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wow, you get to watch all ur favorite stuff. it's to die for. now you won't miss a thing. this is the way. xfinity internet. made for streaming. bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. governor walz hits the campaign trail while donald trump sits
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for an interview with elon musk. geoff: opposition leader on country's disputed election and global protests against the government of maduro. >> it's not sustainable. we will not give up. amna: and impact of a supreme court ruling making it easier to carry guns in new york city. announcer: major funding for the pbs "newshour" has been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the "newshour," including cathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. >> the foundation fostering
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engaged communities. announcer: and with 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. amna: welcome to the "newshour," the 2024 campaign is in full swing with vice president kamala harris running mate tim walz on
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the campaign trail. geoff: after donald trump's two hour life stream on x formerly twitter. but what was build as a return was fraught with tech troubles. we have the coverage. ♪. >> minnesota governor tim walz in los angeles, california, today. stop number one of a five-state dash has the v.p. pick flying solo. >> we can't hope that we defeat donald trump or collectively bargain or protect social security and can't hope we address climate change. you you don't hope to win. you plan, prepare and work to win. >> he addressed state and federation employees. the largest trade union representing the public sector in the u.s. and endorsed the
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harris-waldz ticket. >> it was nurses, it was teachers and state and local government employees that built this nation. people in this room built the middle class. thank you afscme. >> a level of campaigning new for the former teacher and coach. >> i did something that was impossible. both sides hate them. >> a return to x previously known as twitter that banned him after the january 6 insurrection because of the risk of further violence. elon musk hosted the former president last night. but it was plagued with gliches. musk blamed the delay on a distributed denial of service attacks.
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once the stream got going, trump got rambling and praised modern dictators. >> i know putin and president kx and they are at the top of their game. they are tough, they are smart, they are vicious and protect their country. >> trump applauded musk for firing his employees who went on strike. >> you, you are the greatest cutter. you walked in -- you want to quit. i want mention the name of the company. that's ok. you're all gone. >> united auto workers filed labor charges against musk and trump. robert f. kennedy junior will not be in the ballot in new york. a judge ruled that he falsely claimed residency in the state.
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>> and a major change to the ballot in arizona and missouri and enshrine the right to an abortion in their state constitutions. 2-8 states are presenting the issue to voters, connecticut, minnesota, vermont held primaries. voters are headed to the polls including minnesota representative omar, the latest squad member fighting a challenge to her seat. >> here are the latest headlines. iran has rejected a call from european leaders to refrain from retall tower strikes on israel calling it an excessive request.
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the region is bracing for such an attack following the assassination of hamas leader in tehran, which iran blames on israel. in washington today, a state department spokes person said no one benefits from any kind of retaliation adding that all parties should exercise restraint. >> everyone in the region should understand that further attacks only perpetrate instability and insecurity and what we are focused on is de-escalation through diplomacy. >> the u.s. has approved of $20 billion to israel and fighter jets and air-to-air missiles but the contracts could take years to fulfill. ukraine's army chief said they have won control of 15 square miles of russian territory in the past day. ukraine claims to control 74 communities in the kursk region.
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but russia says it's fighting back releasing this video of an alleged counteroffensive. ukraine's largest cross border raids have forced people to avact the area. the goal of the operation is not occupation. >> unlike russia, ukraine does not need other people's property and not interested in taking the territory. >> ernesto lashed with heavy rain and wind and headed to head north of puerto rico. forecasters are warning up to eight inches of rain. it is the fifth named storm. it is predicted to gain hurricane strength early tomorrow and not on track to hit
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the u.s. mainland. maryland congressman hoyer suffered a stroke. his office said he is responding well to treatment. he is 85 and expected to resume his normal schedule next week. $150 million in research grants to fight cancer. eight research centers will develop cancer surgery methods. biden's canner moonshot aims to cut cancer deaths by 50%. a grand jury in ohio indicted grubb on charges including murder in the death of a 21-year-old pregnant black woman. they approached young's car last august after she was suspected of shoplifting. the other officer ordered her to
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exit and young rolled her car and grubb fired one shot through the windshield. grubb is due to be arraigned in court tomorrow. a former kansas city police chief has been charged with felony obstruction of justice. the single charge against cody relates to accusations that he asked a business owner who was a potential witness to delete texts between them. cody justified the raid on a marion county record by saying police were investigating whether the paper committed identity theft and got illegal information and sparked outrage against press freedom advocates. and they said no crime was ever committed. still to come, former president trump raises the idea of taking
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a heavier hand with the traditionally independent federal reserve. a bipartisan effort shows how lawyers can preserve american democracy. and a military fort celebrates 50 years of bringing people together through creativity. >> from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite university of arizona. geoff: arbitrary detentions and use of force more than two weeks after elections that the opposition said it won. we speak with the main opposition leader who was blocked before the vote from running and he has a look at maduro's crackdown and the opposition resistance.
