>> good evening. more gun deaths in america. dozens of people killed and wounded in shootings over the weekend and why doctors are calling gun violence in the u.s. an epidemic. plus, turmoil in britain. boris narrowly survives a no-confidence vote from his own conservative party as the country considers the next chapter for the monarchy. and green gentrification. however it's to make east boston more climate change resilient -- efforts to make east boston more climate change resilient our pricing out residents of a majority latino neighborhood. >> people are getting displaced. there are not enough economic opportunities. amna: all that and more on

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>> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasng and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. vanessa: i'm vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy with newshour west, we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. gun violence ripped through multiple communities this weekend, which saw more than 10 mass shootings since friday. officials in philadelphia moved

to charge at least two people in a gunfight that left three dead and at least 11 injured. meanwhile, police from chattanooga, tennessee to phoenix, arizona to omaha, nebraska investigated fatal shootings. these all follow massacres in buffalo, new york and uvalde, texas in recent weeks. and today in new york state, democratic governor kathy hochul signed into law a measure prohibiting those under 21 from purchasing semi-automatic rifles. a separate law tightened the state's red flag law. the new legislation is part of a package of gun-related bills introduced ter the buffalo shootings. we'll return to the battles over gun access and safety, after the news summary. british prime mini boris johnson survived a no-confidence this evening -- vote this evening forced by dissidents in s own ranks. almost 60% of conservative party lawmakers backed johnson. that's more than the majority he needed, but still leaves him weakened.

the prime minister faced scrutiny over office parties during strict lockdowns. we'll take a closer look later in the program. in ukraine russian forces continued with their campaign to break through ukrainian lines in the east. there was fierce new fighting in severn ask -- severodonetsk. ukraine said after initial gains, its forces are now under heavy pressure again. president volodmyr zelenskyy visited frontline cities in the east. late at night, he delivered another video message to the nation. >> i am proud of everyone whom i met, whom i shook hands with, with whom i communicated, whom i supported. we brought something to the military. we also brought you something from them. it is important. we brought confidence and strength. amna: he also -- vanessa: he also said he is in talks to establish a safe corridor for ships to move grain.

authorities in southwestern nigeria say gunmen who attacked a roman catholic church on sunday have escaped. they were responsible for killing at least 50 people in a coordinated attack. today, the site was taped off as the investigation continued. the local bishop said some of the gunmen had opened fire inside, while others waited outside, shooting worshippers as they escaped. the u.s. and south korea testfired eight ballistic missiles into the sea today. that came in response to north korea fing 8 of its own missiles on sunday. meanwhile u.n. officials report more construction at north korea's main nuclear site suggesting that a nuclear test may happen soon. india is facing growing outrage from muslim-majority countries, ter top officials made derogatory remarks about islam and the prophet mohammad. pakistan and afghanistan today joined at least five arab nations, condemning comments by members of prime minister narendra modi'ruling party.

mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador confirmed today he will skip this week's "summit of the americas" in los angeles. he blamed the u.s. decision to bar cuba, nicaragua and venezuela, due to their autocratic governments. leaders of guatemala, honduras and el salvador already indicated they will also stay home. president biden had hoped the summit could rally support for migration controls. back in this country the former leader of the far-right "proud boys" group was indicted today for seditious conspiracy in the january 6th investigation. federal prosecutors say henry enrique tarrio and 4 others plotted a coordinated assault on the u.s. capitol. they'd been charged previously with different conspiracy counts. and a passing of note. ken bodie, a former member of the pbs family has died. he hosted washington week in review from 1994 to 1999, and spent decades covering politics

for nbc news, cnn, and the new republic magazine. in later years, he was a professor at depauw university and northwestern university. ken bode was 83 years old. still to come, rising crime galvanizes some san francisco voters to try to recall their district attorney tamara keith and amy walter break down the latest political headlines. and rafael nadal captures his 22nd grand slam tennis title - the most of any man. and much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: as we reported earlier, it was another devastating weekend of mass shootings as lawmakers in congress and states consider possible new gun safety regulations. john yang has more. >> amna, the trail of gun

carnage since friday night stretches across at least 10 states, according to gun violence archive. michigan, tennessee, arizona, new york, pennsylvania, south carolina, texas, georgia, nebraska, and virginia. the toll: at least 17 people dead and more than 50 injured. in philadelphia, a brawl on a crowded street saturday night turned into a gun fight, leaving three people dead and 12 more hurt. larry krasner is the philadelphia district attorney. >> i went to the scene myself the morning after the shooting to see what was there. it was chilling. no less chilling that it happened in more than 10 places around the country.

