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eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universitygeoff: the biden administration has reached a landmark wer deal with several western states to stave off an immediate crisis with the colorado river -- and the communities that depend on it. william brangham has a look at what's at stake. william: geoff, the colorado river has been profoundly affected by a historic mega-drought. that's meant that lake mead and lake powell -- the huge reservoirs fed by the river -- could drop so low, it could endanger water supplies for agriculture as well as for cities like los angeles and phoenix. the new deal puts those risks on hold for now. california, arizona and nevada will agree to take less water from the river. in exchange, the federal government will pay a billion dollars to key players in those states. to help us understand what this will mean, we are joined by luke runyon. luke, thank you so much for being here. what are the contours of this deal? what did the states agree to? >> the states agree to take less water from the colorado river,

eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university the full faith and credit of the u.s. is on the line. the u.s. may be unable to pay the bills come june if both sides can't arrive at a deal to raise the debt limit. democrats maintain any discussion of future spending must be separate from paying future debts. >> the house has raised the debt ceiling in a responsible manner, curbed the debt ceiling and i asked the president the simple question, does he not believe there is any place to find savings? >> the disagreements are wide and anybody who says my way or no way is not serving the country well and i'm afraid that is what speaker mccarthy is saying. geoff: laura, we start with you. it still sounds like a stalemate. >> there has been very little movement. right after the meeting ended, democratic leaders agreed with the white house that their staff would start talking as early as this evening, but when it comes to the debt limit, there has been little change. the white house position is that they want a clean debt ceiling increase.

weta studios in washington and in the west from walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university>> white house officials say the biden administration will approve european allies providing american-made f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. the west will also support a joint effort to train ukrainian pilots to operate them. ukraine has been asking for those f-16's since early in the war with russia. up until now, the u.s. has refused. for more, we turn to a retired lieutenant general who had a 35-year career in the army and served on the national security council for both george w. bush and barack obama. he was also u.s. ambassador to nato during the obama administration. the u.s. had previously said providing those f-16's could be provocative and also said ukraine did not need net specific -- that specific military capability. what has changed? >> you are right this has long been on the list of requirements from the ukrainian government to the coalition that has been providing military support, but you are also right that we have not to date agree to the requirement because in part we a

weta studios in washington and in the west, from walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> for the fourth time in a month, a news report is raising ethics questions about supreme court justice clarence thomas and his financial dealings with rich friends. >> this time, it is about money going to thomas' wife at the direction of leonard leo, whose work has been devoted to getting more conservative federal judges. according to "the washington post," in 2012, leo told a republican pollster that he wanted to give thomas another $25,000. the money should be billed to a nonprofit group that leo advised, and that there was to be no mention of ginny, of course. emma brown was on the team that uncovered this. first of all, why would leonard leo, perhaps best known as the head of the federalist society, the conservative legal network, why would he be in touch with kellyanne conway about sending money to ginni thomas? quickset is a great question. the documents -- >> that is a great question. the documents we reviewed don't really answer that question. what we can see is he is arra

weta studios in washington and in the west from walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university a decorated air force general could soon be the next highest-ranking military officer in the u.s. the president's pick to replace general mark milley as the general joint chiefs of staff is both strategic and symbolic. >> at the white house today, president biden announced general charles q brown junior, known as cq, to lead the joint chiefs of staff. >> general brown has become known for his signature approach . accelerate change or lose. general, you are right on. >> if confirmed, brown would become the president's senior military advisor. >> my visor down, my mask up, you don't know who i am. >> commissioned in 1984, brown piloted f-16 fighter jets, a persona played up in this air force recruiting add. >> while general brown is a proud, butt-kicking american airmen, first and always, he has always been an operational leader in the joint force. >> brown rose through the rksce to becometrweapons school. he served as commander of the u.s. air forces and commander of air force assets i

