>> good evening. >> on the newshour tonight, the aftermath of hurricane beryl. millions of texans are left without power amid dangerous scorching heat. >> he just has to step down. >> democratic lawmakers navigate the divisive party politics around president biden's

reelection bid as he tries to quell concerns about his age. >> and nato leaders gather in washington, d.c. to try to safeguard the future of ukraine and the alliance itself. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the newshour including kathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. >> the john s and james r knight foundation, fostering informed and engaged communities, more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and

institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the newshour. we have two major stories tonight. one, a as the future at the topf the democratic ticket. >> first, the aftermath from what was hurricane beryl. it is now a smaller storm but it has led to at least seven deaths in the u.s. >> more than tomblin customers

remain without power during a stretch of extreme heat. that heat is connected to at least five deaths in the west this week. stephanie sy has our report. >> beryl lasted a short early monday as a category one hurricane unleashing fierce winds, torrential rains and dangerous storm surges on the coast. hurricane battered downtown houston. it flooded roads and highways in the area prompting crews to rescue drivers at the height of the storm. after the worst route through, texans emerged from their homes to find destruction. >> i heard a big boom. i did not know it was a whole tree. >> in downtown houston, some residents went out to check if people were still stranded. >> there are people out here. we come together as a city. >> among the victims, and elderly woman in houston killed when a tree fell into her second-story bedroom. beryl's wrath is not over.

it is moving north as a weaker storm but still forecast to bring everyone into, rain and possible 22 parts of the midwest this week. in battered southeast texas, a heat wave has moved in bringing humidity that could make it feel like 105 degrees. officials warned today it may take days to restore power to the man's of texans that were sweltering in the dark as of this morning. >> power is our number one priority. secondary to that is establishing cooling centers and helping with generators and cooling centers. >> the extreme temperatures extend beyond texas. western states from idaho to oregon to california are experiencing record shattering heat. las vegas hit 120 degrees sunday, an all-time record. in death valley, torres posed by thermometer reading 131 degrees. official readings were slightly lower. all that heat is acting as fuel for wildfires that are already

burning tens of thousands of acres in several western states. for the pbs news hour, i'm stephanie sy. amna: now to our other major story. house democrats met behind closed doors today as the party ways whether to support president biden's reelection bid for call for him to step aside. geoff: lisa desjardins has more on the parties internal struggle. >> outside the democratic national committee, the pressure was visible but barely voiced. a few house members were biden forward to >> joe biden all the way. >> a few signaled acceptance. >> joe biden is the nominee. >> when openly said i did must -- one openly said vita must step aside to >> he has to step down because he cannot win. >> but many, many avoided saying anything about it at all. as a herd of reporters waited

and sweated outside, the political he was inside. members spent nearly two hours on the future of the presidential ticket including whether it is debate performance means he cannot win. pbs news hour was told a group of members said they think vice president harris may have a better chance. >> what you think about vice president harris? i understand she came up. >> i'm sorry? >> vice president harris and people saying she is a better option. what do you think about that? >> a lot of comments -- a lot of positive comments about the vice president. i don't know if there is a consensus about one way or another. >> those behind biden stayed there. >> you think biden will win in november? >> absolutely. >> and those who want someone else still do. >> my vision has not changed. >> hovering over it, former president trump and democratic concern over his agenda and the project 2025 agenda associated with many close to him. >> i am not distracted by a 90

minute debate. i am focused on guarding against 90 years of harm in project 22 -- if project 2025 becomes a reality. >> house judiciary chairman jerry nadler reversed his call for biden to step aside. >> do you think he is the best candidate? >> yes, at this point he is the best candidate. he is the only candidate. >> many are accepting rather than cheering for biden. >> until the president says otherwise, the assumption is he is the nominee. the majority of people have talked to believe it is his decision and he has made it clear he is going to be the nominee. at this point, we have got to focus on winning. >> on the other side of the capital, democratic senators were more disciplined with few answering questions. though some biden loyalists did speak. >> as i have said before, i'm with joe. >> joe biden is a great present and he is the only guy that kicked's trumps -- that kicked

