for the pbs newshour, i jeffrey brown -- i am jeffrey brown in westport and new haven, connecticut. ♪ulation is on the rise. going from occasional public nuisance to public enemy number one in some cities. to explain what is fueling this furry infliction are courtney noris -- infliction, are courtney noris and producer deborah hastings bring us this report. >> on a hot wednesday afternoon in the nation's capital, gerard brown is patrolling the alleyways of northwest d.c., looking for signs of rats on the move. >> i'm concerned about any rat in the city. you know, one rat is too many. reporter: brown has led d.c. health's rodent abatement program for 22 years. and recently, he says, rats have become more unpredictable. >> >> so in the years with the pandemic, it went up, you know, rats started coming into residential areas from the closed restaurants and stuff. and they were desperate. reporter: last fall, the pest control company orkin ranked washington d.c. fourth on its list of america's most rat infested cities, behind chicago, new york and los angeles. that makes washington, d.c.,

jeffrey brown traveled to houston for our arts and culture series, canvas. ruth: one thing i have never forgotten is how to reach out to people. jeffrey: for ruth simmons, it was a return to hester house, a community center in houston's fifth ward that played a large role in her childhood. ruth: how to add value to other people's lives, because that's what happened to me. jeffrey: "what happened" is the story simmons, now 78, tells in "up home; one girl's journey", which begins with these words: ruth: i was born to be someone else. someone, that is, whose life is defined principally by race, segregation, and poverty. that, in the end, i did not become the person i was born to be still, at times, confuses and perplexes me. i have always been looking back. jeffrey: you always have? ruth: i have, because imagine going from these circumstances to the presidency of an ivy league university and meeting powerful people and wealthy people. so i've lived in a world that was so different from the world that i was born into. jeffrey: that world was rural, deeply segrega

jeffrey brown has a look for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> the ladies of our holy order willprayer. jeffrey: somehow, someway, the show must go on. it is the abiding mantra of theatre, and for years that has been true of this new haven theater, showcasing a who's who of actors. now the show will go on with a very different look. >> welcome to the theater. this will be transformed. jeffrey: either in one traditional theater space, says the artistic director, it might be here at this boathouse. >> you're looking all around new haven for what? >> i think of it as our city and region has many stages, and our model allows us to activate all these different stages of us the city -- across the city and region. maybe it is a library, a high school auditorium, a boathouse. it is all about, what is the right container, what is the right space for this story are artists want to tell? jeffrey: it is a bold experiment, but one born of dire need. finding its audience dwindling, its budget in deficit, last year the theatre announced it was leaving the theater it had occupied for decades to

for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown. >> still to come on the newshour. residents in maui return to destroyed communities as investigations into wildfires continue. an international sports tribunal considers evidence in the russian figure skater doping scandal. and musician nat myers uses the blues to amplify his message about modern-day america. >> this is the pbs newshour in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: last night in simi valley, california seven republican presidential candidates took the stage for the second primary debate held at the ronald reagan presidential library. on full display, the party's unequivocal transformation since the reagan era. white house correspondent laura barron-lopez is back with our report on the night. reporter: at times combative and unfocused, seven gop presidential hopefuls desperately tried to steal the spotlight away from former president donald trump. >> this is where president went wrong -- president went wrong. reporter: some risked new jabs at the party's

. ♪ amna: in a series of reports, jeffrey brown has looked at the intersection of arts and health.ston to see a program bringing music into the lives of people with disabilities, for our arts and culture series, canvas. ♪ jeffrey: 11-year-old ashton kiprotich on the cello and the ukulele. ashton, i saw you play the cello and i saw you play the ukulele. which is your favorite? ashton: both of them. jeffrey: both of them? ashton: i would never say that i dislike them. jeffrey: 24-year-old shania ward on the keytar, her mother donna gibbons-ward watching. every time i see you performing, you're smiling. you have a beautiful smile. shania: thank you. jeffrey: why are you smiling so much? are you happy with the music? shania: yes, i'm happy with the music. donna: yes, music is her thing. she listens to it all the time. jeffrey: why do you think music became her thing? donna: i think it helped her to -- shania: helped me to learn. ♪ jeffrey: music for learning, for connecting, for sheer joy. shania and ashton are students at the berklee institute for accessible arts education, part of th

