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differences, and yet we have managed to negotiate them, live together, peaceful coexistence, mainly because we kept the government out of the religion business. geoff: divisions between israel's military and political leadership, and a diplomatic spat with the u.s., lay bare rifts over the war in gaza. and how republican disinformation is sowing doubts about the legitimacy of the 2024 election. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs "newshour" has been provided by -- ♪

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and a by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with news hour west. here are the latest headlines. president vladimir putin picked up more support during his trip to asia today, signing a series of deals with vietnam. but his visit to the region is as much about the war in ukraine, as it is about bilateral agreements. earlier this week, putin was in north korea, where he and kim jong un pledged to come to each other's aid in the event of an invasion. that led south korea to say it would consider supplying arms to ukraine. putin told reporters in vietnam today that the country's leaders would be making "a big mistake" ifhey did so. meantime in washington -- senate republicans and democrats banded together in pushing to designate russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. >> in my view, this message to

the world is as important in a moral sense as any practical consequence. russia deserves to be in this small, selective club of atrocity committing killers. stephanie: also today, the white house said it would re-direct deliveries of air-defense missiles to ukraine, instead of sending them to other u.s. allies. a spokesperson described the decision as, quote, “difficult but necessary” given russia's ongoing attacks on ukraine. dutch prime minister mark rutte is all but certain to be the next nato secretary general, after his last rival for the job -- romanian president klaus yohanis -- withdrew from the race. rutte would cceed current nato chief jens stoltenberg in october. he's a long-time supporter of ukraine's war effort against russia.

rutte's selection would allow nato leaders to put up a united front when they gather in washington in july to mark the 75th anniversary of the military alliance. the trial of a russian-american woman accused of treason started today in moscow. kasenia karelina was born in russia but lives in los angeles. she was arrested in february while visiting family in russia. russian authorities accuse her of raising money for ukraine. but her boyfriend says it was a single donation of about $50. in a statement, he told the newshour, "she is full of compassion and donated a small amount to a u.s. nonprofit to help people in need. she is not an activist for any cause.” karelina faces up to 20 years if convicted. today a state department spokesperson warned all americans to avoid going to russia. >> you run a tremendous risk by traveling to russia of being detained, being imprisoned. being convicted. and so we continue to make clear

to every american do not for any reason travel to russia. stephanie: karelina's trial is taking place behind closed doors in the same court where wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich will face espionage charges when his trial starts next week. tropical storm alberto was downgraded to a tropical depresssion today, as the first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season made its way inland over mexico. alberto brought heavy rain and sustained winds of 35-miles-per-hour. three people have died. parts of southern texas were also hard hit. rain is also in the forecast in new mexico, where two massive wildfires have burned more than 35 square miles and destroyed 1,400 buildings. at least two people there have died. today, president biden issued a disaster declaration for affected areas -- ordering federal aid to the state. meantime, the eastern great

lakes and new england baked today under this week's unrelenting heat wave. the mid-atlantic and ohio valley are next. the national weather service expects heat index readings to surpass 100 degrees in many areas, possibly setting new records. the state of hawaii agreed to settle a lawsuit today filed by youth climate activists who claimed emissions from the state's transportation system put their health and future at risk, in violation of hawaii's constitution. under the settlement, the state will develop a roadmap to achieve zero carbon emissions in its transportation system by 2045. the case is one of several that aim to hold state governments accountable. treasury secretary janet yellen announced new sanctions today against eight members of a mexican drug cartel -- as part of the biden administration's broader push to address the ongoing opioid crisis. the group is notorious for manufacturing and distributing fentanyl, as well as other illegal drugs.