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weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityna: montana became the first state to ban tiktok yesterday, citing fears that the app's chinese-owned parent company could be providing americans' data to the chinese government. montana could be a testing ground for other state and national leaders also considering bans on the nation's fastest-growing app. correspondent: the first of its kind law bans mobile of from hosting tiktok on their platforms in violations could mean fine for the companies and for tiktok is someone is offered the ability to access the platform or download the app. the bill's signing came after months of debate in the state legislature, with proponents arguing that the app and its chinese based parent company bytedance is a threat to national security. >> this app steals data from users and its ability to share that data with the chinese communist party is unacceptable and infringes on montana's rights to privacy. >> there is nothing stopping the social media company based in america from collecting the same dat

weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityiam: if you stacked up the full debt of the united states in hundred dollar bills, you could make not one, not two, but 13 piles of cash as tall as the washington monument. lisa desjardins takes a step back from the debt ceiling negotiations on capitol hill to account for what the nation owes. lisa: ok. the national debt. all of the money the u.s. government owes is currently $31.4 trillion. but what does that mean? for one, that's decades worth of government spending. things like medicaid and other health care. the u.s. military, food stamps, and other benefits, fixing roads, head start and schools, the environment, national parks. and a thousand other areas. it's simple. for years, what the u.s. government spent on those things was far more than it brought in, that stacked up to that $31.4 trillion in debt that we have now. that's an enormous, almost nonsensical number. let's put it a different way. if all americans pitched in, it would take $94,000 from each one of us, every man, wo

weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityna: another major bank failure has shaken the u.s. financial system. federal regulators' seizure of first republic bank comes less than two months after silicon valley bank and signature bank collapsed. to help us understand why this happened and the state of the banking industry, i'm joined by roben farzad. he's host of public radio's "full disclosure" podcast. roben, welcome back. always good to see you. as you well know, as y the shamow to talk about, after those previous bank collapses, some of the biggest banks rushed in to shore up first republic bank, $30 billion of a rescue package handed over there. why didn't that work? why did federal regulators have to step in here? roben: because it wasn't enough of a firewall. this is all a confidence game. and i don't mean that pejoratively. you could look at this cynically, like all these banks would love to get bank of first republic's prestige and brand standing and clientele with financial aid from the fdic or the fed or anybody else

studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universitybery, dereliction of duty, obstruction of justice. those are just some of the allegations against republican texas attorney general ken paxton after a months-long investigation led by members of his own party. it's one of several stories around the country that ali rogin is following. ali: geoff, republican ken paxton has faced years of scandal, but now, he faces 20 articles of impeachment in the final days of the legislative session. the bipartisan members of the house committee leading the investigation voted unanimously to recommend the impeachment charges late yesterday. >> the chair moves that the committee adopt the articles of impeachment against warren kenneth paxton, attorney general. ali: paxton has denied any wrongdoing and accused the committee of relying on hearsay and gossip and using their quote unsubstantiated report to overturn the results of a free and fair election." sergio martanez-beltran is a politics and government reporter for npr's the texas newsroom and joins

with the best education currently available in the world, for this we are cooperating with arizona state university largest and most innovative universities in the united states. already this year, the american university will increase the number of training programs from five to nine in various directions, from classical software to the latest artificial intelligence programs, as it was with artillery guidance well, we think that putin is generally a moron , a bag on my head, i have the coat of arms of our country, a trident on my chest, settled how long have you been sitting here and how long have you come 46 we could not leave the city already anywhere 100-150 i personally did not have the best man of stingrays over my head for they could take their eyes away. we wanted to drive them out of our land as soon as possible, that's why they ran. good day, the ukrainian language , we took ours for 6 months, we lived and waited for it to happen . russia will be a military town. planned one hero who was actually tortured and in the end we will talk, we will just go to the streets to get to know each oth

