>> tonight on pbs news weekend, the messy rollout of the latest covid booster and what you need to know about protecting yourself this fall. then the explosion and popurity of ebags and why their introduction has not been

the smoothest ride. >> your speed has suddenly increased much faster than you have ever gone. it just requires a little bit more thought and care without writing. >> and the complicated and shifting definitions of hispanic and latino. >> major funding has been provided by consumer cellular. >> this is a pocket tile. somebody's pocket? you get nationwide coverage with no contract. that is kind of everything. have a nice day. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions.

and friends of the news hour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. good evening. the day after kevin mccarthy narrowly averted a government shutdown by engineering passage of a short-term spending bill, leading mccarthy critic says he will try to move him from the speakership. late last night, the senate overwhelmingly approved the 45 day spending bill, sending it to

present -- to president biden. matt gaetz of florida appeared on cnn's state of the union. >> i think we need to rip off the band-aid and move on with new leadership that can be trustworthy. >> mccarthy says he is confident he will survive. congress now has 45 days to pass a spending bill. today also marks the end of two pandemic usa finance. federal funding for childcare program stocks and after a three-year moratorium, student loan repayments resume. dar hamlin returned to the regular season action today for the first time since a near-death experience earlier

this year. he was on the kickoff return unit. his heart stopped while making a routine tackle in cincinnati. and then another milestone for america's longest living president. jimmy carter turns 99 today. he celebrated with his wife of 77 years and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. he entered hospice care in february. we would like to wish him a very happy birthday. still to come newsweek and, who identifies as hispanic and who says they are latina? as the story of a mexican-american journalist and activist who devoted -- devoted her life to fighting discrimination and racism. >> this is pbs news weekend from wga studios in washington. all of the pbs newshour. weeknights on pbs.

christman federal health officials approved a new covid booster, doses were expected to be available in pharmacies within days. but two weeks later, many people are having trouble finding the vaccine and if they do find it, some are having trouble getting insurance to pay for it. this is the author of the popular newsletter. why is this a little messier than the previous rollouts? >> it has been messy to say the least like you said. this is because of a massive shift coming out of emergency. covid vaccines are now commercialized. the u.s. government is no longer responsible for purchasing or distributing these vaccines.

this meanse have multiple insurance companies and changes to the delivery system which has unfortunately resulted in this slow rollout and imperfect system. the general print out was in charge of it during the pandemic. i think a lot of people under appreciate including me, the massive task of getting 300 30 million people a vaccine quickly. i think it was 24 hours after thinitial rollout in december of 2020. it saved lives. >> this week, the health and human services detector called in the insurance company executives to get them to recommit to paying for these vaccines. is that a factor or a result moving from the government to

commercial? >> commercial is very confusing. covid is also not our normal flu vaccine but bottom line, to the general population, no one should be paying for -- paying for a covid-19 vaccine. private insurance companies are mandated to cover this vaccine with no co-pay. now insurance companies are no longer required to pay out-of-pocket. and then underinsured people in cvs and walgreens are required by federal law to give you a vaccine at no cost thanks to this new federal program. >> there was a kaiser family foundation polthat found it 46% of those surveyed said they either definitely or probably will at this new booster. that is above what it was for the previous booster at the beginning of the year but also below what it was for the initial vaccine. is that good news or bad news

that number? >> i think it is good news. i am pleasantly surprised it is about 50%. that's about what we see with the flu vaccine every year. if we can get up to those flu vaccine numbers, we are a whole lot better than we were. there was about one in four americans getting their boosters. >> we talk about the three vaccines out there this fall. covid, seasonal flu and rsv, the respiratory virus. walk as there were people should be thinking about this. can you mix them and get two or all three at the same time? i with covid. >> everyone is eligible to get the covid-19 vaccine. you can get it with your flu and also with your rsv vaccine. that cuts down the number that you have to the pharmacy or doctor's office. the most challenging thing with

covid-19 vaccines is timing. when should you get the covid vaccine? how long do you want to wait? it depends on how at risk you are. i tell people to get there vaccine right away. it also depends on the last time you were infected. we suggest people getting there vaccine about three to four months after infection. >> people are eligible for the rsv vaccine if they are over the age of 60 a pregnant people are now eligible to have the vaccine in their last trimester of pregnancy to help their newborn. we also have monoclonal antibodies. it is more of an antibody medication that little kids under eight months old can get. rsv does not wane as quickly as