trumps ass in an election. >> how do you make the decision? >> the decision has not been made yet. i don't know how our leadership will handle this. but i do know that we will be making a decision, a collective decision and we will move forward. > lisa joins us live from capitol hill. we saw what lawmakers are willing to say on camera. what are your sources telling you off-camera? >> democrats are in stutter step moment. for the last day, it has been clear president biden has gained some momentum at the capital as there have been fewer and fewer voices coming out publicly against him. not zero but fewer. behind the scenes, more democrats have said they feel leery of coming up out against him. this is in part due to the congressional black caucus and leaders of the congressional hispanic caucus last night

backing him up saying he has to remain as the nominee. but i will say it is interesting the few people able to speak publicly did say interesting things on the record. senator dick durbin who is the number two democrat in the senate told me off-camera -- i asked him should biden step aside. he said that remains to be seen. this was a couple hours ago. he said biden is putting together a campaign that will demonstrate whether he is ready to beat donald trump. we need to see what that campaign is. clearly the president is trying to get out more but he is trying to contact more people in the democratic party. lorber on lopez reports he will be meeting virtually with democratic mayor tonight and will take their questions. even as the biden campaign tells me they feel things are swinging in their direction, there are others who are going the other way like mikey cheryl, a representative from new jersey, a key moderate. someone who has potentially greater ambitions ahead. someone who came out with a statement saying she thinks

biden should step aside. >> for those democrats who are now calling for president biden to step aside, what is their plan b? which of they want to see happen? >> there is in fact a plan b developing but nearly emmett -- nearly every democrat will say it is up to joe biden to step aside. they do not see a way to force amount. that plan b developing is vice president harris. there are some that have said openly i'm told in today's house meeting harris would be better against donald trump then joe biden. that is a disagreement. not everyone agrees on that. there are others who go even farther saying they would like to see harris put on a ticket with a midwestern governor. some names mentioned are michigan's gretchen whitmer. harris herself was on the campaign trail for biden. she spoke a lot about trump which is what democrats want to hear more of. >> what is the latest we are hearing in response to all this from the white house and the biden campaign? >> the white house and biting campaign are saying. ahead. they are -- full steam

ahead. >> the chairwoman of the congressional -- the congressional caucus so she expect to have a face-to-face meeting with president biden so it is a full-court press. they believe momentum will keep swinging this rate -- this way. they know the time is short for democrats to try to effectively move biden or pressure him to be out of the nomination. >> for the democrats who continue to stand with tested biden, are they saying we aren't -- with president biden, are they saying he is the candidate we have so we have to unify behind him? >> almost in those exact words. it is a strange position democrats are in. they are saying we support our nominee. that is sentence one. second sentence would be right now, that nominee is joe biden. what the biting campaign needs to happen is for democrats to take out the phrase right now. more and more democrats on the fence have been communicating with me. lawmakers saying they think you will be able to survive this but the biting campaign says he is

not quite there yet -- the biden campaign says he is not quite there yet. >> the big question is what happens next? >> there will be more meetings at the capital. on thursday, senate democrats meet in their caucus. there is no clear way to make this decision for democrats. they are watching every single tick on the campaign trail. they are watching other pieces of news like this one that happened in the last few hours. the cook political report with amy walter, friend of the newshour of course, came out and said because of the environment now, they are predicting more states are leaning republican. moving more towards trump that includes three battleground states that were tossup's they now say will lean republican. arizona, georgia and nevada. at is something democrats i talked to just now are hearing and listening and worried about in terms of how they see president biden. >> lisa desjardins live from capitol hill. >> let's turn now to democratic

congresswoman jasmine crockett of texas who has defended president biden amid concerns about his age and calls he withdrawal from the race. i spoke with her earlier today. congresswoman, welcome to the news hour. >> thank you so much for having me. >> when you hear your democratic colleagues like congressman mike quigley say president biden has to step down because he cannot win or congressman adam smith say the president is an ineffective messenger as smith said on this program last night, what is your response? >> my reaction is president biden is the democratic nominee. nothing that they say is going to change that. when it comes down to it, we have a democratic process. he was duly elected as our nominee chin he has said he is not stepping down and at the end of the day, he has a record to run on. if he is an ineffective messenger to certain people,

