amna: good evening and welcome. on the newshour tonight, deadly raage. a former police officer kills dozens of children and adults at a daycare center in northeast thailand. then the coming crunch. oil-producing countries are slashing production, leading to higher prices as winter proaches. a major decision. president biden takes action to pardon all federal offenses of marijuana possession. all of that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." announcer: major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided

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by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. judy: horror -- amna: horror, terror and death at a daycare in northeastern thailand. an attacker with guns and a knife stormed into the center and massacred at least 36 people. nine others were injured. it is the deadliest mass murder in the nation's history. stephanie sy has the details. stephanie: most of the dead were children, some as young as two years old. only a few victims survived. this witness was shaken by what she saw. >> he used his feet to kick the window and then shot at the door. i ran to the kitchen. i was in shock. i didn't know what to do. stephanie: first responders described shattered innocence.

>> nobody wants this to happen. we are used to seeing a large number of bodies. we've been through it before, but this incident is the most harrowing because they were little kids still sleeping. they were in a place they were supposed to be in -- innocent, and i don't think they will ever know what happened. stephanie: officials say the gunman fled to his home where he killed his wife and child before taking his own life. the suspect was identified as a former police officer fired earlier this year due to drug charges. a motive has yet to be found. this was thailand's deadliest rampage, surpassing a 2020 mass shooting in which a former soldier killed at least 28 people and wounded 58 at a military base. although guns in thailand are available, mass shootings a relatively uncommon, and firearms kill about two and

100,000 people in thailand each year, versus the united states with 12 shooting deaths per 100,000. today, tylan's prime minister expressed his sadness. >> i've received a report. he might have something inside of him, facing problems. i don't take anyone's side. this shouldn't happen. i feel deep sadness towards the victims and latives. nobody thought this would happen. stephanie: as locals rushed to a nearby hospital to donate blood, dozens of families were left mourning the loss of their littlest loved ones. i am stephanie sy. amna: roughly 185,000 businesses and homes in florida are without electricity a week after hurricane ian ravaged the state. utilities expected the power restoration to be nearly complete by friday, but they

acknowledge that some areas are so badly damaged that it may not be saved to restore service. we will take a look at the ongoing recovery later in e program. the biden administration pardoned thousands of americans convicted on federal charges of simple possession of marijuana. the administration is encouraging governors to do the same. the president directed the administration to review how marijuana is classified as a drug under federal law.more on this later in the program. proud boy member jerembertino pled guilty today to seditious conspiracy for his role in the january 6 insurrection. he is the first member of the far-right groups to do so. he could potentially be a key witness for the justice department when other proud boy members stand on trial in december. a former member of the oath keepers testified today that the far-right groups's founder claimed he was in contact with a secret service agent in the

months leading up to the secret service attack. john zimmerman was called as a witness in the trial of stuart road charged with seditious conspiracy. there is word that nebraska senator ben sasse will retire before the end of the year. sasse was one of seven republican senators who voted to convict former president donald trump over his role on january 6. a federal judge has halted key provisions of new york's latest gun law. the judge said the law went too far in requiring applicants to turn information. the u.s. supreme court

overturned the state because previous gun law. south korea says north korea flew 12 more planes near their shared border, further ratcheting up tensions. the south responded by launching 30 more of their own. north korea fired two more ballistic missiles into the sea. in seo, south korea's president condemned the >> people could be worried, but our government will thoroughly take care of people's lives and security based on security cooperation between south korea, the united states and japan. amna: a u.s. aircraft carrier returned to the waters east of south korea. allied warships conducted a drill to simulate shooting down north korea's missiles. at least 22 people are dead tonight after two boats packed with migrants sank off the greek island of less pose. dozens are still missing the. -- are still missing.

