>> TONIGHT ON RHODE ISLAND PBS WEEKLY.

>> THE BOYS OF SUMMER ARE BACK.

-- WORCHESTER.

>> TELL ME WHAT YOU HEAR WHEN YOU HEAR THE TERM WOOSOX.

>> THAT'S LOTS OF GENERATIONS IN A SMALL STATE LIKE THIS.

>> JUDGE FRANK CAPRIO DELIVERS JUSTICE WITH A SOFT TOUCH.

IF YOU WATCH HIS NATIONAL SYNDICATED TELEVISION SHOW.

>> IS YOUR MOTHER GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY.

>> NOT.

TAKE YOUR HAT BACK.

>> GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME TO RHODE ISLAND PBS WEEKLY.

I'M MICHELE SAN MIGUEL.

>> I'M PAMELA WATTS.

WE BEGIN WITH A TOUCH OF SPRING FEVER.

WHEN HOPE IS REBORN AND THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE WITH TIME-HONORED RITUAL.

ONE IS THE SOUND OF PLAY BALL.

A MOMENT MUCH SWEETER THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE LONG WINTER OF COVID-19.

EXCEPT IN PAWTUCKET, THERE WAS NO OPENING DAY THIS YEAR.

FOR THE FIRST TIME AND A HALF CENTURY, NO NATIONAL ANTHEM.

NO DREAM THAT MAYBE THIS YEAR THE HOME TEAM WILL GO THE DISTANCE.

THE PAWSOX ARE GONE, MOVED ON TO WESTER -- WORCESTER.

IT HAS MANY CRYING FOUL.

>> OPENING DAY 2021.

THAT'S JAMES TAYLOR AND HIS SON DOING THE HONORS.

THIS MAY BE A AAA BALL, BUT IT'S A MAJOR-LEAGUE MOMENT.

AMERICA'S PASTIME SURVIVED THE PANDEMIC.

THE BOYS OF SUMMER ARE FINALLY BACK.

BUT NOT IN PAWTUCKET.

THE PAWSOX ARE GONE FOR GOOD.

MCCOY STADIUM ALL BUT ABANDNED.

>> I USED TO BE ABLE TO GO AROUND AND SEE ALL THE PLAYERS THAT EVER PLAYED HERE.

>> FOR LIFELONG FANS, A DEPRESSING SIGHT.

>> INTERESTING WAY TO REPURPOSE THE SPACE.

>> IT FEELS LIKE A METAPHOR.

>> IT REALLY DOES.

LIKE A WEED GOING THROUGH THE SIDEWALK.

>> AND APOCALYPTIC SCENE BRIGHTENED OVER -- ONLY BY MEMORABILIA AND MEMORIES.

MCCOY WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF LEGENDS.

WADE DOGS PLAYED HERE.

ROCKETT ROGER CLEMENS.

RECENTLY THERE'S BEEN MANNY RAMIREZ.

CURT SCHILLING.

MCCOY WAS THE SCENE OF BASEBALL'S LONGEST GAME.

40 YEARS AGO, THE PAWSOX FINALLY CLINCHED IT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 33RD INNING.

ALL THAT HISTORY.

NOW ALL THOSE EMPTY SEATS.

>> ITS LITTLE QUIRKS AND IT WASN'T PERFECT.

IT WAS A LITTLE FAMILY PARK.

THAT'S GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE IN A SMALL STATE LIKE THIS.

IT REALLY FEELS EMPTY.

>> BUT AT IN WESTERN MASS, HENCE THE WOOSOX, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

>> EVERYTHING WAS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THIS IS A PUSH THAT GETS US THERE SOONER.

PEOPLE ARE EXCITED.

THEY WANT TO OPEN UP A BUSINESS IS HERE AND ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.

>> HERE'S A BRAND-NEW BALLPARK FULL OF NEWLY MINTED FANS.

>> FIRST TIME WEARING THIS?

>> JUST BOUGHT IT.

>> MANY OF THEM PROUDLY FLYING THE FLAG OF THEIR NEW TEAM.

