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john: good evening, i'm john yang.president donald trump was on t campaign trail today, stumping for votes a day after an indictment was unsealed, detailing 37 felony counts against him, all stemming from his handling of classified documents after he left the white house. at the georgia republican convention in columbus this afternoon, trump lashed out at the justice department and the special federal prosecutor who led the investigation. mr. trump: the ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the biden administration's weaponized department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. we have a thug who's in charge. this is a political hit job. republicans are treated far differently at the justice department than democrats. john: earlier at the north carolina republican convention in greensboro, rival candidate mike pence, who has been cleared by an investigation of his handling of classified documents, defended his former boss. mr. pence: a former president,

i'm john yang.he most significant challenge to russian president vladimir putin's two decades in power lasted only about 24 hours, but today there are questions about the long-term consequences. the streets of moscow were quiet todaas the last russian troops left the capital. to the south, yevgeny prigozhin and his wagner mercenary group were cheered as they lef rostovondon late last night. they had captured the city tt morning. the deal that defused the mutiny calls for prigozhin to live in exile in belarus. on nbc's "meet the press," secretary of state antony blinken said the episode was a blow to putin's authority. secretary blinken i think we've : seen more cracks emerge in the russian faÇade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go & when they get there, but certainly we have all sorts of new questions that putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead. john: blinken also said it's unclear whether the wagner fighters will return to the battlefield in ukraine. angela stent

i'm john yang.nt biden held the first big rally of his re-election campaign today in philadelphia. it was before a crowd of hundreds of enthusiastic union members. the day before, the president picked up the joint, early endorsement of some of the biggest and most politically influential unions, including the afl-cio, and groups representing teachers and city and state government workers. organized labor's support was key to his 2020 victory. today, he struck a decidedly economic, populist tone. pres. biden: if investment bankers in this country went on strike tomorrow, no e would notice this. [laughter] no, think about this in a literal sense. if this room didn't show up for work tomorrow, the whole coury would come to a grinding halt. [cheering] so, tell me -- tell me who matters more in america? hn: the president made news on other fronts, too -- he told reporters he hopes to meet chinese president xi jinping in the next several months. secretary of state antony blinken is in china this weekend f

i'm john yang. it has been a tumultuous day in russia.is afternoon, wagner mercenary group founder yevgeny prigozhin ordered an about face in his advance toward the capital city of moscow. his forces were on the move earlier today after taking control of rostov-on-don, a city near the ukrainian border that is a russian military headquarters. he said he stopped his forces just short of moscow to save russian lives, he explained in an audio message. >> in the last 24 hours, we've got to within 200 kilometers of moscow. we did not spill a single drop of our fighters blood. now blood could be spilled. understanding responsibility for the chance that russian blood could possibly be spilled on one side, we are turning our columns around. john: earlier, soldiersnd the group militaries had prepared for a clash, russians ready to fight russians. they had been barreling toward moscow. he called it retribution for what he claimed were moscow's attacks on his fighters in ukraine. >> we have taken military objects under our control, including an airfi

john yang has our report. ation and destruction in the texas panhandle as a deadly tornado ripped through the small town of perryton. its residents are grappling with unfathomable loss. officials estimate that 200 homes in the area were destroyed. a trailer park in the north part of town suffered a direct hit. the storm began in the late afternoon with heavy hail. >> this is the tornado. john: residents caught the twister on camera from afar after it touched down, apparently without warning. >> total devastation. john: it continued for more than a mile, at one point barreling through downtown, leaving it unrecognizable. paul dutcher is the town's fire chief. chief dutcher: the power lines down, trees shredded, just debris all across the major highways, the major streets. everything was covered to a point, i couldn't even get to the fire station. john: texas governor greg abbott sent state emergency services to help clean up and restore utilities. the severe weather was fueled by extreme heat in the region that'

john yang is a way. with just two days to spare before the u.s.ould have run out of money to pay its bills, president biden signed the bipartisan deal to suspend the debt limit, officially avoiding a potential catastrophic default. in the first oval office address o demoofcratic priorities protectd in the deal. in iowa today, republican presidential hopefuls refused to give mr. biden the last word. like nikki haley, who vowed to make cutting the debt more of a priority. >> when i am president, we will cut the spending, we will cut the debt, we will make sure -- i will veto any spending that doesn't take us back to pre-covid levels. no more debt once and for all. >> we will return to the effects of the debt deal later in the broadcast. at the israeli egyptian border an unusual shootout last night. israeli officials say an egyptian officer crossed the border overnight and killed three israeli troops before being killed himself. it's rare violence for that order area. egypt's military says the shooter was an egyptian border guard officer who was chas

