♪ judy: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight. stalemate. president biden's agenda stalls in congress amid disagreements among democrats over his $3.5 trillion spending plan. then -- the end of an era, angela merkel's 16 years as chancellor draws to a close, with german voters uncertain about the country's future. >> angela merkel, i think she did a good job overall, but we need to do something different. judy: and it is friday. we celebrate david brooks' 20 years on the program as he and jonathan capehart consider the

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hanging in the balance, the bipartisan infrastructure bill, and his $3.5 trillion spending package to address health care, child care, the environment, and more. the president spoke about the status of negotiations earlier today. pres. biden: we're at this stalemate at the moment. and we're going to have to get these two pieces of legislation passed. both need to be passed. judy: and amna nawaz joins me now. tell us more aut this stalemate the president is referring to. amna: the president has been building his language towards this, and it is indicative of where they are right now. two major bills both central to the president's economic agenda, that bipartisan infra structure bill, the larger $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. they are locked up in an intra- democratic party right now. centrists want the bill to move forward. it has already passed the senate .

progressives want both moving through together. they have even threatened to tank the infrastructure bill if they don't move together. president biden has been working to find where the common ground is. his language today is her flecked of of where they are. he ended with that hope and optimism, they need to be passed. it's not clear where the common ground is moving forward. judy: where does it go from here? amna: you have the leader of the congressional progressive caucus a sickly doubling down and saying we are not going to leave behind the things we fought so hard for, child care and education, the human infrastructure bill. she had tough words for those democrats interests, saying you drafted the infrastructure bill without input from us, we drafted the reconciliation bill. what would it take to get your support on this bill? please continue to work on this. that is where we could see some

agreement. but the house meanwhile will continue to work through the weekend. speaker pelosi's office told us of the budget committee will continue to markup the reconciliation bill tomorrow, then it goes to the rules committee. a source in her office says they are putting it forward. in her latest letter to democratic colleagues, she says "as negotiations continue, there may be changes." maybe bracing her members that details of the bill could change. speaker pelosi announced she does plan to move forward next ek with two bills, both infrastructure and reconciliation. she pledged for the infrastructure bill to vote on monday, when the senate is likely voting on continuant government funding and raising the debt ceiling. judy: all of it is happening at one time and we will see what happens. it will be a full weekend. thanks very much. ♪

vanessa: i'm vanessa ruiz at newshour west in for stephanie sy. we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. millions of americans who got pfizer's covid-19 vaccine are now eligible to receive a booster shot. that is after the cdc's director, dr. rochelle walensky, signed off on her agency's advisory panel recommendations for extra doses for older and high-risk americans. she also overruled her advisers to expand eligibility to include frontline workers, to side with the fda's recommendation. president biden praised the decision, and pleaded with americans who have yet to receive their first dose. pres. biden: listen to the voices of the unvaccinated americans who are lying in hospital beds, taking their final breaths, sing and literally we have seen this on television, 'if only i had gone unvaccinated.'

please don't let this become your tragedy. get vaccinated. it can save your life, your life, and save the lives of those around you. vanessa: vice president harris had her own covid scared today moments before an interview with abc's "the view". two of the show's hosts, sunny hostin and ana navarro, tested positive for covid. the vice president, who was later interviewed remotely from another room, did not have any contact with them. a migrant encampment in del rio, texas, where thousands of haitian migrants had converged this week, has now been cleared. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas said some 12,400 were allowed into the u.s. to seek asylum. he also expressed outrage over scenes of border patrol agents whipping at migrants. sec. mayorkas: the images horrified us in terms of what they suggest and what they conjure up in terms of not only our nation's history, but unfortunately the fact that that page of history has not been turned entirely. and that means that there is much work to do and we are very

focused on doing it. vanessa: mayorkas said about 2000 migrants have been flown back to haiti since sunday, and more could be expelled in the coming days. the u.n. now says the death toll from the syrian civil war is far higher than it previously believed. its human rights office has documented more than 350,000 civilian and combatant deaths during the decade-long conflict. but it acknowledged the true toll is likely much greater. >> it should not be seen as a complete number of conflict-related killings in syria during this period. it indicates a minimum verifiable number and is certainly an undercount of the actual number of killings. tragically, there are also many other victims who left behind no witnesses or documentation as to their death. vanessa: the u.n. death toll numbers are still lower from the

