WEBVTT 00:03.500 --> 00:07.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% ♪ ANCHOR: TONIGHT ON PBS NEWS WEEKEND, CALIFORNIA 00:07.400 --> 00:08.966 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% WILDFIRES RAGE 00:08.966 --> 00:12.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% AS THE DEVASTATING BLAZES SPREAD INTO NEW AREAS OF LOS ANGELES 00:12.433 --> 00:17.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% AND THE DEATH TOLL RISES. THE EPA SAYS A CHEMICAL FOUND IN 00:17.200 --> 00:21.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND BUSINESSES POSES AN UNREASONABLE RISK TO 00:21.266 --> 00:24.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% HUMAN HEALTH. THE RAPIDLY EXPANDING UNIVERSE 00:24.800 --> 00:29.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% OF MINIATURE DRONES IS RAKING IN MILLIONS. 00:29.500 --> 00:34.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT HOLLYWOOD UNDERESTIMATES THIS 00:40.466 --> 00:45.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% KIND OF INNOVATIVE CONTENT AT ITS OWN PERIL. 00:53.800 --> 00:56.766 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% ♪ >> MAJOR FUNDING HAS BEEN 00:56.766 --> 01:00.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% PROVIDED BY. >> IN 1995, FRIENDS SET OUT TO 01:00.700 --> 01:04.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% MAKE WIRELESS COVERAGE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. 01:04.100 --> 01:07.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WITH NO LONG-TERM CONTRACTS, NATIONWIDE COVERAGE, AND 01:08.733 --> 01:12.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% U.S.-BASED CUSTOMER SUPPORT, CONSUMER CELLULAR, FREEDOM 01:12.033 --> 01:17.033 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% CALLS. ♪ 01:18.533 --> 01:23.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS. 01:27.233 --> 01:27.900 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% AND FRIENDS. 01:45.300 --> 01:46.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE 01:46.833 --> 01:49.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% FOR THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND BY 01:49.566 --> 01:54.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR STATION BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 01:54.100 --> 01:59.066 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% THANK YOU. ANCHOR: GOOD EVENING. 02:01.033 --> 02:04.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE DESPERATE BATTLE BETWEEN FIREFIGHTERS AND WILDFIRES IN 02:04.666 --> 02:06.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% LOS ANGELES IS NOW IN ITS FIFTH 02:06.800 --> 02:11.033 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% DAY. HIGH WINDS ARE THREATENING MORE 02:11.033 --> 02:15.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% LIVES AND MORE HOMES. THERE ARE 11 CONFIRMED DEATHS 02:15.033 --> 02:20.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% FROM THE FIRE SO FAR. WE HAVE COVERAGE TONIGHT FROM 02:21.433 --> 02:23.933 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% MALIBU. REPORTER: AS THE LIGHT OF DAY 02:23.933 --> 02:28.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% DAWNED OVER LOS ANGELES, A THICK WALL OF SMOKE FANNED OVER 02:28.233 --> 02:31.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% HILLSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SO FAR HAVE BEEN SPARED BY THE 02:31.266 --> 02:36.266 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% FLAMES. HELICOPTERS SCRAMBLE TO DRENCH 02:37.733 --> 02:38.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE WILDFIRES WITH WATER PULLED FROM A NEARBY WATER FROM -- 02:38.966 --> 02:43.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% RESERVOIR. OVERNIGHT, THE FIRE BURNING 02:46.266 --> 02:50.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THROUGH PACIFIC PALISADES SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO HER THROUGH VAST 02:50.233 --> 02:52.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% TRACTS OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. 02:52.433 --> 02:54.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% THAT CAUSED ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS. 03:00.300 --> 03:05.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> WE IMMEDIATELY REDEPLOYED RESOURCES FROM THE SAN BENITO 03:06.800 --> 03:10.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% VALLEY TO BEGIN EVACUATION AND EFFORTS WITH A RELENTLESS AIR 03:11.466 --> 03:16.133 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% ATTACK. REPORTER: THE MAYOR STOOD BY 03:17.200 --> 03:19.633 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% HER. RESPONDING TO MOUNTING CRITICISM 03:19.633 --> 03:21.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ABOUT INADEQUATE FIREFIGHTING RESOURCES. 03:21.933 --> 03:26.