>> good evening. i am amna nawaz. geoff bennett is away. june job report exceeds expectations while slightly higher unemployment signals a cooling economy. labor party leader keir starmer accepts king charles invitation

to form a new government after a landslide victory in the united kingdom's general election. bowen faces a deadline -- boeing faces a deadline connected to the deadly crashes of two 737 max airplanes. >> we will go to the ends of the earth to make sure this isn't something that goes away quietly. >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the newshour including jim and nancy built and the robert and virginia schiller foundation. the judy and peter bloom kovalev foundation, upholding freedom by strengthening democracies at home and abroad.

>> the john s and james all night foundation, fostering an and engaged communities. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. today president joe biden is digging in. in more than one appearance today, he underscored that he has no plans to leave the campaign despite calls from some democrats and supporters. more on that story later.

the u.s. economy added more jobs than expected last month, marking the 42nd consecutive month of job growth. 206,000 new jobs were added in june. government hiring accounted for more than a third of those followed by health care, social assistance and construction. unemployment rose above 4% for the first time in two years. there were other signs of a cooling labor market. job gains in april and may were revised downward. for a deeper look at what this means for the economy, i'm joined by the host of public radio's full disclosure. what do these numbers say to you ? is it a sign the economy may be cooling? >> certainly market watchers have been looking for that for the longest time because the fed had to ratchet up rates after its error of leaving them too

low for too long. it's odd. are you rooting for good news? yes if you are the white house. are you rooting for bad news? yes if you are a trader. it's a real debate on wall street. do we even need rate cuts? maybe the fed just needs an excuse to take down a little. amna: employment has cooled. wages have also cooled. wage growth has been generally declining since march of 2022. inflation has cooled slightly. some economists are arguing it is now time for the fed to cut interest rates. do you think they will? >> maybe they will. i think in the september quarter. that gets perilously close to the election. coming in on a wildcard, there is no risk from an institutional

perspective. if the market starts to feel consternation about the election or democracy, the fed has many arrows in its quiver to handle that. so far there's no sense of crisis out there. there are streaks of weakness in the on -- in the economy. inflation is a little bit too high for comfort for the fed to be cutting aggressively. so there's no urgency to this. amna: give us a sense of what other signs they may be looking for here. how much of a slowdown do you think is needed? >> can you imagine 2008? that was crisis. the beginning of freefall. the beginning of 2020. you mentioned we had job growth for 42 straight months. the fed at least this century has saved a lot of it's powder for those type of crises and we haven't tasted anything like a crisis since the onset of this

pandemic. you might remember we had a banking swoon a couple of swings ago. that stuff is short-lived and the fed is more worried about rekindling inflation that is just so difficult to put out. nobody out there is really used to these prices going up this much and staying where they are. amna: what are some of the unknowns we are not thinking about here? >> i'm thinking about the election, volatility from a headline perspective. if you remember what markets did during the gore-bush recount. i'm thinking about institutional cracks. a lot of distress in commercial real estate right now and landlord forbearance. so much of student loan debt remains unpaid and underserviced. what happens if that comes back online and everybody is stuck with the bill again? the good news is the fed took up

rates by five points and there's plenty of room to hike -- i mean to cut aggressively. no sign of that yet. amna: there's an interesting nugget from this report. the jobs report showed that teen summer employment is very high. what does that say to you? >> kings dominion is halfway between us. i am in richmond and you are in northern virginia. you try running a themepark in this environment without teenagers eager to work. you try running a diner or any sort of hospitality driven business. it is so hard to get people to show up for job interviews that this has opened up wage opportunities for teenagers the likes of which i don't think we have ever seen.

back in my day you would be lucky if you earn five dollars. a lot of people out there are making $75, $100 a day now. amna: we talk about this gap between what we are actually seeing in the economy and what people feel in their everyday lives. does anything in these numbers say to you that will change? >> i think it is still a bifurcation. i can't believe that it's like this. if you have real estate, if you have crip though, you are feeling flush. you could more than absorb this inflationary head. if you are paycheck-to-paycheck, all this news about asset markets is so much cold comfort. if you can't afford a house, what is going to happen if the fed takes things down and that stimulates a mortgage market that doesn't really need it right now? it is certainly a confusing time.

