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E LIVE STREAMING ON "ABC NEWS LIVE" AIRING ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND LIVE ON ABC. >> SATURDAY STARTING AT 3:00 P.M. EASTERN LIVE. >> REMEMBER 100,000 AMERICANS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY FROM THE COVID-19 VIRUS. >> A SOLEMN MOMENT IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER TODAY, BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE RISING TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THE AMERICAN LIVES LOST FROM THE CORONAVIRUS. >>> MINNEAPOLIS ERUPTS WITH PROTESTS OVER GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATHS TURNING VIOLENT. ONE PERSON SHOT AND KILLED IN THE CHAOS. >>> BUILDINGS SET ABLAZE AND STORES LOOTED. THE NATIONAL GUARD BROUGHT IN AS THE CITY BRACES TONIGHT. >>> ECONOMIC CRISIS, MORE THAN 2 MILLION AMERICAN JOBS LOST JUST LAST WEEK, NOW 40 MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF WORK SINCE THE START OF THE OUTBREAK, FOOD PANTRIES HAVE >>> FINDING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, DOES HE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SHUT DOWN PLATFORMS. A GUN STOPPED BY AN ARMY SOLDIER, WHAT HE DID WITH HIS VEHICLE THAT POLICE SAY SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES. >>> THE TRADEMARK LAUGH FROM HIS HOLINESS, THE DALAI LAMA, SITTING DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW, WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND WHY HE THINKS IT'S TIME TO SHAKE UP THE VERY INSTITUTIONS THAT MADE HAM GLOBAL SPIRITUAL LEADER. THE GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA IS CALLING ON THE NATIONAL GUARD IN THE WAKE OF FIRES, UNREST AND DEADLY PROTEST IN THE PARTS OF MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S ALL IN THE AFTER MATH OF THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, THE UNARMED BLACK MAN KILLED ON VIDEO AFTER A WHITE OFFICER PLACED HIS KNEE ON HIS NECK, AS FLOYD UTTERED THE WORDS WE HAVE HEARD BEFORE. "I CAN'T BREATHE," THIS ALLEGEDLY AFTER TRYING TO USE COUNTERFIT MONEY. PROTESTERS SUGGEST WITHOUT ACTION THE FLAMES OF INJUSTICE WILL NOT BE PUT OUT. THEY WANT THE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARRESTED. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS STILL SIMMERING. NO ARRESTS TODAY AS THEY PLEAD WITH RESIDENTS TO REMAIN CALM. OUR ALEX PEREZ LEADS US OFF. >> TONIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS, PLEAS FOR CALM AFTER A NIGHT OF RAGE. DEMONSTRAORS ANGRY AFTER POLICE FIRING TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS. >> THERE'S A LARGE FIRE INSIDE AUTO ZONE. >> ONE MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED NEAR A PAWN SHOP IN THE CHAOS, THE MAYOR ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD. FEDERAL AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SPEAKING LATE TODAY. >> WE ARE CONDUCTING A ROBUST AND METICULOUS INVESTIGATION IN TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE EVENTS OF MAY 25TH, 2020. AND THE POLICE OFFICERS' ACTIONS ON THAT EVENING. MY HEART GOES OUT TO GEORGE FLOYD. MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIS FAMILY. MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIS FRIENDS. AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE GRIEVING. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GRIEVE. >>> MOMENTS EARLIER, JOHN CARL SKG PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD YET? >> I HAVEN'T, BUT I FEEL VERY, VERY BADLY. IT'S A VERY SHOCKING SIGHT, BILL AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT BEFORE, BILL IS HERE RIGHT NOW. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY MUCH INVOLVED AND I HAVE ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THE FBI, AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO TAKE A STRONG SKPLOOK SEE WHAT WENT ON. THAT WAS A VERY BAD THING THAT I SAW. SAW IT LAST NIGHT AND I DIDN'T LIKE IT. >> DO YOU THINK THE POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD BE PROSECUTED? >> I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY COMMENT RIGHT NOW. I THINK WHAT I SAW WAS NOT GOOD, IT WAS NOT GOOD. VERY BAD. >> A CITY STILL SMOLDERRING AT DAY BREAK. >> WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER, PLEASE. >> WHEN IT CAME TO AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, IT'S TURNING IN TO SO MUCH MORE IN THE LONG RUN. >> CITY OFFICIALS ARE PLEADING FOR PEACE. >> YOU HAVE EVERY ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY, HOWEVER, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO PERPETRATE VIOLENCE AND HARM ON THE VERY COMMUNITIES THAT YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE STANDING UP FOR. >> I'M SORRY FOR THE PAIN, DEVASTATION AND THE TRAUMA THAT MR. FLOYD'S DEATH HAS LEFT ON HIS FAMILY, HIS LOVED ONES AND OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND CERTAINLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. >> THE VIDEO IS HARD TO WATCH. ABC NEWS CONFIRMED THAT THE WHITE POLICE OFFICER SEEN LEANING ON FLOYD'S NECK UNTIL HE LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS IS DEREK CHAUVIN, CHAUVIN AND THE THREE OTHER OFFICERS HAVE BEEN FIRED AND THE MAYOR CHAUVIN ARRESTED. THEY SHOW PARK POLICE ARRIVING AT THE SCENE MONDAY. THEY SHOW FLOYD BEING ARRESTED. HE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE RESISTING. LOVED ONES CALLED FLOYD A GENTLE GIANT. STEVEN JACKSON SAID LOSING FLOYD WAS LIKE LEAVING A FAMILY MEMBER. >> TO HEAR THAT CRY, AND SCREAM FOR HELP IN HIS VOICE -- >> LATE TODAY, ALEX, FEDERAL AND LOCAL INVESTIGATORS HELD THE JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE, BUT DID NOT ANNOUNCE ANY ARRESTS OR CRIMINAL CHARGES. GIVE US A SENSE OF THE MESSAGE TODAY. >> WELL, LINSEY, I CAN HE WILL -- I CAN TELL YOU, PEOPLE HERE AND ACROSS THE WORLD ARE WAITING FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE, WAITING, ANTICIPATING, POSSIBLY CHARGES. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN, WHAT OFFICIALS SAID AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS THAT THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THIS CASE. THEY ARE STILL EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE AND BUILDING A LEGAL CASE AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. THEY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY DON'T USUALLY HAVE PRESS CONFERENCES LIKE THIS. BUT THIS CASE HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH ATTENTION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. NOW, LINSEY, I WANTED TO MENTION WE LEARNED LATE TODAY THAT POLICE RECORDS SHOW THE OFFICER THAT HAD HIS KNEE ON GEORGE FLOYD HAD ACTUALLY HAD 18 COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST HIM, HE HAS BEEN DISCIPLINED TWICE. TONIGHT, YOU CAN HEAR THE NOISE BEHIND ME, EVERYONE HOPING FOR PEACE. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING REPORTING. AND NEXT, AS WE REPORTED THE DEATH TOLL FROM COVID-19, IT CONTINUES TO DO GROW, MORE THAN 100,000 LIVES LOST IN THE COUNTRY. CERTAINLY A SOBERING REMINDER OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THAT THE VIRUS HAS HAD ON SO MUCH AMERICANS. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND, 40 MILLION PEOPLE. THAT IS 1 IN 4 WORKING AMERICANS. PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, PEOPLE ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED THAN LIVE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE NATION'S POST POPULACE STATE. WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT, ARE WE GOING TO BENJAMIN CRUMP RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US MR. CRUMP. THREE DAYS AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S DEFICIT, NO ARRESTS. THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE SAID THEY ARE WORKING AS FAST AS THEY CAN, BUT THEY HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT, IS WHAT HE SAID. THE PROSECUTOR SUGGESTED THAT THERE COULD BE EVIDENCE THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE POLICE OFFICERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE EVIDENCE COULD BE, AND ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THAT RESPONSE? >> THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT RESPONSE. BECAUSE WE ALL SAW THE VIDEO AND THE VIDEO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDES ALL THE PROBABLE CAUSE YOU WOULD NEED TO ARREST THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD NO CONSIDERATION, NO REGARD FOR THE LIFE OF GEORGE FLOYD, AS THEY SAT THEIR KNEE ON HIS NECK, NOT FOR ONE MINUTE, NOT FOR TWO MINUTES, ALL THE WAY, EIGHT MINUTES WHILE HE IS ASKING THEM TO REMOVE THEIR KNEE, SAYING HE CANNOT BREATHE. EVEN THE PEOPLE, GENERAL PUBLIC WERE SAYING, TAKE YOUR KNEE OFF HIS NECK, YOU ARE KILLING HIM. AND WHAT'S SO HORRIFIC ABOUT IT, IS THE FACT THAT THE POLICE ARE SUPPOSED TO BETHE ONES TRAINED TO DEESCALATE A SITUATION. IT SEEMED TO BE LAY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THE POLICE TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION WHILE THE POLICE WERE ESCALATING THE SITUATION. THE LAST MINUTES OF GEORGE FLOYD LIFE, HIM BEGGING FOR BREATH AND IT IS MURDER. >> AND AS YOU WELL KNOW, PARTS OF MINNEAPOLIS HAVE ERUPTED OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AND THE FAMILY HAS THANKED THE PROTESTS BUT ASK THAT THEY REMAIN PEACEFUL. THEY ENACTED THE NATIONAL GUARD. DID YOU FEEL THAT CHARGES WERE NOT FORTHCOMING TODAY WHEN YOU HEARD THAT? AND IS THAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO, TO BRING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD? >> IT'S TROUBLING AS A CIVIL RIGHTS, WE SAW THE PROTESTS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. WHEN BLACK PEOPLE COME TO EXERCISE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOR FREE SPEECH WITH GEORGE FLOYD, WE ARE MET WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD, TEAR GAS, RUBBER BULLETS AND ARRESTS. IT SEEMS TO BE TWO AMERICAS. ONE JUST A SYSTEM FOR WHITE AMERICA AND ANOTHER JUST RIS SYSTEM FOR BLACK AMERICA AND WE NEED EQUAL JUSTICE FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA. >> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN GEORGE FLOYD'S ARREST AND DEATH, OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN, THE MAN WHO IS SAID TO HAVE PINNED FLOYD DOWN BY THE NEXT HAS BEEN INVOLVED PREVIOUSLY IN 18 COMPLAINTS AND DISCIPLINED TWICE, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A PATTERN AND POLICY THAT HAS BEEN TO LET THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY EITHER CONDONE WHAT HE WAS DOING, OR THEY CONSENTED TO WHAT HE WAS DOING. BECAUSE 18 COMPLAINTS WHERE THERE'S SMOKE THERE'S FIRE AND WE SAW THE FIRE THAT CAUSED GEORGE FLOYD'S LIFE AND NOW THERE'S FIRE ON THE STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> AS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ARE SAID TO BE MONITORING THIS CASE, DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE? >> THE FAMILY HAS NO CONFIDENCE IN ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY RELEASE THE POLICE REPORT THAT CLEARLY HAS FALSE INFORMATION AND LEFT OUT PERTINENT INFORMATION SAYING THAT GEORGE FLOYD DIED BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL CONDITION. AND SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE POLICE OFFICER HAVING A KNEE ON HIS NECK FOR ALMOST EIGHT MINUTES AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THEY SAID HE WAS RESISTING ARREST. LOOK AT THE VIDEO FOR YOURSELF. ALL OF US HAVE LOOKED AT THE VIDEO, HE WAS A MAN WHO WAS HANDCUFFED, FACE DOWN. EVEN WHEN THEY PUT HIM IN HANDCUFFS, HE SUBMITTED TO THEM TAKING HIM IN TO CUSTODY. SO, WHY IS IT WHEN BLACK PEOPLE ARE ACCUSED OF NONVIOLENT CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS LIKE ERIC GARDNER, AND THEN GEORGE FLOYD, WITH AN ALLEGED FORGERY ALLEGATION MET WITH EXCESSIVE, LETHAL FORCE WHAT IS IT ABOUT BLACK MEN THAT POLICE SEE SO DANGEROUS, THAT THEY HAVE TO KEEP KILLING US EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE UNARMED. >> AND YOU REPRESENT THE FAMILIES OF AHMAUD ARBERY, THE EMPLOYED AND AHMAUD KILLINGS WERE -- THE FLOYD AND AHMAUD KILLINGS WERE VIDEOTAPED. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT? >> IT SHOWS US THINGS THAT WE CANNOT UNSEE. WHEN YOU WITNESS THE TRUTH, YOU BELIEVE, TRUTH EQUALS JUSTICE. WHAT WE ARE HOPING, JUST LIKE IN THE ARBERY CASE, ONCE YOU CAN VISUALLY SEE IT AND YOU HAVE OCULAR PROOF, AMERICA, YOU CANNOT LOOK AWAY. YOU CANNOT DENY HIS FAMILY THE JUSTICE YOU DESERVE. >> YOU ARE RIGHT, WITH THE VIDEO, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE CANNOT UNSEE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. >> THANK YOU. >> AND NEXT, AS WE REPORTED THE DEATH TOLL FROM COVID-19 CONTINUES TO GROW, MORE THAN 1 WITH 00,000 LIVES IN THIS COUNTRY LOST TO THE CORONAVIRUS. A SOBERING REMINDER OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THAT THE VIRUS HAS HAD ON SO MANY AMERICANS. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS ALSO DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND. 40 MILLION PEOPLE, THAT IS 1 IN 4 WORKING AMERICANS, TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED THAN LIVE IN THE ENTIRE STATUTE OF CALIFORNIA, THE NATION'S MOST POPULACED STATE. >> THAT HAND CRAFTED TRIBUTE IS PART OF A GROWING MEMORIAL OUTSIDE OF BROOKLYN CEMETERY AND MILES AWAY, THIS 20,000 SQUARE FOOT TESTAMENT TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS. THE GRAVITY OF THE MILESTONE, MARKED BY THE PHYSICIAN WHO GUIDED THE COUNTRY FROM THE BEGINNING. >> 100,000 PEOPLE IS JUST REALLY HISTORIC IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT THAT IT HAD ON US. WORLD WARS, DEPRESSIONS. 9/11, THIS FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO PULL TOGETHER AS A NATION TO GET OVER THIS. >> CASES OF THE VIRUS STILL RISING IN STEEN STATES, INCLUDING WISCONSIN, WHICH HIT A RECORD HIGH AND IN WASHINGTON STATE, HALF OF ALL NEW INFECTIONS ARE IN PEOPLE UNDER 40. THAT AS THE VIRUS'S CRUSHING TOLL ON AMERICAN LIVELIHOODS BECOMING CLEAR. 40 MINIMUM PEOPLE LAID OFF. THAT IS 1 IN 4 WORKING AMERICANS. >> AND IT'S BELIEVED THAT 40% OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE JOBS TO GO BACK TO WHEN THIS IS OVER. YOU CAN FEEL THE NEED IN LOS ANGELES, OVER A THOUSAND CARS IN THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION LINE. THE TRAFFIC JUST TO GET IN STRETCHES FOR MORE THAN A MILE. >> AND SNAKING THROUGH IT, WE FOUND LAURA, HER FOUR LITTLE ONES IN THEIR CAR SEATS. >> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT, THIS CONSIGNMENT OF FOOD, THESE BOXES? >> VERY IMPORTANT, IT HELPS ME OUT. I HAVE FOUR LITTLE ONES AND I BARELY WORK AND YOU KNOW, THIS HELPS ME OUT A LOT. >> Reporter: AND A NEW OBSTACLE FOR THE MILLIONS WHO LOST JOBS, NOW RENTERS RISK LOSING HOMES. MANY STATES CAN SOON ENFORCE EVICTIONS. WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR YOU? >> HOMELESSNESS. >> MICHELLE LEWIS IS LOSING HER HOME OF 12 YEARS. THE LOCKS CHANGED AFTER SHE LOST HER JOB. SHE USED TO MAKE MONEY AT SPORTING EVENTS BUT THE CROWDS ARE ALL GONE. >> WE WERE DECIMATED BY IT. >> FOR THE BUSINESSES TRYING TO REOPEN, THE CHALLENGE OF HOW TO DO IT SAFELY. AND AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DENYING ENTRANCE TO PEOPLE WITHOUT FACE COVERINGS. >> YOU DON'T WANT TO WEAR A MASK? FINE, YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO THEN GO IN THE STORE IF THAT STORE OWNER DOESN'T WANT YOU TO. >> BUT THE PRESIDENT WHO DOES NOT WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC AGAIN TAKING AIM AT JOE BIDEN. TWEETING OVERNIGHT, HE LOOKS BETTER. DR. ANTHONY FAUCI MAKING IT CLEAR WHY HE WEARS ONE IN PUBLIC. >> I WANT TO PROTECT MYSELF AND PROTECT OTHERS AND ALSO, BECAUSE I WANT IT TO BE A SYMBOL FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THAT THAT'S THE KIND OF THING YOU SHOULD BE DOING. >> AND MATT GUTMAN JOINS US NOW LIVE. WE HEARD THE HEARTBREAKING MOMENT THAT YOU HAVE WITH A MOTHER STRUGGLING TO FEED HER FOUR CHILDREN. WHAT STICKS OUT TO YOU MOST FROM CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT? >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THEM, ONE IS, LINSEY, THE BREADTH OF IT. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THERE. WELL OVER A THOUSAND CARS. THAT ACTUALLY STRETCHED, WE LATER HEARD FOR LONGER THAN A MILE. SO, MANY PEOPLE IN NEED, SO MANY CONVERSATIONS. THE VERY SAME. AND THE OTHER IS, THE RIPPLE AFFECT. RIGHT? SO THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL, RIGHT. THAT MEANS THAT, LANDLORDS CAN START EVICTING PEOPLE AND THERE'S NO WAY FOR PEOPLE LIKE LAURA WHO I SPOKE TO, TO GET A JOB AGAIN. BECAUSE, NOW, WE KNOW THAT ABOUT 42% OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL GET BACK IN TO THE WORKFORCE WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER, WILL NOT HAVE JOBS TO GO BACK TO. SO, YOU WONDER WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, WHAT RESOURCE DO ALL THE PEOPLE HAVE? WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE SHOWN IN AND YOU KNOW, CAN FOOD BANKS LIKE THIS CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN PEOPLE LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND THE ANSWER IS LIKELY NO. SO, WE ARE FACING SOME VERY DARK DAYS AHEAD OF US, I THINK. LINSEY? >> SO MANY IN NEED, ALL RIGHT, MATT GUTMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTING. TURNING NOW TO WASHINGTON, WHERE TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMED AT SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES AS HE WAGES HIS BATTLE AGAINST TWIT ER AFTER THE PLATFORM ATTACHED FACT CHECKS TO TWO OF HIS TWEETS. SO, WHAT IS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER DOING? ABC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSES CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN CARL HAS THE DETAILS. >>PRESIDENT TRUMP HIT BACK AT TWITTER TODAY. ACCUSING THEM -- AFTER THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT TOOK THE STEP OF ATTACHING FACT CHECKS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TWEETS FILLED WITH FALSE INFORMATION. >> THEY DISAGREE BY SELECTIVELY APPLYING A FACT CHECK. >> PRESIDENT SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER STRIPPING AWAY LEGAL PROTECTIONS FROM SOCIAL NETWORKS SO THEY CAN BE SUED OR PUNISHED FOR THE CONTENT THAT THE USERS POST. IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT, AND HE KNOWS HE WILL FACE IMMEDIATE LEGAL CHALLENGE. >> I'M SURE THEY WILL BE DOING A LAWSUIT. >> THE PRESIDENT WAS INFURIATED WHEN TWO FACT CHECK BANNERS WERE PUT ON HIS TWEETS. WHEN HE SAID, NO WAY, ZERO, MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE ANYTHING LESS THAN SUBSTANTIALLY FRAUDULENT. TODAY, HE REPEATED THE FALSE CLAIMS. >> WHEN THEY SEND OUT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS BALLOTS TO ANYONE BREATHING, BATTLE WITH TWITTER, THE U.S. PASSED A GRIM MILESTONE. 