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william: a federal judge today approved former president donald trump's request for an outside legal expert to review the many files that were seized by the fbi from his florida home. the decision temporarily blocks federal prosecutors from using any of that evidence as they investigate whether mr. trump broke the law. for more on what this means, i am joined again by carrie johnson, justice correspondent for npr. welcome back to the program. talk a little bit about what this judge, this judge was appointed by president trump at the very tail end of his presency. what did she say today? >> judge eileen cannon and florid basically said it is an extraordinary circumstance, she wanted to ensure that there was integrity in this process and a sense of fairness in the

process, so she was ordering a special master, an independent arbiter to review something like 11,000 pages the feized him's mar-a-lago resort last month as well as some other items. she wants is independent arbiter to look for personal items in this cash of materials and look for papers thatay indicate either executive privilege or attorney client privilege. she said the justice department in the meantime cannot use these pers to further its active criminal investigation into alleged obstruction of justice among other crimes. william: i want to read this quote from the ruling today. she said as a function of the plaintiff's former position as president of the united states, the stigma associated with the subject seizure is in a league of its own, a future indictment based to any degree on property

that ought to be returned would result in reputational harm of a decidedly different order of magnitude. could you translate for us, what is she saying in that? carrie: she's basically saying we've never had an active criminal investigation of the inner circle of a foreign president of the united states and we've never had a court-appointed search to authorize the fbi to review materials at the home of a former president. she is basically bending over backward to ensure fairness in this process, in part because trump is the former president of the united states and former leader of the executive branch. but many justice department officials who i consulted today for like the judge is giving trump some treatment that many other people don't get when they are under investigation. of course trump or no one else has been charged with wrongdoing in this investigation, but he is getting some initial layersf

insulation that most normal people don't get. william: so if this ruling stands, a special master it's appointed, who chooses that individual? carrie: people representing the justice department and donald trump can get together and develop a short list of special master candidates, send that to her by friday and then the judge would choose from that list. also importantly define the scope of what that special master would do. that's going to become very important moving forward and dlg -- doj is currently reviewing its option. it may decide it wants to appeal all this to the 11th circuit court of appeals. william: let's say it does go forward, what does it mean for their ongoing investigation? carrie: it certainly means there will be some elements of the doj

said it already reviewed these materials using a special process and it took between 2-3 weeks to review the materials for possible attorney halfing client -- four attorney-client privilege. the process once a master is appointed could take 2-3 weeks or longer, not factoring in possible appeals and other legal wrangling. the investigation is in its early stages and we don't know how long it's going to take, but certainly doj doesn't want a lot of meddling as it tries to find that would happen here and also tries to assess the national security risk to having some of these materials at a resort in florida when the government and police say it should be at secure facilities controlled by the u.s. government. william: as you touched on earlier, the judge also said that the doj can't use any of these documents that are in their possession now for further investigations so that means in some ways the investigation

slows down or comes to a halt, is that right? carrie: it's not entirely clear if they will need to seek additional guidance from the judge. it is already reviewed some of these papers and maybe it has gotten some information from civilian witnesses that you here have been interviewed already in trump's inner circle and elsewhere, but it is hard to draw aligned or boundary around what the doj knows from other sir -- from other sources and from these materials. it's a little complicated moving forward deciding what the judge wants to do or not do. remember there is an ongoing investigation in the intelligence community to assess national security risk. the judge says that should go on unhindered. but agn, it's hard to draw these lines when the fbi is part of the intelligence unity. william: carrie johnson, help -- thank you for helping us wade through all of this. carrie: my pleasure.

