>> good evening i'm judy woodruff, after the storm. judy: president biden visits florida as human rescue and recovery efforts continue across the state. then leaving iran, an american citizen flies out of the country for surgery and ending h. i v. and how to be set back by the covid-19 pandemic. >> we are trying to break isolation and covid hit and we had to hel people to

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florida to look at the widespread damage. his visit comes as search and rescue crews continue their efforts to find human survivors in the hardest parts of the state. we have the latest. reporter: the fort myers, florida, one week after hurricane ian ravaged the area. joined by republican governor, president biden pledged to work together on florida's recovery. >> go to go take a lot of time, not weeks or months, but going to take years for everything to get squared away in the state of florida to fully recover and rebuild. today we have one job and only one job and make sure the people of florida get everything they need to fully and fully recover.

reporter: search teams made their way to fort myers to help. >> we want to get those to help that need medication and check on their well-being and don't want to wait for daylight and hit the ground as soon as possible. reporter: more than 2300 rescues haveeen taken place since ian made land fall. some customers may not have lights back on for several more days. >> the heat is unbearable. we have kids and can't make food and don't have fast. >> pine island, which is a barrier island was still cut off from the mainland wednesday morning. members of flar national guard cleared roads and pine island is

home to several animal species and they saved dozens of parrots. >> we have a full boat operation going on today to rescue 100 cages of birds off the island. >> during his visit, biden met with small business owners many of whom face a daunting choice, rebuild or leave the area. ian's economic total could be between 28 and $47 billion making it the most costly storm to hit flar since 1992. president biden reiterated more help is on the way. >> we are rebuilding and want people of florida to know, you have my commitment and america's commitment that we are not going

to leave and see you through this entire process. reporter: for more on the recovery efforts, i spoke with jennifer hiener, with fairfax county and i began by asking her about the kind of work they are doing around fort myers. >> we will go out in small squads and doing basic assessments and helping people with meed will help and fema distribution lists and giving them the lists and the times and what they can receive at those distribution centers and making contents with the distribution centers. we are trying to locate a person and go clear any residence to make sure they left or are evacuated and not in that structure. there is a lot of destruction,

especially in the r.v. trailer parkreas and along the shoreline as well. trees are down, power is out, no water and very sad that the residents, they are resilient and everyone is friendly and eager to get their homes and county up and running again. >> i have been in a few disaster zones, do people have the financial wherewial and the emotional wherewithal and deal with all the things. what is your sense of how people are doing with this catastrophe? >> a lot of people are doing very well. we have high spirits and thankful of the help they are receiving. some people are not doing as well. maybe they lost loved ones or loved once are missing and

trying to find and very anxious to find them and to get closure. so, we are dealing with both sides. a lot of people said this is the very first hurricane. there is a lot of elderly that live in florida and thi very first one and a lot of their homes, they weren't ready for this. and the hurricane took a turn at the last minute and they weren't prepared properly and just weathered the storm. one of the best stories that i have heard, there was a community that kind of put their heads together and knew they had a gentleman that lived in the neighborhood and went during the storm when the storm surge had hit and went and able to put floaties on his limbs.

>> like when you put it on a little kid. >> i thought that was great and quick thinking. these residents are amazing. reporter: i know you responded to other disasters in the past. how does this compare? >> domestically this is the worst one i have been on. there is a lot of destruction to homes, to land, a lot of properties out here. this is by far the worst i have seen since my time on the team. reporter: jennifer, thanks for talking to us and thanks for what you are doing. >> thank you. stephanie: we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. opec is cutting oil pduction

by two million barrels a day. the move will cause another spike in gas prices for consumers. white house officials called it shortsighted as the global economy is reeling from russia's war in ukraine. president putin to annex four regions of ukraine, this comes as the russian military is losing its grip. ukraine reported new advances in three provincees. and others were angered. >> for me there is a country and a year we became independent and borders and ministries and i can't understand why people decided to change it like that.

>> territories that have been recap captured will be returned to russian control. forces confirmed that as many as 65 people were killed in ethiopia at a school that were displaced. survivors of the strike fled to thenerby town. a malfunctioning of south korean ballistic missile during a live fire drill with the u.s. the missile crashed inside an air force base and no reports of injuries. the joint military drill was a reprisal for north korea's ballistic missile that flew over japan. blinken called it dangerous and reckless. >> if theyontinue down this

road, it will only increase the condemnation and increase the steps that are taken in response to their actions. >> hours later, north korea launched two more ballistic missiles and conducted seven test firings. a u.s. federal appeals court upheld an obama program. sent the case to a lower court to consider new biden administration rules. the 594,000 daca recipients can renew their status. a russian costmon ought has launched from the u.s. this time from spacex. she rocketed to the international space station from florida with two nasa astronauts and due to arrive tomorrow and

stay for five months. this year nobody el in chemistry went to three scientists. the work of them has been used to design better cancer treatments and map d.n.a. beer toazy described the moment she heard the news. >> i was sound asleep as a person is at 2:00 a.m. and got jarred awake by the phone. i thought it was a dream. and the adrenaline kicked in and i was like, oh my god. stephanie: her fellow american is the fifth person to receive the nobody el twice.

