>>> THIS IS ASSEMBLY IS
UNLAWFUL.
>> WE WANT JUSTICE.
>> WE'RE THE ONES WHO CAN SAY
FUCK THE SYSTEM AND MAKE A NEW
WORLD FOR US.
>> THESE PEOPLE DON'T GIVE A
DAMN ABOUT A CURFEW.
>> WE'RE TIRED ABOUT OUR PEOPLE
BEING SLAUGHTERED.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE IN THIS
FOR THE LONG HAUL.
>> YES.
WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS A
SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN BUILDING
UP FOR DECADES.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO BLACK
MEN.
>> DOES THE GOVERNMENT COME IN
HERE AT ALL?
>> BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT KEEPS
MINIMIZING THE VIRUS AS A LITTLE
FLU.
>> THE FLU WAS A GREAT KILLER.
>> REGULAR FLU ?N
>> YES.
>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF
COVID GETS IN?
>> ALL OF THE VIRUSES THAT WE
WILL FACE ALREADY EXIST IN
WILDLIFE.
WE CAN PREVENT THEM.
>> HAVE YOU EVER DISCOVERED A
NEW VIRUS?
>> YES, I DID.
>> JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED HE
PLANS TO DEFUND THE W.H.O.
>> NOBODY WILL BE SAFE UNTIL
EVERYONE IS SAFE.
>> THERE IS HIGH HOPES THAT BY
THE END OF THIS YEAR A VACCINE
CAN BE DEPLOYED.
>> IT IS POLITICAL SPIN.
>> PEOPLE WILL DIE.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> WE'RE IN MINNEAPOLIS,
MINNESOTA, RIGHT NOW, IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PROTEST OVER THE
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
THIS IS ONE OF MANY PROTESTS
THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE
NATION, HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS THEY
SET AN 8:00 P.M. CURFEW.
IT IS WELL AFTER THAT.
THESE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING
ANYWHERE FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT A
CURFEW.
>> FLOYD.
FLOYD!
>> I CAN'T BREATHE!
>> THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A
CURFEW TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M.
>> THAT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
THAT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
I'M HERE FOR JUSTICE.
I AM AN INNOCENT PERSON, BUT I
STILL HAVE -- THE WHITE MAN CAN
WALK AROUND LIKE EVERYTHING IS
OKAY AND I'M TIRED OF THAT
IMPRESSION.
>> ON MAY 25th, GEORGE FLOYD WAS
KILLED DURING AN ARREST BY
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE FOR ALLEGEDLY
USING A COUNTERFEIT $20 BILL TO
BUY CIGARETTES.
HIS DEATH SET OUT PROTESTS THAT
BEGAN HERE IN THE STREETS OF
MINNEAPOLIS AND HAVE SINCE
ERUPTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
>> WE WANT JUSTICE!
WE'RE TIRED OF OUR PEOPLE BEING
SLAUGHTERED!
>> SHUT IT DOWN!
SHUT IT DOWN!
>> HOW MANY DAYS HAVE YOU BEEN
OUT HERE?
>> THIS IS MY THIRD.
>> WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE?
>> IS IT IS JUST -- WE SHOULDN'T
HAVE TO WALK OUT AND FEEL
THREATENED.
THE POLICE ARE SUPPOSED TO
PROTECT US.
THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE LIKE,
TOTAL LIKE REFORMATION OR
TRANSFORMATION OF THE POLICE
FORCE.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS DOESN'T
WORK?
>> WE KEEP TRYING.
ANYWAY WE NEED TO, WE KEEP
TRYING.
WE CAN'T GIVE UP.
>> FLOYD.
>> GEORGE.
>> FLOYD.
>> GEORGE.
>> FLOYD.
>> GEORGE.
>> FLOYD.
>> I SEEM TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF
TWO DIFFERENT KIND OF
DEMONSTRATIONS.
>> THIS IS THE MOTHER FUCKING
PROBLEM.
GET OUT.
>> DON'T HERE TO MY LEFT, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PROTESTING AND DEMONSTRATING,
THEY'RE SICK AND TIRED OF POLICE
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT MESSING WITH
BLACK PEOPLE.
BUT OVER HERE WE HAVE PEOPLE
THAT ARE BREAKING INTO A BANK.
WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE ANTITHESIS
OF WHAT THE SPIRIT OF THIS
DEMONSTRATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
>> STOP LOOTING!
KEEP IT MOVING!
>> YOU'RE ALL DOWN HERE
PROTESTING?
>> YEAH.
WE'RE NOT LOOTING.
>> I RESPECT THAT.
SOME PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK AT --
LOOK AT THIS SITUATION AND SAY,
THIS IS JUST SOME YOUNG THUGS,
RIGHT, OUT HERE CAUSING TROUBLE.
>> NO.
>> WE DIDN'T ACT LIKE WE DID,
WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED AS A RESULT.
NOTHING REALLY WOULD BE DONE
UNLESS WE OUT HERE.
NOTHING.
>> WHAT IS IT YOU WANT THE REST
OF THE WORLD TO SEE AND KNOW
ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?
>> IT IS REAL.
IT IS PAINFUL.
>> GET UP OUT OF HERE.
>> SO JUST ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM
HERE THERE IS A SOLID WALL OF
RIOT POLICE OFFICERS AND THE
PROTESTERS INSTEAD OF RUNNING
AWAY FROM THEM, THEY'RE LOOKING
TO DIRECTLY CONFRONT THEM.
>> YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY.
IF YOU CONTINUE TO OBSTRUCT AND
RESIST -- YOU WILL BE ARRESTED.
>> SINCE 2015, MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE HAVE USED FORCE AGAINST
BLACK RESIDENTS AT A RATE SEVEN
TIMES THAT OF WHITES.
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD STRUCK
AN EMOTIONAL CHORD WITH THE
BLACK COMMUNITY, CLEARLY
FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF
EMPATHY FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR
BLACK LIVES.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THE
MOTHERS OF OTHER BLACK MEN WHO
HAVE DIED DURING ENCOUNTERS WITH
THE POLICE.
LIKE VALERIE CASTILE, WHOSE SON
WAS KILLED BY A POLICE OFFICER
FOUR YEARS AGO, IN A SUBURB JUST
OUTSIDE MINNEAPOLIS.
>> WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS A
SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN BUILDING
UP FOR DECADES.
THE ABUSE AND THE MALTREATMENT,
THE INHUMANE TREATMENT OF PEOPLE
OF COLOR, THE HANGING, THE
DRAGGING BEHIND THE CAR, THE
LYNCHING, THE BURNING OF CROSSES
ON PEOPLE'S LAWNS, WE WERE ONE
DEGREE FROM BURNING UP.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CITIZENS
DRIVING IN THEIR CARS, WALKING
FROM THE STORE, PLAYING IN THE
PARK, YOU KNOW, THE LIST GOES ON
AND ON OF THINGS THAT WE WERE
ENTITLED TO DO AND MY SON'S
SITUATION, HE WAS STEREOTYPED,
RACIALLY PROFILED, HARASSED,
STALKED AND FUCKING MURDERED, IN
THAT ORDER.
