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>> 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: the battle is officially on tonight, overs ru make cars get better gas mileage and emit less pollution. the trump administraalled today for rolling back obama-era standards due to takct over the next years. pwould be cheaper, saferesresult vehi california and other states vowed to pursue a legal challenge. we will have a full rert, after the news summary. in the day's other news, the national archives is warning of a docunt delay, as senate republicans try to confirm

president trump's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh before the november elections. the archives announced today it won't finish reviewing material on kavanaugh's work as a staffer for president george w. bush until late october. congressional correspondent lisa dens joins me now to examine the implications. lisa, we're talking about as, million documehat's in them? why does this matter? >> could be up to a million documents. these are the paper brett kavanaugh wte including e-mails, policy documents 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 actuall ring in on. so it's not clear how much of this is pertinent to him as a nominee. however, democrats say they want to see every singleiece of paperwork they can for this important nominee. >> woodrufso: what effect is this likely to have on the timing of the confirmation hearings? >> remarkably, doet look like any effect. i spoke to a m democratic aid

regarding this scotus nomination figheht. said chuck schumer is not requesting a delay because of this document news today. howeve there may be a separate place they can get the documents, from psident george w. bush's own team. they are separately going through these documents and getublicans think they will nearly all 1 million pages from go to three weeks from the busah ership team. democrats say they'd rather an independent team look at it.ut bigger news here, my sources say they expect thean kgh oven medication hearing to happen the week after labo day and so far don't see anything to derail it. >> woodruff: so appears to be on track. >> yes, bua lot of documents to read through in a short period of time. >>di woodruff: lisa desj, thank you. >> woodruff: in the paul manafort trial,l fedeosecutors 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 mafort never mentioned forgn bank accounts where he allegedly kept millions of dollars earned from lobbying for foreign hvernments. she also said thsubmitted falsified profit-and-loss statements to banks, to get loans.th ivanka trumppresident's daughter and senior adviser, publicly disagreed today witac her father'sks on the news media. at a washington event, she was asked about his labeling tashe medihe "enemy of the people:" >> i have me sensitivity around why people have concerns and gripes, especially when thee sort of feel td. but no, i do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people. ay>> woodruff: mr. trump p down any disagreement, and said his daughter answered correctly. he tweeted, "it is the 'fake news,' which is a largege percenf the media, that is the enemy of the people."

says that hous president trump has received a new letter from north korean leader kim j g-un, and sent a reply. officials gave no details, but early today, the president tweeted to kim, "thank you for your nice letter. i look forward to seeing you soon!"o the aders held a summit in june. so far, there has been n announcement of any plans for a second meeting.al the presiden praised what he called north korea's "kind action" of turning over remfrais 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, froms. americ he spoke via video linat a pentagon briefing.>> hen 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 and shapes of the bones. >> woodruff: so,7me u.s. service members are still missing from the korean war. about 5,300 of those are believed to have died fighting inside north korea. pope francis today formally changed official catholic teaching to say the death penalty is never justified. a statement, he said capital punishment is, "inadmissible, because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person." for decades, church policy allowed for executiobut today's statement says that stance is outdated. desert air from north africa is bringing a new heat wave to europe, and temperatures could reach 116 degrees in the days ahead. e temperaturily topped 100 degrees today in parts of

portugal and spain. authities also issued healt warnings for dust blowing in from the sahara desert. e northern and central eure also enduring extreme heat. here in e u.s., firefighters in northern california reported more progress against several fires today. but the largest one, the carr fire, grew again, fueled by high winds. it has killed six people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes. thousands of people remain under evacuation o and in economic news, apple stock surged again, making it the first publicly traded company to hit $1 trillion in value. th helped the tech-heavy nasdaq gain 95 points-- more than 1%. the dow jones industrial average loven points, and the s&p 500 added 13. still to come on the newshour: rolling back future clean fuel standards. protests stop rush-hour traffic in chicago.

