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geoff: welcome to the newshour. a race against time tonight in northern gaza, as just one hospital remains operational. vulnerable and critical patients are still being treated at several hospitals, locations that the u.s. today says hamas is using for military purposes. amna: american officials said today that its intelligence shows that hamas is indeed using patients in those hospitals as human shields, but that the civilians within them must be protected. the president also said that he believes a deal will be struck to free hostages held in gaza, including americans. saying, hang in, we are coming. leila molana-allen is in tel aviv tonight. >> a moment of lightness amid the horror as children play in the first winter rains. but for their parents, the cold season brings a whole host of new worries in displacement and

deprivation. >> winter is a nightmare. in the past, i use to wish for the winter to arrive, but right now, i pray every day for it not to rain. we are living in tents, nothing that protects us. when the rain falls, we will drown. >> as gazans continue to lease out, the humanitarian crisis of displaced palestinians only grows. there is a trickling slowly into gaza, but without fuel, it cannot get to those who need it most. this flour mill is the last working mill in gaza, and even if there is wheat available to make bread, it can't be baked in large quantities without power. an israeli airstrike destroyed more than a dozen homes yesterday in a refugee camp in northern gaza. hamas affiliated media said more than 30 palestinians were killed. at the hospital complex, dozens of bodies lie waiting.

gaza's victims find no peace, even in death. the hospital is now digging mass raves, as bodies start to decompose. the hardest hit are also the youngest. no power, incubators have failed, and more than 30 premature babies are struggling to survive. three have already died. in a statement today, doctors without borders said bullets were fired into one of their three premises near the hospital, where more than 100 of their staff and family members are taking shelter. >> the situation in gaza is catastrophic. we can say that the health system collapsed in gaza city. >> our hospital is a small hospital.

it is not a trauma center. >> this hospital was hit by an explosion on october 17 that caused -- caused global outrage. with limited connectivity, the doctor sent us these audio messages from the hospital. >> the central blood bank is in the north of the western part of gaza and this area is surrounded by israeli tankers. nobody can reach this area. therefore many patients died. >> as israel's ground operation to intensify, north gaza's sole function hospital is overburdened and understaffed. >> we are a small hospital with two operating rooms and three surgeons. we have over 500 wounded. the situation is extremely

bleak, and we keep getting wave after wave of the wounded. >> a british plastic surgeon returns to gaza to treat the wounded. we spoke to him over the phone. >> i continued going back and forth, trying to decrease the pressure by bringing patients here, and then it collapsed, and this became gaza's only hospital, and became a field hospital for over 500 wounded, with very limited resources. it has been a spiral of unsurmountable difficulties, with decreasing resources. >> the white house said today that have intelligence that gazan militant sheltered in hospitals, but said patients must be protected. in the occupied west bank, an israeli drone strike and raid killed at least eight palestinians. mourners took to the streets for

the funerals, then, reckoning with the destruction caused by the raid. israeli politicians and knesset members published an op-ed calling on other countries to take in gazan refugees. the far right finance minister agreed and said the state of israel could not accept an independent gaza, inflaming palestinian fears of another catastrophe. he was five years old during the first -- the 1948 founding of the israeli state, when hundreds of thousands of palestinians fled and were driven from their homes. >> i was a little girl, and now we are living the same thing now. the same thing is happening again. ever since i can remember, since i was five years old, i have been witnessing wars. >> the u.s. and other countries call for a peaceful two state

solution. that vision of the future is further than ever from reality. i'm leila malala allen in tel aviv. amna: meantime, on capitol hill today, tensions boiled over, just days ahead of a potential government shutdown. but there is hope of avoiding that, as the house passed its budget band-aid to keep funding flowing a few more months. congressional correspondent lisa desjardins is here with me now. tell us about this plan, what does it do, and how did it pass? lisa: it needed a two thirds vote to pass because they had to suspend the rules to do it. let's talk about it. i know it seems complex, but actually speaker johnson's plan is relatively simple, it's just novel. he would effectively fund government in two parts. the noncontroversial, less controversial agencies would be funded through january 19, then others through february 2. those agencies are things like

