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♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the "newshour." sit a tense night in lebanon and northern israel after the second day in a row of major israeli air strikes. israel killed a senior hezbollah commander in beirut while the militant group launched missiles at israeli sights. the united states is trying to de-escalate where president biden spoke today nick shiffrin has more. nick: in beirut today the sound

of sirens after an air strike hit a residential building. damaged cars and lebanese authorities said 15 wounded and six dead. down the coast, lebanese stood in what used to be their homes after bombings crushed the building. to the east in the becca valley, residential buildings turned to rubble. and the strikes continue. israel said there were hidden hezbollah weapons. these include aziza ali obed. >> my children were at homeworking and relying on god for support when the israeli enemy hit us. they are just children. >> strikes is caused tens of thousands to flee their homes to city that is can't cope. >> no doubt that the circumstances we are facing today are extraordinary with the

aggression we are witnessing. but hezbollah continues its own aggression including on this israeli highway. hezbollah has fired thousands of rockets into israel today hitting the supermarket in the arab-israeli city of tamra. >> luckily there were no physical injuries but there has been injury in the city. today benjamin netanyahu said he should be removed. >> he is endangering your country. rid yourselves from the grip of hezbollah. >> 7,000 miles away, president biden called for de-escalation. >> full scale war is not in anyone's interest. even as the situation has escalated, a diplomatic solution is still possible. >> the u.n. is trying to use the assembly to prevent all-out war.

but they said negotiations will lead to escalation. >> today, is the fourth time i've had the great honor of speaking to this assembly as president of the united states. it will be my last. >> today was president biden's u.n. swan song his final speech to the international community after a half century career often focused on foreign affairs by a world view of international collaboration and a hope that served as today's bookends. >> i entered public life, not a lot of despair but a lot of optimism. things can get better. we should never forget that. >> biden act -- acknowledged the wars, gaza. >> bring the hostages home and secure security for israel and gaza free of hamas' grip. ease the suffering and end this war.

>> sudan. >> world needs to stop arming the general to speak with one voice and tell them, stop tearing your country apart. stop blocking aid to the sudanese people. end this war now. >> as zelensky listened -- >> ukraine. >> we will not let up for the support for ukraine, not until ukraine wins endurable peace. >> but despite no near term solutions to any of those wars, biden's final message change can come. >> some things are more important than staying in power. it's your people. [applause] >> every age faces challenges. i saw it as a young man. i see it today. but we are stronger than we think. we're stronger together than alone, and what the people call

impossible is just an illusion. >> but the fact is u.s. influence to tend war in sudan appears to be limited. ukraine is struggling to hold the line. and israel has resisted u.s. efforts for a cease-fire in gaza or to avoid escalation in lebanon. his final address to the international community, secretary general ant an tone ha much sober look at the world. he said our world is heading off the rails. >> tells how the u.s. is try to de-escalate tensions between israel and lebanon? >> u.s. official are tight-lipped on what exactly they're doing. they have concrete steps they're discussing with allies and partners they said. and the diplomatic deal that is on the table remains, a deal that would move hezbollah back as demanded by resolution 1701 back about six miles from the israel-lebanon border behind the

letani river that's the deal that exist on the table. israel wants hezbollah to delink in the war in gaza. they have been clear that their attacks will continue so long as the war in gaza continues. u.s. officials i speak to say that hezbollah has taken a military hit over the last week. but they don't quite understand how that translates into the strategic gain that israel is hoping for returning 60,000 residents to their homes in northern israel. and last week's attacks on hezbollah pagers hit hezbollah where they're most vulnerable which means they're much more likely to escalate than choose diplomacy. >> another major focus as we saw in your report is ukraine. what more is being said about that war? >> the security council called a last-minute session this afternoon on ukraine during which president zelensky spoke

to foreign ministers and said, look, we're so much focused on the middle east, don't forget about ukraine. but this is an incredibly important trip for zelensky coming to the united states this week because he will present his peace plan to president biden as well as former president trump and vice president harris this week in washington. but the fact is, geoff, that that peace plan, zelensky's top aide said that requires one, membership in nate toe something that the u.s. and europe do not support, two, permission to use long range weapons, permission that the u.s. has not granted. and authorization to pay for the war in ukraine. the u.s. has not given that permission either. geoff: an important trip for zelensky. also an important trip for iran's new president. what did he have to say today? nick: masada has been presenting himself as someone who can do

