nick: good evening. i'm nick schifrin. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, the end of roe. the fight over abortion rights ramps up in states across the country. our new poll reveals what americans think of the ruling, and the court. then, the cost of war. the g-7 unveils a new round of sanctions against russia, in retaliation for itcontinued bombardment of ukraine. and healing through art. the painters, musicians and dancers in residence at hospitals working next to doctors helping en>>tsti r. no oncoe is sveuggesting in s and health that the arts can replace medicine or health care or other therapies or interventions. but the arts have a place. nick: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

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the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade shook national politics and sparked a national response that has played out in cities and states across the country. as of today, abortion is now illegal in eight states that had so-called trigger laws in place for this very moment. five more states will ban abortion within weeks. courts have blocked bands from going into effect in several other states. our latest pbs newshour npr marist poll reveals how americans are reacting, and we turn to lisa desjardins to walk us through it. welcome. how are americans feeling today about this decision? lisa: this is something we wanted. to look at in the poll. . . i wanted to start with an unusual spot. which is the expience americans have. how familiar are they with abortion in their own lives? we asked americans whether they or anyone they know have had an abortion. here's what they told us. 66% of the people who answered our poll know someone or they

themselves had had an abortion. that is two thirds of the country that has a personal experience with abortion. the next question -- one thing about that, that was the only question where a majority of americans answered yes from every demographic, in majority of americans have had that experience. where are they on the court's decision? when asked about do you support the court's decision to overturn roe v. wade? 66% of americans say no. when we look at this in terms of age of americans, we see something interesting here. the youngest americans, gen z and millennials, overwhelmingly two thirds no. jen x, talking 40-year-olds to 56-year-olds. that group is split with just barely a majority saying no. that is where the divide is in the country in terms of generations on this question. i think you can see that as families probably have these discussions over the next holiday weekend. nick: the questions about how americans respond to the outcome itself, the verdict itself, but

what do americans think about the court, and how it came to this decision? lisa: we have been asking about this for a while. we wanted to ask a question about this decision, we asked people, do you think the court's decision to overturn roe was based on politics, was it political, or based on law? we saw an astounding split by political belief, democrats believe 84% of them said this was based on politics. only 13% of democrats believe this was based on law. for republicans, a little bit, not quite as firmly in favor of the supreme court, but basically two thirds of republicans believed this was based on law. this is showing you what has happened is the court is political. people see it and a political lens. we also had affirmation that a majority of americans do not trust the supreme court. 58% now. bunow with the decision final,

it is expected to energize many voters come november, and a sense of which side will benefit from that? lisa: our poll did shed some light. let's start with the broad question. do you support abortion rights? we asked all americans together, 55% of the country says yes. there is a lot of nuance to whether you support abortion rights or not. what does that mean, at what point in pregnancy are you talking about? when yousk that broad question, by party, here is a big split, the same democrat-republican split. look at the independent green at the bottom. 59% of independents say they do support abortion rights. those could be decisive voters in the fall. we wanted to ask another question, which is what you are getting at. who is more energized? we asked, are you more likely to vote in the fall because of the supreme court's decision? 78% of democrats said yes.

some republicans also are more lower number. independents, that number means the most to me, because those independents, we know most of them do not agree with the supreme court's decision. democrats need to keep this momentum for their side, and also convince those independents, that it is worth showing up on this issue many months from now. people feel motivated about it now. will they in a few months? we will find out. nicky mu. as mentioned, the fallout from the supreme court's decision has been swift across the states. john yang takes a deeper look at how one abortion provider is responding. john: nick, louisiana is one of the states with a trigger law where the ban on performing abortions went into effect on friday. earlier today, a state judge granted a request from the hope medical group for women in shreveport, one of only three

abortion providers in the entire state. to block the trigger law for now. kathaleen pittman is hope medical group clinical administrator. now that the judge has acted, issued a temporary restraining order, a tro, what does this allow the clinic to do now? >> that does allow us to resent providing abortion care. we are calling patients and bringing them in starting effective tomorrow. john: this would last until the court appearance, scheduled for july 8? kathleen: right. at that point in time, it could be extended or it could be all over at that point. we just don't know. john: take me back to friday when the court ruled. what were you doing, how did you get the word, what was going on at the clinic at the time? kathleen: i was glued to my computer while i was monitoring scotus law, texting back and forth with jenny my, with the

