john yang, is the president and executive director of asian american justice.it is one of the largest asian civil-rights organizations in the nation. he will share the work of his his organization is doing to address and i asian bigotry, including encouraging asian markets report hate incidents and hosting virtual by standard intervention training. zach owen, is the brave young man risk his life earlier this year to save bernie's american family who were racially targeted and hate crime attack sam's club in midland, texas. zach will share his personal story about what happened that day and discuss the importance of the bystander intervention. michael, is a commissioner with the u.s. commission on civil rights. he will be sharing some of the findings from the commissioners reports on a crimes as well as recommendations with the federal government as taken to prevent and address these crimes against asian americans. i want to welcome all of our distinguished panelists. and thank you for participating in today's congressional forms. i like to begin our panel by re

our john yang has the story. >> yang: with slick ads, viral tweets and op-ed columns, new conservativeare organizing to support an unlikely candidate-- former rosario marin was u.s. treasurer in theeorge w. bush ministration. now, she's a member of the group "43 alumni for biden." she says backing a democrat over was difficult.blican president >> prior to him, i had been to five republican conventions as a delegate. i've been a spokesperson to five republican presidential candidates. but i couldn't do it for him. and i certainly couldn't do it w. to then go that other step, to go out and vote for a democrat? it is painful. >> yang: another group, the lincoln project, is known for its ads targeting president trump. >> trump is not well. >> yang: political consultant reed galens a co-founder. >> when we put out the "trump is not well" advertisement, about his shuffle down the ramp west point, it clearly pierced his bubble of unreality that he continually lives in. and i think that's been our greatest contribution, is pushing him back on his heels, keeping him back on his heels. >> yang:

john yang has the latest. >> he shot him, man. he shot him! >> yang: two people were shot to dedeh while another was woun as protests flared for a third night in kenosha. cellphone video appeared to capture a young white man firing a rifle in the street. as the crowd scattered, the man walked down the middle of the street with his hands up while police arrived, though officers did not challenge or apprehend him. thisfternoon, police in illinois said they arrested 17- year-oldyle rittenhouse of antioch, illinois, just over the wisconsin border, in connection with the shootings. kenosha authorities said they're looking into reports that he wao paa vigilante group patrolling the city. >> it's a very active investigation and we have a person in custody out of state. i'll be working to bring that person to wisconsin to face appropriate charges. tat i can't tell you is w lead to the disturbance, that lead to the use of deadly force by this person and if both deaths are related to the same person, i don't know that at this point. >> yang: the shootin

r the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> odruff: a few key states will be holding primary elections thisthe search for joe biden's running mate picks up steam. elp us dive deeper, i'm joined by our politics monday team: amy walter, the national editor of the "cook political report" and host of the podcast "politics withmy walter." and tamara keith of npr. she also co-hosts the "npr politics podcast." >> woodruff: hello to both of you. we heard william brangham a few minutes ago speak about the requests are going out for absentee ballots in a number of statessfor these aut primaries. amy, tomorrow primaries in arizona, michigan, washington state, missouri, kansas, an then on thursdayin tennessee. you've been focused particularly on the kansas senate republican primary. tell us what you're looking at. >> right. judy, kansas isn't normally considered a battleground state at the presidential or senate a democrat hasn't won since the 1930s, but a lot publicans are worried that that streak tsuld end and democ could find themselves on top of what they see is a very contentious primary, and that

. >> woodrf: n a look back at one of our favorite things, john yang's conversion with film legend julie andrews. this encore presentati is part of our arts and culture series, "canvas." >> reporter: both "sound of music" and "mary poppins" were touchstones in my-- >> in your youth, yes. actually, they were in mine too! yeah. ( laughs ) >> reporter: then talking to my colleagues, they are showing their children. >> yes. isn't that phenomenal? i mean, that's a bonus and that, and that you just don't expect, ift those timeless good musicals they were so bealy made. >> reporter: andrews' legendary career includes the stage, movies, tv, concerts and recordings. she's a dame commander of the british empire and has six golden globes, three grammys, o emmys, an oscar and a kennedy center honor. andrews and hamilton-- ari professionalr and arts educator-- have written more than 30 books for children and young adults. they wrote this on "home work: memoir of my hollywood years," as a team: emma, when you were, as you were sowing up, were there mov or, or, or projects of your mothers that were par

