captioning sponsored by newshour productions, ll >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: the trump administration rolls back obama-era clean fuel standards due to take effect in coming years. then, results from zimbabwe's historic presidentanl election arunced, after protests turn deadly. and, the tale of two factories, and thimpact of the trump administration's new tariffs. >> it's picking winners and losers, and the losers are the end manufacturers of finished goods and products. it doesn't seem right. i mean, if we're going to know, if we're going to make america great, let make sure we make all america great. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour.

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and individual >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contribions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the battle is officially otonight, over rules to make cars get better gas mileage and emit less pollution.tr thp administration called today for rolling back obama-era sts due to take effect over the next years. pwould be cheaper, safere result vehicles. california and other states vowed to pursue a legal challenge. we wl have a full report, after the news summary. in the day's other news, the national archives is warning of a document del senate republicans try to confirm

president trump's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh before the november elections.ou the archives aed today it won't finish reviewing material on kavanaugh's work as a staffer for president george wbush until late october. congressional correspondent lisa desjardins joins me now to examine the implications. lisa, we're talking about a million documents, what's in them? why does this matter? li>> could be up to a mi documents. these are the paper brett kavanaugh wrote including e-mails, policyents when he worked in the white house counsel's office and staff secretary. republicans point out a lot could be e-mails he was just cc'd or blind copied on, things he didn't actually ringn on. so it's not clear how much of this is pertinent to him as a nominee. however, democrats say they want n see every single piece of paperwork they cr this important nominee. >> woodruff: so what effect is is likely to have on th timing of the confirmation

hemearings? >>kably, doesn't look like any effect. i spoke to a mti democ aid regarding this scotus nomination fight. he said chuck schumer is not requesting a delay because of this document news today. however, there may be a separate place the gcanet the documents, from president george w. bush's own team. they are separately going through these documents and republicans think theywill get nearly all 1 million pages from go to three weeks from the bus leadership team. democrats say they'd rather an independent team look but bigger news here, my sources eay they expect the kavanaugh oven medicationng to happen the week after labor day and sso far don'tee anything to derail it. >> woodruff: so appears to be on track. >> yes, but a lot of documents to read through in a short drriod of time. >> wf: lisa desjardins, thank you.

>> woodruff: in the paul manafort trial, federal prosecutors used a bookkeeper today to flesh out charges of bank fraud and tax evasion against the one-time trump campaign manager. the bookkeeper testified that manafort never mentioned foreign bank accounts where he allegedly kept millions of dollars earned from lobbying for foreign governmentshs. also said that he submitted falsified profit-and-loss statements to banks, to get loans. ivanka trump, the president's daughter and senior adviser, publicly disagreed today with her father's attacks on the news media.sh at a gton event, she was asked about his labeling the media as the "enemy of the people:" >> i have some sensitivity around we hy peove concerns and gripes, especially when they sort of feel targeted. but no, i do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people. >> woodruff: mr. trump played down any disreement, and said his daughter answered correctly. he tweeted, "it is the 'fake news,' which is a large

percentage of the media, that is the enemy of the peopl the white house says that president trump has received lea neer from north korean leader kim jong-un, and sent a replyci. ofs gave no details, but early today, the president tweeted to kim, "thank you for your nice letter. i look forward to seeing you soon!" the two leaders held a summit in june. so far, there has been no announcement of any plans for a second meeting. the president also praised what he called north korea's "kind action" of turning over remains from the korean war. vice president pence joined in formally receiving 55 flag draped boxes yesterday in hawaii. the head of the identification effort said early signs suggest the remains are, indeed, from americans. he spoke via video link at a pentagon briefing. >> when you did see remains that have indications that they could

be a person of european or african ancestry, then being an american is a good first bet. and so, we look at that from the standpoint of skeletal morphology, the size andhapes of the bones. >> woodruff: some 7,700 u.s. service members are still missing from the korean war. about 5,300 of those are believed to have died fighting insi north korea. pope francis today formally changed official catholic teaching to say the death penalty is never justified. in a statement, he said capitalh punt is, "inadmissible, because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person." for decades, church polilocy d for executions, but today's statement says that stance is outdated. desert air from north africa is bringing a new heawave to europe, and temperatures could reach 116 degrees in the days ahead. temperatures easily topeeped