center for predict -- for reproductive rights who have represented us for many years. when the word came through. i had to pause at that point in time and alert the staff. we have a building full of patients. we had to let the patients know what was going on. you are busy with consults that morning, we agreed to proceed with the consults at the very least so these women could have an ultrasound. some of the women have been waiting weeks to get in for these appointments. we did not want them to leave without an ultrasound. he had procedures scheduled for later during the day. we canceled those. saturday was a busy clinic day for us, or was supposed to be. we had to cancel all of those appointments. john: what was that like to tell your patients the appointments that had been scheduled, procedures scheduled could not go ahead? kathleen: there were tears. there was anger. the gamut of emotions you can imagine from staff and the patients in the waiting rooms.

probably more anger than anything. this is something that has been there right, and we literally were having the conversation that their grandmothers and in some cases, great-grandmothers, had more rights than they did as of that day. it was difficult. there was sobbing involved. it is not something i would wish on anybody. john: for a patient who had a procedure scheduled for friday afternoon, or later friday morning, to have to tell them that it was not going to happen, can you recall the reaction, or tell us, is there anyone who stands out in your memory and what happened when you had to tell them that? kathleen: some of them were already on the road on their way here, because they were driving several hours away. when i -- what i am told by my staff is there was crying involved. patients asking, what are they supposed to do? these were women already further

into their pregnancies. we had set aside a different afternoon for procedures where we nmally don't see cases so they would be able to get into us. because of the influx of patients coming from texas since last fall, we have been constantly trying to play catch up with our appointments. ultimately, we are seeing women that are further in their pregnancies, normally women come to us very early in the pregnancy for a pregnancy termination. but since the fda in texas has kicked in, we have seen more women further into the trimester -- the first trimester. . we have seen very few early termination's. john: you talk about the women who have to come from texas because of what is going on in that state. if this temporary restraining order had not been issued this morning, what would your patients have had to do in louisiana? kathleen: they would have to travel further afield.

understand, a lot of people would be completely denied care because they don't have the means to travel further out-of-state. at this point in time, we would be having to refer to illinois, colorado, new mexico, and a lot of women cannot go that far, they don't have the means, they don't have the transportation, childcare, time off work. most of the women we see here already have one or more children. they have families they have to take care of. ghost of the women we see -- most of the women we see are coming to us because they cannot afford to expand their families at this time. it would create even more of a burden for them. some of them would end up having to continue a pregnancy that they cannot care for. john: tell us about the women you see at that clinic. what are your patients like, a typical patient? kathleen: the majority of women who come to us are persons of color, the majority live at or below the poverty level, the majority have one or more

children. we see women who are already working 1, 2, three jobs just to make ends meet time after time, the reason denyinghem abortion care doesfuo poverty. we all know that states that have a really restrictive abortion laws or no abortion clinics are the states that have the worst maternal mortality rate, the worst incidents of adverse events during pregnancy, poverty, food instability. it absolutely makes no sense. john: how do you feel now that the judge has issued this temporary restraining order? w monts of relief, a big sigh, then we got to work calling patients. we know that we are limited,

timewise. weon't know what is going to happen on july 8. we don't know if our reprieve will be extended any further. until then, all we can do is concentrate on our patients that are coming to us in the here and now. john: kathleen pittman, administrator for the hope medical group for women in port, louisiana, thank you very much. kathleen: thank you for having me. nick: in the days other news, the u.s. supreme court sided with a high school football coach in washington state who was suspended in 2015 for leading prayers on the field after games. today's six-three ruling said joe kennedy's actions were protected by the first amendment. justice neil gorsuch said, the constitution a the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not

censorship and suppression. justice sonia sotomayor warned at the decision moves further down 80's -- a path forcing states to entangle themselves with religion. an amtrak train with more than 200 passengers and crew hit a truck and derailed. three people were killed. two on the train and one in the truck. an ambulance official says 50 were injured. amtrak said eight cars derailed when the train struck a dump truck that had blocked the rail crossing. rescuers used ladders to climb inside and medical helicopters waited nearby. in ukraine, russian missiles spread more terror today, smashing into a shopping mall and a sports arena in the central ukrainian city of kremenchuk. officials confirmed at least 13 killed, but warned there could be many more. it came as g7 leaders met in germany to discuss new sanctins on russia. we will get more on all of this, after the news summary. police in south africa are still trying to figure out what killed