but as john yang reports, some local governments are providing young people other options. >> yang: ins summer of the pandemica new breed of summer jobs-- like working at this drive-through covid-19 testing site in the parking garage of a montgomery county, maryland, community center in suburban washington, d.c. 18-year-old shaun fayson is on summer break from college. >> right now, i'm doing traffic control and just running samples back and forth. yesterday i was doing intake, so helping people with their regiration and things like that. >> yang: is this what you expected to be doing this summer? >> not at all. >> yang: they are part of covid corps, a summer jobs program created by the county to support its pandemic response. about a hundred ople, ages 16 to 23, are paid $14 an hour-- the county's minimum wage-- to do things like distribute food to vulnerable families, disinfect county pools, put up signs to raise awareness about covid-19, and, like at this testing site, help track the virus itself. >> in a way, it's a civics building exercise. >> yang: marc elrich is montgomery count

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in washington, d.c. >> woodruff: and tonight on the president trumpwas asked abruptly to step out of the white house briefing room by secret service agent after a shooting occurred just outside white house grounds. the president returned to his briefing minutes laer. he said he believed a suspect was armed and that shots were fired by law enforcement. a man has since been taken to a d.c. hospital to be treated for undisclosed injuries. >> and and tonight on the pbs newshour online, how is the pandemic affecting the 2020 elections? io're looking for your que ahead of the democratic and republican national conventions. ask us by g out the form on our website, that's pbs.org/newshour. >> it is nice to be back in our washingtonios tonight for the first time in some months. we're here preparing for special coverage of the convention starting next week during important election year. we are continuing to practice social distancing, we're being careful, and we hope you are as well. and that is the "newhou for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us on-line and a

john yang reports on those concerns and looks at the larger westerns around affordability and cost gettingion during the pandemic. it is part of on rethinking college. john:se on campu across the country, this year's annual student movement has been a little different from the past. much smaller crowds. >> it is odd not seeing anybody. you expect hustle and bustle. john: just about everybody wearing a mask. >> i'm gog to do my part. i hope other people do theirs. john: millions have been wondering the same thing -- is it safe? in may,ia the 23 campus califo state university system said that would be no intherson classe fall. johns hopkins and princeton university made that move only last week. >> in order to move in this w year, yout to make sure you have a reservation before hand. john: accordi to the college isis initiative it fits in university, only about tee quarters of u.s. colanges have a pl what schools to side effect more than just classrooms and campusesit is also felt throughout college towns like amherst, massachusetts, home to amherst college, hampshire llege, and the universi

john yang reports on those concerns, and then looks at the larger questions around affordability and cost that ate getting nention during the pandemic. it's part of our special series on "rethinking clege." country, this year's annual the student move-in has been a little different from the past. much smaller crowds. >> it's just odd not seeing you expected it to be hustle and bustle and all that around. >> yang: and just about everyboding a mask... >> i know i'm going to do my part, i just hope other people do theirs. >> yang: millions of students, parents and college avedministrators een wondering the same thing: is it safe? in may, the 23-campus california state university sysid there would be no in-person classes this fall. johns hopkins and prin universities made that move only last week.to accordinavidson university's college crisis initiative, h tracks higher education's pandemic response, only about three-quarters of s. colleges have a plan. what schools decide affectsre han just classrooms and campuses, it's also felt throughout college towns. like amherst, massachusetts, ho

here's john yang. >> yang: stephanie, overnight, protesters burned buildings and battled police and wisconsin national guard troops, whose esence in kenosha is being doubled. gina barton is an investigative >> if jacob knew what was going on inside there, the violence d the destruction, he would be ry unpleased. so i really asking an encouraging -- and encouraging everyone in wisconsin and abroad to take a moment and examine your hearts. >> yang: gina barton is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice issues for the "milwaukee journal sentinel." gina, thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> reporter: gina, there's a winew video out s a different angle and a little bit before what the previous video showed us. ases it add any information to what happened? >> that new video does add som context. it shows jacob blake struggling with the two policofficers, and then he gets up and starts walking toward his car, and that's wh fe the nowamous video that we've seen picks up. so it does showt thathere was a struggle before the shooting, it also shows that there werl seveildren

as john yang reports, flint is still grappling with the o consequencthat situation, and now the state will provide some financial relief for the ci's youngest residents. >> yang: six years after the flint water crisis began, crews are still replacing ad pipes that made so many residents sick, and people are still relying on bottled water. >> we wake up, we brush our teeth with bottled wat we drink bottled water. we're out of bottled water? it's "pack bacup, let's get in the van and go get some more bottled water." >> yang: today, chigan officials announced a preliminary agreement to pay flint residents $600 million tot settle lawfiled against the state. governor gretchen whitmer, who took office just last year: t we reached this settlem because further delays were unacceptable. and i want to acknowledgdethat flint res have been beyond patient. we recognizehe settlement may not completely provide all that flint needs. >> yang: in april 2014, officials appointed by the state tried to save money by shifting the source of the city's drinking water from lake huron to the flint river. but t

