captng sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff.on he newshour tonight: >> ( translated ): imagine, making the decision to separate from our entire family to find a better life, and, once i get here, they separate my family even further.oo >>uff: we follow one family as it struggles with separation, and talk to white house legislative affair director marc short about the trump administration's immigration policy and the looming battle to fill justice anthony kennedy's place on the supreme court.th , the annapolis community responds to the deadly shooting at its local newspaper, and remembers those who died. and, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks consider the supreme court vacancy, immigration and a surpriseemocratic primary

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of these institutions:s and frie the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president trump now says he plans to announchis nominee for the u.s. supreme court on july 9, one week from monday. he spoke to reporters today, as he flew from wasngton to his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, for the weekend.en the pressaid he has already narrowed his choices to five to seven finalists, and that two are women. he said he will not ask the e,ndidates if they would overturn "roe v. wthe

1973 decision that legalized abortion. the state supreme court of iowa has struck down a law that women wait three days before getting an abortion. the court found the law violates the state constitution, and could make abortions unobtainable.wa state justice mansfield dissented. he is on the president's list op potential u.s.me court nominees. the man accused of shooting five people to death at a maryland newspaper was denied bail today. jarrod ramos faces murder harges. officials say he h a long vendetta against the "capital gazette" in annapolis. ayat a white house event t president trump said the newspaper attack was "horrific." >> this attack shocked the consciencef our nation and filled our hearts with grief. journalists, like l americans, should be free from the fear of

being violently attacked while doing their job. >> woodruff: in the past, the s esident had routinely branded reporters as "enem the people." we will have a full report on the anpolis shooting and its aftermath, later in the program. the u.n.'s "international organization for migration" today snubbed president trump's pick for dirtor-general. ken isaacs faced criticism that u.s. immigration policies were too harsh, and that his online postings were anti-muslim. members of the i.o.m. eliminated isaacs in the early rounds of voting in geneva. a portuguese candidate ultimately won. it is only the second time since 1951 that an american won't be leading the group. in syria, a new refugee crisis is exploding, as government forces assault rebels in the southwest. u.n. officfils now say the ting has driven 160,000 civilians from their homes.

one israeli military said today that it delivered s of aid and medicine to refugees on the golan heights, but, they will not be allowed to enter israel. a federal judge in washingtone today blocked ate of kentucky from imposing new work requirements for medicaid idcipients. the judge today hat no consideration was given to the estimated 95,000 people who would lose benefits as a result. kentucky was the fst state to impose the work requirements. canada has announced tariffs totaling $12.6 billion on u.s. steel and aluminum, plus ketchup, lawnmowers and whiskey. they take effect july first, in retaliation for u.s. tariffs. meanwhile, china formally announced that it is easing limits on foreign ownership of chinese auto plants, insurance and her sectors. and, wall street closed out the week with modest gains. the dow jones industrialverage was up 55 points to close at

24,271 today. the nasdaq rose six points, an the s&p 500 added two. for the quarter, the dow gained just or half a percent. the nasdaq rose 6%.e thp 500 added nearly 3%. still to come on the newshour:im a 17-year-olgrant's struggle to reunite with his father. ivthe white house legislat affairs director about migration and the suprem court. the latest on the shooting inet the "capital g" newsroom. and, much more. >> woodruff: this week, a federal judge barredhe separation of immigrant children from their parents and ordered those currently detained to be reunited with thr families within 30 days. that ruling followed presidente trump's executder earlier this month that said the

administration would stop separating families, but had not put a timeline in ace for when families would be reunited. newshourhite house correspondent yamiche alcindor reports on why many families are still searching for answers. >> alcindor: it's been more than a month since 17-year-old omar has seen his dad. >> ( translated ): no one explained anything to me, if i could be with him, or see him. i was just waiting for days, thinking, about how i could beim with >> alcindor: omar, who requested we not use his real name, and his father fled honduras in late april, leaving behind omar'sth and three siblings, hoping to support them financially from the u.s. >> ( translated ): i left because i couldn't do anything there.or my dream is to i want to have a better position. nem the oldest of four siblings, there's no school ar me, and the ute is very dangerous. many people die on the road. >> alcindor: on may 16, omar and

his dad re picked up near mcallen, texas, just hours after illegally crossing into the u.s. immigration agents immediately separated them. did you know before you crossed the border that you might be separated from your father?at >> ( tran ): no, i didn't know we could be separated. at first, i didn't knoanything about what happened to him. i didn't hear anything from hima no one explainthing to me, if i could be with him, or see him. i was just waiting for days, thinking alone. >> alcindor: omar wept as he explained what happened next. he spent three weeks being shuttled between two windowless cells, and a shelter housing underage migrants. they were similar to these facilities photographed by the departments of homeland security and health and human services. >> ( translated ): all of the kids cried because they wereth told thar parents were going to be deported. they were all crying. all of them. >> alcindor: while the most dramatic scenes are playing out across the u.s.-mexico border, all across the country, in neighborhoods like this one in

