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foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and itinions. this program was madee possi by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers liyo you. thank judy: this has been a long day on the campaign trail with rally after rallynt for presirump, former vice president biden, and their running mates. they a in an all-out drive to the finish line next tuesday.

give me shell's indoor begins our coverage. n one week to go, and ie run-up to election night, both candidates a crisscrossing the swing states. democratic candidate former vice president joe biden campaigned in georgia. it's state that hasn't voted blue in a presidential race since 1992. judy: we will act to get covid under control. we will act to pass an economic plan that rewards work, not wealth. we will provide accessible health care. >> while hisunning mate senator -- senator kamala harris visited atlanta, and president barack obama said the trump administration is incompetent. >> his chief of staff on a news program says we are not going to control thpandemic.

he just said this. yes, he did, and yeswe no'ed you aren' going to control the pandemic. winter is coming. they are waving the flag of surrender. yamiche:nt meanwhile, presi trump made a sweep around the midwest, hitti michigan, wisconsin, and nebraska. he accuse the media of focusing too much on the virus >> covid, covid, covid. ver noticed they don't use the word death? yamiche: vice president mike pence continued to campaign in north and south carolina despite five of his aides.>> we are gois and nation stronger tha ever befor na are going to make north carond america more prosperous than ever before.

we are going to make america and north carolina more united than ever before. yamiche: democrats are l fuming ovt night's confirmation of justice amy coney barrett to the supreme court. >> in contradiction to his stated principles, this republican majority ca justice e liveand freedoms of the icot anyamiche: republicans celebratd their conservative nominee's confirmation and dismissed democratic outrage as unfair. >>na it's onal crisis when a republican presint makes a nominee for the supreme court. stcae rotas lopht riomndghthe ce fundamentally changed forever. yamiche: the high court is aent the cter of an election-related dispute. justices ruled the 5-3 that wisconsin may not accept ballots that arrive after polls close on election day, a rejection of

appeal by the democratic party. it came as preindent trump cos his attacks on election integrity. he tweeted out false clas. twitter put a warning label on the tweet for misinformation. in fact, officl lts ve ver plety counted by election night, and changes to voting rules means results may take longer to calculate.exg up at record numbers, voting is safest. >>tt i feel doing it in person. the mail-in ballots,st've heard ies, so i feel better about doing it in person. yamiche: democratic congresswoman sylvia garcia says that sense of insecurity is not just from the pandemic but also from republican led lawsuits in her state andta others like wisconsin to limit the vote. >> there's been an incredible

amount of effort this election cycle to put fear in people's minds. it seems like they are doing more and more to create obstacles, to intimidate voters. yamiche: seven days until election day with an electorat getting an histori jumpstart, but a l itle jumpy about h will turn out. i am yamiche alcindor. ♪ judy:s you are hearing, the country is seeing record turnout in early voting, and when and if those votes get counted more on what this means on election night and beyond. >>lmost 70 million people have already cast their ballots in this election. this massive turnout includes a combination of mail-in ballots

and person.ing to vote in with election day less than a week away, we dive into what these numbers say about the electorate with michael donald, a professor of political science at the university of florida. esyou have been tracking this unprecedented turnout of early voting. what can you tell usthe tr areh? >>bo t we've seen more people vote in thision than in any prior election we've had in any election iour history. in some states, we are pushing near 100% of the turnout that occurred in the 2016 election in itsrl entirety, not just vote. >> a combination of all people who voted who have now been surpassed by the people who voted early. >> we are getting very close to those numbers in states like texas and hawaii, and others are following on their heels.

what this means is we are looking at a very high turnout election, perhaps 150 millionil could be the highest turnout will see in a modern election since 1908. ul remarkable numbers in terms of the number of people voting. reporter: certainly a wonderful thing for our democracy in general. are you able to discern what this huge turnouthmeans for party? do we know who is turning out? >> there is some good evidence to say democrats a turning out early, and that is similar to what we've seen in prior elections. usually, more democrats vote early. in prior elections, democtsmints d andvote p that is how they pie up there early voting numbers. this time around, democrats are voting by mail early. as they have hollowed out all of

those in person early voters, we are seeing republicans do e well in tly in person voting. overall, the electorat is heavily democratic in the early vote, and that is whatse we've in prior elections. election day tends to be very republican. you have to get that election data. l that wll us who will win the election. reporter: do those democratic leaning early voters, arngthey using voy mail? we've seen a lot of controversy around voting by mail. the president has been saying it is riddled with fraud. is it largely democrats using that technology this time around? atnsesli.y, it isepincaosubt rt i'm not talking about the all