amna: always good to see you. thank you. >> i'm stephanie sy with news hour west. hurricane beryl has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it cuts across mexico's yucatan peninsula. it made landfall in mexico this morning as a category 2 hurricane. it has left at least 11 people dead across the caribbean and it's expected to regain hurricane strength this weekend as it crosses the gulf of mexico and heads toward texas. officials are urging coastal communities to prepare and have issued preemptive disaster declarations for 39 counties. the kansas supreme court reaffirmed the state abortion protections today, rejecting two antiabortion laws. one would have banned a common second trimester procedure.

the other would regulate abortion providers more strictly than other health care professionals. justice eric rosen wrote the state constitution protects a fundamental right to personal autonomy which includes a pregnant person's right to terminate a pregnancy. donald's lawyers asked a u.s. judge to pause the classified documents case against him in florida, citing the supreme court's ruling this week granting president brought immunity for official acts. the filing is the latest attempt by his legal team to capitalize on the high court's ruling as he faces four criminal prosecutions. former president trump took to social media to distance himself from project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government drafted by a conservative think tank. he wrote on truth social, i know nothing about project 2025 and some of the things they are saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. his comments, i of the

republicans meetings next week to draft their party platform. the hungarian prime minister says russia and ukraine are still far from each other in ending their war. he made an unannounced visit to moscow to meet with vladimir putin. he was in kyiv just three days ago urging ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy to accept a cease-fire. european leaders panned the trip as a form of appeasement rather than diplomacy. he argued he is in a unique position. >> there are fewer and fewer and now remain hardly any who are able to speak with both warring parties. hungary is one of very few. >> after their meeting, putin repeated his conditions that ukraine withdraw forces from four regions that russia claims to have annexed in 2022.

cease-fire talks between israel and hamas look to be active again. a top official held initial meetings with mediators in doha but noted gaps between the parties. now follows hamas submitting amendments to a three-phase proposal backed by israel, the u.s. and other nations. palestinian authority say an israeli raid and airstrike in the occupied west bank killed seven people. a militant group claimed four of its members were among the dead. iranians voted in a runoff presidential election today and the interior ministry announced the more moderate candidate is ahead in the vote count. iranians are choosing between a hardliner and reformist. some who voted today are hoping for change. others say there is no point since supreme ruler ayatollah khomeini is the ultimate decision-maker. >> i want to save the country

from the isolation we are stuck in. and the violence against women. >> i will not vote because whoever comes to power cannot do anything since there is someone else above them. >> a government spokesperson said turn out today was higher than in the last round. the vatican announced it has excommunicated archbishop carlo maria pagano, a critic of pope francis. they cited his refusal to recognize the pope's authority. he was a former ambassador to the u.s. and non-conspiracy theorist who has not been seen publicly since before 2018. at least 30 people were killed and dozens injured across the country to start the extended july 4 holiday weekend. in chicago alone, 11 people were killed and 55 injured in shootings as of this morning.

in huntington beach california, two people were killed and three injured after a fireworks display ended. a truck in new york plowed into a crowd of revelers in manhattan, killing three and injuring eight others. police say the driver was intoxicated. the july 4 holiday is historically one of the deadliest of the year. still to come on the newshour, david brooks and kimberly atkins store away in on the political headlines. wisconsin revives the use of valid drop boxes and the international african-american museum helps visitors excavate their past and genealogy. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington. amna: after winning a huge majority in britain's general

election, new labour prime minister keir starmer says he will start working immediately on rebuilding the country. he promised what he called a big reset after 14 sometimes turbulent years of conservative government. the defeated conservatives are looking for a new leader after rishi sunak resigned after he left office. special correspondent reports from london. >> seconds after voting ended, exit polls confirmed that sir keir starmer had led the labour party to one of its greatest ever parliamentary victories. >> people here and around the country have spoken and they are ready for change. to end the politics of performance and return to politics as public service. >> this was the worst election result in the conservative party's history. rishi sunak managed to hang onto his district in northern england while many of his colleagues were wiped out.

after 14 years of conservatism ended with most people being poor, voters took their revenge. but rishi sunak was dignified in defeat. >> to the contrary, i would like to say first and foremost i am sorry. i have given this job my all what you have sent a clear signal that the government of the united kingdom must change. >> despite the size of the majority, this is being described as a loveless landslide. 40% of the electorate abstained and the labour party only obtained a third of the total vote. most experts agree that written wanted to teach the conservatives a lesson and that this is not an overall endorsement of the labour party or keir starmer. the choreography of british elections requires the monarch to invite the winner to form the next government. after his audience with the king, keir starmer addressed the nation. he was magnanimous in victory and offered an olive branch to

those who had not voted for the labour party. >> whether you voted labor or not, in fact especially if you did not, i say to you directly, my government will serve you. politics can be a force for good. we will show that. we have changed the labour party , returned it to service, and that is how we will govern. country first, parties second. >> to date, his political experience has been in domestic politics but now he has to step up to the international stage and become the new face of the so-called special relationship with the united states. he has talked about an early recognition of palestine as a state and is less hawkish about china. the director of the british foreign policy group based in an art gallery. sees potential trouble ahead.