tally from the syrian observatory of human rights, which estimates more than 606,0 people have died. ex-minneapolis police officer derek chauvin plans to appeal his convictions and his 22 and a half year sentence for the murder of george floyd. in documents filed thursday, he argued the judge abused his discretion and made multiple mistakes during the trial. chauvin is representing himself in the appeals process after he was denied a public defender. president biden will not invoke executive privile to shield former president trump's records from the house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. white house press secretary jen psaki said they will cooperate with the committee to help get to the bottom of what happened that day. the gop audit of the 2020 election results in arizona's largest county has confirmed that president biden won the state. the findings released today further discredit former president trump's claims of election fraud. meanwhile, texas is launching

its own election audit in four counties, under pressure from mr. trump. we'll return to arizona's audit, after the news summary. the u.s. house of representatives approved a bill to protect a woman's right to an abortion. it was in response to a highly-restrictive texas law that went into effect earlier this month, that has the effect of banning most abortions. house speaker nancy pelosi celebrated today's vote. rep. pelosi: this is about women's right to choose, yes, but it's about freedom, freedom of that choice, and freedom from the vigilantes, the bounty hunters that the texas government, legislature has set in motion. vanessa: the bill's passage in the house is largely symbolic, since it's not likely to get the support it needs in the senate. speaking of the senate, its oldest republican, chuck grassley of iowa, announced today that he will run for reelection next year.

the 88-year-old has held his seat for four decades. his announcement gives senate republicans more hope that they'll be able to hold onto his seat in next year's midterm elections. prosecutors in northern california charged pacific gas and electric with manslaughter and other felonies today, alleging its equipment sparked a wildfire that killed four people and destoyed hundreds of homes last year. investigators determined the zogg fire was started when a tree came into contact with electrical lines owned and operated by the utility company. still to come on the "newshour" -- a controversial republican-led election audit in arizona confirms biden won the state in 2020. german voters chart a new future as the angela merkel era draws to a close. the jury begins deliberations in the trial of embattled singer r kelly. and much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshou

from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the lter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: the widely discredited election review in arizona is over. but more than 10 months after the 2020 election, there is growing alarm about other efforts, launched with no credible justification, to sow doubt about elections past, present, and future. william brangham explains. william: it was republicans in the arizona state senate who commissioned this review of ballots in maricopa county, even though election officials in the state said there was no large-scale fraud in the 2020 election. but a partisan group called "cyber ninjas" undertook a controversial review of the vote, and they affirmed that joe biden won maricopa county and arizona. and here with us to look at the larger context is nate persily a scholar of election law at stanford university law school.

great to see you back on the newshour. i hesitate to call this an actual audit, what this organization did in arizona, but they affirmed what we already knew, that joe biden won maricopa county and arizona. what do you see when you look at this process? nate: you are right to hesitate in calling it an audit. audits are good things. every state should audit its elections, but that is not what this was. this was part of a coordinated disinformation campaign to undermine the legitimacy of the election. that the whole goal here after the fact, many months after the fact, now almost a year after the election, was to cast doubt on the basic machinery of this election. even in the public reception of this draft report, the fact that cyber ninjas did not find that it affected the outcome has not

decreased speculation or this lack of confidence that the audit process is generating. william: for people who have not been following this circuitous process, this is bizarre they went about this. people had no experience in election law. they spent time searching for bamboo fibers, looking for counterfeit chinese ballots. the whole process seems bizarre, is the official term i think for this nate: one of the problems is we don't really know what the basic allegation was as to why the might have been fraud, whether in arizona or elsewhere. throughout the last 10, 12 months, we have seen allegations of chinese ballots in arizona, of italian satellites as having manipulated voting machines, of dominion voting machines not being secure,o deadf people voting and the like. what cyber ninjas was doing was

going on a fishing expedition to find out if there was anything that implicated the outcome. they did not find the results would have been different. from their results, they suggested joe biden actually increased his vote totals through their audit than what was found on election day. but the fact that it confirmed the results should not be any solace to those that worry about the lack of confidence that this process has engendered among the mass public. william: as you say, if this were just arizona, we might be able to put this behind us, but this is going on in multiple other states. nate: this is now a playbook for other states. if you are a disgruntled politician or trying to make a name for yourself, whether it's in pennsylvania or other states, georgia, this is the pathway they have chosen. recounts and audits are part of the process.

