♪ judy: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the news hour tonight, stepping down. britain's prime minister boris johnson succumbs to pressure from his own conservative party to resign after multiple scandals. then, covid year three. the biden administration's top pandemic advisor discusses the rise in new variants and how the u.s. can combat the virus. secretary of state henry kissinger reflects on leadership, global crises, and the current state of american politics. >> for an american president to challenge the constitution, and to try to overthrow the

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york. -- carnegie corporation of new york at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: barely one day after striking a defiant tone, britain's prime minister boris johnson told his nation today that he would resign his post later in the summer.

and stand down now as head of the conservative party. it marks the beginning of the end of a chaotic and eventful johnson premiership. reporter: amid a cresting wave of anger within britain, especially his own party, boris johnson admitted today what almost everyone already knew. it was time to go. >> it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister. reporter: this was a resignation from his party as leader, not the premiership yet. his three years in power marked by tumult and a people coming to a close after a mass exodus from his government crescendoed in recent days. >> as we have seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful. reporter: two top cabinet secretaries left saying their consciousness is would no longer allow them to serve johnson.

>> trending a tight rope between loyalty and integrity has become impossible in recent months. mr. speaker, i will never risk losing my integrity. reporter: johnson tried to claim he did not know about the accusations, then later walks that back. even as johnson leaves the party, he says he will stay on as prime minister until the successor is named. >> what a pathetic spectacle. reporter: opposition leader threatened to bring the matter to a vote of no-confidence saying it was a matter of nation interest. >> he needs to go completely, not this nonsense of hanging on for a few months. he has inflicted chaos in the country. reporter: the former journalist

and london mayor leaves behind a messy legac rife with scandal and brazen political moves. he is credited with leading the country out of the european union. >> we are going to get brexit done. reporter: but it has been rocky with a stagnant economy and unresolved border issues with northern ireland. the covid 19 pandemic led to one of the largest scandals, publicly calling for lockdowns and social distancing leading britons to isolate and unable to say goodbye to loved ones or breathe -- brief together. privately it was revealed that johnson was hosting and attending parties in large groups. he first denied his involvement, coercing his cabet to back him then went on to face national scorn for lying and a nearly fatal no-confidence vote in early june. johnson is commended for a high

rate of protection. reporter: a poll last month indicated three and four britons viewed him as untrustworthy. even in his resignation remarks, johnson was unfazed. they were immensely proud of the administration achievements. >> them's the breaks. reporter: the timeline for finding a successor will be announced next week. welcome back to the newshour. thank you for joining us. boris johnson says he will not step down until a successor is named.

>> he is caretaker prime minister. he can't initiate policy changes or bringing great new tax policies or anything like that. the rules will be defined. i think what conservative mps will do over the weekend is have conversations among themselves. simply to ensure that johnson is not there and downing street for that long. the trust is gone. we face real problems. if government is hampered by not being able to take decisions, that will not help the response. reporter: what is keeping him

from stepping down right now? he says he wants to stay out of a sense of duty and obligation. there have been some reports that say he wants to say because he retains the use of the official country estate where he and his wife have an upcoming wedding celebration planned. >> there are stories about this party on the 30th of july. whether it genuinely is a sense of duty, it is boris johnson's decision. boris johnson is leader of the conservative party because of visa order conservative mps. boris johnson's prime minister because of the backing of parliament. the only way to force him out is to have a vote of no-confidence in parliament but the conservative party doesn't want to do that because it would trigger an election and they are behind in the polls. reporter: he has survived so

much and has been a bit of a teflon leader. lying about the parties. why was this issue the straw that broke the camels back. reporter: you've hit the nail on the head. it wasn't one issue, it was on top of parties. on top of electoral defeats and really worried mps. when we came to this final story that was both of bad judgment and of deliberately misleading parts of the government, they are behind in the polls. he is no longer electoral magic. we need to get rid of him now because the calculation is that boris johnson has started to harm the conservative brand. reporter: it may be too soon to talk about legacy but this was a man that went from a landslide victory to this one today.