people from afghanistan, iran and iraq were among those dead. in this country, more americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but the labor market remained strong. jobless claims rose to 219,000. that is up 29,000 from the previous week and the highest number in four months. stocks tumbled on wall street as investors await tomorrow's job report for september. the dow jones industrial average lost 347 points to close at 29,997. the s&p 500 slipped 39. the nobel prize for literature was awarded today to a prominent french author for her uncompromising portraits of her life. she has penned more than 20 books, mostly autobiographical works, that detail intimate life

events, including abortion, illness and the death of her parents. she is just the 17th woman to win the nobel prize for liteture. still to come, rescue and recovery efforts continue in the aftermath of hurricane ian. scandinavia remains largely free of the firearm violence plaguing america despite high gun ownership. documentarian stanley nelson discusses the enduring relevance of harriet tubman and frederick douglass, plus much more. announcer: this is the "pbs newshour" from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: president biden's executive action today on marijuana convictions and regulations is this administration's most significant action on drug reform. laura baran lopez has more.

laura: president biden laid out three steps to and what he called a failed approach. he announced that pardons for past district of columbia convictions for marijuana possession, a call for governors to take the same action for state-level convictions, and he directed federal agencies to review whether marijuana should be classified as one of the most dangerous drugs under federal law. mark osler is a professor at the university of st. paul. out of this announcement, what is the piece of it that could have the biggest impact? >> probably the talk about rescheduling marijuana. the pardon will impact a relatively small number of people, most of whom had to misdemeanors a their crime of conviction. in the broader scope, re-conceiving how dangerous

marijuana is and how the feds approach it is the bigger story. laura: if the administration moves forward with d scheduling marijuana, what practical change would occur, and what timeline would we see? >> it is going to change the ability of federal authorities at the border where a lot of these cases come from prosecuting people simply for that. it will send a message to the states, as well. there won't be as much of a conflict between federal and state law on marijuana, especially where marijuana has been legalized. laura: it's effectivelthe same as decriminalization, correct? >> yes. there are other ways marijuana is embedded in the federal law, so there will be some cleaning up to do, but that is a big part of it.

laura: we are very close to the midterm elections. you talked with the white house and other officials. why do you think they decided on this now? >> it may have had political considerations taken into account, but it could be that it took a while to get to the point where they are ready to pull the trigger on this. there are a lot of people who have to check off on this decision, particularly the department of justice where they are loathe to give up control over anything. even the consideration of de -- scheduling of marijuana and a broad pardon is something that took a wild for people to get in line to say yes. laura: part of the decision is also going to include the health and human services secretary. is that a normal step? >> i think they are having broad consultation.

it does affect health services, obviously. in schedule one, marijuana -- schedule one means that there is no medical use, no legitimate medical use. the majority of states disagree with that where some medical use is allowed. in terms of using marijuana in a way that is consistent, health and human services would have to be involved. laura: the other part of this announcement is it would impact more than 600,500 individuals convicted between 1992 and 2001 a. what is the reality for those 6500 people who were previously convicted? >> it will affect their criminal record. they've got a misdemeanor. we are not talking about thousands of people walking out of prison. instead, it is going to be thousands of people who have

lived with a misdemeanor on the record that they have to report periodically, and that is going to be gone. will that change the landscape of the war on drugs? probably not. it will mean something to people who get that benefit. laura:laura: it brings me to another issue. in april, president biden commuted to the sentences of 75 nonviolent drug offenders. only nine of those within the total commutations and pardons were for marijuana offenses. therare roughly 2700 marijuana offenders in federal prison. is that something the administration could move on late this year or next year? >> yes. that is the obvious next step. those are people who would've been convicted of trafficking offenses. a lot of times when people are

convicted of trafficking offenses, they are doing things that are illegal now. one man was running a legal marijuana dispensary in the state of washington. that is the logical next step, and we are hoping the administration will take that step. laura: what do you say to people who would argue that commuting the sentences of those offenders who sold huge quantities of marijuana is not the right path? >> certainly there are other things that go with that kind of narcotic trafficking, and if you have a situation where there was violence associated with it, you can expect they will be treated differently. when we look at these cases, it is people doing things that are right now being done with companies across the country. amna: very quickly, you had told me before that you think the administration's path has been somewhat cautious. how has it stood up to prior