we want to encourage that a month or so after the election. but a year after an election, all this is trying to dois undermine confidence in the result. william: it sounds like on some level that perpetual argument is having an effect. there was a monmouth university poll that showed 1/3 of americans believed president biden was elected only because of fraud and that donald trump should have properly won the election. from an election administrator's standpoint, if one third of the country thinks you are engaged in widespread fraud, what does that do to their ality to run elections safely and soundly? nate: this is a dangerous period for our democcy, that we have not seen this erosion of confidence in e basic infrastructure of american elections in our history. we see lots of retirements among veteran election officials. we see many feel they are taking their lives in their own

hands because of death threats and the like. these are challenges we have not fad before. they are a direct result of the disinformation campaign trying to undermine the legitimacy of the outcome. these folks are heroes. william: thanks so much for ing here. judy: germany is one of america's most important allies. and nearly every american president since george w. bush has worked closely with german chancellor angela merkel. but for the first time since 2005, she will not be a candidate when germans head to the polls this sunday to vote for her successor. special correspondent malcolm brabant is in berlin with a preview of this upcoming electi. malcom: angela merkel is slipping away from the political stage with minimal fanfare

which is entirely consistent with her modest understated style. she is leaving behind huge shoes to fill, and there is a tight race to replace her as chancellor. for 16 years, angela merkel has led germany and been europe's most dominant politician. they call her mutti, or mom. now as mutti is leaving the chancellery, germany is out of its comfort zone. >> i think she will be remembered as a very important states person who kept europe together. malcom: peter neumann is a senior advisor to merkel's centre right christian democrat party. peter: history will remember her as a successful chancellor, a popular chancellor, as a chancellor that brought germans a great deal of prosperity. malcom: president biden saluted the shy research scientist who became the first east german to assume her nation's highest office since reunification. pres. biden: on behalf of the united states, thank you angela for your career of strong,

principledeadership and thank you for your connued support for the long-standing goal of a europe whole, free, and at peace. malcom: in 2010, merkel saved the euro currency by coordinating a financial bail out for greece when it went bust. there were fears that other weak european economies would collapse and the euro would tank. ch. merkel: europe fails when the euro fails. europe wins when the euro wins. malcom: merkel's most controversial unilateral act was to throw open germany's borders to syrian refugees in 2015. in all, germany granted asylum to over a million in that first year of europe's migration crisis. ch. merkel: and i have to say quite honestly, if we now start having to apologise even for showing a friendly face in emergency situations, then this is not my country. malcom: people across the developing world saw this as an

invitation to enter europe. only sweden emulated germany. partner nations resented being pressured. hungary erected a border fence, wrecking the eu's commitmento open internal frontiers. six years on, the flow of asylum seekers into europe is still strong. sonya sceats runs a london based pro refugee non profit. she thinks merkel was right. sonya: germany and sweden tried to start a grown up conversation, you know, with other european states and other european states were not willing to step up to the plate. malcom: the influx caused a backlash at home, and as peter neuman explains, led to a resurgence of the far right in east germany. peter: significant parts of the electorate didn't like this at all, and especially the east, where she is coming from, was very aggrieved about it and still holds it against her. i think that is the point where she lost the former east germany. malcom: since merkel opened the borders in 2015, european right wingers like french presidential

candidate marine le pen have secured a stronger footing with their anti immigration rhetoric. >> all the migrants who did not stay in germany went off amusing themselves in other european countries without asking for our permission. those who didn't remain in germany went to sweden, italy, france, weighing heavily on our finances, and creating conditions for conflict. malcom: unlike last time, when immigration dominated, climate change is this election's hot issue. polls suggest germany is steering to the left. most germans expect social democrat olaf scholz to replace merkel. as finance minister in merkel's coalition government, scholz is a known quantity, if a little dull. his main rival, armin laschet, who replaced merkel as head of the centre right christian democrats, is also charisma challenged. but that is not a disadvantage in germany. the main outsider, annalena baerbock, of the environmentalist greens, is

