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♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contribution to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the "newshour." we have two major stories tonight. one, a political hurricane of sorts as the partisan winds whipped through washington over joe biden's future at the top of the democratic ticket. more on that in a moment. >> first, the aftermath from what was hurricane beryl. it's led to at least seven deaths in the u.s. more than two million customers remain without power during

extreme heat. that heat is connected to five deaths in the west this week. stephanie sy has the report. -- stephanie: beryl unleashed rain, winds and storm surges. the hurricane beaterred downtown houston. it quickly flooded roads and highways prompting crews to help drivers in the height of the storm. texans emerge from their homes to find destruction. >> i heard a big boom. i just thought it was a limb. i didn't know it was a whole tree. >> in downtown houston, some residents went time-out check to see if people were still stranded. >> if you need anything, there are people out here. we come together as a city. >> among the victims, an elderly woman killed when a tree fell into her second story bedroom. and it's moving north now as a weaker storm but still forecasted to bring heavy wind,

rain and possibly tornadoes to part of the midwest this week. now, in battered southeast texas, a heat wave has moved to bringing humidity that could make it feel like 105 degrees. it may take days to restore power, officials said, to the millions of texans that were sweltering in the dark. >> power is our number one priority. secondary to that is establishing cooling centers. the extreme temperatures extend from idaho to oregon to california. las vegas hit 120 on sunday and all-time record. in death valley, tourists pose by a thermometer reading 101 degrees. wildfires are burning tens of thousands of ackers in several

western states. for the pbs newshour, i'm stephanie sy. amna: now, to our other major story, house democrats met behind closed doors as the party weighs whether to support president joe biden's re-election bid or call for him to step aside. geoff: lisa desjardins has more on the party's internal struggle. lisa: outside the democratic national committee the pressure was visible but barely voiced >> joe biden all the way. a few signals acceptance. >> joe biden is the nominee. >> one openly said biden must step aside. >> he just has to step down because he can't win. >> but many, many -- >> is president biden the right one for the job? >> avoided saying anything about it at all? >> go celtics. >> as reporters waited outside,

members spent two hours on the future of the presidential ticket including whether his debate performance means he cannot win. pbs newshour was told that they think vice president harris may have a better chance. >> congressman what, do you think about vice president harris? i understand she came up in there. >> i'm sorry? >> vice president harris and there are people who are saying maybe she's a better option. what do you think about that? >> there are a lot of positive comments about the vice president. i wouldn't say there's a consensus about all of that >> those behind biden stayed there. >> do you think biden will win in november? >> absolutely. >> and those who want someone else still do. >> my decision has not changed. >> but hovering over it former president donald trump and the project 2025 agenda associated with many close to him. >> i am not distracted by a 9 90-minute debate i am focused on

guarding against 90 years of harm if project 2025 becomes a reality. >> also hovering the fact that democrats are struggling. jerry nadler reversed his call for biden to step aside. >> do you think he's the best candidate? >> yes, at this point he's the best candidate. he's the only candidate. >> at best many are accepting rather than cheering for bind. >> until the president says otherwise the assumption is he's the nominee. >> a lot of people that i talk to believe that it's his decision and he's made it clear that he's going to be the nominee. at this point we've got to focus on winning. >> on the other side of the capital, democratic senators were more disciplined with few answering questions, though some bind loyalist did speak. >> as i've said before, i'm with joe. >> joe bide season a great president. and he's the only guy that kicked trump's ass in an election. >> but for most democrats, far

less resolve or clarity on the next step. >> 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 then we will move forward. >> and lisa joins us live from capitol hill. we saw what lawmakers were saying. what do your sources tell you off-camera. lisa: democrats are in a stutter step moment. for the last day, it's been clear that president biden has gained momentum here at the capitol as there have been fewer voices coming out against him. not zero but fewer. behind the scenes more and more democrats say they feel leery of coming out against him, this is in part of the black caucus and the congressional hispanic caucus last night backing him up saying he has to remain as the nominee.