business with the west and someone who wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal known as the j.c.p.o.a. which promised sanction in return for freezing the nuclear program. he reit rated today as heard through an interpreter. >> we are ready to engage with jcpoa participants if they are implemented fully and in good faith. dialogue on other issues can follow, the appropriate response to this message from iran is not to impose more sanctions but to fulfill obligations to remove sanctions, benefiting the iranian people hence laying the foundation for more constructive agreements. >> but iran they said have made too much progress since the trump administration withdrew. they expect to see behavior

change by iran. that includes not supporting proxies an not accepting means in russia before any negotiations can happen. there's no sign that iran is interested in make either of those changes. geoff: nick shiffrin reporting from the u.n. general asemably. nick, thank you as always. ♪ > stephanie: i'm stephanie sy. the man suspected of trying to kill former president donald trump at his florida golf course was indicted on an attempted assassination charge. ryan routh had a written plan to kill trump and kept a list of venues where trump had appeared or was expected to be. court records show the case has been assigned to aileen cannon a

trump appointed judge who handled his case in florida. the senate pass add law to provide protection for major presidential candidates equal to that of the president. the bill cleared the house last week and now heads to president biden's desk for approval. the secret service had already increased trump's protections to the highest level this the wake of the second assassination attempt on his life in the presidential campaign, trump and kamala harris are out thing their plans to boost the economy as harris trying to keep the focus on abortion rights an issue that democrats think it's senior a winning one. geoff bennett has the story. >> hello, savannah and hello georgia. >> campaigning in savannah, georgia, former president trump sought to outline his economic plan. >> this new american industrialism will create millions and millions of jobs, massively raise wages for

american workers and make the united states into a manufacturing power house >> mr. trump unveil ago proposal he says at aiming new incentives to lure foreign companies to the u.s. promising lower tax, energy cost and fewer regulations. where are the vision i'm outlining today not only will we stop our businesses from going to foreign lands you but under our leadership we're going to take other country's jobs. have you ever heard that expression? that we're going to take other country's jobs. it's never been stated before. >> a new quinnipiac poll shows him leading 52-45% with likely voters when it comes to handling the economy. but several other recent national polls show harris is narrowing that trust gap her plan focused on lowering costs for middle-class families. while campaigning in wisconsin, she spoke to wisconsin public radio about her affording housing plan. >> i understand and have as part

of my lived experience, a li lifetime practically of being a renter and also what it means for families to aspire to own a home. >> vice president outlining her proposal that she says would incentivize developers that would build three million new homes while providing a down payment assistance. she supporting ending the senate's filibuster to restore roe-v. wade. >> we should eliminate the filibuster for reo to put back into law the prexy protections for reproductive freedom. later he have head to the border for the first time since becoming a democratic nominee. >> in the middle east, palestinian officials said israeli air strikes killed two dozen people across gaza in

kam unis a boy mourned his father who was one of 17 people killed there. world leaders at the u.n. general assembly blasted israel. a leading party in cease-fire talks called vealy action a crime of genocide. the king of jordan said the scale of death and destruction is beyond justification. >> so is it any wonder that many are questioning how can this war not be perceived as deliberately targeting the palestinians. it cannot be written off as collateral. >> benjamin netanyahu is set to address the assembly later this week. two people have died after what

was hurricane john slam into mexico's so southern pacific coast overnight. it rapidly strengthened into a category three storm, 120 miles per hour it has since been don grade into a tropical storm. john expected to hover bring torrential downpucks, flooding and landslides. tropical storm helene is expected to make its way north hitting florida as soon as thursday. residents there have been filling sandbags to brace against potential flooding. florida has declared a state of emergency ahead of it the hurricane. the d ali cargo ship is the late nest a series of legal troubles for the company which has denied in wrongdoing.