>> israel palestine could be a challenging point of contention between the u.k. and the united states. also china will increasingly be a point of contention as well. if trump wins in the united states, that will prove even more challenging. keir starmer and donald trump don't have a huge amount in common. the next few years could be particularly challenging for the relationship. >> britain's new foreign secretary is going to have to learn the language of diplomacy. >> he will have a lot of work to do to rebuild relationships. they have been working hard to win over republican support particularly those who will be closer to trump. there is already in motion to show that there are areas of common ground. >> another change in britain's foreign policy is going to be over europe.

relationships in eu capitals have been strained since brexit and the hostile language of success of conservative administration. keir starmer wants closer times to improve agreements over security and immigration. a european specialist at the institute of government is skeptical. >> keir starmer has made clear that we are not applying to rejoin the eu or to join the single market or a customs union , but he wants to improve the relationship with europe. he wants to have closer cooperation on foreign policy and he wants to improve boris johnson's botched brexit deal. the question is whether there is as much appetite in the eu for doing that. >> another major foreign policy issue is ukraine, whose flag flies high. britain has led solidarity with

kyiv. a foreign policy expert says that will continue under starmer. >> ukraine remains a top priority for keir starmer as it has been under rishi sunak. this kind of bipartisan support is across the board. defense, aid, migration. i don't see any big change coming on the policy on ukraine. >> britain's divisions are exemplified on the home front. a public health doctor managed to defeat the long-standing conservative incumbent, but only because the reform candidate attracted so many votes from disaffected conservative supporters. across the country, reform and anti-immigrant party led by nigel farage secured 13% of the overall vote. but because of the electoral system, reform only won five

seats. nigel faraj will be one of the loudest opposition voices in parliament. >> what sort of voice is he going to be? >> very boring. he is blair without the flare. >> despite his majority in parliament, keir starmer is unlikely to enjoy a honeymoon period. he told britain to vote for change. it expects him to deliver, soon. girl, another court's decision that could impact the 2024 presidential election this time from the state supreme court in wisconsin. >> in a 4-3 decision, the new liberal majority on wisconsin's supreme court today reversed a near total ban on the use of

valid drop boxes in elections. president biden won wisconsin by one of the smallest margins in the country. restoring this voting method could have major implications for this year's election. following this all closely is zach schultz. tell us what the court decided and is this the final word before the election? >> it is. the liberal majority by 4-3 overturned only a two-year-old case. in 2022, the conservative majority in a pretty fractured decision with only consensus on a handful of paragraphs, enough to say wisconsin's state law did not explicitly allow absentee ballot boxes. the liberals said they got it wrong. they took the case. the conservatives had signaled in all their dissenting opinions that it was preordained, they are taking shots at the liberals

saying they are just running policy for the democrats. it clears things up for wisconsin's municipal clerks so they know how this will play out. amna: this is a complete flip from the conservative court and this could affect an enormous amount of ballots. according to a 2020 survey, 40% of early votes were cast using these ballot drop boxes. as the presence of these boxes -- does the presence of these boxes benefit one party or the other? >> republicans in the wake of donald trump selection conspiracy tried to say it was about democratic fraud but they were used in most counties. rural areas that supported trump and conservatives. it may benefit those areas more because if a local clerks doesn't have regular office hours, someone can simply drop off the ballot especially if the mail is not consistent up to

election day. madison and milwaukee have already announced they will be open and ready. they never really removed their boxes in the first place. it will be a locality decision to decide how they come back and play. amna: this was a part of conspiracy theories and lies about the 2020 election. what do we know about how secure these ballot boxes are? >> in madison, they are located outside police stations and fire departments. there are cameras nearby, they are locked. in some respects they are more secure than your mailbox where it is perfectly legal to place your absentee ballot to be mailed back. it has the same security you would expect. amna: can you take us more broadly into the state politics surrounding your supreme court and what decisions and issues can be ahead? >> the biggest one is just this

