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this program was made possible by the corporation of public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs news station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the "newshour." more than two million floridians still have no power tonight after hurricane milton tore through the state while many others have returned home to assess the damage. geoff: the storm has been tied to 10 deaths. more people were saved by rescue teams. william bringham reports on communities that have faced a 1-2 punch from both milton and hurricane helene. william: matthew king and family are deciding which of the memories have to be kept and which ones have to be throne away. nearly everything from their grand mother's home in brad bradenton, florida is molding, soaked by hurricane helene two weeks ago and then pounded by hurricane milton two days ago.

king was here with his dad and grandmother the night helene rolled in. >> we weren't sure if it was going to drown us or not. we had to start packing our bas up on to beds, tables whatever was the high point of the house. get suitcases ready. by the time we were ready to get out the water was coming through the doors, through the walls. it was starting to flood the living room and all. that yeah. william: that must have been terrifying. >> for sure. we've got the dogs and the people. everything 'em could be replaced. >> they now have to decide if this is a home they can save or even a region they want to stay in. >> like if this is just a one-time thing. yeah, i would say it's worth it. but these storms are getting worse every year, you know? it's not like it was before where we get a bad storm every

10 years and it would never hit us directly. >> the kings are like thousands of other families across the state just starting the long road to recovery and unsure of the future. thousands of national guard troops have been deployed to address infrastructure damage including to many roads and drinking water systems. multiple gas station also remain closed and the overall cleanup is expected to take weeks perhaps months. today president biden said he'll visit florida this weekend and that he'll press congress for more funding giving that this disaster may cost more than $50 billion. >> we're going to do everything we can to help you pick up the pieces and get you back to where you were. >> in lakeland, residents of the buccaneer mobile home community can't start pick up those piece not until they get rid of all the flue water.

laura montgomery has lived here for seven years. but this storm might be tend for her. >> i'm done. i'm done with hurricanes. we're going to move out of state. >> is that right? >> yeah. we're going to see what fema will give us because these trailers are so old, we can't even get homeowner's insurance on them. >> so you have no insurance at all? >> no. no insurance. >> right behind her, ken murray was rolling his 80 year-old mother to safety. they've lived here for six years. her health isn't great. and even as the water rose up in their trailer on the night of milton, she did not want to leave. the next day marie finally persuaded her. >> she didn't want. to >> it's hard to push your mom to do things your mom doesn't want to do. >> yes. i think we all have that problem. >> maurice's truck is almost out of gas as are many of the nearby station and he wasn't sure where they were going to sleep

tonight. >> see water is rising. florida is not a good state. real estate here is quite wet. >> diane and robert harrison have been stuck in their homes since milton came through, a little island stranded in the middle of their street. >> every storm seems like it's a little worse than the last one. if -- if that's -- what the -- what the climatologist and science people call, you know, the effects of global warming, then, ok. but whatever the cause, the effect is -- it's getting uglier and uglier every storm season. and there's -- there's no fix for it that i see from where i'm sitting at except to -- to try and find some place that's a little less inhospitallable. >> when is that mother ship

coming? >> the one from outer space? >> yeah because planet earth is really messed up right now. >> so absent the idea of some mothership to save humanity, we're going to have to come to grips with this, floridians with the ideas that we're going to see more of these serious disasters many of which are exacerbated by climate change and this is part of our new reality going forward, geoff? geoff: we're seeing more data between the connection between climate change and these destructive storms. what do scientists believe is the linkage? william: this is attribution science, how much can you attribute climate change to any one given disaster. and skeptics of this idea including the florida governor ron desantis who was saying why do you have to talk about climate change when it comes to hurricanes, we've always had hurricanes. that is true. we've always had hurricanes,

wildfires. but climate change can exacerbate them. when a hurricane enters the atlantic ocean and hits abnormally warm ocean waters which is driven by human-driven climate change, it can make those storms more intense and make them about sell rate more quickly. that's a proven fact. there are two new recent studies one by the imperial college of london, one by world weather attribution showing that this most recent hurricane dropped more rain, blew more wind and causing more damage to the residents of florida. and this is an increasing focus of scientists, but we are now seeing that all of the people around me are paying the price for that. >> shifting our focus a bit we've been reporting all week about the swarm of misinformation and d disinformation around these two disasters. now there are reports of extremist groups showing up to help with the recovery work. what's up with that?