today's lawsuit is seek damages related to cleanup costs and rebuilding the bridge among other expenses. maryland's attorney said that the state's residents should not have to foot the bill for the disaster. >> the dali was not fit to sail that morning. the day before the collision, the electrical system had failed twice. failures that the ship owners and operate or could have and should have fix to avoid the tragedy. >> six construction works were killed in the collapse. the u.s. government is suing visa saying the financial services giant unfairly stifles competition in the debit card market. the justice department alleges that they penalize merchants and banks who don't use the own payment processing systems. 60% of debit transactions run on visa's debit network. that leads to more than $7 billion in fees each year.

it's the latest biden administration to track crack down on middlemen following ticket master, live nation and real estate company real page visa called it meritless and said the company will defend itself vigorously. >> brett favre told a congressional committee today that he's been recently diagnosed with parkinson. he was on capitol hill for a separate reason to testify about welfare abuses in his home state of mississippi and to address allegations that he and others misused millions of dollar to build an athletic facility. farve revealed his diagnosis >> sad hurricanes i also lost an investment in a company i believed was developing a breakthrough concussion drug i thought would help others. i'm sure you'll understand why it's too late for me because i've recently been diagnosed with parkinsons. this is a cause dear to my

heart. >> he played 20 years in the nfl. he did not say whether his parkinson's diagnosis is connected to his time playing football. >> also on capitol hill today, the man in black, johnny cash became the first musician to be honorhonored with a statue in te united states capital. ♪ >> a rep addition of johnny cash's "i walk the line." and with help from joann cash and daughter roseanne, cash's bronze statue was unveiled in emancipation hall created by kevin creshy features him with a guitar and a bible in his hand. the head of the u.s. aid agency samantha power discusses foreign assistance in the time of global

turn oil thompson takes a look at the people in forces behind the murder of emmitty and nick lowe releases his full length album in more than a decade. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from the david and rubenstein studio in weta studio and from the school of journal at arizona state university. >> ozempic and wagovy are some of the most popular drugs in the company treating diabetes and obesity. but the drugs are extremely expensive. and the drug maker faced questions about why those prices are so high. william bringham reports. >> what we are dealing with today is not just an issue of economics -- >> at a senate health committee hearing, chairman bernie sanders pressed the cry of about why prd

the c.e.o. about why americans pay so much more. >> ozempic is $900 as much as it costs in germany. the estimated net price of wagovy is $800. nearly four and a half times as it costs overseas. >> he pointed the cost prince apply. >> we don't see decide the cost for patients. that's issued by insurance companies. >> he blamed are known as pharmacy benefit managers or pbm's. he said that it's between them often determining which drugs get covered and at what price. >> insurance companies and the

big conglomerate have close to tripled their pro fits. those prices are high because they have to pay the pbm's rebates. more expensive drugs lead to higher rebates. but sanders said he would receive pledges from major p.b.m.'s's from major publication. are we have commitments from the three major p.b.m.'s that if you substantially lower your list price, they would not limit coverage. will you work with this committee and the p.b.m.'s? >> if it works in a way where patients get access to a more affordable medicine. >> republican roger marshall echoed the point that p.b.m.'s should be the focus. >> nordis is not the villain. they're a hero. we should be celebrating this miracle innovation. >> fellow republican bill cassidy of louisiana -- >> we still have to preserve the

profit incentive for the creativity for drug companies to invest in order to develop the drug that is are going to affeco positively affect the burden of disease in our society. that is the tension. >> the hearing comes at the same time a new government study finds that in the last 10 years, the u.s. obesity rate remains largely unchanged at about 40%. and that severe obesity rose slightly in the last decade. >> we talk about the cost of medicine. but it's -- it's really the cost of the diseases that is breaking the system. >> jorgenson said that the price ozempic pails in comparisons that diabetes and oh beesity costs the u.s. every year. >> these are very expensive diseases. and we talk about the cost of the medicine. specifically in these diseases, the cost of the medicine is less

than 10% of the disease burden. >> experts predict that one or both drugs may be involved in medicare price negotiations. for the pbs news00 i'm william bringham. >> the u.s. agency for international development is engaged in humanitarian work across many of the conflict zones around the world from gaza to ukraine, sudan and beyond. nearly 300 million people in the world are in need of humanitarian assistance. the industry's work needs help despite challenges of challenges. amna nawaz sat develop the administration of usaid samantha powers where lead verse gathered for the u.n. world assembly.