♪ william: in the day's other news, a manhunt continues across much of western canada following one of the worst mass killings in that country's history. two men are now wanted for murder after more than two dozen people were stabbed. late today, canadian police at least one of the minutes among the dead and the other is still at large. here is how the day unfolded. the first call to police came early sunday morning of a violent attack in the canadian province of saskatchewan. by midday, multiple attacks had been called in. 10 people had been stabbed to death, and at least 18 more were injured at 13 locations across a sparsely populated indigenous community. in short order, a manhunt began, over hundreds of miles, for two suspects. damien sanderson and myles sanderson. some witnesses said the men are related, though that had not yet been confirmed. the two were reportedly spotted in the province's capital city

of regina sunday afternoon, some 200 miles away from the scene of the assaults. warnings were issued in the neighboring provinces of manitoba and alberta as well. people around the crime scenesin -- people around the crime scenes in the james smith cree nation, and the nearby town of weldon were left in shock from the scale of violence. >> and this guy come walking up here and he had what looked like his coat over his face and he said, 'i need somebody to take me to the hospital. i've been, my mouth has been hurt,' he said. i've been stabbed and my mouth has been hurt. william: police believe some of the victims may have been targeted while others were randomly attacked, but the motives for the stabbings are still unknown. later today, canadian prime minister justin trudeau condemned the stabbings. he said mass violence has become

all too commonplace. in britain, the ruling conservatives made liz truss their new leader today, setting her up to become prime minister. truss is currently foreign secretary, and strongly backs lower taxes and a smaller government. she'll be formally appointed tomorrow, replacing boris johnson, who was forced out over repeated ethics scandals. we'll return to this, after the news summary. the supreme court of kenya has unanmiously upheld william ruto's narrow win in the august presidential election. today's decision ended weeks of uncertainty. opposition candidate raila odinga had alleged the vote was rigged, but the court rejected that claim. odinga's laer said his team will abide by the ruling. >> in accordance with the law, we have got to accept this decision, as the law of the land. but i think it is a very ideological decision, i think that a lot of what was said in the judgment, and we will have time when the judgment comes out to put out a critique.

ruto is expected to be sworn in next week. leaders in chile are pondering a path forward after voters overwhelmingly rejected a new constitution. it would have mandated universal health care, indigenous rights and environmental protections. but, more than 60% of sunday's voters opposed the charter amid criticism that it leaned too far to the left. the old constitution dates from the pinochet dictatorship more than 40 years ago. the israeli military acknowledged today there is quote, a high probability, that an israeli soldier killed journalist shireen abu akleh. the al-jazeera reporter was fatally shot in the west bank last may. the military says the soldier thought akleh was a militant, and that he will not be punished. at the time of the shooting, akleh was wearing a helmet and a vest marked press. back in this country, on this labor day, the governor of california signed a law granting new protections to more than half a million fast-food

workers. it creates a council that would set minimum standards for wages, hours and working conditions. supporters say they hope to inspire similar efforts across the country. restaurant owners say it will drive up costs. and, former new orleans mayor moon landrieu died tay. he began his career in the early 1960's, as a voice against racial segregation in louisiana. but he won 2 terms as mayor, with backing from black voters and white liberals. later, he became the u.s. housing secretary and a federal appeals judge. his son, mitch, also served as mayor of new orleans, and a daughter, mary, was a 3-term.s. senator. moon landrieu was 92 years old. still to come on the newshour. other states look to follow california's lead on banning gas powered cars and other vehicles. tamara keith and amy walter break down the latest political headlines. a swedish island adored by tourists militarizes in the face

of russian threats plus much more. >> this is the pbs newshr, from w eta studios in washington, and in the west, fromhe walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. william: as we reported, liz truss will take over the united kingdom tomorrow as the united kingdom's new prime minister after she won the support of her conservative party. as laura barron-lopez reports, the shift in leadership comes as the country is bracing for an acute economic and cost of living crisis. >> i give notice that liz truss is elected as the leader of the conservative and unionist party. laura: foreign secretary liz truss has won the battle for britain's prime minister seat beating former treasury chief rishi sunak in the 2-month leadership contest following the forced exit of prime minister boris johnson. >> we've got two years until a likely next general election. and i want to deliver for people. i want to deliver lower taxes.

