heregain is john yang with a report that is part of our continuing coverage of arts and culture, canvas. >> yang: in santa rosa, in northern california,t's moving day for award-winning writer and cartoonist brian fies anhis wife, karen. they're leaving this rentalop ty to live in a house of their very own-- for the first time since october 9, 2017. that was the day their home was devoured by the tubbs fire. it destroyed more than 5600 structures over 37,000 acres and killed 22 people. at the time, it was the most destructive fire in california history. >> you know, it's a dividing line on our lives. our lives willlways be split into before the fire and after the fire.g: >> yne of fies' first chores after the blaze was buying things he needed. >> shoes, socks, a shirt. >> yang: and? >> and art supplies.an >> cheap paper, sharpies and highlighters. jud you started drawing the story of what you' been through. why? >> i felt compelled to. i realized that i was an naeyewitness to an extraor event. and i wanted to tell people about it. somebody else latesaid it was my way of bearing witness a

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in dallas. >> woodruff: now, jeffrey brown has a conversation with theou author ojuly pick for "now read this," the newshour's book club in collaboration with the "new york times." this report is part of "canvas," our ongoing coverage of arts and culture. >> brown: it's the final day of miguel de la cruz, "big angel" the dying patriarch of a mexican. >> american family. largeristories unfold in a row.l of both comedy and sor "the house of broken angels" was our july balk club pick. arthur luis urrea is here to answer some of our reader's questions. thanks for joining us. >>h tks for having me. >> brown: i'm going to go ght to our first question. it goes to the title and what you were after. >> the title fits sowell with the concept of this book. did you have the title in mind before you began writing? or did it fall into place afer finishing the book? >> good question. i didn't know that it was a book honestly. know, myr big bother died of hncer, and, you know, the family had givm a farewell birthday party, and my family attended. they had never seen

john yang begins our reporting. >> all of you aspired to be americans. >> yang: this july fourth, vicesident pence welcomed newly-naturalized citizens at a washington, d.c. ceremony, where 44 people from 26 countries celebrated their new nation's independence day. meanwhile, in iowa, neighborhood parades became part of the 2020 campaign trail, as severalde cratic contenders spent the day politicking. senator bernie sanders oft vermok time to speak to supporters at a new campaign outpost in ames. >> what we need is an unprecedented grassroots movement of millions of people. we change america. >> yang: in the aptly-named independence, iowa, former vice president joe den ran along the parade route. he also took a jab at president trump's "salute to america" ceremony in washington.>> ourth of july is to celebrate our togetherness. i says, "we the people." "we the people," atalks about honor and dignity. and it's missing that. it's hurting us terribly. >> yang: biden was not the onlyi presid hopeful who criticized mr. trump. ia senator kamala harris yesterday in west des moines: >> i don't

john yang reports for our "breakthroughs" series on the leading edge of science and technology. >> yang: situated the edge of the sahara in southern morocco, mount boutmezguida gets only about five inches of rain a year. but whatt lacks in rain, it makes up for in fog, which blankets the area for about half the year. w that's where residents have now turned for theer-- harvesting it from fog. alongside scientists from the german water fndation, the moroccan non-profit dar si hmad has set up what's said to be the largest fog collection project in the world-- about 19,000 square feet of nets called cloud fishers. as fog rolls through, the mesh traps fresh water, which drips into a receptacle. a network of pipes takes it to the villages below, where about 1,000 peoplevery day use it for drinking and watering plants and animals. jamila bargach is director of dar si hmad.t >> the f having water has radically transformed the life of the women who used to walk for hours to get water, one, and two, t of not having enough water. right now that fear is not there anymore.ut >> yang: b in other pla

as john yang tells us, mr. trump's particular style of diplomacy, with american allies and with adversaries, was on full display. ( cameras clicking ) >> reporter: from "fire and fury," to a historic first step: president trump became the first sitting american command s in chief to foot in north korea. talk of war from two years, now long replaced by smiles, as mr. trump and kim jong-un shook. hands sunday they then met for nehely an hour ineavily-fortified demilitarized zone that has separated the o koreas for 66 years. today, north korean state media hailed the impromptu summit in >> ( translated ): the top leaders of nor ath kor the united states agreed to keep in close touch in the future, and resumend push forward productive dialogue for achieving a new breakthrough ina the denucleaon of the korean peninsula and in bilateral relations. >> reporter: before embarking for the d.m.z. sunday, mr. trump took credit for making the hastily organized visit happen. it was the third time the leaders had met face-to-