>> thanks for joining us. >> thank you >> i want to begin with some news today and that is specifically out of a public report just today saying that in the spring of this year, usaid submit add record that included an assessment saying theatral was blocking aid specifically medical and food aid. that would trigger h it's the u.s. stopping weapons supply to israel. can you confirm that you sent that report. and if so, what happened to it? >> i think we have made very plain or our desire to see as much aid into gaza. our concerns about a lot of the road blocks being put in the way -- i'm not going comment on any report from today from a long time ago. beyond to say that our focus is as laser sharp on that set of issues around access as the number of trucks flowing in today is not sufficient. >> if i may because the report is not just alleging that there

are road blocks as you have lamented before. they're alleging that israel was deliberately blocking aid in your assessment have they been? again, there needs be improvement and particularly in advance of winter. there also needs to be improvement in terms of civilian protection. almost every day it feels like we wake up to a report of internationally displaced person, camp or school or medical facility being sub ejected to fire. >> it's extremely dangerous where hamas is using them as human shields but the responsibility again on every professional work. >> the conflict seems to be expanding as well. there have been some leaders who are expressing concerns in which israel is waging war in lebanon.

the unicef chief said reports of 27 children among the hundreds dead. he understand people to look for humanitarian law. can you offer your assessment? are they adhering to international law? >> watching the risk of a conflict that has been displaced tens of thousands of people on the israeli side, on the lebanese side, on top of the crisis with all of the human consequence of that, it would be catastrophe. >> all of our diplomacy is focused on trying to contain this conflict. pressing the party's to make sure that clearer heads prevailed because if you need a reminder of what conflict looks like, look at the human consequences in gaza, the fate of the hostages still hanging in the balance. look at the displacement that has occurred in lebanon.

so if this were to spiral further out of control, it would only be shy vilevillian who is pay the price. >> you have faced criticism it's fair to say from even within your own agencies. stars on your team who express a frustration as what they see a u.s. foreign policy that the u.s. continues to supply humanitarian aid on a large style can try to get that to the people of gassa at the same time that it's supplying people with weapons to continue to wage that war. some of your staffers it's been publically reported asked you about what they see as the bind administration being complicit in what they see as genocide being waged by genocide in gas. a one of the things t talked about is calling on you to resign. how do you handle that frustration? what are you telling your staff. people come to work every day to

save lives, to improve lives. it's honestly inspiring to work including among those people who criticized me. they're incredibly talent people. they come to work every day to help the people like the people who are suffering in gaza. more than 40,000 civilians. more than 14,000 children. more than 300 aid workers. er and pressing for more. and i just feel lucky that anaheim the government, in the room en gauging the israelies -- engaging the israelies. working with the team for a cease-fire because that's what's needed most of off none of us can be satisfied. >> do you their that there's a hypocrisy? >> i'm sure it's the consequences of everything we. do it's why president biden in the general assembly or talked about the importance of the cease-fire. >> we heard the president speak

on sudan which is now the largest humanitarian crisis on the planet. familiar minute has taken hold in the darfur region. >> access has been blocked by some of the militia force. what more can they do? they're providing record levels of age. should we be all of the above. it is really important to say that question not humane aid our way out of the kind of w widespread famine. u.s.a. is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in commodities, but many of those trucks were sitting in those check points. >> that's a matter of political will. it's a matter do these self interested generals who clearly care more about themselves and their country, are they willing

to let trucks come through who could avert famine. >> there are plenty of companies who are providing weapons who could be exercising their leverage. >> we heard the president call for people to stop that supply. is the u.s. doing enough in your opinion to leverage those relationships to stop that flow of weapons in? >> well, every channel that we have to those major players in this conflict, we are -- we are using incl including this week n very high level engagements including something i've had myself. the president, the most important. >> and you feel there have been progress in those talks this week. >> we'll see. there's something verbal progress. and we've heard a lot of commitments to the piece that are not then followed through with the termination of weapons supply, but we values a responsibilities as you said to think about airlift, air drop,

even if it's more interesting, we had to take measures like that -- >> the duties and responsresponsibilities are so . and i know just yesterday, you made a major announcement when it comes to a particular initiative around eliminating led in low and middle companies in countries. 150 million. partnership with other agencies as well. stunning to read that in some places that level for children is more than 10 times the rate of what we were alarmed to see here. >> whoa is this particular initiative a priority for usad right now? >> thank you so much for raising the issue. this is a silent killer globally. kills more than 1.4 people a year. that's more than h.i.v. and malaria combined. while we spend millions of dollars in combating those diseases, up to this point we've spent $15 million a year.