>> many health care providers say gun violence is a public health issue. after the nra said physicians should stay in their lane, dozens responded with stories about treating gun shot victims with the hashtag this is our lane. one of them is dr. joseph sakran, a trauma surgeon at johns hopkins hospital in baltimore anhimself a survivor of a life-threatening gunshot wound. dr. sakran, thanks so much for being with us. so much attention when it comes to gun violence after horrific events like buffalo and uvalde vanessa: -- buffalo and uvalde. but talk to us about the routine results of gun violence that you see in your emergency room. >> yeah, well, thanks so much, john, for having me. and i think you're absolutely correct is, you know, we often in america, talk about gun violence as it relates to these mass shootings, and that gets significant media and public attention. but the reality is, is that the mass shootings comprise less than 2%

of the overall public health problem. and every day in cities like baltimore, where i work, we have young brown, black men, we have high school students, we have pregnant moms that are being slaughtered on our seets. we frankly have both of the opportunity and the responsibility to make sure those stories are told because that is what we are seeing all across this country. reporter: you are a physician. you treat gunshot victims. you yourself was shot when you were 17 years old that a high school football game. what do you see in your daily life as a survivor about the surviving victims of gunshot wounds, their daily lives, their experiences, that gets lost in the coverage?

>> i think i think that's so important. as you allude, i've come to this conversation, both as a survivor, as well as now a trauma surgeon and of course, we often talk about the physical injuries, but there'also the mental and the emotional trauma that takes place. you can imagine what a child must think when they're sitting in a classroom and they watch their friends literally being killed in front of them. it's absolutely horrific and we have the opportunity to change that. reporter: is there an extent to which there's retraumatization every time an event like this happens and it fills the airwaves? that fills the headlines? >> absolutely. i think every time this happens, it not only traumatized as a community, but it's re re-traumatizing the entire country. i mean, you look at what you know, children in schools, all across america are going through -- 75% of them are worried that a mass shooting is going to happen in their own school versus trying to focus on education.

so i think there is some truth to this retraumatization and i will tell you something else. far too long we have sanitized this conversation around gun violence in america and and talked about it as shootings. i think it's time that we pull back those curtains and allow the americaneople to senseless tragedies that are witnessed by very few. h oranfic d reporter: and that was as i understand one of the goals of this is our lane, the hash tag effort. can you talk a little bit about what your goals and intentions are in that? >> listen, when when health care professionals came out after the nra essentially told us that we don't belong in coming up with a solution around this complex public health arehero ones at the center of the problem taking care of the

patients, but also having to talk to these families and loved ones. and so for anyone that understands the complexities or realize that no one person and no one organization is going to be able to solve it on this on its own. reporter: you begin this effort four years ago. and not i have to say not much has changed since then, and that these incidents keep happening. is that frustrating to you? does it anger you do become numb to it after a while how to how do you react to that? >> well, look, i've been working around gun violence prevention for way longer than four years. and you know, when you look at what's happened, you know, let's say since sandy hook the past decade right? of course, it's frustrating that we have not seen change at the federal level. but john, let's not be mistaken. the country is not the same as it was 10 years ago. most governing in america happens at the local and state level. and in fact, if you look hundreds of pieces of common sense, gun legislation have been passed in states and cities across this