100 detoday in parts of portugal and spainso authorities ssued health warnings for dust blowing in from the sahara aesert. northe central europe are also enduring extreme heat.s. here in the u., firefighters in northern california reported ore progress against several fires today. but the largest one, the carrga fire, grew ain, fueled by high winds. it has killed six people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes. thousands of people remain under evacuation orders. and in economic news, apple stock surged again, making it the first publicly traded company to hit $1 trillion in valu that helped the tech-heavy nasdaq gn 95 points-- more than 1%. the dow jones industrial average lost se n points, and the s&p 500 added 13. e ill to come on the newshour:

rolling back futean fuel standards. protests stop rush-hour traffic in chigo. federal officials promise to secure the 2018 election. and, much more. >> woodruff: one of president trump's key ambitions has been to roll back or revoke actions taken by his predecessor president obama. on climate change, the administration says it believes auto emission standards that were supposed to take effect in the next few years are too tough and hurt the u.s. economy. thus, the present's latest move, announced today: lowering car fuel efficiency requirements. >> so we raised fuel efficiency, helped consumers, helped improve air quality, and we're making better cars than ever. >> woouff: over his tenure, president obama put in place rules that would have nearly

doubled average fuel economy standards in the united states. his administration required that cars and light trucks be onto traceet average fuel efficiencies of 54.5 miles per gallon by the year 20 an effort to curb tailpipema emissions of c-changing pollutants. >> we had unnecessaryre lations that were hurting our economy and hurting our country. >> woodruff: the t administration has long argued, those standards went too far. today's proposalould freeze current standards at 2020 levels, which require ne tw vehiclaverage roughly 30 miles per gallonev by 2021, theed standards would be capped at 37 miles per gallon. but that would be far short of the obama standards. bill wehrum, an assistant e.p.a. administrator, told reporters on a call today that the obama-era rules already succeeded in cutting emissions, but making

them even tougher would raise the average vehicle price tag by more than $2,300. >> what we want to do here is occupy a sweet spot here where we have good, aggressive standards in place. f t not so aggressive that we create other kindsoblems that impose a much greater price on society here. we'll leave the standards in aer place we're not imposing undue costs on manufacturers; we're not imposing undue cts on consumers who want affordable vehicles. >> woodruff: wehrum said that rolling back fuel standards will allow americans to afford newer and safer cars. the administration says that could save up to 1,000 liveser evyear in traffic deaths. some researchers, however, say they're doubtful freezing fuel andards would significantly affect traffic deaths. today's announcement ao sets up a looming legal battle, by rescinding tougher emissions standards in california and other states.

>> we intend to stand firm and protect the existing clean carda sts that our nation has in place. >> woodruff: today, california's attorney general xavier becea vowed that some 20 states are prepared to fight back in court. becerra said that the trump administration plan would dramatically increase carbon emissions and gas prices. es>> who pays for this rec action by the trump administration? d at the pump, and with our health. >> woodruff: automakers aou concerned abhaving two different standards. in a statement, the alliance of automobile manufacturers said, "we urge california and the federal government to find a commonsense solution." one of the states that has said it will go to court ginia. mark herring is the state's attorney general, and he is in chmond. attorney general herring, thank you very much for j us. the trump administration says

what it's doing will help the american economy. it says, as you heard, the obama er standards were going to cost consumers more per car. >> no, that's nonsense. judy, the trumpadministration, time and again, has shown an incredible capacity to follow really bad public polcy and oftentimes do it in an illegal way. and what they've announced toda isnfortunately another example. climate change is real, and here in virginia, we see the effects of that with more severe weather. in hampton roads in southeastern virginia, they deal with nuisance floodiny frequen. even the world's largest naval base at norfolk faces billions of dollars inco additional as a result of sea level rise. one of the best things that we can do as a nation thelp make sure that we have clean air and a safe planet is to make sure that we maintain if you feel efficiency standards, and what the trump administrion is doing in trying to roll those back is it's going to cost

hundreds of billions of dollars more at the pump, it's going to sult in dirtier air and cost communities all across the country more money in dealing with the co of climate change. >> woodruff: well, what about the cost argument, though, mr. herring? they're saying thids will teat the obama era regulation would do is ultiy add around an average of $2,300 morp er vehicle. >> no, and their evidence flimsy, it's not supported by the data, even the car companies say this is a ridiculous idea. if the trump administration suis essful in rolling these back, it's actually going to cost americans an estimated $1,600 a year at the pumps, is ing to result in tens of millions of metric tons of co-2 into the atmosere, and what the trump administration is doing is wrong and it's going to hurt us. >> woodruff: they also argue that this is a safer move because theyay under the obama

