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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions toour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the newshour. the supreme court today handed down a major victory for gun control advocates ruling that domestic violence abusers can be barred from owning guns. in an 8-1 decision the court rejected a challenge to the federal law that makes it illegal for people with domestic violence restraining orders to possess firearms. joining us now is our supreme court analyst marcia coyle. so nice to see you as always. this, again, major second amendment decision. 8-1 but a lot of writing today. seven justices felt they needed to weigh in on this.
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remind us what this case was about and what the court ru le >> well, mr. rahimi was the person who challenged the federal ban. and he had a domestic violence restraining order against him. he was a pretty bad actor to be honest with you. he physically assaulted his girlfriend, threatened her and his child.l he soff gun on different occasions despite the restraining order. and in different places as well. his chalice went all the way up to the u.s. court of appeals for the fifth circuit. that court ruled in his favor and stckown the federal law, after applying the test that the supreme court announced in 2022 and a case that we call bruin that tith w york's open carrier laws, and that is whetherhe gun regulation being challenged, whether there i a tradition, history of gun
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regulation prior to 1900 that would support the current law, fifth circuit said we could not find anything so they struck it down. the biden administration brought the case to the supreme court in today the majority said sorry, but we found there was support for this law. and pointed to two different sets of laws that could have principles the chief justice said that support the principle behind our undergirding the federal law. it was pretty important -- is that the chief said the bruin decision never meant that the law was trapped in amber, an interesting metaphor, that really, instead of looking for an historical twin to the current law, you look at principles, historical principles that could support the current regulation being challenged. >> the one dissenter today was
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justice clarence thomas and he is the one who authored that bruin decision. i want to read what he wrote. he wrote "the question of whether the government can strip the second right of anyone subject to a protective order even if he has never been accused or convicted of a crime, it cannot. the court and government do not point to a single historical law revoking a citizen second amendment right based on possible interpersonal violence." so, seems like he is in direct opposition with the chief justice. does this chip away at the strictures that bruin had set up? >> i think in a way, it softens maybe clarifies a little bit the second amendment test for the lower court judges. those judges have been pretty critical of the thomas test. they have complained that they are not -- they are not historians and they do not have
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the resources to do the research required. so i think when the chief emphasized looking at principles, historical principles, it gives them a little more room, even justice barrett in her concurring opinion had mentioned that historical regulations reveal principles not molds. so, i think there is a little softening here but i have to tell you, honestly, i think this conservative majority is still quite strongly in favor of the history and tradition tests that they announced in bruin. and it is very clear that the three liberals, even justin -- justice jackson made clear they do not like this test. they do not feel it is responsive to current needs. >> i want to ask you about the impact this might have on lower courts. earlier today we spoke to gloria teri, the ceo of the texas council on family violence. a group that works with domestic violence survivors.