but it's interesting. the few people that were able to speak publically did say some interesting things on the re record. senator dick durbin of the -- he was the number two democrat in the senate told me off-camera. i asked him should biden step aside? he said that remains to be scene. 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 clear think president is trying to get out more. but he is trying to contact more people in the democratic party. laura barron-lopez said he will be meeting with democratic mayors land take their questions. the biden campaign tells me they feel things are swinging in their direction. there other who think things are going the other way. like mikey sheryl, someone who has potentially greater ambitions ahead -- she thinks

biden should step aside. amna: what's their plan b? what do they want to see happen? lisa: there's a plan b developing. but nearly every democrat will say it is up to joe bide top step aside. they do not see a way to force him out. but that plan b is president -- vice president harris. i'm told that harris would be better against donald trump than joe biden that's a disagreement. not everyone agrees with that. there are others who go farther who say they would like to see harris put on the ticket with gretchen whitmer. harris was on the campaign trail for biden. but she spoke a lot about trump, what is democrats want to hear more of. >> what's the late that's we're hearing today in response from all this from the white house and from the biden campaign? >> the white house and biden campaign are saying full steam ahead. they are contacting more and more lawmakers like the mayor

that we talked about earlier. the chairwoman of the pro progressive caucus expects to have a face-to-face meeting with bind. it's a full-court press. and they do believe that momentum will be swinging this way. they know the time is short for democrats to try and effectively move biden or pressure him to be out of the nomination. >> for the democrats that continue to stand with president biden are they saying we're not sure he's the best candidate but he's the candidate we have and we have to unify behind him? >> almost in those words. he said we support our nominee. that's sentence one. the second sense -- sentence is right now, our nominee is joe biden more and more democrats on the fence have been communicating with me. lawmakers saying that they think he will be able to survive this. but the biden campaign says he's not quite there yet. amna: the big question is what

happens next? lisa: right. well, there will be more meeting on thursday. senate democrats meet in their caucus. but to be honest, there really is no clear way to make this decision for democrats. they're watching every single tech, everything the president and his campaign does. they're watching other pieces of news like for instance this one that happened just in the last few hours with amy waller friend of the "newshour" came out and said because of the environment now, they are -- they're predicting that more states are leaning republican, that includes three battleground states that were toss-ups that they know say will lean republican. arizona, georgia and nevada. that's something democratses i talk to just now really are hearing and listening an worried about in terms of how they see president biden amna: lisa, thank you. geoff: let's turn now to

democratic congresswoman jasmine crockett of texas who has de defended president biden amid concerns about his age. i spoke with her early today. congresscome jasmine crockett, welcome to the "newshour." >> thank you for having me. geoff: when you hear your colleagues say that president biden has to step down because he can't win or congressman adam smith saying the president is an ineffective imaginer as smith said on the program last night what,'s your reaction? >> my reaction is that president bide season the democratic nominee and nothing they say is going to change that. listen, when it comes down to it, we have a democratic process. and he was duelly elected as our nominee. he has said that he's not stepping down. at the end of the day, he has a record to run on. now, if he is is an ineffective spread good news that's what i've been doing.

i've been working hard to make sure that people understand why it matters to have this president in office to make sure that they understand that if we're allowed to have history books as he will go down in history as one of the most effective presidents that we'ved that the united states. instead of complaining, what i need my colleagues to do is to put on their big boy and big girl pans and decide that they're going to do the work because this is bigger than whatever five minutes of fame that they're 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. let them know about the dangers of maga and the fact that they don't want to feed people in this country, let them know about the fact that they are pushing for a national abortion ban. let them know that they're trying to infalk loyalists. let them know tt he is going to go after those political enemy that is he perceives. this is all about him staying out of prison. and it has nothing to do with

delivering to the american people. that's what we need to focus on. >> so far, no congressional black democrat has called on president biden to withdraw from the race, the congressional black caucus has ray rallied to his side. why? what accounts for that level of support? >> i don't know if there was ever a consensus. i can tell you that 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 that what we as black caucus members understand is that black people will be the first ones harmed and we will be the most harshly harmed. for us, this is about doing what is right. and recognizing what this president has done. even if it hasn't said, oh, this is for the black folk. we can tell you that he has done a lot for the black community, whether we're talking about the debt relief that has been sustained as a result of the student loan debts or whether the fact that he has decided