21 teenagers at a nightclub early sunday. investigators cordoned off the club in the coastal town of east london. some of the victims were celebrating the end of exams, and others were having a birthday party. authorities say it appears they were accidentally poisoned, but it's not clear how. back in this country, the congressional january 6th committee has called a surprise hearing for tomorrow. the panel originally said it planned no more sessions until july. now, it says tuesday's hearing will feature what it calls recently obtained evidence. lawmakers today gave no details of what that evidence is. on wall street, stocks gave back a little of last week's gains. the dow jones industrial average lost 62 points to close at 31,438. the nasdaq fell 83 points. the s&p 500 slipped 11. and artist sam gilliam has died. he was best known for large abstract drape paintings, and was the first black artist to represent the u.s. at the prestigious venice biennal art exhibition.

jeffrey brown has re. jeffrey: he was a pioneer of color, abstraction, and form a“ -- and form. painting onto nvasses and then hanging them, unstructured and flowing, draped from the ceiling or wall. born in tupelo, mississippi, sam gilliam moved to washington dc in 1962 and was connected to what was called the washington color school. he spoke in a 2011 newshour video. >> we had what you would call a movement. but it was a community movement through desire to do things. i decided to work with the canvas just as it was painted on the floor, and work from the floor to the wall. i guess today you would say we learned to think outside the box. jeffrey: in recent years his profile had risen to its greatest heights. just last month, the hirshhorn museum in washington opened an exhibition of new large-scale round paintings, made during the

pandemic, titled "full circle." sam gilliam died of kidney disease at his washington d.c. home on saturday. he was 88 years old. nick: still to come on the newshour, our politics monday team weighs in on the latest developments from the the supreme court, to the g7 summit in germany. american wnba star brittney griner appears in a russian court, as her supporters try to increase pressure to bring her home. and the artists in residence at hospitals working next to doctors helping to heal. plus much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. nick: leaders of the 7 largest industrial nations announced new measures today to try and punish russia for its invasion of ukraine. the steps are designed to target russia's economy and military long-term. but in the meantime, russia's

total war in ukraine, marches violently on. russia's battlefield of choice today, a shopping mall. moscow continues to claim its targets are military. but ukrainian officials said the only target of two russian missiles today was full of more than 1,000 civilians, shopping. president zelensky warned the death toll could be "unimaginable." 800 miles away in the bavarian alps, g7 leaders spoke to zelenskyy via video link. he told them it is not time to negotiate with russia, and urged them to send more weapons, and impose more sanctions. president biden: putin has been counting on from the beginning th somehow nato and the g7 would splinter but we haven't and we we are not going to so. nick: the seven leading industrial countes have so far have provided ukraine more than $2.8 billion in humanitarian assistance. today they promised to support the country "as long as it takes" and unveiled new steps. a ban on russian gold.

a price cap on russian oil. sanctions on russian defense companies, military units accused of war crimes, and officials operating in ukraine. and higher u.s. tariffs on russian goods, with proceeds used to reconstruct ukraine. this week, the most advanced us weapon sent to ukraine finally arrived. in the dead of night, ukrainian soldiers fire the hi mobility advanced rocket system, or himars. ukraine asked for 60. the biden administration is sending 8, and with ammunition whose range is capped at 40 miles. a senior administration official told pbs newshour today the u.s. will also send advanced air defense weapons known as nasam's. but those weapons have not stopped moscow's military. last week russia destroyed and captured severdonetsk, formerly ukraine's administrative center in luhansk. in today it is "raining fire" down on its twin city of lysychansk, from which ludmilla fled. >> what can i tell you? the walls were shaking, the windows were shaking. you don't know where to hide.