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and she described tears of joy and relief when this ruling came down. here's what she had to say. >> this ruling is exactly what the advocacy field and the thousands of survivors across the country needed to hear, that their lives matter more than the ability of somebody who has lost that privilege. it sends waves of relief. >> you mentioned what this might mean for the supreme court. do you have any sense as to whether this ruling also ripples into lower courts when they hear >> i'm quite sure the judges will be looking at this ruling and attempting to apply it. there are many gun challenges coming. in fact, there are still some pending in the u.s. supreme court. all different kinds of gun challenges. you know, the bump stock case that we had just last week, that
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was not even a second amendment challenge. i think there are many second amendment challenges coming and that guns, like abortion, are going to continue to come to the supreme court. and we will have to wait and see how this supreme, after the opinion today, is going to apply it to those challenges. >> lastly, we know next week is the supreme court's last week but they certainly have a big backlog of major major cases. what's the one or two you're really looking for next week? >> i'm sure, like many people, i'm interested in what they will say about former president donald trump's claim of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. at the top of many people's list. and also, i think there is a major abortion case, and two very important social media first ament case you're right, william. there is quite a bit left over
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in the tradition has been to finish it up by the end of june. >> gives me a suspicion that we will see you again next week. marcia coyle, as always, wonderful to see you. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> in the days other headlines, health officials and emergency workers in gossett say that israeli airstrikes on campus near rafah have killed at least 25. 50 others were injured. it is just the latest attack on southern gaza where hundreds of thousands have sought shelter from the fighting. for its part, israel's military released video of its continued ground offensive against hamas. meantime, in lebanon, recent israeli airstrikes have left southern border towns in ruins. near daily exchanges of fire between israel and hezbollah
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prompted the u.n. to issue a warning. >> one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the border and frankly beyond imagination. let's b clear. the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. >> also, our media became the latest country to officially recognize palestinian statehood, despite opposition from israel. three quarters of the 193 un member nations have done so. state media in china is reporting that 47 people have died amid catastrophic flooding and line slides in the south of the country. a week of downpours has walloped one area that saw more than 14 inches of rain in just a single day. state television showed a
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riverside village completely inundated by floodwaters. rescuers deployed to a major city after a river there rose 12 feet above flood warnings. more extreme weather is forecast for other parts of the country. this week's record-setting heat is set to carry into the weekend across much of the u.s. 90 million americans were under heat alerts today from california to the rockies and from the midwest through the ohio valley. a day earlier, temperature records were topped across new england. the sweltering heat will ratchet up in the mid-atlantic and the gulf coast this weekend where heat indices may rise into the 100's. the european union has officially set a date to begin membership talks for ukraine and moldova. negotiations will begin on tuesday in luxembourg. but the full process could take years or decades. meantime, russia says it shot down more than 114 ukrainian drones overnight. ukraine claims to have hit three
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oil refineries and a drone launch site. today president putin said that russia would prioritize military production including its nuclear program. >> we plan to further develop the nuclear triad is a guarantee of strategic deterrence and to preserve the balance of power in the world. >> those comments come as south korea summons russia's ambassador to protest muska's new defense -- protest moscow's new defense pact with korea. putin and xi jinping agreed that their nations would defend each other. in nevada, a judge dismissed the charges and if a collector's case against six republicans accused of submitting fake collectors certificates to congress that falsely declared donald trump had won the state in the 2020 election. the judge said the case should have been brought in a venue that was closer to where the alleged crimes too place. afterward, nevada's democratic
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attorney general told reporters "the judge got it wrong and will be appealing immediately." but defense attorneys say the case is dead since the statute of limitations for filing charges expired back in december. the food and drug administration has approved the first menthol flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers. all e-cigarettes previously authorized by the fda have been tobacco flavored. the decision applies to four menthol products by the vaping brand njoy which was recently acquired by more -- by marlboro. lending to credibility that there vaping products could blunt the toll of traditional smoking but parents groups criticize the decision. the federal deposit insurance corporation or fdic has approved new measures to handle it misconduct. in a statement, the agency said two independent offices will hear full claims of harassment,
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discrimination, other interpersonal misconduct, and retaliation following feedback from fdic employees. this comes after a scathing workplace investigation that prompted the chairman of the board to announce last month that he would resign. it was a quiet close to the week on wall street. the dow jones industrial average gained just 15 points to close at 39,150. the nasdaq slipped by 32 point. the s&p 500 also ended slightly lower. and the celebratory duck boats were back out in boston today. fans flooded the streets to honor the celtics for their record-setting 18th nba championship. jason tatum hoisted the larry o'brien trophy to cheers from the crowd. the traditional duck boat parade has become a familiar sight in boston because the city's many teams have won 13 titles already this century.