maryland, many families remain desperate for answers. that includes omar's aunt jenny also undocumented and asked not to be identified. hter jenny was told by omar's mom that om been separated from his father, she urged his mom in honduras to have him call her. then, u.s. immigration officials called. >> immediately, they called me from where he was and told me, you're related to him, we have ur nephew and we need someone to sponsor him. >> alcindor: jenny says she decided to sponsor omar, even though she knew it was risky. she must be fingerprinted and undergo a background check. as part of a new trump administration rule implemented earlier this month, that infoation is now shared with immigration enforcement. are you afraid that the information that you provided in order to snsor your nephew might be used to deport you now? >> ( translated ): yes, i'm afraid. i'm afraid. i don't know what's gog to happen. i'm thinking about my

immigration case, but because he is my nephew, i can't abandon him. for me, my nephews are like my first sons i live for them. >> alcindor: omar's case and jenny's dilemma are not unique some 900 unaccompanied immigrant children were released to sponsors in maryland betweennd october 2017 april 2018. about 90% of the sponsors helany sinkler has met are undocumented. sinkler runs the family reunification program at esperanza center, an immigrant resource group funded by the catholic charities of baltimore> e get at least one individual a day saying, how will this affect me? will something like that hpen to me? i'm worried about my family here, i'm worried about my chilen here. >> alcindor: sinkler says workers are honest about the danger.e >>n't make any false promises to our sponsors. we don't say things like, o it's going to y, nothing bad will happen to you, because frankly we don't know. we don't know how the thformation will be used i future. >> alcindor: according to john cohen, a forr senior official

at the department homeland security, sponsors like jenny have reasons to be worried,. >> the aunt has every reason to be concerned that, now that she's come out of the shadows, now that she's identifiede herself, that uld be subject to removal. >> alcindor: cohen also questions how much planning and coordination went into president trump's "zero tolerance" policy. and, he'skeptical federal agencies are equipped to match each and every child with their families. >> if they were not fully prepared to implement th program when the program began, that could cause real problems, as far as being ableo connect or reunite children who were separated from their parents, going forward. >> alcindor: like his aunt, omar also faces a very uncertain future, but last week, he finally got to talk his dad during a ten-minute phone call. ther is now being held at a facility in new mexico, and has hired a lawyer. but, the teen has no idea when they will see each other again. >> ( translated ): i feel bad because i would like him to be with me. imagine, making the decision to separate from our entire family to find a better life, and once i get here, they separate my

father even further. >> alcindor: if his father is m deported, omaray have to hire a lawyer to plead his own case. in the meantime, jenny is supporting omar and her n five-year-old daughter by cleaning houses. >> ( translated ): he's just starting his life. i'm worried because i don't want him to lose the opportunity to go to scho and study. he has dreams, and i think i'm no longer here to realize mine. i try to live to realize their dreams.>> lcindor: omar wants to one day become a computer engineer. but for now, he's not re if he'll go to school in the u.s. come fall or return to honduras. for the pbs newshour, i'm yamiche alcindor outside baltimore, marylan >> woodruff: how will the trump administration respond to the court order to reunite immigrant familieseparated at the rder? and what is the president's process for naming a new supreme court justice? marc short is the white director of legislative affairs and has some of those answers.

welcome back to the program. >> thank you, judy. >>hywoodruff: marc short, are the young people like omar the 17 we saw in yamiche's story still held separate from their parents, over a week after the president said the policy should end? >> the policy the president signed by executive order is moving forward. keep in mind the executive order pretty much provides time for congress to fix this. when you had me on your show a couple of weeks ago i said it is a binary choice and that remains true that u either let families come into the country unfettered which continues tor create a bigoblem or separate them at the border. we don't want to separate them at the border, but the problem is there's a law that says after 21 tas the children must be let go. so your choice is letld chin and parents go into the united states and therefore it oy increases the problem of more and more children being pushed across the brder. we feigned of the 2,000 you're talking about in your story,th additionally it same time period, 10,000 unaccompanied children came across the border,

many sexually, physically abused by human traffickers who pushede them across border. when they come through a port of entry and claim aylum, they've always been kept together. the circumstances in your story are only those crossing the border illegally and not coming through a port of entry. >> woouff: i would love to see those numbers because we haven't been able to establish the numbers you jut cited about unaccompanied children. we are hearing so many stories about children not reunited. how much of is the fact that government agencies just don't know how to fnd parents and children who belong together? >> the separation of parents and children has actually been happening for quite some time, judy, an whas always been the case is the children were often removed and put into h.h.s.us custody bethere are concern in many cases they were being trafficked and nottu ly with a parent. so the process is they get put in foster care or put together with a family member first.s so there process for unifying. the reason in many casha they n't been to date is because