california is willing to cut their use of colorado river water starting in 2023 and marks the first time the agencies have publicly stated they are willing to cut consumption since the federal government called for reduction. one-third of california's urban water comes from the colorado water. and the family has settled a lawsuit. hutchins was shot and killed by alec bald baldwin and he insists it was an accident. hutchins' husband will take over as executive producer when it remes production in january. the set mbt will have no bearing. we examine several senate races that will decide control of congress.

a documentary exps trauma from gun violence and linda ronstandt re-elects on her. >> american citizen and former u.n. officl held in iran has been allowed to travel abroad to seek medical treatment. his son has been released on a temporary furlough. we have the story. >> 85-year-old is one of four iranian americans who have been detained from iran including his son who has been held in prison since 2015. both father and son have been

imprisoned. he traveled to ohman and landed in and you dhabi. welcome. and he has been in custody since 2016. this surgery could save his life, did you talk to him yesterday? >> and it has been a long ordeal especially when you are talking about the recovery of an american hostage. he is on the one hand excited and grateful for the fact that so many people in the u.n. and united states have come together to get him out, but his son

remains a hostage in iran. and he spent seven years and counting and to be sent back to jail. >> what can you tell us about the negotiations that went into this? he has been there since 2016. his sentence was commuted but hasn't been allowed to leave. why now? >> the iranians have believed to unblock one of the main arteries to his brain, that it was a great risk to keep him in iran. he has been subjected to a totally travel ban. there is no justification keeping him in iran. and realizing there was nothing left but to try to keep him and if something went wrong.

>> one of his sons has been in prison is on a temporary furlough and what can you tell us about him. >> today, it could be nothing but a good day. it was a bittersweet day. and this measure and gesture from iran and let him see him when we furlough and will be renewed. a clear sign that the united states will be taken as such. and finally come to a negotiated setment on all the cases because there are two other hostages as well. >> does he have to goack to iran after the surgery or is he free? >> he is free and this is free as of 2020.

david said time served. and yet, they refused to give him a passport. >> you mentioned the other americans held there remain detained. you have been in touch with the family. he remains an innocent american wrongfully and urged the u.s. government to bring him home to us. you have worngd for years on these kinds of cases and hundreds of people have been freed. do you believe the u.s. government is doing everything it can? >> i think the answer is yes having represented them since november of 2016. we need a renewed sense of urgency to come to a final deal. and we need to get to the broader question of how does the

united states as a country deal with these countries throughout the world. we don't negotiate, we don't pay ran some and a multi lateral approach. not just an american problem but there are hostages around the world and many of the countries take americans. >> does this present a window for negotiations and the regime is facing protests after the death. they are trying to follow through on the nuclear deal talks. is that a window of opportunity for the u.s.? >> i think there is. over the some six years i have been involved not only but he is free and he had a right to a furlough. you know, didn't have to put it

out on the furlough and did along side says to me they are trying to send a signal that i hope the u.s. will take it up immediately. i'm hopeful they can resolve these cases and the broader and how do we stop hostages being taken. >> thank you, human rights attorney. jared, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> we are a month out from election night and all eyes are on a few consequential races playing out across the country. control of the senate is on the line with 35 seats up for

election. republicaneeds a net one seat to regain the majority in the upper chamber. we will be diving into three races in georgia, pennsylvania and i'm joined by georgia public broadcasting, katie with spotlight p.a. and john rals ston. welcome to all three of you. we are watching you -- these races and big headline between walker and warnock and that is one of walker's former girlfriends oolingsing she had an abortion in 2009 and he paid for it. how is it affecting the race? >> walker is denying every allege and he threatened to sue

the "daily beast" and no lawsuit has been filed. and it is within the marin of error. democrats say it is hypocrisy and walker is not equipped. but republicans are sticking by him. and say it is a smear and that walker, at the end of the day is a republican and could be the 51st seat and standing by him in this crucial moment. >> even though "the daily beast" has provided a receipt and they have shown a card he sent this will woman and even though his son is publicly denouncing him? >> right, one thing to say that democrats are attacking the

campaign. 23-year-old christian walker who is a conservative commentator posted tweets saying there was family violence and still the campaign has pushed forward. in fact, they said they raised more money they ever raised and putting out fundraising calls. so it's really a remarkable evolution in politics from what would be a campaign-ending story many cycles ago. >> so interesting how that is being received by the voters. to you in pennsylvania, this race had been seen as an advantage for the democrat john fetter man but politico report said it is a tossup.