>> in addition there's this torrent of misinformation of lies about fema and the federal response and who created these hurricanes as if there's something someone can do. a group known as patriot front which is a racist white supremist group was sending its members to do recovery work. and they were filming themselves marching around doing, you know, helping people clean their yards and posting these videos to say. where is your government is where are you local leaders? we are the people here to protect you, not them. and we were asking about well what, is driving some of this? we spoke to a jam called mustafa ayad and he told our colleagues that groups like this take theosophist shoes and try to sew distrust and opportunity and try to turn americans against each other. and again, this is all happening to people around us right now

who are at their most vulnerable. and the last thing they need is to be lied to and misled, but that is what we're seeing in today's society. geoff: thanks, william. geoff: thanks, geoff. -- william: thanks, geoff. amna: former president trump and vice president harris were out on the trail in neighbors states today. harris fired up some of her republican supporters in battle ground arizona. but we begin with president trump who held a rally in colorado, a state not seen as within his reach in this election. ♪ in aurora, colorado former president trump campaigned on crime and immigration. >> i will rescue aurora and every town that have been invade conquered.

explain that to your governor. he doesn't have a clue. they've been conquered. and we will put these vicious and blood thirsty criminals in jail or kick them out of our country -- >> trump repeated lice debunked many times by local officials about venezuelan gangs taking control of parts of the denver suburb, delivering a familiar and false reframe about violent crime rates which f.b.i. data shows have been declining. vice president harris meanwhile rallied in neighboring arizona, her second straight day in the battleground border state. this time courting voters from across the isle at a republicans for harris event. >> each of you have had the courage to say, hey, we may not agree on every single thing, that's what is a democracy looks like. but foundational, first

principles cannot be in question. not for the sake of our children, not for the sake of our future and well-being, not for the sake of our standing in the world. >> a running mate team walz was in michigan earlier today. >> she's proud to be part of the most prolabor administration in american history. >> working win over a group the campaign has struggled with, blue collar workers in battleground states. >> hello, pittsburgh! are you fired up. >> former president obama has joined that effort rallying for harris last night in pennsylvania and offering sharp takedowns of her opponent. >> there is absolutely no evidence that this man thinks about anybody but himself. i've saidt before, donald trump is a 78 year-old billionaire who has not stopped

whining about his problems since he road down his gold escalator years ago. amna: j.d. vance made headlines for what he wouldn't say. refusing five times in an interview with the "new york times" to say that trump lost in 2020. >> senator vance, i'm going to ask you again, did donald trump lose the 2020 election? >> did big technology companies sensor or a story that independent companies say would have cost him the vote. >> senator vance, did donald trump lose the 2020 election? >> i've answered your question with another question. >> you answer my question and i'll answer yours. amna: with polls accidently pointing to a razor-thin race, a new ad from the d.n.c. warning voters that voting for stein

could tip the polls for donald trump. >> she's not sorry she helped trump win. that's why a vote for stein is really a vote for trump. amna: as both campaigns crisscross the critical swing states in these final weeks before election day. vanessa: i'm vanessa ruiz with "newshour" west. here are the latest headlines. the 2024 noble peace prize was awarded to nihan hidankio from hiroshima. in japan, survivors are known as hibakus ha and many have dedicated their lives to abo abolishing nuclear weapons.

