thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. as new coronavirus cases continue to increase in dozens of stes this weekend, opening decisions are being reversed and in some parts of the country officials are urging people to stay at home again. there were more than 60,000 new confird cases yesterday according to data coiled by "the new york times," a more than 50% increase, on average, over the last two weeks. and confirmed crfections are sing in 37 states. the surge in coronavirusns infectomes as school districts scramble to figure ouc how or if th reopen. today, education secretary betsy devos continued to por in- person instruction, despite centers for disease control and ayevention guidelines that" if children meet in groups, it can put everyone at risk." the c.d.c. guidelines are just that, meant to be flexible and meant appropriate for the situation. sreenivasan: questions about returning to school come as florida reported 15,300 new coronavirus cases toda more than any state has recorded in a single day since the pandemic

>> sreenivasan: while cohen says that "n.b.a. jam" codified tor "hot hand" f generation of video game players, for many sports fans, its existence is as simple as watching the golden state warriors' stephen curry. cohen covers the n.b.a. for the "wall street journal," and he writes about a night in februae of 2013 whercurry seemingly could not miss. >> look out, that guy isot! >> curry for three-- wow! >> sreenivasan: curry made 11 of his 13 three-pointers, finishing the t night with 54 points,he most he has ever scored in one game. curry's legendary hot hand that night helped propel him to super-stardom. >> in many ways, that game wasin an inflection in his career. what he likes to say is that wh doesn't kno he's going to be hot. he doesn't know where he's going to be hot. he doesn't know why he might hot. but once he does get hot, he has to embrace it. and that's what t did that niainst the knicks. >> sreenivasan: but was curry's performance the result of a hot hand, where basket made hitting the next one more likely? or are we

thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank y for joining us. protests in the pacific northwest are continuing this weekend over racial injusti and t presence of federal agents sent by the trump administration. in portland, thousands gathered last night near the federal courthouse, where federal agents have engaged with protesters for more than a week. protesters threw fireworks and federal agents fired tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the crowd. the portland police declared the gathering a riot. in seattle, police also declared a protest there yesterday a riot, and used flash bangs and pepper spray to clear people away. police said 45 people were arrested, and 21 officers were injured. protesters initially gathered in otwntown seattle as a show of solidarity with ters in portla. in the denver suburb of aurora, a driver sped through a protest blocking a highway. policeat a protester fired a weapon at the car, striking at least one other protester. police are investigating, but no arrests had been made as of noon today of either the driver o

thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. john lewis, one of theeadersof he civil rights movement and a member of congress for more than 33 years, died yesterday of pancreatic cancer. he was 80 years old. lewis was diagnosed with sge- four canr last december but continued to work, to vote in the house of representatives and to speak out as the black lives matter movement and protests began this spring. in early june, lewis visited the newly-named black lives matter plaza in washington, d.c. >> people in d.c. and around the nation are sending a mighty, powerful andtrong message to the rest of the world thate will get there. >> sreenivasan: in march, he traveled tthe edmund pettus bridge in selma,labama, to attend the 55th anniversary of the voting rights protest and march there that became known "" bldy sunday." in 1965, lewis was severelyon injure the bridge along with many others wh state police attackedhe peaceful demonstrators. was beaten and arrested dozens of times at sit-ins, marches, and other non-violent demonstration

thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. president trump commuted thece0- month sentf longtime friend and former campaign adviser roger stone last night-- just days before stone was to report to prison. stone was found guilty of seven ctlonies last november, including obstrun of justice, lying to congressional investigators and witness tampering in special counsel robert mueller's probe of russian interferce ithe 2016 presidential election. prosecutors originally recommended a seven to nine year seeence for stone before th president criticized the recommendation as a "horrible and very unfair situation" and leaderip at the justice department reduced it. four career prosecutors resignev from the cas the move. attorney general william barr recently defended the reducedll sentence, g the original sentencing guidelines" excessive". stone said he is confident he will win on an appeal. >> just a few minutes ago, i had a very gracious call from the president of the united states h who told me thhad decided to use his extraordinary

mber, number one low mortality rate. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. mortality rate is currently 3.8%-- the eighth highest in rld-- according the johns hopkins coronavirus center. new confirmed coronavirus infections reached record highs for the second day in a row yesterday according to the world health organization. globally, there are now more cases and more than 602,0 deaths according to researchers at johns hopkins unirsity.s the united stantinues to lead the world, with me than 3.7 million cases and more than 140,000 deaths.te whiling has increased over the past month, the percentage of positive tests has also been rising, a sign that the virus is spreading, not just being detected more ofn. amid growing concern about the length of time many people are waiting for test resulth, this weekenfood a drug administration authorized pooled testing for the t time. labs can now combine or pool up to four samp'ss. if the posite result, samples are re-tested individually. this method is already bei used to detect covid-19 in china, germany, and israel, and