but john yang introduces us to one comic strip writer who sass he duty to reflect reality. it's parof our ongoing arts and culture series, "canvas." >> yang: for hector cantu, saturday mornings begin in a coffee shop near his home in suburban dallas. it may look like he's just passing time with his wife, linda, reading the newspaper. but he's really hard at work, looking for ideas for the comic strip he writes called "baldo." >> most everything you see in the comic has to be generated in some kind of way that i see sos many elememing together. tether it's newspaper stories i read, stuff i see books ntm reading, real life eve >> yang: since "baldo" debuted in 2000, it's been the only onally syndicated strip about a latino family. it centers arod baldo bermudez, a teenager who's into girls and cars. he lives with his little sister. >> gracie is a smart young girl. she likes to read, she likes knowledge. g: their dad, a widower. >> dad is the conservative, traditional dad.>> ang: and their great aunt, tia carmen. ic pau. yang: cantu is m-american. he grew up in south texas, cr

ws for the pbs ur, i'm john yang.oodruff: our white house correspondent yamicindor is on the national mall, and joins me now. híllo,çó í0iw presidentko prominent role on the fourth of july and to make sure that therv er&is front and center? on this day we think about ourst y? >> well, the president is -- it's really unpcedented for the president to hold a fourth of july address along military equipment and leaders.en the pressays he wants to honor america and celebrate all this military equment he's excited is being made. in the oval office he says tanks e being made in ohio and he wants us to see them. politics are at play. the republican national committee were givinv.out.p. tickets to republican donors. people close to e president will have good seats here. the president is excited about all this, but there's a lot of criticism about the president using the military in this way. i have been talking to former milt officials who tell me it's ntridiculous for the presio essentially force military leaders to stand beh

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: state officials remained confident today that flood waters would not overtop the levees. to explore the concerns over rain, storm surge, and how long this storm mht last, i'm joined by ken graham, director of the national hurricane center. >>> ken graham, welcome back to the news hour. so please giver us the latest information you havhe track of this storm. >> yes, the latest information that we have is justhis very large storm, somewhat disorganized, but at te time, strengthening through the afternoon. so 65 mile-an-hour winds and just an expansive syste covering much of the gulf of mexico. a very similar track that we've been talking about for the last couple of days, slow movement. so just a lot of tropical storm force winds well outside thend cone big rain event. whether it becomes a hurricanes or a totropicalrm, that is just a few miles an hour. got to prepare for the rairchlt and storm surge. >> woodruff: you mentioned several times the swness of it. why does that add to your worry so much? >> slow is our them sis. slow moving st

ou john yang hareport. >> yang: judy, we saw on would speak at length about. but one of those few moments in your investigation, did you think that this was single effort by the russians to get >> in your investigation, didyo think that this was a single attempt by the russians to get involved in our election? or did y find evidence to suggest that they'll try to do this again? >> oh, it wasn't a single attempt. they're doing it as we sit here. and they expect to do it during the next campaign. >> yang: now, the senate intelligence committee has begun releasing its own report on russia's interference in 2016. the panel releas volume one late this week, and it says that russia targeted election systems in all 50 states. that goes beyond what was previously known russia, the report sas able to "exploit" how the responsibility of protecting u.s.lections is divided between the federal and state officials.an the committee concluded, states "were not sufficiently warned or prepared" to respond.t here with dig into the 67- page report is tammy patrick of the "democra

now, as john yang report an investigation by "the new york times" indicates that the f.a.a.' actions during the 737 ex's review process may h compromised the safety of the plane itself. >> jeff: judy, the "times" found that f.a.a. engineers were increasingly sidelined and kept in the dark about key developments during the approval process of t 737 max, often deferring to boeing. in fact, after the first deadly crash, the newspaper says f.a.a. officials realized they did not fully understand the automated system now blamed for helping send the two planes into fatal nose dives. natalie kiteroff was the leadrt re on that article, and joins us from the "times" newsroom. natalie, thanks so much for joining us. this automated system called m mcass, boeing intended it to keep the plane from pitching the nose up too high. why after did the faa after the fiash when they went into their records and realized they had very little information on it? >> what happened was, during the developmt of the claim late in the pro-- plane late in the process, thve faa gae boeing the right to fully a