week. the same liberal majority announced they will revisit wisconsin's abortion ban that dates back to 1849. they are taking two cases on that. the second would look at whether there is a constitutional right to abortion and health care in wisconsin's constitution. the way it is being set for briefings, they will be ready for oral arguments in the fall. that decision could come down by election day. amna: zach schultz with pbs wisconsin, thank you. we will be seeing you soon at the republican convention coming up in milwaukee. >> can't wait to see you. amna: at a campaign event in wisconsin this afternoon, president joe biden vowed to stay in the race for the white house. >> they are trying to push me

out of the race. let me say as clear as i can, i'm staying in the race. i will beat donald trump. amna: for analysis on the tenuous week in the democratic party, we turn to new york times columnist david brooks and boston globe columnist kimberly atkins stohr. jonathan capehart is away. let's take stock of where we are right now. we have seen three house democrats publicly call for president biden to step aside. warner is attempting to pull together democratic senators asking him to leave the race. we are seeing major democratic donors back away. abigail disney said she is stopping all democratic contributions until light and is replaced. she said this is realism not disrespect. biden is a good man who served his country admirably the stakes

are far too high. can the president change the narrative? >> the president has already done what democrats were waiting for. they need him to make as to whed be the nominee or not. we are past the primaries. it would have to be the nominee to make that decision and it seems that he has. now democrats don't really have a choice. mark warner, donors, other people don't pick the democratic nominee for president. the people and the process do and they have already done that. at this point i agree this is a crucial moment in time and the threat of democracy that looms with the potential return to the white house of donald trump is something that cannot be ignored. i think the more democrats continue to fight and quibble and play this game about replacing the president when there is not even an heir apparent, the weaker they are.

we haven't heard anything from donald trump this week and that is the most disciplined he has been in his campaign ever because he realizes the democrats are doing the work for him. amna: how can the president calm those concerns? >> he could take a cognitive test which is what i think you do over the weekend. people are sort of worried about it now, but really they are worried about 2027. i think use take a test. he has taken them in the past. i took this cognitive test, best doctors, it's all public, there it is, rest my case. he should do that. right now there are all these anonymous stories floating around. a lot of people saying he has been like this for weeks or months. anonymous stories from white house staff, they are all miserable. there is anonymous stories that the democrats in congress are really angry at the democrats or

governors who are supporting him in the democrats in congress do not want to run with biden on top of their ticket. it's all this anonymous floating and it's very hard to get a sense of where the vibe of the party is. i think what's been clear in my reading of the floating is that people have been more reconciled to the idea that kamala harris would be the ultimate. but moving beyond her is a nonstarter. there is some doubt about whether the money can flow to any candidate. people are getting more comfortable with the idea of kamala harris. biden's statement was pretty definitive today. 72% of americans don't think he's qualified to run again. that's just a reality. >> i think these circles and clouds are largely happening inside the beltway. inside the beltway isn't where the president will be campaigning. amna: there are voter concerns about his age. >> there are voter concerns,

too. by and large, the majority of people i have heard from from coast to coast want to focus on beating donald trump. they have just as much agitated about this in and handwringing as they do about a couple of sentences that joe biden flubbed during the debate. they see this inching closer and closer. we are coming up on both conventions. if democrats pull together and show half of the fight that republicans have who have always stood behind donald trump and they actually have a candidate with a good record who believes in fighting for democracy, the better off democrats will be. even if kamala harris is the candidate and i think it's a little insulting to her that it has taken until now for them to realize that since she is the vice president of the united states. i think that decision already has to have been made and joe biden has made it.

amna: biden backers have told me they are worried the focus on this conversation takes the focus off of trump who is an anti-democratic candidate with authoritarian tendencies who is now newly empowered by that supreme court immunity ruling. the head of the heritage foundation that is running this project 2025 policy planning for a potential second trump term said the country is what he called the second american university and it could be bloodless if the left allows it to be. there is a learning language around a potential trump presidency. are we losing sight of the stakes here? >> before he went to prison i went to see steve bannon and i was scared out of my mind. i asked him what's going to happen if you guys win? he said it will be nothing like 2017. now we have people that have been vetted, people who are trained and we are just going to go after the deep state. it looked like a dismantling of

the civil service basically and that's just the beginning. i think people are losing some focus on that. i have been a broken record on this for seven years. but it's also true that every american pretty much has seen an elderly relative in decline and they sort of know what that looks like. if i could do one bit of just random polling, 72% of americans don't think he should run again. amna: biden, to be clear. >> in the new york times poll, trump is up by six. trump is winning the swing states by more than before. there is a real cause for concern and if your main goal is to get donald trump not reelected, to me it's a very open question of what the best route for that is. i'm not one of these people who says joe biden should step down, but i do think it's an open question.