i want to help struggling families. laura: truss secured more than 81,000 votes in an election that only allowed about 170,000 dues-paying members of the conservative party to participate. a frontrunner for weeks, she was expected to win by a greater margin. she has worked for three former prime ministers: as the environment secretary under david cameron, as justice secretary under theresa may and she was appointed foreign secretary under johnson. truss will become the uk's third female prime minister, following in the footsteps of her political idol, margaret thcher. compared to thatcher for her desire to cut back state intervention and reduce taxes, truss will take office as britain's fourth consecutive conservative prime minister in six years, at a crucial time for the nation. truss inherits a challenging economic crisis, which she addressed in her victory speech. >> i will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy. i will deliver on the energy

crisis, dealing with people's energy bills, but also dealing with the long-term issues we have on energy supply. laura: britain faces record-high prices in energy, food and fuel as the war in ukraine continues. >> we have to be ready for the long haul in supporting ukraine because we are committed to protecting freedom and democracy. laura the new prime minister : also takes on the fallout of brexit, which she originally opposed and later supported drawing vast criticism for , switching sides. >> chief secretary, do you still back the prime minister's plan? truss: yes. >> what about a new referendum? truss: no. laura: britain's next general election is slated for december 2024. and truss is confident that her tory party will deliver a victory >> because my friends, i know that we will deliver, we will deliver, we will deliver. laura: truss will begin her term as prime minister tomorrow, once johnson formally resigns his post to queen elizabeth.

for the pbs newshour, i'm laura barron lopez. william: in a historic vote last month, california state regulators agreed to ban the sale of any new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. because california is the largest auto market in the u.s., the move could spur a faster nationwide shift to electric vehicles. but, as amna navaz reports, there are still many barriers to american drivers going fully electric. am: in just a little over a decade, the simple act of filling up at a gas station. will become obsolete for millions of california drivers. that, after this vote by the california air resources board, the state's clean air regulator. in mid-august they unanimously backed requiring all new cars

and light trucks be zero-emission by 2035. >> i just really want to thank all of the hard work that went into building this package and putting together something that is world-changing. amna: it was two years ago, that california governor gavin newsom first issued an executive order, including that 2035 target. >> in the next 15 years we will eliminate in the state of california the sales of internal combustion engines. amna: there are short-term targets in the meantime. 35% of all those vehicles must be hybrid or fully powered by battery or fuel cells by 2026. 68% by 2030. and manufacturers who fail to meet targets, will have to buy credits from other manufacturers who've surpassed them or face a $20,000 dollar fine for every vehicle they fail to produce. dan: as as i was voting, i said this is perhaps the most important action i've taken in my life.

amna: dan sperling is a member of the california air resources board. he also heads the institute of transportation studies at uc davis. dan: we are transforming the automobile industry in ways that we haven't done since the model-t and henry ford. amna: transportation is the top source of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in the u.s. and light duty vehicles, like >> she hails the new policy, but warned it's not a silver bullet. >> this action by itself will not zero out the impacts of climate change, but it will help us to avert the worst consequences of climate change. amna: california's rule still

needs epa approval which the biden administration has indicated it will likely grant. its impact, though, could reach far beyond the golden state. seventeen states comprising about 40% of natnal car sales already follow california's vehicle emission standards. experts say most will likely apply the new mandate once its approved. at least three of those states have so-called trigger laws in place, automatically matching california's standards. in virginia, that trigger law has triggered a political fight. republican governor glenn youngkin, who came into office this year, has vowed to rescind the law passed last year by state democrats. saying, quote, california's out of touch laws have no place in our commonwealth. >> our takeover of general motorss complete. amna: but even the auto industry is moving aggressively towards electric. >> climate change is arguable the number-one threat to the world now. doctor evil, you are now the

number two threat to the world. amna: general motors, the number two automaker in america and sixth in the world, has vowed to phase out tailpipe emissions for its cars, trucks and suvs by 2035. amna: just this year, rival ford, #3 in the country released an all-electric version of its best selling f-150 pickup truck. the company says it's aiming for electric vehicles to make up 40% of global sales by 2030. there are hurdles ahead. cost, for one. the average electric vehicle costs $66,000. the average internal combustion vehicle? $48,000. diane takvorian is on the california air resources board, and the executive director of an environmental justice nonprofit. she worries about who the new