while the celebrations are underway, as john yang tells us, there are enormous challenges ahead. >> yang: there was jubilation in the streets of san juan today, for the thousands of protesters who had demanded the resignatiop rto rico governor ricardo rossello. last night, outside his official residence in old san juan, demonstrators huddled around their phones, awaiting rossello's announcement. >> ( translated ): despite having a mandate from the d ople who elec democratically, today i feel that continuing in this position presents d insurmountabficulties. having heard the complaints, un've taken the following decision: i anno to you today that i will be resigning as governor, effective friday, august 2nd. >> yang: the reaction was immediate. >> ( translated ): we wanted ricky to lve not just because of the obscenities and insults we've seen on chat messages, but also because of the corruption we've put up with for decades. within this ruckus, erto rico has demanded some respect. >> yang: rossello's final crisis was sparked nearly tks ago with corruption charges against six members of h

. >> woodruff: finally, she is a master of the written word john yang talks to the director of a newentary aut taking the power of a nobel laureate from the page to the big screen. it is part of our "canvas" series on art and culture. >> reporter: toni morrison's readers know the power of the written word, now a newcu ntary gives film audiences to hear the power of her spoken words. in "toni morrison: the pieces i am," she walks about being a working single mother, the disdainful attitude of critics toward her early works and the zey of winning the nobel pri for literature. timothy greenfield-sanders is the director of the film which is playing nationwide. thanks for joining us. there's so much of the delight of this film is just toning morrison speairectly to the viewers. you've worked with her, you've known her, was there a moment where you've thought this is what i want toand how i want to do it? >> yeah, i've known toni for 38 years and i think the toni that ismes through in this film the one i know very well in a way tha tt therei morrison and chloe wallford, her real name, and

john yang is here to fill us in. >> yang: judy, a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court rleans heard 90 minutes of oral arguments today in this case, with enormous stakes for millions of americans. >> yang: congress set the stage for this challenge in the tax bill that president trump signed into law in 2017 the measure eliminated the penalty on america who failed to maintain health insurance. the republican g attorneys general argue that since the supreme court upheld the health care law as a validci exerse of congress's taxing authority, taking the tax away makes all of the law unconstitutional. late last year, a federal district judge in texaed. at first, the trump administration said some of the law should remain. but in march, thjustice department reversed course. since the administration is not defending the law, democratic attorneys general and members of th house are leading the appeal. since its paage, the healthcare law has ingrained itself deeply into the u.s. health care system. more than 20 million more americans are now covered by its provisions. it has hundreds o

even as players are smashing a record pace of home runs this season, john yang looks at lingering questions around the league about other line-drive hits that injure fans.g: >> yant was the annual showcase of baseball's best players. but amid the fanfare of last night's game in cleveland, the league is facion renewed quesabout ballpark safety, sparked by a number of dangerous incidents this year. perhaps the most prominent was in maywhen a two-year-old girl was struck in houston. ofthe ball came off the ba chicago cubs outfielder albert almora, whwas visibly shaken >> i'm at a loss of words.being a fatherf two boys, obviously, i want to put a net around the whole stadium, but y'know man... i don't know, i'm sorry. >> yang: a lawyer for the girl's family said she suffered bleeding and swelling in her brain. a 2014 bloomberg news analysis estimated that more than 1700 fans are hurt each year by foul balls, home runs and some broken bats during games and battg practice. last august, a9-year-old woman was killed by a foul ball at dodger stadium in los angeles. that was even after all major leag

more by the most in 21 years that's according to figures compiled by south korea's central bank john yang does not disclose its economic statistics hundreds of activists remain packed inside the main terminal of hong kong's airport as they continue their call for greater democracy this is the scene in the main arrivals area where crowds have been since friday morning trying to take their message to international visitors they're angry at what they see as china's growing influence in hong kong affairs and the government response to weeks of mass rallies. thousands of miners in south africa suffered for 10 chile deadly diseases reached a historic legal settlement worth $350000000.00 in a class action lawyers for the mine workers sued 10 major companies for compensation 6 of the company's accepted a deal which is now been approved by a court in johannesburg. israeli soldiers of gas and palestinians protesting the demolition of homes in all 3 pieties jerusalem groups held friday prayers that was almost where homes owned by palestinian families were destroyed by monday. it's the stream now sta