presidents? >> the last categorical pardon we can compare this to is that jimmy carter gave amnesty to draft evaders. that was much bolder because it granted greater relief. he did it on the first day in office, and it cut at something controversial. it is still not going bolder, but we can hope it is something considered in the future. laura: thank you for your time. >> thank you. amna: in a meeting of opec plus nations yesterday, oil-producing countries including saudi arabia andussia have agreed to cut

oil production by 2 million barrels per day to lift sagging prices. the move is seen as a big setback to the biden administration 30 days before the midterms and as a salve for russia to raise its oil revenues. president biden said his administration is looking for alternatives with me now is special correspondent ryan chilcote who joins us from ithaca. good to see you. the opec plus nations see themselves as guardians of the stable energy market. the saudi oil minister said this will bring stability to the market. what is that argument? ryan: they like to think themselves as the central bank of oil, if you will. their argument is that we are headed into a global recession, and as we move into the recession, the demand for oil is

going to fall. they said it is best to preemptively remove the excess supply so we don't have a situation where the demand falls and price falls as a result. you can understand where they are coming from. between 2020 and 2022, we saw prices go anywhere from -$40 per barrel, you had to pay people to take oil off of your hands at the beginning of the pandemic, to is much as $130 earlier this year. that $170 range is too much volatility. they say by doing this they can smooth out the price range, which i what they need as oil-producing countries. critics will say, they knew the recession was coming. they knew there was an inflation problem, and this would only

exacerbate the inflation problem. they spent much of the year ratcheting up oil production by as much as 400,000 barrels each time, so a cut like 2 million barrels is not a nuanced move. this is about, critics would say, raising the oil price so they could raise money. amna: russia is a leader in this opec plus cartel. what does this mean for them, and what do we know about their role in this? ryan: this is opec plus. opec ceased to be a meaningful institution in 2016 when opec plus was formed, when the russians joined opec. the russians and saudi's are first among equals in opec plus, and the russians would've been very interested in this supply cut because they want a higher oil price. this doesn't cost them anything. a lot of their oil is not making it to market, so the oil they

are able to sell to india and china, they want as high of a price for it as they can. this was very much in their interest, and that is why the russian deputy prime minister who was sanctioned last week by the united states on the back of russia's attempted annexation of those regions in ukraine, traveled to ukraine and helped to forge this deal with the saudi's. -- traveled to vienna and helped to forge this deal with the saudis. amna: what does the slash in production mean for prices ahead? ryan: it means higher prices at the pump. what you have seen is the price of oil fall by about 20%, and there is an influence between what crude oil costs and what you pay after refining. if the price goes up, and people say it will go well above $100 per barrel, you will see the

price at the pump go up as well. amna: what about what the president can do? he said he was disappointed but there are alternatives. what can president biden do? ryan: the president was asked today about venezuela. could venezuela provide more oil to the market? venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves, more than saudi arabia, but is locked out of the market because of sanctions, but the concern with venezuela's it has been out of the market so long, it's infrastructure so degraded, and it would take a good while for venezuela to add a sufficient amount to the market to make a difference. the interesting thing is in the united states there will be a lot of oil producers saying, if you are looking for a solution, we are part of it. they have been complaining that they are not being heard by the biden administration.

i was at an energy conference, and the ceo of a u.s. oil company was asked, what kind of dialogue with u.s. oil producers have with the biden administration? they feel like because they are the bad guys in the climate change conversation, they are ignored. amna: americans are left to wonder what comes next and bracing for higher prices at the pump. ryan chilcote, special correspondent joining us from ithaca, new york. thank you. more than a week after hurricane ian blasted through florida, there are many questions surrounding recovery, relief and rebuilding. william brangham continues the coverage. william: search efforts are still ongoing in some of the hardest hit communities.

lee county sheriff carmine marcy know made it clear this afternoon. >> the search could go on for a month. when there is no one the, the searches are hpening. we are wrapping up very soon, and i realize the frustration. as soon as possible, i want to be back for the new norm. working around the clock. >> housing, food and electricity are still in short supply. a senior program advisor with project hope, an international nonprofit that provides relief during disasters, joins us. i can see that you are obviously on the road in the backseat of a car. can you give us a sense of how the things are in the places you are working now?

