before we go, i want to invite you to a very special youth election town hall tonight hosted by amna nawazspecifically for, with and by teenagers from our student reporting labs network, and in partnership with the poynter institute's mediawise program. before hearing from amna, here's a short preview. >> now the 2020 election is here and political messages are everywhere. >> in fact, sometimes it feels like everything is political. it's a lot. >> let's be real -- some of the information we get is important and useful. >> and some of it is false. how can we know who and what to trust. >> are we prepared for this election and what comes afterwards? jernz. >> that's us. makes up 10% of all american voters. >> gen z is predicted to make up the largest electoral group by 2024. >> that's just four years from now. america hasn't seen a wave of young voters this big since the '70s. >> that's a lot of responsibility so let's face facts. >> let's find out how our actions as citizens matter. >> let's make sure what we read and share is the truth. >> this is our future on the line. this is our time.

amna nawaz is back with a look at his career on and off the court. >> nawaz: judy, after leading the los angeles lakers to the title last night, lebron james did something no other n.b.a. great has done. he's now won four nba titles with three different franchises: miami, cleveland, and now l.a., and he did it in his 17th year the league, averaging nearly 30 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists a game. more now on lebron's impact both on and off the court, from a former teammate and a hall of famer himself, ray allen. >> ray allen, welcome back to the "news hour." thanks for being with us. you are, in many ways, uniquely positioned to settle a long-standing debate. when it comes to who is the greatest of all times, lebron james or mike jordan, you played against jordan and lebron. after the series, is it over? can you settle the debate for us? >> i truly don't believe it is a debate. i always say, if you understand sports, it is hard to really understand, from generation to generation, how those players would stack up. the rules certainly have changed over the years. so now you loo

for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: there have been a numb a tell all books about what it is like to be in president trump's orbit. the latest comes from a top official on the 2016 campaign about his experience with the candidate and how he sees mr. trump as president. he spoke with william brangham. >> brangham: republican consultant rick gates spent a career in politics, but few outside the beltway knew of him before he joined the trump campaign. after pleading guilty to two federal charges, gates became a key witness for special counsel robert mueller's investigation into russian election interference. he's out with a new book: "wicked game- an insider's story on how trump won, mueller failed, and america lost." among the book's revelations: donald trump wanted his daughter ivanka, to be his running mate. but gates' main argument is that he was a pawn used to get to his former boss, paul manafort, and ultimately president trump, and that this probe contributed to the poisoning of our politics. rick gates joins me now. thank you very much for being here. before we tur

amna nawaz begins r coverage. >> with 26ays until election day, the democratic ticket headed tero arizonae president rble candidate joe biden tk a moment to haim kamala harris's d performance the night before. >> this is a person who's ready ne dayo be president of the united states of america. a persona has more integrity in her little if i think they are most people have in their whole body and it's obvious he has great difficulty dealing with strong women. >> president trump threw next week's detective with biden into turmoil. >> nm not going to waist my time on a virtualec dve. >> first refusing to take parts after the detective commission this morning announced a virtual format to "protect the alth if and safety of awful involved," later agreeing with the biden campaign suggestion that the debates be delayed one week so it could still be held in personal. in a statements, we agreed it should happener oct 22nd and accordingly the third% should be delayed one week. on objects 2. donald trump can show up or he can decline again. >> we set daths, i'm sticking with the dates. i'm showing

amna nawaz is back with more on how the protest movement of today takes a page from history. : to help us put this moment into context, i am joined by peniel joseph founding director of the center of the study of race and democracy at the university of texas at austin and auor of "the sword and the shield: the revolutionary lives of malcolm x andngartin luther r." welcome to the "newshour."op a lot of are turning to history to better understand what we are seeg right now at this moment in history. when you compare the protests as you see them today and the protests in the civil rits movement, do you see more similarities or differences? >> tha you for having me. i see both. in the context of the 1960's, we lad massive upheavals for rac justic much of it was peaceful, but at the same time, both during the kennedy, johnson, and nixon administrations, we sought urban rebellions in los angeles, detroit, new jersey, and harlem that spilled oto violence. whene think about the comparisons though, the number of whites who are participating is unprecedented in. 1963, there was a 10 wee