the chair of the noble committee said "in a world ridden with conflicts we want to highlight the importance of strengthening the nuclear taboo." >> the winners were shocked when they heard the news. the organization's co-chair said their stories matter now more than ever before. >> what i seek the most is peace, of course. the images of the children in gaza covered with blood held by their parents remind me of japan 80 years ago. children lost their fathers in the war and lost their mothers with the nuclear bomb. they became or fans. amna: a russian missile struck deep into ukraine hitting the southern port city of odessa and killing four people. odessa is one of ukraine's biggest hubs for exporting

grain. russia has attacked it four times in an attempt to disrupt the economy. zelensky received a pledge of more than $1 billion from chancellor olav shultz. and he told his sponsor not let up. >> for us it's important for aid not decrease. for us it's very important to think about the upcoming year to have everything sufficient to support people and their lives. >> vladimir putin was engaging with his own allies today meeting with iran's president at a conference in turkmenistan. he told leaders that he wants to create a new world order against the west. new data show an increase in migrants crossing the darria g

gap. -- darian gap. records show more than 24,000 migrants crossed in september, a rise of more than 50% from a month before. of those, 80% came from venezuela. after that country's controversial july elections and the crackdown that followed in total nearly 278,000 migrants have crossed this year amid a push by panama's new curving migration. >> in texas, an oil refinery that killed two people. dozens more were treated for poisoning. officials rushed to the pemex company. hydrogen sulfite leaked at the facility. that's a foul-smelling gas that could be toxic at high levels. officials issued a shelter in play place order.

it's the second incident in deer park in the last few weeks. the u.s. department of justice filed a lawsuit against virginia election officials today accusing the state of striking names from voter rolls in violation of federal election law. the lawsuit challenges an executive order issued by republican governor glen youngkin that requires daily updates to voter roles to remove the names of noncitizens. the national voter registration act require as 90-day period ahead of election first voter role maintenance. the quiet period reduces the risk of disenfranchising eligible voters before the election. boeing says it is cutting 17,000 jobs and delaying the rollout of its 777xy body plane by factory workers hurt its finance. in a statement, boeing's c.e.o. said that cuts are necessary "to

align with our financial reality." a strike by more than 30,000 workers has shutdown production of boeing's 737 max jet among others. this week boeing withdrew its latest contract offer after talks between the union and management broke down. american consumers are growing a bit more concerned about the state of the economy. today's reading on consumer sentiment the university of michigan seed dip in october after two months ofgains. economists say consumers are frustrated with high price. prices have unchanged with signals a continual easing of inflation. on wall street today, stocks surged to new records after strong earnings from big financial companies. the dow you jumped more than 400 points to a new all-time high.

the nasdaq added 60 points. and the s&p closed above 1500 for the first time ever. and stargazers were treated to a dazzling display last night as the northern lights put on a show much further south than usual. a celestial collage could be seen in new york, and even kentucky. the mix is caused by a series of strong solar storms emitting particle that is hit gases in earth's atmosphere. similar conditions are set for tonight. but the lights will only be visible in canada and some northern u.s. states. still to come on the "newshour" -- where the presidential companies stand on abortion and i.v. f. david brooks on what to expect the final weeks of election day and why the englishtown is hoping the success of its soccer

team will revive the local community. ♪ >> this is the pbs news hour from weta in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: it has been another day of widening war in lebanon. israeli troops fired again on u.n. position. troops fired on lebanese armed forces. the leaders of france, spain and italy issued a joint statement. and president biden asked israel to stop the attacks that's as hezbollah fired more rockets into israel. but as our correspondent reports the most severe israeli strike was overnight in central bay roof >> all through the night, the wail of silence, smoke and the bitter smell of fire.