announcer: absolutely. -- >> absolutely. thanks for having us. the areas we've been working in are the more marginalized communities lacking resources because of hurricane ian. these areas still do not have water or electricity. these homes that were destroyed, the way i keep saying this is the three little pigs metaphor. your house was fine, but if it was made of straw and stick, it's gone appear these were the people who needed the most support. could you william: tell us about those people? i know you are interacting one-on-one. what were those solutions -- interactions like? > i met a man -- when i say his home was demolished, there was absolutely nothing left.

the hurricane ripped the roof off and tore the walls apart. the first thing he said was, i can't find my false teeth. he didn't have his glucometer, his insulin. he'd been without that since the hurricane hit a week ago. we were able to point him towards a mobile clinic down the street -- down the street. he needs a lot more than just that. william: for people like that, is it that there are not shelters or clinics available for them to go to, or they are choosing not to go? what is the hangup? >> they just can't access them. their homes are destroyed. their cars are destroyed.

they were in more of a remote area. they keep telling us, we are waiting for help, waiting for help. is it your sense that the help is there. we hear reports from the mayor, from fema. is it your sense that authorities are doing everything they can to help these people? >> i do think they are doing everything they can. there is so much centralized support. outside of those resources, it is not there. william: going forward, you mentioned one man's striking example. what are the pressing needs for the broader population you are working with? >> health care will be really important. there is a high level of communicable diseases.

diabetes and hypertension. it is going to be these long-term needs, and i cannot tell you how many people we have spoken to today and yesterday who still do not have their insulin and haven't had it for days. basic hygiene items, water, the water supply has been disrupted. a lot of the communities we are in have well water, so it is undrinkable. that has the potential to spread disease. one of the areas we are working in, there are families sleeping in their homes without roofs. children are covered in mosquito bites everywhere. it is. this weekend. there is a lot of despair.

william: i know from your background that you have traveled all over the world and responded to crises under awful circumstances. how does this stack up in comparison? >> how this is different is the level of poverty and how isolated these people are. i've never seen anything like this. i have worked all over the world, and they are so isolated. there is so much help going out to all these communities. marginalized communities are not seen much of it at all. there are some eight times we've come to this community with basic hygiene items, and they said, you are the first ones who have been here. william: thank you so much for your time. >> thanks for having me.

amna: the war in ukraine is grinding towards winter. even as vladimir putin lays false claim to more ukrainian land, ukraine's forces continue their counter offenses across the east and south, but the cost in human life and terror for the people of ukraine continue to mount. in a region russia claimed as its own, targets again were civilians. emergency workers rushed to save anyone stuck underneath the rubble after russian missiles hit the city of zaporizhzhia. a 13-year-old survived but is now homeless. >> i didn't understand what was happening. it was as if i was in the middle of the fog.

i was very afraid. amna: zaporizhzhia's governor said at least three were killed, but he remained defiant. >> the enemy is terrifying a peaceful population. amna: president vladimir putin invaded to prevent that and laws that illegally annexed four ukrainian regions into russia including zapper risha. ukraine's largest nuclear plant was seized in early march. yesterday, russia's leader declared it was federal property. ukrainian and u.n. officials have warned of a nuclear catastrophe after explosions inside of the plant. the director of the u.n. nuclear watchdog rafael grossi said an accident was possible. >> we are here in a conflict, in a war. we want this war to stop.

amna: speaking in prague to a new club of european nations, president flowed a mere zelski condemned russia's actions. >> absolute evil. there have been thousands of manifestations of such people. unfortunately there may be thousands more. amna: russia's recent drafting of more than 200,000 reservists means newly mobilized soldiers like these are training to join the war. >> the guys are in combat mode. everyone understands the motherland asked for their help, and we will fulfill our duty. amna: ukraine's duty sees its next move as a counteroffensive in the southern region where officials say they've taken over 150 square miles of territory in less than a week. the soldiers filmed the moment russian forces surrendered to

ukrainian troops, but the bulk of their advances have been in the east where ukrainian troops claimed victory. russian troops retreated so quickly, they left the bodies of their own dead on the ground. the city is now in ruins after more than four months of russian occupation. hundreds of hungry residents who survived weeks of sheltering inside have emerged for the first time desperate to receive humanitarian aid. >> we want the war to come to an end, we want the pharmacies and shops to start working like they used to, as well as hospitals. everything is destroyed. amna: a russian disaster that has left millions of ukrainians displaced, in need of food and shelter, and now heat for the long and hard winter to come.

