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>>> 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!

FLOYD!

>> I CAN'T BREATHE!

>> I CAN'T BREATHE!

>> I CAN'T BREATHE!

>> 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!

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.

>> FIGHT BACK.

>> FIGHT BACK.

>> FIGHT BACK.

>> SHIT.

WE NEED TO GET OUT.

OVER HERE.

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!

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.

>> 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.