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hostages held hamas in gaza. >> we have tonight. israel government voted to approve the deal that would free some 240 hostages held by hamas, weeks of negotiations led to the agreement. hamas reportedly exchange 150 men and children. >> 45 days after they were kidnapped from the music festival, children taken from their homes. retirees stolen. prorated in gaza city. in total, as many as 30 children and 60 women were kidnapped.

they held fire for four to five days, increased humanitarian assistance and restrict surveillance flights over gaza. there are 10 americans believed in gaza. a tour guide at the holocaust museum. judith was kidnapped attica bits. it's unclear says israel is currently detaining 200 children and 62 women. the deal increased humanitarian aid.

it now includes two fuel truck per day the war goes on. to tightly packed area filled with pallets -- present-day families. the idf says they killed militants who fled. >> we completed the encirclement. we have the ever hand and we will continue to eliminate hamas terrorists. the chinese communist party spoke to a virtual gathering

about the war. he called for a two state solution. >> there could be no sustainable decency 30 without a trust solution. >> vladimir putin blamed the war on the u.s. and said it should be negotiated. >> the of thousands of lives is of great concern. all of these are of direct consequence. >> net, you have been monitoring this all evening. walk us through the deal. what do we know? how will this work? >> the government announced few additional details. they announced 50 hostages would

be released over four days, that if hamas were to release 10 more hostages, if you do the math there would be 90 women and children it's not clear whether hamas could deliver that. there has been a trial run. we know that the international committee would deliver that to israeli troops and from there there would be a half dozen hostages, many would need medical treatment, the national

security staff said and from there depending on the nationalities they will be repatriated. >> hostage negotiations are fraught endeavors. why has this been so difficult? >> there has been a lot of shuttle diplomacy. in the middle has been qatar .

gazan civilians have been voltage some. there is good israeli resist, confirming the details to get a four right wing coalition and there have been members, holding fire over gaza. netanyahu made clear that this

will not be a cease-fire that ends the war that said he will continue until they have achieved all of the games. >> made sure we will learn more tomorrow as additional details come available. thank you so much. >> the agonizing six weeks of horror and worry. fiber for family members were kidnapped -- now to the families of people held by hamas and this agonizing six weeks of our and worry. five of abby's family members were kidnapped on october 7. carmella's son-in-law and two other children both are held hostage.

leas is awaiting the return of the youngest american hostage, her grandniece three-year-old abigail. welcome to you both. thank you for joining us. i want to begin by asking both of you what this moment is like knowing a deal to release some of the hostages could be imminent. why don't you begin? >> >> first, thank you for having us on the show. i think it is important for us to keep talking about the hostages and reminding people these are innocent civilians that were taken hostage, of ducted on october 7. -- of on october 7. my grandniece is three years old. i am thankful for all the work president biden, the administration has been leading. i am thankful to whatever

support the qatar government and everybody involved -- but what i feel tonight is like we started this morning with this excitement we were going to have a hostage deal and now it is the evening and we don't necessarily have a hostage deal. what it is a reminder of is until we see abigail and other children and mothers leaving gaza, we cannot let go. we cannot stop doing this work. we cannot believe it until we actually see it. amna: what about you? you have already lost family members. we are so sorry for the loss you have already suffered. this hope the remaining fairly members could be released. what is this like? >> i thin liz says it well. you are waiting for something to

untie but it is not there yet. feels really fragile. there are so many things that have to come into place at the right time. i think it is 30 hours where people can appeal and the notion any sort of military mishap could put this in danger as well. we have a lot of hope. more hope than we have had at any other point in the process in terms of a diplomatic resolution for the 50. but we still feel like until we can see them with our eyes, until we can touch them, the not is in our stomachs. amna: have you gotten any indication this would mean at least the two youngest in this case would be released as part of a potential deal? >> there is no confirmation of names. as far as i understand the government will be getting a

list of 10 names the night before each release if this is to move forward. i hope they would share the names with the families. as i understand the first thing that is going to happen is medical care and then write to the families i think the families will need some sort of preparation. there is speculation they would be among the children released. amna: of course that would mean the release of three-year-old abigail. the youngest american. you are wearing the 45 on your shirt to remind everyone how long she and the others have been held. i need to ask you about some of the opposition. in the israeli government the are some who say you should not be negotiating with terrorists. a cease-fire could allow time for hamas to regroup. what would you make of that argument? >> i make of it no argument. we need to have these children come home.