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

could be another nominee. this is not time to play fantasy president. that's not what we do in the country we have a democratic process. and so you don't decide that because somebody is polling bad that you're going to withdraw and subvert the will of the people in the primary. if somebody felt that he was a problem and 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 expanse his presidential career but expanse approximately a total of 50 years. that's what he can runen o. what people need to understand is that even though the supreme court has decided that we will apoint in presidents and make them kings, we don't have that current le. we have a demock sit -- democracy. i just want to keep it real with everybody. this isn't about having the perfect candidate. what we need to focus on is the threat that's on the other side. and the fact that the republicans have not asked a convicted criminal who has 34 felony convictions and still has more spending against him to

step down. if he 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 bi biden's fitness go on and how much damage has this done to the ticket? >> i don't think there's an open debate. there are a lot of people -- i don't know if it's a lot of people. but there are people yapping their gums but what is there to debate when there is no other nominee? the president has been clear. he's been saying it over and over and over. the president has said that he is not stepping aside. so there is nothing to debate. there is nothing that can be done. so essentially 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 established. so at this point i don't know why we're saying that it's a

debate. you have people in are out there expressing their feelings, but there is no debate. the president has shut that down by saying that he is running and that he's going to win. >> that's democratic con congresswoman jasmine crockett. thank you for being was this evening. >> thank you. -- thank you for being was this evening. >> thank you. ♪ >> i'm stephanie sy with "newshour" west. here are the latest headlines. palestinian officials say an israeli air strike hit thousands killing 29 people and wounding dozens more. the israeli military says it is reviewing reports civilians were harmed. while hamas said they could bring back cease-fire talks. u.s. officials will reinstall a

pier along the gaza coast before its dismantled permanently. it was first used to deliver much-needed aid in may. but it has been plagued by weather. russia is cleaning up the wreckage left behind. flags in kyiv flew at half staff for the 42 people killed and nearly 200 injured. the strike on a major children's hospital has sparked international outrage. the kremlin blamed ukrainian missiles. but at an emergency meeting, the u.s. ambassador pointed the finishing squarely at vladimir putin. >> yesterday's attack makes abundantly clear, putin is not interested in peace. he's committed to wrecking death and destruction in pursuit of his war of aggression. >> meanwhile, indian prime minister modi met with president

putin in moscow today as the two countries seek closer ties. a relationship complicated by russia's connection with china. modi alluded to the russian attack telling putin when we see innocent children dying then the heart pains. secondly a court in moscow issued an arrest warned for the widow of alexei navalny. the court aused yulia navalnaya of participating in an extremist group. navalnaya has accused putin of murder and has vowed to continue her late husband's work. hunter biden has withdrawn a motion seek a new trial on federal gun charges after prosecutors said it was based on a misunderstanding of the appeals process.

hunter biden was convicted last month on all three felony counts related to his drug use when . he faces another trial in september. nikki haley is urging republicans to back donald trump. he was his trump main rivals and the last major opponent to drop out of the race. a spokesperson said she won't attend next week's convention in milwaukee. federal reserve chairman jerome powell hinted that the central bank is moving closer to cutting interest rates in testimony before a senate panel, powell said the fed had made considerable progress of bringing inflation down from decade highs. he acknowledged that a cooling job market and the fed is walking a thin line when it comes to getting it right on rates. >> if we loosen policy too late

or too little, we could hurt economic activity. if we loosen policy too soon, then we could undermine the process on inflation. we're balancing those two risks. >> in separate testimony before the00 janet yellen believes consumer prices will continue to fall. but blamed rent and housing costs for keeping inflation high. former oklahoma senator jim inhofe has died. his family said he suffered a stroke over the fourth of july holl day 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 also a staunch denier of climate change. >> you know what this is? it's a snowball. >> known for his bullish personality, inhofe famously went to the senate floor in 2015 with that clump of snow as

evidence to refute global warming. flags will fly at half staff clue oklahoma tomorrow. he was 89 years old. a gunman killed by park rangers was planning a mass shooting. the shooter fired a semi-automatic weapon where 200 people sat eating before he was taken down. one park ranger was hospitalized and has since been released. finally to want, the san diego zoo alliance released the first images of the two new giant pandas. yun chuan and xinbao will stay in a private habitat. they are the first to enter the use in over two decades. still to come on the "newshour," a plan to overhaul the government and give trump more control if he's elect. skin care products see a boom in

demand in tween girls. artists in san jose help the city reduce its carbon footprint. >> this is pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: tonight in washington, d.c. , the 32 members of the north atlantic treaty organization and allies from around the world are celebrating the alliances's 75th anniversary. >> nato was born in the same room where president biden spoke this evening calling it "the single greatest defensive alliance in the history of the world." the focus of his remarks fell on the goal to prop up ukraine. >> we know putin won't stop at ukraine. but make no mistake, ukraine can and will stop putin. and kyiv, remember fellas and

