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and friends. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome. with just 11 days to go, harris and trump veered away from battleground territory and into the deep red state of texas. >> the lineup of presidents and pop stars joining harris on the trail. but we begin with trump, who recently escalated his rhetoric. ♪ reporter: donald trump's tour through the lone star state ended in austin. the former president continuing his anti-immigration rhetoric. >> we are like a dumping ground.

our border is cruel and vile and absolutely heartless. we are like a garbage can for the rest of the world to dump the people they do not want. >> it is good to be in texas. he really belittles our country. this is someone who is a former president. he has a bully pulpit. and this is how he uses it. to tell the rest of the world that the u.s. is trash. reporter: trump sat down with joe rogan. their conversation will be uploaded to streaming services later tonight. this all comes on the heels of a resurfacing sexual assault allegation. a former sports illustrated model told her account on camera or the first time. she said it happened inside trump tower while jeffrey

epstein looked on. she explained her decision to come forward last night. >> i felt a wave of shame. i could not think about it or face it or talk about it for a very long time. i put it in a little box inside of me and turned the key and locked it. reporter: the trump campaign denied the allegations, calling them fake. jd vance campaigned several states away in north carolina. >> we are not going back. you are right. reporter: in georgia, the stars were out for harris. the boss himself, bruce springsteen, warmed up the crowd before the vice president took the stage. harris true contrast between herself and trump. >> imagine a mobile office in three months. it is either donald trump in there doing -- stewing over his

enemies list or me, working for you, checking off my to do list. >> outside the rally, georgia voters agreed. decency is on the ballot. >> i cannot see myself voting for someone who is not a good representation of morality to my children. >> the only thing he knows is to lash out and deflect and call her names because he has no policy. >> governor tim walz spent his day appealing to voters in a critical swing state, pennsylvania. they are riding the momentum of the fundraising haul. harris outspent trump by some $67 million.

a big gap in campaign funds. but now the numbers cannot be closer. the final nationalpoll has it as a dead heat for the popular vote. tonight, trumpets to michigan. harris stays in houston where she will highlight her policies on reproductive rights and join forces with perhaps the most famous texas of all time, beyonce. >> there is late work tonight that chinese hackers targeted the cell phones of trump and vance as well as the harris campaign. sources say they do not believe the hack is exclusively election related and is instead part of a broad chinese campaign targeting america's telecommunication networks. it is not clear what data might have been taken.

the chinese embassy called this malicious speculation. ♪ >> in today's other headlines, more people have been reported sick from the e. coli outbreak tied to mcdonald's. the cdc says there are more reported illnesses. the number of hospitalizations has risen to 22 and one person has died. a taliban new -- california-based supplier of onions has a recalled produce from a facility in colorado. the biden administration is proposing a new path for student loan forgiveness.

if finalized, the education department could proactively cancel loans for borrowers with a risk for imminent default. it is estimated that some 8 million people would qualify. this is his third attempt at student ilona forgiveness. the proposal is expected to face legal challenges just as the first two attempts did. hezbollah militants and the israeli army traded fire across the lebanese border today. in southeast lebanon, an israeli airstrike killed three journalists. many other media is terry -- staying in the same area. the committee to protect journalists call for an independent investigation. we will have more on the war in gaza later in the prop --

broadcast. north korean troops could join russian forces on the battlefield as soon as his weekend. that would be the first time a third country puts boots on the ground. putin has not commented on this. he said any decision would be one that both russia and north korea would decide together when the time comes. >> we are in contact with our north korean friends. when we have to decide something, we will undoubtedly dede. they have the same point of view. i want to say that it is our sovereign decision. anchor: there is new friction caused by this handshake yesterday between putin and the secretary-general of the u.n. at an economic summit in russia. it caused an outcry and you rain and prompted president zelenskyy

to cancel a planned visit. forecasters warned that a deadly tropical storm in the philippines has already killed 82 people may turn back around and returned to the area next week. rescuers and police doug through mud and rocks and debris to search for missing villagers. over 2000 people remain unaccounted for. thousands of people have been forced into shelters, many with nothing left. >> we have nothing left. we have no warehouse to go home to. all i'm thinking about is where we go next? >> the tropical storm is the 11th storm and so for the deadliest to hit the philippines this year. the country usually sees an average of 20 tropical storms. stocks closed mostly lower on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average

