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captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition fosunday, july 15: what do president trump and russian president vladamir putin want from the upcoming talks in helsinki? and in our signature segment, as demand grows for lg term care for the elderly, we take a look at adult foster homes. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and phip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is proviuad by mof america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company.
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ditional support has been provided by: an bpublic broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. om the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. as the president of the united rsstates prepares for his formal one-on-one meeting with t ssian president vladimir putin, he singled e european union as a trade foe, and downplayed expectations for his summit meeting. arriving in helsinki today with the first lady, the president was again welcomed with large protests. targeting both president trump and president putin's policies, and waving flagsith peace signs, thousands filled streets throughout finland's capital city. in an interview taped yesterday at his scottish golf club, the president named the european union-- a long time u.s. ally-- as a key rival.
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>> who is your biggest competitor, your biggest foe, globally right now? >> well, i think we have a lot of foes. i think the european union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. now, you wouldn't think of the european union, but they're a foe. russia is a foe in certain respects. china is a foe economically, certainly they are a foe. but that doesn't mean they are bad. it doesn't mean anything. it means that they are competitors. they want to do well, we want to >> sreenivasan: donald tusk, the president of the european council, responded on twitter:" american and the e.u. are best friends. whoever says we are foes is spreading fake news." as for what president trump expects from the meeting with vladimir putin tomorrow... >> nothing bad is going to come out of it, and maybe some good will come out, but i go in with w expectations. i'm not going in with high expectations. h sreenivasan: and asked will try to have president putin extradite the russianic intelligence os charged with interfering in the 2016 election. >> well i might. i hadn't thought of that. but i certainly, i'll be asking out it.
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>> sreenivasan: republican congressman trey gowdy suggested it should be the first thing on prident trump's agenda. >> your first request of vladimirutin needs to be, "tell us which airport we can pick up the 25ussians that tried to interfere with the fundamentals of our democracy." >> sreenivasan: butiwhite house al security advisor john bolton dismissed the idea, partly because the two countries do not have an extradition treaty. >> i think it's pretty silly for the president to demand something that he can't get legally. >> sreenivasan: while the twoha leader spoken before at larger meetings, democratic senator mark warner raised concerns that vladimir putin could use tomorr's one-on-one meeting to pressure presidentad trump into aeal. >> in putin you have a trained k.g.b. agent who does his homework. my fear is putin could come in with maps of ukraine or maps of syria and try to cut a deal and frankly, take advantage of this president. >> sreenivasan: joining us now from helsinki where they are preparing to cover tomorrow's events are newshour whuse correspondent yamiche alcindor and special correspondent ryan chilcote.
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>> sreenivasan: i want to start with the basic question for both oyou about what the parties want. at least let me start with you, yamiche. >> what does the president want from this conversation with vladimir putin? >> the president really hasn't given that much detail about what he wants from vladimir putin, what he said is that he wants to have this meeting, he likes having meetings, he wants toee around strong laders, he thinks it is important to have that communicating be good and uour relationship with thted states should be strong with russia. sources inside the white house te me theylso are waiting to hear what the president is going to do. s there are a lot of issey could talk about, among them are the situation in syria, theta mi situation. there is reporting that the u.s. has been offered the to possibly pull out troops if they can get a deal with russia to deal with other things. there is this idea the adaptation of crimea could be a topic that the president could possibly recognize crimea as part of russia, that would be a big deal, but everyone says so far that the president de't have, doesn't want to do that. the other thing that president said he is going to talk about the election meddling, it is a
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big deal not only because of 2016 but going forwardsthi idea that midterm elections in the united states could be hacked by russia, so a lot of people are very worried about that but t president really just wants the optics and to look like a strong man and afteo all he wantit down with vladimir putin, they are going to be alone for an hour and it is going to be one on one and translators there, but essentially these two men are gointo be the only people who knew what they said in that meeting one on one and of course it is going to be extded to top aides talking to them al well. >> sreenivasan: ryan chilcote i want to ask you the same question, what does t adimir putin t of this conversation somewhat does he want out of it? >> i think vladimir putin would obviously love it if president trump was too say that he recognizes csmea part of, integral part of russia, he would love to see te sanctions decrease, but i think realistically he thinks, realizes that those things are unlikely. the very fact teat this ting is taking place is already and a achievement enough, i am pretty sure or the russian president if yhink about it they have been asking for this meeting ever since
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president trump's inauguration, and russia really has sort of been in the cold for the last s four yeance the annexation of crimea, so being here next to president trump allows president putin to communicate tolehe peack at home that, yes, we are paying a price for our foreign policy for what we are doing in crimea and the ukraine, and our relations with the west, but as you can see, they respect us. look at them meeting with me here. president trump, that means we are superpower. we are a force to be reckoned with and that's a very powerful and useful message for president putin to extend to his people m after y years of sanctions and tensions with the west. >> sreenivasan: yamiche, even after this meeting, before touchingown, the president ha sent out a series of tweets saying that, the rep are, again, an enemy of the people and he also in an conversat with cbs and jeff glor called the eu a foe of -- why these