these are 30 plus innocent civilians who are children to this is not political. this is humanitarian. they have been of ducted. they're somewhere in the dark in gaza for over 45 days now. and a pheasant enough. this is not about politics. this is about children. the should not be in the middle of the war. abigail is three-year-old. her birthday is on friday. no child should spend their birthday as a hostage. none of these children should be there. i pay that i don't go to politics. i remind everyone listening and i hope our leaders who are listening, we need to bring these children home and we need to bring them home now. amna: i should ask you too. i know her two older siblings survived. how are they doing? what you tell them about what is going on? >> these children watch both of their parents be murdered by

hamas terrorists on october 7. they went and buried their parents. they are blessed to be with loving family, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents but these children but they know what is going on. there very articulate about what happened. the family is honest about what is going on. the one thing they are holding hope and faith is abigail is going to come home to them really soon and run around and play soccer, eat eyes cream and do what siblings do. so the thought of a six and 10-year-old having witnessed that as a mother, i cannot bear it. but i also know the one thing they are waiting for is their little sister to come home to hug her and celebrate her fourth birthday with her. amna: erez is just 12. sahar is 16. there is video you have seen. he was alive when he was taken. you can only imagine what is going through his mind when he is in the hands of those terrorists. what can you tell us about the 12-year-old boy, 16-year-old boy? >> as we said, no one should celebrate their birthday in activity. he turned 12 there in october. we deeply believe it is the job of the israeli government and all of our governments to bring

them home. he is now the same ages my son. he is a horseback rider. he is a bike rider. he plays the trumpet. he loves legos. he is the baby of four siblings. sahar is 16. she has another year left of high school. she and her older sister are best friends. if you don't look closely, you would mistake them for one another. they are both beautiful and look like twins. she is an artist. she plays the bass. they need to be brought home to their siblings and their mother. amna: if there is a deal i should ask you both. it would likely mean some and not all the hostages come home. there is this on between you and all the other families and during the unimanable. i want to ask each of you what the conversation is like between you and the other families knowing some of you will be able to see your loved one soon but not everyone.

>> and is -- it is a cruel and terrible conversation. i will say i really believe everyone understands the children need to come out first. the little kids need to come out first. i know that once abigail comes out, i and other parents and relatives of these hostages will continue to work every day to ensure all 230 plus hostages come home to their families. i pray we get these kids out and then we continue and we will and these families are together in this process. i would like everybody to come out. and they will. amna: what would you say to the? -- to that?

>> every single one of them was a success and a celebration. we rejoiced. at this point we all are close with one another. it weighs heavily on our hearts to think some will come out and others will not. in my situation they come out. a grown man would not be among the list. as liz is saying, whoever comes out it does not stop the fight for any of us. we will fight until every hostages home. will have more motivation knowing there was a resolution that something can be solved and we can fight to bring everyone of them home. amna: we are thinking of you and of your families. we thank you so much for joining us tonight. thank you both. ♪

in the days other headlines, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange binance pleaded guilty in a sweeping u.s. securities investigation and agreed to pay 4.3 bullion dollars in fines. the charges were similar to those against ftx. attorney general merrick garland said binance let drug gangs in terror groups launder money. >> using new technology to break the wall does not make you a disrupter. it makes you a criminal. this justice department has no tolerance for crimes that threaten our economic institutions and undermine public trust and the fairness of those institutions. amna: also today, the founder of binance pleaded guilty to failing to prevent money laundering. he said he is stepping down as

ceo. north korea claims it launched a spy satellite into orbit today on its third try. there was no independent confirmation but the u.s., japan and south korea condemned the attempt which violated a u.n. ban. the north said the leader watched the launch and the satellite is a response to hostile military moves by the u.s. and japan. the philippines and the u.s. have started joint naval and air patrols in waters near taiwan in move to counter china. beijing has claimed much of the south china sea inside the so-called nine dash line. the philippines and other countries dispute the boundary. last month the chinese coast guard ship ramped a ship in the south china sea. new shows of support for ukraine today. germany's defense minister laid flowers at the uprising memorial in kyiv.

