♪ amna: good evening and welcome. on the newshour tonight, the aftermath. hurricane ian leaves behind a damage and widespread power outages after tearing through florida. we get the latest from the ground. and draft dodging. thousands of russian men fleeing to neighboring countries in order to avoid fighting against ukraine. and fish farming. companies trying to meet growing demand for seafood. sparking pushback over sustainability and genetic engineering. >> it does seem like an unlikely place to see thousands of salmon. >> this is the future.

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education, democratic engagement and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. and with the ongng support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ ♪ >> this program was made possible i the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: hurricane en has moved on tonight after stamping an indelible mark of death and destruction across florida. local officials are reporting multiple people killed and hundreds of thousands more in

the dark for days to come. ian has regained hurricane strength later today as it has for landfall on south carolina tomorrow. we spent the day in saw -- in saint augustine, florida and begins our coverage. reporter: rescuers struggled to reach those left behind. >> are you ok? reporter: by did -- by midday more than 500 people had been rescued. the efforts are hampered. this is what is left of the only connection between sanibel and captiva islands and florida's gulf coast. in naples, buildings were completely submerged. boats sit between buildings. some parts of the city were under 3-4 feet of water turning homes and islands and causing severe damage. >> we got out the door, swam out

the door. reporter: officials are asking people to stay home and off the roads. many areas are still unreachable. president biden mourned the death toll could be significantly higher. >> this could be the deadliest hurricane in the history of florida. the numbers are still unclear. early reporting of substantial loss of life. reporter: the florida governor -- >> this will require years of effort to rebuild and to come back. these are fantastic communities in southwest florida. they did not ask for this but they need our help now. >> here we are right after the storm. underwater. reporter: across the state utility crews prepare for the long work of restoring power. at one point as many as 2.5 million customers were in the dark. you stockpiled material here.

>> we gather the material that our cruise in and out of state will need for the restoration process. we have transformers and wires, anything that needs to be used by our cruise. reporter: marshall hastings is a and light. statewide there are 21,000 workers ready to go. many of them from other power companies from as far away as minnesota. in some places the damage is so great that task is more than just simply restoring service. >> we are going to have to rebuild which means extended outages for our customers. reporter: climate scientistsay storms like en will be more -- like ian will be more common as warmer water stirs up these kinds of storms. >> we have been on a journey of

hardening the energy grid for the last decade. as we rebuild it, we are insuring the grid is as strong as it possibly can be. reporter: the storm is heading out into the atlantic. landfall is estimated to be in south carolina where residents are bracing for the arrival tomorrow. utility officials say some parts of the state may not have power for days or weeks. because they will have to rebuild the power grid in areas where ian left a deep mark. amna: the damage sounds so extensive particularly to the power system. it has only been eight days since the storm made landfall. how are the early efforts going so far? reporter: it takes a little while because they cannot get out with some roads blocked. they cannot get to where the work is needed. also, they cannot get workers up

in the buckets. they need the wind to be below 30 miles per hour in order to do that. we are getting buffeted here. we are on the atlantic coast of florida so the storm has moved out to the atlantic but we are still being buffeted by gusts up to 45 miles per hour. they hope the tropical storm wind will diminish overnight and they can get out and be working full force tomorrow. amna: when the damage is so extensive and widespread, we know they repositioned a lot of cruise to address the power system failure early but how do they prioritize? reporter: they have 37 staging areas around the state and the locations kept changing as the track of the storm kept

changing. the utility has been working on this and planning and preplanning for the storm for more than a week. they have moved around the staging areas to where they anticipated they would be needed the most. the staging areas are like worker camps. they have big tractor-trailers outfitted with bunks for the workers to sleep in and tense to feed them in all to make their downtime more efficient and to maximize the time they are out working once they can get out and once the winds die down. maximize their time trying to restore power. amna: we hope they are able to go out and do that safely as soon as possible and we hope you stay safe as well, john. that is john reporting from saint augustine. thank you. the city of venice, an hour south of tampa on the west coast of florida avoided a direct hit but still to its share of