last night, at least two israeli air strikes hit the heart of beirut without warning in a busy residential area most believed was off limits. lebanese are fast learning that nowhere is safe. >> grandmother hannah has lived here for 40 years. she thought last night was her last. >> >> i was sitting at home watching television when i suddenly saw something like a meteor and then it exploded. i thought i was going to die. >> walking down this familiar street seeing her local grocers fresh veggibles now covered in soot and dust she can't believe her eyes. there are area is amazing and peaceful. i don't know why this happened. we experience add number of wars over the years, but nothing like this one. the displaced families from the south and southern suburb are staying here. where shall they go now? >> the janitor of her neighbor's

apartment blocked and his whole family were killed. many others were families displaced from the south. they took refuge here because they thought it was safe. the man israel says it was targeting was he is bowla's main intermediaries with governments here escaped the strikes unscathed. many civilians did no. at least 22 people died last night and nearly 120 were injured. overwhelmed local hospitals worked until dawn to save who they could. it's a shift e.r. doctors won't forget. >> most of the injured were women and children. the kids all had critical injuries in the stomach or theis and heads. one young girl died right await a minute >> desperate families begging for news of missing loved ones. >> they were all in a state of extreme panic not knowing if their relatives were injured or alive. when the injured are women and children, it affects us a lot.

they came here to seek shelter thinking that the city was safe. they were wrong. >> as the strikes escalate, jihads readying himself for another night of victims. >> i can only pray this war ends and the world wakes up to the fact that these attacks are targeting civilians not soldiers. >> down the road, a scene of carnage. >> the air strikes this residential neighborhood last night brought down this entire high-rise apartment block. they were digging bodies out of the rubble through the night. and now they're trying to clear what's left of these homes. residents retrieve what they can from the rubble inconsolable. mixed in with the twisted metal and fractured concrete, the pieces of normal family lives turned to ashes. >> this was a child's bedroom, a small mattress, dolls, a barbie coloring book. >> in the background, the ever present sound of an israeli

drown flying around. >> this family had just finished supper when there was a booming flash and their wall caved in. >> we heard a bang and suddenly, i couldn't see anything. i ran straight to my daughter. she had been sleeping in her bed but i found her on the floor covered with dust. i don't know how i dug her out and rescued her. she was calling out to me. she's only little. >> his wife was buried here under the rubble as the 3 year-old screamed for her mother. they could hear her struggling to breathe. they managed to dig her out but she's still in intensive care. >> the guy who was helping me dig her out told me your wife is already dead. as his aunt arrives to comfort him his steely resolve breaks. i asked him if i can see pictures of his wife and daughter, but he doesn't have any to look at while he waits for news of his daughter's condition because his phone like

everything else they own was destroyed in the explosion. as israel's military campaign spreads further, hundreds of lives being torn apart in its wake. everyone now fears they will be next. for the pbs newshour i'm layla milana allen in beirut. ♪ amna: two years ago, the u.s. supreme court overturning reov. wade made abortion access a tom political issue across america and now the race if the white house. our laura barron-lopez has been covering issuance reproductive right. good to see you, laura. stewart the national landscape for us. where do the bans and restrictions currently stand nationwide. >> right now 13 states total have abortion bans with very few exceptions.

now after that four -- there are four states that have bans at six weeks. and three other states ban abortion after 12 or 15 weeks. and the majority of those states are in the deep south including swing states like georgia and north carolina. amna: when it comes to the candidates, walk us through. where does the president stand on this. >> abortion right first the biden administration and she was the first sitting vice president to have visited an abortion clinic during this administration. now when it comes to her positions on abortion, here's what she wants to do. she wants to restore the federal right to an abortion that was first established under roe v. wade. she wants to protect abortion access around 23 to 24 weeks. and she supports ending the fill buster to pass federal protection first abortion, the reality though amna is that it's highly unlikely that vice president harris would have enough votes in the senate to pass -- to end the filibuster and to pass legislation like