amna nawaz begins our extensive coverage. ter a bruising first debate, campaigns were back on the trail and trading barbs. mr. biden: he did not have ideas or express a single plan about how to move forward. it was a national embarrassment. pres. trump: we are giving people what they want, law and order, which biden was not able to talk about because he would loses radical left followers. i do not think there are too many left. amna: the night before began with a social distance greeting but quickly devolved into chaos. moderator chris wallace's first question on the supreme court vacancy set off the first back-and-forth. pres. trump: we won the election. elections have consequences. we have the senate and the white house and a phenomenal nominee. mr. biden: the issue is, the american people should speak. vote now. make sure you in fact let people know. amna: the president repeatedly sot to paint biden is a far-left candidate. pres. trump: if you say those words, you will lose all of your radical left supporters. they will dom

amna nawaz fills in the details and looks at the proects ahead. reporter: that's right.he justice department alleges that google uses its enormous advertising profits to pay phone manufacturers to make sure that google is the default search engine on your phone. this pattern, prosecutors say, has helped google capture almost 90% of the search engine market in the u.s. 11 state attorneys general, all republican, joined the federal lawsuit. but google, which has a market value of more than $1 trillion u.s., says it is not using anti-competitive practices. to unpack this, i'm joined by dipayan ghosh. he heads the digital platforms & democracy project at the harvard kennedy school. he also worked at facebook, leading efforts to address privacy and serity issues at the company. welcome back to the newshour. let's talk about what the justice department is alleging. they say google is so dominant that it abuses the dominan here's a line from the lawsuit. they say that it primes -- they say google is harming consumers and advertisers. how strong an argument is that when it comes

amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> nawaz: with 26 days until election day, the democratic ticket headed to arizona. former vice president joe biden annator kamala harris met persons i've evr dealt with. this is a person who is ready on day one to bedehe pre of the united states of america. this is a person who has more integrity in their little finger eaan most have in their whole gody,er and the hat he has women.ulty dealing with strong >> reporter: and president trump's debate with biden into turmoil. >> i'm not gonna wte my time on a virtual debate, that's not what debating is all about, you sit behind a computer and do a debate its ridiculous. >> nawazfirst, refusing to take part after the debate commission this morning announced a virtual format, to" protect the health and safety of all involved."g later, agreeth biden campaign suggestion, that the debate be delayed one week, so it could still be held in person. in a statement, trump campaign manager bill stepien, " we agree that this should haen on october 22, and accordingly, the third debate should then be shifted back one week

hosted by amna nawaz "teens, covid and coping," our student reporting labs teamed up with well beings a public media reporting initiative to explore how the pandemic, quarantine and remote learning,re affecting adolescent mental health. here's a preview. >> i mean i've always struggled with my mental health, but it's been more prominent than ever. having to combine the negative thoughts that clutter this space with the stress from classes is just the perfect mix for a disaster if i am being honest. >> i feel like i'm trapped within my own mind. no one can hear me. i feel like no one knows who i am. i don't like this feeling. >> freshman year is something that's always given me anxiety so not having a social life honestly isn't that horrible for a more introverted person such as myself. >> school and my home life is basically one and the same. i really miss when school would just end, and boom, you could come back home and chillax. >> while i'm trying to stay optimistic, i'm still anxious about what will happen next. i plan to go to school a few days a week for a hybrid learning situat