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 predecessoren, presobama. on climate change, the evesnistration says it beli auto emission standards that were supposed to take effect in the next few years are too touhh an the u.s. economy. thus, the president's latest move, announced today:we ng car fuel efficiency requirements. >> so we raised fuel efficiencyc helpsumers, helped improve air quality, and we're making better cars than ever. >> woodruff: over his tere, president obama put in place rules that would have nearly doubled average fuel economy randards in the united states. his administratiuired that

cars and light trucks be on track to meet average fuel efficiencies of 54.5 miles per gallon by theear 2025, in an effort to curb tailpipe emissis of climate-changing pollutants. >> we had unnecessary regulations that werrting ouour economy and hurting r country. >> woodruff: the trump administration has long argued, those standards went too far. today's proposal would freeze current standards at 2020 levels, which require new vehicles to average rougy 30 miles per gallon. by 21, the revised 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. but not so aggressive that we create oth kinds of problems that impose a much greater price .n society here we'll leave the standards in a place where we're not imposing undue costs on manufacturs; we're not imposing undue costs on consumers who want affordable vehicles >> woodruff: wehrum said that rolling back fuel standards will allow americans to afford newer and safer cars.ad thnistration says that could save up to 1,000 lives every year in traffic hs. tfme researchers, however, say they're do freezing fuel standards would significantly affect traffic deaths. today's announcement also 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 car

standards that our nhas in place. >> woodruff: today, california's attorney general xavier becerra vowed that some 20 states are prepared to fight back in court. becerra said that the trump administration plan would dramaticallyncrease carbon emissions and gas prices. >> who pays for is reckless action by the trump anministration? we do, at the pumpwith our health. a >> woodrutomakers are concned about having 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 s the states that id it will go to court is virginia. mark herring is the ste's attorney general, and he is in richmond. attorney general herring, thank you very much r joining us. the trump administration says what it's doing will help thean amer economy. it says, as you heard, the obama

era standards were going to cost consums more per car. >> no, that's nonsense. judy, the trump administration, time and again, has shown an incredible capacity to follow really bad public policy and oftentimes do it in an illegal way. and what they've announced today is unfortunately another example. climate change is rl, and here in virginia, we see the effects of that with more severe weather. w hampton roads in southeastern virginia, they deh nuisance flooding frequently. even the world's largest naval base at norfolk faces billions of dollars in additional cost as a result of sea level rise. o of the best things that we can do as a nation to help make sure that we have clean air and a safe planet is to make sure that we maintain if you fecel efficistandards, and what the trump administration is doitong in trying roll those back is it's going to cost hundreds of billions of dollars more at the pump it's going to result in dirtier air and cost

communities all across the country more my ein dealing with the cost of climate change. >> woodruff: well, the cost argument, though, mr. herring? they're saying this will add what the obama era regulation would do i vound an average of $2,300 more picle. >> no, and their evidence sis fl it's not supported by the data, even the car companies say this is a ridiculous idea. if tat trump adminisn is successful in rolling these back, it's actually goi to st americans an estimated $1,600 a year at the pumps, it's going to resultn tens of millions of metric tonof co-2 into the atmosphere, and what e trump administration is doing is wrong and it's going to hurt us. >> woodruff: they also argue that this is a safer move because they say under the obama era, tougher standards, people would drive more and, therefore,

there would be more car accidents, more deaths. and that's just n logical. the truth is the obama era rule that was put tplace was done in a very deliberative manner with a lot o input, with a lot of study, and that evidence, the scientific evidence and data showat thhose standards could be implemented, that they nd thate done safely, it will make our air cleaner and cost americans less at the pumps. >> woodruff: mr. herring, lmr. attorney generat me ask you about, a number of critics have said even when the obama era regulations were put in place, there were arguments that this is really unrealistic to try to hit 50 miles a gallon fuel efficiency in the time ame they set out, that that was never going to happen, that the auto manufacturers with respect going to be able to meet that. you know, there have been instances in the past where we've heard concerns that, oh, maybe the technology won't be there, but whenever the

standards have been set, companies have been able tdjo ten and been able to meet the standards when they're needed. so, after a lo of careful thought, the rules need to be allowed to go into 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. >> woodruff: you mentthe auto manufacturers. their auto manufacturers association put ot a statement today asking, they're saying it's going to be very difficult for them to come up with standards -- in other words two onfferent sets of standards, for some states, another for the federal government and other states. ey're asking the states to work this out with the trump administration, to come up with what they call a common-sense solution. e? that possibl >> well, this is the beginning of the announcement of prthe uced rule, so it will take a period of some time, perhaps months, for the rules to go

through the administrative process. during that time, we'll be working to provide a lot o information and rationale for why whatyi they're to do is a bad idea. so i hope they'd take a look at that and coider it. and, you know, states should have the right to be able to have strictfuel efficiency standards, but hopefully the trump administration will realize what they're proposin ng is a good idea, as this public process goes forward. >> woodruff: the virninia at general mark herring, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> woodruff: we >> woodruff: we invited republican leaders from several stat to appear tonight, but none was able to join us. americans for prosperitythe liberatarian group backed by the koch brothers, has been opposed to the obama rules, and applauded today's move.pk mary kate s is the group's policy manager.