that. but harris made her pitch to latino voters in a town hall last night. >> there are probably many people here and watching who rightly have made a decision that they do not believe in abortion. the point that i'm making is not about changing their mind about what's right for them or their family. it's simply saying the government shouldn't be making this decision. >> amna, harris has made abortion rights one of the biggest issues in her company this year, and is hoping that it helps her in a number of the swing states. amna: that's where vice president harris stands. what about her opponent? >> donald trump said that you have to ban abortion. now let's dive into his record and current positions, amna. in 2016 he also said there has to be some form of punishment for women who get abortion. and on 2016 he ran on aing supreme court justices on bang

reo. he would ban a 15-week abortion ban despite the anti-abortion movement support a national ban and donald trump has said he would allow stays to restrict abortion access. no, donald trump says he's been rung has also said that states with bans have a right no monitor pregnancies and prosecute violations. the former president is open to restricting abortion pill ac access. and project 2025 called for a nationwide abortion ban. and we mentioned project 2025, amna, because so many of the people that wrote that and that are calling that served in the first trump administration and are likely to serve in a second trump administration. now at a recent rally, donald trump also suggested that women are not going the need to worry about abortions if he's elected again. >> you'll be protected and i will be your protect or. women will be happy, healthy,

confident and free. you will no longer be thinking about abortion. it's all they talk about. abortion. >> >> and we should also note the past comments made by trump's running mate j.d. vance in 2022 when he was running for the senate, he said that he would like abortion to be illegal nationally. he also said that he was "sympathetic a national ban on interstate travel for women who are seeking to get the procedure." >> so as you well now you covered i.v.f. has also been in the spotlight especially after that alabama supreme court decision that said frozen embryos should be considered chirp. where do the candidates stand on i.v.? >> vice president harris back as bill that protects i.v. nationwide. and her most prominent surrogate has been her running mate governor tim walz of minnesota because he and his wife used fertility treatments when they were trying to have their first

child. now as for trump that alabama court decision put republicans on the defense, amna. and trump has said he opposes efforts to limit i.v.f., that if elected he would provide full coverage of i.v.f. protections and cover full services by acquiring insurance companies to pay for it. but he hasn't provide details on how exactly he would pay for a lot of. that and senate republicans twice, amna have blocked that senate bill that we talked about that would protect i.v.f. nationwide. >> vice president harris is running on this as a big issue. former president trump has been asked about it. how important is this issue? >> in the last two years, six states considered abortion on the ballot, abortion rights on the ballot and in all six states including kansas and kentucky decided to protect abortion rights. now this year, abortion

referendums are on the ballot in 10 states this fall including battleground of arizona and nevada and our most recent polonia portion, it found that 45% of voters say that abortion is a deciding factor for them this election versus 36% who say it's important but not necessarily a deciding factor. so overall, this is going to be one of the biggest issues this election cycle. >> great reporting as always. laura barron-lopez, thank you. laura: thank you. amna: and we'll continue to delve into the issues at stake in the coming weeks. right now, you can watch all of our promises, policies, conversations online on pbs.org/newshour. ♪

geoff: former president barack obama hits the campaign trail for vice president harris. donald trump unpleasures a torrent of false statements and distortments about the federal response to hurricane milton and helene. let's bring in jonathan and david. the polls are as tight as every out from election day and democrats are doing what they do best, they are worrying that her early momentum might have stalled. let me start with your assessment of the race. david, you first. has there been a vibe shift? david: yeah, her momentum has stalled. she was going, going up. then she seemed to plateau. i would say if you look at the polling movement, trump is doing slightly better. i should emphasize slightly in the sun belt states in the central states but very slight.