what can you say about his leadership in the u.k.? >> i think it is too soon to talk about legacy because it just happened. i thi some context helps. boris johnson is a fantastic campaigning politician. the reasons for his decisive victory were partly due to the opponent that he faced. he faced a uniquely unpopular leader of the labour party. i think to give you a quick take, there is a man that was a fantastic campaigner and nowhere near as good when it came to the nitty-gritty of actually governing. reporter: any word on who will likely be the next leader? >> it is a massive list that will take time to read out. two or three early favorites.

they are complicated, they are secretive, and they involve politicians trying to canvass the support of other politicians. reporter: thank you for helping us make sense of it all. thank you for your time. judy: american pro basketball star brittney griner pleaded not guilty to drug possession today and moscow. she was escorted into the courtroom in handcuffs and spoke through an interpreter to enter her plea. her lawyer said she told the court that the cannabis oil ended up in her luggage by accident. >> she admitted that it was hers, but she said it was

unintentional. she was in a hurry. judy: she faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. her lawyer's say tt they hope that today's guilty plea will lead to the nancy. she will be back in court again next thursday. ukraine raised its national flag on snake island today. a strategic outpost recapture last week. russia responded quickly to the symbolic gesture by firing missiles at the island. meanwhile, russian airstrikes continue to pound the east. in the donetsk region, they said schelling hit the city center leaving residence in panic. >> it was such a big explosion that my wife and i felt everything fly up into the air. she got down on the floor and started crawling. the explosion was so massive that all the windows shattered. judy: despite the deadly air

assault, russia has made few territorial gains in recent days. moscow says it is giving its troops time to rest. back in this country, derek chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer convicted of killing george floyd was sentenced to 21 years in prison on federal civil rights charges. he had pleaded guilty to violating floyd's civil rights. he was already serving 22.5 years on state charges of murder and manslaughter. the commissioner of the internal revenue service has asked the treasury department inspector general to launch a probe into the intensive tax audits of two former top fbi officials. yesterday, the new york times reported that the fbi's former director james comey and exit deputy director andrew mccabe were subjected to unusually extensive irs audits of their returns. former president donald trump repeatedly lashed out at both during the russia investigation.

jobless claims rose 235,000 last week and that's the most in nearly six months. that was up 4000 from the previous week. employers are advertising fewer positions after job openings hit a 20 year high in march. stocks rallied again on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average climbed 347 point to close 31,384. the nasdaq rose 259 point and the s&p 500 added 57. the biden administration is giving out nearly $1 billion in grants to upgrade 85 of the nation's airports. the funds will come from the infrastructure bill that passed last year. they will renovate the international terminal at boston's logan airport, replace the baggage handling system at denver international airport, and build a new concourse at

dulles airport outside washington, d.c., among other things. president biden awarded the nations highest civilian honor to 17 people today. at a ceremony he pay tribute to each recipient including former arizona congresswoman get gabby giffords. gymnast simone biles, and civil-rights attorney freddie gray. >> the cause of freedom shines like the sun to light up the future of the world. that is the soul of our nation. that's who we are as americans and that's who we see. extraordinaire americans on the stage. judy: president biden received the metal from then president obama. famed actojames kohn has died after a rich career spanning six decades. caan is best known as the

hotheaded sonny corleone in the movie the godfather. a role that earned him an oscar nomination. he made notable appearances in bryan song, las vegas, and elf. he was 82 years old. the states attorney overseeing the highland park illinois shooting discusses the case against the suspected gunman. president biden faces pressure to end the ban on abortion from the department of veterans affairs. how the security council could threaten aid to war-torn syria. >> this is the pbs newshour. judy: with vaccinations, boosters, and drugs, covid is fortunately a far less deadly risk to most americans today than it was earlier.

the latest variants of the virus now account for more than half of new infections in the u.s. and more than 300 people across the country. getting long covid from an infection. there are questions about the biden administration's approach. welcome back to the newshour. it seems covid has become background noise. this is grappling with covid.