era, tougher standards, people would drive more and, therefore, there would be more car accidents, more deaths. and that's just not logical. the truth is the obama era rule thatas put into place was done in a very deliberative manner with a lot ofnput, with a lot of study, and that evidence, the scientific evidence and data showed that those standards could be t implemented, thy could be done safely, and that it will make our air cleaner and cost americanless at the pumps. >> woodruff: mr. herringto mr. ney general, let me ask you about, a number of critics have said even whhe tbama era regulations were put in place, there were arguments th this is really unrealistic to try to hit 50 miles a gallon fuel efficiency in the time frame they set out, that that was neveppgoing to n, that the auto manufacturers with respect going to be able to meet that. you know, there have been instances inhe past where we've heard concerns that, oh,

maybe the technology won't be there, but whenever the standards have been set, companies haveeen able to adjusten and been able to meet the standards when they're needed. so, aer a lot of careful thought, the rules need to be allowed toto o effect, going to g good for americans because they will pay less at the pumps, the cars will be more if you feel efficient, cleaner and help meet our aboutives on climate change. >>uff: you mentioned the auto manufacturers. their auto manufacturersas ciation put out a statement today asking, they're saying it's going toer be difficult for them to come up with standards -- in other words two different sets of standards, one for some states, another for the l government and other states. they're asking the states to work this out with the trump administration, to come up with what th call a common-sense solution. is that possible? >> well, this is the beginning of the announcement of the

produced rule, so it will take a period of some time, perhaps months, for the rules to go through the administrative process. during that timewe'll be working to provide a lot of information and rationale for why whatthey're trying to do is a bad idea. so i hope they'd take a look at that and considert. and, you know, states should have the right to be able to have strict fuel efficiency standards, but hopefully the trump administration will re proposint the is not a good idea, as this public process goes forward. >> woodruff: the virginia attorney general mark herring, thank you verk much. >> thu for having me. >> woodruff: we >> woodruff: we invited republican leaders from sevepel states to tonight, but none was able to join us. amerans for prosperity, the liberatarian group backed by the koch brothers, has been opposed tohe obama rules, and applauded today's move. mary kate hopkins is the group's

policy manager. mary kate hopkins, we can. you heard virginia's attorney general say what the administration is do bad for the environment just at a moment when climate change is becoming a greater and greater concern, the administration is going in the wrong direction. >> what we afat and our activists are concerned about are the suimpact on the crs and how to balance that with the impacts on the environment. so we're focused on the extraordinary rate at which the cafe standards have increased the cost of vehicles in the united states and really priceda average ame out of the new-car market and really, to the nele impact on the environment, as even the obama administration admitted when they finalized their rule. >> woodruff: so your argument ist hat it would ve a significant effect on the environment to roll back -- in her words, to keep the efficiency standards where they are now? >> correct, yes, and what theyoi would be is freezing them at the 2020 level, so not rolling thinking back, simply not making it any worse. the analysis a company -- a rule

released today said it would have a negligible impact on the future, maybe 3ho oneandths degree celsius in the next years in regard to global temperatures. >> woodruff: heard all the evidence that went into coming up with these regulations during the obama presidency, saying that didn't amount to anything? >> well, even under the previous ministration, they said their entire slew of cafe over the course of 15 years would on the have impact of 2 one-hundredths degree celsius, that accpanied their rule in 2010. >> woodruff: what about the cost argument? we theard the argument you started out bringing up which is the cost of the individual car, e average is going to go up under the obama era rules. attorney general herring and others are saying that's not really the case. it's going to g overridden by an increase, ultimately, in the

cost of gasolin and that people will be paying more than 1,000 -- what did he say, $1,600 more a year at the pump. >> right, and that's an argument 've seen from supporters of this mandate. what they're not telling you is the underlying cost increase on vehicles is much hiring. we'v seen to this point an increase of about $2,300 p vehicle due to the cafe standards at this point, and projections put that number at over $7,000 a vehicle if we wre to keep the standards in place for 2025, as they're set to go now. >> woodruff: let me go back to the environmental argument here even if it's a small improvement in the environment, isn't it worth it, i would be the argument of those he the ot side of this, that isn't it worth it to take some steps to think that we're doing something done to protect the environment for all people? >> right, and the way we seet, the way the activists see it, mandate, weovernment have to weigh the costs and