dealing with immigration, the border, abortion, all those things that might take a little bit longer. what is not in this plan, notably, is funding for ukraine and funding for israel. it looks like congress will go home without dealing with either of those two. this bill is on track to go straight to the senate. johnson said this is not what conservatives want. he knows that. they want and spending cuts and something for conservatives. he said i've been speaker for three weeks, and this is what we needed to do. >> we are not surrendering, we are fighting, but you have to be wise about choosing the fights. you've got to fight the fight that you can win, and we are going to. you will see this house majority standing together on a principle, and we will do that. lisa: like former speaker mccarthy, he can be ousted. some conservatives who did take out speaker mccarthy said they are not happy, but they are not quite going to move against johnson yet. >> we believe he is a

conservative, a trustworthy, honest guy, and we did put him in the game in the fourth quarter so we can't hold them to the same standards as the guy who got us into the deficit. however, we donate spec him to come in and punch on the third down, and that is what we think we is doing here. lisa: this was stormy weather in this is a rainbow that has appeared. amna: what is ahead in the senate, will it pass? lisa: it looks like it could pass in the senate. i want to point out something extraordinary that ihappened, and apartment of -- important alignment of leaders. the new speaker had to first align with taking jeffries, the democratic leader. nearly every democrat in the house voted for this veil -- this bill, and they needed those oats. they had to make sure on board with the senate leaders, chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell. all four of these leaders, notably mitch mcconnell, sold this bill especially well, telling people this needs to be a win for the new speaker and a

sign that we are enforcing this kind of stability, this kind of deal making. so let's back this now and hope that this will help us get through other things. on timing, the issue is, the senate clock is not good for deadlines. any single senator can slow this down. rand paul often likes to threaten this. he has said he is considering a slowdown, but usually he makes the deal. amna: what are the bigger politics we have to consider? lisa: it is good timing because a policy poster come out tomorrow morning. polling isn't everything, but it shows important things about today. results show us what is happening politically. first of all, we as people, is it more important for speaker mike johnson to compromise, or stand in principle? a look at that, compromise, 67%. even as he was saying we want to

stand on principle later, he is compromising now. this is enforced by two thirds of americans who want him to do that. there is the other question of who you would blame more if there was a shut down right now. americans are generally split on this. 49% republicans in congress, 43% biden and democrats. no shot, if you are republican, you blame democrats, and vice versa. basically both parties had something to lose here. behind the scenes, republicans believe a shut down would've made their numbers far worse. amna: we are seeing some of that compromise we forward with this plan. two other things got a lot of attention, it got into physical confrontations. tell us about that. lisa: today was a sign that some in congress are going in the other direction. former speaker kevin mccarthy on his way to a meeting this morning in a crowded hallway walked by representative tim

burchett of tennessee, someone who voted to oust him. he said mccarthy pushed him, shoved him, gave him a shot to his kidneys with his elbow and hurt him. there was an npr reporter there who noticed something and said she saw a shove. here's what tim burchett told us later about his reaction to this. >> you know, it was just one of those deals where you just don't expect that kind of thing from an adult, especially someone who at one time was the third person in line for the white house. lisa: i spoke to former speaker mccarthy about this. he said he doesn't remember any contact and think it was a misunderstanding, and that certainly he didn't mean anything, it was an accident. tim burchett is concerned that mccarthy will primary him and it could be a political problem for him as well. we were not sure we would talk about that until something else

happened today in a senate committee room. in this room was the head of the teamsters, sean o'brien, and front of him was a senator from oklahoma. these two have a history who they have tweeted at each other. the teamster president saying you are a fake tough guy, challenging him to a fight in the past. here's what happened when he brought up that tweet from the teamsters president. >> this is the time, this is the place, if you want to run your mouth. we can be two consenting adults, we can finish this here. do you want to do it right now? >> stop it. sit down. >> you are a united states senator. act like it. sit down, please. lisa: this would be funny if it were not so serious. sandor said we don't need to add more contempt for congress. clearly there is individual

