DIDN'T. 121 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,600 AND NEW TERMS BECAME PART OF OUR 122 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,600 DAILY VOCABULARY -- SOCIAL 123 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,167 DISTANCING, ZOOM MEETINGS, 124 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,167 FLATTEN THE CURVE. 125 00:03:36,167 --> 00:03:39,300 >> SHUTDOWNS EXPAND ACROSS THE 126 00:03:36,167 --> 00:03:39,300 COUNTRY. 127 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:42,500 >> BROADWAY IS GOING TO GO DARK. 128 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:42,500 THE SHOW WILL NOT BE GOING ON. 129 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:45,267 >> MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS 130 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:45,267 SUSPENDING SPRING TRAINING. 131 00:03:45,267 --> 00:03:47,267 >> SCHOOL DISTRICTS ANNOUNCE 132 00:03:45,267 --> 00:03:47,267 SWEEPING CLOSURES. 133 00:03:47,267 --> 00:03:48,967 >> THIS ONLINE IS NOT GONNA 134 00:03:47,267 --> 00:03:48,967 WORK. 135 00:03:48,967 --> 00:03:51,233 >> BASICALLY, IT SUCKS. 136 00:03:48,967 --> 00:03:51,233 >> UM, DEFINITELY LESS 137 00:03:51,233 --> 00:03:54,667 INTERESTED. 138 00:03:51,233 --> 00:03:54,667 >> THERE WERE LONG LINES FOR 139 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:57,800 TESTING. 140 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:57,800 HEALTHCARE WORKERS DESPERATE FOR 141 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,567 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. 142 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,567 >> WE HAVE TO RISK POSSIBLY OUR 143 00:04:01,567 --> 00:04:04,367 OWN LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OUR 144 00:04:01,567 --> 00:04:04,367 FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE 145 00:04:04,367 --> 00:04:08,333 OF OUR PATIENTS. 146 00:04:04,367 --> 00:04:08,333 >> AS HOT SPOTS SPREAD ACROSS 147 00:04:08,333 --> 00:04:13,167 THE NATION, THE HEARTBREAK 148 00:04:08,333 --> 00:04:13,167 BECAME ALL TOO FAMILIAR. 149 00:04:13,167 --> 00:04:17,133 COVID PATIENTS DYING ALONE, 150 00:04:13,167 --> 00:04:17,133 WITHOUT THEIR LOVED ONES. 151 00:04:17,133 --> 00:04:21,667 >> TODAY WAS A ROUGH DAY. 152 00:04:17,133 --> 00:04:21,667 >> NEW JERSEY ICU NURSE 153 00:04:21,667 --> 00:04:25,500 ARLENE VAN DYK KEPT A VIDEO 154 00:04:21,667 --> 00:04:25,500 DIARY, TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF 155 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:29,367 THINGS. 156 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:29,367 >> IT'S SO HARD TO SEE WHAT 157 00:04:29,367 --> 00:04:32,800 THESE PATIENTS GO THROUGH. 158 00:04:29,367 --> 00:04:32,800 >> BY THE NUMBERS, IT'S BEEN A 159 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,900 HISTORIC TRAGEDY -- ALMOST 160 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,900 30 MILLION CASES. 161 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:40,733 MORE THAN HALF A MILLION 162 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:40,733 AMERICANS DEAD. 163 00:04:40,733 --> 00:04:43,867 A REPORTED 100,000 BUSINESSES 164 00:04:40,733 --> 00:04:43,867 SHUTTERED. 165 00:04:43,867 --> 00:04:46,433 NINE AND A HALF MILLION JOBS 166 00:04:43,867 --> 00:04:46,433 LOST. 167 00:04:46,433 --> 00:04:51,833 SUICIDE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON 168 00:04:46,433 --> 00:04:51,833 THE RISE. 169 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:58,100 THE STEEPEST DECLINE IN LIFE 170 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:58,100 EXPECTANCY SINCE WORLD WAR II. 171 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:01,533 THOSE LEFT BEHIND MOURNED THEIR 172 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:01,533 LOVED ONES FROM HOME, ONLINE. 173 00:05:01,533 --> 00:05:05,200 BUT NOT EVEN OUR GRIEF COULD 174 00:05:01,533 --> 00:05:05,200 UNITE US. 175 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,467 >> OUR BIGGEST ACHILLES HEEL WAS 176 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,467 OUR POLITICS. 177 00:05:09,467 --> 00:05:12,900 WHETHER YOU WEAR A MASK OR NOT, 178 00:05:09,467 --> 00:05:12,900 WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THE PANDEMIC 179 00:05:12,900 --> 00:05:16,000 IS REAL OR NOT COMPLETELY ALIGN 180 00:05:12,900 --> 00:05:16,000 WITH YOUR POLITICAL AFFILIATION. 181 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,833 >> WE DON'T COVER OUR FACE IN 182 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,833 AMERICA. 183 00:05:20,833 --> 00:05:24,533 >> THE RESPONSE AT HOME HAS TOO 184 00:05:20,833 --> 00:05:24,533 OFTEN REVEALED THE WORST IN US. 185 00:05:24,533 --> 00:05:29,367 >> A STRING OF VIOLENT ATTACKS 186 00:05:24,533 --> 00:05:29,367 AGAINST ELDERLY ASIAN-AMERICANS 187 00:05:29,367 --> 00:05:31,933 HAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ON ALERT. 188 00:05:29,367 --> 00:05:31,933 >> BUT WE HAVE ALSO SEEN THE 189 00:05:31,933 --> 00:05:38,500 DETERMINATION OF FACELESS 190 00:05:31,933 --> 00:05:38,500 HEROES. 191 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:42,067 AND THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS 192 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:42,067 MOMENTS OF GRACE -- THE 7:00 PM 193 00:05:42,067 --> 00:05:46,467 DAILY SALUTE TO OUR FRONTLINE 194 00:05:42,067 --> 00:05:46,467 HEALTHCARE WORKERS. 195 00:05:46,467 --> 00:05:49,633 A THANK YOU TO A DELIVERY 196 00:05:46,467 --> 00:05:49,633 DRIVER. 197 00:05:49,633 --> 00:05:51,267 >> YOU'RE AN ESSENTIAL WORKER, 198 00:05:49,633 --> 00:05:51,267 BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ESSENTIAL 199 00:05:51,267 --> 00:05:53,833 TO US. 200 00:05:51,267 --> 00:05:53,833 >> A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER 201 00:05:53,833 --> 00:05:56,100 RE-CONNECTING WITH HER STUDENTS. 202 00:05:53,833 --> 00:05:56,100 >> I LOVE YOU. 203 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:58,967 I LOVE YOU. 204 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:58,967 I LOVE YOU. 205 00:05:58,967 --> 00:06:02,067 >> THIS IS NEW YORK'S TIMES 206 00:05:58,967 --> 00:06:02,067 SQUARE, STILL LIT UP BY BRIGHT 207 00:06:02,067 --> 00:06:05,500 LIGHTS AND NEON. 208 00:06:02,067 --> 00:06:05,500 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, 209 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:08,667 350,000 PEOPLE WOULD PASS 210 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:08,667 THROUGH HERE EVERY DAY. 211 00:06:08,667 --> 00:06:12,633 IT'S NOT THE SAME NOW. 212 00:06:08,667 --> 00:06:12,633 THE OLD ENERGY IS MISSING. 213 00:06:12,633 --> 00:06:15,467 BUT WHEN THESE STREETS ARE 214 00:06:12,633 --> 00:06:15,467 BUZZING AGAIN WITH THEATER GOERS 215 00:06:15,467 --> 00:06:21,167 AND TOURISTS, WE'LL KNOW WE'RE 216 00:06:15,467 --> 00:06:21,167 BACK. 217 00:06:21,167 --> 00:06:23,700 >> AS WE HEAD INTO ANOTHER 218 00:06:21,167 --> 00:06:23,700 SPRING, THERE ARE MANY HOPEFUL 219 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:27,400 SIGNS. 220 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:27,400 A THIRD VACCINE AND BETTER 221 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:33,667 ORGANIZATION HAVE ACCELERATED 222 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:33,667 VACCINATIONS ACROSS THE NATION. 223 00:06:33,667 --> 00:06:38,500 THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS 224 00:06:33,667 --> 00:06:38,500 TARGETED THE BEGINNING OF MAY TO 225 00:06:38,500 --> 00:06:41,367 RE-OPEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 226 00:06:38,500 --> 00:06:41,367 THE OLYMPIC GAMES, CANCELED LAST 227 00:06:41,367 --> 00:06:46,467 YEAR, ARE ON TRACK TO START IN 228 00:06:41,367 --> 00:06:46,467 TOKYO THIS JULY. 229 00:06:46,467 --> 00:06:51,600 >> WE'RE QUITE FORTUNATE TO HAVE 230 00:06:46,467 --> 00:06:51,600 THREE REALLY GOOD VACCINES. 231 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,033 BUT LET'S KEEP OUR FEET ON THAT 232 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,033 ACCELERATOR RIGHT NOW BECAUSE 233 00:06:53,033 --> 00:06:58,400 WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT 234 00:06:53,033 --> 00:06:58,400 DIRECTION. 235 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,567 >> AT ARLENE VAN DYK'S HOSPITAL, 236 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,567 THERE'S A BRAND NEW INTENSIVE 237 00:07:01,567 --> 00:07:06,067 CARE UNIT. 238 00:07:01,567 --> 00:07:06,067 THE OLD UNIT IS WHERE ARLENE SAW 239 00:07:06,067 --> 00:07:10,933 SO MUCH PAIN AND SUFFERING. 240 00:07:06,067 --> 00:07:10,933 AND WHEN THEY DEMOLISHED IT, SHE 241 00:07:10,933 --> 00:07:13,233 WANTED IN. 242 00:07:10,933 --> 00:07:13,233 >> WE TOOK OUR ANGER AND OUR 243 00:07:13,233 --> 00:07:14,933 AGGRESSION OUT. 244 00:07:13,233 --> 00:07:14,933 THE ANGER OF WHAT IT WAS DOING 245 00:07:14,933 --> 00:07:19,033 TO PEOPLE. 246 00:07:14,933 --> 00:07:19,033 AND THEIR LIVES AND THEIR 247 00:07:19,033 --> 00:07:21,733 FAMILIES. 248 00:07:19,033 --> 00:07:21,733 >> HERE'S ARLENE, SLEDGEHAMMER 249 00:07:21,733 --> 00:07:26,000 IN HAND. 250 00:07:21,733 --> 00:07:26,000 >> THERE YOU GO COVID. 251 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:40,567 >> CURSING COVID, AND SPEAKING 252 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:40,567 FOR ALL OF US. 253 00:07:40,567 --> 00:07:45,000 >> EARLIER TODAY, PRESIDENT 254 00:07:40,567 --> 00:07:45,000 BIDEN SIGNED HIS MASSIVE COVID 255 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,700 RELIEF BILL INTO LAW. 256 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,700 AND THEN, AS WE MENTIONED, 257 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:52,300 TONIGHT HE GAVE HIS FIRST 258 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:52,300 PRIME TIME ADDRESS ANNOUNCING 259 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:55,500 HE'S HOPEFUL THAT AMERICANS WILL 260 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:55,500 SOON BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE TIME 261 00:07:55,500 --> 00:08:00,300 TOMORROW. 