IN THAT ORDER.
>> ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 6th,
2016, 32-YEAR-OLD PHILANDO
CASTILE WAS PULLED OVER BY
POLICE, SUPPOSEDLY FOR A BROKEN
TAILLIGHT.
HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HER
4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WERE ALSO IN
THE CAR.
IT WAS ONE OF 49 TIMES CASTILE
HAD BEEN PULLED OVER, OFTEN FOR
MINOR INFRACTIONS LIKE HAVING AN
UNLIT LICENSE PLATE OR TINTED
WINDOWS.
MOMENTS LATER, CASTILE BECAME
THE LATEST VICTIM OF THE KILLING
OF A BLACK MAN AT THE HANDS OF
THE POLICE.
>> DON'T PULL IT -- .
>> DON'T MOVE!
DON'T MOVE!
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> DON'T MOVE!
>> DON'T MOVE, BABY.
>> YOU SHOT FOUR BULLETS INTO
HIM, SIR.
HE WAS JUST GETTING HIS LICENSE
AND REGISTRATION, SIR.
>> THE POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED
IN THE SHOOTING, JERONIMO YARNEZ
WAS ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES,
INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER.
NATIONWIDE, LESS THAN HALF OF
ALL OFFICERS CHARGED WITH MURDER
OR MANSLAUGHTER ARE CONVICTED.
AND WITH OFFICERS CONVICTED FOR
MURDER SINCE 2005.
I RELUCTANTLY WATCHED YOUR SON'S
VIDEO, IT IS PAINFUL.
WATCHING GEORGE FLOYD'S VIDEO,
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW,
HE SAID HE COULDN'T BREATHE, BUT
AT ONE POINT HE CALLED FOR HIS
MOTHER.
>> YEAH.
>> SO AS A MOTHER OF A BLACK
SON, THAT HAS BEEN KILLED BY THE
POLICE, WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH
YOUR MIND WHEN YOU HEARD HIM SAY
THAT?
>> MY SON, HE DIDN'T CALL FOR
ME.
HE CALLED FOR HIS LORD.
HE CALLED ON GOD.
HE SAID, LORD, WHY ME?
AND GOD TOLD HIM, HE SAID, YOUR
WORK IS DONE.
YOU'VE DONE YOUR JOB.
MY SON DIED SO THAT YOU AND YOU
AND YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THIS WORLD.
SOMETIMES THE HEART HAS TO BREAK
FOR THE TRUTH TO FALL IN IT.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO BLACK
MEN.
THIS RIGHT HERE, YOU SAW WITH
YOUR OWN EYES.
>> SO FAST-FORWARD TO 2020, AND
YOU SEE GEORGE FLOYD AND WHAT
HAPPENED TO HIM.
WHAT IS YOUR INITIAL REACTION?
>> I WAS MAD AS HELL.
AND AT FIRST THING I SAID, HERE
WE FUCKING GO.
HERE WE GO.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE MOTHER
FUCKING THE MOST MINIMAL CHARGE.
HERE WE GO AGAIN.
I SAW THAT SHIT, YOU KNOW, AND
IT REALLY PISSED ME OFF TO THE
CORE.
I CRIED FOR THAT MAN JUST LIKE I
CRIED FOR MY SON.
YOU KNOW, HE PUT HIS KNEE ON THE
MAN'S NECK.
AND THEN YOU SET THERE AND
POSTURE, LOOK WHAT I DID.
HE KNEW THE CAMERAS WAS RIGHT
THERE.
AND HE POSTURED, YOU KNOW, LOOK
AT ME, I KILLED HIM.
WHAT THE FUCK WRONG WITH YOU?
WHAT THE FUCK MAKE YOU THINK
THAT'S RIGHT?
AND IT IS THE SAME FUCKING SHIT.
THAT MAN STUCK A GUN IN THE CAR
AND MURDERED MY SON.
AND SAID IT IS ALL RIGHT.
YOU ALL GOT TO BE CRAZY.
AND WE NEED FOR THESE PEOPLE TO
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
>> THE CURRENT POLICE CHIEF OF
MINNEAPOLIS ANDOUR OTHER BLACK
OFFICERS SUED THE CITY'S POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN 2007, ALLEGING THE
LEADERSHIP CONDONED
DISCRIMINATORY CONDUCT AGAINST
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THE CASE WAS SETTLED OUT OF
COURT WITH NO ADMISSION OF GUILT
OR REFORMS.
TODAY WHILE BLACK RESIDENTS MAKE
UP 20% OF THE POPULATION IN
MINNEAPOLIS, ONLY 10% OF THE
CITY'S NEARLY 900 POLICE
OFFICERS ARE BLACK.
FOR SOME OFFICERS OF COLOR, THE
KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD
EMPHASIZED THE ONGOING INTERNAL
STRUGGLE OF BEING BOTH LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND AN ADVOCATE FOR
YOUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE GOING BACK TO
WORK THE FIRST DAY AFTER GEORGE
FLOYD GOT KILLED?
>> LET ME TELL YOU, I DID NOT
WANT TO PUT THAT UNIFORM ON.
I TOLD MY SERGEANT THAT.
I SAID, IT TOOK EVERYTHING IN MY
POWER TO COME TO WORK TODAY.
>> PEOPLE ARE PISSED OFF IN THE
STREETS.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> SO WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THAT
ANGRY PERSON IN THE STREETS THAT
SAID TO HELL WITH ALL Y'ALL
COPS?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT I HEAR YOU,
THAT I FEEL YOU, BECAUSE,
REMEMBER, THIS UNIFORM COMES
OFF.
AND I'M JUST LIKE YOU.
I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT I'M
SICK AND TIRED OF WHEN I GO TO
THE STORE, ON THE FIRST THING
I'M THINKING ABOUT IS SOMEBODY
FOLLOWING ME?
BECAUSE THEY THINK I'M GOING TO
STEAL.
I WANT THINGS TO CHANGE.
>> WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF UNIFORM,
DO YOU FEEL SAFE AROUND COPS?
>> NOT ALL THE TIME.
IT JUST DEPENDS.
YOU KNOW THAT -- IT IS ALWAYS ON
THE FRONT OF OUR BRAINS, LIKE,
DON'T WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE
SOMEBODY MIGHT THINK THIS WAY.
IT IS SAD.
AND I GET ANGRY.
>> IN AUGUST 2016, FOUR YEARS
AFTER JOINING THE POLICE, SHANTE
WAS ARRESTED HERSELF.
>> I WAS ARRESTED FOR DWI AND I
SAID FUCK THE POLICE.
THE REASON THAT HAPPENED WAS
BECAUSE JAMAL CLARK WAS SHOT AND
KILLED AND PHILANDO CASTILE WAS
SHOT AND KILLED.
I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS
MYSELF.