jeffrey brown looks at his long career. >> help will always be given at hogwarts, harry, to those whoy: he was known to millions as the bearded, long-robed, wise wizard, professor dumbledore, appearing in six of the eight harry potter films, taking over the role in 2004 following the death of actor richard harris. but michael gambon had long established himself as one of the great actors of his time, first on the london stage, as a member of the prestigious national theater, eventually winning three olivier awards. in films and television, he played everything from gangsters, to greats like winston churchill in "churchill's secret." his comic turn role as the father in an adaptation of jane austen's "emma" earned an emmy nomination. and he took home a bafta, the british film and tv award, for his 1986 performance as a mystery writer struck with a debilitating disease in "the singing detective." whether as supporting actor, or lead, gambon commanded attention. throughout a career spanning nearly 60 years. he died last night following a bout of pneumonia. michael gambon was 82 years old

experienced and one of the most experienced and respected backbenchers in parliament, sir jeffrey clifton—browname a member 1992 member of parliament in 1992 following career as member of parliament in 1992 fo surveyor. career as member of parliament in 1992 fo surveyor. the career as member of parliament in 1992 fo surveyor. the cof�*er as a surveyor. but the lure of politics strong and in politics was too strong and in the his own the dna with several of his own family having been mps, family members having been mps, including grandfather and including his grandfather and i understand great uncle, understand his great uncle, having covered many briefs as a shadow minister, sir jeffrey also interest in uk—china also has an interest in uk—china relations and is the chair of the conservative friends of the chinese. and in 19, i should say 2018 and 2018, in the new year's honours, he was knighted for political and public service. what an achievement. sir geoffrey clifton—brown mp, welcome to mark dolan tonight. right. how has parliament changed since you entered it over 30 years ago ? over 30 yea

experienced and one of the most experienced and respected backbenchers in parliament, sir jeffrey clifton—brownwolds, who became a member 1992 member of parliament in 1992 following career as member of parliament in 1992 fo surveyor. career as member of parliament in 1992 fo surveyor. but career as member of parliament in 1992 fo surveyor. but lure areer as a surveyor. but the lure of politics strong and in politics was too strong and in the his own the dna with several of his own family members been mps, family members having been mps, including grandfather and including his grandfather and i understand great uncle, understand his great uncle, having covered many briefs as a shadow minister, sir jeffrey also interest in uk—china also has an interest in uk—china relations and is the chair of the conservative friends of the chinese. and in 19, i should say 2018 and 2018, in the new year's honours, he was knighted for political and public service. what an achievement. sir geoffrey clifton—brown mp, welcome to mark dolan tonight. right. how has parliament changed since you entered it over 30 years

neil parish , tomorrow's show, neil parish, annunziata and sir annunziata rees—mogg and sir jeffrey clifton—brownoxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there. good evening. i'm jonathan vautrey. who is your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. have you managed to enjoy saturday? it will be ending on a relatively fine note for many of us. late sunny spells to be us. some late sunny spells to be had and generally a lot of dry clear weather into the night as well . we'll allow for some mist well. we'll allow for some mist and fog patches develop into well. we'll allow for some mist andearlyyatches develop into well. we'll allow for some mist andearlyyatchesof develop into well. we'll allow for some mist andearlyyatchesof sundayp into the early hours of sunday morning. extensive morning. though most extensive for areas of for central eastern areas of england, further towards the north, got a band of rain north, we've got a band of rain pushing into scotland. pushing into northern scotland. could at times could be heavy at times for the isle of and the

