geoff: lisa desjardins, thank you so much.na: as we've noted, today marks the 80th anniversary of d-day. for most, the allied invasion of normandy is an event in history. but a new book transports us back eight decades ago, hearing directly from those who lived history. garrett graff is its author, and i spoke with him recently about, "when the sea came alive." garrett, welcome back to the “newshour.” thanks for being here. garrett: it's a pleasure. amna: so, this is now the work of 18 months that you spent assembling what's the largest, most comprehensive compendium of first person testimonials from this historic day and event. you've compiled oral histories before, like your wonderful book on on 9/11 in particular. why did you think this format was necessary now for this story? garrett: this is a moment where we have, for all intents and purposes, every first person memory that we are going to have of d-day. and so for me, this was a moment to try to retell the story of d-day in the voices of the participants themselves, as

lisa desjardins explains. across north dakota's wide landscape, an unusual test of democracy's boundaries. on tuesday's primary ballot, a potential age limit for the state's members of congress. >> every campaign, you're going to have direct mail postcards. lisa political consultant jared : hendrix is leading the effort. >> we do think that there is a lot of wisdom that comes with age. but of course, there's a limit to where, you know, we all face a decline of some kind at some point. and so we wanted to try to find the right balance. we thought 80 was the balance. lisa: the result is measure one, an amendment to the state constitution which says, members of congress cannot be over 80 before the end of their term. meaning, to run for a full term, a u.s. senate candidate could be no more than 75 and a house candidate no more than 79. to get it on the ballot, hendrix, who is also running as a republican for the state legislature, and others gathered and submitted more than 40,000 signatures. how did you choose t

amna: lisa desjardins for this race of the white house. lisa, thank you. >> welcome. ♪ >> dr.ny fauci is arguably the world's most famous doctor and best known for guiding the country through the covid-19 pandemic. but he's faced right wing criticism for his assessment and recommendations including some difficult clashes with former president trump. now after a six-decade journey, he reflects on his memory "on call: a public doctor's journey and service." here's the first part of the our interview. >> dr. anthony fauci, welcome to the "newshour." >> thank you so much glad to be here. >> you're brooklyn yup bring, your parents are first generation italian americans. your dad was a pharmacist who actually bought a drugstore. it struck me. you wrote that it became a doctor's office, pharmacy and sigh cry tri couch. how much did that influence your career choice? >> i think that was foundational in my career choice because ever since i was a child literally, you know, 8, 9 years old in the drugstore delivering prescriptions with my father. the thing that came through with him is t

amna: lisa desjardins, thank you very much. lisa: you are welcome. after the civil war, the federal government's pledge of 40 acres and a mule to the formerly enslaved has long been known as a broken promise, but a new investigative report reveals that not only did the government grant land to hundreds of formerly enslaved people, it also took that land back and returned it to white southerners. that two-year reporting project, done by the center for public integrity, reveal, and mother jones, is now the largest collection of land titles from the 40 acres program ever to be analyzed and published. i spoke recently with, alexia fernandez campbell a senior investigative reporter at the center for public integrity. take me back to the fall of 2021. you were working on an entirely different project unrelated to this. you're digging through the digital archives at the smithsonian, and you come across the name fergus wilson on an 1865 document. how does that change the course of your reporting? alexia: yeah, because i didn't immediately realize what i was

our lisa desjardins joins us now. so, lisa, what's new here in this account?ant details about the timeline are new, but i also want to talk about why this matters, of course. justice alito is currently sitting on two cases about january 6, one about former president trump's involvement in january 6. these cases, of course, could determine a lot about our future here. and, also, justice alito has defended himself as saying his wife hoisted the flag. he said he will not recuse himself. it is solely up to him, by the way. and he's used this burden of proof. he has said that, under the supreme court's ethics code, what matters is if someone who is impartial, who is able to look at all of the circumstances involved, if they think that he could be fair, then he should not recuse. so the circumstances matter, because justice alito himself said they would. now, here's how he described what happened in a letter to judiciary chairman dick durbin. he wrote: "a house on the street displayed a sign attacking my wife personally, and a man berated her in my presence using fo

for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins.or more on the political fallout of trump's guilty conviction, laura barron lopez heard from republican voters about how this impacts their thoughts on the former president and the upcoming election. laura, good to see you. so you watched this focus ring today with a group of voters the day after that guilty verdict. how were they reacting? laura: these were voters who voted for donald trump twice. they were slightly already a little souring on him, but some of them could have gone back to him. it was conducted by a group run by republican strategist sarah longwell. after this verdict, they said about six of those voters said that the fact that these were felony -- were felonies that trump was convicted of carried more weight for them than if they had been misdemeanors. out of those nine voters, five of them said it made them less likely to support donald trump, including 52-year-old michelle from florida. >> i am tired of the lies and the nonsense. i believed the testimony. that is wh