it marks pro-western protests that toppled a pro-russian president 10 years ago. the european union president met with volodymyr zelenskyy. zelenskyy warned against accepting a stalemate with moscow. >> when the civilized world starts looking for compromises with terrorists and making concessions to tyrants, we will all lose. ukraine, europe, the world. we lose naively thinking there can be a draw with them. a drawl is impossible. amna: in washington, the white house warned there are signs iran may provide ballistic missiles to russia and the u.n. human rights office reported more than 10,000 civilians have

died in ukraine in nearly two years of war. in this country, there is word house speaker mike johnson met with former president trump last night in florida. it is reported johnson traveled to the trumpet stay in mar-a-lago a week after endorsing his presidential bid. the new speaker is already taking fire from hard right republicans for relying on democrats to pass a government funding bill. millions of people begin boarding flights and hitting the highways today for wet may be a record thanksgiving travel season. airports anticipated more than 5 million passengers by thursday and aaa reported 55 million americans will drive at least 50 miles from home. i need the east, travelers face

a storm moving up the atlantic coast that could disrupt air and ground traffic. 14th amendment cases challenge donald trump's eligibility for the 2024 election. earthquakes rental southwestern iceland as volcanic eruption may the just days away. and much more. >> 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. amna: the u.s. government remains open this thanksgiving week thanks to a temporary funding deal congress passed last week. but that deal starts to expire in january. conservatives are signaling they won't pass another funding deal without addressing a bigger issue. the swelling u.s. national debt.

this as what the u.s. pays in interest cost is soaring. geoff is with lisa desjardins to make sense of the trillions involved. geoff: it is good to see you. we know the topline number appear the total national debt is almost $30 trillion but economists have noted something is changing so what is it? lisa: it is the cost of the debt. to fight inflation, the federal reserve has been increasing interest rates. that means what the u.s. is paying for its loans is also going up. i wanted this to be understandable so i went to look at interest cost, what we pay on our national debt today. i catch litter these numbers thanks to some help from the joint economic committee. $1 billion is how much we were paying in interest two years ago. let's watch the curb kid after

the pandemic interest rates go up a little bit. look at the last six months. as we see, interest rates go up. look at what the u.s. is paying. more than twice in interest cost per day and we did two years ago. 2.6 billion. in a week, what we are paying on interest is enough for everything president biden has requested for border security for a year. geoff: what about the total number? lisa: what does this mean overall? the u.s. in a year looking november to october in the past year spent 740 $9 billion on interest. what does that number mean? department of defense budget. how much did we spend on that fiscal 23? 782 billion. just the interest on our debt is so large it is almost the entire department of defense budget. geoff: we are lawmakers talk about the debt and deficit.

how much does that debate on the hill get at the core of the problem? lisa: so excited to get into this because of course congress as you know controls only part of the budget. agencies by and large. let's look at what the three largest drivers of the debt are. social security in yellow at the bottom. medicare in blue and interest. those costs right there. this is the percentage of the budget these things make up now. in 2033, all three of those things are going to grow. these are mandatory cost congress is not even talking about a government shutdown. the green is what congress controls. that money is expected to go down. what is happening is congress is not addressing the big drivers of the debt at all. you talk to economists, like mark from moody's analytic scum he says congress needs to stress

