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these institutions. 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." the race for president ran through the tar heel state. amna: vice president harris and former president trump rallied in north carolina one of the states that could secure a victory. in rocky mount president trump urged voters to send him back to the white house. >> this is a choice whether we will have four more years of gross incompetence. amna: continuing to sow doubt. >> i'm hearing all sorts of stories we aren't going to have results. we spend this money on

computers. paper is not very sophisticated. amna: the vast majority, 97% of votes will be recorded on paper. the head official in charge of u.s. cybersecurity told "newshour." >> first, i remember election infrastructure, the voting systems where americans cast their ballots not connected to the internet. so very difficult to hack into those voting machines. secondly, over 97% paper ballot. that voters can look at and verify themselves. amna: vice president harris made her case in north carolina. >> we have six days left in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime. and we have work to do. amna: in washington, d.c., last night, a crowd in the tens of thousands gathered to see harris deliver her closing arguments on

the white house ellipse milan where trump gave his infamous january 6 speech. >> we know who donald trump. he stood at this very spot nearly four years ago and sent an armed mob to the united states capitol to overturn the will of the people in a free and fair election. [cheers and applause] amna: harris painted trump as a threat to democracy and vowed to represent all americans. >> these united states of america, we are not a vessel for the schemes of wannabe dictators. the united states of america is the greatest idea humanity ever devised. a nation big enough to encompass all of our dreams, strong enough

to withstand any fracture or fissure between us. and fearless enough to imagine a future of possibility. so, america, let us reach that future. amna: trump made his closing arguments with a closing speech at madison square garden criticized for racist and sexist remarks and a comedian saying puerto rico is an island of garbage. >> you put comedians in and don't vet them. amna: president biden weighed in on a zoom call with latino. >> the only garbage i see floating out there is supporters. it is unconscionable and

unamerican. >> later clarifying he was referring to the comedian's rhetoric. today harris distanced herself. >> he clarified his comments. i strongly disagree with any criticism of people of people who they vote for. i will be a president for all americans whether you vote for me or not. >> we can choose a path that includes everyone that is hopeful and adheres to the american values or get dark, negative and sink into a place that is all donald trump. amna: j.d. vance said biden and harris should be ashamed themselves and that comes from insulting language.

>> kamala was born mentally. we can't stand you, you are a [bleep] vice president. it is the most corrupt -- these are horrible people. oops, we should get along with everybody. >> with less than a week left, both will travel to wisconsin. harris will speak to supporters in madison and trump in green bay. geoff: there are several key down ballot races that will determine the balance of power. amna: republicans hold a razor-thin majority but democrats are hoping to win back the lower chamber. and lisa, set the table for us in the house. what the democrats need to do to win control? >> here is the razor-thin majority.

republicans control 221 and democrats 214 and both parties believe that due to redistricting and court battles, republicans are poised to automatically pick up a net of one seat. given all of that, what do democrats have to do? they need to flip five seats across the country to regain control of the house. geoff: how difficult will it be to do that? >> cook political report how they look at the map and amy walter and need to pick up five seats across the country. this likely flip, the seat in new york is likely to move from republican to democrat. if that happens, democrats need to pick up four seats. where would they do that? the tossup races favor democrats.

14 are. however, if there is kind of a red wave, if there is trump momentum at the top of the ticket, then these other democrats that are in safer seats, they could be affected. this is what republicans hope for, to convert these harder to get seats in this election in order to keep the house. amna: where is it that republicans are most vulnerable? >> we reported on this before, but reminder, some of these seats the bulk are in democratic states. five races in california republicans, four races in new york, vulnerable republicans. that is nine seats right there. democrats want to flip four at this pnt. so of these nine, something else important, eight of them are in districts that joe biden won. these are republicans running

against the wind trying to outrun their district and get split ticket voters and one of these, this is new york's 4th district, nassau county, a rematch between anthony dees posito against lauren guillen. this is a place where democrats think abortion is bolstering their chances and came up in their debate. guillen talked about where she had a fetus die in her second trimester. >> i needed to have a procedure called an d and e and it saved my life. we must protect reproductive freedom. it is not a state's right but a human right. dees possible ito says he