lisa desjardins takes a closer look at how polls work with our partners at the marist poll.e the offices of the marist institute for public opinion. >> my name is jacob, i'm a student calling from marist college. lisa: there's a buzz in the room. over several hours and days, nearly two dozen student workers make hundreds of phone calls and send thousands of text messages. overseeing it all, lee miringoff, the director of the institute, and barbara carvalho, the director of the marist poll. >> they are the ones that are talking one on one, with with americans. lisa: talking about issues, or. >> hello? lisa: in many, many, many, cases. >> is there a better time i could call you back? lisa: not talking at all. >> have a great rest of your day. lisa: how would you describe the ratio of calls you get all the way through to dials you have to make to get that one? >> on a normal night, it's about 100 to 1. lisa: 100 calls to get one survey? >> yep. but on this night, a volunteer. lisa: as i hopped on the phones to experience the rejection first hand. that's the end i think. he hung

amna: lisa desjardins, thank you very much.ou are welcome. ♪ amna: after the civil war, the federal government's pledge of 40 acres and a mule to the formerly enslaved has long been known as a broken promise, but a new investigative report reveals that not only did the government grant land to hundreds of formerly enslaved people, it also took that land back and returned it to white southerners. that two-year reporting project, done by the center for public integrity, reveal, and mother jones, is now the largest collection of land titles from the 40 acres program ever to be analyzed and published. i spoke recently with, alexia fernandez campbell a senior investigative reporter at the center for public integrity. take me back to the fall of 2021. you were working on an entirely different project unrelated to this. you're digging through the digital archives at the smithsonian, and you come across the name fergus wilson on an 1865 document. how does that change the course of your reporting? alexia: yeah, because i didn't immediat

lisa desjardins takes a closer look at how polls work with our partners at the marist poll.e the offices of the marist institute for public opinion. >> my name is jacob, i'm a student calling from marist college. lisa: there's a buzz in the room. over several hours and days, nearly two dozen student workers make hundreds of phone calls and send thousands of text messages. overseeing it all, lee miringoff, the director of the institute, and barbara carvalho, the director of the marist poll. >> they are the ones that are talking one-on-one with americans. lisa: talking about issues, or. >> hello? lisa: in many, many, many, cases. >> is there a better time i could call you back? lisa: not talking at all. >> have a great rest of your day. lisa: how would you describe the ratio of calls you get all the way through to dials you have to make to get that one? >> on a normal night, it's about 100 to 1. lisa: 100 calls to get one survey? >> yep. lisa: but on this night, a volunteer. as i hopped on the phones to experience the rejection first hand. that's the end i think. he hung up. m

lisa desjardins has more and why it matters outside the beltway.he latest issue surrounds a british journalist to what to take over at the paper top editor in november. over the weekend, the post and the new york times published stories tying him to multiple instances of using practices in the uk's seen as unethical in this country. including fraudulently obtaining phone data. today the post an lc is out. he was handpicked by the post's ceo who is also facing calls to resign. for more, we are joined by margaret sullivan, the executive director for columbia journalism school's new mark center and a former columnist with the post. to help our body is, i want to lay out what has been reported about robert burnett, an investigative journalist peer the post found a former source had written that he helped cover up clandestine activity and they looked at his past stories and found that he may have used illegal means in his reporting as well. now, he has not responded publicly to these stories and allegations. as he is out and the publisher has, his mento

geoff: lisa desjardins has been covering the trump campaign. who seems to be under consideration?isa: this is basically a political reality show from a man who started a reality show -- who starred in a reality show. he is dropping a lot of names. >> tim scott -- he has been much better for me that he was for himself. i watched his campaign, and he does not like talking about himself, but, boy, does he talk about trump. doug burgum has been incredible. the country is lucky to have him. you could take people like ben carson, people like marco rubio, j.d. vance. there are so many -- elise is doing a fantastic job. lisa called at least a phonic air. -- lisa: elise stefanik there. my reporting is that the trump campaign has asked these eight people for paperwork to try and vet them to be potential vice presidential running mates. as you will notice, most of these are current lawmakers. i want to highlight 4 of them in particular, the 4 in the top row. these 4, my understanding is, are the ones getting the most attention in the trump campaign right now, but here is the thing -- it is d

joining me now is lisa desjardins to look at the latest pbs news npr marist poles.ut a week away from the first presidential debate. about a month from the first convention. what do the polls show us? >> a word about polling. i know it is not everyone's favorite topic. we are not saying these numbers are definitive, not to be looked at in absolute terms. they are to give context and we give context to them. first, the topline number. where are we according to this survey with mpr? 4949. if the election was held today. let's look at how the number tracks with the last year or so. it has been within the margin of error, essentially a cyst is -- statistical dead heat for over a year. which is rather extraordinary. this is either a partisan divide, there are republicans, more for trump, democrats. independents remain a key question. otherwise, the electorate is barely moving. >> striking to see how the numbers have not changed. why are voters so locked in? >> in a few words, they are unhappy, discontented, on the way to being miserable. you can see that in our polling.