many of the heads of state that i engage and bring what is quite rudimentary data about the one and two led poisoning that exists in most developing companies. >> that's 1-2 children. >> 1-2 kids when it was 1-20 in flint, michigan when we were rightly scandalized by that. so it won't take much to get let out of spices, paint and spice these consumer products. we did it in consumer economy but the playbook stayed here and it didn't go to developing countries. we can address something that is literally poisoning kids when they go to school, pick up their toys or eat the foods that their mother's are paired because there might be lead residue in some potts. this is something that we could have solved all these years but what an opportunity to make a huge difference. stephanie: samantha power, thank you so much for your time.

geoff: now some ininsights into the care giving -- insights into caregiving. lisa desjardins has more. lisa: the national survey was commissioned by the nonpartisan elizabeth dole foundation and by the rand corporation. they found those caring for military members or veterans are increasingly large group and stretched increasingly thin. the study finds that 14 million are caring for a current or current service member, those families spend $9,000 a year out of pocket for care. that as 39% of them are raise ago child. those children are helping with at least one caregiving task. joining me to discuss this is

former secretary of veteran affairs and the chairman bob mcdonald. that figure 14 million caregives that's nearly tripled what informs 2014. >> it was a shock to us, lisa. in 2011, the research began. that original study found 5.5 million caregivers. the way we asked the question was a very simple, single question, are you a caregiver? this study, the methodology was different. we asked the questions of the behaviors of the caregiver. are you bathing the person you care for? are you supplying their medications? are you taking them to doctors? and what we discovered was the real number is as you said, 14.3 million and it was shocking to us how big it was. in a way it wasn't surprising because the population is aging. lisa: there has been more

because more service members are surviving battlefield drama what does that mean on the other end on the mental and physiological care that they need? >> that's a great point. you're 10 times more likely to survive the battlefield today than in previous wars. that means we have more veterans with more fyvies you injuries. the need for care giving has exploded. and unfortunately, lot of the last war was injuries that dealt with brain injury which is mental health is something we know the least about. and as a result of that many of these caregiver are dealing with what we call the unseen injuries of war. >> your survey found that these are hidden points of physical and financial exhaustion. when you hear from one of these caregivers, this is tracy brown who's father was in the air force and now has dementia. >> fatigue, i'm going to put

that at the top of the list. also being able to continue to live my life. feeling like i totally lost my identity, just to be able to care for my dad. it's really, really difficult not being able to necessarily find reliable care or care that's going to be high quality. >> so many of us are thinking about and giving care right now. but what's different for military families, veteran ca caregivers than rest of white house are thin thinking about aging parents? >> many of the people coming through the military who are now needing care giving have -- have relatively low incomes. you know, roughly the rand study found 130% of the -- of the poverty line qualifying for food -- food stamps or snap as we call it, needing financials help. what are about government resources? i know the study found about 35% of -- of this these caregives

military and veterans who are at 130% or low -- below the poverty level. is it that people aren't connected enough? >> it's a trend. when i became secretary in 2014, it was just at the point where senator dole and i worked together. we got some legislation passed that provided a stipend for the caregivers. more and more benefits have been added such as mental healthcare for the caregiver. but there's a bill right now that's gone through committee. it's gone through congress. >> the other part of the question, the tough angle is that we do have a national debt problem. we have a deficit problem. vet ran care is expensive. we don't care on the front end. we don't prevent it. we care on the other end. what did you say about the rise in veterans' cost? >> i would argue that on the