predicted to be kingmaker in the next inevitable coalition. >> many citizens can see me as the next head of government, the next chancellor. and i make no secret that above all, i would like to create a government in alliance with the greens. malcom: laschet is promising merkel-like stability. >> i stand for the cohesion of europe in these difficult times, a climate-neutral industry and strong economy, and a clear course for national security. malcom: baerbock wants to force the christian democrats into opposition. >> i stand for no longer using half measures to protect the climate, a policy that finally brings children and families to its core, and a human rights-led foreign policy in the heart of europe. malcom: devastating floods caused by unnaturally heavy summer rain pushed climate change on to the election agenda. the death toll is still unclear, but could be as high as 300. restoration could cost $30 billion.

activist jacob heinzen has gone without food for three weeks to highlight climate change. at the hunger striker's camp, spokeswoman helen luebbert had harsh words for the greens. >> they are not the solution. even their program is not enough and i think it is important that they are part of the coalition. they do everything they can within the political spectrum, within the parliament and then we definitely need opposition from without the parliament. malcom: facing possible defeat, centre right parliamentary candidate klaus dieter groehler was trying to woo votes with bratwurst and beer. >> people are asking critical questions, but i'm not getting the sense that they are really interested in a change of government. malcom: that is not what the polls say. this voter wound be -- will not be swayed by a sausage. >> angela merkel, i think she did a good job overall, but we need to do something different. malcom: as election day approaches, the party of angela merkel is hoping germans will avoid change, and play safe as they have done so often in the past.

for the pbs newshour, i'm malcolm brabant in berlin. ♪ judy: a jury began deliberations today in the of federal trial of singer r. kelly. the r&b artist is accused of kidnapping, bribery, sex trafficking, and racketeering, among other charges. amna nawaz is back with our look at the case. and a warning for some viewers, this story deals with explicit references to sexual assault. amna: r. kelly has faced allegations of sexual abuse for more than two decades and has settled multiple cases, but this is the first criminal trial he has faced since being acquitted of child pornography charges in 2008. over this trial, prosecutors brought 45 witnesses to prove racketeering charges. they argue kelly oversaw a criminal enterprise, with associates helping to lure underage girls, boys, and young

women, whom he sexually assaulted and imprisoned. kelly pled not guilty. emily palmer is covering this for the new york times. she joins me now. welcome to the newshour. you have been listening to those witnesses as they shared their testimony, horrifying details. tell us about what they have said. emily: this case is built on the stories of six women. five of them testified. the first woman to take the stand, to ever take the stand and testify against r. kelly was nine months pregnant at the time. she took the stand and over the course of two days delineated what she said was a system of abuse that began upon her first meeting with r. kelly when she was just 14 years old, and attended his child pornography trial in chicago. two years later she met up with the singer again and he began having sex with her for almost from the get-go.

she outlined horrific details of sexual and physical abuse. from there, the trial sort of pushed forward. we heard from a woman who testified under the name jane. they came forward and talked about the same thing. they had testimony that stretched all the way back into the 1990's, all the way into just a few years ago. they were saying the same story over and over. amna: as prosecutors say, it was an entire network of enablers around him. tell me how they made that case. emily: that network of enablers is the whole reason we are in federal court right now. the racketeering charge they have put against r. kelly allows them to stretch all the way back into the 1990's and bring these stories of horrible things that happened to women like an r&b singer that would normally be

too old to actually prosecute. by charging him with racketeering, something usually used against mobsters, they can establish we are not talking about a successful music of any, prosecutors -- music company, prosecutors say. we are talking about r. kelly cashing in on his starting to have sex with young girls and boys. amna: r. kelly has pled not guilty, has denied all accusationss. how did his defense team handle the witnesses? emily: his defense, from opening arguments through cross-examination of 45 witnesses, through their own five witnesses that testified earlier this week, through closing statements, have kept to a specific story. they say this is a complete conspiracy to undermine a successful r&b artist who enjoyed younger women, but there was nothing illegal about it, they say. they say these sexual acts were

completely -- they say the women were happy to indulge r. kelly, were fans, even super stalkers at times, that they wanted into the relationships and became jealous and upset and were coming after his money. amna: a lot of people will list to this and wonder, how did this go on for soong without charges being brought? emily: it is important to look at the people accusing r. kelly. most of the people who have taken -- a majority who have taken the stand are black women who have historically not been heard, especially in cases like this. this is a huge moment in the #metoo movement. we have had bill cosby, harvey weinstein, but this is the first big high-profile case where a majority of the accusers are black women.

