geoff bennett is away. how's the publicans push forward on a hill. president biden honors south korea's leader with a visit. attempting to strengthen ties amid increasing uncertainty in east asia and we take a road trip, testing the gap between the demand for vehicles and charging stations. >> the expectation is go to a gas station and end up with a full tank 100% of the time, that is the same benchmark.

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with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this progfram was mad possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. amna: in congress, a moment for debt problems and debt crisis as republican leaders as -- and

what it means ahead. let's start with this morning. bring us up to speed. pretty things stand now? >> i just came from the house chamber where we saw the drama, kevin mccarthy managed to squeak through the bill, two boats. one other republican had gone from yes to no. four republicans. let's look at a difference. see all of these folks were undecided, have problems with

the bill. basically, this is a story of kevin mccarthy navigating this slim margin on a big issue. amna: this could be considered an opening offer. remind us what is in it. >> to note where republicans stand right now. it raises the debt ceiling, cut $4.5 trillion over 10 years. it would cut discretionary spending by 13% in one year, all of those agencies that congress has a say over. recipients would have to work able hours a month.

so people would have to work to get food stamps. there has been a lot of debate, but i want to focus on the house rules committee meeting where we saw a subsidence meeting. want to point out this exchange over benefits and how both sides see this. >> the deal is you are piling work requirement on people who are vulnerable and you don't see a problem? >> i think you have values. your thinking is wrong. the people you are talking about are being hurt by the policies that this administration --

amna: different views on what is good for the american public. a lot of debate you will be covering. >> my thinking is both sides my diggy and more. republicans are celebratory they managed to pass something. democrats believe kevin mccarthy does not have the votes and they think this will not be the final product area here what president biden said today. >> they have not figured out the debt limit. it's not -- >> no change from either side .

amna: president biden began running ads in taking questions since announcing his reelection bid. he dismissed his ratings and said he is ready to face former president trump again if it into that. >> you have said you could be trump again. >> i may not be the only one but another danger he presents to our democracy and we have been down this road before. >> as for president -- i ching carol took the stand in new york and told a federal court that donald trump raped her area she testified it happened in a

department store dressing room in 1996 and said when she publicly accused him, he lied and shattered her reputation area she is suing for unspecified damages. in sudan, fighting his letter around the capital, underlying the latest cease fire attempt. desperate families are still trying to escape the country by land and sea - part of an exodus of thousands so far. today in paris, planes arrived carrying evacuees, who brought with them stories of horror. i didn't feel at ease, seeing so many soldiers with heavy weapons. i also saw a bomber and missiles, i saw dead bodies on the road - images that i want to empty my head of. amna: meanwhile, the army says the after dictator has been moved to a military hospital. he is wanted on charges of genocide and war crimes.

a new migrant tragedy off libya's coast has claimed 55 more lives, including children. u.n. migration officials say a rubber boat headed to europe, sank tuesday near garabouli, a coastal town east of tripoli. today, aid workers said they're still recovering bodies. one of the few survivors said the boat was badly overloaded. we into -- got into the small boat between 1:00 and 2:00 there a.m.. were around 80 of us. people were asking the driver to stop, saying the boat was sinking, but he said no. as it sank, we stag for our lives anred scamg infor help, until someone came torted rescue us. it wasn't indescribable seen. amna: at the 740 people have drowned and gone missing this year. that's more than any other year since 2017. load, zelenskyy had a phone call with china their first known

contact since russia invaded ukraine.arterwd,el zenskyy callt -- quote -- "a powerful impetus to the development of bilateral relations", and possibly, to peace. china's xi jinping visited moscow last month area beijing says it's seeking a "political settlement" of the war. alexey navalny says he is facing terrorism charges that could add 30 years to his prison term. he spoke today, his first public appearance in month. i just want to say i got lonely in solitary confinement. and it is just amazing to see so many people. the only people i am in contact with are the one who hands me my food and, of course, my favorite head of the unit who now sits next to me filming. amna: he appeared gaunt at a time supporters warned his health is failing. the audio is muted as he criticizes his latest case.

for the first time, women will be allowed to vote. the vatican announced several dozen other women in october. the walt disney company is suing ron desantis. the suit says disney faces offers a targeted campaign of government. britain blocked microsoft plans to buy blizzard. regulators said it would kill competition.

the merger faces challenges in the u.s. and european union. haydn's pick for labor secretary advanced today but her prospects in the senate are unclear. republicans say she is on rarely know union and some moderate democrats have not said if she will sue order. on wall street, stocks struggled for a second consecutive day. the nasdaq rose 55 points, s&p 500 rose 15. the former arkansas governor becomes the latest republican presidential candidate. the trial of the crowd boys draws to a close. montana republicans hold a vote to censure a trans lawmaker. the next generation of lawmakers

prepared to tackle a health care shortage. president biden welcomed the president of south korea, yoon suk-yeol, to the white house today for a state visit. they signed a wide-ranging declaration that enhances u.s.-korean planning for the use of nucleareapons in response to a north korean attack. nick schifrin has our look at a key alliance, and how the administration is responding to south korean concerns about the u.s. commitment. >> it's a 70-year-old alliance. >> it's an unbreakable bond.

