♪ judy: good evening. i am judy woodruff. help wanted. a strong labor market. a falling unemployment rate. questions remain about cid and the effect on the recovery. the road ahead, as the senate moves forward with the infrastructure bill. we examined the potential investments in the aging transportation that work. plus, a fight over right crackdown on the oji bt community in hungary prompts condemnation and sets up a potential showdown at the you. >> there has longeen an

ideological battle betweethe populace government and the rest of the european union, but actions on lgbt rights have come with little consequence. judy: and david brooks and jonathan capehart examine two congressional elections in the parties. the accusations against governor cuomo and the ongoing politics of covid-19. all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪ announcer: major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by. ♪ bnsf railway. consumer cellular. johnson & johnson.

financial services firm raymond james. the john s. and james l. knight foundation. more at kf.org. ♪ announcer: and with the ongoing support of these institutions. ♪ and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by t corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like u. thank you. judy: -- stephanie: we will return to judy woodruff after the latest headlines. the u.s. economy has turned in hiring numbers as it powers back from pandemic losses.

the labor departments 943,000 jobs in july, beating projections. the unemployment rate fell to 5.4%. president biden said today that continued growth depends heavily on more people getting vaccinated. we will return to this after the news summary. battles escalated aoss the country over masking in schools. in florida, republicans running the state board of edution approved tuition voucherfor private schools, where public schools impose men's mandates and parents object. but new jersey's democratic governor ordered mask wearing for everyone in school buildings, public and private. >> there are issues that are and must always remain ave politics, and this is one of them. anyone telling you that wcan safely reopen our schools without requiring everyone inside to wear a mask is simply

lying t you, because we can' stephanie: the biden administration extended a pause on payments, interest, and collections for federal student loans. it will run through january. u.s. education department said it is the last time it will be continued. the biden administration has begun flying migrants from central america to locations deep inside mexico, instead of their home countries, in an attempt to curb border crossings. the policy shift comes as illegal crossings approach record highs. a catastrophic fire in northern california is still spreading tonight. it already engulfed one entire town as it burns into the record books. we have this report from amna nawaz. >> after swelling 110 square miles with the dixie fire is the largest anywhere in the country, fueled by hot weather andusty conditions. as of this morning, the blaze

ranked as the third biggest in state history, stretching 670 six square miles in nthern california. greeneville is already gone, consumed by flames wednesday night. >> we lost her tonight. -- greeneville tonight. we have not been able to gethe job done. correspondent: buildings reduced to smoldering debris. the sheriff is a lifelong resident. >> my heart is crushed by what has occurred there. to the folks who have lost residences and businesses, i have met some of them already, their life is now forever changed, and all i can tell you is, i am sorry. correspondent: more than 100 homes were estimated to be destroyed, although there is no

official counting. the impact reaches far beyond the state. in reno nevada come of what appeared to snowflakes were ash from 100 miles away. the dixie fire is in its fourth week. the cause is under investigation , but pacific gas & electric suspects a fallen tree on a power line. the fire is just 35% contained. better weather conditions could help firefighters battling to save what they can, while others reflect on what is lost. for the pbs newshour, am amna nawaz. stephanie: more than 50 fires are burning across greece. a volunteer firefighter was killed. north of athens, thousands were forced to flee. firefighters and volunteers fought to contain the flames despite the wind and heat. helicopters flew through smoke, dumping water. fires on one island forced evacuation by sea.

the justice department announced charges today. two citizens of myanmar were arrested in new york, allegedly hired by a thai arms dealer connected to theilitary junta, accused of trying to force the ambassador to step down, and if he refused, to injure or kil him. myanmar's military leers seize power this year. the taliban have captured their first provincial capital in a fast-moving offensive and one province. fighting continued in the helmand province, as a united nations special envoy demand the taliban and its assaults. >> we have seen a 50%, 5-0 percent increase in civilian casualties, with the certainty that many more as cities are

attacked. a party that was genuinely committed to a negotiated settlement would not risk so many civilian casualties. stephanie: the u.s. envoy spoke from kabul, where the taliban assassinated the afghan government's media chief. an aide to andrew cuomo has filed a criminal complaint, alleging that he groped her. it is the first and could lead to criminal charge against the governor. state investigation found she is one of 11 women who governor cuomo sexually harassed. he denies all allegations. a new jersey gymnasium owner has pled guilty to assaulting a police officer during the january mob attack on the u.s. capitol. his plea deal today could set a benchmark for other cases to follow. he will be sentenced next month. at the summer olympics, a u.s. track veteran made history in tokyo.

