georgia last night he campaigned for the two republican senate candidates and, more often, for overturning the election. >> that was a rigged election, but we are still fighting it. lisa: h he pinne and pressure on his vice president. he explained on twitter that he reject fraudulently chosenr electors." in reality though, while the vice president will preside at

lisa: he urged the u.s. the deadline for withdrawal. >> somebody has to take me as soon as possible. if biden government extend this program, it will be much better , to find a way to go to the airport. even now i cannot go to the airport. believe me, if i go to the washroom, my dghter, my sons, they are crying. even my wife. lisa: pentagon spokesperson john kirby said the u.s. has been adamant with the taliban who should be allowed through. >> we've been very clear wit taliban leaders about what credentials want them to accept. the people that we have made clear to the taliban that we want to have access through the checkpoints have been able to get througby and large, again, with caveats. so it hasn't been a big problem to date. lisa: "newshour" spoke by phone with one american citizen as he drove to the airport he says he reached out to the u.s. embassy but never hed back. >> i am a u.s. citizen. my wife, she has a green card and my two kids was born in boston, massachusetts. they are u.s. citizens. right

lisa: he would have a challenging time becoming a senator. lose to senator manchin tell me he is opening the door to a presidential run. he plans on traveling around the country. here's what he said in his video today. >> i will not be running for reelection to the united states senate. but what i will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is an interest in creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. amna: a movement to mobilize the middle, or nominate joe manchin as independent candidate for president. this is not yet a presidential run, but it is some sort of exploration. there is a real question for joe manchin. are there centrists in this country anymore? is there a viable political momentum that can be galvanized for moderates and centrists? he is not the only centrists trying to do this. we will see his schedule coming up. we will see where he thinks the middle of the country lives. amna: in the meantime, what does it mean for the balance of power in the senate and the fight ahead

lisa: he was the first in his family to go to colge. nt protester invi 196, he sd the orangeburg massacre in which state shot at 200 students, killing three. >> i lived that. lisa: the environment and water quality are real concerns. >> i'm not the only one that sees these issue i ink my culture sees these culture in this country.ry other lisa: he trusts biden, believes he can unify, and thatoo sanders goesar. >> if you give everybody anything, they don't know how to work for anything. lisa: take one more drive, this time to ate place few candi go, fairfieldouy has struggled after decades of a long domino run of major job and business loss. the relatively new restaurant next door is gamblingethings can ch but lynn tucker is unsure about that ted about his >> the economy is really bad. everything is higher now, higher-priced. but no more pay. the decision is hard. harder this time around. lisa: crystal owns restaurant next door, a family business eight down to famous doughnuts. she is undecided. >> i'm not going to say who can be trump.m

lisa: but as evidence mounted, including former staffers admitting wrongdoing, so did votes against him. heigger concerns. >> are you going to jail? >> absolutely not. lisa: with a criminal trial set for next fall. if convicted, the congressman who spent less than a year representing new york could face a prison term measured in decades. amna: lisa joins us now with more on today's historic development. what does this mean for the congressman's seat and congress more broadly? lisa: congress is nervous. there is a chance in the special election to fill this seat that they could lose it. so we're gonna watch that very closely. it's also interesting history wise. one reason this is very seldom going into it but it was another member of the republican party, congressman max miller, who sent out an email to his colleagues saying that he and his mother personally were victims of george santos. that when they gave to the campaign, they lost ultimately $30,000. that i think influenced republicans choice i think to get rid of him. one other note, i think it's important to say, there was real divide

lisa: he will take a seat, unless moore comes out, and he said he will prove to voters he will see. . lisa: it is incredible. [laughter] judy: lisa, thank you. ♪ when the new session of congress gavels in next week, dozens of lawmakers won't be returning to the chamber. republican rodney davis is one of them. he has represented illinois for the past 10 years but is leaving after losing his primary race earlier this year. lisa is back with this conversation she recently recorded with davis about congress and the republican party. lisa: congressman rodney davis of illinois, thank you so much for joining me. let's start with the future of your party and the decisions ahead for congress. right now, it's not clear that kevin mccahy will have the votes to be speaker. i wonder what you think of his future and why is it that future leadership is in doubt? mr. davis: when i got to congress, there was questions about whether john boehner would get enough get 218. just two years ago, there were questions with a slim majority that nancy pelosi had after losing seats in the 2020 election, whether