>> president biden posted the south korean president and announced unprecedented steps. so we can achieve peace through superiority. under t's wagtshinon declaration u.s. willday' make y effort to consult plans for use. south korea reaffirmed the promise not to develop its own weapons. u.s. and south korean militaries are integrated, but until today the u.s. has not shared plans.

president biden. >> nuclear attacks will result in the end of whatever regime. >> it was himself that raised doubts. he said it's difficult to convince people with just an idea. concerns have been triggered by missile launches. >> i would like to save money. >> doubts are the product of president trump painting he would remain -- remove u.s. troops.

the u.s. is a ballistic nuclear submarine will visit for the first time. an alliance born from war. last night, they laid a wreath. more than one million south koreans. >> will be the practical impact? a senior research fellow at the heritage foundation. welcome back.

>> the defense treaty, all very effective. lately, south korea has been more nervous about our commitment, the u.s. election results and growing doubt that there will be any kind of diplomatic resolution. >> this reassurance, damage of a jane visit? >> will increase by details will be sensitive because it's dealing with nuclear weapons. early this year, officials ugly and privately said they are

concerned about the viability of washington is taking and has stated quite clearly they are reassured about the u.s. commitment. >> as you said, south korea has reaffirmed its commitment not to obtain nuclear weapons. how significant is that pledge? >> there are different lanes in the road, there are outside advocates for nuclear weapons and nothing will satisfy them except a full-fledged nuclear weapons program.

in the middle is the public for an indigenous nuclear weapons program, explaining the samosas of the action than this work goes down. the south korean government has been the least vocal. they are publicly saying they are feeling reassured. >> south korean officials have been concerned about north korean advancements in terms traveled there often. >> they are concerned they could

resume threats. to reduce our exposure. with nuclear weapons. that has led some to say would be really trade south korea? i point out we were willing to risk casualties, seattle, new york and washington. >> some in south korea have wanted the administration to go further and redeployed american

nuclear weapons. >> it make military sense. and put them in a static monger in south korea. thank you for having me. amna: asa hutchinson announced his bid for the white house today, we take a look at how the campaign that shape the republican primary. >> i am announcing i am a candidate for presidency of the united states. >> a former governor joined the

growing field of presidential candidates. hutchinson laid out his priorities. it's about making the tough decisions peace through strength. he touted his long history in lawn or some. >> i am the only candidate with a breath of experience in law orson. i will enforce the law and demand local rustic others do the same.

in the role, he made national headlines after prosecuting the arm of the lord. hutchinson served as an official manager. he led congress to join bush's administration and homeland security area hutchinson's first bid for the arkansas governor's mansion failed in 2000 x. eight years later, it was the best showing in the state since reconstruction. during his eight years as governor, he implemented civil rights protections to lgbtq residence. one of the most prominent antiabortion leaders, his bid

may be a long shot as he faces a voter base loyal to trump. his alternate vision is needed said longtime operative. a decent compassion party in america, what are you going to do? if you're asa hutchinson, he is running.

jurors are deliberating in a case against the proud boys. john yang has more on the developments. >> five members are facing multiple counts. they heeded his call to attack the capital in 2020. defense attorneys say the violence was on land in p.r. has

been following this from inside the federal courthouse. what is the significance? >> this is one of three we have so far. this is the first case. some of these defendants celebrated with great jubilance after donald trump said the proud boys should stand back and

standby. >> what evidence are they providing to make their case? >> so much evidence. podcasts. lots of witnesses. police officers who were on the frontlines that they suffered abuse. we had a number of people including two of the defendants making a risky decision to testify. two of the men did. >> there was the convention last year on the same charges.

noxious people who trespassed on capitol grounds on january 6, some of the people who helped organize a justice department that the oath keepers and proud boys were planning for weeks if not longer. it's an essential element of the theory. defense lawyer highlighted that. he was in baltimore because he

was charged with other offenses. prosecutors say he was trying to direct the action, his lawyer says he has been made a scapegoat that the real person was to blame donald trump. >> plea of learned during this trial about the relationship. >> that was a tantalizing element of the case. he maintained a close relationship with someone in the d.c. police department responsible for monitoring said he was being -- suggested in

text messages and other communications at the police officer may have been arrested [indiscernible] >> thank you very much. >> demand for electric vehicles is clearly growing. legislation providing new incentives and one out of every nine vehicles is expected to be

electric. charging those could be complicated. miles o'brien found that out for himself on a road trip and california, the report is in conjunction of two nights episode. >> i just got in the drivers seat, the company loaned us the vehicle for a reporting trip that spanned over 500 miles. it was a stress test for the electric vehicle charging network. we had no idea how much stress lay ahead. >> we don't have enough chargers in this country. what we do? >> you're in charge. >> a really an engineer.

