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harris as her running mate this november. amna: he is a familiar face in minnesota and the halls of power in washington, d.c., but a relative newcomer to the national stage. along a white picket fence in st. paul, minnesota, today, a crowd gathered to send off governor tim walz. after getting the call from presidential nominee, harris to join the presidential ticket. >> listen, i want you to do this with me. >> i would be honored, madame vice president. >> the duo is up against the ticket a former president trump and ohio senator j.d. vance, who went after his counterpart today. >> tim walz's record is a joke. he has been one of the most far left radicals in the entire united states government at any level. the reason i did not say a lot about tim walz is because democrats have showed a willingness to pull a little

switcheroo on us, so i don't even know if we will actually get tim walz. >> walz is currently in his second term as governor. >> think we are going to go to the slingshot. >> which i don't know what it is and they are keeping it from me. quick so he has racked up a substantial political record over nearly two decades in public office, he has not been very well-known outside his home state. in 2020, that began to change. >> generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world. and the world is watching. >> after a police officer murdered george floyd in minneapolis, walz condemned the killing and days later, after some protests turn violent, called the national guard in. >> everything we believe in these people are trying to destroy. if you are on the streets tonight, it is very clear you are not with us, you do not

share our values, and we will use the full strength of goodness and righteousness to make sure this ends. >> walz himself later acknowledged the "abject failure" of his response. in 2023 after his party won control of the house and senate, he signed into law a laundry list of democratic priorities, providing free meals to pay-12 students, the largest child tax credit in the country, enshrining abortion-rights interstate law, increasing lgbtq protections, legalizing marijuana, and granting voting rights to ex-offenders. his selection is seen by some as a nod to the party's progressive wing. >> do you think your record is an asset to the ticket or would it feel trump's attacks as you being a government liberal? >> what a monster -- kids are eating and having full bellies so they can go learn. we are a top five is in this

state. we also ranked in the top three of happiness. >> but earlier in his career, he was known as a moderate. >> i intend to come here to washington to provide authentic leadership. >> in 2006, he flipped his house seat from red to blue, becoming the highest-ranking enlisted veteran ever in congress. he has banked among the most bipartisan lawmakers, supported ongoing operations in iraq while opposing more boots on the ground, pushed for a minimum wage hike and prescription drug costs negotiations, voted against president obama's 2000 nine wall street bailout plan but backed the affordable care act. before entering politics, he served 24 years with the army national guard, and listing at the age of 17 -- in listing -- enlisting at the age of 17. in recent weeks, he made a name for himself as a warrior for

harris. >> are you what this ticket needs to be able to beat the trump-vance ticket? >> i don't know about that. what i can tell you is we will beat that ticket. this chaos that donald trump brings, this dystopian view of america -- kamala harris is joy. you can feel it. it's true, these guys are just weird. >> the campaign will spend next week touring swing states with stops in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, north carolina, arizona, and nevada, as it introduces the country to a new national political player and potential future vice president. one of the biggest challenges for the harris-walls -- harris-walz campaign will be introducing governor walz to the american people. our new poll out today shows that 71% of americans don't know who he is. for more, i'm joined by twin cities pbs reporter marilyn

hammer. she has been following his career for some 20 years. thank you for joining us. you were outside his home earlier today as the news broke. talk about what you heard. >> it was an interesting environment. there were folks walking their dogs out on a morning run, a walk, and decided to stay, and i got to see him depart in the motorcade and just started cheering for him out of the blue, and i talked to them afterwards. they are excited. minnesotans like to play an outsized role in national politics. they are part of it. i think people are learning the statistics that if walz wins, three out of the last six vice presidents will be from minnesota. quick he does have an uphill battle. the vast majority of americans do not know who he is or what to think of him. the campaign is already working to set that narrative with deals like this they released today. >> i coached football and taught social studies for 20 years that i try to teach my students what

small-town nebraska taught me -- respect, compromise, service to the country. when i went to government, that's what i carried with me. amna: you have covered him for some 20 years. what is the headline people need to know? >> i will do back to his first run for office. i remember some trusted sources saying you got to get down to this rural district where this football coach is making a race of it and actually flipped the seat. i went back and studied debate and tried to ascertain how much he has changed, and it was interesting to me to see that he is cash was the fearless, self-effacing, but aggressive, so he has been able to debate and pivot for a long time, but introducing himself to a national audience will be new. he is used to the minnesota press corps. he has done a lot of national news, and in our recent interview, we discussed that "republicans are weird" phrase, how he coined that.