speaking in georgia today, yellen said the treasury department is treating the cartel like it would a business -- freezing its members' assets and cutting them off financially. sec. yellen: they rely on access to banking systems and to the us dollar to make payroll and finance purchases. and this means the treasury department has a unique ability to disrupt and degrade their operations. stephanie: at that same appearance secretary yellen defended president biden's tariffs on chinese goods, including electric vehicles and semiconductors. and she criticized former president trump's tariff proposals as being too broad, saying they would hurt american consumers and businesses. and, actor donald sutherland has died. jeffrey brown has more on the career of one of the industry's most versatile actors. correspondent: donald sutherland's career spanned six decades - with appearances in nearly 200 films and tv shows and the widest possible range of

characters. >> i'd rather be a civilian, sir. correspondent: he first made his name in the 1960s, playing an army misfit in “the dirty dozen.” >> i think you'll find these accommodating, they're quite dry. correspondent: in the 1970's, he broke through as a leading man, as a wise-cracking battlefield surgeon in robert altman's film “mash.” he could also be twisted and menacing, as in fellini's cassanova, or a murderous nazi spy in “eye of the needle.” a seminal role: the emotionally wounded father in robert redford's 1980 film, “ordinary people.” one of hollywood's most prolific actors, sutherland maintained a constant presence on screen and never retired, taking on more supporting, character roles as timeent on. >> for you, ms. everdeen. correspondent: among the best known, as “president snow” in the popular film series “the hunger games.” despite his critical acclaim and popularity, sutherland never received an academy award nomination. but, he said, the privilege of working with acclaimed

filmmakers was enough of a reward. >> i have made films for fellini, and for bertolucci, for chabrol, for werner herzog, for rebecca horn. these people i love and that love is the greatest award you could ever have in your life. correspondent: and in 2017, at age 82, he received an honorary oscar for lifetime achievement. >> this, this is very important to me. i wish i could say thank you to all of the characters i've played, thank them for using their lives to inform my life. correspondent: sutherland's death was announced on social media by his son and fellow actor, kiefer, who wrote of his father - “never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. he loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. a life well lived.” donald sutherland was 88 years old. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown. stephanie: still to come on the "news hour" -- a community in new mexico offers a unique model on how to live off the grid and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. how some scotch whiskey

producers are aiming to go carbon neutral. and new book recommendations to add to your summer reading list this year. ♪ >> this is that the pbs newshour from weta studios in and from in the west at walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: louisiana it will require the 10 commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, the only state in the country to do so. the republican governor signed the bill into law yesterday. >> this bill mandates the display of the 10 commandments in every classroom in public, secondary, and postsecondary schools in the state of louisiana. [applause] because if you want to start --

if you want to respect the rule of law that you have two start with the original log given. geoff: the posters must be no smaller than 11 inches by 14 inches in the commandments must be the central focus of the poster and in large readable font. it will be paid for by private donations, not state funds. it comes to similar bills have been proposed in texas and utah. all of this raising questions about the constitutional separation of church and state with civil liberty groups pledging to sue. we are joined by charles haynes at the freedom forum. thank you so much for being here. governor landry said he cannot wait to be sued. does he have reason to feel confident? >> he is confident he will be sued. yes, because this is a climate in which the supreme court has

moved the establishment clause and the interpretation considerably and i would say lowered the wall of separation until there is almost nothing left. they think this is our time. geoff: legal battles over the 10 commandments and classrooms are not new. in 1980's the supreme court ruled a similar law in kentucky was unconstitutional. does louisiana's approach change anything in the eyes of federal judges on this? >> i don't think so, but they do. they are betting that the last big case in 2005 when the supreme court upheld a monument in a park. that reasoning gives us support for putting it up in every classroom. i don't see how they will make that case, and on the same day

in 2005 the supreme court struck down two kentucky courthouse displays of the 10 commandments, saying that they promoted religion. so i think the court would be more likely to go with the kentucky decision, but they do not think so. geoff: there is similar legislation that pertain to the 10 commitments being proposed intact was -- being proposed in texas, oklahoma, utah. could this change out other states proceed especially as the religious right steps up its efforts to amplify expressions of public faith? >> i think those dates will wait to see how it fares in the courts. if it is struck down in the lower courts and does not go far or if it gets to the supreme court and they strike it down it will stop this movement. on the other hand if it makes it to the supreme court, and the court changes the rules of the establishment because, and it could.