>> this has faded into the background. we have been in emergency mode for two years. we are in a much better place than where we were a year and a half ago when this president took office. we have a great supply of vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tests. that is an enormous toll. hundreds of americans are getting infected every day. judy: given the large number of subvariants we are reading about, how well protected are americans in terms of vaccine and boosters? >> the reason these become dominant is they are able to do a good job of escaping more and more of our immunity.

we have built up an immunity wall in our country largely through vaccinations and boosters also through prior infections. the good news is the vaccines and boosting our preventing serious illness and death. we see that in the numbers. a deaths are still low. we still have to keep going here and help more americans get vaccinated. a large portion of americans have not gotten their booster yet. because of these subvariants, we have to keep going to make sure that immunity is keeping up with the virus that's evolving. judy: will all americans need another booster this fall? >> it's a great question. we will have to see. we are always guided by evidence and the fda's direction. we should have a new vaccine,

the first new one since the beginning of the pandemic. it should be a b5 vaccine and depending on how many doses we are able to acquire, we are going to want to make sure high-risk americans get it. and how many vaccines we are able to buy. judy: we are hearing that the subvariants are evolving so quickly into different forms that the vaccination manufacturer is having a hard time keeping up with that. can you give us an understanding of where that stands? >> this is a challenge. this virus is evolving quickly. the good news is the platform that underlies can be retooled very quickly. ultimately, while we can make changes, the long-term victory

against this virus is about building vaccines that are resistant to variants. we are doing everything we can to accelerate that. we have to keep updating the vaccines and do our best to keep up with the virus. judy: you said in recent days that because congress has not voted for sufficient additional funding, there will be not enough money to provide sufficient vaccines. >> we need to have enough resources to buy enough vaccines. i want to make sure that we have enough vaccines for every american who wants one. we have taken away from testing and domestic manufacturing. there's not many other places we can go.

this is where we need congress to step up. and make sure everyone who wants a vaccine can get one. judy: i want to quote quickly from the piece in the atlantic just within the last couple of weeks. they said almost all governments to curtail the coronavirus have evaporated and went on to describe the biden administration as having turned the main responsibility over to individuals, suggesting t white house thinks this could be a political drag. >> that is not the way i look at it. it is very clear to me that the role of the government is to make sure that the capabilities we have developed, vaccines, treatments, they are widely available to americans. our job is to provide guidance. testing is a really important

way to control spread. doing everything we can to curtail transmission and infection as well as preventing serious illness and death. obviously, public health has been a partnership between federal, state, and local officials. and individual policies once that local official is made. judy: the last question is about monkeypox. we know there are rising numbers of cases around the united states. the concern and the criticism is that there has not been enough testing or vaccines available to the communities that are most vulnerable. how do you respond? >> mckee pox is very different than covid. this is a virus that we have known about for 50 years.

we do have treatments, vaccines, and diagnostic tests. we are a country that has built up a stockpile of vaccines for monkeypox. the vaccine also works against smallpox. we announced another 140,000 doses out to localities today. we will see tens if not hundreds of thousands of doses going out. getting more vaccines here than anywhere else in the world. we are very focused. in working with the communities that are most effective. the gay unless we can unity where a lot of this virus has been spreading -- the gay and let's be community -- lest via -- lesbian community where this virus has been spreading. judy: the coronavirus response coordinator. thank you very much.

as the community around highland park elementary mourns the lives lost in the july for shooting, there are many questions about the shooters motive in his ability to legally obtain guns. the gunman has been charged with murdering seven people and his plan to bring more charges if convicted. he could face life in prison without the possibility of parole. avoiding yet another tragedy in the future. reporter: illinois has one of the strictest gun laws in the country but it did not stop the suspect from obtaining high-caliber firearms. eric rinehart is part of the task force investigating what happened and making charging decisions. he joins the newshour. mr. reinhart, thank you for joining us.

what more do you know about the motive of the shooter to target these parade goers? and what additional charges are you looking at? >> thank you for having me on. i want to continue to express my condolences and our office's condolences to the families that lost their loved ones to the ones who were injured. this has been devastating to the committee. it has also been a lot of strength and fortitude. that is uplifting. i want the evidence to come out in court. it's not something that we've gotten into. we are investigating a mountain of evidence. everyone who was injured in that , we will get justice for everyone. we will file a charge related to each and every person that was hurt.