and so you would have to think, you know, when i look at the -- the -- the results right now where we are and it could all change, i do think the decision not to pick josh shapiro in pennsylvania is a major mistake. and second she made a mistake this week by not breaking with joe biden on a major issue. she was asked twice is anything different? and she said no. that is country where 28% think the country is on the wrong track. it seems like elementary politics i'm my own person, this is how it would change. geoff: jonathan? jonathan: it was like in the months before that. it's close. it's always going to be close. it was always going to be close. the fact that democrats are panicking, i'm not shocked by it. i'm annoyed by it because, you know, you could do all the panicking you want, but it's

going to come true if folks don't get out and vote. and i don't know if i agree with there's been a vibe shift and you know, she's plateaued and all of this other stuff. i think that what's happening is reality is setting in. it's going to be close. and this idea that she made a mistake in not pick governor shapiro, i just have to disagree with that strenuously. she picked governor walz. i think governor walz is -- is a terrific candidate. and i think what she needs be doing in this -- in this campaign is continuing to go out there and do what she's done all week this week going out and talking to people on the various shows and podcasts and everything. and telling -- showing them who she is and what she's for. and what i found interesting is of all the interviews the howard stern interview was terrific. but i think the interview with steven colbert was good. and i was thinking of your

column, david, that in watching her in this interview with a comedian, i felt like -- you actually got to see the real kamala harris, personality-wise but also what she stands for, what she believes the, in -- in a manner that is more comfortable than when she's sitting before 60 minutes. geoff: jonathan add to up your column. [laughter] you wrote that she had an incredible first act. but the question now is can he construct a second and third act? david: i looked at what screenwriters like aaron store ken and david mammoth say about that and they say what drama is is an intentional, an obstacle. you want to see the character have an acute passionate desire. and then there has to be an obstacle. i agree with jonathan, kamala

harris has begun to show, it is what i want. this is the ruling passion of my soul. but that has not fully come out. and one of the things that haunts me is watching companies past is a disease that a loft politicians fall into including outstanding people which you might call hold backism. they're sounded by all these strategists. they do the game plan instead of their heart. i would say mitt romney was a very wonderful human being. but he held back. he never really let the crowd hold him up. i would say the same with hillary clinton that she never said take me. this is what i want. i trust you. harris is doing better but there is some ways to go geoff: barack obama will spend the final weeks stumping for kamala harris. he appeared in a rally in pittsburgh. he paint add searing picture of donald trump as malicious and incompetent. but he had a stop atta campaign office and he admonished black

men who are hesitating to vote for kamala harris because she's a woman. >> we have not seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighbors and communities as we saw when i was running. now i also want to say that that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers. when i hear about this stuff, i -- i -- i start feeling like -- like we don't have enough of the sense of what's at stake here. this is -- these aren't ordinary times and these are not ordinary elections. >> jonathan, i'm coming to you about this. because there are democrat who is see this as unfair scapegoating. if you're going focus on race and gender, you could have nearly every black man vote for donald trump and it wouldn't be

enough to make a difference. if he was going to focus on race and gender, he could focus on white men who are breaking for donald trump and go back to 2016 and the white women who put donald trump into the white house who broke for donald trump. how do you see this? >> we're talk about a black man who's a former president of the united states and for whom this is a very personal issue. now i watched the entire 15-minute -- 15 minute remarks. he's at -- i'm glad you pointed out he was at campaign office. he was talking to african-american campaign workers and volunteers. and the key thing in -- in the 15-minute remarks is when he said and i think anybody you are talking to at a barber shop, anybody you are talking to in your house, in your family, at church who is coming with that kind of attitude, i think you need to ask him, well, how can that be? he is giving the people in that room the -- the arguments and the talking points to try to

convince those folks and their families and their commune that's the there is a reason -- not necessarily to not vote for trump, what he's really pushing up against is the couch. people who might opt not to vote because they don't think the system has worked for them. and in the entirety of these 15-minute remarks, he talks about, how, you know, the change that folks want doesn't come quickly because that's not how things work. and he walked through what happened during his presidency, what happens during other presidencies. and so, you know, folks feel like the former president was lecturing them or talking down to them or singling them out, i understand where that's coming from but that's not what he's doing remember, president obama is somebody who rarely speaks out, but when he it is with intention and he means what he says and he's trying to get -- get across a message, and the fact that