262 00:07:55,500 --> 00:08:00,300 >> IF WE DO OUR PART, IF WE DO 263 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:04,367 THIS TOGETHER, BY JULY THE 4th, 264 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:04,367 THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU, YOUR 265 00:08:04,367 --> 00:08:06,700 FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WILL BE 266 00:08:04,367 --> 00:08:06,700 ABLE TO GET TOGETHER IN YOUR 267 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:12,367 BACK YARD OR NEIGHBORHOOD AND 268 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:12,367 HAVE A COOKOUT OR BARBECUE AND 269 00:08:12,367 --> 00:08:16,567 CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY. 270 00:08:12,367 --> 00:08:16,567 THAT DOESN'T MEAN LARGE EVENTS, 271 00:08:16,567 --> 00:08:20,300 BUT IT DOES MEAN SMALL GROUPS 272 00:08:16,567 --> 00:08:20,300 WILL BE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER. 273 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:26,567 AFTER THIS LONG, HARD YEAR, THAT 274 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:26,567 WILL MAKE THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY 275 00:08:26,567 --> 00:08:30,267 SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL. 276 00:08:26,567 --> 00:08:30,267 >> THE PRESIDENT ALSO SET 277 00:08:30,267 --> 00:08:33,733 ANOTHER DEADLINE, ANNOUNCING 278 00:08:30,267 --> 00:08:33,733 THAT ALL ADULTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE 279 00:08:33,733 --> 00:08:37,900 TO RECEIVE THE COVID VACCINE NO 280 00:08:33,733 --> 00:08:37,900 LATER THAN MAY 1st. 281 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:41,200 THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERY 282 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:41,200 ADULT WILL BE ABLE TO BE 283 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,133 VACCINATED BY THEN. 284 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,133 HE EXPECTS THAT BY THE END OF 285 00:08:44,133 --> 00:09:12,567 MAY. 286 00:08:44,133 --> 00:09:12,567 I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING 287 00:09:12,567 --> 00:09:18,533 MY MASK OFF AND HOLDING AND 288 00:09:12,567 --> 00:09:18,533 KISSING MY GRANDSON AVERY WHO 289 00:09:18,533 --> 00:09:21,933 WAS BORN A YEAR AGO TODAY. 290 00:09:18,533 --> 00:09:21,933 >>> SO MANY MILESTONES. 291 00:09:21,933 --> 00:09:24,200 THIS IS THE BIGGEST VACCINATION 292 00:09:21,933 --> 00:09:24,200 EFFORT IN HISTORY AND THE 293 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,033 FASTEST TOO. 294 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,033 AS OF TODAY, MORE THAN 295 00:09:27,033 --> 00:09:28,367 64 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE BEEN 296 00:09:27,033 --> 00:09:28,367 GIVEN THEIR FIRST DOSE. 297 00:09:28,367 --> 00:09:30,900 TONIGHT, KATE SNOW TAKES YOU TO 298 00:09:28,367 --> 00:09:30,900 THE FRONT-LINE OF THE WAR, RIGHT 299 00:09:30,900 --> 00:09:31,000 HERE. 300 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,133 >> EVERYBODY JUST STEP TO THE 301 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,133 RIGHT PLEASE STEP TO THE RIGHT. 302 00:09:36,133 --> 00:09:39,933 >> ENDING A PANDEMIC TAKES 303 00:09:36,133 --> 00:09:39,933 PLANNING. 304 00:09:39,933 --> 00:09:44,100 >> STAY THERE, STAY THERE I'MMA 305 00:09:39,933 --> 00:09:44,100 COME DOWN THE LINE. 306 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:48,933 >> AND PATIENCE, AND ABOVE ALL, 307 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:48,933 IT TAKES VACCINES. 308 00:09:48,933 --> 00:09:52,633 >> SEE, IT'S EASY! 309 00:09:48,933 --> 00:09:52,633 >> HOLY NAME MEDICAL CENTER 310 00:09:52,633 --> 00:09:58,333 VACCINATES ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE A 311 00:09:52,633 --> 00:09:58,333 DAY HERE IN TEANECK, NEW JERSEY. 312 00:09:58,333 --> 00:10:03,200 >> I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THE JOB 313 00:09:58,333 --> 00:10:03,200 WOULD PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINE. 314 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:04,900 >> DR. MELINDA BALL IS THE CHIEF 315 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:04,900 ANESTHESIOLOGIST AT HOLY NAME. 316 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:08,000 SHE WORKED THROUGH THE WORST 317 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:08,000 DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC. 318 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,267 NOW SHE'S THRILLED THERE ARE 319 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,267 THREE VACCINES. 320 00:10:12,267 --> 00:10:15,133 DO YOU THINK WE'RE MAYBE AT A 321 00:10:12,267 --> 00:10:15,133 TURNING POINT NOT JUST AT THIS 322 00:10:15,133 --> 00:10:18,233 HOSPITAL BUT FOR THE NATION? 323 00:10:15,133 --> 00:10:18,233 >> I WATCH THE VACCINATION 324 00:10:18,233 --> 00:10:21,067 NUMBERS IN EVERY STATE, AND, 325 00:10:18,233 --> 00:10:21,067 LIKE, IT GOES UP EVERY DAY. 326 00:10:21,067 --> 00:10:25,367 AND I DO THINK THAT THAT IS 327 00:10:21,067 --> 00:10:25,367 GONNA BE A TURNING POINT FOR US. 328 00:10:25,367 --> 00:10:28,767 >> A TURNING POINT, PERHAPS, FOR 329 00:10:25,367 --> 00:10:28,767 A VACCINE ROLLOUT THAT WAS 330 00:10:28,767 --> 00:10:32,433 PLAGUED BY PROBLEMS. 331 00:10:28,767 --> 00:10:32,433 UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, 332 00:10:32,433 --> 00:10:34,467 SUPPLY IS INCREASING, BOOSTED BY 333 00:10:32,433 --> 00:10:34,467 THE NEW ONE-DOSE JOHNSON AND 334 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,767 JOHNSON VACCINE. 335 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,767 PHARMACIES ARE GIVING SHOTS 336 00:10:36,767 --> 00:10:40,733 ALONGSIDE THESE MASS VACCINATION 337 00:10:36,767 --> 00:10:40,733 CENTERS. 338 00:10:40,733 --> 00:10:45,300 >> IT'S GETTING MUCH, MUCH 339 00:10:40,733 --> 00:10:45,300 EASIER TO GET A VACCINE. 340 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:46,833 >> DR. PAUL OFFIT IS A 341 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:46,833 VIROLOGIST AND MEMBER OF THE 342 00:10:46,833 --> 00:10:49,833 FDA'S VACCINE ADVISORY 343 00:10:46,833 --> 00:10:49,833 COMMITTEE. 344 00:10:49,833 --> 00:10:52,333 HE'S CONSUMED BY THE CHALLENGE 345 00:10:49,833 --> 00:10:52,333 OF CONQUERING COVID. 346 00:10:52,333 --> 00:10:55,500 HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO BE 347 00:10:52,333 --> 00:10:55,500 VACCINATED EVERY DAY? 348 00:10:55,500 --> 00:10:56,967 >> WELL, I THINK THE BEST-CASE 349 00:10:55,500 --> 00:10:56,967 SCENARIO WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD 350 00:10:56,967 --> 00:10:58,367 VACCINATE 3 MILLION PEOPLE A 351 00:10:56,967 --> 00:10:58,367 DAY. 352 00:10:58,367 --> 00:11:01,767 NOW WE'RE OVER TWO MILLION 353 00:10:58,367 --> 00:11:01,767 PEOPLE A DAY. 354 00:11:01,767 --> 00:11:04,600 BUT I THINK, AT A 2 MILLION PER 355 00:11:01,767 --> 00:11:04,600 DAY RATE, I DO THINK WE CAN 356 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,233 CERTAINLY BY EARLY SUMMER GET TO 357 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,233 THE POINT WHERE WE CAN HAVE 358 00:11:07,233 --> 00:11:10,600 ENOUGH IMMUNITY THAT IT WILL 359 00:11:07,233 --> 00:11:10,600 STOP THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS. 360 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,867 >> THERE ARE REAL CONCERNS 361 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,867 THOUGH ABOUT THE COVID VARIANTS. 362 00:11:14,867 --> 00:11:17,600 OFFIT FEARS THAT SOMEDAY A 363 00:11:14,867 --> 00:11:17,600 VARIANT COULD OUTWIT A VACCINE. 364 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,267 >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T CROSSED 365 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,267 THE CRITICAL LINE. 366 00:11:20,267 --> 00:11:22,267 THE CRITICAL LINE WOULD BE 367 00:11:20,267 --> 00:11:22,267 ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN EITHER 368 00:11:22,267 --> 00:11:25,667 NATURALLY INFECTED WITH THIS 369 00:11:22,267 --> 00:11:25,667 VIRUS, OR HAS BEEN FULLY 370 00:11:25,667 --> 00:11:27,567 VACCINATED BUT NONETHELESS IS 371 00:11:25,667 --> 00:11:27,567 HOSPITALIZED OR DIES FROM ONE OF 372 00:11:27,567 --> 00:11:29,667 THESE VARIANT STRAINS. 373 00:11:27,567 --> 00:11:29,667 THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED ANYWHERE 374 00:11:29,667 --> 00:11:33,667 IN THE WORLD. 375 00:11:29,667 --> 00:11:33,667 >> OFFIT'S OTHER CONCERN? 376 00:11:33,667 --> 00:11:36,167 VACCINE RESISTERS. 377 00:11:33,667 --> 00:11:36,167 HE'S BAFFLED BY THEM. 378 00:11:36,167 --> 00:11:38,167 >> THIS IS A VIRUS TO FEAR, 379 00:11:36,167 --> 00:11:38,167 AND -- AND THE GOOD NEWS IS 380 00:11:38,167 --> 00:11:39,767 WE'RE LIVING IN AN AGE, A 381 00:11:38,167 --> 00:11:39,767 TECHNOLOGICAL AGE WHERE WE CAN 382 00:11:39,767 --> 00:11:45,667 PREVENT THIS VIRUS WITH 383 00:11:39,767 --> 00:11:45,667 VACCINATION. 384 00:11:45,667 --> 00:11:48,033 MAKE THAT CHOICE. 385 00:11:45,667 --> 00:11:48,033 >> BUT SOME ARE SIMPLY WAITING. 386 00:11:48,033 --> 00:11:50,867 >> WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT, KATE, 387 00:11:48,033 --> 00:11:50,867 IS AS WE GET INTO LATE APRIL, 388 00:11:50,867 --> 00:11:54,633 MAY, WE MAY FIND OURSELVES WITH 389 00:11:50,867 --> 00:11:54,633 MORE VACCINES THAN PEOPLE 390 00:11:54,633 --> 00:11:56,433 WILLING TO GET THEM. 391 00:11:54,633 --> 00:11:56,433 >> DR. ASHISH JHA IS DEAN OF THE 392 00:11:56,433 --> 00:12:00,233 BROWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF 393 00:11:56,433 --> 00:12:00,233 PUBLIC HEALTH. 394 00:12:00,233 --> 00:12:03,667 >> THESE VACCINES, WERE 395 00:12:00,233 --> 00:12:03,667 DEVELOPED QUICKLY, AND SO PEOPLE 396 00:12:03,667 --> 00:12:05,633 WANNA JUST BE CAREFUL WANNA MAKE 397 00:12:03,667 --> 00:12:05,633 SURE THAT THESE VACCINES ARE -- 398 00:12:05,633 --> 00:12:08,233 ARE INDEED SAFE. 399 00:12:05,633 --> 00:12:08,233 >> HELLO. 400 00:12:08,233 --> 00:12:10,467 >> HI. 401 00:12:08,233 --> 00:12:10,467 >> LAST NOVEMBER, MANY IN THIS 402 00:12:10,467 --> 00:12:14,200 PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD 403 00:12:10,467 --> 00:12:14,200 IN PITTSBURGH WERE SKEPTICAL 404 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,900 ABOUT THE VACCINES. 405 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,900 FATHER PAUL ABERNATHY IS A 406 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:20,733 COMMUNITY FAITH LEADER HERE. 407 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:20,733 >> WE'RE TALKING TO OUR 408 00:12:20,733 --> 00:12:23,300 NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE VACCINE, AND 409 00:12:20,733 --> 00:12:23,300 WE WANTED TO KNOW YOUR OPINION 410 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:25,133 ON IT. 411 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:25,133 >> AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED IT 412 00:12:25,133 --> 00:12:27,833 COULD BE GIVING US THE VIRUS. 413 00:12:25,133 --> 00:12:27,833 >> OKAY. 414 00:12:27,833 --> 00:12:30,400 >> BUT NOW FATHER PAUL SAYS HE 415 00:12:27,833 --> 00:12:30,400 SEES A TREMENDOUS SHIFT IN 416 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,400 ATTITUDES. 