damage. the vice mayor of venice joins me by phone now. thank you for joining us. let's start with what it looks like in your community right now. what is the extent of the damage? >> basically, we have a lot of mobile home parks that have sustained some sort of damage. we have some single-family dwelling damage. a lot of standing water on the roadways. trees and power lines are down. currently, many are without power and cell phone service. the airport has sustained damage. amna: have you been able to visit your own home? >> i have made contact with all of my family members as of about an hour ago and hope -- and thankfully everyone is ok. amna: when hurricane ian came through it was a category four storm, can you tell it what --can you tell us what it is like? >> similar to what you heard on

the news. we had very strong, gusting winds. the walls and windows were rattling. it was pretty intense. a lot of roaring sounds. a lot of debris hitting the building. amna: have you been through a hurricane in florida before? >> i was through hurricane charlie into thousand four. -- in 2004. amna: how would you compare what ian has brought to your community? >> believe it or not, for our town, we fared better than those to the south of us. i feel we dodged a bullet. amna: you mentioned the mobile home communities. do you know if most people in your community were able to evacuate? have you had to carry out rescues? >> we did not have as many

rescues as we wanted. we did have a mobile home structure fire this morning that engulfed 10 mobile homes. we did not have any fidelity's. to my understanding, we have only had one injury recorded from the storm. amna: what has it be like to walk around and see your community this way? i have seen pictures online of homes with their roofs blown off and theater downtown that looks like it was torn apart. >> that is a good point. we are historic community founded in 1926. our theater, it was the original from 1927. there have been some additions. the entire stage is gone. it idevastating to see. but i love about our community is we have great public servants and a resilient community. we are full of volunteer's.

i know we will withstand the test and come back stronger. amna: we wish you all the best in the days, weeks, and months ahead. good luck to you, sir. let's at some more perspective on the scope of the storm which has gathered strength and is classified as a hurricane once again. we have the acting director from the national hurricane center. let's start with what you can tell us at this hour about the strength and path of the storm right now. >> ian has moved off the coast of florida back over the waters of the western atlantic. it has regained sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. this is why we have hurricane warnings along the coast, along the entire coastal portion of north carolina and south

carolina. amna: what does this mean for these folks? >> it means hurricane conditions are possible. let's go to the next graphic. winds can push inland. the blue area is a tropical storm warning which means tropical storm conditions are expected. look at how far inland, raleigh and parts of south carolina. amna: the acting director of the national hurricane center with the latest on hurricane ian. thank you so much. ♪ amna: in the days other news, wall street came back to earth with a thud after wednesday's one-day rally. recession fears and rising

interest rates sent major indices down. the dow jones industrial average lost 458 points. the nasdaq fell 314 points. the s&p 500 slipped 78. the latest financial data did little to help the mood of investors. the u.s. economy shrank in the spring months for the second quarter in a row and average 30 year mortgage rates hit the highest since the housing or get crashed in thgreat recession. britain's new prime minister defended her government's economic plan today. last week she announced billions of dollars in tax cuts for high earners without offsetting spending reductions that sent the pound plunging. today she said she is doing what is needed to deal with soaring energy prices and sluggish growth. >> it is a difficult time.

we are facing a global economic crisis brought about by putin's war in ukraine. it was the right decision to make. we need to continue. amna: later, published reports said she will hold emergency budget talks tomorrow. a spending bill to keep the u.s. government running past tomorrow is a step closer to final approval. the mesh -- it would avert a partial government shutdown and keep federal agencies running through mid-december. virginia, ginni thomas, was questioned today by the congressional january 6 committee. the committee chair said she stood by false claims that they 2020 presidential election results were fraudulent. she arrived on capitol hill after months of negotiating. she was one of the las witness is the committee concludes its work. russia has announced it will

formally annex four occupied region of ukraine tomorrow. that follows a series of staged votes which ukraine and the west rejected as illegal. president biden joined the chorus of condemnation. >> the united states will never, never, never recognize russia's claims on ukraine's sovereign territories. this so-called referenda was an absolute sham. amna: ukraine's forces harbor get -- how reportedly regained ground. the northeastern city lies within one of the regions being annexed. a fourth leak has been detected in the natural pipelines'neath the baltic sea. video has been released of the latest rupture today. the lines were built to carry russian gas to germany. russia has denied sabotaging the lines to retaliate for restaurant support of ukraine. russian president today called