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still to come on the news, amid growing scrutiny, british journalist robert wynette reverses course and backs out as the washington post's nex top editor. david brooks and jonathan -- break down the latest political headlines. and recommendations on what movies to watch this summer. >> this is "pbs newshour." from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> the 2024 campaign was already shaping up to be the most expensive election of all time, but now several high profile billionaires are dumping massive amounts of money into the presidential race. we have details of who these donors are and what their impact might be. >> thanks. new reporting shows two notable donations, businessman timothy mellon gave $50 million to a
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donald trump super pac the day after the former president was convicted of 34 felonies. and former new york city mayor mike bloomberg who challenged joe biden for the democratic nomination in 2020 is spending $20 million to help the president's reelection effort. the campaigns themselves are reporting huge fundraising hauls. in may, the biden team raised $85 million but without shadowed by the trump team which reported raising $141 million. let's explore where the money is coming from and where it's being spent with -- an editorial in investigations manager at open secrets. thanks so much for being here. the contributions from mega-donors like mike bloomberg and timothy mellon are eye po pping. how unusual are these donations, and what do you think it will do for the campaigns? >> multimillion dollar donations to super pacs are becoming run-of-the-mill. but the exercise of these
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terminations and particular in the case of mellon where we have not seen a donation this large coming from him and him -- it being such a huge donation compared to others, one of the largest we have seen. really stick out. he has a long history of finding his own presidential campaign -- mike bloomberg. it is expected that he would give money to a super pac. but when it comes to melon we are just now starting to see what the full capacity of that influence is. >> as you said, a lot of people know who mike bloomberg is. they do not know who timothy mellon is. who is he, and how much of a big deal do you think it is that he's contributing to trump? >> it is significant. mello has also given to a super pac supporting kennedy as well as trump which plays into the complicated dynamics of the kennedy campaign's influence on the two main candidates. >> rfk jr. >> and one of the things that is
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not worth it, this is going to a super pac supporting trump. maga inc. run by trump allies. one of the big differences is that super pacs can spend unlimited sums, unlike campaigns that are limited. and the super pac really opens the door for more billionaires to pour. money in to influence elections. >> what about the impact of m oney, dark money? how prevalent is that this year? >> dark money is pouring into u.s. elections. one of the ways that we are tracking is dark money contributions to super pacs. while super pacs have to disclose the origin of their funding, they can disclose groups that are not political people so they do not have to disclose, they can disclose shell companies. so even though the super pac is following the law by disclosing
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who is giving the money, they're able to skirt the disclosure requirement because the ultimate funder is not known. that is something we are seeing on track for a new record this cycle with money pouring into super pacs from dark money groups. >> the president had a big cash week this week. he brought in $30 million at a hollywood fundraiser that was the single biggest cash haul at a single event for the democratic party, broke a record there. but we are saying the president biden's cash advantage is slipping away and that donald trump is starting to catch up. how significant is that? is it going to have a long-term impact? >> we're seeing the tables turn where for several months biden was out raising trump, had a larger cash reserve and the last two months we are starting to see trump catching up and this month exceeding what biden raised and especially rnc compared to the dnc, which is another important dynamic not just for the campaigns but for
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the party since that influences other candidacies. and the money that is slowing in -- flowing in, depends how it's used. a big expense that donald trump has would be legal fees. and so much of his money is being burned through for legal fees. whereas biden is able to devote money to media and outreach and staffing. expenses that trump still has but has less funding overall for. >> how much money is going into the organizations like heritage foundation that is establishing project 2025 which is the blueprint for a second trump term? >> one of the issues with nonprofits as they are not expressly political so they are not required to disclose their fundraising to the federal election commission who their donors are even details of spending as long as they are not expressly advocating for a candidate. with the case of the heritage foundation and heritage action, it is a 501(c)(3). so we wont know anything about their finances that is substantial until their next tax
