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our capitol hill correspondent lisa desjardins is here for more on this blow to the president's domesticoe manchin says he will not do it. what is the latest? lisa: president biden was just asked about this in saudi arabia and he sidestepped the question and said he will try to do what he can as president. let's remind everyone what happened in the last 24 hours. we are talking about the build act better idea that was a huge idea last fall, it kept getting smaller and smaller because of senator joe manchin largely. last couple of months they've been talking about adding health care and private -- and climate provisions. let's look at what is in it, based on senator joe manchin. still in the package is medicare negotiation of drug prices, also joe manchin still supports the subsidies that will run out at the end of the year. he will extend those. but in the last day he said he will not support climate change provisions and increasing taxes on the wealthy. notice that says for now. he says he wants to review where the economy is in august more or less, and perhaps then he would think about

lisa desjardins begins our coverage with this report. : the scene of chaos yesterday allegedly came from a calculated plan weeks in the making. police in illinois released more information about robert crimo, the 21-year-old accused of carrying out yesterday's deadly mass shooting. officials say he used in ar-15 style rifle, with a second one found with him when he was arrested, plus other handguns at his residence. all but legally and locally, but authorities provided no details on how. the deputy chief says the gunmen climbed onto a roof via a fire escape before shooting down on the crowd. >> during the attack, crimo was dressed in women's clothing and investigators believe he did this to conceal his facial tattoos and his identity and help him during the escape with the other people who were fleeing the chaos. lisa: authorities said concern about the suspect was raised twice in 2019. a suicide attempt and separately, a threat to his family. >> a family remember reported that crimo said he was going to kill everyone and he had a collect

lisa desjardins reports. nter stage at last night's hearing about the january 6th riot, president trump's inaction as his supporters carried it out, and law enforcement feared for their lives. >> they're taking the building. hold. >> harden that door up. >> if you are moving, we need to move now. >> copy. >> if we lose any more time, we may have -- we may lose the ability to -- to leave. lisa: one jarring moment -- listening to the secret service radio for help. testimony from a secret service agent, whose identity was protected, captured the fear in the vice president's detail. >> there was a lot of yelling, a lot of -- a lot of very personal calls over the radio, so it was disturbing. i don't like talking about it. but there -- there were calls to say goodbye to family members, so on and so forth. it was getting -- for -- for whatever the reason was on the ground, the vp detail thought that this was about to get very ugly. lisa: in the hearing room, lawmakers who were at the capitol that day held on to one a

for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. judy: let's go to highland park to hear more about how that community is coping and the questions surrounding this shooting. nancy rotering is the mayor and she joins me now. thank you for being here. you have our deepest condolences. we know that a seventh person has died, well over 30 people wounded. can you tell us any more about those who are still in the hospital? mayor rotering: the people that are in the hospital have a broad range of injuries scattered throughout regional hospitals, so we are obviously trying to respect t terror and sadness their families are experiencing right now in trying to give them their space, but understand that these were -- this was a weapon of war meant to destroy human life and so people are dealing with a broad range of injuries. >> what about your community? how are the people doing? >> we are in deep mourning. yesterday was more shock and disbelief. today is sheer sadness. wherever i go, we are hugging, we are crying. people are in so much pain

i'm lisa desjardins. geoff bennett is away. tonight on "pbs news weekend."ws from the front in ukraine as russian forces make significant gains in the east and ramp up attacks on civilian targets. then, nearly a year after the taliban takeover put their lives in jeopardy, we look at the effort to help female judges escape afghanistan. and, what does it mean to be american? on this fourth of julyeekend, we take a look at how americans see their country and identity. >> all we have to bind us together is this creed, the set of ideas and ideals and promises that, from the beginning, we were breaking and, from the beginning, we've never fully lived up to. lisa: all that and the day's headlines on tonight's "pbss

lisa desjardins has that story. refrig ray, to micro waves, computers, mobile phones, cars, military grade weapons are all things that require semiconductors or chips to function. the bill make its way through congress includes $52 billion in grants an incentives to design and manufacture chips and 25% tax credit to help build high-tech facilities. the size of the bill could grow in the next day this. solution a scaled down version of a larger bill aimed at boosting u.s. competitiveness with china. i'm joined by secretary of commerce gina raymundo. thank you for joining us. there's a fascinating story with this. i know you've been up and back on the hill many times to get this to this point. let me ask you the big question. why is this an important bill? why is in the priority? >> thank you, lisa. well, as you just said, every piece of modern medical equipment, every piece of military equipment, everything that needs a computer or that is digital runs on chips. and the reality is, we don't make very many chips in the

