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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the news hour. president-elect donald trump began putting his new team in place announcing that his campaign manager susie wiles will be the chief of staff when he takes office next year. >> wiles is the first woman to be appointed to that position and during his victory speech wednesday, mr. trump praised her for helping engineer his sweeping victory. >> susie likes to stay in the back, let me tell you. we call her the ice lady. come here, chris. susie likes to stay in the background here she's not in the background. >> a veteran of florida politics, wiles ran campaigns

for rick scott and ron desantis before running trump's winning bid for reelection. we are joined by the national political reporter for the bullwark who covered politics and his home state of florida. in a traditional white house the chief of staff overseas strategy, coordination, policy decisions, it is the most important personnel decision a president can make. what if anything can we take away from donald trump's selection of susie wiles? >> demo trump wants to stick with the winning team. he enjoyed great success against what seems like great odds this cycle, his two previous campaigns were marred by infighting and a great amount of incompetence. one of the reasons he was so thrilled in that clip that you played from his election night victory speech was that he had a winning team that did not have

any of that. there was little drama at the end, but that was donald trump's fault. that was donald trump's fault, not the fault of his campaign comanagers. the thing about susie wiles is that she had a reputation of being a winner, she's not a b raggard, is known for being ego-less and she make sure to execute their will without getting in their way. we've heard beaks of her raining back donald trump -- we haven't hurt any leaks of her reining back donald trump here to defend the reputations. none of those things happened. a lot of that is attributable to wiles and the people that she hired and the environment the campaign itself ran on. not donald trump at the campaign. >> wiles worked in florida politics for decades for a

number of moderate politicians and is described yourself as a moderate. why donald trump, then? >> she works for donald trump and 2016 running his florida campaign when people thought and when the polling showed that he would not win florida anti- won -- and he won and trump was happy about that but wiles first big race was rick scott's in 2010 when he ran for governor and at that time he looked we had no prayer of running the state. he did . wiles got the credit and then in 2016 you had donald trump, in 2018, ron desantis, ran his gubernatorial race and when things were going soft for him, they called wiles. the two of them had a falling out i was not wiles fault, it was a result of ron desantis's not understanding and giving her credit.

he tried to wreck her career. she got back on president trump's reelection campaign working in florida, she helped when the state. he lost that race. but he realized in 2021 when he was in a real bad spot, after january 6, nobody thought he could make a comeback and he wanted to give it another whirl and wanted to make sure you had somebody who could trust, someone who is not going to self promote. only one name roast of the top of the list and that was susie wiles. and trump was happy with that decision. >> she says her specialty is creating order from chaos. it raises the questions, democrats has said of donald trump orchard win -- were to be win -- were to win, donald trump would have no guard. would be mistake -- a mistake to see susie wiles as a guard rail protected? >> that's a good question peer what wiles would not talk about

is with those times where she had to, statistically, an advisor advises a principal and eventually the principal, even donald trump will take the advisor's advice. there are a daughter where she told him please don't do this or tried to nudge the ship of ss trump in the right way. it is very difficult process. she did that. however, donald trump does what he wants to do. and there is always that fundamental tension that runs through his organizations. so, to the degree of comparing wiles to a guard rail i think it is fair, but it's also important to remember that donald trump is an 18 wheeler and sometimes he careens down the hill at top speed and there are no amount of guardrails that can prepare again set. we have seen in this election cycle, that whatever you want to

call it, the guardrails, good advisor, selfless, luck or zen, wiles played a key role in that. thanks, i appreciate it. ♪ >> i'm stephanie sy, here are the latest headlines. dutch authorities are investigating what led to a wave of attacks on israeli soccer fans in amsterdam following days of tensions leading up to the game. the game between israel's tel aviv and the dutch team ended in tie. what happened after outside the lines was a clear loss, hundreds of police deployed across the city after chaos and violence erupted. this was a mob running with clubs. and this, an eye witness video

capturing israeli fans running in fear. one says, i am not jewish, as he was punched and kicked to the ground. israel's embassy in washington posted this footage showing an israeli fans. more than 60 people were arrested in five victims were hospitalized and released. but tensions have been mounting for days, and the aggression was not one sided. video from the night before the game shows israeli fans cheering as someone tears down the palestinian flag. and the police chief told reporters that tel aviv fans had attacked a taxi driver the day before the game. israeli fans were also captured chanting "f the arabs" as they descended an escalator ahead of the match. the mayor of amsterdam said the