backs of veterans and veterans' families is not the place i would start. we need to take care of our veterans. we're doing everything we can to try to figure out how to make this financially viable. i think, you know, the elizabeth dole foundation, with use corporate, private partnerships. we work with the v.a. we work with company that is want to help, and as a result, i think the monetary part of it should not be as big of an issue -- >> thank you for an illuminating report. >> turksless action it's been a pleasure to be with you. ♪ >> the murder of emmit till is one of the most hard rogue events in american history, serving as a catalyst for the civil rights movement

emmit till was a 14 year-old boy from chicago who in august of 1955 traveled to mississippi to visit relatives. his brutal killing would expose the deep-seated racism and violence faced by black americans especially in the jim crow south. the events leading to till's murder began when a white woman carolyn bryant accused him of making an inappropriate advance towards her, a brief interaction considered a fyvies you offense. roy bryant and his half brother j.w.mylum abducted till brutally tortured and murder him. they were tried and acquitted by and all-white jury. now best-selling awe,000 wright thompson travels back to his native mississippi for a fresh and unflinching account of the conspiring forces behind till's murder focus on the place where it happened. it's call the barn the secret mist referee: a murder in

mississippi. i spoke with him yesterday. thank you for being with us. >> man, thank you so much. >> your family farm is about 20 miles from the sight of the barn where emmit till was beaten and killed. you had to leave the state to go to college before you learned anything about it. how did this history reveal itself to you? >> you know, i -- it was shocking to me all the things that personally i didn't know and then as i started researching the barn where emmit till was killed, i realized that -- that most of america actually doesn't know a lot about this. this is a very famous murder. and yet, there's been so muchers much erasure and so many things stripped from the historical record. the book, the barn continues to be this story, yes, but also of the -- the -- the like the long going process of trying to erase this from memory and the

activist who is were fighting to keep that memory alive. >> tell me more about that. the -- the notion that this barn's obscurity reflect this is whitewashing this effort to cover up the horrendous nature of emmit till's abduction and murder and the complicity and the depravity of all of the people who were involved. >> one thing i certainly did didn't know was that one of the key drivers of this very famous murder was political rhetoric, for instance. mississippi in 1955 had an unbelievable governor's race, you know, the -- it was a trice the bomb frankly. you go read the things people were saying and it was just super charged, violent, metaphorically violent rhetoric. and that election happened on a tuesday. and emmit and his cousins and friends went to the grocery on wednesday. and so he was down there in the

middle of an incredibly heated political campaign where the only issue that mattered was school, segregation and integration. and so i didn't realize until i started researching it what a role that -- that really violent political rhetoric play in this murder. geoff: over the years, they have pieced together a deeper more accurate account of what happened to him. what did you discover over the course of writing this book? >> some really harrowing things. i found out that the murder weapon was in a safety deposit box in a bank in greenwood, mississippi. i -- i had carolyn bryant's memoir sent to me on a thumb drive where she doubles down and takes her lies to the grave. the sheer tonnage of what we don't know is -- is to me --

much about -- is much about the story of what we do now. >> on september 23rd, 1955, and all-white jury acquitted the two white men who were charged with murdering emmit tim and at the trial, eight of the jurors, a defense attorney and the sheriff turns out were all from the same extended family as the two men on trial, roy bryant and j.w.mylum. help us understand that aspect of the story. >> it wasn't two random people who killed another random person. i mean, it was a tribe of people killing the child of another tribe of people which every west point professor will tell you it's an act of war. these were folks who were all from the same very tight knit community in the hills up above the mississippi delta. one of the juror's fathers was j.w.mylum's contact. like who's the person who always

know where is you are? this wasn't just a jury of his peers as they say. this was a jury of people who were part of the same tribe. >> you're from the region that you write about in this book. this book is part a meditation on emmit till's murder. it's also part memoir. how did unearthing and investigating this story help you recon with your family's history? >> you know, i love that -- i think it's the mall come x quote that everywhere south of dan i the south. and so, you know, it was very important to me to learn my own family history. but i also think it's very important for all americans to read about this square of land around the barn where emmit till was killed. and think about their own square of land and, you know, i think that the project of -- of continuing the american experiment feels to me rooted in the idea that we first have to glee on a common history. and i hope that this book is a

