both need to be passed >> woodruff: and amna nawaz joins me now. na, tell us more about the stalemate the president is referring to. >> reporter: it's a big acknowledge buhe's been building his language towards this and it's indicative of where they are now. talking about two major bills central to the president's economic agenda, the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, they are locked up in an intrademocrattic battle now. centrists want the bipartisan bill to move forward through first alone. already passed the senate. they have sticker shock when it cops to the reconciliation bill and both parties want both moving through together. president biden, this week, has been working to unite both sides, figure out where the common ground is. his language is reflective of where they are. he ended with hope and optimism they both need to be passed. note clear where the common ground is moving forward. >> woodruff: where to go from here? >> reporter: the leader of the house congressional caucus doubling down, s

da-da-da-da-da-da ♪♪ captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening, i'm amna nawazaway. on the newshour tonight, high ak tst--esre balance, as negotiations then, getting the ccine-- a former f.d.a. commissioner on the latest strategies to ramp up america's low vaccination rates. and, saving the sequoias-- crews scramble to contain wildfires threatening to torch some of the oldest trees in the world. >> 2,000 years of living history. they're ancient beings and they're dying befo our very eyes. and what really gets to me is that we're not acting fast enough. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: facing questions. top u.s. heat from lawmakers and contradict president bid on america's withdrawal from afghanistan. then, high stakes. progressive democrats in the house dig in, threatening to vote against the president's bipartisan infrastructure bill, just days before a key vote. and, the cost of covid. school closures in uganda lead children to help their families survive, with many being trafficked into forced labor. >> 2020 was the first year in two decades that saw an increase in child labor around the world. and, with the pandemic devastating economies, the

amna nawaz is back with our look at the case. me viewers, this story deals with explicit references to sexual assault. amna: r. kelly has faced allegations of sexual abuse for more than two decades and has settled multiple cases, but this is the first criminal trial he has faced since being acquitted of child pornography charges in 2008. over this trial, prosecutors brought 45 witnesses to prove racketeering charges. they argue kelly oversaw a criminal enterprise, with associates helping to lure underage girls, boys, and young women, whom he sexually assaulted and imprisoned. kelly pled not guilty. emily palmer is covering this for the new york times. she joins me now. welcome to the newshour. you have been listening to those witnesses as they shared their testimony, horrifying details. tell us about what they have said. emily: this case is built on the stories of six women. five of them testified. the first woman to take the stand, to ever take the stand and testify against r. kelly was nine months pregnant at the time. she took

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amna nawaz reports. >> what is the point of reporting abuse if our own fbi agents are going to take ites to bury that report in a drawer? amna: today on capitol hill, four of america's top gymnasts recounted their abuse by former team usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar, and the fbi's failure to investigate. >> this was very clear, cookie-cutter pedophilia and abuse. it's important because i told the fbi all of this and they chose to falsify my report. >> usa gymnastics and the usa olympic and paralympic committee and the fbi have all betrayed me and all those who were abused by larry nassar after i reported. >> the fbi made me feel like my abuse didn't count and that it wasn't a big deal. i remembr sitting there with the fbi agent and him trying to convince me thatt wasn't that bad. it has taken me years of therapy to realize that my abuse was bad, that it does matter. >> to be clear, i blame larry nassar and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. amna: simone biles, the lone nassar assault survivor on the 2020 tokyo olympics squad, said pushing for accou

now, amna nawaz widens the lens with a conversation about how september 11 and its aftermath changed . amna: judy, two decades later, we are still learning how the september 11 terror attacks shaped our politics, military and sense of national unity. graff is the author of the book -- garrett graff is the author of the book "the only plane in the sky: an oral history of 9/11". he also hosts a new podcast called "long shadow" about lingering questions after the attacks. he joins me now. welcome back, when you first read the book and we talked about it you said your goal was not to recount the fact of the day but to remind everyone what it felt like. 20 years later, do you still think it is as important to remember this really what that day felt like? >> absolutely. and i think part of this is, here we are 20 years later, a generation later, we are seeing this event from memory into history. of the 13 marines and the sailor killed in kabul in august, only two of them were old enough to be out of diapers on 9/11. so the story we tell them and future generations about what this day meant

amna nawaz has our report. >> nawaz: elizabeth holmes was just 19 when she dropped out of stanford to a company called thenos. holmes claimed to have developed revolutionary blood testing technology, capable of running dozens of blood tests for patients, with just a prick of a finger. she attracted big name investors from media tycoon rupert murdoch to former trump education secretary betsy devos. her work gained widespread praise. she s involved in events with former president bill clinton, and even president joe biden, who sat on a panel about health care innovation at her company in 2015 when he was vice president. the company would go on to partner with major corporations like safeway and walgreens, which offered in-store blood tests to customers. at its peak, theranos was valued at over nine billion dollars. but the tide soon turned, after investigations raised serious questions about whether the blood-testing technology even worked at all. holmes, now 37, faces ten counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. holmes has pleaded not guilty. to help sort