the -year-old took a bronze in the 400 meter. she has 10 olympic medals so far. in beach volleyball, two americans won gold against australia today. still to come, where the money meets the road, how the infrastructure bill would update our transportation system. the sharp rise in covid cases prompt questions about the need for vaccine mandates. the crackdown on the lgbt community in hungary prompt condemnation from european leaders, plus much more. ♪ announcer: this is the "pbs newshour" from washington and the walter cronkite school o journalism at arizona state university. ♪ judy: as we reported today, the jobs report shows the u.s.

economy is continuing to make a strong comeback. wages are up, and the unemployment rate is down. it is at its lowest level since the pandemic began in march of last year. concerns remain about the highly contagious delta variant, and how it could affect the economy's recovery jerry bernste is a member of president biden's council of economic advisors and joins us now. welcome back to the newshour. some good news to report today. tell us as you look at these mbers, what gives you confidce about this employment picture, and what do you see that concerns you? >> i think one of the main confidence-building factors is not just what i saw in this report, it is what i have seen in the last few reports. 933,000 jobs, that's a big important number, but that is part of a trend. we never tried to over emphasize one month, beuse you get

variations in this high frequency data. over the past three months, we have been adding over 800,000 jobs. i know you have been tracking these job reports for a long time on the newshour and know that those are big numbers. since the president got here, we have added 4 million jobs, historically unprecedented, and the unemployment rate fell by half a point, and the wage story. americans are coming back into work in the labor supply is up over a million since january. they are getting jobs. they are seeing wage gains. shots and arms and checks in pockets are helping this economy get back to where the president wants to see it going. judy: there was something like 6.8 million jobs that were lost at the start of the pandemic, that still have not come back, and a lot of these low-wage positions positions in the service sector, restaurant jobs.

do y worry that because of the way life is changing this country that many of those jobs may never come back? jared: well, i am paid to worry and earn my paycheck, so i worry about that and many other things. one thing about the report that we are looking at month-to-month is precisely this hole you mentioned that greeted us when we got here, about 10 million jobs missing, relative to pre-pandemic levels, that is now 6.7 million, so we still have considerable room to make up, and that is one of the reasons that the rescue plan continues to be important, providing aid to school that needs to reopen, housing assistance t particularly people facing stressors in the rental market, then moving on to the investment agenda through the building back at her and infrastructure programs. judy: let me ask you about

covid, the delta variant. these numbers were calculated as we understand it in the middle of the month of july. since then, we have seen this surge in covid infections come the delta variant. how worried are you jared bernstein that that will create a real problem going forward? jared: it is a concern, and when we are tracking carefully. let me give you three contextual points that are important to think about in this context. first of all, one of them is economic momentum. when you have a labor market adding 800,000 jobs per month, when you have cut the unemployment claims by half in almost six months, a trend that typically takes more than a year , when your gdp is back above its trend one year before forecasters expected that, you have real momentum. two, vaccinations.

1% of adults were vaccinated when this president came into office. now that is 60%. that is critically important to get that number up, but one reason why we are not going back to lockdown, to march 2020 or even january 2021, and three, and maybe the most important terms of forward-looking, we have the public health scaffolding in place to meet this delta challenge. people will have to chip in, make sure they get vaccinated, work carefully with state and local policymakers to make sure both relief dollars get out, particular people in the rental sector, but also to make sure we keep getting those shots in arms. we have that public health policy infrastructure in place that should give americans a lot of confidence that these trends we are seeing should persist. judy: two other things to ask you about, but if there are new

restrictions that have to be imposed on people's lives because of this delta variant or another variant after it, you are not concerned tha could put a crimp in the economy? jared: well, i have tried to communicate i am concerned about all dimensions of things that could possibly push back against the recovery, but based on the momentum we have had, 60% of adults vaccinated, and the scaffolding in place, i think we can meet these challenges. judy: two other things. one is the administration's announcement that e moratorium on federal student loan repayments until january. a lot of democrats are saying your body just let it go permently. why not do that? jared: well, that is a policy decision that will continue to be mulled over, and one that we will look at carefully. basically you have got a lot of different people and a lot of different stakeholders in this, blenders, borrowers -- lenders,