he said oh, gosh, shucks, i was not trying to be mean about it. we will see how that -- those midwestern tendencies play out on the national stage. amna: summer viewing this as a nod to the progressive wing of the party, but sources tell me he is much more moderate than he is made out to be. >> it depends which office you are talking about. when he was a representative from a rural district, he was much more moderate. when he became governor, his lieutenant governor definitely took him in more of a progressive stance, and then he got an all-democratic legislature, so ended up passing a very large list of highly progressive items. some folks say it was a bait and switch. he originally ran on the concept of one minnesota. we are still quite divided here. amna: he is still pretty popular at the state level with a 54% approval rating. what do his critics have to say,

and could any of those become vulnerabilities? >> a good portion of his time has governor has been in front of a divided legislature. he had a lot of critics and a hard road and divided government. minnesota is a state, nor for democrats, 4 republicans in congress, slightly purple, and folks are critical of his time in office. we had the lockdowns. people were cortical of him being slow to send the national guard out after the protest after george floyd's murder. i think the governor will probably talk about the fact that these cases have been brought to justice and there have been convictions. amna: big week for minnesota. we know you will be covering his career moving forward as well. thank you. good to see you. >> thank you. geoff: minnesota senator amy

klobuchar has known governor walz and worked with him for many years. she joins us now. welcome back. senator klobuchar: thanks. it is great to be back on. geoff: most voters are only now getting to know about governor walz and his background. you know him well. in your view, what are his strengths? how does he boost the ticket? senator klobuchar: he is someone who is heartland all the way. he grew up in nebraska on a farm, came out to minnesota and signed up or the national guard at age 17. then he became a teacher, taught geography -- always good to know in washington. then high school football coach. and then went on to serve in the guard and in 2006 ran for congress. i think some of this gets lost in all the stories, but he was actually in the t 10 bipartisan members of congress, served on the veterans

committee, the agriculture committee, and an lot on veterans suicides and a lot on veterans issues in general and was very well liked in congress, and from there, ran for governor. i think it is important people see this as someone who comes from humble roots, someone who loves his country and has led students, lead soldiers, and, of course, has led our state in a very good way as governor. always a unifying, optimistic force, and i think you see that joy in how he campaigns. geoff: the trunk campaign is calling him dangerously liberal and saying that the harris-walz ticket is the most left-wing ticket in american history. he has tempe and left-wing causes. how do you expect them to defend his record? >> i went through how bipartisan he was and what he has done and how he won in a rural district, one of only two democrats in 100 years that ran and won in that

district, and did it over and over and over again. the other thing i would say is i think he has probably the first vice president that has stood in a deer stand in 10-degree and a soda weather for hours at a time, so i'm looking forward to that debate with j.d. vance -- in 10-degree minnesota weather. tim walz is loved, and he is blunt. he's walking around last night, no notes, giving a speech, always happy. i think that kind of joy has been missing in our politics, and if he is able to respond to attacks, if they are about he is too progressive or to this or to conservative, whatever it is, he does it with humor and facts, and that is a pretty good combination in politics today. geoff: i'm told by sources familiar that what solidified harris' pick of walz was their chemistry.