benefits. if we were able to sewothis d have a significant benefit that outweighs the cost, maybe that would change the conversation, but at this point the costs are so significant, so high and so impactf on american families, they've truly outweigh the benefits. keep in mind also that our grouse gas emissions in the united states are on a downward trendre, y. >> woodruff: to that point, scientis, though, are saying they see emissions overall as aringreater than what is healthy, what is good for society, theyh see te trend as going in a dangerous direction. >> right, and what we can say that is we are on a downward trajectory. we are improving. things have improved over the past few decades.tr if wto make our mandates so strong it essentially stops ople from driving, that halts our economy, keeps people from their jobs. i guesthe question is what cost are we willing to pay, and we think we can find ala

reasonablece between being stewards of our environment and also allowing people to live their eveday lives to succeed, to prosper and to use their vehicle to travel around as needed. so we'd liikke to s a balance on that. >> woodruff: the auto manufacturers,they don't seem particularly enthusiastic about what the trump administration has announ they're saying today, we'll try to work this out, but they don't like the idea of two different sets of standards. it's clear they were already moving in the direction of trying to come up with more fuel-efficient cars. so when you don't have the auto manufacturers themselves on your side, what does that say? >> well, i tnk that, yes, they don't want to have to change when they've already been praring for a certain rule, but, you know, there's enough lead time with their freezing et 2020 l there's a little bit of time for the manufacturers to kind of adjust the plans. also manufacturers are talking fferentaving two di standards. a lot of what they're referring to is a national standard or a state-based standard, whether we alw states to create their own

standards. what the trump administration is doing alonwith freezing te cafe standards is limiting the e extent to which states can impose regulations on other states and on manufacturers. >> woodruff: mary kate hopkins for americans for prosperity, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: anti-violence protestors in chicago took to the streets today, in numbers w they hopld shut down one of the city's major arteries during the afternoon rush hour. amna nawaz has the story. >> nawaz: judy, it's the second protest in less than a mont and this time, it's happening along lake shore drive, and oin a more affluent secti the city's north side. protesters will head toward wrigley field as well, where t cubs are playing tonight. it comes as chicago marks its 300th homicide of the year. planners hope to highlight the ty's inattention to the eds

of its low-income residents, and the gun violence they feel is a by-product of that neglect. before the protests beganok, i with one organizer, the reverend ira acree of the greater st. john bible church. reverend ira acree, welcome to the "newshour". i want to ask you, there was another anti-violenc t protest len a month ago, this one shutting down traffic on another interstate, this one on the south side of town. today you're in dferent part of town. why there and why now? >> today, we want to paint a vivid image of a tale of two cities. we aant those we on the north side, who have been insulated from the violence, we want them to be able to feel our pain. we want to expose the fact that mayor emmanuel has created strategic gentrification and

created economic violence because he invested in our schools, close to 50 schools mose to black and brown neighborhoods, atal health institutions closed, and we just believe it's time for the entire city, especially those inrh affluent neighds to know what's going on on the other side of town. we're one alcity. it's ae of two cities and we need justice r all chicagoans. >> the things you listed are chronic gsthcities like chicago deal with. is this really an anti-violence march or anti-leadership march? >> no, it's an anti-violen march and it's also an anti-administration rch. nowhere in the nation have they ever atclosed 50 schoolne time. that's apartheid. that's ridiculous. it's unacceptable. also, we keep having these

issues of police murders. maybe there is a leadership challenge. mayor and superintendent. a lot of toxicity at the top. >> you and other leaders have called for the resignation of rahm emanuel and the police isn't eddy johnson. tell meci scally reverend acree, what steps do you want to see from both of those meyo haven't yet seen? >> well, we have not gotten the economic investment on t and west side. really, if there obre more on the south and west side, that will help reduce the violence by significant amount. se would also want him to some of the money to help the poor. this mayor does not have a vision that includes us. he has locked us out, even though we put him in office. africaamericans made the difference in the last mayoral election. it's just ruthless for him to write us off.

that's why we don't want his endorsement. we do not want elyor emas endorsement. we don't need symbolism. we need substance. don't give us this intangibles stuff that me nothing. >> reverend acree, the mayor's w offil say they agreed to additional reforms, more training, msiore ovt. what do you say to that? >> this mayor has been very effective in dining what's politically expedient for him. after laquan mcdonald policep covewas revealed, he used the taxpayer's dollars, thundrs usands of dollars he used to put together a blue ribbon panel to go out and do a national search. they vetd candidates from l over the country. they came back with three prov reformers. he threw the names out. he suspended the rules in city council and picked a guy he knew and felt comfortable with.