100,000 AMERICANS DEAD FROM COVID-19. AMID A AVALANCHE OF TWEETS, THE PRESIDENT NOTED A MILESTONE IN A SINGLE TWEET THIS MORNING. TO ALL OF THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE THAT PASSED, I WANT TO EXTEND MY HEART FELT SYMPATHY AND LOVE FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE GREAT PEOPLE STOOD FOR AND REPRESENT. GOD BE WITH YOU. >> AND JONATHAN CARL JOINS US NOW, JOHN THE PRESIDENT IS CALLING ON THE FCC TO REVIEW RULES AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES. HOW ARE THEY RESPONDING TONIGHT? AND WHAT DID THE PRE
IDENT SAY ABOUT HIS THREAT TO SHUTDOWN TWITTER. >> ON SHUTTING DOWN TWITTER HE WAS PRESSED ON WHAT AUTHORITY HE HAD, HE SAID THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE LAWYERS. LINSEY, THAT IS CLEARLY NOT ON THE TABLE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING HE CAN DO. AND IN FACT, I ASKED IF HE WOULD EVEN DELETE HIS OWN TWITTER ACCOUNT IF HE IS SO UPSET WITH TWITTER. HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN EITHER. HE ARGUE ABLY GOT TO THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE HELP OF SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIFICALLY TWITTER. AS FOR THE FCC, A DECIDEDLY NONCOMMITTAL ANSWER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FCC, SAYING ESSENTIALLY THEY WOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW ANY PETITION FOR RULEMAKING SUGGESTING THAT PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER IS JUST ANOTHER PETITION ANYBODY WOULD MAKE AND SAID THAT THE DEBATE IS AN IMPORTANT ONE TO HAVE BUT THEY DON'T SEEM POISED TO ACT ON IT AT THIS POINT ANYWAY. >> YOU MENTION THE PRESIDENT MADE A BRIEF COMMENT, MARKING 100,000 AMERICANS DIEING FROM COVID-19. SOME ARE ARGUING THAT THE FOCUS ON TWITTER AND THE MAIL-IN VOTING IS TRYING TO DISTRACT TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC, DO YOU SAY IT'S A FAIR CRITICISM? >> IT'S NOTABLE THAT WE HAVE PASSED THE MILESTONE AS A COUNTRY YESTERDAY, THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T GET AROUND TO TALKING ABOUT IT UNTIL THIS MORNING THROUGH A TWEET. HE DID NOT SPEAK ABOUT IT BEFORE THE CAMERAS. WHETHER OR NOT ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF IS A DISTRACTION, I FRANKLY DON'T REALLY KNOW IF YOU CAN SAY THAT, LINSEY. THE PRESIDENT STIRS UP CONTROVERSIES ALL THE TIME ON TWITTER. SOMETIMES HE IS DISTRACTING FROM BAD NEWS THAT IS GOING ON. SOMETIMES HE IS DISTRACTING FROM GOOD NEWS GOING ON. HE DOES IT AND DOES IT REPEATEDLY. >> FAIR ENOUGH, JOHN KARL FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN. >> THANK YOU. >> AND FOR MORE NOW, LET'S BRING IN EARLY FACEBOOK INVESTOR AND COFOUNDER OF ELEVATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> IT'S A PLEASURE. >> YOU HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF TECH COMPANIES, FACEBOOK IN PARTICULAR. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, DO YOU THINK IT'S FAIR? >> NO, IT'S COMPLETE AND UTTER NONSENSE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT REALLY WANTS TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN SHIFT THE ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE 100,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED OF COVID-19. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE ESSENCE OF HIS POLITICAL STRATEGY. I MEAN, HE PLAYS THEM LIKE A STRATAVARIOUS, AND I THE THINK WHAT IS GOING ON, HE IS SUCCESSFULLY CREATED A DISTRACTION THAT THE PRESS AND OTHER POLICY MAKERS AND THE PUBLIC HAVE MOVED TO SO THAT WE ARE NOT TALKING AS MUCH ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED. AND IT'S WORKED VERY, VERY WELL. >> AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO FACT CHECK HIS TWEETS, AND WHY NOT SO MANY OTHERS THAT COULD ALSO CONTAIN FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION? I MEAN, WHO HERE IS RIGHT? >> AND THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS, THAT THE IMPLICATION IS IF YOU DO NOT FACT CHECK A TWEET, THEN THAT ONE MUST BE TRUE? AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTEXT, THERE ARE FALSEHOODS IN SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I MEAN, THE REAL ISSUE HERE AND I THINK THE MARK ZUCKERBERG IS FAIRLY IMPORTANT, MARK IS TAKING A POSITIONING THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM TWITTER. HE IS BASICALLY SAYING WE ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY HANDS OFF. WHICH IS NOT ACTUALLY TRUE, BUT THAT IS WHAT HE IS SAYING. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, LINSEY, THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE AS CITIZENS, IS THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS DESIGNED TO GRAB OUR ATTENTION. AND THE WAY IT DOES THAT, IS IT SHARES THE CONTENT MOST LIKELY TO PROVOKE OUR EMOTIONS. THAT TURNS OUT TO BE HATE SPEECH, DISINFORMATION, AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES. SO, THOSE THINGS GET PRO MOETD BY THE ALGORITHMS AND AMPLIFIED AND IN THE PROCESS, THEY ESSENTIALLY DROWN OUT THE FACTS. AND WHAT'S REALLY WRONG AT FACEBOOK AND THE THING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON TODAY, IS THAT WE HAVE SOMEHOW CONVERTED A PANDEMIC, WHICH IS A NATIONAL HEALTH DISASTER, IN TO AN ELEMENT OF THE CULTURE WAR. THIS DOES NOT HELP ANYBODY, PEOPLE ARE DYING BECAUSE OF THIS. AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS ESSENTIALLY THE WAY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. AND FRANKLY I THINK MARK ZUCKERBERG HAS A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO AND NEITHER OF THE PEOPLE WHO INTERVIEWED HIM ASKED THAT QUESTION. I THINK THAT WAS A BIG, BIG FAILURE. >> AND YOU CALLED FOR MORE REGULATION FOR SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES. WHY