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> WE HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED UNTIL THIS TIME PASSES. 03:28.400 --> 03:32.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WHEN THE FIRES ARE OUT, MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE WILL HAVE A FULL 03:33.466 --> 03:36.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ACCOUNTING OF WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DID NOT. 03:36.166 --> 03:39.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REPORTER: A LOS ANGELES TIMES INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT A KEY 03:39.666 --> 03:43.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% AREA RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY IN THE LEAD UP TO THE FIRES. 03:43.000 --> 03:46.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WHEN FIREFIGHTERS CONFRONTED DRY HYDRANTS. 03:46.466 --> 03:51.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE FIRE CHIEF DEFENDED THE DEPARTMENTS PREPARATIONS THAT 03:51.300 --> 03:54.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% DEFLECTED CRITICISM MADE A DECISION MAKERS. 03:54.066 --> 03:59.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> I DID EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH 04:00.466 --> 04:04.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES BEFORE THE FIRST FIRE STARTED. 04:05.633 --> 04:09.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% IT WAS NOT FOR A LACK OF PREPARATION AND DECISION-MAKING 04:11.233 --> 04:12.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% THAT RESULTED IN THIS CATASTROPHE. 04:12.933 --> 04:17.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REPORTER: IT IS A DISASTER THAT STILL HAS RESIDENCE RELATING. 04:19.466 --> 04:24.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% SHE WORKS FOR A HUMANITARIAN AID ORGANIZATION. 04:25.400 --> 04:30.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% SHE HAS BECOME AN EXPERT ON WHAT IT TAKES TO RECOVER FROM 04:35.333 --> 04:39.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WILDFIRES AND ON THE EFFECTS OF COMMUNITIES FROM CLIMATE CHANGE. 04:41.633 --> 04:46.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> ALL WE LOST WAS OUR STUFF. REPORTER: THIS WEEK HER WORK 04:48.133 --> 04:50.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% BECAME MORE PERSONAL THAN EVER WHEN THE PALISADES FIRE ARRIVED 04:50.733 --> 04:55.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% AT HER DOORSTEP. >> I WAS IN SHOCK AND DISBELIEF. 04:55.333 --> 05:00.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I TRY TO SEPARATE MYSELF. AND REMEMBER WHAT OTHER PEOPLE 05:02.100 --> 05:06.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WHO HAVE SURVIVED FIRES TOLD ME. TAKE IT ONE MOMENT AT A TIME. 05:06.000 --> 05:08.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REPORTER: SHE HAD HER HUSBAND HAD LIVED THERE WITH HER 05:08.433 --> 05:11.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CHILDREN FOR THE LAST EIGHT 05:11.033 --> 05:14.000 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% YEARS. >> YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF THE 05:14.000 --> 05:19.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% INFORMATION, ALL OF THE GO BAGS, TRAINING, THE PLANS, THE ALERTS, 05:22.933 --> 05:26.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AFTER. 05:26.433 --> 05:29.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I CONSIDER MYSELF A REALLY STRONG WOMAN. 05:34.666 --> 05:36.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I DID NOT CRY IN FRONT OF MY 05:36.066 --> 05:41.066 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% KIDS. AND THEN I SAID I CAN CRY IN 05:44.233 --> 05:47.266 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% FRONT OF THEM. THEY CAN SEE THAT THIS IS 05:47.266 --> 05:50.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% POWERFUL. REPORTER: IT IS STILL UNCLEAR 05:50.433 --> 05:55.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WHETHER THEY WILL BE HOUSED. SHE QUESTIONS WHETHER CONTINUING 05:58.000 --> 06:01.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% TO REBUILD IN THESE HIGH-RISK AREAS IS SUSTAINABLE. 06:01.533 --> 06:03.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WILL WANT TO REBUILD. 06:04.733 --> 06:07.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I WANT TO MOVE RIGHT BACK TO WHERE I WAS. 06:07.266 --> 06:12.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I WANT TO THE GROCERY STORE BACK, MY DENTIST, THE LIBRARY, 06:12.200 --> 06:15.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% THE SCHOOL. BUT SHOULD THEY? 06:18.200 --> 06:21.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IT IS HARD TO RECONCILE THAT IN MY BRAIN. 06:21.100 --> 06:25.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I CANNOT. REPORTER: THAT AMBIVALENCE ABOUT 06:25.233 --> 06:29.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WHAT IS NEXT IS PALPABLE. LOOKING AHEAD, THE FORECAST IS 06:29.066 --> 06:30.