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that film maker ken burns calls his most important ever, this week on "firing line" sg the important thing is to move the opacity, and make these people an amputated limb that we feel. >> is the renowned documentary film maker who's tackled subjects such as the civil war, the vietnam war, baseball and jazz now ken burns along with sarah botstein and their team are examining one of the darkest moments in history, the holocaust from the perspective they say every american needs to know. the new series "the u.s. and the holocaust" examines what the u.s. did and didn't do as hitler murdered 6 million jews. >> no more refugees outside the limited quotas would be offered even temporary shelter. >> and asks important questions, what did the u.s. government and ordinary americans know about the horror? why didn't the u.s. take in more refugees? have we learned the right lessons? >> you will not replace us. >> what do film makers ken burns and sarah botstein say now. >> "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by robert, charles r. schwab, the fairweather foundation, and by

everybody who wants to be a documentary filmmaker now wants to be ken burns.who your role model was when you were stting out, but did you grow up and say, "i don't want to be in private equity, i don't want to be in hedge funds," things important like that? ken: ha ha ha! david: you said, "i wanted to be a documentary filmmaker." what propelled you towards that, and where did you grow up? ken: i grew up the son of an anthropologist and a biologist mother, who died very young of cancer, of a 10-year battle with cancer when i was 11. i remember after my mom died, i saw my dad cry for the first time, and he cried at a movie. and i said, "that's it. i want to become a moviemaker." and that--at that point, that meant alfred hitchcock or john ford or howard hawks-- big-name directors of the sixties. but i ended up going to hampshire college, a new, brand-new experimental school that opened in the fall of '70. i went in the fall of '71, and all of my teachers there were social documentary still photographers and filmmakers who reminded me, quite correctly, that there

ken burns and lynn novick, fantastic to have you.'s an alex wagner bonus show tonight. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. >>> hey, there is an alex wright show tonight. hey, an alex wagner bonus show tonight. starts right now. good evening. >> it is. oh, right. i'm here. i'm going to pivot back to what you were just talking about which is much more serious and so the central question of what we are facing today. who are americans? what does it mean to be american? who belongs here? who belongs here who doesn't? it just echoes of our past and yet the questions remain so unresolved or so fraught especially at this hour, chris. >> it is pretty striking when you run the footage through the news reel filter how morally clear it is right? like well should we have taken one more vote of jews fleeing europe? obviously. when you put it in the contemporary context, well, you

i spoke to ken burns and lynn novak earlier about their new film.iful film, such an important one, as well as infuriating at times. it is a very uncompromising look at the way america responded to what was happening in europe trying to lead up to the holocaust. a lot of those prejudices are already still present in society today. for you, what was your hope in making this documentary in this moment? >> you know, we began this seven years ago. america was a very different place in 2015. and we hoped to just tell the story. after doing this for a few decades you know that whatever subject you do it will rhyme in the present, that will be important. and are disciplined as filmmakers is not to yield those, not to put arrows pointing at them or neon signs, but to just tell the story and know full well that it will resonate. but as we worked on this, more and more as time caught up with us as we got closer to the air date, we began to realize how much it is rhyming in almost every sentence with today. we set the table of our film with the story of antisem

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veteration has passed, ken burns can do that. there's no chance angrybeat h veteransim will show up at hisgh house and beat him with their canes for besmirching theio died. >> their closest friends soo died in their early 20s fighting the . wants ken burns can say whatever he wants. many will believe him. so thi so this g hes morning, burns ple the role of holocaust expertpert on cnn. and you know what? you s has discovered? ken burns has discovered thathes rhonda santurc de sending illegl aliens to martha's vineyard is pretty much exactly what hitler did. prettyt much exactly. of your >> watch this. all of your documentaries are about history, but all of themee also make you think about where we are now. and we woke up to the news this morning that governor rhonda santurce of florida sent two plane loads of migrants to martha's vineyard off the coast of massachusetts mas and kids and whatnot. and i'm not saying this is not a one for one . this is not a parallel here in any way, but it does address some of the same themes. comint