maybe they should get out and spread the good news. i have been working hard to make sure people understand why it matters to have this president in office, to make sure they understand if we are still allowed to have three books, he will go down in history as one of the most effective presidents we have ever had in the united states. instead of complaining, what i need my colleagues to do is put on their big girl and big boy pants and decide they are going to do the work because this is bigger than whatever five minutes of fame they are going to have. we are supposed to be working on behalf of the american people and let them know about the dangers of project 2025. with no about the dangers of maga and right now they don't want to feed people into the country. they are pushing for a national abortion ban. the fact they are trying to invoke loyalists as the only people who can work in the federal government. let them know about the fact he is going to go after those political enemies he perceives should let them know this is all

about him staying out of prison and that has nothing to do with liver and to the american people. that is what we need to focus on. >> so far, no congressional black democrat has called on president biden to withdrawal from the race. the cbc has rallied to his side. what accounts for that level of support? >> i don't know if there was ever a consensus but i can tell you as a black woman living in this country, i understand the harm that will be felt if donald trump is back in office and i think what we as black caucus members understand is black people be the first ones harmed and you the most harshly harmed and so for us, this is about doing what is right and recognizing what this president has done. even if it has not said this is for the black folks, we can tell you he has done a lot specifically for the black community whether we are talking about the debt relief that has been sustained as a result of the student loan debts or

whether we are talking about the fact he has decided those that had felony convictions or federal convictions as it relates to marijuana, making sure he can clear that up. there's so much he has done whether we are talking about putting the first supreme court justice that is a black woman on the supreme court or winding more african-americans -- or appointing more african-americans to our benches as a whole or investing $14 billion in hbcus, a number that has never been had the previous administration did about $253 million. let me tell you, we understand what this president has done and is willing to do specifically for our community. we know we know will be the hardest hit if trump is allowed to house back and we also know this president has specifically delivered for the black community. >> with the demratic already have a better chance of beating donald trump with another nominee? >> i absolutely don't believe that is true.

your question presupposes the fact there could be another nominee. we are in the last quarter. this is not time to play fantasy president. that is not what we do in this country. we have a democratic process. you don't decide because someone is pulling bad you are going to subvert the will of the people in the primary. if somebody felt like he was a problem, they should have ran and beat him in the primary. they didn't do that. at the end of the day, he has a record that spans not only his presidential career but spans a total of 50 years. that is what he can run on. what people need to understand is even though the supreme court has decided we will anoint presidents and make them kings, we don't have that currently. . we have a democracy. it is bigger than just the president. at this point, i want to keep it real with everybody. this is not about having the perfect candidate. what we need to focus on is the threat that is on the others. the fact that the republicans have not asked a creek -- a

convicted criminal who has 34 felony convictions and still has more pending against him to step down. if you can run for office, i can guarantee you this man who actually has a record of success can run for office and he can win. >> final question, how much longer can this open debate in the party about president biden's fitness go on and how much damage do you think it has done to the ticket? > i don't think there is an open debate. i think there is a lot of people i don't know if it is a lot of people. there are people yapping their thumbs but what is there to debate when there is no mechanism for having another nominee? the president has been very clear. whether people want to accept it or not, the president has said he is not stepping aside so there is nothing to debate. there is nothing that can be done. they have to decide do they want donald trump to end up back in office or do they want to go out and tell the good news of what this president and what this

administration has accomplished? at this point, i don't know why we are saying it is a debate. you have people that are out there expressing their feelings. but there is no debate. the president has shut that down by saying he is running and he is going to win. >> that is democratic congresswoman jasmine crockett of texas. thank you for being with us this evening. >> thank you. ♪ >> in the days other headlines, palestinian health officials say in the spirit -- in an apparent israeli airstrike on a school turn shelter in khan yunis has killed at least when he five people. dozens more were wounded and rushed to this locale -- this local hospital. there was no immediate comment from israel's military. the latest rate comes as u.s. officials say they will reinstall a pier along the gaza

coast for a few days before it is dismantled permanently. the pier was first used to deliver much-needed aid in may. ukraine is morning instead from yesterday's russian missile attacks across several cities and cleaning up the wreckage left behind. flags in kyiv flu at half-mast today for the 42 people killed and 200 injured. the strike on a major children's hospital has sparked international outrage. the kremlin has denied responsibility blaming ukrainian missiles instead. at an emergency meeting of the un security council today, the u.s. ambassador pointed the finger squarely at vladimir putin. >> yesterday's attack makes abundantly clear coach and is not -- clear putin is not understood in peace. he is committed to reaching death and destruction in pursuit of his war of aggression. >> indian prime minister modi met with prime minister -- with president pruden in moscow as

