for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown.he pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown. >> nawaz: and on the newshour online right now, hospitals in louisiana are in a state of crisis amid staff shortages and rising covid cases. in a state where only 40% of residents are fully vaccinated, health care workers are stretched thin. see how hospital workers in the state are faring, at www.pbs.org/newshour. and, stay with pbs tonight. yamiche alcindor explores the fallout from the chaotic exit in afghanistan. jane ferguson joins the panel tonight on "washington week." and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm amna nawaz. join us online, and again here on monday evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, please have a great weekend. thank you, please stay safe, and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> fidelity wealth management. >> consumer cellular. >> johnson & johnson. >> bnsf railway. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. for more than 50 years, advanc

for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown.e now, some items you may have missed, like an argentinian lagoon that turned pink, and an alternative for new moms in prison. you can watch on our youtube channel or website, pbs.org/newshour. stay with pbs tonight from the resignation of andrew cuomo to the white house response to the taliban takeover in afghanistan, we break it all down tonight on "washington week." that is the newshour tonight. i am william brangham. join us again online and monday evening. thanks from all of us "pbs newshour." at have a great weekend. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] announcer: major funding "pbs newshour" for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by. ♪ consumer cellular. johnson & johnson bnsf railway. . bnsf railway. financial services firm raymond james. the william and flora hewlett foundaon. for 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions for a better world. supporting entrepreneurs and their solut

for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown.ve some breaking news to report now, the u.s. military has conducted a drone airstrike in eastern afghanistan targeting an isis-k planner. the statement to the newshour said initial indications are the target was killed and there are no known civilian casualties. isis-k was behind the suicide bombings that killed 13 u.s. servicemembers and scores of afghans yesterday. on the newshour online right now, hospitals in the louisiana or in a state of crisis amid staff shortages and rising covid cases. in a state where only 40% residents are fully vaccinated, health-care workers are stretched thin. see how hospital workers are faring at pbs.org/newshour. and stay with pbs. we explore the fallout of the chaotic exit from afghanistan. newshour correspondent jane ferguson joins the panel tonight on washington week. and that is the newshour for tonight. i'm stephanie sy. thanks for watching. take care. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- ♪ consumer cellular. johnson and

jeffrey brown went deep into the woods of maine to meet the man behind the story, as part of our artsture series, canvas. >> oh! baby birds! >> brown: at 81, bernd heinrich is still studying the natural world around his home in the mountains of western maine. >> you know, there's data being created, might as well use it. >> brown: he's a renowned biologist, best known for his work on insect and animal physiology and behavior. he's also a renowned runner. he no longer races in the ultra- marathons he's set records in, but he still takes a jaunt of five or more often rugged miles many days. you know this is unusual, right? >> i guess so. but i don't care if it's unusual. and it definitely makes me feel more alive. they say if you stop moving you start dying. so i don't want to stop moving. >> brown: his new book combines his two lifelong pursuits-- and the animal' under observation is himself. it's called "racing the clock." >> this is one of the big topics in biology, is a biological clock. how does that clock work? because things are so geared to time. so that is a theme because i'm c

for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown in freedom, maine. >> woodruff: and please explore all of ourd culture coverage on our canvas website at pbs.org/newshour/arts. >> woodruff: the 19th, a nonprofit newsroom focused on stories of gender and politics, kicked off its annual week long summit exploring why for which newshour is its streaming partner. earlier this month, our own lisa interviewed secretary of interior deb haaland about the significance of her role, which aired as part of today's summit launch. here's a sneak peak of some of that conversation >> desjardins: this country has had 580 cabinet agency heads. you are the first one, of all of those people to be native american, and the president of your tribe, when you were confirmed called ia defining moment not just for indigenous people in this country, but indigenous people across the world. can you talk about what you think this means for real change, and then also what is it like to be you both have blessings of being in a historic moment and if there are other moments, that's a burden. >> well of course i feel that there

jeffrey brown talks with author hector tobar for our arts and culture series, "canvas." >> it's thishis term, that hangs on to us during our entire liv. we're just forced to choose tribes in this country. >> brown: as a child in los angeles, hector tobar was considered "guatemalan-american." later, on a census form, he checked "hispanic." now? he's "latino." >> and so, what do these tribes mean? we're presented with these names of these different races, these ethnic groups, as if they mean something to us. it's being used to judge our actions, to make comments on how we approach our politics. and so, i've been spending a couple of years now actually trying to sort of take apart the origins of the term and its meanin and what it means both for us and how others see us. >> brown: as described in the current "harper's magazine," tobar took a 9,000-mile road trip around the u.s. last winter, amid the pandemic, to see the diversity of histoy and experience of people of latin american heritage-- l.a., oregon, idaho, south to new mexico, east to texas, then georgia, florida, new york, and p

jeffrey brown has a look for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> i'm curious about how history mightthis particular moment and offer a measure of >> brown: it's a simple format: two or three writers reading their work and talking to one another about words, the writing life, and the role of literature today. it's called “write america.” >> i started it because of the divisions in the country that became so evident and so violent that one askedwhat could you do about this? >> brown: “write america” is the creation of journalist and author roger rosenblatt. >> i asked just a basic question: what can writers do for such a situation? is there something writers can do? >> brown: and what's the answer to that? >> we reach into our minds and hearts for the things we write about, the suffering of people, the injustices that people go through, the happinesses, the treacheries, the heroism, all the things that are available to writers. and we share them with others. so if we share them with other, the others must find commonalities in what we are writing. of those commonalities, make healing r

brown details her coverage of the jeffrey epstein story. and later, we talk with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell about what he's currently reading. find more schedule information in your program guide or online at booktv.org. >> host: author mark moran know, in your book "green fraud: why the green new deal is even worse than you think," you write that the green new deal is an all-encompassing transformation of society. what do you mean by that? >> guest: well, in the book i lay are out that the vision of the green new deal is not chiefly about climate or energy policy. what they're i trying to do is remake society, quite literally every aspect of society, and that would include everything from health care, housing, racial justice, identity politics on down to our energy structure, our climate, our transportation, your home heating, your ability the -- to travel. the entire spectrum of human life they want to reengineer to make it earth-friendly and this vision, if you will, of equity. and that's going to require people turning over

brown details her coverage of the jeffrey epstein story.nd later, we talk with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell about what he's currently reading. find more schedule information in your program guide or online at booktv.org. >> host: author mark moran know, in your book "green fraud: why the green new deal is even worse than you think," you write that the green new deal is an all-encompassing transformation of society. what do you mean by that? >> guest: well, in the book i lay are out that the vision of the green new deal is not chiefly about climate orne