mandate leaves behind. diane: know that most people in general don't purchase new cars. about 75% are more likely to purchase used cars. and we should provide incentives for those consumers so that they get a benefit from purchasing a zero emission vehicle as well. amna: experts also warn of the toll on the country's electric grid, as more people charge their cars, and more charging stations are added. a grid already under the pressure of more frequent extreme weather events. just last week, amid another heatwave, california's power-grid operators specifically asked electric car owners not to plug-in during peak hours. could our existing grid handle adding that many electric vehicles to it? dan: the existing grid can probably handle our electric vehicles for, say, the next 5 to 10 years. you know, if vehicles are charged at night and off peak, then we can do it. but at some point, we are going to need a significant upgrade and expansion of the grid. amna: another big challenge?

batteries in electric rs rely on certain metals and minerals. robert armstrong of the m.i.t. energy initiative says cost and availability are issues. bob armstrong: there are some concerns with the limited number of locations around the world where these materials are found. amna: about 70% of cobalt used in electric vehicle batteries comes from a single country, the democratic republic of the congo. and up to 80% of the battery supply chain is owned by another >> our processing is dominated by one country and that's china. we need to think about diversity of supply that allows us security in how we can resource and provide for the well-being and economic prosperity of the u.s. amna: the federal government is spurring this development, including in president biden's $430 billion climate, healthcare and tax bill, known as the inflation reduction act.

pres. biden: it gives consumers a tax credit to buy electric vehicles or fuel cell vehicles, new or used. amna: those rebates contain restrictions designed to encourage more electric vehicle and battery production in the u.s. carmakers are rushing into this space. last week alone, g.m. started production at a battery plant in ohio and honda and lg energy announced plans to build a $4.4 billion battery plant in the u.s. california's targets may face challenges in the courts by red states but, former regulator margo oge is optimistic about an all-electric future. margo: it's going to be a success story. setting aside all the legal and other issues that that's in front of us. what we're going to see, in my view, is huge support and not just from the democratic states and ngos, but we're going to see it from the industry itsf. amna: and, she hopes, an open road ahead. for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz.

♪ william: the investigation into former president trump's handling of top-secret documents, threats to democracy, and the resurgence of labor unions are all playing into this year's elections. welcome to you both, thank you so much for being here on labor day. amy, as we saw earlier in the program, we've seen further developments of the doj investigation, we've seen president trump angrily responding to it, and this all coming on the heels of president biden warning there's a real threat to democracy. neither of them are on the

ballot but here they are centerstage. >> we've never seen anything like this before. midterm elections are almost always a referendum on the party in power. it's hard to make the out parting the focus. the only time that has actually succeeded was in 1998 when it was democrats in the white house, republicans impeached then president clinton, but the difference is that president clinton was really popular. he had about a 60% approval rating. we've never really seen this before. of course we've never seen a former president put themselves in the politics front and center in the way that donald trump has, and it is pretty clear that the democrats do believe that the coalition of voters who turned out in 2018, turned out in 2020, not nest -- not necessarily devote for joe biden or democrats, but to vote against donald trump, that they are still out there and they see

that anytime he is in the news, it helps their prospects. so they don't need to bring him in all that much, but because he will put himself front and center, as you said, he had a rally this week. regardless of where these investigations go, we still have the january 6 committee that will hold them away don't know how many hearings, maybe one or so in the fall, and they still have to put a report out. maybe that is before november. and it isn't just that we've never had a former president put himself in the news so much, it's also that you've never had a former president claim that the existing president isn't legitimate or calling the existing president, the rightfully elected president, an enemy of the state, or declaring multiple times on social media in the last week that he needs to be reinstated, reinstate me, re-hold the vote. that is absolutely unheard of. so when president biden is

talking about democratic erosion or when academics who specialize in democratic erosion are talking about democratic erosion, they are talking about the idea, this fundamental idea of democracy being lost, that has been broken. william: we saw as you mentioned the former president, even by his standards, a pretty hard speech against the current president. we heard president biden say, the maga republicans are a real threat to democracy. this we former president trump flipped that on its head. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> these are very dishonest, sick people. very dishonest people. americans are sick of the lies, sick of the hoaxes and scams, and above all, sick of the hypocrisy.

