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 its continued bombardment of ukraine. and, healing through art. the painters, musicians, a dancers in residence at hospitals, working next to doctors helping patients recover. >> 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. nick: all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪

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overturn roe v. wade shook national politics, and sparked a national response that's playing out in cities and states across the country. as of today, abortion is now illegal 8 states that had so-called trigger laws in place for this very moment. 5 more states will ban abortion within weeks. and already today, courts have blocked bans 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. lisa, welcome. how are americans feeling about this decision? lisa: this is something we wanted to look at. i want to start with an unusual spot, which is the experience americans have, how familiar are they with abortion in their lives? we asked abortion -- americans whether they or anyone they know have had an abortion. 66% of people who answered either know someone or they themselves have had an abortion.

that is two thirds of the country with a personal experience with abortion. the next question, one thing about that, that was the only question where a majority answered yes from every demographic, a majority of americans have had that experience. where they -- are they? do you support the decision to overturn roe v. wade? 56 percent say no. when we look at this in terms of age, we see something interesting. the youngest americans, generation zi yan millennials, two thirds no but look at the group in between. generation x, 40-50 six-year-olds, that group is split with barely a majority saying no. that is where the divide is in terms of generations on this question. i think you can see that as families are having these discussions over the holiday weekend. nick: the questions about how americans respond to the

outcome, the verdict itself, what do americans think about the court itself and how it came to the decision? lisa: we have asked about this foa while. we wanted to ask about the decision, asking do you think the court's decision to overturn roe v. wade was based on politics or was it based on law? we saw an astounding split by political belief. democrats believe 84%, saying this was based on politics. only 13% of democrats believe this was based on law. the other way around for republicans, not qute as firmly in favorite -- in favor of the supreme court but two thirds believe this was based on law. this says what is happening is the court's political now, people see it through a political lens. affirmation that a majority of americans don't trust the supreme court, 58% now. nick: we talked about this but with the decision final, it is

expected to energize voters in november. any sense of which side will benefit? lisa: the pole did shed light on that. the broad question, did you support abortion rights? we asked all americans together, 55% says yes. there is a lot of nuance as to whether you support abortion rights are not. what does that mean? at what point in pregnancy are you talking about? for the broad question, 55 percent says yes. if you look by party, a big split. the same democrat-republicans split but look at the independent at the bottom, 59% of independents say they do in fact support abortion rights. those could be decisive voters. we wanted to ask 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 decision? 78% of democrats said yes.

some republicans were more likely to vote to does a lower number. independents, the number means the most to me in a way because those independence, we know most of them don't agree with the supreme court decision. what democrats have to do, keep the momentum for their side and convince independence 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. ck: thank you very much. 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 the state's three abortion providers, to block the law for now.

kathaleen pittman is hope medical group administrator. thanks for joining us. now that the judge has acted, issued a temporary restraining order, what's called a tro, what does this allow the clinic to do now? >> for now, that does allow us to resume providing abortion care. we are busy calling patients and bringing them in, starting effective tomorrow. john: and this would last until the court appearance, which is scheduled for july 8. is that correct? >> right. at that point in time, it could be extended or, you know, it could be all over at that point in time. 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? >> i was actually glued to my computer while i was monitoring scotus blog, texting back and forth with jennie mark with the center for reproductive rights. they've been representing us for

many years now. when the word came through, i had to pause at that point in time and alert the staff. we had a building full of patients, so we had to let the patients know what was going on. we were 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, so we didn't want them to leave without, at the very least, an ultrasound. we had procedures scheduled for later during the day. we did cancel those and then saturday was a busy clinic day for us or was supposed to be. so we had to cancel all to tell the your patients that had appointments that had been scheduled, procedures that had been scheduled just couldn't go ahead? >> there were tears. there was anger. i mean, the gamut of emotions you can imagine from staff and from the patients in the waiting rooms. probably more