we're looking at a few other charges as well in terms of how broad this plan and this attack was to intimidate and scare people. stephanie: one of the facts that have come out is that the suspect's father sponsored his sons firearms application. he was 19 when he sponsored that application. our investigators speaking to the father or the family? >> end of the father has been giving some immediate interviews. these types should be banned in illinois and beyond. stephanie: you said it is alarming that he would be able to get these guns under the

circumstances he was in. can he be charged as a law enforcement official? >> i don't agree with mr. greenberg. there is zero chance. where analyzing all the evidence and information and we are ntinuing to try to understand this attack. stephanie: why focus on the federal assault weapons ban when it has not been politically viable for almost two decades. these are based on laws that already exist. >> i think we should have it.

it used to be politically possible. it was bipartisan from 1994 to 2004. it had law-enforcement support. and i think we can do it in illinois. it's not that i'm focusing on one thing or another thing. we need multiple ways to keep our communities safe. it's not one thing. we should invest in mental health infrastructure. we should have digital conductivity between law-enforcement agencies, prosecutors offices, court systems, schools. we need to do a lot of things. but limiting and moving away access to guns is one really important step. so many of these weapons used in these mass killings were bought legally. stephanie: so i want to focus on your purview which is the law, sir. the suspect had two encounters with police and 2019 for threats of violence and suicide. york county has laws that allow

for police or family members to apply for a firearms restraining order and prevent people like that from getting guns. who or what failed in the system that allowed this clearly disturbed person to possess and ar-15? >> absolutely. when we pass the firearm restraining order, the act allowed law enforcement or faly members to file with the court a petition that says an individual should not be able to possess firearms. and if there are firearms, to take firearms away. in 2019, there were no firearms. i'm not defending everybody in 2019. i think the family had information but it's a firearm restraining order. so i think it comes down to the people that have the most information.

the incident happens in highland park. highland park reports it to the illinois state police. highland park is not notified when he goes and buys a weapon. and there's a lot of political reasons why highland park is not immediately notified. i agree with you, stephanie. something needs to be done here. but why are we putting all of this at a single point of contact and lead to a single point of failure? we need to have multiple ways to protect people. stephanie: thank you so much for joining the newshour. judy: in the aftermath of overturning roe v. wade, democrats are urging president biden to use executive action to protect and expand aboron access. a group of military veterans

argue that the administration could expand access and care. it is an idea with potentially big impact. the v.a. is the largest integrated health care system in the country. it has 1300 facilities and serves as the primary provider of more than 600,000 female veterans. laura lopez has been reporting on this idea and she joins me now. you have been doing a lot of reporting on this. what is it that these veterans and democrats are asking? reporter: they are asking president biden to direct veterans affairs to provide abortion services and abortion counseling. those are things the v.a. does not do at all and they believe they have the authority to do that via executive action.

i talked to amy mcgrath, a retired marine lieutenant colonel. and she is pushing the white house on this. here is what she had to say about the obligation she thinks the government owes to these veterans. >> if the v.a. doesn't step up in these states, then the federal government is not taking care of those of us, veterans, who fought for our country and fought for our rights. and now just had a basic right taken away. reporter: i also spoke to congresswoman julia brown. she told me that she is also pushing the white house and the administration on this. since the decision came down, she has been speaking repeatedly to v.a. secretary dennis mick anna and has been asking him to move forward on this.

judy: what have you learned what the administration thinks about this? reporter: secretary dennis mcdonough has talked about this with congress as recently as april. before the decision came down. he said our statute would allow us to provide abortion services. we do not provide abortion services pursuant to rule making. today, i asked white house press secretary what she had to say about the comments as well as whether or not the white house was going to pursue executive action. >> the v.a. continues to offer reproductive health care services to their veterans as well. current regulation doesn't allow fo the v.a. to provide abortions. we will continue to review every

possible option to protect women's rights. reporter: the white house is being very cautious right now because of the fact that they are concerned about potential legal challenges. and also, what we know about president biden is that someone who was a member of the senate for so long, he prefers congress to take action first before he goes the route of executive action. judy: many ofhese executive actions people are proposing to the white house could face legal challenges. what do we know about the legal challenges this could face? reporter: the short answer is that it is probably going to happen simply because almost everything that the president does will be challenged given the nature of the supreme court decision and the creativity that the white house may be pursuing.