nick: for more on the latest round of sanctions on russia, we turn to alina polyakova, president of the center for european policy analysis, a nonpartisan organization that seeks to promote u.s.-european relations and democratic values. welcome back to the newshour. u.s. officials said that a price cap on russian oil was among the most important steps that they would take from the g7. how would that work and could it actually reduce russian income? ina: it is great to be back on the show, as always. on the cap on the oil, it is unclear how that could be implemented in real terms. russia has expanded significantly its exports to asia, particularly india and china, where it has been selling discounted energy, especially oil, to those countries that have been happily buying it up, as europe starts to cut down on its energy imports from russia. imposing a cap where you only

have the g7 involved, and not those other countries, seems like it will be very difficult. nick: the g7 is prohibiting russian gold. is that something that could actually reduce russian income? alina: i think the big picture to keep in mind is at the sanctions are already having effects on the russian economy. the russian economy is going to be contracting russian inflation of the ruble is expected to hit about 20%. i think we are talking about a different question. . we are talking about whether the sanctions will have a short-term immediate effect on russia's military strategies and its ability to carry out the war on the ground in ukraine. so far, unfortunately, the answer to that question has been no. russia is still carrying out an incredibly brutal offensive in

ukraine. sanctions have not affected its military capabilities so far. and that is the unfortunate reality that we face. citizens are having an affect, but it is more of a long-term effect versus a short-term effect. nick: perhaps the obvious question is, are thereteps you believe the west should be taking to have more of a short-term impact that can change vladimir putin's behavior inside of ukraine now? alina: i think mr. putin believes he has time on his side. he believes he has the ability to carry out the war, much longer than the western alliance will stay united and in solidarity with ukraine. the meeting in the g7 was important for that meeting. it sent a clear message of unity. in the short-term, we need to listen to what president zelenskyy and the ukrainians are asking for. ukraine needs many, many more of those high advanced mall rs systems we are talking about, and others. and others as well. to be able to push back the

russian offensive. there is a clear concern from nato officials and ukrainians as well that the russians might take a break, regroup, and go back and relaunch their offensive, potentially going after ukraine's capital, kyiv, yet again. we are in a dangerous territory right now and the best thing we can do is increase military defense applies to: unekr senimioreldiat u.s. officials e worried russia has not given up on the longer-term idea of capturing kyiv. back to the sanctions, are average russians suffering because of the sanctions? alina: certainly they are. we have seen many sanctions affecting average russians in terms of their ability to travel, certainly. outside of russia. their ability to purchase foreign goods and services. at the end of the day, mr. putin among them, they don't care about the living cditions of the russian population.

living standards are declining, they are expected to decline further and further as sanctions take hold in the medium and long term. unfortunately, the kremlin cares much more about their direct revenues, how much they are able to take, to line their pockets and all of that comes from russia's energy experts. until russia is no longer able to export those energy sources, it no longer has a market for those energy experts, those revenues will keep flowing and that is what is feeding the russian war machine in the russian people are suffering as a result. but the russian elite builds in power making those decisions. don't particularly seem to care about the condition of the russian people. nick: i have got about 35 seconds left. i will ask you quickly about companies. since russia invaded ukraine, hundreds of western companies have left the country. is that something that people will notice in the kremlin in the elite and could change their behavior?

alina: i think certainly russians have been noticing that there is no more mcdonald's, for example, in russia. now what we have seen happened is mcdonald's, for example, sold off all of its franchises to a russian oligarch, who is basically replacing mcdonald's with a russian brand. that is what we are seeing the russian government do. provide government-funded alternatives to things like instagram with the russian band, mcdonald's, and other services the russians are used to. russians are certainly noticing. whether it is affecting them, whether they care, it seems to me that unfortunately, they do not. today clear, for the russian population, the more they have to think about their daily kids, where is my pension going to come from, to cover prescription drugs, things of that nature, the more that benefits the kremlin, which could carry out anything it wants in the foreign

and don't worry so much about what is happening abroad. nick: alina polyakova, always a pleasure, thank you very much. alina: thank you. nick: the supreme court's decision overturning roe v. wade was clear and unequivocal. but the political fallout from that opinion for democrats, republicans, and the court itself is much more uncertain. laura barron-lopez has more on what this historic ruling could mean for november's election and more. laura: friday's decision sent shockwaves throughout the political system and at all levels of government from state houses to congress. and the decision came down just as president biden left for a 6-day trip abroad to meet with foreign allies. joining me now to discuss all this are tamara keith of npr.