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in downtown venezuela they lit candles to demand democracy and memorialize what they call their lost freedom and the opponents who disappeared after he stepped down after allegedly stealing last month's. and call it knock i-knock. police officers have arrested more than 2,000. and launched a social immediatial campaign with music and christmas ginningles. the government calls criminal terrorists. >> i tell you people of venezuela and tried to rob election centers and i ask them to have iron fists and will not
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allow them to create a spiral of violence. >> gonzalez is in hiding posting videos online. but last month, his political patron showed proof he more than doubled maduro's votes. >> we have in our hands the tallies that demonstrate our irreversible victory. maduro and his allies said he won by 51 percent. over 11 years his rule has led to economic collapse and isolation and exodus of eight million venezuela wailance. >> the u.s. along with international partners have called for transparency and called for the release of detailed vote tallies and we urge the parties to begin
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discussions to a peaceful transition back to democratic norms. >> to discuss this, i am joined by opposition leader. and joins us from an undisclosed location. welcome to the "newshour" and talk about this crackdown that we just highlighted that maduro and his regime. 2400 have been arrested, two dozen have been killed. >> it has been brutal and happening as we speak. we have hundreds of members of our team that are actually in hiding and the regime has gotten to homes and marked their homes, their doors. they have taken monitors that worked as volunteers and even taken members of the family so they will hang out to their
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regime. we are very concerned becau we are preparing for a huge mobilization next saturday around the world and in venezuela and we expect the regime to crack down on peaceful protestors. geoff: what is the threat to you personally. the attorney general has announced a criminal probe and said you should spend 30 years behind bars. >> the regime knows the defeat they suffered was huge. the world knows people voted for change. and at this point, the only thing that maduro has is violence and surrounded by top ranks of the military. we will not surrender and we will not give up and ask for the democratic world to accompany
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our people in the struggle for freedom. geoff: we talked about that call on saturday that you made for a large protest. what are you hoping to achieve and why do you think the protests haven't been larger? >> the repression has been cruel and we need to add minister this people power in moments which a lot of people can come together and they are safe. and this saturday event and calling people to come with their children, their parents. it will take place around the world and tens of cities inside venezuela. not only the people and latin and americans, europeans, people understand how important it is to solve the conflict in
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venezuela and no much strength as we have right now. 25 years we have never had it. geoff: do you believe large protests is the best way to pressure maduro and what role is gonzalez playing? i have been told that the opposition in general is not unified? >> not only our country, used to put in place, that is not true. 30% of our people wanted to be president and voted for him even though a lot were allowed -- and now we are all coming together to port him but defend the values that are huge and profound social movement that
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goes beyond ideological ideas and a struggle that has brought all society together at this point. we need internal pressure and also international community supporting us -- [indiscernible] geoff: u.s. policy. the u.s. has echoed what you just talked about negotiated transition. it is working with allies and partners in the region and it is not, so far, imposing penalties on maduro or his deputies including reimposing sanctions or new sanctions. do you support the u.s. approach so far? i am grateful from both parties in congress and the president.