DO THEY NEED REGULATION AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? >> HERE'S THE ISSUE I WOULD POINT TO. IN 1960, WE BEGAN REGULATING CHEMICAL COMPANIES. AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE THE FASTEST GROWING, MOST PROFITABLE COMPANIES AT THE TIME. THEY ARE SPEWING TOXIC FUMES IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THEY WERE POURING MERCURY IN TO FRESH WATER AND NOT PAYING THE COST. WHAT WE HAVE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA IS THAT THEY UNDER MINE THE DEMOCRACY BY BASICALLY MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A GOOD DEBATE, THEY AMPLIFIED THE MOST NEGATIVE SIGNALS. AND THEN, RELATIVE TO PUBLIC HEALTH, THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY CAUSED THE RESPONSE TO A PANDEMIC TO BE POLITICAL. SO, THE PEOPLE ARE NOT WEARING MASKS BECAUSE THEY VIEW IT AS IN CONFLICT WITH THEIR POLITICAL BELIEVES, WHICH UNBELIEVABLY IS DANGEROUS. I AGREE WITH MARK ZUCKERBERG, WE DO NOT WANT INTERNET PLATFORMS DECIDING WHAT ARE FACT AND WHAT ARE NOT. AND WE ALSO DON'T WANT A BUSINESS MODEL THAT AMPLIFIES, HATE SPEECH, DISINFORMATION AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES, THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT THE PRESIDENT LIES OR THERE'S FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT COVID, IT'S THAT THAT KIND OF CONTENT ON FACEBOOK, ON YOUTUBE AND INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER GETS AMPLIFIED SUCH THAT IT DROWNS ON OUT THE FACTS AND THAT UNDER MINES OUR SOCIETY. AND TECH IS TOO IMPORTANT TO LET IT GO FORWARD DOING SO MUCH HARM. SO, LIKE THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN 1960. LIKE THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN 1906 OR THE BUILDING TRADES AFTER THE GREAT FIRES. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INDUSTRY AND USE REGULATION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT SERVES THE INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY. >> ALL RIGHT, A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> AND WHEN WE COME BACK, THE GROWING CRISIS AT THE MEXICO BORDER. LONG LINES TO ENTER THE AND YOU SAY THE SPIKE OF COVID CASES IN NEARBY HOSPITALS AND THE SOLDIER WHO SAVED THE DAY AFTER A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE ON RANDOM DRIVERS AND LATER IN THE SHOW, OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE DALAI LAMA, HIS THOUGHTS ON COVID-19, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND BEING QUARANTINED. >>> AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER WITH MEXICO, LONG LINES TO ENTER THE U.S., OUR IAN PANEL IS THERE HAD. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AS THE PANDEMIC GRIPS MEXICO, THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES A DAY ARE STILL CROSSING THE BORDER DESPITE A BAN ON TOURIST TRAVEL. THE TRAVEL STRETCHES FOR MILES 24/7 BECAUSE THE TRAVEL BAN PERMITS WORKERS TO ENTER FOR WORK, AND DUAL CITIZENS, AND THERE'S A FEW HEALTH CHECKS, U.S. BORDER OFFICIALS TAKE TEMPERATURES IF THEY THINK IT'S NECESSARY. THERE'S CONCERNS THAT THE VIRUS IS MOVING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE BORDER. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SAY ROUGHLY 48% OF THEIR PATIENTS HAVE CROSSED THE BORDER IN RECENT WEEKS. >> WE ARE TALKING TO THE PEOPLE ON THE WARDS, IS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT EITHER LIVING OR WORKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDERS. >> IN MEXICO, THE NUMBERS ARE RISING RELENTLESSLY, WE WATCHED LARGE FUNERALS FOR CORONAVIRUS VICTIMS WITH NO SOCIAL DISTANCING. THERE'S NOW MORE THAN 8,500 DEAD HERE, THE TRUE DEATH TOLL IN BRAZIL LIKELY MUCH HIGHER THAN THE OFFICIAL COUNT. BRAZIL, BATTLING AN EXPLOSION OF CASES, NOW SUFFERING THE WORLD'S SECOND HIGHEST DEATH TOLL ONLY BEHIND THE U.S. >> AND IAN JOINS US NOW FROM TIJUANA, IAN, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING REPORTS THAT HOSPITALS NEAR THE BORDER ARE OVERWHELMED AND AUTHORITIES ARE CONSIDERING RELAXING RESTRICTIONS EVEN THOUGH INFECTIONS ARE ON THE RISE? >> YEAH, SIMILAR TO A SITUATION WE HAVE SEEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THERE'S BEEN A CRITICISM THAT THE RELAXATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS WERE PREMATURE. AND THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT IS SAYING NOW IT'S A RIGHT TIME FOR A PHASED LOOSENING OF THE RESTRICTIONS. BUT DOES INCLUDE OPENING UP TOURIST SITES LIKE CANCOON, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF EXTRA CHECKS AND YOU WILL NOT BE SWIMMING UP TO THE BAR IN THE POOL THE SAME WAY YOU COULD BEFORE. BUT THOSE HERE FEEL IT'S PREMATURE, THEY ARE STILL HAVING HOSPITALS FULL, MORGUES ARE CLOSE TO FULL. CREMATORIUMS ARE NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE BODIES. AND NOW IS NOT THE TIME. >> WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO GET TO ON ABC NEWS PRIME. YOU WILL HEAR THE JUST RELEASED HARROWING 9-1-1 AFTER POLICE OPENED FIRE -- >> THE FUGITIVE COLLEGE STUDENT CAUGHT AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE CASE. THIS PANDEMIC HAS LED TO A SURGE IN DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS. OUR TWEET OF THE DAY. THE STUNNING MESSAGE FROM COLIN KAEPERNICK, WEIGHING IN ON THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. >>> WELCOME BACK, WE HAVE REPORTED ON THE IMPACT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PANDEMIC. SOME 34% OF AMERICANS NOW SHOW SIGNS OF CLINICAL ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION OR BOTH. THE SURVEY ASKS QUESTIONS TO SCREEN PATIENTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. 