it's rare when he speaks, people listen to what he says. and he hopes, the former first lady, michelle obama hopes but most importantly the harris walz campaigns hopes that his words will be galvanizing to the black men and their black families motivating them to get out to the polls and vote. geoff: sometimes it takes a former president that a candidate can't provide themselves. thinking back to 2012 it was former president bill clinton who had to make this argument for barack obama when his company hit a rough patch. the question is the oh bam appeal separate from his argument is it transferable these dice a kamala harris? >> not really. i mean, people are voting for the candidate. they already voted for barack obama. they voted for bill clinton it helps. bill clinton rescued that 2012 convex. and partly barack obama and bill clinton are like fernando tatis

and shohei ohtani who are baseball players. [laughter] and so they're superstars. and so they're really good at what they. do and so, you know, it's not bad to have a superstar on your team. but i think people -- they can separate one candidate from another. they know they're voting for kamala harris this year. geoff: as we wrap up our conversation parts of florida and the southea are recovering from the hurricanes. there is a torrent of misinformation and disinformation. from donald trump and others to include marjorie taylor green who claimed the federal government can droll weather. charlie of the atlantic has a great piece who says this isn't just a misinformation crisis, it's something darker it's a cultural assault on institutions and individuals that operate in reality. how you see this moment that we're living in? >> one, let's just call it what it is. just misinformation and

disinformation. it's lies. lies that are putting people's lives at risk, that is tearing apart communities. people who are in -- in danger who are at the most stressful point in their lives trying to outrun a hurricane and being told that your government is not where you pay tax. your government is not coming to help you. your government is giving money away to other people, all lies. and what makes this even more reprehensible is that republicans who know better are not speaking out in force and on mass to say this is not right. this is wrong. president trump, please stop doing what you're doing. i give the governors of georgia and florida the republican governors of florida and georgia who say the biden administration has been helpful pushing back against misinformation.

but i want republicans to be more direct in seeing who's feeding the disinformation and the lies and to hold that person accountable. >> is there anyway back from this when we have this ecosystem to exist where people actually believe that the federal government can droll weather something as nonsensical as this? it's an indictment of our time. >> each part has to police their side. and the republicans have failed since 2015. the rise of donald trump shows it's an advantage to have no conscience. that you can rise and succeed if you actually have no conception of right or wrong. you only have a conception of yourself. and that's a disturbing lesson for generations to come. >> david brooks and jonathan capehart, thank you very much. >> appreciate it. amna: english soccer is booming

in the u.s. while little throat mighty nfl, much less the nba and much less baseball, millions of americans are rabid fans of the premier league. they're now american-owned including ipswitch to up. we sent special correspondent malcolm back to ipswich his hometown and to the stadium where he made his first ever broadcast at the down of radio, well, maybe a bit more recently than that. oh, and it is football. he rere-fuses to use the term soccer because for a brit that would be blasphemy. >> you may have fenway park, yankee stadium, the rose bowl, but for me the field of dreams will always be portman road. >> another opportunity!

>> it just has this real good family feel. it's a lovely place to live. the club has got its footballing identity back again. >> they were a towering par partnership. they famously shed blood for his country. >> they love watching the football club play. so yeah, it's part of your soul. as the old saying goes, it's part oh your d.n.a. >> the outmost fear is incredible. we saw the generation -- the atmosphere is incredible. >> it's living the dream a dream that i was living as a child. football is evening and this club is everything to me. ♪ >> the team shared sponsor and minority stakeholder is a local lad by the name of ed sheeran. >> people like success stories like this.

it is a grassroots club, and it just feels like -- it's lifted up the town as well i switch has gone through some tough years. and this feels great for the area. >> it's a town where i went to school. spent my youth and to be honest got away from as quickly as possible. this region is a rural back water. the clue is in the name of the football team, the tractor boys. after lapses in 202 years, independence switch switching back to the premier league. hard to believe after this performance four seasons ago which gave tractor as bad name. i switch are in blue. >> young man. young man >> when chris barkley and i were school mates england was the school's best. i switch hit rock bomb. >> there was a season a few years back where football was dire. it was negative.