for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: finally tonight, millions of students are headed backr of online learning. we asked students in our student reporting labs network what returning to in-person learning looks and feels like amid new delta variant concerns, vaccination debates, and mask mandates. >> it's only been like two weeks of school so far and there are already like covid cases in a lot of the schools in my county. >> for me honestly feels like it's my first time being here. >> i am at a school with a few hundred people and i would say about half of them are either have the mask on their chin or don't have it covering their nose and it's the most frustrating thing ever. >> i'm just really glad to be back in a classroom because online school is jt so mentally draining. >> the thing i'm most worried about going back to school is am i going to have the motivation to do my school work? >> it is definitely frustrating to see kids who think they're way too cool to wear a mask. >> i'm kind of frustrated about that there's no mask mandate just because i would be more comfort

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i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: boosting the vaccine. the f.d.a.ny, americans should receive an additional shot. we break down the latest recommendations. then, on the border. a crowd of over 10,000 migrants awaits u.s. processing, while sheltering under a texas bridge. plus, it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capehart discuss politics at the border, and tensions between the u.s. and france. plus, an extraordinary man. the remarkable life and career of muhammad ali, as told by ken burns. >> there's so many layers and subtexts to him. he is an epic, almost mythic figure, in which his life and his flan

amna nawaz has our conversation. judy, in wyoming alone, 710 indigenous people were reported missing between 2011 and 2020. in fact, although indigenous people make up only 3% of the state's population, they accounted for more than 21% of homicide victims over the last decade. the problem is not limited to wyoming. native women are murdered at rates 10 times the national average, a pattern that's reflected in a report from abigail echohawk. she is the chief research ofcer for the seattle indian health board and the director of the urban indian health institute. she joins me now. >welcome to the newshour. you have called that a crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. give us a sense of scale and scope. >> we are talking about a crisis that has been going on for hundreds of years. we've seen native women go missing and murdered at astronomical rates. despite knowing this, we see an underreporting in the data, which makes it harder for us to advocate for and show the disparity that exists in our commun

amna nawaz has more. amna: that's right, judy.he cdc panel did vote against recommending a third shot for those considered high risk because of occupational setting. this all comes after the fda last night granted emergency use of pfizer boosters for vulnerable populations. for perspective on all of this, i'm joined by dr. kirsten bibbins-domingo. she is a physician, epidemiologist, and professor at the university of california, san francisco. dr. bibbins-domingo, welcome back to the "newshour." thanks for making the time. so, the cdc panel recommends this pfizer booster for a wide swathe of americans. it's fair to say the group they said no to, basically all adults who they consider high risk because of their jobs. what did you make of that decision? dr. bibbins-domingo: yes. it's important to know that many people are at high risk because of their jobs. but, really, they're at high risk because of having an exposure to coronavirus and having repeated exposures to coronavirus, not necessarily from having a severe outcome. and i t

amna nawaz has more on the challenges first responders are still facing. let's start by hearing from some of them in their own words, brought to us by the dorney-koppel foundation. >> it was very bad, like a sandstorm. you could not see three or four feet in front of you. >> it took weeks for the dust to get out of my workboots. >> my teeth felt like i had sand in my mouth. i was blowing my nose for weeks and blood was coming out. i kept going back and i was every night for three months. >> after the twin tower went down, the air was not healthy enough for people living or working there. i was there every day. >> the air quality was not what it should have been. we all knew it. we went in anyway. >> the department of environmental protection came out saying the air is fine. it is healthy to breathe. don't worry about the air. >> they told us it was clean, it was ok. >> they said everything would be all right. everything was not all right. >> we all knew the site was contaminated, no matter what government agencies said. it was not. we all knew it, all the

amna nawaz explores some of those questions tonight. na: judy, the past few days alone have seen one biblical-like problem after another. flooding, a total loss of power, and breakdown of the electrical grid, wind destruction, and fires out of control in the west. alice hill has long worked on these issues, including at the national security council during the obama administration. she is the david m. rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the council on foreign relations, and author of the new book "the fight for climate after covid-19." welcome. thank you for making the time. i want to ask you about resiliency. we have heard it from president biden so much, earlier today. billions of dollars went into fortifying new orleans after hurricane katrina, and yet we have all still seeing the devastation. what should have been done that was not done? alice: there is so much to do when it comes to preparing for climate. it's an endless list. there has been great progress made but these impacts are coming harder and faster an

amna nawaz now takes a wider look at the status of immigration reform in this country, and what's at ake. amna: that's right. joining me now to take that bigger look at immigration reform right now is marielena hincapie. she is the executive director of the national immigration law center. you heard the secretary say earlier we are in the midst of a pandemic and in the middle of a critical migration challenges. these arriving haitians will not be treated any effort leave that anyone arriving any part of the border. broadly speaking, what is your reaction to the way the administration has handled this latest crisis at the border? marielena: these images are horrific. it is incredible that the biden and harris administration is using a failed approach of deterrent strategy when these are the very people you look at those images, there is no difference between them except for their names and national origin and their black skin when you compare them to people coming from afghanistan are welcoming and should be welcoming to the united states. we urge the administration to stop the deporta