I WOULD JUST DRINK, I COULDN'T
GO TO SLEEP.
I WAS STRUGGLING.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ASK FOR
HELP.
AND SO THEN I GOT ARRESTED, AND
THAT MADE NATIONAL NEWS ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
>> SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE
PROTECTING THE LAW, INSTEAD A
POLICE OFFICER IS ACCUSED OF
BREAKING SEVERAL OF THOSE LAWS.
>> FORD SWORE THE OFFICERS MADE
ANTI-POLICE STATEMENTS SAYING I
EX-
EXPLETIVE HATE COPS AND HATE
THAT I'M A COP, ALL YOU DO IS
HARASS BLACK PEOPLE.
>> THE REASON I CAME BACK TO
WORK IS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY
RALLIED AROUND ME.
CALLED ME, MESSAGED ME, WHEN ARE
YOU COMING BACK, WHEN ARE YOU
COMING BACK?
I GOT MYSELF TOGETHER, AND PART
OF GETTING MYSELF TOGETHER IS
HAVING ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO
SPEAK OUT.
>> DO YOU REGRET BEING A POLICE
OFFICER?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> I SURE DON'T.
AND I WILL STAND BY THIS UNTIL
THE DAY I'M GONE.
IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE A
CHANGE, ALL PEOPLE NEED TO BE IN
THE POLICE FORCE, MEN, WOMEN,
WHITE FOLKS, BLACK FOLKS, ASIAN
FOLKS, LATINOS, STRAIGHT FOLKS,
GAY FOLKS, TRAIN EVERYBODY THAT
IS IN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE
IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> SOME ACTIVISTS ARE TAKING A
PROACTIVE APPROACH TO ROOT OUT
SYSTEMIC RACISM.
LORETTA VAN PELT IS LEADING AN
EFFORT TO REPLACE MIKE FREEMAN,
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO BROUGHT
A LESSER MURDER CHARGE AGAINST
THE POLICE OFFICER WHO KILLED
GEORGE EMPLOYED.
>> DEREK CHAUVIN HAS BEEN
CHARGED BY THE HENNEPIN COUNTY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
>> OUTRAGE LED THE GOVERNOR TO
STEP IN AND TAP MINNESOTA'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO LEAD THE
CASE.
>> GEORGE FLOYD!
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> WE'RE NOT WAITING ANYMORE.
AND I THINK THE MAN WHO LIVES IN
THIS HOUSE, HE'S THE ANSWER TO
ALL THAT, RIGHT?
BUT HE'S NOT DOING HIS JOB.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DON'T
DO OUR JOB, WHAT HAPPENS?
>> GET FIRED.
>> WE GET FIRED.
WE GET FIRED.
SO HE NEEDS TO GO.
HE NEEDS TO GO.
>> GOT TO GO.
YOU GOT TO GO.
HE GOT TO GO.
>> THE SYSTEM'S ROTTEN TO THE
CORE AND WE'RE THE ONES WHO CAN
SAVE FUCK THIS SYSTEM AND MAKE A
NEW WORLD FOR US.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> WHOSE STREETS?
>> OUR STREETS.
>> WHOSE STREETS?
>> OUR STREETS.
>> WHOSE COMMUNITY?
>> OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THERE IS NO BUILDINGS BURNING
HERE.
IT IS FALLING APART.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO REALLY
INFLUENCE WHO WE GET IN CITY
COUNCIL, WHO WE GET AS A COUNTY
ATTORNEY, WHO WE GET AS MAYOR,
AND SO I THINK NOW THEY'RE
WATCHING AND NOW THEY KNOW.
>> HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOU ALL
CAN KEEP FIGHTING AT THIS LEVEL?
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT?
>> I THINK WHAT IT IS IS PEOPLE
ARE FEELING EMPOWERED NOW.
PEOPLE ARE FEELING LIKE THEY CAN
FIGHT BACK FINALLY.
>> JUST AS A MOTHER OF A BLACK
SON, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS FIGHT
TO YOU?
WHAT DOES THIS FIGHT MEAN IN
THAT REGARD?
>> IT MEANS EVERYTHING.
I'M HOPING THAT WHEN THEY'RE
OLDER, THAT WE ARE NOT DOING
THIS ANYMORE, THAT THE WORLD IS
RIGHT AND WHAT I MEAN IS THAT
THE COPS -- THAT THEY DON'T HAVE
TO LIVE IN FEAR, THAT THE COLOR
OF THEIR SKIN ISN'T WHAT IS
GOING TO GET THEM KILLED.
>> WHAT DO YOU TELL YOUR SON IN
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS?
>> I'M HONEST.
I TELL THE TRUTH.
THE SYSTEM WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR
US.
AND SO WE HAVE TO FIGHT TO MAKE
SURE WE GET TREATED FAIRLY AND
THAT THERE IS EQUITY IN THIS.
>> PROTESTING HERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS IS MORE THAN WHAT IS
SEEN IN THE STREETS.
BEHIND THE SCENES, THERE IS AN
APPARATUS THAT FUELS THE
MOVEMENT, SUPPLYING FOOT
SOLDIERS WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO
KEEP GOING AND AIDING THE CITY
THAT IS SHUT DOWN.
THIS RESTAURANT IS THE
HEADQUARTERS.
>> THIS HAS BECOME A SORTING
CENTER, MAKING THINGS INTO
PACKETS.
THEY GET A HARD HAT, THEY GET
THEIR SNACKS, PORTABLE PHONE
CHARGER.
THIS IS TO DECONTAMINATE
THEMSELVES OR BAND-AIDS, OTHER
THINGS AND SO, LIKE, THIS IS A
SOLUTION THEY CAN PUT ON THEIR
BODY AND THEIR FACE.
>> THIS IS ALREADY -- THIS IS
NOT WATER.
THIS IS MIXED.
>> IT IS ALREADY MIXED.
AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER PACKS
THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY MORE
GEARED TOWARDS PEOPLE THAT ARE
OUT ON THE STREETS, BUT THEY'RE
SERVING AS, LIKE, STREET MEDICS.
THEIR BAGS MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENTLY.
KITS, KITS, KITS.
WE HAVE A KIT FOR EVERYTHING.
>> I SEE.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING OUT TO FIGHT
FIRES, THERE IS GLOVES, GAUZE,
MORE WATER, THE FIRST AID KIT,
MORE EYE WASH.
>> YOU ALSO HAVE OPERATIONS
GOING ON INDOORS TOO, RIGHT?
>> INDOORS AS WELL.
>> CAN YOU SHOW ME THAT?
>> WE CAN GO IN AND DO THAT.
>> SAMANTHA GONZALEZ HELPS
COORDINATE THIS ORGANIZATION AND
IT IS MASSIVE.
DELIVERING FOOD, DISPATCHING
MEDICS AND COORDINATING
LOCATIONS.
>> FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IN TWO
DAYS, IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
THE SYSTEM IS BUILT IN SUCH A
WAY THAT THEY DON'T SEE OUR PAIN
AND OUR SUFFERING.