lisa: where a majority found him guilty, a figure short of the required two-thirds. he. >> president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. lisa: that summer, a house select committee launched what would become an 18-month investigation into january 6th, focused on former president trump. after interviewing more than 1000 witnesses, the committee aired testimony in 10 public hearings, from those close to trump -- >> the president said something to the effect of i'm the effing president. take me up to the capitol now. lisa: and those who bore the brunt of the violence. >> never in my wildest dreams did i think that, as a police officer, as a law enforcement officer, i would find myself in the middle of a battle. lisa: last month, as it finished its work, the committee referred mr. trump to the department of justice on four criminal charges, including aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection. for his part, trump and his allies have streed these words of his to the crowd on january 6. >> i know that everyone here will soon

lisa: he's said he will not resign. it is not clear the votes are there.two thirds a vote in the house to expel him. that vote could happen as soon as tomorrow but the latest is they were leaning towards leaning it -- we will be watching that very closely. amna: a lot happening. lisa, always good to see you. lisa: you too. ♪ geoff: now we turn the aftermath of the shooting that happened this past weekend in burlington, vermont, where a white man shot three young men of palestinian descent. the attack has again stirred fears of rising islamophobia and anti-arab hatred. william brangham spoke with two of the young men's mothers. william: on saturday night, these three college students were shot and wounded by a stranger. the attacker, whose motive is still unknown, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder. earlier today i spoke with his mother. she just arrived from the u.s. -- thank you both so much for joining us today. i would love to both hear how your sons are doing. >> he's doing all right. he was discharged the day before yesterday. yest

william: what did senator manchin say was the reason he backed away from this? lisawho can stop this because of the 50-50 senate, he said because of inflation. he spoke on west virginia radio today and this is what he said. >> inflation is absolutely killing many people. they cannot buy gas, they have a hard time buying groceries. everything they consume in their daily lives is a hardship. can't we wait to make sure we do nothing to add to that? i can't make that decision basically on taxes of any kind and also on energy and climate because it takes the taxes to pay for the investment in the clean technology that i am in favor of. lisa: we have been reporting historic inflation figures this week. william: critics of senator manchin say he has never wanted to do anything that could hurt the coal industry beloved in his state. that he himself derives a lot of his own personal fortune from the coal industry. they also point out he gets i think one of the largest amounts of donations from the fossil fuel industry. and thus all of these things make it that he has an inten

lisa: he has become a cultural warrior on issues like what teachers can say about race in their classroomnd targeted the lgbtq community. that has helped him with some but what do you think? >> ironically desantis has been telling people for a while that he needs to be the nominee because donald trump can't win and now trump and his campaign have kind of flipped the argument, saying desantis has gone so far to the right on a lot of these social and cultural issues that he is the one who would have trouble gaining centrist voters support in a general election. to give you an idea of how far ron desantis went to the right, donald trump is criticizing him on abortion and for his brawl with disney, which has now convinced or dissuaded the company from investing $1 billion in florida and creating 2000 new jobs here so certainly what ron desantis did during the last legislative session to build his record for a primary electorate could end up hurting him in a general election and his chief rival and former mental donald trump is making the same argument. william: who should democrats be most af

lisa: robertson stepped down from hosting “the 700 club” in 2021 after a series of health issues, but hes and religion until his death. pat robertson was 93 years old. for the “pbs newshour,” i'm lisa desjardins. ♪ amna: a new report released by unicef, the united nations children's fund, contains an appalling statistic -- each day, 20 children are killed or maimed in conflicts around the world. that is since they began recording data in 2005. a staggering 315,000 grave violations against children have been verified by the u.n. thousands of children have been abducted, recruited into armed conflicts and subjected to sexual violence in global conflicts over the last two decades. now, this is a very tough subject. and a warning, we should say some viewers may be disturbed by some of the details in the conversation i had earlier about this report with unicef's executive director, catherine russell. help us understand the context here. how do you gather these numbers? and are these conservative estimates or worst-case scenarios? catherine: i think you make such a good point, which is, these