amna: there seems to be an asymmetry of expectations in terms of trump's performance of the debate which was filled with misleading statements and lies. he's only three years younger than president biden, often veers off script when he's not on prompter. do you see that asymmetry? is that affecting the conversation right now? >> 100%. we can talk about mental cognitive tests that people might want to the president to take, but we already know donald trump has failed the moral test, the democracy test, the insurrection test. if we balance those things, it seems really clear. one thing this conversation makes us lose sight of is the fact that the work of the biden administration and other democrats being already dismantled ever since the supreme court overturned chevron just earlier this week. we already have two republican appointed federal judges that knocked down a rule that kept people from being bound by noncompete clauses that would

prevent them from practicing their livelihoods. another rule that prevented federal coverage of transgender health care. this is happening right now. this is happening this week. the dominoes are already falling and we haven't even gotten to project 2025. that is the sort of thing that i wish people in my industry were focused on in the days and weeks leading up to these conventions as opposed to calling for the president to be able to say man woman camera tv. let's talk about the issues that are important. amna: we are a week out from the republican national convention. we know that trump will be the nominee. will biden still be the democratic nominee? >> i don't know. i thought a week ago for sure. i just don't know. >> i have to believe the president when he says he is the nominee. amna: we are weeks from these conventions in mere months from the last day of voting on election day.

i want to hear from both of you on this moment in american political history which feels very fraught and uncertain. i'm curious where you're looking for grounding or parallels. >> i'm looking abroad. all around the world with the exception of the u.k. where they had a right wing government in power for 14 years, you are seeing populist movements surging. emmanuel macron like joe biden made a bit. the theory of their administrations was we have disaffected working-class folks. we are going to invest massively in them. people are feeling upbeat about the plants but it has not helped biden or macron at all. the theory that we can economically bring these working-class people back to the democratic party has not been

true because it's a cultural issue, not an economic issue for these voters and that has put biden in a whole and it has put the center left in a hole in the nation. >> i'm looking here at home and in the present time. we know that donald trump will not get the majority votes of americans in this upcoming election but we have an electoral college process that requires people to campaign in that way. we already know joe biden is going to get more votes. what we need to do is convince people that it is worth not only sticking by him but in claiming that they are democracy now is at stake. republicans remain unified because they don't have that majority. they stick behind donald trump even long after he has proverbial shot that person on fifth avenue. democrats are a different beast.

they have different ideas. they are not monolithic. there is a diversity of views. it's not in their dna to just line up behind someone. but when they see a threat to this clear and if they don't organize work -- and if you want to look to someone, look at what the labour party did. they organized and got together. that's what democrats have to do. they have to stop the infighting and campaign for the majority they know they actually have among the american people. amna: at the end of this week that has felt like a year, it is so valuable to hear from both of you with your insights and expertise. thank you, kimberly atkins stohr and david brooks. this is a key weekend for boeing

, the justice department and hundreds of families. the u.s. government is waiting to see if major airplane manufacturer boeing accepts its deal to plead guilty to criminal fraud in connection with two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019, both 737 max jetliners that killed 346 people. lawyers for the victims say boeing would have to pay more than 240 million dollars in penalties and agree to an external monitor. it stops far short of imposing more serious criminal charges and larger penalties. boeing is supposed to decide this weekend on whether to accept the deal or go to trial. before we unpack the details, we are joined by someone whose father was killed in that 2019 crash. welcome and thank you for being with us. what is your view? do you want to see boeing accept the plea deal?