50% OF ADULTS FEEL DEPRESSED FOR SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK THAT THEY WERE SURVEYED IN EARLY MAY. DOUBLE THOSE THAT SAID THE SAME WHEN THE QUESTION WAS ASKED IN 2014 AND 6 IN 10 REPORTED FEELING NERVOUS, ANXIOUS OR ON AGE FOR SEVERAL DAYS OR MORE. AND A WHOPPING 48% OF STATES REPORTING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. AND YOUNGER AND POOR AMERICANS REPORTED HIGHER RATES OF ANXIETY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND MORE AMERICANS ARE REPORTEDLY TURNING TO MEDICATION FOR RELIEF. PRESCRIPTIONS WERE UP 21% FOR ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, WITH CLAIMS IN SPIKING IN THE WEEK THAT ENDED MARCH 15TH AS THE PANDEMIC TOO LONG HOLD IN THE U.S. AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO GET TO TONIGHT, OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE DALAI LAMA, WHAT HE THINKS OF THE CURRENT NEWS CYCLE AND LATER, LEADERS WHO CRY AND SHOW EMPATHY, IT IS NOT A LOST ART, EVEN IN THESE POLARIZING TIMES. FIRST, HERE ARE THE TRENDING STORIES ON ABC NEWS.COM. >>> THE WHITE HOUSE ADDRESSING THE DEATH TOLL. >> IT'S BEHIND HIM, LOWERING THE FLAG TO HALF-STAFF. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETING THIS MORNING WE HAVE REACHED A SAD MILESTONE, A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF LIVES LOST AND SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, CALLING THE DEATH A SCAR ON THE NATION AND WONDERING IF THE LOSSES COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. >> HOW MANY OF THOSE COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED? >> THE OTHER COVID DISASTER IS THE ECONOMY. TODAY THE HOUSE APPROVED A BILL TO EASE RULES AROUND THE PPE PROGRAM TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES. IT COMES AS NEW UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMING THOUGH THAT 40 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE LOST JOBS. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED ON REPUBLICANS TO OPPOSE IT AND HE THREATENED TO VETO, THE REPUBLICANS QUICKLY FELL IN LINE, AND THE LIBERAL LEAN OF THE PARTY RAISED OBJECTIONS TO THE BILL. >> SUPPORT DISAPPEARED WITH A TWEET. THE TWINKEL OF A TWEET. >> THE 23-YEAR-OLD FUGITIVE WAS BELIEVED TO BE ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, TAKEN IN TO CUSTODY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN HAGGERSTOWN, MARYLAND. >> AS THEY TALKED ABOUT HIS HEIGHT, 6'3", 6'4", ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS TURNED AND APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AWAY FROM HIM WAS THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS 6'4". >> HE IS ACCUSED OF BRUTALLY MURDERING TWO PEOPLE. A KANSAS SOLDIER AND FATHER IS BEING HAILED A HERO AFTER TAKING DOWN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER WITH HIS OWN VEHICLE. >> THE ADRENALIN TOOK OVER, I KNEW PEOPLE'S LIVES WERE IN DANGER AND I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING. >> THE INCIDENT STARTED LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING, MASTER SERGEANT DAVID ROYER WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC BEHIND THE STOPPED CAR. >> I ACCELERATED AND STRUCK THE ACTIVE SHOOTER AND PINNED HIM. >> WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY, TONIGHT THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE HAS RELEASED THE 9-1-1 CALLS FROM THE TAYLOR INCIDENT IN MARCH. TAYLOR WAS KILLED ON MARCH 13TH, POLICE WERE EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT, HER BOYFRIEND DID NOT HEAR THE OFFICERS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND FIRED A SHOT AT THEM. AND THEN THEY OPENED FIRE AND KILLED TAYLOR. LISTEN TO THE FRANTIC CONVERSATION AFTER HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS SHOT. AND WE MUST WARN YOU THAT SOME COULD FIND IT UPSETTING. >> 9-1-1, WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. SOMEBODY KICKED IN THE DOOR INSIDE MY GIRLFRIEND -- >> OKAY, HOW OLD IS YOUR GIRLFRIEND? >> SHE IS -- LIKE 26. -- >> WHERE WAS SHE SHOT AT? >> I DON'T KNOW. SHE WAS ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. >> YOU SAID SHE IS 26, IS SHE ALERT AND ABLE TO TALK TO YOU? >> NO. SHE IS NOT. BREATHE. GOD. HELP, OH, MY GOD. HELP. HELP. >> WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> MY NAME IS KENNETH WALKER. >> CAN YOU SEE WHERE SHE HAS BEEN SHOT AT? >> I CAN'T -- >> OKAY. IS SHE ALERT AND ABLE TO TALK TO YOU? >> NO. BREATHE. >> OKAY. [ CRYING ] OH, MY GOD. >> CAN YOU GET HER TURNED OVER ON HER BACK? CAN YOU SEE WHERE SHE IS SHOT AT? >> OH, MY GOD! OH, MY GOD! >> JUST A GUT WRENCHING CALL, WALKER WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER, AND THOSE CHARGES WERE DROPPED OVER A LACK OF EVIDENCE. THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, THE THREE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE ALL NOW ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. WELL, WITH THE WORLD SEEMINGLY STANDING ON ITS HEAD RIGHT NOW, IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT TO STAY CALM, AND CENTERED. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE ON THE PLANET WHO CAN HELP US WITH THAT, IT'S THE DALAI LAMA, THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF TIBET TURNS 85, AND AFTER TRAVELING THE WORLD WITH THE BUDDHIST MESSAGE, HE IS AS HUMBLE AS OTHER. AS WE CLOSE OUT MENTAL HEALTH. WE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE DALAI LAMA. >> HIGH IN THE HIMALAYAS, EVEN THEY'RE THEY ARE BRACING FOR THE VIRUS. HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA WHO HAS SPENT HIS LIFE TRAVELING THE PLANET AND DELIVERING SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS IS ON LOCK DOWN LIKE THE REST OF US. I SAT DOWN WITH HIM AND STARTED BY ASKING HOW HIS LIFE HAS CHANGED SINCE THE PANDEMIC. HIS ANSWER, SIMPLE. >> NO CHANGE. >> HE SAID THAT HE OFTEN TAKES A LONG MEDITATION RETREAT EVERY YEAR FOR A FEW WEEKS AND MONTH AND HE IS NOW DOING IT VOLUNTARILY. >> AT LEAST, ONE HOUR, TWO HOURS LIKE THAT. THEN MOST OF THE TIME, SOMETIMES MAINLY MEDITATION. I THINK DAILY, MY MEDITATION IS FOUR OR FIVE HOURS A DAY. VERY USEFUL, VERY HELPFUL. >> AND HE SAID FOR THOSE OF US WHO WANT TO EXPLORE MEDITATION, START SMALL. >> AT THE BEGINNING, A FEW SECONDS, 30 SECONDS. THEN GRADUALLY ONE MINUTE, FIVE MINUTES. TEN MINUTES. YOU CAN SIT. IN THAT PURENESS OF MIND. I THINK WORTHWHILE TO START MEDITATION. THEN, MIND, DEEPER MIND. THEN YOU SIT FOR FOCUSING ON DEEPER MEANING, THE MEANING OF LIFE. >> FOR THE DALAI LAMA, MEDITATION IS HELPFUL. BUT HE SAID EVEN FOR HIM, WATCHING THE NEWS IS PAINFUL. >> VERY SAD. WHEN I SAW IN TELEVISION SOME STARVING PEOPLE OR