it international terrorism. the supreme court of india ruled today that all women have the right to an abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. under existing indian law, single women could legally have an abortion up to 20 weeks but married women had up to 24 weeks. abortion has been legal in india since 1971. six republican lead states filed suit over president biden's student loan forgiveness plan saying the administration overstepped its authority and they argued economic fallout from covid-19 cannot justify the plan since mr. biden has said the pandemic is over. the administration plans to cancel up to $20,000 in education debt for millions of americans. the rapper, coolio, has died. has manager said he passed away in los angeles on wednesday. there is no word on the cause. he won a grammyor a hit from

the movie soundtrack for dangerous mines. >> ♪ as i walk through the valley of the shadow of death i take a look at my life ♪ amna: coolio's legal name was iv junior. still to come on the newshour, how democrats and republicans are courting the tino voters ahead of the midterm elections. oklahoma's study -- oklahoma' city -- the new york yankees aaron judge ties the american league homerun record and much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona university. amna: the russian president

today admitted mistakesn the mobilization of 300,000 russians to fight in ukraine. his announcement sparked an exodus of russians fleeing across the border into georgia, finland, mongolia and elsewhere to avoid being conscripted. despite the troubled history, georgia has accepted the largest number of russians. nick schifrin reports. reporter: at the border checkpoint in georgia, entire families are mobilizing themselves to as gabe pu -- to escape putin's --. trying to ride out of russia rather than ride into the war in ukraine. at one point, so many russian cars arrived at this checkpoint, the line could be seen from space. georgia has no restricted cars so most of the russians fleeing the war walk with their wheels, at least as many as they can roll across.

he calls his uncle overjoyed to have escaped. to tell him he had finally arrived after a 250 mile journey by bicycle. he had gone after vladimir putin had announced mobilization. >> it is like a zombie apocalypse. reporter: he also called his mother who had no idea about his planned escape. >> people are moving here on foot with baby strollers, whatever they can. reporter: ivan is a nuclear physicist against the war. >> it is more. it is wrong and awful. i cannot comprehend how my fellow russians can approve it. reporter: he crossed with his girlfriend and friends and camping gear just in case. everyone has different attitudes towards the work but none of them want to take part in it. he claims he did not flee for fear. there is no panic in russia just

some young people trying to leave for a time. they are just time to be careful without taking risks. but panic there is. videos posted show russians responding to mobilization with fear and loathing. one man loaded a molotov cocktail and torched a military post. in siberia, another man shot a military officer point blank. some are so desperate they ask their friends to purposely break their leg. pain worth bearing to avoid inflicting more pain on ukraine. moscow seems to have focused mobilization in areas dominated by ethnic minorities, mostly muslim. mothers clash with security officials. they chant, no, to war and they plead with officials. why are you so calm? do you know they are sending them? this recruit was on his way to

occupied ukraine with no training. >> on the 29th, we are being sent into the zone. decide what to do for yourself. no shooting. no training. nothing. reporter: in russia occupied crimea, some cheer the mobilization and answer the call. it may not the best soldiers or the youngest but vladimir putin is committed to sending hundreds of thousands. today, he admitted to mobilization mistakes and said they would be corrected. >> it is necessary to investigate each case separately. if a mistake was made, it should be corrected and those drafted unreasonably should be returned home. reporter: back at the georgian border, he is waiting for his wife who is still stuck on the other side of the break appeared they were traveling together when they hit a line of cars trying to escape. so he bought this bicycle out of fear that vladimir putin might

close the border at any moment. >> the hardest moment is now because my wife is still on the other and im worried about her whereabouts. reporter: he joined thousands that rushed the border. he and many men claim no opinion on the war but they don't want to fight it. >> i try to be neutral about this war and not stand for russia or ukraine. it was a feeling of relief, a clear feeling of relief. re-think has been left behind. reporter: thousands of russians walked towards an uncertain future having turned their backs on the war. for the pbs newshour, nick schifrin. ♪