contempt at this point now. one of the concerns is that neither of these men right now is backing down. it seems both a benefit politically, as do others from this atmosphere right now. amna: lisa, thank you for your reporting. ♪ geoff: in the day's other headlines, house speaker mike johnson officially endorsed former president trump in his 2024 white house bid. johnson had defended mr. trump during his first impeachment in 2019 and in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. he renewed that support on cnbc this morning. >> i have endorsed him whole heartedly. look, i was one of the closest allies that president trump had in congress, he had a phenomenal first term. i'm all in for president trump, i know, i expect he'll be our nominee, yeah. he's going to win it and we have to make biden a one-term president, we have to do that. geoff: hours earlier, the new

york times reported that in 2015, johnson called mr. trump a hothead who lacked the character needed for the white house. the former president will stay on michigan's presidential primary ballot. a state judge today rejected arguments that mr. trump is ineligible under the u.s. constitution because he engaged in insurrection. the minnesota supreme court already issued a similar ruling. cases are pending in at least two other states. inflation eased last month and a further sign that the federal reserve's interest rate hikes are working. the labor department reports consumer prices were unchanged from september to october, led in part by falling gasoline prices. year-over-year, prices rose 3.2% in october, compared with 12 months earlier. that was down from an annual increase of 3.7% in september. illegal border crossings from mexico have fallen after three months of big increases. u.s. customs customs and border patrol says arrests dropped 14%

in october to just under 180 9000. officials say one factor may be renewed deportation flights to venezuela. the death of a leading lgbtq figure in mexico touched off large-scale protest overnight. he had been threatened after becoming a country's first openly non-binary magistrate. officials say he was found dead at home on monday. thousands turned out in mexico city last night for a vigil after officials suggested it may have been a suicide. they demanded a thorough investigation. >> the lives of the lgbtq population are at rock bottom. unfortunately, sometimes the government silences us so as not to make much turmoil. there have been killings of several members of the lgbtq population that have never been investigated. geoff: baena's partner was also found dead in the home. investigators say both had injuries apparently caused by a knife. there's word that a groundbreaking climate law in

the european union may be substantially watered down. it's designed to eliminate climate violations by corporations, but the associated press reports a revised proposal exempts the entire financial sector. europe has a goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050, but businesses and member states have warned of economic fallout. the senate rules committee adopted a resolution today allowing confirmation of large groups of military promotions, all at once. alabama republican tommy tuberville has blocked individual votes on hundreds of promotions, to protest a pentagon abortion policy. the resolution now goes to the full senate. and on wall street, stocks jumped on the upbeat inflation news. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 490 points, the nasdaq rose 320 six points, the s&p 500 jumped 84. still to come on the newshour, as the israel-hamas war and

teen's, jewish americans share how they are viewing the conflict from afar. the latest climate assessment shows the increasing annual cost of climate change for the u.s.. and a new museum in south carolina aims to honor the untold stories of enslaved africans through genealogy. >> this is the pbs newshour, from weta studios in washington, and in the west, from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: this week is an important moment in the strained and often tense relationship between the u.s. and china. president biden and chinese president xi jinping will meet face to face in san francisco on wednesday as part of the asia ppacific economic conference or apec summit. treasury secretary janet yellen is there already and has been meeting with officials. i spoke with her short time ago. welcome back to the newshour. president biden has repeatedly

frame his vision of the world as a struggle between autocracies and democracies, and he has placed u.s. in opposition to countries like russia and china. my is engaging with china now the right strategy? secretary yellen: even if we disagree that something -- about something as fundamental as democracy versus autocracy, we need to have constructive relationships with one another. we have a deep economic relationship and financial relationship that is generally beneficial, both to china and the united states, although we insist that it be one that is in -- that is fair with a level playing field, so that american workers are not disadvantaged. but we have a productive competition between the united states and china. we want to make sure that that