with ken burns.locaust, why did you even want to take another look? >> seeing it through the lens of the united states helps us, i believe, understand the holocaust itself in a much different and perhaps fresher ctive. >> we tell ourselves stories as a nation. one of the stories we tell ourselves is that we're a land of immigrants. but in moments of crisis, it becomes very hard for us to live up to those stories. >> their film, seven years in the making and airing on pbs later this month, is entitled "the u.s. and the holocaust." in painstaking detail, burns, botstein and their partner lynn novick, unravel how america reacted to this humanitarian catastrophe. >> we failed. you know, we let in more human beings than any other sovereign nation, but if we had done ten times that many, i think we would have failed. and it is a failure at every level. it is a failure in the executive, a failure in the legislative branch, a failure in media, a failure in the general population. >> many white protestant ame

i spoke to ken burns and lynn novak earlier about the new film. such an important one as well as infuriating at times. it's a very uncompromising look at the way america responded to what was happening in europe during the lead-up to the holocaust. and a lot of those prejudices are obviously still present in society today. for you, what was your hope in making this documentary in this moment? >> well, you know, we began this seven years ago, and america was a very, very different place in 2015. and we hoped to just tell a story. you know, after doing this for a few decades, you know that whatever subject you do, it will rhyme in the present. there'll will be resonances. not to yield those, not to point arrows at them, but just to tell the story and know they'll resonate. as we worked on this more and more, as time caught up with us, as we got closer to the air date, we began to realize how much it is rhyming in almost every sentence with today. we set the table of our film with the story of anti-semitism in america, anti-immigrant sentiment, nativ

judy: jonathan, michael, thank you both. >> thanks, judy. >> thank you. ♪ a new documentary from ken burnsagues begins on pbs on sunday. it is a different window into the holocaust with a focus on this country. burns is calling it the most important film he will ever make. jeffrey brown has a look for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> the nazis had already begun the mass murder of jews. that they were actually determined to eliminate all the jews of europe. >> the holocaust, the murder of some 6 million jews and millions of others. an ideology that drove nazi germany and aimed at wiping out the entire jewish population of the earth. >> one of the stories we tell ourselves that we are a land of immigrants. but in moments of crisis, it becomes hard for us to live up to those stories. >> the u.s. and the holocaust, a six-hour documentary presented over three nights, shifts focus to make this an american story as well. one that raises troubling questions of this country's history and actually is. -- and actions. >> we didn't make the holocaust happened, but the anti-semitism, racism in t

film maker who's tackled subjects such as the civil war, the vietnam war, baseball and jazz now ken burnseir team arexamining one of the darkest moments in history, the holocaust from the perspective they say everymerican needs to know. the new series "the u.s. and the holocaust" examines what the u.s. did and didn't do as hitler murdered

he interviewed a filmmaker ken burns.exactly the middle age prestige who spends an awful lot of time owning around martha's vineyard looking for the famous people. he is in a film out that blames united states of all countries on earth for the holocaust. now that the world war ii generation is passed ken burns can do that. there's no chance at angry veterans will shop at his house and beat him with their canes for besmirching the memory of their closest friends who died in her early 20s the. so he can say whatever he wants and he believes them. so this morning he played the role of the holocaust expert. you know what he discovered? he has discovered that ron desantis sending illegal immigrants is pretty much the same way what hitler did. a pretty much exactly. watch this. >> all of your documentaries are about history. all of them also make you think about where we are now, and we woke up to the news this morning at governor ron desantis of florida sent to plane loads of migrants to martha's vineyard off the coast of mass