RHODE ISLANDERS ARE A LITTLE MIFFED.

>> HAVE BEEN TO THE PAWSOX GAME AS WELL.

THERE'S THE HOME TOWN FEELING.

HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE DUPLICATED HERE.

>> DUPLICATED HERE BUT NO LONGER THERE.

>> SORRY RHODE ISLAND.

>> FOR A LOT OF RHODE ISLANDERS, THE IDEA OF THE WOOSOX IS A JOKE.

UP THE TRAIL.

-- EVA TRAIL.

BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THIS IS A CLASSIC BASEBALL SURVEY.

-- STORY.

>> FOR WORCESTER FANS, IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.

DID YOU EVER THINK THE DAY WOULD COME?

>> NO.

IF YOU SAW WHAT'S HERE BEFORE AND WHAT'S HERE NOW, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S IN WORCESTER.

IT'S ALMOST BETTER THAN FENWAY PARK AND I LOVE FENWAY PARK.

>> IT'S GOING TO BRING SOME GOOD MONEY INTO THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY LEFT PAWTUCKET.

>> WE ARE CLOSE TO RHODE ISLAND, SO THEY CAN ALWAYS COME AND VISIT US.

>> NOT LIKELY.

TELL ME YOUR FIRST THOUGHTS ON HEARING THE TERM WOOSOX.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

>> THE VOICE OF THE SOX HOPES THOSE HARD FEELINGS WILL SOFTEN.

HE GREW UP JUST A MILE FROM MCCOY STADIUM.

>> THEY LIVE HERE UNTIL THEY ARE 65.

IF THEY HAVE TO DRIVE PAST FIVE OR SIX DUNKIN' DONUTS.

>> THE TEAM MOVED, YOU DIDN'T.

>> I'M STILL IN RHODE ISLAND FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

>> IT'S 58 MINUTES IF I STOP AND GET A COFFEE.

>> WHO TO BLAME FOR RHODE ISLAND LOSING THE TEAM?

>> IT'S A LOSS.

THERE'S NO SECRET I WAS A SUPPORTER.

>> KEEPING THE PAWSOX IN RHODE ISLAND WAS ONE OF THE EASIEST SLAM DUNKS IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS.

>> HE BLAMES POLITICAL MALPRACTICE AT THE STATEHOUSE.

>> PROVIDENCE BASICALLY TREATED THE TEAM OWNERS LIKE GARBAGE.

IT'S A LESSON FOR OUR POLITICIANS TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THOSE WHO SAY THEY SUPPORTED THE PAWSOX TO SAY WE WERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

IN POLITICS, SUPPORTING AN INITIATIVE ISN'T ENOUGH.

YOU HAVE TO DELIVER IT.

>> FOR YEARS, THE PROJECT RAN THE GAUNTLET OF HEARINGS.

AN ON-AGAIN OFF-AGAIN DEAL.

>> STATE TAXPAYERS.

WE COULD'VE GOTTEN $84 MILLION STADIUM PLUS SOME ADJOINING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT.

>> THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE INFIELD.

THE FAILURE OF THAT PROPOSAL PRETTY MUCH SOUNDED THE DEATH NOW FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS BASEBALL TRADITION HERE IN RHODE ISLAND.

NOW INSTEAD OF THE THRILL OF VICTORY, THERE IS ONLY THE AGONY OF DEFEAT.

>> IT WAS A TRAGEDY TO HAVE LOST THIS TEAM.

IF YOU WANT TO NAME ONE REASON, IT WAS POLITICAL COWARDICE.

>> IT'S A BIG PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NORMALLY THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF HUSTLE AND BUSTLE.

>> IT'S A BUMMER.

>> IT'S HUGE.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO DO IN RHODE ISLAND THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND EASY TO GET INTO.

WE TOOK IT FOR GRANTED IT WAS ALWAYS HERE.

>> THE WOOSOX NEW LOGO IS A SMILEY FACE PIN POSING IN A TED WILLIAMS STANCE.