assailants sought out israeli fans, it is unclear whether the attacks are preplanned. >> boys on scooters crossed the city in search of tel aviv supporters. it was a hit and run. >> fans who witnessed the violence described what they saw as the return to -- as they returned to today. -- to israel today. >> i saw people get inside hotels a lot themselves, i saw people get beaten, they threw people through the water in freezing water. they drove over and stepped on people. >> officials decried the attacks as anti-semitic. benjamin netanyahu compared it to an attack on jews in 1938 that preceded the holocaust. >> tomorrow, 86 years ago was an attack on jews on european soil. it is back now. yesterday we saw it on the streets of amsterdam.

>> following the mayhem, amsterdam has banned demonstrations for three days, and granted police emergency power to stop and search a suspect. >> in southern california, firefighters are making progress in extinguishing a wildfire that has destroyed 130 structures, mostly homes, for nearly three days, the mountain fire has blown through more than 30 square miles in ventura county outside of los angeles. wind gusts have eased allowing residents to return to their homes while others assess what they have lost. >> the fire was there, there was black heavy smoke with debris just flowing at us. i didn't know if my neighbors got my phone did not work so i did not know if anyone was stuck. >> it skipped us and it started burning our neighbor's house past us. we thought we were ok. evacuated anyway. and today, came back and the

house was gone. >> meantime, on the other side of the break you, fires are burning in parts of new jersey, four blazes have broken out, which is dealing with dry conditions after a month without any significant rain. the fbi, the federal communications commission and other agencies are investigating a wave of racist text messages being sent anonymously to black americans. they have been reported in several states including new york, alabama, california, ohio, pennsylvania, and tennessee. the exact wording varies but the messages like this one often tell recipients they "have been selected to pick cotton, instructing them to be ready with their belongings." middle school and high school students are among the recipients. in seattle, suspect is in custody after a spate of stabbings in the last two days that have left four victims in critical condition.

nine people were stabbed yesterday, and today in seattle's chinatown district in what police called random attacks. a federal judge struck down the biden administration's effort to provide citizenship to some undocumented spouses of u.s. citizens. a judge in texas said the administration stretch its interpretation of immigration law, past its breaking point. president biden announced the policy in june. it would've allowed undocumented migrants and stepchildren of citizens to apply for a green card without having to leave the country first. it would have benefited nearly 500 thousand immigrants that had already been put on hold and would face an uncertain future under the new presidency. the united nations human rights office as close to 70% of fatalities from israel's war in gaza have been women and children. an report published today, the u.n. says it verified the details of more than 8100 people

killed in gaza between last october and early september this year. of those, more than 2000 were women, and more than 3500 were children. the report also says that most of the fatalities came in attacks that killed five or more people and 80% were in residential building. u.n. officials blame israel's use of weapons in densely populated areas. >> given the strike throughout gaza, and the fact that they have not only killed and injured so many people but also destroyed fundamental social structures and support networks of palestinians in gaza, they raise serious concerns that israeli forces have intentionally attacked the v ery basic fabric of palestinian society. >> israel says it has been targeting hamas in retaliation for the october 7 terrorist attack lecture.

the justice department unsealed criminal charges today in a murder for hire plot to assassinate president elect donald trump. the complaint alleges that far -- was a test by an iranian official to travail and then kill trump in the weeks before the election. he remains at large and is believed to be in iran. two associates have been re-arrested in new york. ukrainian official tells pbs news hour that elon musk joined a phone call this week with president elect trump and ukrainian president zelenskyy. the officials said that zelenskyy thanked musk for his starling satellite that provides internet access in ukraine. two americans were convicted today of attempting to murder u.s. federal agents and planning a trip to the texas mexico border to shoot immigrants crossing illegally. jonathan o'dell in missouri and brian perry of tennessee were found guilty of more than 30

felony counts each. they founded the second amendment militia and viewed border patrol agent as traitors. they face at least 10 years and possibly life in prison. and the 2025 grammy nominations are in. beyonce leads with 11, making her the most nominated artist of all time. ♪ >> this ain't texas ♪ >> texas hold 'em raked in 3 nominations from her album cobb or carter which is up for both album and country album of the year. today's nominations bring her to a total of 99 grammy nominations over her career. post malone follows with seven nominations as do billie eilish and kendrick lamar. taylor swift collected six nominations along with first time nominee sabrina carpenter and chapel roan.