jacob blake, in the back, the shockwaves are sti reverberating through that city, the nation and, as john yangorts, through the sirld of profesal athletics. >> black lives mr! >> black lives matter! >> yang: it was peaceful in kenosha last night, as demonstrators demanded justice for 29-year-old jacob blake, who lies in a milwaukee hospital, paralyzed from the waist down. bit by bit, details of his shooting by are emerging. wisconsin attorney general josh kaul said police first unsuccessfully tasered blake. >> mr. blake walked arounophis vehicleed the driver's side door and leaned forward. while holding onto mr. blake's fired his service weapon seven times. officer sheskey fired the weapon into mr. blake's back. no other officer fired their weapon. >> yang: kaul said that after blake was shot, he told investigators he had a knife. officers found it on the floor of his car, theagh it's not r whether they knew about it before. using police dispatch tapes, the "milwaukee journal sentinel" determined that blake was shot less than three minutes after police arrived on the scene. thefficer who shot

as john yang tells us, more attention and help is starting to come to the hawkeye state.ut many homeowners, farmers and businesses have taken a devastating hit. >> yang: a full week after a powerful storm barreled through the midwest with hurricane-force winds, many in the hardest-hit state of iowa are still reeling. the straight-line wind storm known as a derecho claimed at least three lives in iowa and severely damaged or destroyed roughly 8,200 homes. >> it feels like i'm in a third world nation. this to me seems as if it's our version of katrina minus the deaths. >> yang: kelly mcmahon volunteered to help out after the storm ripped through a cedar rapids apartment complex that was home to refugees from african and pacific island nations. >> this is people living in apartments with no roofs, no front walls, the fronts of the patios off. wires just hanging down. where in the world is our government helping us out? >> yang: most don't speak english, complicating their efforts to get help. >> we have people who don't have houses and we're not talking about 1,2,3 we're tal

for the pbs "newshour," i'm john yang in washington, d.c.udy: tonight online, how is the pandemic affting the 2020 elections? we are looking for your questions ahead of the democratic and republican national conventions.g ask us by fillt the form on our website, that's pbs.org/nehour.be anre we go, i just want to note that it's nice to be back in our studios tonight for the first time in some months. we are here preparing for special coverage of the tipolitical conventions st next week during this important election year. we are continuing to practice social distancing, being careful, and we hope you are as well. forthat's the "newshou tonight.i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs stay safe and see on., please announcer major funding for : "newshour" has been provided -- >> since our beginning, our buness has been people and their financial well-being. th mission gives us purpose and a way forward. today, and always. announcer johnson and johnson. : consumer cellular. the candida fund, co

john yang has the story. >> yang: protests in kenosha escalated overnight, with police using tear gas to dierse the growing crowds. rua cick was set on fire, buildings were vandalized, and there were standoffs with police. daylight revealed more of the ondamage -- row row of cars dewere torched at ership, most of them destroyed. it all followed an incident caught on video which appeared to shopolice shooting 29-year old jacob blake multiple times in the back. police say they had responded to rba domestic disce. eyewitnesses said blake's inchildren werhe car. blake was taken to the hospital. state officials took charge of the investigation. today, wisconsin governotony evers called a special session of the wisconsin legislature. >> we must see the trauma fear exhaustion of being be.ck in our st family members, the duty to act rests on all of us, but most importantly on us as elected officials. >> yang: it comes amid a summer of nationwide protests over e police killings of george floyd and breona taylor among others. on saturday in lafayette, louisiana there were calls for justice for

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in silver spring, maryland. >> woodruff: it has now been two weeksce the federal government's previous covid relief package expired, and the sides appear no closer to a deal. at has led to the end of $600 in weekly federal unemployment benefits, and millions of renters could be in danger of eviction after a moratorium expired. today, the president said he wanted to make sure most americans would get a new round of stimulus checks if he could reach a deal with democrats. but, democrats say the president isn't budging on his demands. this battle comes as millions of americans find themselves with few job prospects and unemployed for the long haul. we followed up with viewers we spoke to at the start of the pandemic. >> my name is austin mcmullen. i'm currently living in raleigh, north carolina, and attending north carolina state university. we, the ones that are impacted, are hurting bad. i've got, like, a couple months left until i am just screwed. $600 to you might seem like chump change and is just, you but for people whose rents depend on this and