the adult dolt who kim across the border illegall still in the press of being adjudicated and still isarncrated probably. >> woodruff: does the president still believe the original decision six weeks ago to separate families at the border is a mistake. >> we need congress to provide clarity. the executive order provided a temporary reprieve but right now the law does not enable us to do -- >>uff: excuse me for interrupting. congress has gone home for the july 4th recess. there's no suggestion they were able to come together on this. in the meantime, is it the administration's responsibilit to figure it out? >> coming has not given us the tool to. the law ys within 21 tas the child must be release. so the choice is release the child and the parents together th separate the children from the parents when come across illegally. those are the two choices we fails. >> woodruff: so child separation is still happening is

what you're saying? >> no, the predent signed the e.o. that provided another 21 days. we need congress t a. at that point we'll come back to where we were acouple cup weeks, do you want open borders where children used as inceptive to get parents in the countryor do you want a system where there is prosecution for coming acrosl gally. again if they come into a port. entry and claim asylum they're alwa kept together if they come in the way they're supposed to. >> woodruff: let's turn to the supreme court, justice kennedy stepping de wn. esident said he's narrowed the list to five to seven people, he plans to see ne or two of them this weekend. who is he seeing? >> judy, i can't tell you exactly who he'ngseut the the american people know who's on the list. i think this is theost transparent process ever, when the president put forward a list of the 21 candidates he's considering, expanded t 25 during the transition, but it's a very public list we provide to

all americans. you know the list the president's choosing from. i think that was one of the factorcoof many mfortable in supporting the president for election because to have the quality of candidatehe put forward. >> woodruff: democrats are not only concerned he will choose coop served but choose someone even more conservative than justice kennedy and will choose someone who will, if not overturn roe v wad but will try to undermine it. what does the president want their position to be on roe v wade. >> he does not have a litmus test on roe v wade. you can look at the quality of the candidates puforward. 136 judges nominated for district and circuit court and know the type of candidate the president will put forward. what i find disturbing is democrat senators have already come forward and said it doesn't matter who he names, we're opposed. it doesn't seem like a democratic president when they're basally sayg, doesn't matter who, we all need

to be opposed, nor matte what, don't allow the person a chance oftime, to review for credentials, already statements from democrats on the record saying we're opposed no matter what. >> woodruff: separately, a story in the "new york times" said the white house has been pressuring justice kenne for the last year and a half to feel comfortable stepping down this year, that it submitted private lationships between trmp and kennedy families appointed friends of justice kennedy to other justice positions, how do you answer that? >> the reality is justicerv kennedy has se our country nobody. he's 82 years old, served on the court 31 years, i think to be surprised he ste aside and retired is kind of foolish. the reality is we were unaware as to when he would make this decision. we appreciate his service, the president looks forward to nominate a qualified candidate to replace him. >> woodru: yo you are saying no pressure. >> no. >> woodruff: the economy,

trade policy, general motors has become the latest company to say if the president moves forward with tariffs, i could backfire, leading to bad investments, cutting wages, higher prices fo cars, how wie white house deal with this as more companies expresses concerns about the tariffs. >> the president basically said llet's get rid of al tariffs and trade barriers for all of us. they were unable to accept that. right now the tariffs we face in exporting products are significantly greater than those put on companies trying to import products into the united states. the president is try level the playing field and have reciprocity on the tariffs: t >> woodruf president has offered referred to the press in this country as ten my of theer an people. is he going to continue to say that? >> judy, i think he's often frusated by coverage and e way that it's perceived, i don't

know if hetis going to cone to use those words or not, but i think we all mourn the loss of innocent life in annapolis and hold the families in our prayers and wish as much healing as possible. >> woodruff: do you agree the press are the enemy of thee americanple? >> judy, i believe the press has a responsibility to make sure they're covering things as accurately athey can and a ee and fair press is essential to american democracy. >> woodruff: mc short, executive officer of legislative affairs, thank you. >> thanks for having m judy. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: europe's plan to address its migrant crisis. votes-- the populist frontrunner in that country's presidential election. plus, markhields and david brooks analyze justice kennedy's retirement, and the rest of the week's news.