s llot wbahe-iat stther.e are multiple methods of voting. where you do have that, you have republicanssingreail ballots requently than democrats. this election, it is topsy-turvy. we are seeing democrats vote by mail and replicans voting in person. we had80 oveillion mail ballot requests. we knew that the party registration of those voters tendedbr tk towards the democrats. we knew democrats were going to have a lot omail ballots.at e didn't expect to see is not only have democrats been voting in mail ballots at higher levels, but they are returning those ballot at a higher rate than republicans. usually, it is republicans turning those mail ballots in at a higher rate than democrats. i can't tell everything of what is going on, but it could be that some republicans he gotten cold feet.

even thoh they requested a mail-i ballots, the are planning to vote in person. >> question of counting mail-in ballots, we've seenhe supreme court come down with two pennsylvania and wisconsin as to when late arriving mail-in ballots can be counted. with those rulings and others, what is your sense of what that means for election day and when we might know who has one? >> it's important to understand that election officials neverl count e battles on election day. there is a certification period that takes place in weeks after the election. that is completely normal. in this election, we've got all of these mail ballots, and it could be those ballots would be coming to election offices and overwhelming them if they came at the end, but people have voted earlier. that is good news. some states, the states arear

prg those ballots. there are some states like wisconsin, pennsylvania, and michigan where election officials are constrained in how they can count those ballots. it'soing to take them longer to count the ballots because they are not able to start the rk yet, but in other states, we should get some fast resus. in florida, we should get 99% of night, and we sho have a goodn idea of who won florida. reporter: obviously, that re-calibrates a of our expectations of when we know final results. professor michael mcdonald, thank you for being here. >> good to be with you. >>ne i "newshourhour am stephanie tsai with -- am

stephanie tsai with "newshour" west. decisions affecting mail-in ballots continue to wind through the courts. in texas, the supreme court ruled the governor may limit drop-off sites for election ballots. the ruling is a win for republicans and reversed a decision that said governor sites to one per county. amy coney barrett was officially sworn in as the newest member of the supreme court. chief justice john roberts adminiered the oh thin private. her first opinions could involve disputes over absentee ballot rules and the key swing states carolina.ania and north more state and local governments took actions to corral covid-19 infections, now averaging more than 70,000 new cases daily nationwide. newark, new jersey imposed new restrictions on his misses, and

the governor of illinois binned indoor din chicago. we will talk to the mayor of chicago o thinks that is going too far later in the program. inrefighters in southern california are mscant progress againstir wil that have forced thousands from their homes. two fires burned dangerously close to subdivisions along the foothills of the santa a mountains. governor gavin newsom said it is typical that the dblo and santa ana winds 10 to pr went themselves, buthave seen some extraordinary wind events. those of you in orange county know the gusts you are periencing and the ongoing winds, butmi 8s an hour was recorded. stephanie: southern california edisonays its equipment may have sparked one of new orleans is under our

hurricane warning, awaiting the storm dubbed zeta. it blewcross the yucatan peninsula last night and lost some of its punch. there were no reports of major damage. forecasts called for the storm make landfall tomorrow along the louisiana and mississippi coast. the city of philadelphia is on edge tonight. looting in that city, and theed protests broke out in other u.s. cities. the protts are in response to the police shooting of a black man monday hifamily says the 27-year-old had mental health problems. we will return to this after the news summary. bomb blasts through an islamic semiry and pasha were -- in

peshawar. tsstud waited outside, and some said they get no protection. >> we were attending the class. our teacher was giving us a lecture, and then sdenly, a big blt took place. we don't have any proper security arrangements. stephanie: there was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the pakistani taliban condemned the attack. a j federge today denied president trump's plea to be removed as a defendant in a famation case. the sui was brought by i ching carol after mr. trump denied allegations he raped her. the judge rejected the claim that as a federal employee the president is not subject to those legal actions. alon street, stocks mostly

sagged on worries about covid-19. dothjones industrial average closed at 27,463. the nasdaq rose 72 points, but the s&p 500 slept 10. stol t come, yet another police killing of a black man prompts widespread protests and renewed calls for reform. we discuss the efft to bring covid relief to struggling americansit the white house domestic policy advisor. the mor of chicago on how the city is handling the alarming rise in covid cases, plus much more. judy: the fatal shooting of a