continues. at the same time, we intend to protect our national security, and it is important for china to understand that we are doing that, that it is really nonnegotiable, but try to do it in ways that are targeted, narrow, and not designed to harm the chinese people broadly or to inhibit their growth. so there are many areas in which we can and should cooperate, and the meeting i'm sure will address all of these points. geoff: there are those who say the u.s. should actually sever economic ties with china, or decouple our economy from china's. what do you make of that approach? sec. yellen: i think it would be disastrous for both the united states and china, and for the global economy more broadly. i do not think that we should

try to decouple. i think that would be dangerous and counterproductive. i have visited beijing a year ago, following president biden and president xi's decision that economics and finance are areas where we should regularly communicate, and i think we have opened up reductive channels, we have established economic and financial working groups that are meeting to try to address these issues constructively. geoff: the commerce secretary has said that u.s. firms have complained to her that china is, in their view, un investable, pointing to actions that have made it too risky to do business there. how do you see it? sec. yellen: i think china has taken actions against u.s. firms that seem arbitrary and retaliatory, and it certainly is a concern that i too have heard

from american businesses. at this point, i think china is concerned about this potential exodus of american firms, and really seeks to stabilize the relationship and to make sure that it continues to be a welcoming environment for american and other foreign firms in china. so the objective of our meeting certainly is to try to address these issues that are of concern to american businesses legitimately. geoff: on another matter, you said the u.s. government sees evidence that chinese firms may be aiding in the flow of equipment to russia as part of its war effort in ukraine. how is the u.s. planning to respond? sec. yellen: we want our chinese counterpart to be aware that we

have detected activity that strongly suggests to us that there are some private chinese firms that are helping direct military equipment to russia, and that we have great concern about that. we are certainly prepared to sanction these firms or potentially financial institutions that are helping them do this business, but it would be easiest and best if china uses the information that we can provide to crack down on this activity themselves. and i think we have an opportunity to work with the chinese to counter this invasion. geoff: inflation has fallen from a peak of about 9% last summer and the slowdown extended through october, according to a labor department report out today. how much longer, though, will

americans have to grapple with the dual pressures of high inflation and high interest rates? sec. yellen: it's really critically important that inflation come down. it is first and foremost, the fed's job to accomplish that. we are taking complementary actions ourselves, understanding that americans are really suffering from higher prices. fortunately gas prices now are down about $1.65 off their highs. the inflation reduction act has lowered health care costs and more and more drugs are now coming down in price. we see that inflation is coming down we know that is something that needs to continue. geoff: treasury secretary janet yellen, joining us from san francisco. thank you for your time. ♪

amna: today in washington dc, tens of thousands of people marched near the capitol in support of israel, as its war with hamas enters a second month. israeli president isaac herzog addressed the crowd in a live feed, and protestors were united calling for hostages to be released, and rising anti-semitism to be condemned. but some jewish americans are torn over how the israeli government is conducting the war, and the number of palestinians killed in last five weeks. william brangham got a sampling of some different perspectives. william: for many jews in the u.s., this is a raw and emotionally difficult moment, one feel with great sadness and anger and anxiety. while there is universal condemnation of the hamas vicious attack on october 7, israel's response since then, it's full-scale attack on gaza, on hamas, and the horrible death it has caused has exposed divisions within the american

jewish population. to get some sense of those, we spoke with a range of people with different perspectives. rabbi rachel toner leads a reform congregation in brooklyn, new york. a freshman at cornell university , a rabbi of chicago leads a progressive synagogue. an orthodox jew and lawyer in chicago asked we not use his last name. rabbi garber advises conservative rabbis as part of the rabbinical assembly, and medea benjamin is cofounder of the woman at peace group known as code pink. one common theme we heard was distress that the initial empathy shown to israel after october 7 had dissipated and that there is not more consistent coverage and focus on the hostages hamas took. >> this was an unprovoked war between israel and hamas. hamas attacked the jewish people october 7, and i feel incredibly