the two countries seek closer ties. a relationship complicated by russia's increasingly strong connection with china. modi alluded to yesterday's russian attack in ukraine telling putin -- separately a court in moscow issued an arrest warrant for the widow of russia's late opposition leader alexei navalny . the court accused her of participating in an extremist community. she would face arrest if she ever returned. that comes five months after navalny died while serving a sentence in an arctic prison on charges that were widely seen as politically motivated. she has publicly accused vladimir putin of murder and has vowed to continue her late husband's work. . hunter biden has withdrawn a motion seeking a new trial in federal gun charges. his lawyers requested a new trial last month citing a technicality with an earlier appeal. hunter biden was convicted last

month on all three felony counts related to his lying about drug use when he bought a handgun in 2018 should he has denied wrongdoing. nikki haley is releasing the 97 delegates she won during this year's republican primary season and urging them to back donald trump and next week's convention. the former south carolina governor said the nominating convention is a time for republican unity. joe biden is not competent to serve a second term any kamala harris would be a disaster for america. haley was a thorn in trump side throughout the primary and the last major rival to drop out of the race. a spokesperson said she will not attend next week's convention in milwaukee. federal reserve chairman jerome powell hinted the central bank is moving closer to cutting interest rates. in testimony before a senate panel powell said the senate had made considerable progress toward its goal of bringing inflation down from four decade highs. and he acknowledged a cooling

job market and persistently high prices mean the fed is walking a thin line when it comes to getting it right on rates. >> if we loosen policy to late or too little, we could hurt economic activity if we loosen too much or too soon we could undermine progress on inflation so we are very much balancing those risks and that is the essence of what we are thinking. >> in separate testimony before the house, treasury secretary janet yellen said she believes consumer prices will continue to fall but blame rent and housing costs for keeping inflation high. all eyes turn to inflation and consumer sentiment data which is due out later this week. on wall street today, stocks ended mostly flat following those comments from powell. the dow jones industrial average slipped 50 point. the nasdaq notched a new record adding 25 points. the s&p 500 ended at an all-time high. a passing of note. former oklahoma senator jim

inhofe has died. his family said he suffered a stroke over the fourth of july holiday. he was a conservative fixture in the u.s. senate for nearly 30 years. an army veteran with five military installations in his state, he was a strong advocate for defense spending. . he was a staunch denier of climate change. >> i ask the chair, you know what this is? it is a snowball. >> known for his bullish personality, he famously went to the senate floor in 2015 with a clump of snow as evidence to refute global warming. the flags will fly at half staff in oklahoma tomorrow. he was 89 years old. still to come on the newshour, a plan to overhaul the government and give trump more control if he is elected. skincare products see a boom in demand from tween girls. artists in san jose use their creative talents to help the

city reduce its carbon footprint. >> this is the pbs news hour from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> tonight in washington, d.c., the 32 members of the nato and allies from around the world are celebrating the alliance's 75th anniversary. >> nato was born in the same room where president biden spoke this morning -- this evening, calling it the single greatest defense alliance in the history of the world. the focus of his remarks fell on the alliance's work to prop up a nonmember, ukraine, in its war against russia. >> we note and will not stop in ukraine but make no mistake, ukraine can and will stop pruden and kyiv. remember fellas and ladies, supposed to fall in five days.

it is still standing two and a half years later and it will continue to stand. >> the president concentrated his remarks on ukraine with the president himself and his political future are also very much a part of the summit as is the possibility of a second trump administration. >> here is nick schifrin. >> well questions around president biden and former president trump loom over the summit, the primary effort is ukraine. it'll members will announce they are sending new air defense systems one day after one of the worst attacks on kyiv in years that destroyed a children's hospital and killed more than 40. eta will offer what its leaders call a bridge to ukraine's membership including a new command based in germany led by a three-star general. nato is taking over what has been a u.s. led effort to court weapons assistance. nato will offer more training and financial assistance and diplomats tell me the document will declare ukraine's path toward membership is irreversible. poland has been one of ukraine's primary supporters and it's foreign minister is in washington and joins me now.