geoff: lisa desjardins, thank you for walking us through this. ♪ amna: here to help us further break presidential picks, and other political happenings of the week, we turn to the analysis of brooks and capehart. that's new york times columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, associate editor for the washington post. let's pick up where lisa left off. on this potential vice presidential picks, if we put that graphic backup so you can take a look at some of the folks they are currently venting at a mr. trump said he may announce at the convention, what is it that you think former president trump is looking for in a vice president and who do you think gets the job? >> i cannot get deep inside trump's mind to tell you what he is actually looking for, but he is saying i have class resentment down. j.d. vance out, but likability, not so much. tim scott, in. somebody who would win over people who are worried that trump is a little erratic. the elections in india, which are so important and should have struck fear into everyone in trump world, but modi is a populist authoritarian figure

our lisa desjardins takes a closer look at the reaction in recent days.isa: the visuals certainly were clear. saturday in new jersey, former president donald trump strode into a match for the ultimate fighting championship, watching mixed martial arts, a combat sport known for muscle and bloodshed. this was his first public appearance after being found guilty of nearly three dozen felonies. the crowd whooped it up, but from trump the signal was serious and provocative. then, in a weekend interview with fox and friends -- mr. trump: my revenge will be success. and i mean that. but it is awfully hard when you see what they have done. these people are so evil. lisa: he lit another match over his upcoming sentencing. >> a judge could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail. how do you face what that could be? mr. trump: i'm ok with that. lisa: but he warned -- mr. trump: i think it would be tough for the public to take. you know, at a certain point, there's a breaking point. lisa: it was not his only warning shot. trump also said this about top pentagon

our lisa desjardins takes a closer look for what comes next -- closer look at the reaction from recentisa: the visuals were certainly clear. in new jersey, former president donald trump strode into a match for the ultimate fighting championship, a combat sport known for muscle and bloodshed. this was his first public appearance after being found guilty of nearly three dozen felonies. the crowd whooped it up, but from trump the signal was serious and provocative. then, in a weekend interview with fox and friends -- >> my revenge will be success. and i mean that. but it is awfully hard when you see what they have done. these people are so evil. lisa: he lit another match over his upcoming sentencing. >> a judge could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail. how do you face what that could be? >> i'm ok with that. lisa: but he warned -- >> i think it'd be tough for the public to take. you know, at a certain point, there's a breaking point. lisa: it was not his only warning shot. trump also said this about top pentagon generals. >> they want there to be woke, but these guys aren't me

and lisa desjardins covers the trump campaign. our panel of political analysts, amy walter of the cook political report, democratic strategist guy cecil, and republican strategist kevin madden. geoff: let's start with you lisa and laura. how has president biden been preparing? laura: has been at camp david for most of the week preparing in a very traditional manner. he has a lot of his close senior aides around him who have helped mock debate. some of them have played donald trump. they have been trying to prepare him for whatever version of donald trump may show up. whether it is a calm one or a more aggressive one. the campaign feels this is a big moment for the president and they will get a larger audience then they typically would. the president wants to strike a strong contrast with donald trump, and really prove the point unlike in 2020 when they did not pick donald trump, there is even more reason to. namely he is going to focus on the january 6 insurrection and donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. he wants

geoff: we are joined in studio by white house correspondent laura broome lopez, lisa desjardins, amyr of the cook political report, democratic strategist guy cecil and republican strategist guy madden. watching in atlanta is pamela kirkland. we will start with you because democrats were desperate for president biden to put on a show of vitality and mental sharp nice and the questions about his age. your phone has been blowing up for the last hour and a half. what is the word from the campaign and the democrats? laura: the democrats i with wert necessarily happy with the president's performance. at the beginning they were really nervous, thought he did not get off to a strong start. they felt as though he got stronger as the night went on, a bit more clear. but again, they wanted him to strike really strong contrast with trump on immigration, on abortion, on january 6, and a lot of folks i spoke to don't feel he necessarily did that in a way that will reach voters, whether motivating his basic world independent moderate voters. a campaign source texted me saying their internal polling