today's daycare center massacre in thailand points again to how rare these mass shootings are outside of the united states wherehis year alone there have been more than 500. survivors of norway's deadliest ever massacre in 2011 are urging the u.s. to tighten gun laws to end school shootings. across the border from norway in sweden, sporadic gang-fueled gun crime helped to install an anti-immigrant party into power. both countries have high levels of gun ownership at low levels of gun related homicides. malcolm breve and went to scandinavia to see if there were lessons america could learn. ♪ malcolm: at long last, norway has a national memorial for the worst attack on its soil since world war ii, but this summer's inauguration, friends honor to the 69 victims massacred 11 years ago on an island by a

right wing extremist. elizabeth leave was 16 years old when she was murdered. her sister catherine was one of 110 wounded. on the anniversary of the shooting, catherine posted this image, revealing the exit wound of the round that nearly claimed her life. the everlasting torment is plain to see. painting provides an outlet for grief. >> this is a painting of my daughters, sisters. the two i have left. they are comforting each other, and that gives me comfort that they have each other. malcolm: what do you think every time you hear that there has been a massacre in america? >> i can feel the pain.

i can't understand why every american should own a gun and be able to own a gun. why? malcolm: there is a comparison between america and norway in 2020, which was the worst year for gun-related deaths in the united states. there were 19,384 gun homicides. in norway, just two. america's population is almost 60 times of norway, so if you were to transfer the figures, there would've been just 120 deaths instead of nearly 20,000. >> being on the wrong end of the gun of a mass shooter is not an experience anyone should have. malcolm: after surviving, bjorn has devoted his life to promoting peace and countering extremism. he has not stepped foot on the island since 2014 when he went

back to the place where the shooter fired at him and missed. >> pointed his gun at me and fired, and for a moment, i knew i was dead, basically. i collapsed in the water. i guess he assumed he hit me because he continued shooting people around me. malcolm: when he is not trying to d radicalize right wing or islamic extremists, he lives in the northern woods. tranquility soothes his trauma. >> many of my friends were killed in the attack, and my country was changed forever by. malcolm: legislation outlawed automatic, semiautomatic and high caliber pistols and rifles. >> we are very safe. we have 1.3 million civil guns in norwegian society.

that means one for every four norwegians, but we hardly see any crimes. malcolm: norway has some of the world's toughest gun laws. shotguns and hunting rifles can be purchased following stringent background checks and training. firearms are primarily seen as tools for hunting. they believe americans should emulate norwegians and tackled the paraia of guns for self-defense. >> they are playing with their own kids' lives and don't take it seriously enough. i think it is sad toee an organization like the national rifle association keep on working like they do for their weapon interests without seeing the problems they are causing. malcolm: it is impossible for america to be as safe as norway unless the constitutional right to bear arms is modified.

>> i do think that there needs to be a change in the culture surrounding guns. disarmament should be a national conclusion at this point especially considering the way in which firearms have changed, and we have a higher degree of high-capacity weapons. malcolm: target practice with a customized ar-15, the weapon of choice for many american mass murderers. in sweden, it is only available for purchase by champion sportsmen. to be granted a swedish gun license, applicants must be of good character and law-abiding. hunting and sports guns can only be obtained after a six-month assessment at a certified club, and gun owners are monitored by the police every 24 hours.