ladies supposed to fall in fall days, remember? still standing two and a half years later and will continue to stand. >> the president concentrated his remarks on ukraine, but the president himself and his political future are also very much a part of this summit as is the possibility of a second trump administration. >> here's nick shiffrin. knick: while questions around president biden and former president trump loom, the primary effort is ukraine. nato members will announce they're sending new air defense systems one day after one of the worst attacks in kyiv in years that destroy add children's hospital and killed more than 40. nato will offer what leaders call a bridge to its membership including a new command based in germany. nato is taking over what has been a u.s.-led effort to coordinate weapons assistance. nato will offer more training and financial assistance. the document will declare ukraine's path towards

membership is "irreversible." poland has been one of their supporters and our correspondent joins me now. welcome back to the "newshour." i laid out how nato will support ukraine first of all, do you believe that nato is supporting ukraine enough? >> well, we've made a big effort. the europe and the united states together about $300 billion so far, most of it from europe. so we are not free riders on this one. the u.s. package has arrived at the battlefield. poland is an important hub. putin has threatened us. so we're not spending real mo money. poland has been spending the%. others doing that. 23 of the 32 members will now pass the threshold. we are at 4% going on five. but yes, ukraine desperately needs anti-aircraft defenses so that outrages like the one today should not happen in the future.

and so that putin understand that is he can't win it. >> but there is nothing binding in this document and of course, there's ongoing european and american resistance to offering ukraine a concrete invitation to membership. so in fact, suspect much of this document reversible? >> well, membership with mean that we would need to join the war against russia and there's no appetite among western publics for that. but ukraine is getting a lot. remember, russian economy is suffering badly. they're running out of their national reserve fund. they're 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 resources to continue. >> could the steps that nato is taking this week be reversed by former president trump if he became president gone and oppose

the steps that you are taking this week? >> well, 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 start. because when previous presidents said the same with additional american politeness it didn't work. but we want to have the best possible relations with whoever is in charge. >> our diplomat, o sir, and with all due respect to your diplomatic answer, let me ask you something that aids to former president trump's say they are proposing to him should he become president again, including going to ukraine and -- and threatening kyiv with cutting off all u.s. weapons if it didn't go to the negotiating table and threatening russia with flooding weapons to ukraine if it doesn't go to the negotiating table. is that a workable solution? >> i like the second part than

the first part because remember, russia can end this war in one day. but ukraine can't because this is just a victim resisting aggression. so yes, if -- if they want to pursue putin to give up by threatening him an escalation of support for ukraine that sounds to me like a good idea. >> another option floated by these aids is creating tweeters. and that article five will apply to countries paying more than 2%. is that a workable solution? >> military alliances are not neighborhood security campaigns, you know? if you don't pay your bill, we -- we take down your defenses. you never know when you might need your allies. these are -- this is an insurance policy for it, an emergency you cannot predict. and allies are used in all kinds of ways. allies should spend more, no question about it.

but to treat it this commercially would be a mistake. >> last week, you tweeted the following "marcus cirillio us screwed up his success to passing his rule to his feckless son. it's important to manage one's ride into the sunset" are you saying that president biden should drop out of the race? >> i'm saying that marcus screwed up his succession. look, we had a summit with president biden in march, president and the prime minister was there. president biden was strategic, focused and quite humorous. but i'm not going to go into your internal politics. >> there is an enormous debate in this country about president biden and his future. straight ahead question here, is that debate overshadowing the summit here in washington and your work especially focused on ukraine? >> well, you are the most

important country in nato. you are -- you account for a huge proportion of the expense expenditure. so of course, we follow american politics with attention and sometimes anxious. but we will determine -- we will work with whoever is president of the united states. >> this week, poland signed a security agreement that include look into the possible of intercepting ukraine's air sp space, missiles and u.a.b.'s fired in the direction of poland are you a member of nato considering shooting down russian missiles? >> well, look, our russian missiles cross into poland and nato has air space all the time. i live in western poland, 500 kilometers from the ukrainian border and yet a russian missile land 10 kilometers from my house. i think legally and on common

sense, it would make sense to intercept them before they reach our own air space. those are the ideas that are doing the rounds. but we need to make that decision in the alliance. >> if nato interceptors were u used to introdict russia, u u.a.v.'s other ukraine's, would that make it a legitimate target? 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 u.a.v. and rushian missiles have no business being over ukraine and murdering innocent people. when it comes to the nato border we have every right to defend ourselves too. geoff: thank you very much. >> thank you.