that's where our country's going. >> what do you think he's doing there? lisannifer says this kind of speech is what separates trump. it is not political razzle dazzle but dangerous, hyperbolic fearmongering. jennifer: he is trying to make it seem as though everhing is at stake. most people are not excited about his campaign, or biden's. and so both candidates are trying to generate a lot of interest. one way you do that is through using intense and extreme language to make it seem as though everything is at stake. lisa: and wisconsin yesterday, he added religion injecting the , idea that while joe biden is a regular churchgoer, he, donald trump, is the christian candidate this election. mr. trump: november 5 is going to be called something else. you know what it's going to be called? christian visibility day, when christians turn out in numbers. lisa: trump's speeches were a showcase of why he succeeds and fails. they contain a weave of lies and truths around one constant center. jennifer: all presidents run as heroes. it's not uncommon. joe biden is running a

lisa: he would be the first house speaker from louisiana. a conservative, someone known as affable. his style is friendly and even with reporters, he's generally not confrontational. we want to talk a little bit about what he believes on major issues so let's start with ukraine. that was a big difference between him and jim jordan. he has supported a ukraine including a vote very recently. how about abortion? he is someone who gets high marks from antiabortion groups. he wants more limits. in recent years since the dawn's indecision, he has not been clear on whether he wants congress to pass a national ban or not. he says it depends on the votes that are present. on immigration, he is someone who talks a lot about building a border wall, someone who has said he would like to end birthright citizenship and then finally on the 2020 election, he is someone who was in republican leadership at the time. he voted to object to certifying the election. he did that twice. both of those votes after the january 6 riots hit the capital and affected him p

lisa: he could withdraw, but i think it's more likely he would try to keep going as kevin mccarthy dide point it could become intractable. some are saying it is time to vote in for more powers for speaker pro tem patrick henry, and there's discussions about whether democrats and moderates will get together. i don't think there is momentum around the republican party for that yet. geoff: thanks as always. lisa: you are welcome. geoff: a federal judge in washington imposed a narrow gag order on former president donald trump in the election subversion case against him. it bars mr. trump from targeting special counsel jack smith and his team, as well as court staff and potential witnesses. it does not prevent him from criticizing the justice department. npr justice correspondent carrie johnson was in the courtroom today and is with us. this partial gag order, how does it work and what does it cover? carrie: it covers some of what the justice department asked for not all of it. as you mentioned, former president trump on the campaign trail and free to criticize former -- current president j

lisa: he says he is running for elections.ipped today that maybe he will become a committee chairman. but he is not popular in the republican party. no one was defending him today at the capitol, and some told us he cannot wait for this man to be out of congress and out of elected office. now, it takes two thirds of the house of representatives to expel a member. we do not think there is anywhere near that. there might be pressure for him to resign if he is convicted, but right now it looks like he will ride this out, and speaker mccarthy says he will not push for him to be pushed out. geoff: because mccarthy needs has vote. lisa: that is a very important point. he has just a four vote margin and george santos was a key vote. geoff: lisa desjardins, following it all as always, good to see you. lisa: good to see you. ♪ geoff: in the day's other headlines, u.s. inflation eased again in april, but was still stubbornly high. the consumer price index was up 4.9% from a year earlier, the smallest annual increase in two years. that's

lisa: he is a new kind of tsar -- equal parts autocrat and operative.this, at 47 years old, in 2000, vladimir putin was a new president, praising a democratic transfer of power. >> for the first time in russian history, the executive power of the country is being transferred democratically, legally, and peacefully. lisa: but within a few years, he would change russia's laws to keep power for himself. the same man who reached out to the u.s. president in 2005 denounced america as a threat just two years later in front of u.s. senators. and in 2016, he ordered a russian cyber campaign that attacked u.s. democracy itself with misinformation, lies that were anti-government and pro-donald trump. constant throughout, putin's survival instinct and grand ambitions. those started here, st. petersburg, russia, communist "leningrad" when putin was born. according to putin, his mother survived the brutal nazi siege there, while his father fought elsewhere during world war ii. he grew up in the 1950's and 1960's, a time of surging cold war, and swelling pride in the

lisa: he told me he has not decided yet. he was at the desantis event.e going to keep track of where he goes monday night. meantime, these candidates are looking for every vote they can get. i do think is will change on sunday, monday once this storm system clears. what you see behind me is actually plowed. cars are going to get back on the roads. the question monday night will be cold weather, a test of enthusiasm for trump voters. does he have a lead? do they stay home rather than show up? that is the hope of some of his opponents. amna: that is lisa desjardins, just outside des moines for us, days ahead of the iowa caucuses. be sure to join us for live coverage of the 2024 iowa caucases on monday night starting at 11:00 p.m. eastern right here on pbs. ♪ geoff: the u.s. and other parts of the world are in the midst of another covid-19 wave. infections and hospitalizations are on the rise this winter, and a new variant is responsible for a majority of those cases. john yang has the latest, and a look at whether we need to change our approach to the viru