bl man by police in philadelphia triggered large protests overnight. as john yang reports, it is the latest police killingn this country in recent months to provoke public outrage. >> violent protests broke t in philadel with more than 30 officers injured. >> he's going to die. >> more than a dozen people arrested. stores looted. iladelia city councilman isaiah thomas -- >> like so many philadelphians, it was hard to wake up this morning after seeing so many place in our city.we see these d recognize that our city has a lot of problems. john: the spark, a killing of walter wallace junior captured on video. just before 4:00 p.m., two

officers responded to the report w mofa iitn anh predominantly black neighbor wod t philadelphia. as wallace approached the officers, they opened fi. >> oh. oh my god. john: he was rushed to penn presbyterian medical center where he died. sergeant eric gripp responded to what happened. >> officers ordered him to drop it several times. unfortunately, he did not. the ofcers discharged their weapons several times. john: wallace's father said to his son suffered from mental nhealth issues and was o medication. questions swirled about why officers had notsed a taser to subdue him. the officers were wearing bodyme s. their names have not been

disclosed, but they have been removed from street duty. adelia pice commissioner danielle outlaw said, i recognize that the video of the cident raises many issue thiser aon, a lawyeror an>> that wanjustified shooting. we have a person who has mental health issues. t we are goivet those out. we have officers who are not ltoperly trained to deal with those mental hea issues. hn: the video of the shooting led to protests that turned violent last night. for the pbs newshour, i am john yang.

judy: with a week to go before the election, covid cases are rising, and economic stimulus talks in washington appear to have stalled. kelet's bring in brollin, l.usmest poly coun welcome thews " tne owe know the president has been saying he wants a covid relief package. ryhe sent treaecretary mnuchin to negotiate. in october, the president said, no, the talks are off. then he said, they are back on with certain conditions. or>> thank youaving me. i think there is no doubt. i'm not sure there is anyone in america who wants a stimulus

package deal more than president trump. he has been hyperyi focused on to make sure that americans have what they need to get through this pandemic. what i will say also, the table and back to the table, and i think we've come up a few times, and i'm not sure speaker pelosi has been willing to be as flexible and willing wo negotiate have. aleonce partners will come back to the table, and we will have a dealhat will benefit all americans, especially those that need it most. judy: there's been resistance. majority leader mcconnell himself has said there is resistance in the caucus. why hasn't the preside used his leverage with republican senators to get them to agree to something? >> i think his focus has been,

what is the best deal for the amican people? he has said publicly that the idea of sending hundreds of billions of dollars to bailout states and cities that have been poorly run isn't fair to the american taxpayer. republicans s in theate, that is a big part of the concern, how big the number is. how cane me together and ensure that this is the best deal for the american people? judy: i am asking because as you know, the need is great in many of these cities. why hasn't there been more of a push from the white house? >> i think thereas been

significant push. we have tried and tried and tried. keep in mind the democrats have not been willing toove one inch on the numbers. we will continue to move forward. i think mayor lightfoot coming to the table and letting us know what is important will be part of that conversation, but we have to realize what is best for the american people and stress that the peopl who have been rting the most by this lockdown and pandemic are those in o most distressed communities. we have to continue to build not only with the stimulus relief talks but infrastructure for the economy to build itself back up.

judy: the president has been saying since he was elected he will present a health care plan to the american peop. four years later, there isn't one. >> he rolled out his great american health care plan on september 24 and at, north caroli. it walks through lower costs, tter care, more choice for all americans. judy: but it hasn't been t presented congress in the form of a proposal. >> in the last 3.5 years, he's been able to do much through executive order, whether it is price transparency, affore ble health cans. we havexpanded choice to almost 2200 new plans under medicare.

an 80% increase in choice. the health-care system and where we are at today is in much better shape than what it was when it was handed to us 3.5 years ago. we will build on that for all americans, but especially those with pre-existing conditions. judy: that's an issue of great disagreement. republicans have not been unitee onrving pre-existing conditions. the supreme court may be on the verge of knocking out obama.are altogeth utu are leaving tens of millions of americans witoverage. my question is, where is the safetyet? what is going to protect those american >> the exaltation of obama care just doesn't make any sense. this idea thatcahe affordable act that obama care is providing everyone with pre-existing conditions the most