opposes a national ban. his position that a physician should have to attempt to give lifesaving care to a fetus or a baby that survives an abortion and he says that has been miskon trued. >> the doctor has to provide medical care to that baby that was bus born. that doesn't seem to mean as extremism but that is common sense. >> one more note about this race, dees possible ito paid and hired his mistress and denied he did anything wrong. geoff: where are democrats in trouble? >> two races in pennsylvania, two in michigan and maine, virginia, colorado. let's look at one particular

race here. this is pennsylvania's 7th district. swing area. susan wild has been in office there. ryan mackenzie challenging her. in their debate, economy is a bigger issue here. in their debate, they went back and forth who is to blame for cost of living issues. is it the biden administration or corporate america. >> susan wild has voted for that overspending in washington, d.c., is what has caused the inflation and high prices we are struggling with and we need to bring it in and that is something i would do if elected to congress. >> i do grocery shopping and pump my own gas and i am happy that gas prices are coming down, believe me i understand what people have been going through. people at the top, 1% are doing

just fine. we have to make sure we are cracking down on corporations that are price gouging. >> this is one of the four dozen races that determine control of the house and in a presidential year where we have a tossup. control of the house means will the president have someone that works with them or a check on that presidential power. here are the latest headlines. in spain, 95 people have been skilled in catastrophic flash floods. rain storms overwhelmed rivers and sent muddy waters gushing through streets. they carried out rescues for those trapped in flooded homes. the valencia region was the

hardest hit. some survivors say they lost everything. >> i own a bakery on the corner and eight feet of water i had to escape through a window and took everything, about 300 to 400 cars. i have to throw everything out of the bakery, freezers, ovens. >> authorities are searching for an unknown number of people. and death total is expected to rise which is the biggest disaster. three days of mourning is starting tomorrow. israel is expanding its military campaign as it targets hezbollah's strongholds. israel issued evacuation orders for the eastern city of baalbeck and surrounding villages.

a few hours, lebanese tv caught this fireball. israel said it struck hezbollah fuel storage. in his first speech, naim kassem vowed to carry on on with the war plan. >> we will continue to confront the aggression if the israelis decide to stop, we say we will accept but with the conditions that are suitable and sufficient. we will not beg for a ceasefire but continue fighting. >> palestinian officials say new israeli bombardments killed 30 people in the gaza strip. north korea's foreign minister is in talks today as the deployment of north korean troops to help russia's war effort in ukraine raises concerns this the west. lloyd austin met with his south

korean counterpart at the pentagon and said north korean troops wearing russian uniforms are moving towards the kursk region and said this is a destabilizing escalation. >> we are going to continue to watch it and work with our allies and partners to discourage it. i call upon them to withdraw their troops out of russia. it does have the potential of lengthening the conflict or broadening if that continues. >> russia and ukraine exchanged dozens of drone strikes. in the capital, nine people were injured including a child. meantime, north korea test-fired a suspected long range ballistic missile this evening. the missile landed in the sea of scrap and. north korea last launched a

missile in december of 2023. back here in the u.s., the supreme court is allowing virginia to proceed with purging the voter registrations of about 1600 people whom republican officials suspect are not american citizens. all three of the court's liberal justice dissented and comes after appeal court deemed that the voter removals are illegal. it is rare for noncitizens to vote but donald trump and his allies have raised fears of illegals voting. the suspect behind ballot box fires there and vancouver, washington is likely an experienced metal worker still on the loose which is based on the devices involved in the blazees they describe him as a white man between 30 and 40 years old who say may plan more

attacks. the f.b.i. is one of the agencies investigating. the u.s. economy grew at a healthy clip of 2.8% when compared to the same time last year. that's due largely to ongoing consumer spending which rose 3.7%. today's reading was down from the 3% growth. but it still signals ongoing strength in the u.s. economy as voters head into the final days before the u.s. election. a common practice has become the law of the land in new york city. jaywalking is now legal. the city council passed a bill allowing pedestrians to cross the street at will. jaywalking used to carry a fine up to $250 and by one count, 90% of those targeted last year were black and latino. and it was pan do moanium.