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return, and even then we will not know who is funding these efforts and very few details about their spending. >> thank you for your reporting. >> thank you for having me. >> turbulence is swirling in the top rungs of one of the nation's leading media outlets. the washington post is again looking for an editor-in-chief after the british journalist who was set to take that position just withdrew. this comes after a year marked by staff cuts at the post, high-profile resignation, and mounting red ink that totals in the millions. lisa desjardins has more and why it matters outside the beltway. lisa: the latest issue surrounds a british journalist to what to take over at the paper top editor in november. over the weekend, the post and the new york times published stories tying him to multiple
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instances of using practices in the uk's seen as unethical in this country. including fraudulently obtaining phone data. today the post an lc is out. he was handpicked by the post's ceo who is also facing calls to resign. for more, we are joined by margaret sullivan, the executive director for columbia journalism school's new mark center and a former columnist with the post. to help our body is, i want to lay out what has been reported about robert burnett, an investigative journalist peer the post found a former source had written that he helped cover up clandestine activity and they looked at his past stories and found that he may have used illegal means in his reporting as well. now, he has not responded publicly to these stories and allegations. as he is out and the publisher has, his mentor is still in, both of these men have longed journalistic records. are these transgressions enough to say they should not be
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leading the post? >> i think what we see is a history of prominent journalism. i think some of the practices that they have used, both wynette and lewis, have been things that maybe they fly in the u.k. but they actually run pretty counter to the ethics and standards of the, of sort of big journalism in the united states. you know, so these are things that the new york times and the washington post would not do. for example, paying for a scoop. working with a source who has stolen material. these kinds of things which have come out in recent days are just practices that, again, maybe they are kind of ok in tabloid journalism in the u.k. but they really seem to us to be very dicey. lisa: this is a statement about journalism in the united states. but also the washington post. i want to ask you, why does it
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matter? to folks outside of the beltway, who is running the newsroom at the washington post. >> the washington post is one of the most important news organizations in the nation. and really in the world. so, it and it has, as i think people may remember, a really strong history of holding powerful people and institutions accountable. most notably during the 1970's when it broke the watergate story and helped to unseat a corrupt president and richard nixon. but in many cases since then, the kind of journalism the washington post does, investigative work it does has been extremely important, and has resonated through all of the media ecosystem, and has made a difference in our country. so, it is not just one newsroom. who cares. it goes far beyond that. >> we have seen billionaires have increasing influence, that includes jeff bezos, the owner
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of the post. i to this say about his leadership? he said he wanted an ethical paper for the next dawn of journalism. >> bezos has been a good owner for the post. when he bought the post for a bargain price of $250 million in 2013, he, don graham, the graham family had owned the post for a long time, he told him the paper is going to scrutinize you and it will scrutinize, sign. and you need to be ok with that -- and it will scrutinize amazon. and bezos has done that. he has not interfered in the product and has not messed with the newsroom. and he has tolerated the post's reporting on him. and he has celebrated the journalism at the post and been a supportive and good owner. so, now the question is -- what, which washington post does he want to be the owner of, the one that he bought her something else that seems to be on the
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horizon right now? lisa: your last column was a warning and a clarion call to journalists about the 2024 election year. the stakes are so high. how do you think journalism is situated right now to deal with this strange election we are facing? >> i think journalists have learned a lot since the mistakes of 2016 when they really did not see donald trump coming entirely, and they self corrected somewhat. but i think what needs to happen is for journalists to emphasize, as my friend and colleague jay rosen says, not the odds but the stakes. not the horse race or the polls but what are the consequences of the selection? and so, i would like to see newsrooms really stress that inthe months ahead because american voters need to go to the voting booth knowing exactly what is at stake. lisa: margaret sullivan, thank you so much.
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>> you are welcome. thanks. william: this morning supreme court ruling marks a major moment for a country divided over access to guns. on that and more we turn to the analysis of a new york times columnist david brooks and jonathan k part, the associate editor for the washington post. gentlemen, happy friday. jonathan, about this rahimi case. this marks the first time that the court has affirmed a gun control measure after a very long stretch of moving in the opposite direction. what are your takeaways? jonathan: this is one of those cases where a sigh of relief i think could be heard throughout the country. especially for a court where people have been so geared up waiting for the worst.