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

different afternoon for procedures where we normally don't see cases just 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. so ultimately, we are seeing women that are further into their pregnancies. normally women come to us very early in the pregnancy for a pregnancy termination. but since sb eight in texas kicked in last fall, we've seen more women further into the first trimester and early second trimester. we have seen very few early terminations. john: and you talk about the women who have to come from texas now because of what's going on in that state. if this temporary restraining order had not been issued this morning, what would your clients or your patients have had to do in louisiana? >> they would have to travel further afield and understand, a lot of women would be completely

denied care simply 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 and new mexico, and a lot of women can't go that far. they don't have the means. they don't have the transportation, child care, time off work. most of the women we see here already have one or more children. they have families that they have to take care of. most of the women we see are coming to us because they can't afford to expand their families at this time. so where, you know, it would it would create just 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 that you see at that clinic. what are your patients like? what's your typical patient? >> the majority of the womendere l. jority already have one or

more children. we see women who are already working 1 to 3 jobs just to make ends meet. time after time, the reason given for pregnancy termination is financial instability, so denying them abortion care does nothing but force them to sink further into poverty. and we all know that states that have really restrictive abortion laws or no abortion clinics are the states that have the worst maternal mortality rate. the worst incidence of adverse events during pregnancy. poverty, food instability, so you know, it absolutely makes no sense. john: and how do you feel now that the judge has issued this temporary restraining order? >> well, we allowed ourselves a few moments of relief, a big sigh, and then we got to work. calling patients, because we know that we are limited timewise. we don't want -- know what's

going to happen on july 8. we don't know if our reprieve will be extendedny further. so until then, all we can do concentrate on our patients that are coming to us in the here and now. john: kathleen pitman, administrator for the hope medical group for women in shreveport, louisiana. thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy. we will return to the program after the latest headlines. the supreme court sided with a high school football coach in washington state who was suspended in 20 15 for leading prayers on the field after games. today's ruling said joe kennedy's actions were protected by the first amendment. writing for the majority, neil

gorsuch said the constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression. sonia sotomayor warned the decision moves further down a perilous path forcing states to entangle themselves with religion at least 40 migrants have been found dead in san antonio this evening according to local media reports. more than 15 others were taken to hospitals. they were found in a tractor-trailer on the southwest side of the city. an amtrak train with more than 200 passengers and crew hit a truck and derailed today in missouri. several will killed. at least 50 people were injured and more than 40 were taken to hospitals. seven cars derailed when the train struck a dump truck that blocked a rail crossing. rescuers used ladders to climb inside and medical helicopters transported the injured. 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 15 killed, but warned there could be many more. it came as g-7 leaders met in germany to discuss new sanctions on russia. we'll get more on all of this after the news summary. back in the -- back in this country, the congressional january 6th committee has called a surprise hearing for tomorrow. now, it says tuesday's hearing will feature what it calls recently obtained evidence. meanwhile, a lawyer who aided former president trump in efforts to overturn the 2020 election said the fbi seized his cell phone last week. attorney john eastman revealed the seizure in a court filing today. in california today, state lawmakers voted to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot this november guaranteeing the right to an abortion. the amendment would declare that the state does not have the right to deny or interfere with an individual's reproductive freedom. california joins vermont in trying to protect abortion

through ballot measures this november. 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 venice biennal art exhibition. jeffrey brown has more. >> he was a pioneer of color, abstraction, and form, painting onto canvasses and then hanging them, unstructured and flowing, "draped" from the ceiling or wall. born in tupelo, mississippi, sam gilliam moved to washington, d.c. in 1962, anwas connected to what was called the washington color school. he spoke in a 2011 newshour video. >> we had what you'd 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 guess today, you'd say we.