borrowers, those who don't necessarily need a loan cancellation, and you have people who carry student loans and many are members of the minority community, and it is a serious barrier to getting ahead. trust me. this is something the president hielf is looking at and will continue to do so. judy: last thing, you know there are naysayers who are worried about inflation, same with all this mey in the econo and pent up savings that people are starting to spend, all the money the administration is putting out there, that the real worry right now is overheating in this economy, and prices spiking. in just a few words, what do you think? jared: well, if we look at the labor market today, we have started to see one key supply constraint began to ease. what we need to see is whether our supply constraints in this economy. they have been related to this

pandemic, taking a $21 trillion economy, shutting it off, then turning it on again, strong demand meeting this constrained supply, but some constraints are beginning te's and lbar, -- to ease, lumber, in other sectors, but that is the way to think about this. pandemic-related sectors are where you have temporary prsures, and as those supply chains come back to life, those pressures will ease. judy: jared bernstein, part of the president's council of economic advisors, thank you. ♪ congress's nonpartisan scorekeepers as the bipartisan infrastructure bill would add 250 $6 billion to the federal deficit over the next decade.

senators worke to pass the pland in their chamber. we take a detailed look at the bill. correspondent: at the heart of this $1 billion plus bl, the biggest part is transportation, things that help us move. there is $453 billion total for roads, bridges, and surface transportation, and $66 billion for railways, and billions for fairies here there is need. one in fiveoads in this country is in poor contion and tens of thousands of bridges need repair. anyone who has gone near an american cy knows that for the most part the traffic is getting worse. toelp us unpack all of this, tom smith from the american society of civil engineers joins us. all of these numbers this week, sometimes it feels like funny money. can you tell us what nearly $500 billion means, and how much of our road and bridge problem will

that solve? tom: this is a problem we have had. failing to invest in our infrastructure for many decades, we do report card on america's infrastructure, and for the last 20 years, we have failed to keep up and have kick the can down the road, said the bill has continued to go up every year. when we last released our report card in 2021 is we do every four years, we show just on the surface transportation side on the next 10 years that there is an investment gap of $1.2 trillion, out of a total of 2.6 trillion dollars when you look at the 17 categories infrastructure that they evaluate with repo card on infrastructure. correspondent: $500 billion gets as part of the way there? tom: yes, that is money spent over five years. when we look at our investment gap and say $1.2 trillion, that is over 10 years and were

looking at federal investment, state, and local and private investment. while it will not get us all the way they are, it is absolutely a step in the right direction and visionary, a generational investment in our infrastructure, and i think it will put us on the right track and spur additional investment at the levels and make our infrastructure more sustainable and resilient to being able to lo over the horizon and prepare for the future. we are seeing more severe weather events then when we were first building this infrastructure 50, 60, 75, sometimes more than 100 years ago. correspondent: i want to talk about trains and ferries. >> it will make it possible to build the track we need to expand, to add service in a lot of cities all across the country. probably not the 160 that amtrak

would like, but it might come close, depending on how we do it. what it will not do is buy us, for example, a network of high-speed trains across the country. correspondent: four ferries, it is almost all good news. one woman in alaska depends on ferries. here is what she said about the problem. >> with constant breakdowns and ferries taken off-line or aged out, a community is really affected by its quality of life and what makes people want to stay in the community. it is the lifeblood of a community if the residents are strong, healthy, and happy. and the ferry is our transportation. judy: there are two other types

of transportation getting a huge influx of cash, but this is a bill that has read think to it. i want to ask about criticism from republicans that this is not worth t debt, and some say it could do some harm and inflation. tom: i think this is absolutely a critical investment. these are investments we need in this country, whether real, transit, or a ferry service. it is not perfect, but it is a bipartisan effort and has been well thought out. the ferry service referenced, there is at least $1 billion for that. we talk about investing in our infrastructure, one thing we will have to consider is what is the cost when we fail to invest. that time traffic, the inefficiencies, added cost for goods and services because we have failed to invest in infrastructure. this costs us money.