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% NOT TERRIBLE BUT IT IS NOT 06:30.300 --> 06:32.400 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% GREAT. THEY ARE EXPECTING SANTA ANA 06:32.400 --> 06:35.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WINDS ANYWHERE FROM MODERATE TO STRONG FROM NOW THROUGH 06:35.800 --> 06:37.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% WEDNESDAY. FIREFIGHTERS REALLY TRYING TO 06:37.933 --> 06:40.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GET AHEAD OF CONTAINMENT THROUGH THE AIR. 06:40.700 --> 06:45.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ANCHOR: CLEARLY THE PRIORITY NOW IS CONTAINING THESE FIRES, 06:47.200 --> 06:49.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% LIMITING THE DAMAGE, BUT HAVE THEY BEGUN TO FIGURE OUT HOW 06:49.900 --> 06:53.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% THEY STARTED? REPORTER: THERE IS SUSPECTED 06:53.700 --> 06:55.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ARSON AND ONE OF THE SMALLER 06:55.100 --> 06:57.733 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% FIRES. AS FOR THE TWO LARGER FIRES WE 06:57.733 --> 07:02.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% HAVE BEEN COVERING, THERE HAS BEEN NO OFFICIAL CAUSE. 07:02.266 --> 07:06.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THEY ANNOUNCED TODAY A NEW TASK FORCE MADE UP OF LOCAL, 07:06.033 --> 07:08.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REGIONAL, AND STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES THAT WILL BE 07:08.866 --> 07:11.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% INVESTIGATING THE CAUSES OF THE MAJOR FIRES. 07:13.900 --> 07:18.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ANCHOR: I KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE AREA NOT FAR FROM SOME OF 07:18.733 --> 07:23.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% THE EVACUATION ZONES. WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO GO BACK 07:23.300 --> 07:26.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% HOME AND SEE ALL OF THIS DEVASTATION? 07:26.633 --> 07:30.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> I DID NOT GROW UP IN THIS FANCY MALIBU AREA. 07:30.700 --> 07:33.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% MY FAMILY IS INLAND. THEY WERE CLOSE TO THE ALTADENA 07:33.800 --> 07:37.633 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% EVACUATION ZONE. IT IS HARD TO SEE PLACES WHERE 07:37.633 --> 07:40.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% YOU HOLD MEMORIES GO UP IN FLAMES. 07:40.866 --> 07:43.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT REMAIN. 07:43.666 --> 07:48.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% MY FAMILY LIKE OTHERS WERE ON TENTERHOOKS FOR DAYS AS WINDS 07:50.433 --> 07:54.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% AND FIRE CONDITIONS CONTINUED. BUT THIS IS HOME AND I CANNOT 07:54.233 --> 07:59.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% SEE THEM LEAVING THIS PLACE. BETWEEN THE DISASTERS IN THE 07:59.200 --> 08:04.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% COST OF LIVING IN THE COST TO REBUILD, I DO HAVE TO WONDER IF 08:04.033 --> 08:09.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THIS WILL BE AN INFLECTION POINT FOR SOME ANGELENOS WHO HAVE 08:10.433 --> 08:14.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% UNTIL NOW HELD ONTO THE CALIFORNIA DREAM. 08:14.133 --> 08:17.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% ANCHOR: THANK YOU. AND TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM OUT 08:17.833 --> 08:19.833 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% THERE. REPORTER: THANK YOU. 08:19.833 --> 08:24.300 align:left position:30% line:77% size:60% ANCHOR: THE VAST PLUMES OF SMOKE - - ARE THREATENING THE HEALTH OF 08:24.300 --> 08:27.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% PEOPLE MILES AWAY. THIS IS LED THE BIDEN 08:27.266 --> 08:30.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ADMINISTRATION AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO DECLARE PUBLIC HEALTH 08:30.800 --> 08:34.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% EMERGENCIES. WE SPOKE WITH A DOCTOR WHO IS 08:34.500 --> 08:36.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH AT 08:36.866 --> 08:40.600 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% UCLA. REPORTER: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 08:40.600 --> 08:42.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% JOINING US. YOU HAVE LIVED ON THE WEST COAST 08:42.600 --> 08:47.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% FOR A LONG TIME. HOW DOES THIS FIRE COMPARED TO 08:47.200 --> 08:51.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% OTHERS YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED AND WHAT KINDS OF SYMPTOMS ARE FOLKS 08:51.133 --> 08:53.