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sorts of comments before this conversation? >> well, it is very notable what the president is talking aboe u, dia being an enemy of the people, while he is on his way to meet the russian presidenta who ds jails, who has jailedhi reporters, som like 58 reporters have been killed since 1998 in russia, just this year alonen 201833 reporters around the world have been killed, that's according to the mmittee to protect journalist, so journalists are really under attack all over the world and the president instead of saying, i back the media, we need a free press, we are not going to treat our media like vladimir putin does, he goes and double downs on air force one and that is really remarkable, the other thing is that president trump when he was a candidate said he was going to take on europe, wa said hgoing to take on our european allies, on the campaign trail he said he thought the united states was being taken advantage of, so far in a lot of ways he is doing exactly what he said he was going to do, and as ryan said there are a lot ofre people whoery, very worried that his antagonism to
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europe really plays into putin's hands a. >> sreenivasan: ryan, let's talk a little bit about how the president vladimir putin prepares for these type of thingsu ve covered him for a long time, long time. what is his modus opek ndi? >> l has a very long view and as you pointed out there, he has got a lot of experience. has been in power now for 18 years. so hoing to look at what can be achieved, and i think,ow you president trump represents a real unique opportunity for vladimir putin to do something, not at thi summit, this is just the beginning of a relationship. he will appreciate the fact tha this sum in it is taking place, because president trump agreed to have it, andat may have been at his political peril, so, you know, hes a very loyal guy, if you look at how he deals with his inner circle and he going to want to reward hip, will he give him something today? i don'know, he will be somewhat sense identify the fact people are watching this saying, oh, president trump is, president p'stapdog he won't want to make it look like he is helping him out too much,e
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bus going to appreciate that he needs to establish and wants to establish a long-term relationship. look, you know, if he is lucky, this is the best chance he has had for a while, if president trump is in power for another seven years and the annexation of crimm crimea, crimea, these are sanction things that may not two,lved this career but three, four, five years down the line putin is still in power and these are still proble so he would love to work with someone to make it go away. >> sreenivasan: yanl, this is ivel the context just a couple of days ago, special counsel robert mueller indicted 12 mill tucks russian military offig rs a of hackto the dnc, meddling with our campaign but there seems to be a difference in how thep trite house perceives this, as not necessarily an attack onde cracy, but really just an attack on democrats. >> well, president trump has spoken about these indictments in a very partisan way, while members of his admatinisn, including the secretary of
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homeland security have been sayingt was really about an attack on america so president trump went out there and says dhat the democrats were weak an that's why they were hacked, that the republicans lgbt were smarter and stronger and because of that they were not to be hacked like the democrats but you have him taking a partisan look at this and them you have the homeland security secretary saying, this is america. this is about american people, this is about amrican voters, and why does, why it really tmatters is we are going o a midterm election where if democrats are targeted by russia or others, whether or not president trump wants to or not it is going to be an american being attacked by a foreign pruntry so you are going to to e to see whether thsident will say you know what? we need to make sure all of our, electihether democrats or republicans, all of our candidates need to be safe and that's notwithsandg what he is doing right now. the white house statement they put out shortly after the indictment said there is the trump campaign specifically is now being, not being accused of anything so the esident quickly said, this is not my problem, i am not the one beg attacked here, and the is no conclusion here, and that is, collusion and that's very troubling for a lot of people.
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>> sreenivasan: all right, ourho whituse correspondent yamiche alcindor and special correspondent ryan chilcote. we look forward to your reporting tomorrow. >> thank you. thank you. >> >> sedenivasan: protests erupt on the south side of chicago er police shot and killed a man suspected of carrying a firearm. crowds tossed rocks, jumped on police cars, and confronted officers armed with batons. reseveral officers were ind and four demonstrators were arrested. the chicago police department said that police confronted a man who they believed to be armed. they say he pushed them away and reached for a gun when they fired. today a police department spokesperson said footage from officers' body cams and nearby surveillce cameras showed the man was armed with "what appeared to be a gun." a handgun and two ammuon magazines were discovered at the scene. the officer involvedn the shooting has been placed on desk duty pending an investigation. lifornia senator dianne feinstein may have easily won her state's democratic primary last month, but last night the state's democratic party leadership endorsed her rival:
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51 year old kevin de león for election this november. while de leon is considered a longshot to defeat the 85 year old feinstein this fall, the endorsement signals a shift in california away from moderates and toward more progressive candidates. the two democrats will face each other without a reblican challenger, a result of california's "top-two" primary system. >> sreenivasan: there are about 12 million americans who depend on some form of long term care. that can range from nursingto homessisted living. as baby boomers age, the demand for long-term care in the u.s. is expected to outpace supplywi and fundinin a decade. there is no one way to meet that need, and states are l at a patchwork of solutions. one approach is adult foster care. special correspondent joanne elgart jennings reports from oron.