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the administration is a cause of democracy is a partisan because it is well understood it is the main issue in terms of national security. and biggest migration and maduro you will see in a very short period of time, three, four, five million fleeing our country reaching the u.s. border. and that's not what we want. we want them to come back. this is a moment we want to understand. it's not only offering him benefits from but making costly year to stay in power. geoff: should the u.s. be re-imposing oil sanctions and new sanctions on the people that you have identified that have
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stolen this election? >> not only the u.s. can put in place. certainly those who have committed crimes against humanity. just yesterday, the u.n. fact-finding mission said there is a pattern for crimes against humanity in the actions that have taken place in the last two weeks. this is brutal. so it has to be stopped. and the real insent thetives have to be put on the table and he can connect on doing. we are doing our part and we will. our movement is a peaceful movement, but not weak on the country. it is gaining strength because people will not surrender. geoff: should the u.s. offer maduro and his allies who have been indicted by the department
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of justice in the u.s. relief from those indictments or safe passage for their leaving venezuela? >> there are different options and all of those should be addressed in the negotiation process that has to be done seriously and with a clear objective, which is a transition to democracy. in the past, the regime has participated in several dialogues and never complied with commitments. this time is going to be different. maduro has lost completely its legitimacy. and this is the most grotesque fraud. geoff: maria, thank you very much.
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amna: in greece authorities say lighter winds today helped crews contain a wildfire. the blaze killed at least one person and forced multiple evacuations across the city suburbs. residents found their homes reduced to ash. the region is again on high alert. independent television news reports. >> it is still burning beneath the soil and the inferno has past. this earth could ignite again and cause even more damage. there is little to salvage for families who returned and little comfort. he came back to pay tribute to his friend, 62-year-old who was trapped inside as the wildfires engulfed the building. he known her for 25 years.
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the last time i spoke to her was yesterday at 3:00. and she told we were burning and on fire and said there was a fire. i don't know if she came out and at night, i learned she died. the owner of this house only bought it last year but nothing could escape the flames, not even the metal in his car could withstand the heat. and he has lived here for more than 40 years and the smoke was so thick he couldn't see the flames were so close. >> every second, new fire, new fire. and i think it was a distance of 100 meters. the home is totally burnt again. >> is this what you are worried about? >> it starts again and i don't
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know what will happen. >> 40 mile-an-hour gusts are forecasted in the next few days and firefighters are racing to extinguish the terrain that has become a timberbox. crews just arrived here and houses that were saved from the tires yesterday. we heard them asking for more fire engines. the reason they are here is because of the high winds. if they don't serve these houses, they could catch fire again. the skies over athens have cleared, but the risk remains in a country used to tackling wildfires, but never so close to the center of greece's capital. this could become the new reality here. amna: that report from independent television news.
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more than two years ago, the supreme court struck down a century oof-old law in new york state restricting who could carry a concealed gun. it was seen as huge victory and gun control advocates opening to violence on the streets of new york. what has and what hasn't changed since then. >> for 25 years john has owned this sporting range and gun store in new york city, a city with some of the strictest gun laws. how hard would you say it is to own a gun in new york city? >> very hard. >> for all of his four-plus decades, to carry a concealed
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firearm in the city, you had to be a cop or show proper cause, a provision from 1913. >> it is all about money. you had to have a gun dealer, a diamond keeler, 24-hour gas station. >> in june of 2022, all that changed. in 6-3 decision, supreme court struck down new york's law saying it violated the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. >> shocking. absolutely shocking. >> new york governor reaction is immediate. >> this is shocking. this could place millions of new yorkers in harm's way. >> but for john, the supreme court's decision in brewin, has been a huge shift who can get a
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concealed carry permit including for new yorkers like michael. >> i applied for it recently due to the change in the law and honestly, to take advantage of my constitutional right. >> but even after the supreme court's decision getting a concealed carry permit is a complex and lengthy process. new york state passed an act maintaining the extensive background asking for character references to determine good moral character and attend 18 hours of firearm training. they think it is an important safeguard. >> if there is a correlation between stupid people and guns, even though we put 20 people in the class only and we have a lawyer and safety, safety, safety, safety, you can't get it enough. >> it sounds like you are in
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favor of the heavy restrictions that are in place that allow or don't allow someone to get a permit. >> without a doubt. >> new york state also restricted where you can carry a gun, sensitive locations like bars, subway and public spaces like times square remain gun-free. >> we are going to make it so they can't carry them. >> this gentleman is an attorney. >> until this is acknowledgessed in your gut, then they are going to interfere with people's ability to possess guns. is there another right you can't exercise until you get permission from the government. >> in the wake of the decision misses the bigger issue curbing illegal guns.