lisa: back at troy's house, i ask if he thinks lowering max sentences could lead to more crime. et's. troy: that's the most asinine stuff that i have heard in my life. so what we're saying is, that upon committing the crime, somebody is going to te it in their head to say, oh, well, they reduced the time on this. that's not going to happen. that's not realistic. lisa: troy still works in d.c., but now lives in maryland and has some peace. but he'disheartened that reforms he sees as critical have hit a wall and that others are controlling d.c.'s fate. troy: to have congress or anyone else outside of who the people of the district of columbia chose to represent them, have their authority to usurp is a total smack in the face to democracy. lisa: can i ask you what you think about president biden? he himself could have prevented this. troy is still looking ahead, but no one knows how, if, or when d.c. will again try to fix its criminal code. for the “pbs newshour,” i'm lisa desjardins. geoff: the country's divisions often go beyond disputes over policy, regularly spilling into clashe

he's opposed to prescription drug negotiation. so there's a difference between the two of us. lisa was directed at republican and former attorney general adam laxalt the son and grandson of u.s. senators, he is ridi a trump wave. >> we have one shot to save this great state. lisa: he charges that cortez masto and democrats are the ones out of touch. >> and people are upset as they've ever been with what's happening to america. they can't believe that joe biden and catherine cortez masto have done this much damage to our country and to this great state in just two years. lisa: to win, he and republicans have launched something new this year. this is operation vamos, a grassroots effort from the national republican senatorial committee, and coalitions director helder toste. today they found brazilian-american vinny , a conservative who sees education and the economy as key. vinny: gas prices and all those things, cost of groceries. lisa: what is it like for you? vinny: compared to a couple of years ago, it is bad. lisa: this effort will get to 145,000 doors, republicans estimate. a f

it's man and how man fits into the cosmos. >> woodruff: the most famous leonardo creation, the mona lisa. hen't people when people thought he would finish it. what was he thinking? what was he seeing as he worked on that? >> he worked on it for about the last 14 years of his life, and you see everything come together, from his belief in the curve of rivers into the blood of humans and how we fit into the world, but also just take that smile, the most famous smile ever, he just finished dissecting the human face showing every muscle and every nerve and on those pages of anatomy drawings, he starts drawing smiles and you see the mona lisa's smile start to form. he also knows when light hits the center of your retina you see the detail, but when it hits the ellens of your retina you syesha dose and color because he dissected the human eye. when you look directly at the mona lisa's lips, it's toning down a bit, it's not really smiling. but if you look at the cheek bone and the smile wanders, it's elusive. it combines the spirit, science and anatomy and it's the greatest piece of art ever painted

he is a mentor, a worker, and above all, he is a fighter. lisae republicans gained the house majority in january, jordan's been a champion for conservatives who want the party to aggressively go after the biden white house. and he has, as judiciary committee chairman, pounding away at investigations into the president. and his son hunter's business dealings. and jordan is a key figure in the impeachment inquiry into president biden, appointed to the role by ousted speaker kevin mccarthy. he spoke at its first hearing, last month. >> we know all kinds of false statements have been made by the white house. joe biden's made them. lisa: no witness, however, presented evidence of wrongdoing by biden, and one said there was not enough to impeach. but as speaker, jordan will have to find a way to work with the white house and a democratic-controlled senate on big issues, with a government shutdown looming next month. >> i always thought jordan was better in the opposition where he could be against things rather than being for things. he's going to have

lisa: she is signaling she is in line with house republicans including on may arcus. -- mayorkas. >> hebe there. this is why this election is important. we have to have a majority to start to do the right thing. lisa: same issue and a different local newspaper sees this candidate does the solution, writing that he would work across the aisle to find solutions. that is his message, but he is tough but not partisan on the border. >> she says she is concerned about the border but opposes the bipartisan solution that would close the border. lisa: both candidates tiptoed around their produced -- presumed top of the ticket. biden and trump. emily covers politics for political. >> they seal -- see sense of dread since joe biden won the district. she doesn't want to be affiliated with biden because he is unpopular. >> until this weekend she wouldn't say she voted for him and 2020. when it comes to his legal problems -- >> if he is convicted, you will not support him? >> i will not support that. >> the race brought an avalanche of ads. >> i'm tom swazi and i approve this message. >> a snow storm