country. the problem is is we live in a nation that has porous borders, so it's time that we shore up those borders. is it happening quick enough? absotely not. because every day, we have children, young people, and others that are being killed because of gun related injuries. so we must do better. reporter: dr. joseph sakran from johns hopkins hospital. thank you very much. >> thanks so much, john, for having me. amna: we return to the u.k. were prime minister boris johnson survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence today. william brangham has more on what the move means for johnson's ability to lead. reporter: amna, this was seen as the most direct threat yet to

mr. johnson. a rebuke by his own members for holding parties while the rest of his nation was in covid lockdown. though he survived today's vote, many think he's left in a much weakened position, politically. but after the vote, johnson vowed to press ahead with the nation's business. >> although you may want to focus on me and politics and westminster, what matters is what we deliver and what we do, and as a result of this decision tonight by the parliamentary party, which i welcome, we have a conclusion to something that has been dragging on for far too long and we have the ability to unite, deliver and get on with the people's priorities, and that's what we are going to do." reporter: for more on this, we turn to robin niblett, director annkrobik,n niblett welcome baco the newshour. the prime minister survives this vote but can you help us understand how he got to this in

the first place? we have seen politicians in the u.s. violate covid lockdowns, democrats and republicans. and they survived it. why was this so much more severe? >> it is a culmination of many items. boris johnson has been always a controversial figure in the party, though he secured a historically large election victory. he was always a divisive figure within the party. lead to the overthrow or rejection of theresa may as the prime minister during brexit. the minute it looked like he is playing fast and loose with the truth over something that has infected so many people around the united kingdom as it has been in the states, either covid lockdowns where the government specifically told people to follow laws about social distancing by not mixing even in

the workplace, to see the prime minister flouting those rules played into the perception of him as somebody who not only plays it fast and loose with the truth, but somebody who reckons there are rules for himself and rules for others. that elitist kind of approach. this is combined by the fact people are worried having just returned from spring break as we have had over here. half turn recess for parliament. there was a report by british civil servant that was delayed and it has really hit home. the fact the prime minister in the previous police investigation received a penalty, it is not a criminal thing but it is a fine for breaking the rules. the fact this happened under his watch and that his apologies have been halfhearted, i apologize for what happened, rather than apologizing for what he did, is getting under the

skin of mp's in particular. reporter: so he makes it through this vote but is he wounded politically? what does the future look like for boris johnson? >> he is definitely wounded. the amount of mp's who voted against him, 148 to 359. that is a much higher number than i think people expected. certainly than i expected and others expected. there are 173 conservative members of parliament who have government type positions, positions granted by the prime minister. you would expect him to have at least 175 complete the loyal. -- completely loyal. the country can see the party elite is divided. close to half of it is very skeptical of his value as a leader and are worried about the future so this undermines his

future agenda. there are issues where there are particular parliamentarians who disagree. this northern ireland protocol, immigration policy, or tax, he has an 80 seat majority. when you put members of your party voting against you, they can use any close vote to undermine his authority. reporter: this is happening is your nation is celebrating the reign of queen elizabeth and this jubilee was happening. because of her health she was only able to attend some of those events. we saw the next king, prince charles, is going to be stepping into that role. how is that transition going to be going forward? >> the transition will go forwar when it goes forward. there is a very clear succession process. prince charles will become the next king.

obviously there is a succession that runs past him. to state the obvious, 70 years is the longest the u.k. has ever had a monarch. this is a monarch who has taken the country through so many changes from a country that was emerging from in some cases the rubble of the second world war threw two an entirely modern, multicultural, multiethnic society. prince charles has been preparing a long time but there is no doubt his capacity to earn the trust of the berdych public will need to be earned. -- the british public will need to be earned. it will not be carried over from his mother. at a time when people are looking at britain's role in the world, there are hangovers of the u.k. and the queen being the head of state of a number of former colonies. people are going to be looking at that role and questioning whether this critical aspect of british soft power has the pull it had before.