sad, incredibly frustrated and angry. >> what hamas did on october 7 was a war crime in and of itself. it was inexcusable and should be condemned. it was horrific. that i think israel's response has been so disproportionate. >> my family has many victims of the holocaust, and my wife's family has many survivors. this just said here he tropes -- of the holocaust era, and what came after was even more shocking. anti-semitism is just out in the open and we are seeing themes that came out 70 or so years ago are coming out again. william: a more divisive issue is israel's military response inside the gaza strip. all summer calling for an immediate cease-fire, many jewish americans argue that israel has every right to

aggressively counterattack an enemy like a mosque. >> i think it is reasonable for israel to fight to bring home the hostages. they ought to be calling on hamas to return the hostages as part of what the cease-fire look like. i do not hear that happening so much. >> the cease-fire was a great idea, and we had a cease-fire until october 7. so i feel like it takes two to tango, and there was a cease-fire. william: while israel has agreed to temporary pauses in its campaign, to encourage civilians to leave certain areas, many american jews argued that is not enough. they believe the widespread destruction wrought by this counteroffensive, now estimated to have killed over 11,000 civilians, according to the hamas-controlled gaza health ministry, is unjustifiable.

medea benjamin is among those leaving protest for a cease-fire. >> there should absolutely be a cease-fire. we can't keep watching this horrific destruction in gaza, where so many, not only people have been destroyed, but the entire infrastructure, people's homes. there's going to be nowhere for people to live anymore. >> i feel as a member and leader in the jewish community, that this is a moment of deep moral reckoning right now. think it is a test for all of us. over 10,000 people have been killed and those numbers are rising. over 4000 children have been killed, and those numbers are rising. in such a circumstance, calling for a cease-fire would seem the most moderate thing to call for. the fact that those of us who have been calling for cease-fire now are the ones considered to be quote unquote supporting

terror, and making some kind of radical suggestion. >> israel cannot consider a cease-fire. we cannoth terrorists. we cannot have a cease-fire with hamas still there. israel has and must eliminate hamas, but it must protect the lives of civilians. i think they need to operate with more care at times. >> i know that over 1000 humans were killed without provocation in one day. we have to say, how has this started, and has it been remedied yet? the answer is, it was started by one son, and has not been remedied. >> there have been humanitarian violations on both sides. what hamas did on october 7 was a war crime. the killing of civilians.

what israel is doing and has done to gaza in the past, going in militarily and assaulting an imprisoned population, again, over 2 million people with nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, with tons and tons of bombs, and now going in on the ground, these are war crimes as well. >> at cornell university, the fbi investigating after threatening statements were posted about jewish people on an internet discussion board. william: the dramatic rise in anti-semitic vitriol and attacks has been an enormous worry too many american jews. >> i definitely have seen an increase in anti-semitism, as i believe has every jew in the world. it is rampant and shocking and stunning, the amount of anti-semitism that is coming at jews. all of my members have seen graffiti in their neighborhoods. our building was vandalized. william: he saw this play out in

recent days at cornell. >> most recently we had someone on a discussion board post that they wanted to bomb our kosher center and kill jews. there is a large discussion on campus whether it is safe to even be on campus. a lot of students went back home the moment these attacks were revealed. they did not go to class. >> i have not personally experience anti-semitism, but i have personally experienced tremendous divisions within my own family. some members of my family who at one time were more sympathetic to the palestinians are now not sympathetic at all. in other members of my family were never sympathetic to the plight of the palestinians, and it was israel could do no wrong. so it is that kind of division that i have seen. william: some of those we spoke with still hope for a two state solution, where peace could be achieved for both jews and palestinians.