mary kate hopkins, we can. you heard virginia's attorney general say what the administration i doing is bad r the environment just at a moment when climate change is becoming a greater and gater concern, the administration is going in the wrong direction. >> what we atafp and our activists are concerned about are the impact on the consumers and how to balance that wit tthe impacts 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 priced avera americans out of the new-car market and really, to the negligible impact on the environment, as even the obamami stration admitted when they finalized their rule. >> woodruff: so your argument is that it would not have a significant effect on the environment to roll back -- in other words, to keep the efficiency standards whoe they are nw? >> correct, yes, and what they would be doing is freezing them at the 2020 leve 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 3 one-thousandths degree celsius in the next years in regar to global temperatures. >> woodruff: we heard all the evidence that went into coming up with these regulations during the obama presidency, yo dre saying than't amount to anything? >> well, even under the previous administration, they said their entire slew of cafe standard over the course of 15 years would on the have impact of 2 one-hundredths degree celus, that accompanied their rule in 2010. >> woodruff: what abouteh cost argument? we theard the argument you started out bringing up which is the cost of the individual car,o the average ig to go up under the obama era rules. attorney general herring and others are saying that's notly rehe case. it's going to g overridden by an inlyease, ultimain the cost of gasoline and that people hall be paying more

1,000 -- what did he say, $1,600 more a year at the pump. >> right, and that's an argument we've seen from supporters of this mandate. what they're not telling you the underlying cost increase on vehicles is much hiring. we've seen t th point an increase of about vehicle due to the cafe standards at this point, and projections put that number at over $7,000 a vehicle if we were 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. if it's a small improvement in the environment, isn't it worth it, i think would be te argument of those on the otdeher f this, that isn't it worth it to take some steps to think thawe're doing something g done to protect the environment l people? >> right, and the way we see it, the way the activists see it, this is a government mandate, we have to weigh the costs and benefits. if we were able to see this would 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 mpactfulon american families, they've truly outweigh the benefits. keep in mind also that our grouse gas emissions in the united states areon a downward trend, already. >> woodruff: to that point, scientists, though, are saying they see emissions overall as being far greater than what is althy, what is good for society, they see the trend as going in a dangerouson direc. >> right, and what we can say to that is we are on a downward trajectory. we are improving. things have improved over the past few decades. if we try to make our mandate so strong it essentially stops people from driving, that halts e froconomy, keeps peopl their jobs. i guess the question is what cost are we willing to pay, and we think we can find a reasonable balance between being stewards of our environment aowd also ag people to live their everyday lives to succeed,

to prosper and to use their vehicle to travel around as needed. so we'd like to strike a balance on that. >> wooauuff: tho manufacturers, they don't seem particularly enthusiastic abouth whattrump administration has announced. they're saying today, we'll try to work this out, but th 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 tt say? >> well, i think that, yes, they don't want to have to cnge when they've already been preparing for a certain rule, but, you know, there's enough lead time with their freezing at 2020 levels there's a little bit of time for th te manufacturerso kind of adjust their plans. also manufacturers are talkving about ing two different standards. a lot of what they're referring to is rdnational stanor a state-based standard, whether we allow states to create their own standards. the trump administration is doing along with freezing the

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 tost thets today, in numbers they hoped would shut down one of the city's major arries during the afternoon rush hour. amna nawaz has the story. >> nawaz: judy, it's the second protest in less than a montimh, and this it's happening along lake shore drive, and in a more affluee section of ty's north side. protesters will head toward wrigley field as well, where thg cubs are plaonight. it comes as chicago marks its 300th homicide of the yearne. pl hope to highlight the city's inattention to the needs of its low-income residents, and the gun violence they feel is a by-product of that neglect.