it will be a difficult transition. reporter: thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. amna: well, it is primary election day tomorrow in seven states and rising crime is an issue top of mind for many voters. that is especially true in a recall race for a progressive district attorney in san francisco. lisa desjardins has more. reporter: his supporters hoped chesa boudin would usher in a reimagining of public safety and criminal justice reform. he promised to stop prosecuting some non-violent crimes and instead send defendants to classes and job training. but three years later, the city's top prosecutor has been tested by a pandec and a spike in some crimes. many voters are not happy and tomorrow they will get to judge him and whether to recall him. to understand this better i'm

joined by politics editor scott shafer with kqed in san francisco. scott, there are a lot of layers to what is happening here. can you help us understand, how did mr. boudin get here? >> he has a nontraditional background. he was a public defender which is unusual for someone who wants to be top prosecutor. but he won. his parents were members of the weather underground. from the time he was very young they were incarcerated for participating in a robbery that went bad and ended up with two police officers being shot and killed. he got into office without much support if any from law enforcement in san francisco. on top of that he takes office right before the pandemic in january of 2020. we saw crime beginning to go up across the country, more violence. add to that anti-asian hate crimes. what you have is this public defender is facing a recall.

a number of folks collected signatures to put that on the ballot with a lot of help from some -- help from some big republican donors as well as others. tomorrow voters will decide whether they want him to keep his job or not. reporter: millions of dollars have been spent on just this recall election. what did boudin promised to do when he ran for this office and what has he actually done? >> he promised to rebalance the scales of justice. the premise of his candidacy was that the criminal justice system is skewed again and if you look at the way the criminal justice has dealt with crack cocaine versus powder cocaine, a lot of people -- not just democrats, but a lot of republicans agreed that needed to change. he came in promising not to go after low level nonviolent offenders, especially for drug

possession, promised to end cash bail which he said a lot of people were unable to pay the bail. he was going to hold police officers accountable when they were found to be guilty of use of force. at the same time we have seen the crime rate go up, viral videos of smash and grab shoplifting. a lot of auto break-ins. it has created headwinds for boudin. we have seen headlines about san francisco. what is the reality of crime in san francisco right now and the problems there? w much has to do with boudin? >> san francisco mirrors the rest of the country. some counties that are the most conservative, the county were kevin mccarthy comes from, had

the highest increase, the biggest increase in murder. that is not because of a district attorney. i do not think you can blame these trends on the district attorney here or anywhere else. they are bigger than any one person. he has also been in office less than two and a half years. ile things have happened while he has been the a you cannot say they happened because he is d.a..he sometimes comes as abrasive and in some ways i think this recall is about him as a person and a little bit about his policies, but really more so about how he has handled the job, the kind of manager he has been. there have been a lot of deputy da's who have left and criticized his management. all those things are going to be on the ballot tomorrow. reporter: what do you think we will lrn from this recall election however it turns out? what does it say about these trends nationwide if anything? reporter: --

>> there will be attempt to spend this if he loses his job as, even in liberal san francisco they are retreating from criminal justice reforms. we need to be careful abouty, we have a very liberal attorney general who is going to be on the ballot and i'm sure he's going tove drya lot of the polie supported by large percentages of people in california so we need to be careful about over reading the results assuming he is recalled. even if he keeps his job this is really one election of one person at a time where law enforcement agencies across the country are grappling with very big problems. reporter: still an interesting election. thank you very much. amna: it is a busy and

high-stakes week at the u.s. capitol with lawmakers working to find a bipartisan compromise on guns and the january 6 select committee holding its first televised hearing to present its findings. to break it all down i'm here with amy walter of the political report with amy walter and tamara keith of npr. i want to begin with this conversation on gun violence prevention measures and where it is in washington specifically. amy, i will put thi. ys ou having this conversation for a few days now. it has been almost 30 years since the assault weapons ban in 1994 since there has been meaningful measures taken by lawmakers here. after every horrific mass shooting we see, is this time going to be different? based on where the conversations are now, there has been some optimism, is it going to be different? >> we are having two diffent discussions. four republicans the focus is