neil parish , tomorrow's show, neil parish, annunziata and sir annunziata rees—mogg and sir jeffrey clifton—brownoxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there. good evening. i'm jonathan vautrey. who is your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. have you managed to enjoy saturday? it will be ending on a relatively fine note for many of us. late sunny spells to be us. some late sunny spells to be had and generally a lot of dry clear weather into the night as well . we'll allow for some mist well. we'll allow for some mist and fog patches develop and fog patches to develop into the sunday the early hours of sunday morning. extensive morning. though most extensive for areas of for central eastern areas of england, further towards the north, got a band rain north, we've got a band of rain pushing into northern scotland. could times could be heavy at times for the isle of and the northern isle of lewis and the northern isles, most of will see isles, but most of us will see our temperatures holding up around as we start off around 1314 c as we start off su

jeffrey, about general milley. and it fits into the story. the confirmation of charles brown as the joint chiefs of staff comes a little time to spare as general mark milley is set to retire this month as his term ends. jeffrey has a new profile out today of general milley titled, the patriot. in a jeffrey writes, quote, it is fair to say milley came close the red lines that are meant to cap uniform policy sirs from participating in politics. it is also fair to say that no president has ever challenge the idea of competent civilian control of donald trump. and no president has ever questioned the constitutional underpinnings like trump has. the apportionment of responsibility in the american system gives orders. the military carries them out, and it works best when the president is saying. the preservation of military relationship is hugely important to democracy. is universal acceptance to the principle that political officers -- as the military chancellor he also sees quarter six, the home of the chairman of the joint chiefs ofstaff. jeffrey continues, i visited him there o

jeffrey gunne gundlach. we'll see what he has to say. it does bring me back to here at future proof. josh brown has a lot to do with this event.ank you for being our host of sorts. >> thank you for coming. >> give people an idea what's going on here. >> the second annual event but this is a combination of all of the best in wealth tech, fintech, asset management, financial advise, everyone here is a professional working in some facet of those industries. we've tried to take the traditional concept of a conference, turn it inside-out, get everybody outdoors away from the ball rooms and inject culture and ard, we have people doing live graffiti murals. i never thought we would see the industry catch on so quickly to what this was. when you walk the floor it's morning star, fidelity, everyone under the sun is repping in some way here. it's a nice event where we hang out and learn stuff from each other. >> investors want to get in front of the companies you mentioned. trying to consummate a few marriages of business. >> i've been doing events for a long time. we said how do you get people to get on a plane and go somewhere when th

. >> want to get to your piece, jeffrey, about general milley, and it fit sboos into this. >>> yesterday, the confirmation of general browny's position expes this month. jeffrey writesquote, it is fair to say that milley came close to red lin meant to keep uniformed firs from participating in politics. it is also fair to say no president has ever challenged the idea of competent civilian control in the manner of donald trump, and no president has ever threatened the constitutional underpinnings of the american project in the manner trump has. the apportionment of responsibility in the american system, presidents give orders, the military carries them out, works best when the president is sane the preservation of a proper civil-military relationship is hugely important to democracy, but so, too, is universal ceptance of the principle that officials leave office when they lose elections as milleychairman ship, he cedes home 6, the home of the joint chiefs of staff i visited him there. every time he walked me onto the porch, he'd look out theatrically on the city before us, the capitol that was sacked but not burned, and say

jeffrey epstein? why is this guy still walking around? i don't get it. you know, a year or two later, of course, thanks to some extraordinary reporting, it happened. julie brown in miami, justice came to him. but it was in plain sight and it's the same thing with donald trump. we've been asking for some time. they know he's lying on his loans. they know he's lying in everything he's doing on his net worth. where are the charges? everybody was afraid to bring charges against him. >> where was the enforcement. the other aspect of it is, people will be delighted, many will be delighted when he's on trial beginning monday and say he's finally getting his. he might. we don't know what verdict or they rule, it's a civil case we believe, we tonight know what will happen at the case. at the end of all of these federal cases what's going to be left, the damage that donald trump has already done to this country. it's deep and part of it is going to be lasting and irreparable. that's what we have to figure out as a nation to figure out with that. >> joe biden began last night. >> we'll get to that in a second. but again, this is -- yet i wonder, i always thought if i ha