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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening, i am john yang. on the sunday before the primary, the presidential field has narrowed. ron desantis ended his candidacy and endorsed donald trump. he made the announcement on x. >> it's clear that a majority of republican primary voters want to give trump another chance. trump is superior to joe biden. john: this make the contest a

two person race. nikki haley is the only other competitor. lisa desjardins is a new hampshire. what does this do to the race? >> if you ask former president trump, he said he have the votes regardless but for nikki haley, while some of her supporters say it gives her an opportunity to win over some new voters, the truth is they believe most of the santos voters will go with former president trump. however, they want to see any bump they can. i am told the margin will matter. the closer she can get, the longer she has and the longer

she has to prove herself. how much does it matter? it's probably a matter of margins. at the end of this, that is the reason the santos is dropping out. his margins are small and it's not clear he had money despite initially having tens of millions of dollars. the campaign imploded and it's not clear there are big enough margins to make a difference. john: how does this change campaigning and the message for both nikki haley and donald trump moving forward? >> former president trump is trying to focus on south carolina because new hampshire is the less competitive place.

we went to a rally last night where he introduced officials. i noticed the size of the crowd. i counted 4100 people. in that same venue four years ago, i saw 12,000 people come out for donald trump. there could be an enthusiasm question. when you ask trump voters what they care about, it's the border and some cultural issues but above all, the economy. >> he has great business sense. >>'s opponents say there is a risk that he brings chaos. >> we are in chaos right now. the cost of living is going up. there is violence everywhere.

>> the latest fbi statistics show violent crime is down and we have been below pre-pandemic levels. murder is plummeting in the united states. this idea is a disconnect with reality as far as crime. as for the cost of living. new statistics show inflation has been improving. it is still around 3% to 4% but it is dramatically down. but still higher than the federal reserve wants and i will tell you, people are still feeling it. i spoke to someone across the white said it cost $110 to fill up his gas tank and that is one reason he plans to vote for donald trump. john: there is a democratic

primary on tuesday but president biden is not on the ballot. why does that and who is on the ballot? >> let me explain the calendar. the democratic party announced the schedule that they approved for their primaries putting south carolina first, then nevada and new hampshire followed by michigan and super tuesday. new hampshire has a law saying it has to be the first primary and decided to move the primary to where it is now. as punishment, the dnc said it will hold delegates from new hampshire and president biden made the decision not to appear at all. his allies are starting an

effort to write him in. the ballot has almost two dozen names so people must write him and at the bottom. trying to edge him out is dean phillips. seems like a long shot but he had a surge of peop at, vents. we will see if they come out. john: you were talking to voters in iowa where turnout was low. how did the feeling and mood your hearing new hampshire compared to iowa? >> it's night and day. cold, but excitement. if you walk into any restaurant and talk to someone, they are tuned in and planning to vote. in iowa, most people were not planning to vote.

there is more excitement here. john: thank you very much. lisa will be reporting from tuesday night starting at 11:00 p.m. eastern here on pbs. in the days other news. citing between russia and ukraine ratcheted up. at least 27 people are killed. forensic specialists were trying to figure out what kind of weapons were used. ukraine had no comment. then ask is one of the rions russia annexed illegally. the palestinian death toll is more than 25,000 according to hamas.

as schelling continued, israeli officials say the fight will likely continue for several months. >> the refusal and denial is unacceptable. these will prolong the conflict that has become a threat to peace. john: 1000 people turned out to plant seedlings as a memorial to the victims of the hamas attack's who were killed at a music festival. police said 364 people were shot

and burned to death. damage assessments are underway in western iraq. officials say an airbase was attacked yesterday, it's believed to be the work of iranian backed militants. there is an and insights to the deep-freeze that has taken a hold of the country. the national weather service expects temperatures to climb above freezing tomorrow. indiana is digging out from lake effect snow. winter storms have claimed that the 67 lives this month nationwide. indonesia does most active volcano has erected. it unleashed gas clouds that blanketed villages and a deluge of law that's read over a mile. it is of several to flareup this

weekend. the world knows the motive behind the case of the stolen ruby slippers. court papers say a mobster stole them in pursuit of one last score. smith thought the rubies were real. he pleaded guilty and prosecutors are asking that he be spared prison. still to come, how that ended up in applesauce pouches. why the scheduled execution of an alabama man is raising concerns. >> this is cbs news weekend ron washington.

john: the effects of last calls recall of applesauce are widening. it's raising questions about how food reaches supermarket shelves, w watches over it and how far the oversight extends. >> it was discovered in oober. hundreds of cases are under investigation. the fta has confirmed cinnamon was the culprit. it was produced in the door. the founder and editor of food fix focuses on food policy and has been tracking the recall. how has the impact expanded since the news broke and what do we expect?