amna: there are at least 32 million eligible latino voters in november's midterm elections making them one of the fastest growing sectors of the american electorate. we have more on the politics and issues driving these voters. reporter: this year latino voters will be critical in deciding a number of key races that could determine the balance of power in congress. her years they have voted solidly democratic but the voting preferences of this group is shifting. in 2020, biden won voters by 21 points. down from hillary clinton who won by 38 points. carlos odio focuses on latinos. and mike madrid, republican strategist. thank you for joining me today. carlos, in 2020, majority of latinos voted for democrats but

republicans made notable gains in other swing states. research wrote the latino vote remains stuck in the 20 20 moment. what is driving that? >> the shift is if there were three in 10 latino voters that voted for donald trump in 2016, it was closer to four in 10 in 2020. that seems small but it ends up feeling seismic. today, we are not seeing democrats rebound among latino voters nor are we seeing their margins decrease. a lot of latino voters are in limbo. everything we see points to the role of the economy. they have concerns about the economy. republicans have not sealed the deal. they aren the fence deciding which party they will be wi. reporter: talking about latinos

in limbo, what issues could provide further opportunity for republicans to persuade latinos in states where the population is different from that in florida? >> most of the undecideds tends to be a mexican-american voter. 80% of the competitive races in the country are dealing with that electorate. the issue is the economy. it has been the top issue for the last three decades and continues to be as the essential workforce in this country is disproportionately impacting latinos whether it is due to inflation or job instability. those are bread and butter issues drivi the remaining sector of the electorate. reporter: is there anything in addition to the economy you

think republicans could use to persuade latinos? >> there is a fascinating debate playing out in the latino community. for democrats, the abortion issue has decidedly moved latino women back into the democratic column. what you see play out in the rio grande valley for example and through the southwest is republicans doubling down on rep -- on border issue. it seems to be working in texas but not as much as in arizona. you have other states that are not border states like nevada. the data is mixed. not just between the parties but on the issues. the complication of how we are approaching the vote in different states as part of this american story unfolding in a unique way. reporter: on the issue of abortion as well as gun policy, democrats are favored by latino

voters. a recent poll found 63% of latinos opposed the decision to overturn roe v. wade. could that decision outweigh the concerns regarding the economy? >> there is conventional wisdom that latinos are more socially conservative on something like abortion. i don't think there is evidence of that. if you ask an abortion question 1000 different ways, you will get 1000 different answers. the nuance disappears when it comes down to taking away the right. as in the overturning of roe v. wade. and the action that states are taking two outs -- to strip away the rights. especially among those swing voters who will tip this thing in critical states. you see other issues like guns.

guns can be complicated. uvalde hit the latino community in important ways. it is not about the intricacies of policy. it is about who will protect me and my family. the larger narrative there weaves into the economy. reporter: you have said that generational and gender divides are more pronounced among latinos. ahead of 2020, young latino men were drifting towards donald trump while latinas were with democrats. >> i think the long-term trend is going to play that out. generational divisions have been

the largest dividing line between latino voters. how far we are from the immigrant experience says a lot about how we think about ourselves as americans. there is also an extraordinarily large gender gap that is getting bigger. it is remarkable how big it is. latino culture, despite the myth of the machis, we are often a feminized culture meaning we look to women for leaders in our community. including elected officials. there is a big gap that will probably get bigger over time between men and women ithe hispanic community. reporter: there has been a record high number of migrants arriving at the border this

year. how is that impacting races in states like arizona and nevada? >> the issue of immigration served as a long time to differentiate between the parties among latino voters. a good decade where the republican party was defined around the rhetoric surrounding immigration. there has not been a lot of action by immigration. what you see is even among a set of latinos who heavily favor a pathway to citizenship and want to see an orderly system, they have concerns about the border. especially the border and how it is depicted in the media. not as an immigration issue but as a law and order and public safety concern.