417 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,400 >> PEOPLE ARE SEEING PEOPLE IN 418 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:39,200 THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES RECEIVE 419 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:39,200 THE VACCINE AND DO WELL WITH IT, 420 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,900 AND THAT HAS CREATED THESE 421 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,900 LIVING, WALKING, BREATHING 422 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:45,733 AMBASSADORS FOR VACCINATION. 423 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:45,733 >> THAT SHIFT IS REFLECTED 424 00:12:45,733 --> 00:12:48,600 ACROSS THE NATION. 425 00:12:45,733 --> 00:12:48,600 A RECENT SURVEY BY THE PEW 426 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,600 RESEARCH CENTER FOUND THAT 69% 427 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,600 OF AMERICANS EITHER PLAN TO GET 428 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,867 VACCINATED, OR ALREADY HAVE. 429 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,867 THAT'S UP SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 430 00:12:56,867 --> 00:12:59,133 LATE LAST YEAR. 431 00:12:56,867 --> 00:12:59,133 HERE IN TEANECK, THE 432 00:12:59,133 --> 00:13:01,700 NEWLY-VACCINATED WERE MOSTLY 433 00:12:59,133 --> 00:13:01,700 GRATEFUL AND RELIEVED. 434 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:04,833 >> I DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING. 435 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:04,833 >> IT'S EASY, RIGHT? 436 00:13:04,833 --> 00:13:06,033 >> THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 437 00:13:04,833 --> 00:13:06,033 >> YOU DON'T LIKE NEEDLES? 438 00:13:06,033 --> 00:13:06,867 >> NO. 439 00:13:06,033 --> 00:13:06,867 >> NO. 440 00:13:06,867 --> 00:13:09,667 HOW WAS THIS? 441 00:13:06,867 --> 00:13:09,667 WAS IT OKAY? 442 00:13:09,667 --> 00:13:13,067 >> NO PROBLEMA. 443 00:13:09,667 --> 00:13:13,067 >> IT WAS, LIKE -- JUST PUT -- 444 00:13:13,067 --> 00:13:16,200 PLEASE PUT A SHOT IN MY ARM. 445 00:13:13,067 --> 00:13:16,200 >> ANESTHESIOLOGIST MELINDA BALL 446 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:20,467 COULDN'T WAIT TO GET VACCINATED. 447 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:20,467 >> I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS 448 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:22,167 MOMENT. 449 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:22,167 LIKE WHERE I CAN, LIKE, NOT FEEL 450 00:13:22,167 --> 00:13:24,733 LIKE I'M GONNA, LIKE, DIE DOING 451 00:13:22,167 --> 00:13:24,733 MY JOB ANYMORE. 452 00:13:24,733 --> 00:13:28,433 NOT BRINGING HOME AN ILLNESS TO 453 00:13:24,733 --> 00:13:28,433 MY PARTNER. 454 00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:32,400 MY MOM, I HAVEN'T SEEN HER IN A 455 00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:32,400 YEAR AND TWO MONTHS. 456 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:33,600 SO IT'S LIKE -- 457 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:33,600 >> EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO THOSE 458 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:40,633 TEARS. 459 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:40,633 >> OKAY. 460 00:13:40,633 --> 00:13:43,200 >> EVERYONE. 461 00:13:40,633 --> 00:13:43,200 >>> THE MAN IN CHARGE OF MAKING 462 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:48,767 PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PROMISES COME 463 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:48,767 TRUE IS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF 464 00:13:48,767 --> 00:13:53,300 RON KLAIN. 465 00:13:48,767 --> 00:13:53,300 MR. KLAIN, WELCOME. 466 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:57,300 >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, LESTER. 467 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:57,300 >> 50 DAYS IN, I THINK IT'S FAIR 468 00:13:57,300 --> 00:13:59,933 TO SAY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION 469 00:13:57,300 --> 00:13:59,933 OWN THIS IS CRISIS, THE PANDEMIC 470 00:13:59,933 --> 00:14:04,633 CRISIS. 471 00:13:59,933 --> 00:14:04,633 WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY HE'S 472 00:14:04,633 --> 00:14:08,633 GOING TO DIRECT STAGE 2 TO 473 00:14:04,633 --> 00:14:08,633 ESSENTIALLY GIVE EVERYBODY A 474 00:14:08,633 --> 00:14:11,700 PLACE IN LINE BY MAY 1st. 475 00:14:08,633 --> 00:14:11,700 CAN THAT BE DONE? 476 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:16,467 AND WHAT'S TAKEN SO LONG? 477 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:16,467 >> FIRST OF ALL, CAN IT BE DONE? 478 00:14:16,467 --> 00:14:18,900 YES. 479 00:14:16,467 --> 00:14:18,900 IT WILL BE DONE. 480 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:22,333 WE INHERITED A VACCINE SYSTEM 481 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:22,333 THAT WAS MOVING AT A SNAIL'S 482 00:14:22,333 --> 00:14:25,567 PACE AND WE'VE HAD TO 483 00:14:22,333 --> 00:14:25,567 ACCELERATE. 484 00:14:25,567 --> 00:14:29,067 WE'VE HAD TO BUY HUNDREDS OF 485 00:14:25,567 --> 00:14:29,067 MILLIONS OF DOSES OF VACCINE 486 00:14:29,067 --> 00:14:32,967 THAT HADN'T BEEN ORDERED. 487 00:14:29,067 --> 00:14:32,967 WE'VE HAD TO SET UP HUNDREDS OF 488 00:14:32,967 --> 00:14:35,033 VACCINATION SITES ACROSS THE 489 00:14:32,967 --> 00:14:35,033 COUNTRY. 490 00:14:35,033 --> 00:14:38,300 WE'RE MOVING FASTER THAN ANY 491 00:14:35,033 --> 00:14:38,300 COUNTRY ON EARTH. 492 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:43,033 WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY GIVING 2 493 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:43,033 MILLION SHOTS A DAY. 494 00:14:43,033 --> 00:14:46,367 WE'LL BE THE FIRST COUNTRY TO 495 00:14:43,033 --> 00:14:46,367 GIVE 100 MILLION SHOTS IN 100 496 00:14:46,367 --> 00:14:49,367 DAYS. 497 00:14:46,367 --> 00:14:49,367 IN FACT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN 498 00:14:49,367 --> 00:14:54,467 60 DAYS. 499 00:14:49,367 --> 00:14:54,467 WE CAN GET THROUGH THE PRIORITY 500 00:14:54,467 --> 00:14:57,933 CASES IN MARCH AND APRIL AND 501 00:14:54,467 --> 00:14:57,933 OPEN IT UP MAY 1st. 502 00:14:57,933 --> 00:15:01,133 >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS 503 00:14:57,933 --> 00:15:01,133 OF WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET 504 00:15:01,133 --> 00:15:05,033 NEEDLES IN THEIR ARMS? 505 00:15:01,133 --> 00:15:05,033 >> THAT WILL START ON MAY 1st. 506 00:15:05,033 --> 00:15:08,500 SOME PEOPLE WILL GET THEM 507 00:15:05,033 --> 00:15:08,500 SOONER, SOME LATER. 508 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:11,000 WE HAVE ENOUGH VACCINE ON ORDER 509 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:11,000 TO HAVE A DOSE FOR EVERYONE BY 510 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:15,133 THE END OF MAY. 511 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:15,133 WE THINK PEOPLE WILL GET 512 00:15:15,133 --> 00:15:18,133 VACCINATED THROUGH THE MONTH OF 513 00:15:15,133 --> 00:15:18,133 MAY. 514 00:15:18,133 --> 00:15:21,033 PEOPLE GET THAT SECOND DOSE IN 515 00:15:18,133 --> 00:15:21,033 JUNE. 516 00:15:21,033 --> 00:15:25,133 PEOPLE COULD ENJOY A JULY 4th, 517 00:15:21,033 --> 00:15:25,133 2021, THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN 518 00:15:25,133 --> 00:15:28,667 JULY 4th, 2020. 519 00:15:25,133 --> 00:15:28,667 >> THERE'S BEEN A SHIFT IN 520 00:15:28,667 --> 00:15:33,633 VACCINATION FEELINGS. 521 00:15:28,667 --> 00:15:33,633 BUT WE'RE SEEING IN POORER 522 00:15:33,633 --> 00:15:38,367 COMMUNITIES FEWER PEOPLE GETTING 523 00:15:33,633 --> 00:15:38,367 SHOTS THAN IN MORE AFFLUENT 524 00:15:38,367 --> 00:15:41,600 COMMUNITIES. 525 00:15:38,367 --> 00:15:41,600 WHY IS THAT? 526 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,300 >> THERE WAS NO PLAN IN PLACE. 527 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,300 WHEN WE CAME IN 50 DAYS AGO, THE 528 00:15:45,300 --> 00:15:48,600 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS NOT 529 00:15:45,300 --> 00:15:48,600 SENDING ANY VACCINE AT ALL TO 530 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,233 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. 531 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,233 NO VACCINE WAS GOING FROM THE 532 00:15:52,233 --> 00:15:54,267 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STRAIGHT TO 533 00:15:52,233 --> 00:15:54,267 PHARMACIES. 534 00:15:54,267 --> 00:15:58,267 WE FIXED BOTH OF THOSE PROBLEMS. 535 00:15:54,267 --> 00:15:58,267 WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. 536 00:15:58,267 --> 00:16:02,000 I HOPE WE MAKE A LOT MORE 537 00:15:58,267 --> 00:16:02,000 PROGRESS ON THAT AS MARCH AND 538 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,233 APRIL UNFOLD. 539 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,233 >> WHEN IS THE MAGIC NUMBER WHEN 540 00:16:05,233 --> 00:16:08,133 THIS PANDEMIC WILL BE OVER, 541 00:16:05,233 --> 00:16:08,133 5,000 CASES A DAY? 542 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:11,300 DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER? 543 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:11,300 >> WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID 544 00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:15,200 TONIGHT WAS VERY CLEAR. 545 00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:15,200 WE IN THE GOVERNMENT WE NEED TO 546 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,667 GET THE TEMPO OF VACCINES TO 547 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,667 WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. 548 00:16:17,667 --> 00:16:20,100 THEN WE NEED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 549 00:16:17,667 --> 00:16:20,100 TO AGREE TO COME GET THE 550 00:16:20,100 --> 00:16:23,633 VACCINE. 551 00:16:20,100 --> 00:16:23,633 IN THE MEANTIME, CONTINUE TO 552 00:16:23,633 --> 00:16:29,200 SOCIALLY DISTANCE, WASH THEIR 553 00:16:23,633 --> 00:16:29,200 HANDS, WEAR MASKS. 554 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:43,133 DO THE THINGS WE KNOW CAN HELP 555 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:43,133 GET THIS VIRUS Y 556 00:16:43,133 --> 00:16:45,367 >>> I'M FROM STATEN ISLAND, NEW 557 00:16:43,133 --> 00:16:45,367 YORK. 558 00:16:45,367 --> 00:16:49,133 WE'RE ITALIAN. 559 00:16:45,367 --> 00:16:49,133 ITALIAN PEOPLE ARE VERY 560 00:16:49,133 --> 00:16:51,667 EMOTIONAL, VERY AFFECTIONATE, 561 00:16:49,133 --> 00:16:51,667 HOLIDAYS AND THE NOISE AND THE 562 00:16:51,667 --> 00:17:17,300 FOOD. 563 00:16:51,667 --> 00:17:17,300 ONE YEAR AGO. 564 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:21,567 AND WE'RE ALL WONDERING WHEN, OR 565 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:21,567 IF, WE'LL EVER GET THAT BACK. 566 00:17:21,567 --> 00:17:24,667 STARTING WITH OUR WORKPLACES. 