>> at this point there is a question as to what we want to see matters as the families. i think we would want the plea deal not to have been offered to them in the first place but would love for them not to accept the plea deal so we can go to trial and hopefully there would be a journey or some hope of justice. i do not expect them not to plead guilty because i don't think any deal can get any sweeter than this sweetheart deal they have come to an agreement on with the doj. amna: why do you think it was a mistake for the doj to offer the deal in the first place? >> when a corporation is charged with the death and what we see as the murder of 300 46 people and they are charged with fraud to begin with and they are given a second chance because they have breached the agreement they said they would adhere to, you would think they would come down on them a lot harder and would

actually look to hold them to account not just for failing to comply with the agreement but also for the death of 346 people. it's ridiculous that we are even having this conversation. amna: you are referring to a 2021 agreement reached between the department of justice and boeing in which they paid a fine and had some terms they were supposed to follow. this is a new deal with what some lawyers argue is a more serious criminal charge. some of the lawyers for many of the families say this is better than nothing. do you accept that argument? >> i think nothing on top of nothing is still nothing. the death of 346 people still goes unrecognized by both of these deals. the families still are not being recognized as victims. the fact that they still have the opportunity to select their independent monitors which allows them to self regulate which is what got us here to

begin with, for me to say that's better than nothing, nothing on top of nothing is still nothing. amna: i know that you and so many others have been fighting for the last five years, and i wonder if you think that if they accept this deal, is there a next step for you? do you have more options moving forward? >> at the moment it doesn't feel as if we have other options moving forward. what i know about the families is that we won't relent. the first deal completely disregarded us. i don't know how but where there is a will, there is a way. we have tons of will to make sure this doesn't just become something else that is swept under a rug or it doesn't happen to other families. we know that if there is an avenue to appeal, we will appeal to judge o'connor, wherever we need to. if we have to go to the supreme court if that's an option.

amna: there are 340 six stories behind each of those lives lost. can you tell us a little bit about what you wanted us to know about your father and what the last few years have been like without him? >> it wasn't just 300 46 people's lives that were messed up by this. it was every other life that was attached to that. for me and my family it's like time has stood still. i have watched my friends get married, buy houses, build their careers but i have been losing sleep over when is the next crash going to happen. watching boeing go scott free for the death of my dad such an incredible man. it's like the purest souls were on this plane. their families talk about their mission to go serve young people in kenya, to go provide medicines. young people that were going to intern for the u.n.

there were people doing amazing things. there were selfless humanitarians on their way to serve the world. the selfishness of a company like boeing has robbed them and thousands of lives that were connected to them of what they would have brought to this world. it's even difficult trying to think and speak straight sometimes because it's like the world stopped moving. one of the most heartbreaking things is looking at the family members that have lost the children and knowing that they will never get to see them learn how to walk. they will never walk them down the aisle or celebrate these milestones. the thought of other people being in our position is enough to keep us going and ultimately the people that we lost were all remarkable souls. my dad would have gone to the end of the earth for me and that gives me the fire to continue to go to the end of the earth not

just for him, but for the next person sitting here. amna: thank you for being with us and sharing your father's story. i appreciate your time. for the record, we have a standing request in to boeing for an interview with its ceo david calhoun. let's get more context on this proposed deal and what it could mean for boeing and the larger industry. miles o'brien joins us now. you heard the frustration for these families is so real as they seek justice. tell us how did this plea deal end up being offered by the doj to boeing in the first place? >> it's hard working listening to that -- heartbreaking listening to that of course. our hearts go out to those families as they try to find some kind of justice in the midst of this horrible tragedy.

the fact is if you look at history, the chances of criminal charges against ■individuals at boeing prevailing in court are not great. if you look at the one and only company in u.s. history charged with criminal charges in the wake of an accident, sabr tech which provided oxygen canisters on a value jet flight in 1996, a company faced 110 manslaughter and third-degree murder charges in florida. the charges were dropped and a fine of $500,000 was paid in the company pled no contest and went out of business. in this case a department of justice would say that this is a better way to ensure boeing maintains compliance and tries to up its game on safety. there will be a monitor and an editorial board of directors the families.

they will have to make investments in safety. hopefully that will create wheel world -- real world changes. amna: are they likely to accept this deal? if so, what happens then? >> it's a take it or leave it real. a federal judge in texas assuming they go along with this have to approve it. the company faced the uncertainty of a trial, reputational problems of course, further ones. and the fact that this plea deal indicates no charges will be levied at individuals. the biggest customer for boeing is the federal government and this allows them a waiver to continue to do business with the federal government even though they are guilty of this crime. amna: i have to ask, we don't always see that aviation accident investigations are

criminalized in the u.s., this seems to be different. why? >> the aviation industry is built around the idea of trying to make things safer. the ntsb, the faa. think about aviation safety. not necessarily creating an environment of criminality. they are afraid it would hinder the ability to make aviation safer. sometimes real-time decisions need to be made quickly to fix some fundamental problem with an aircraft. ironally and tragically, the fact that there wasn't candor on the part of boeing may have ultimately led to that second crash. it's too bad that we have to be in this position. amna: aviation correspondent miles o'brien, good to talk to you.