she viewed him as a peer, someone she could trust, someone with whom she could govern. that said, there are democrats who wonder if pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, who has a six to 1% approval rating in pennsylvania, pennsylvania being a state that democrats need to win in order to win the white house, if picking walz was the right strategic choice. >> i have so much respect for governor shapiro, and i also love mark kelly, who is a close friend of mine, and many of the other people -- pete buttigieg -- we trust incredible choices for this job. in the end, it was the vice president's decision, and i think that chemistry matters. the fact he is from the midwest when you have states like wisconsin and michigan at play. the fact that he is from pennsylvania, as bob casey has told me over and over again, you have a whole half of that state that looks a lot more likely

midwest, that feels very midwest and associates with the midwest, so i think you will see a ticket in kamala harris -- she decided to bring someone in that was different than herself, and i think that is a really big strength, has a way different background as a high school teacher and as someone who has served in our military. i think those are real virtues and would be an especially good pairing with j.d. vance when it comes to a debate. they doubled down on the hulk hogan factor, and kamala harris decided to go with someone who was different than herself. geoff: thank you for joining us this evening. we appreciate it. senator klobuchar: it was going to be on. thank you. amna: with tim walz on the democratic ticket, it is still shaping up to be another razor thin election. geoff: new poll shows kamala harris with a three-point lead

over donald trump nationally. that is within the margin of ever. for more details on where the race stands, we are joined by the senior political editor and correspondent for npr. it's great to have you back. there has been a shift in the way people view this election, who people think will win. a month ago, before president biden dropped out, a clear majority thought donald trump would win. no voters to see a tossup. what is driving this change in numbers? >> look at that, a huge shift going from almost 20 points down from where people thought donald trump would win. kamala harris has brought a lot of energy to the ticket. our poll was taken over the weekend before harris made the selection of tim walz, but when we look at our polling overall, she is now up 51-48 over donald trump. that is a huge change from just two weeks ago she got into the race, and really fueling that are black voters, white, college-educated women, and independent women. we have seen a 20-point jump

among black voters, 25-point jump among black, college-educated women, and 28-point jump among independent women. what i find interesting about women who identify as independent is that in our last survey, 28% said they were undecided. a lot of people say this is a honeymoon for kamala harris. i don't know, i think this is more likely liquid jell-o phase. -- more like the liquid jell-o phase. you put it in the fridge rater and see if it gels. amna: always relatable. there are three states considered to be tossup's. walk us through the potential paths to victory for the campaign. >> the national poll is great, but when we talk about what wins in the election, it is the key battleground states that really split into two categories. you have the three states that are pure tossup's in

pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan, which make up the blue wall. it harris wins each of those three states, she will most likely be president of the united states. she also has a path with the sun belt states where i was on an event out west, georgia and north carolina in the east. if you were to add one of those, she could do a little bit worse in the blue wall and still be able to pull it off. for donald trump, though, he really needs to win those sun belt states, all four of them. even with all four of those, he is only at 268. you need 270 electoral votes. he is just shy of that right now. that's why four their campaign, they think about two places -- pennsylvania and georgia. they are spending 77% of all of their at money in those two states. why? because he could lose everything else that we are talking about. if he wins pennsylvania and georgia, he is right at 270. geoff: that brings us back to

our lead story, vice president harris' pick up and assert a governor tim walz as her running mate. the majority of americans do not know much of anything about him. that is what campaigns are for, to help define the candidate. what is this pick do to change the race? >> the geography teacher will love our matt, i'm sure, but 71% of people say they don't know who he is or don't have an opinion about him, so the next two weeks will be huge when it comes to what people think about the harris-walz ticket and if they want that versus what we saw at the republican national convention, which was donald trump and j.d. vance, his running mate who has not had a good rollout whatsoever. when we asked favorability ratings of j.d. vance, 55% of independents say they have an unfavorable opinion of j.d. vance. it's what donald trump himself is saying, nobody cares about put the vice president is. amna: what does this new poll

