with generous support from the open rivers fund, a program supported by the william and flora hewlett foundation, patagonia media grants, the maybelle clark mcdonald foundation, the freas foundation, the dalton family trust, and the north umpqua foundation. ♪♪♪

with generous support from the open rivers fund, a program supported by the william and flora hewlett foundation, patagonia media grants, the maybelle clark mcdonald foundation, the freas foundation, the dalton family trust, and the north umpqua foundation. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ shane anderson: the world has not lost an entire race of salmon since the prehistoric saber tooth went extinct over 5 million years ago. ♪♪♪ shane: but now time is running out for the last wild runs of spring chinook, arguably, the most revered pacific salmon. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ deborah giles: salmon are the most amazing species on the planet, and really, if you're talking about one group of those salmon, the spring chinook salmon are at the top of that list. silas whitman: spiritual importance, that fish is very pronounced. russ thurow: friend of mine calls them mariners and mountaineers, and that's really an apt description of these fish. they're basically the best of the best, and these fish are at really high risk of extinction. mike miller: spring run's just a good example of a species that is so critical from an ecological, a cultural, and

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the william and flora hewlett foundation, for more than 50 years advancing ideas and supporting instituationsomote a better world. at hewlett.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening, and welcome to the "newshour." israel is in an uproar tonight after the country's parliament backed a controversial plan to overhaul the judicial system by passing a law that weakens the powers of the courts. the measure has divided that nation, sparked mass protests, and drawn rare criticism from the white house. stephanie sy starts our coverage. stephanie: today, chaos in the knesset. opposition lawmakers chanted "shame" and stormed out in protest ahead of the vote on judicial reform. with nearly half the seats empty, the measure won 64-0. there are 120 seats in the knesset. prime minister netanyahu praised the passage. pm netanyahu: today, we performed a necessary democratic step to bring a balance between the b

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so william and flora hewlett foundation has given to republican, the campaign legal center, the american constitutional study, online for justice and fix the court. and the ford foundation has funded the center for popular democracy and the national women's law center both organizations call for supreme court reform based on trade for reporting. .. winding back for just a moment. the whirlwind quote. what was that whirlwind? what was truck schumer saying on the supreme court, of the un he stood on the steps of the court, will unleash the whirlwind, you won'tir know what he is. i think you just said corset and kavanaugh leaving out the title. what was it? was the whirlwind who traveled great distances and arrived at night outside the home of justice kevin to kill just as kavanaugh, was at the whirlwind? was a whirlwind blatant refusal to enforce 1507 against those terrorizing, sometimes daily, often weekly or another semi regular basis? the families of supreme courtt justice protesting outside the home allowing protest to take place andts refusing to enforce federal law that makes it unla