thanks very much. welcome back to the newshour. i just laid out how nato will support ukraine. do you believe nato is supporting ukraine enough? >> we have made a big effort. europe and the united states together, $300 billion so far. most of it from europe. we are not freedom writers on this one. the u.s. package has arrived at the battlefield. poland is an important hub. putin has threatened us so we are spending real money. poland has been spending 2% for 20 years. others are also doing that. i believe 23 of the 32 members will now pass the threshold. we are at 4% going on five. ukraine desperately needs antiaircraft defenses so outrages like the one today should not happen in future. and so that putin understands that he cannot win it. >> there is nothing binding in

this document and there is ongoing european and american resistance to offering ukraine a concrete invitation to membership. isn't much of this document reversible? >> would mean -- membership would mean we would need to join the war against russia and there is no appetite among western publics for that. ukraine is getting a lot. the russian economy is suffering badly. they are running out of their national reserve fund. they are running out of soviet era tanks to refurbish. inflation is high. interest rates are very high. in a year or two, putin will be like germany. he will run out of resources to continue. >> could the steps that nato is taken -- is taking this week be reversed by former president trump? >> give credit where credit is due. president trump was right to

call on nato to spend more on some member states. i would even give him a pass on his an inevitable style because when previous presidents said the same with traditional american politeness, it did not work. we want to have the best possible relations with whoever is in charge. >> you are a diplomat of course, certain with all due respect to your dramatic answer, that me ask you about something that aids to former president trump say they are proposing to him should he become president again including going to ukraine and threatening key of with cutting off all u.s. weapons if it did not go to the negotiating table and threatening russia with flooding weapons to ukraine if it did not go to the negotiating table. is that a workable solution? >> are like the second part more than the first part. remember, russia can end this war in five it's or in one day as president trump group

proposes it. ukraine cannot because it is a victim resisting aggression. if they want to persuade putin to give up i threatening him an escalation of support for ukraine, that sounds like a good idea. >> another option floated by these aids would be gritting two tiers within nato and article five would only apply to countries paying more than 2%. is that a workable solution? >> military alliances are not neighborhood security companies. if you don't pay your bill, we take down your defenses. you never know when you might need your allies. this is an insurance policy for an emergency you cannot predict. allies are useful in all kinds of ways. allies should spend more, no question about it, but to treat it this commercially would i think be a mistake. >> last week you tweeted the following.

marcus a really is was a great emperor but he screwed up his succession bypassing the baton to his feckless son whose disasters will started rooms decline. it is important to manage one's ride into the sunset. are you saying president biden should drop out of the race? >> i'm saying markets are really us screwed up his succession. we had a summit with president biden in march. president, our prime minister was there. an hour and a half. president biden was strategic, focused and actually quite humorous. i'm not going to go into your internal politics. > there is as you acknowledge, and in our mr. bay in this country about part -- enormous debate about president biden and his future. is that debate overshadowing the summit in washington and your work focused on ukraine? >> you are the most important country in nato. you account for a huge proportion of the defense expenditures so of course we

follow american politics with attention and sometimes anxiety. we will work with whatever is president of the united states. >> this week poland signed a security agreement with ukraine that includes looking into the possibility of intercepting in ukraine's airspace missiles and uavs fired in the direction of the territory of poland. . are you a member of nato considering shooting down russian missiles? >> russian missiles cross into polish and therefore nato airspace all the time. i live in western poland 500 kilometers away from the ukrainian border and yet a russian missile landed 10 kilometers from my house. therefore i think legally and also on common sense grounds it would make sense to intercept them before they reach airspace from inside our own airspace. those are the ideas that are

doing the rounds. we need to make decisions in the alliance. > if polish interceptors, if nato interceptors were used to interdict russian uavs or missiles over ukraine's airspace, would matt -- would that make those interceptors a legitimate target for russian forces and does that risk escalation? >> no, ukraine has been designated by the general assembly of the united nations as a victim of aggression. we actually have a duty to help the victim defend herself. those uavs and russian missiles have no business being over ukraine and murdering innocent people. when they come close to the nato border, we have every right to defend ourselves too. >> the polish foreign minister, thank you very much. >> thank you. ♪ >> former president trump has

distanced himself from project 2025. . the handbook for a new conservative government written by several right wing think tanks. the presumptive nominee said on truth social he knows nothing about project 2025 and has no idea who is behind it. that comes as democrats doubled down on their messaging tying trump directly to the playbook ahead of the november election. our white house correspondent has been covering this and joins me know. former president trump denies he knows anyone behind project 2025. your reporting shows he is connected to some of the architects behind it. >> project 2025, we are talking about this more than 900 page blueprint crafted by heritage foundation in coordination with other right wing think tanks for a future donald trump presidency. now despite donald trump's denials he knows who these people are, he is deeply connected to key authors of project 2025 which include all