in the hopes of doing better next time. >> all right ken burns and lynn novick, thank you both for beinghts tonight, i agree with attorney sunny -- who says you should mourn the queen and should, but also that does not mean you embrace all of the history of the british empire, the colonialism and the developing situations around racial disparities in the united kingdom and throughout other areas where the queen and the royal family still held a symbolic lead. we have seen progress, but we've not seen a go on where it should go. as simon will be sent, lord simon will be set from england on the show, we have a long way to go, but we have come a long way from the day 31 years ago. i helped to lead that march in england, where you would have thought we were in one of the same kind of hostile situations in the united states. that's why as we gather this week with a hate crime summit at the white house, with the leaders of the jewish, asian, that do you know and lgbtq, indigenous communities, meeting and talking about dealing with the rise of hate crime, we must not just talk about it as comme

and new docuseries from ken burns idolizes the flawed u.s.ty of civilized behavior is the one thing you really learn, because these people, who we now see in these photographs, these cpf photographs, and were receding into time, they're no different, no different from us. you look at your neighbor's, the people of the dry cleaners, the way waiters in the restaurants, that's who these people were. don't kid yourself. >> we have seen, as a deal of human behavior, and we have no guarantee that it will occur. if we can make that clear and graphic, and understandable, that is something to imitate, but it's a warning of what can happen to human beings. and then, perhaps, we have one shield against its recurrence. >> two emmy award winning co-directors and producers of that new pbs par three docuseries, ken burns and lynn novick join me now. thank you both for being here. i think when i saw the title of this coming out, i thought to myself, okay, what did i learn? what do you learn of the u.s. holocaust? i think what you learned, generally, it's the

and the holocaust ken burns and lynn novak join me now. it is an honor. i'm a huge fan.nk it is a basic simple one. at the moment when escape was still possible for hundreds of thousands of refugees from europe, the united states of america, the land of migrants, of at least the idea, did not make it easy for them to come in. we did let in 225,000 people, more than any other sovereign nation. but jake, we could have let in five times that many and we didn't. because of rampant anti-semitism and lack of political will and racism and xenophobia, and immigration laws that put quotas that made is very, very hard and a state department that kept changing the rules and raising the bar and moving the goalpost. >> and lynn, this documentary comes on a weekend where venezuelan refugees fleeing the horrific conditions in marxist venezuela are being used for political messaging by republican governors and i'm wondering how res onnent you think that is and how much when you're watching this play out in reel time, you're thinking about the work in this documentary about jewish refuge

ken burns, lynn novick, thank you so much for bringing this story. and part three tomorrow night. the queen bumped us. empire strikes back. >> she does that. >> and streaming on pbs. >> we'll watch all the way through. thanks. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," a live report from the courthouse ahead of today's hearing in the mar-a-lago documents case. the latest on a bipartisan effort to prevent another january 6th from happening. can legislation do that? we're back in just a moment. it's the all-new subway series menu! 12 irresistible new subs... like #11 subway club. piled with turkey, ham and roast beef. this sub isn't slowing down time any time soon. i'll give it a run for its money. my money's on the sub. it's subway's biggest refresh yet. okay season 6! aw... this'll take forev—or not. do i just focus on when things don't work, and not appreciate when they do? [dog groans] so whatever is at work to pull all this off, it's working. as are those earrings. ♪ ♪ even work works! i just booked this parking spot... this desk... and this conference roo

the first award is neighbor ken burns. the first award is given to david mccullough.big award and comes with honorarium and so david got the award. should there in front of several hundreds of thousands of people. he did not talk about himself. he talked about his wife, rosalie who sadly passed away about two months before david did. his wife of the 67 years i think it was had a unique style with david. what david is due as he was write the books. who would write the paragraph and rosalie were to read it. he greeted back to make sure read well and sounded well. that is how they did all those books ready write a couple paragraphs, she'd read it back to him they go back and forth retold a store that night when he talked only about his wife. talked about time is writing a book which later won the pulitzer prize i think is the book on jon adams. he wrote a paragraph and rosalie read it back to him. and he said it sounds okay she said no, this one sentence is not really work. he said read it again. she read it again, that's okay. no, it really doesn't work that sentence is