SO NOW THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT
TO SEE IT, THERE IS A FACE TO A
STORY.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE IN
THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL.
>> YES.
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE, LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE
STAMINA OR THE ENDURANCE TO
OUTLAST THIS SYSTEM THAT HAS
BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOREVER?
>> FOR EVERYBODY THAT THINKS WE
WON'T, JUST KEEP WATCHING.
WHITE FOLKS HAD, WHAT, THREE
DAYS OF BEING UNCOMFORTABLE.
THIS IS LIKE MY REGULAR EVERYDAY
THING.
THAT'S WHY I'M CALM, COOL AND
COLLECTED.
WE READY.
WE CAN BE HERE THIS TIME NEXT
YEAR AND WE STILL DOING THIS.
BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
NEW STANDARD.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP DOING
THIS WHEN THIS IS OVER.
AND THE MORE THAT YOU CHOOSE TO
BE INDIGNANT AND LET YOUR EGO
GET IN THE WAY, THE MORE -- THE
MORE THE SAME KNEE THAT WAS ON
GEORGE'S NECK IS GOING TO BE ON
YOUR NECK.
IT IS THE COLOR PURPLE SHIT, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> AS THE PROTESTS GREW MORE
ORGANIZED IN MINNEAPOLIS AND
EXPANDED TO HUNDREDS OF CITIES
AND TOWNS ACROSS ALL 50 STATES,
POLICING TACTICS BECAME
INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE.
ELEVATING TENSIONS WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD
MOBILIZED IN OVER 30 STATES,
CASUALTIES AMONG PROTESTERS AND
BYSTANDERS MOUNTED, HUNDREDS
WERE INJURED AND MORE THAN
10,000 ARRESTED.
>> THIS ASSEMBLY IS UNLAWFUL.
IF YOU DO NOT DISPERSE, YOU WILL
BE SUBJECT TO ARREST.
>> FIGHT BACK.
>> SHIT.
WE NEED TO GET OUT.
OVER HERE.
>> GET UP.
>> GET ON THE GROUND!
GET ON THE GROUND!
>> I'M TRAPPED.
>> RIGHT NOW, STATE PATROL,
STATE PATROL OF MINNESOTA HAS
ASKED US TO GET ON THE GROUND.
WE'RE COMPLYING.
>> YOU UP THERE.
>> WE'RE COVERING WHAT WAS A
PEACEFUL PROTEST.
THE STATE PATROL PULLED OVER
IMMEDIATELY AND START SHOOTING
TEAR GAS.
WE'RE THE PRESS, SIR.
>> PRESS?
>> PRESS.
STAND UP.
HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK.
>> OUR CREW WAS ARRESTED FOR
BREAKING CURFEW, DESPITE AN
EXEMPTION FOR JOURNALISTS.
SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COVER THAT
NIGHT'S PROTESTS AS THEY
ESCALATED, BECAUSE WE WERE IN
JAIL.
>> GEORGE FLOYD!
GEORGE FLOYD!
>> WE CLEAN UP EVERY DAY, BAGS
AND BAGS AND BAGS OF PLASTIC,
RUBBER BULLETS, YOU NAME IT.
>> DO YOU CONSIDER THE EFFORT
THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING TO CLEAN
UP THE STREETS AS A PART OF THIS
PROTEST?
>> ALL OF THIS IS A PART OF THE
PROTEST.
WE HELP CLEANING IT UP.
IT SHOWS SOME CONCERN.
IT SHOWS SOME COMPASSION.
I'VE BEEN AT THE PROTESTS EVERY
DAY SINCE THIS HAPPENED.
BELIEVE ME, EVERYBODY IS GOING
TO PUT THE BROOMS DOWN, IT IS
GOING TO BE PROTESTING.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF IT.
>> AFTER THE PROTESTS, YOU PICK
THE BROOMS BACK UP.
>> YOU PICK THEM BACK UP.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
>> WHAT DO YOU EXPECT
MINNEAPOLIS TO LOOK LIKE WHEN
THIS IS OVER?
>> LIKE DOOMSDAY.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE.
MINNEAPOLIS AIN'T GOING TO COME
BACK FOR ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE
YEARS.
CAN'T GO GET NOTHING TO EAT.
DOWN ON YOUR LUCK, YOU CAN'T
PAWN YOUR STUFF, GET SOME MONEY.
IF YOU GOT A CAR, YOU CAN'T GET
NO AUTO PARTS.
YOU CAN'T GET TO YOUR NEAREST
BANK IF YOU DON'T GOT ONLINE
BANKING.
THIS IS THE EFFECT OF THE CAUSE.
THE CAUSE WAS A YOUNG MAN GOT
KILLED BY POLICE OFFICERS, YOU
KNOW, WITH HIS KNEE IN HIS NECK.
SO THIS IS THE EFFECT.
EVERY YEAR OF BLACK GUYS BEING
KILLED IN MINNEAPOLIS BY POLICE
OFFICERS, PHILANDO IS CASTILE,
JAMAL CLARK AND A COUPLE MORE.
LIKE THIS HAPPENED TO HAPPEN
EVERY YEAR IF NOT EVERY OTHER
YEAR, SO IT WAS BOUND TO BE A
TICKING TIME BOMB.
>> AND THE LAST FIVE YEARS
ALONE, MORE THAN 1200 BLACK
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THE PRESIDENT'S TONE DEAF
APPROACH TO THE PROTESTS AND
SUPPORT OF A MILITARIZED
RESPONSE ONLY THREW GAS ON THE
FIRE.
>> TODAY I HAVE STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED TO EVERY GOVERNOR TO
DEPLOY THE NATIONAL GUARD IN
SUFFICIENT NUMBERS THAT WE
DOMINATE THE STREETS.
>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL OF
THE PROTESTS THAT ARE HAPPENING
ACROSS THE NATION.
>> IT WAS A MATTER OF TIME.
WHAT HAPPENS HERE WITH THE
POLICE BRUTALITY HAPPENS ALL
OVER THIS COUNTRY.
I REALLY DID -- IN 2016, I
PUBLICLY ASKED PEOPLE NOT TO
TEAR THIS MOTHER FUCKER UP.
>> WE AS A NATION NEED TO
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT
IS BY PASSING DIFFERENT LAWS.
>> PHILANDO.
>> SAY IT LIKE IT MATTERS!
>> PHILANDO.
>> AS FAR AS THE DEMONSTRATIONS
AND THE PROTESTS, I DON'T WANT
APPROVE OF VIOLENCE BECAUSE
VIOLENCE DOESN'T GET -- THAT IS
NOT THE WAY TO OBTAIN JUSTICE.
THING HS HAVE TO CHANGE.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT
IT?
OBVIOUSLY WHAT I WAS SAYING
FELL ON DEAF EARS AND A HARD
HEART.
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HEAR ME.