it is not the issue it has been for latinos in past elections. it is not going away. there are different ways to talk about it. the way ron desantis is talking about it and his actions put him squarely on the wrong side of that issue when it comes to latinos. in his case it is not about problem-solving or public safety and order but it is about humanity and cruelty and how do we treat those that come to this country and what does that mean about how the united states welcomes latinos. reporter: there has been a lot of anxiety among polls ash among pollsters -- among pollsters about the accuracy of the polls. is this reliable? >> the skepticism about polling -- it is hard to defend the

profession at this point given the recent track record. and yet, polling is a lot like weather reports. it is not about the exact accuracy but directionally understanding the environment, understanding the range of scenarios that are possible. for all of the misses, the data is still helpful in elucidating what are the concerns of voters and what is on their minds as they make decisions at this point. in addition to focus groups and conversations that people are having the doors are the phones. reporter: carlos, mike, thank you for your time. ♪ amna: the second of a two-part

look at everett's to create more sustainable fishing through what is known as -- two-part look at efforts to create more sustainable fishing through what is known as --. reporter: if you build it, they will swim shared smack dab in the middle of a cornfield in albany, indiana sits an impressive display of nature meeting human ingenuity. the crops are a long way from home. >> bio security is critical. we have to protect the fish from anything that could harm them like virus. reporter: that is sylvia wolf. she is president and ceo of aqua bounty. a company focused on fish farming minus the ocean. it seems an unusual place to see thousands of salmon. >> this is the future. reporter: it is a completely

enclosed fish farm produces 1200 metric tons of salmon every year. >> we want to make sure we are creating an affordable and healthy protein alternative so more people can choose it. reporter: this is salmon for the masses. she walked me through the stages of growth. >> these guys are 3-4 months old. they swim, eat, and poop. these guys have reached their harvest rate. they will be shipped to market. we will harvest them. they have been at the farm for roughly 19 fish months. reporter: that is 6-8 months less than atlantic salmon. these fish are genetically engineered. 30 years ago scientists spliced in a growth hormone gene. they also added a so-called

promoter gene from ocean fish that turns the growth gene on. >> they eat and eat so they grow faster. the other thing is they are incredibly efficient in the way they process their feed into body mass. we actually can feed our fish less to get the accelerated growth rate. reporter: in 2015, aqua bounty salmon became the first genetically modified animal approved for human consumption by the fda. the government is requiring that it be labelebioengineered. they are concerned eating the fish might cause unforeseen consequences to human health. alaska senator lisa murkowski is a strong credit. >> we call this combination franken-fish because it is not right.

it is just not right and it disturbs me quite honestly. reporter: the fda has required that the salmon be raised in a secure, land-based facilities. opponents are concerned they might harm wild fisheries. indigenous fissures in alaska are among activists calling for a bout -- calling for a boycott. >> this nation opposes genetically engineered salmon because we believe very strongly that the salmon were gifted to our ancestors from the creator. when the creator designed salmon, it was perfect and for man to think that they can somehow modify it and make it better is very arrogant. reporter: the boycott campaign have work -- has worked. many are vowing not to sell aqua bounty salmon. only two distributors have signed on so far. >> the opposition is pretty

loud. it is what we call a vocal minority. what it does is create an uncertainty in the mind of the consumer but they are willing to listen. reporter: aqua bounty is expanding despite the pushback. in april the company broke down on a full-scale production facility in pioneer, ohio able to produce 10,000 metric tons of fish. the company is seeking a state permit to draw 5 million gallons a day for the aqua pool. a group of about a dozen proteste were making themselves heard today sparking opposition and a lot of local media coverage. sylvia wolf says aqua bounty has installed an elaborate water filtration and treatment system. she says the compa releases only treated and clean water back into rivers and creeks. to the extent that water comes out of this facility, is a

pretty clean? >> we have our own wastewater treatment facility in the back of the farm. we are putting the discharge through the treatment to make sure that as we discharge it, we have settling ponds which continue to remove any -- anything we would not want discharged into the river or creek. we are monitored closely by indiana epa and the federal epa. reporter: landlocked fish farming is energy intensive and expensive. paul greenberg has spent much of his career focused on the fishing industry. >> very high energy costs to keep water at a constant temperature and circulating. these things that nature does on its own. in a tank based situation you have to pay for that. reporter: demand for seafood is rising and 70% of the fish we eat in the u.s. is imported.