. >> this is the pbs newshour from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. william: aside from debt ceiling negotiations, capitol hill was also focused today on what to do about artificial, the fast evolving, remarkably powerful computer technologies that many believe could revolutionize - and perhaps upend - many aspects of our lives. the metaphors used to describe ai at a senate hearing today reflected this spectrum: some said this could be as momentous as the industrial revolution, others warned it's akin to developing the atomic bomb. >> we could be looking at one of the most significant technological innovations in human history . quest today, senators and experts weighed in on the gravity and growing risks of rapidly developing ai. >> we have unprecedented opportunities here but we are also facing a perfect storm . >> sam altman is the ceo and founder of open ai, which is at the forefront of this new technology. >> as this technology advances, we understand people are anxious about how it could change the way we live. we are too. >> artificial intelli

weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university first time since russia's invasion of ukraine, civilian areas of moscow came under a drone attack this morning and russian authorities blamed ukraine for at least eight strikes in the capital city and five drones were shut down but three wandered into residential areas damaging buildings and causing residents to evacuate and ukraine did not claim any direct involvement. the rare strikes inside russia follow a barrage of attacks on kiev and a sign of escalating tensions. moscow awoke to the sights and sounds of war the first time since it invaded ukraine. loud explosions, plumes of smoke in the russian capital, at least three buildings hit and evacuated. for these eyewitnesses, the war had come home. >> [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] around 4:00, as if a deafening bank struck somewhere near and i came out and there were many emergency services on the site. it was visible at the top of the house tha

weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityto medication abortion faced a critical test to date in the conservative for circuit court of appeals. a three-judge panel of republican appointees heard arguments about whether the abortion pill that the priest first approved by the fda more than 20 years ago should stay on the market and is the latest legal battle since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade last year. joining us with reporting and analysis is a correspondent for kff health news reporting for the newshour about abortion access and the overturning of roe v. wade. and a professor at the university of texas school of law and an expert on federal courts. his new book on the supreme court is the shadow docket. thank you both for being with us. sarah remind us why this case is so significant and said to be the most consequential and's the overrning of roe v. wade? sarah: in the last number of years the number of women who rely on medication abortion pills has grown to more than 50%, so access to this regimen is incredibl

studios in washington and into the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universitycow awoke to a dramatic image, an apparent drone exploding over the kremlin. the heart of russian power. russian president's press service accused ukraine of a failed assassination attempt but kyiv denies any involvement. nick is following today's development that he joins me here now. good to see you. you been reporting on this all day, what do we know about what happened? >> moscow says two drones flew over the kremlin after about 2:00 in the morning. kim filmed to explosions 15 minutes apart. -- cameras filmed 2 explosions. analysts say what we are watching is a small drown unarmed, exploded or brought down by russian air defense. the kremlin called that a failed assassination attempt against russian president vladimir putin and though he was not in the kremlin at the time. ukrainian president visiting finland and denied any involvement. >> we do not attack vladimir putin or moscow. we fight on our territory. we are defending our villages and cities. we do not have enough weapons fo

i assume that arizona state university, that is where it is. none of that existed in judiciary. if you are judge smith and you are flying out to hawaii on anybody's time, federal society, aclu, what have you, there is no process by what you have to get approval internally or externally and you do not have to report about the trip until up to 18 months after the fact where senator whitehouse is going to have to file a report within 30 days of returning from arizona and i think that those are ways in which we could bring the judiciary into compliance with the ethics rules that are followed by lawmakers. >> change is coming to the supreme court. all right, gabe roth -- we hope so as well. gabe roth, we appreciate you, thank you very much. coming up, it turns out donald trump under oath is a lot like donald trump all the other time. >> i would not, under any circumstances have any interest in you. i am being honest when i say it. >> so how exactly was assaulting jean carroll -- played to the jury in the civil case against former president. i will ask a former new york prosecutor nex