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. ♪ captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening, i'm amna nawaz.f is away. on the newshour tonight, the pandemic and the polls-- how the presidential campaigns are approaching this final stretch to election day. then, we explore what's behind this latest spike in covid cases across the country. plus, the politics of fear-- how this one emotion is overwhelming voters in the final stretch before election day >> what does all this use of fear do, what does it mean to voters? we asked on social media, and the response was overwhelming. thousands of people answered, surprising us with the intensity of their fears related to the election. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. onhe "newshour" tonight, the pandemic and the polls.idential campaigns are apprching this final stretch to election day. then we explore what's behind this latest spike in covid cases across the country. plus, the politics of fear how . how this one emotion is overwhelming voters as they cast their ballots. lisa: what does all this use of fear do, what does it mean to voters? we asked on social media and the response was overwhelming. thousands of people answered, surprising us with the intensity of their fears related to the election. amna: all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour."

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amna nawaz spoke early this morning with the as part of a mission. ing me now is david beasley, the director of the world fd program. congratulations. tell us, how does it feel? david: it is absolutely unbelievable. i here in niger, which is am probablthe most appropriate place to be as we've received this award, because i want the world to understand that people are struggling all over the world. and so i was in a meeting as we were talking about issues in niger, starvation because of climate extremes as well as war conflict from extremist groups. and so somebody walked in the meeting and id, well, a nobel peace prize. i am like, wow, who got it? they said, we d food program. wow. first time in speechless.was [applause] na: anyone who knows you knows it is ve rare for david baisley to be speechless. er david: [laug judy: let me ask you, because the head of your agency was able to intensify the work that you're doing to meet this dramatic rise in global hunger around the world during the pandemic. they said you met it with pressive ability. tell us, h

amna nawaz has more on all of that, but let's begin with some voices from around the country. >> my namerom indiana and i was a senior manufacturing engineer. >> latonya darrisaw, new york, and i was a copywriter at a tech and entertainment company. >> my name is heather williams. i was an adjunct philosophy instructor and graduate assistant at the university of texas. >> my name is sheila richardson and i was a learning specialist. i lost my job because the company said that they did away with the position. it decreased my finances about 30%. so it's a big gap. a major gap. >> the assumption was that, you know, we all would be brought back. yeah. once we got ahead of covid. but unfortunately, that didn't happen. my weekly amount that i get from unemployment now pretty much just covers my rent. >> we had a nice savings with a 401k, ira, savings accounts, whatever, i thought, you know, we were in pretty decent middle america shape. but now they're all just -- and you can just see it month by month. just bum, bum, bum. just going down. >> i've had to cut back on my prescriptions. i've had

amna nawaz looks at so of the other ballot items that voters across the country are considering. >> nawaz: in a number of states voters are weighing in on ballot measures on a range of topics-- everything from election reform to issues having to do with race and racial equality. and they're also voting on who should represent them in their own state legislatures. here to walk us through theen details and , is reid wilson of "the hill." reid, welcome back to the newshourou good to see and thanks for making the time. let's start with some of the ballot measures, it can be a good way to see how they're resinating at the state and local level. is that making its way on to ballot measures this year? >> absolutely. we've seen election reform start in state atures over the last decade move to the courts in recent years, and now voters are getting to have their say. voters in states like massachusetts and alaska wiln l decidehether to implement ranked choice voting, which is a pretty ininnovative way of coucting elections withoua runoff. voters in other states are deciding whether or not to creat

amna nawaz has our report. >> nawaz: president trump today rallied in florida, a last-minute effort to boost the senior vote. >> i'm always here to protect you, love, cherish, defend our nation's seniors. 11 days from now, wegoing to win the state of florida, we're going to winour more years in the white house. >> nawaz: vice president biden, meanwhile, focused on the pandemic, as coronavirus ces surge across the country. >> we're not "learning to live with i we're learning to die with it. this is a dark winter ahead. >> nawaz: it was the very first topic the candidates debated thursday night, in their second and final face-off. >> we're learning to live with it. we have no choice. i take full responsibility. it's not my fault that it came re. it's china's fault. folks, i will take care of this. i will end this. i will make sure we have a plan. >> nawaz: in stark contrast to their first debate, derailed by the president's persistent interruptions... >> this is so unpresidential. >> he's ing to pack the courts. >> nawaz: ...last night was a tightly-moderated affair. >> all right, vice p