covid-19 and flu vaccines so you should get it right away. it will be durable throughout the season and even maybe into next season we are waiting to see data on that. >> the seasonal flu vaccine, there is always -- i for this debate about whether you get it earlier. >> everyone over six months is eligible for flu vaccine. it does waiting, i would say not as quickly as covid-19. particularly among older adults. we suggest getting the vaccine in october. all this is really confusing to keep in mind. i think the bottom line is if you are eligible, get the flu, covid and rsv vaccine before halloween and you should be pretty darn protective going into this one. >> your local epidemiologist, thank you very much.

bikes with electric motors to assist writers, their popularity has soared recently. last year, u.s. sales topped $1.3 billion. they are being hailed as a more accessible form of transportation, their introduction has not been a totally smooth ride. >> since the introduction of the modern e bike in the 1990's, their popularity has steadily grown in many parts of the world. it wasn't until 20 20 that th were used in the u.s. for recreation and as a cheaper, clean and equitable lien -- means of transportation really took off. they have many benefits but the sudden rise has come with challenges including deadly battery fires and pedestrian deaths. thank you so much for joining us. in terms of ebags, how does it

work? >> they are a little bit -- you don't look at how they work until you are on one. until you just go down the street without your pedal power. it is just giving you a little extra oomph with every pedal stroke. and all ebags let you regulate just how much extra you want. picture it like a throttle on the handlebars that lets you say i want to go a little bit harder up this hill. suddenly you're getting that extra little boost. >> what is behind this surge in popularity in the united states? >> would like to give -- we don't like to give covid credit for anything but it did affect the popularity. what do you do? you get an e bike and sudnly it is much easier to make that five, 10, 15 mile commute without showing up to work completely drenched in sweat. the price on ebay's has also

come down hugely. you can still buy a 15,000 other people like but you can also get a 1500 other one. we are not only seeing people using them for delivery work, we are seeing people do the commute, right on the road for fun and the older people being able to keep up with their kids or their friends on the group rides for people who either have been injured or have neuromuscular issues or certain disabilities, they have actually given them the ability to ride a bike again. that is actually amazing.

you should not have any problems with charging. i know in new york city they are actually adding some ability to go in and trade in your own -- or better to get a safer and new one. but it is causing some apartment buildings in new york to been having ebags or scooters. >> one paradox seems to be that these ebikes seem to be faster than the regular analog bike but slower than cars. >> you hit the nail on the head with a very short -- one of the very tricky topics of ebags. all of them in the u.s. would have a speed governor on them. you can only go so fast. it will only give you a certain amount of assist. you will get up to speeds over 20 miles per hour. some have started monitoring where these types of bikes are allowed to go. pedestrian trails, mountain bike

trails. >> as the popularity of these rise, so too has the rate of injury and some of the severity of injuries. the city of encinitas, california made laws after the death of a 15-year-old. >> do we need to have helmets on? it is not allowed to have almon on in most states. suddenly things like coming to a stop. especially with a heavier cargo bike, you need to stop a lot sooner.

your chances of sliding out on the corner are much greater. it just requires a little bit more thought and care. >> molly with the bicycling magazine. quick thank you for having me. quick national hispanic heritage month which runs through october 15 elevates a population of 64 million people that is diverse, growing and constantly changing. what can a single term whether it is hispanic or latino describe a population of such varied ancestry, immigrant generations and geographic origin? christine amore is a university of california berkeley sociology professor and author of making hispanics, how activists,

bureaucrats and media constructed a new america. >> out start with you. as the title of your book suggests, these terms are relatively recent in orin. how did they come about? how did they start? >> the idea of hispanic itself has a very long history. sort of the colonial projects of spanish colonization. the idea of a category in the united states that would be used for collecting data, it really is at the latter half of the 20th century. earlier in the 1960's and 1970's as mexican, puerto rican and even some human populations rallied to get together and ask the government to stop collecting their data. >> if governments will collected data and the state is going to be able to track hispanic poverty rates or mexican and puerto rican employment rates --