tell us about how people view the issues when it comes to this new democrat ticket? quick setting it is interesting because for a while, joe biden was really tied to the economy and donald trump had a nine-point advantage in our june survey over joe biden over who you trust most to handle the economy. kamala harris does not seem to have that sticking to her as much because she is only down three points on the economy to donald trump. that is a pretty big deal, especially when the economy, as we know, is so determinative in so many places for so many undecided voters. on immigration, she has gained a few points as well. it seems like voters are hitting the possible in a little bit and are going to judge for themselves what they think about kamala harris and her policies along with tim walz, compared to what they already felt cemented in these views about joe biden. geoff: other top mines stood out to you in this poll? >> the survey just shows how

much momentum we have seen kamala harris have. i'm curious, with younger voters, she is not doing quite as well as i think she would like to with younger voters. it is almost a split at this point from voters who are under 45, so she will need to be able to use that. walz has a big online following. a lot of people like him who are younger progressives. we have also seen some of the people who say they will definitely be voting, key groups say by big margins they are more likely to vote. geoff: thank you so much. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour west." in bangladesh, nobel laureate muhammad yunus has been selected to lead the country's interim government until new elections can take place. the 84-year-old micro finance

pioneer is widely respected in anger --. his appointment comes a day after the longtime prime minister resigned and fled the country following weeks of protests that left nearly 300 people dead. on the streets of the capital today, a sense of calm returned. students stepped in to direct traffic while police went on strike to protest violence against officers during the unrest. an israeli military raid today in the occupied west bank killed 10 palestinians and wounded 10 others. meantime, to the north. [siren] >> sirens blared and smoke billowed near israel's border with lebanon as hezbollah launched a barrage of drones for a second day. israel fired rockets in response. at least 19 people were hurt. in a televised address, hezbollah's leader vowed more violence against israel for its recent strike in beirut that

killed a top commander. >> after the assassination, hezbollah also sees itself obligated to respond, and iran will respond and hezbollah will respond. our response will be strong, influential, and effective. >> separately, hamas has named it are in gaza as its new political chief. his widely considered the architect of the october 7 terrorist attack on israel. he has been in hiding ever since and is at the top of israel's kyl list. he replaces ismail haniyeh, who was killed last week. the top is really operative has been accused of targeted

assassination plans in the u.s. he was arrested last month and charged with murder for hire. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austen said today the families of 9/11 victims deserve to see the alleged plotters of the terror attack go to trial. speaking tonight at an event to honor the australia united states alliance, he explained his reasoning for revoking a plea deal for khalid sheikh mohammed, the mastermind of the 2001 attacks, and two of his accomplices. the agreement would have taken the death penalty off the table in exchange for life in prison. the national transportation safety board released some 4000 pages related to its ongoing investigation into a door panel blowout on a boeing 737 max jet back in january. the copilot of the alaska airlines flight is quoted as saying, "it was chaos." witnesses for boeing and its supplier, spirit aerosystems,

outlined design changes that should prevent future blowouts. in california, firefighters are battling blazes both old and new. >> get out of there! go! go, go, go, go! >> i want fire erupted monday afternoon east of los angeles. somehow just minutes to evacuate before flames ignited hillsides and completely engulfed homes. as of today, that fire was 75% contained. hundreds of miles to the north, the park fire has been wreaking havoc since late july and is still only 34% contained. it is the fourth largest fire in california's history and has burned more land in the state than all of last year's fires combined. bloomberg philanthropies is donating $600 million to the endowments of 4 historically black medical schools. founder michael bloomberg announced the funds at the end of the convention of the

national medical association, a group that advocates for black physicians. almost half of black physicians graduate from the 4 historically black medical schools. the donations are larger than three of the schools' endowments. the track and field finals in paris today quickly turned into a golden hour for team usa. in the men's 1500 meters, cole hocker pulled off a stunning upset, beating a competitive field and topping his own personal best by three seconds. a short time later in the women's 200, gabby thomas sprinted her way to gold after a third-place finish at the last olympics. as of this evening, the u.s. has racked up 86 metals overall, well ahead of the next best, china. still to come, a new initiative

tries to improve health by bringing care to patients. a rare look at the personal stories behind the stars on the cia memorial wall, and every noun chef takes his tastebuds global in a new tv series. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in arizona from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> tropical storm debbie is dumping historic amounts of rain one day after it lashed florida with hurricane strength. at least five deaths have been reported so far. communities are now submerged across several states while some of the largest impacts are on travel. today, flash flooding in south carolina as debbie delicious the state.