AND NOW YOU HAVE THIS.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT I SAY AND
THAT I'M GOING TO SAY TO TRY TO
DO ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU WERE
WARNED FOUR YEARS AGO THAT YOU
HAD FUCKED UP AND YOU CAN'T KEEP
DOING PEOPLE LIKE YOU'RE DOING
THEM.
A TAVERN ONLY RAINS FOR SO LONG,
IF YOU KEEP OPPRESSING THE
PEOPLE, THEY GOING TO REBEL.
>> WHAT'S HIS NAME?
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> WHAT'S HIS NAME?
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> WHAT'S HIS NAME?
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> WHAT'S HIS NAME?
>>> BRAZIL HAS THE WORLD'S
HIGHEST COVID INFECTION RATES
OUTSIDE THE U.S. AND SPRAYING
DISINFECTANT ON HARD HIT
NEIGHBORHOODS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
IT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM.
WE'RE INSIDE ONE OF RIO'S
FOVELLAS, HOMES TO MILLIONS OF
BRAZIL'S WORKING CLASS, THE MAZE
OF ALLIES AND CRAMPED HOUSING
ARE THE PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
THEY GET LITTLE ATTENTION FROM
THE GOVERNMENT, EXCEPT BEING
TARGETED BY THE POLICE.
IT IS ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES
WHERE IT IS HARD FOR THE
GOVERNMENT TO COME INSIDE.
THERE WAS AN OPERATION THIS
MORNING, POLICE KILLED SOMEONE
INSIDE THIS FOVELLA SO IT IS
TENSE.
WE'RE FOLLOWING THEM AROUND
CLOSE.
>> BUT IT IS NOT JUST THE VIRUS
ITSELF THREATENING THE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT IS HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS
HANDLING IT.
MOST OF ALL, POPULIST PRESIDENT
JAIR BOLSONARO WHO SPENT MOST OF
THE CRISIS DENYING THERE IS A
PROBLEM.
JUST AS IN THE U.S., BRAZIL'S
RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS HAS GONE
POLITICAL.
AS INFECTIONS SURGED, BOLSONARO
CONTINUED TO MOCK SOCIAL
DISTANCING, TELLING SUPPORTERS
THE HIGH DEATH TOLL IS FAKE
NEWS, WEEKLY RALLIES HE HOLDS TO
PROTEST STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS.
NICKNAME TRUMP OF THE TRUMPICS,
BOLSONARO IS A FAN OF THE U.S.
PRESIDENT, BIG ON TWITTER AND
HAS CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS LIKE
GIVING THE POLICE POWER TO SHOOT
CRIMINALS IN THE STREETS, QUOTE,
LIKE COCKROACHES.
AND LIKE TRUMP, HE WAS LARGELY
DISMISS OF CORONAVIRUS WHEN
CASES FIRST APPEARED IN LATE
FEBRUARY.
>> IN MID-APRIL, BOLSONARO FIRED
HIS HEALTH MINISTER FOR OPPOSING
AN END TO THE LOCKDOWNS.
THE NEXT ONE QUIT A FEW WEEKS
LATER, OVER THE PRESIDENT'S PUSH
TO EXPAND THE USE OF
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
ALL THE WHILE BOLSONARO KEPT
MAKING TONE DEAF COMMENTS ON THE
RAISING DEATH TOLL.
>> WITH ANGER AT BOLSONARO ON
THE RISE, THOSE WHO WIELD THE
REAL POWER IN THE FOVELLAS ARE
LOOKING TO PROFIT.
THIS IS THE MOST POWERFUL DRUG
GANG.
THEY SAID WE COULD FILM IN THEIR
DRUGS LAB IF WE FOLLOW A STRICT
SET OF RULES NO NAMES, MASKS
FACES AND NO PHOTOS THAT COULD
IDENTIFY THE LOCATION.
THE AIR IS REALLY THICK WITH THE
DUST FROM THE COCAINE.
IT IS A SERIOUS AMOUNT OF
PRODUCTION GOING ON IN THIS LAB.
COCAINE THAT IS THE MAIN
DISTANCE HERE.
THIS IS THE KIND OF INDUSTRY
THAT THEY'RE DEPENDING ON RIGHT
NOW.
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
CORONAVIRUS HAS BEEN BAD FOR
BUSINESS.
WE WERE TOLD DRUG PROFITS ARE
DOWN.
BUT THE TRAFFICKERS ARE ALSO
USING THIS CRISIS TO BOOST THEIR
IMAGE.
BASICALLY SOME KIND OF FOOD
DISTRIBUTION FOR RESIDENTS.
THESE GUYS RUN SECURITY.
THEY SAY THEY'RE ORGANIZING THE
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY
DO.
WHILE BOLSONARO CRITICIZES SOME
OF THE LOCKDOWN MEASURES PUT IN
PLACE, THE GANGS HAVE BEEN
ENFORCING, PUTTING IN PLACE
CURFEWS TO STOP THE SPREAD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE SITUATION
WOULD BE WITHOUT THIS KIND OF
ORGANIZATION?
DOES THE GOVERNMENT COME IN HERE
AT ALL?
IN BOLSONARO'S BRAZIL, THE
UNCHECKED SPREAD OF COVID IS
DEVASTATING THE FAVELAS, WHERE
THERE IS VERY LITTLE ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE IN THE BEST OF TIMES.
MANY CHOOSE TO STAY HOME RATHER
THAN GET TREATMENT.
BY NIGHT, THEY GIVE BLESSINGS TO
THE SICK AND THE DYING.
>> CHURCH MEMBERS ARE GOING
THROUGH THE FAVELA TO THE HOUSE
OF SOMEBODY WHO IS SICK WITH
CORONAVIRUS.
HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO GET
MEDICAL TREATMENT IN THE FAVELA?
>> THERE IS NO WAY TO QUANTIFY
THE IMPACT OF THE PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGING OF FAVELAS, BUT SOME
FACTS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO HIDE.
BRAZIL HAS NOW SEEN MORE DEATHS
THAN ANY LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY
COMBINED.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE DYING
NOW.
THE GRAVE DIGGERS SAY THEY HAVE
TRIPLED THE NUMBERS THEY
NORMALLY WORK WITH.
THEY HAVE BEEN BACK TO BACK
BURIALS SINCE WE HAVE BEEN HERE,
AND MOST OF THESE DEATHS ARE
FROM CORONAVIRUS.
MORE THAN 2,000 MILES AWAY IN
THE AMAZON REGION, THE VIRUS IS
SPREADING TO THE MOST VULNERABLE
PEOPLE ON EARTH, THE MORE THAN
300 INDIGENOUS TRIBES WHO LIVE
IN THE AREA.
BOLSONARO'S ADMINISTRATION IS
USING THE PANDEMIC TO RELAX
RESTRICTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE AMAZON.
IN APRIL 20 20 ALONE,
DeFORESTION REACHED THE HIGHEST
LEVEL RECORDED IN A DECADE.
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS SAY
THEY'RE INTRODUCING COVID TO
POPULATIONS THAT LACK IMMUNITY
TO MOST COMMON DISEASES.