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waiting for the worst decisions to come out. and on this one in particular, especially after the heller decision from 2022 decimated new york city's gun safety laws, the idea that people actually thought, the united states supreme court would say it's ok to be a domestic abuser and keep your gun. the fact that people thought that it was a possibility shows you just how far the court has swung to the right and how low in terms of esteem lots of people hold the court. but the court made the right decision. and clearly, it was one with an 8-1 decision, it was clearly, the right thing to do morally but also the right thing to do legally. william: the heller decision that jonathan mentioned that was justin scalia, a gun rights activist who said, yes there is the second amendment that confers the right to own a gun but he also said in that ruling that governments can put these restrictions in place. and the court seemed to echo that today.
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do you think that this opens the door, that the court could be more open to this kind of thing going forward? >> if you are a martian, you land, and you think the united states has decided not to allow people who beat their partners, not to have a gun. is that a hard call? it is astonishing that this is even a case. it shows how far we have gone. i do not know if the court will further back, i am disturbed by the larger precedent they are arguing over the historical pattern. william: this is a bruin decision that thomas enshrined. david: so, there are a lot of historical patterns i don't really like. >> agreed. david: so, to say that the status quo has a preference is like seems to me like -- stare decisis on stills.
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what they've said that before dobbs? it seems to me it is bias in the court toward whatever it is. and that is just really not for the court to decide. it is whether it is lawful. but whatever is, that seems to be deceptive beyond the bounds. >> even that the idea of pre- 1900, of spousal abuse, that a, the laws did not exist. anyway, let's turn to immigration. this week we saw president biden issue this executive order that allowed some undocumented spouses and children of u.s. citizens to get a faster track to stay here in this country. separate from what you think about this politically, jonathan, does this feel like smart sane policy to? jonathan: in absence of congressional action, yes. what we are talking about our families that i call status discordant, where one is here, you know, either fully naturalized or green card, and someone else in the family or
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multiple people in the family are here as undocumented. the level of insecurity, instability, fear that runs through that household is immeasurable but also, you have to remember that those households they're contributing to their communities. they are working, going to school. they are very much -- every much the part of the american fabric as if they were full on citizens. so in the absence of any kind of congressional action, it is right the president moved to bring them fully legally into the fold. it would be great if congress were functioning and rational and able to have a nice substantive rational debate where you can come up with a terrific comprehensive immigration bill that would fold all of these folks in, but i remember president obama was in the white house, the senate passed a terrific immigration
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bill and john boehner sat on it. we wouldn't be having this discussion if speaker boehner. william: same thing recently were republicans and present trump pick up the phone and said kill it. do you think this helps offset some of the concern the democrats and immigrants rights activists had for president biden's previous order that closed off asylum-seekers access? david: i am with jonathan on the status of this thing. it does not seem right to break up families. if an american marries you, you should count as an american. so, but as for the politics of this, i just think the president is looking reactive. it looked like we are way behind in the polls. we have to be tough on the border. a couple weeks ago he's tough on the border. and then all the activist groups are upset with us, and a lot of the junior staff is upset, and so now we got to think this way. and to me, it is just, i set aside the substance, the politics are self-destructive. that the immigration issue is
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one of the top issues in the world today. and you just have to have a simple rule, i believe in immiation or control the border. that has to be it. the british labour party is hitting the british conservative party from the right. biden, his job is to get reelected. to me it is simple, secure border. william: we have seen from former president trump some rather strange mixed messaging. he has both said i'm going to round up everyone i see -- you can't control yourself. you know what i'm going to say, he said i will round up millions of people and throw them out of the country and this past few days he floats the idea of green cards for everyone here illegally to, who graduates from college. what is going on? >> if you are going to, one of the elite universities or even not an elite university but you
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are in school and you graduate, you should automatically get a green card with your diploma. buckle up, america because he's correct. he is absolutely right. it does not make sense that you get all of this talent coming in, mit, harvard, stanford and then they graduate and they have to leave. donald is run. -- donald trump is right. but. but i don't believe him for one minute. he made the same promise as president and west are crony and in his policies. i do not believe he's actually going to do this. and i would love it if at the debate on thursday if they ask him about that and see if he sticks with it. because i doubt, i don't believe him. >> i sort of believe him. >> come on. william: it feels like trump is saying common sense, if you're educated here, be american. >> i believe because he is a
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business executive, he was in conversation with two tech executives and that was their number one issue. and so, he's a, executive, immigration is good for business. >> right. educate them, put them in the workplace. >> b, he's a politician and he saying things that will make the rich people is happy as he can. third, i observed the phenomenon that maga has moved a lot and the last three or four years, way further to the right and way further to the right than donald trump is and that is true on abortion and immigration. and so he is not looking a lot more flexible on all sorts of issue that his movement. i think this is a pattern we will see. >> one additional thing. let's say he actually tries the policy. i would like to know from where? >> which universities? >> from which countries.