izfore the protests began, i spoke with one org, the reverendra acree of the greater st. john bible church. reverend ira acree, welcome to the "newshour". i want to ask you, there was another anti-violence protest less than a month ago,this one shutting down traffic on another interstate, this one on the south side of town. today you're in a different part of town. why there and why now? >> today, we want to paint a vivid image of a tale two cities. we want those who are on the north se ide, who hen 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 teand creconomic violence because he invested in our schools, close to 50 schools

close to black and brown neighborhos, and mental health institutions closed, and we just believe it's time for the entire city, especially those in eighborhoods to kn what's going on on the other side of town. we're one city. it's a tale of two cities and we need justice for all chicagoans. >> the things you listed are chronic things cities like chicago deal with. is this really an anti-violence march or an anti-leadership march? >> no, it's an anti-vi march and it's also an anti-administration march. nowhere in the nation have they ever closed 50 schools at one time. that's apartheid. that's ridiculous. it's unacceptable. also, we keep having these issues of policeurders. maybe there is a leadership

challenge. mayor and superintendent. a lot of toxicity at the top. >> you and other leaders have called for teshenation of rahm emanuel and the police isn't eddy johnson. tell me specifically reverend acree, what steps do you want to see from both of those men'n you ha yet seen? >> well, we have not gotten the economic investment on the south and west side. re jobs if there were mo on the south and west side, that will help reduce the violence by a significant amount. weould also want h to use some of the money to help the pooayr. thisr does not have a vision that includes us. he has locked us out, even though we put him in office. african-americans made the difference in the last maecyoral on. it's just ruthless for him to just write us off. that's why we don't want his endorsement. we do not want mayor emanuel's

endorsement. we don't smneed symbo. we need substance. don't give u this intangible stuff that means nothing. >> reverend acree, the mayor's office will say they agreed to additional reforms,ore training, more oversight. what do you say to that? >> this mayor has been vry effective in dining what's politically expedient for him. after laquan mcdonald police coverup was revealed, he used the taxpayer's dollars, hundreds of thousands of dollars he used to put togher a blue ribbon panel to go out and doa national search. they vetted candidates from all over the country. they came ba with three proven 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 aee, a day like today, the march starts as the

day kicks off. a cubs game tonight,mu sic vest fall take place in on a day like today what does success look like to you and other protesters? what do you want to see happen? >> both sides of town are talking about being one city. we're all god's children. everybody should have the right there should not be poverty on this side of town and oneconomic boomhe other side of town. safe p communities,fessional polices who know how to onescalate situarather than police on our side of town who profile and incite the particular residts to be divisive or to fight back. you know, a success today is really is speaking and unveiling the tale of two cities, the lack

of justicen the west and south side, that would be a great success. then, also, if we can get some black-led anti-violenceit tives talked about, i think that would be very crucial, very crucial. >> reverend ira acree, thank you for your time. >> god bless you. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: a tale of two factoriese . pact of the trump administration's tariffs. deadly unrest in zimbabwe, days after the presential election. a "brief but spectacular" take on what influences an artit. but first, the country's top telligence and national security officials gave stark warnings today on russia's ongoing efforts to meddle in this november's elections. in a rare joint appearan fr

the white house briefing room, the trump adminisagtratiocy heads acknowledged the threat, while touting the administration's stepped-up s.ection security initiati >> the intelligence communityco continues to berned about the threats of upcoming u.s. elections. >> me no mistake, the scope this foreign influence threat is broad and deep. t we're not going to acce meddling in the elections. .nd it's very unambiguous >> i am pleased to inform you that, to date, all 50 states, the district of columbia an over 900 local governments have partnered with d.h.s. in order to bolster the resilience of the nation's election inastructure. >> woodruff: what does the administration's announcement means for thstates? california secretary of state alex padilla is a democrat, and he oversees elections there. mr. padilla, thank you for joining us. tell us from your perspective, are you seeing interferenis already at toint in

california's elections and discussions about election, the politics of your sta? >> look, if you look back from 2016 to tad and going forward, are there folks trying to find the vulnerabilitis i our systems meddle with our election, absolutely. we see that scanning on a daily basis, but that'sifferent than whether systems are compromised or hacked or breached specifically. the indictment of russia a couple of weeks ago was a reminder. th the lights are blinking as our intelligence leaders have said. so our defensi security measures need to continue to increase in sophistication as well and we need more resources to stay ahead othe threats. so what did you make of what administratioofand agency cials had to say today?