compared to fish flown in from norway, scotland, or chile, the cost of salmon raised on land uld be on par. the competition could be on taste. wow, they gave us the whole fish. my partner susie cooked it out. this looks like regular salmon? >> yes, it looks like any atlantic salmon i would cook. reporter: it passed the test. the consistency is good. it smells great. it is delicious. seafood without the sea. it might be one way to help feed the planet but it comes with a side of controversy and concern. it is definitely not a free lunch. the pbs newshour, miles o'brien and al, indiana. ♪ -- in albany, indiana.

♪ amna: the killing of george floyd in 2020 sparked nationwide protests and calls for police reform. among america's large police departments oklahoma city ranked second in the country for the rate of people killed by officers. in marchhey began to implement major reforms. adam has been reporting on the changes and he joins me now. welcome back. let's start with some of those changes. what led to them in the first place and where do they stand? reporter: like most of the country following the death of george floyd, oklahoma city so many nights of protests and demonstrations. for 10 straight nights in fact oklahoma city activists stood

outside police headquarters and demanded accountability for some of the stats that you mentioned. from there, the oklahoman city mayor said he recognized that a change was happening and needed to be made. he gathered some local activists and law enforcement officials as well as city officials and they had some meetings to really address police change and accountability in oklahoma. from there they formed a task force and started a review of oklahoma city police with the help of an outside firm. together they crafted already nine recommendations focusing in on -- together, they crafted 39 recommendations. in march they accepted those changes and have already begun implementing several of the changes including a dedicated response team for mental health

crises, they have hired 47 new officers trained in crisis intervention. and they are in the process of hiring a mental health professional to work with oklahoma city police officers as part of their daily units. amna: oklahoma is a pretty conservative state. a lot of these calls for police reform move through more liberal areas. how was the capital city able to move forward with these reforms? >> oklahoma is a right-leaning state. the mayor would tell you oklahoma city is pretty purple. he said people were really willing to come together and listen to each other. i spoke with martin from solutions helping to lead as the changes are being made and she says that is often the hardest

part, the first step. >> i do this work across the country. there are people who say they are going to do the work and then do not show up. what i have to say about oklahoma city to this point is they have been showing up. where we are right now is very promising. i am excited about where we are going to go. some of these things could end up working towards being national best practices. amna: i heard her say this is promising. is there any way to tell this is working? >> after speaking with martin who worked in baltimore and served as the point person between the u.s. justice department and baltimore police in the investigation following freddie gray's death in 2015,

she has a lotf experience seeing these changes get made in different areas of the country. she says this change is slow and change comes in incremental waves. she says she sees a lot of promising things. she is starting her initial review of oklahoma police. police say they are working diligently to make every change happen. other interesting changes, the council is accepting proposals for an alternative response team to 911 calls for those experiencing homelessness. they reestablished their human rights commission to better hear citizen concerns. amna: we know it is a story that you will stick with going ahead. that is adam reporting for us from oklahoma city. you can read more of adams reporting on our website.

pbs.org/newshour. ♪ it is turning into a historic september for major league baseball as two of the great hitters, aaron jge and albert pujols are moving towards remarkable records. reporter: this baseball season is going to be one for the record books. yesterday, aaron judge hit his 61st homerun of the season tidying the american league record set in 1961 by another wreck -- by another genki, roger maritz. only five other players have hit the 60 home a record. st. louis cardinal albert pujols in what seemed to be the very twilight of his career reached another rarefied milestone this week hitting his 700th career

homerun. only three other sluggers have reached that arc and he is the only latino player to do so. for more on these talents we turn to jeff who covers baseball for espn. two aaron judge first, to those that do not follow baseball at closely, can you put his accomplishments in perspective for us? >> aaron judge burst on the scene with a 52 homerun rookie season. since then he has been among the most tantalizing talents in the sport. he has not been able to stay healthy for a full season but he is healthy this year. what he is doing is magnificent. when you watch him you see a 6'7", 280 pound man who looks like he should be in the nfl or a power forward in the nba rather than roaming center field at yankee stadium. he has tuned his swing to the point that all about weight and size translates to power.