but our opponents have badly miscalculated. this egregious abuse of the law is going to produce a backlash, the likes of which nobody has ever seen. william: some people have suggested that president biden in all of his warnings about former president trump and his supporters was an effort to goad trump into doing what we just saw him doing, putting himself back in centerstage. do you think politically that does benefit him? the democrats, to have trump doing what he is doing there? >> i think accommodation of issues, abortion being front and center, overturning roe v. wade, trump and the continuing stories coming out about what was at mar-a-lago, of course what is being presented by the january 6 committee, and the fact that the party now seems to be really lining up behind trump, all the

candidates he has endorsed have won these primaries. so he is in someway still on the ballot, even though he's not, and even though he's no longer in the white house. \thing is an interesting point. is it that they are going to turn out a whole bunch of people who may not be interested in showing up in the election, to come out and support the elections because they want to defend the president? we are reliving 2016 and the voters are also looking at this and thinking, are we going to relive this in 2024? so the exhaustion level among independents is something we still have to watch for. if i'm a republican strategist right now, we are hearing them, on television and in news reports saying we just want to focus on the economy or biden. william: we saw a lot of these,

both the president and former president in pennsylvania. there is an issue of trying to woo union voters, democrats always thought like, those are my guys. is that going to hold true? >> there has been growing separation. there was a long period of time or union voters were democratic voters. union members campaign for democrats. even going back many years, bu in 2016, i was out interviewing union voters and they were telling me, yes, our leadership is democratic, we like trump. so that separation has been happening for some time. president biden today giving two speeches to two union crowds. even not in front of union crowds, joe biden loves to talk about his connection to the labor movement, and the labor movement is getting or interesting that has been for a long time.

it used to be tied to industrial jobs. william: i'm thinking amazon and star boat's -- starbucks, chick-fil-a. >> areas of the economy, as the economy has shifted away from industrialized labor, so has the labor movement. the labor movement has more life right now than it has had in a long time and a lot more support . but again, it's not clear that that sort of lockstep for democrats exists the way it did a generation ago. >> we talk about union voters, we are talking about white men and hardhats. chipotle or those over -- other brands you mentioned are part of it. remember for years you had service employees who were working in service jobs in big corporations or other places, much more likely to be female, much more likely to be a person of color.

so there are labor folks who are supporting democrats but they don't look like our image of what a lor person looks like. white men have not been voting for democrats are quite some time. what democrats need to do is hold on to his many of them as they can, but continue to bring those other types of voters into the mix. william: amy and tamra, great to see you both, thanks for coming in. william: since the u.s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade in june, abortion has dominated the headlines. questions over access abound in courtrooms, hospitals, and statehouses, and now, college campuses. amna nawaz is back with more on

the challenges ahead for the higher education community. amna: as the fall semester begins at colleges and universities across the country, students, parents and higher ed health officials are grappling with how to navigate new restrictions on abortion. the newshour spoke with people on both sides of the debate over abortion access about how the post roe landscape impacts their lives and choices as they go back to school. >> i'm a junior at the university in w orleans, louisiana, and i'm 20 years old. this decision has definite impacted me along with my community. >> i'm a junior at liberty university and i'm 20 years old. because libty is a very christian and conservative school, we've been able to be extremely simple. >> i am 21 years old and i am a senior public health measure at texas a&m -- major at texas a&m university.