were you reassured by their message? >> look, i appreciate what th had toay, but i can't help but call out the obvious here. number one, this is agency leaders. it's still not the commder-in-chief uquivocally saying the russians meddled with the 2016 ateleks, and is critically important, and you've got to hold the russians accountae if you're going to be taken seriously about being a partner in protecting 2 t8 elections, the 2020 elections, and beyond. number two, non of what they announced today, what they're doing in partnership with states and local governments is anything new. they have been doing this, rightfully so, since the entity obama administration. so it does need to contue. but i think state secretaries of state have been cleared in the erfollowing. nu one, we need the trump administratin 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't cut it. number three, the white house has yet to name an electionri sety coordinator, a qualified, well-respected election security coordinator. that alone speaks volum es. >> woodruff: when they say they are taking this seriously, this is an all-out effort, the rmeland security secretar secretary is working with all states, the district of columbia, all local governments, you're saying that isn't sufficient? >> it isn't sufficient. we are working and beginning to are information, but the part of what states have shared with thfederal government is the need for additional resources. the 300 million and change from last month was helpful, bufrt, kly, what congress appropriated last month was leftover butterfly hanging chad money from thewake o the florida 2000 debacle. that is not new movie approved by congress, what the president

has called for in the wake of the 2016 elections. so we need additional investment for the threats of today, not the threats of 15 years ag >woodruff: how much more money are you calling for? >> you know, here's the -- i think how a good comparison, it's not just trump,s i congressional republicans. last week, it was the house of representatives. eethis w just yesterday, it was the united states senate defeating a proposal to invest $250 million in additional money for elyection cybersecurit grants to states. at the same time, approvin a $700 billion defense authorization. protecting our elections is a matter of national security. for less than one tenth of one percent of what was given for defense spending, you could so much to help further secure and protect the bedrock of our democracy. >> woodruff: and it is an considering point you make because today the homeland

security secretary neilson the cyber threat exceeds the physical attack on the united states. we heard f.b.i. director christopheray say compared to 2016, this year we' renot seeing specifically the same target on election, but we are seeing them try to influence public opinion. >> different types of attacks will continue. is it a threat on our election's infrastructure? absotely, and they will keep coming. is it a threat to simply create chaos,donfusion an undermine confidence in elections, because voter confidence is so critical in the strength of our democracy. we saw that and more in we2016. e seeing that and more in 2018 and beyond. so, again, our safeguard, our security measures have worked to

otect elections thus far, but we have to stay at least one ad guys.ad of the b >> woodruff: california secretary of state al 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 question -- with chinese retaliation against american imports-- whether they help or hurt the u.s. economy. john yang reports from southeast missouri, where adjacents factore going in different directions, and officials are poinng at the tariff it is part of our weekly serie"" making sense," which airs every thursday on the newshour. >> yang: one of the production lines at mid-continent steel and wire in poplar bluff, missouri.

this is how the factory supposed to look, and sound. machines humming, metake clanking, wo busy. they make more nails here than anywhere else .sin the u. but walk across the street to another mid-continent building, and the difference is stark. ( silence ) chris pratt is mid-continent's operions and general manager. if we had been sitting here six months ago, what would this be like? >> noisy. full of people, activity. nails being produced. justhat we wanted it to be. >> yang: that all stopped at 5:00 p.m., june 14. neo weeks earlier, mid-conti had raised prices to cover the cost of presideri trump's 25% on imported steel. >> but so far, there are no new tariffs on imported nails. so, almost immediately, customers across america cancelled orders, instead 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.he byhird week, the order file was literally off 70%. >> yang: so far, the company has eliminated about 100 of its 500 jobs.lr this line isdy running at only 50% of capacity. machine operator diane brogdon has worked at mid-continent for 12 years. >> the workers is paying the price now, that's getting laid off and have to go find another job, and s them won't be able to, and that-- some of these people, this is the only income they got just like me. this is the only income i got. and i got to put anothergh daughter thrchool. you know, it's going to be hard. >> yang: and company oials warn the impact of tariffs may force them to eliminate even more jobs. rs it's picking winners and losers, and the loare the end manufacturers of finished goods and products.