>> that is completely underwater. >> the slow-moving storm is unleashing downpours on cities like charleston, where the mayor has ordered pumps be brought in to remove excess water. south carolina's governor said heavy precipitation is expected to last until thursday. >> we will see a lot of rain -- not that much wind, but a lot of rain as these storms creep across our state. >> similar scenes playing out across georgia. authorities say savannah's airport got the majority of rain in just one day. the storm blasted ashore in florida's big bend yesterday as a category one hurricane. rain-soaked soil and hurricane-force wind combined to topple trees. >> we have been lucky.

we got some bad storms in just a couple branches on the ground and that was it until now. >> some of the most intense rainfall hit southwestern florida where one resident found a catfish swimming in his driveway. >> behind me, it is flooded. in front of me, it is flooded. >> as debbie passed florida, it left some neighborhoods completely inundated. first responders in sarasota patrolled low-lying areas by boat on roads that had become rivers. >> we are going to see more flooding in northern florida. >> today, governor ron desantis warned that waters will continue to rise. >> what it dumps in southern georgia mx. its way down to us. >> the storm has also stifled air travel, causing thousands of flight cancellations and delays nationwide. he has been trying to travel south for days. >> it is just frustrating. i get the weather is the cause,

but give me some better information so i can plan. >> among the most affected is american airlines with hubs in miami and charlotte. forecasts say the storm could hover over the atlantic ocean for a few days and then return inland with even more moisture. ♪ geoff: in the city of baltimore, 94% of residents have some form of health insurance. yet, many face alarming disparities, including higher rates of chronic diseases and shorter lifespans. as special correspondent christopher booker reports, one program is trying to overcome barriers by providing health care straight to people's doorsteps. quick take, sweetie. you want your blood pressure checked today? >> hey, sweetie, you want your

blood pressure checked today? >> set up in the lobby, nurses offer you basic checkups for anyone who may be passing through. 71-year-old laverne clark has lived here for six years, and these weekly nurse visits have become part of her routine. >> really helped me a lot with all my medication. >> nurses say many in this predominantly black neighborhood face barriers to health care. there's a shortage of primary health care doctors, and transportation to providers can be difficult. >> this community is insured, but if you ask them about what is the last time you have seen your provider or do you have the medications you need, that is where things fall apart. >> tiffany is a nurse practitioner, and part of this pilot project that organizers call neighborhood nursing. launched in january, the aim is to bring health care to communities block by block. >> back in the good old days, doctors used to make house calls quite regularly, and now that is

a rare thing. that disconnect is what led to the disconnect in our health care system. when you see people in their home, you get a look at what challenges they are facing. >> i see people broken down by need, broken down by insurance. >> this health care worker helps residents through any problems they have accessing health care. >> what was in your wallet? >> all my identification. >> 79-year-old andrew hampton had not seen a primary care physician in years, partly because he did not have any identification. the team helped him replace his id and recently scheduled an appointment with eye doctor. >> we hope with this recent visit we are able to get him plugged into the care he already is covered for and has paid into. just a matter of getting it to his front door. >> america spends more per capita on health care than any other high income country. yet, we had the lowest life

expectancy at birth, the highest rates of death for treatable or avoidable conditions, and the highest rates of infant mortality. experts say making preventative primary care more accessible through programs like this one in baltimore could make a difference. >> if you could do it university -- universally where everyone gets it, where it is a right, you will be able to reach the promise of health care. not just reactive, but preventative. >> sarah is the dean of the johns hopkins school of nursing and leads the philanthropy-funded program. the collaboration with the university of maryland, morgan state, and compton state's school of nursing, she says by next year, they plan to bring primary health care to more than 5000 baltimore residents regardless of their insurance coverage. >> the vision is that we will go door to door, be in the laundromats, libraries, schools, sort of blanket it so everyone has access to nurses and the