>> there is a registered check if you are suspected of any crimes, and it can be things like driving too fast or being too drunk. those kinds of things would make the police check if they had a gun. malcolm: the misdemeanors could result in guns and licenses being forfeited. >> in terms of the legal gun owners with a license in sweden, i would say that is one of the most law-abiding groups as a whole in swedish society, whereas on the others, you have people who don't care about killing other people, so they are not going to care about having an illegal gun. malcolm:malcolm: she refers to the gang wars, which in recent years have exploded across sweden's inner cities. in this video on social media, young gangsters show off their kalashnikov. the rounds hit an empty restaurant in stockholm, and no one was hurt in this snapshot of

sweden's dark underbelly. most experts are convinced that the battlegrounds in yugoslavia are the source of most illegal weapons. a professor from sweden's defense college is an expert on the illegal arms trade. >> you can buy automatic weapons for about 10,000 swedish kroner, which is about $1000. you get thrown in a couple of hand grenades for free. malcolm: is sweden a safe country? > most people are worried about family members getting shot unless they are in socially vulnerable areas are wrapped up in gang conflict. malcolm: that perception was undermined by this hit on a busy mall in southern sweden on august 19 in which a gang leader was killed. a 39-year-old woman unconnected to the feud was caught in the

spray of bullets. with elections approaching, gun crime and the involvement of teenagers is a major issue. > you have to cool the conflict on. malcolm: karen heads of the inner-city crime prevention unit. she acknowledges that sweden was slow to react to gun violence. it is now providing more robust policing and tough for jail terms. >> if you are a violent group, you will get the focus or attention of the police. that creates internal pressure to calm down the conflict. malcolm: swedes rejected the former centerleft's government light touch on gun crime. er election, voters turned to a right-wing coalition, which promised to get tough on gaining crime. -- gang crime.

there are fears the violence may spread to norway, a nation despere for peace. after hiding in this kitchen, fleeing from the woods to a beach and being rescued by a boat, this survivor is in a prime position to shape norway's future. now a member of parliament and carrying a torch for his murdered friends, he hashis advice for america. >> i respect that some people value their right to own and carry guns, but i think the value of life, the value of children, the value of adults getting killed every day now is more important. we have to decide which is most important. malcolm: it took one mass shooting for norway to tighten gun controls. there is bewilderment that america won't follow suit. for the descheduling," i am -- "pbs newshour," i am malcolm

brethren in norway. ♪ amna: harriet tubman and frederick douglass, two 19th-century giants who led the fight to end slavery in america. they are the latest subjects of a filmmaker law it -- long engaged. jeffrey brown talks with stanley nelson about new documentaries on pbs for our arts and culture series "canvas." >> look to the american slave. >> the words and work of frederick douglass to stir a nation in a film titled "becoming frederick douglas." >> northern and southern newspapers recounted colonel montgomery's victory, led by harriet tubman. >> the escape from bondage and daring missions of harriet tubman to bring others north from "harriet tubman: visions of

freedom,," two new films from documentarian stanley nelson. >> these two people with different agencies, one freed themselves, and didn't stop at freeing themselves, but wanted to make sure other people were free. i think that is an important lesson. >> nelson who we joined recently in the harlem office of his nonprofit organization fire like media is one of the preeminent chroniclers of a wide range of african-american experience. civil-rights history including the films "freedom summer" and "the black panthers," the role of education in "tell them we are rising," culture in films like "miles davis: birth of the

cool," and dozens more. his focus has largely been on the 20th century. in these films, he looks back further. >> truth is of no color. >> it felt a little bit harder. it is harder toook back at the 19th century where you don't have witnesses or archival footage that you can use. we felt from the beginning that there is a way to do it. let's figure out how to tell them. >> we now understand that frederick douglass was the most photographed american man in the 19th century. not african-american man but american man. >> "becoming frederick douglass" follows the life of a man born into slavery and his journey to becoming an influential leader. a tireless speaker who learned to use a technology new me, a ba

former slave. >> you look at the photos, and you can see the intelligence in his eyes. it's just an amazing use of photography, right after photography was invented. >> there are just a handful of photos of harriet tubman, most as an older woman, and no writings. nelson focuses on her extraordinary courage and intelligence, evidenced in the mission she took to return south to free others. >> it took a lot of knowledge, a lot of planning, and she was an incredible human being. we wanted to give that sense of harriet tubman. in some ways, that is a new thing.