illegitimacy. >> reverend acree, a day like today, the march starts as the day kiks off. a cubs game tonight, a music vest fall take place in chicago, on a day like today what dos success look like to you and other protesters? what do you want to see happen? >> both sides f toware talking about being one city. we're all god's children. everybody should have the right to equity. there should not be poverty on this side of town and economic boom on the other side of town. safe communities, professional polices o know how to deescalate situations rather than police on our sideof town who profile and inte the particular residents to be divisive or to ight back. you know, a success today is really is speking and unveiling

the tale of two cities, the lac of justice on the west and soutt side, ould be a great success. then, also, if we can get some black-led anti-violence initiatives talked about, i think that wouldbe very crucial, very crucial. >> reverend ira acree, thank you for your time. >>od bless you. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: a tale of two factories the impact of the trump adminiration's tariffs. deadly unrest in zimbabwe, days after the presidentiction. a "brief but spectacular" take on whainfluences an artist. bufirst, the country's top intelligence and national security offials gave stark warnings today on russia's ongoing efforts to meddle in n

thember's elections. in a rare joint appearance from the white house briefing room, the trump administration agency heads acknowledged the threat, while touting e administration's stepped-up election security initiatives. >> the intelligence community continues to be concerned about the threats of upcoming u.s. elections.is >> make noke, the scope of tht foreign influence threais broad and otep. >> we'reoing to accept meddling in the elections. and it's very unambiguous. >> i am pleased to inform youll that, to date,0 states, the district of columbia and over 900 local governments havee partwith d.h.s. in order to bolster the resilience of the nation's electionre infrastruc >> woodruff: what does the administration's announcement means for the states? california secretary of state alex padilla is a democrat, and he oversees elections there.

mr. padilla, thank you for joining us. us from your perspective, are you seeing interference onready at this point in california's elec and discussions about election, the politics of your state? >> look, if you look back from 2016 to ta and going forward, are there folks trying to find tshe vulnerabilitie in our systems to meddle with our elections, absolutely. we see that scanning on a daily basis, but that's different than whether systemse compromised or hacked or breached specifically. the iictment russia a couple of weeks ago was a remindke. the threat coming. the lights are blinking as our intelligence leaders have said. so our defensive security measures need to continueto increase in sophistication as well and we need more resourcesh to stad of the threats.

so what did you make of what administration and y officials had to say today? were you reassured by their message? >> look, i appreciate what they had to say, but i can't help but call out the obvious here. number one, this is agency leaders. it's still not thehi commander-inf unequivocally saying the russians meddled with the 2016 eleks, and that is critically important, and you've 'rt to hold the russians accountable if ygoing to be taken seriously about being a partner in protecting the 2018 elections, the 2020 elections, and beyond. number two, none of what theany unced today, what they're doing in partnership with states and local governments ishi an new. they have been doing this, rightfully snc, the entity obama administration. continue.s need to but i think state secretaries of state have been cleared in theg. follow number one, we need the trump administration to hold the russians accountable. number two, we need ongoing

investments in the upgrade and modernization of our election infrastructure. a once-in-15-year investment in election security doesn'c it. number three, the white house has yet to name an eleion security coordinator, a qualified, well-respectedio elecsecurity coordinator. that alone speaks volumes. when. >> woodruff: when they say they are king thiseriously, this is an all-out effort, theec homelandity secretary r secretary is working with all states, the district of columbia, all gocernments, you're saying that isn't sufficient? >> it isn't sufficient. we are working and beginnng to share information, but the part of what states have shared with the federa government is the need for additional resources. the 300 million and chang wfrom last mon helpful, but, frankly, what congress appropriated lath was leftover butterfly hanging chad money from the waof the

florida 2000 debacle. that is not new movie approved by congress, what the president has called for in the waofke the 2016 elections. so we need i additionaestment for the threats of today, not the threats of 15 years ago. >> woodruff: how much more money are you calling for? >> you know, here'the -- i think how a good comparison, it's not just trump, it's congressional republicans. last week, it was the house of representives. this week, just yesterday, it was the united states senate defeating a proposal to invest $250 million in additional money foybelectionsecurity grants to states. at the same time, approving a $700 billion defense authorization. protecti matter of national security. for less than one nth of one percent of what was given for defense spending, yould do so much to help further secure and protect the bedrock ofr

democracy. >> woodruff: and it is an considering point you make because today the homeland security secretary neils the cyber threat exceeds the physical attack on the united states. ye heard f.b.i. director christopher ray compared to 2016, this year we're not seeing specifically the same target on election, but we are seeing them tryo t influence public opinion. >> different types of attllacks ontinue. is it a threat on our election's infrastructured absolutely, ey will keep coming. is it a threat to simply create chaos, confusion and undermine confidencein elections, because voter confidence is so critical the strength of our democracy. we saw that and more in20. we're seeing that and more in 2018 and beyond.