and now, the aftermath of the murders in maryland's state capital. amna nawaz has our story. >> nawaz: a day after the mayh at the "capital gazette" in annapolis, faces of the five victims headlined the front page. the man accused of killing them, 38-year-old jarrod warmos, was charged with five counts of first-degree murder,nd ordered held without bond. >> mr. ramos is alleged to have executed a brutal series of attacks on innocent victims. >> nawaz: officials say the suspect opened fire on t paper's newsroom, with a pump- action shotgun. state attorney wes adams says the alleged gunman had made sure no one could get out: >> there were two entrances to the offices in which this attack occurred. the rear door was barricaded. mr. ramos then, as i told the judge, entered into the fronor nd worked his way throughce the of

>> nawaz: hours after thewr attack, stafer, selene san felice, recalled the terror of s ing trapped. >> i remember i rking at my desk when i heard the shots, and it took a couple of them for me to realize what was happening. i went to the back door which i s only a couple steps aw from, and it was locked. i heard the footsteps. >> nawaz: police got there within a minute, a say they found ramos hiding under a desk. the accused gunman had long-held a grudge against thettcapital ga" he sued for defamation over a 2011 column about his ilty plea to criminal harassment, but he lost his appeal in 2015. anne arundel county's police chief timothy altomare says ramos also harassed per employees on social media. >> in may of '13, we dio have a situwhere online threening comments were made it was discussed that the "capital gazette" did not wish to pursue criminal charges. there was a fear that doing so would exacerbate an ady-

flammable situation. >> nawaz: the chief says there were new postings lately. last night, investigators checked on those and other evidence as they searched the suspect's apartment in laurel, maryland. they say one thing is clear: >> this was a tatheted attack. fellow was there to kill as many people as he could get. >> nawaz: in the wake of the carnage, the "capital gazette's" editorial page said simply, "today, we are speechless." the newspaper also paid tribute to its slain staffers. rob hiaasen, 59 years old and assistant managing edito remembered as a "wryly observant" writer who mentored young journalists. 65-year-old wendi winters, dubbed "the heart of the newspaper," had a talent for connecting with the community as special publications editor. those who worked for him said editorial page editor rald fischman's "quirky, low-key demeanor belied a biting sense of humor." he was 61. john mcnamara, age 56, was nicknamed mac, and remembered

for "flexibility, concise writing and extensive knowledge of regional sports rebecca smith, the paper reported, was a 34-year-old sales assistant, and known as thoughtful, kind and considerate. flowers and stuffed animals lefm in theiries began to amass today, ahead of a vigil tonight. the grieving sta at the newspaper still put out today's edition, and are continuing to work again today. as one reporter put it, "i don't know what else to do." terrence smith is a contributing columnist for the "capitol gazette," and was a longtime correspondent here at the newshour. he lives in annapolis. ce, thank you so much fo being here. we are all so very sorry for you and your colleagues' loss. >> well, it's an incredibl shock. you do not expect it. you do not think, in a newsom that somebody's going to come in and shoot the place up, and maybe we should. maybe we all should, but we

dn't, and i think the capital made a point, and you sort of suggested in the setup piece, of increasing its connection to the community by being open, hainv no wall, so to eak, between the office and commutty. waat risky? we didn't think so. >> it's a remarkable position for a journalist to be in to have to cover thkilling of your own colleagues. i want to ask u about th editor you mentioned because hen was tweabout those colleagues there, he wrote about them, they give all -- give all they have every day, there are no 40-hour weeks, no big pay days, just a passion for telling stories from our comfomunity. folks who've never been there or met some of these people, tell me about the place of the capital gazette in that community. >> it has a very close connection to the community anda

keeps it upd works at it. it was founded or its origins go back to 1727, soos al300 years ago, and it was a pre-revolutionary, rebellious sewspaper that continues to thi day, and they work at that connection to the community. they cover local politics, local debates, news, local sports, local anything, and give it ayecedence, as they should, and, amazingly, in thisnd age, of newspapers collapsing all around u it makes money. how about that?of >> you knew tw the individuals who were killed yesterday. e i knew four of m, but two especially well. gerald fishman, i filed every column. i wrote for the last four years wonderful guy, very quiet, unassuming, biting , beautiful writer, you can read

about him. go to the annapolis online and they did wonderful profiles today of these people. robert hiaasen, another associate editor and columnist, very witty, big man, six-five, is the brother of a columnist, very engaging. his column dealt not with politics and big issues but with the foibles of life we all confront. >> what do you want people out there to know about that team that you get to work with there? >> i was likely impressed with what they produced today and probably will produce tomrow, and they were sending a message, you know, and it's a very clear message, and i endorse that message -- you can't let a shooter, in this case, on, who as you said in the setup piece,

had a long-running grievous with the paper, he was a dangerous -- obviously they didn't nk he tas the combustible danger that he proved to be, oherwise the police and they would have done something about it, but the thought about it, he was on the radar. but i think e paper's performance in the wake of this is their most extraordinary testimonial. they'll keep at it. this isn't fake news. this is not the enemy of the people. >> terrence smith, thank you so much for being with us today. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: while the u.s. grapples with migrants coming to the u.s.-mexico border, european leaders continue their strugglei the far bigger influx of