philadelphia against police violence are the latest in a year of nationwide demonstrations against racism amna nawazback with more on how the protest movement of today takes a page from history >> reporter: to help us put this moment into context i'm joined by peniel joseph, founding director for the center of race and democracy at the university of texas at austin, also the author of the sword and the shield, the revolutionary lives of malmalcolm x and martin luther king, jr. a lot of people are turning to history to understand what we're seeing at this moment in history, when you compare the protests as you see them today and the protests in the civil rights movement, do you seeore similarities or more dierences? >> yeah, thank you for having me b. i seeh. in the context of the 1960s, we did have massive upheavals for racial justice. much of at was peaceful but at the same time, both during the kennedy and johnson and nixon administrations, we did see urban rebel yuns in los angeles, in droit, in new york, new jersey and harlem that did spill over into violencnke. when we tbout the oes participati

amna nawaz spoke early this morning with the w.f.p.'ader, who was in niger, as o paa mission. >> nawaz: david beasley, welcome to you, and congratulations. >> you know, it'absolutelyel? unbelievable. i'm here in niger, which is probably the most appropriate place to be as we've received this award, because i want the world to understand that people are struggli all over the world. and so i was in a meeting, as we were talking about issues in niger-- starvation because of climate extremes as well arowar conflictextremist groups. and so somebody walked in the meeting and said, well, a nobel peace prize.ke i', yeah, wow. who got it? who got it? and they said, we did. the worlfood program. and i was like, oh, my gosh. wow. i mean, the first time i-- i think my life, i was speechless. ( applause ) >> nawaz: anyone who knows you knows that it is very rare for david beasley to be speechless. but let me ask you, because the headf your agency was able t intensify the work that you're doing to meet this dramatic rise in global hunger around the w

but as amna nawaz tells us, most public health experts say that is a dangerous path. >> nawaz: judy,s goes back to what's traditionally known as "herd immunity"-- the idea that a disease will eventually stop spreading when it has infected enough of the population to build wide-scale resistance. that idea has been mentioned by the trump administration as an approach to the covid-19 pandemic, and has raised concerns among many scientists. for more on why, i'm joined by angela rasmussen, a virologist at columbia university mailman school of public health. >> angelina, welcome back to the "news hour." so people understand, when we're talking about herd immunity, what are examples of where it has worked in the past? >> people can think of any of the vaccine preventable diseases that we've really conquered through immunization. if you think about measles, polio, these viruses used to run rampant through the population. once we started vaccinating people, those viruses essentially went away out of our population. and we've actually seen some of them come back, specifically measles, as peopl

amna nawaz has the details, and the questions it raises about child welfare. >> nawaz: judy, during thedemic, thousands of childr have been rapidly deported to their home countries after crossing the u.s. border. but the "times" reports today, at least 200 of those children, mostly from guatemala, honduras and el salvador, were sent to mexico instead, despite having no family or connections there. caitlin dickerson broke the a stor fills in the rest of the picture for us now. "newshour" and thar beingthe with us. you have covered a number of stories about the care and custody of migrate children by the trump administration, family inparation, kids being hel tells before they were depored, but you said this practice that you have uncovered has potentially more devastating complications. why? what did you mean by that? >> wl, i think the easiest way to understand it is to put yourself in the shoes of ant pa so, you know, there are a lot of different circumstances that are american border alone, but at least one of them which is qui common is, you know, parents end up staying back in home