the real stakes in all of this. >> lawmakers need to be able to connect in the minds of the voter that if we don't make changes, we don't do things that are tough like raised taxes or restrain spending, interest rates are going to rise. we are not going to be able to -- most americans not be able to afford to become a homeowner or even by a vehicle. i think it is going to take some economic pressure for lawmakers to come to terms. so far they have not done that. geoff: what are lawmakers proposing as perfect -- as potential solutions? lisa: we listen to the last couple weeks of debate about fiscal policy, about a potential government shutdown we just avoided this time around. i want to note there are more members of congress talking about this issue. let's listen to what they had to say. the greatest threat to our national security is our nation's debt. > we have been spending more than we bring in in our government every year for the past 21 years. >> as a nation we must be concerned about the growth of the national debt. >> when is it going to be enough? is $34 trillion of debt not enough? two trillion dollar deficits

not enough? if you don't like math and don't want to deal with reality, please stop watching. geoff: keep watching because math is important. reality is important and reality is much as these members have lots of graphs and putting out the problem, there are not specific plans to deal with this. it comes down to two things. either you have to cut spending, cut benefits or you have to increase revenue. most every smart economist says you have to do some combination of both. it has become a partisan debate. there is a potential commission on the horizon. speaker johnson mentioned that in his first speech. my reporting is that is stuck at the moment because they cannot agree on what kind of teeth a fiscal commission can have. it is fine to propose recommendations but at the senate does not have to take a vote, what does it matter? until they can agree on that, even a commission itself is in gridlock even as our debt continues to get more at the moment. geoff: thanks much for this great reporting and analysis. ♪ amna: a civil war era clause in the constitution is at the center of a major legal question for 2024. his former president donald trump qualified to be on the ballot? lauren lopez takes a closer look

at the 14th amendment. >> the legal work continues over whether former president trump should be disqualified from the ballot in colorado. the case over section three of the 14th amend that which bars a person from future office if they have taken an oath to the constitution and later engage in an insurrection or aid the constitutions enemies. on friday colorado district judge ruled trump did engage in an insurrection in citing the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol but said the little-known clause does not apply to the presidency. now both trump and the plaintiffs i'm of the case backed by the nonprofit citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington have filed appeals. joining me to the class is a constitutional scholar at harvard law school and first backed the theory earlier this year. thank you for joining the newshour. the judge ruled trump engaged in an insurrection, a notable ruling, what for the purposes of

the president is not quote an officer of the united states. to the average person that might be pretty confusing. that every other public official, senator, fungus member qualifies but the president does not. can you explain that? >> it is quite confusing and it was confusing to the trial court judge herself. she conducted a very elaborate weeklong trial. there was a great deal of evidence on the basis of which she carefully found by clear and convincing evidence that donald trump not only on january 6 but having taken an oath to support the constitution turned against it and engaged in an insurrection against it. but amazingly, she said the language of the 14th amendment

which was designed to protect the country and protect democracy from insurrectionists who had taken an oath to the constitution exempts the president. she said that may sound preposterous and it does because it is. the language clearly covers the presidency as an office under the constitution. it is described that way throughout the constitution. donald trump himself described it that way in his filings and other cases. and in fact, exempting the presidency would turn the constitution upside down. it would mean among other things that jefferson davis having led the confederacy could then have turned around after the civil war and been president again. that is not the way the constitution was designed or written.

>> there are a few other things i want to get to but this is being appealed to the colorado supreme court. what do you expect to happen next? >> i think the colorado supreme court which is on a very expedited schedule is quite likely to reverse the bizarre holding that exempts the president. a holding that would among other things mean presidents could accept emoluments from foreign countries, you could have a religious to test for the presidency. having done that, the question is will they find some basis to overturn the really important holding of the trial court that this was an insurrection against the constitution and donald trump engaged in it? if they do not overturn that holding, they will order that trump not be on the ballot. he will then seek review in the u.s. supreme court which will undoubtedly agree to hear the case on an expedited basis because the primary election is going to occur quite sooin

early 2024 in colorado. >> the former attorney general under george w. bush argued in an op-ed recently trump is not a quote officer of the united states which is some of the language they use in the 14th amendment. he cited a 2010 ruling by the supreme court were chief justice john roberts said the people do not vote for officers of the united states. what is your response to that argument? >> it is completely wrong. a very distinguished former federal judge, a conservative and i have examined that argument and find it frankly empty. it just does not make sense. of course the people don't vote for other officers.