when we did an economic study, we found it is $3300 per year, per family, the hidden tax we are paying today. we talk about what does it cost to invest and modernize and maintain in our infrastructure, we have to ask ourselves what is the cost if we fail to do that. it is far greater. correspondent: the bill is the infrastructure investment and jobs back. what do we know about how many jobs this could create? tom: it will create an enormous opportunity in many sectors, certainly construction. also those who finance, those who insure, maintain, and operate our infrastructure. this will have a major impact on manufacturing, which will be able to better compete in a global marketplace. and of course all those workers who are supported by a workforce who have a pension plan benefits, and now they have money they can put back into the economy.

i think it is far-reaching. the job creation by a bill like this, and also what it does for the economy. correspondent: these are issues that affect every single american. tom smith, thank you for helping take us through it. tom: my pleasure. thank you. ♪ judy: as the country wrestles with the latest delta-driven surge, governments and corporations are mandating employees get vaccinated. we look at what these mandates require and whether they will make a difference with william brangham. william: that's right. many states have begun mandating vaccinations, oroutine testing for government employees. yesterday, the bite in the industry asian did the same for federal workers in the

pentagon is expected to follow suit. google, tyson foods, walmart, united airlines and disney have also taken similar steps, but many are still concerned that the pace of vaccination is still too slow andant the private sector to do more. among them is andy, a former senior adviser on covid policy in the biden wte house. it is great to have you back. you co-authored a letter with a bipartisan group of former government officials and plic health experts urging the private sector to do more in this regard. let's say companies take up your call, how much will that move the needle? andy: we know there are 25 million americans who say if they were asked by their employer or required by their employer or needed to be vaccinated in order to get into major venues or gathering crowds , that they would without objection get vaccinated, and

what that tells this there are a number of people to him getting vaccinated is neither a big positive for big negative, it is just not a priority, that we need leadership from all across society, not just the government , but people who are trusted by individuals and can lead individuals, and corporations of the next big horizon. if we do our jobs and corporations step up, we can go from 70% of adult americans vaccined to 80%, and it will make an enormous difference and save a lot of lives. william: this is moving that movable it'll of people who do not have a strong ideological objection to vaccines, just they need a nudge? andy: yeah. we think it is important we respect people's individual rights, that we listen to people who have concerns about getting vaccinated and try to answer their questions, but at the same

time, we have to have respect for people who don't have an option in the matter, people who can't get vaccinated because they are under 12 or who are immunocompromised, cancer, aids, and they don't get to ve a say in the matter, so were asking to prioritize the needs and concerns of people who don't have a choice and the people who have a choice and are electing to either not get vaccinated or get vaccinated by essentially saying we require people to come to our workplace to be vaccinated, unless there is some good reason. if not, at the least, everybody needs to be tested and show they have a negative test result continuously. william: i was talking with the ceo of a hospital in louisiana this week who half the staff is not vaccinated. the ceo was leery ofandates and they were not doing one yet. it seemed to me his concern was that\that mandating might cause

more harm than good. do you wish -- that back lash that mandating might cause more harm than good. william: i would call this the easy is her decision you have to make. andy: the easy is her decision you have to make is where you are saving people's lives and you are also choosing people who cannot really speak for themselves here, so i would say that -- to that ceo and any other ceo, that yes, there were were those who want to stay out of it, but if you want to be part of bringing covid to its knees, then you have to step up and lead and do things like this. what we have experience is that for all of the people who might be concerned about it, there are many more people who say, thank you. i feel safer now. william: we have seen pushback

from unions and the law enforcement agencies, governors texas and florida have blocked a vaccine mandate. you don't see more conflict over this issue? andy: well, of course there is going to be conflict, of course there will be strong opinions, and we need to listen to everybody. the question is who will we value here. listen to the republican governor asa hutchinson who is saying it was a mistake to pass the kind of laws that were passed in texas and florida. the difference between her and the governor of florida is that there are no political aspirations, only to be governor of the state in key people in the state healthy. it is a matter of what we prioritize in value. if what we value is a commitment to one another and keeping each other safe and keeping each other safe in putting this pandemic behind us, we reduce the spread get schools open,