it is allowing more government aid to go to religious institutions, for example, which used to be unthinkable. who knows. if the establishment clause is erased, pretty much, and governments can promote religion. and say it is history or for whatever reason. and i think that is going to be very difficult for the future of the united states. geoff: the groups that are opposed to this, what is their argument and how much precision -- precedent do they have on their side? >> impressionable young people, a captive audience, the government cannot take sides on religion or impose religions on young kids, and that side says the establishment clause is why we have peace in this country. we have so many religious differences, and yet we have

managed to negotiate them, live together, peaceful coexistence because we kept the government out of the religion business, and what happens when the government has the power like they are asking in louisiana to promote a religious message in every classroom? they call it a history message, but the 10 commandments as the court said in 1980, read it. it is a religious message. geoff: one of the cosponsors of the legislation said the 10 commandments, she views it as a historical document and say this might not work in california or new york, but in louisiana it does. >> is popular, but the first amendment is not a popularity contest. it is meant to protect the conscience of every individual, and if there are only 10 people in louisiana who do not want the 10 commitments promoted they have a right to make their case. even a conservative court is going to think long and hard about wiping away barriers to

government promoting religion to young kids. that just seems unthinkable. but the court changed how they interpret the establishment clause. it used to be neutrality in public schools under the establishment clause by government. now it is history and tradition. we are not sure what they are going to do with that. if they say, well, yes, it is a tradition that we had the 10 commandments and the legislatures in louisiana are betting discord will say, yeah, we have thought about the 10 commandments so why not put it on the wall? geoff: charles haynes, thank you so much for your insights. >> thanks for having me. ♪ geoff: today israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu repeated criticism of the bite

administration calls untrue and unfair, that the u.s. has withheld weapons israel needs to fight the war in gaza. the diplomatic spat comes a simmering tensions between netanyahu and his own military boiled over. nick schifrin is here. correspondent: four months, even years military officials often disagree with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, most military criticism of the leader is made anonymously or after retirement. this week in israel' forces top spokesman made public the military about netanyahu's repeated claim of total victory over hamas. >> the political echelon will have to decide. this business of destroying hamas, making hamas disappear is throwing sand in the eyes of the public if we do not bring something else to gaza and at the end of the day we will get hamas. correspondent: how significant

is this public criticism and how does it play into the diplomatic tensions between netanyahu and the biden administration? for answers to that, we turn to laura blumenfeld, currently a senior fellow at the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. thank you very much. welcome to the newshour. how significant is this public military criticism of the prime minister? >> i think it is very significant. the idea recognizes while they are winning militarily they are losing morally, and that as long term implications for strategic majority. the prime minister cannot be an undecided voter. we need you to support our ask for ultra-orthodox fighters. our forces are depleted. we have a political horizon that we are looking for that we are

aiming for militarily, and we do not want to occupy the gaza strip after the war. i remember spending time with the last military commander of israel before they withdrew, and he wore this gaza mask. we rode around in a jeep while kids were throwing stones at him, and he said this is the most morally corrosive thing for our state and ultimately our security. correspondent: four netanyahu this is not only about a public spat with the military. it is also tensions within his coalition, and this week he released a statement saying i demand that all coalition partners get a hold of themselves and rise to the importance of the our, put aside every other consideration, put aside all extraneous interests and lined up together as one binder fighters. how fractious is this coalition and how important are those tensions? >> he needs the coalition to exercise the cease-fire deal,

which is the most important priority for the israeli public, and to get to that deal he will have to keep his coalition together. there are behind-the-scenes assurances from the united states and that may be some opposition members will support him, but he has got to be able to pull this through for the israeli public. correspondent: the latest rest -- draft of the cease-fire proposal was made public by president biden, so let's turn to u.s.-israel relations. on tuesday prime minister netanyahu posted this video. >> it is inconceivable that in the past few months the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunition stu israel -- and ammunitions to israel. correspondent: a spokesperson called that not accurate and vexing to us. u.s. officials insist there is

only one weapons transfer they process back in may of 3500 unguided bombs, but net yunker released another statement to kirby's statement, and he said i am ready to suffer personal attacks provided israel receives the ammunition it needs. why would netanyahu post that video, and how significant is this public rift? >> this is significant and the theories have been fighting. everything to it may be a fist bump to trump to he may have been completely unchanged. it is a preamble to his speech he is planning on delivering to congress, and he is coordinating with republicans lining up against biden, but it violates the rules of no daylight between israel and the united states, and ultimately undoes a key strength. if the u.s. president as were back, i would you stick a knife