WE'RE FLYING WITH GREENPEACE,
DELIVERING HYGIENE SUPPLIES FOR
THE MOST ISOLATED COMMUNE TITIEN
THE PLANET THAT THEY SAY THE
GOVERNMENT IS FAILING TO
PROTECT.
>> IT WAS A GREAT KILLER OF
INDIGENOUS HERE IN BRAZIL.
>> REGULAR FLU?
>> REGULAR FLU.
SOMETIMES ENTIRE GROUP BY THE
FLU.
>> THE CORONAVIRUS IS SPREADING
INTO THOSE VILLAGES AS WELL
ALREADY?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> OUR PLANE TOOK OFF FROM THE
ONLY CITY IN THE REGION WITH
PROPER HEALTHCARE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
FLYING SOUTHWEST OVER HIGH
FOREST, WE MADE A QUICK STOP TO
HANDLE SOME GAME.
THE NEXT TOWN IS IN A REGION
CONTAINING INDIGENOUS GROUPS
THAT HAVE BARELY ANY CONTACT
WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
ANYONE GOING BEYOND THE
PERIMETER HAS TO QUARANTINE FOR
SEVEN DAYS.
>> INDIGENOUS ACTIVISTS SAY
THERE ARE TRIBES WHO HAD ZERO
CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD
THAT COULD BE THREATENED.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF COVID
GETS INTO THOSE REMOTE
COMMUNITIES?
SOME OF THOSE REMOTE COMMUNITIES
ARE ALREADY BEING HIT.
THIS IS ONE OF JUST A HANDFUL OF
GOVERNMENT AMBULANCE PLANES USED
TO RUSH SERIOUS CASES BACK TO
THE STATE CAPITAL MINAOS FOR
TREATMENT.
THIS PLANE IS THE ANSWER, BUT AS
YOU CAN SEE, IT IS PRETTY LATE
FOR SOME OF THEM, AND THE
DISEASE IS REALLY RAVAGING THOSE
COMMUNITIES.
HOW DID YOU ARRIVE HERE AND HOW
LONG DID IT TAKE?
THREE DAYS?
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT HOW
QUICKLY THE VIRUS IS SPREADING?
ARE YOU WORRIED FOR YOUR
COMMUNITY?
>> NOT ALL OF BRAZIL'S
INDIGENOUS LIVE IN REMOTE
REGIONS.
THIS IS THE COMMUNITY MADE UP OF
35 DIFFERENT TRIBES LIVING ON
THE OUTSKIRTS OF MINAOS.
HALF OF THE 700 FAMILIES HERE
HAVE A COVID CASE.
COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE ALARMED
HOW QUICKLY IT IS SPREADING.
>> DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT
IS TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY, THE
PRESIDENT?
>> RECENTLY THE VIRUS EVEN
CLAIMED THE LIFE OF THE CHIEF OF
THE TRIBE.
NOW HIS SON IS HAVING TO FILL
HIS SHOES.
>>> A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
INTO A MYSTERIOUS PNEUMONIA
OUTBREAK IN CHINA HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS A PREVIOUSLY
UNKNOWN CORONAVIRUS.
>> THE SEQUENCE OF THE NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS WAS RELEASED BY
CHINESE RESEARCHERS.
>> ONE PERSON WITH CORONAVIRUS
IN WASHINGTON STATE HAS DIED.
>> THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HAS JUST DECLARED IT IS A
PANDEMIC.
>> THE VACCINE CANDIDATE THAT
WAS GIVEN THE FIRST INJECTIONS
TOOK PLACE TODAY.
>> I WAS READING THE NEWS, AND
THERE WAS A BREAKING AP STORY
AND IT SAID THAT THE FIRST HUMAN
WOULD BE INJECTED WITH THE
VACCINE TOMORROW.
AND I'M READING THAT AND I'M,
LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
MY APPOINTMENT IS AT 8:00 A.M.
LIKE, THAT MIGHT BE ME.
>> JENNIFER, RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THE EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE IN
JENNIFER HALLER'S ARM HAS BEEN
HAILED AS A TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE.
FOR SOME SCIENTISTS, IT IS A
SYMPTOM OF A FAILURE.
BEFORE WE EVER NEEDED A VACCINE
AND BEFORE ANYONE HAD EVER HEARD
OF COVID-19, SCIENTISTS WARNED A
PANDEMIC WAS COMING.
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, THEY
HAVE BEEN GOING INTO THE WILD,
ASIA, AFRICA, THE AMAZON AND
ELSEWHERE TO FIND THE VIRUSES IN
ANIMALS THAT POSE A THREAT TO
HUMANITY.
THAT WORK WAS PART OF A U.S. AID
FUNDED PROJECT CALLED PREDICT,
LAUNCHED IN 2009 BY DR. DENNIS
CAROL.
>> WHERE AS COORDINATED EFFORTS
TO RESPOND TO DISASTERS LIKE
PANDEMICS USUALLY BEGIN ONLY
AFTER THE DISASTER HAS OCCURRED,
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO MOBILE
IZE PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
PLANNING.
>> LEAD THE WAY.
TAKE ME TO YOUR BOAT.
>> IN LOCKDOWN ON HIS YACHT IN A
D.C. HARBOR, DR. CAROL IS
MULLING THE FUTURE OF VIRUS
HUNTING, GIVING THAT PREDICTS
FUNDING IRONICALLY RAN OUT AS
THE PANDEMIC WAS STARTING.
THE PROJECT IS NOW OPERATING IN
AN EMERGENCY SIX-MONTH
EXTENSION.
>> ALL OF THE VIRUSES THAT WE
WILL FACE IN THE 21st CENTURY
ALREADY EXIST.
WHAT PREDICT ALLOWED US TO DO
FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS BEGIN TO
QUANTIFY, BASED ON FIELD WORK.
AND THERE ARE ABOUT 1.6 MILLION
DIFFERENT KINDS OF VIRUSES
ACROSS 25 VIRAL FAMILIES.
>> PREDICT SCIENTISTS COLLECTED
ANIMAL SAMPLES IN THE WILD AND
SENT THEM TO LABS LIKE THIS,
WHERE ALEX BEFOREVARD AND OTHER
TECHNICIANS ARE STUDYING THEM
FOR VIRUSS.
>> IT IS A BIG LAB WITH LOTS OF
MACHINES.
LOOK AT THIS.
>> THE CORONAVIRUS THAT CAUSES
COVID-19 LIKELY ORIGINATED IN A
BAT BEFORE IT CROSSED OVER INTO
HUMANS.
>> THE FREEZER, IT IS VERY COLD,
MINUS 79 CELSIUS.
>> WHAT IS INSIDE THE FREEZER?
>> I THINK WE HAVE AROUND 50,000
SAMPLES IN HERE.
SO YOU SEE THE TUBES IN THERE?
>> YEAH.
>> THOSE ARE SAMPLES.