POOR PEOPLE, SOMETIMES I CRY. >> HE REMINDS US TO NOT FEEL HELPLESS. >> INDEED, IT'S VERY SAD WITHOUT LOSING THE COURAGE. SADNESS SHOULD TRANSFORM TO DETERMINATION, MORE SUFFERING MORE DETERMINATION. SHOULD NOT FEEL HELPLESS, HELPLESSNESS. THAT'S A FAILURE. >> HE REFERENCED THE STRUGGLES HE HAS FACED IN HIS OWN LIFE. HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA, THE SPIRITUAL LEADER AT THE AGE OF TWO. HE WAS JUST A TEENAGER WHEN THE CHINESE MILITARY MARCHED IN. IN 1959, HE ESCAPED IN TO EXILE IN TO NEIGHBORING INDIA. >> WE NEVER SORT OF GIVE UP. HE WITH TRY, TRY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THESE THINGS. AGAIN, EFFORT, FAITH, AGAIN, EFFORT. YOU MAKE ONE EFFORT, FAIL, THEN COMPLETELY LOST, THAT'S WRONG. FAILURE, SECOND TRY, TRY, TRY, TRY. SO, REGARDING THIS ILLNESS, DOCTORS, NURSES, EVEN THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR OWN LIFE. I REALLY APPRECIATE WONDERFUL. SO, WITHOUT LOSING OUR SELF CONFIDENCE, MAKE EFFORT, MAKE EFFORT. THAT'S IMPORTANT. >> YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN YOURSELF, YOU ARE A REFUGE, AS A CONSEQUENCE OF CHINESE MILITARY ACTION. AND NOW, CHINA IS PLAYING SUCH A CONTROVERSIAL ROLE ON THE WORLD STAGE. YOU ARE STILL ABLE TO GENERATE POSITIVE FEELINGS FOR THE CHINESE AFTER ALL OF THIS? >> YES. CERTAINLY. CHINA, NO DEMOCRACY POLITICALLY QUITE TIGHT CONTROL. SO TO -- BUT THIS REALLY CHANGE. I SEE IT'S A SIGN OF CHANGE, YOU SEE FOR FRIENDLY SORT OF FEELING HERE. THAT GIVESE INNER PEACE. >> SINCE HE SAID HE IS WATCHING NEWS. I ASKED ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WHO HE HAS CRITICIZED IN THE PAST FOR A LACK OF MORALE PRINCIPAL. YOU HAVE MET WITH EVERY AMERICAN PRESIDENT EXCEPT THIS PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP. I WONDER IF YOU COULD SPEAK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW ABOUT AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD, IN THE MIDST O
THIS VIRUS, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HIM? >> AMERICA, THE LEADING NATION OF FREE WORLD. SO, HIS THINKING ONLY AMERICA, ONLY AMERICA, A LITTLE BIT TOO SMALL. THAT'S MY FEELING. THEN, A LOT OF AMERICAN MEDIA, SEE SOMETIMES A LOT OF PROBLEMS, A LOT OF CRITICISMS, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS. >> EVEN THAT SO MANY OF US ARE FEELING SO MUCH FEAR THESE DAYS I ASK HIS HOLINESS ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO REDUCE ANXIETY. HE IS UNEQUIV -- >> IT'S FOOLISH AND SHORT SIGHTED. YOU LOVE YOURSELF, TAKE YOUR CARE AND THE BASIS OF YOUR OWN LIFE, YOU SHOULD TAKE CARE MORE. SO, ULTIMATE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS. >> I HEARD YOU DESCRIBE IT AS WISE SELFISHNESS, IF WE ARE, IF WE ARE FEELING ANXIOUS OR SCARED, IN OUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES, I, FROM WHAT I HAERKS -- WHAT I'M HEARING IS US TO TURN OUR ATTENTION OUTWARD AND THAT WILL IN TURN MAKE US FEEL BETTER. >> YES, YES, I MYSELF, YOU SEE, AS SOON AS I WAKE UP, I ALWAYS THINK -- THAT BRINGS INNER PEACE AND INNER STRENGTH. >> ALSO ON THE CALL WITH US DURING THE INTERVIEW IS AN AMERICAN NEURO SCIENTIST NAMED RICHARD DAVIDSON. WHILE THE DALAI LAMA IS A RELIGIOUS LEADER, HE IS A SCIENTIFIC LEADER. HE CHALLENGED THE STUDY OF MEDITATION IMPACT ON THE BRAIN. >> WHEN I WAS DONE WITH GRADUATE SCHOOL, WE LOOK AT A PERSON AND WE TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM AND WHAT THE DALAI LAMA WAS ASKING ME TO DO, LOOK AT A PERSON AND FIND OUT WHAT IS RIGHT ABOUT THEM. >> RITCHIE HAS LEARNED THAT THE KIND OF COMPASSION AND MEDITATION HAS A PRO FOUND IMPACT ON OUR BEHAVIOR, AND MOOD AND BODY. >> COMPASSION PRACTICE IS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, IT DECREASES MOLECULES IN THE BODY THAT WE KNOW ARE IMPORTANT TO INTRODUCING INFLAMMATION. >> BEFORE ENDING THE INTERVIEW, I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION TO ASK HIS HOLINESS. DO YOU EVER WATCH SOMETHING FUN? WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU WANT TO PURELY RELAX? >> I LOOK AT ANIMALS. >> YOU LOOK AT ANIMALS? ? REALLY, NATURE. SOMETIMES TO SEE THOSE ANIMALS, VERY PEACEFUL. VERY PEACEFUL. SO, I WANT TO LOOK AT ANIMALS. >> HIS HOLINESS WATCHING ANIMALS ON TV. THAT'S A GREAT INTERVIEW, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THAT. AND HE TALKS ABOUT MEDITATION TIPS AND HE SAID, START IN THE MORNING, AND START SMALL. TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> I MIGHT TWEET THAT ADVICE JUST DEFINITELY START SMALL. THAT IS A SLOGAN, AND IT'S ONE MINUTE COUNTS. AND I LIKE TO SAY, THAT IF YOU DO ONE MINUTE, IT REALLY CAN HELP. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE HABIT FORMATION IS REALLY HARD. AND IT'S REALLY USEFUL TO THE START SMALL. SO, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE DALAI LAMA ON THAT. IN TERMS OF THE MORNING, I THINK THE MORNING IS GREAT, IF YOU ARE A MORNING PERSON. IF YOU ARE NOT A MORNING PERSON, I THINK YOU SHOULD DO IT WHEN IT WORKS BEST FOR YOU. REALLY, THE BEST TYPE OF MEDITATION AS RITCHIE DAVIDSON IS KNOWN TO SAY. THE BEST TYPE OF MEDITATION IS THE MEDITATION THAT YOU DO. WHEN I GIVE PEOPLE ADVICE ABOUT A HABIT, I THINK OF HOW CAN YOU FIT IT IN TO YOUR LIFE IN A WAY THAT WILL MAKE IT AN ABIDING HABIT. >> NOTE TO SELF, I MAY NOT BE DOING THAT MORNING ROUTINE. >> THAT'S THE WAY YOU ANCHOR A 7:00 SHOW. >> SO, THAT NEURO SCIENTIST WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BENEFIT ON THE BRAIN OF COMPASSION MEDITATION. >> TO SAY, RITCHIE HAS BEEN A PIONEER OF STUDYING WHAT IMPACT MEDITATION HAS HAD ON THE BRAIN. AND HE STUDIED ALL KIND OF MEDITATION. AND HE SAID THAT THE WORD MEDITATION IS LIKE THE WORD SPORTS. IT CAN DESCRIBE A RANGE OF ACTIVITY. IN PARTICULAR, HE HAS BEEN LOOKING AT COMPASSION MEDITATION WHICH THE DALAI LAMA TALKS ABOUT. AND THERE'S MANY KINDS OF OF COMPASSION MEDITATION, THE KIND THAT THE DALAI LAMA WAS TALKING ABOUT, IS CALLED TONG-LEN, IT IS QUITE SIMPLE HE WILL ALTHOUGH IT HAS A NAME SOUNDING FOREIGN. YOU SIT IN A COMFORTABLE POSITION, AND CLOSE YOUR EYES, IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO CLOSE YOUR EYES GAZE AT A NEUTRAL SPOT ON THE GROUND. BREATHE IN NATURALLY AND NO SPECIAL WAY AND AS YOU FEEL YOUR BREATH COMING IN, YOU BREATHE IN THE SUFFERING OF SOMEBODY, YOU PICK SOMEBODY, WHO MAY BE SUFFERING AT THIS MOMENT, AND BREATHE IN THEIR SUFFERING AND THEN BREATHE OUT YOUR