but for now, that future seems as remote as it has in decades. >> right now i don't know what a resolution looks like. every day, every hour, there is something new on the news. and i think, this is the worst it's going to be, or this is the most we will lose, live, or hope. nothing is logical anymore. nothing is reasonable. i think it's going to have to be that everyone wants to work together. that might be just an ideal dream, but if we want to live as neighbors, then we need to figure this out. william: for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham. ♪

geoff: much of the focus of this latest israel-hamas war is necessarily focused on gaza, and the brutal fighting there. but a larger, more threatening force sits across israel's northern border -- lebanese hezbollah. special correspondent simona foltyn recently sat down with a former top lebanese intelligence official, who not only knows the region well, but is integrally -- deeply involved in the negotiations over the hostages taken by hamas. >> southern lebanon and northern israel have seen daily bombardment and skirmishes as the israeli army and the lebanese paramilitary group hezbollah exchange fire across the border. it threatens to become a major second front in the israel-hamas conflict. the major general was until recently the head of general security in lebanon. he helped mediate last year's

deal between lebanon and israel and is now once again involved in negotiating an exchange of hostages taken by hamas in return for palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails. >> it's time for a political solution. we have to start with the exchange of prisoners. that will start with a political solution. >> according to maas, around 50 of the hostages taken into gaza have already been killed in the israel bombardment. at a recent press conference, officials call for cease-fire to organize a prisoner exchange. so was this prisoner swap, do you think it was the main goal behind the attack on october 7? >> one of the thoughts is to have their prisoners out of the jail. there are some who have spent 30 or 40 years in the prison and

israel still refuses to release them. >> around 5000 palestinians are being held in israeli jails, including 33 william and 1 -- 33 women and many minors. is it just about women and children or is it also about hamas fighters? >> no, it is not about fighters from hamas. they're asking for women and children only. they want to put a mechanism for this exchange of prisoners. >> but the israeli government has rejected proposals for cease-fire and has continued its air and ground assault on gaza. >> the stated military objective is -- of israel is to eradicate hamas, to remove it from power in gaza. do you think this is achievable? >> the core of hamas as a military group is still very

strong. they want the world to know what happened in 2006. the israelis said they are going to eliminate hezbollah. no. hezbollah becomes a regional power. >> there is a steady rise in attacks between israel and hezbollah. what do you think is the risk that these attacks might escalate into a wider conflict? >> i don't believe that hezbollah -- i believe that what is going on with the region and the war is the israeli government. i believe that netanyahu wants the war to be larger. he wants international support. he feels this is the right moment, and historical moment for him to appear as a hero and

to eliminate hezbollah and hamas at the same time. all the front around israel -- we have to stop it. >> is there a redline for hezbollah, at which point they might be forced to escalate this war? >> i believe that hamas will become in a weakened position, or they will go up with a retaliation. >> will that be of hamas specifically asked for support, or hezbollah appears that hamas might be destroyed? >> i believe that last for support, but i can tell you after my meeting, there is still -- civilians are paying the price. >> we've seen what some would say unconditional support for

israel. some western nations have even opposed a cease-fire, despite the mounting death toll in gaza. how is this perceived in lebanon and the arab world? >> i tell the international community and the united states the policy that you are following in gaza or in palestine is a double standard. it will not work for your interests. it's working against her interest. -- your interest. we learned about democracy. i graduated from american schools. i learned a lot. i cannot find what i believe in, what i learned now. we need to be balanced, or at least not a double standard. >> a double standard, specifically when it comes to the killing of civilians. while the united states and many western nations were quick to

denounce the brutal attack on october 7, the criticism of israel's bombing campaign in gaza has been much more muted. >> i'm not saying that israel has to stop against hamas, it is a war. but what about the civilians? now what is going on is revenge on civilians. we want a cease-fire to take place. we have to stop this massacre. >> what is your message to the international community and the united states specifically as to how this conflict should be ended? >> the israelis try to stop -- solve the palestinian problem without palestinians at the table. every time they try to convince us it is a huge step toward peace, the problem with the

palestinians, we have to go for political solution now. if the two state will not work, we can go for a one state solution, for any solution, without giving the palestinians their rights are a part of their rights, the region will not be stable. >> thank you for speaking with the newshour. >> thank you very much. ♪ amna: the nation's fifth national climate assessment was released today and it shows shows america is warming faster than the global average, with climate change impacting nearly every facet of american life. it found extreme weather events now cost the u.s. roughly per year. $150 billionthe chief scientist and distinguish professor at texas tech university, welcome