learned to think outside the box. >> 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. stephanie: still to come on the newshour, our politics monday team weighs in on the latest developments, from the supreme court to the g-7 summit in germany. american wnba star brittney griner appears in a russian court, as her supporters t to increase pressure to bring her home and thartists in residence at hospitals, working next to doctors, helping to heal. ♪ >> 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, quote, "unimaginable." 800 miles away, in the bavarian alps, g-7 leaders spoke to zelensky via video link. he told them it's not time to negotiate with russia, and urged them to send more weapons, and impose more sanctions. >> putin has been counting on from the beginning that somehow, nato and the g7 would splinter, but we haven't, and we we are

not going to so. >> the seven leading industrial countries have so far have provided ukraine more than $2.8 billion in humanitarian assiance. today, they promised to support the country, quote, "as lo 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 u.s. weapon sent to ukraine 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 these weapons haven't stopped moscow's military. last week, russia destroyed and ptured severdonetsk, formerly

ukraine's administrative center in luhansk. and today it's, quote"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 moren 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 newshour. u.s. officials set a price cap on russian oil was among the most important steps they were going to take from the g7. how would that work and could it reduce russian income? >> great to be back on the show, as always. the cap on the oil, it is unclear how that would be implemented in real terms. russia has expanded

significantly the exports to asia, particularly india and china. it has been selling discounted energy, especially oil, to those countries and they have been happily buying it as europe cuts down on its energy imports from russia. imposing a cap where you only have the g7 involved and that those other countries seems like it would be difficult. nick: the g7 is prohibiting russian gold. could that reduce russian influence? >> the big picture to keep in mind is that 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%. long-term, these efforts from the g7 and others will leave the russian economy incredibly weakened, but we are talking about a different question. we are talking whether the

sanctions will have an immediate effect on russia's military strategies and ability to carry out the war on the ground in ukraine. so far unfortunately, the answer has been no. the russians are carrying out a brutal offensive in ukraine, sanctions have not affected its military capabilities so far, and that is the unfortunate reality we face. the sanctions are having an effect but it is more of a long-term effect versus a short-term effect. nick: are there steps you believe the west should be taking to have more of a short-term impact that could change vladimir putin's behavior inside ukraine right now? >> think putin believes he has time on his side, he has the ability to carry out the war longer than the western alliance will stay united in solidarity with ukraine. the meaning of the g7 was important f that reason. 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 more advanced weapons systems, the himars and others, to be able to push back the russian offensive. there is a clear concern from nato officials and ukrainians the russians might take a brea regroup, then go back and relaunch the offensive potentially going after ukraine's capital kyiv. we are in dangerous territory and the best thing we can do is increase military defense supplies immediately. nick: officials are worried russia hasn't given up on the longer-term idea of capturing kyiv. our average russians suffering because of sanctions? >> 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. but at the end of the day, the kremlin doesn't care about the living conditions of the russian population. living standards are declining, they are expected to decline further as the sanctions take hold in the medium of long-term, but the kremlin elite care more about their direct revenues, how much they are able to take to line their pockets and all of that primarily comes from russia's energy exports. until russia can't export energy and no longer has a market for those exports, unfortunately those revenues will keep flowing and that is what is feeding the russian war machine. the russian people are suffering as a result, but the russian elite, those making these decisions, don't particularly seem to care about the conditions of the russian people. nick: we have about 3seconds

left. companies, since russia invaded ukraine, hundreds of western companies left the country. is that something people will notice in the kremlin, in this elite? could this change things? >> russians have been noticing there is no more mcdonald's in russia. what has happened is mcdonald's sold off all of its franchises to a russian oligarch who is replacing mcdonald's with the russian brand. that ishat we are seeing the russian government do, providing government-funded alternatives to things like instagram, mcdonald's, other services. russians are noticing. whether it is affecting them, whether they care, it seems unfortunately they do not. to be clear, for the russian

population, more they have to think about their daily needs, how will i support my kids, where is my pension going to come from, my prescription drugs, the more that benefits the kremlin, which could carry out anything it wants in the form of policy domain while the russian people have to make ends meet and don't worry so much about what's happening abroad. nick: always a pleasure. thank you very much. ♪ 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.