it will be interesting as the ry continues to deliberate. for many, many years, people knew what was going on. his employees kne. to -- employees knew. to a certain extent, the public knew, yet nobody did anything. amna: emily palmer covering the trial of r. kelly and joining us tonight. thank you, emily. ♪ c judy: as president biden's legistlative agenda stalls in congress, he has run into yet another issue, turmoil on the southern border. for a look at this busy week and what it all means, we're joined by brooks and capehart, that's new york times columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, columnist for the washington post.

. very good to see you on this friday. it does look like there is real trouble for president biden and it is not the republicans this time. at least on the part he has run into. it is his own democratic colleagues. >> it is an intellectual difference. we want this. others say 1.5 trillion dollars, we are not going over. that is a big gap. i think what they need to do is look at what is the key for each side? the progressives are right that we need something big. a lot of people have been left behind by this economy. they are right to do something big to try to jolt us back. the we

will not have a european style welfare state. we are an individualist country. we are never going to give away as much money in taxes as europeans do. we are just not that type of country. if you take the stope of -- the scope of the progressives in the values of the moderates, i think they can get a deal. they both may have a point. the future of his term in office could be in balance. >> we don't know. i lookt this as being the orm before the calm. a lot of red lines are being drawn. they seem to be being drawn since wednesday, since they all went to the white house and have their respective meetings with the president. they come out and state their positions again. i have been paying close

attention to the language they are using. they are not attacking each other the way they were during the summer. i wonder if this is the usual washington theatrics of just doing all of this performance and then at some weight when we least expected, breaking news, announcement, here is the deal. this is a different washington. who knows if that moment will come. what they are arguing over is very important the american people. if they do not come to some kind of remake, the president's agenda is dead. it means that washington is completely broken if they cannot come to some kind of agreement here. judy: in the meantime, there is another massive headache for the president. i don't know if it is another washington performance.

this one is over the debt limit. republicans are saying no way. >> when the shoe was on the other foot. voting is not as politically costly. i wish they would do away with the whole thing. we have committed to spend the money. the debt limit says we are going to borrow the money to spend the money. they should move forward. judy: what do you think? >> that is a great number. this is a wonky thing.

but it is super important for the american people to understand. raising the debt ceiling is not giving washington a blank check. it is allowing washington to pay for the things they have already bought. if the government does not raise the debt ceiling, there was a chart put out that turned it into a huge debt ceiling. jay powell put this together. he is now the fed chair. if the debt ceiling is not raised in the government cannot borrow any money, it has to use the cash it has on hand. i will talk this through. on october 15, which might be the first day that we reach that , the government will bring in $27 billion in avenue but will have $43 billion in expenses.

that is just on the first day. all the things that are not paid carryover to the next day. i don't even have enough time to tell you the avalanche of harm that will come to the american people and to the global economy if that debt ceiling is not raise. judy: a government shutdown and all of the consequences. >> both the topics we have talked about so far, the consequences of ale your are cataclysmic. i would assume we do not walk over those cliffs. judy: i am just taking a deep breath. another major issue the president had to deal with was the southern border. in addition to what has already been happening there and the haitian migrants, in the past week these images of order patrol using belts to go after

migrants. president biden has come in for a norma's criticism from fellow democrats. here is how he commented this morning on what happened. pres. biden: of course, i take responsibility, i'm president, but it was horrible what we saw, to see people treat it likthey did, horses running them over and people being strapped. it's outrageous i promise you, those people wilpay, they will be an investigation underway now d there will be consequences. ju: today we reported there are no haitian migrants at that particular place. we don't know if more will be coming. how is the president handling this? how much of a political hit is it for him? >> it is a huge hit. one with immigration, the president was already on squishy ground with the american people.

