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judy woodruff hears from a panel of iowa voters on the role of politics in their lives and their hopesing division. >> the less people talk to each other, the less we have a really good frame of reference for how somebody might actually think. ♪

to find out why, judy woodruff sat down with a group of republican and democratic voters in northeasttrying to bridge the partisan divide. it's her latest installment in the series, america at a crossroads. judy: on a beautiful spring sunday, when many clevelanders were cheering on runners at the city's annual marathon, we were inside the city's historic public library next door, talking to a half dozen local residents about america's divisions. the group was brought together with the help of braver angels, one of hundreds of grassroots organizations that have sprung up in recent years to try to bridge the partisan divide. thank you, each one of you, for joining us for this conversation. we appreciate it. joining me were republican nancy miranda, who co-chairs the state's chapter of braver angels. >> what is going on in this country was so disconcerting to me. i was actually waking up at night thinking, oh my gosh, what are we leaving our kids? judy: democrat dr. bill shaul, a retired family doctor and braver angels ambassador. >> i think we need to start to bridge personal bridges wi

i'm judy woodruff. and i'm gwen ifill. she a pair of vice presidential debates tangled with presidents to. i always appreciated gwen's reporting when i was at the receiving end of one of her tough and thorough interviews in a city so often defined by cold power, its abuse. gwen ifill what she had achieved, turning her smile to light the way for those she could help. she was often a first, but she made sure she wasn't the only promise to care about more than yourself, to affect the lives of those around you. tonight we honor bill and gwen ifill posthumously the dunnigan payne prize for lifetime career achievement. what a remarkable legacy. and accepting that dunnigan payne prize on bill's behalf, his son. chris plante. and for gwen, please welcome her brother, bert isom. how are we to have their example, their record of accomplishment and everything that they leave us to inspire us going forward. the dunnigan payne prize. thank you all so much. gwen and phil were the best of the best. when i was a teenager, my parents showe

-(insects chirring) -(wind whistling softly) judy woodruff: physicist j.ments of his role in history. in late 2022, the department of energy decided to vacate the decision to have the security hearings. the national tragedy is that this hearing, this mccarthy-era witch hunt, materialized in the first place. that type of thing is not supposed to happen in a country like this. this is such an important and long overdue step. but at the same time, it's kind of sad, because this is something that j. robert oppenheimer will not get to experience personally. oppenheimer: science has profoundly altered the conditions of man's life, both materially and in ways of the spirit as well. nye: i think we're still talking about oppenheimer because he was so influential. we have this respect and fear of science. and oppenheimer represented both sides of that, for sure. nolan: unquestionably, he changed the world. and he changed the world forever. there's no going back. but we know that as long as men are free to ask what they will, free to say what they think, free to thi