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adult foster cares have been around more than 40 years in that state. utis story is part of our ongoing series aoverty and opportunity in america: chasing the dream >> reporter: when ste larrence h wants to vis elderly mother, it's a short walk to her care facility. it looks like most of the other homes in this suburban portland neighborhood. mother was a very active person. she was one of those kind of people just go, go, go, go, go, go, go. >> reporter: but at 99-years- old, marjorie larrence is now partly blind. and after suffering many falls, she can't walk anymore. >> how's your leg doing? >> it's doing well. >> no pain today? >> no. >> reporter: 13 years ago, when larrence realized his motherul no longer live on her own, he didn't want to put her in a large nursing home. >> i wanted adult foster care because i'd seen the advantages of the individual care you get here and having your own room. you don't feel like you're in at
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instn, you feel like you're living with a family. >> reporter: that's because marjorie larrence is living with a family. in this case, it's carmel durano's family, in carmel durano's home.of i think a loeople hear the m rd foster care, they think of kids being taken feir families and placed in homes. what does it mean in this context? >> t residents are placed in your home or they choose your home to live like a noyou know, it's like a normal home. i think you foster a home-like atmosphere for them, compared to living in assisted living or a nursing home. >> reporter: five elderly residentlive in this adult foster home. that's the maximum allowed under oregon law. as with traditional nursing homes, residents here receive 24-hour care and can access a range of services from prepared meals to assistance with hygiene to physical and emotional
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support. for those who require in home medical care, a nurse or doctor is called in. medicaid, medicare, or prite insurance often covers thens ex the cost of adult foster care ranges from about $3,500 to $5,000 a month. agn, those on medicaid are covered. in any case, it's about half the average cost of a bed nursing home in oregon. carmel durano had just emigrated from the philippines when she first opened her home nt elderly resi27 years ago. >> in the philippines, our grandparents are always around us. it seems like the grandchildren's lives can center around the grandparents who were expected to love them and respect them. >> reporter: ifiwas a natural for durano. she was able to raise her dren and run a business caring for elderly people, all under the same roof. th>> i had three small boy and i figured, you know, instead
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of working outside i can do the elderlies and my own family at the same time. >> reporter: durano's sister, who runs another adult care ghme in the nrhood frequently visits. and their 78-year-old-mother lives here too. durano'sids have since graduated college. but she will allow employees to bring their children to work on occasion. paula carder, a researcher at portland state university's institute on aging, has been studying oregon's adult foster care system for three years. she's impressed with the quality of care that's delivered at a cost lower than other elder care settings. >> the folks who live in adult foster homes in many ways look more like people living in what we call memory care units. they're caring for people who have similar kinds of needs in terms of assistance with eating, assistance with using the bathroom, mobility, and staying in the die.ences until they >> reporter: and why is that important?po >> that's ant to me because sometimes people worry that adult care homes can'te provhigh level of care to
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people with multiple chronicd illnesses sability and dementia and the evidence shows y can, and they do, and they charge much less. >> rep foster care is regulated by the state's department of human seices or d.h.s., the same agency that regulates other elder careacilities like assisted living. licensees must meet several requirements iluding living on site or providing a qualified resident manager, passing aou back check, having a home that meets structural and safety requirements, nimpleting a tr course, passing an exam, and being recertified each year. carder says regulation is key to adult foster care as it is with all elderly care. >> and it sets up an expectation and professionalization ofhe operators when you license and regulate it. it gives consumers and their families, you know, a peace of mind to know that it's being overseen. it allows the state to provide technical assistance and if
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needed, sanctions against adult foster care operats who are not doing a good job. >> reporter: not doing a good job can include neglect, or even abuse of elderly clients. according to oregon's d.h.s., every year there are about 1,000 cases of elder abuse in all long-term settings. and the agency says the rate of use hovers at about 3% for all care facilities including adult foster homes. inspectors normally drop in unannounced at least onca year. >> hi, how are you?>> reporter: this particular inspection at anotheult foster home was nounced in advance so we could get permission to film. inspector keahl batiste-ball starts with a review of paperwork, and an audit of medications. >> the medication audit usually comes first because we really want to make sure that meds are safe and bng administered as prescribed, that there's doctor's orders in place, hed that all tedications are in hand. nt reporter: next, batiste-ball