THE SMILEY FACE LOGO WAS INVENTED IN WORCESTER BACK IN THE 60'S.

PAWS AND SOX PUT A BRAVE FACE ON RETIREMENT.

THEY HUGGED, WAVED GOODBYE.

THEN THEY LET THE NEW GUY TAKES CENTER STAGE.

>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WORCESTER STEALING RHODE ISLAND'S TEAM?

IS YOUR CONSCIENCE CLEAR?

>> I HOPE RHODE ISLAND HAS COME TO WORCESTER.

>> WORCESTER WOULD BE ONE OF THE LAST PLACES I WOULD PICK.

THERE'S PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER.

IT'S NOT A DESTINATION CITY.

PROVIDENCE IS BETTER THAN WORCESTER.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WENT THERE.

>> OF NEXT, MUNICIPAL JUDGE FRANK CAPRIO WAS BORN ON FEDERAL HILL AND GREW UP IN A WORKING-CLASS FAMILY.

HIS UPBRINGING SEEMS NEVER FAR FROM HIS MIND WHEN DECIDING THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE WHO COME BEFORE HIM.

THE JUDGE'S COURTROOM HAS BECOME A CLASSROOM OF SORTS.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH A LESSON ON TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AS IT IS ON KINDNESS AND SECOND CHANCES.

HE OFTEN QUIPS THAT HE DOESN'T WEAR A BADGE UNDER HIS ROBE, HE WEARS A HEART >> I HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO THE THEORY THAT WHEN SOMEONE HAS SPENT AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME INCARCERATED, I WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE ANYWAY.

>> JUDGE FRANK CAPRIO RUNS HIS COURTROOM THE WAY HE TRIES TO LIVE HIS LIFE.

>> I'M ROOTING FOR YOU.

DON'T DISAPPOINT.

>> IF SOMEONE COMES BEFORE YOU AND THEY HAVE CHILDREN, THEY ARE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK OR OUT OF WORK AND CAN'T PAY THEIR RENT, YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM A BREAK.

CAN WE BE THAT INSENSITIVE?

BECAUSE I WEAR A ROBE AND I'M SITTING ON THE BENCH DOES THAT MAKE ME SOMETHING SPECIAL?

>> HIS ACTS OF KINDNESS AS THE CHIEF MUNICIPAL JUDGE IN PROVIDENCE HAVE RESONATED WORLDWIDE THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA.

IN 2018, IT LANDED HIM A NATIONALLY SYNDICATED BROADCAST.

BUT IT WAS SOCIAL MEDIA THAT MADE CAPRIO A VIRAL SENSATION AND EARNED HIM A FAN BASE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND OVERSEAS.

VIEWERS SEND HIM LETTERS AND MNEY TO HELP PAY PEOPLE'S FINES.

>> THIS IS A CHECK FOR $20.

THIS MAY BE TO HIM $2000.

>> HOW DID YOU BECOME A TV STAR HANDLING TRAFFIC TICKETS?

>> THE ATTRACTION IS THAT IT'S REAL.

THIS IS NOT A STUDIO PRESENTATION.

I DON'T HAVE A SCRIPT.

>> CAPRIO HAS BEEN A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE SINCE 1985 AND HE'S KNOWN FOR TAKING A SEVERE INTEREST -- SINCERE INTEREST IN THE DEFENDERS WHO COME BEFORE HIM.

>> I WAS GOING TO THE BLOODWORK FOR MY BOY.

HE'S HANDICAPPED.

>> WE WERE TAKING YOUR SON TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE?

>> I TAKE HIM FOR BLOODWORK.

EVERY TWO WEEKS.

BECAUSE HE'S GOT CANCER.

>> YOU ARE A GOOD MAN.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE DEFENDANTS, DO YOU SEE YOUR OWN HUMBLE BEGINNINGS?

>> I DO.

IN EVERY SINGLE CASE.

>> CAPRIO WAS BORN AND RAISED ON FEDERAL HILL TO A LARGE WORKING CLASS FAMILY.