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the "newshour" tonight...oosting the vaccine -- the f-d-a debates which, if any, americans should receive an additional shot. we breakdown the latest recommendations. then, on the border a crowd of over ten thousand migrants awaits u.s. processing while sheltering under a texas bridge plus, it's david brooks and friday. jonathan capehart discuss politics at the border, and tensions between the u.s. and france. plus an extraordinary man -- the , remarkable life and career of muhammad ali as told by ken burns. >> there's so many layers and subtexts to him. he is an epic, almost mythic figure in which his life and his flaws and his strengths play out on a world stage. amna: in all that d more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- a key advisory committee of the -- ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that can access. ♪ >> johnson and johnson. financial services firm raymond james. >> fostering an informed engaged communities. more at calf.or

and amna nawaz now takes a wider look at the status of immigration reform in this country, and what's at stake. >> nawaz: that's right, judy. well, joining me now to take that bigger look at immigration reform in the u.s. right now is marielena hincapiÉ. she is the executive director of the national immigration law center. mariel eppa welcome to the househour, you heard secretary mayorkas say in del rio we are in the midst of a pandemic and critical migration challenge. these aive radioing haitians are not going to be treated differently than anybody arriving at any other part of the border that is to say they will be immediately dispeld. broadly speaking what is your reaction to the way the administration has handled ths latest-- latest crisis at the border. >> thank you for the invitation, these images from del rio are horrific it is incredible that the biden-harris administration is using a failed approach of deterrent strategy when these are the very people, when you look at those images, there is no difference between them, except their names, their national origin, and their bla

tonight, amna nawaz begins our coverage with a look at the effect on millions of american muslims. >>9/11, the lives of millions of american muslims changed overnight for the years that followed, u.s. national security would be transformed. pop culture and media representations of muslims took a different angle. and over the years, u.s. presidents have explicitly taken very different stances on how muslims should be seen >> as the enemy of america is not our many muslim friends. it is not our many arab friends. our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them. >> the attacks of september 11th, 2001, and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to vieislam as inevitably hostile not only to america and western countries, but also to human rights. all this has bred more fear and more mistrust. >> donald trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> nawaz: now, we

amna nawaz reports. >> nawaz: on the streets of kabul, countless vendors are out to sell.uying. in afghanistan's first days without foreign forces, the cost of basic goods is swelling. the national currency is plummeting, and the economy is at a standstill. and it's the taliban's job to fix it. elsewhere in the capital, bank lines stretch down the block. >> ( translated ): all prices have risen and we can not buy anything and people have a big economic problem because the banks are closed and the market conditions are not good. there are no job opportunities and no one can afford to buy anything. >> nawaz: ali mustafa is a reporter with trt world, tuey's national broadcaster, and is in kabul. >> it's brimming and there seems to be a lot of frustration on the streets. there are long lines outside banks. there are groups of talibs that move around. they do not disturb anyone, they set up checkpoints, they do check vehicles and so on and so forth but it's almost as if they're holding back. they're waitinon the streets. >> nawaz: he said that already, women are anticipating fe

amna nawaz has more facts about the vaccine and the risks of the virus. >> nawaz: that's right judy.% of pregnant women are currently vaccinated, and the racial disparities are stark. among asian women, 47% are vaccinated, as are 35% of white women. among hispanics and latinas, only 27% are inoculated, and among black women, just 17%. we explore this with obgyn dr. joia crear-perry. she's also founder and president of the national birth equity collaborative, an organization focused on the reproductive health and well being of black women. dr. crear-perry, welcome to the newshour. thank you for making the time. let's start with the overall number. what do we know about why those vaccination rates, specifically for pregnant women, are so low? >> we took a long time to really get around to pregnant women. if you think about the beginning of this pandemic, we were focused on the elderly, on frontline workers, and so our messaging and our outreach really focused on those areas. and forleft pregnant women, as s pregnant people, as well as children out of the convsation. it's confusing, i'm

amna nawaz has more on the challenges first responders are still facing.tart by hearing from some of them in their own words, brought to us by the dorne koppel foundation. >> it was very, very bad. it was like a sandstorm. i've been in sandstorms. it was like that. you couldn't see three or four feet in front of you. >> it took two weeks for that dust to get out of my work boots. >> i went home and my teeth felt like i had sand in my mouth. i was blowing my nose for weeks and blood was coming out of it. but i just kept going back, and then i was every night for three months. >> after the twin towers went down, that area was a disasterous area. it wasn't healthy enough for the people that were living or working there. and i was there every day. >> the air quality wasn't what it should have been. we all knew it, in spite of what we were told, we went in anyway. >> i think it was the en,, the department of environmental protection and said, the air is fine. it's healthy to breathe. don't worry about the air. >> they told us the air was clean, that was okay. >