refugees and migrants landing on their shores from the middle east, africa, and beyond. as william brangham reports, the compromise e.u. leaders forged last night leaves many questions unanswered. >> brangham: after a mhon, all-night summit in brussels, leaders from the european union agreed to create formal centers to process migras trying to enter europe. germ chancellor angela merke applauded the deal. >> ( tr intensive discussion on perhaps the most challenging topic for the european uni, it's a good message that we agreed on a common text. >> brangham: michael pee covered the meeting for the "financial times."ll >> it for centers within edu. countries where migrants can essentially betributed and their asylum claims processed, and then they movon from there. and the idea there is to takeso of the pressure off the so- called front line mediterranean states, where most migrants arrive from, from north africa.

>> brangham: but latlast night, any agreement seemed in jeopardy, amid competing, stark differences among the leaders, and a growing, anti-immigrant sentiment in europe. italy's newly elected prime minister, giuseppe conte, was yswept to power in part b concern over the hundreds of thousands of migrants who've entered italy in recent years. italy wanted other e.u. nations to promise to take more of the refugees who land on its shores. but others in central and eastern europe, like hungary's victor orban, rejected any formal quotas for accepting migrants. orban has for years argued that migrants from the middle east and africa are a threat to his nation, and to europe more broadly. >> ( translated ): the most essential goal is preserving the security of hungary and securing the future of christian culture in europe. >> brangha michael peel says nations like hungary and the haczech republic wouldn't th signed any dea set binding requirements on them. >> that tells us lot about the ep divisions in the e.u. about how to deal with migration,

because this is somethinthat italy in particular, as well as other mediterranean states, where most migrants arrive, did not want. they wanted thcompulsory mechanism to force all countries in the e.u. to share the burden and share the responsibility. but there are some states in the e.u., including notably hungary and other central european states, who simply refuse to do that. >> brangham: germany's angela merkel is facing a destic political revolt that threatens her political survival. she has staunchly advocated for migrants entering germany, and it's unclear if this agreement will quell that fight. merkel did insert language into the deal that gets e.u. nations to agree to combat what's known as "secondary migration." that's w one country and apply for asylum, but then migrate tot r e.u. countries. concern over that second stepne has beenf main complaints of merkel's domestic opponents.

>> angela merkel can say that she got something from this summit. the italian government could say that he got something from this summit. but e price of cobbling together this agreement in the early hours of the morning was that it has left a lot othings very vague. there are very few actual obligations to carry through in this agreeme. and so, critics say this is simply kicking the can down the road. and this is not a long tm solution. >> brangham: while the number migrants trying to enter europe has declined since its peak in 2015, thousands still try the dangerous journey every month, and their plights will no doubt continue to roil european politics. for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham. >> woodruff: on sunday, mexicans go to the polls for the largest

election in that country's history. 3,400 local, state, and federal positions are up for grabs, including the presidency. mexico is the leading source of immigrants entering the u.s., latin america's second-largest economy, and america's third- largest trading partner. but despite mexico's tenseh relationship wesident trump, the campaign there has focused almost entirely on domestic issues. and, as foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrindi reports, the l candidate is tapping into widespread anger. >> reporter: in mexico's largest s,adium, full of more than 70,000 adoring fhe man expected to be mexico's next president described this moment as a transformation. óandrés manuel lóz obrador, widely known by his initials, "amlo," has been cricized as a radical and wannabe messiah. he prefers to label himstif a pol savior. >> ( translated ): our tumph must be convincing. it will be a historical event.

the victory of an entire peoplee will be caout in the face of the immorality and decadence of recent times. >> reporter: 70-year-old alicia sepulveda's been rooting for amlo for decades. in 2006, she protested on his behalf after the first time he ran, and lost, for president. she believes this time, the third time, is the charm. >> he brings one tng that we have lost, which is hope. >> reporter: that's the samefr messag the top deck, and 28-year-old lourdes with her daughters.ou lourdes is acleaner and single mom, and believes only lópez obrador would lift her family up. >> ( translated ): groceries and economic support, lowered rent, holarships for my two daughters. that's what he's promised. that way we can get ahead. >> reporter: that's lopez obrador's main message:th overturninsystem, reducing government expenditures, and redirecting money that he says corruption stole, to the poor. >> ( translated ): our government will attend to all, but give preference to the poor.