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>> the target is licensed gun owners, people who go through the trouble, pay the fee and are clearly law-abiding citizens and target them with felony convictions if they carry into the wrong place. new york is missing the point. >> they are going to prevent crimes. >> the city has been battling a steady flow of illegal weapons as evident at a buy-back. >> 70% of the guns recovered in brooklyn after a crime basically come from three or four southern states, 70% and continue to come. these buy-backs allow us to understand how guns are moving. >> after the ruling, gonzalez is one of many city leaders argued that the city would be less safe
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calling it a nightmare. >> do you still feel that way? >> the density of the city. we are not spread out. you don't want people pulling out a firearm to start shooting it out, seeing a crime in progress. >> the two years has decreased in crime and 19% decline in murder and 31% decline in shooting incidents. >> i hope that the supreme court understands that states have to regulate in their own jurisdictions. if we continue to just say anyone can carry, we are going to see an uptick. >> stupid just gets stupider. >> concealed permit holder says he is still concerned. >> tons of guns on the street. we are faced with people having
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illegal firearms and they are all over the place and puts the citizens in a very bad situation especially in the subway system and those areas where someone might want to take a firearm and now cannot do that. >> in june, the supreme court did rule in another gun case affirming that an individual who poses a threat can be disarmed, but this attorney whose lawsuit has been filed said the supreme court will have to weigh in again. >> we don't understand the full aspect. i think the contours of the second amendment are going to be written more completely in the next 5-10 years. >> many the meantime cities like new york are left to navigate the ambiguity between efforts to keep their streets safe and the second amendment.
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geoff: former donald trump wants a more direct role when it comes to the fed's independence. he has been critical of jerome powell dating back to his presidency because of his approach to interest rates. mr. trump made it clear he wants a change. >> the president should have a say in there. i think in my case, i made a lot of money and i was successful and i have a better instinct than people on the federal reserve or the chairman. geoff: vice president harris said she couldn't disagree more strongly. >> the fed is an independent
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entity and as president i would never interfere. geoff: powell's chair doesn't end until 2024. and what impact might it have. we get insight from vice chairman of ever core isi. thanks for being with us. how feasible is it for donald trump to fundamentally change the autonomy of the fed and containing the relationship between the federal reserve and the president if he is re-elected. >> it is complicated. former president trump if re-elected koa let his views be known loudly and through social media and other nonconventional channels and leaning on the fed in public to take actions on
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interest rates and changing the institutional and that is more challenging. the fed's independence is enshrined in the act of congress, the federal reserve act and that makes the chairman removable as generally understood only for cause which would mean pretty extreme to make him unfit for office. the president would have to wait until vacancies are available. so it would be tough. there is one complication and that is that it is somewhat unsettled as to what the exact legal status of the fed chair is and whether the president might have some legal grounds being able to dismiss a fed chair. that's not something i think any
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mainstream lawyer or central banker believes is right but hasn't been fully tested in the court so there is outside possibility that the president could attempt to assert authority over the fed chair that is not understood to be. geoff: if we look back at this country's own history what does it tell us? does that yield better monetary policy and better macroeconomic decision making? >> this is very, very strong evidence from the u.s. itself and from countries around the world that independent central banks tend to achieve better economic outcomes and that just doesn't benefit society or benefit the economy. tends to benefit the president as well. so i think there is a lot of
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good reason why it would be sensible not to try to assault the independence of the central bank. geoff: critics have blasted the fed being too slow to respond to inflation and there will be folks who say why is it a bad thing to have the fed accountable to the executive branch? >> you bring up an important issue, the president will say absolutely. the fed must be accountable. but under our system of government, the fed is accountable to congress not the executive branch. the fed chair goes to congress to testify. he is grilled by members of the senate. grilled by members of the house. that is the way that our system of accountability is set up. and it's the way it has worked very well. it doesn't mean that the fed is
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always going to get everything right. of course not. the issue is, would you have more confidence if the fed gets things right more at the time if it was insulated from internal political pressures or political pressures will have a pretty good job. geoff: would the fed do a better job if it was susceptible to political pressure? >> absolutely not. if i may, i would like to explain why. the public knows that politicians in general most of the time like low interest rates because that will support growth and jobs and make them popular. and they probably would be happy with that even if it meant a bit more inflation. if you have debt you can inflate that debt away. a central bank that is losing independence, people start to
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wonder would we get more inflation over time. and when they start to think that way they think maybe i should ask for a bigger raise in my wages and make it go upwards. to deal with the central bank if it is able to take action will say we will move rates up further to try to keep things under control. that you end up with the worst combination of inflation and interest rates than if you leave the central bank alone and people can trust it to do its best effort at doing the job right without bending to political pressure. geoff: thanks for added to this context.