dance, roger severino, ken cuccinelli, christopher miller. will obese people served in trump's administration and are considered serious contenders for top positions in any second trump term if you were to win office. russ about and ed martin are authors also of the new republican party platform. they are deeply connected to the party apparatus. as well as stephen miller. he was someone who was a top advisor to president trump when he was in the white house and remains a top adviser to trump and he has tried to distance himself as well from project 25 but the facts are his group, america first legal, is part of project 2025's advisory board. >> you have been reporting one of their biggest goals is to reshape the justice department. tell us about that. >> project 2025 proposes placing the justice department under donald trump's authority. doing away with any traditional

independence we usually see for the justice department and the attorney general. they want donald trump to install a loyal attorney general, loyal lawyers across the board. trump himself has repeatedly said he wants to do this. >> we will restore law and order in our country. i will direct a completely overhauled doj to investigate every radical out-of-control prosecutor in america whether there -- there is no law. >> that is a regular part of donald trump's stump speeches so it is not just project from a 25 proposing this. it is the former president himself. the -- who worked on item trump's furtive administration likely going to be into any second donald trump administration has said the justice department is not an independent agency. he has said this publicly and if anyone were to try to say they

are independent in a second potential trump term, he would kick them out of the white house. >> reshaping the justice department seems to be just one part of a larger plan to change the federalovernment including gutting career civil servants. what has your reporting found on that? >> the project 2020 five blueprint proposes abolishing the department of education, transforming the fbi into a political task force, reinstituting what is known as schedule f, that is in executive already that would be into the. -- that would be instituted by trump to grow the number of political appointees across the civil service. they also want to install roughly 20,000 loyal civil servants across agencies and they have been preparing for this. project 2025 leaders have called those loyalists conservative warriors. they have called them and army. a cult of weaponized servitudes. they want to make lawyers across all federal agencies, not just the justice department, and a counsel, they want to make them

loyal trump loyalists to trump. i spoke to a professor of public policy at georgia university -- georgetown university. she said changes like this would be radical to american government. the biggest changes we have seen to the american bureaucracy since the civil service was created in the 1880's. >> i do think this would add immeasurably to the risks of corruption in american government. president talks about the deep state. that is very similar so what authoritarian's in other countries have tended to do to justify taking more direct control over civil service systems. there is a dangerous pattern opr abuses of political power. >> to guard against of this, we should note resident biden tried to institute protections for civil servants, protecting them

from firing donald trump were to win in november. ultimately, a regulation like that could be undone by a donald trump presidency within the first year he takes office. decision deciding any trump has some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. what is that mean for how easy the policy plans in project 2025 would be to implement? >> it could potentially make it easier. constitutional scholars i have spoken to said the decision the supreme court decision could strengthen the basis of project 2025 which is known as the unitary executive theory which says the president has total control over the executive branch. the president of the heritage foundation praised the supreme court ruling calling it vital and said it was part of a wider conservative wheel -- wider conservative reawakening.

>> we are in the process of the second american revolution which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be. >> professor moynahan added the supreme court decision could help any future president justify getting rid of long-standing independence of the justice department or other agencies that are known to be independent. that could allow them to justify totally doing away with that. >> our white house correspondent with a look at what the second trumpet administration could bring. -- second trump administration could bring. ♪ >> it is the latest craze among some preteens. ask many tweens what is at the top of their wish list and there is a good chance it will be skincare products. special correspondent and

washington post columnist has the story about the growth in concerns around this boom. >> one of emma's got must have skincare products is her global recipe toner -- her global recipe toner. >> it smells really good. >> the 10-year-olds preferred body butter. >> this one is like a creamy consistency. >> in her skincare fridge -- >> i really like this one. >> and for lip care, but her bone. >> it is a limited addiction. -- limited addition. >> scott does a multistep teen every morning and in the evening. >> in the morning, i would do a face wash, a toner, a moisturizer. >> why do you do it everyday? >> i feel like it is really hydrating for your skin and it feels good on my skin. normally when i first wake up i look like a weight ghost so i like being tanner. >> move over, barbie.