those images that came out of the men on horseback and black people running, it was a little too close to home for a lot of us. for a presint who campaigned on a more humane immigration policy, who on election night said to african-american you brought me here and i will not forget it, that is why you had a lot of democrats, especially african-american democrats saying, what is going on here? you must do something about this? on top, he made it even more human -- inhumane. the administration deported haitians who had not lived in haiti for more than 10 years to a country that is still dealing with an earthquake. and a presidential assassination. judy: immigration, every

president counting back as far as we can count, this is been a tough issue. where do you see this going? >> we had our last comprehensive immigration bill under ronald reagan. that was a long time ago. he has inherited a giant as that i don't have any solution or. part of the problem was they promised they would reverse the trump rules. but doing it all at once, people were warning about that. they said it would be overwhelming. they do not have the facilities to handle what is about to hit us. that turned out to be true. it seems tbe arbitrary who gets sent where. who knows what is bng decided? there is no methodology or procedure for a lot of people. we are just overwhelmed right

now. judy: it is hard to see how this is an issue that gets resolved. the last thing we want to bring up is it was september 21, 2001, just a week and a half after the 9/11 attacks. here was the beginning that night. mr. lehrer: that brings us to shields and brooks, syndicated columnist mark shields, joined tonight by his new regular partner, david brooks of the "weekly standard." welcome, david. david: thank you. mr.lehrer: formally welcome - you've been here many, many times before. judy: that man has not changed one iota. >> i wanted to point out i was 12 at that point. judy: you had been here, but you joined this program at a very sobering, difficult moment.

10 days after 9/11. you have been through a lot of ups and downs with the country. talk a little bit about what it has meant to you to be here at this table every? day? >> it is the end of the week. sometimes i am under the weather. i walked out of fear and our later supercharged. i get to work with the people i work with. you feel uplifted when you walk out. we were on with jim and we showed a marine funeral right before our segment. we gave 10 minute answers so he could compose himself. that is something we are going through together. i think about sitting with them when barack obama gave his 2004

speech. it was watching a star. i think about the day gwen died and i go over all that emails she sent over the years. you are the hardest working woman in show business. you have not had a day when you don't completely show up for this thing. you get a sense of people who respect their job and respect the audience. out of that derives the kind of patriotism. i think we tried to serve a certain type of american. we try to exemplify that service in the way we do things. it is an honor to do that. judy: we have been incredibly

fortunate and honored to have you with us. you get to sit next to david on friday nights. >> it is not like every other television show. i knew this was an important job to get. details site came in saying he is gone, i am so upset. what makes it so fun to celebrate david is we have been doing this and other venues. i always looking forward to being with david. we are a completely different backgrounds.

when i talk with david, i feel like i have learned something. the way he speaks about all the issues is inviting. that is what makes all of the other iterations of this so wonderful. we come to the table to educate the audience. but do it in a way that invites the audience. judy: there is definitely some magic that happens here. we are grateful. congratulations on 20 years. 40 more years coming up. >> shoot me. [laughter] judy: whether teaching nyu marketing students or co-hosting the podcast "pivot," scott

galloway rarely misses an opportunity to share his insight on the effects of big tech. tonight, he shares his brief but spectacular take on this country's response to the pandemic. it's also the subject of his latest book, "post corona, from crisis to opportunity." >> within seven days of pearl harbor, chrysler converted its largest factory to a factory punching out n1 bradley tanks. what company has totally pivoted to fighting this virus? if walmart stock had been down 30% and if amazon stock had been down 60%, instead of up 30% and up 60%, that van with a smile, rolling into my driveway, delivering my nespresso pods would have had someone jump out and jab me and my family. this virus has not seen what america is capable of when it has a full throated capitalist response. the bottom line is if you're in the top 1%, you are living your best life.