lisa: but he warned -- >> i think it'd be tough for the public to take. , at a certain point, there's a breaking point. lisa: it was not his only warning shot. trump also said this about top pentagon generals. >> they want there to be woke, but these guys aren't meant for woke. i would fire them. you can't have a woke military. lisa: as trump takes swings, his supporters are showering him with big dollars, $70 million fundraised in the 48 hours after last week's verdict, according to the republican national committee. republicans in congress now, or who hope to be, also seem eager to show allegiance and win base points for themselves. in a letter, eight senate republicans vowed to block major bills and president biden's nominees, saying "we are unwilling to aid and abet this white house in its project to tear this country apart." in montana -- >> >> it is lawfare. state-sponsored political persecution led by joe biden and the radical left. they want to throw trump in jail. lisa: in a key us senate race the first ad about the conviction from republican hope

he promised to do in 2016 and didn' t deliver. but i've also acknowledged the good things that were done. lisain iowa far less than his opponents but that hasn't mattered to voters. he has a seismic 40-point lead. he focused on the state this weekend with two rallies mocking , desantis for those poll numbers. >> he's been falling out of the air like a very seriously wounded bird right to the ground. lisa: and the former president continued to spout the lie that he won the 2020 election. >> they rigged it and they stole it. lisa: even as trump faces state and federal indictments for his efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the election that president biden won. his sharpest attacks hit at the democratic front runner with trump trying to flip his own vulnerability. >> joe biden is not the defender of american democracy. joe biden is the destroyer of american democracy. lisa: he again alleged without evidence that president biden has weaponized the department of justice to bring the criminal cases against him. while trump continues to hold a commanding lead in gop polls, nikki haley has

lisa: he has been forced off committees. geoff: so what does this mean politically for him? 're going to have to watch. he has said he is running for reelection. in fact, he sort of quipped today that given the state of affairs in america, maybe he'll become a committee chairman. however, he is not popular in the republican party. no one defended him today at the capitol. some, including fellow new york representative mark molinero told our correspondent that he cannot wait for this man to be out of congress and out of elected office. now it takes 2/3 of the house representatives to expel a member. we don't think there's anywhere near that. there may be pressure for him to resign if he's convicted, but right now it looks like he's going to ride this out. and speaker mccarthy is saying he will let him stay in office. he's not gonna push him to be pushed out unless he is convicted. geoff: because mccarthy needs his vote. lisa: that is a very important point. yes. he just has a four vote margin there in the house and george santos was a key vote on that debt package that we're t

lisa: he is also unhappy because defense secretary austin only called him once. t he might do this. he wants more engagement. but the defense secretary said he's not going to negotiate nor should any defense secretary with a single senator over their policy. so quickly, let's look at where we are and what's ahead in the next couple of weeks. so as you just reported, the commandant of the marine corps retires on monday, but that's not the only one coming. in august, near the beginning of august, the army chief of staff will retire first and then shortly after that, the chief of naval operations also due to retire, then followed in october, the very top military officer in our nation, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, set to retire with no confirmed replacements. all of those positions will be filled by acting officers. amna: we heard the senator saying he does not believe there is any impact to his actions here. what about the military? lisa: could not disagree more. they think this is dangerous. no one thinks the marine corps, the military will collapse at h

lisa: he became both more important than less. investigators h was on the call, but he establishes relationships. that is what i want to talk about and get to why democrats look at him so hard. as people know, he has ambassador to the e. and a donor to president trump. he said president trump himself directed him to talk to rudy an- if you look giuliani, the president's personal attorney, he pushed into the investigation for the dnc, into the energy company where hunter biden more and more i heard from s republicdy giuliani went rogue, was doing something the president was noaware of, but gordon sondland established the president directed him to talk to giuliani. the president was putting trust in giuliani to take care of his concerns. judy: let's pick up on that. what are you picking up on what ambassador sondland had to say and what does this fit into what the president has been saying and the people around the president? yamiche: ambassador sondland said things both problematic for president trump without raking from him complet