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. onhe "newshour" tonight, the pandemic and the polls. how the presidential campaigns are apprching this final stretch to election day. then we explore what's behind this latest spike in covid cases across the country. plus, the politics of fear how . how this one emotion is overwhelming voters as they cast their ballots. lisa: what does all this use of fear do, what does it mean to voters? we asked on social media and the response was overwhelming. thousands of people answered, surprising us with the intensity of their fears related to the election. amna: all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." announcer: major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by -- >> when the world gets complicated, a lot goes through your mind. with fidelity wealth management, a dedicated advisor can tailor advice and recommendations to your life. that is fidelity wealth management. announcer: consumer cellular. johnson & johnson. financial services firm raymond james. bnsf railway. the william and flora hewlett foundation. for more than 50 year

amna nawaz has the details. >> reporter: judy, what many people don't realize is that before 2018, and flurry of coverage as thousands of children were separated from their families at the border, the trump administration had already run a secret pilot program in 2017 separating many hundreds more. a federal judge later ordered the government to provide a list of those names, and any documentation, to a group working to reunite families. but the information they gave was sometimes flawed, or incomplete, and many of the parents had already been deported without their kids. yesterday, lawyers told the court that after searching far and wide, the group still cannot find the parents of 545 separated children. and their search has only become more challenging during the pandemic. lee gelernt is the principal attorney with the american civil liberties union, which has been leading the litigation to reunite these falies. he joins me now. lee, welcome back to the "newshour". you and the groups you have been partnering with had already been working to reunite the thousands of kids separated und

amna nawaz has more of those details. >> nawaz: judy, the "new york times" reported that in late februaryo white house advisers, larry kudlow and tomas phillipson, privately told board members of the conservative hoover institution that there was uncertainty about the virus and how it could upend life in the u.s. that would later prove true, but neither the president nor his administration were saying that publicly. and, the message delivered privately made its way a number of elite traders, who in tn, reportedly bet the economy would slow down. that would also prove true. william cohan is an author and former investment banker, who worked in wall street finance for 17 years. he joins me now. welcome the newshour, that memo from the briefingk we should mention someone who is in the briefings typed up some note, sent them out to a bunch of contacts, made its way to staff, additional contact, basically made its way to a number of money management firms within a day. if you are in the business of making money, you are an investor who sees that kind of memo coming from white house officials,

but as amna nawaz tells us, these concerns are global. >> nawaz: judy, new hotspots are emerging around the world, and some epicenters are getting worse. in india, the total number of cases now tops seven million. in brazil, a new milestone this week, with more than 150,000 deaths. and infections are now rising in a number of other countries, including russia, nepal, iran, and right here in the unit states, where covid cases are increasing in a majority of states. meanwhile, a new study suggests the u.s. death toll could be even higher than previously thought. lawrence gostin specializes in global health. he has advised special committees of the world health organization, and served on a special ebola commission for the u.n. secretary general. he's now at the georgetown law school. lawrence gostin, welcome back to the "newshour". so the head of the world health organization said covid 19 activity is up, accelerating around the world, but it is uneven, so when you look at the countries that are seeing a surge, why are they seeing that surming? is there something that they have in common?

amna nawaz has that and more. >> nawaz: it's been just days since we learned of thevi president's 9 diagnosis. but it's important to point out, r weeks, voters across t country have been casting their ballots. annearly four million amer have already voted, according to data from 22 states andthe unitedtates election project. and by the end of this week, mail-in or in-person early voting will be underway in 43 of the nation's 50 states, plus t capitol, washington, d.c. our politics monday team is here to break it all down: amy walter of the cook political report and host of public radio's "politics with amy walter." and domenico montanaro of npr. tamara keith is away. >> nawaz: welcomyou both. amy, i want to start with you. because, man, millions of people have already voted. and a lot has happened in just the last four days. so what is the potential election impact, if any, of thesi prent's covid-19 diagnosis in these final weeks ahead? >> amy: right.re yoight, amna, the idea of an octer surprise usually was, we, something that happens in october that gives people three weeks or two weeks,ng