amazing care st isn't true. the affordable carects up at the u.s. supreme court. the decision will ce down probably middle of next year. meantime, the preside has improved the affordable care act. premiums are down 8% after having gone up 35% under president oba. we will improve what the system currently is. if it is struck down, if it's been moved off and something better put in its place, there is currently $1.8 trillion set aside for the next 10 yrs to subsidize the insurance exchanges. at $1.8 trillion will be redeployed to the millions of american w were on the affordable care act, less than 10% of our pulation, and that money will go directly to them

rath than the special interests and insurance tmpaniest cause the prices to go so far up. judy: thank you vermuch. the latest covid-19 outbreak has returned to places le chicago which had been hit hard by the virus earlier this year. also taking a hit, state and local budgets. with stimulus talks stalled, ny mayors are on their own. lori lightfoot is the mayor of chicago,nd she joins us now. urlcome back to the "ne." we hrd governor pritzker, the governor of illinois, say oryesterday that a covid is coming. what does the situation look like in chicago? mayor lightfoot: we are seeing

the rate of newases escalate in the same way we saw them back in the spring. we are seeing a slight uptick in iohospitaliz, but we are very concerned. we announced some sts and measures last week to step back, rslightly opening up economy, but we are concerned about the second surge. judy: governor pritzker saying he is going to impose restrictions. they will start friday on indoor dining. what other restrictions are you looking at? restrictions.number of our restauranttr ind our bars, our gyms, indr spaces, if the governor's order goes into effect, it is shutting down f significant portionr

economy at a time when those same businesses are really hanging on by a thread. this shutdowunfortunately is going to take effect starting friday by state order. judy: it sounds like you think it's the wrong decision to do this. mar lightfoot: we have to look at what our metrics are. we are seeing an uptick in cases. wet are seeing percsitivity go up. hospitalizations areot at the breaking point like we feared in the spring, and i think that is an important metric that needs to have some significant rate. we have to be surgical ase pulledhese new restrictions. where we are seeing the greate challenges is in people's homes,

social settings that are not public. it's harder to regulate for sure, but in chicago, that is where we are seeing the challenges. two thirds of the people testing positive and talking to our case investigators are telling us they got it from somebody that they knew and that they gott from a social setting that is not in public. we are taking additional sps to address those circumstances where we are seeing the cases incrse. i'm not sure we are reaching the right people restrictions that are going to be imposed by the state. judy: it was just in the last few days you announced a $1.2 billion shortfall in the chicago city budget. you called for increases in property taxes, cutting the number of city workers. how much of a financial strain, crisis are youacing?

mayor lightfoot: it is significant. weon had an $800 mil shortfall in our budget and 100% of that shortfall is covid-related. we have a $1.2 billion budget deficit for next year, 2021, and 65% of that shortfall is covid-related. that is why it is distressing the federal government has failed to recognize not just the plight of a city like chicago, but cities and towns all over the country, red, blue, purple, republican, democrat. this is a virus that does not respect polical boundaries, and we need a bipartisan solution for this problem. we are going to keep pushing every lever we can of, but for now, we are not tting

additional help from the fedel government. our pandemicre responses upon us in chicago makingough, hard choices that are going to be necessary toalance our budget as we are mandated to do. judy: earlier, i spoke with the head of the white house domestic policy council. she said -- ier was askinghy it has taken so long to reach an agreement- she said the president is pushing as hard as he can, she said, we want you, mayor lightfoot, and other mayors to be a the table, but she said you have to talk about people in distress and in forgten communities. what does that say? mayor lightfoot: to me, that is just a lot of rhetoric. myself and other mayors have

reached out to the president and vice president. twe've askm repeatedly to make sure that mayors, a bipartisan group, geographically diverse group, had a role to play in the national response. theyct turned their fn into a politized bunch of hacks who tacked democrat in -- democratic mayors. th they came for me and keisha lance bottoms. th have zero interest in forging concrete relationships. it's a total missed opportunity, and we have known for a long retime we going to have to fight this fight. fortunately, lives have been lost because of not the mismanagement from the white

house, but theng unwilss to fully engage and make sure they are listening to local leaders so we can forge solutions thats save people'ves, educate them, and keep them safe. judy: mayor lori lightfoot, we wish you the best. there are more women running for congress than ever before. shattering even the records set in 2018. this time, it's driven by record numbers orepublican women on the ballot. lisa has our report on what the gop has done and what they still wideto do to close the gender gap in the house. lisa: this could be the face of

change. nancy mase is running to be the first south carolina woman ever in congress, and part of what some hope is a gender shift for both parties have gender gaps i the ho representatives. 88 democrats, 38% are women. it is a chasm for house republicansith just 13 women, a tiny 7% of their ranks right now. >> i appreciate . lisa enter this new class of candidates. she's a single mom who represents the low country near charlston in the statehouse and o broke barriers early in life as the first woman to graduate from sou carolina's military institution the citadel. >> it's not just democratic women. lisa: she means this, a record

