brangham explains, a new analysis shows that gun violence is disproportionately happening on the other side of school walls. falls down. from 2014 to 2023 , there have been more than 188 shootings across the united states. we have been within 500 meters of schools, which means that an average of 57 shootings have been recorded every day. these statistics are based on the experience and new analysis that the tris institute is a non-profit news organization that covers gun violence . by analyzing data from approximately 150,000 public and private schools, this institute concluded that 6 million children witnessed a shooting near their school last year alone. schools we think that most people's attention is drawn to the massacres that took place in newta schools. around the school and protect the children inside from the school. dual-purpose windows were invented with double-glazed transparent glass and the ability to convert solar energy into electricity. if these glasses are installed in a building, about 95% of the electricity will be used need. provided the building. the invention of

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william brangham has the latest. and a warning, many viewers will find this footage disturbing.am: the community of springfield, illinois, is calling for justice after 36-year-old sonya massey was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy inside her home on july 6. law enforcement was there because she called 911 to report a prowler. >> she was a mother. she has children. that is an impact for generations that is going to be laid upon that family. william: the local sheriff's office released this body camera footage yesterday, which shows two deputies searching outside massey's property for the suspected prowler, and then after finding no one , deputy sheriff sean grayson talks with a confused-seeming massey on her front porch. >> please god, please god, i'm just trying to get help. >> what do you need help with? william: at one point, grayson asks massey about her mental health. a few minutes later, massey and the deputies are inside, getting information to file their report. >> just a driver's license will do. then i'll get out of your hair. william: deputy grayson asks massey to

for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham amna: to discuss the future of the presidential race, i'mned by our politics monday team. that's amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter and tamara keith of npr, who is in rehoboth beach with the pool of reporters covering president biden. great to see you both. you saw laura reported on the daily show support from democratic lawmakers lining up behind vice president harris and a lot of the names you had been floated as potential challengers, governor gavin newsom, governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, transportation secretary pete buttigieg, have all endorsed for now. why do you think the party coalesced around her so quickly? amy: i think they realized that it was getting late very quickly. and that there is only three weeks until the convention. we only have four months until election day. and that they had spent three weeks basically wringing their hands after the june 27 debate about what to do about joe biden , watching their call numbers releasing fairy deeply and down ballot candidates really starting to get incredib

william brangham has the latest.across 45 states and territories, covid infections are rising. according to the latest data from the cdc, more than half of those regions are showing high wastewater samples. this rise is partly due to a number of new variants with particular mutations that make it easier for the virus to spread. for more on what can we expect for the rest of this summer, we're joined by epidemiologist katelynn jetelina. she's the author of the invaluable substack column called "your local epidemiologist." so nice to have you back on the program. help us explain this uptick. is it new variants? is it our summer behaviors? what is driving this? katelynn: there is a combination of three things that drive our summer waves. one his behavior change. it is really hot outside. people move indoors. viruses love to spread indoors. two, covid just keeps mutating. it is mutating about twice as fast as the flu. every time a virus mutates, it finds a way to start chipping away at our immunity wall. three is waning

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william brangham has the latest.m: across 45 states and territories, covid infections are rising. according to the latest data from the cdc, more than half of those regions are showing high or very high levels of covid in wastewater samples. this rise is partly due to a number of new variants with particular mutations that make it easier for the virus to spread. for more on what can we expect for the rest of this summer, we're joined by epidemiologist katelynn jetelina. she's the author of the invaluable substack column called "your local epidemiologist." so nice to have you back on the program. help us explain this uptick. is it, as i mentioned, new variants? is it our summer behaviors? what is driving this? katelynn: there is a combination of three things that drive our summer waves. one his behavior change. it is really hot outside. people move indoors. viruses love to spread indoors. two, covid just keeps mutating. it is mutating about twice as fast as the flu. every time a virus mutates, it finds a way to start