it doesn't seem right. i mean, if we're going to, you know, if we're gicng to make amgreat, 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 cone at what they're doing now, there's no future for this company. >> yang: and no future for mid-continent could spell trouble for this community. the county's unemployment rate is 6.6%-- significantly 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 your job? >> absolutely. >> yang: how worried?e >> w every morning with an empty feeling, not knowing if i'm going to wank in that door say, "hey, we're no longer in business." >> yang: that fear comtaes froma ff president trump says is needed to protect american jobs. this is a coun where the president won almost 80% of the vote. >> yes, i still believe in what he's doi, and yes, if he runs again, i will vote for him again. >> yang: but do you feel le

he's hurting the people who put him in? >> he's not meaning to hurt e people, but in the long run, he is. >> yang: but drive about 60 miles east from poplar bluff and it's a very different stnuo. an alusmelter is reopening after it was closed in 2016, when the oers went bankrupt. 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, ri. , en the plant's previous owner, noranda aluminumclosed 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 od nine former noemployees who kept the facility in working condition, hoping it would reopen. >> there was nothing going on here. there were actually wild animals running rough her dark, cold, wet, looked like a

total loss. >> yang: rusche is now chief opering officer of magnitude-7. the company bought the smelter-- which produces raw aluminum-- at a bankruptcy auction. c.e.o. bob prusak said nearly l the other bidders wanted to sell it for scrap. he had different plan. >> we understand the commodity industry. rye aluminum industry is volatile and cyclical. so we bought it, honestly, hoping that things would align in the future, that wod enable us to restat. >> yang: k said president% trump's riff on imported aluminum was a key factor.>> hey were extremely important, and are extremely important for us going forward. for aluminum producers, i like, to s puts us on a level playing field. this industry has been decimed over the last 20 years through,

these machines restarted on june 13. gnitude-7 has hired about 300 people so far, and plans to brg on around 200 more in he next year.h they hope to ave two of their three massive production lines back up and running by the end of the year. ththe 2016 closing hit bot community and the workers hard, says kathee brown. she had been with the previous owner, noranda, 30 years.t 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, that it actually was not open any longer. >> yang: but now she back. she's constantly asked about jobs, even at the local walmart. 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 somethng different about him. >> i was humming to myself, l packing ch box. she said-- and i'm not the

ngmming type, and she said, are you over there hum? and i said, yeah, i am, i can't wait. and i id, if 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 o riffs, including a visita reopened steel mill in nearby granite city, illinois. a if you hew minutes to talk to the president based on your experience here, what would you say to him? >> first and femost, 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 enables uayto level the ing field. >> yang: in poplar bluff, chris pratt of mid-continent would have a different message. >> i would le to sit down with him and explain to him exactly what's going on with our 500 jobs and our local economy, and ask him to dwhat he has the power to do, which is sign 24 exclusions that we need t save 500 jobs in poplar bluff, missouri. t >> yang:he company has asked

the commerce department for those exclusions, arguing there's not enough domestic 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 consequences might even be wor than what you're doing on the other side. >> yang: two facories, 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. for the pbs newsur, i'm john yang in southeast missouri. >> woodruff:lection officials in zimbabwe announced thatt current presidmerson

mnangagwa has taken a strong lead in the presidential election. the zimbabwe electoralst commission req a break of one hour before announcing the final results. as william brangham reports, this election-- and the process by which the votes he been counted-- have sparked protests and violence. >> brangham: even bn officials benouncing election results-- de.both sides were claiming victory in the preial 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 badthink it's bad. ( gunfire ) >> brangham: sdiers opened fire yesterday on crowds in the streets of harare, the capital, killinat least 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 democric change" chanted, burned tires and hurled rocks. they claimed "zanu-p.-f." was trying to steal victy. >> they tried to forge it. they tried to do their own things. so the pople have come to fight for their rights.m: >> branghaolice first fired tear gas and water cannons. then, the army appeared on the streets for the first time since long-time president robert mugbabe was forcedo resign last november. ( gunfire ) some of the troops fired live rounds directly into prosters and bystanders. >> he's holding a gun. inting a gun to a civilian, i got nothing. how can i fight you? >> brangham: foreign election observers condemned the government's response to the pro >> when unarmed civilians are doing a manifestation or protesting, live ammunitildon shot be used in circumstances like that. >> brangham: each side blamed the other for the violence: mugabe's former right-hand man-- 75-year-old incumbent president emmerson mngagwa, and his main challenger, 40-year-old lawyer