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arizona state university, slate magazine. and what we do, we look at the intersection of technology, policy and society. we have a channel slate and it's up to the slate team here at slate.com slash future tense. we cover the future and historically we have live events course. they've mostly been online for the past two years. so this is of our very first in-person events and it's really wonderful to be back here at new america. we're here tonight. talk about a book i edited for princeton university press called are not expected to understand this. how six lines of code change the world. it's made up of 26 essays by technology historians and journalists about specific events in programing history. we have essays on the first police beat algorithm on the code that tells your roomba how to navigate your living room. the first computer virus, the jpeg and much more. and the title comes a famous code left in comment left in the linux source code. back in 1975. we're about code pretty broadly here in the book, so there are lines o

well, let me just go first again thank the way you started with shout up arizona state university and stephen watson. i came over there and met with you and because of your enthusiasm initially you went off to dartmouth. that left us in the lurch. stevensville managed to conclude that master's degree online. and actually, i think there's some people out in the audience that are taking that program now. if you are, raise your hands out there. i know we've got some. so here's the here's the founder of that program and. and a shout out to steven watson who spent another year negotiating the difficulties of bringing you partnership together. but as you mentioned, a wrote a little blurb for your your book here. and i think it's one of the great books on the african-american experience in world war two. and then the blurb think that's on the website. i said it's what americans can learn from african-americans about world war two and i think that's one of your great contribue actions in the way you have written this story and especially the way you put it into context in the late thirties wi

this is the pbs newshour from washington and the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> there is a lot happening at the state level this week with a handful of primary races heating up and action on abortion laws happening across the country. kentucky and pennsylvania have key primary races underway. meanwhile in north carolina, the democratic governor swears off with a republican legislature. we're going to check in with a few state reporters we will start in north carolina where the capitol bureau chief has been reporting on this back-and-forth. thank you so much for being here, tell us about this bill that the governor vetoed this weekend. what did he do? >> it is a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks, there are still exceptions for things like rape, life of the mother. there are some new notification firemen's for doctors visits and attics are saying it will make it harder for women seeking an abortion to be able to go through the process, particularly if it's hard for them to get to the doctor. they have paired in some things like paid leave into the larger bil

going to college, you know, was incredibly confusing to me in a way about my state school, arizona state university, with all of the student loans and tuition money that i could scrounge up. and i worked all these jobs. i worked as a fire fighter and a telemarketer. and you name it. but around me was just a lot of money. you know, i just saw a kind of affluence that i had never seen before. it probably wasn't a serious affluence. looking back on it, but to me it looked like a lot of riches and it was just so confusing and baffling to me. and i think that drove me to the library and drove me to spend a lot of time with homeless folks around my campus just talking with them, listening to their stories and ultimately drove me into my disciplined sociology to understand why there's so much poverty in america. ultimately, it took you to milwaukee, where you reported on lived among research. low income housing and showed the exploitation that many of the low income renters you lived with experienced. tell me how you got from that work to your current book, poverty by america, which the intellectual conne

and arizona state university. our goal was to provide a framework for rebuilding history and civics learning for all learners k-12. what exactly is in this? the first and most important thing is it offers an inquiry framework, a review of the question that all learners k-12 have a chance to encounter as they work to bring together the historical understanding of narratives about the past and civics understanding about our government, institutions, the foundations of democracy, right and responsibility. bringing them together rather than giving people a list of what they should know, proposing questions every learner should have a chance to those questions are structured in 7 themes. i want to name those themes because it is important to understand what they are to understand the focus of the question. physics participations one. what is the? why do we evaluate it? the changing landscape. how is it the geography of this country is changing our borders and boundaries, how have we come to be? we the people, how to th

studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityish president recep tayyip erdogan won yesterday's run-off election, surviving the biggest challenge to his two decades in power. the victory cements his grip on turkey, an important nato member, despite mounting economic woes, skyrocketing inflation and poor response to february's devastating earthquake. at his massive white palace at the edge of the capital city and before a sea of supporters who said they would die for him, turkey's undefeated ruler celebrated his victory. >> we are not the only winners. the winner is our nation. amna: but clearly not all. hours before in istanbul, he criticized his opponent and said there is no place for lgbt turks and his party. >> can lgbt infiltrate the party, and to the people's alliance members? amna: he was part of a course heralding another five years in power. that, should he serve his full term, would make him turkeys ruler for a quarter century. he first became prime minister in 2003, riding to power on anger against the secular political

weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universitycapitol hill are spotlighting recent ethics concerns surrounding the highest court in the land. the judiciary committee hearing, senators debated how to address concerns involving supreme court justices. including whether they should apply ethical guidelines to the justices themselves. >> today's hearing focused on the supreme court and ethics. unfolding largely along partisan lines. democrats arguing the court failed to uphold its own code of -- code of conduct. >> until there is a ethics process, the misses will continue. the courts have conclusively proved -- proven it cannot police itself. >> republicans accusing democrats of attacking the court. >> if you want to talk about making the court a better institution, i will be glad to work with you in that regard. talking about destroying the court, count me out. >> unlike the guidelines judges have to adhere to, the supreme court has no formal ethics code. justices are meant to police themselves. a series of recent reports documenting

is pbs newshour west, and from our bureau at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityf: purdue's opioid sales earned the sackler family billions of dollars, and this ruling would protect them from all civil lawsuits. william brangham has more. william: purdue's opioid sales earned the sackler family billions of dollars, and this -- it requires that the sacklers give up control of purdue pharma. in total, drug manufacturers, pharmacies and distributors have pledged around $54 billion to state, local and tribal governments for their respective roles in the opioid epidemic. to understand where that money might be spent, we're joined by aneri pattani, she's tracking all of this for kff health news. welcome to the program. just remind us of the contours of this deal the sackler settlement, what it means for the sacklers and what it means for the people who are suing them. >> so this deal has been in the works for a long time. there's been almost a year that folks have been waiting on this next step in the bankruptcy and with the federal judge in new york clearing this for t

weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university moscow woke to a dramatic image. an apparent drone exploding over the kremlin, the heart of russian power. the russian president's press service accused ukraine of a failed attach a nation -- assassination attempt. kyiv denies involvement. you have been reporting on this all day. what do we know at this hour about what happened? >> moscow says two drones flew over the kremlin after about 2:00 in the morning. cameras filmed two explosions about 15 minutes apart. you see the drone highlighted and the explosion 15 minutes apart. analysts say what we are watching is a small drone probably unarmed, exploded or brought down by russian air defense. against russian president vladimirpt putin, even though he was not in the kremlin at the time. the ukrainian president visiting finland denied any involvement. >> we don't attack vladimir putin or moscow. we are defending our villages and cities. we don't have enough weapons for this. and we did not attack putin. we live in to tribunal. >> u.s. of

studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityhere is a lot happening at the state level this week, with a handful of primary races heating up, and action on abortion laws happening across the country. kentucky and pennsylvania both have key primary races underway -- one for a governor's race, and another for the state supreme court. meanwhile, in north carolina, a democratic governor squares off with a republican legislature over a 12-week abortion ban. to unpack the specifics in each state, we're going to check in with a few state reporters. we'll start in north carolina, where wunc's capitol bureau chief colin campbell has been reporting on the back and forth on this controversial abortion measure. thank you for being here. tell us about this bill that governor cooper vetoed this weekend. what did it do? colin: the top line is it is a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks. they are still exceptions for rape, life of the mother and fetal abnormality. there are also some new requirements for imprisons doctors visits that critics a

studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityturn now to the death of jordan neely on the new york city subway last week. daniel penny, the former marine accused of putting neely in a chokehold for several minutes before he died, surrendered to police today and was released on bond. witnesses say on may 1, neely got on the train acting erratically. they say he was shouting at passengers, but there are no reports that he physically attacked anyone. then, video shows penny wrapping his arms around neely's neck, forcing him to the ground. witnesses say he held him there until neely stopped breathing. daniel penny's attorney spoke to reporters today outside the police station. mr. kenniff: this morning daniel penny surrendered at the 5th precinct at the request of the district attorney's office. he did so voluntarily and with the sort of dignity and integrity that is characteristic of his history of service to this grateful nation. geoff: at a separate news conference, the family of jordan neely said he had a history of mental illnes