about behavior more than guns, doing things to flag people who have mental illness, doing more with background checks. john cornyn who is leading this republican -- the republican leading the bipartisan group on that side is saying we are not going to do anything that would limit the magazine numbers or take away anybody's guns or even put a ban on assault weapons. the issue is not about the kind of gun legislation that can happen. it is going to happen really for republicans based on making changes to behaviors they can regulate. i.e. if you have had a domestic record, if there is something that raises those quote unquote red flags. what you hear from democrats is chris murphy saying over and over again i'm going to do whatever it takes to get 60 votes. to me that says even though he would like to proceed with much more expansive gun reforms, he's

at least willing to take what republicans are going to give on those issues in order to get something through. amna: where is the president on this? we saw the address. calls for reform that are not part of the senate plan. is he part of these negotiations? >> know, as the white house would say, he's giving them space to work this out. there is potential whenever a present gets involved that the politics harden. never deal that seems possible in these smaller sessions stops seeming so possible. he has called repeatedly as he did in that speech for a return ton assault weapons ban. he did say but if that is not possible, at least raise the age 21. the senate is not talking about that. there are not 60 votes even for that. so he is not going to get what

he is asking for, but he is someone who does take the long view who was involved in passing that assault weapons ban back in the 1990's. he knew how long he spent working on that and he falls back to that when he expresses optimism. a lot has changed since then. that makes it very difficult. but if the senate were to pass these very modest reforms, those would be the most sweeping reforms that congress has passed since the assault weapons ban. >> that is worth noting that even incremental progress is progress. even if they'd move forward just on the red flag issue. senator cornyn was asked and he said if we do not get something done after uvalde, in particular, it would feed the narrative we just cannot get anything done.

is that helping to push anything? >> that is a piece of this but it is also clear and we have seen is from one republican that for a republican to come out and talk about guns in particular, republican congressman from upstate new york saying i think we should have a ban on assault weapons, his district abuts buffalo which of course had that horrific shooting there a few weeks back. he has decidedot to run for reelection because of the blowback he was getting in his district and he realize he could not win reelection. amna: i want to ask you about another big story. the january 6 committee is going to hold its first public hearing on thursday, june 9, 8:00 p.m. eastern. 10 months of work they are going to make -- first present to the public. what are you loong for? >> i'm looking for what's new and what's different. they are promising there will be new pieces of information and more than that, members of the

committee are promising a narrative that weaves it altogether, these disparate storylines people may have picked up along the way or heard, weaves it altogether. what i am looking for is whether they have any chance at all of breaking through, the public has only grown more divided on this. there are more and more americans who do not consider what happened on january 6 to be a problem. people who have been arrested and charged with crimes are seen as murders -- as martyrs. there is this dramatic divide over what happened and i don't know if this committee even with its two republicans, republicans now in exile, whether they are going to bridge that divide. >> adam schiff says the audience they are aiming for is one that still hasn't an open mind. who is he talking about? >> i don't know how many folks there are.

the open-minded people at least when i'm listening to voters and focus groups, what they want to hear is what happens next. how's we prevent this from happening again? they are not as interested in relitigating what happens. they want to see people held accountable for doing things that are against the law and then say let's make sure we find a way to prevent this the future. i think what they need to do and they are not going to do this on monday necessarily, but by the end of these hearings they need to, with -- they need to come out with here are suggestions for this to not happen again. that's going to be a challenge. >> what about the president? do we know if he will be watching? >> i do not know. he will be attending the summit of the americas in los angeles and has a busy schedule that may prevent watching that life. probably not his first one.

>> there is obviously political calculus to this. could we see some of this in the midterms ahead? >> they are paying attention to it. they are having other problems like inflation. watching focus groups as i have done recently, no one mentioned january 6. they all mentioned deflation. >> always good to have you here. amna: the city of boston phases two and ormiston problems. -- enormous problems. sea level rise and a dearth of affordable housing. solutions to one of the problems may compound the challenge of solving the other. researchers have called this green gentrification. paul sullivan reports on the fallout in boston. reporter: in east boston, long