dropped more than 250 points. the nasdaq posted the only gain on the day. the s&p 500 ended virtually unchanged. phil lesh has died. he began as a classically trained violinist but became the pioneering basis and a founding member of the grateful dead. ♪ alongside jerry garcia, his base provided the trademark rolling thunder sound. he was performing until just recently. here he is from his birthday celebration this past march. an official statement on his social media said he passed

peacefully this morning. he was 84 years old. still to come, president biden issues a formal apology for the treatment of indigenous boarding school students. the washington post of the clients a presidential endorsement for the first time since the 1980's. and our guests weigh in on the political headlines of the week. >> this is the pbs news hour from our studios in washington and from the west, the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> today, more chaos and carnage in southern gaza. 38 palestinians were killed, and being 13 children. the united nations said israeli soldiers rated the final working

hospital. it is an area where israeli forces have been operating for the last three weeks. today's grade -- raid has created a medical crisis. some of the images in this story are disturbing. >> it is supposed to be the home of healing. but it's director warns that it is a mass grave. many of the patients have wounds too graphic to show. children are being treated without anesthesia. this is supposed to be a small hospital with the capacity for about 50. these days, it is overwhelmed.

one of the wounded dies every hour. the sounds of paint interrupted by the echoes of war. this is the hospital's director. he sends this audio. >> as you see, there is bombing down near our hospital. a doctor was killed. reporter: he has been trying to alert the world, posting online and appealing for blood and supplies. in conditions that he describes as catastrophic. >> we appeal to the world to intervene. we want international protections for our medical

staff. we are working under fear. and bombardments. we need help. reporter: the dead long ago lost their dignity. bodies arrived by donkey carts. outside a hospital, the scene is apocalyptic. >> there are fires everywhere. there were schools on fire. the hospital was beyond capacity. there was not enough medical staff. reporter: early this week, he was part of a mission that evacuated critically ill patients. >> deangelis is our opened and the paramedics bring the patients to the soldiers and put them on the ground.

there were people with amputated legs, children with colostomy bags, open wounds. there is dust everywhere. it is one of the least dignified inhumane things i have ever seen in my life. reporter: he leads to coordination between the united nations and israeli forces to make sure the convoys stay safe. is? ? the coronation working >> there is communication but there is not sustained respect for international event terry in law. eight workers have to be able to those in need. >> the israeli military says hamas has regrouped to your.

there is still terrorist infrastructure. >> it is falling. this is another psychological collapse. if we take him out, that is another collapse. this pressure brings us closer to more achievements. reporter: israel has tried to evacuate 400,000 residents who have to wait for permission to pass and begin a long journey by foot. the violence has been intense. israel has said hamas has tried to keep residents here. >> there is no water anymore. the primary indicator of what is happening is that people are dying in the rubble. reporter: israel has recently

allowed a trucks -- aid trucks to reach northern gaza. >> we reject any effort to create a siege. to starve people. reporter: israel insists that is not the policy. but today, residents are once again displaced, dying, and suffering the wounds of war. ♪ anchor: president biden titillate -- today delivered an

apology for a policy that separated visions children from their families. >> i formally apologized as president of the united states of america for what we did. i have a solemn responsibility to be the first president to apologize to native peoples. it is long overdue. there is no excuse. the pain it has caused well always be a significant mark of shame. anchor: the interior secretary launched an investigation into

the boarding school system shortly after she became the first native american to lead the department. she has been covering the story and attended the ceremony today. this is a part of u.s. history that far too many americans don't know about. let us understand this. remind us of this investigation. >> thank you so much for having me. the investigation started with deb haaland, who is the first native american cabinet secretary.

her great-grandfather went to an boarding school. she was the first interior secretary to investigate this. no one had looked at this history. a very troubled history of wrongdoing. 973 children did not make it home. her investigation alone was remarkable. those who made it home were very traumatized. they were abused, mistreated.

they did manual labor. they learned the very basics of academics. she mentioned that when many people think of boarding schools, they think of an elite education. i was refreshed that she brought this up. she revealed all of that. she asked for an apology. that is what she got. anchor: the first time a u.s. president has apologized for those atrocities. how was it received? >> as you could hear from the clip you played, i smiled and got a slight chill. some of these people are heroes. there were tears. many folks said their relatives

had experiences of this. one of them said i have somebody mixed emotions today. a sense of sadness for those who did not make it home. those who survived are getting the acknowledgment. that means so much for native people, to be acknowledged this dark and forgotten chapter of american history. anchor: what if any action follows this? >> we will have to see. there was a lot of reaction afterward. i was part of a team this summer that published an extensive report. we looked at sexual abuse at many of the schools. the washington post found that