567 00:17:21,567 --> 00:17:24,667 IN FACT, LET ME SHOW YOU 568 00:17:24,667 --> 00:17:27,500 SOMETHING. 569 00:17:24,667 --> 00:17:27,500 THIS IS "THE TODAY SHOW," THE 570 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:29,800 HEART OF OUR NEWSROOM. 571 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:29,800 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THIS IS 572 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,933 WHERE ALL THE ACTION WAS. 573 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,933 MORE THAN 100 PRODUCERS, 574 00:17:32,933 --> 00:17:34,733 WRITERS, CORRESPONDENTS ALL 575 00:17:32,933 --> 00:17:34,733 PREPARING FOR THE NEXT DAY'S 576 00:17:34,733 --> 00:17:39,167 SHOW. 577 00:17:34,733 --> 00:17:39,167 AND NOW LOOK AT IT. 578 00:17:39,167 --> 00:17:42,867 IT'S COMPLETELY EMPTY. 579 00:17:39,167 --> 00:17:42,867 IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF OFFICES 580 00:17:42,867 --> 00:17:46,000 IN A LOT OF CITIES, LIKE 581 00:17:42,867 --> 00:17:46,000 CHICAGO, WHERE MANY WORKPLACES 582 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,833 ARE ABOUT 80% EMPTY. 583 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,833 OR SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE THE 584 00:17:50,833 --> 00:17:53,700 VACANCY RATES ARE JUST AS HIGH. 585 00:17:50,833 --> 00:17:53,700 >> I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A 586 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:57,700 RESHAPING OF OUR ECONOMY. 587 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:57,700 >> YALE PROFESSOR NICHOLAS 588 00:17:57,700 --> 00:17:59,100 CHRISTAKIS IS A PHYSICIAN AND 589 00:17:57,700 --> 00:17:59,100 SOCIOLOGIST WHO WROTE A BOOK 590 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:01,633 ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THIS 591 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:01,633 PANDEMIC. 592 00:18:01,633 --> 00:18:05,633 HE'S BEEN WORKING FROM HOME LIKE 593 00:18:01,633 --> 00:18:05,633 MILLIONS OF OTHERS. 594 00:18:05,633 --> 00:18:08,467 >> I THINK HAVING SEEN A TASTE 595 00:18:05,633 --> 00:18:08,467 OF THIS AND OUR EMPLOYERS HAVING 596 00:18:08,467 --> 00:18:11,333 SEEN A TASTE OF THIS, I THINK 597 00:18:08,467 --> 00:18:11,333 THIS IS GONNA BE A 598 00:18:11,333 --> 00:18:14,733 SEMI-PERMANENT CHANGE. 599 00:18:11,333 --> 00:18:14,733 >> IF I WALK AROUND 30 ROCK 600 00:18:14,733 --> 00:18:18,167 RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE JUST ROWS 601 00:18:14,733 --> 00:18:18,167 AND ROWS OF EMPTY DESKS. 602 00:18:18,167 --> 00:18:19,833 AND WE'RE IN THE NEWS BUSINESS. 603 00:18:18,167 --> 00:18:19,833 THE CAMARADERIE WAS -- 604 00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:24,133 >> YES. 605 00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:24,133 >> -- PART OF THE APPEAL. 606 00:18:24,133 --> 00:18:27,567 WHAT IS LOST WHEN PEOPLE DECIDE, 607 00:18:24,133 --> 00:18:27,567 EMPLOYERS DECIDE, IT'S EASIER, 608 00:18:27,567 --> 00:18:30,933 MORE EFFICIENT TO WORK FROM 609 00:18:27,567 --> 00:18:30,933 HOME? 610 00:18:30,933 --> 00:18:33,800 >> ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING WILL BE 611 00:18:30,933 --> 00:18:33,800 LOST, AND I ALSO THINK IT WILL 612 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,267 BE ESPECIALLY HARD FOR NEW 613 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,267 EMPLOYEES. 614 00:18:36,267 --> 00:18:39,767 LIKE, HOW DO THEY LEARN THE 615 00:18:36,267 --> 00:18:39,767 CULTURE OF OUR WORKPLACE? 616 00:18:39,767 --> 00:18:42,867 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO JOIN AN 617 00:18:39,767 --> 00:18:42,867 ORGANIZATION USING VIDEO 618 00:18:42,867 --> 00:18:45,733 CONFERENCING. 619 00:18:42,867 --> 00:18:45,733 >> SO, DO EMPTY OFFICES MEAN 620 00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:50,000 EMPTY CITIES? 621 00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:50,000 SOME SAY YES, BUT DR. CHRISTAKIS 622 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:58,833 KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT HISTORY 623 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:58,833 AND HOW IT REPEATS ITSELF. 624 00:18:58,833 --> 00:19:00,867 >> PEOPLE FLEE CITIES WHEN THERE 625 00:18:58,833 --> 00:19:00,867 IS A PLAGUE AFOOT. 626 00:19:00,867 --> 00:19:02,267 BUT I THINK THE CITIES 627 00:19:00,867 --> 00:19:02,267 ABSOLUTELY WILL COME BACK. 628 00:19:02,267 --> 00:19:04,833 FIRST OF ALL, THE HISTORY OF 629 00:19:02,267 --> 00:19:04,833 HUMAN BEINGS HAS BEEN ONE OF 630 00:19:04,833 --> 00:19:07,100 PROGRESSIVE URBANIZATION, HUMANS 631 00:19:04,833 --> 00:19:07,100 LOVE LIVING IN CITIES. 632 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:10,233 CITIES ARE SO EXCITING AND SO 633 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:10,233 ATTRACTIVE AND PROVIDE SO MANY 634 00:19:10,233 --> 00:19:14,200 ECONOMIC AND ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL 635 00:19:10,233 --> 00:19:14,200 OPPORTUNITIES. 636 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,333 >> BUT AMERICANS HAVE MORE 637 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,333 IMMEDIATE CONCERNS, LIKE GETTING 638 00:19:17,333 --> 00:19:19,067 KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL. 639 00:19:17,333 --> 00:19:19,067 HOW DO YOU THINK SCHOOL WILL 640 00:19:19,067 --> 00:19:22,733 LOOK IN THE FUTURE IN LIGHT OF 641 00:19:19,067 --> 00:19:22,733 THE PANDEMIC? 642 00:19:22,733 --> 00:19:25,267 >> I THINK MANY TEACHERS WILL 643 00:19:22,733 --> 00:19:25,267 STILL BE WEARING MASKS. 644 00:19:25,267 --> 00:19:27,600 >> MAYBE BAND PRACTICE AND 645 00:19:25,267 --> 00:19:27,600 SPORTING EVENTS WILL STILL BE 646 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,033 CANCELED, THEY'LL BE SEEN AS 647 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,033 SUPERFLUOUS A YEAR FROM NOW. 648 00:19:31,033 --> 00:19:33,300 SO EVENTUALLY SCHOOLS WILL 649 00:19:31,033 --> 00:19:33,300 RETURN TO NORMAL. 650 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:36,967 BUT I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE QUITE 651 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:36,967 AS RAPID AS PEOPLE THINK. 652 00:19:36,967 --> 00:19:39,267 >> EVEN IN THE POST PANDEMIC 653 00:19:36,967 --> 00:19:39,267 FUTURE, COVID WILL STILL BE 654 00:19:39,267 --> 00:19:42,100 AROUND. 655 00:19:39,267 --> 00:19:42,100 PEOPLE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO GET 656 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:44,367 SICK WITH COVID FOR THE COMING 657 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:44,367 YEARS. 658 00:19:44,367 --> 00:19:49,500 AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE 659 00:19:44,367 --> 00:19:49,500 BEST WAYS TO TREAT THAT ILLNESS. 660 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:52,600 >> DR. KEVIN TRACEY RUNS THE 661 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:52,600 RESEARCH INSTITUTES AT THE GIANT 662 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,867 NORTHWELL HOSPITAL GROUP. 663 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,867 HIS TEAM IS CONDUCTING CLINICAL 664 00:19:56,867 --> 00:20:01,200 TRIALS ON DRUGS LIKE THE ANTACID 665 00:19:56,867 --> 00:20:01,200 FAMOTADINE, THE ACTIVE 666 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,733 INGREDIENT IN PEPCID. 667 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,733 >> WE NEED A DRUG THAT'S WIDELY 668 00:20:03,733 --> 00:20:09,400 AVAILABLE, THAT CAN KEEP PEOPLE 669 00:20:03,733 --> 00:20:09,400 OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. 670 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,667 WE NEED FOR COVID SOMETHING LIKE 671 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,667 TAMIFLU FOR THE FLU. 672 00:20:13,667 --> 00:20:16,800 >> LOOKING AHEAD, DR. TRACEY 673 00:20:13,667 --> 00:20:16,800 BELIEVES TELEMEDICINE IS HERE TO 674 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,933 STAY. 675 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,933 FOR PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. 676 00:20:19,933 --> 00:20:22,767 WE'RE SENDING THE LAB TO THE 677 00:20:19,933 --> 00:20:22,767 PATIENTS' HOME RIGHT NOW. 678 00:20:22,767 --> 00:20:25,900 I THINK THIS IS THE FUTURE. 679 00:20:22,767 --> 00:20:25,900 >> I THINK WHAT THE PANDEMIC HAS 680 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:30,600 DONE, IT -- IT HAS BROUGHT 681 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:30,600 CHANGES TO THE WAY WE LIVE 682 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,700 ACROSS THE BOARD. 683 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,700 >> CAROLINA MIRANDA, ARTS 684 00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:35,867 COLUMNIST WITH "THE LA TIMES" 685 00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:35,867 SAYS CHANGES IN THE 686 00:20:35,867 --> 00:20:40,133 ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY INCLUDE 687 00:20:35,867 --> 00:20:40,133 DRIVE-INS LIKE THIS ONE AT THE 688 00:20:40,133 --> 00:20:42,667 HOLLYWOOD LEGION THEATER -- 689 00:20:40,133 --> 00:20:42,667 >> YOU CAN'T DO INSIDE SHOWS, 690 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:45,500 BUT YOU CAN DO A POP-UP 691 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:45,500 DRIVE-IN. 692 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:49,233 >> SHE BELIEVES TRADITIONAL 693 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:49,233 MOVIE THEATERS WILL SURVIVE. 694 00:20:49,233 --> 00:20:53,200 JUST LAST WEEKEND, BOX OFFICE 695 00:20:49,233 --> 00:20:53,200 RETURNS WERE ABOUT $25 MILLION, 696 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,467 A FRACTION OF WHAT THEY USED TO 697 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,467 BE, BUT STILL THE BEST WEEKEND 698 00:20:57,467 --> 00:21:00,400 SINCE THE LOCKDOWN BEGAN. 699 00:20:57,467 --> 00:21:00,400 SHE ALSO THINKS CLEVER NEW KINDS 700 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,133 OF ENTERTAINMENT ARE HERE TO 701 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,133 STAY. 702 00:21:03,133 --> 00:21:08,000 >> SO YOU MIGHT HAVE AN OPERA 703 00:21:03,133 --> 00:21:08,000 HOUSE STAGING A PERFORMANCE IN A 704 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,167 PARKING LOT. 705 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,167 MUSEUMS DOING VIDEO EVENTS WITH 706 00:21:10,167 --> 00:21:13,967 PERFORMANCE ARTISTS THAT CAN BE 707 00:21:10,167 --> 00:21:13,967 STREAMED ONLINE. 708 00:21:13,967 --> 00:21:16,800 >> AND DR. CHRISTAKIS SEES 709 00:21:13,967 --> 00:21:16,800 SOMETHING BIG HAPPENING IN A FEW 710 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:22,200 YEARS. 