sagain, our safeguard, our security measures have worked lo protections thus far, but we have to stay at least one step ahead of the baduys. >> woodruff: california secretary of state alex padilla, we thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: the white house confirmed yesterday that president trump is considering raising even more tariffs on china. now that he's already begun to deliver on his promise to impose other tariffs, the questn is-- with chinese retaliation against american imports-- whether they help or hurt the u.s. econo. john yang reports from southeast missouri, where adjacent fictories are going in different directions, and als are pointing at the tariffs. it is part of our weekly serie"" wsking sense," which airs every thursday on the ur. >> yang: one of the production

lines at mid-continent a ste wire in poplar bluff, missouri. this is how the factory is supposed to look, and sound. machines humming, metal clanking, workers busy. they make more nails here than anywhere else in the u.s. but walk across the street to another mid-cntinent building, and the difference is stark. ( silence ) chris pratt is mid-continent's operations and gen wal manager. had been sitting here six a mont, what would this be like? >> noisy. full of peopleactivity. nails being produced. just what we wanted it to be. >> yang: that all stopped at 5:00 p.m., june 14. two weeks earlier, mid-continent had raised prices to cover theco of president trump's 25% tariff on imported steel. >> but so far, there are no new tariffs on imported nails. so, almost immediately,

customers across america cancelled ordersinstead buying nails from overseas, especially china. george skarich is vice president for sales. >> we literally in the second week lost 50% of the orders that were currently on file. by the third week, the order file was literally off 70%. >> yang: so far, theompany has eliminated about 100 of its 500 jobs. this line is already running at only 50% of capacity. machine opator diane brogdon has worked at t mid-continenr yi years. >> the workers is the price now, that's getting laid off and have to go find anoth job, and some of them won't be able to, and that-- some of these people, this is the onlyme inhey got. just like me. this is the only income i got. and i got to put another daughter through school. you know, it's going to be hard. >> yang: and company officials warn the impt of tariffs may force them to eliminate even more jobs. >> it's picking winners seand

, and the losers are the end manufacturers of finished goods and products. it dsn't seem right. i mean, if we're going to, you know, if we'reke going to america great, let's make sure we make all america great. >> yang: what's the future if things keep going the way they're going? well, if they continue at what they're doing now, there's no future for this company. >> yang: and no future fmi continent could spell trouble for this community. the county's unemployment rate is 6.6%-- siificantly higher than the missouri rate of 3.5% and the 4% national rate. phil bennett repairs the machinery. he's worked at mid-continent for four years. are you worried about olur job? >> aely. >> yang: how worried? >> wake up every morning with an empty feeling, not knowing if i'm going to whaalk indoor and say, "hey, we're no longer in business." >> yang: that fear com fm a tariff president trump says is needed to protect american jobs. this is a coun tty whe president won almost 80% of thee >> yes, i still believe in what he's doing, and yes, if he runs

again, i will vote for him again. >> yang: but do you feel like he's hurting the people who put him in? >> he's not meaning to hu the people, but in the long run, he is. >> yang: but drive about 60 miles east from poplar bluff ord it's a very different st an aluminum smelter is reopening ntter it was closed in 2016, when the owners ankrupt. so many people are applying for the new jobs that they're having trouble keeping up. magnitude-7 metals sits on the banks of the mississippi river in new madrid county, missouri. when the plant's previous owner, noranda aluminum, closed up shop, some 900 people lost their jobs. local police and emergency service budgets were cut. the county's schools took a hit. >> this was like a desert on a night. >> yang: steve rusche was one of nine former noranda employees who kept the facility in working condition, hoping it would reopen. >> there was nothing going on here.

rhere were actually wild animals running through e. dark, cold, wet, looked like a total loss. >> yang: rusche is now chief operating officer of magnitude-7. the company bought the smelter-- which producesawluminum-- at a bankruptcy auction. c.e.o. bob prusak said nearly all the other bidders wanted to sell it for scrap. he had a different plan. >> we understand the commodity industry. the aluminum industry is very volatile and cyclical. so we bought it, honestly, hoping that things would align in t future, that would enable us to rest >> yang: prusak said president trump's 10% tariff on imported aluminum was a key factor. >> they were extremely important, and are extremely important for us going forward. for aluminum producers, i like to say, it puts us on a level playing field. this industry has been decimated