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% PRESENTING IN YOUR CLINICAL PRACTICE RIGHT NOW? 08:53.533 --> 08:55.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> IT IS BEEN A VERY BUSY FEW 08:55.066 --> 08:59.166 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% DAYS. LOTS OF FOLKS COMING INTO THE 08:59.166 --> 09:02.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CLINIC FEELING MORE CHEST TIGHTNESS. 09:02.533 --> 09:05.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IN GENERAL JUST WORSE THAN THEIR BASELINE. 09:05.000 --> 09:08.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 09:08.400 --> 09:12.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% OPTIMIZE RESPIRATORY MEDICATIONS TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT. 09:13.700 --> 09:18.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% AND COUNSELING ON HOW TO BEST KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE GIVEN THESE 09:19.366 --> 09:20.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES WE ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. 09:20.933 --> 09:23.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REPORTER: WHAT KIND OF HEALTH ISSUES TEND TO CROP UP WHEN 09:23.066 --> 09:25.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THERE ARE FIRES LIKE THIS? >> WE WORRY MOST ABOUT PEOPLE 09:25.900 --> 09:30.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% WITH A LUNG DISEASE. IT CAN WORK ITS WAY DOWN INTO 09:32.433 --> 09:37.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE DEEPEST PARTS OF THE LOAN. AND TRANSMIT THROUGH THE LONG. 09:45.400 --> 09:48.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THAT CAN AFFECT PEOPLE WITHOUT PRE-EXISTING LUNG DISEASE. 09:55.466 --> 09:59.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IF PEOPLE CANNOT GET ENOUGH OXYGEN IN THEIR BODY. 10:00.733 --> 10:04.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% EVEN IF YOU ARE A SEASONED ATHLETE, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO 10:13.733 --> 10:18.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% BE GOING OUTSIDE AND TAKING A HIKE TO SEE IF YOU CAN SEE THE 10:18.233 --> 10:21.200 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% FIRE. THIS IS AFFECTING EVERYONE. 10:24.500 --> 10:27.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% MY ALLERGIES ARE ACTING UP AND I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN OUTSIDE TODAY. 10:28.933 --> 10:32.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REPORTER: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EFFORTS FOR HOW PEOPLE CAN 10:32.200 --> 10:34.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% PROTECT THEMSELVES? >> FOR THE MOST PART, WE 10:34.766 --> 10:37.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO OUTSIDE FOR SOMETHING 10:37.700 --> 10:42.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% RIGHT NOW, TRY TO STAY INDOORS. IF YOU HAVE CENTRAL AIR 10:43.766 --> 10:46.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CONDITIONING, USUALLY THERE IS A FILTER. 10:53.166 --> 10:56.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A HIGH EFFICIENCY. 11:02.500 --> 11:06.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% A HEPA FILTER IN THE BEDROOM AT NIGHT, WHERE YOU WILL SPEND MOST 11:06.500 --> 11:08.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% OF YOUR TIME, COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. 11:10.200 --> 11:15.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO GO OUTSIDE , YOU SHOULD BE WEARING A MOUSE. 11:20.200 --> 11:22.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IT HAS PORES THAT ARE SMALL ENOUGH. 11:25.900 --> 11:29.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ONCE YOU ARE IN YOUR CAR, MOST OF THEM HAVE AN AIR FILTER. 11:31.700 --> 11:34.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IT IS REALLY JUST IF YOU WILL BE OUT WALKING AROUND DOING YOUR 11:34.600 --> 11:39.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% SHOPPING. YOU NEED TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL. 11:39.600 --> 11:41.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REPORTER: GREAT ADVICE FOR EVERYBODY. 11:41.966 --> 11:46.933 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% ♪ ANCHOR: IN OTHER NEWS, PRESIDENT 11:58.066 --> 12:01.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% BIDEN HAS GIVEN POPE FRANCIS THE HIGHEST BILLION AWARD. 12:10.733 --> 12:13.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IT IS THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME MR. BIDEN HAS GIVEN THE AWARD 12:13.633 --> 12:18.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% WITH DISTINCTION. LATE WORD TONIGHT THAT JACK 12:27.666 --> 12:30.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% SMITH HAS RESIGNED FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. 12:30.200 --> 12:35.