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i wouldn't put it past donald trump saying if you are from asia, no, you are not a part of this. if you are from africa, you are not part of this are from latin america, you are not part of this. this does not apply to you. there's lots of evidence, lots of audio, lots of stories about how donald trump feels about countries that are not european and specifically northern european. william: lastly, jonathan you mentioned this debate. david, i'm curious what you think. there are a lot of democrats that are openly worried about how president biden is going to perform in this debate with donald trump. van jones, the political commentator on cnn said if biden blows it, it is game over. how substantive, how important is this debate? >> i think it is a much bigger risk for biden. i don't know if game over. but rumblings to replace it would be massive and i think they would try to do that.
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so, biden is laying it all on the line. having said that i understand why biden wanted to debate this early. i'm a little surprised that trump what with all the rules he went with, cutting off the microphones when it is not your turn. his m.o. is interruption. i'm sure during the debate he will be shouting at joe biden but we will see his mouth moving. maybe we will hear a little. i'm a little surprised that he agreed to do this. >> all along he said i will debate you anywhere and beat you on a street corner. anyway, something we will watch next week. great to see you both. thank you. ♪ >> this month, indian prime minister modi secured a third
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term but is party lost its majority. modi portrays himself as a strong leader of a rising india but his years in office have been marked from a crackdown on dissent from millions of indian citizens who belong to ethnic and religious minorities. our producer traveled across northern india to report on the impact on india's muslims. [bleating] >> nestled in northern india, it's a muscle majority village. walls are patched with bricks and the memories are searing. last year, they suffer the unforgettable. >> i couldn't believe it but i had to come to my sense. i had no choice. we never thought something like this could happen to us. >> we spoke to her about her husband and his friend killed by
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hindu extremists last year. their car torched and their bodies burn. they raised six children's, that is their eldest. with their youngest. she seemed sick, depressed and would not speak much. her mother told her she has been like this since her father's murder. >> she has never recovered since her father was killed. we are trying to get her treatment. she had an attack after her father's death. >> she truly never recovered. just weeks after we met her, she died. it's not clear how. the family blames heartbreak. the whole family is heartbroken. her cousin visits this gravesite often. the two men were so brutally beaten and burns -- were group stone bears both names. >> to this day, people fear the way in which they were abducted
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in broad daylight, people are still scared. >> and people do not trust the police who turns them away after they had been abducted but before a mob burned them alive. >> how could the police just send them away when they saw these men were on the verge of dying? had the police help them and had they arrested those who beat them up instead of letting them take them away, they would have been alive today. >> why do you think you have -- your husband was targeted? >> because he was muslim. he had no enemies, nothing. only because he was a muslim. >> their alleged killers belong to a far right hindu extremist group which the u.s. once labeled a militant religious organization. the attack muslim men for allegedly smuggling and killing cows considered sacred by
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many hindus. during prime minister modi's tenure india has seen anti-muslim violence by vigilantes. videos like these of muslim and christian and other religious minorities being beaten are too common. human rights watch reported dozens of muslim men have been killed and hundreds injured in hate crimes. the prime suspect in their case is this man. a local hindu right leader often seen with assault rifles. he used to applaud videos -- upload his own videos of his own crimes and has been seen in the company of top government ministers, including the home minister. months after their murder, he had a hindu right rally in the same state where they were killed. it turned violent as hindus and muslims fought. six people were killed. a mosque was burned and its
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young imam stabbed a dozen times. the newshour's request for interviews went unanswered. in the days after, the state government led by modi's party launched a crackdown not against the suspects but against their victims. this used to be a bustl ing cluster of muslim shops that have been reduced to double. the government says that it it targeted illegal construction but activists say that this is part of a larger trend in that india's hindu right government has weaponized to embellishment of muslim properties as punishment and to instill fear. >> there are many things which are illegally built in india but the idea that it is just these particular habitations that is being targeted is symptomatic of the broader issue of minorities being targeted because of their beliefs.