he is the foremost power hitter in major league baseball and because he has been on the field, he has put together this year among the greatest seasons in major league history. reporter: this is a guy that homersnd rbis, remarkable package. >> you just put out the three triple crown categories. he has the chance to win the triple crown. to compound that, the american league record. and to do all of this on the verge of reaching free agency which he will do this off-season is one of the more remarkable years. reporter: some of our viewers are going to remember -- wait a minute, didn't barry bonds and mark mcgwire and sammy sosa hit more than 60? some of those guys, there were a lot of allegations and one

admission of using performance-enhancing drugs in their careers. how do we measure those men's accomplishments with what judge is doing? >> roger marist junior, the son of roger marist who hit 61 home runs in 1961 leaves that 61 is the record. the problem with that thought is if you take it out logically and you start erasing records that major league baseball has in its record books like barry bonds, all of a sudden, the last time the yankees won a world series without a player accused of using performance-enhancing drugs was 1978. it is a pandora's box that gets opened. maybe it is an easier thing to do to just say that barry bonds hit a baseball over a fence 73 times in the 2001 season that is a fact and that fact is

irrefutable. you end up with warring factions and baseball purists that want to look at the record when roger marist set it and state he did a clean -- and say he did it clean. depending on the era, there is always something different or something objectionable and barry bonds in the end is the one recognized by the league to have the sea is -- to be the single-season champion. reporter: let's turn to albert pujols. a lot of writers were writing his baseball obituary. re-signed by his old team, the cardinals, and now has this tremendous end of a career. >> it is a tremendous story. all of us in the industry solve

this as a swansong. a tidy ending to a story of a career that started in st. louis when he was 20 years old and went beyond anyone's wildest imagination. a 13 round pick out of a junior college in missouri and turns into arguably the greatest right hand pitch or of all time. the last decade after leaving st. louis going to the angels was not particularly productive. a lot of injuries and problems. they figured -- this is a tidy ending. it turns out he has been one of the best hitters in the league. giving st. louis -- and now, he will be playing in the playoffs as he waltzes off into retirement with that beautiful round number of 700. reporter: it is worth reminding people that hitters are facing a

different sets of -- set of pitchers than the ruths of the world. >> right now, what they are facing is the average fastball is 94 miles per hour. you regularly phase 100 mile per hour plus fastballs and sliders going 93 miles per hour. the optimization of pitching is a remarkable thing. the fact that these pitchers including aaron judge and albert pujols continue to do what they do in spite of that is one of the more beautiful things that we see in baseball on a daily basis these days. reporter: jeff, thank you for being here. ♪ amna: last night our own judy

woodruff was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the emmys for news and had some words of wisdom to share as she accepted the honor. judy: in a moment when we are swimming in a sea of opinion and thank god we can express opinion freely and this country, when our resources are stretched and when there is a raging debate over what is true and what is not we in journalism have to continue to do the hard work every day of reporting, doub checking, venting, and confirming. we must get up every morning and put on our boots or high heels and resume the search for facts. it is not glamorous. it will not win us friends. that is what our job is and we cannot flag or grow weary. the american people are counting on us, our democracy depends on us and there is a lot of work to do. to the academy and to all of you

come at so much. [applause] amna: an important reminder for all of us in journalism and a well-deserved award. congratulations, judy. on the newshour online for the first time in 75 years, the world's smallest and most endangered sea turtles have hatched on a tiny remote barrier island in louisiana. we talked to scientists and environmentalists about this preservation victory. it is on our website. that is the newshour for tonight. join us online and again here -- moral evening. for all of us at the newshour, thank you. >> major funding has been provided by -->> consumer cellular has been offering no contract consumer plans to do more of what you like. the team can help you plan -- can help you find a plan that

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