judy woodruff delves into the connection between partisanship and local news.rancis tiafoe shares his journey. >> this is the pbs newshour. >> for the second time this summer, mitch mcconnell rose up while answering your questions. this time during-- >> it's best to show what happened. >> what my thoughts? >> running for reelection. >> oh. >> did you hear the question? >> you can see there were 30 seconds where he was nonresponsive. he went on to take a couple of questions, his office says he felt dizzy. in july there was a similar moment after getting questions from reporters. this office is known for its discipline, i heard from the number two republican, little me center thune was his usual self. >> he was the longest serving party leader about the age and health. one third is over 70 years old. mcconnell is over 80. john fetterman had a stroke. this is a place worse already's power. it could be critical in the next month. >> thank you. >> in the last two years, six countries suffered what the u.n. has called an epidemic. soldiers in gabon seized power after

but, we have to be eternally hopeful. >> for the pbs newshour, i am judy woodruff. >> police officers in kansas are facing scrutiny after raiding a newsroom. press freedom advocates say it's a clear violation of the first amendment. >> its paper. on friday, police raided the newsroom. police say they executed the search warrant. but the newspaper has rejected the accusation. the publisher and editor said his mother died. she was co-owner of the paper. the publisher and editor joins us now, i am terribly sorry about your mother's passing and i wonder how you are holding up, how your colleagues are holding up. >> i will be honest with you. the shock of the raid and attention has not left me anytime to reflect on her death. >> details of the case are complicated. she went to the police, the police got the war. did anyone obtain the information? >> what really happened was a source sent us that information. we attempted to verify if it was factual information. we informed the police. we notified police one week later, they did not ask any western, we offered at the time, if you think ther

judy woodruff recently visited one community in north texas, as part of her ongoing series, "america." judy: tucked away in the texas panhandle, in an isolated pocket of the country long dominated by ranching, drilling, and the railroad, is the city of canadian, population 2300. but since march of this year, a longtime picture of this community, something residents say had bound them together through good times and bad, has been missing. >> it's just got a kind of a hole in it, you know, a vacancy right now. >> i just don't know who's going to be sharing all of the champions and the good news in our community. >> it's almost like a death in the family. we don't talk about it a lot. we just go, oh, i can't believe we don't have it. judy: earlier this year, the city's weekly newspaper, the canadian record, stopped printing. these days its bracket sits empty, but for decades, laurie brown would put up a flag outside her office each thursday to let the town know that the newest edition was available. the record was a family affair that became her life's work, and in its pages brown docum

still to come, judy woodruff explores the connection between the decline in local newspapers and thes political divides. and a look at the lasting influence of the late irish singer-songwriter sinead o'connor. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: over the past few decades, more than 2000 newspapers across the country have closed. leaving many communities without a reliable source of local information. researchers say this crisis in journalism driven by changes in technology is fueling the country's political divisions. judy woodruff recently visited on community in north texas as part of her ongoing series america at a crossroads. judy: tucked away in the texas panhandle, in an isolated pocket of the country long dominated by ranching, drilling, and the railroad is the city of canadian, population 2300. but since march of this year, a longtime fixture of this community, something residents say had bound them together through good times and bad has been missing. >>

but we have to be eternally hopeful. >> for the pbs newshour, i'm judy woodruff in vail colorado.ice officers are facing scrutiny. press freedom advocates say it is a clear violation. >> it is a town of roughly 2000, it's paper has five full-time employees. on friday, police raided the newsroom, took photos and confiscated computers, cell phones, and other materials. police say they executed the search warrant as part of an identity theft search warrant. they newspaper has reject that. eric meyer is the publisher and editor of the marion county record and he joins us now. i'm terribly sorry about your mother's passing in this whole ordeal and i wonder how are you holding up, how are your colleagues holding up? >> i'll be honest with you, the shock of the raid and the attention it has received hasn't left me any time to reflect on my mother's death. it has pushed it off a little bit. the details of this case are complicated. she went to the police, the police got the warrant, and they executed the warrant. did anyone at the newspaper illegally obtain this information? we informed t

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our judy woodruff spoke to another former federal judge about his accusations against her yesterday.the former president is criticizing the judge who is hearing the case, saying that he cannot get a fair trial and she ought to be removed. how does something like that sit in a situation like this? >> now this is radical. and it's unprecedented in american history that any person, let alone a president of the united states of america, would conduct himself toward the courts of the united states in the way that he has already begun to do and will continue. >> those are some strong words. is this kind of idea unprecedented and what do you think the chances are for the success of the judge removing herself? david: she is one of the more thoughtful and accomplished jurors in this country and i would not disagree with them at all. i think the accusations are completely baseless. he has not really had any contact with this judge and already, he's making claims that she should be recused. it's funny that he's not making those accusations. he has had about as much content with her as he has ha