nelson chamisa. known as "the crocodile," mnangagwa has been accused of organizing attacks on the opposion during the 2008 presidential election. on twitter today , the president fered "sincere condolences" to the victims, and called for an independent investigation. he also said he reached o to chamisa to "diffuse the situation." but chamisa, on his way to visit the woundein a hospital, said ion, had no such communicat and he insisted the fault for the violenceies squarely with the government. >> you have unarmed civilians who is attacked by live ammunition. is that normal? en in banana republics, is that normal? >> brangham: later, he likened mnangagwa's rule to mugabe's brutal years in power. >> but what it confirms is thatp the led does not change its skin. >> brangham: by this morning, soldiers and police patrollee d reets of the capital, among the shuttered stores, and

warned people to stay ay. police also seed off chamisa's adquarters. his supporters warned they will not be repressed again. one sase, "we are tired of t people. they have to go." what do these results mean fo zimbabwe? peter pham runs the africa center for the atlantic council here in washinon. welcome back to the "newshour". what's your reaction to these results? >> i regret say they've been taint bid the tragic evebs the last 24 hours.ti the shg of the unarmed civilians, including ironically even the aunt of one of the ministers in presidentne mnangagwa's cais one of those who lost their lives. that cast a shadow of theltse reand the shame is this has been arguably the best election zs imbabwd in almost 20 years. so it's sad, but we know the results and the key thing is to

learn the lessons and move on from here. >> so your sense is the claims of the opposition pay, that there was rigging going on that in the last few days they we ginning up totals to make sure the president was reelected. you think this was fair? >> i think if there's evidence, i would like to see it. rtainly, it was not a level playing field by any stretch of the imagination. meia coverage was almost exclusively give on the incumbent president, very little to the challengers. we also have questions about perhaps the voter roles being manipulated, ghost voters being there. so there's some serious questionthat need to be answered and, certainly, the election commission didn't cover itself in glory with its delays and publishing results which heightened suspicion. on the other hand, the opposition didn't help itself either. it was divided. in some places they even run two candidates against each other and hanit seats they should have won dr. . >> by splitting tohete.

splitting the vote, their own party not counting other opposition candidates. so that didn't help matters much. that's something that tone opposieeds to address as well. and then, certainly, some of the claims that nelson california ce n,er oon the streets proclaiming themselves before the results were in. that heightens tensions. >> do you think the is fair and esident is the president? >> what the count and the inteneational communits to encourage is statesman-like behavior both on the part of thd prt,en the part of those who challenged him and on the part of the melection csion to be transparent, to put everything out there and let people decide in a calm, tranquil manner. that's the key for legitimacy, and without thagit macy, 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 th president haa mandate? does it matter if he does or esn't,? and what would that mandate be for zimbabwe >> well, i think the president needs a mandate 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, one could argue zanu pf has a legislative rty. >> this is the party. , has a legislativeandate. overall, more than two-thirds of the seats in parliament were won by zanu pf, the incumbent ruling party. were some, contestabat will remain to be seen when we see the result parched out. but it's clear the opposition didn't help ielf when print splintering in the leadup to the election. peter pham, thank you so much. >> thank you.

>> woodruff: now another in our "brief but spectacular" series, where we ask people about their passions. kayla briet is a los angeles- based artist and musician who grew up with a multitude ofnf culturalences in her life. she has used music to help discover her own identity. >> i grew up under the same roof as my parents', aunts, unclesgr andparents, altogether. my mother is chinese and dutch- indonesian. my father is [ foreign name ] and enrolled tribal member of [ foreign name ] band of [ foreign name ] tribe. one weekend, i'd be learning how to fold chinese dum, and the next weekend, i'd bera performing a tditional-style dance. i never felt that i was chinese enough, i neve felt native enough or dutch-indonesian enough.rs and the 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 traditional native american dance born hundreds of years ago in southwestern u.s.a. you're creating a series of hoops out of willow wood ainnd threthem together to create formations of the natural world. watching this dance st absolute magic to me. i felt a deepeconnection to the way my ancestors looked at the world around them. what they saw, what they appreciated, what they wanted to share. it was like a time capsule. in my music set up, i'd like toa cally bring the whole process that i have 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 loopcu rhythm, loop pion and melody into my song. and then i sint.g over ♪ ♪ 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 l all of my favorite styles-- electronic music, alternative music, with th instrument that was used to play traditional folk music long, long ago. a lot of indigenous languages around the world are dying due 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 center ourselves in the worhuman beings. it becomes so dangerous when our stories are rewritten or ignored. because when we are de identity, we become invisible. k my name la briet. this is my "brief but spectacular" take on storytelling through art, language and identity. >> wdruff: and an update: we recently featured alan alda in this series.

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