i'm watching the new ken burns documentary, america and the holocaust on pbs, and there's this line inicians who enabled hitler to rise to the leader of germany didn't believe in everything he believed in and thought they could control him, but they all believed that it was time for democracy to end. and whether it's ginni thomas, unfortunately probably her husband, we saw those members of the house who didn't vote to protect the election from another coup in 2024, that seems to be the central organizing principle of one of america's two political parties. is they would just be fine, some of them, with democracy dying. many of them see it as what they really want in my view is to be unaccountable, to the law, to the voters, to the press, and it's scary. i hope what comes out of this hearing is the committee learned more about her role, the messages. we know the messages she sent, text and email. i'm sure there's more. that will give us a bigger picture because this was all a conspiracy. this wasn't independent actors acting on their own. they were organized and their cheerleader was si

migrants to blue cities with permission from the migrants, mind you and revoltingly, folks like ken burns holocaust? totally unaware how offensive that is to the victims of the holocaust by the way. seems that these limousine liberals just don't like it that migrants are showing up in their backyard. they prefer they stay in working class areas. rank hypocrisy being exposed here. neil: thank you, daniel gars is a, libre initiative president. look at all major averages are down. speaks to continue us speed economy, on jobless claims front they go lower and lower, that is good for finding jobs. potentially bad for those worried that the federal reserve will keep raising interest rates there is enough ammunition to assume they will. at the very least, a 3/4 point hike scheduled for next week. i say scheduled. it is all but a given. some say it could be a full percentage point, eye of the beholder and go through the data. we'll talk to marty walsh labor secretary of the united states on the rail strike we're told averted but we shall see after this. ♪. (vo) while you may not be a pediatric su

that ron desant, comparable to adolf hitler, said ken burns,o l america's filmmaker, because he had organized the transportation of migrants from his state to martha's vineyard. >> watch. this is sod so cruel and so unnecessary, so uncalled for and so brazen. itit shocks the conscience of ay fair minded human being. >> this tactic by supposedly christian right politicians like the santurcg. e, arizona's doug deucy and greg abbott of texas is about as unchristian sh as it gets.an >> stephanie, ther, the is not a political stunt that is anit i act of evil and it is an act of evil being done by evil men .non >>ly some politicians would rather not only have an issue, but exacerbate it tohu the extet of literally human traffickingas ,as you said, and sending them to destinations, because youunt, want to own in a country where a woman with a fetus inside ofsd her with no brain has to traveln a thousand miles to get an abortion. look, here is rhonda santurce and frankly, greg abbott and doug ducey. we hate immigrants.we h get the eff out and wef ou will help you get the eff out this morning. joe , l

i think he's this forgotten person who's been restored in the movie gettysburg and the ken burns civil war series and i think he's a person who needs to be known. but we don't like heroes so there's been a recent pushback. i'm told that some of the park service people at gettysburg 15 20 years ago underneath their park uniforms had a t-shirt that said joshua who but if you go to gettysburg today little round top is by far the most visited place why because of joshua lawrence chamberlain, so he is a remarkable figure well, ladies and gentlemen. i hope that you now agree what an inspired decision it was on the part of our president frank scaturro and ed hochman to invite these two incomparable biographers and students of us grant to help celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the man who truly did save the union and whose reputation and legacy these two great biographers helped retrieve so wonderfully. thank you ron cherno and thank you ron white good morning, andu for joining us at general

he had just done the ken burns documentary as well.le that suffered from this don't they realize they're in bed with the people that caused it. they're paying him money. and not every supporter, not every pennsylvania ven a nazi. but all that nazis in pennsylvania are supporting doug mastriano? >> what do you do about this? >> it's like the last segment. the power of these conspiracy theories to influence even educated people. i mean, anti-semitism has been a virus that's been around for is,000 years. -- 1,000 years. the thing that bothers me about right christian nationalism which they're proud to call themselves, is i mean, this country was founded on the establishment clause, the first amendment clause. make no law respecting an establishment religion. that was a radical notion in the 18th century. who was it made by? white christian men rebelling against and establishing religion trying to get with the church of england. this is going back and back and it's a terrible thing for our country when we should be modernizing and being mo