weta studios in washington and from the west of the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityourth time in a month, a news report is racing ethic questions about supreme court justice clarence thomas and his financial dealings with rich friends. >> this time it is about money going to thomas' wife at the direction of the man whose work has been devoted to getting more conservative federal judges. according to the washington post, in 2012, leo told a republican poster that he wanted to give thomas his wife another $25,000 and the money should be billed to a nonprofit group that leo advised and there should be no mention of thomas' wife. why would leonard leo, who is best known as the head of the federalist society, why would he be in touch with kellyanne conway about sending her money? >> that is a great question. the documents we reviewed do not really answer that question. he is arranging these payments. he is seeking to keep ginni thomas' name off the paperwork. we do not know why he is doing this. >> ginni thomas is a conservative activist and also a consultant. >> she has

eta studios in washington and in the west at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityhe billionaire gop donor harlan crow for several years paid the pricey boarding school tuition for a grand-nephew of supreme court justice clarence thomas. that's according to exclusive new reporting by propublica. thomas never disclosed in official filings that crow was paying tuition for the boy, who thomas at the time was raising as his son. combined with propublica's previous reporting on thomas and crow, it paints a picture of a billionaire political donor providing a supreme court justice with lavish vacations and purchasing a house where thomas' mother lives, apparently rent free. josh kaplan is among the propublica reporters who broke this story and joins us now. welcome back to the newshour. we should say this was nearly 20 years ago justice thomas says he was raising his grandnephew as his son because the boy's father at the time was imprisoned in connection with a drug case. walk us through your reporting about this tuition arrangement and justice thomas's failure to disclos

weta studios in washington and in the west, from walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> president biden met today congressional leaders in an effort to avoid an unprecedented default. the u.s. may be unable to pay its bills come june if both sides cannot arrive at a deal to raise the debt limit. republicans are demanding school reforms in exchange for raising the debt ceiling while democrats maintain any discussion of future spending must be separate from paying for private -- prior deaths. here's what both sides had to say. >> the house has raised the debt ceiling in a responsible manner, curb overspending at the same time, bring us economic growth. i asked the president this simple question -- does he not believe there is any place we can find savings? the disagreements are wide and anyone who says my way or no way and we are going to default is not serving the country well, and i'm afraid that is what speaker mccarthy is saying. >> laura baran lopez is at the white house and lisa desjardins joins us. it still sounds like a stalemate. what is the word from the whit

weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university as we reported, inflation is easing, but still high. the federal reserve has been laser-focused on bringing down prices, raising interest rates 10 times in the last 14 months. but economic uncertainties remain, including the consequences of much higher interest rates, a debt limit standoff, and recent bank collapses. to discuss the challenges ahead we are joined by austan goolsbee, president of the federal reserve bank of chicago. it is great to have you here. let's start with this news on inflation, because inflation slowed for a 10th straight month in april, according to the consumer price index. that is great news for families who have been struggling with higher costs. but inflation still remains too high. what indicators do you and other fed policy makers need to see to know that we're finally breaking the back of inflation? austan: well, you described it exactly right. inflation was way too high. it is still too high but it is at least coming down and so that part is encouraging

studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state universityite house officials say the biden administration will approve european allies providing american made f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. the u.s. will also support a joint effort to train ukrainian pilots to operate them. ukraine has been asking for those f-16's since early in the war with russia. up until now, the u.s. has refused. for more on this policy reversal, and what these jets mean for the war, we turn to retired lieutenant general doug lute. he had a 35 year career in the army and served on the national security council for both george w bush and barack obama. he was also the u.s. ambassador to nato during the obama administration. as you know, previously it was said the f-16s could be productive -- provocative. what changed? >> this has long been on the list of requirements from the ukrainian government to the coalition providing military support. but you are also right that we have not agreed to the requirement in part because we worry about provoking russia. but time and again