the book tracks how this category came to look at the population of the mexican-american demands for data and puerto rican demand for data and see them as a common set of committees that could be put together in an umbrella kind of category that is large enough to be compared to other groups like blacks and whites. >> you have been pulling this community since 2008. what have you learned about how individuals identified themselves. >> it is really interesting. we found it is mostly the country of origin. latino adults -- this might be the second most common thing they use. american might be another term they use. if you are an immigrant, you are my likely to say your country of origin is how you describe yourself, mexican, cuban, puerto

rican. instead, if you are u.s.-born to immigrant parents, he might be using both your country of origin but also american equally or perhaps one more than the other but by that third or higher generation, we begin to see american is the most common term used most often by the population describe themselves. >> are these two terms interchangeable? >> for many, they are. of course there are preferences and there have always been preferences. we have seen this since some of the first pulling in the 1980's around this issue that people in l.a., new york and even houston and urban areas and people in colorado, the rural areas of texas, even more rural areas of california. there was a real geographic connection to this. this is likely a real generational connection to this

with some generatns really liking this. we see not only geography, not only national origin but also generation as being very well-connected to certain labels over others. for example, people have likely heard the term afro latino but you rarely ever hear the term afro hispanic. there are just ways that certain terms have been connected to preferences over time. i think this really connects to the fact that there is actually never been one term for which everyone has loved equally and has wholeheartedly been embraced. these are really secondary. just because they are secondary to national origin doesn't mean they are less important and they are for how we organize the way you live in the world. for example, actually view

myself as mexican-american but also chicana and we used the term latina. sometimes i use the term let next. a much younger generation. i grew up with different gender politics than my generation grew up with. i will often use the term let next in many ways. these are bridges, these are different ways of speaking about this complicated and diverse heritage that we have. >> what has your poll and found about the use and acceptance of let next? >> is really interesting. we asked hispanic adults in the u.s. if they ever heard of the term let next. we followed up with a question on one of those who had heard the term. did they use it themselves to describe their identity? 3% tell us that they use the term. we asked latinos which term they prefer. hispanic or latino was

preferred. they told us they had no preference for either term. what this speaks to is the diversity of the population as christine was noting. there are many different generations year, many different perspectives on how one chooses to identify and it is really up to the individual how they choose to identify. >> as the generations go on, as generations become more distant from the generation that immigrated, identity wanes a little bit. >> that is right. we found that by that fourth-generation, people who may have ancestry in latin america may no longer even decide to call themselves hispanic or latino. it is really intesting to see how things can change across generations. people may be proud of both heritages of their parents but what about the grandchildren next? they may acknowledge that

hispanic ancestry. >> thank you both very much. >> thank you. finally tonight, we bring the story of a journalist and activist who spent her life improving the lives of women and mexican immigrants at the turn of the 20th century. ellie is back with our series. quick they believed education was the way forward and she seldom backed down in the face of a fight. she lived by her own mantra. educated women. born in texas, she fought for women's rights and was a pioneer in the modern mexican-american civil rights movement.

she started her career as a teacher in 1903. working hard to ensure poor children received an education, she also pushed for instruction in public schools. her teaching career was short-lived. his work running a newspaper, she joined the family business. the chronicle was a source of news and activism around the rights of mexican americans. they wrote articles challenging racism at a time when laws were being used to suppress mexican-american rights. at the time it was not uncommon to see signs outside businesses that read no dogs, no need roast, no mexicans. she and her family organized a gathering that became the catalyst for the modern mexican-american civil rights movement. in 1914, she wrote an editorial criticizing pettis -- president

woodrow wilson's order to send troops to the u.s. border which lasted from 1910 to 1920. she later joined a nursing unit on the side of the relevant -- revolutionary army. eventually she returned to journalism, writing for the chronic up before her father's deh. she continued to spotlight the injustices facing skin americans until her death in 19 46 at the age of 60. she is quoted as saying women recognize their rights, proudly raise their chin and face the struggle. the times of humiliation have passed. women are no longer servants to men but their equals, their partners. earlier this year she was honored by the u.s. met with her own claim. for pbs news week and, i am allie.

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