john hickenlooper, amy klobuchar . bill de blasio, tulsi gabbard, years ten gillibrand and andrew yang. >>> a new partnership -- for free fares to and from the chase center. mayor told us about the plan to keep traffic congestion from worsening. >> i brought a group of people together to talk about what is our plan to make sure that when chase center opens, we don't make things worse than sadly they already are. providing free public transportation, making it easy for people to just jump on muny and get to the chase arena is exactly one great example of reducing congestion on our streets. >> the mayor would love to see people walk and bike to cut down on congestion. >>> setting a would record, up next, non california woman who has already traveled to nearly 200 countries and she is just 21 years old. >>> our weather today lots of shall be temperatures are warming up, we have warmer temperatures in our 5-day forecast. coming up when triple digit heat returns to the bay area. there are moments in life that leave a lasting impression. like the feeling of movement as a new journey begins, or the sight of soft fur, warmed by

pete buttigieg, pete castro, senator camera harris, john hicken looper, senator klobuchar, senator o'rourke, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren and andrew yang all made the cut. candidates needed to get support from at least 1% of voters and three national polls or raising money by 65,000 unique donors. most qualified by meeting both, six, bennett, bullock and others qualified through polling only. >>in speaking of polls, a poll shows kamala harris has taken a lead. california, the poll has harris on top at 23%, up six points since april when she was in third place after the first debates. former vice president joe biden has dropped five points to 21%. sanders is at 18. senator warren up nine points to 16%.to mayor pete is down to 3% with andrew yang at two and no other candidate cracking 1%. the vote by mail period begins november 3, 2020 the day beginning the iowa caucuses as well. >>> still ahead, it was the judgement day for guzman. >>> and a new report that the pentagon is sending additional troops to the border. more on that and a check on weather when we come right back. make fitness routine with pure protein. high protein. low sugar.

john hickenlooper. steve bullock. on the second night wednesday, july 31st, joe biden and kamala harris will join julian castro, andrew yangooker, tulsi gabbard, michael bennett, and bill de blasio. there's one more piece of this puzzle. that's the last to be decided. coming up we're going to reveal how the candidates will be positioned on stage each night. right now back to anderson. >> all right, wolf, thanks very much. john king, david chalian was talking tuesday night, the first night being moderate night. >> not so much, but it does after the calculation. is it these two, warren and sanders against the moderates, or just because they're sharing these two, senator warren are close friends -- >> are they actually close friends? a y >> yes, they are. they are close. they're holding 30% of the democratic vote. do they defend medicare for all and other things against john delanie? john delanie says it's a bad idea. john hickenlooper says it's a bad idea. steve bullock says it's a bad idea. amy klobuchar says it's a bad idea. is it these two against them? or do we get fireworks between these two? this to me is the unanswere

john hicken looper, delany and mary an williamson. night two, joe biden, kamala harris, cory booker, castro, yang, gillibrand and others. >> democratic voters have a relatively high level of satisfaction of the candidates as a group. roughly two-thirds of democratic leaning voters say they have an excellent or good impression of the field. that is a 14-point improvement from 2015. voters with positive feelings about the track of the election at similar points when 64% said they had a positive impression of the candidates. >> joining nous from washington, d.c., the political reporter. great to have you with us this morning. let's break down some of these poll numbers to show voters are satisfied with the variety of choices and different backgrounds of the starting field? >> i think when you look at it, a lot of those numbers are a result of the fact that the field is so wide. there is so many choices to choose from. the democratic party and the dnc has made reforms to the process. i think part of the reason it is so much higher than in 2016, there is so many more people to choose from. i don't think there is as much of a sense of a ce

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john hickenlooper. jay innings, amy klobuchar. vermont senator bernie sanders. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, spiritual adviser marianne williamson and technologist and businessman andrew yangt's all we have time for. i'm kidding. boy, that is a lot. so you said we talk'we'd talk m later. so tell us about who did and didn't make the cut. >> sure. so 20 is the number that the dnc has said. so we have 20 in the first set of debates and 20 in this two set of debates. there is one change. as i mentioned, montana governor steve bullock, he is now in. he is included in these debates. eric swalwell, a california congressman, he has dropped out of the race. he is out. so we have one in, bullock, and one out, swalwell. other than that, the other 18 were on the stage in the first set of debates. >> got it. so tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m. that's the time. cnn will conduct a live random drawing to conduct the candidate lineup for each night. how does that work? >> oh, man, the draw. okay. here's how it works. the candidates are split into three categories. there is a category of ten, there is a category of six and there is a category of four. the ten will go first. they will be picked --