in his? correspondent: u.s. officials insist privately and publicly they are negotiating fine with the prime minister and his staff. the national security advisor today is meeting with is equivalent from israel. you mentioned former president trump. do you believe netanyahu is extending the work to stay in power or wait for a possible trump presidency? >> i wonder if he is waiting for a trump presidency and the saudis are waiting as well, because there is this grand prize of the normalization deal and a security pact with the united states, and you can see america abuzz with potential allies hedging as we get closer to the election. the only person in a rush to clinch the cease-fire and move forward to regional integration and economic prosperity seems to be the united states. one thing i learned while working at the state department is you cannot want it more than the parties.

they have to have incentive. correspondent: u.s. officials are very worried about an unintended conflict between israel and hezbollah. they believe the leaders of israel and hezbollah actually do not want that war, but how high are the risks of war between israel and hezbollah right now? >> for the generals i have been talking about for years, this is the war they have been accepted -- expected. precision guided missiles are in one word what is given them night sweats for years, and they are worried because of the war in gaza is a slog. the one in the north is of more survival and population centers easily rearmed over the land from iran. if they could have a mini winna ble war, which is what they're looking for, they would have the win they are looking for ever

since october 7. at have been trying to prove they could to be the strong israel, masters of the preemptive strike rather than to catch a battles they have been struggling with ever since october the seventh. correspondent: thank you very much. ♪ geoff: it has been more than three years since a baseless claims about a big 2020 election inspired an attack on the u.s. capitol building, but the lies have not stopped. laura lopez is here with more. correspondent: before and after the 2020 election donald trump repeatedly so doubt about the legitimacy of the u.s. election system. now less than five months ago before november, he is doing it again. here he is in the swing state of wisconsin this week. >> the radical left democrats rigged the presidential election in 2020, and we will not let them rig the presidential

election in 2024. and every time -- we will not let them do it. correspondent: much like last time the former president has help from right wing media. >> what is of the democrats' sleeve? what is the dog not barking, and let's say by some weird, miraculous chance we did not see coming given that trump is ahead , as in 66% chance of winning, and joe still wins, what do you do after you win? how do you convince anyone that is real? have they even thought of that? even the democrats better hope he does not win. correspondent: to separate fact from fiction i am joined by david becker. thank you for joining us. those two examples were just from recent days.

the fox news host greg got filled -- gutfeld repeated his claim, saying that if president biden wins in november it is only by shenanigans. >> our elections are more secure, transparent, and verified than ever before. over 95% of all voters in the united states will vote on verifiable paper ballots this fall, and that is the highest percentage ever. those ballots are audited. the machines are audited to make sure they are tabulated correctly. our voter lists are cleaner than ever before and we have more litigation to confirm the results and rules than ever before. our elections are very good in the united states, so people should know think i know that we will know the winner, and that winner will be correct. correspondent: that spreading of dense information by republican politicians, americans across

social media and right wing media, is it where is this election cycle? >> it is worse because of the cumulative effect. we had to misinformation especially during the pandemic when people were isolated and alone in people at strong opinions about the election. 20 million more ballots cast in 2020 than we had ever seen in any election before. there was a lot of disinformation particularly by former president trump after he lost, but that was the most scrutinized election in american history. roughly 30% of the american population still thinks there was something wrong with it, and that could be problematic for 2024 and the aftermath. correspondent: there is another big conspiracy theory being spread by republicans. >> she will let everyone come in. they are trying to sign these people up and register.