she joins us from germany where she's traveling with president biden. and at the desk with me is annie linskey of the washington post. amy walter is away. thank you both for joining us today. annie, i want to start with you. there were protests across the country this weekend in response to the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade. president biden sees this as a motivator, calling on voters to elect more pro-abortion rights democrats. is ts going to be a galvanizing midterms issue for not just democratic voters, but also independent voters? annie: you are absolutely right. this weekend, as the ramifications of the decision settled in, there was an explosion of anger and emotion across the country. what democratic strategists are hoping is that that energy persts at that level, because if it does, they believe this

shift in the legal landscape will motivate suburban women who have been drifting away from the party with vious school issues during covid. but also younger voters. they see an opening there where younger voters who tend to sit out of midterms are galvanized by the issue. republicans are saying, you know, there might be energy now, but november is a long way away. by the time we get to the elections, gas prices and so forth will be back above mind for voters. laura: tamra, you are in germany with the president right now as he meets with fellow g7 leaders. we are so focused here on the supreme court and the dobbs decision. president biden said the other day it has not come up at the summit, but what have his fellow g-7 leaders said in response to the ruling? tamara: certainly, on his way in, several of the g7 leaders weighed in. and said that it was horrendous, among other things. these leaders pointed to the

decision and said it was wrong, and they would not accept that sort of erosion of rights in their country. but the focus here has very much been on the g7, and on the war with -- war between russia and ukraine. and it has not been focused on these domestic political issues. but the administration, back at home, obviously is working on this a lot, they have several events planned this week, including the hhs secretary and others talking about executive actions that they can take, around the edges, to try to preserve access, either to abortion pills or the ability to travel across state lines, for instance. it is this interesting dichotomy where president biden, in the alps, in this estate, very focused on these world leaders on global issues, and the domestic issues are really front of mind. and he has not answered

questions from reporters in any significant way since that decision. laura: tamara, sticking with you. moving more toward the goal of the trip, he is trying to convince foreign leaders to keep weapons and money flowing to ukraine as he faces some hesitancy among us lawmakers -- u.s. lawmakers about sending more aid. how is biden keeping those alliances together and maintaining support at home for ukraine? tamara: certainly congress approved enough money earlier this year to get through several more months of providing significant aid to ukraine. the president will be, according to a source familiar, announcing later this week a package of military assistance that will include an air missile defense system that is something that ukraine has been wanting. president biden is working with these allies, moving forward on sanctions and tariffs and they

are talking about an oil price cap, but it is a very complicated maneuver, and they don't have that sealed just yet. but they are moving forward. they are focused on it, even as ukraine has fallen from the top of the headlines in u.s. and much of the world. laura: we will definitely be following the rest of his trip, which he will be abroad until thursday. back at home, primaries are tomorrow in several states. we are not used to focusing on secretary of state races at this point in the cycle. in many states, there are candidates running on trump's lies that the election was stolen. and colorado tina peters, an election denier who was indicted earlier this year, is running for the republican nomination. how does peters fit into this larger pattern that we have seen among republican candidates running up and down the ballot? annie: she is a perfect example of a person who you would not think would be a candidate from secretary of state. in colorado, she is barred from

overseeing some elections. she has been very active on the far right of the republican party. and you are seeing across the country candidates like her advancing in secretary of state races and becoming the republican nominees. you have a similar situation in nevada where a far right republican became the nominee, and of course, in pennsylvania, the republican nominee for governor there who would nominate a secretary of state falls into this category. i think it is like, colorado is going to be the next test. the last few tests have gone the same way, which is republican primary voters really embracing candidates who doubt what the events of january 6 and who question whether joe biden was properly elected to be president of the united states. that is a major shift.

laura: continuing on that subject of 2020 election denial is him, the select committee investigating the january 6 insurrection announced an urgent, unexpected hearing for tomorrow. what do we know so far about tomorrow's hearing? and also, what do you think the impact of the hearings to date have been on voters? tamara: they had said they were not planning to have another hearing until after the fourth of july. now, this hearing is coming up. we have not revealed details yet. they are saying there is new evidence and testimony. what this committee has done again and again is must-see tv, in a way. they have put on a production that, in some ways, plays the game that former president trump played in terms of holding attention and this element of surprise. every hearing has had a narrative arc.