there are monkeys on the loose, enough of them to make news. a police chief in south carolina says there is almost no danger to the public, after 43 monkeys escaped from a medical research compound. the problematic primates broke loose from the alpha genesis facility in south carolina. a new employee did not fully shut the enclosure allowing the monkeys to escape. alpha genesis has reportedly been fined in the past for previous mass monkey escapes. still to come, how americans views on female leaders may have played into this year's election. david brooks and jonathan k park weigh in on what is ahead. and the fashion industry tries to preserve artis and kraftwerk after clothing factories move overseas. >> this is "pbs newshour." from the david m. rubenstein

studio at weta in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> in this deeply polarized country, there have been a range of reactions in response to former president trump's reelection. to better understand how many in the country feel, judy woodruff checked in with some of the people she has met during her ongoing reporting project america at a crossroads. >> i won't tell you that i am not surprised. i'm surprised it was as big as it was. but i am happy. this is the person i wanted to win, this is the mandate i wanted america to seek. >> last night when i went to sleep, there was still hope. when i woke up this morning i saw that he actually won, there was a feeling of here we go again. we are back to, you know, we're moving back in time to judy: very different and very strong reactions from some of the americans we have met across the country about what took place

this week. >> the first day we had early voting in massachusetts i voted for donald trump. i was excited throughout his campaign because i saw him as hope. >> i -- very happy feeling that he will be back. >> i was really really excited. and to be honest, i had faith, i was never doubtful that he would win. >> i'm still in shock, but i didn't cry like i did when he originally won. >> why do you think you did not cry? >> i've lost my naivete about americans and the goodness of them. >> i woke up really early, i just roused and i checked my phone. it is going to be totally fine and i was just awake. i held my son. it's not the future that i

wanted to give to him. >> one of the reasons i did not vote for donald trump was because the last election. so, i feel like i need to stand on that now, but these are the election results. this is what the american people want, and we go from here. judy: supporters of former president trump found many issues to vote for. top among them, the economy. >> with the prices and the things that we are already purchasing, from food, groceries, to gas, you know. >> i expect it will open up opportunities for jobs in manufacturing. i suspect it will keep a lot of jobs in the area. judy: for you, it is it mainly the economic piece of this that matters to you, is that fair to say? >> um, the economics is certainly a big part of it, another part of it would be, you know, the concerns i had over it

seemed like there were many that wanted to control speech. that wanted to shut people down, that wanted to censor. >> the other thing is illegals coming across this country. there are so many peoplee here we don't know. >> being male and white, we have been told that we are the problem in society and we are always the one causing issues, everything that is going bad, everyone that is oppressed quote unquote is being oppressed by white men. and dei and all of these things that are meant to lower the amount of white men in any sphere are things that trump ran on judy: hammer supporters and one woman who voted for joel stein as a protest against u.s. support for israel felt concerned about where things might be headed over the next four years, including on the economy. >> i know some the people that

cannot afford rent or food and working through your jobs -- tow or three jobs. and your people like trump that will come in it and he's like, he a businessman, his only interest is his business. that is only going to make things worse for the american people. >> the tariff that he is going to put on china, not just china but on imports that is coming in, that is going to cost people like me who, a lot of things i have in my home, says made in china or made here, made there. we will have to pay more money for these things. >> it's going to be terribly different. maybe not for me. i'm an older postmenopausal white retired woman but i have friends that text me that their trans children were up all night having panic attacks and crying. i have a niece in a gay marriage. i can imagine the supreme court would go after that. >> i am wildly concerned for my family, specifically. i am concerned about a lot of

things, but i gave birth to our son. my wife is my legal wife and spouse and is on his birth certificate. i am very concerned that legally my marriage will be dissolved and that my wife will not have the same legal rights to ours son. >> my hopes is i'm wrong on how i am reading him. and that is is going to be a turning point. my fear is that this will be -- the worst of this will result in us being more separated, us feeling the other americans are the enemy, we're not all one team. judy: trump supporters say this hope that could be an opening for the present elect to find common ground with the other side. >> i would hope that that is an effort within his cabinet, within the people that he puts