that is why the constitution specifies that the senators and members of the house are subject to this and then it says so are officers of the united states. those who are not elected. it is true presidents are not elected. neither are cabinet members yet no one doubts they are subject to this restriction. it just does not make the slightest sense. with all due respect to the former attorney general mckay c, he would not get a high grade turning that answer in june >> if these challenges to former president trump's qualification fail that if trump is granted absolute immunity from criminal prosecution from conspiring to overturn the 2020 election which is something he is arguing in the federal january 6 case, what does that mean for the presidency and accountability? >> if that were to happen and i very much hope it does not, it would turn the presidency into a dictatorship. it would basically mean the revolution we fought against king george failed and that the

american experiment in constitutional democracy with no one being above the law lasted 225 years and then ended. i don't want that to happen. i think it would be a disaster for the freedom of every one of us to have anybody completely above the law. we have in this case someone who said he would terminate the constitution. he will make his presidency about vengeance. it is what fascists do. it is what is happening in many parts of the world. in russia quite recently. it looks like argentina is moving in that direction. in hungary. we really should not join those that have turned their backs on freedom and liberty. that is what would happen if absolute immunity route granted to the president. if he were allowed to take power again. >> thank you so much for your time. >> thank you so much.

♪ amna: the number of households where grandchildren are being raised by grandparents has been on the rise for decades in lower and middle income countries. parents have moved abroad or into urban areas for job opportunities and higher wages in part because agricultural jobs no longer provide a reliable income due to climate change.

ira special correspondent looks at one program in rural thailand aimed at keeping families together by providing alternative sources of income. it is part of his series agents for change. >> in millions of households across rural thailand, this is what the dinner hour looks like. grandma and grandpa feeding the little ones. mom and dad nowhere in the picture. >> every day, i fetch food for the two kids and i take the children to and from school. >> at 74, he says he has little choice raising his grandchildren , three and seven. left in his care while his daughter works in bangkok. aside from a couple visits a year, it is phone calls like this that keep the family connected. >> the kids miss their mom. does the way it is. life is difficult. we have to survive. she left two years ago. there is no money. no jobs here. >> and no way mom with a factory job could afford the daycare and high living costs of an caulk to bring her -- of bangkok to bring her children along. so he and his second wife also raising her daughter's newborn make do on a combined pension of about $36 a month and an increasingly unproductive rice field they form on rented land. people in rural thailand have for decades spent a few weeks

each year away in the city earning extra income in between planting and the harvest but in recent times, agriculture, the rice crop in particular has become unreliable as a source of income. that has forced longer and longer absences from home. >> what climate change is doing is exacerbating impacts on other more traditional economic and political drivers of migration. >> sarah is a research fellow at the stockholm environment institute in bangkok. >> migration should be a choice. there are communities that would like to remain in place. it is really a question of we lack the resources to diversify our incomes. which is becoming more and more difficult in the context of climate change. so family separation is one of

the violent kind of social impacts. >> women have been denied the basic human right of being a mother. >> a mission to reunite families. we met him at the temple near thailand's border with cambodia. a group of elderly residents were gathered. how many of you have children that have left for the city whom you would like to return home? >> he is a world social innovator credited earlier with designing thailand's successful family-planning campaigns. and economist by trading, he started the bamboo school nearby in 2009 to inspire rural youth in horticulture and entrepreneurship. now, he is trying to address the social impacts of internal migration in a country where some 3 million children are raised by a family other than

their parents. >> we are finding out more and more are willing to come home especially if there is an alternative. >> he started a pilot program called homeward bound that allows parents to return to their villages, provides them small loans and training to build and run a small business. >> this will give very good profit. just this much space will earn you 900,000 baht in a year. >> for 25,000 u.s. dollars. he says farmers would be financially secure on a lot less . >> most farmers are rice farmers and income from growing rice once a year is five baht per square meter which is horrendous

so we need to diversify. >> his school partners with nearby temples and hospitals. where farmers markets are held. the school students bring their training to teach new techniques on how to grow profitable crops in small spaces. he says the market is potentially huge. school lunches for instance could be supplied from small enterprises like the one started in the temple. planting vegetables and selling snacks prepared here. there is some 40,000 temples across this predominantly buddhist country. >> we have 25 billion for school lunch. they can use part of the money to buy for the elderly that is part of the market system. you have hospitals all over the place. you have schools. you have temples. we will take a look at any other organization that wants to work with us. >> tapping into the economic cycle -- enough to help people who returned as a baker's assistant. the homeward bound project allowed her and her husband, himself laid off from a city job, to reunite with their daughters, two and 10, and her parents.