there is no question that it will take more aggressive actions. again, i think there is room in certain situations for people who have reasons not to get vaccinated to say, fine, but we need you to show up in work and take a negative test on original basis because we have to be able to ensure that the people who come on our premises that we will keep them safe. william: andy slavik, former covid advisor to the white house, thank you foreing here. andy: thank you. ♪ judy: the rights of the lgbtq people in hungary are increasingly under threat according to activists in the country. last month, a law came into force that restricts the depiction of homosexuality and sex reassignment to children in schools. the law has drawn intense opposition from other countries

in european union, and has become a battleground for what the block stands for. our special correspondent has this report. >> we are clear. ♪ lucy: it may look like a celebration, but this is defiance. the lgbt community here has long felt under attack, but the enactment of a new sex education will has galvanized activists. organizers say the crowd at this pride march was the biggest in its history in budapest. >> there is a growing anti-eog bt message from the government and the media associated with it. i am terrified this could turn into a situation where wider society starts to turn against the community. >> human rights are universal, and the right to love that you want needs to be protected. this law discriminates against gay people and compares

homosexuality with child abuse. lucy: legislation passed in june places strict limits on teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues in schools, included in the big targeting pedophilia. it is yet another encroachment on fundamental rights. the government says it is part of a broader agenda designed to protect families and children, rejecting criticism at home and abroad. >> the hostility, the attitude, the reactions, let's collect the politically-motivated attacks, are amazing. especially in the face of the step policy -- step-by-step policy of the hungarian government, so nobody could understand this new law, new legislation in terms of the efforts we have done for the past 10 years to reinforce families.

lucy: the education of children has become a background in the culture war. much can be traced back to a book cold wonderlanis for everyone, reimagining fairytales with characters from minority backgrounds. some parentselcome the inclusive message, but elsewhere there was an outcry. one far-right leticia shredded the book on camera. a government minister described it homosexual propaganda. you can now only be sold with a disclaimer warning that the diversions from traditional gender roles. its author was unprepared for the response. >> the last month, i received a lot of online threats and messages from strangers which are tryi to demonize me, and they tell me that i should die because i am gay.

these are just hateful, just pure hate. lucy: the members of the lgbt community say they feel increasingly unsafe. many plan to leave the country. elsewhere, the popularity of the government's conservative agenda endures. election year is on the horizon, and strong anti-lgbt rhetoric appears to be part of a new strategy by victor ortman. there have bnigns of semi-authoritarianism since 2010, and signs the strategy is firming up support from the conservative base, and from those further to the right. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: we were happy to see the child protection law passed. we have been wching western countries for a long time and you can see the dangers of this so-called gender ideology, a risk to our society. lucy: the european union is

watching developments with alarm. european capitals save the legislation is a violation of values in discriminates against lgbt people. there has long been an ideological batt between the populace government and the res of the european union, but so far, the actions on lgbt rights that come with little consequence, as international condemnation mounts, the european union is under pressure to act it has now announced legal action. the block has threatened to withhold billions of dollars from post-pandemic recovery funding. >> europe will never allow parts of our society to be stigmatized , be it because of whom they love, because of their age, their ethnicity, their political

opinions or the religious beliefs. because we should never forget that when we stand up for parts of our society, police stand up for the freedom of the whole of our society. lucy: but a row over so-called child protection is the latest background between budapest and brussels, who have come to blows on issues like migration, corruption, and the rule of law. there has long been discomfort about how big of a role that european union should play in the affairs of it states, especially those deemed to have a liberal agenda. such tough talk is only hardening the government line. >> if there is a clash, it is because we believe we are right. child protection does not belong to any european competence. it belongs only to the hungarians. lucy: three days before

thousands march for pride, the prime minister announced a referendum on the new lgbt legislation. he hopes the public will vote in his party's favor in silence his critics overseas, but activists are alarmed by a referendum designed to strip fundamental rights of a minority group. there are fears that lie for lgbt people in hgary will only get harder. >> it will be worse and worse, because the government uses this as a political tool in their hate campaign, and i think during the election they will not have any other topic. lucy: in the face of rising numbers of homophobic attacks, the lgbt community is determined to remain visible in hungary, but actists fear the damage will be felt for many years to come. ♪