ken wayne. it's being called the mill fire. it's burning in siskyou county about 400 miles north of the bay area. >> thousands of people have been evacuated. the governor's state of emergency should help fund the firefight and kron four's ella sogomonian not joins us in the studio and has the catherine, this really gives you a sense of the conditions that we are dealing with in northern california. it's hot, it's dry. it's windy. >> really the worst combination to have at this time. the mill fire has now burned more than 2500 acres just hours after erupting at around 1 o'clock this afternoon. take a look at more time lapse video of those plumes of smoke. more than 7,000 people have had to evacuate in and around the town called weed. that's near the oregon border where that fire is burning and it further jammed up roadways. this labor day weekend. people were immediately told to get up and get out. we're hearing one woman was only able to take off with a suitcase of documents and her laptop. that's more than most several people have been hur

burning near the mosquito fire. >> well, the latest on how crews are trying to put out those flames. i'm keni'm pam moore. the news at 6 is next. ♪♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 2 system. with a painless, one-second scan i know my glucose numbers without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. take the mystery out of managing your diabetes and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free at freestylelibre.us >> from the bay area's news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. >> and so this policy will apply only to 16 17 year-olds. >> who will be? only considered for the potential. requesting the ability to charge him as an adult. >> now at 6 san francisco's district attorney brooke jenkins unveiling a new policy today reintroducing the option for prosecutors to charge of 16 17 year-olds as adults in certain cases. thank you for joining us for kron. 4 news at 6. i'm pam moore and i'm ken wayne. this is a departure from former distr

burning in martinez. it has been named the franklin fire and has now grown to more than 100 acres. thank you for joining us on kron. 4 news at 8. i'm pam moore ken wayne. we're continuing our coverage of the bay area heat wave. but first, want to get you updated on this. fire burning in the area of franklin canyon road. >> and highway 4, you can see it on the map. it's east of the franklin canyon golf course. cal fire says the fire started about 6.30, this evening at what they called a dangerous rate of speed. but there is some good news. it is now. 75 1% contained. our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow tracking the weather conditions around the fire and is here with the latest. lawrence. very breezy out there this afternoon. of course, we have the hot temperatures that hot air begins to rise. and all of a sudden we get that seabreeze that kicks in behind. and that's what we're seeing right now. we've seen some gusts of 13 to 20 miles an hour in and around that fire. but the fact that it's a sea breeze is good news. that means you're going to be a little higher humidity, although it's been fairly dry in the east bay and around much of the bay

ken and catherine, back to you. thank of recent tonight, 2 fires are burning about 400 miles north of the bay area. >> way up in siskyou county off. i-5. the mill fire has now burned more than 2500 acres has just hours after erupting at about 1 o'clock today that fire has destroyed home. some people have been injured. we don't have numbers on either of that. more than 7,000 people we know did have to evacuate, heading to jammed roads this labor day weekend. >> and now a second wildfire wildfire has started only minutes away from the first one kron four's ella sogomonian joins us live in the studio with the latest on what we're learning. a lot. >> well, that's right. 2 fires are now burning in siskyou county near the oregon border. before we get to that, let's talk about the are that we see here and we have footage from the ground up the damage in a town called weed. this is what is left of one neighborhood. not much but small dirt twisted up metal. and you can see a firefighter hosing down what is left as the sun was setting out there tonight. unfortunately, a familiar sight to us here in the bay area. a charred truck

ken, we'll have to see. but mayor liccardo says and does in the weeks to come back to you. all right. grant, thank you. >> tonight, the mosquito fire burning in placer and el dorado counties has quadrupled in size. it has now burned 13,000 acres. more evacuations were issued today. >> it was tough just with people trying to, you know, it's entire. home. and so they're trying to, you know, pick and choose what to grab beyond what they already have. you know, the essentials, but like what schools they want to what vehicles they wanted. it was it was chaos. it's really tough. >> reporter monica deanda reports from a community destroyed by those flames. >> 2 days after the mosquito fire first started its wrath is evident along michigan bluff road. this home reduced to a skeleton, only 4 walls remain. take a look at these 2 target vehicles completely destroyed by the mosquito fire. and if you move on over this way to our right. >> you can see this is one of the homes that got the brunt of the fire. one of the only things left standing is that bike. >> the around here charred and this isn't the only home ruined by the flames of the mosquito fire