>> my family was so excited when i returned to because visits before were infrequent. >> they have set up a small farm at home growing mushrooms and sunflower micro greens she sells at a nearby hospital farmers market. at a workshop explaining the homeward bound program, there was no shortage of eager applicants. driven by the financial reality of their work situation anthe pain of separation. >> last time i left, my kid ran after the car. to stay was not an option either. >> if i stayed, i would have no livelihood to sustain them. >> i earn about eight dollars and $.50 a day but a place of rice is one dollar and $.40 so there is little extra money. >> this man is urging his daughter to return to enroll in the homeward bound program. >> i have a contract. >> last time i left, my kid ran after the car. to stay was not an option either. >> if i stayed, i would have no livelihood to sustain them. >> i earn about eight dollars

and $.50 a day but a place of rice is one dollar and $.40 so there is little extra money. >> this man is urging his daughter to return to enroll in the homeward bound program. >> i have a contract. i have to wait. >> his daughter says she feels out of place amid the bustle and bright lights of bangkok where she lives with her new husband. they are contract bound for the next two years at their factory jobs leaving early would mean financial penalties. >> i wish i could have raised my own children but it has not been possible. i don't want to stay in bangkok. i am happiest when i can visit my children. my set is mom is when i left my kids but i did not have any money to buy food. >> the next step is scaling up. >> we can bring in the banking system.

the bank of agriculture. we financial resources and business skills. the other is access to credit at a normal rate. >> affording parents enough money he says so they can stay close and parent. for the pbs newshour, i'm fred de sam lazaro in bangkok. >> fred's reporting is a partnership with the under told stories project at the university of st. thomas in minnesota. ♪ >> scientists in iceland say a major volcanic eruption could occur within days but they are increasingly optimistic it may spare a town 40 miles southwest of the capitol. special correspondent malcolm brethren has the story. >> listen to the roar of mother earth. that is the sound of magma, molten rock, bubbling away'neath the town, causing hundreds of earthquakes a day. >> the outlook is rather bleak in my opinion.

>> this geophysicist. >> the ground is still subsiding. you cannot make a prognosis how they are rubbish and is going to affect the town -- how the abruption is going to affect the town. >> after being ordered to abandon the town a week ago, the people have been allowed back to rescue key positions. the owners of this store worked quickly to salvage stock while other residents awaited their turn.

>> i'm not sure about the town. myouse is ok. the road has collapsed about one meter or something. the lava is under our house. we don't know if we are going to have a home. >> it is hard to digest. for the last four days, i have a bad sleep. it is so worrying. check the news. i am getting a little more hopeful. it is not going to europe in the town. >> if it happens, this eruption is not going to manifest in the classic way from the top of a fiery mountain. scientists expect lava will burst through fissures in the ground. somewhere above a wide volcanic field.

the head of iceland volcano department. >> every day of what we are seeing is a decline in the rate of earthquakes and the rate of energy release from the earthquakes. however, this does not mean the eruption is less likely. we have seen a similar decline just before the eruption. >> the volcano that erupted in 2021 after being dormant for 800 years. that spectacular renaissance is being blamed for the current seismic activity. although the 1200 feet high crater appears to be sleeping. with scientists monitoring the volcano, the priority of the prime minister is the 4000 displaced people. >> we have put forward a bill to parliament to ensure the salaries for the inhabitants for the next three months. we are working to secure

housing. 1200 homes. people do not have guaranteed housing. we are working on that. >> the head of the nordic iceland center. what sort of scenarios do you envisage? >> currently we have two main scenarios. one is the current d formation we see at the surface will slow down, decline and eventually stop. but maybe a more likely scenario as it is looking now, the pressure rises enough for it to actually open at the surface and an eruption will start. >> when will the molten rock -- when the molten rock is the service, it becomes lava and hot. if the town going to burn to the ground -- is the town going to bring to the ground? >> it really depends on where the fisher opens. the most likely area is several kilometers north. >> that scenario threatens the blue lagoon, april cannick grotto and thermal spa beloved by tourists and currently closed.