the biedens hosted their final tricky or treat event and she dressed as a giant panda and revealed her face to celebrate with 8,000 guests including many military families. still to come, we examine the stark divide between harris and trump's health care policies. new federal rule requires airlines to automatically offer refunds for cancellations. and a photographer documents things that people still have in common. >> this is the pbs "newshour" from the studio at weta in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state

university. amna: krairs are -- kamala harris and donald trump are making their case. this is part of the deep dive into the policies this election. so you reported recently about the candidates' approach on abortion access and broader health care policies and start with vice president harris, what are her key plans on health care? >> some of her proposals are to build on the inflation reduction act and renew the affordable care act subsidies that are expiring in 2025 and expand access to birth control pills. she wants to expand that $35 cap on insulin that she and biden passed and extend it to all americans and wants to cap every

american prescription drug costs at $2,000 a year and it only applies now to medicare recipients and should be at-home care benefit covered by medicare. >> currently, if you need home care and you don't have some money to hire someone, you and your family need to deplete your savings to qualify for help. that is not right. so we are going to change the approach and allow medicare to cover the costs of home care. [cheers and applause] >> so seniors can get the health and care they need in their own home. >> that home care benefit would cover people with disabilities that are on medicare and policy experts we talked to said that would cover millions of seniors. amna: how do those differ from the plans we heard from

president trump? >> repeal and replace the affordable care act. he also wants to lower health care insurance premiums but doesn't have details on how to do that. he has been silent on protecting medicaid and wants to institute an antivaccine mandate for public schools. donald trump said he would be put robert f. kennedy junior in charge of health care policy. >> he cares more about human beings and health and the environment than anybody. i'm going to get him go wild on health and medicines. >> health experts say that appointing someone like r.f.k. junior to lead health and human services and centers for disease control could spread more public health disinformation because he has been known to do that. on the medicaid front, trump

said he wants to reduce federal government spending and cut taxes and he doesn't want to touch social security or medicare to do it. so health experts are concerned that there is going to be a big target. amna: those are the plans and looked at their health care policies. how do their outlooks differ? >> affordable care act which covers 21 million americans. donald trump tried to repeal it in 2017 without a plan and didn't work and he says now that he has quote concepts of a plan, his running mate has filled in some of those concepts and has floated repealing a mandate within the a.c.a. that requires insurers to cover people with preexisting conditions and if trump and vance were successful in repealing that, they say it

would have a huge impact on sick americans. >> if you segregate people with different sicknesses, we know what insurers do. and you are charging the same premiums as healthy people and exclude them from insurance. >> bottom line is that under trump young and currently healthy people would receive lower premium costs but sick people and people with preexisting conditions would end up not being covered by insurers. this week we should note that house speaker johnson agreed there should be no more oaker -- obamacare. the difference between him and his proposals. she wants to expand on what is already in place. the issue is that many of her policies rely on favorable numbers in congress.

and looking like the senate may flip to republicans and democrats may control the house and being able to expand on subsidies that are in the affordable care act may be difficult for harris to do. amna: what did they tell you would be the overarching impact of these proposals? >> ultimately, both candidates approach health care as an economic issue. the big difference is who they are trying to save money for. >> trump is focused on the affordable care act on government spending, on making programs less expensive for the federal government. and harris, we have sign the -- seen the focus on every day pok etbook issues whether that is improving subsidies and lowering

the premiums and relieve medical debt. >> those subsidies that larry was talking about that there, they expanded the number of people who qualified for financial assistance and the amount of help they received. harris wants to extend them. but if they expire under a trump presidency, it could have a huge burden on every day americans. amna: thank you very much. geoff: americans are dieded in many ways including based on their education background especially true in this presidential election. a recent poll found that donald trump is leading of voters without a college agree and harris is leading by 21 points

with college agrees. judy woodruff visited two counties where both candidates made their case as this year's campaign nears the end. part of her series "america at a crossroads." >> do you consider yourself a democrat? >> i do now. >> she is canvassing door to door to boost the democratic turn out near her home less than 30 miles northwest of downtown detroit. >> i was a republican for many, many years. i never voted for clinton or obama. >> despite her voting record and the fact she lives in oakland county, a once reliably republican strong hold, smith is the vice chair of her local democrats' club. >> when donald trump got the