in leadership that, you know, that we have to work together. there's no ifs, ands or buts. >> this guy is a dealmaker. he likes to make deals with people. he is on the same page as a lot of democrats, and yet, they cannot seem to find common ground. >> if kamala got in, i would've been ok, here we go. what am i going to do? but i would not go out in the streets and burn cars and turn things over. i would try to see what is she going to do to make it better for everybody? >> i would say the election points to the fact that we are not as divided as many thought. it is not about identity politics, it is not about i'm sure millions of americans who voted for trump do not like him as a person but it shows we have beliefs in common and we want legal immigration and a good economy. we don't care that he might, you know, i think i said the same quote last time we walked, we

do not care if he has a mean sweet. >> i see no hope of him unifying the american people. i think he's a rotten human being. every time he speaks, he denigrates a certain group whether it is immigrants or i can go on and on. we nobody's like. >> if i'm at work and i'm rooting for larry to get the promotion but daren't gets it, then either way -- but darren gets up and either way i am not personally invested. that is a logical part of me. the emotional part is that i'm concerned or where wind up at the end of it. >> i've seen a lot of hate, the people -- come out of people went trump was in office,, when trump lost the election, i've seen a lot of hate come out of people and some of the hate were some people that i knew for years. >> i am unwilling to compromise who i am as an individual for somebody else's comfort.

i am unwilling to go back in the closet, unwilling to go back to being a woman instead of a non-binary person that i am. but building bridges where they can be built, yes, absolutely. >> i think we all struggle with the same things at home, paying our bills. holding down a job, taking care of our families, health care is a big issue for all of us. we have the same problems and we have a common enemy, which is these politicians that use us to gain power and money and whatever it is that they are going for. >> they should all have the betterment of this country first and foremost. >> democrats have an opportunity to work with trump to put the brakes on some of these mega

mergers, multi-corporations that pape taxes to the netherlands or ireland and they have an opportunity to bring some of that back to this country. >> i pray that people can work together. ok? you know what? the person you wanted in there is not in there. but he's going to be there for four years. what can we do to make things better? how can we work together to make america better? judy: for the pbs news hour, i'm judy woodruff in washington. ♪ >> for the second time in eight years, a woman ran for president and lost to the same man. despite strong support among women of color, vice president kamala harris lost ground with nearly every other demographic group compared to joe biden in 2020. a number of factors separate

hillary clinton's run form harris, and a number of factors went into the win. but the questions being asked, is america ready for a woman in the white house? editor at large for the 19th news and the center for american women in politics joins us. welcome to you both. i will start with you. there are number of factors at play, we know the economy, a truncated campaign, frustration with the incumbent but what do you take away from what we saw with voters in terms of how much gender played a role, that there was a woman at the top of the democratic ticket? >> i wrote about how this election, how elections are not about either of the candidates about about who we are the country and again, what do we know about who we are as a country district? that america is still not yet ready to elect a woman to lead our country. the issue of gender not necessarily something that vice president kamala harris was

emphasizing but it was absolutely looming over this race, and when you think about american voters really prioritizing the economy,, immigration may be not seeing a woman as the person that embodied the characteristics of strength or power around those issues, i think that this was absolutely an election that was gendered. we definitely saw former president trump coming back into the white house on a message of his particular brand of masculinity. i think that we cannot have a conversation about this election without having a conversation about the role, the ongoing role of gender in our politics and continuing to ask the question, what is it going to take for a woman, for this country to ever elect a woman president? >> pick on that point about trump's campaign that was clearly geared to appeal towards men. he did very well with them, he won 50% of the male vote, but it

was one group, white women, which is a single largest voting bloc, 40% of the electorate, who did not help her pelt -- did help to propel him to victory. what fueled that the? >> we need to shift away from the question of is america ready for a woman, the majority of women voted, the majority of voters voted for a woman in 2016. but to really understand both white women's voting behavior and voting behavior across the board, is to look at what are the racism and sexism in our electorate that is allowing us to continually vote for somebody who has proven that he is misogynist and both his own personal behavior but also in his policy priorities, has tapped into racially segment within our communities, and that these things are not disqualifying. for white women in particular, we have seen time and again it is not disqualifying enough in