>> fridays decision sent shockwaves throughout the political system that at all levels of government, from statehouses to congress. the decision came as president biden left for a six-day trip abroad to meet with foreign allies. joining me to discuss this are tamra of npr who joins us from germany, where she is traveling with president biden, and any of the washington post. amy is away. thank you for joining us today. i want to start with you. there were protests across the country in response to the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. president biden sees this as a potential motivator, calling on voters to elect more pro-abortion rights democrats. will this be a galvanizing midterms issue for not just democrats, but independent voters? >> you are right, as the decision, the ramifications of the decision settled in this weekend, there was an explosion

of anger and emotion across the country. what democratic strategists are hoping is that energy that persists 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 since, with school issues during covid, but also younger voters. they see an opening their. younger voters tend to sit out midterms. they are gvanized by the issue. repuicans are saying there might be energy now, but november is a long way away. by the time we get to the election, gas prices and so forth will be back top in mind for voters. >> you are in germany with the president as he meets with fellow g7 leaders. we a focused on the supreme court decision. president biden said it hasn't

come up so far, but how is this ruling impacting his trip? >> on his way in, several g7 it le 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 rightsn their countries. >> the focus here has very much been on the g7 and the war with russia and ukraine. and it hasn't been focused on these domestic political issues. but the administrationack at home obviously is working on this a lot. they have had several events planned this week, including secretaries and others talking about executive actions they could take around the edges to try to preserve access to abortion pills or the ability to travel across state lines.

it is this dichotomy where president biden is in the alps and very focused with world leaders on global issues, and the domestic issues are really front of mind. he has not answered questions from reporters in any significant way since that decision. >>ticking withmore towards the e trip that biden is on, he is trying to convince foreign leaders to keep weapons and ney flowing to ukraine as he faces hesitancy among u.s. lawmakers about spending more money. how is biden keeping those alliances together and maintaining support? at home for ukraine? >> 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, which is something ukraine has wanted. president biden is moving forward on sanctions and tariffs and they are talking about an oil price cap, but it is a very complicated issue and they don't have that sealed just yet. but they are movingas uaine f he top of the headlines in the u.s. and muc of the world. >> we will be following the rest of the trip. he will be abroad until thursday. back at home, primaries are tomorrow in several states and we aren't used to focusing on secretary of state races at this int in the cycle, if at all, but in many states there are candidates running on trump's es that the election was stolen. an election denier in colorado who was indicted for election

tampering is running for the republican nomination. how does she fit into the pattern we have seen among republican candidates running up and down the ballot? >> she is a perfect example of a person who you wouldn't think would be a candidate for secretary of state because in colorado, she is barred from overseeing some elections. she has been very active on sort of 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 falls into this category. i think it is, colorado will be the next test. the last few tests have gone the

same way, which is republican primary voters really embracing candidates who doubt the january 6, doubt the events of january 6 and to question whether joe biden was properly elected to be president of the united states. that is a major shift in our politics. >> continuing on the 2020 election denial, the selected committee announced an unexpected hearing tomorrow. what do know about the hearing and also, what do you think the impact of the hearings to date have been on voters? >> they have said they were planning to have another hearing until after the fourth of july and all of a sudden, the hearing is coming up. they haven't revealed details yet. they are saying there is new evidence and new testimony, so what the 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. are the people watching it, people who could be persded? 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 pretty little that would persuade them. >> the hearings have included riveting testimony and stunning

email exchanges between white house officials and republican members of congress as they sought to stop the certification of votes. any final thoughts on whether the hearings are changing voters minds? >> it is too early to know, but we know that democrats are tuning into them. even in republican primaries, it is coming up as an issue where >> it may be too early to tell, but there is four months between now and election day and that is an attorney to, plenty of time for the committee hearings to potentially have impacts. tamera and annie, thanks for joining us today. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. ♪

nick: wnba star brittney 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 1. russian officials accuse her of cannabis oil possession, but the u.s. says she is wrongfully detained. >> she wants to say something. >> in her first appearance in 6 weeks, brittney griner didn't say a word. >> brittney, how do you feel? >> 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's serving a 25-year sentence after being found guilty by 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. >> using the hashtag, #wearebg. >> she's been over there for an extended amount of time, and we feel like enough is enough. >> 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 o 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 the letter, which asks the administration to make a deal.