today's tweens are obsessed with obsessive -- with expensive skincare. product usually marketed to older, wealthier clientele. households with tweens spent almost two and a half billion dollars on facial skincare last year. this is scott's skincare crew. a group of friends and fellow skincare enthusiasts who meet daily. usually online to bond over their beauty regime's. the girls parents are still getting up to speed. >> i don't really use a whole lot of anything so it has been a very eye-opening for me. >> amy scott is her mother. >> sometimes i get her leftovers. i have started using a gel moisturizer she has turned me onto. >> you got her leftovers because she did not like it? >> no, she was just sick of using. she always is looking for the

newest thing. >> get ready with me for today. >> the newest thing as seen on social media. >> let's do it. >> youtube and tiktok. teen with so-called skinfluencer content. the get ready with me videos of step-by-step routines. >> it makes my skin feels so good. >> on boxing videos showcase the latest products. >> look how this box opens. very unique. >> sent 10 influencers by brains for promotion. >> this is in the>> moisturizer. thank you glo recipe. >> she is seeing this person opening this product and is like i have to try that. it is very expensive. it is trying to say let's talk about this. is it really worth it?

>> the most popular place to shop for skincare, sephora. >> we need to see if they have the new body cream. >> this girl i watch. she goes to sephora a lot. >> you are kidding me. >> she will buy all these products. >> the retailer is notorious for packs of young shoppers or sephora kids for a viral skincare product. mo scott goes at least once a week. how much do you think she has spent this year? >> has got to be hundreds. >> we tagged along with a skincare crew on a recent visit as they browsed, tested, counted their money and spent. amy scott insists emma uses her own money or gift cards from her birthday and other holidays. while this is certainly a boon for sephora, others are not totally sold. >> we are seeing 10, 11-year-old

girls bringing a shopping bag of their twelve-step routine. doing in the morning and the 10 step routine they are doing at night. >> she is a dermatologist in manhattan. >> they might say i want beautiful flawless perfect skin and i'm thinking you already have the. there are few times in life where his skin is more beautiful. >> got to keep those wrinkles away. >> greenfield blames influencers for convincing tweens they need lotions containing antiaging ingredients that can be harmful to young skin. >> every since i started taking my mom's written and started using it, i'm aging backwards. >> like adults will use dr. google to talk to me about what their skin -- what is going out of their skin, adolescents do too. >> it is dr. google. greenfield says it is not just young girls who think they need extensive skincare.

>> i have adolescent boys asking about botox. >> really? what do you tell them? >> i tell them you don't need botox. i tell the girls too. i say you have perfect skin. i can help you. >> i think it is mostly just wanting to fit in and feeling connected to their friends. >> psychotherapist sonja rodriguez says the high cost can be a stressor. >> this is a huge issue because a lot of parents cannot afford this. the kids feel like i cannot keep up with my friends. >> pandemic tweens are hyperaware of how they look on camera. >> a lot of kids were able to hide behind masks. now there are no masks. there is so much happening on their phones with their face front and center. > do you think there is more focus on physical appearance today than was the case when you started practicing? absolutely. i think now with social media

and the pressure that kids are constantly feeling with all the products they are seeing, how people are looking, the airbrushing, there's so much pressure on kids to look a certain way. >> mo scott -- am i >> it is really fun. i feel like it is really relaxing. i can sit up here and watch a movie and have a face mask on. >> she said she avoids ingredients. >> her mom keeps tabs on her and the rest of the crew. >> for all of them to not compare themselves. a lot of them are very pretty. from that standpoint, always being involved in knowing it is ok to say no. >> amy make sure her daughter carefully weighs each purchase. >> she will say this is at sephora. i want to see what it is or i want to buy it. why would you want to buy it? because so-and-so has it.