the republicans have a 1992 law, it prohibits the veterans affairs department from providing abortions. that 1992 law is so narrow in its language and what it specifically provides to the v.a. that it does not apply to what the v.a. had or subsequent authority bestowed upon the v.a. and so the lawyer told me that they think the v.a. could potentially move forward with this and have a strong legal case. we also spoke to patrick murray who is a legal affairs director for the veterans of reign wars and he supports one element of what these democrats and veterans are pushing. he says his organization

believes the v.a. has the authority to provide abortion counseling. that they don't need to change any law to do that and it is something they can do via rulemaking. but again, judy, a lot of this will end up in the courts. judy: knowing these challenges are coming, why are these advocates pushing so hard? reporter: we are talking about executive actions. to get to this point means almost every other option has been exhausted. the supreme court handed down a very big decision reversing roe v. wade. there is no bipartisanship in congress that would push forward a lot to codify roe v. wade. what the president is left with is his executive authority and that is what democrats are arguing with him. julia brownley also added that she thinks that it would help the president score some political points with his base as well as independent women, independent voters.

she essentially said the white house should not be worried about the legal challenges and should simply pursue these actions. judy: laura lopez on top of the story, thank you so much. reporter: thank you. ♪ judy: the united nations security council is considering the fate of the soul humanitarian aid route into syria. the only region not controlled by the syrian regime. millions of rian citizens depend on that crossg for assistance. it keeps them alive. at the crossing is scheduled to close on sunday. the report begins in a displaced persons camp near the syrian-turkey border. reporter: in northwest syria, their childhood has been laid to waste.

children whose country has been at war as long as they have been alive pick through filth for metal cans and plastic bottles. they shoulder the burden of the decade-long war trading scraps of trash for scraps of food to keep them alive. raz is nine years old. >> we collect plastic to feed our siblings. we come to the dump to collect plastic that we sell so we can feed our siblings. reporter: mohamed is 12. >> i am here from morning to night to sell them to make money and buy food for our siblings. when we come to the dump, the smell crushes us we have to bring food to our siblings. reporter: the desperation is multigenerational.

it is back bending labor, but other jobs are hard to come by. and in this war, suns help father's work and father's work to keep their children alive. >>ithout this, i would not be able to work. if the eight stops, i will die and so will my children. may god relieve us. reporter: everything here is a family affair. without it, they would have nothing. >> this aid, if it closes down, people will die of hunger. reporter: they depend on the last remaining humanitarian corridor. it is the only entry point for

humanitarian agencies. in total across the country, the u.n. says 12 million syrians are considered hungry. this week, healthy humanitarian workers rallied. they say russia holds control of syria's water and syrian lives. the doctor is the director of the health. >> stopping aid would lead to a health crisis. at least 56 medical entities would have to stop working and serve 3 million people. this topic of medical services and vaccinations would lead to a real disaster in northwestern syria. reporter: the syrian government's approach is already triggered a food disaster. the syrian military is now it is

supposed to be harvest season but this is the syrian government campaign. it attacks target crops in people's future. the farms that were spared do produce wheat. the farmers themselves came from homes and government held territory and cannot feed their families without help. >> today, we are struggling. we left our vast lands and came to this place. reporter: 2011, more than 300,000 syrian civilians have died. the conflict has forced 13 million to flee their homes. more than half of those remain inside the country. many are at camp just miles from the turkish border. in the summer heat, water is a precious commodity. there is too little formula for the mouths she has to feed.