nomination in 2015, i did not want him to be our candidate. after he won, i cried for gosh, probably two days. and i looked online to our local democratic club. >> when you realized he was running again for president, what was your thinking? >> shock, dismay, disbelief, that they would choose him. i still can't get over it, he especially after january 6. >> smith, now retired worked in sales and studied criminology in college but a short drive away in ma comb county political momentum has shifted. a small group supporting auto workers for trump gathered outside this assembly plant in sterling. >> gave us tax cuts and prison reform. inflation was at an all-time

flow. >> crisis a member of auto workers for trump and born and raised in this blue county and still lives there with his wife and three children. >> i feel more like the democrat party has left me not that i left them. >> he points to policies that have hurt the auto industry. michigan has lost a third of those jobs since 1990 in part because of nafta and increasing automation and moving to nonunionized plants to the south and overseas. >> they have damaged our employers with the regulations and the mandates and the uncompetitive positions we are forced into. >> that message has resonated with auto workers. the county, home to many union

and blue collar workers has been seen as a political barometer. >> trump is a different type of fact that he recognizes the strategic importance of manufacturing and sees this is the greatest way you turn a commodity into something that has more value and great importance of manufacturing. >> putting the pandemic and global economic downturn aside, manufacturing jobs under former president trump and president biden followed a similar pattern, growth in the first two years in office, followed by losses in the third year. but there's another reason why these two neighboring counties vote so differently, education. in oakland county, where democrats won decisively in the last two presidential elections, 51% of adults have a college

agree, while next door it's 27% and macombe went to president trump. a contrast with the class and income divisions that define political parties for much of the 20th century. >> biggest change as college educated voters moving towards the democrats and those without moving towards the republicans. >> ma grossman is a professor at michigan state university and co-author of a new book "polarized by agrees" how the culture war transformed american politics." >> the college educated voters used to have a small proportion of the population and not enough to make up a voting constituenciy and now they dominate.

they dominate the media and nonprofit world and the corporate world and it's reflected not just in voting but everything we see around us and cult culture war inflaming. >> the number of americans with four-year college degrees has increased. in 1960, less than 8% held college degrees. by the last couple of years that had grown to over 37%. but whom they are voting for has changed. college educated used to vote republicans. instead of having the rich vote republican and poor vote democratic. the less educated are voting republicans means there is no difference based on income. >> for the third-generation auto

worker, there is a good reason. >> when you come up in a blue collar background you want to work and get down to your life. and when you ar little more removed from that, it is like a university and party for four years on dad's dime and i didn't have any interest. college university systems become jawtion jaition centers and these kids that grew up with traditional values and we fill their heads up with new ideas and basically meant to tear everyone apart. >> a few miles away in oakland county, a mechanical engineer in the auto industry said her degrees broadend her perspective. >> i was a political and i shifted to the democratic side because it aligned with my values a lot more.

>> i asked her if she thinks her academic background has impacted her views. >> the demographic i work with are highly educated and they pay more attention to science and data and a little more affluent so we can afford to think more about what is the long-term view of this or long-term effect of this instead of people link paycheck to paycheck and saying why are these groceries thinking so much right now. >> matt said this new fault line in politics has contributed to increased polarization and resentment of the other side. >> it is reflected in voting and everything else in the culture war inflaming our society. republicans are less trustful of experts. republicans and democrats now

disagree about all kinds of cultural social issues that they didn't used to. things that weren't about politics are now about politics and we are experiencing it. and see the signals of people on the left or the right in far more places than you used to. >> which is happening faster that democrats are gaining among higher educated voters or losing among voters with less education? >> they are gaining lately among college educated voters. but the declines among white voters without a college degree are longstanding. some of them date from the 1970's onward. that is trend that is more longstanding but slower. the trend we are looking do those education divides extend to minority voters.