711 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:22,200 HISTORY REMINDS US THAT AFTER 712 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:27,600 THE SPANISH FLU IN 1918 RAN ITS 713 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:27,600 DEVASTATING COURSE, THE WORLD 714 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,733 WAS READY TO PARTY. 715 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,733 PEOPLE WILL HAVE BEEN COOPED UP 716 00:21:30,733 --> 00:21:33,567 FOR SO LONG, AND THEY WILL 717 00:21:30,733 --> 00:21:33,567 FINALLY SORT OF SEEK OUT SOCIAL 718 00:21:33,567 --> 00:21:36,967 OPPORTUNITIES AND NIGHT CLUBS, 719 00:21:33,567 --> 00:21:36,967 AND BARS, AND RESTAURANTS, AND 720 00:21:36,967 --> 00:21:39,267 SPORTING EVENTS. 721 00:21:36,967 --> 00:21:39,267 AND IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE 722 00:21:39,267 --> 00:21:45,833 THE ROARING '20s OF THE 723 00:21:39,267 --> 00:21:45,833 20th CENTURY. 724 00:21:45,833 --> 00:21:49,800 WILL WE EVER SHAKE HANDS AGAIN? 725 00:21:45,833 --> 00:21:49,800 >> WELL, IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME 726 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,367 TO IMAGINE THAT IN WESTERN 727 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,367 SOCIETY WE WILL COMPLETELY GIVE 728 00:21:52,367 --> 00:21:58,067 UP HANDSHAKING. 729 00:21:52,367 --> 00:21:58,067 >> MAYBE ELBOW BUMPING. 730 00:21:58,067 --> 00:21:59,133 >> YES, I THINK ELBOW BUMPING 731 00:21:58,067 --> 00:21:59,133 WILL STAY. 732 00:21:59,133 --> 00:22:05,533 THAT'S RIGHT. 733 00:21:59,133 --> 00:22:05,533 I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 734 00:22:05,533 --> 00:22:07,300 >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE AIR 735 00:22:05,533 --> 00:22:07,300 KISS, THOUGH. 736 00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:09,467 THAT MIGHT BE GONE. 737 00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:09,467 AS WE PREPARE FOR LIFE AFTER 738 00:22:09,467 --> 00:22:12,367 LOCKDOWN, OUR INTERACTIVE GUIDE 739 00:22:09,467 --> 00:22:12,367 CAN HELP YOU PLAN YOUR VACCINE. 740 00:22:12,367 --> 00:22:15,067 VISIT PLAN YOUR VACCINE.COM, OR 741 00:22:12,367 --> 00:22:15,067 USE YOUR PHONE TO SCAN THE Q-R 742 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:17,633 CODE. 743 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:17,633 YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR ALERTS 744 00:22:17,633 --> 00:22:24,567 TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE 745 00:22:17,633 --> 00:22:24,567 ELIGIBLE IN YOUR STATE. 746 00:22:24,567 --> 00:22:29,000 >> IT IS AMAZING THE WAY WE HAVE 747 00:22:24,567 --> 00:22:29,000 ADAPTED OVER A YEAR, SAVANNAH. 748 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,133 IT'S HIGH ON EVERYONE'S LIST, 749 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,133 TRAVEL. 750 00:22:30,133 --> 00:23:01,433 HOW IT MAY CHANGE, WHEN WE COME 751 00:22:30,133 --> 00:23:01,433 BACK. 752 00:23:01,433 --> 00:23:05,400 WHAT WILL TRAVEL BE LIKE IN THE 753 00:23:01,433 --> 00:23:05,400 MONTHS AHEAD? 754 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,233 HERE'S RICHARD ENGEL. 755 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,233 >> IT'S A FAMILY MOMENT IN THE 756 00:23:08,233 --> 00:23:12,233 AGE OF COVID. 757 00:23:08,233 --> 00:23:12,233 THE YOUNG COUPLE ON THE LEFT 758 00:23:12,233 --> 00:23:15,067 ANNOUNCING VIA VIDEO THEY'RE 759 00:23:12,233 --> 00:23:15,067 EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD. 760 00:23:15,067 --> 00:23:17,700 JOSE LINARDI AND HIS WIFE LIVE 761 00:23:15,067 --> 00:23:17,700 IN TEXAS. 762 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:21,633 THE REST OF THE CLAN IN 763 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:21,633 ARGENTINA. 764 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:25,333 >> SO BEFORE COVID, HOW OFTEN 765 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:25,333 DID -- DID YOU ALL GET TOGETHER 766 00:23:25,333 --> 00:23:29,600 FOR THE HOLIDAYS, FOR BIRTHDAYS? 767 00:23:25,333 --> 00:23:29,600 >> PROBABLY EVERY THREE MONTHS, 768 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,200 I WOULD SAY. 769 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,200 BUT WHEN THE BABY WAS BORN LAST 770 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,700 MONTH. 771 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,700 >> AWWW! 772 00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:37,833 >> NO ONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY 773 00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:37,833 COULD BE THERE TO HOLD HIM. 774 00:23:37,833 --> 00:23:44,367 >> HE'S SO SMALL! 775 00:23:37,833 --> 00:23:44,367 >> HE'S LIKE A LITTLE BURRITO. 776 00:23:44,367 --> 00:23:47,200 >> THE LOSS OF THESE INDIVIDUAL 777 00:23:44,367 --> 00:23:47,200 MILESTONES, WORLDWIDE, HAS ADDED 778 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,033 UP TO AN ECONOMIC NIGHTMARE. 779 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,033 >> WHAT HAS THIS PANDEMIC DONE 780 00:23:50,033 --> 00:23:59,400 TO THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY? 781 00:23:50,033 --> 00:23:59,400 >> OH, THIS PANDEMIC HAS 782 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,267 DEVASTATED THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY. 783 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,267 AND WHEN YOU DEVASTATE THE 784 00:24:01,267 --> 00:24:09,667 TRAVEL INDUSTRY, YOU DEVASTATE 785 00:24:01,267 --> 00:24:09,667 THE WORLD'S ECONOMY. 786 00:24:09,667 --> 00:24:10,833 >> PAULINE FROMMER, OF FROMMER'S 787 00:24:09,667 --> 00:24:10,833 TRAVEL BOOKS. 788 00:24:10,833 --> 00:24:12,233 >> YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK OF 789 00:24:10,833 --> 00:24:12,233 TRAVEL AS THIS KIND OF SILLY 790 00:24:12,233 --> 00:24:15,033 EXERCISE. 791 00:24:12,233 --> 00:24:15,033 BUT THE TRUTH IS, ONE OUT OF 792 00:24:15,033 --> 00:24:19,300 EVERY 11 HUMAN BEINGS ON THE 793 00:24:15,033 --> 00:24:19,300 PLANET EARTH WORKS IN TRAVEL. 794 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:22,433 IT'S A MASSIVE INDUSTRY. 795 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:22,433 >> A MASSIVE INDUSTRY THAT 796 00:24:22,433 --> 00:24:25,567 LARGELY GROUND TO A HALT. 797 00:24:22,433 --> 00:24:25,567 BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL 798 00:24:25,567 --> 00:24:29,867 TRAVEL TOOK THE DEEPEST PLUNGE. 799 00:24:25,567 --> 00:24:29,867 SPENDING IN BOTH AREAS WAS DOWN 800 00:24:29,867 --> 00:24:32,733 ABOUT 70 PERCENT LAST YEAR. 801 00:24:29,867 --> 00:24:32,733 >> WE ARE A FAMILY THAT USED TO 802 00:24:32,733 --> 00:24:34,967 TRAVEL A LOT. 803 00:24:32,733 --> 00:24:34,967 >> AURIA ABRAHAM LIVES IN 804 00:24:34,967 --> 00:24:38,667 BROOKLYN. 805 00:24:34,967 --> 00:24:38,667 SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO VISIT 806 00:24:38,667 --> 00:24:42,367 HER AGING MOTHER IN MALAYSIA 807 00:24:38,667 --> 00:24:42,367 SINCE 2019. 808 00:24:42,367 --> 00:24:47,200 >> MALAYSIA HAS CLOSED THE 809 00:24:42,367 --> 00:24:47,200 BORDERS TO ANY COUNTRY WHERE THE 810 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,333 NUMBERS ARE ABOVE 150,000 CASES 811 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,333 OF COVID. 812 00:24:50,333 --> 00:24:57,600 AND HERE WE ARE FAR, FAR BEYOND 813 00:24:50,333 --> 00:24:57,600 THAT. 814 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:58,967 >> I MYSELF HAVE BEEN GROUNDED 815 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:58,967 SINCE SEPTEMBER FOR SIMILAR 816 00:24:58,967 --> 00:25:01,333 REASONS. 817 00:24:58,967 --> 00:25:01,333 I HEADED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME 818 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:04,167 IN FIVE MONTHS JUST LAST WEEK. 819 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:04,167 BY THE TIME I'M DONE, I'LL HAVE 820 00:25:04,167 --> 00:25:07,867 TO TAKE FIVE SEPARATE COVID 821 00:25:04,167 --> 00:25:07,867 TESTS AND QUARANTINE FOR 10 DAYS 822 00:25:07,867 --> 00:25:13,267 IN ORDER TO COMPLETE A ONE-WEEK 823 00:25:07,867 --> 00:25:13,267 REPORTING TRIP IN IRAQ. 824 00:25:13,267 --> 00:25:16,100 AS VACCINES BECOME MORE WIDELY 825 00:25:13,267 --> 00:25:16,100 DISTRIBUTED, EXPERTS EXPECT 826 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:19,767 TRAVEL TO INCREASE. 827 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:19,767 BUT IT WON'T BE THE SAME. 828 00:25:19,767 --> 00:25:23,967 FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO 829 00:25:19,767 --> 00:25:23,967 PROVE YOU'VE BEEN VACCINATED 830 00:25:23,967 --> 00:25:26,900 BEFORE YOU CAN GET ON A PLANE. 831 00:25:23,967 --> 00:25:26,900 >> DO YOU THINK GOING FORWARD, 832 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:31,167 WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING SOME SORT 833 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:31,167 OF VACCINE BOOKLET WITH US, 834 00:25:31,167 --> 00:25:33,433 SAYING, "I'M COVID SAFE?" 835 00:25:31,167 --> 00:25:33,433 >> I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE A 836 00:25:33,433 --> 00:25:36,033 BOOKLET, I THINK IT'LL BE AN 837 00:25:33,433 --> 00:25:36,033 APP. 838 00:25:36,033 --> 00:25:39,833 BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A 839 00:25:36,033 --> 00:25:39,833 VACCINE PASSPORT. 840 00:25:39,833 --> 00:25:42,267 >> FOR TRAVEL TO RETURN TO 841 00:25:39,833 --> 00:25:42,267 SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE 842 00:25:42,267 --> 00:25:45,967 WILL NEED NOT JUST TO FEEL SAFE 843 00:25:42,267 --> 00:25:45,967 BUT TO BE SAFE. 844 00:25:45,967 --> 00:25:48,533 IT WILL TAKE EVERYTHING FROM 845 00:25:45,967 --> 00:25:48,533 INSTALLING BETTER AIR FILTERS ON 846 00:25:48,533 --> 00:25:52,233 PLANES. 847 00:25:48,533 --> 00:25:52,233 TO RE-THINKING ENTIRE AIRPORTS. 848 00:25:52,233 --> 00:25:55,067 >> WE ARE BUILDING TERRACES SO 849 00:25:52,233 --> 00:25:55,067 THAT ONCE YOU GET THROUGH 850 00:25:55,067 --> 00:25:58,767 SECURITY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO 851 00:25:55,067 --> 00:25:58,767 BACK OUTSIDE FOR FRESH AIR. 852 00:25:58,767 --> 00:26:01,133 CHRISTINA CASSOTIS IS OVERSEEING 853 00:25:58,767 --> 00:26:01,133 CONSTRUCTION OF A BRAND NEW 854 00:26:01,133 --> 00:26:04,433 TERMINAL AT PITTSBURGH 855 00:26:01,133 --> 00:26:04,433 INTERNATIONAL. 856 00:26:04,433 --> 00:26:07,867 AND WE'RE WORKING ON INDOOR AIR 857 00:26:04,433 --> 00:26:07,867 QUALITY MONITORING, SO THAT WE 858 00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:11,867 CAN MONITOR IN REAL-TIME THE AIR 859 00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:11,867 QUALITY IN EACH SPACE IN THE 860 00:26:11,867 --> 00:26:15,267 TERMINAL AND ADJUST IT IF NEEDED 861 00:26:11,867 --> 00:26:15,267 FOR CROWDS, AIR FLOW, ET CETERA. 