it is difficult in states where abortions are completely banned, there are no exceptions at all here in texas. >> i am currently a sophomore at concordia university in wisconsin. >> i'm susan ernst, and i am at the university of she can. and i first heard that roe v. wade was overturned, there was a feeling of frustration. >> i'm 18, and i'm a freshman in decatur, georgia. >> i live in albuquerque, new mexico. i am the mother of sophie. >> when i heard roe v. wade was overturned, i immediately called my mom. we just talked about how mad it made us and how angry. >> if anything, i felt kind of relieved that i would be going to a women's college that focuses on women's leadership.

after the supreme court decision was leaked, the university of michigan created a task force to address abortion access. both in the case of a ban on abortion or if abortion remained legal in certain states. >> the united states has a history of denying rights, especially when it comes to one's health for black women. as student leaders, we are working with the administration to talk about what our health options on her clinic on campus for students who need them. >> i am the coleader of the life ministry on her campus. we spend our saturdays uplifting those nonviolent resources in the community among whether it's a pregnancy help organization or any other nonprofit that steps in the gap. >> georgia just passed a very strict abortion law that outlaws abortion after six weeks gestation.

our college want you to know they are there to support them. >> it's a very supportive community and their communication is excellent. i guess i just want to say that we are in a position of incredible privilege, the fact that i can choose a college out of state. most people don't have a choice. >> the overall guidance from texas a&m has been none. there were no emails, student health services did not say anything. my organization is called feminists for education. we will hold education meetings talking about reproductive justice topics. i've known a couple of individuals who have thought about it, but liberty actually has their own crisis pregnancy center. they will help students who end up in a crisis pregnancy be able

to still continue their education while living near the campus and having those resources available to them. >> we are looking at every aspect of campus life that could be impacted by this decision, teaching in the academic environment, how we support students, what students are concerned about, and will need in these situations. >> young people are fighting the good fight. we are on the ground, doing the work. there are so many people that are still committed and compassionate. i know so many of my peers who are continuing to do good for the community, no matter what is going on. i think it is young people who are leading today's movement that are fighting these different fights, because it is going to be our country soon. not soon, it is our country right now. amna: and we're joined now by

bayliss fiddiman. she's director of educational equity at the national women's law center. welcome to the newshour, thanks for joining us. broadly speaking when you look , at the landscape since roe was overturned, what kind of reaction, if any, have we seen from colleges and universities? have they been changing their policies or trying to update guidance or offer more resources? or have things largely stayed the same? bayliss: we're looking at a patchwork across the united states where depending on which state a university or college or university may be in the laws there are different, of course, and some universities are state funded, some are privately funded, some are religious institutions. and so each university would be responding to this situation at a different level. amna: prior to roe being overturned what kind of support , could pregnant students for , example, what kind of support could they expect from college health centers or services? and how has that changed since roe was overturned? if it has.

bayliss: one of our biggest concerns is whether students information and their privacy rights would be protected when they go to university health center. so before being able to go to university health center to request birth control access or letting the university health center know that you did receive an abortion. and now our biggest concern is whether students private information is protected in those settings. amna: in towards that, you know, continuing their education. what about parenting students? i mean, do we know about what kind of support is available for college students right now? bayliss: so we know that only about half of teenage mothers earn a high school diploma by the age of 22. and 52% of students who are parenting students in college, they only 52% complete their degree. yet they are a significant population within our universities because one in five undergraduates are raising children. so despite these barriers, these students do a great job. they're statistically more like to earn higher grade point averages compared to their

peers without children. so at the moment, we could be doing a lot better to support students who are parenting on campus, for sure. amna: bayliss, let me ask you specifically about the impact on black women, because there's this washington post analysis from last month that pointed out roughly three quarters of all hbcu's are in states where abortion has already either been mostly or completely banned. and we know that black women in america seek abortions at higher rates. they face the highest maternal, maternal risks, i should say. and they could also face higher risks of maternal mortality since roe was overturned. so what should institutions and those states be doing right now? bayliss: yeah. i mean, ultimately, we do know that most student parents of people of color and 33% of student parents are, in fact, african american students. so in places where bans are going into effect and where hbcu's, which ultimately are, where most of the risks are located, it's really important