what is going on there? what are the dynamics? >> this race was always going to be close and the political pattern. not supposed to be a good year for democrats and the president's party tends to do worse. with that mine, fetterman and polling is strong and did have a stroke at the beginning of this general election cycle and his favorable ratings are going down as oz and he is fundraising and advertising against fetterman and he is painting him soft on crime not just in pennsylvania. but those things have cut into his approval ratings. he still does oz in the polls.

but you have to take it. are. >> to nevada and where the democratic incumbent is seen as the most potential democrat running for the senate this year, what has happened? running against a well-known name in nevada? >> she is in a tossup race all of the recent polling that we have released shown this within the margin of error, he is the grandson of the legend in the state. he was a former attorney general and ran for governor and lost and head of the trump campaign and fronted the big lie here in

the state. but he has consistently close. she is not that well known and in the first term and very disciplined and work horse than a show horse than the democrats who wished she had gotten out there. but has run a good campaign and she has raised more than any senator and harry reid ever raised in this state including $15 million which is a lot of money and still this is a very close race. judy: turn back to georgia. we heard john mention former president trump. he has endorsed walker. how much of a factor is tru? and what do voters say is on

their minds? >> donald trump is a nonfactor and that's because most of the slate of candidates he picked lost. walker and jones are the only two trump endorse yeses have made it and trump has stayed away. there were reports that he might come and done a rally and trump has left a bad taste because of his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. there is an ongoing investigation. trump isn't a big factor. but what is the big factor, georgia's inflation. warnock mentioning his attempts to combat and walker blaming democrats.

but georgia's economy is doing well. so that attack has been blunted in a lot of ways. but the issues of abortion and the economy and democracy and voting rights are first and foremost in this state. judy: so much at play. to katie in pennsylvania, what about the donald trump factor and whether he is a central thing in voters' minds or something else? >> trump's endorsement has been a big deal for oz. he doesn't have a lot of credibility. he has recently moved to pennsylvania and rich celebrity. he is in trump's style of campaigning saying that fetterman has campaigned and very in line.

e policy issues, but more than that it has been a campaign of permits. oz is running a campaign for moderates. and fetterman is saying oz is an outsider. judy: john ralston in the nevada. you mentioned the latino vote. what else do you see pushing driving voters' thinking this cycle? >> the hispanic vote as much as 20% of the electorate and the first latina elected to the u.s. senate and vulnerable and one of

the indicators is just this week, the club for growth, a republican super p.a.c. are powered 2 million into span youish -- spanish language ads. and nevada is three states. two urban areas, and speaking of donald trump and coming this weekend because they want to get a lot of base turnout. it's a difficult needle to thread because trump is quite unpopular and even more so than joe biden in the state especially in clark county where 70% of the registered voters are. the voters are driven by the economy. but when a race as close as this, the trump factor and

hispanic vote, could make a difference. judy: each one of these rises are fascinating and we will be following it. thank you so much, steve and katie and john. thank you again. three years ago, then president trump's administration laid out a plan to reduce new-. special correspondent reports in partnership with the global health reporting center. >> this is tommy williams. >> he helps to coordinate patient care at the university of alabama at birmingham, one of the longest h. i v. clinics in

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judy: learning more about the fight against h. i v. by watching nova later tonight on the pbs channel. judy: premiering tonight is a special report from our "newshour" team that explores the unseen impact of gun violence from mass shootings, community violence and suicide. the report is produced by sam lane and sam weber and hosted by william brangham. william, this is a powerful program that you and your team have put together. when you started out, what did you want to convey? >> we know the statistics of gun

violence, tens of thousands of people dying, those numbers are appalling. and we have these debates about mental health care or gun control, but we rarely talk about the long-term, real trauma that all of that violence does to people. and that changes and that trauma is escalating. this is jennifer carlson, a sociologist at the university of arizona. >> every single american is going to know someone impacted by gun violence. this is not happens out of sight, out of mind and threaded through society and touches all of us if we are to willing to

acknowledge it and witness it. judy: this is a film you talked to people that people have been directly impacted by this. how did you decide who to speak with? he. >> we wanted to convey, suicides which is the leading cause of gun deaths and the every day shootings and homicides that happen in cities and then mass shootings. we start the film with a woman here in southeast washington, d.c., and lost three different members of her family to gun violence. blacks are 12 times more likely to die in a gun homicide than whites are and being exposed to your community. she runs a center in washington for kids who have experienced similar trauma and told us when