>> i drove to an innovation lab for ev go. >> we need is having charging infrastructure to support the vehicles. so on and so forth. the invisible hand of the free market is getting some handholding from taxpayers. i sat down with transportations

area the buttigieg. it's not the chargers would merge electric vehicles, that might not happen quickly enough. >> the bipartisan infrastructure law earmarks billions of dollars over the next five years to build 500,000 charging stations. they are to be manufactured in the u.s. and installed along interstates and in neighborhoods where home charging is not an option. otherwise. >> including some of the income drivers that would stand to gain not having to pay for gas providing that these vehicles were affordable enough and easy enough to charge, there is no guarantee to let things take their course.

>> how do you detect challenges if you don't drive them. >> in his enough to charge it overnight, level one. for cars with larger batteries, level two. >> it's faster than a home outlet. >> the expectation is to go to a gas station and end up with a full tank 100% of the time and

that's the same benchmark they work towards when you think of electric vehicles. >> we learn firsthand the scarcity for reliable charging in this country, and eight hours later we came back, and the local two charge gave us 11 miles of range per hour. all we had in over the course of the whole day was 88 miles. >> we drove up the coast from one of my travel apps promised a fast charger. >> their time is a charge. three cards. a fourth card. after our failure, we aim for a

fast charger, we rolled in at 8:40 pm. we hope this is going to work. plug-in. holy [beep]. please. ok. we are officially charging. we were charging fast at last. we went to dinner and came back 90 minutes later. here is the verdict. it was full. charging time was an hour and eight minutes. $58.

we are tanked up. the next morning we set out for another shoot in modesto, we had more than 290 miles per hour of indicated range so i agreed we were as good as their. >> we had the radio going and we watched the anticipated range drop from 60, 230, 225, and what to get to that point, the cars pretty much making a stop. we stopped and found an inoperative charges. reconnect. what is going on here? please unplug. office and. initiate the charge.

110, 113. there is a consistent problem with operating and maintaining these things. she turned it into a business opportunity. she is a ceo. the company is in charge of maintenance for charges. >> if you install the right way, there is a multitude of system issues. >> more than half of the technicians are black and brown advantaged communities area the jobs are good paying and offer plenty of long-term jobs. now that sales are reaching mass

adoption levels, pressure on the industry is building. >> if we don't figure it out this year we are going to have a huge problem. >> step two more times before san francisco. in all, five charges nations, over 560 miles. it took a lot of time and math. >>'s car a lot of fun to drive. people want more than the system comes with them. part of me is this a pointed thrilled by the experience. but that in the category. amna: you can watch the full documentary chasing carbon zero on pbs tonight. check your local listings.

republicans in the montana house of representatives voted to block a democrat from entering the house chamber for the rest of the session but she will be allowed to vote on legislation. it capped a week long saga as the first transgender member of the state legislature spoke out against a series of anti-trans bills being debated. and continued earlier this week when her supporters chanted from the gay llaftethe republican speaker prevented zephyr from participating in debate. today, republicans said that zephyr violated rules of decorum. >> the representative fails to do her duty, she actively participated in disrupting the lawful activities of the legislature, if we are to keep

processes in place that serve montanans. amna: she joins me now. welcome back to the newshour and for joining is. let's begin with your react. what does this mean for how you can do your job? >> the speaker was preventing me from representing montanans who elected me to speak on their behalf, and this is a doubling down. every bill will not have the voice of 11,000 montanans participating in the process. amna: when you spoke in your defense before the vote, you said you were being out -- asked to be complicit in the eradication of your community. >> we had seen over 1000

anti-trans bills in my state and escalations across america introduced. these are bills that can our art forms, literatures, history and health care. compiling of these legislations work to remove lgbtq people from public life and make it harder for us to exist as ourselves and communities. >> this is something you have spoken about before, the link between political rhetoric, according to the trevor project, more than half of transgender and non-binary youth considered suicide and nearly one in five attempted suicide.

i'm curious, when yowo they haresonate us to mark >> we know the statistics don't pierce the veil. they don't believe them. which is what i bring in real stories. i have lost friends to suicide this year, i have had friends attacked. we heard from the family is teenager attempted suicide while watching a hearing. bring this forward. amna: we have struggled to find any reason censure efforts, there was 11975 effort we were able to dig up thanks to the work of my colleague and the

historical society, this is when republican legislatures attempted -- what does it say to you? >> we have seen an unequal application of decorum in the house, when marginalized communities are standing up, fulton tennessee talking about gun violence, when marginalized communities speak up in an error -- era were legislatures are not enough to get the bills passed but must be silent and repercussions. >> do you feel like you have allies in the statehouse?