HIS MOTHER WAS ONE OF NINE CHILDREN.

HIS FATHER WAS ONE OF 10 AND EMIGRATED FROM ITALY.

>> MY FATHER BECAME A MILKMAN.

MANY PEOPLE COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY EVERY WEEK SO THEY WOULD ALL HIM FOR THREE OR FOUR WEEKS.

THE MILK COMPANY SAID IF YOU DIDN'T PAY THE BILL FOR TWO WEEKS, HE HAD TO STOP MILK.

MY FATHER TOOK THE POSITION THAT IF THEY HAD CHILDREN, HE WOULD NEVER STOP THE MILK.

HE WOULD TAKE A DOLLAR OUT OF HIS POCKET TO INDICATE THEY HAD MADE A PARTIAL PAYMENT SO THAT HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO STOP THE MILK.

>> HIS LAW OFFICES ON FEDERAL HILL TO GARIBALDI PARK.

>> WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER, THERE WAS A BATHHOUSE WHICH REALLY WAS A SHOWER HOUSE.

>> HAVING ACCESS TO A HOT SHOWER AT HOME WAS A LUXURY.

FROM AN EARLY AGE, HE HAD HIS EYES SET ON A BETTER LIFE.

>> 100 FEET FROM WHERE WE ARE SITTING.

IT WAS A COLD DAY.

THE OVEN WAS OPEN BECAUSE WE WERE FREEZING.

HE SAID SOMEDAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LAWYER.

>> GETTING THERE WASN'T EASY.

HE POLISHED CARS, DELIVERED MILK WAS HIS OLDER BROTHER AND SHINED SHOES.

>> THAT WAS MY SHOESHINE SPOT.

WE ALL HAD A SPOT.

I TRIED TO GET PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE BATHHOUSE.

>> OF ALL HIS JOBS, SHINING SHOES MOTIVATED HIM TO CHANGE HIS LIFE.

>> I HAD TO BE ON MY KNEES.

I ALWAYS FELT THE SENSE OF SUBSERVIENCE.

BUT IT GAVE ME MORE INCENTIVE.

WHEN I WAS MAKING THAT TRIP TO BOSTON, I NEVER THOUGHT I -- OF QUITTING.

>> IN THE EARLY 60'S, HE WAS TAKING NIGHT CLASSES AT SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW.

HE COACHED THE WRESTLING TEAM.

HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE RHODE ISLAND WRESTLING HALL OF FAME.

IN 1962, HE SET HIS EYES ON POLITICS AND WON A SEAT ON THE PROVIDENCE CITY COUNCIL, DEFEATING THE LONGTIME INCUMBENT.

TWO YEARS LATER, JUDGE CAPRIO MADE HIS WIFE JOYCE.

THEY HAVE FIVE CHILDREN, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

>> 8:00 IN THE MORNING RIGHT HERE.

>> IS BROADCAST IS A FAMILY AFFAIR.

HIS DAUGHTER DOES HIS MAKEUP.

>> HOLLYWOOD DOESN'T WANT MY FACE SHINING.

>> CAPRIO LOVES CHILDREN AND OFTEN INVITES THEM TO THE BENCH TO DECIDE THEIR PARENTS INNOCENCE OR GUILT.

>> YOU WANT TO BE A JUDGE?

SAY YES.

>> YES.

>> IS YOUR MOTHER GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?

>> NOT.

>> THE JUDGE'S INSTINCT TO CUT PEOPLE A BREAK HAS CAUSED THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE MONEY.

>> I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BREAK.

I THINK YOU ARE ENTITLED TO A BREAK.

YOU ARE A HARD WORKER.

YOU COME HERE, YOU MAKE A NICE IMPRESSION.

>> A CITY EMPLOYEE WAS ONLY TOO HAPPY TO TELL HIM HE NEEDED TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE.

>> I THOUGHT I WAS APPOINTED A JUDGE AND NOT A REVENUE ENHANCEMENT OFFICER.