this violence happened to her, it almost broke her. this is her describing after her sister tracy was killed by a neighbor. >> ok, who is protecting me. my sister wasn't protected. that left her for a long time a long time after she died. 22 days after my sister was killed on christmas day drank a whole bottle of ny q uil. i did not believe life was worth living anymore. that took everything from me. and so, when i woke up, i was

pissed at god and at everybody, the pain is all i'm going to be dealt. i don't want to be here. >> this is such a tragic story and thankfully she survived the swiemed attempt. but when people try with a gun, it's a very different ending. >> suicide is the leading cause of gun deaths in america. this is incredibly important, it's not the gun causes someone to try to take their life. if you are experiencing a temporary mental crisis and almost all suicidal episodes are temporary, but if you have access to a gun, it is likely when you try to take your life, you will die and not have a chance to get through that episode and get better. we spent time with a man in

wyoming and lost his brother and he is wrestling to all these what-ifs and how he might have saved his brother's life. and talking to his own son and lives in the house when he took his life. >> when i got for the barbeque. i will see that it has a little divot before david took his life and saw him laying in that spot. you settle into this sorrow and i think i'm at that point. and it's like hey, dude, how are you doing. you screwed up. i still love you. >> in addition to that, we

talked to a remarkable couple. they lost their daughter 10 years ago in terrible mass shooting in aroara, colorado and turned that grieve and exhaustion they have gone through. every time there is a mass shooting and get in their r.v. and drive to that site and try to pass on the wisdom they have learned and they are in this documentary tonight. >> so hard to think about and to think they take it that next step to reach out to others going through the same thing and so hard for all of you to talk about this. we are so grateful. >> thank you so much, judy. judy: this will air tonight. it will air at 10:00 p.m.

eastern on most pbs stations and wash it online atbs. org/"newshour." linda ron stant. she has performed over four decades and first woman to have three consecutive platinum albums and we spoke with her. ♪ >> in 1987 linda ronstandt recorded an album of traditional mexican music, "songs of my father." and it would be a surprise and

record-breaking hit. is it true that the record companies didn't want you to record? >> they were horrified. i was oblivious. and it didn't occur -- if i didn't make the record i would die. >> at her san francisco home today, some things are different. beginning in the early 2000. a condition first diagnosed as parkinson's and a rare disorder with no known cure. her favorite activity is reading >> what the current generations. >> a sharp mind and sense of humor she is returning to our home. physically in the 2019

documentary "the sound of my voice." and in a new book "feels like home." and featuring photographs, it's a celebration complete with recipes of place. and where she grew up past and present. >> family and years i have gone back. hard trip. five-hour trip through mountainous terrain, it's beautiful. and get trouble on the road. >> throughout the book, traditional song and dance. >> music of her ancestry and her great-grandfather and her own

upbringing loved music. >> my mother said and played the piano and i learned all the songs. >> she was 18 in 1964 when she left home for los angeles. but as she tells it, it didn't come easily to her. i watched the recent documentary of your life and early on, you didn't have a lot of comforts. >> i didn't have any. i got there. you know. ♪ >> e else heard everything special in songs like "you're no

good." and "blew bmp ayou." -- blue bayou." kennedy center honors, she has won them all and known for her one-time relationship with goveor jerry brown. never known as a songwriter herself, her strength was to shape a song and make it her own. >> i get there and start to sing it. i never would have seen that. >> she did that.

i did that, she did that? >> somewhere in my brain. it is really good. ♪ >> she wanted more where she regularly and bravely stepped out of her comfort zone and with nelson riddle. ♪ someone to watch ♪ >> she appeared on stage in "the pirates of penzance." >> i thought that.

>> at the time many times weren't aware of her mexican heritage and she said she wanted to change that. >> i wanted to own it and present it musicically. it was such a moment. >> she was performing the mexican songs when she began her voice and body changing. >> it was harder. >> in her back yard garden, we talked about those changes? you know was time to quick? >> yeah. my life flashed before my eyes and i knew it was the last one. i don't miss performing, but i miss singing. >> did it make you feel differently about yourself, who you were? >> same person, but i feel

diminished. talking is really hard. but i go to talk, it gets jumbled. but the good part is i have a lot of help and good friends. ♪ despperado. incident incident. >> she continues to have millions of fans. judy: not diminished at all. she is a portrait of courage. i'm judy woodruff and join us online and tomorrow morning and turn into rich omp chet.

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