122 liters at the school sexually abused native american children. the catholic church or the pope has yet to apologize for these atrocities. he did and apology several years ago in canada. many native american survivors in the u.s. would like to see that be the next step. make that same apology here in the u.s. many native americans say that the apology is the first step of healing. we have heard this over and over again. acknowledging a dark history. a forgotten chapter. this is all of our history. they would like to see more money spent on language and

cultural revitalization. this has left a gap in the knowledge being passed to younger generations. it was very powerful to see young people and teenagers and folks who have a gap in knowledge. the only way to do that is through funding of cultural revitalization programs. many people have never spoken about this. we cannot underestimate help powerful it is to be acknowledged. anchor: thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. good to see you. ♪ recent polls show that harris is leading trump by double digits among voters under the age of

30. underneath that data there are important signals. we have this report. >> let's vote. >> let's do it. >> this is the first time we ever got in the new york times. >> the misconception is that somebody like me could not do a job like this. >> building a coalition of young voters. >> there are those saying that north carolina would be a game changer. >> the last time a presidential candidate won north carolina. >> we put an emphasis on young voters because i think the party had lacked that emphasis. we know the youth vote is going

to change this election cycle. we need to get out there and organize young people. reporter: they pointed to democrats having an edge with women. >> we are doing everything we can to combat that. this relies on young men. people who are party speaks for. reporter: polls show a significant gender gap among young voters. that is driven in part by a harris elite of 30 points or more among young women. this is one of those young women. she is excited to cast her very first presidential vote for harris this year. >> it feels good, especially her being an hbcu grad. >> like most when we spoke to hear, one of her biggest issues

as abortion and women's rights. >> there are a lot of things at stake here. i feel like the outcome of this election will not only shape the next four years but maybe the next decade or two and a lot of my life. this election is important. reporter: about 40 million gen z voters are eligible to vote this year. they could be a deciding factor here in north carolina, a state that donald trump won in 2020. >> they care most about the economy. they wondered where they will find a job. reporter: she is trying to change her party's difficulty with reaching young americans. >> the republican needs to be better at talking to younger voters. in politics in general, we have a older population. reporter: she says the state

network will be key to turnout. >> there will be a growing number of republicans who are last fearful on campus. they will experience less censorship. reporter: duke university said it believes in diversity of perspectives on campus. at the first-ever meeting of this revitalized club, 12 students were in attendance. but one was not voting for trump. he does not agree with most of her policies. but he is putting that aside to vote for her.

>> i think a limited government is what is best for people. but i believe in truth and empathy and body not think that donald trump represents those values. he has made up stories. i don't think this represents a man who should be in charge of our country. reporter: also apparent at the gathering, the gender gap, only one woman student showing up. he understands why most women will not vote for trump. he says young men do not feel welcome in the democratic already. >> donald trump has repudiated

that message in many ways. reporter: for support trump is based mainly on foreign policy. but he said trump does more to engage his generation and their social media spaces. >> i think he knows how to use cultural vehicles to be able to reach my demographic. that is a really good example. he was willing to use atypical campaign measures. avenues that have been dominated by the young male demographic. >> i know president trump is a fighter. >> you have podcasts. reporter: he added that this is superficial >> there is no policy behind that. no substance. but there is a sense of welcome. reporter: he said that the irony

is democrats have more concrete proposals benefiting young men, like the infrastructure bill. but they don't sell it as good for men. >> it is a bit of a head scratcher. my view is it is because the left and the democrats have not done that enough. i am quite convinced that is part of the problem here. young men today do not see obvious place for themselves in society. in the way that their fathers did. what ends up being the choice for young men is the last that has turned its back on them and the right that thinks the solution is to turn back te clock on women. reporter: he said some of his

friends have told him they might back trump. >> because he hangs out with rappers that my generation is cool with. i feel like that is a way for him to influence us. people will say that trump is cool and he understands. but i think that is a tactic. reporter: he was on his way to vote for harris. >> i am thinking about representation. i feel like she is a great representation of what america should be and can be. >> she believes that north carolina was a swing state. reporter: there is no denying that harris expanded the map for democrats. >> i think she has made a world of difference being at the top of the ticket this year. north carolina is a state where the energy level could be that