john yang reports on the day of extreme conditions.ondent: texans splashed in public fountains looking for relief from a summer heat wave. >> it seems like it is getting hotter and hotter. as long as you stay cool, hydrate, you know, it is all fun you know, you can have fun out here. a lot to do. correspondent: a scorching heat dome in a region of high pressure that traps heat on the ground has blanketed west texas and much of the u.s. south, resulting in multiple days of triple digit apertures and suffocating humidity. while pools in public facilities offer some temporary respite, the conditions pose serious health risks or vulnerable groups such as homeless communities and workers who spend much of their days outside. earlier this month texas governor greg abbott's envelope that will eliminate requirements for water breaks for construction workers beginning in september, but even those with air conditioning at full blast could be at risk of losing it, the electric reliability council of texas's power usage has reached all-time highs

i'm lisa desjardin, john yang is away. we begin tonight in ukraine as its forces ppare to launch a counteroffensive, russia is striking across the country. in the eastern city of dnipro, strikes late saturday killed a 2-year-old child and wounded almost two dozen others. five more children were among the injured. top ukrainian officials, including president volodymyr zelenskyy, now say that more than 500 children have been killed since russia's invasion began. in northern afghanistan, nearly 80 young schoolgirls, grades 1 to 6, were poisoned at two separate schools, in a first of its kind attack since the taliban takeover. the girls have been hospitalized with unspecified injuries. the person accused of planning the mass poisoning had a "personal grudge," an afghan education offici said. an investigation is ongoing. since the taliban took power nearly two years ago, girls have been banned from education beyond the sixth grade. in eastern india, the investigation into friday night's train disaster found that an error in the

john yang has also denounced the united nations secretary general for criticizing the launch. nato peacekeeping. reinforcements have arrived in northern costs of the following day is of interest in the region. tensions flared after ethnic albanian mayers were installed in districts inhabited by ethnic serbs who boycotted the recent elections. france, germany called for a new vote in the disputed areas, encourage cost of of a neighboring serbia to de escalate. the situation us senate has passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling, eliminating the threats of a devastating credit the fault. after weeks of wrangling, democrats and republicans agreed on the compromise package to extend us ball rolling until after the general election in 2024. bill will now go to present joe biden, to be signed into law. president biden has trip 10 fall in on a stay on stage during a public event, he was heading out diploma is to graduates of the us air force academy in colorado springs. when he tripped over a sand bag on the stage as full was captured on video, which spread quickly across social media. whitehouse speci

john yang or andrew yang was that candidate in the 2020 democratic race.ewt gingrich kinda played that role in an early republican race. so there is a role for a candidate that is not so bound by talking points as so many of the other ones are. and voters get that. >> speaking of interesting candidates, robert f kennedy junior, he has been going up in the polls in the primary race. let's take a listen to him. he was talking about this race the other day. >> we are supposed to be the party of the american middle class. right now, most of the american middle class feels that they are being ignored. you know, i am trying to speak to them and represent those interests. >> what do you think of his candidacy and giving joe biden potentially run for his money? >> i think that you have to start looking at this in the context of the many poles we have seen. a majority of americans, democrats, someone else other than joe biden being their nominee. they really do not have a name, but somebody else other than joe biden. here you have robert f kennedy junior, obviously

follow us on tiktok, where john yang further breaks down today's supreme court landmark affirmative actiont it means for college admissions going forward. geoff: and join us again here tomorrow night, when the supreme court is expected to issue a ruling on president biden's student loan forgiveness plan. that's the newshour for tonight. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on behalf of the entire “newshour” team, thank you for joining us. ♪ >> major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by -- ♪ the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour, including leonard and norma clorevine, and koo and patricia yuen. >> architect. beekeeper. mentor. a raymondjames financial advisor taylors advice to help you live your life. life well planned. >> the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. and with the ongoing support of these institutions. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation of public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers l

john yang has more now on the court's ruling in favor of a web designer who refuses to create websitese-sex couples because of her religious beliefs. john: geoff, the justices sided with her on a 6-3 ideological split, saying that forcing her to make websites for something she doesn't believe in would violate her first amendment rights. writing for the majority, justice neil gorsuch wrote, "the first amendment protects an individual's right to speak his mind regardless of whether the government considers his speech sensible and well intentioned or deeply misguided, and likely to cause anguish or incalculable grief." today the colorado attorney general said the decision gives businesses free rein to discriminate. >> this sweeping opinion promises to destabilize the public marketplace, enabling and encouraging all types of businesses, not just those who make websites, to have a first amendment right to refuse customers because of who they are. john: president biden said the decision was disappointing. kate sosin is a reporter at the 19th news, where they cover lgbtq+ issues. kate, from y