they are not citizens. at what they are trying to do is he was all of these people that are pouring into my country to vote. correspondent: trump is not the only person saying this. this week in response to president biden's action to streamline a pathway to citizenship for undocumented spouses, and mike johnson posted on x, this is proof positive of the democrats' plan to turn illegal aliens into voters, and fox news host also claimed this week to 49 states are providing voter registration without showing proof of citizenship to undocumented migrants. what is the reality? >> this is a misstatement of the law and the facts. it is against the law for noncitizens to vote in federal elections. it comes with criminal penalties. second, every single voter in the united states registered to vote in a federal election as to

provide id. usually a driver's license or others. you need to bring proof of legal presence to prove you are you a citizen or noncitizen who is here legally in most cases, in which case you should not be registered to vote when that id is checked against the database. this has been incredibly successful. very few if any noncitizens actually vote, and we know this because dates like georgia did a complete audit of their voter list as recently as 2022, looked at all of those he could not find proof of citizenship for in the database. it was only 1500 statewide, and the total number of those individuals who are devoted in previous elections was zero. it is incredibly successful. very few noncitizens vote. correspondent: zero in georgia. you work with republican and

democratic election officials who administer elections and oversee them. is this disinformation directly impacting them? >> yes, their jobs are much harder. they are having to face disinformation all the time. they are getting it in their offices, election meetings that are public, public records request requesting duplicate of things sucking up their bandwidth. i have heard from particularly republican election officials that they are getting it in their communities. when they go to the grocery store or their children up was because school they have people of accusing them of engaging in a massive conspiracy with the millions of people to overturn the will of the voters. correspondent: what are the two big misinformation to waves coming this election cycle? >> those waves are divided by the close of the polls on election night. we will see a wave before them

that makes them think voting is rigged or hard or their particular polling place might not be available to them to get them to self suppress. people should be skeptical and rely on official sources of information. and then after the polls close it is likely we will see a dangerous wave of disinformation that really will be focused on the losing candidate for the candidate thinks he is losing and is designed to make his supporters feel as if the election has been stolen. this could lead to instability and chaos postelection and potentially violent like we saw on january 6. correspondent: david becker, thank you for your time. ♪ geoff: this summer's extreme heat and the demand for air

conditioning are putting a big strain on the electricity grid in many parts of the country, but for more than 40 years a pioneering architect in new mexico has been building a unique kind of phone that can be heated and cooled without using any electricity at all. megan thompson reports. correspondent: five years ago, empty-nesters jess and brian johnson decided to leave colorado and move south to just outside taos, new mexico a place they'd loved visiting, and where their dollar could go further. >> this is a two bedroom, two bathroom, 2000 square foot home. correspondent: they have an open living area, a fireplace and a sauna with views of the southern rockies. but the more unique features are harder to see. the home is off-the-grid, meaning it's not connected to power, water or sewer lines. their water comes from snow and rain, electricity from the sun. >> we're not crazy conservationists, you know, we, we take showers every day and run the dishwasher and the washing machine. the only way we're radical,

really, is that we don't pay utility bills. correspondent: the johnsons' home is called an “earthship.” there are around 200 in northern new mexico. michael reynolds came up with the idea as a young architect. >> ever since college, i have looked at the world around me and been disturbed by it. correspondent: in the early 1970's, reynolds was especially disturbed by the growing garbage problem in the u.s., before recycling was widespread. >> so i started addressing it just for myself. and, then people started relating to it and, and wanting me to do it for them. correspondent: reynolds began experimenting with building off-grid homes partly aluminum -- partly from aluminum cans. he came up with a model that began to get attention. >> i have six things that i've determined are necessary for human sustenance. comfortable shelter without use of fossil fuel, electricity, water, food, treatment of human

waste, and treatment of garbage. anywhere anybody lives, those six things must be addressed. correspondent: reynolds started a company to build and sell his homes, and to teach people how to build their own. today, more than 200 students and interns come here each year to learn earthship building techniques, which have been incorporated in some 3000 homes around the world. >> when i came across this, it just made sense to me. correspondent: deborah binder manages construction for mike reynolds. she's also in the middle of building her own earthship. recycled materials are still a key building component. >> at least, here in taos, glass bottles aren't recycled anymore. and you use less cement by using them and you end up with these really beautiful walls. correspondent: earthships' side and back walls are made from about a thousand old tires. 300 to 400 pounds of dirt are