margin. i think there is a huge impact and a wave of opportunity here. reporter: if she is right, it would be only the second time the 1970's that north carolina has gone blue. ♪ anchor: for the first time in 36 years, the washington post will not endorse a presidential candidate selection. the publisher and ceo said we recognize that this will be read in a range of ways. we do not see it as an abdication of responsibility. we see it as consistent with the values the post has always stood for. this comes after the los angeles times publisher blocked a

planned endorsement of harris. both papers are owned by billionaires. their role in all of this is being question. i am joined by the executive editor of the columbia journalism review. we should note that you have worked at the washington post and the new york times. you have some insight on how these decisions are made. once we know about what went down behind the scenes of the washington post? >> we know it was made rather suddenly. they began drafting this editorial and went through the normal process. up until a week ago, there was some nervousness that it was not moving forward. a week ago, i was told that the

editors said it was moving forward. and then suddenly they learned that the piece had been pulled. today you had an explanation from the publisher. as to why not to endorse. what is unusual for both of these cases is staff had already gone ahead and drafted these endorsements. why were they pulled so quickly? anchor: in the case of the washington post, the executive editor called the decision cowardice. he said trump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate jeff bezos. is there truth to this? what do we know about that? >> we know that he was to hide this decision. the post confirmed this was the case. he is one of the wealthiest

persons on earth. amazon is facing an antitrust lawsuit. he is involved in space exploration efforts. there are many areas of his interest that would touch upon areas of federal regulation. i cannot speak to his motivations but this does not look great for the post. the post frame itself as countering autocracy. democracy dies in darkness was the slogan. now some people are seeing jeff bezos as caving to pressure. anchor: what have we seen in way of reaction at the washington post from editors and reporters and staff? >> the staff i have spoke to her very demoralized and upset. several of them have said to me, and i agree with it, maybe it is time to rethink whether presidential endorsements are

useful. you could have done that a year ago. that would've been a very reasonable decision. but that is not what happened here. anchor: we have two major publications both owned by billionaires raking with years of practice, not endorsing a presidential candidate. is a concerning trend? >> it is a great question. i think that endorsements, we have to think about their usefulness. i believe it the state and local level, the newspaper is helping you decide about judges, ballot

questions, things where there is not a lot of news and publicity. editorials can add rate insight. they are interviewing people on pros and cons. the presidential support is less useful because there is so much attention. that is a legitimate discussion to have. what is disturbing right now is doing it so suddenly and without a lot of transparency. he said they do not see it as an abdication of responsibility. we want to let people make up their minds. they have run editorials about raising concerns.

a lot of people are asked left, what has changed? anchor: thank you. good to see you. >> thank you. ♪ anchor: the presidential race is deadlocked with just over a week laughed. for more, we turn to the analysis of our guests. it is good to see you both. the race for the white house has been on a razors edge. there is also a pull out today

that sees them tied. what is your take on where things stand? >> my vibe is harris had a great first act. she has kind of plateaued. she began coming back to earth. it is very tight in the swing states. if you look at the models, some of them have a chance of trump winning. if anybody has momentum, trump has slight momentum. that is reflected on where they are campaigning.

anchor: democrats had hoped that the more donald trump became trump on the trail that harris would be able to capitalize on that. that has not happened. wynonna -- why not? >> i don't know if we know what the national scene is. hillary clinton won the popular vote by millions of votes. you can expect the vice president to defeat donald trump by millions of votes. this is a conversation about the electoral college. that is why this is close.

, think that reflects where the nation is. most people have voted democrat of the last 20 years. anchor: this past week, john kelly pulled the new york times that he believed donald trump met the definition of a fascist. that he would govern as a dictator. he had no understanding of the constitution or the concept of the rule of law. the atlantic reported that trump said he wanted the kind of generals that hitler's had. how does all of this strike you? the comments and the way in which donald trump's allies are rushing to defend him? >> what general kelley says is what most senior military people i have spoken to believe. they really think donald trump would be a threat to the kind of military they dream of, which

does its job of protecting america but does not get involved in politics. i think they are truly alarmed. it comes out of a place of sincerity. he would know better than anybody else. as a political maneuver, i don't think the argument on fascism has been swaying voters. when i travel around the country talking to people, they don't take that claimant seriously. they think donald trump was already president and we did not have a fascist government. the focus should not be on fascism. it should be on the economy and immigration. to me, if she focuses on fascism , that will please a lot of people who are democrats who believe the fastest threat is real and maybe it is right. i do believe that argument is a

good way to close the campaign. anchor: the vice president is set to deliver closing arguments next week. is that a good use of her time? will it have the intended effect of crystallizing for voters the mistakes that democrats see? >> i'm sure for some people it well. i agree with david. the vocabulary being used has not been beneficiary. the word xenophobia was described to trump. voters said, what is that supposed to mean? how does that help me with kitchen table issues? when you look at the word fascism, people do not know what it means. it takes time to communicate your message.