N COMPASSION, YOUR WISH THAT THEY BE FREE FROM SUFFERING. AND YOU CAN MOVE FROM PERSON TO PERSON, AS YOU ARE DOING THIS PRACTICE. NOW, LET ME SAY, THIS MAY SOUND A LITTLE CLUNKY, AND MAYBE CHEESY TO SOME PEOPLE. AND CERTAINLY IT STRUCK ME THAT WAY WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE COMPASSION PRACTICES. BUT THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE THAT COMPASSION IS LIKE A MUSCLE, THAT YOU CAN TRAIN. AND THAT WE ARE NOT STUCK WITH OUR COMPASSION SETTINGS LIKE THEY ARE FACTORY SETTINGS AND THEY ARE SOMEHOW UNALTERABLE, THAT IS A RADICAL NOTION THAT COMPASSION IS A SKILL. >> ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU DAN HARRIS, YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF DAN'S CONVERSATION WITH THE DALAI LAMA ON THE LATEST EPISODE OF HIS PODCAST, 10% HAPPIER. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS PANDEMIC IS A GLOBAL TRAGEDY, 300,000 DEAD WORLDWIDE, MORE THAN 100,000 WITH THE U.S., AS WE COPE WITH THE GLOBAL DISASTER, WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE FROM THE LEADERS, CALM RESOLVE OR IS IT NECESSARY TO SHOW EMOTION. WE LOOK AT THE LEADERS AND WHEN IT'S OKAY TO CRY. >> FROM THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES. >> WE ARE BOWED AND WORN DOWN. WE ARE GRIEVING OUR DEAD. >> TO THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS. >> HONESTLY, WE CANNOT THANK YOU AND YOUR DAD AND YOUR FAMILY ENOUGH FOR ANSWERING THE CALL. >> AND THE GOVERNOR OF COLORADO. >> AS A JEWISH AMERICAN WHO HAS LOST FAMILY IN THE HOLOCAUST, I'M OFFENDED BY ANY COMPARISON TO NAZIISM, WE ACT TO SAVE LIVES. >> AND MOST RECENTLY NORTH DAKOTA'S GOVERNOR WHO GOT CHOKED UP OVER THE ISSUE OF MASKS. >> THEY MIGHT BE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD WHO'S BEEN GOING THROUGH CANCER TREATMENTS. THEY MIGHT HAVE VULNERABLE ADULTS IN THEIR LIFE WHO ARE CURRENTLY FIGHTING. >> TEARS SEEM ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE TO THE RAVAGES OF COVID-19, NOT JUST IN THIS COUNTRY. WHEN POPE FRANCIS HELD HIS SOLITARY VIGIL FOR CORONAVIRUS, ST. PETER'S SQUARE, DRIPPING AND DESOLATE, THE WHOLE COUNTRY SEEMED TO BE WEEPING. >> WE REALIZE WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT, ALL OF US FRAGILE AND DISORIENTED BUT ALL OF US CALLED TO COME TOGETHER. TEARS MAKE US HUMAN AND THEY HAVE THE POWER TO FOCUS ATTENTION. REMEMBER THIS AD, A PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN CALLED KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL? A NATIVE AMERICAN WARRIOR PADDLES IN TO A BLIGHTED LANDSCAPE, SWIRLING WITH GARBAGE. BELCHING SMOKE STACK, A MODERN WASTE LAND. >> SOME PEOPLE HAVE A DEEP ABIDING RESPECT FOR THE NATURAL BEAUTY THAT WAS ONCE THIS COUNTRY. AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T. PEOPLE START POLLUTION. PEOPLE CAN STOP IT. >> THIS WAS THE MOMENT THAT BURNED THIS MESSAGE HOME. ONE SINGLE TEAR. THAT GOT YOUR ATTENTION. TEARS AMONG POLITICAL LEADERS WERE RARE IN THOSE DAYS. JUST ASK SENATOR ED MUSKY. >> BY ATTACKING ME, BY ATTACKING MY WIFE, HE HAS PROVED HIMSELF TO BE A GUTLESS COWARD. >> THE DEMOCRATIC FRONT-RUNNER GAVE A SPEECH IN A DRIVING SNOW STORM THAT COST HIM THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY, MAYBE THE PRESIDENCY. TIMES HAVE CHANGED BUT NOT THAT. IN 2008, HILLRY CLINTON FAMOUSLY TEARED UP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THAT SHOW OF EMOTION HELPED TO HUMANIZE HER, BUT IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL TOO. >> I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE US FALL BACKWARDS. YOU KNOW -- >> BUT THE MAN WHO BEAT HER CRIED THAT HIS HAD GRANDMOTHER DID NOT LIVE TO SEE IT. >> SHE WAS ONE OF THE QUIET HEROES THAT WE HAVE ALL ACROSS AMERICA. >> HE CRIED AGAIN AFTER THE SHOOTING AT SANDYHOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IN NEW TOWN. LEST YOU THINK IT'S A DEMOCRATIC AFFLICTION, REPUBLICANS CRY TOO. SENATOR McCONNELL CRIED AFTER SAYING GOODBYE TO ONE OF HIS AIDES. >> OUR WATCH DOG NEVER LOST HIS STEP. >> JOHN BOEHNER COULD CRY AT THE DROP OF A HAT OR UNVEILING OF A PORTRAIT AND EVEN A EVENT CELEBRATING A GOLF LEGEND. >> THEY HELPED TO GIVE BIRTH TO A SUPER STAR. >> SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI HAS NEVER LET US SEE HER CRY, NOT ONCE, AND NEITHER, IT MUST BE SAID HAS PRESIDENT TRUMP. TRUMP SAID THAT THE LAST TIME HE CRIED WAS WHEN HE WAS A BABY. CORONAVIRUS HAS PROVIDED PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES, FROM THE DEATH OF A FRIEND. >> IT'S TO ME, IT'S A VERY SAD THING. >> TO THE DISTRESS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE GREW UP. >> I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THEM BRING IN TRAILER TRACKS, THEY ARE FREEZER TRUCKS, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE BODIES. THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM. >> BUT TRUMP HAS NOT BROKE ENDOWN. CONTRAST THAT TO THE MAN RUNNING AGAINST HIM. JOE BIDEN HAS CRIED MANY TIMES IN PUBLIC. HE EVEN CRIED ON THE VIEW. >> I THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW, I THINK, I HOPE HE IS PROUD OF ME. I HOPE HE IS PROUD. >> POLITICIANS SAY THERE'S A DELICATE BALANCE ABOUT THE WISH TO SHOW EMPATHY AND THE NEED TO APPEAR IN COMMAND. WE ARE STILL AS A CULTURE A LITTLE DEFENSIVE ABOUT TEARS. OUR POLITICAL LEADERS ESPECIALLY SO. BUT CORONAVIRUS IS PUTTING THAT TO THE TEST. DAVID WRIGHT, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. >> ALL RIGHT, OUR THANKS TO DAVID FOR THAT. BEFORE WE GO, A LOOK AT HOW THINGS COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE GONE IN MINNEAPOLIS. A MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICER FIST BUMPS A PROTESTER IN THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD. THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS HOUR. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED FOR ABC NEWS LIVE. FOR MORE CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. THANK YO