lisa: he is a contender. amy: he is leading in the polling now.: facebook has taken that ad down, twitter put a warning over the areas -- airwaves. you talk about his outrageous ad talking about rhino hunting, you're not talking about credible allegations against him and you put him in a position of fighting against disloyal republicans and fighting against the media who are out criticizing him. it works well for someone in a crowded primary field trying to consolidate the primary. the language around adam kinzinger and the threat against him, the use of the term execution, this is a theme that comes up a lot. there is a glorification of violence. in particular, a hunger for executions in the mythology of the qanon culture. you see this language again and again. there is almost a mainstreaming of extreme ideas and language and those two clips today bridge that. amy: we had to discuss, do we want to play that full add? a lot of times we don't want to give oxygen to that, but it is happening right now. also over the weekend, the texas republican par

lisa: now, desantis began his career, he was elevated because he was such a trump supporter.mp and his supporters say that was a knock against them. i talked to trump voters who say they don't believe desantis' words, that it was about elected officials but they said they do take that personally. geoff: lisa, you have been talking to donald trump's campaign. what are they telling you? what does he hope to achieve with the interview he reported -- recorded with tucker carlson? lisa: he wants to convince voters the republican primary is over. look at the statement today. from the trump campaign they , wrote, "president trump has already won the debate." they went on to say, "expect the fox host to show an unnatural obsession with president trump." i raise this because this is another important layer to the debate. this is a test of the boiling feud between former and fox news. with him not showing up here tonight, it means a choice for conservative viewers. are they going to watch eight republicans on stage who want to be president, or are they going to watch him with tucker ca

lisa: when he left congress, hurd was the only black republican in the house. >> howdy, iowa. : and in this race, he'll be the most high-profile texan. >> we live in incredibly complicated and dangerous times and we need common sense leadership to solve these problems. lisa: a straight-forward message, but hurd is part of a growing republican field all aiming to stand out. for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. ♪ geoff: after marking its 11th anniversary this month, a long-standing immigrant protection program could be struck down by a federal court in texas. a judge is expected to hand down a decision this month about the legality of daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals, that protects undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. as children from deportation. there are more than half a million daca recipients and many are in limbo as they await the judge's ruling. we hear from some of them now. jonathan: hi, my name is jonathan rodas. i am a daca recipient. i am originally from el salvador. katia: my name is katia rubio leal. i was born in hidalgo, mexico, raise

vetoing tee bills sent to his desk but he is leaving office leaving voters with the stark high-stakes choice about who will succeed him. >> your rights are on the line. lisat josh shapiro ran unopposed in the primary. he is best known for investigating abuse in the catholic church and defeating the trump campaigns voter fraud claims. he understands abortion is part of his race. >> the next governor will half on his desk a bill that bans abortion in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. i will veto that bill. lisa: shapiro is trying to expand the democratic map, campaigning at a brewery in deep red huntington county, his focus is on keeping abortion access where it is now. >> i want to protect pennsylvania law, but i want to protect the fundamental freedoms of pennsylvanians to be able to make decisions over their own bodies. >> before republic -- >> on the right the crowd a republican field for governor was united on abortion backing a near total ban. >> i have made exceptions for the life of the mother. >> rape, incest and life of the mother only. >> i would not have any exceptions. lisa: yesterday republicans chose one of their most conservative candidates.

lisa: he was defiant again last night.he former president trump responded to the hearing on his social media site truth social, again spouting falsehood and writing -- "i had an election rigged and stolen from me and from our country." overall, last night the committee drilled down on trump's dereliction of duty, as it called it, working to isolate him as a problem, both past and ongoing. >> every american must consider this. can a president who is willing to make the choices donald trump made during the violence of january 6 ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again? >> it is a stain on our history. it is a dishonor to all those who have sacrificed and died in service of our democracy. lisa: the panel plans to resume its hearings in september. for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. judy: for more reaction to and analis of last night's hearing, i'm joined by two people who have been following it closely. former democratic united states senator from alabama, doug jones. and former replican

he's doing it. join in quickly. that is not governing. lisathat is one example of how emotional it was yesterday and those feelings are very present for republicans. amna: mr. mccarthy is one of the shortest serving speakers in history. on the other side, you have mitch mcconnell, one of the longest-serving republicans in history. why is there such a difference between republicans in the two chambers right now? lisa: i want to credit stephanie for raising this idea as well and it is a good point. the senate is designed, as george washington put it, to be a factor against the house but there is something different about modern politics. we are seeing gerrymandering making district more partisan and more people rewarded for going to the extremes especially in the republican party. that is what is happening here and the house is place where there's more support of former president donald trump. deeper support as we know. he has campaigned on disrupting institutions. i don't think it is a coincidence that we have seen the institution of the house