>> former president donald trump has distanced himself from project 2025. the handbook for a new conservative government written by self-right wing think tank. he said on truth social that he knows nothing about project 2025 and has no idea who is behind it. that comes as dems double down on their messaging tying down trump to the playbook ahead of the november election. laura barron-lopez has been covering this and joins me now. former president trump denies he knows anyone behind project 2025. your reporting shows he's connected to some of the architects behind it. what have you found? >> that's right. project 2025, we're talking about a 900 page blueprint crafted by heritage coordination for a future donald trump president schism despite donald

trump's denials that he doesn't know who these authors are he's associated with them. all of these people served in trump's administration and are considered serious contenders for top positions in any second trump term if he were to win office. russ an martin are authors of the new republican pear platform. so they're deeply connected to the party apparatus and as well as stephen millerful he is someone who was a top adviser to president trump when he was in the white house and still remains a top adviser to trump. he's tried to distance holmes himself from prompt 2025. but the fact that is that his group is a part of project 2025 advisory board. >> you've been reporting one of the biggest goals, to reshape the justice department. tell us about that. >> that's right.

project 2025 proposes playing the justice department under donald trump's authority. doing away with any traditional independence that we see for the justice department and the attorney general. they want him to install a loyal attorney general, install loyal lawyers across the boor and donald trump said he will do this. >> we will restore law and order in our country. and i will direct a completely overhaul d.o.j. to investigate every radical out of control prosecute or in america for their illegal racist and reverse enforcement of the law. there is no law. >> that is a regular part of donald trump's speeches. it's the former president himself and russ vote, that person who worked in donald trump's first administration likely going to be into any

second donald trump administration who says the justice department is not an independent agency. he's said this publically and if anyone were to try to say they they are independent that he would kick them out of the white house. >> reshaping the justice department seems to be one part of a larger plan to change the federal government including gutting career civil servants. what has your reporting found on that? >> the project 2025 blueprint abollishes the -- to grow the number of political appointees across the civil service. they want to install roughly 20,000 loyal civil sore advance across agencies and they've been preparing for this project 2025. lead verse called them conservative warriors. they called them an army. they call them of weaponnized conservatives.

and they want to make lawyers across all federal agencies not just the justice department. any legal counsel they want to make them loyal trump -- loyalists to trump. and i spoke to don moynahan, he's a professor at georgetown university. he said that changes like this would be radical to american government. the biggest changes that we've seen to the american bureaucracy since the civil service was created the 1880's. >> i do think this would add measurably to the risk of corruption. president trump talks about the deep state. again, that is very similar to what authoritarians have justified to take more direct control over civil service systems. i think there's a dangerous pattern here where it would not reduce the quality of government, it would also open the door for abuse of political power. >> to guard against this, amna,

we should note that president joe biden tried to institute protections for civil servant, protecting them from firing if donald trump were to win in november. but ultimately, a regulation like that could be undone by a donald trump presidency within the first year he takes office. >> the necessary context is the recent supreme court decision that president trump -- any president has some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. what does all that mean for out easy the policy plans and project 2025 would be to implement? >> it could potentially make it easier, amna. constitutional scholars have said that that supreme court decision could strengthen the basis of 2025 which is known as the unitary executive theory which says that the president has total control over all the federal agencies. and the president of the heritage foundation, kevin

roberts praised that supreme court ruling c calling it vital and said that it was part of a wider conservative awakening. are we're in the process of the second american revolution which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be. >> he added that ult ultimatelye supreme court decision will justify getting rid of long standing independence of the justus department or other agency that is are known to be independent, that it could allow them to justify totally doing away with that. >> our white house corporate, lara barron-lopez with what a second trump administration could bring. laura, thank you. >> thank you. ♪ geoff: it's the latest craze among some preteens.