tiny pebble in the lake of that and sends out ripples. but that -- that was -- that investigation reckoning, interrogation, whatever the verb you want to use is absolutely essential to this project. >> wright thompson, "the secret history of a murder." thank you. >> thank you so much, geoff. >> one of rock 'n' roll's greatest song writers is out with a brand-new album, it's in nearly a dozen years and debuted at number one on the billboard charts in the americana folk category tom has the story for our arts and culture se series "van cass." -- "canvas." >> it's hard to find rock 'n'

roll credentials. it's not just because he tours a surf rock band, los straight jackets in their trademark wrestling masks. from punk rock to new rave he built his band. ♪ >> he was also producer from graham parker, the den and elvis costello. he even penned one of rock's most memorable anthems made famous by costello. ♪ >> but if rock 'n' roll is all you know about nick lowe and his 75 years on the planet and well over 50 in the music business, well, let's start at the start. >> my father was a korea r.a. f. officer. he was a pilot he met my mom during the war. she was in the air force. she came from a show business family. she was a very good singer.

and taught me how to sing from christian anderson and daddy k. thing. and that's got that lovely desk hand when the kids sing one tune and then the account and melody. >> i figured out how to be able to sing another tune while somebody is singing a different town and a third element is created and i kept on bugging her to do it again. come on, mom, go through the inch song again >> country of tennessee, earny ford -- >> the jazzy pop of nat king cole. >> cityman natura, peggy lee. prebeatles music which i love. but then came the beats and seems like this led young nick straight to rock 'n' roll. >> i wanted to be famous on the tv. meet more girls, you know? that was my main ambition at the

time. it didn't take me too long to realize if i wanted to have a long career, i had to learn ho you to write songs. >> so he wrote songs he still performs today. but as he gained confidence, he learned humility as when he produced costello's classic debut album. >> i stopped direct with elvis. i think what you should do is this, that. yeah, don't sing there after two days, i was turning up the studio saying good morning mr. costello, what would you like to do today? >> nick lowe established a hit maker status. >> a british documentary shows him looking very much a rock star. >> but he says that involved a

certain amount of role play. >> i wasn't the sort of person that could sustain that. >> so you didn't think rock superstardom -- >> no, no, no, no, i'm not an elton john or cher. i've always thought that the most fun you can have is just before you make it. >> in the 80's, just after he had made it, it sure looked like nick was having fun, maybe the time of his life. >> you watch the videos and you look like you're on top of the world. >> yes. i suppose -- [laughter] i suppose indeed. but i thought that was me in decline. i could feel my pop star status waning. i was drinking. taking too many drugs in a bid to try to cheer myself up and write better songs. it doesn't works boys and girls. but also my pop star shtick was boring me as well. >> it sounds like it was hard for a time for nick lowe to be

nick lowe. ♪ >> but in the ensuing decades, he abandoned the rock star status and he took on what he does today which is a master songwriter who never takes himself too seriously. >> you are, you know, britain's song writer, right? >> i think paul mccartney might have something to say about that. >> he gained that status partly by reaching back to the music he learned from his mum. >> a lot of the music you recorded from the 90's on i think has as much of a relationship to that prebeatles' era as to the rock era. >> yes, that's nice of you to have observed that. >> nick and the band have a new album "indoor is a after they" in which he has rerecord some of his recent vintage.

he has a few things to say to the kid who wanted to be a star. >> if nick in 2024 could talk to nick in 1974, is there something to know now that you wish you knew then? >> johnny cash once said to me, incredibly disappointing me i thought at the time. nick what are you going to do is figure out how to be yourself. i didn't really know what he meant. i thought is that the best you could do, john? but actually, now i do. because when you're young you're trying to cop an act. you're always trying to be somebody that you're not. and you have to welcome in the things that you don't really like about yourself, you know, welcome it in. ♪ because if you can figure out how to be yourself, it makes sense to much easier.

♪ -- it makes things so much easier. >> i'm tom cashado in terrytown, new york. ♪ >> later this evening on "frontline" we present the latest installment of the choice, taking a look at kamala harris and donald trump drawing on insights from those who know both candidates and revealing key moments erie vealing how each would lead the country. it streams on youtube and streams on pbs at 9:00 p.m. eastern. check your local listing. and that is the "newshour" for tonight i'm geoff bennett. for all of us here at the news00

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