now, are the people watching it, the people who could be persuaded? some of them. are the trump voters who believe the election was stolen from him likely to be persuaded? probably not. but there is probably little that would persuade them. laura: these hearings definitely have included riveting testimony and stunning email exchanges between white house officials and republican members of congress as they stop -- they sought to stop the certification of votes. any final thoughts on whether these hearings are changing voters minds? annie: it is too early to know that yet. but we do know democrats certainly are tuning in to them. there are independents, but even in republican primaries, it is coming up as an issue where there is backlash forming. we will see that on tuesday too. there are a number of republican incumbents who voted for a similar commission to be created

, the committee going on now, and they are on the ballot on tuesday. their vote for a commission is similar to the one on tuesday, and has become a major issue in their race. we'll see on tuesday, some of these more moderate republicans very well may go down on tuesday because of the vote in their support of this commission. laura: it may be t early to tell, but there are four months between now and election day, and that is an attorney and plenty of time for the committee's hearings to potentially have impacts. tamara keith of npr and annie linskey of the washington post thank you for joining us for politics monday. nick: wnba star britney griner appeared in a russian court today and had her detention extended six months. the court also set a trial date for this friday, july first. russian officials accuse her of

cannabis possession, but the u.s. says she is wrongfully detained. >> if they want to say sothing. nick: in her first first appearance in 6 weeks, brittney griner didn't say a word. >> britney, how do you feel? nick: the two-time olympic gold medalist towered over her police escorts, leaving a preliminary hearing outside moscow. griner was detained at moscow's airport just days before russia's invasion of ukraine. russian officials accused her of carrying vape cartridges with cannabis oil and charged her with large-scale drug transportation. if convicted, she could face 10 years in prison. the u.s. special presidential envoy for hostage affairs is tasked with her case. russian officials recently raised the possibility of a prisoner swap, griner, for notorious arms trader viktor bout, nicknamed the merchant of death. he is serving a 25-year sentence after being found guilty by a us -- a u.s. court of conspiracy to kill americans, and providing aid to terrorist organizations.

griner's supporters are pushing the biden administration to do more to get her released. >> we are here for her. nick: using the #wearebg. >>he s we feel like enough is enough. nick: more than 30 civil and human rights organizations wrote a letter to president biden, urging him to make a deal and bring griner home. and joining me now is the leader of one of those groups that signed that letter. sarah kate ellis is the president and ceo of glaad, an advocacy organization dedicated to countering lgbtq discrimination. welcome to the newshour. you are one of the organizations that signed on to this letter which asks the administration to make a deal. why? sarah: we are deeply concerned about britney, the treatment she is having. she has been detained for 130 days. she has been away from her wife, her family, her teammates.

she is an american hero. she is a wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend. she is an anti-bullying advocate, an a libyan, -- olympian, and wnba superstar. we want her brought home quickly and swiftly. we understand the biden working on this and we want to keep on all of the pressure that we can. we hope this will get brought to a conclusion quickly. nick: why do you believe it is worth a deal, even if that deal is for somebody,s we just reported, an tory us arms deal and aiding terrorist organizations? sarah: i would say -- i am not into the dealmaking, and i'm not to make a deal on whose life is more valuable. but what i do know is who brittney is as a person and an upstanding citizen. one of the reasons all of the conversations we are having

today, one of theeasons she was over there in russia is her love of basketball. but also, the base salary for a male nba player is $5 million. the face for a wnba player, a female, is $120,000. this was a means for her to continue to supplement her income. i think when you see that there is this enormous pay gap that drove her there in the first place, it is a horrible thing. we need to see this resolved quicy and soon. nick: questions of equity and questions of discrimination inside russia. the lgbtq community has been vilified, prosecuted, persecuted as well by the kremlin. are you worried about her safety? sarah: absolutely, 100%. russia is not a safe place for lgbtq people. we have known that for a very long tim and we want to see brittney

brought back home, for that reason as well. i think that that puts her in a more dangerous situation. and i think that we worry about her safety. nick: do you fear her detention is motivated as much by the kremlin's anti-lgbtq policy as it is any kind of russian attempt to gain leverage over the u.s.? sarah: the big thing about russia is there is no transparency. so you never know what is really happening or why anything is really happening. and what the motivation is. the truth is very far detached, oftentimes, from russian manipulation. we do not know what is going on, and that makes it even more worrisome for her wife and her family and her teammates and her friends.