that is the dirty secret of this pandemic. this pandemic for the shareholder class has meant more time with netflix, more time with family and your wealth has skyrocketed. so for the wealthy, this has been stop, stop, it hurts so good. this disproportionately impacted people of color who live in food deserts. this has been an enormous this has been an enormous tragedy for senior citizens in nursing homes. but we have is the worst of both worlds, capitalism on the way up, socialism on the way down. that is cronyism. we need to be more handed with corporations and more empathetic and loving with individuals the biggest mistake we made in the pandemic as we should've been protecting people, not american airlines. there is a danger here, and that is the dispersion of headquarters to our homes. the

ugly stepchild of dispersion is segregation. when you don't see people of different ethnic groups in different income classes, you begin to resent them. so, the enduring feature of covid-19, it will be seen as an accelerant more than a change maker. work from home accelerated six years. income inequality took an economy that was dysfunctional and turned to stop it comes to take any trend in your life, personally or professionally to get out 10 years, there's a decent chance they were here they are now. úi worry that today's youth doe not have the connective tissue that some of our leaders had in the past. they were americans first before red and blue, and the way to get that back is by some sort of mandatory national service. it might be building housing or corona cord that helps people, where kids get a chance to meet other kids from other backgrounds and feel they have a shared experience such that maybe is more cooperation as they get into positions of power. some of the greatest periods of

prosperity have come out of crisis, and that the opportunity here. ask yourself three questions. one. is is an opportunity for you to become a caretaker for someone? do you have a relationship with your siblings that you want if you were forced to say goodbye to someone over face time? have you made the right investments in friendship to make sure you maintain those relationships? are you reeling to show the type of grace and courage and forgiveness, such that you can cement and repair the most important thing with respect to our happiness, and that is your relationships. this is either going to be the best year in the history of america or could be the worst. it is up to us. my name is scott galloway, and this is my brief but spectacular take on post corona, from crisis to opportunity. ♪ judy: now, an artist straddling worlds and using her art to examine how we see the past and now, an artist, straddling

words and using her are to examine how we see the past and present it, east and west. jeffrey brown has the story from new york, for our arts and culture series, "canvas. " >> reporter: a headless western- style venous. and what is a fighter jet doing there? ask a woman with the ornate rams horns, the artist herself. >> i see myself as somebody who is interested like a detective to look at how to connect the dots. how to find where the material is, and to also examine my own relationship with it, but also how some of the stories, what are the archetypal stories within the media itself? the u. she is known for examining and breaking down mill your archetypes and stereotypes of art history. questioning the assigned roles

of women and simplistic notions of the east-west divide. she began in art school studying the tradition of persian and indian manuscripts. and then she began to play with it and make it her own, adding the image of a red. -- friend. in her most renowned early work, she captured our own life within this history. that is her, a ghostlike presence. >> at the end she is painting herself. but you never really get to see her face. there is almost this lel of mystery. >> the entire exhibition is a kind of portrait of the young most of the paintings come from her first two decades of work.

a chance for her to look back. and also see continuing connections. >> i was interested in examining those projections. what is tradition? how is it performed? those ideas captured my imagination as a young artists. who dictated wayne and what in time is old? the more i examined it, the more i don't like there was room to re-examine. >> she began to layer image upon image, sometimes adding fantastical creatures. she packs different types of information into small paintings. angels with american flags for wings and a reference to u.s. military interventions. in 1999, she did a painting

called the faces of islam. what is the role of art that you see where addressing or responding to those types of stereotypes? >> the work was always resisting that type of fetishization, especially about the muslim woman as needing to be saved. our kids played up in hollywood and media. it has a deeper history of the representation of the bail -- veil in european colonial history. it counters it with other types of narratives. the ability to be creative where it is inner beauty, inner strength made psent. >> that shows in her first sculpture, two women

intertwined. both in a position of power. in recent years shall -- she has worked in more forms. a 66 foot glass and ceramic scroll for princeton university. >> i basically took elements from some of the paintings. >> she created a new installation for this exhibition. regularly defined herself as south asian, pakistani, muslim, she has been determined to break out of boxes. >> the more categories, the merrier. all of those categories and boxes are fine as long as it is

not restricted to operating from within one or two. when we talk about that, we are talking about the agency of imagination. that is the best part of being an artist. >> her exhibition moves next to the rhode island school of design museum in providence. and then to the museum of fine arts, houston. judy: some soaring art. judy: a new app that helps people overcome a fear of spiders, the plan to train cows to protect the environment, and an invasive bug threatening america's trees. those are among the five stories you may have missed this week that we're highlighting online. find all that and more on our website at pbs.org/newshour. be sure to join my colleague, moderator yamiche alcindor, tonight on "washington week." she'll get insight and analysis

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