home to the city's latest wave of immigrants, sparkling new waterfront apartments where abandoned piers once rotted. a brief ferry ride away: downtown boston. convenient. stunning. >> we unlocked a part of the waterfront that had been, you know, fallow for 30 years, that had been fenced off from the community and reintroduced it to the runners and dog walkers and picnickers and other people who are free to come and use our place. >> and to folks dying to live here says developer nick iselin. >> we thought that there wasn't such a thing as a $1,000,000 condominium than east boston. we did not really set pricing. we let the people who were going to buy set their own pricing. reporter: which came to a startline million dollars for just 1500 square feet. but a major selling point for those who can afford it: the project is carbon neutral. and, as it says right on its website, climate change ready. a newly created living shoreline

emerges. mitigation measures include the stabilization of existing seawalls. clearly meant to protect the environment. moreover, quote, new public open spaces support wildlife habitats, promote community gatherings kayak launch and , a water safety programs highlight recreational and programming opportunities. there are even a few dozen affordable housing units. so, what's not to like? ♪ reporter: so are you from around here? >> i live next door. reporter: so what about all these condos? >> they created a new ghetto. a white ghetto. reporter: wagner rios obviously feels unwelcome. a group of students from east boston high school, possibly more so. >> one time last summer, me, my friend, we were to skip rocks over there and they were like, you have to leave. people are saying you are disturbing them. >> it is a public area. it is not private property. reporter: in fact, it's a public area, with public bathrooms,

mandated by state law. but, challenges community activist kannan thiruvengadam. >> the sign is somewhere around here. right in their. >> restrooms and portside lobby. reporter: and if you can't find bathroom, how public is the space? >> it is locked. reporter: in fa, guitar player rios and the students, off after a half day at school, were among the very few non residents on these nine acres of public space. >> me and him used to live around here. we got forced to move because it got all redone. condos, more money to pay. reporter: and you could not afford it. >> we were forced to move out, both of us, because the how much it was. a lot of gentrification.

reporter: gentrification. the age-old problem of urban redevelopment. community resident magdalena la battaglia. >> people are getting displaced. there aren't enough economic opportunities for people with a middle to lower income or even a little bit above middle income. reporter: but this is gentrification with a new twist: green development. green gentrification, adding appeal to a project, and cost, implying. >> that there will be little by little a segregation away or removal away of socially more vulnerable groups, working class, middle class residents from that greening and from those neighborhoods. reporter: researcher isabelle anguelovski champions climate control but enclaves like this, in her words. >> become islands of resilience, if you will, privatized islands of resilience. reporter: while their 47,000 or so east boston neighbors are discouraged from coming near, if not forced out of town, as so many of the students we ran into were.

>> i have to walk to school now. it is like an hour. reporter: and it used to be how long? [00:04:44] >> used to be like 10 minutes. reporter: how long have you had those shoes? >> like a month. reporter: meanwhile, those who get to stay will be at the mercy of time and tide. seasparau te islands is mostly landfilled. and by current estimates the sea level will rise about 40 inches by 2070, posing a flood risk to half of the neighborhood. low tide today, no problem. but just a few hours later. and flooding at increasingly common king tides or storm surges, like one in january 2018, which flooded even this complex, says kannan thiruvengadam. >> you mean it got up to the sidewalk itself? >> it came on to the ground level. i couldn't step on without just being in the water. reporter: and the east

bostonians behind the development? >> this is actually a ramp going down to where we are standing. >> so if flood water, the rainwater falls on here, it's going to end up here. reporter: as for the promised amenities, that public kayak launch has become a tavern; the living shoreline? s eais tnt mvibeng shoo relihen. where's the grass? where's the kid? where's the blue heron? just look out at the living shoreline. doesn't seem very living right. reporter: fact is, this very project is now vulnerable to climate change. >> but no one built in anticipation of the vulnerability. how come? >> because they weren't requir po:ed ody wase nob thinking about climate change as being that clear, and imminent a danger? >> the assessments hadn't been done. reporter: boston now has a new mayor, michelle wu, who ran on a platform of economic equity. she has reverend mariama white-hammond to help implement it. >> i went to a little all girls private school and and the girls from the suburbs were afraid to come to my house. they said that they were worried they were going to get shot. reporter: white-hammond actually