862 00:26:15,267 --> 00:26:18,967 IT'S A GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S TO 863 00:26:15,267 --> 00:26:18,967 COME. 864 00:26:18,967 --> 00:26:23,500 THE NEW TERMINAL WON'T OPEN 865 00:26:18,967 --> 00:26:23,500 UNTIL 2025. 866 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:27,767 BUT CASSOTIS THINKS AIR TRAVEL 867 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:27,767 WILL START TO REBOUND IN 2021. 868 00:26:27,767 --> 00:26:29,367 >> WE'D LOVE TO SEE 50% OF THE 869 00:26:27,767 --> 00:26:29,367 PASSENGERS COME BACK THIS YEAR. 870 00:26:29,367 --> 00:26:38,200 LAST YEAR, WE SAW ABOUT 35% OF 871 00:26:29,367 --> 00:26:38,200 THEM. 872 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:39,567 >> BACK IN BROOKLYN, AURIA HAS 873 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:39,567 DECIDED TO WAIT AND GET HER 874 00:26:39,567 --> 00:26:41,100 VACCINE BEFORE VISITING HER MOM 875 00:26:39,567 --> 00:26:41,100 IN MALAYSIA. 876 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:47,067 >> AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS I -- I 877 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:47,067 REALLY DO FEEL THAT I WILL BE 878 00:26:47,067 --> 00:26:53,967 SAFE TO TRAVEL. 879 00:26:47,067 --> 00:26:53,967 >> THE LINARDIS MADE A DIFFERENT 880 00:26:53,967 --> 00:26:55,133 RISK ASSESSMENT. 881 00:26:53,967 --> 00:26:55,133 LAST WEEK JOSE'S MOM FLEW ALL 882 00:26:55,133 --> 00:26:58,633 THE WAY FROM ARGENTINA TO SEE 883 00:26:55,133 --> 00:26:58,633 HER SON AND HER NEW GRANDSON. 884 00:26:58,633 --> 00:27:02,033 BESIDES TAKING A BATTERY OF 885 00:26:58,633 --> 00:27:02,033 COVID TESTS, SHE'LL HAVE TO 886 00:27:02,033 --> 00:27:05,433 QUARANTINE FOR AT LEAST TEN 887 00:27:02,033 --> 00:27:05,433 DAYS, MAYBE LONGER, AND DOWNLOAD 888 00:27:05,433 --> 00:27:10,267 AN APP TO TRACK HER SYMPTOMS 889 00:27:05,433 --> 00:27:10,267 ONCE SHE'S BACK IN ARGENTINA. 890 00:27:10,267 --> 00:27:13,400 JOSE'S FAMILY HOPES ONCE THEY 891 00:27:10,267 --> 00:27:13,400 GET THE VACCINE IT WILL MEAN 892 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:20,533 MORE REUNIONS LIKE THESE. 893 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:20,533 WITHOUT THE COMPLICATED, BUT FOR 894 00:27:20,533 --> 00:27:26,667 NOW, NECESSARY, PRECAUTIONS. 895 00:27:20,533 --> 00:27:26,667 >> WHEN WE RETURN THE QUESTION 896 00:27:26,667 --> 00:27:45,667 ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS, 897 00:27:26,667 --> 00:27:45,667 . 898 00:27:45,667 --> 00:27:50,200 LAST MAY WE WERE FORCED TO CLOSE 899 00:27:45,667 --> 00:27:50,200 DUE TO COVID AND WE RECEIVED A 900 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,200 TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING OF LOVE 901 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,200 FROM SUPPORTERS AROUND THE 902 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,700 WORLD. 903 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,700 THE THING WE LOOK TO MOST IS ONE 904 00:27:55,700 --> 00:28:00,733 DAY TO RETURN AND IT'S SAFER AND 905 00:27:55,700 --> 00:28:00,733 THE PANDEMIC PASSES. 906 00:28:00,733 --> 00:28:02,067 >>> MOST BIG CORPORATIONS HAVE 907 00:28:00,733 --> 00:28:02,067 THE MONEY TO WEATHER A 908 00:28:02,067 --> 00:28:03,367 CATASTROPHE LIKE COVID. 909 00:28:02,067 --> 00:28:03,367 BUT SMALL BUSINESSES MAY HAVE 910 00:28:03,367 --> 00:28:07,600 POCKETS NO DEEPER THAN THEIR 911 00:28:03,367 --> 00:28:07,600 LAST BANK STATEMENT. 912 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,000 PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HUGE COVID 913 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,000 RELIEF PLAN, WHICH HE SIGNED 914 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:17,800 INTO LAW TODAY -- SHOULD HELP, 915 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:17,800 BUT WILL THAT BE ENOUGH TO BRING 916 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:19,800 BACK JOBS AND BUSINESSES? 917 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:19,800 HERE'S CRAIG MELVIN. 918 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,100 >> LUNAR NEW YEAR IN 919 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,100 NEW YORK CITY'S CHINATOWN IS 920 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:30,633 NORMALLY A TIME OF BOISTEROUS 921 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:30,633 CELEBRATION. 922 00:28:30,633 --> 00:28:32,167 BUT NOT THIS YEAR. 923 00:28:30,633 --> 00:28:32,167 LIKE SO MANY SMALL BUSINESS 924 00:28:32,167 --> 00:28:35,767 OWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 925 00:28:32,167 --> 00:28:35,767 TRUMAN LAM IS JUST HANGING ON. 926 00:28:35,767 --> 00:28:40,033 >> EASILY RIGHT NOW YEAR OVER 927 00:28:35,767 --> 00:28:40,033 YEAR WE'RE DOWN, LIKE, 85% 928 00:28:40,033 --> 00:28:45,133 SALES. 929 00:28:40,033 --> 00:28:45,133 >> HIS HUGE ICONIC RESTAURANT 930 00:28:45,133 --> 00:28:46,567 JING FONG, ONCE HUSTLING AND 931 00:28:45,133 --> 00:28:46,567 BUSTLING, IS QUIET NOW. 932 00:28:46,567 --> 00:28:54,833 HE'S HAD TO FURLOUGH MORE THAN 933 00:28:46,567 --> 00:28:54,833 100 EMPLOYEES. 934 00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:59,133 >> I DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS TO TRY 935 00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:59,133 TO SURVIVE. 936 00:28:59,133 --> 00:29:00,600 WHEN -- WHEN THE HOLE IS SO BIG 937 00:28:59,133 --> 00:29:00,600 THERE'S JUST -- THERE'S NO WAY. 938 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:01,733 >> A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, IT'S THE 939 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:01,733 SAME STORY. 940 00:29:01,733 --> 00:29:03,033 MEI LUM STRUGGLES TO KEEP HER 941 00:29:01,733 --> 00:29:03,033 BUSINESS OPEN. 942 00:29:03,033 --> 00:29:06,200 SHE'S THE FIFTH GENERATION OWNER 943 00:29:03,033 --> 00:29:06,200 OF THE OLDEST STORE IN 944 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,867 CHINATOWN: 945 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,867 WING ON WO. 946 00:29:09,867 --> 00:29:15,567 >> WING ON WO WAS -- STARTED IN 947 00:29:09,867 --> 00:29:15,567 1890 BY MY 948 00:29:15,567 --> 00:29:20,833 GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER. 949 00:29:15,567 --> 00:29:20,833 >> BESIDES THE FEAR OF CATCHING 950 00:29:20,833 --> 00:29:23,233 COVID, THE VIRUS SPARKED A WAVE 951 00:29:20,833 --> 00:29:23,233 OF ANTI- ASIAN XENOPHOBIA. 952 00:29:23,233 --> 00:29:29,433 CUSTOMERS AVOIDED CHINATOWN 953 00:29:23,233 --> 00:29:29,433 BEFORE A PANDEMIC WAS EVEN 954 00:29:29,433 --> 00:29:31,233 DECLARED. 955 00:29:29,433 --> 00:29:31,233 MEI'S TRYING TO SURVIVE BY 956 00:29:31,233 --> 00:29:35,033 PIVOTING TO ONLINE SALES, AN 957 00:29:31,233 --> 00:29:35,033 AREA DOMINATED BY BIG NATIONAL 958 00:29:35,033 --> 00:29:39,033 BRANDS. 959 00:29:35,033 --> 00:29:39,033 THE WHOLE FAMILY IS HELPING. 960 00:29:39,033 --> 00:29:42,367 >> MY DAD BEING THE ONE MAN 961 00:29:39,033 --> 00:29:42,367 SHIPPING DEPARTMENT HERE, MY 962 00:29:42,367 --> 00:29:48,033 AUNT BETTY IS HELPING US MANAGE 963 00:29:42,367 --> 00:29:48,033 INVENTORY. 964 00:29:48,033 --> 00:29:52,267 MY MOM IS ALSO ANSWERING EMAILS, 965 00:29:48,033 --> 00:29:52,267 AND MY GRANDMOTHER HAS BECOME 966 00:29:52,267 --> 00:29:56,800 OUR UNOFFICIAL MARKETING GIRL. 967 00:29:52,267 --> 00:29:56,800 >> IT'S NOT JUST CHINATOWN 968 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:01,933 THAT'S STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. 969 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:01,933 IT'S SMALL BUSINESSES ALL OVER 970 00:30:01,933 --> 00:30:03,400 THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING RIGHT 971 00:30:01,933 --> 00:30:03,400 HERE IN CONNECTICUT. 972 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,167 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESTAURANTS, 973 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,167 SALONS, AND DRY CLEANERS. 974 00:30:07,167 --> 00:30:12,900 IN FACT AT LEAST THREE 975 00:30:07,167 --> 00:30:12,900 BUSINESSES IN JUST THIS AREA 976 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:17,200 HAVE SHUT DOWN SINCE THE START 977 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:17,200 OF THIS PANDEMIC. 978 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,867 NATIONWIDE, SMALL BUSINESS 979 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,867 REVENUE - DOWN BY ABOUT A THIRD. 980 00:30:18,867 --> 00:30:19,867 NINE AND A HALF MILLION JOBS 981 00:30:18,867 --> 00:30:19,867 LOST. 982 00:30:19,867 --> 00:30:21,300 IT IS A BLEAK PICTURE. 983 00:30:19,867 --> 00:30:21,300 BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOME 984 00:30:21,300 --> 00:30:32,933 ECONOMISTS ARE PREDICTING A 985 00:30:21,300 --> 00:30:32,933 BOUNCE BACK STARTING THIS YEAR. 986 00:30:32,933 --> 00:30:36,667 >> I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE 987 00:30:32,933 --> 00:30:36,667 ECONOMY START TO SNAP BACK 988 00:30:36,667 --> 00:30:39,767 PRETTY QUICKLY. 989 00:30:36,667 --> 00:30:39,767 >> JOHN FRIEDMAN IS A PROFESSOR 990 00:30:39,767 --> 00:30:41,000 AT BROWN UNIVERSITY AND 991 00:30:39,767 --> 00:30:41,000 CO-DIRECTOR OF HARVARD'S 992 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,233 OPPORTUNITY INSIGHTS. 993 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,233 FRIEDMAN SAYS THAT WHEN THE 994 00:30:42,233 --> 00:30:45,267 PANDEMIC HIT, HIGH-INCOME 995 00:30:42,233 --> 00:30:45,267 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT THE 996 00:30:45,267 --> 00:30:48,467 COUNTRY CURBED THEIR SPENDING. 997 00:30:45,267 --> 00:30:48,467 >> SO THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF THE 998 00:30:48,467 --> 00:30:54,033 REDUCED SPENDING BY AFFLUENT 999 00:30:48,467 --> 00:30:54,033 HOUSEHOLDS IS THAT THERE'S BEEN 1000 00:30:54,033 --> 00:31:00,533 A MUCH LARGER HIT FOR SMALL 1001 00:30:54,033 --> 00:31:00,533 BUSINESSES IN AREAS THAT CATER 1002 00:31:00,533 --> 00:31:03,967 TO THE AFFLUENT. 1003 00:31:00,533 --> 00:31:03,967 >> THE HOUSEHOLDS HARDEST HIT 1004 00:31:03,967 --> 00:31:08,533 HAVE BEEN AT THE OTHER END OF 1005 00:31:03,967 --> 00:31:08,533 THE ECONOMIC SCALE. 1006 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:10,100 >> COVID-19 HAS PROFOUNDLY 1007 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:10,100 INCREASED THE INEQUALITY THAT WE 1008 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:15,067 SEE IN OUR COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY 1009 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:15,067 FOR FAMILIES AT THE LOWER END OF 1010 00:31:15,067 --> 00:31:16,400 THE INCOME DISTRIBUTION. 1011 00:31:15,067 --> 00:31:16,400 THEY'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 1012 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:21,867 TROUBLE PUTTING FOOD ON THE 1013 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:21,867 TABLE OR -- 1014 00:31:21,867 --> 00:31:23,200 OR MAKING RENT PAYMENTS. 