judy: this week, the delta variant presented new challenges for the biden administration of the new york attorney general found the governors sexually harassed multiple women, and voters went to paul's in two ohio congressional districts, and here to sorted out we have the analysis of david brooks and jonathan capehart. columnist for the washington post. it is so good to see both of you here thank you. thank you for joining us on this friday night. jonathan, good news today for the, good jobs numbers, but we know at the same time every day that they are dealing with this covid pandemic, the delta variant, deciding how hard to come down and vaccination, whether or not people are masking, what are the political risks to the president, the

political calculi for him? jonathan: part of it is whose side are you on, the folks who are leery about the vaccine, the folks holding t, the people who don't want to get the vaccine, or are you on the side of those of us who are totally vaccinated and want to get on with the art of living, going back to restaurants unencumbered. i think the president this week dropped on the side of the vaccinated, demanding that people, pleading and demanding that people get vaccinated, then not by name, but by inference, the republican governor of florida and what he is doing in terms of making it difficult for school districts to mandate masks for their children, the localities peered so i think the president is making the calculus that if i can. in what is happening in the white house, that it is that the

more people who get vaccinated, the sooner we can get back to living a normal life, which has implications for the economy and everything else. judy: even for the short-term blowback it is worth it, david? david: i don't think mandating vaccinations would be worth it, but america is a country with strong distrust for central authority. if we mandated from washington, it would genera enormous blowback cannot help the cause. getting private insurers, schools, and others tonsist on vaccinations is safer. it is decentralized. people are going to those places, so they have a little more trust. i think that is a smarter way to do it without generating blowback. i like what andy said earlier in the program, emphasizing those 20 59ho have no principal objection to make it easier for david: -them. that would be a significant achievement.

judy: but continuing to watch, because we don't know about this delta variant, what it would do, of course. i want to ask you about the congressional races this week in ohio. two different congressional districts, two different primaries. one district in cleveland, you had mainstream democrat win persuasively against a more, shall we say left-wing progressive democrat, and this is at a time when people are asking how much influence do the most progressive members of the democratic party have. how do you read what happened? jonathan: the more progressive wing doesn't hold sway when it comes to these special elections. i am reminded of tip o'neill sang all politics is local. we have a tendency to

nationalize every congressional race, every local race, and forget about the fact that the people who are running are not running national races. they are running local races. when you look at the race, you have to remember that president biden won that district with 79.8% of the vote, and so you have one candidate who is the local chair of the democratic party, and another candidate who has said some unspeakable things about what it would mean to her if she voted for joe biden, so you put that out there and thinking she would actually win that race, i think that was laughable. david: i am about to nationalize it. you go back to 2019. aoc is riding high, the green new deal with the pty appears it is shifting rapidly to the left. i recl one of the presidential debates, people re asking if

you would open the border, and most people said yes. look what happens. joe biden wins the election. a lot of people think defund the police costs him down ballot races. we have had a bunch of races in the last several months where, i don't want to moderates, but party regulars beat progressives , the new york mayoral race, the virginia gubernatorial race, three house races, and partly moderate left, but really it is how do we do change, within the party, within the system, or do we disrupt the system? it is clear the be of the democratic party says we believe in our party and wanto do change within the system, which is the biden hymnal. judy: the new york mayors raise, other pieces of evidence that the party is not as far left as some havergued that it was. jonathan: and keep in mind that

the base of the democratic party primarily, it is african-american voters, and african-american voters, a lot of people think they are black, therefore they are progressive, not realizing that no, we black voters we are actually more pragmatic. what you going to do? how would you make my life better? how would you make my community safer through that lens, the wind by chantel brown should not be as surprising as it was for a lot of people. judy: the other ohio primary race, the trump-endorsed candidate, david, emerged, guess, not a huge surprise. donald trump has influence. david: especially when it is a 12-person race. the trump guy will have a huge advantage. it is hard to win a republican primary if donald trump is not on your side. it is impossible if you are

against donald trump. 17 republican senators endorsed infrastructure build the donald trump proposed, so on donald trump, you can't cross him, but on policy, you can cross trump, and the party is more flexible or confused abo those policy matters in five years ago. jonathan: a slight spin on that is the trump candidate won in this race. the trump candidate didn't win in texas, but in that texas race, the thing to watch is trumpism one in that race. instead of looking at who donald trump has endorsed, look at how closely the candidates are to what donald trump says he believes in. judy: of course they are aligned. the last thing i want to raise with both of you is this massive development out of new york