part because they have a racial privilege that is being protected by this brand of politics. we're going to have to grapple with that. i think con continually to get to the point, not only where we can elect a woman but we can elect candidates are trying to move us forward when it comes to racial and ethnic inclusion, gender progress, and gender equity. >> i know you have reported on this and written on this extensively. this is the second time there has been a woman at the top of the ticket, but only the first time there has been a black woman at the top of the ticket. what role did you see that both racism and sexism that we know are still very real animating force in america played in the selected? >> i think they definitely played a role but i do want to talk about 92% of black women that showed up to vote for vice president kamala harris how excited they were about her unprecedented campaign, how hard that they worked to try to get her elected. black women have long been regarded as the backbone of the

democratic party. and so to see somebody who shared their live experience at the top of the ticket felt for a lot of the black women in the voters of the organizers and the longtime political folks that have been around in the democratic party, to see that for them really representative a return on their investment, their voting loyalty over so many years. to the democratic party, and so circling back those same black women, where they are right now is they are feeling abandoned by a party that they have supported so heavily and so loyally for so long. and really wondering, what it is about black women that other groups somehow are not necessarily able to stand with. white women in particular, because i think that we saw when vice president harris became the candidate for the democratic presidential nomination, there were some white women who were reckoning with 2016, white women

did not in majority support hillary clinton then, somebody who shared their live experience and wondering if they would make a different choice this time around and stand with black women and other democrats and voting for kamala harris but that did not end up being the case. and you have to ask, how much of that, we know historically, the history of white women and what they have chosen to do with suffrage since since i got it since they first got in 1920 and at the expense of so many black women who stood shoulder to shoulder with them but that was thrown under the bus when the 19th amendment was passed a century ago. i think that that history absolutely looms over the selection for so many black women, when it came down to white women choosing between their race in their gender, i think that we see how that played out. >> it is worth taking a look at the last 50 years in the u.s.

yes, gender equity has made a lot of progress. but facts are still facts, women are paid 84 cents on the dollar compared to men, women are half the u.s. population and make up less than a third of congress. it is a reluctance that you see, or an inability among the general population to see women as leaders? >> yeah, i think, as you know we have made progress. i think it is a little bit of both but it is also some backlash. susan faluti wrote a book called backlash that we could look at in this election and in how trump wages campaign which was taking that progress that you have pointed to and reminding a subset of voters that this is somehow threatening. and that is true along the lines of race as well. since campaigning he tapped into white male grievance politics, saying

for example, you know, society is becoming too soft and feminine. something his supporters believe. based on public religion research institute data. or men are being punished just for being men. gender is a binary. we saw that in the anti-trans rhetoric throughout the campaign. while we see these gains, we have to remember that progress is not inevitable. it takes the effort and momentum from everybody, including groups like white women, to push back against those who are saying that this progress is somehow bad and threatening to their own communities. >> erin haines and kelly, thank you to you both. good to speak with you. >> thank you. ♪ >> for more on donald trump's

reelection we turn now to the analysis of brooks and ka phart. welcome back. we've had a few days to assess the implications of trump's sweeping victory, winning the popular vote for the first time republican is done that in two decades. david, what does his really decisive victory reveal to you about this country? >> i think since 2060 we've entered a new political era. the period between 1980 and 2016 was the information age. and we decided that america was moving to a postindustrial economy, led by college graduates. so many of our policies were oriented and favored college grades. education policy, let's get everyone in for your colleges. immigration, let's provide college grads with cheap labor. trade policy, we allowed manufacturing jobs to go

overseas while service jobs were not threatened. geographic, we had a laissez-faire attitude, our talent congregated in austin and dallas in washington and boston and we didn't worry about the places left behind. and so to me we had a policy that favorite college grads and disfavored everybody else, and basically in 2016 and emphatically last tuesday, a lot of people set of had enough. we need to change. >> jonathan, do you see that same realignment the new fault line in our politics is education level? >> it is one of them. i don't disagree with anything that david just said in terms of his analysis but we cannot ignore what was being discussed in the last, in the last segment there with erin and professor ditmar. the role of race, misogyny, white nationalism, that was a part of donald

trump's campaign. and i think we need to acknowledge it. we need to talk to, and then i think,as a country, we need to confront it. we have never done it. in our history. we w probably won't do it now but i think we do need to acknowledge the fact that the incoming president of the united states openly ran on racist messages about fellow, about fellow citizens, noncitizens, people who have always come to this country seeking a better life, long before build the wall. yeah, we can talk about education realignment and talk about political realignment. but until we talk about the, the grievances that donald trump exploited as the professor said, we're going to be in this mess for a while. >> what you think about that, that was not disqualifying. >> a million things have shocked