1015 00:31:21,867 --> 00:31:23,200 >> A LITTLE PINCH >> THE HOPE IS 1016 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,867 THAT ONCE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE 1017 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,867 AGAIN, EVERYONE WILL BENEFIT. 1018 00:31:27,867 --> 00:31:33,000 >> DO YOU THINK THAT AFTER WE 1019 00:31:27,867 --> 00:31:33,000 REACH HERD IMMUNITY, WE ARE 1020 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,600 GOING TO SEE AN ECONOMIC BOOM? 1021 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,600 >> WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA SEE 1022 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:39,500 SOME KIND OF BOOM. 1023 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:39,500 SO MANY HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BUILT UP 1024 00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:40,933 QUITE A BIT OF EXTRA SAVINGS. 1025 00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:40,933 >> THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO. 1026 00:31:40,933 --> 00:31:44,633 BUT FRIEDMAN PREDICTS PEOPLE'S 1027 00:31:40,933 --> 00:31:44,633 DESIRE TO SOCIALIZE AND SPEND 1028 00:31:44,633 --> 00:31:47,767 WILL COME BACK. 1029 00:31:44,633 --> 00:31:47,767 PERHAPS EVEN BY THIS SUMMER. 1030 00:31:47,767 --> 00:31:50,633 >> I'LL BET THERE'LL BE MORE 1031 00:31:47,767 --> 00:31:50,633 CONCERTS AND MORE PEOPLE DINING 1032 00:31:50,633 --> 00:31:52,700 OUTSIDE AT RESTAURANTS THIS 1033 00:31:50,633 --> 00:31:52,700 SUMMER EVEN THAN THERE WERE TWO 1034 00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:54,867 YEARS AGO. 1035 00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:54,867 >> TOGETHER WE'RE LEADING THIS 1036 00:31:54,867 --> 00:31:58,567 FIGHT! 1037 00:31:54,867 --> 00:31:58,567 >> BACK IN CHINATOWN, NEARLY 1038 00:31:58,567 --> 00:32:00,833 200 PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STREETS 1039 00:31:58,567 --> 00:32:00,833 TO TRY AND SAVE THE JING FONG 1040 00:32:00,833 --> 00:32:04,267 RESTAURANT, URGING THE LANDLORD 1041 00:32:00,833 --> 00:32:04,267 TO HELP. 1042 00:32:04,267 --> 00:32:07,667 >> PROTECT CHINATOWN. 1043 00:32:04,267 --> 00:32:07,667 SAVE JING FONG. 1044 00:32:07,667 --> 00:32:11,067 >> BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. 1045 00:32:07,667 --> 00:32:11,067 SUNDAY WAS THE LAST DAY FOR 1046 00:32:11,067 --> 00:32:13,633 CUSTOMERS IN TRUMAN LAM'S FAMOUS 1047 00:32:11,067 --> 00:32:13,633 BANQUET HALL. 1048 00:32:13,633 --> 00:32:16,267 >> IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT IT 1049 00:32:13,633 --> 00:32:16,267 HAD TO COME TO THIS. 1050 00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:19,900 >> FOR NOW, HE'LL CONTINUE 1051 00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:19,900 TAKEOUT. 1052 00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:26,467 AND WANTS TO FIND A NEW 1053 00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:26,467 LOCATION, TO KEEP UP THE LEGACY. 1054 00:32:26,467 --> 00:32:30,267 THE LIGHTS ARE OUT AT JING FONG. 1055 00:32:26,467 --> 00:32:30,267 BUT, THE HOPE IS THERE, FOR A 1056 00:32:30,267 --> 00:32:33,833 LIGHTER, AND BRIGHTER, YEAR 1057 00:32:30,267 --> 00:32:33,833 AHEAD. 1058 00:32:33,833 --> 00:32:36,967 THAT BY NEXT LUNAR NEW YEAR, 1059 00:32:33,833 --> 00:32:36,967 GOOD LUCK AND PROSPERITY WILL BE 1060 00:32:36,967 --> 00:32:43,200 RESTORED. 1061 00:32:36,967 --> 00:32:43,200 IN CHINATOWN, AND THROUGHOUT THE 1062 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,500 COUNTRY. 1063 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,500 >>> BRINGING BACK THE ECONOMY IS 1064 00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:52,300 LARGELY THE JOB OF TREASURY 1065 00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:52,300 SECRETARY JANET YELLEN. 1066 00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:55,833 SECRETARY YELLEN, WELCOME. 1067 00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:55,833 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. 1068 00:32:55,833 --> 00:33:01,667 >> THIS MASSIVE BILL IS NOW 1069 00:32:55,833 --> 00:33:01,667 SIGNED INTO LAW, AS I'M SURE YOU 1070 00:33:01,667 --> 00:33:06,167 KNOW, BY SOME ESTIMATES UP TO 1071 00:33:01,667 --> 00:33:06,167 475 BILLION OF THE LAST RELIEF 1072 00:33:06,167 --> 00:33:08,200 PACKAGES STILL HASN'T BEEN 1073 00:33:06,167 --> 00:33:08,200 SPENT. 1074 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:12,700 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE SURE 1075 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:12,700 THIS MONEY GETS OUT FAST TO THE 1076 00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:20,400 PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT? 1077 00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:20,400 >> WE'RE WORKING HARD FIRST TO 1078 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:25,233 GET THE DIRECT PAYMENTS OUT, THE 1079 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:25,233 $1400 CHECKS ARE DIRECT DEPOSIT. 1080 00:33:25,233 --> 00:33:28,367 AMERICANS WILL SEE THAT SHOW UP 1081 00:33:25,233 --> 00:33:28,367 IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS THIS 1082 00:33:28,367 --> 00:33:31,933 WEEKEND. 1083 00:33:28,367 --> 00:33:31,933 THERE IS PAYMENT FOR RENTAL 1084 00:33:31,933 --> 00:33:34,000 ASSISTANCE, FOR HOMEOWNERS IN 1085 00:33:31,933 --> 00:33:34,000 TROUBLE. 1086 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,367 THERE WILL BE MONEY TO SUPPORT 1087 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,367 VACCINATIONS, MONEY FOR STATE 1088 00:33:37,367 --> 00:33:39,433 AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, TO OPEN 1089 00:33:37,367 --> 00:33:39,433 SCHOOLS. 1090 00:33:39,433 --> 00:33:42,200 WE WILL ALSO WORK TO GET THIS 1091 00:33:39,433 --> 00:33:42,200 MONEY OUT AS QUICKLY AS 1092 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,133 POSSIBLE. 1093 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,133 >> YOU AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE 1094 00:33:44,133 --> 00:33:50,200 MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS 1095 00:33:44,133 --> 00:33:50,200 THE TIME TO GO BIG OR GO HOME, 1096 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:54,333 THAT ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED 1097 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:54,333 FROM THE LAST GREAT RECESSION 1098 00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:59,967 WAS DOING TOO LITTLE, BEING TOO 1099 00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:59,967 STINGY WITH RELIEF MEANT A 1100 00:33:59,967 --> 00:34:03,833 LONGER, MORE PAINFUL RECOVERY. 1101 00:33:59,967 --> 00:34:03,833 THAT BEING SAID, SOME ECONOMISTS 1102 00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:07,400 SAY THIS STIMULUS IS UP TO THREE 1103 00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:07,400 TIMES BIGGER THAN IT NEEDS TO 1104 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,933 BE. 1105 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,933 HAVE YOU OVERSHOT THE MARK? 1106 00:34:10,933 --> 00:34:13,467 ARE YOU SPENDING TOO MUCH? 1107 00:34:10,933 --> 00:34:13,467 >> I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE 1108 00:34:13,467 --> 00:34:15,200 OVERSHOT THE MARK. 1109 00:34:13,467 --> 00:34:15,200 I BELIEVE THIS PACKAGE IS THE 1110 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,367 RIGHT SIZE. 1111 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,367 WE PUT IT TOGETHER BY ASKING 1112 00:34:18,367 --> 00:34:22,533 WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF AMERICANS, 1113 00:34:18,367 --> 00:34:22,533 WHERE DO WE NEED TO GET MONEY 1114 00:34:22,533 --> 00:34:25,600 AND HOW MUCH TO RELIEVE ALL THE 1115 00:34:22,533 --> 00:34:25,600 SUFFERING THAT'S OCCURRING IN 1116 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:29,267 THE ECONOMY. 1117 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:29,267 >> JUST TO DRILL DOWN ON THIS, 1118 00:34:29,267 --> 00:34:31,767 THE CBO, THE CONGRESSIONAL 1119 00:34:29,267 --> 00:34:31,767 BUDGET OFFICE, WHICH IS 1120 00:34:31,767 --> 00:34:35,033 INDEPENDENT, SAYS THE ECONOMY IS 1121 00:34:31,767 --> 00:34:35,033 RIGHT NOW ABOUT 3% BELOW ITS 1122 00:34:35,033 --> 00:34:40,367 POTENTIAL. 1123 00:34:35,033 --> 00:34:40,367 THAT'S 6 OR $700 BILLION. 1124 00:34:40,367 --> 00:34:42,733 WE'RE ABOUT TO SPEND $1.9 1125 00:34:40,367 --> 00:34:42,733 TRILLION. 1126 00:34:42,733 --> 00:34:47,000 AGAIN, IT'S ALMOST LIKE IF YOU 1127 00:34:42,733 --> 00:34:47,000 HAD A HEADACHE BEFORE AND YOU 1128 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,900 TOOK ONE ASPIRIN, YOU KNEW THAT 1129 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,900 WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH, BUT THAT 1130 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:53,867 DOESN'T MEAN NEXT TIME YOU TAKE 1131 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:53,867 THE WHOLE BOTTLE. 1132 00:34:53,867 --> 00:34:56,800 IS IT FAR TOO BIG WITH TEMPORARY 1133 00:34:53,867 --> 00:34:56,800 FIXES THAT DON'T ADDRESS THE 1134 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,600 UNDERLYING PROBLEMS? 1135 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,600 >> THIS IS A PACKAGE THAT 1136 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,733 ADDRESSES THE PANDEMIC AND HELPS 1137 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,733 PEOPLE GET TO THE OTHER SIDE 1138 00:35:02,733 --> 00:35:08,167 INTACT. 1139 00:35:02,733 --> 00:35:08,167 WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE BE 1140 00:35:08,167 --> 00:35:11,633 SCARRED BY LONG SPELLS OF 1141 00:35:08,167 --> 00:35:11,633 UNEMPLOYMENT, BEING OUT OF THE 1142 00:35:11,633 --> 00:35:15,533 LABOR MARKET BECAUSE CHILDREN 1143 00:35:11,633 --> 00:35:15,533 CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL. 1144 00:35:15,533 --> 00:35:20,200 WE WANT TO GET THE ECONOMY BACK 1145 00:35:15,533 --> 00:35:20,200 OPERATING IN THE NORMAL WAY. 1146 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,567 AND THEN WE DO HAVE LONG-RUN 1147 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,567 CHALLENGES TO ADDRESS AND WE'RE 1148 00:35:24,567 --> 00:35:28,467 PREPARING TO DO THAT, 1149 00:35:24,567 --> 00:35:28,467 INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATION AND 1150 00:35:28,467 --> 00:35:32,633 TRAINING, CLIMATE CHANGE, OTHER 1151 00:35:28,467 --> 00:35:32,633 LONGER RUN PRIORITIES WILL BE ON 1152 00:35:32,633 --> 00:35:37,067 OUR LIST TO ADDRESS NEXT. 1153 00:35:32,633 --> 00:35:37,067 >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THAT, 1154 00:35:37,067 --> 00:35:39,967 BECAUSE SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL, 1155 00:35:37,067 --> 00:35:39,967 A REPUBLICAN OF COURSE, 1156 00:35:39,967 --> 00:35:43,367 EXCORIATED THE BILL TODAY. 