judy: lisa desjardins has more on the unveiling. sa each state has two statues : representing them in the u.s. capitol. florida lawmakers voted to remove one of theirs, a statue representing a confederate general and replace it with a statue of bethune. joining me now is her granddaughter, evelyn bethune. your grandmother is especially known for her pioneering and relentless work in education. that is why she is depicted in the u.s. capitol is wearing a cabin gown. she created what would become the thune cookman university starting with $1.50. it became a historically black university. tell us about what she did. evelyn: i think the key element is to know that in order for her to found the school, she had to be a great organizer and fundraiser. bethune cookman university sits on what was the city garbage dump, which was the only land they would give her, let her purchase during that time. because women were not really allowed, women, black or white, were not allowed to vote, make miss it -- make decisions, unless a man give them perm

our political correspondent, lisa desjardins, has more on the latest developments. tell us, where are we in terms of these hearings? what are they going to be focusing on? and where are we overall in terms of the subject matter? lisa: these are the good questions we are all asking. tomorrow is the seventh hearing of the january 6 select committee. we did at one point expect this to be the final week for a while. however, that is changing, even as we speak. first, let's talk about tomorrow and what we will hear from the committee. the focus so far has been on trump and his direct actions. we will hear more about white nationalist groups and their ties to those around former president trump when he was in the white house. in particular, a meeting in december that preceded former president trump tweeting out that invitation to come to the rally on january 6. we will hear about advisors like roger stone and their ties that the committee was trying to make to white nationalist groups like the proud boys who we know were at the capitol and have now been arrested for their

lisa desjardins has more on the cultural battles playing out in the sunshine state. a is again in the middle of cultural and political debate as a law went into effect in the last week governing diversity training on the job and teaching about race at schools. joining me to talk about this and republican governor ron desantis' overall approach is ana ceballos, who vers state politics for "the miami herald." let me cover what this law does. it is called the "stop woke" act. it codifies a ban on teaching critical race theory, including the concept of white privilege in k-12 schools. it would block businesses from providing inclusion training. it would enforce that by using lawsuits or penalties up to $10,000. ana, what is the practical effect? what does each side say this law will actually do? ana: the practical effect has yet to be seen because we have just seen this law go into effect july 1. we are seeing a lot of concern really about how it will be enforced. this law is giving a lot of power back to parents in regards to the permissions in schools. if a parent feels

and for more on what we learn from the hearing, i'm joined by our congressional correspondent lisa desjardinshite house correspondent laura barron-lopez. good evening to both of you. lisa, you were in the hearing room. let's start by talking about that dramatic confrontation inside the white house. it was december 2020, it was all about whether and how to overturn the election. tell us more. lisa: we are at the point where the committee is gog chronologically right up to january 6. this moment happened in the middle of december after the attorney general already said there was no reason to believe there was fraud worth overturning the election. already dismissed what then-president trump said. let's take you inside who was in this meeting. four people in particular were surprise guests. rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney at different times. you see three other people, including michael flynn. you also see all of the people there who were advising him, sidney powell including patrick. those four people, the testimony today, it was not clear they actually had been invited at the w

and for more on what we learned from the hearing, i'm joined by our congressional correspondent lisa desjardins and white house correspondent laura barron-lopez. good evening to both of you. you were in the hearing room. let's start by talking about that dramatic confrontation inside the white house, december 2020. it was about whether and how to overturn the elections. >> the committee is going chronologically right up to january 6. this happened in the middle of december after the attorney general said there was no reason to believe there was fraud worth overturning the election. let's take you inside who was in this meeting. four people in particular were surprise guests to many staffers in the white house. rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney, and three other people including michael flynn, former security advisor. by then he did not have a position at the white house. you see all of the people there who were advising him. sidney powell included and patrick byrne on the end who is the ceo of overstock.com. the testimony today was that it was not clear they had been invited to th

for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins.udy: for more reaction to and analis of last night's hearing, i'm joined by two people who have been following it closely. former democratic united states senator from alabama, doug jones. and former replican u.s. representative from virginia, barbara comstock. welcome to the program to both of you. before i ask you about last night's hearing, let me ask you about today's news, senator jones, that steve bannon was found guilty by a federal jury of contempt of congress for refusing to answer questions by -- from the january 6 committee. what is the significance of that? >> thank you for having me, judy. i appreciate it. this jury struck a blow for democracy. they struck a blow for truth and accountability. they struck a blow for the institutions of government, which have been under attack in this country at the last couple years, and under attack by steve annan. the fact that bannon was found guilty of flaunting the subpoena sends a significant message to a lot of people. bannon the oth