back to the newshour. let's begin with that climate change trend. the report says the u.s. is warming about 60% faster than the rest of the world as a whole. why, what is driving that? >> this is no surprise. we have known that higher latitudes warm faster since the 1890's. that is not a typo, 1890. that is because tropical regions warm not as fast, northern regions warm faster because of feedbacks in the climate system, and overall, the entire globe is warming. that means a higher latitude we are, the grade we are at risk. alaska is warming faster than the rest of the continental u.s.. amna: that's an eye-popping number. $150 billion, for context, that is tens of billions more than the u.s. has pledged to ukraine in its war against russia which is a huge subject of a funding battle here in d.c.

as a nation, can we afford to keep up with that cost? >> we cannot. in the 1980's, the u.s. was experiencing on average $1 billion in climate disaster every four months. the last 10 years, we've been experiencing one every three weeks or less. there's no question that climate change is already slowing economic growth, even where i live in texas. extreme heat this summer slowed our economic growth, according to the federal reserve, but we know that climate solutions present opportunities. we cannot afford not to act. amna: the report makes clear there is no part of the country that is untouched from this, from extreme heat waves in the southeast to heavier precipitation in the northeast and midwest. coastal communities dealing with rising sea levels. you're joining us from arizona, but as mentioned, you live in texas. make this real for us. how does this show up in daily life on the ground in texas?

>> global warming references the increase in the average temperature of the entire planet. but how we as individuals experience it is through what i call global we're doing. wherever we live -- globalweirding. hurricanes are powering up overnight from tropical storms to category four or five. our droughts are more intense and last longer. our summer heat seems endless. in california and canada we've seen wildfires. increases in flash flooding. wherever we live, our lives are being changed by how climate change is loading the weather dice against us. amna: tell us what it looks like on a day to day molecular level. what are the deeper changes that need to be made? >> the good news is that we are

already moving in the right direction. just are not going fast enough. we need to cut our heat trapping gas emissions as soon as possible. number two, we need to invest in nature to take some of that carbon out of the atmosphere as well as cleaning up our air and water protagonist from flooding and heat. number three, we need to prepare, adapt, build resilience to the changes that are already here today because climate is changing faster than any time in human history. it's not about saving the planet. it's about saving us humans and many of the other living things that share this planet with us. we are the ones at risk. amna: has much of the conversation shifted from how to stop or slow climate change or global warming into how do we as humans make ourselves more resilient, and how do we survive it? >> we are seeing more discussion

and more plans being put in place by cities, by states, by corporations, by organizations, to build resilience. but the report is crystal clear that if we don't cut our emissions, we are not going to be able to adapt to what is coming. so it's not a case of either/or, we need to do all three of those, and the more we do, the better off we will be. amna: that is katharine hayhoe is chief scientist of the nature conservancy and distinguished professor at texas tech university. thank for joining us. good to see you. >> thank you. ♪ geoff: digging deeply into family lineage has taken off in recent years with some estimates putting the number of visits to genealogy websites at over 100 million a year. the newly-opened international african american museum in

charleston, south carolina aims to honor untold stories at one of america's most sacred sites. part of that effort involves uncovering the past through genealogy. i went to explore for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> it seems that my family was somehow captured in what is nigeria and brought through jamaica. geoff: californian dawn gravely is among the visitors posing their personal family tree questions in this recording booth. for museum researchers to then investigate. >> well, the men also had the mitochondrial dna. but we just don't pass it on. only the women do. geoff: the same team also offers instruction about the ins and outs of accessing public records. all while inspiring visitors to glean new meaning, from a distant past. this is all part of the center for family history at the international african american history museum. museum officials say they have the broadest collection of genealogical records of any institution in the u.s. and one