as we celebrate what it means to be an american this week, we return to a report from geoff bennett at the international african-american museum in charleston, south carolina. tracing family lineage has taken off as a hobby in recent years with some estimates put in the number of visits to genealogy websites at over 100 million a year. this aims to honor untold stories at one of america's most sacred sites. this encore luke is part of our arts and culture series, canvas. >> it seems my family was captured in what is now nigeria and brought through jamaica. >> dawn gravely is one of the visitors posing questions in this recording booth for researchers to investigate. >> the men also have mitochondrial dna but don't pass it on. >> it also offers instructions about the ins and outs of

accessing public records while inspiring visitors to glean new meaning from a distant past. this is part of the center for family history at the international african-american museum. officials say they have the broadest collection of genealogical records of any institution in the u.s. and one of the most vast in the world. some 400 million records are searchable here including from before the 1870 census, the first after the civil war to include african-americans by name. >> the legacy of slavery makes it so difficult for so many african-americans to trace their family history. where does this museum come in? >> we have some big hopes and dreams. >> the chief learning and engagement officer lays out the mission. >> the brick wall of 1870 is both myth and reality. because the myth, the records

are there. the reality, access is tough. so it's natural to think about the kinds of records that you would search for people. in an antebellum period, the majority of people are african descent -- of african descent in the united states are not considered people but property. we are working to digitize what they make available. >> the museum is situated at a site where 40% of all enslaved africans arrived in the u.s. it's estimated that upwards of 150 thousand captive africans landed at the many ports throughout the charleston harbor. a memorial garden under the building marks the historic site. the museum opened in june after 20 years of planning with a number of delays. galleries include african roots which traces the movement of

people of african descent throughout the atlantic world. american journeys which share stories that shaped u.s. history through the international lens of the african diaspora. carolina gold showcases the impact of enslaved people on south carolina foundations who helped build the lucrative rice industry. an exhibit looks at contemporary issues facing the descendants who prominently live in the low country region of the u.s. and includes this replica of a phrase house. >> it's a spiritual center. it's a place where the community can find justice. it's really serving as a point of reference and grounding for the sustenance of the entire community. >> dna testing. >> 25-year-old darius brown is also a research assistant at the museum, running some of the genealogy 101 sessions while

piecing together his own past. he has been able to trace several lines of his family back to the colonial period and re-creating the population of enslaved people at several south carolina plantations. he is also self-publishing a book. you have a picture of members of your family gathered on the day the emancipation proclamation was read to them. this is phenomenal. tell me more about this. >> the plantation actually became camp saxton. so i have about 30 relatives that fought in the civil war and they actually received their stars and stripes that day first reading of the emancipation proclamation. >> where did this picture come from? >> during the port royal experiment, different abolitionists were teaching the people how to read and write for the first time.

they were some of the first african-americans to earn wage labor. a lot of photographers were taking pictures of the enslaved people. >> that's extraordinary. do you happen to know which of these folks are connected to you? >> i wish i did. i know that my family is somewhere in there. >> i've had the benefit of knowing a lot of my family history and fortunately it was also coached with most black folks don't know this stuff. so i had a degree of appreciation and a level of awareness that it wasn't common for someone to be able to trace their lineage eight generations. for a lot of americans that's not necessarily the easiest thing to do. >> you can trace your lineage eight generations? wow. she says the journey of turning over historical stones can bring much pain but also joy.

>> there are thousands of those stories. when we have the opportunity to discover them for ourselves, then we can confirm without question or doubt, we are brave, we are smart, we can strategize, have empathy, forgive, fight. to love. there is something pretty radical about living under conditions that really aren't built for you to survive. and to still choose to love. >> and tracing one's history to that is unmatched. >> that's right. >> people keep probing their hunches and intuitions of their past trying to see if they can pin down with her family roots truly live. -- lie. amna: soon into washington week with the atlantic tonight. jeffrey goldberg and his panel

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