1157 00:35:39,967 --> 00:35:43,367 HE SAID THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT 1158 00:35:43,367 --> 00:35:47,867 FINISHING OFF THE PANDEMIC, THAT 1159 00:35:43,367 --> 00:35:47,867 ONLY 20% OF THE BILL GOES TO 1160 00:35:47,867 --> 00:35:52,700 DIRECT PAYMENTS, ABOUT 10% TO 1161 00:35:47,867 --> 00:35:52,700 VACCINE AND HEALTH AND THE REST 1162 00:35:52,700 --> 00:35:56,567 HE CALLED A TROJAN HORSE FULL OF 1163 00:35:52,700 --> 00:35:56,567 BAD, OLD LIBERAL IDEAS. 1164 00:35:56,567 --> 00:36:00,833 >> THERE'S A LOT OF SUFFERING 1165 00:35:56,567 --> 00:36:00,833 AMERICANS HAVE BEEN ENDURING. 1166 00:36:00,833 --> 00:36:06,500 AND THE PAIN HAS BEEN 1167 00:36:00,833 --> 00:36:06,500 PARTICULARLY TOUGH FOR LOW 1168 00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:08,967 INCOME WORKERS AND FOR 1169 00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:08,967 MINORITIES, WHO ARE 1170 00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:12,233 DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED 1171 00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:12,233 IN THE SERVICE SECTOR. 1172 00:36:12,233 --> 00:36:15,800 AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS 1173 00:36:12,233 --> 00:36:15,800 SUFFERING, GET PEOPLE TO THE 1174 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:20,667 OTHER SIDE. 1175 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:20,667 AND THIS BILL CONTAINS SUPPORT 1176 00:36:20,667 --> 00:36:24,800 AND GRANTS THAT THEY NEED IN 1177 00:36:20,667 --> 00:36:24,800 ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE WHEN 1178 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,067 WE GET THE PANDEMIC UNDER 1179 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,067 CONTROL. 1180 00:36:27,067 --> 00:36:29,933 >> SECRETARY YELLEN, THANK YOU 1181 00:36:27,067 --> 00:36:29,933 FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. 1182 00:36:29,933 --> 00:36:32,500 WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 1183 00:36:29,933 --> 00:36:32,500 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, 1184 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:48,100 SAVANNAH. 1185 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:48,100 >>> EARLIER TONIGHT, SAVANNAH 1186 00:36:48,100 --> 00:37:03,133 WAS ASKING ABOUT HANDSHAKES AND 1187 00:37:04,033 --> 00:37:07,700 >> NORBERT MORIN AND HIS WIFE 1188 00:37:04,033 --> 00:37:07,700 KATHLEEN HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO 1189 00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:11,700 VISIT HIS 98 YEAR OLD MOTHER 1190 00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:11,700 RITA IN HER ASSISTED LIVING HOME 1191 00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:15,133 FOR MONTHS. 1192 00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:15,133 NOT EVEN WHEN SHE CONTRACTED 1193 00:37:15,133 --> 00:37:18,433 COVID IN DECEMBER. 1194 00:37:15,133 --> 00:37:18,433 OR WORSE WHEN HER LOVING HUSBAND 1195 00:37:18,433 --> 00:37:30,933 BOB DIED OF THE VIRUS IN 1196 00:37:18,433 --> 00:37:30,933 JANUARY. 1197 00:37:30,933 --> 00:37:33,967 TODAY IS THEIR FIRST DAY BACK, 1198 00:37:30,933 --> 00:37:33,967 AND THERE'S A SPECIAL SURPRISE 1199 00:37:33,967 --> 00:37:35,133 FOR THEM ALL. 1200 00:37:33,967 --> 00:37:35,133 >> YOU HAVE TO STAND UP FOR ME. 1201 00:37:35,133 --> 00:37:38,900 >> THE ONE THING THAT EVERYONE 1202 00:37:35,133 --> 00:37:38,900 HAS WANTED TO DO FOR THE LAST 1203 00:37:38,900 --> 00:37:49,167 YEAR. 1204 00:37:38,900 --> 00:37:49,167 THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HUG! 1205 00:37:49,167 --> 00:37:51,733 >> WHAT A GOOD BOY YOU ARE. 1206 00:37:49,167 --> 00:37:51,733 OH. 1207 00:37:51,733 --> 00:37:57,700 ALL I HAVE TO DO IS PICK UP THAT 1208 00:37:51,733 --> 00:37:57,700 PHONE, HE'S RIGHT THERE. 1209 00:37:57,700 --> 00:38:02,200 >> OH, WE MADE YOU CRY. 1210 00:37:57,700 --> 00:38:02,200 BUT IT'S A GOOD CRY. 1211 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:08,500 THANK YOU. 1212 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:08,500 >> IT'S TEARS OF JOY. 1213 00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:14,167 >> DOT FERELLI IS 100 YEARS OLD 1214 00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:14,167 AND ALSO A COVID SURVIVOR. 1215 00:38:14,167 --> 00:38:17,600 SHE GOT TO HUG HER GRANDAUGHTER 1216 00:38:14,167 --> 00:38:17,600 DEB AND GREAT-GRANDSON NICK FOR 1217 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,133 THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS. 1218 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,133 >> ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? 1219 00:38:20,133 --> 00:38:21,333 >> IT'S BEEN A WHILE, GRAM. 1220 00:38:20,133 --> 00:38:21,333 >> OH YEAH. 1221 00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:27,867 LOVE YOU, HUN. 1222 00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:27,867 >> I LOVE YOU TOO. 1223 00:38:27,867 --> 00:38:31,533 >> WORDS DON'T ALWAYS COME 1224 00:38:27,867 --> 00:38:31,533 EASILY FOR HAZEL SLOCUM. 1225 00:38:31,533 --> 00:38:34,100 BUT SOMETIMES, THERE'S NO NEED 1226 00:38:31,533 --> 00:38:34,100 FOR WORDS. 1227 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:36,367 >> OH. 1228 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:36,367 OOH. 1229 00:38:36,367 --> 00:38:42,067 OH, YES. 1230 00:38:36,367 --> 00:38:42,067 OH, YES. 1231 00:38:42,067 --> 00:38:45,400 >> ISN'T IT GREAT? 1232 00:38:42,067 --> 00:38:45,400 >> I CAN'T SAY IT. 1233 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,733 >> WELL, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO 1234 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,733 SAY IT. 1235 00:38:47,733 --> 00:38:49,833 >> I DON'T HAVE TO. 1236 00:38:47,733 --> 00:38:49,833 >> WE ALL -- WE ALL KNOW IT. 1237 00:38:49,833 --> 00:38:54,567 WE ALL KNOW IT. 1238 00:38:49,833 --> 00:38:54,567 WE ALL FEEL IT. 1239 00:38:54,567 --> 00:38:58,300 WE LOVE YOU. 1240 00:38:54,567 --> 00:38:58,300 >> I LOVE YOU. 1241 00:38:58,300 --> 00:39:00,167 >> THE OPPORTUNITY OF GIVING A 1242 00:38:58,300 --> 00:39:00,167 HUG, THAT'S WHAT YOU KINDA HAVE 1243 00:39:00,167 --> 00:39:01,967 BEEN LOOKIN' FOR FOR THE LAST 1244 00:39:00,167 --> 00:39:01,967 YEAR. 1245 00:39:01,967 --> 00:39:05,400 I'LL TAKE THAT ONE MINUTE ANY 1246 00:39:01,967 --> 00:39:05,400 DAY. 1247 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,133 >> YOU DONE GREAT, KID. 1248 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,133 >> I KNOW I HAVE. 1249 00:39:07,133 --> 00:39:11,367 >> YOU DONE GREAT. 1250 00:39:07,133 --> 00:39:11,367 >> YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT TROOPER. 1251 00:39:11,367 --> 00:39:16,200 >> BRIAN LOYNDS MANAGES THIS 1252 00:39:11,367 --> 00:39:16,200 HOME, GETTING ALL THE RESIDENTS 1253 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:21,867 VACINATED AND MOST OF HIS STAFF 1254 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:21,867 MADE THESE HUGS POSSIBLE TODAY. 1255 00:39:21,867 --> 00:39:25,867 BUT IT'S ALSO PERSONAL FOR HIM. 1256 00:39:21,867 --> 00:39:25,867 HIS MOTHER MARY LIVES HERE TOO. 1257 00:39:25,867 --> 00:39:28,733 >> HE SHARED HIS HUG WITH HIS 1258 00:39:25,867 --> 00:39:28,733 BROTHER STEVE AND HIS SISTER 1259 00:39:28,733 --> 00:39:30,433 LINDA. 1260 00:39:28,733 --> 00:39:30,433 FOR LINDA ITS BEEN ALMOST A 1261 00:39:30,433 --> 00:39:35,867 YEAR. 1262 00:39:30,433 --> 00:39:35,867 >> OH, WOW. 1263 00:39:35,867 --> 00:39:39,533 THAT IS A NICE SURPRISE. 1264 00:39:35,867 --> 00:39:39,533 HI, MOM. 1265 00:39:39,533 --> 00:39:41,800 YEAH. 1266 00:39:39,533 --> 00:39:41,800 THAT'S A REALLY NICE SURPRISE. 1267 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:45,500 >> I MISS YOU, MOM. 1268 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:45,500 >> I MISS YOU. 1269 00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:49,200 I LOVE YOU. 1270 00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:49,200 >> I LOVE YOU TOO, DEAR. 1271 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,900 >> IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. 1272 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,900 >> ENGAGING WITH YOUR LOVED ONE 1273 00:39:52,900 --> 00:39:59,400 OR YOUR MOM OR YOUR DAD THERE'S 1274 00:39:52,900 --> 00:39:59,400 NOTHIN' BEATS THAT. 1275 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:04,000 >> I THINK THE WORD "HUG" MAY BE 1276 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:04,000 DIFFERENT FOR OTHER PEOPLE. 1277 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:09,400 NOT BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH 1278 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:09,400 YOUR LOVED ONES OR MAKE A 1279 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:14,800 CONTACT WITH 'EM. 1280 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:14,800 YOU SAW IT TODAY WITH THE 1281 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:26,067 FAMILIES. 1282 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:26,067 SO INDESCRIBABLE. 1283 00:40:26,067 --> 00:40:30,200 BUT VERY EMOTIONAL. 1284 00:40:26,067 --> 00:40:30,200 >> IF YOU'RE WIPING AWAY TEARS, 1285 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:31,433 WELCOME TO THE CLUB. 1286 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:31,433 >> BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS AFTER SO 1287 00:40:31,433 --> 00:40:32,767 MUCH PAIN. 1288 00:40:31,433 --> 00:40:32,767 MAYBE TOMORROW MARKS THE REAL 1289 00:40:32,767 --> 00:40:34,167 START OF THE NEW YEAR. 1290 00:40:32,767 --> 00:40:34,167 THAT'S ALL FOR THIS DATELINE 1291 00:40:34,167 --> 00:40:36,467 SPECIAL. 1292 00:40:34,167 --> 00:40:36,467 I'M LESTER HOLT. 1293 00:40:36,467 --> 00:40:40,733 I'LL SEE YOU EACH WEEKNIGHT FOR 1294 00:40:36,467 --> 00:40:40,733 NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. 1295 00:40:40,733 --> 00:40:43,300 >> AND, I'M SAVANNAH GUTHRIE. 1296 00:40:40,733 --> 00:40:43,300 I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW ON TODAY. 1297 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:46,700 WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH SOME 1298 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:46,700 IMAGES FROM THIS PAST YEAR. 1299 00:40:46,700 --> 00:40:52,767 MEMORIES OF OUR STRUGGLES. 1300 00:40:46,700 --> 00:40:52,767 BUT ALSO SIGNS OF HOPE. 1301 00:40:52,767 --> 00:40:57,867 GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY. 1302 00:40:52,767 --> 00:40:57,867 >> GOONIGHT.