it is very worrisome because there is no transparency, and russia is not a safe place for lgbtq people. nick: i have 45 seconds left. her wife has put -- has spoken to secretary blinken, but not president biden. i know that has been a request. have you heard from the white house? sarah: we have not heard from the white house. but i have complete confidence that they are working on this matter and that they are going to get a speedy decision and get brittney home to us. nick: sarah kate ellis, thank you very much. sarah: thank you. nick: about half of the nation's hospitals include arts programming and the number is growing. one of the leading center for studying how art can influence health is the university of florida's arts in medicine program, where students can earn a degree in the field.

jeffrey brown visited the artists in resident helping to heal. it is part of our our -- our art and culture series, canvas. >> put him good. john: -- jeffrey: for nearly her entire life, 18 year old kinsey bogart has come to the hospital, three days a week, for more than four hours at a time for dialysis. attached to a machine, which saves her life. and here at the university of florida shands hospitals, part of kinsey's therapy also includes art. today she and fellow patient andy herrera reyes, 17, are painting while undergoing treatment. >> we do painting, drawing, sculpting, crafts. jeffrey: sarah hinds is an artist in her own right. some of her glass-blown works are elsewhere in the hospital. and an artist in residence working three days a week with patients and families, including quan howard and his mother, chantel davis. months after a stroke in march,

quan suffers from expressive aphasia, a communication disorder that makes it difficult to speak. >> art and music have a way of taking us outside of ourselves, so quan can get out ofhese four walls when he's painting this owl. >> do you like working with sara? >> yeah. >> we have a good time, we laugh a lot, huh? >> yeah. >> it's escapism. it's it's a distraction, but it's a connection most of all. >> ♪ troubles will come they will pass ♪ jeffrey: michael claytor is a musician in residence, performing for and sometimes with patients. >> people are very vulnerable here. i'm always surprised by how many people are willing to welcome me into their room. many people, most people say yes and want music in these dire moments and in what might be the most stressful time of their

life. jeffrey: we watched claytor sing for dave darbyshire, a 68-year-old patient recovering from a double lung transplant. >> he came over, i was at lowest point in my journey at that right at that moment. it was a game changer for me and it just lifted my spirits exponentially in a very dark time in that recovery process. >> it's incredibly fulfilling for me. i leave patient rooms all the time in disbelief that this is my job here this is what i get to do. jeffrey: that job is part of the hospital's arts in medicine program, bringing the arts directly into patient rooms, on walls and ceilings, in lobbies and spaces throughout. it began small back in 1990. >> when i came to gainesville for family reasons, i discovered this little arts and medicine program was bubbling up at the hospital. i had what really was my first life epiphany. i realized i could be an artist

in a health care setting. jeffrey: a professional dancer earlier in life, jill sonke began her work here dancing at the bedside of patients. years of study and practice later, with a phd in arts in public health, she is the research director of the program and a leading figure in the field. >> no one is suggesting in arts and health that the arts can replace medicine or health care or other therapies or interventions. but the arts have a place in the sphere of whole person care. there's so many ways in which the arts can address things like loneliness and social isolation. >> we are at a shifting point where this is becoming more normal. >> it is. it is, yeah. we are at a moment where patients can expect to be able to engage creatively as a part of the holistic care that they receive in hospitals. jeffrey: it wasn't always that way. >> not only were those things not accepted, they were shunned.

it wasn't viewed as a humane thing to do. it was viewed as you might actually be unwanted here in this scenario. jeffrey: dr. michael okun is a neurologist who has been with the arts in medicine program since he was a medical student. he says there is now an understanding that this goes even beyond the bedside human connection. >> absolutely. the brain networks are changing and so dopamine appears and the reward network, we see the network for memory, the network for facial expression. all of these things change. and as these networks change, diseases change and as our our brains change, our symptoms change. this parkinson's patient can't stop painting, so there's about 15 layers of paint here. jeffrey: dr. okun is now chair of neurology at uf college of medicine and director of the norman fixel institute for neurological diseases where the walls are lined with art done by patients battling brain disorders of all kinds.