>> about three months ago we knew of four kids who had elevated lead levels, since then, we have gone to 350 cases under investigation in 41 states. this has expanded quite substantially. 350 is likely in undercount. it's in undercount. i don't know how many more kids will end up under investigation but it never should have happened. >> how serious is it for children? >> lead is a neurotoxin and there is a scientific consensus that there is no safe level for young children and infants.

it can cause lower like you, developmental problems. this is a really serious issue. in this case, the levels were very high. the cinnamon was found to have 2000 times levels that are safe. children probably would not exhibit symptoms. the message is, if you or your child consume these pouches, you should get your blood tested regardless of whether you have symptoms. >> the applesauce contamination is an example of vulnerabilities that exist with the global supply chain. how much control does -- '>> dear learning about the limitations. it was a company in ecuador that made the pouches and they found

serenely high levels of lead. really high levels. they found chromium which suggests lead chromate was the point. it can be used to make spices appear brighter. in this situation, the fta was not able to go further up the supply chain because the nnamon supplier is not sending food directly to the u.s.. we are finding some limitations. ecuador is investigating. >> is that where this fall through the cracks?

if suppliers are not traveling through the united states? is the oversight limited? >> if you are shipping food to the u.s., going up the supply chain is the issue. it did not come from ecuador. we need to find where it came from and where it got contaminated. if it was economic adulteration, they want to know where that happened. the good news is, fda has been doing screening of cinnamon coming into the u.s. and they have so far not found high levels. that is the good news. but, there are limitations. they do not have enough inspectors to be in those plans very often. >> when it comes to spices, we

don't have limits. we don't have limits for most baby foods. the fda is under pressure to set limits. the agency has been slow to do so and the situation puts a lot of additional pressure on the agency to move forward because parents should not have to think about this. this is something you expect regulators to take care of. >> absolutely. thank you so much for breaking this down for us. john: later this week unless the courts intervene, a death row inmate is set to be the first person in the united states put to death using an untested

method called nitrogen suffocation. in 1996, he was convicted in a murder for hire plot. the execution team could not find a vein. that attempt on seven. >> am dealing with trauma. everyone is telling me i'm going to suffer. so i am absolutely terrified. john: only three states offer this method. last week, the alabama solicitor general called it the most painless method of execution known to man. the u.s. human rights office

says it could amount to torture. first of all. what is this method and what do we know about how alabama plans to implement it? >> we know what alabama wants to share with us, in a highly redacted protocol. the broad outlines are he wl be fitted with a face mask and forced to breathe full nitrogen gas. that is a theory. it has never been used before. >> what could go wrong? >>'s lawyers have argued the face mask, if it becomes dislodged, if he panics more

when he is praying, it could deflect -- affect the flow of the gas. the other question is the safety of others. the religious advisor has been forced to sign an acknowledgment that he understands the danger he will be in. mr. smith lawyers argue he may vomit which could prolong suffering and death. >> why are states looking for alternate methods? >> it began several years ago. when pharmaceutical companies discovered their drugs were being used in executions, they responded by withdrawing or refusing to sell to prisons in that led states to do a variety of rings. some began compounding drugs, experimenting with different combinations and what we saw then was a series of boxed

executions. gruesome spectacles of people who were in a lot of pain. now, states have turned to identifying alternate methods. some have gone back to old methods like electrocution, alabama will be the first to use nitrogen gas. john: how do states approach new techniques? >> part of the problem is we don't have all the details. transparency and accountability are principles of good governance. what we don't have is an understanding and i think that is what is prompting concerns. >> only five states carried out capital punishment last year what does this tell us about

capital pushment? >> very few states are using the death penalty. very few states ar imposing death sentences. the majority of the country has turned away and there was an important public opinion poll where it said for the first time, americans leave the death penalty is administered unfairly. they have lost trust and confidence that it can be used in a fair and accurate manner and that spells a real change. john: aside from the method, is the question that they had already tried and failed. can a second attempt be made? >> this is extraordinarily rare. it happened in alabama couple of years ago but it is extraordinarily rare for someone to survive and execution atmpts.

the u.n. has said it has concerns that this is a kind of torture so the supreme court is being asked to look at that question. john: thank you very much. now online, why doctors are worried about misinformation. all of that and more is on our website. that is pbs news weekend. on monday, the latest from new hampshire on the eve of of the first of the nation primary. i'm john yang. thank you for joining us and have a good week. >> major funding has been

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