94 women on the ballot for republicans in the house of representatives, nearly double the number of two years ago. >> on 2018, was that kinof a call to action? >> i believe it was. we lost some amazing incumbent women, and my colleagues, we did differently going forward? colisa: republicaresswoman susan phillips headed up the recruitmenidof female caes. is congress worth fort?hears is, >> across-the-board, thediwant to make erence. they want to know that what they are going to be doing is making a difference. lisa: this is a new excitement for conservative women. with the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court.

>>his hearing to me is opportunity to not punch through a glass ceiling but a reinforced concrete barrier around conservative women. lisa: that energy has not tran congress.ore seats in senate majority leader mitch mcconnell haveeen asked -- >> why do you think the ernder gap is wow than it has been previously? >> it's an interesting question, and it is something i am not happy with. i hope we can improve it in the coming weeks and years. >> i do know historically the women candidates have had a harder timeundraising, so w haven't had the ability toou brk througprimaries. >> there's also a leadership gap. house republicans have just one woman ineadership, wyoming congressman liz cheney.

minority leader kevin mccarthy said gender could -- should not be a factor for anyone and politics. >>h's not defined by being in my conference because she is a woman. lisa: tha cates a tricky situation for republican women. julie conway creates -- created a group focused on electing more republican women. >> republican women have had a bit of a challenge. geer politics on the ides -- the republican side was not taken too seriously. its as alwe concept that the best person would emerge from the primary. unfortunately, there is not a level playing field in terms of electing republican won. lisa: of the 94 republican women running this year, 11 are in congress now, and just 14 others are seenaving a chance to

win. >> i am nancy mase. lisa: thatncludes nancy in a high dollar race with freshman democrat joe cunningham. she is blunt about the system overall. do you think that politics is still a boys club? >> 100%. judy: lisa: she sees the ballot as one piece of the puzz. e have to have our voice heard. lisa: four republican women, a push to be heard and to bece a larger ft the table. for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa day jar jam. ♪ dy made in china. it's a phrase that has become an almost daily reminder of the global economic challenge facing the u.s. in the pandemic, one thing has

become clear. the world's reliance on pvesonal protecquipment, and special correspondent patrick foxx reports great deal of this gear from masks to goggles comes from china and the country where the virus in the should date -- where the virus began. patrick: it may only be manned by a small number of workers, but this production plant churns liout half a m disposable masks every day. masksre byar fhe most sought-after type of ppe, and these commonly seen blue ones are number one sellers. >> they are flat. it's a typical three layers, the rgical mask. patrick: paul is ceo of linkmed, a distributor of medigl gear includ ppe.

even before the coronavirus pandemic began, china was the largest exporter of ppe, accounting for nearly half of the world's supply of face masks and goggles. one says his company's sales volumeare higher than 10 times from a year ago. >> in september, we already saw an early indicator of the second wave picking up. now that the weather is cooling down. patrick: at the height of china's battle with the coronavirus, linkmed called back inventories from warehouses from around the world. much of it was diverd to front liners fighting the vus in the epicenter wuhan, but domestic demand has slod since march as

china has gotten its outbreak under control. u.s. like many other countries continues to grapple with shortages. a backlash against china has led to ausations that chinese authorities hit the se of the outbreak so it could get a head start on stockingl up the medi supneies they eded to respd to the crisis. there are fears china might restrict the distribution of gear. >> in reality, we have not seen a lot of that. china in general has been pretty the chinese government sees the export of ppe is a public patrick: total exports wghe down

only sy in t first eight months of the year compared to the last according to official chine data. health care officials say the shortage of ppe in the u.s. is likely to persist in absence of a strategy to address the problem. >> it is as important as having a fire station in your town or city. patrick: just imagine if you have a fire, but you do not have a truck a few miles from you. you cannot deal with the fire. by the time the firetrucks alive, the house has already burnt down. president donald trump and nominee joe biden have championed bringing back

production to the u. >> we need engineers, managers, quality controllers, technicians, and workers. it takes years to get people to build more machines. patrick: state support saw nearly 70,000 companies register to either trade or manufacture face masks this year, but reports suggest that may have led to quality control problems. health officials in the u.s. criticized china over faulty equipment and substandard masks. china has the means to produce it. plat attracts a lot of p looking to capitalize on that disparity, and unfortunately,

actorf them are bad producing subpar equipment. patrick: chise regulators have tightened controls, but that has not stemmed the problem entirely. linkmed ensures its supplies comply with health standards at home and abroad. >> this is part of life. this is part of the politics. people finger point at each other for different reasons. patrick: as long as the pandemic continues, people across the world are likely to depend on china to supply the equipment to keep them sa.