in a socty as unequal as ours, it is almost impossible to achieve peace without justice and well-being. >> reporte he's been a politician for decades. after his 2006oss by less than a percent, he and hundreds of thousands of protestors occupied part of mexico city, and called for an "alternative government." he lost agt n in 2012. buis election, he's not only mobbed by crowds in poorer and rural areas-- he's expanded his popularity to cities and thela middless by zeroing in on government corruption. he inhabits anunleashes, what s become a national rage at e establishment. >> ( translated ): we're going up against the mafia of power. they're sneaky. they don't want to stop robbing. and they don't want to lose. >> this is an eltion in which anger is more important than fear or inspiration. >> reporter: denise dresser is a mexican author and political scientist. she says lopez obrador's popularity has nothing to do with mexican anger at president

trump's policies-- b >> they'nging drugs, they're bringing crime. they're rapists. >> reporter: ...from hismp gn announcement, to criticisms on trade, to his accusation mexico helps refugees reach the u.s. border.wa >> the through mexico like they walk through central park. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: instead, this moment is about mexican anger at mexican politicians. >> people are so upset with the ruling party, with corruption, with crony capitalism, with soaring inequality, with poverty, and with the economic model that has been in place in mexico over the past 20 which has failed to deliver. >> reporter: to understand those failures, there's an area of mexico city called iztalapala, where green hilltops lead to a dense, poor neighborhood of two million... hola, buen dia. ...where we met 42-year-old blanca estela ceja. she lives here with her entire hemily, including her 15-year- old son, and forast three years, nearly every time she turns on the tap, it's been dry. >> ( translated ): we have to

buy water that is trucked in when there's a shortage in order to survive. >> rorter: on her roof, she stores the water she buys. this is not a product of poverty. it's punishment for not supporting the party in power. if she did, she says, the local government would give her cheaper water. how unfair do you think this system is? >> ( translated ): to me, it's unfair because water is a basic necessity. here, some politicians manipulate that. they've been here as part of the government and they haven't solved anything. each day the problems get worse. >> reporter: and lopez obrador has conv into support.blems, who will you vote for? >> ( translated ): for lópez obrador. he understands our problems. us's come here and when he's come he's supporte lot, we think he's more honest. >> reporter: that's becauseal gations of corruption dog the current government, led by politicians from the ruling p.r.i. party. in chihuahua, former governor

césar duarte's been accused of embezzlement. in tamaulipas, former governor eugeo hernández's been indicted for money-laundering. mexican president enrique peñawi nieto' bought a $7 million house from a builder who received contracts from her husband. and in veracruz, governor javier duarte's accus of skimming up to $3 billion of public money, and replacing children's chemotherapy with wate >> i know people are angry because of these examples, and i tell them, i know you're angry. you should be angry. we are more angry. >> reporter: claudia ruiz massieu is the secretaryeneral of the ruling p.r.i., or institutional revolutionary party, and mexico's former reign secretary. the p.r.i. candidate, jose antonio meade, is double digits behind lopez obrador. do you understand why people might say that you don't understand voters' anger?

angry. we do not live as we would like. we would like families to live better. we would like people to have the opportunity to walk in the streets and feel safe. >> reporter: but that security is exactly what the p.r.i. andd government fai deliver. in the last 12 years, since mexico declared its war on drugs, more than 250,000 people have been murdered, and 34va00 people havshed. and this election season, that violence unleashed itself on politicis. more than 100 have been killed-- including one that was taking a selfie-- and after he promised he would combat a lol cartel, was shot in the head. >> we haven't had this kind of violence in a hundred year since the revolution. >> reporter: historian and author enrique krauze says theen solution tmic violence is police and justice system institutional reform, not the amnesty that amlo prises to give low-level criminals. >> and i sincerely don't think he has the knowledge, the understanding, the patience, of what institutions are for. >> reporter: running in distant second, naonal action party or p.a.n. candidate ricardo anaya

tsays he does have a planfix institutions. at 39, he's the younst presidential candidate in mexico's modern era, and has never run for national office. but he's still being rejected as a member of the elite, admits p.a.n. strategic adviser and former foreign secretary jorge castañeda. >> he was a party president.on he was aessman. he was president of the congress. he is partly seen still as part of the mexican political elite, and that political elite is terribly discredited.r: >> repormlo presents himself as anti-elite, and living humbly. he flies coach, and vows to get rid of the presidential plane. bualhis critics say his sociog prms are unaffordable, and if he wins, and his party wins control of congress, he will rule without a check. >> he's going to have a death star. 's going to have a lot of power-- which we don't know if he's going to use for good or for ill, and it's goine up to mexican institutions: to the