rammed by hand into each tire. the tire walls are built into a mound of earth to create an extremely dense and insulating structure. >> it's almost like if you're inside a cave. so caves usually stay at about 63, 65 degrees all year round. and so then it's a lot easier to cool and to warm up that space. correspondent: in the winter, brian and jess johnson's home is warmed up by sunlight streaming in through the southern wall of windows. in the summer, a system of tubes and vents brings cooler air in from the back of the house. >> you open that vent, the hot air rises and pulls cool air through the rest of the building as it goes out. >> we'll maintain 70 to 73°f. whether it's 110 degrees outside or negative ten degrees outside. correspondent: the johnsons' electricity comes from 14 solar panels. brian says they've learned how to avoid draining the batteries. >> we don't run our dishwasher and our washer and dryer at night.

so there are little trade-offs, but it's never going without. it's just going at the right time. correspondent: the main hallway that connects all the rooms doubles as a greenhouse, where the johnsons grow bananas, figs and grapes. back outside, the slanted metal roof also doubles as a water catchment system. >> all the rain or snow that falls on our roof gets collected in cisterns behind our home. we have about 8000 gallons of storage. correspondent: the water is filtered and first flows to the sinks, showers and laundry. then it drains to the greenhouse to water the plants. from there, it flows to the toilets, then finally, it's flushed outside to a septic system that waters another garden. >> so one, two, three, four uses for every drop of water in this house. the earthship's ingenuity, unusual designs, and down-right quirkiness have made them a tourist attraction. >> this is just one of five properties that mike's developed. correspondent: you can rent one

on airbnb or buy a new, 1600 square-foot, two-bedroom for $500,000. this larger model is 1.7 million. but building earthships on a wide scale outside of a community like this is challenging. for one, they're so unconventional that obtaining building permits and financing can be difficult. >> unless you've got the time and the inclination on your own to do it, or can afford a tremendous amount of labor costs, it just doesn't make any sense. correspondent: sustainable home builder kim shanahan is the former head of the santa fe area home builders association and was active with the non-profit green builder coalition. he says those tire walls are the biggest problem. >> each little step of the wall is a lot of labor, and it's simply not something that, a production builder or even, a small builder could ever imagine doing. and that's why it never really could be done on scale. correspondent: but shanahan says mike reynolds' other ideas helped inspired an entire

generation of green home builders. >> self-sustaining power and warmth, and electricity through solar panels, roof water capture and reuse. this is the future, not necessarily tires in walls, but all the other five principles that that mike reynolds has taught us about what a house can and should be. >> i think we need to start rethinking our buildings. correspondent: brian and jess johnson figure they're saving around $500 a month on utilities compared to what they were paying back in colorado. but, they say, it's not all about the money. >> once you start looking at these homes differently than traditional construction in the country and in the world, it becomes really hard to even think of those buildings. these just make so much more sense. >> it feels good to be part of that. you know, you're just a little bite, but part of some something special, i think. correspondent: for the pbs newshour, i'm megan thompson outside taos, new mexico. ♪

geoff: the uk became the first country with a major economy to set a deadline to become a carbon neutral economy --with zero emissions of greenhouse gases. britain's target is 2050. scotland's is even earlier, by 2045. as fred de sam lazaro reports, one industry is already trying to clean up its act -- one responsible for scotland's best known export. correspondent: scotch whiskey is a $7 billion per year export reaching the farthest corners of the world with scores of well-known brands. the marketing especially on more expensive labels evokes the pristine scottish countryside and its distinct whiskey regions. less well-known is that whiskey making is a dirty business,

producing as much carbon dioxide as it does alcohol and using a lot of fossil fuels. >> this is our stillhouse. correspondent: anna is an engineer at the tuckers industry in the space division, with brands like chevy's regal and others. 3400 gallons of alcohol are distilled each day after the barley is amassed, washed, and distilled in enormous copper stills before being poured into barrels. >> we have many different shapes and they will all produce a different character, because it depends on how much of it as in contact with the copper. >> there is nothing better or worse. it is a matter of individual preferences you are trying to cater to.