>> AT THE AGE OF 84, CAPRIO SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.

WHEN CAPRIO IS NOT ON THE BENCH, HE'S A VORACIOUS READER, BUSINESSMAN AND AVID BOSTON RED SOX FAN.

HE THREW THE FIRST PITCH AT FENWAY PARK LAST YEAR.

>> AFTER THAT GAME, THE SEASON WENT TO HELL.

THEY SHOULD INVITE ME BACK.

>> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF SLOWING DOWN IN THE NEAR FUTURE?

>> I HOPE NOT.

I GET TO COURT EARLY.

I DO ALL THE STUFF I HAVE EVER DONE.

>> IT STILL EXCITES YOU THE WAY IT DID?

>> I LOVE LIFE.

>> THAT LOVE OF LIFE IS NEVER MORE EVIDENT THAN WHEN HE LOOKS BACK TO A MESSAGE HIS FATHER WROTE TO HIM WHEN HE WAS ABOARD -- WHEN HE WAS A BOY.

>> VERY TOUGH GOING.

BUT I KNOW YOU WILL PROCEED HONORABLY AND WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH.

TO THE END OF THE HIGHEST LEARNING.

>> AS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS CONTINUE TO BE LIFTED, THEY HOPE TO RESUME PRODUCTION IN JUNE.

ACCORDING TO ONE OF HIS SONS, HE HAS NO INTENTION OF EVEN DISCUSSING RETIREMENT.

NEXT WE HAD OUT TO THE CITY BY THE SEA.

WHERE TRUDY COX TAKES US ON A TOUR OF THE ICONIC MANSION KNOWN AS THE BREAKERS.

>> WHERE DID THE NAME BREAKERS COME FROM?

IF YOU LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY, YOU CAN HEAR THE OCEAN POUNDING THE ROCKS ALONG THIS COASTLINE.

SO THE BREAKERS.

WE ARE STANDING IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE BREAKERS.

IT WAS BUILT BY CORNELIUS VANDERBILT IN 1892.

THE GREAT HALL IS SYMBOLIC OF THE STATEMENT HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE WHEN THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT.

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT WAS PART OF THE FAMILY THAT STARTED OUT IN SHIPPING AND WENT ON TO BECOME TITANS WITHIN THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY.

THEY EXTENDED THE RAILROAD FROM NEW YORK ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS BUILDING MAKES A STATEMENT ABOUT THE WEALTH THAT THEY HAD ACCUMULATED THE FACT THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THEY HAD ACCUMULATED THAT WEALTH.

THIS IS ALICE VANDERBILT, CORNELIUS HIS WIFE.

THEY WERE REALLY SIMPLE PEOPLE.

THEY WERE BOTH SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS.

THEY HAD AN ELEGANT LIFE, THAT THEY WERE ALSO DOWN-TO-EARTH AND DOING THE BASIC THINGS.

THE VANDERBILT FAMILY LOST THE FIRST BREAKERS IN 1892.

A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE OLD BREAKERS AND BURNT THE HOUSE DOWN VERY QUICKLY.

IT WAS SUCH A HUGE FIRE THAT IT BE SEEN FROM BLOCK ISLAND.

MR. VANDERBILT DECIDED HE WOULD BUILD A NEW HOUSE.

THIS IS WHAT HE CREATED.

DURING THE YEARS, THE HOUSE WAS A HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT.

WHEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS HERE AND DID SUMMER IN NEWPORT WITH HIS WIFE JACKIE, THE AMERICAS CUP RACES WERE BEING HELD AND THERE WAS AN AMERICA'S CUP DINNER HELD IN THIS ROOM AND THE AMBASSADOR OF AUSTRALIA WAS THE GUEST OF HONOR AND THEY WERE SEATED IN FRONT OF THIS GRAND STAIRCASE.

>> THEY RACED AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT THEY ALSO RAISED WITH EACH OTHER AGAINST THE WIND AND THE SEA.