how integrated would music and other arts be into care? >> i think it's going to be a staple. i think it's going to be something that's expected, that you go to the hospital and you're going to have access to these things. and we need to think about it not only just in terms of the medicine, but in terms of the healing. and we need to think about it not only in terms of our life span, but our health span. how long will we live and how long will we live well. jeffrey: that can happen in many ways. >> we are looking to see if music can improve the experience . jeffrey: in an interdisciplinary research lab, students and faculty study connections that coulmake their way into therapies. jill sonke is also interested in what's known as social prescription, the idea that art or art experiences can be prescribed by doctors, just like medication. it's a concept that has gained traction in the united kingdom and other countries, but not yet

here. >> so we really need to explore what would a social prescribing model look like in the united states. and even that language can be a little bit problematic in the u.s. jeffrey: i would think it would be very problematic for many people. >> yeah. so we're looking at models for the united states wherein access to the arts through a health provider can provide access to people who maybe aren't engaging in the arts yet or don't understand their health benefits. but we're also looking at a system wherein it can just provide direct access, where there's more arts and cultural activities available in a community. jeffrey: a new initiative in gainesville, called spar 352, aims for just that a“ bringing art directly to people, especially historically more marginalized communities. >> part of what we're doing is trying to provide activities and services and opportunities and access for people to get what they need as individuals to lead healthy lives. jeffrey: dionne champion, who

studied and worked as a chemical engineer before becoming a dance educator, is a research assistant profsor with the center for arts in medicine, and co-director of sparc352. she led an opening event at a gainesville community center, complete with a story circle, performances and art making. >> our vision of how this whole thing comes together, is that we see arts as being at the core of healthy communities. so when people have the opportunity to engage creatively and the space to create, to -- men cities and communities become unified. then cities and communities become far more active, and the people in those communities become more engaged in their own community development. jeffrey: the hope now is to use this as a model for similar programs in cities around the country. for the pbs newshour i am jeffrey brown in gaisville, florida.

♪ nick: finally tonight, covid took a psychological toll on all populations. doctors and clinicians have beme concerned about the youngest victims. later tonight, ken burns film "hiding in plain sight: youth mental illness" premieres on pbs. the newshour's student reporting labs podcasts hosts matt suescun and faiza ashar spoke to burns about how his mother's death led -- about a film he hopes can save lives. >> thank you so much to -- thank you so much for talking with us today. you are the executive producer for a film coming out this june called hiding in plain sight about youth mental health. >> i could not make sense of the emotions. why am i acting this way? >> when i am mad on the inside, i am mad on the outside. >> when feelings interfere with

their everyday ability to live, that is a challenge. >> i'm really proud of the film. i think it will save lives. it is so critically important because there is an epidemic, not just among young people, but across the board as a result of the pandemic, and the challenges of a modern life. also my own history was instrumental in doing it. my mother got sick with cancer when i was two or three years old. there was never a moment when i was aware when there was not this looming shadow over my family. three months from my 12th birthday when i was 11, she passed away. almost all of that time was filled with stomach aches and anxiety on my part, inability to go on field trips, all of that stuff. after she died, i saw my father cry for the first time at a movie. he had not cried when she was sick, had not cried when she died, had not cried at her funeral. i understood that in some ways, life had dealt him a complicated hand, and filmmaking was, for

him, provided an and -- provided an emotional safe harbor. i vowed at that moment at 12 that i would become a filmmaker. that meant like alfred hitchcock. >> i know a lot of people recently and a lot of young people have lost their family members to covid, other incidents, accidents. do you have a message for young people who are grieving, trying to process the death of someone close to them? >> everybody's grief is so unique to their own. there is no one-size-fits-all. i have four daughters. each one of them, i have been able to give them what i call the three things. one is, this will not last. sometimes mental illness does last and is therefore a lifetime. but in our situational distress, reminding people that everything is always changing all the time. to get help from others. which is often hard to do. the hardest thing of all is the third one, to be kind to yourself.

we have to be compassionate towards everyone and we also have to bring some of that or reserve some of that compassion for ourselves. because we will need it. >> thank you so much for speaking with us. have a great day. >> thank you. nick: kindness and compassion, not only for other people, but also for ourselves. "hiding in plain sight" premiers at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight on pbs, check your local station listings. and tune in tomorrow for special coverage of the january sixth committee hearing that begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on pbs and streaming online at pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm nick schifrin. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, i hope you had a good day. thank you. see you soon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its major funding for the pbscy.] newshour has been provided by --

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