>> exactly. if you were to go to iowa they are known for their heartier, which are spirits, and that is all to do with their malt, water, and the shape of the stills. correspondent: the concern goes beyond the whiskey pallet to climate change and its potential impact on business. a concern shared by scotland to las vegas government, would subsidize the installation of an elaborate system of pipes and condensers to capture and reuse much of the he produced in the distillation. >> we have seen a 40% reduction in overall energy consumption, but in terms of heat energy and therefore carbon we have reduced it by 63%. correspondent: has the equipment paid for itself? >> yes. correspondent: there are other

plans to help reach net zero. it might seem like a no-brainer, but for many distilleries such retrofits are not easy. many are smaller and older buildings on the historic register and lacked the physical space, and critically they are loath to mess with the time-honored way of doing things. >> people are nervous about changing the way the process works. correspondent: ronald is an executive with the distillery's parent company. >> because it is been done this way sometimes for hundreds of years. >> especially if you are a smaller distiller. how do you do a trial in that scenario? correspondent: distiller's are working with their competitors to reduce the carbon footprint of the theory image sensitive industry. >> we are also needing to appeal to the consumers of tomorrow, and increasingly they are making

decisions based on not just a way like the brand or do i like what it stands for. correspondent: making things trickier is that tomorrow is usually a long way off. it takes just three ingredients to make whiskey, barley or cereal grain, water, and yeast. the distillation takes a few days and the long way begins before payday. the stuff will remain in casks for 18 years before it is bottled and sent to the store show. this is a start up. it start date was 2013 or arguably a couple of centuries earlier it says the tour guide. >> the distillery was in the field behind there in 1794. correspondent: that setting and the storied history, the farm that surrounds the distillery's new incarnation is owned by a

family with deep roots here. it will bring online all wind turbine, and unlike multinationals with far-flung supply chains everything is locally sourced. today it sells and serves tourist vodka, gin, and a rye whiskey to keep the lights on until the big release in 2033 of its single malt whiskey. >> we will always be able to tell you when this malt whiskey is bottled and sold that the crop was distilled was grown in the field up here. correspondent: and that is important for what reason? >> i think it is an interest in the quality of what we eat and drink, and therefore the provenance of what we do and what we make. it is very individual. people sometimes say to me, mark, what is your favorite whiskey? my reply is asked me what mood i

am in. correspondent: he is relying on the mood of consumers 18 years after pouring the cast. geoff: fred's reporting is a partnership with the under-told stories project at the university of st. thomas in minnesota. ♪ whether you're on vacation, at the beach, or find yourself with a little more time for reading, summer is always a good time to pick up a new book. jeffrey brown gets recommendations from two newshour regulars -- for our arts and culture series canvas. >> and to talk about summer books and reading. i'm joined by ann patchett, author and owner of parnassus bookstore in nashville, and gilbert cruz, editor of the new

new york times book review. you want to start with fiction? >> sure thing. i am very excited about sandwich by katherine newman. if you want a book that has you from "hello," this is the one. family goes to the cape every summer for two weeks. they have kids in their 20s, they have elderly parents and they eat sandwiches. they are very near sandwich and they are of the sandwich generation. correspondent: that is a real summer book, isn't it? >> it is the ultimate summer book. and also, if you're feeling a little stressed, get a copy of sipsworth by simon van boy. this one has been flying off the shelves. this is an elderly woman who's very isolated. she meets a mouse, and the mouse brings all of these wonderful people into her life. it sounds hokey. it's not. it is a really terrific book. and for something a little darker, bear by julia phillips,

which has the whole fairy tale vibe. two young sisters working so hard in a very tough existence on an island off the coast of washington. it all changes when a bear comes to their neighborhood and it drives the sisters apart. i also want to give a quick shout out to something that just came out in paperback, crook manifesto. colson whitehead. love this book so much. if you want some mystery, some cops and robbers, some corruption, some great writing. correspondent: gilbert cruz, what do you have for us in fiction? >> the first one is swan song. ellen hildebrand, she is a writer who puts a book out every summer. they're all about nantucket. they all have drama. they all have romance. and somehow i have found myself reading one book of hers this summer, for the past decade. i've only been to nantucket for two hours on, like, the coldest day that i can recall, so i have no idea what it's like to be there in the summer. but i sort of do, because i've