why? >> we are deeply concerned about brittney and the treatment she has had. she has been detained for 130 days. she has been away from her wife, her family, her teammates. brittney is an american hero. she is a wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend. she is an anti-bullying advocate, and olympian and a wnba superstar. we want her brought home quickly. we understand the biden working on this and we want to keep on all the pressure we can. we hope this will be brought to a conclusion quickly. >> why do you believe it is worth a deal even if the deal is for somebody as we reported, a notorious arms dealer convicted in a u.s. court of conspiracy to kill americans and aiding terrorist organizations? >> i would say brittney is, i'm

not into the dealmaking, i'm not going to make a deal on whose life is more valuable but i know who brittney is as a person and upstanding citizen. one of the reasons all the conversations we are having today, one of the reasons she was over in russia is her love of basketball, but also, the base salary for a nba player is $5 million. the base were a wnba player is $120,000. this was a means for her to supplement her income. when you see there is this huge pay gap that drove her there in the first place, i is a horrible thing and we need to see this resolved quickly. nick: questions of equity and discrimination inside russia. the lgbtq community has been vilified, prosecuted, persecuted

the kremlin. are you worried about her safety? >> absolutely 100%. russia is not a safe place for lgbtq people. we have known that for a long time and we want to see brittney brought home for that reason as well. i think that puts her in more of a dangerous situation, and i think we worry about her safety. nick: do you fear her detention is motivated as much by the kind of kremlin's anti-lgbtq policy as it is any kind of russian attempt to gain leverage over the u.s.? >> the big thing about russia is, there is no transparency. you never know what is really happening or why anything is really happening and what the

motivation is. the truth is far detached oftentimes from russian manipulation. so we don't know what is going on. f herat wife and 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 about 45 seconds life -- left. her wife spoke to the secretary, antony blinken, but not to president biden. have you heard from the white house? >> we haven't heard from the white house but i he complete confidence that they are working on this matter and they will get a speedy decision and get brittney home to us. >> sarah, thank you very much. >> thank you. ♪

nick: about half the nation's hospitals include arts programming, and the number is growing. one of the leading institutions studying how art can assist in recovery is the university of florida's arts in medicine program, which offers its own degree. jeffrey brown recently visited the artists in residence helping heal. it's part of our arts and culture series, canvas. >> i love it, look howood that looks! >> 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, story

telling. >> 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. >> arden music have a way of taking us outside of ourselves. so he can get out of these four walls when he is painting this. >> quan, 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 ♪ >> michael claytor is a musician in residence, performing for, and sometimes with, patients.

>> people are very vulnerable. i'm always surprised how many people are willing to welcome me into their room. many, 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. >> we watched claytor sing for dave darbyshire, a 68-year-old patient recovering from a double lung transplant. >> he came over, i was at the lowest point in my journey at that, right at that moment when they came. it was a game changer for me, and it just lifted my spirits exponentially in a very dark time in that recovery process. >> it is incredibly fulfilling for me. i leave patient rooms all the time in disbelief. this is my job. this is what i get to do. >> 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 midback -- it began small, back in 1990. >> when i came to gainesville for family reasons, i discovered this little arts and medicine program at the hospital. i had what really was my first epiphany. i realized i could be an artist in a health care setting. >> a professional dancer earlier in life, jill sonke began her work here dancing at the bedsides of patients. years of study and practice later, with a phd in arts in public health, she's 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 are so ma ways in which the arts can address things like loneliness and social isolation. >> so you do see, i mean, we're at a shifting point where this is becoming more normal. >> it is. it is, yeah.