over the last 20 yeaough, these machines restarted on june . magnitude-7 has hired about 300 people so far, and plansuno bring on a200 more in the next year. they hope to have two of their three massive pruction lines back up and running by the end of the year. the 2016 closing hit both the community and the workers hard, says kathee br she had been with the previous owner, noranda, for almost 30 years. her father and brother had also worked here. >> you know, that first week, it seemed like you were on vacation. after that, you know, i'm not going to see these people again. the reality set in, th it actually was not open any longer. >> yang: but now she's back. she's constantly asked about jobs, even at the localalmart. when the smelter closed, matt foster lost his job of 13 years. he was one of the first workers back. when he returned, his wife noticed something different

out him. >> i was humming to myself, packing my lunch box. she said-- and i'm not the humming type, and she saiyo are over there humming? and i said, yeah, i am, i can't wait. and i said, i ever, say, complain about having to go to work, just kick me in the tail. >> yang: the president's been taking a victory lap on his tariffs, including a visit to a reopened steel milin nearby granite city, illinois. if you had a few minutes to talo he president based on your experience here, what would you say to him? >> first and foremost, thank you very much, mr. president. it was, honestly for some people, not a popular decision he made, but a big thank you. like i said, it level the playing field. >> yang: in poplar bluff, chris pratt of mid-continent would have a different message. >> i would like to sit down with him and expln to him exactly what's going on with our 500 jobs and our local economy, and ask him to do what he has the power to do, which is sign 24 exclusis that we need to

save 500 jobs in poplar bluff, missouri. >> yang: the company has asked the commerce department for those exclusions, arguing there's not enough dom estic supply of the steel they need. mid-continent v.p. of sales george skarich: >> why would you be so, in such a hurry to do something that may have a positive impact on some but a negative consequence on others? and maybe those unintended consequenc might even be worse than what you're doing ootn the r side. >> yang: two factories, 60 miles apart, both affected by president trump's tariffs. one, a hive of activity. the other, hoping it doesn't have to turn off the lights for good. jofor the pbs newshour, i' yang in southeast missouri. >> woodruff: electiofficials

in zimbabwe announced that current president emmerson angagwa has taken a strong lead in the presidential election. the zimbabwe electoral mmission requested a break of one hour before announcing the final results. as william brangham reports, this election-- and the process byhich the votes have been counted-- have sparked protests and violence.ra >>ham: even before officials began announcing election results-- ...both sides were claimingvi ory in the presidential race. and, both sides were bracing for more violence. people are in fear, too much about what happened yesterday. because what the army did, i think it's bad, i think it's bad. ( gunfire ) >> brangham: soldiers opened fire yterday on crowds in the streets of harare, the capital,a killing at l six people. they were protesting the official announcement that the long-time ruling party, known as

"zanu-p.-f.," had won a majority in parliament. supporters of the "movement for democratic change" chanted, burned tires and hurled rocks. they claimed "zanu-p.-f." was ying to steal victory. >> they tried to forge it. th tried to do their own things. so the people have come to fight s.r their rig >> brangham: police first fid tear gas aater cannons. then, the army appeared on the streets for the first time since long-time president robert mugbabe was forced to resi last novembe ( gunfire )e some of thoops fired live rounds directly into protesters and bystanders. >> he's holding a gun. pointing a gun to a civilian, i got nothing. how can i fight you>>? rangham: foreign election observers condemned the government's response to the protests. >> when unarmed civilians are doing a manifestation or protesting, live ammunition tould not be used in circumstances lit. >> brangham: each side blamed the other for the violence: mugabe's former right-hand man-- ag-year-old incumbent president

emmerson mnang, and his main challenger, 40-year-old lawyer nelson chamisa. known as "the crocodile," mnangagwa has been accused of organizing attacks on thei opposition durng the 2008 presidential election. on twitter today , the presidec offered "sinere condolences" to the victims, and called for an independent investigation. he also said he reached out to chamisa to "diffuse the situation." but chamisa, on his way to visis the wounded inpital, said he's had no such communication, and he insisted the fault for the violence lies squarely with the government. >> you have unarmed civilians who is attacked by live ammunition. is that normal?na even in republics, is that normal? >> brangham: later, he likened mnangagwa'rule to mugabe's brutal years in power. >> but what it confirms is that the leopard does not change its skin. >> brangham: by this morning,