geoff: and as william brangham reports, thousands of passengers are still trying to get to their destinationsht. william: it was the glitch felt around the world. today's software failure triggered far-reaching and frustrating outages globally. air travelers were among the most directly affected, with tens of thousands of flights delayed and thousands more canceled. >> i've never seen it like this before, especially in this airport. this airport is my favorite because it's usually getting in and getting out. william: the outage was caused by a faulty software update within microsoft's windows operating system. many users first noticed the problem when they saw the notorious so-called blue screen of death. the faulty update was issued by the cyber security firm crowdstrike. ceo george kurtz offered a mea culpa this morning on the today show. george: we are deeply sorry for the impact that we have caused to customers, to travelers, to anyone affected by this , including our company. so we know what the issue is and we have resolved the issue now. william: the faa temporarily grounded major u.s

brangham, who has been following the criminal cases against mr.. great to see you both. start us off here. this was a ruling so many had been waiting for. it was chief justice john roberts who wrote the opinion for the majority there. what is the essence of that ruling? marcia: the chief justice said that, very basically, that certain core presidential powers are absolutely immune from prosecution in this kind of powers would include things like the pardon power, the recognition of foreign nations, the appointment of foreign ambassadors. for all other official acts, the court said there is a presumption of immunity and as you know, amna, from criminal law, the presumption of innocence, that presumptions can be rebutted and in this case, the court said that the prosecution would have to show that the application of criminal law here into an official act did not interfere with the authority and function of the executive branch. so it is a high bar. mr. trump did not get everything he asked for but he got an awful lot. he also -- the chief justice al

as william brangham tells us, those speeches may be aimed at getting support this fall from tech leaderstart-ups, who have a growing voice on these issues. william: that's right, geoff. the incredible rise of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have created a new bloc of mega-donors and voters that presidential candidates are now trying to win over. former president trump, who initially denounced cryptocurrency as quote, highly volatile and based on thin air, back in 2019, reversed himself in his speech to the conference last saturday, by promising to make the u.s. the crypto capital of the world. pres. trump: if crypto is going to define the future, i want to be mined, minted, and made in the usa. it's going to be. it's not going to be made anywhere else. and if bitcoin is going to the moon, as we say, is going to the moon, i want america to be the nation that leads the way, and that's what's going to happen . you're going to be very happy with me. william: joining me now to discuss the ramifications of all this is david yaffe-bellany from "the new york times." thank you so much for bein

as william brangham tells us, those speeches may be aimed at getting support this fall from tech leaders a growing voice on these issues. william: that's right, geoff. the incredible rise of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have created a new bloc of mega-donors and voters that presidential candidates are now trying to win over. former president trump, who initially denounced cryptocurrency as quote, highly volatile and based on thin air back in 2019, reversed himself in his speech to the conference last saturday, by promising to make the u.s. the crypto capital of the world. >> if crypto is going to define the future, i want to be mined, minted, and made in the usa. it's going to be. it's not going to be made anywhere else. and if bitcoin is going to the moon, as we say, is going to the moon, i want america to be the nation that leads the way, and that's what's going to happen now. you're going to be very happy with me. william: joining me now to discuss the ramifications of all this is david yaffe-bellany from the new york times. thank you so much for being here. help set the table f

leanne brangham has the latest back in washington.am: menendez was convicted on 16 counts including bribery, fraud obstruction and acting as , a foreign agent. prosecutors detailed how menendez traded political favors for the egyptian government and an american businessman in exchange for lavish amounts of money and luxury goods. after the verdict, u.s. attorney damian willians spoke outside the courthouse in new york. >> this case has always been about shocking levels of corruption. hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, and a mercedes benz. this wasn't politics as usual, this was politics for profit. and now that a jury has convicted bob menendez, his years of selling his office to the highest bidder have finally come to an end. william: for his part, senator menendez, decried the verdict and vowed to appeal. >> i am deeply, deeply disappointed by the jury's decision. i have every faith that the law and the facts did not sustain that decision and that we will be successful upon appeal. i have neve