minority voters are not divided educational lines the level that white voters have and maintain a strong bond to the democratic party. >> one more division in an already polarized america. and this one could be the deciding factor in next week's presidential election. for the pbs "newshour," i am judy woodruff. >> weeks before the holiday travel season, a new airline refund rules have gone into effect that can mean big changes when and how americans get paid for flight delays or mishandled

baggage and put an end to frustration to passengers. to help walk us through that is brian kelly from a popular travel web site. these rules were announced back in april. previously airlines set their own policies when it came to delayed flights or cancellations. >> these changes are great because they give clarity on when you can get a full refund. now what has been happening airlines have been giving vouchers to consumers instead of refunds. the regulation says they are owed a refund to original form of payment if the flight is delayed three or more domestically or six hours or more internationally or canceled for any reason. cash is a king and this is a win

and getting a refund is much better than a voucher that will automatically expire. these are supposed to be automatic. if you choose -- most airlines in their web site will give you the option to take the next flight or different routes. if you choose not to do that say i'm going to nicks this trip, you should get it in seven business days. if you don't see it, request it from the airline and if you don't you could file a d.o.t. complaint. >> what are the rules for mishandled baggage or pay for wifi and it doesn't work. >> whenever they paid for extras like seat upgrades or checked baggage and doesn't show up within 12 hours you get that baggage fee refunded and in the

past it was up to the airlines. this is in addition to compensation if the airline loses your bag, every airline has different policies. and also note, always check with your credit card examine because many of them will reimburse you. but if the wifi didn't work or they canceled your flight and added extra connections, you are owed a full refund. geoff: how have the airlines responded? >> there was a lot of grumbling. i thought the airlines might try to protest the new rules because there is a lot that has to go into this. so far we haven't seen that. the airlines are waiting to see what happens on election day, because if there is a change in administration, i expect there will be some heavy lobbying to water down or get rid of these new regulations which is within

the purview who runs the . next -- d.o.t. geoff: the investigation was into airline loyalty programs and devaluing earned points. why are airlines making it harder to use and accrue airline points. >> there is more credit card offers. the issue comes with redeeming points, the big four airlines increased the amount of miles needed which could be confusing. what are these worth. d.o.t. is in an investigation and fact-finding mission and they could come out with new regulations that would mandate the airlines to post minimum values that the average consumer could expect to get from the frequent flyer programs and give notice for any big changes to the programs and not just change

them at will at any given time which is how it is today. geoff: brian kelly, thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. amna: next tuesday's election results are being closely watched overseas but no more than anxiously in ukraine. vice president harris has promised to continue supporting ukraine while former president trump has ridiculed the aid u.s. has sent to ukraine and would negotiate an immediate end to the conflict. jack houston traveled to the eastern region to meet with american volunteer fighters and what their votes might mean for the war. >> my name is sack ari james and

spent four years in the u.s. army and i have been fighting in ukraine since march of 2022. >> they gave us access to talk about the nature of the war and how it might be affected by the u.s. election. like all parties to this conflict they are being to drone warfare and today is test day. so uses the range. >> head sets and control pads are superseding machine guns and artillery in this war. is range, a few miles from the frontline, they are testing drones. hundreds of these flying improvised devices are part of ukraine's air force. the contrast with the resources available to james when he was

in afghanistan is stark. >> every asset available to you. if you need something, you are going to get on. or flying on chinooks we have as many assets. where as here, we are in the trenches fighting against an enemy that has superiority. if you hear a jet fly over overhead or a crews -- cruise missile makes you understand you are the underdog. >> for james, the differences in afghanistan are not just material. >> as a soldier there you couldn't help but shake the feeling that you are a foreign soldier occupying a foreign land whereas here, fighting with ukrainians defending their homes and families from a foreign

invasion. and to be able on the other side of that, it feels good. >> ukrainians' cause may be threatened by political investments. >> zelenskyy is the greatest politician. every time he comes to our country, he walks away with $60 billion. i will have that settled prior to taking the white house as president-elect. >> trump says he will have a setment and no interest in negotiating peace except on humiliating terms. >> the political appetite of republicans and international affairs is more hawkish. what do you make of the situation where it is the other way around right now?