ask many teens that's at the top of their wish list and there's a good chance the lance be skin care products. "washington post" columnists katherine rampell has the concerns around this boom. >> one of emma scott's skin care products is our glow recipe attorney. >> if you smell it, it smells like really good. >> ooh, yeah. sort of fruity? >> yeah. >> they prefer body butter, sol de janeiro. >> this is like a creamy consistent sit >> i really like this, a sleeping max. and summer friday's butter balm. >> oh, i really want this. scott does a multi-step skin care routine every morning and every evening. >> in the morning, i'll do a face wash, a attorney, a moisturizer and my elf tinted s.p.f. why do you do it every day? >> i feel like it's really hydrating for your skin and it

feels good on my skin. normally, i look like a white ghost. so i like being a little bit tanner. and glow bier. >> move over, barbie, today's tweens are obsessed with skin care products marketed to older client tells. they spent almost $2.5 million, an annual increase of 27% more than double the average. >> i like that it's kind of watery. >> this is scott's skin care crew, a group of skin care enthusiasts who meet daily, usually online to bond over their beauty regimes. >> the girls' parents are still getting up to speed. >> i don't really use a whole lot of anything. so it's been very eye-opening for me. >> amy scott is emma's mother. >> sometimes i get her leftovers so i started using a gel

moisturizer that she has turned me on. to >> you got her left overs because she didn't like? >> she was sick of using it. she's always looking for the newest thing. >> get ready with me for the day. >> the newest thing as seen on social media. >> first i'm going to use these bronzer drops and then the oil. let's do it. youtube and tiktok, skin-fluencer content. they're get ready with me videos of step by step rue teens. >> i love that stuff. it makes my skin feels so good after putting that stuff on. >> unboxing videos and p.r. hauls showcase the latest products. >> the next glow recipe. look how this box opens. very unique. >> this is is actual plump, plump moisturizer. tfabulous!thank you, glow recip. >> she's seeing this person opening this product and it's

like ooh, i have to try that. it's very expensive. instead of saying let's talk about this, is it really worth it? >> the most popular place to shop, se foray. >-- sephora. there are's this girl they watch, allie ross, and she goes to sephora a lot. >> oh, my god. you're kidding me. she'll buy all these products. the retailer is now notorious for packs of young shoppers or sephora kits looking if viral skin care products. emma scott goes at least once a week. >> how much has she spent this year? >> it's got to be hundreds. >> we tagged along on a recent visit as they browsed, tested, counted their money -- >> 20, 30. >> and spent. >> thank you. >> amy scott insists that emma use her own money or gift cards

from her birthday and other holidays. while this is a boom for sephora others aren't totally sold. >> we're seeing 10, 11, 12-year-old girls bring in their shopping bas of their 12-step routine in the morning and their 10-step that they're doing at night. >> dr. greenfield is a dermatologist. >> i'm looking at this thinking you already beautiful skin. >> next up, any glow recipes serum. got to keep those wrinkles away. >> greenfield blames influencers for convincing tween that is that need lotions and possessions containing retinol and other active ingredient that is can be harmful to young skin. >> every time i started using it, i swear i've aging backwards. i look so young, ah! >> just like adults will use drk is going on with their rash,

they do too. >> it's dr. tiktok instead of dr. google? >> yes. >> it's not just young girl who is think they need extensive skin care. >> i have adolescent boys coming in and asking about botox. >> i tell them you don't need botox. [laughter] and i field in telethe girls too, you have perfect skin. i can't help you. >> i think it's mostly wanting to fit in and feeling connected to their friends and being a part of the new trend and craze. >> but psycho therapist sonya rodriguez says the high cost can be a stressor. >> that is huge issue because a lot of parents can't afford this and the kids feel like i -- i can't keep up with my friends. >> post pandemic tweens are hyper-aware of how they look on camera >> a lot of kids were able to hide behind masks, and now there's no masks and there's so much happening on their phones with their face front and center. >> do you think there's more focus on physical appearance

today than was the case when you started out practicing? >> yes, absolutely. i think now with social media and the pressure that kids are constantly feeling with all of the product that is they're seeing -- products that they're seeing, the air brushing, there's so much pressure on kids to look a certain way. >> emma scott says her prepping routine is just a hobby. >> doing it with my friends, it's really fun. and i feel like it's really relaxing. i can sit up here and watch a movie and have a facemask and do all that fun stuff. she avoid ingredient that is are harmful to young skin. mom emma keeps this accountable. >> a lot of them are very pretty, you know? from my stand-point always being involved and knowing that it's ok to say no. >> she makes sure her daughter