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amna: a task force from the american bar association is urging attorneys to defend democracy against authoritarianism in the country. members of the task force urged attorneys to answer the clarion call to defend america's constitutional democracy and the rule of law by getting involved in election efforts. joining me to discuss the task force work is jeh johnson former homeland security and judge j. michael lut ig. our own judy woodruff is a member of this task force. secretary johnson you likened to doctors on the front lines responding to the deadly covid-19 pandemic. why this call? >> democracy is at stake. we saw in 2016, 2017, how
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fragile our constitutional norms can be if there are those who are determined to push the envelope to the breaking point. that environment continues. there is nothing to suggest that the threat stream from the challenges to our democracy have all dissipated. lawyers are uniquely situated because of our legal training, the oath we take to support and defend the constitution and our ability to resolve conflict. we are in a unique situation to help voters and help americans participate in a democracy, encourage participation in the democracy and try most importantly in my judgment to turn down the rhetoric, the overheated rhetoric. we are concerned about the rise of political violence in this country which is strictly bipartisan and the two are related, the rhetoric and the
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rise of political violence and issuing a call to lawyers. we believe the urgency is the same as it was to the medical community during covid. amna: why lawyers in particular and what role do you think they could play in defending democracy? >> for reasons that we all no too well, america's democracy has been tetering since january 6, 2021. for the past 3 1/2 years former president and now the republican party itself have continued to deny january 6 and attempts to justify it and even gore file january 6, 2021. as a consequence of former president's obsession over january 6 but continues to this
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day. americans' democracy has been corrupted. that's why i believe that this election coming up is a test of america's commitment to its own democracy and rule of law. 1.3 million are uniquely qualified and obligated by their professional oath to support and defend america's democracy in this time of need. the primary task between now and election day is to shen you are the integrity of america's elections in november of 2024. and part of that if not the biggest part is to protect the safety of the election workers across america. as we all know in 2016, many of those election workers were
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threatened, threatened even with their lives and regrettably those threats continue to this day and it's all a consequence of the former president's effort in 2021 to overturn the presidential election. >> secretary johnson, judge luttig mentions former donald trump but not mentioned in your report or in the statement accompanying it or any of the attorneys who helped to push that election lie and push cases through the courts that were based on no evidence of any kind of election fraud that includes guliani, kenneth chez borrow, why not name them? >> i give judge luttig, he calls it like he sees it by name.
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the a.b.a. is a nonpartisan organization and we consider this to be a strictly nonpartisan effort. there are republicans and democrats on our task force. and the point we keep stressing is that democracy and the rule of law is not a politically partisan issue, nor should it be regarded as such. so we want to be able to talk to both republicans and democrats in this appeal to stand up for the rule of law and stand up for democratic premises. amna: we have heard from former president trump and several republicans a refusal to commit to respecting the results of the 2024 and say only if it is fair and laying the groundwork to challenge the results if they lose. if they move forward with
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allegations of election fraud that are based on no evidence, what can you and this task force do? what are you calling on lawyers to do? >> as you point out, the peaceful transfer of power in the united states of america and even the commitment of presidential candidates and the two parties are fundamental tenets of this republic. it is unbelievable that the former president and now the republican party refuses to commit to accept the will and the vote of the american people. that's what led to january 6, 2021. and as you just pointed out, that is what the former president and republican supporters are promising to do
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again in november of 2024. amna: if that happens, judge, what can the task force do? is there anything that can be done at that point? >> the task force is leveraging 1.3 million lawyers across the country in the 50 states and those lawyers within each individual state are preparing for just that kind of effort. in other words, we will be prepared this year whereas we were not prepared in 20216. amna: secretary johnson, if similar effort is undertaken by former president trump how confident are you that the legal system will hold this time around? >> we are smarter now. we know there is gray in our constitutional framework. we know because of the electoral
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college, it does dance on the head of the pin and we learn at the state level, election officials, state legislatures might try to overturn the will of the voters in their respective states. and with that learning, and with that experience, we are calling on lawyers to focus on that fragile critical point in our process and be smart and be ready, be educated, be on the alert and be in a position to advise election officials of what the authority is that they have and don't have. amna: judge, what about you, what about your confidence level that the system will hold? >> i don't believe that the system actually held in the last election. i am more encouraged that it will hold in this election.