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ANY COURT FILING, HE SAID THAT HE ASKED FOR THE QUICK RELEASE 12:41.900 --> 12:46.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% OF THE REPORT. SOME JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 12:48.833 --> 12:51.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% OFFICIALS SAY IT MAY NEVER BE MADE PUBLIC. 12:55.066 --> 13:00.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% SAM MOORE HAS DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING SURGERY. 13:02.066 --> 13:05.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% HE RECORDED SOME OF SOUL MUSIC'S DEFINING HITS. 13:09.133 --> 13:14.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% OTHER MUSICIANS HAVE CITED HIM AS AN INFLUENCE. 13:15.666 --> 13:20.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 1992. 13:20.533 --> 13:25.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% HE WAS 89 YEARS OLD. STILL TO COME, THE DANGERS OF 13:26.966 --> 13:28.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% TOXIC CHEMICAL MOST OF US ENCOUNTER IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. 13:28.866 --> 13:33.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% AND THE GROWING POPULARITY OF SHORT-TERM VIDEOS DESIGNED TO BE 13:35.233 --> 13:39.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% WATCHED ON YOUR PHONE. >> THIS IS PBS NEWS WEEKEND FROM 13:42.266 --> 13:47.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% MY STUDIO IN WASHINGTON. ANCHOR: MANY OF US KNOW 13:53.700 --> 13:57.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% FORMALDEHYDE IS A CLEAR CHEMICAL WITH A POWERFUL SMELL THAT 13:57.866 --> 13:59.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% PERMEATES HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY 13:59.266 --> 14:01.233 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% LABS. IT IS FOUND JUST ABOUT 14:01.233 --> 14:04.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE IN YOUR HOMES 14:04.466 --> 14:09.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% AND OFFICES RIGHT NOW. THIS PAST WEEK, THE EPA 14:12.266 --> 14:16.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% EVALUATION SAID IT POSES AN UNREASONABLE RISK TO HUMAN 14:16.133 --> 14:19.233 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% HEALTH. LAST MONTH, AN INVESTIGATION 14:19.233 --> 14:22.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CONCLUDED THAT IT CAUSES FAR MORE CANCER THAN ANY OTHER 14:22.700 --> 14:26.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS. THEY SAY NOT ENOUGH IS BEING 14:26.033 --> 14:31.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% DONE TO ADDRESS THE RISK. WE MENTIONED SOME OF THE PLACES. 14:36.100 --> 14:41.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% HOW PERVASIVE IS FORMALDEHYDE? >> IT IS INCREDIBLY PERVASIVE. 14:42.633 --> 14:47.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IT IS ESSENTIALLY UBIQUITOUS. INDOORS, THE CONCENTRATION IS 14:50.100 --> 14:52.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% PARTICULARLY HIGH BECAUSE LOTS OF PRODUCTS DO THAT. 14:52.866 --> 14:57.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IT IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE OUTDOORS. 15:06.833 --> 15:11.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE EPA ANALYZES TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS AND ESTIMATES FOR 15:11.200 --> 15:12.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CANCER RISK FOR EACH ONE OF 15:12.733 --> 15:15.533 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% THEM. IDEALLY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO 15:15.533 --> 15:20.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% LIMIT THE EXPOSURE TO THESE CHEMICALS SO THAT THEY CAUSE NO 15:20.200 --> 15:23.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% MORE THAN ONE CASE OF CANCER IN EVERY MILLION PEOPLE EXPOSED. 15:25.400 --> 15:30.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% FOR MOST OF THE DOZENS OF TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS, THAT IS THE 15:30.233 --> 15:33.266 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% CASE. FORMALDEHYDE CAUSES MORE CANCER 15:33.266 --> 15:38.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% THAN ANY OF THEM BY FAR. SO ACCORDING TO THE EPA NUMBERS, 15:39.500 --> 15:42.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IT IS MORE THAN 20 CANCERS PER MILLION PEOPLE. 15:42.933 --> 15:46.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% BUT WE FOUND IN OUR INVESTIGATION WITH THE EPA 15:46.466 --> 15:50.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ACKNOWLEDGED TO US WAS THIS IS AN UNDERESTIMATE. 15:52.333 --> 15:57.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS CLOSER TO 77 CASES OF CANCER IN A MILLION 15:59.600 --> 16:04.600 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% PEOPLE. ANCHOR: IS THE EPA DOING ENOUGH 16:06.133 --> 16:07.