to make sure that students again are protected on campus, that their privacy is protected. but ultimately, there are resources that universities can think about providing, which would include offering up some family planning services on campus as a preventative measure, but also making sure that students have resources such as affordable, quality child care on campus. amna: bayliss, it fes like there's a lot of uncertainty. you're seeking clarity on a lot of these issues. it's a complicated patchwork of a legal landscape. what is your advice to college students as they begin this year and they try to figure out what they can and cannot legally do? bayliss: absolutely. so for college students, i would suggest making sure that you are aware of the laws in your state. make sure that you know how those laws are changing, what your options are. if you need to leave a state, too, to receive a reproductive health service. but ultimately, i would suggest being as discreet as possible,

considering your health concerns, of course, but as discreet as possible if you do decide to move forward with terminating your pregnancy. amna: bayliss fiddiman, director of educational equity. thank you for joining us. ♪ william: tensions between russia and sweden are high following the scandanavian nation's application for nato membership earlier this year. russian president vladimir putin has warned nato against beefing up its presence in the region. in these tensions have special significance for the idyllic swedish island of gotland, located in the baltic sea. special correspondent malcolm brabant reports. malcolm: this summer, fairies have been full of passengers in vacation mood. during the three hour void,

there were no visible qualms about heading to the islands medieval area said to be in russia's crosshairs. then he read just over 200 miles away across the baltic sea. amid a flurry of very threatening rhetoric in june, russian based -- russia place medium-range missiles there which are capable of reaching sweden. in the event of the war in ukraine escalating, they think it is possible that scotland -- gotland could be, frontline. -- could become a front line. but gotland has another face. it is now a garrison. sweden has been steadily reinforcing its defenses, but earlier this summer, nato warned of possible russian invasion. the islands location makes it a key strategic target. >> from gotland, you could

easily control both air and sea movements. >> he leads the regiment. he insistshe russian threat is not imagina. >> we have seen what russia is prepared to do to neighboring countries. >> it's cicely because of the russian threat to vulnerable regions like gotland that sweden sought to join nato although the parliament has yet to ratify the deal. >> ending 200 years of military nonalignment is not to be done without careful consideration. what course of action is best servg sweden's security? i'm convinced that this is the right position. >> it is clear that sweden and finland's membership in nato would boost transatlantic security.

it will enable a closer defense corporation and will strengthen the alliances present in the north. >> vladimir putin treated nato's expansion with stunning indifference. >> in regard to finland and sweden, we don't have problems with finland and sweden that unfortunately we have with ukraine. we have no territorial disputes with them. there's nothing that might concern us in terms of finland and sweden becoming nato members. if they want to, please go ahead. >> but then he issued a threat. >> now if nato troops and infrastructure are deployed, we will be compelled to respond in ki and create the se threats for the territories from these threats towards us are created. it's obvious. don't they understand that?

everything was going fine between us, but now there will be tensions. this is obvious and inevitable. i repeat, if there is a threat to us. >> russian planes entered swedish airspace near gotland. one swedish tv channel reported they were carrying nuclear weapons. sweden described the encroachment as intimidation. two fighters were scrambled. >> putin would never invade gotlan >> he is busy in ukraine, having his own afghanistan again, and if ever gotland were to be invaded, or as a target, it would be a general war between nato and russia. that is happily enough not going to happen. >> is there a danger of

underestimating russia's? ? power and its military intentions >> there is always a danger of underestimating the putin regime and its potential military danger. i think would be a huge mistake. >> this terrorist expert approves of its vigilance. >> we don't know if he will use tactical weapons. we don't know what his next moves will be, whether he will retreat. we don't know what is going to do and that makes it really unpredictable and dangerous. in that sort of scenario, you cannot afford to be anything else. >> this anti-nato activists is dismayed that sweden has abandons its long tradition of neutrality which helped bring peace around the world. >> they say they never brought a new war on their own territory.