protested this project when it was first proposed some 7 years ago. >> we marched because we were deeply concerned that the units that were being built were not being built for the residents that were currently here. reporter: but how does she see east boston development now, as the mayor's top climate adviser. >> it's not the melding of the old and new. it's the old being overwhelmed by the new. if people live near a really good park, the prices are always higher. that means that a lot of times what ends up happening is poor people end up livi in the places that other people don't want to live. but then what do you not what do you do? do you not improve those neighborhoods? it's a real catch 22 because i believe that my family has just as much right to live near a great park as the people that lived downtown. the problem is, if i upgrade the park in that community, property values rise. >> so is green gentrification the problem? >> gentrification is a problem. and it's happening for many reasons. mostly market forces that people are getting displaced. whether or not we have green

spaces here, that gentrification would still be happening. reporter: and thus the last question, to community activist la battaglia. >> so green gentrification compounds the problem? >> exactly. it exacerbates it. reporter: exacerbates a problem facing choice urban venues all over this land. for the pbs newshour, paul solman in east boston. amna: and we'll be back shortly with a look at rafael nadal's history making performance in the french open. but first, take a moment to hear from your local pbs station. it's a chance to offer your support which helps keep programs lik amna: at the age ofl

nadal is still making history. nadal won his 14th french open championship yesterday and secured his 22nd grand slam

title after defeating norwegian casper rudd in straight sets. nadal now has the most grand slam titles of any male player. and he is the oldest man to win a french open. he won his first title in paris when he was just 19. some perspective on nadal's career. gerald marzorati covers tennis for the new yorker, and is the author of "seeing serena" which is available in paperback next week. welcome to the newshour. thanks for joining us. nadal has a french open final record of 14-0. going into this last one how are you looking at it? was it inevitable he would win again? >> i don't think so. he was in a very tough part of the draw. he was going to have to beat novak djokovic to reach the final and carlos alvarez's amazing young teenage spaniard, he ended up playing and beating

djokovic. and we all knew he was suffering from this chronic foot syndrome he has which he has actually had since the beginning of his career. he is just a man who has learned to play in pain in ways -- it is just remarkable. he has had this foot injury, knee injuries, wrist injuries, shoulder injuries. and he plays a very gritty and grueling style of tennis. especially on clay, which points tend to take longer, they tend to have toe out, but he is a master at it and he is also just the most willful competitor tennis has ever seen. amna: this clearly puts him in the pantheon but there is this debate about the grates on the

clay-court like nadal versus the grates on grass courts. is it fair to say nadal is the best? >> i have to say what i think is we are in an era where you have these three players, federer, nadal, djokovic, pushing one another to greatness. i do not know that any of them would have been as great had the other two not been around. it is hard to separate. you can break down that djokovic tends to beat both of them on hard courts, federer is the best grass court player, rother the best -- rafa the best clay-court player the sport has ever known on the men's side. but i do not know if you could have had anyone of them emerge as he did without the others.

it is a golden age of mens tennis and it has been a privilege to watch it these last dozen, 14 years. >> nadal is 36. he has never been ranked outside the top 10 since that 2005 championship he won than paris when he was 19. he did say yesterday i will kp fighting to keep going but what is ahead? how much longer can he keep going like this? >> i would not want to make a prediction about that. there will come a time when rafael nadal is no longer playing tennis. he has said he will not take these foot injections which he received before every match at roland garros the last two weeks. in order to alleviate the pain. there is another procedure he says he is going t have. if that does not work he faces the possibility of surgery. can you come back from surgery in your late 30's?

i do not know. is that something he's going to want to this might have been a perfect drop the mic moment for him winning the french open. but that is not what he did. he said he's going to fight on. michael jordan honestly is the only other athlete i have ever seen with this will not to lose. he plays every point like it is matchpoint and it is a well not to lose. he does not want to lose and he does not ever give up. he has not given up. amna: he has not and he has been a privilege to watch. gerald marzorati who covers tennis with the new yorker, thank you. >> thank you for having me. amna: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm amna nawaz. join us on-line and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, please stay

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