for the “pbs newshour,” i'm john yang.s are calling for a cold front that should start cleansing the skies by tomorrow. the heat in the south could begin easing this weekend. in the day's other headlines, a new wave of flight delays and tincellations hit air travelers wicheson. a foron airports in newark, washington, and elsewhere were full of frustrated passengers. the tracking company flightaware reported more than 900 flights cancelled and 4700 delayed today. >> i am trying to get to new orleans right now. new orleans or dallas, texas. i just want to get away from this airport. it's been since sunday. and they lost my luggage. they told me my luggage was in dallas, texas. my mom went to go pick it up. they said it's here, and then it will be eight hours to get my luggage. geoff: thunderstorms along the east coast caused the biggest disruptions, and the problem could worsen tomorrow as holiday air travel peaks. a u.s. marine veteran, daniel penny, pleaded not guilty today in the chokehold killing of a black man on a new

toto my left is john c yang, president and director of asian american of advancing justice andme largestrican civil rights organization in the country. john previously served as commerce department official and obama administration and helped private sector and legal roles in washington and shanghai. nonresident senior associate with csi aerospace security project and ceo of conagra enterprises, a defense in intelligence, space, sciences and more. she's a self-described space nerd and served as top space nerve nucleus gore yay torr and lead -- negotiators and the top services armed committee and before that held roles at dod and intelligence community. travis is coo and director of war dc chapter of national fassociation of black engagement in asia. he leads the organization's effort to connect black asia in the public and private sectors and seeks to increase the representation of the black americans engaging in asia. he himself spent time working for major multinational in south korea and works as consultant at de-lit. excited to be with you here for this conversation and the thought,

of the cotton made the name yang yak thought of this people in vain, zechariah sang a song u yakoyu, glorifying the vekonations of the messianic obligations and twisted johnrophet and what kind of buddha to walk in front of the pan and straighten for him the way in human hearts, this song will be called uleturia and is an important element that the previously given prayers are kostel about my mother, i just want john to be a brother-in-law i go when he declares to be born present at the holy anna maria ikaya came from the veda of those mothers still volonyachim john the baptist rejoiced heartily at the presence of the messiah. my dear holy bow. we read the great-grandfather and youth of john the child grew in spirit and she found herself in the wilderness yes of her day with the appearance before israel. it can be understood that after the early death of his old barrels, yang lived as a deserter in the loneliness of abu usupolnosti with inshi, machi. mayonce went out for sai at ikea that hour, stranded his support regiment on the dead sea in a hidden kaleem at 30 years old, he was white at will the right to speak publicly and start, and he recognized this

john, thank you for taking the time to speak with us today. we heard calvin yang, an asian american student at cal, praising this decision, saying he believes diversity is very important for education. however, affirmative action is a well-intentioned idea that is poorly executed in reality, he said. how do you ensure diversity without affirmative action if that is agreed upon it seems by so many people that it's important? >> first off we should realize that this supreme court decision only says that the use of race by the government is unconstitutional. you can have all kinds of other diversity if you want, and we have it at the university of california. here racial preferences have been barred since prop 209 in the mid 1990s, yet today we admitted our most racially diverse class. what the court's opinion says is that you can't use race, that our constitution is colorblind. and i have to say i really disagree with the last guest when he was saying the court is attacking precedent, it's undermining the rule of law. sometimes a court gets it wrong. dred scott was

yang, they were crossing another off of their list of suspects. they determine monica had nothing to do with sending those nasty letters to women and john's life and had nothing to do with ronny rider's murder. the ordeal was a nightmare for her. >> it was so mysterious. everything sounded crazy. here in the middle, it is me, my name, i did nothing besides just going out and dating a person, at the wrong time. >> sean gill was also fully cleared of the murder. within a few weeks of the shooting. the investigation was soon focused on marnie yang. sean then went from possible suspect to unofficial police agent. he allowed police to fire his home and then he invited money over to see what she might say about the murder. investigators who hovered nearby and listened and later said marty sounded more like a concerned friend than a killer. she has questions about the investigation. >> did you talk to the police today? what do they think? >> police and got a warrant to search for computer work. >> we find she had googled ronny writers address from her workplace to ronny's residents. >> marney had also checked online for photos and videos of ronny. please