THE THING IS ON TV THESE DAYS
YOU SEE MORE AND MORE, THE SWAB
GOES IN THE NOSE OR THE MOUTH,
THOSE ARE -- WE DON'T GET
TISSUE, WE DON'T KILL THE
ANIMAL, WE CAN GET SOME FECES OR
URINE OR BLOOD, BUT WE USUALLY
GET SWABS.
IT IS LIKE COOKING TO ME.
BECAUSE YOU MIX INGREDIENTS, YOU
KNOW, AND YOU TAKE CAR OF TIME,
BUT INSTEAD OF TESTING IT LIKE A
CHOCOLATE MOUSSE OR SOUP, YOU
JUST SEE PICTURES.
>> HAVE YOU EVER YOURSELF
DISCOVERED A NEW VIRUS?
>> YES, I DID.
ACTUALLY I WAS FIRST ONE TO GET
A SEQUENCE BACK ON MY COMPUTER
ON THE EBOLA VIRUS IN 2017.
IT WAS A NEW EBOLA THAT WE
DISCOVERED IN SIERRA LEONE.
>> EBOLA VIRUSES ARE PART OF ONE
VIRAL FAMILY.
CORONAVIRUSES ARE ANOTHER.
AND THEY HAVE LED TO OUTBREAKS
BEFORE.
>> SARS, SEVERE ACUTE
RESPIRATORY SYNDROME, NEW CASES
EMERGE, QUARANTINES EXPAND.
>> THE SARS CORONAVIRUS IS
RELATED TO THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES
COVID-19.
>> THERE ARE PROBABLY BETWEEN
4,000 AND 5,000 DIFFERENT
DISTINCT CORONAVIRUSES.
TODAY WE KNOW ABOUT MAYBE A
DOZEN, TWO DOZEN.
>> WHY IS IT IF YOU KNOW IT, YOU
CAN BETTER PREVENT IT?
>> INSTEAD OF SPENDING A BILLION
DOLLARS TO DEVELOP A VACCINE FOR
A SINGLE VIRUS, IF YOU HAD 70%
OF ALL OF THE VIRUSES FROM ONE
VIRAL FAMILY, YOU CAN USE
MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE TO TROLL ACROSS
THOSE DATABASES, AND BEGIN
CONSTRUCTING VACCINES OR
PHARMACEUTICALS THAT ARE MORE
BROADLY APPLICABLE.
MAYBE EVEN UNIVERSALLY ACROSS A
VIRAL FAMILY.
THIS IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT
TODAY THAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 30
YEARS AGO.
>> WHY?
>> AS POPULATIONS INCREASE,
EVENTS LIKE PANDEMICS WILL NOT
BE THAT 100 YEAR BLACK SWAN
EVENT.
WE CAN PREVENT THEM BUT WE HAVE
TO ACT EARLY AND ACT EARLY WE
HAVE TO BE INFORMED AND TO BE
INFORMED WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND
DO THE GRUNT WORK.
THAT ALLOWS US TO KNOW OUR
ENEMY.
>> WITH PREDICT SUNSETTING,
DR. CAROL NOW HAS AN EVEN BIGGER
AMBITION, A GLOBAL VIRAL
PROJECT, WHICH BRINGS COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD TO HUNT FOR
VIRUSES AND SHARE A SINGLE
GLOBAL DATABASE.
UNFORTUNATELY DR. CAROL'S PLAN
TO PREVENT PANDEMICS COMES TOO
LATE FOR THIS CRISIS, AND TO
MAKE MATTERS WORSE,
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
COOPERATION HAS PROVED TO BE A
SERIOUS CHALLENGE.
ESPECIALLY FOR THE U.S.
IN THE EARLY DAYS, PRESIDENT
TRUMP DOWNPLAYED THE VIRUS'
SEVERITY.
>> YOU MAY ASK ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW,
VERY WELL UNDER CONTROL IN OUR
COUNTRY.
>> THEN HE TURNED HIS ATTENTION
TO PINNING BLAME ON CHINA.
>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN CONTAINED
TO THAT ONE AREA OF CHINA WHERE
IT STARTED AND CERTAINLY THE
WORLD IS PAYING A BIG PRICE FOR
WHAT THEY DID.
>> ONE OF HIS ACCUSATIONS THAT
THE VIRUS ACTUALLY ORIGINATED IN
A CHINESE LAB IN WUHAN WAS A
CLAIM CALLED INTO QUESTION BY
U.S. INTELLIGENCE SERVICES.
BUT IN RESPONSE, THE PRESIDENT
CUT FUNDING TO A U.S. LED
RESEARCH PROGRAM THAT WAS
COLLABORATING WITH THE WUHAN
SCIENTISTS ON CORONAVIRUSES IN
BATS.
>> THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION GAVE
THEM A GRANT OF $3.7 MILLION.
WE WILL END THAT GRANT VERY
QUICKLY.
>> MEANWHILE, THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION WAS ALSO FEELING
THE HEAT.
TRUMP SAYING THEY, QUOTE, BLEW
IT, TRUSTING CHINESE VIRUS INFO.
BUT BEHIND THE SCENES OF THIS
DRAMA, THE W.H.O. BEGAN
COORDINATING A RESPONSE TO
COVID-19, INCLUDING VACCINE
COLLABORATION AND GLOBAL DRUG
TRIALS.
W.H.O. CHIEF SICIENTIST IS
LOOKING AT THE RESEARCH UNDER
THESE TRIALS.
>> WHAT IS NEEDED IS OPTIMISM,
NATIONAL UNITY, AND GLOBAL
SOLIDARITY.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR, YOU
KNOW, NATIONALISTIC POLICIES.
THIS IS THE TIME TO THINK
GLOBAL.
>> HOW DO YOU RECKON WITH THE
CRUMBLING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES, WHICH HAS
BEEN A LEADER IN GLOBAL PUBLIC
HEALTH, FOR DECADES, AND THE
W.H.O. WHICH IS THE LEADING BODY
THAT COORDINATES PUBLIC HEALTH
AROUND THE WORLD?
>> WE HOPE THAT THIS IS
TEMPORARY AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO
RESOLVE THIS.
>> A FEW WEEKS AGO, PRESIDENT
TRUMP ANNOUNCED HE PLANS TO
DEFUND THE W.H.O. OVER, YOU
GUESSED IT, HIS BEEF WITH THEIR
PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINA.
>> WE WILL BE TODAY TERMINATING
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND
REDIRECTING THOSE FUNDS TO OTHER
WORLDWIDE AND DESERVING URGENT
GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS.
>> WE HAVE SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW,
DESPITE THE GEOPOLITICAL
TENSIONS, AND THE RHETORIC AND
SO ON, ON THE GROUND
RESEARCHERS, SCIENTISTS,
DOCTORS, ARE WORKING TOGETHER.
IT IS EXCITING BECAUSE OF THE
TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE TODAY THAT
DID NOT EXIST IN THE PAST.
WE'RE ABLE TO DO ALL THESE
THINGS AT RAPID SPEED AND THAT
GIVES YOU A LOT OF HOPE.
>> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO GET
THIS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AS FAR
AS A VACCINE?
>> IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT,
YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, IT IS THE ONLY WAY OUT
OF THE PANDEMIC.
>> WITH OVER 100,000 PEOPLE DEAD
IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE, AND
POTENTIALLY TRILLIONS IN
ECONOMIC DAMAGE, IT IS HARD NOT
TO THINK WE MIGHT BE IN A WORSE
CASE SCENARIO, WHERE OUR BEST
HOPE MAY BE THE FASTEST VACCINE
IN HUMAN HISTORY.
SO A LOT IS RIDING ON WHAT
HAPPENS BACK IN SEATTLE, WHERE
JENNIFER HALLER HAS VOLUNTEERED
FOR A HUMAN TRIAL THAT IS
TESTING A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
MADE USING A NEW METHOD, BY
AMERICAN BIOTECH COMPANY
MODERNA.
>> SO MUCH DEPENDS ON THE
VACCINE.
SO MUCH DEPENDS UPON WHAT
HAPPENS INSIDE YOUR BODY.
LIKE IN YOUR BLOOD.
>> YEAH.
YES.
THAT'S CRAZY.
>> I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I GET TO
PARTICIPATE IN DOING THIS
BECAUSE WE ALL FEEL SO HELPLESS
RIGHT NOW.
I CAN BE, LIKE, WELL, OKAY, BUT
I'M DOING SOMETHING.
>> NOT TO BE TOO DRAMATIC ABOUT
IT, BUT YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE
LINE IN A SENSE TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN.
WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES WHEN IT
COMES TO HOW PEOPLE CAN ACCESS A
VACCINE?
>> I VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS, 45
OTHER PEOPLE IN THE FIRST PHASE
VOLUNTEERED.
HUNDREDS MORE ARE VOLUNTEERING.
WE'RE VOLUNTEERING BECAUSE WE
CARE, WE WANT TO HELP OTHERS.
WE DID NOT VOLUNTEER TO MAKE
MONEY FOR EXECUTIVES.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT THEY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND DO THE
RIGHT THING.
>> JUST TWO MONTHS INTO THEIR
CLINICAL TRIAL, MODERNA
ANNOUNCED EARLY POSITIVE RESULTS
THAT SENT MARKETS AND INVESTORS
INTO OVERDRIVE.
>> SHARES OF MODERNA RISING THIS
MORNING ON SOME COMMENTS FROM
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI.
>> I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT IT.
>> MODERNA WAS ABLE TO MOVE SO
QUICKLY THANKS TO NEW TECH AND
SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION.
INSTEAD OF NEEDING ACTUAL VIRUS
FOR THE VACCINE THEY USED ITS
GENETIC CODE, WHICH WAS RELEASED
BY CHINESE SCIENTISTS IN
JANUARY.
WE SAT DOWN WITH MODERNA'S CHIEF
MEDICAL OFFICER TO LEARN MORE.
IF I HANDED YOU AN ATLAS OF ALL
THE VIRUSES ON THE PLANET, WOULD
YOUR PLATFORM MAKE IT EASIER TO
HAVE VACCINES ON THE SHELF
QUICKER?
>> ABSOLUTELY, YES, AND YOU JUST
HIT THE EXACT CONVERSATION THAT
WE HAD WITH TONY FAUCI'S TEAM
LAST YEAR, LOOKING AHEAD AT
SEVERAL OF THOSE IN POTENTIAL
VIRUSS THAT COULD BE PANDEMIC
THREATS THAT ARE KNOWN.
THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE
LEVERAGE THE ABILITY OF THIS
PLATFORM TO REACT VERY QUICKLY
TO SOLVE EXACTLY THAT PROBLEM.
>> SINCE IT IS A NEW METHOD, ONE
WOULD EXPECT THIS TO BE VERY
VALUABLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
IS THIS A TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO PATENT?
IS THIS A TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE OPEN SOURCE?
AND AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD?
>> SO THIS IS A HIGHLY VALUABLE
TECHNOLOGY, ONE THAT HAD
REQUIRED BILLIONS OF INVESTMENT
IN YEARS OF EFFORT BY A PRIVATE
ENTERPRISE.
I THINK OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE
THAT IT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE
WHO NEED IT THE MOST.
>> SURE.
>> IN OUR BOOK, I DON'T THINK
THAT NECESSARILY MANDATES
DONATING IP.
>> WHAT ARE THE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT HOW PRICE WILL MAKE IT
ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE?
>> IT IS PREMATURE FOR US TO
TALK ABOUT PRICE.
IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET A VACCINE
THAT WILL PREVENT INFECTION AND
WILL PREVENT DISEASE, THE VALUE
TO SOCIETY IS GOING TO BE
ENORMOUS.
THE FLIP SIDE, OF COURSE, IS FOR
THAT VALUE TO BE MAXIMIZED, YOU
WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS
ACCESS TO IT INCLUDING THOSE WHO
CAN'T AFFORD IT AND THOSE WHO
CAN'T AFFORD IT.
THOSE ARE NOT SOLELY MY
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER IN THE
CONTEXT OF A PANDEMIC, I THINK
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE DIALOGUE
WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS IS GOING
TO PLAY A KEY ROLE.
>> EVEN WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
GRANTING MODERNA NEARLY $500
MILLION IN ASSISTANCE, THERE ARE
MANY MEDICAL AND LOGISTICAL
HURDLES TO GETTING A SAFE,
EFFECTIVE VACCINE THAT IS ALSO
WIDELY AVAILABLE.
THERE IS HIGH HOPES THAT, YOU
KNOW, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR OR
BEFOREHAND A VACCINE CAN BE
DEPLOYED TO EVERYONE.
>> IT IS SPIN.
POLITICAL SPIN.
LOOK, WE HAVE NEVER DEVELOPED A
VACCINE THAT FAST.
PERIOD.
EVEN FOR INFLUENZA, WE ONLY HAD
ENOUGH VACCINE AFTER 12 MONTHS
FOR 17% OF THE WORLD'S
POPULATION.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE A GUARANTEE
THAT THERE IS A VACCINE.
WE HAVE NEVER DEVELOPED A
VACCINE AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> AS A RISING GLOBAL POPULATION
FURTHER EXPANDS INTO WILD
HABITATS, THE RISK OF INFECTION
IS ESCALATING.
AND NO VACCINE CAN DOUBLE FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
NEEDED TO PREVENT FUTURE
PANDEMICS.
>> THERE ARE VIRUSES CURRENTLY
CIRCULATING IN WILDLIFE.
THEY ESSENTIALLY KILL 60% TO 70%
OF THE PEOPLE THEY INFECT.
>> THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES
COVID-19 MIGHT JUST BE A DRESS
REHEARSAL FOR THE BIG ONE LATER?
>> THIS IS NOT BY ANY STRETCH OF
THE IMAGINATION THE WORST MOTHER
NATURE HAS TO OFFER US.