state, this damming report by the new york sta attorney general about governor cuomo, that he, just lots of detail about how he treated and harassed 11 separate women who work for him in a hostile climate, to put it mildly, in his office. >> you read the report, the grabbing, the toxic environment, making women do push-ups, saying get me a girlfriend, i need a girlfriend who can handle pain, it is all beyond. should he step down? he should. it is morally disgraceful. he needs to work on that stuff and get his soul in order, but he apparently has no other life, so he is just hanging in there. it is even more that it away he is hanging in there, because he is putng his job over any help for his own character, and that is just not good. judy: people are asking is this

somebody he will resign or will he go through impeachment, with the assembly appears ready to do, start proceedings? jonathan: it looks like he will go through with it. i would add a third characteristic. he is a man with no friends. he has not had friends in albany in a long time before this happened, and still tajority of t assembly would vote to impeach him. he has no friends. the head of the democratic party says you must resign if he does get impeached, the other thing to keep in mind is once those proceedings start, he is technically no longer governor. the lieutenant governor is the acting governor of the state. that would be unbelievably pathetic. judy: how does something like this go on for as long as it has apparently gone on?

there was a woman who worked for him 20 years ago, others said he was the same person then. how does something like this go on? david: power of the timid asian is strong. two, a male culture whether or not many women at the top and people are willing to look the other way. third, albany is a ltle isolated and the governor has a lot of power to intimidate a lot of people throughout the community, but what we have arned since me too, that it went on for 4000 years, and so the fact it is still dragging on in various places should not surprise us. it was the norm in a lot of offices around america in the world for centuries and centuries. judy: what is your sense of how somebody can get away with this for so long? jonathan: people felt powerless.

in albany and new york, the cuomo name is a big-name, powerful name, historic name. i remember watching his father give the speech athe democratic convention in 1984. i remember watching the speech and listening to him and realizing that those are values i believe in. i am the center-left person because of mario cuomo. to see what his son has done to that family name is sad. judy: yes, it was a mesmerizing speech. to wrap this up, a lot of people watching, men and women are are saying how much of this goes on in american political life. david: people go into politics

out of vanity and power. there are emotionally damaged people and politics. they know how to kick down. they don't have horizontal friendships. many people we know in this profession. they are lonely. they get more pathetic, more needy, and eventually treat everyone around them as objects. and that is just a single sort of person, not all pple, but some of the people the politics tracks. judy: we don't know how it will end. we think we know, but we will wait and see. what a sad, terrible picture emerge this week. david brooks and jonathan capehart, thank you. ♪

born and raised in jamaica, june grant knew that architecture was her calling from the age of five. today, she is a founder and design principle at an environmentally conscious and social justice oriented design studio in open, california. tonight, she gives her brief but spectacular take on being an architect it is part of our arts and culture series, campus. june: i am one of a number of licensed female architects in the country. i believe there are 150,000 licensed architects in the u.s., so we are the ultimate minority of minorities. ♪ there is a lot of talk about representation matters in the but it matters if we're in the community regular basis, because kids and parents need to see us to understand it is possible.

i grew up on the island of jamaica in the city of kingston, and like many families, i was encouraged to take accounting, science, but i was never interested. when i finally migrated to the u.s., i knew that i wanted to do architecture. my focus is high-performance buildings, where we are looking at it as a holistic experience, energy used, water used. i have lived through power outages growing up in jamaica. i have lived through water shut offs. i have showered from a bucket. those life experiences were important to me. they have fueled how i approach of building and how i approach design. scarcity around resources is something i grew up around, and so i am conscious of waste. i am really good as a design strategist, so what i do is ask a lot of questions. i am actually better at asking questions than sitting down and

sketching. i will ask where have you been, what decisions were made in the past that broughts to this point, what are your aspirations for the future, then i tend to project further forward, 20, 50, 100 years. those of the clients that are attractive to me, because they're looking for long-term solutions, then i reverse engineered to see how we can create the solutions today. i grew up in a conservative society where girls were supposed to play with dolls, and my boy cousins were given the chemistry set, but i wanted the chemistry set. i think we have to start allowing girls to explore the hammer, the nails, use a saw to make things come explore, be physical, tumble, fall, scratches. we need that. it is that exploration and self-confidence that you will need going forward in any field you pursue. my name is june grant, and this is my brief but spectacular take

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