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% TO ADDRESS THE DANGER EVEN AT THE LEVEL THEY SAY THAT IT IS? 16:09.000 --> 16:13.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> THEY COULD DO MORE, FOR SURE. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE 16:15.400 --> 16:20.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% LIMITS THEY PUT ON THE CHEMICAL. THEY NEED TO FIND UNREASONABLE 16:22.000 --> 16:25.200 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% RISK. DESPITE ALL THE FORMALDEHYDE, 16:27.266 --> 16:30.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THEY FOUND NO UNREASONABLE RISK. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF 16:30.200 --> 16:33.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% SITUATIONS WHERE THEY DID NOT FIND UNREASONABLE RISK. 16:36.600 --> 16:40.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THOSE ARE THE CONCERNS THAT THEY WERE POINTING AT. 16:40.300 --> 16:41.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS 16:41.833 --> 16:45.266 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% NEXT. ANCHOR: YOU MENTIONED 16:45.266 --> 16:48.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% FORMALDEHYDE OUTDOORS. THE AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL 16:50.066 --> 16:54.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% RESPONDED TO THE STORY AND SAID IT IGNORED THE FACT THAT 16:54.000 --> 16:57.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% FORMALDEHYDE DISSIPATES QUICKLY AND SUNLIGHT. 16:57.733 --> 17:02.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THEY FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL FORMALDEHYDE IN THE OUTSIDE AIR 17:03.800 --> 17:05.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% COMES FROM NATURAL BIOGENIC SOURCES. 17:07.866 --> 17:12.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> IN TERMS OF THE SOURCES OF FORMALDEHYDE, THERE ARE BIOGENIC 17:12.733 --> 17:15.266 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% SOURCES. WE TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE 17:15.266 --> 17:18.133 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% ARTICLE. THAT MEANS SOURCES THAT COME 17:18.133 --> 17:23.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% FROM NATURE. THOSE SOURCES ARE GREATLY 17:24.300 --> 17:28.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% AMPLIFIED. POLLUTION FROM MANUFACTURING 17:31.533 --> 17:36.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CLASS IS MEASURED BY THE EPA. I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD SAY 17:43.566 --> 17:47.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% THAT IS INCORRECT. OUR REPORTING IS CORRECT. 17:47.100 --> 17:50.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ANCHOR: IS THERE ANY INDICATION OF THE NEW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 17:50.933 --> 17:54.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WILL APPROACH REGULATION OF FORMALDEHYDE ANY DIFFERENTLY 17:54.233 --> 17:59.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THAN IT IS BEING DEALT WITH NOW? >> WE KNOW FROM THE FIRST TRUMP 17:59.033 --> 18:03.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ADMINISTRATION, WHEN THEY ROLLED BACK MANY ENVIRONMENTAL 18:03.066 --> 18:08.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REGULATIONS AND RULES, THEY LIKE TO TAKE A MORE INDUSTRY FRIENDLY 18:09.233 --> 18:11.000 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% STANCE. EVERYTHING HE S SD ON THE 18:11.000 --> 18:15.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CAMPAIGN TRAIL MAKES US THINK HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS. 18:17.166 --> 18:21.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% PETE SESSIONS, A STAUNCH ALLY OF TRUMP, WROTE A LETTER TO THE EPA 18:22.800 --> 18:27.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% SAYING HE WANTS TO FOCUS ON REVISITING WHAT THE BIDEN 18:27.733 --> 18:32.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% ADMINISTRATION DID ON FORMALDEHYDE AS SOON AS 18:34.933 --> 18:36.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% POSSIBLE. THEY ARE ALREADY FOCUSED ON HOW 18:36.666 --> 18:40.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% TO DO THIS. ANCHOR: I KNOW YOU HAVE ALSO 18:40.400 --> 18:43.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% PUBLISHED STORIES TELLING PEOPLE HOW THEY CAN LIMIT EXPOSURE TO 18:43.300 --> 18:48.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% FORMALDEHYDE. >> YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE LIST 18:49.766 --> 18:53.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% OF INGREDIENTS ON YOUR PRODUCTS. SOMETIMES PRODUCTS WILL HAVE 18:55.366 --> 18:57.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% LABELS ABOUT WHETHER THEY DO OR DO NOT HAVE FORMALDEHYDE. 18:59.433 --> 19:04.