judy: nowak wea very different look at the pandemic and how the arts are trying to weather the economic storm. from january to june of this year, consumer spending on the performing arts fell from almost $27 billion to $817 million. a lot program in massachusetts looks to ideas from the past to hopelly ensure the future of the arts. this is part of our american creators series, and ongoing arts and culture series. >> there is a stillness to this woods meetsanicured beaut,the except for a fountain. there is quiet, just the way

edith wharton wanted it. >> when a frost would kill her favorite trees, it wasike losing a favorite child. d towas deeply connec nature.>> susan whistler is exee director of the mou. it is tucked into the rolling hills of the berkshires in western massachusetts. celebrated works here, including "the house of mirth." >> there is a scene in "e house of mirth," and the scene she describes out of her window is veryucwharton's view. >> today, it is writer leah russells self who is guided by this space. it's also their job is part of a privately funded nation pilot program called artis at work. it was set up during the

employment across theartists berkshires. others include a choreographer, a filmmaker joining an indepeent movie theater, and a visual artist teeming with thess husetts museum of contemporary art. each artist has the freedom to develop any project that they want for a six-month residency. >> they are being paid to make theeaiful work they do as artists, and they are paid to bring their thinking to social initiatives. >>achel is director of the office, a performing arts company that conceived the artists for hire pilot. it pays each of the artists a living wage and provides them health care while in the program. >> the reason we wanted to make it a wage is that post-program

they would be eligible for unemployment. >> proudly acknowledges that pain artists who find themselves ruling is entirely unoriginal. its roots are in the wpa, the works progress administration established during the great depression. it employed thousands of aists teaching classes, painting murals, and documenthng the countrugh photograph it fielded the careers of artists like orson welles and luis nelson. when did you recognize that it worked during the wpa to put artists to work? >> i >was a time when artists were recognized as workers. artists are so oft thought of as the garnish on the plate. >> to have six months of this is your salary, this is what you've got, and if something happens to

you, you can go see a doctor. >> in nonpandemic times, people flock to the berkshires in summertior art exhibitions and theater. it's a feast for those craving culture. the project is to work with young people of color to expenre and strengheir ties. >>t looks like it could be a younger one.im >> ultely, she wants to make this a destination for people of welcome in predominantly white spaces, and the artist will write a collectioof poetry inspired by e experience. >> i don't know how much independent artists will be able

to endure. nationwide with countless artists among the unemployed and without a sense of when or if their jobs will return. >> i'm used to working a few different projects to piece everytng together. sibleis totally not p >> which is why the organizers are hoping it can be replicated around the country where rachel says she knows artists can shape our economic recovery. >> we hope that this chaes the conversation about the impact and futility of arts. art is a crucial part of our endeavor as a commonwealth, and that is where the conversation

needs to look. judy we thank you. on the "newshour"la online, the st episode of our podcast america interrupted explores the history of voter suppression, what it looks like today, and how the pandemic has made it worse. that's the "newsho" for tonight. i am judy woodruff.s joinline and here tomorrow evening. for all of us here, thank you. please stay safe, and we will see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs "newshour" has been proded by -- >> when the world gets complicated, a lot goes through your mind. th fidelity wealth management, an adviser can tailor recommendationto your life. that is fidelity wealth management.

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-the sounds of se, the smells from the grill. don't you just love it? look at ese you guys. these sights and snds go by many names. a barbecue, a cookout, a parrilla. but in mexico state of sonora, these delicious weekly gathing of family and friends is known simply as a carne asada. mm, so good, so good. and today, i'm bringing that traditional carne asada experience right into my own back yard with the help of some very hungry and suddenly much taller boys. i don't... -you need to flip it soon. -i don't see any sweat. -i don't see any sweat. -i see, i see some sweat. -you don't have the chef's eye. -we're making a fire roasted salsa, a chunky chili verde guacamolea a sonoran-stcaroni salad, dressed with a spicy mayo and mixed with grilled ham