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but i don't believe that we are ready for this election yet. that's why i believe the next several months are absolutely critical if america is going to avoid another january 6. amna: retired judge luttig and former homeland security secretary johnson. thank you for your time. geoff: former military base on the shores of puget sound is home to artists from amateur to professional who have come together for the past 50 years to celebrate their craft and learn together. we paid a visit for our arts and culture series, canvass. >> on a sunny summer afternoon
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lines began to form in washington. at 4:00 p.m. sharp, check-in began, a week-long program celebrating diverse styles of fiddle music, with work shops, labs, dancees and more. many of this year's 600 participants from locals to those who traveled in from around the country and overseas have been returning year after year since the program began in the late 1970's. on opening day, old friends reconnected and started to jam. ♪ ♪ >> it one of 200 events that are put on each year. >> we are about experiences in the arts.
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>> robert is the organization's executive director, founded in 1973 by washington state and partner agencies, the goal was to create a thrierveg center for the arts. the world war i era fort provided an ideal home. >> the students range from 4-98 but a residential experience and in community for the entire week and live, learn and eat together and personal growth and learning and share skills and pass traditions from one generation to the next. >> this year is 50th anniversary which includes exhibits, concerts and educational programs for migrant youth and others. >> what they learn is to take risk and they discover they are capable of things they never would have tried otherwise.
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>> acclaimed artists have served on the faculty like margaret atwood. others like jazz voguealist like diana kraul got their start. tuition costs 600. optional meals costs another $600. >> and i would like it. >> poet is the artistic director. and we spoke at one of the other nonprofits copper canyon press which is published 400 books of poetry. one of your favorites? >> yeah. >> he said what sets the writing apart is a focus on craft and community. >> only about the writing.
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we just love what we do. and we love each other. most noncompetitive writer group i have ever been around. >> there is a similar vibe during fiddleton's week where love for the toe-tapping art form is spreading to younger generations. ♪ >> these four are close friends who perform together in a band. ♪ >> sammy riley and leo grew up in seattle have been coming to fiddleton's since they were kids. they were selected as artistic
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directors. she is coordinating the week's events. >> i was in total shock and no way they would give us this job. >> why? >> because we are young, 20's. and never had a job like this before. we laid a lot of peuk and towered around a lot. by virtue of that, we met a lot of people and trying to bring people to fiddleton's who are tradition bearers and have wisdom and life and music experience. >> one of those soaking up the tradition is 9-year-old lid i can't remember brown. she came with her mother, sisters and a neighbor who also likes to play. >> when i play fiddle music i'm like happy and makes me feel
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joyful. >> i felt like i was going to camp and i hadn't had that feeling. it is fun as an adult to have like-minded people, even though you are from different places and all kinds of issues, you can get together and play music. >> robert berman said that's the reason people keep coming back. >> this programming teaches young and old to respect one another way that in a normal world, you don't encounter very often. >> it is closing out the 50th year looking to the future. a campaign is underway to refurbish the aging buildings.
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geoff: there is much more online and join us tomorrow night as judy woodruff talks total jamie d inch mon about the state of the u.s. economy and much more. amna: on behalf of the entire "newshour" team, thank you for joining us. >> major funding for the pbs "newshour" has been provided by. >> consumer cellular, this is sam, how can i help you? with consumer cellular you get nationwide coverage with no contract. have a nice day.
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>> carnegie corporation of new york working to reduce political polarization through democracy and peace. more information through carnegie dorgan with the ongoing support from these 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. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy] >> historic new candidate. >> are you ready to get to work. can vice president harris convince voters? >> we are in a fight. i say, bring it on. >> how would she and governor tim walz take on the challenges a pbs news special, democratic
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national convention begins 8:00 p.m. eastern on monday. >> this is pbs "newshour" west from weta studios and walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university.
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