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE BEST WAY WHEN YOU GET NEW PRODUCTS IS THEY EMIT A LOT OF 19:07.300 --> 19:09.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% FORMALDEHYDE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS. 19:16.433 --> 19:19.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE OTHER THING IS TO KEEP YOUR WINDOWS OPEN WHEN YOU CAN. 19:19.466 --> 19:23.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ANCHOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 19:23.600 --> 19:28.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ANCHOR: 19:33.600 --> 19:35.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% THESE DAYS, MOST OF THE 19:35.133 --> 19:38.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT WE WATCH IS NOT AT THE MOVIES OR TELEVISION 19:38.233 --> 19:41.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% OR COMPUTER. IT IS ON A SMART PHONE. 19:41.700 --> 19:45.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% TO CATER TO THESE CHANGING HABITS, MANY CHINESE COMPANIES 19:45.500 --> 19:49.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ARE TURNING OUT THE SMALL SOAP OPERAS FOR PHONE VIEWING. 19:49.633 --> 19:54.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REPORTER: YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE ADS ON TIKTOK OR FACEBOOK. 19:55.733 --> 20:00.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THERE IS ONE CLIFFHANGER AFTER ANOTHER. 20:15.300 --> 20:20.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THESE APPS RAKED IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN 20:22.400 --> 20:27.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% GLOBAL REVENUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING AS 20:33.466 --> 20:37.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% FAIR AND WALK US THROUGH WHAT THESE ARE AND WHAT THE APPEAL 20:37.933 --> 20:39.333 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% IS. >> THEY ARE CALLED VERTICAL 20:39.333 --> 20:42.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% SHORTS OR VERTICAL SERIES. THERE IS ESSENTIALLY 20:42.133 --> 20:46.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% FEATURE-LENGTH BONES THAT ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO MINUTE LONG 20:46.466 --> 20:51.433 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% CHUNKS. THE IDEA IS THAT THE VIEWER WILL 20:52.833 --> 20:57.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% SCROLL THROUGH THEM. AND WATCH THE ENTIRE THING IN 20:57.566 --> 21:00.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% ONE SITTING. THEY ARE NOT INTENDED FOR A 21:00.566 --> 21:05.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% LAPTOP OR A BIG-SCREEN TELEVISION. 21:07.100 --> 21:11.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REPORTER: TELL US ABOUT HOW POPULAR THIS IS IN CHINA. 21:15.600 --> 21:20.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% HOW MUCH HAS THE INDUSTRY GROWN? >> THEY ARE INCREDIBLY POPULAR 21:20.100 --> 21:24.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% IN CHINA. THEY TOOK OFF IN THE PANDEMIC. 21:31.533 --> 21:34.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IT IS A COUNTRIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONSUME 21:34.533 --> 21:39.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% ENTERTAINMENT. I SPOKE TO THE CEO OF ONE OF 21:45.566 --> 21:50.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% THESE COMPANIES. HE SAID THEY ARE PULLING IN 21:54.433 --> 21:56.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ABOUT $10 MILLION IN REVENUE EVERY MONTH. 21:56.966 --> 22:01.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REPORTER: THE CONTENT AND IS NOT EXACTLY, IT DOES NOT FEEL OSCAR 22:04.066 --> 22:06.866 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% WORTHY. [LAUGHTER] 22:06.866 --> 22:10.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IS THAT A TRADEMARK OF THIS GENRE? 22:10.466 --> 22:13.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IF IT BECOMES MORE MAINSTREAM WOULD 22:13.000 --> 22:16.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% HAVE TO CHANGE? >> I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S A GOOD 22:16.033 --> 22:21.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% WAY OF PUTTING IT. WHEN YOU TALK TO THE ACTORS AND 22:28.733 --> 22:33.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% PRODUCERS AND EVEN THE CEO ABOUT THIS, THEY SEE THAT AS AN ASSET. 22:35.200 --> 22:38.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THEY DON'T SEE IT AS BEING DETRIMENTAL TO THE SUCCESS OF 22:38.800 --> 22:42.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE PLATFORM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SEE IT AS AN ART OR, REALLY. 22:42.300 --> 22:46.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THEY SEE IT AS WHAT IT IS, ALGORITHMICALLY GENERATED 22:46.033 --> 22:50.