usa say we will never fight on american land. where are we going to fight? here, and in northern europe. we will be part >> >> of the destruction. but that view is out of ste with mainstream swedish opinion. latest poll suggests that 60% of the population approve of no membership. what is the move behind the medieval walls of gotland's main town? >> it is a happy island and i don't feel threatened, none of my friends in gotland feel threatened. but people on the mainland are worried about us. my students who start this autumn, they all asked questions about if we feel threatened or worried. >> i guess i feel safer because of nato. i never felt scared or anything

about the situation. it is stupid men making stupid talk. that's how i see it. i sleep comfortably at night. >> it's a lot of things, it is scary. i'm trying to do good things for the world, for me, for my family, for everyone. that's all i can do, and to vote, of course. >> he is hoping to become gotland's next mayor in forthcoming elections. she used to be an advocate of neutrality, but now, she's not too sure. >> we have a long time policy when it comes to security and peace. i also know that i haven't got the full picture, of course. when it comes to the security policy on a national level, and

in that, also i rely very much in those who actually have. >> sweden's nato membership is not a done deal. turkey might yet defy its alliance partners. >> we are changing the dynamics in the baltics by joining nato come into more dangerous situation, because now the baltics will be almost a nato c. and of course the russians will somehow react, and we should not contribute to that. if you want to get rid of guns, you don't join the national rifle assoation. >> for the time being though, gotland remains as delightful as ever. for young people, the future is much more precarious than it was for their ancestors.

♪ william: vera hall is a quilter and seamstress based in baltimore and has, for decades, crafted a wide array of items. more recently, hall decided to combine her artistry with her desire to learn more about her own ancestry by creating powerful quilts depicting black history. tonight, she shares her brief but spectacular take on piecing the past to the future, it's rt of our arts and culture series, caas. >> quilts kind reflect what's going on in society and certain styles go out and come back in, and if you look at quilts from history, you will see a style repeat itself, and you'll see people repeat behaviors over and over again. ♪

the needle and thread has always been a passion in my life since preschool age. when i first made a quilt with my grandmother, we started out to make a block, because that's how quilts are put together. it wasn't big enough to be called a quilt, but it was a sense of accomplishment that i felt when i did that block. i'm 85 years old. 85 years ago in the country in north carolina you didn't have a lot of fabric. and the fabrics that we saw back then were feed sack fabrics. but i managed to make some pretty decent looking quilts even with that. the guild was doing a block of the month project and it involved, two kinds of blocks, one was teacups and the other one was civil war blocks. and i said, i know what i'm going to do. what did black folks do to free themselves? i want to find that out. so i chose a title for that first one from langston hughes,

and it was we too sing america. by that i meant black people, as well as anybody else, worked ha to make america what it is. just saying, this is the fact, and you didn't learn it in school because it wasn't taught to us. i can't do the work as fast as i used to, but i have a lot of ideas that i would like to try out and i'm sure i won't be around long enough to try them all, but i hope that my quilts will serve as a way to say that there are no parameters to what a black quilter can do. but they encompass all different styles and techniques. and i think you can see all the different styles and techniques, if you look at my spectrum of quilts. they're parallel, the activism and the quilting, because both of them have always been a part of my life. because if you don't do anything

while you are here you can't , expect society to improve. i am vera hall and this is my brief but spectacular take on piecing the past to the future. william: you can watch more brief but spectacular videos at pbs. org/newshour/ brief. and that is newshour for tonight. i'm william brangham. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you. we hope you have a great labor day. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular skull has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. our team can help find one that fits you. to learn more, visit consumer cellular.tv. >> the kendeda fund, mated to advancing restorative justice

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♪♪ -"cook's country" is about more than just getting dinner on the table. we're also fascinated by the people and stories behind the dishes. we go inside kitchens in every corner of the country to learn how real people cook, and we look back through time to see how history influences the way we eat today. we bring that inspiration back to our test kitchen so we can share it with you. this is "cook's country." ♪♪ today on "cook's country," morgan shows julia a version of okra and shrimp stew. i share the story of the gullah geechee people in the carolina lowcountry. adam reviews lightweight dutch ovens,