media, to the supreme court, to the opposition partiesnd to civil society, to erect barriers. >> absolute power has proven, in any way through history to be disastrous for any country. and i absolutely fear that amlo will have something very close to absolute power. >> reporter: but today, his campaign manager, tatiana clouthier, argues amlo's a changed man with a new slogan: amlove. >> ( translated ): i tell him, smile more, smile more. you don't need to be so rude on certain things. and i think he will learn to use that personal humor thuses one-to-one. he has been able to put it out toward the people. >> reporter: amlo posts lighthearted youtube videos, and during a debate when ricardo anaya approached, he joked, he

needed to hide his wallet. his supporters say tofter side is stylistic and substantive. as mexiccity's mayor, he gorned pragmatically. he promises dialogue with the u.s. but he and his campan still describe themselves as launching a movement. >> i believe it would be a situation similato the one you lived in the united states, the moment that barack obama was elected, in the sense that people were able to open the o ears an their eyes to see the world differently. >> reporter: for almost a century, mexico's only known two establishment parties-- until this sunday, when amlo prndises a transformation, a mexico heads into the unknown. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrinn mexico city. ow

>> woodruff: ande turn to the analysis of shields and brooks. that is syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new yorkum times" cst david brooks. gentlemen, welcome. big news, the equivalent of an earthquake, i guess, in washington, political earth wake. what does it mean anthony kennedy is stepping down frompr the e court? what does it mean for the court, the city, the country? >> it's significant. let me say god likes donald trwp because she has no given him a second appointee to the supreme cot, something that barack obama, in eight years, got two, bill clinton in eight yeshs got two, george w. bn eight years got two. he's getting two in months. anthony kennedy is ting much praise, in large part, judy, two sources. one, he was a gentleman. he was considerate to those around him. there was neo prsonalizing or polarizing to him, and that isre welcome aneshing in this washington. but the second thing is he was a liberal on indriividuahts and

social issues. he was not on economic issues. he always cme down on the side of corporations against nsumers and the side to the employer against the boss and he wrote probably the worst opinion, in my judgment, in the history of american politics of the cmpaign, letting corporations to make unlimited campaign contrutions and allowing the gushing of water of money into campaigns. but he will -- he has been a key vote on capital punishment, on a whole host of issues including gay mariage, and ratifying roe v wade. so, in that sense, the nominee will be to the right of him, ant ill, perhaps, energize republicans who were not energized about 2018.

>> woodruff: how do you see his legacy? >> first, it struckof me a lot my progressive friends are reacting like losing kennedy is like losing franklin roosevelt, like suddenly they're all on hii , which is odd to me because in most his decisions he voted very solidly with the conservatives, but shows the prominence of two issues for the progressives which is abortion and gay marriage, and shows howl the sossues motivate people these days. i would characterize him as a pricpragmatic libertarian, tendo emphize individual rights ad freedoms, and sometimes went a little right or left, but tended to be an individualistic mindset which had good virtues. i thought it generally weakened any sense of community and shared nation because his view was so individualistic. nonetheless, he was a very cordial, good man to be around in washington, an exelar of old public servant. i agree with mark, it's a total

gift for republicans, it will unify and energize the rie ht, ft, too, but more in the coming campaign, it put pressure on the people in the middle and, so,lys a murkowski and susan collins on the republican side, puts some pressure on them, bu i don't think a whole lot. they voted for gorsuch, but it puts a bunch of pressure on the centrist democrats running in the red states and more pressure on the democrats thanhe republicans. >> i agree withvid. joe manchin in west virginia who has to be favored for reelection, donald trump's state won by 42%, afo difficult voter him, especially if mitch mcconnell holds the vote around halloweeno keep attention riveted on the issue. heidi heitkamp in north dakota, a state donald trump carried by 36%, democratic incumbent. joe donnelly ind iniana that he carried by 17% and claire

mccaskill in missouri that donald trump carried by 19%, it's going to be a lot of political pressure for them. judy, the key to me is this is a bigger issue, the supreme court, for conservatives and republicans than historically for democrats. for example, in the exit polls in 2016, the clianton-trumpe, 26% of the republican voters said the supreme cour who sat on it was an urgent vote matter to them to th point affected and influenced their votes. only 18% of democrats sid it was for them. soates built-in emtional advantage at a time when republican entsiasm and interest in the 2018 campaign had been sapping and draining. >> i wonder if that will chacane now e this pick obviously puts roe v wade right at the center of our politics, and it will open up something very interesting. the nightmare scenario on either

side i don't think wprobably happen. >> which is? that roe v wade will suddenly be overturned. >> woodruff: yeah. because there is a precedent which justice roberts has maintained through most of the terms, and the obamacare case is a good example of saying, i may, may not agree, but what is law is law he tended to be biased in that verection and as we go through the hearings, whathe nominee is, that's what they will say. they m disagree in principle on roe v wade, but it's reason be settled so they may hedge it but continue see we're looking at a overturofroe v wade. >> woodruff: but you don't see anything standing in front of the president geg tts choice on the court? >> sure, we've had nominee rejected before because of something discovered. i take one exception to david, over th last generation gallup is polled every single year. americans are morle toerant about having a child out of