health-care system. >> the approach was inspired by a program developed with a 1000 miles away in costa rica, where health-care workers aim to visit every resident nationwide in their home at least once a year. >> they might come back to visit them if they have high needs. they might connect them with other parts of the public health or nutrition system, and all the time, they connect them with the acute and chronic care that person might need. >> harvard's school of public health has studied the impact of costa rica's model. >> costa rica has significantly improved the health of its population across both what we call communicable diseases -- infectious diseases that can often be prevented with vaccines and other antibiotics -- as well as noncommunicable diseases. >> costa rica has achieved those that are health outcomes while spending less than 1/10 of what the u.s. spends. >> we tend to focus on people

who are sick as opposed to focusing on keeping people well or terrifying problems early to help avoid more serious problems later on. >> melinda abrams is the executive vice president for programs at the commonwealth fund, a health care organization. she says the method of health care in the united states would make it difficult to expand the program beyond baltimore. >> the major obstacle in my opinion is insurance. we focus on individual services which incentivizes more volume as opposed to having clinicians be accountable for both the quality and outcomes for patients and patient care. >> in johnson square apartments, this new approach has started to see small leads. calls to 911 are down and organizers say the community has started to take the effort beyond the weekly checklist. >> i went to ed meeting where they showed me that people in my zip code, this area, this zip code, our life expectancy is not

as long as in other areas, and that bothered me. >> longtime resident regina hammond suggested the nurses helped create a neighborhood exercise group. they now take weekly walks and on days when it is too hot, they work out indoors. >> why was there a need for a walking group? >> a lot of people don't venture too far because they don't want to walk alone. some people don't deal safe. it's about getting out, about learning who is in your neighborhood, about looking at beautiful flowers, being able to talk with a nurse walking beside you, talking to them about things that nobody took the time to listen to you about, so it is serving a lot of purposes. >> she hopes to see the initiative groping on her neighborhood. that, abrams says, is possible, but will require collaboration. >> what it would take is federal policymakers, state policymakers, hospitals, doctors, and insurance companies to come together to agree to

invest more on prevention and primary care. no mistake -- that is very hard to do, but i'm optimistic because there are a number of communities experimenting with this right now. >> 115 over 70. >> for now, in this community, these nurses will keep showing up week after week. ♪ amna: 50 years ago, the central intelligence agency unveiled a memorial to cia members killed in service to the country. it was first established with typical institutional quiet in the original headquarters lobby. today, the memorial wall has become hallowed ground. nick schifrin has this rare look from langley, virginia. nick: it is the intelligence

community's most solemn site. 140 stars carved into alabama marble, a permanent memorial, each star one life lost. but also a nameless collective commemoration of sacrifice. killed cia members get the same star no matter their seniority, and each star born from this virginia studio. tim johnston carves a replica destined for the fallen family using the same decades-old stencil, leading with perfect symmetry to a single, central point. johnston has been carving the memorial wall stars for 35 years. >> i don't get one shot. i can't mess up. -- i don't get but one shot. i can't mess up. carved in stone, as the saying goes.

>> five decades ago, the wall had 33 stars. by 2003, there were 80. today, there are 140. >> the meaning behind the people in the work that they have done, the sacrifice they made. every star is a life. >> when you walk into cia and see that memorial wall, what do you think? >> each of those stars represents a familial sacrifice that they understand way too well. >> callista anderson and her father had tried to visit the memorial wall every single year since her mother, his wife, was killed in 2009 in afghanistan by a suicide bomber. what do you see in her face when you look at the photo? >> i almost see my own face, to be honest with you. she was such a great mom, an effervescent person, really bubbly, really caring and made a