>> it's a bit strange but we are seeing with the america first movement which has harkened back to the 1930's and 1940's and american isolationism. so we are seeing the parallels happening today. >> james is a democrat but like his fellow squad member, most of the american soldiers fighting in ukraine are republican. given the noise trump has made in ukraine, it puts them in a confusing position. >> trump mainly for the ice layingsist view america comes first, build america back up and then try to help the world again or whoever else because it's hard to support others when you yourself is falling. >> doesn't mean in the immediate term could endanger your life?

>> absolutely. but that's my personal risk to choose. america should come first but also i think in the grand view of politics, it is vital that ukraine is an independent country. it is a personal conflict. >> how this personal conflict and how the u.s. election will be pivotal. under renewed bombardment in the day after we left, he has abandoned this drone work shop as russian forces continue to advance. arisk under the cover of dark they avoid being targeted by drones. we positioned near the frontline 10 miles south. this is an american supply how itser. and the bulk of the battle is still artillery.

but ukrainians need more shells. ammunition has cost ukraine big. after u.s. congress approval the past year, these strategic towns were lost after. when funding for ukraine doesn't get approved. that affects everything down the chain all the way to the guy in the trench in the did you know bass. if donald trump is president and funding is cut off, what happens? >> slowly run out of shells, ammunition, european countries can step up and fill those gaps. but in the end, it will be the beginning of a death toal for

ukraine. >> the sunsets on november 5, ukraine will have a sleepless night as they wait for the results in which the survival may depend. >> with the 2024 election days away, no shortage of reflections on the state of american flicks and democracy. but the photographer has a unique. shambroom's images have been displayed at museums and the whitney and the museum of modern art. his recent project and book "purpletown" examine cities and towns that are evenly divided. we spoke to shambroom about art in action. and for our ongoing coverage of

arts and culture. >> i'm not trained as a social scientist or political scientist, i'm a guy with a camera. the country is extremely polarized more than i have seen it in my lifetime. 2020 seemed like a turning point in terms of how we relate to each other. many very smart people are writing and talking about polarization in the current political situation, but i am a real believer and getting out there myself. "purpletown" is a community was an exact tie or very close and virtual tie in the 2020 presidential election. i am troubled by the notion that the country is so divided not just politically but in terms of how we feel about each other and

the notion that 30% or 40% of the people in this country have beliefs and values that are very different than mine. that's ok, but what's going on now we are not accepting each other humanity. photography is a coping mechanism and a way for me to do something and try and understand what is going on in the world and hair it with other people. i would look where people are gathering, outdoor cafe or eating establishment. if you are in a small community that is split down the middle, good chance that your kids go to school together, work together, church together or shop in the same stores and i wanted to see if there is a difference that is visible and noticeable. i wasn't going into these places to come up with a definitive portrait of the community.

it was more as if i had dropped in from outer space and didn't know anybody and just walked around. i wonder what i see in these small towns which i take to be a necessary civility. and they can't afford it. can't get away with it. and maybe that used to be true on a broader level, on a more national level, but now we can find a little bee dlef hieive of like-minded folks and express ourselves annette: maybe more extreme and more acceptable because there is an outlet now that didn't exist before. honestly, i wish i could take people that i know and force them into my car and drive to these places and have them walk around with me because they never done it before and i know it's true on the other side as well. i live in minneapolis and if you

believe what you hear from some people, they think the city is a crime-infested crest -- cease pool and it's not. and we just have to go to these places and see it. people are going to have differences. that's what makes this world interesting and what makes our democracy work when it does work. but we are at a turning point where things could go bad and maybe start to recover our civility and see what happens. i tend to be an optimist at heart and there are a lot of things to worry about our democracy. i think we are going to pull through. but that's maybe my optimism maybe more than my common sense speaking. i really believe that everyone can respond in this country including leaders i haven't agreed with. deep down they believe they are

doing the right thing for our country and helps me have some degree of hope. amna: and that is the "newshour" for tonight. geoff: for all us of us at the pbs "newshour." thanks for spending your evening with us. >> major funding has been provided by -- >> on an american cruise lines journey along the columbia and snake rivers trace the routes forged by lewis and clark more than 200 years ago. fleet of modern riverboats travel through american landscapes to historic landmarks where you can experience local customs and cuisine.

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