newshour special correspondent jane ferguson has the story produced in partnership with the pulitzer : there are many reasons to marvel at the amazon rainforest, it is the world's most precious ecosystem. a natural wonder, regenerating water, absorbing carbon dioxide, home to untold species of the earth's creatures. and, fm above, it is simply beautiful. but from space, that beauty is obscured. so the smoke clouds can effectively deal from space? >> oh, yes. it's clear. this is a picture from the geostationary satellite. this is about 40,000, 40,000 kilometers away. so you're not talking about something small. you're talking about something that can be seen from such a distance. jane: senior scientist alberto setzer examines these satellite images here at brazil's national institute for space research. on any given day, there are 20 to 30,000 fires raging in the amazon. humans, encroaching deeper into the forest, clearing it for farming. >> for example, if you look here, you see a new area being deforested. look, this was a farm they already deforested. and here all the satellites det

in partnership with the pulitzer center, jane ferguson reports from sao paulo. the results came in, supporters of the former president lula da silva were jubilant. in the end, lula got the most opposed, but not over 50% needed to win outright. brazilians will head to the polls at the end of this month for a runoff. >> it was really close, but we believe in turning votes. we believe in lula. we believe it is possible to win. jane: lula was president from 2003 to 2011. >> i never wanted election in the first round. i have won all of them in the second round. what is important is the chance to think thoroughly on what you propose for society. jane: current president jarablus in our continued his -- president bolsonaro argued he is the last defense against socialism in the region. >> what worries me is brazil following steps to the left the same path of venezuela, colombia, she lay, and nicaragua. the first victim is the freedom of the people. jane: bolsonaro supporters were more subdued but say he will remain in office. >> it will be the truth against the lies, god

jane ferguson traveled into the amazon for this story.roduced in partnership with the pulitzer center. >> it is an indigenous version of the olympics complete with opening ceremony. here, every four years, 13 different indigenous communities gather as young people compete, age-old traditions of swimming and tug-of-war. above all, these games are an effort to keep their countries alive at a time when the cultures are under fierce attacks says the local community leader. >> our culture is being assassinated by white culture. they games really come to the rescue so it is the utmost important because the younger generation can begin to understand themselves. it serves as a kind of appreciation for our culture >> we were traveled to a tip of land where the rivers nearly meat. in an indigenous community known as bella franco. communities like this are fighting to stay on their land. >> we are at war with the brazilian government. >> she has been struggling with the rights of her community for years and never as hard as during the year the presi

producer charles lyons in rio, and in partnership with the pulitzer center, special correspondent jane ferguson. jane: from the beaches of rio de janeiro, to sao paulo's bustling streets and all across brazil, the people have spoken. sitting president jerry bolsonaro is out. he lost narrowly to louise in osseo lula da silva, known as lula. >> on this historic october 30, the majority of brazilians made it very clear that they want more and not less democracy. that they want more and not less social inclusion, and opportunities for all. jane: the results mark an astonishing comeback for lula, who was jailed in 2018 on corrupon charges that were later overturned. with just 2 million votes separating the candidates, this was the narrowest victory in brazil's 37-year-old democracy. flavia barbosa is the executive editor of leading brazilian newspaper o globo. >> when we listen to president elect lula last night, what he said was, i get the message from the polls. i hear what voters said, what half of the voters have said. but there are no two countries, there are no two brazil's, we have just one a

in partnership with the pulitzer center, special correspondent jane ferguson reports from the atlantic state of bahia, north of rio. jane: it takes a strg person to survive the slums, own as favelas, opanama city. on top of crushing poverty and crime, people must fight just to keep a roof over their heads. under the government of jair bolsonaro these last four years, efforts by farmers and land developers to push the poor off unoccupied lands, often with violence, have increased. >> it's terrible because he armed the land speculators. they say that we are troublemakers, invaders, and they arm the farmers and say that we don't have the right to land. jane: nildes araujo leads the fight to defend her home, this small patch of land she shares with 60 families living in tiny, makeshift houses. she works with a land rights organization, and after speculators sent gunmen to chase them away, araujo got a lawyer, went to cour and won the right to stay, for now. >> these conflicts have always occurred, but with the bolsonaro government, it worsened because they do not give us the right to housi

newshour special correspondent jane ferguson traveled into the amazon for this story, produced in partnershipenter. ♪ jane: it an indigenous version of the olympics in the amazon, complete with opening ceremony. here, every four years, 13 different indigenous communities gather as young people compete at age-old traditions -- running races, bow and arrow, swimming, tug of war. above all, these youth games are an effort to keep their cultures alive at a time when those cultures are under fierce attack, says the local community leader, abraao atman. >> our culture is being killed -- assassinated by white culture. the games come to the rescue, so it is of utmost important because the younger generation begin to understand themselves. it serves as a kind of appreciation for our culture. jane: we were invited to witness the event and traveled to a tip of land near where the tapajos and amazon rivers nearly meet, in an indigenous community known as vila franca. communities like this are fighting to stay on their land. >> we are at war with the brazilian government. jane: auricelia arapiun has been

jane ferguson reporting from sao paulo on brazils election. thank you, jane. thank you. -- jane: thank you. ♪ judy: the supreme court kicked off its first day of the new term with fresh arguments and a new face. to unpack today and all that's to come, we turn now to our regular court watcher, marcia coyle, chief washington correspondent for the national law journal, and josh gerstein, politico's senior legal affairs reporter. welcome to you both. it is so great to have you. so much to ask you about. let's start with the new person on the court. tonja brown jackson. this is the first case she is hearing. we have just a bit of an excerpt, audio excerpt, of her questioning as the justices heard the arguments. we are going to listen to that and come back to you. jackson: did they see the property? i understood in the pictures, that you could tell that at least part of it was a wetland by looking at is so. schiff: i believe mr. fletcher was referring to after the initial work had been done, and the pictures show that there is water on the property, but that doesn't