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hari sreenivasan reports now on a new effort trethink thelu and the cost, of the traditional four-year experiencr in the covid-1 his story is part of our" rethinking college" series. >> sreenivasan: before the pandemic, leaving home and moving into a college dorm was a rite of passage for many young adults. ♪ ♪ some students even took to experiences.hare their campus but, late night pizza runs, the freshman 15, studying on the quad... none of those things can happen easily online. ♪ ♪ stanford student cyan d'anjou is one of those w enjoyed documenting dorm life, and is now missing it.ti >> the residen experience, for myself and a lot of students thlike, around my age, it' first time where we're starting to build new skills, build new aklationships, really have our independence anddecisions for ourselves. >> sreenivasan: now, as she heads into her junior year when most oher classes will be remote, d'anjou says she's questioning the value of that educational experience, and she may take some time off. >> when we're making this decision, whether the tuition we're paying is worth i

for the pbs newshour, i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: the coronavirus pandemic has dealt a huge blow to the music industry. concerts as we knew them were one of the first things to benc canceled and will be among the last to restart. and in a recent survey of small jeffrey brown s our lo, part f our ongoing arts and culture series, "canvas." ♪ ♪se >> reporter: derrick jones, better known by his stageame," nice," calls it "club quarantine." ♪ ♪ a creative responsborn of necessity in march when covid-19 brought live music perfmances to a stop. >> i'm used to interacting with people and feeling energy fm people, i mean, you can drop are hocord and you can watch theow go crazy. well, how do you, you know, do that online? >> reporter: arominent hip hop producer, rapper, and d.j. who's used to playing live in clubsld around the wohe now performed from home, on instagramive, spinning records for hours, mixing in artists, watching the digital crowd swell, from a few hundred to more than 100,000 around the. wor >> oh, my god, michelle obama is michelle obama isere! >> reporter: includ

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, july 12: coronavirus cases continue to climb across the country; more onoger stone's sentence commutation; and one city's attempt to curb residential waste. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the anders family fund. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. barbara hope zuckerberg. charles rosenblum. we try to live in the moment, to not miss what's right in front of us.

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, july 19, coronavirus cases continue to climb globally; workers compensation concerns for healthcare workers exposed to covid-19; and in our signature segment,gingrs caregin planning for the future. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the anderson family fund. bern dthe cheryl and philip milstein family. er barbara hope zkerbro charlenblum. we try to live in the moment, to not miss

ca ioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, ju 26: protest pandemonium in portland and across the country as demonstrators clash with policei the americans disabilities act turns 30. ng over the cros edmund pettus bridge for representative john lewis. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. e anderson family fund. the cheryl and philip milstein family. barbara hope zuckerberg.

before the pandemic but surveys indicate enrollment is and workers shift plans.ents correspondent hari sreenivasan looks at how one community college and its students are coping. >> myland's montgomery college, just outside d.c., is eerily quiet these days. during a typical july, the school's three campuses would be bustling with summer schoolud stents but like so many colleges and uniforms. around theountry, learning here has shifted from classrooms and labs to bedrms and living rooms. [singing exercises] >> good. >> montgomery college is oneth country's most diverse tles in a county with poets of poverty and wealth. about 55,000 students ordinarily attend for accredited degrees like workforce development. the school was one of the first in the area to announce it will continue remote learning in the fall with a limited number of lab classes. it too early to know how many will enroll but the soom is already seeing an uptake in interest. >> we'll probably be about 20% up compared to lastea >> marion is staying focused on current students, ma w ofm were struggling before the pandemic. >> our sdents

hari sreenivasan reports now on a new effort to rethink the traditional four-yperience in the covid-19 era. his sty is part of our thinking college series. hari: before the pandemic, leaving home and moving into a college dorm was a rite of passage for many young adults. ♪ >> you have a desk that comes with the room. >> i am just now posting my dorm roomoor. hari: some students even took to youtube to share their campus experiences. but late night pizza runs, the freshman 15, studyinon the quad -- none of those things can happen easily online. >> i really like where i am now. it is super close to the dining hall -- ri: sanford student --nt stanford studeyan d'anjou is one of those who enjoydo documenting life and is now missing it. >> the residential experience for myself and a lot of sdents around my age, the first time we are starting to build new skills, new relationships, have independence and make decisions fo:ourselves. ha now as she heads into her junior year when most of her classes will be remote, d'anjou says shel's questioning the va of that educational experience and she

he and journalist carol rosenberg talk to our hari sreenivasan. ♪

for the pbs newshour, i'm hari sreenivasan. an >> nawaz: fromark decisions on immigration and l.g.b.t.q. protections trg virtual oralents amid the pandemic, the supreme court concluded a term last week that will be earmarked for the history books. we taka deeper look into the roberts court and its blockbuster term with marcia coyle, chiefashington correspondent for the "national law journal," paul clement, former u.s. solicitor general during the george w. bush administration, and neal katyal, he served as the actingci sor general under president obama. welce you all and thank you for being here. neal and paul, i should point out between thtwo of youyou have argued almost 150 cases before the court. neal'm going to start wih you because i want to get a sense of how you're looking back on this term. earlier in june is was a sen this is the court that's leaning actually quite liberal. ethin a couple weeks ruled workers can't be fired for being gay or transgender they stopped trump's effo to end dacand struck down the abortion law