soldiers and police patrolled the streets of the capital, among the shuttered stores, and warned pple to stay away. police also se caled omisa's headquarters. his supportersil warned they not be repressed again. one said, "we are tired of these people. they have to go." what do these results mean for zimbabwe? peter pham runs the africa center for the atlantic council here in washington. welcome back to the "newshour". what's your reaction to these results? regret to say they've been taint bid the tragic evebs the hours. the shooting of the unarmed civilians, includg ironically even the aunt of one of the ministers in president mnangagwa's cabinet is one of those who lost their lives. that cast a shadow of the results and the shame is this has been arguably the best ection zimbabwe's had in almost 20 years. so it's sad, but we know the

results and the key thi is to learn the lessons and move on from herese >> so your e is the claims of the opposition party, that there was rigging gng on that in the last few days they were ginning up totals to make sure the president was reeleed. you think this was fair? >> i think if there's evidence, i would like to see it. certainly, it was not a level playing field by any stretch of the imagination. c mederage was almost exclusively give on the incumbent president, very little to the challengers. we also have questions athut perhap voter roles being manipulated, ghost voters being there. so there's some seriousne questions that to be answered and, certainly, the election commission didn't cover itin glory with its delays and publishing results whic heightened suspicion. on the other hand, the opposition didn't help itself either. it was divided. in some places they everuntwo candidates against each other

and hand it seats they should have won dr. . >> by splitting the vote. splitting the vote, their own party not counng other opposition candidates. so that didn't help matters much. something that th opposition needs to address as well. and then, certainly, some of the claims that nelson california ce n, others on the streets proclaiming themselves befor the results were in. that heightens tensions. a do you think this is fa the president is the president? >> what the count and th internationcommunity needs to encourage is statesman-like behavior both on the part of the president,en the part of those who challenged him and on the part of the election commission to be transparent, to put everything out there and let people decide in a calm, anquil manner. that's the key for legitimacy, and without that legitimacy,

without that, we've got dark days ahead. >> what is your sense of, in the u.s. during elections, we talk about a mandate, does the president have a mandate? does it matter if he does or doesn't,? and what would that mandate be for zimbabwe? >> well, i think the presidemant needs aate to carry out the opening hopefully in a new chapter in zimbabwe's life in almost four decades without robert mugabe. on the other hand, oe could argue zanu pf has a legislative party. >> this is the party. , has a legislative mandate. overall, more than two-thirds of the seats in parliament were won by zanu pf, thencbent ruling party. were some contestable, that will remain to be seen when we see the results parched out. but it's clear the opposition didn't help itself when prinin splintering he leadup to the

elecon. >> peter pham, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: now another in our "brief but spectacular" series, where we ask people about their passions. kaa briet is a los angeles- based artist and musician who grew up with a multitude of cultural influences in her life. she has us music to help discover her own identity. >> i grew up under the same roof as my parents', aunts, uncles and grandparents, altogether. my mother is chinese and dutch- indonean. my father is [ foreign name ] and enrolled tribal member of [ foreign name ] band of [ foreign namtre e. one weekend, i'd be learning how to fold chinese dumplings, and the next weekend, i'd be performing a traditional-style dance. i never felt tt i was chinese ough, i never felt native enough or dutch-indonesian enough. and the first medium i felt gave me that voice was music. ♪ ♪

>> when i was four years old, my dad taught me the [ foreign name ] hoop dance which is a traditio l native american dance born hundreds of years ago in southwestern u.s.a. you're creating a series of hoops out of willow wood a threading them together to create formations of the natural worhild. wa this dance was just absolute magic to me. i felt a deeper connection to the way my ancestorswoooked at the d around them. what they saw, what they appreciated, what they wanted to share. it was like a time capsule. my music set up, i'd like to basically bring the wh ie process thave in my bedroom, in my cave, by myself onto stage. so i love mixing the sounds live. i use a live loop pedal, which enables me to be able to loop ythm, loop percussion and melody into my song. and then i sing over it.♪ ♪ one of my favorite instruments

to play is the guzheng sitar. it is a chinese harp-like instrument. the guzheng has more than 2,000 years of history. i am feeling le am playing all of my favorite styles-- electronic music, alternative music, with this instrthat was used to play traditional folk music long, long ago. a lot of indigenous lauages around the world are dying due to historically forced assimilation. being native is not about wearing long hair and braids. it's not about the feathers or the beadwork. it's all about how we centerel ous in the world as human beings.es it beco dangerous when our stories are rewritten or ignored.e becaen we are denied identity, we become invisible. my name is kaylamyriet. this ibrief but spectacular" take on storytelling through art, language and identity. >> woodruff:nd an update: we recently featured alaeralda in

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