me that have not been disqualifying about donald trump it i think donald trump is misogynist. he is clearly racist. that is ben and his family for generations. but, to make that argument, somehow you also have to explain why the gender gap went down. why kamala harris did worse among women than joe biden did? why trump got more black voters in an republican since richard nixon. somewhere you have to explain how we massively improve republican standing among hispanic voters. so, he created this broad network, and the way i would explain those phenomena is race and sexism are clearly major facts in american life, but i think in our politics, class is rising in sailings and race and gender are falling, and we say people have to choose between their race or their gender for white women, you are ignoring that they have brains, and they have economic views, social views, they have a million other views. and so those views are part of how people make their decisions, not just an ethnic identity. >> it's all part of the stew.

all i'm arguing is don't ignore the potatoes and the carrots while focusing on meat. >> i am all for eating. i'm on a protein diet right now. >> one thing about the selection stood out to me and it's this -- in state after state you had voters that backed both donald trump and ballot initiatives that advance progressive goals. you had these laws protecting abortion rights, backed by the majority voters and voters in alaska and missouri, approving measures to raise the minimum wage, to ensure paid sick leave and yet, those states also voted for donald trump. voters clearly had a different picture of what the presidency does. >> i mean, this is maybe the new form of ticket splitting. before would be you would vote for the president of one party and then vote for the governor or the senator of another party, maybe it is breaking down along

issue lines? i don't know, but clearly maybe, maybe those folks don't view the presidency as seriously because it feels so removed, whereas, my state is going to raise the minimum wage, i get to have a say in that? fine, i'll vote for that reproductive rights? recreational marijuana, i'll vote for that. >> i'll come back to my class analysis. if you're working class, you might like republicans on some things but you also like rising the minimum wage, you like eliminating the tax on tips. the whole country is shifting to the left on abortion. if you look at who is a populist and populist, they want to funnel money to the working class people or the kind of people that are working minimum wage jobs. it is been interesting to watch the californians vote for president but on the ballot initiatives, they threw out two

progressive attorneys general and a northern california they adopted very aggressive criminal penalties against shoplifting and vagrancy. and so they shifted right based on the issues they are feeling at the moment and that is my basic view of why it is so important to learn from the electric. -- the electorate. it is complicated. >> as democrats i can guess told the new york times, she said, had the president joe biden got not sooner, there may have been other candidates, the anticipation was at that the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary. kamala may have, i think she would have done well and that, but we don't know that. that did not happen. you think that was right, or there are more fundamental issues about how democrats were perceived that ended up being too much of an obstacle? >> for me? [laughter] look, this is the thing that democrats do that drives me

nuts. the finger pointing, and the blame gaming almost immediately. look, what happened happened. and to go back and second-guess decisions that were made, i just don't think are helpful. i think what would be helpful is to start thinking about how does the party recover, how does the party go about doing what david is saying and sifting through the information that we got through, from the voters, and then plan accordingly? because, as despondent, not desponding, as sad as i am, about how the election went in particular how people voted, it is my hope that the democratic party can figure out a way to reach those voters, not just the ones who did not vote for them, but for the folks who didn't show up at all. because the one thing i noticed is that donald trump and vice

president harris got fewer votes than their counterparts in the previous election. we also should be talking about that. why did so many people sit out? >> well, what are you watching for as donald trump puts together his team and then prepares to take office again with the experience of knowing how to use the levers of power and potentially having republican senate, he will have republican senate but a republican house? >> i'm looking to see how organized he is. in the first term, there was no policy process. he passed some things but it was all policy chaos. is it going to be like that again? will republicans, i'm interested in nato and on ukraine could willie have a sensible foreign policy team that, that will not want to spend as much of the democrats are spending but they need to put pressure on putin. on tariffs, donald trump's was vastly help because there was inflation and if he poses 20% tariffs we will have a lot of inflation. are the republicans going to walk into that, eyes open? i just don't know.