that is. no reason to buy something. . >> dr. greenfield admits>> there are some benefits to the skincare craze. >> it is wonderful from my perspective thinking -- people are thinking about their skin. and people are taking the health of their skin very seriously more so than we ever used to. it is important to strike a balance. if their goal is to have healthy skin, that is about a cleanser and moisturizer and sunscreen. you don't need anything more than that. >> despite what you might hear from dr. tiktok. for the pbs news hour, i'm catherine ramp l in greensboro, north carolina. ♪ >> the city of san jose in silicon valley has made a pledge to go carbon neutral by 2030. leaders are enlisting help from an unlikely source, the arts sector. in first of its kind program in

america. jeffrey brown traveled to san jose to see how artists could help a city meet its climate goals. it is part of our ongoing coverage on the intersection of art and climate change and our series canvas. >> it was the sixth annual san jose day to among the -- san jose day. among the stalls and vendors and local artist linning the streets were city officials hoping to get the word out on a pressing issue the city is confronting head on. >> we are tackling climate change in our city. >> on the mind of omar, district three councilman, a perhaps unexpected connection between climate change and art. you would not have thought. limit policy and art. >> it is in excellent idea and it is in excellent partnership and it is going to be a lasting movement. >> san jose has set a goal to achieve citywide carbon neutrality six years from now. it once artists to help meet that deadline.

>> i could tell you when and artist posted on the social media or does a piece about climate change, it takes off and so we are creating a new generation of artists who care about climate change. >> the effort is led by danielle, and artist herself and senior arts manager for san jose's office of economic development and cultural affairs. she noticed a missing component to the city's climate work, artists. >> we are part of the economic sector. we contribute $300 million a year to the economy. if we can look at that economic impact and we can think about how we can reduce how much energy we are using, how much waste we are producing, how much water we are using, then we will be part of that change. we will create that shift. >> so she created the climate art program. a three-part project that recruits artist and arts

organizations in demonstrating to others how to reduce their carbon footprint. artists like this are part of phase one. the risley artist cohort. group of 15 artists who learn and utilize ways they can reduce the carbon footprint in their work. > as an artist, i am constantly working with materials. i think for me i am always aware of the amount of materials and usage and waste i am consuming and the carbon footprint time making. it would shine some more light on how we can lessen our carbon footprint and work together for a cleaner green environment especially in san jose. >> they will attend four workshops to measure their own carbon impact and learn techniques for reusing materials , sourcing products and other green practices. >> i really want to take that information and apply it to the workshops i teach as well.

i can see the seeds that will be planted and the benefits of that and sharing that information with others. >> all that i am seeing here, you had to redo. you had to remake it >> it looked very different before we began our project and now everything is so lush and the fragrance is so beautiful. >> this peaceful garden full of native plants is home to the egyptian museum in san jose created by the rosicrucians, a philosophical order that dates back to 1614 and studies the laws of nature in order to live in harmony with them. truly scott is the museum's executive director. >> it really transformed everything. in addition to needing very little water. >> and therefore it is saving a lot of money. >> therefore it is saving a lot of money. i count the city $5,000 per year every year.

>> scott says the museum started down the carbon neutral path beginning in 2017. >> the rosicrucian teachings encourage rosicrucians to respect nature and preserve it for future generations. we wanted to put our money where our mouth was. we know the importance of sustainability so we looked at our energy use and what we could do for the environment at rosicrucian park. we set our sights on achieving net zero carbon status. >> the museum replaced expensive grass with local plants, begin using motion detector lights in the galleries, installed new windows, insulation, water tanks for the gardens and topped it all off with solar panels on the roof. amid rising utility costs, museum officials say they have already seen a return on investment paying for the changes in less than half the estimated time. the next step, preparing a new space they hope to make

platinum. the museum is one of 20 buildings in the carbon neutral created net worth, a group of san jose arts organizations. >> climate art>> program in san jose is new and we were thrilled to be asked to purchase a pay in the to show other museums and arts groups how simple it can be. we can't put this off any longer. this is urgent not just for us but for future generations. >> later this summer, danielle and her team will share results from the resilient artist cohort and the creative network in an online resource card book. >> we want to show this as an example not just for san jose but we want to be able to show this as an example for the whole country, for the state of california so we are leading in this because we think that artists are already an organic community -- already are organic committee leaders have his helping us achieve goals by adopting these particular values

that will help us lead to being carbon neutral by 2030. >> for now, a city at its art ists setting a path for future zheng jie -- for future change. ♪ >> and that is the news hour for tonight. i'm geoff bennett. >> on behalf of the entire news hour team, thank you for joining us. >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by -- >> consumer cellular, this is sam. how may i help you? this is a pocket dial. somebody's pocket, i thought i would let you know with consumer cellular, you get nationwide coverage with no contract. that is kind of our think. have a nice day. ♪ >> carnegie corporation of new

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