carefully weighs each purchase. >> she's like this is at sephora. i want to buy i. why would you want to buy it? because so and so has it. well, there's no reason to buy something. >> there are some benefits to the skin care craze. >> it's wonderful from my perspective that people are thinking about their skin and people are taking the health of their skin seriously more so than they ever used to. it's important to strike a balance. if their goal is to have healthy skin, then that's just about a cleanser, moisturizer and sunscreen. >> despite from what you might hear from dr. tiktok. ♪ >> the city of han jose and california silicon valley has made a pledge to go carbon

neutral by 20 306789 to do this, leaders are enlisting help from an unlikely host, the art second for in a first of its kind in america. we traveled to san jose to see how artists could help a city meet its climate goals. it's part of our coverage of art and climate change and our series canvas. >> it was sixth annual san jose day. nong stalls of vendors and local artist lining the streets were city officials helping to get the word on on a pressing issue the city is confronting head-on. >> we're tackling climate change here in the city of san jose. and eric torres, a perhaps unexpected connection between climate change and art. >> wow wouldn't have thought climate policy and art? >> it's an excellent idea and partnership. it's going to be a lasting

movement >> san jose has set a goal to achieve carbon neutrality six years from now. and it wants artists to help meet that deadline. >> i could tell you that when an artist posts on social media or does a piece on 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 sembietta, a senior arts manager for san jose's office of economic development and culture affairs. she noticed a missing component in the climate work, artists. >> we contribute $300 million a year to the economy. so if we can look at that economic impact and we can think about how we can reduce -- how much energy that we're using, how much waste we're producing, how much water that we're 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 artists and arts organizations in learning and demonstrating to others how to reduce their carbon blueprint. artist like these are part of phase one. a group of 15 artist who is will learn and utilize ways they can reduce the carbon foot print in their world. >> i'm constantly working with materials as an artistful i think for me, i'm always just aware of the am of materials and usage and waste that i'm sort of consuming and the carbon footprint that i'm make. it would shine some more light on how we can, you know,less --lessen our carbon footprint and work for a cleaner environment especially here in san jose. they will attend four workshops to measure their coor carbon i

pack and use technique to source their products. >> i want to apply it to the workshops i teach as well. i can sort of see the seeds that will planted and the benefits of that and -- and sort of sharing that information withthers. >> all that i'm seeing here, you had to redo? you had to kind of r of re-- ree the grounds? >> yeah. it looked different before we began our native plans project. everything is so lush. and the fragrance so beautiful. >> this peaceful garden is home to the egyptian museum in san jose crea create a philosophical order that cats back in 1614 and studys the laws of nature in order to live with harmony with them. judy scott is the museum's director. >> it transformed everything in addition to needing very little water.

and therefore saving a lot of money. >> and therefore saving a lot of money. >> i count the $65,000 every year -- >> the museum started down the carbon neutral path if. it encouraged them to respect nature and to preserve it for future generation. so we wanted to put our money where our mouth was. we know the importance of sustainbility. so we looked at our energy use and what we could do for the environment here at rosa c ru tian park and we set our sights on achieve net carbon zero status. >> the museum replace expensive grass with local plants. began using motion detector lights in the galleries. installed new windows, insulation and topped it off with solar panels on the roof. amid rising utility cost, museum

officials said they've seen a return on investment, paying for the changes in half the estimated time. next step, preparing a new space they hope to make lead platinum, the highest rating. the museum isne of 20 buildings in the carbon network. a group of san jose arts organization. >> climate art program in san jose is new. and we were thrilled to be asked to participate in that to show other museums and other arts groups how simple it can be we can want put this off any longer. this is urgent not just for us but our future generation. >> daniel sambietta will share results from the creative cohort and the network in an online resource handbook. >> we want to show you not just as an example but for the whole country, for the estate of california. so we are leading in this because we think that artists

are already organic community leaders. and this is helping us achieve our goals by adopting those particular values that will help us lead to being carbon neutral by 20 306789 >> for now, a city and its artist setting a path for future change. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown in san jose, california. >> and that is the "newshour" for tonight i'm geoff bennet. are amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on behalf hoff the entire "newshour" team, thank you for joining us. announcer: major funding for the pbs newshour senior has been provided by -- >> consumer cellular, this is sam, how may i help you? >> this is a pocket dial. >> well, somebody's pocket? >> i would let you know that you get nationwide coverage with no.

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