the icelanders are trying to protect one of five geothermal power stations that generate electricity from underground heat. this person leads the civil defense unit. >> the barriers we are building around the power plant is going quite well. a little bit ahead of schedule in that. the first phases of the barriers are ready. we would have an eruption at this moment, we would at least delay the flow to the power plant. >> in 2010, and other volcano created an enormous cloud causing the suspension of air

travel in europe and across the atlantic. how is this likely to compare to the option -- to the eruption of 2010? >> when it commenced their, it interacted directly with the water from the glacier and creating a violent and explosive eruption. fine-grained ash that could be carried thousands of kilometers. this is not what we are going to see if we have an eruption. >> the residents wonder if they will be able to return to what is for now a ghost town where scientists are monitoring the seismic activity. the volcano department spokesperson. >> if an eruption will occur, it is probably within days rather than weeks. >> like this geyser, icelanders are waiting to see whether the latest seismic activity is nothing but a damp squib. they are preparing for the worst but are hoping the volcano goes back to sleep in the land of the northern lights. for the pbs newshour, i'm malcolm brethren. ♪

geoff: jonathan mccoury has served as peer to stick director at the national black theater for 10 years and along the way earned the highest honor for off-broadway theater. he shares his brief but spectacular take on love, joy and the pursuit of happiness. >> i am a creative doula. a person who helps to birth the ideas of the child, the playwright and the director are the mother and father and i am helping to birth that things are the world can see it and the world can be changed by it. my work at the national black theater is a 50 euros organization. i've been there for about 11 years. we have been able to dream up

the original vision which was to create a space where people can live, serve and work. we use our theory of change as a way to make that happen. which is black liberation plus art plus place making equals the conditions for humans to be transformed. if we imagine ourselves as butterflies, what is possible? if we imagine ourselves to be butterflies, what is possible? who are we if we imagine ourselves to be unfettered and when released from the husk? imagining that maybe three years was a cocoon for us. three years was an imagination for us to be able to see, witness and become something new. who did you become? my thing about what it means to be fully bodied and fully present, i have a conversation with how are we reckoning with some of the western traditions that have allowed us to come modify ourselves instead of seeing ourselves as really powerful beings? everything around us, everything we are able to cultivate is of our own doing and unbecoming. you are the cultivation of wisdom wrapped in flesh. you are the cultivation of possibility made real. every breath you get to take, something as shifting inside

this planet. futures are being written we have never even known. the futures are being written is what i need, what our future needs, what our children need. i was crafted from that kind of technology. my ancestors, ancestors of slaves, ancestors of people who were bombed into fortitude, ancestors who are kings and queens but those and testers said one day there would be a jonathan and i'm going to show up for him in this moment. i'm going to wrap my words with joy and from that joy allow for something magical to show up. that is what i am asking for you to understand that your presence right here is a gift. that is what i mean about the power of presence. the ability to share love and to show love to any and everything. that you understand there is only good in the world and through that good you are radically transformed and transformation does not mean it is always comfortable. it means you live in the discomfort of your growth. remember, the breath was a gift should next one is a gift to energy turned into manifesting something real. what realness will you do with the time you have?

with the sec. that you are given -- the sec. that you are given? >> this is my brief but spectacular take on love, joy and the pursuit of happiness. amna: later this evening on pbs, thank you for joining us. >> major funding has been provided by. >> pediatric surgeon. volunteer. topiary artist. a raymondjames financial advisor taylor's advice to help you live your life. life well planned. ♪ >> carnegie corporation of new

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