{"id":10316,"date":"2020-05-21T15:41:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=10316"},"modified":"2020-05-21T15:41:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T20:41:23","slug":"abc-news-anchor-diane-sawyer-documents-the-covid-19-crisis-in-america-and-explores-the-bold-path-forward-in-a-one-hour-prime-time-special-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/21\/abc-news-anchor-diane-sawyer-documents-the-covid-19-crisis-in-america-and-explores-the-bold-path-forward-in-a-one-hour-prime-time-special-video\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer Documents the COVID-19 Crisis in America and Explores the Bold Path Forward in a One-Hour Prime-Time Special [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10317\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/our-new-reality-a-diane-sawyer-special.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/our-new-reality-a-diane-sawyer-special.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/our-new-reality-a-diane-sawyer-special-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/our-new-reality-a-diane-sawyer-special-260x157.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/our-new-reality-a-diane-sawyer-special-160x96.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<em><strong>Our New Reality: A Diane Sawyer Special<\/strong><\/em>&#8216; Airs Tuesday, May 26 (9:00-10:00PM EDT), on ABC<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/video\/embed?id=70812270\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On New Year&#8217;s Eve as Americans celebrated, gathered, embraced and looked forward to the year ahead, a mysterious virus was attacking Wuhan in China. In an ABC prime-time special event ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer and her team report on how COVID-19 crept into our lives &#8211; and where we go next. All across the country, they interview scientists racing to find a vaccine and the everyday Americans volunteering for testing. They look deeply into the lives of essential workers on the frontlines &#8211; who are largely female and people of color &#8211; showing their fears and their bravery, including the employees at two assisted living facilities in Ohio &#8211; can they save all their residents by moving in and sealing themselves off from the world around them?<\/p><div id=\"morty-2735371711\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sawyer reports on how hope, faith and belief have sustained us during one of the most devastating and catastrophic health and economic crises in history, and looks into today&#8217;s most challenging question: What do we do next, as every state eases restrictions and a living experiment begins in America? 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