lot of effort to know us as kids and know our personalities and talk with us. >> matthews worked for alec station, responsible for tracking al qaeda and hunting osama bin laden. she knew al qaeda as well as anyone. >> one of her coworkers even told me one time, i think she forgot more about al qaeda than i ever knew about it. it is sometimes really nice to hear and sometimes i'm almost in awe of my own mom. quickset knowledge came later. anderson and her brothers did not even know where their mom work. when matthews died, her doctor was 12. quickset never got to pick out a prom dress with her. i will never get to pick out a wedding dress with her. stuff like that can be really difficult, but i'm extremely grateful for the grief because, as people say, it is an echo of lost love. for me, i will have the grief for the rest of my life. i don't think it will ever go away, but i'm really grateful that i'm able to feel that because i felt so much love.

>> anderson has avoided dramatic depictions of her mother, including the film "zero dark 30" as well as the cia after action report acknowledging lapses across the agency that contributed to the death of matthews and six other cia officers. quickset understand from institutional point of view that the question is very important, but from the point of view of myself, my mom was already gone. i miss my mom. that's not an organizational figure to me. she is a real person and a real family member who i no longer have in my life. >> the wall is not an abstraction. each of those stars has a profound human story. >> bill burns is the director of the central intelligence agency. he looks at these stars and feels collective and personal loss. >> one of them is a very good friend of mine with whom i served for decades ago.

my first post as a young career diplomat, and he was killed on his way home from a temporary assignment in beirut to his wife and two young kids for christmas. it reminds me that this is an intense profession. we are a human intelligence service. >> when the cia created the wall 50 years ago, the agency was under siege, accused of co-opting student groups and ngo's and abuses in vietnam. president nixon fired director richard helms for refusing to assist in the watergate cover-up. his replacement forced 7% of the agency to retire and was described as nixon's revenge. was the wall in some ways a rehabilitation? >> for all those problems and mistakes, there was also a legacy of courage and dedication and patriotism, so i think in

that sense, it was part of that renewal at the agency, but also to remember the sacrifice that marks this agency and us to this day. >> what do you see? >> this first one is dad when he still had some hair. >> tim welch lost his father 49 years ago. richard welch, assassinated at 86 years old when he was the cia 's chief of station in athens. >> this is may 1975. this is for merit. this is the intelligence medal of merit. extremely proud of my father, smartest guy in the room, great sense of humor, great empathy. hero worship in the sense that i saw this guy getting on planes and going all over the world and being promoted. got to a very high rank. >> at the time, did welch was

cia's highest ranking officer killed while on duty. he received full military honors. ["taps" playing] >> he was buried at arlington national cemetery, normally reserved for military. welch admits his father prioritize his career over his family, but even decades later, grief is like a permanent hole that sometimes open up. >> the last time i saw him, i drove him to jfk, to the twa terminal, and we had a goodbye beer at the twa terminal, and -- that was -- i can still remember

him going down to the plane. >> is it hard still to talk about this sometimes? >> of course course. it comes and goes. >> welch's killer was not caught for a quarter-century, past the statute of limitations, so no one was ever charged with his murder. >> in our family, we have a very clear idea. we do not consider ourselves victims. we do not consider him a victim. we do not talk about closure. he was doing a very tough job. he knew what he was doing. as far as we are concerned, he died in the line of duty doing what he wanted to do in service to the united states. >> this photo of the book of the fallen has never been made public. it's final name, richard welch. today, that book lives inside the case that holds a new book which has doubled in size.

every year, the cia holds a memorial set on -- ceremony for the families. >> now we are older guy, and we go there and see young kids who are bereaved. >> allowing us to be there and almost have a sort of catharsis moment among your family and the people who best understand and can best share it with you. >> a family whose sacrifice is forever carved in stone. ♪ geoff: it's a tasting menu at the highest possible level. a copenhagen restaurant has helped transform the world of fine dining with a focus on

hyper local foods, prepared and presented with extraordinary care. now, it's co-owner and chef widens his view to exploring ingredients that have changed the globe. jeffrey brown reports for our arts and culture series "canvas ." >> everybody got pepper? >> yes. >> let's have a fantastic service. >> the fiery bite of chilly. pleasure in a cup of coffee. the raw wonder of sushi. but what is behind it all? food is never just food. that is the theme that runs through "omnivore," the eight part series that takes us around the world to look at the production, history, culture, and sustainability of eight key ingredients that go into much of what we eat.