read a dozen ellen hilderbrand books. so i'm a big horror person. there's a book called horror movie by paul tremblay. and there's some people who save their scary stuff until october, until the fall. i'm not that person. i like it all year round. and i think there are many people like me. this is about, essentially a independent horror movie that was made years and years ago. a bunch of tragedies happened. it's become a cult film. and the only person left from the production, has started to, encounter some weird things. so that's horror movie by paul tremblay. and then finally, another genre of book of fantasy, the bright sword by lev grossman. if you have heard of grossman, it's because of his magicians trilogy, which were a set of books that essentially imagined what if harry potter, but with older people and cursing and all the all the stuff that older teenagers get into. this new book imagines, the days

and the months after the death of king arthur. so there have been many retellings of the king arthur legend, books, movies, musicals. this one is sort of a sequel. correspondent: you went right to all the genre books for this summer. so, ann patchett, what about nonfiction? >> hanif abdurraqib they will. there's always this year, which is on basketball and ascension. this is a collection of essays about family and love and grief and fathers. but most importantly, it's all woven together through the lens of basketball. hanif abdurraqib is one of my favorite writers, and just someone i learn from every time i read one of his books. brilliant. my black country by alice randall, which is a journey through country music's black past, present and future. alice is a fiction writer and a scholar. this is a story of all the people who have been erased in

country music's past, and she is restoring them into the landscape. terrific book. and consent by jill cement, a very slim little memoir. jill cement was 16 years old when she first kissed her art teacher, who was 46. they got married and they stayed together until he died at 86. and it is her looking back on her life and thinking it was a happy marriage. but knowing what i know now, maybe there was something a little wrong about that. and a great book that just came out in paperback that could be read as a companion piece. my favorite monsters. you've got a book club. read these two together. terrific. correspondent: gilbert cruz, what do you have for nonfiction? >> well, if i sort of went genre

with my fiction, choices, i'm also going to go a little pop culture with my nonfiction choices. so the first book i'm going to talk about is the future was now by chris nash zadeh. this is, i love movies. and i think for a lot of people my age who love movies, the summer of 1982, if you care about science fiction, fantasy, stuff like that was one of the biggest summers of all time. so it had e.t., poltergeist, blade runner, tron, a mad max sequel, a star trek sequel, and this is essentially a history of that summer, a history of those movies. so i'm looking forward to reading that one. another pop culture nonfiction book that's coming out, later in june is called q the sun the invention of reality tv. this is by emily nussbaum. she's been a tv critic for many wonderful publications, and this is a history of modern reality tv. i don't watch reality tv. i never really have. and that means that i am out of the mainstream, and so from cops

to survivor to the bachelor to the apprentice to big brother, to love is blind, these are some of the most popular shows of the past several decades. and emily nussbaum does an amazing job of sort of sketching that whole history and what they're billing as sort of the first comprehensive, history of this very important genre. correspondent: ann, i know you've got a bookstore, you've got a lot of young readers, and i know you wanted to give some choices for them. >> yeah. i never want to miss a chance to plug some great kids books. jarrett and jerome pumphrey, two of their classics, have just come out in board books. so these are good for babies, for little kids. you can chew on them. the old truck. the old boat. beautiful. simple. terrific illustrations. great clear story. if you have a slightly older kid. absolutely. you want to buy a copy of ahoy by sophie blackhall. this is a book about imaginative play and how you can have a

summer adventure, no matter where you are or what you've got to work with. i adore this book and everything sophie does and america's favorite author for young people, kate dicamillo has a new novel out called ferris. it's about raccoons, chandeliers, snh, green stamps, grandmother's love and happiness. it's a story about a happy family. call me crazy, my favorite. correspondent: ann patchett and gilbert cruz, thanks very much. ♪ geoff: before we go, we mentioned it last night but it's worth repeating: we've heard from some of you that your dvr recordings of the news hour have mysteriously stopped. we've ever so slightly renamed the program pbs news hour, with a space between news and hour, as part of our recent rebranding on air and online. this change is throwing off some

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