burning then there were the lines of bulldozers. just plowing through the vegetation, all in an effort to get the fire contains so that thousands have evacuated ken eventually returned home. very large, complex and very tough and rugged train and firefighters gonna continue to work around clock and we're gonna get these folks back in and get this taken care of. coming up. tens of thousands of freight railway workers could go on strike later this week, and that's already having a ripple effect on passenger services also ahead, attorneys for the man accused of beheading the mother of his child are arguing he's not fit to stand trial. but family and friends of the woman killed tell a much different side of the story. already we'll check in on those fires will also check in on our weather, which has really been almost perfect. feels like fall out there. the forecast coming up but first, the ongoing drought has decimated california's rice farmers this year, and some experts worry next year's crops could be even worse. madison academy in oakland, is facing charges after a shooting there last month. oakland police say investigators determined a 12 year

ken, cnn, athens, georgia. >>> thousands without power in puerto rico as tropical storm fiona approaches. our derek van dam is tracking it and will have the forecast when we come back. >>> the mosquito fire has burnedthan 73,000 acres in northern california. firefighters are about to get some much-needed assistance with the blaze. it has l-theanine to help me relax from daily stress. plusus, shoden ashwagandha for quality sleep. so i can wake up r refreshed. neuriva thinink bigger. i was hit by a car and needed help. i called the barnes firm. that was the best call i could've made. i'm rich barnes. it's hard for people to know how much their accident case is let our injury attorneys know he how much their accident cget the best result possible. i had no idea how much i wamy case was worth. c call the barnes firm to find out what your case could be worth. we will help get you the best result possible. ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ >>> this just in, japan has issued a tsunami warning for its far southwestern islands after a large earthquake struck nearby taiwan. the u.s. geological survey says the 7.2 quake hit a rural area off the island's southeastern coast. so far, no immediate reports

burns and mcdonnell. bud albright president and ceo of the u.s. nuclear industry council and doug true, vice president and chief nuclear officer of a nuclear energy institute. the journalists are ken silverstein, markham hislop, jennifer heller of the wall street journal she is having computer programs because of a storm in houston. she will join us when she can. we will begin with the question from rod kuckro. >> it's good to be back from what that for one of these events. there's a lot to talk about whether the nuclear it seems to be positioning to the future. the federal government reported a week ago that 49% of the lower 48 states in the u.s. are in drought conditions. of course we know this is affecting production at the hoover dam. in other places, a lot of the gulf coast and texas we have some rivers a dried up, you can rock -- walk across the rio grande. given the fact that a large nuclear plant uses about a billion gallons of water a day to cool itself, what does the current climate crisis if you believe in it, bowed for the continued -- bode for the continued use of nuclear plants? could they fall prey to the large things that dams have fallen to? are there any technica

burning barricades, road blocks and demonstrators throwing stones. at the weekend, two journalists reporting on armed clashes were shot dead and their bodies set on fire. other news now: kene investments, starr was told of an affair between the president and a white house intern, monica lewinsky. after repeated denials, mr clinton admitted to the affair. our correspondent david willis told us more. he became a household name when called in as special prosecutor to head that enquiry into a failed real estate deal, the whitewater scandal as it became known in the state of arkansas. in the course of that investigation, ken starr and his team became aware of rumours of an affair between bill clinton and a white house intern, monica lewinsky. he decided to widen his enquiry to look into that and it became a seedy saga of lies, sex and audio tape, which ultimately of course led to the recommendation that bill clinton be hauled before the house of congress where he was ultimately convicted in the house, but not in the senate and impeached there. it was perjury, not real estate, that led to that situation, and this was the first impeachment of a sitting us president and 130 years