of the most vast in the world. some 400 million records are searchable here. including those from before the 1870 census, the first after the civil war to include african americans by name. the legacy of slavery makes it so difficult for so many african-americans to track their family history, certainly before the 20th century. >> yes. geoff: an absolutely before the 1870 census. where does this museum come in? malika pryor martin, the museum's chief learning and engagement officer, lays out the mission. >> help folks break down what we refer to in the genealogy world as that brick wall of 1870. it's both myth and reality, because the myths, the records are there. the reality access is tough. , it's natural to think about the kinds of records that you would search for people. however, in an antebellum period, the overwhelming majority of people of african descent here in the united states or what becomes the united states are not people. they're considered property. so

we are interested in investing and partnering with other institutions to digitize them, to make what they digitized available. geoff: the museum is situated where gadsden's wharf once stood, the site where an estimated 40% of all american enslaved africans arrived in the u.s. it's estimated that between 1710, 1808, upwards of 150,000 captive africans landed at the many ports throughout the charleston harbor including gadsden's wharf. a memorial garden under the building marks that historic site. the museum opened in june after 20 years of planning with a number of delays. galleries include african roots which traces the movement of people of african descent throughout the atlantic world. american journeys which shares stories that shaped u.s. history through the international lens of the african diaspora. carolina gold showcases the impact of enslaved people on south carolina plantations who helped build the lucrative rice

industry. while the gullah geechee exhibit looks at contemporary issues facing these descendants of west and central africans who predominantly live in the lowcountry region of the u.s. and includes this replica of a praise house. malika: it's a spiritual center. it's a place that's really and truly home away from home. but it's also a base for education, for social activation, for moral and ethical recentering. it's a place where the community can find justice. so it's really serving as a point of reference and grounding for the sustenance of the entire community. geoff: 25-year old darius brown, an undergraduate at the nearby college of charleston, is also a research assistant at the museum running some of the genealogy101 sessions while piecing together his own past for the last six years. he's been able to trace several lines of his family back to the colonial period and reconstructing the population of enslaved people at several south carolina plantations. he is also self publishing a book about his revelations.

you have a picture of members of your family gathered on the day that the emancipation proclamation was read to them. this is phenomenal. tell tell me more about this. darius: yeah. so fort plantation actually became camp sexton, and now camp sexton is where their enlistment into the first south carolina actually took place. and so i have about 30 relatives that fought in the civil war, and they actually received their stars and stripes that day at the first reading of the emancipation proclamation. geoff: and you have photographic evidence of it? where did this picture come from? darius: so during the port royal experiment, different abolitionists were coming down to buford. they were teaching people how to read and write for the first time. they were some of the first african-americans to earn wage labor. and so a lot of people photographs came down and they were taking pictures of the enslaved people. geoff: that's extraordinary. do you happen to know which of these folks are connected to you? darius: i wish i did, but i know that my family is somewhere in

there. geoff: yeah. well, just having the picture is enough. >> i've had the benefit of knowing my family history. fortunately, it was couched with -- both like folks don't know this stuff, but i had a degree of appreciation and a level of awareness that it wasn't common for someone to be able to trace the lineage eight generations. and for a lot of americans, that's not even necessarily the easiest thing to do. geoff: you can trace your lineage eight generations? >> yes at least on one line. , geoff: wow. malika pryor martin says the journey of turning over historical stones can reveal much pain, but also joy. >> there are thousands of those stories, and when we have the opportunity to discover them for ourselves, then we can confirm without question a doubt, were -- we were brave or smart. we have the capacity to to strategize, to have empathy, to forgive, to fight.

and i know i've said it already before, but to love. there's something pretty radical about living under conditions that really aren't built for you to survive. and to still choose to love. geoff: yeah. and tracing one's history to that is, it's unmatched. malika: that's right. yeah, that's right. geoff: people keep probing their hunches, intuitions, and presumptions of their past, trying to see if they can pin down where their family roots truly lie. that museum is such a resource. they offer virtual meetings. amna: i love reclaiming that space and putting at the war, that museum. joining us tomorrow night when , nick schifrin reports from the apec summit in san francisco as president biden meets with chinese president xi jinping for the first time in over a year. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm amna nawaz.

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