>>-talking with my fellow democrats,, my community and constituents have been silence. we have seen a germanic uptick in anti-trans bills, you look at the analysis that shows more than 100 anti-trans those this year, more than double that of last there, over the previous four years combined. when you look at that, what does that say to you? >> it is important to note this is in contrast with the joy that comes from a trans person able to live fully as themselves, to happily exist who they truly are. it's concerning, the escalation

is concerning area we saw this begin with sports and quickly using similar rhetoric to go after health care, obscenities. we are seeing in missouri, adult care stands, florida that allow people to remove children. it's very concerning and our community needs help. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. amna: nearly two thirds of areas with a shortage of health nationals art in rural communities. for decades programs have offered incentives to try to

correct the problems. we visited a hospital doing their part to train the next generation of doctors but support -- with support. >> good morning pharmacy team. >> dr. erin mcglothlin is training a new team. >> the mission is to go out and practice for areas that desperately needed. >> dr. mcglocklin says it is about preparing this next generation tour -- far fewer

resources to deal with medical conditions. >> windows are next-door, that provider has to accommodate and make changes to back this and limit how many times they are sending patients to see a specialist. you can't do that sometimes in rural areas. >> you are the one. >> you're are the one managing the problem even though it is something out of the scope, but in that area you are the specialist. >> it's a challenge, commitment. extra learning. >> adam is a young resident learning the new expanded definition. he is in the rural family medicine program. >> it teaches you to be very versatile and is very important. >> i don't like relying on other

people are using two doctors when one will do. >> nationally, he is an outlier. 99% of rogue grams are located in cities and suburbs, but where doctors train where they end of practicing, that leaves rural communities high and dry. the government accountability office estimates addressing the shortage in the next two years will take an additional primary care positions. since 2010, at least 136 rural hospitals have closed their doors. quotes of a love to see more doctors at the same. >> at the west virginia school of osteopathic medicine in

lewisburg. >> the data is clear. help indices for the entire community go up. >> the school was founded 50 years ago, specifically to address this shortage. james is the president of the school. >> part of what i have seen as successful is growing your own. having people come from the area , they go to medical school and residency. families are here and they love the people. quotes training -- >> training is similar to that of mds with more focus on lifestyle and environmental factors. leaning on osteopaths might seem

unconventional but they make up 11% of the physicians in the u.s.. >> the perceptions have come a long way since i started. we now make up 20% of the medical students in the united states so we are becoming a much larger flesh, they are practicing. >> the school offers a program to give students 20 weeks of specialized training while they are in medical school. >> we have a world track called the health initiative that recruit students who are from a rural area for have a strong commitment to practicing because some students come in and say that is what i want to do. they are assigned to some smaller hospitals around the state that will provide those

rural opportunities in training. we are working alongside doctors and they are working in that armand, you get to see that they will practice the high quality of care in a rural town. >> travis grew up in west virginia, both students in the rural health initiative at the west virginia school of osteopathic medicine. >> i wanted to do med school. this has always been home. >> a drug crisis, addiction crisis. >> coalminer for 13 years, now he wants to be a psychiatrist. >> give back to the communities that raise you. >> as part of the training.

>> they come here to see what the water quality was. people will be drinking water, water is most of your body. >> she oversees the community engagement through the center for rural community health. they offer funding to local people and teaches lessons not part of a standd school curriculum like extensive learning about nutrition and helping senior citizens to do chores. >> we bring the community and asked them and developed programming around that. >> i think there is so much more to medicine than just going to the doctor and there is a lot to do with the trust and relationship that they have, they are a big part of the

community, it is more important than ever to have those people. >> >> soon enough, they will graduate, set up their own practice and hopefully continue building those bridges. i'm in lewisburg, west virginia. amna: that was the last installment of our series. you can see all of them online and more including seeing some of the common threads found begin with doctors around five different states. on behalf of the entire newshour, thank you for joining us. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by.

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>> welcome. here is what is coming up. >> let's finish the job. i know we can. >> president biden says -- makes his bid for reelection. and >> we had a good meeting with the president and the vice president kamala harris. >> asked 22 of the so-called tennessee three lawmakers about their oval office jet. >> learned from your mistakes, listen better next time. course leadership lessons from atav