we are at a moment where, you know, patients can expect to be able to engage creatively as a part of the holistic care that they receive in hospitals. >> 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. >> dr. michael okun is a neurologist who's been with the art in medicine program since he was a medical student. he says there's 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. and

-- >> this parkinson's patient can't stop painting, so there's about 15 layers of paint here. >> dr. okun is now chair of neurology at uf college of medicine and director ofhe 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 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 are going to have access to these things. when you 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. and -- >> that can happen in many ways. >> we're looking to see if music can improve the experience of -- they experience. >> in an interdisciplinary research lab, students and faculty study connections that could make their way into therapies. jill sonke is also interestein

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's gained traction in the united kingdom and other countries, but not yet here. >> so we reallneed 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. >> i would think it would be very problematic for many people. >> we are looking atodels 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 are also looking at a system wherein it can just provide direct access, where there's more arts and cultural activities available in a community. >> a new initiative in gainesville, called sparc 352, aims for just that, 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. >> dionne champion, who studied and worked as a chemical engineer before becoming a dance educator, is a research assistant professor with the center for arts in medicine, and co-director of sparc352. >> we are happy to welcome you. >> 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 catively and the space then cities and communities become beautified. then cities and communities become far more active, and the people in those communities become more engaged in their own community development. >> the hope now is to use this

as a model for similar programs in cities around the country. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown in gainesville, florida. ♪ nick: finally tonight, covid took a psychological toll on all populations. now, doctors and clinicians have become especially concerned about the youngest victims. later tonight, ken burns's film, "hiding in plain sight: youth mental illness" premieres on pbs. the newshour's student reporting labs podcast hosts, matt suescun and faiza ashar, spoke to burns about a film he hopes can save lives. >> hi, ken. thank you so much for talking with us today. >> thank you so much for having me. >> you are the executive producer for a film that's coming out this june, called

"hiding in plain sight," about youth mental health. >> i couldn't make sense of the emotions. why am i acting this way? >> when i'm mad on the inside, i'm mad on the outside. >> when feelings really interfere with their everyday ability to live, that's a challenge. >> i'm really proud of the film. i think it will save lives. it's so critically important because there's an epidemic, not just among young people, but across the board as a result of the pandemic and just the challenges of of a modern life. and i think also my own history was instrumental in doing it. my mothegot sick with cancer when i was two or three years old. there was never a moment when i was aware a conscious being, when there wasn't this, you know, looming shadow over my family. and three months from my 12th birthday when i was 11, she passed away. almost all of that time was filled with stomachaches and anxiety on my part, inability to go on field trips, all of that stuff. and after she died, i saw my father

cry for the first time at a movie. he hadn't cried when she was sick, hadn't cried when she died, hadn't cried at her funeral. and so i understood that in some ways life had dealt him a complicated hand and that filmmaking was, for him, provided an emotional, safe harbor where he could express himself. and i kind of vowed at that moment at 12 that i would become a filmmaker, that meant a famous hollywood, you know like alfred hitchock. >> i know that a lot of people recently and a lot of young people recently have lost their family members to covid, other illnesses, accidents, etc. so do you have a message for young people who are grieving and trying to process the death of someone close to them? >> everybody's grief is so unique to their own. there's no one size fits all. i've got four daughters and, and each one of them, i've been ableo give them what i call the three things. one is this won't last. sometimes mental illness does last and is there for a

lifetime. but in our situational distress, sometimes reminding people that everything is always changing all the time, that this won't last. to get help from others, which is often hard to do. but the hardest thing of all is the third one to be kind to yourself. and 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 for other people and ourselves. "hiding in plain sight" premiers at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight on pbs. check your local station listings. tune in tomorrow for special coverage of the january sixth committee's public hearing. that begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern on pbs and streaming online at pbs.org/newshour. that's the newshour for tonight. i'm nick schifrin.

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