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>> he's the director of the south asia program at carnegie. he said modi's government has condone violence against.the religious minorities >> the store it is sort of giving or granting a broad permission under which these groups are allowed to act with impunity. >> last year at the white house, when he was asked about anti-muslim this discrimination modi issued a strong denial. >> democracy is in our dna. we have always proved that democracy can deliver and when i said deliver, this is regardless of cast, creed, religion or gender. there isfor discrimination. -- is no space for discrimination. >> but his campaign was filled with hate speech, referring to muslims as infiltrators. and within weeks of his reelection, three muslim men have been killed in hate crimes.
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and over a dozen muslim homes have been demolished in states ruled by his party. >> fee is not something that one election at the national level will do away with. it is fair to say that we can expect more of this to continue in the months and years to come. >> in january, he watches campaign by fulfilling the promise of a grand temple at the same site where three decades ago a 16th-century mosque was developed. days after, his government flattened the 13th century mosque without notice per the government says it was an encroachment and an illegal structure but forest land. for these children, many of them orphans, that historic mosque was where they lived and studied and prayed. and they were made to watch it fall. today they are sheltering at another smaller mosque. he is 10.
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>> i watched -- i want to build a robot so they can's -- we can send them to protect our country. my dream is for my country. >> but they fear their country is stifling their dreams. >> we felt terrible. we wondered why they are demolishing our mosque in school. it did not do any harm to anyone. they told me, this is not your school. this is the government's land now. >> she loves to play sports and is the designated troublemaker in the group but on that date, he felt cold and helpless. >> they dragged the mosque's chief and snatched his phone. we were asked to get out of her room and made to stand out in the cold for hours. >> so, students were lying on the floor with a single sheet. and they do not have jackets or shoes, they did not have -- they started crying.
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>> he's their teacher, accusing the government of going out of its way to bring down the mosque in a sudden and secret manner. why do you think the mosque was targeted? >> a 100 year mosque could not be an encroachment. they are demolishing the area of india. >> an idea where these young muslim said they have equal rights and will not fear their future. ♪ william: it is officially summer, which means it is a great time to go to the movies. not just to get out of this heat. jeffrey brown learns what is headed to the big screen for our arts and culture series canvas. >> what do we want? when do we want it?