he is not resigning. >> we are going to work this out. lisaclear who or what survives as johnson gambles that his resolve will not backfire. >> we are in unprecedented times. we are in dangerous times as has been articulated here, around the world, at home. we need steady leadership and steady hands at the wheel. lisa: last week a former member , told us speaker johnson is holding his fingers in the dam -- a dyke, trying to keep it up right. he's calling them and hoping to avoid another internal disaster. geoff: let's start with ukraine aid because for weeks now, president biden has been saying if the house speaker just brings this bill to the floor, it will pass. is that still the case? lisa: unclear. it was not even for sure he would bring us to the floor. this is the defining moment of his speakership so far but he does face major hurdles in all of these bills. let's go through some of the challenges speaker johnson faces in the house. there are some republicans who oppose all funding to ukraine. i'm told many of them when they were in thei

lisa: he said quite a lot. let's break it down. we are talking about bill clinton and nixon. s asking for the chance, saying the president should be able to see the testimony against him, have his own counsel and his own witnesses. democrats say that is coming. they say the closed-door process is the initial investigation phase. when lindsey graham talks about poll numbers and leaks, he is talking about the testimony we have seen, the opening statements from witnesses. lindsey graham admitted he is not sure where it is coming from. he suspects house democrats are putting that out there. a bigger picture here, when i talked to house republicans in particular, they say they feel such pressure that fight for the president because their base is telling them to fight for this president. they have been told by statistics that this president is not just the one controlling the message, he is the republican message. they have to storm committee hearing rooms to show they are behind the president. one source said they think that isn't going far enough, they want to tell their base they

geoff: lisa, you have been talking to donald trump's campaign. what is heto achieve with this interview he reported what dr. carlsen -- tucker carlson? lisa: he wants to convince voters the republican primary is over. look at the statement today. they wrote, "president trump has already won the savings debate." "expect the fox to show a natural a session with president trump." i raise this because this is another importantly rub debate tonight. what is going on is what is happening between former president trump and fox news. headquarters of the conservative candidate. with him not showing up here tonight, it means a choice for conservative viewers. are they going to watch eight republicans on stage you want to be president, or are they going to watch him with tucker carlson, or are they going to just watch video clips tomorrow morning? geoff: lisa desjardins reporting for us tonight in milwaukee. lisa, thank you. lisa: you're welcome. ♪ amna: we return now to our other lead story, a plane crash in russia could have ramifications around the world. a jet wen

lisa: he once again took credit for overturning roe v. nting three justices to the supreme court. >> i'm proud to have done it. lisa: while saying he'd support abortion exceptions and oppose so-called fetal heartbeat bans like the one signed by desantis in florida. >> if you talk five or six weeks, a lot of women don't know they're pregnant in five or six weeks. i want to get something where people are happy. we still have to win elections, and they've used this -- you know, we have some great republicans and they're great on the issue. and you would love them on the issue. a lot of them have been decimated in the election. decimated. lisa: as the field narrows, the remaining candidates have just a few short days to convince any undecided iowans. and after last night's fiery debate, they'll battle sub-zero temperatures as they work to get their supporters to show up on a frigid monday night. geoff: and lisa joins us now from iowa. lisa, it's good to see you. i know you've been reporting all day while you've been on the ground there. what's

lisa: he says he saw passionate voters and a dispassionate, secure system. as very little room for you to have voter fraud. lisa: courts agreed, rejecting then-president donald trump's campaign assertions of fraud. from republican secretary of state brad raffensburger, same conclusion. sec. raffensberger: we've never found systemic fraud -- not enough to overturn the election. lisa: and yet at a conservative conference in orlando on sunday, mr. trump again falsely raised the idea of fraud. mr. trump: we should eliminate the insanity of the mass and very corrupt mail-in voting. and republicans have to do something about it. lisa: republicans across the country are heeding the call. some 250 election law bills in 43 states, concentrated most in swing states trump lost. the brennan center for justice is tracking it. its president, michael waldman. michael: there's a surge of restrictive voting laws being pushed by legislators -- three times as many as just two years ago. andrea: they have the power to change the rules. and they are using that power to pick their