and i described it as random acts of football. there was no thought behind it. it was an insult to your intelligence. >> into the penalty area! that's it! >> i did think about giving up my season ticket then. but i'm so glad i hung on because since we got our new manager it's been uphill all the way. >> this is moment in may when they secured premier league status after back-to-back promotions from the third and second tiers. the architect is kierna mckenan regard as a genius by his players and the club's american financial backers. >> do you think american drive has made a difference >> , no i don't think so. it's just the fact that, you know, the americans have this attitude that if everything is going well, we'll keep backing you. history paid them in the way that it's got the team playing >> into the penalty area! what a goal!

>> and the supporters are back into portman row. >> has everybody got the potential be a star do you think? >> i don't think. so i don't think star is the word. everyone has the potential to improve and everyone has the potential to develop and not everybody is operating in their maximum capacity for tactical reasons. so it's trying to help the players in each of their areas in an environment that's built to support them. >> mckenan's biggest challenge is completing against teams with vast budgets and world class players. he's recruited inexpensive players with huge potential such ad as defenders jacob grieves. >> i can already definitely feel his improvement already in a short batch of time.

>> it could come back to haunt ipswich. >> back to rogers. >> opportunity and in. >> oh, well. it's time to talk to the old esp--enemy. >> i've known nick dennis for 50 years. he supports nor witch city. the great rivals who are currently in the second tier. dennis keeps his memorabilia in the smallest room which i switch fans say it's the perfect place. >> how much does it hurt you as a supporter that independence switch is doing so well? >> it's a matter of supreme indifference to me because they haven't been known for 5,712 days not that i'm counting. >> pacheco in the rebound! five -- 5-1 on pullman road!

>> it's extraordinary different for promoting teams. the three promoted teams came straight back down again. enjoy the road at the moment. >> hutchinson in the penalty area. >> success has cascaded to the greyhound pub, a 10-minute walk to the stadium. >> i switch came from the dark ages and the time. he's a very dedicated fan. and the premiership comes first. >> i got the buzz before they came. at least a couple of days before the actual kickoff. danny lightfoot relishes the sport. >> it's amazing to us. we are packedful all the pubs in town are the same before and after the games. it's been great for the economy and a great boost for business. >> on the days where there's no football, i switch is morribund.

for tans the ancient house where i bought school books is empty. as is an old gentleman's outfitters where i was sacked to tthe negligent attitudes on leg measurements. >> it's a part of bringing business here is to have a successful football team and successable night life. all that helps attract and retain people in the town. >> when i lived here cornhill was bustling. not any more. >> it should be the central hub of this town we should be trying to correct an atmosphere like every other european city. >> she believes ipswich would thrive. >> this place could be so much more than what it is. >> one of the main obstacles is this store which once sold my

school's uniforms. it's been empty for 24 years. the owner is from dubai. >> the owners won't like to anybody who wants a late night or an alcohol license. >> the counselor is trying to invoke powers compelling the owners to sell. were it's so frustrating. we want to improve the town. >> regenerating ipswich will take time. so the town needs the football club to remain in the top flight. >> black into the penalty area. it's an equalizer! can't stop scoring! >> with key ran mckenna there's always hope. but the superintendent porters know it's hope that often rips you apart. for the pbs newshour, i'm malcolm bramwitch, pbs.

amna: and be sure to tune into ""washington week" for a look at the presidential candidates campaign strategy. geoff: and as the southeast works to recover for back-to-back hurricanes, we look at the long-term effects on vulnerable communities. and that is the "newshour" for tonight, i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on behalf of the entire news team, thank you for joining us and have a good weekend. >> major funding for the "newshour" has been provided by -- and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the "newshour" including kathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. the walton family foundation, working for solutions to protect water during climate change so people and nature can thrive

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