>> would not stop to think about it. we just consume. >> yes. we just consume. i don't think i could have said it much better. i think we are so far removed from where our food comes from and what lies behind, and we have lost touch with that. >> is one of the world's best-known chefs, making a recent cameo in the fx on hulu series "the bear." his copenhagen restaurant earning three michelin stars and regularly rank world's best, became ground zero for what has been called new nordic cuisine, a hugely influential approach to food presentation and gathering featuring hyper local ingredients. >> simple idea was we are in the

nordics. what is available to us? we discovered this treasure trove of ingredients, particularly wild foods. we found seagrass that taste like coriander. there were roots of trees that tasted like cinnamon. flavors that were exotic to average danes but that were right there underneath our feet. that whole thing fueled a lifetime of curiosity. >> "omnivore" in collaboration with food journal and filmmakers explore how once local ingredients roast global scale. chilis, tuna, salt, bananas, pork, rice, coffee, corn. >> we are trying to give people an inspiration to want to try to understand more about the everyday things we eat and just how mind blowing it is and how many wonderful stories and

people lies behind the everyday stuff like a cup of coffee or a bowl of rice. >> this author has made it his life's mission to find the people who produce our coffee. >> mind blowing onto the political impact these agreements have had. >> what jumped out at me was that there is a sense of loss almost as much as a sense of wonder. >> it is true that within the food system and how we produce food that it has a huge toll on everything, and it is true that the craftspeople, they are disappearing slowly, and with that, some of our culture get lost. i believe some of the very essence of who we are get lost if we don't remember to

celebrate and value that work. >> if the appetites of all of us as humans are behind many of the food resource problems you are documenting here, can our appetites be changed? >> yeah, i have no doubt that we can change. i think at the heart of change in food lays the deliciousness. i think that is the change factor for us as a species adapting new ways. if things taste amazing, we will be there very quick, and it will travel throughout the world when something delicious it's us. this tells you that yes, the human appetite can be ferocious, but we can quickly change things around, so we have to have that hope and knowledge and optimism. >> that, too, cuts both ways as the series shows with the example of bluefin tuna which turned from trash fish into treasure. think sushi.

changing global business, and taste, to the point of a threat on global fishing. sustainability is a factor in the world of fine dining. citing grueling hours, endless workplace demands, and the high cost of labor-intensive work, he notes last year that despite its critical success, it will close as a traditional restaurant by the end of 2024 and will become a food laboratory to develop and test new flavors. when asked how he sees the role of chefs like himself in changing food awareness and habits -- >> for me, i have always believed and still believe that chefs are ambassadors for seasonality and for flavor, for the love of a meal, and they act as almost a community hub where

flavor happens, and they spread that into the world. i always believe that they have that impact and we had that impact. >> the a's-part series is now streaming. geoff: before we go, an update to our lead story. amna: vice president harris introduced her running mate, minnesota governor tim walz, tonight. >> since the day that i announce my candidacy, i have set out to find a partner who can help build this brighter future. [cheers and applause] a leader who will help unite our nation and move us forward.

so, pennsylvania, i am here today because i found such a leader. [cheers and applause] governor tim walz of the great state of minnesota! >> i could not be prouder to be on this ticket and to help vice president harris become what we all know is very, very good for us to think about -- next president of the united states of america. geoff: the campaign says it has raised more than $20 million since this morning's announcement. amna: and that is "the newshour" for tonight. geoff: thanks for spending part of your evening with us. >> major funding for "the pbs newshour" has been provided by -- >> not i would let you know that with consumer cellular, you get nationwide coverage with no contract. that's kind of our thing. have a nice day.

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