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% CONTENT THAT HAS MASS CROSS-CULTURAL APPEAL. 22:50.433 --> 22:55.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE COMPARISON THAT THE CEO MADE TO ME WHEN I SPOKE WITH HIM IS 22:57.100 --> 23:01.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IT IS LIKE READING USA TODAY THAT OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. 23:01.866 --> 23:03.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I THINK THAT IS A APT COMPARISON. 23:03.800 --> 23:08.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING WELL DONE, YOU WILL NOT BE 23:12.866 --> 23:14.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% WATCHING THIS. REPORTER: WHAT IS THE 23:14.466 --> 23:19.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% DIFFERENCES? >> IT IS HARD TO ANSWER THAT. 23:29.933 --> 23:33.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% THEY ARE NOT UNION. THEY ARE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY 23:33.466 --> 23:37.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% USING DIRECTORS THAT OUR RECENT FILM SCHOOL GRADUATES IN LOS 23:37.633 --> 23:41.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ANGELES WHO WERE BORN IN CHINA. THEY CAN SPEAK MANDARIN SO THEY 23:41.700 --> 23:46.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE CEO. I HAVE GOTTEN MIXED ANSWERS 23:49.933 --> 23:51.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ABOUT WHERE THE SCRIPTS COME 23:51.133 --> 23:53.633 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% FROM. WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE WRITTEN 23:53.633 --> 23:56.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% BY HUMANS. IT IS VERY LOW-BUDGET. 23:57.766 --> 24:01.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE PROCESS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT IS IN 24:01.133 --> 24:06.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% HOLLYWOOD. REPORTER: WHAT IS THE PAYMENT 24:09.866 --> 24:14.666 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% MODEL? >> TYPICALLY SOMEONE WILL 24:14.666 --> 24:18.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% DOWNLOAD THE APP. THEY ADVERTISE HEAVILY ON 24:18.133 --> 24:23.133 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% TIKTOK. IF YOU WANT TO WATCH FIVE MORE 24:32.066 --> 24:34.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MINUTES, YOU HAVE TO PAY MORE 24:34.266 --> 24:39.266 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% MONEY. IN ORDER TO FINISH A SERIES, THE 24:40.533 --> 24:43.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% USER TYPICALLY HAS TO PAY UP TO 24:43.533 --> 24:45.100 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% $40. REPORTER: DO YOU? 24:45.100 --> 24:46.800 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% ? ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL 24:46.800 --> 24:50.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CONTINUE TO GROW IS THIS WHAT AUDIENCES ARE LOOKING FOR THESE 24:50.500 --> 24:52.233 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% DAYS? >> IT IS A GREAT QUESTION. 24:52.233 --> 24:53.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I GOT A LOT OF MIXED ANSWERS ON 24:53.800 --> 24:58.666 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT IS A 24:58.666 --> 25:01.533 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% FAD. IT WILL NEVER GET TRACTION IN 25:01.533 --> 25:06.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% MAINSTREAM HOLLYWOOD. I HAVE ALSO HEARD RUMORS THAT 25:07.733 --> 25:11.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING INTO THIS GENRE. 25:13.333 --> 25:17.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT HOLLYWOOD UNDERESTIMATES THIS 25:22.933 --> 25:27.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% TYPE OF DIGITAL CONTENT AT ITS OWN PERIL. 25:28.966 --> 25:31.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% REPORTER: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHTS. 25:31.500 --> 25:36.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. ♪ 25:42.833 --> 25:45.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ANCHOR: THAT IS PBS NEWS WEEKEND FOR THIS SATURDAY. 25:46.733 --> 25:48.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% FROM ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 25:49.933 --> 25:54.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR PBS NEWS WEEKEND HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY -- 25:59.900 --> 26:04.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS. 26:11.100 --> 26:13.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC 26:13.933 --> 26:17.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% BROADCASTING AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR STATION 26:17.400 --> 26:22.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 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