they are twins suffering from fever, diarrhea, and a war that they have nothing to do with. >> our situation is very difficult, especially in the summer and the heat. it is expensive >> these children's fate could lie with votes thousands of miles away and have been born into tents. their futures have been stolen. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick sure. ♪ judy: between the war in ukraine and tensions with china, president biden's handling of foreign policy issues is being put to the test. in former secretary of state henry kissinger's new book, leadership, six studies in world strategy, he examines how past

leaders and the era after the world wars faced challenges of their times. i sat down with a 99-year-old veteran diplomat in his new york city office yesterday to discuss the ukraine war, the state of global politics, and much more. in this latest book, you tell us the sty of six leaders on the world stage after world war ii. you say they were both statesmen and prophets. my first question is, is there anyone in the world today, world leader, who comes close to embodying the qualities of these six that you portray in the book? mr. kissinger: not in my observation. of course, many of the contemporary leaders haven't finished their careers yet.

and maybe they haven't faced their big challenges yet. but the reason i wrote about these six is because they made a difference in the evolution of their societies. and maybe one can learn something from them at a time when the transformation of societies is one of the big issues almost everywhere. judy: one american president you choose is richard nixon. we were talking about this controversial figure in large part because of the war in vietnam. you write about his opening to china that was brilliant. then the war in vietnam prolonged war years and thousands of americans died. there were so many things that came from that that arguably led

to richard nixon -- mr. kissinger: he destroyed himself. it was partly because of the atmosphere domestically. it had grown up from the war in vietnam. but it's important to look at all that have been going on in previous administrations. the deployment of 500,000 troops was what nixon inherited. you said he prolonged the war. that implies he could have ended it earlier on terms that the american people could understand . and we settled. as soon as we agreed to the fact that south vietnam's people had

the right to choose their own government. but it took nearly four years to get there. but our predecessors hadn't even started negotiations yet. so it wasn't so simple. judy: it remains something that people identify with richard nixon. i want to turn you to the main conflict in the world today, ukraine. do you see this going on until the two sides are exhausted or is there a quicker way to bring it to an end? mr. kissinger: a curious aspect of this war is it almost looks like world war i. if one side clearly wins, it will have a found consequences. -- profound consequences. i think negotiation is

desirable. i said so in davos and i was attacked for it. but i think we will be heading in that direction. judy: your comments at davos to draw criticism and attention. they said you were arguing for ukraine to give up territory. mr. kissinger: the funny thing is i did not say that. what i said was a cease-fire line should be drawn. that russia should not gain anything from the war. judy: they have crimea. if russia were to say, let's have a truce.

should ukraine go along with that and let them have what they've got? mr. kissinger: it there country. if they decide that, we would have to accept that. i hope that that decision will not be made. judy: the u.s. and nato say they are prepared to do whatever it takes. but does that mean indefinitely? mr. kissinger: that is the question. i hope the negotiated outcome will be found. dangerous for nato and for the problems we faced. judy: do you believe xi jinping

is looking at this and thinking that he is more likely to want to take over taiwan or less likely? mr. kissinger: he must know that an attack designed to take it over is going to be resisted by america. i think an all-out attack on taiwan is the last thing that the chinese plan right now. judy: would it be better for the u.s. to drop any ambiguity about taiwan and its relationship with china and just say flatly, the u.s. will defend taiwan? mr. kissinger: if we abandon

that and declare taiwan an independent country, then china will almost be forced to undertake military action. because they fought so long and so fiercely a part of their domestic problem. the ambiguity is to prevent that. but it also needs to be for -- judy: i hear you say the u.s. has made it clear enough it will come to taiwan's defense. mr. kissinger: i think so. judy: different subject, dr. kissinger. former president trump, the january 6 committee looking into his actions and the actions of people around him leading up to the attack on the capital last year.

from your perspective as someone who knows international fears, what do you think he did to america upon role in the world -- america's role in the world during his four years in office? mr. kissinger: when he started and asserted the american national interest and not only abstract principles, i had sympathy for him. but as his position developed of being so centrally focused, turning issues into confrontations, i became les enthusiastic.

i wasn't enthusiastic, but i was hoping. i met with him several times when he became president. at the end, for an american president to challenge the constitution and to try to overthrow the constitution is a grave matter. i find no excuse for that. judy: do you think he should be prevented from running for president again? mr. kissinger: i think if he runs, it should be weighed by people who vote. judy: dr. henry kissinger writing books at the age of 99. thank you very much.

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