>> PRESIDENT KENNEDY GAVE A SPEECH THAT IS PHENOMENAL ABOUT HUMANS CONNECTION TO THE SEA AND THE FACT THAT ALL OF US HAVE THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF SALT IN OUR BLOOD AS THERE IS IN THE OCEANS.

THIS IS THE ROOM IN WHICH THE FAMILY WOULD GATHER IN THE MORNING AFTER HAVING EATEN AND THEY WOULD DISCUSS THEIR DAY.

THE FIRST THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT YOU SEE THOSE PANELS.

THEY LOOK LIKE SILVER.

WE HAD A CONSERVATORY SPEND A SUMMER WITH US AND WE LEARNED THAT THE PANELS, THE WALLS ARE ACTUALLY OF PLATINUM.

SO THIS IS A PLATINUM ROOM.

MR. VANDERBILT FINISHING THE HOUSE IN 1895.

AND THIS IS A MONUMENT TO ALL THAT HE ACCOMPLISHED AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS HE HAD MADE.

HE BECAME SICK.

HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ENJOY THE HOUSE PERHAPS IN THE WAY THAT HE AND HIS WIFE HAD ENVISIONED.

>> OUR THANKS TO TRUDY COX AND THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY.

AS THE WORLD WAKES UP FROM COVID-19, SCOTT MCKAY SHARES IN THE EXCITEMENT BUT ALSO OFFERS A WORD OF CAUTION.

>> THE GRILLS BEEN RESCUED FROM THE GARAGE.

WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF MEMORIAL DAY.

A HOLIDAY THAT BOTH HONORS THOSE WHO SACRIFICE FOR OUR FREEDOM AND KICKS OFF SUMMER FUN.

AFTER A YEAR OF SICKNESS, MASKS AND CABIN FEVER, THE HOLIDAY THIS YEAR HAS A SPECIAL RESIDENCE IN OUR WATERY SLICE OF NEW ENGLAND.

VACCINES HAVE PARTED THE LOCAL RED SEAS, SPURRING ACTIVITY AS WE THROW WITCHES, BALLPARKS AND SEASIDE CLAM SHACKS PILED HIGH WITH STEAMERS AND CHOWDER.

YET CONFUSION REMAINS.

GOVERNOR DAN MCKEE HAS REOPENED THE STATE SOME WORRY HE'S BEING TOO OPTIMISTIC RHODE ISLAND IS AMONG THE TOP STATES IN VACCINATIONS.

BUT THERE IS A STUBBORN MINORITY THAT HASN'T GOTTEN THEIR JOBS.

THERE ARE REPORTS OF VARIANTS THAT COULD CAUSE ANOTHER SURGE OF THE VIRUS.

MEMORIAL DAY BEGAN TO HONOR THE SACRIFICES OF UNION CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS.

OFTEN NOWADAYS IT SEEMS OUR NATION IS AS DIVIDED AS IT WAS BACK THEN.

SOME OF THOSE TOURISTS ESCAPING THE SOUTH'S HEAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

MAYBE WE SHOULD EMBRACE THE YELLOW LIGHT OF CAUTION AS WE REOPEN.

IS IT REALLY TIME TO HOLD AN N95 MASKS BONFIRE?

LET'S DIP OUR TOES IN THE OCEAN BEFORE PLUNGING INTO THE WAVES AND PARTYING LIKE IT'S 2019.

A FEW MORE WEEKS OF CAUTION, HAND SANITIZER AND INDOOR SOCIAL DISTANCING WON'T HURT.

IT'S NOTHING LIKE THE SACRIFICES OF GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS WHO SECURED OUR LIBERTY.

IT COULD HELP US GET BACK TO SOMETHING RESEMBLING NORMAL AS WE CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE ON JULY 4.

>> AS MEMORIAL DAY APPROACHES, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER THE MEN AND WOMEN WE'VE LOST IN THE WAR.

I'M PAMELA WATTS.

>> I'M MICHELE SAN MIGUEL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND PLEASE STAY SAFE.

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