>> i don't know how often you have the inclination to look back at the work you've done. do you see a story you have been telling? >> if you add it up, maybe it is a quest for freedom in a lot of different ways. a lot of my films are about institutions that are trying to change the world and change life in the united states. one of the feelings that i feel and we feel at our company is that people should tell their own stories. in some ways, that is my story. i am african-american. as far back as i can trace, it is in my blood, my guts, my brain. i tried to tell stories from that point of view. >> do you feel it as a mission to tell that? >> we are on a mission at firelight to tell stories that have not been told, to talk about our past.

african-american history is american history. we only benefit from telling our history and opening up our history. by making our history accessible to more and more people. that is one of the things that film does. you might not pick up a 400 page book on frederick douglass or harriet tubman, but can you spend an hour watching a film? yeah. will it enlighten you and hopefully entertain you and maybe even change you? that is what history does. it is important we understand that, look at our history, and we don't try to block history. >> a related omission for nelson and firelight media, helping the documentarians of color to get their stories made and seen through their documentary lab.

>> for so much of filmmaking history, our stories as people of color have been told by other people, and we really feel that there is a need for telling our own stories, that the stories can be a little bit richer and deeper. >> nelson's own projects include a film on the history of policing in black america and another on african-american art. for the "pbs newshour," i am jeffrey brown in new york. ♪ amna: country

are stepping up and working to rehome thousands of beagles recently rescued from a virginia research facility. we spent the last month meeting some of these pups. wa adohring ais c puppy, a decin

her sister christine also made. thes are tworeiuppirom p a cumberland, virginia facility, which bread animals for research. >> they are so good-natured and so trusting. >> in july, the justice secured the release of the beagles afterdemertnt of fia lawsuit against the breeding facility, alleging they failed to provide minimum standards for housing, feeding, watering, sanitation and adequate veterinary care. but relocating 4000 beagles is no easy task, a massive undertaking spearheaded by the humane society of the united states. more than 120 shelters and rescues in 29 states sent volunteers to the facility to pick up the beagles, transport them, and provide medical care.

>> it is not as simple as mobilizing 4000 dogs. >> the chief medical officer for the hs u.s. -- >> working in this environment can be tough. we are responding to some of those famous cruelty situations. joy can be found i visited one n that stepped up to assist, lucky dog animal rescue in arlington, virginia. they don't have a shelter or kennel, so they rely on a network of volunteers, dozens of people who step up to temporarily house the animals until a permanent home can be found. this one office helped to re-house and rescue 30 beagles. >> hs u.s. reached out and basically said, we don't have information on these dogs other than they are beagles.

>> allie porter manages the transportation and foster program. >> the drivers went down, and that was the first time we got anything. we started the list. >> the hard work is paying off. >> i can't remember any time we have had this volume of calls and messages. >> let's go home. >> the beagles and their story have pulled at the heartstrings of americans coast-to-coast. seven-year-old mia got a surprise.

after she and eight of their puppies were rescued. >> this is the newest member of the fire department. >> in treasure island, the local fire department adopted this beagle. >> this guy had a traumatic beginning to his life. it's nice for them to be able to come back to the station and have some unconditional love. >> last week we took him out in the fire truck, and he got to ride around the city. he is so entertained by seeing the world. > in long beach, lee and her husband jesse are proud owners of mann duke -- mondu. the couple drove four hours round-trip to bring their new friend home, a home she is still getting used to. >> she really likes going down

to the beach, and when she is on the beach, she lays down and doesn't walk. >> we knew we were in for a fun time. >> like so many others to give these beagles a safe place to call home -- na: clearly one of my toughest assignments so far, and i was this close to adding another rescued onto the home. not this time. following this broadcast, stay with us on our youtube channel and website for a live discussion on race, reduction and reentry after incarceration moderated by chief washington correspondent geoff bennett at morehouse college. coming up later this evening, watch the live arizona senate debate. incumbent senator mark kelly

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