>>now we want to get a check of the weather and that forecast there for the gulf coast with john trouble yang guys that storm made landfall last night at 01:00am in cameron parish southern louisiana and resulted in some pretty decent storm surge right up and down the coastline, although not as high as it could have been which is your first bit of good news out of the system that was going to be plenty of news that's not so good including these very strong winds made landfall last night as a category 4 hurricane weakening now to category 2 status as it continues to push inland across the state those southern parishes of the state are still looking at some incredible storm surge including around lake charles, the most populated impacted city and storm surge stretching as far as 30 to 40 miles inland as that c works its way up into the very low lying by is on the southern end of the state has this category 2 system works further northward it will continue to weaken, but dump plenty of water with it as well some very strong winds all the way into the midwest. so if you have travel plans out this

yang. then we have republican former governor john kasich who i think is out there to say if you are an independent be an establishment republican, maybe you voted for trump and you are disappointed, don't be afraid to vote for joe biden. he's the same night as bernie which is tonight. jillian: it will be interesting. bottom line joe biden the one running for president. kamala harris is running for second in command, so i think folks really want to hear from them. >> and he's obligated to do so. jillian: thank you to. >> he to show up. todd: a newly approved covid-19 test could be a game changer. we have the saliva -based test being used by the nba. jillian: panic over pepperoni. the pandemic shortage that could leave pizzerias in a real pinch it's about the humans. these humans, those humans. groovin, and golden. it's about getting more than health insurance and a partner who listens and acts. humana calls it human care. it's talking to a doctor from your couch, or helping you find a cheaper prescription before you ask. it's helping you fix the rugs so you don't fall, and keeping you social, onlin

john kasi kasich. i'm pulling it from my memory bank out there. also, you were very adamant earlier when andrew yang was not initial list of speakers. not only did he get added, but the prime spot right before joe biden on thursday night. why do you think that's important? >> asian americans are the fastest increasing group in america according to u.s. census last decade. and by the way, everyone needs to fill out the census and get family members and friends to do so and from pew research report, immigrants outpace any others in the united states and asian american population continuing to grow rapidly, nevada, apa voters 5.5% and georgia, 4.4%. asian americans went from being margin liez marginaliz marginalized, and include asian americans in the dnc convention and pleased if there's one of the future speakers. >> of course, senator kamala harris the first half black, half asian presidential candidate. her being from india or her mom, immigrants, you're right. that seems to be generating a lot of excitement in california and that is showing up in the fundraising, isn't it? >> we have spectacular s

people who had been running againstjoe biden and lost in the end, andrew yang, we also saw a moving and touching tribute to the life of johnl rights activist, and then we more recently just heard from activist, and then we more recentlyjust heard from some of the bigger hitters, cory booker, pete buttigieg and michael bloomberg, trying to get their sense of unity all filing in and lining up to give their support to joe biden. yes, exactly. really quite an entertaining sort of a survivor style segment led by senator cory booker featuring everybody who ran againstjoe biden. pretty amusing, even the curmudgeon in chief was very humourous, but the purpose was yes, unity also to talk about joe biden and how he is the man to lead in this moment so there are many, many different ways in which the democrats are trying to use this unusual format to get across the message that biden is the man who was the contrast to donald trump who they say is the king of chaos, he is the man with the experience, he doesn't bear grudges, he's the person who lead america at this moment, this inflection point, so you can see it has all been very car

yang part of the national platform. >> reporter: another point of controversy, the attempt at bipartisan appeal with the inclusion of republican and former ohio governor john kasik. a first-time delegate and longtime volunteer for joe biden, he is disappointed there will be the traditional energy of a convention, but he is excited by the diversity in kamala harris being put on the ticket. >> there will be a lot of different caucus meetings. the latino caucus, asian- american caucus, women's caucus and now there is extra excitement from californians since we have kamala harris on the ticket. >> reporter: california will be well represented. house speaker nancy pelosi is scheduled to speak wednesday with kamala harris. then governor gavin newsom is on the schedule for thursday, speaking right before joe biden. >>> a congresswoman from new york has introduced legislation to make sure you get your mail on time. democrat carolyn maloney introduced a bill today that would block the postal service from reducing overtime and adjusting delivery policies because of the pandemic. congresswoman maloney is concerned delays in mail delivery could impact the november ele