john delaney and steve bowman. here's how it is on the second night, july 31st. michael bennett, kirsten gillibrand, julian castro, joe biden, kamala harris, andrew yang, tulsa gabbardslee and bill diblasio. the first democrat primary debate things were decided to for me, nbc drew names from two boxes, dnc and campaign representative there for that behind closed doors. executives reportedly decided which group would debate on the first night in which group would debate on the second. campaign officials made the decision to maximize viewership, the dnc criticized it. >> what the dnc wanted was more randomization. we wanted a little more transparency and we were clear about that. >> they drew their lineup on air mixing cards with candidates names, placing them in a box and having multiple boxes show different camera angles as hosts picked out names one by one. stakes are high, the third debate has tougher qualifications than this one. for some candidates the second debate is a last chance to make their name and jump in. remember this moment, senator harris and vp biden in the first debate? >> i do not believe you were a racist was there was a little girl in california

she embarrassed them so badly john hickenlooper had to go stand in the corner. [ laughter ] then there were the lesser known candidates like former tech executive andrew yangght andrew, you haven't gotten a lot of coverage you need to break through. you goto nail it this is your big moment. so i'm sure, you were ready. >> mr. yang, your signature policy is to give every adult in the united states $1,000 a month no questions asked>> hat's right. >> i think that's like $3.2 trillion a year how would you do that? >> sorry [ laughter ] >> seth: just forget it. forget it. move on. how are you not ready? it's like a back up on golden state who finally gets put in a game, and then just chucks the ball into the stands the minute he gets it ] [ laughter but then one of the biggest moments came when harris confronted biden about his record on race in recent comments about working with segregationist senators. >> we've also heard, and i'm gonna now direct this at vice president biden i do not believe you are a racist and i agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground but i also believe, and it's personal, and i was actually very

yang. and then candidates in the 1% club, all of these candidates are at 1%, amy klobuchar, cory booker, michael bennett, john delaney, they're all at 1%. and then there is a 0% club, as well. kiersten gill wiibrand at gooseg in the new nbc poll. this is just one poll. it's early on. strategically right now, basically the most important thing is that all the candidates are trying to hit at least 1% or 2%, since those are the thresholds that will help them get into the next two debates. but as i said, there are a couple of -- there are a couple of things i want to show you about this top tier of candidates, as they rate in the new nbc poll. and it's sort of on the subject of senator harris and her standing right now, since she's going to be our guest tonight in just a moment. also, honestly, because of that top tier of candidates, senator harris is the one who turned in the lowest fund-raising numbers in this last quarter that ended right after the first debate. mayor pete buttigieg was only at 7%, ranked fifth in the poll, but in the last quarter, he was first in fund raising, he was up around 25 million. bid

john hickenlooper. vermont senator bernie sanders, california congressman, eric wall is well. marianne williamson, and andrew yang from nbc news, decision 2020, the democratic candidates debate. in from the performing arts center in miami, florida. >>> good evening and welcome to our spirited audience here across america tonight. we continue the spirited debate about how to tackle the most pressing problems and getting to the heart of the biggest issues in this primary. >> we will talk about health care and immigration, the economy and job and climate change as well. quick rules of the road before we begin. they may sound familiar. 20 candidates qualify from the first debate. we heard from 10 last night and we hear from 10 tonight. the break down was selected at random. the candidate will have 60 seconds for the answer and 30 seconds for any follow-ups. because of the large field of candidates, not every person is going to be able to weigh in on every topic, but over the next two hours, we will hear from everyone. over the next two hours, we will hear from everyone >> we love our audience, but we want to ask you

john hickenlooper. washington state governor jay inslee. senator from minnesota apy klobuchar and beto o'rourke, tim ryan, the congressman from ohio, bernie sanders, senator from vermont. elizabeth warren from massachusetts. marion williamson the author and andrew yang businessman. those are the 20 candidates who have qualified for this next round of debating. >> and ten of them will debate on the first night and ten will debate on the second night in detroit. tell us more about who made the stage for the first time and who didn't make it. >> right. so 20 candidates debated in miami a few weeks back in june in the first series of debates. there is one big change on that screen and that is montana governor steve bullock. he has now going to be participating in these debates in detroit. he was -- he had not made the debate stage in miami. eric swalwell, as you know, the congressman from california, has dropped out. there was some question looking at the public polls available if indeed bullock may have knocked out swalwell from making the detroit stage but that tie break never had to happen and swall well-dropped out and the rest of the field is in miami and the real question is who debates whom and that is what we learn tomorrow night when we do the