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looks for any poteial safetyrd haza >> i'm just glancing for getension cords or non sur protected multi-plug adaptors. looks good. make sure your toilet flushes. you have ventilation. >> reporter: and finally, she interviews residents to see if they have any complaints. pat, who just gave us her first name, can't remember how many years she's lived here, but she says it's been a few. >> i'm not here because i chose to be here. i'm here because i was put here. >> i am sorry that's your situation, but for what it is, this isn't a bad situation. yi just want to make sureou're not being abused. >> oh no. nothing like that.re >> and that yoetting all your needs met and you're getting food. yeah. yeah, good. no complaints at this point. >> reporter: sometimes, ofe course, there cusations or instances of neglect or abuse. t re is times when there are really unsafe practices t
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happening in home and we have to respond accordingly. >> reporter: if an inspector were to come across one, she would refer it to a state or county investigator, d iending on wheoccurred. by chance, several weeks after we visited carmel durano's adult foster home, one of herle residents d being left lying on the floor after a fall and filed a complaint. folling a three-month-long investigation, oregon's department of human services determined that durano's facility "failed to follow the resident's care plan, which is considered neglect of care and constitutes abuse." fred steele is oregon's .budsman for long term ca his job is to be a watchdog and independent advocate for all elder care residents, regardless of facility. >> proper care planning is a fairly simple thing for residents and that something simple as recognizing the assistance that that resident needed and that assistance just simply not being provided and
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what i read as almost an indifference by that caregiver that was supposed to be available.he >> reporter: idefense, durano said it was the first such accusation in her 27 yearsi of r her facility. >> no instance happened before, you know, we never h incident like this before. >> reporter: she says most resident they need help.on when >> it's a loud noise. it will make you jump your bed and get disoriented. it's very loud. >> reporter: the day of thedu incidentno left her mother who had been working with her for 27ears in charge of the residents while she went out. her mother says she didn't hear a call button or cries for help. >> during the investigation they ftld us that she can't be alone anymore because she's older. she's 78 already, but she was a home health caregiver. >> reporter: durano says the incident was a wakeup call for her and that her mother is no longer providing care.
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>> it was just a teaching moment that maybe we need to reassess everything. >> reporter: under new leadership, oregon's department of human services has beefed up enforcement over the past five years. adult foster homes with repeated licensing violations have been forced to close at a higher rate than previously and at a higher rate than other care facilities. teve larrance, when his mom marjorie turns 100 in september, she'll have spent 14 years in carmel durano's care. i asked him if he was concerned about the abuse charge. larrance said he still hasull faith. he said there were many times his mother needed urgent assistance in e middle of the ght and she was, "attended to quickly." he added that she always feels cared for. >> sreenivasan: thernearly 30,000 licensed adult foster homes around the country. m find outore at pbs.org/newshour.
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>> this is pbs newshour weekend, sunday. of>> sreenivasan: secretar state mike pompeo said today that officials from north korea d the united states held" productive" talks on the return of the remains of american service membs missing since the korean war. pompeo said the two countries will continue discussionor tomorrow to nate next steps. the return of u.s. servicema members s was one of the commitments made by north korea's leader kim jong un at last month's summit with president trump. protesters in the oil rich iraqi province of basra continued to demand better public services and jobs for a seventh day today. marchers surrounded government buildings, blocked roads, and forced the closing of a major port on the persian gulf. iraqi security forces fired into the r, and there were report of injuries. local officials say the violence is not affecting crude oil production in basra, which makes up 70% of the country's oil
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reserves. the protests come during a time of instability as iraqis wait for results of a partial recount from may's parlientary elections. syrian forces fired hundreds of missiles into a rebel-held area in the southern part of the ghuntry near the israeli- occupied golan h today. the government's military attacks on rebels in the region intensified last month human rights groups say thousands of refugees are now fling and a humanitarian convoy has entered the area. syria's ongoing civil war is expectedo be a top item during tomorrow's meeting between president trump and russian president vladir putin, an ally of syrian president bashar al assad. the food and drug administratiod has apprhe first antiviral drug, known as t-poxx, to treat smallpox. even though the sometimes fatal disease was declared eradicated in 1980, officials fear it might be used as a bioweapon. the only known stores of the smallpox virusre held in laboratory freezers in russia and at the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta.
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>> sreenivasan: finally tonight, it is over. after weeks of grueling play, france defeated croatia 4-2 incu the worl. one of the most watched sporting events in the world, it was n fofly disrupted whe protesters dressed in police uniforms ran on too the pitch to protest against russian government policy. the russian punk rock grup riot claimed responsibility. that's all for this edition of i "pbs newshour" weekend, am hari sreenivasan, thanks for watching. have a good night. >> captioning sponsored by wnet cadiioned by access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by:
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