i think it will be much more prudent of the campaign to focus on the economy as well as trying to shore up votes around reproductive rights. anchor: i would ask about a column you wrote this week where you more or less capture the moment where you said this is happening too soon. say more. >> you asked earlier, why hasn't harris built a big lead? i don't think that is the way history works. politics is not lead society. if you look at the big moments of social change, they happen with a meal at. if you look at the 1890's, we used to have a very individualistic eat those called social darwinism. it was replaced with the social gospel movement, which was about community, taking care of the poor. out of that philosophy grew

social movements. you had all of these social movements. and then you get the political movement, which is the progressive movement. it goes culture change, social movements, political change. harris has not had the benefit of a cultural shift or the social movement explosion. it is asking a lot of politics to lead social change. anchor: in the time that remains i want to discuss the news about the news, the landscape around editorial board presidential endorsements. what does all of this signal to you? the moves by the owners of the los angeles times in washington those to not endorse in this race? >> as you note, i work for the los angeles times.

i have to be careful with my verbiage. i will say this, i'm extremely disappointed. i have been covering national politics for 20 years. every newspaper i worked at endorsed. given what i have been reporting and writing, and what i have been reading, i did not think that an endorsement would be something that would be controversial. i do not know the background of the decisions with both the times and the post. i would say as a journalist and a professor of journalism, this is extremely frustrating and disappointing and does not meet the moment the nation is at right now. anchor: how do you see it? >> pretty much the same way. most journalists will say the same thing. we used to have yellow journalism where owners ran the papers. we crawled away from that. that was hard earned

independence for journalists. i think that wall is valuable to the integrity of our publications pier 1 it seems like the owner is interfering with editorial decisions, you smash that wall. you heard the integrity of the paper. you might be trying to avoid retribution from donald trump but at what cost? anchor: our presidential endorsements by newspaper editorial boards necessarily effective these days? >> no, that it is the principle of creating this idea of editorial independence. state and local and judges, those editorial endorsements are extremely powerful. i cover the washington post editorial choices on those races because i trust their judgment. in a presidential race, everybody has their own opinion already. it is not a mystery which candidate the washington's post

actually supports. >> if i may, speaking of a journalist, working for a publication that will not endorse someone. one of the candidates wants to arrest you for doing your job. that is frustrating. >> absolutely. anchor: thank you both. ♪ anchor: a st. louis teacher founded lgbtq history month 30 years ago and celebrated this month. he recently spoke to our correspondent about coming out to his students in 1994 and his hope for a more understanding society. >> there was so much going on outside of my classroom. my textbook had nothing about

lgbtq people or history. at this point, i was completely out to everyone except on the job. except to colleagues and students. in march of 1994, during a lesson on the holocaust, i mentioned that the pink triangle could have been for me as a gay person. i might have fallen under that umbrella of persecution. that was the way i came out to my students. i had trepidation. but i also had anticipation. that this was the right thing to do. this would be beneficial to my students and my school. i have to pretend to be something i'm not.

i cannot comment on certain areas of life. i found it overwhelmingly liberated. my idea was this would be an organic month. it did not have to have a lot of top-down leadership. the idea was always, i want this to exist at the same way black history month exists, women's history month exists, it is just something in the atmosphere. in secondary schools and on college campuses, people will remember october is coming up. we have a certain occasion in october. let's do something. i was hoping it would grow organically on its own. if you look today and google it,

you find lots of colleges and universities. we are all in this story. we are contemporaries. we need to be doing everything we can to make our communities friendlier and more welcoming and more understanding. if you don't understand something, no problem, learn about it. do not just stay not understanding. move forward until you do understand. that would be my message. we are a human family. we are trying to learn to love each other. and take care of each other.

anchor: fisher to tune in tonight. >> i will be joined tonight by washington's best political reporters. we will discuss why harris is calling trump a fascist. and we will take a close look at pennsylvania. anchor: this weekend, the successes and challenges of tackling youth obesity with weight loss drugs. anchor: for all of us here, thank you for spending some of your evening with us. >> major funding has been provided by == and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends.

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