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>> last summer hollywood strikes. abo >> and the barbenheimer phenomena. this summer a slow start with furiosa and the fall guy underperforming. i spoke with aisha harris and mark olson. starting with some of the season's biggest films. >> i am definite looking forward to, curious about a quiet place day one. >> shelter-in-place. >> you may remember the original film which was his direct yielded debut and it was all about a family struggling to survive and raise their children in a world where the apocalypse has come, giant aliens who are
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hungry and have ultrasonic sound are lurking and waiting to eat them. what i am most interested about this is the fact that it starts lopia nwungo. i'm also very curious about flybe to the moon. i do not know if it will be a big blockbuster but it is a space rom-com directed by "love simon" and flybe to the moon is set during the space age. it star scarlett johansson and channing tatum. >> you are the very best. >> what are you doing here? >> i felt we had a connection. >> what? >> and they are working together to try to create a version of the moon landing in case the actual moon landing doesn't work. >> mark olson, your turn. >> yes, i think since the summer
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had a bit of a slow start at the box office with movies like the fall guy and garfield and furiosa, it is putting more pressure now on the movies that are coming out. i'm thinking of the movie twisters. >> guys, whatever in there is big and it will get fast. drive! >> it is directed by -- who mad e a small family drama and now he is helping this big-budget action sequel that is a reboot of the movie from the 1990's. another movie that will be coming out is "dead pool and will -- and wolverine." but this time adding hugh jackman. those are two movies that hollywood will be betting a lot of chips on, if they do well to save the summer. >> how about a couple of smaller independent films, perhaps you saw in the festival circuit. >> yeah, the first i want to
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recommend is "thelma," which is the director will debut of -- the movie i saw at the sundance film festival early this year. in what i believe is her first leading role. she plays a grandmother who finds herself on the end of a scam. that is usually perpetuated against the elderly. and she goes on the hunt to find the scammer and get revenge. >> mail $10,000 to this address. >> $10,000! >> you thought it was a real, too. >> it is a fun action comedy about aging and also about just trying to live your life and enjoying life at that age. i also features a lovely performance by richard rowntree. one of his final performances. and another film i want to
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recommend that was at sundance in 2023 is fancy dance. and it's directed by erica trembley. and billy is playing a woman who is taking care of her knees after her sister goes missing -- taking care of her niece. and she has to figure out how to bond with her, and search for her sister. >> i'm calling about my sister's case. i did speak to the sheriffs. >> it shows indigenous life that you do not often see in the hollywood movies. i'm very excited for that. >> some smaller films? >> one film is just coming out now is called janet planet. it's the writing and directing debut from the celebrated playwright eddie baker and it stars julia nicholson as a single mother, raising her
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11-year-old daughter over a summer in the rural massachusetts. >> and i think maybe it has ruined my life. >> stop what? >> stop trying. >> and it is a very tender mother daughter story that i think is really exciting. >> immense. >> yes. >> another film from sundance was called deedee. a directing debut from sean wang, a coming-of-age story of an asian american family and got a.real energy to it it. the young actor who plays the lead is thrilling to watch. >> here we are year after the strike, how do you see the industry today? >> we are still very much in a transition/trying to figure out things mode. barbie and oppenheimer, that was
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such a phenomenon you can never duplicate what i'm hopeful for is that we will see a little bit, continue to see a mixture of films that are both big-budget but also smaller. the problem is is like streaming complicates everything. so, pele are like camino, i can wait a couple of weeks, i can wait a month. that has been an option that has been way more enticing for the average moviegoer than before. >> where do you see the industry? >> i think to her point, moviegoing is a habit. and people have fallen out of that habit. for a number of reasons, streaming certainly is one of them. i think as you're saying, lack of product, the strikes last year really impacted what movies were coming out. studios haveecome much more cautious to spend money on it. it does not feel like there are as many big movies as there
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should be in a typical summer. you look at the prices with premium format, a lot of people are choosing to wait and see things at home except for those movies that do feel like you want to get out in the theater to see it with a crowd. and right now hollywood is struggling to deliver those impact films to audiences. >> much still in flux, but much on the screen this summer. mark olson, and aisha harris, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. william: be sure to tune into washington week with the atlantic tonight for a look at what to expect in next week historic presidential debate. on tomorrow's pbs news weekend, look at what is behind the lack of affordable rental units in austin, texas. that is the news hour. on behalf of the entire news hour team, thank you so much for joining us. >> major funding for the pbs
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