>>.same question, jonathan . >> the one thing i worry about is whether the republican majority, let's just assuming they also get the house, overreach. they are, if anything, they are always guilty of overreaching, and it is just a matter of at what point will be market people say, you know what, you have gone too far? and maybe trump's comments today about beginning mass deportations, immediately because we must do this, maybe that will be the first sign of overreach. >> by july 1, he will have overreached again. >> david brooks, jonathan, thanks to you both. >>. thank you. ♪ >> in the 1980's about 70% of

all clothing sold in united states remained here in the country. today it is down to just 3% with most factories moving overseas. one of the casualties -- traditional kraftwerk like weaving, cutting leather and polishing gemstones. the fashion industry is trying to preserve these crafts. our special correspondent reports from new york for our arts and cultures series canvas. >> you see the harbors off so you have to push it towards me. >> it is only -- he's getting a master class. he's teaching her the age-old technique of fabric. he mows the material underneath. this handy work and precision takes years to master. >> you can learn online. especially with the tactile skill where you need to be doing it by hand. you can't learn in any other

way. and it's not really taught in schools. so you have to find a craftsman, a master to be able to learn from. >> it's a multigenerational business, his grandfather started in lebanon in the 1970's the family moved to new york city. they work for the biggest names, over the years, business has been shrinking. as companies are increasing producing overseas. he says immigrants made new york the fashion capital. now that american dream is. hanging bya thread . >> we have centuries and centuries of knowledge that comes to the melting pot of new york city were all of this technique and craft mix together and one by one the artisans have either dying or retiring or moving on, and as a result, the knowledge is going with it. it is the technique, the technique is what is dying and technique is something that enables you to make something

efficiently and effectively. >> the garmant district in manhattan was once the country's capital, packed with hunters of thousands of workers making most american clothing. over the years, costs rose, worked declined and most studios emptied out. leaving a few thousand artisans and -- that gave the area its name along with an art installation and a statue, remnants of a glorious past. just like this district in new york city, fashion houses around the world are seeing a decline in kraftwerk. to address this, many labels are investing in training the next generation of artisans, starting workshops, expanding apprenticeship programs and even partner with fashion schools in the united states. in this workshop, traditional cressman ship melds with technology peer the nerve center of creativity and innovation for tiffany.

it is also where it trains its next generation of maker's. it's running a your program's teaching skills like welding battle. the first group will graduate soon. programs like these are part of the larger recruitment strategy. tiffany hayes is owned by the world's largest luxury conglomerate lvmh. it's facing a record shortfall of thousands of craftspeople across dozens of brands. to meet its needs, it is expanding its apprenticeship program, training and recruiting 2400 artisans over the next two years. historically, these are based in europe. now lvmh is bringing them to united states. >> we have so many skills in the united states and so many people that are basically attracted by craft. and we have certain opportunities to find new talent. when we started the program in the u.s., we had so many

candidates. and we are having very good results because almost 90% of the customers at the end of the day, at the end of the train have a diploma and almost 70% of the people are recruited. >> some young artisans are also taking on the mantle to save the crafts. o'hara sources materials locally and all are handmade. once a thriving it is true, it is now down to a few suppliers. many closed during the pandemic. to revive it she started a nonprofit, it is running after school programs to inspire young talent to go behind the scenes. >> the workforce is primarily in their late 40's, 50's and 60's. and so there has been a tremendous gap between individuals that are in this aging workforce and the new individuals coming up. we're talking about 10, 20 years difference, and if we continue to see that workforce age out,

we are not going to capture that generational knowledge. the time is now, it is very critical that we can get young people placed into these jobs, that we can make these jobs stable and livable. >> some initiatives are focusing on inclusivity, custom collaborative helps low income and immigrant women build careers and sustainable fashion, teaching basic skills, and mentoring them when they start working. >> the ins and outs of business and one day -- i would love to own my own business. it offers the training ins and outs in the financial part. >> we will learn how to pivot. >> custom collaborative has trained 75 women in eight years. many recycling material to make clothes. >> everything we make comes from a fabric that was donated or headed for a length field and the silk came from a laundry

company. >> he's the founder and activist, she says being eco-friendly is only part of it. the larger goal is to make the industry more equitable. >> we do hear a lot of companies in the u.s. in new york that there is a need for what we are providing and i think especially when you get to the sustainability part of it, people are so focused on making sure that their garment that they wear did not infringe on anyone's rights and they are not going to pollute the landscape. we have an opportunity to really reshape sustainability and to make it better and bigger and bolder and more inclusive. >> lower the needles. >> artisans are hoping the revival will change the fabric of the industry. in the age of fast fashion, they want to restore value to creating with time, love and passion paid for this, they need to raise awareness and alter customer demands. that they say will move the

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