wedlock or gay rights or extra marital relations, but the moral acceptability of abortion remains divided exactly where it was years ago, so it is an organizing and galvanizing issue still to this day, even though i think david's right that the status quo or precedent works to the advantage of those who preserve. how about it if it becomes the central issue in the campaign of 2018, does that help the democrats or not? does it turn ourepublicans who might have sat home? >> and speaking of that, theed keannouncement, david, came afte the day after progrese democrats did surprisingly well in the primaries this week. we had this sck rest in new york where joseph crowley, who was smebody who was a part of the democratic establishment

in theesouse of representat and leadership, was beaten by a 28-year-old young woman who is seen as a seldescribed socialist democrat. what's going on with the democrats and how u yo- now that we've got the supreme court move, how do you see that playing on top of whas happened? >> the core question to me is whether this is david brad all over again, the guy in virginia who won, it's a singn of ager in establishment republicans was so high the party was about to undergo a fundamental earthquake. that could be true, but the crowd we lost was one data point among a lot of data points, and there have been some races whera thders' candidate has won but a lot where the mainstrea democratic candidate has won. i think the balance ofthe evidence so far is democratic voters around the country are not upset with democratic

establishment the way republican voters were with the republican. so i do not see sanders way. i see one-off cases where this is a very distinct district with a veryalented capt. , so she pulled off this amazing victory, but i don't see it as a part of a national trend. >> woodruff: how do you see it? >> i don't see it as part of a national trend. joe crowley was an exceptionally popular democrat. he didn't fit the pattern of someone who had grown mote from his district. he was the queens democratic boss, a position he inherited from his predecessor. but the maxim that all politics is local which has seemed to be repealed by all politics being natital reasserself. i mean, this is a district, judy, that has changedgr dehically dramatically. i mean, it's now a distinctly plurality of hispanic voters, minority voters and dwn out of one out of five and is the house of representatives.

i will say oneo thing abut joe crowley, his reception is gracious, compared to donald trump savaging mark carped and attacking jocrowley, sing sanog a long to run and dedicated it to her. >> woodruff: you see it as a one-off? >> it's the first time a democrat incumbent has lost in three elections. david described in cantor there had ben a lot of upsets where the liberty and tea party asserted itself before tt. >> also came a time when the border issue is such a vital issue which aroused a lot of people, we've got to have our people in there. but, nonetheless, it still has to be said that voters are upset with establishments. it's no unlikely we're going to get more of these. >> woodruff: quickly, you mentned the border. ere does the administration stand now on immigration? i talked to marc short, legislative affairs director, a few minutes ago.

mark, what do you see here? families are still being separated when they come across the border. >> you do, and competing jurisdictions of agencies, holten human services, the department of justice, homeland security, the border patrol,l you've gotl of these - think the time has come if the president and thent cou is serious about it to appoint a cz, give somebody superpowers, whether colin powell, or the anthony zinni or martin dempsey, mike mullin, but somebody who will be the voice tolhom the other are accountable. >> woodruff: on immigration in. >> othe family separation in particular at the bored because you can't get answe now >> i don't like any sense that includes both trump and czar at the same time, it scares me. the problem is the management problem. maybe some sort of administrator would help, but the core problem

is te trump administration, at least large parts, wants to send an indating message to people south of the border, don't come, it will be miserable, budon't want the backlash of a cruel policy. so they're stuck. so the lesson should be we're not going to be monsters at the border, we will enforce lw bu not be total monsters but that goes against the policy jeff sessio. wants to suppo political damage to the administrktion. >> in nd i had a discussion last week whether it would hurt trump's appraroval ng, and i hate to say it but i was right in that it has not hurt his aproval rating. >> his gallup dropped precipitously. >> i just look at the numbers. we'll come back next week. >> woodruff: we'll cfre back ay. >> you will pick your own numbers game. how much is 11 and 7? is it 17? (laughter) >> woodruff: hang around after the show. gets even more exciting. mark shields, david brooks,

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♪ >> tonightkq on ed "newsroom." news from the high court, the fight to replace justice kennedy and the court's big rulings this week. political analysis from publicly ng trump administration officials to turmoil in the democratic party following a stunning victory by aog ressive. plus, how one nonprofit is bringing free legal help to some of california' poorest and most vulnerable residents. hello and wcome to kqed neroom, i'm thuy vu. justice anthony kennedy week.nced his retirement this the sacramento n tive cast swing vote on many momentous

rulings. as the court emed the ter this week, ken