captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening. i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: biden, abroad. the president kicks off an overseas trip, meeting with key world leaders, as the fate of his domestic agenda remains uncertain. then, it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capehart break down the democratic battle over the president's spending bill, and growing distrust between some progressives and moderates. and, resisting the vaccine. why a vaccination mandate in new york city is generating fierce opposition from its police officers. >> if they were getting shot or stabbed on the streets of america at the rate they're dying of covid, there would be outrage. but instead, somehow this issue has become politicized. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> fidelity wealth management. >> johnson & johnson. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> b.d.o. accountants and a

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening. i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: abortion battle. the supreme court agrees to quickly hear challenges to a restrictive texas law, which remains in place for now. then, brooks and capehart. david brooks and jonathan capehart analyze how cuts to the president's spending plan impact the bill's path ahead. and, cuban lens. one of cuba's most prolific painters finally gets his due in the united states, decades after the revolution cut his career short. >> he is saying yes, there are rules, but the rules are there to be broken, and this is my contribution. >> nawaz: all that and more, on tonight's s newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> johnson & johnson. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> b.d.o. accountants and advisors. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support

we just heard amna nawaz reporting. out one piece and that's the senate judiciary committee report on what former president trump did to try to put his own person in charge at thdepartment of justice. what are the consequences of that? >> well, i think you have to see it as just one of three main paths that trump was pursuing to try to overturn the results of the election. one path which we knew about was trying to pressure local and state election officials like the secretary of state of georgia where he called up for him to manufacture 12,000 votes to overturn the results. one was his attempt to convince his supporters, millions of supporters that the election was stolen, and now we learn more detail today in this report about the third path which was through the department of justice. this trump loyalist, jeffery clark, was ready to send letters out saying that the georgia legislature and potentially six other legislatures should reconvene and should announce rather than accept the results that biden had won those st

amna nawaz has our conversation. >> nawaz: judy, the trove of documents shows company leaders ignoredwarnings that facebook's decisions could harm vulnerable populations that the company was privately tracking real world harm made worse by its platform and how c.e.o. mark zuckeberg's public statements conflicted with private company data. yael eisenstat is a future of democracy fellow at the berggruen institute. in 2018, she was the global head of election integrity operations for political ads at facebook. yael welcome to it the news hour, thank you fo-- newshowe, hour thank you for joining us, saying they were ignored you say in 2018 you raised concerns about fact-checking political speech, what was the response you got then? >> yeah, so in 2018 when i started asking questions in the company about whether we should fact check political ads, and that is a really key distinction because political ads are things they were take money for, it was paid speech and it was clear to me the harm that could happen when you allow people with the biggest platform to lie about voting, about electi

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening. i'm amna nawaz.ruff is away. on the newshour tonight: abortion battle. the supreme court agrees to quickly hear challenges to a restrictive texas law, which remains in place for now. then, brooks and capehart. david brooks and jonathan capehart analyze how cuts to the president's spending plan impact the bill's path ahead. and, cuban lens. one of cuba's most prolific painters finally gets his due in the united states, decades after the revolution cut his career short. >> he is saying yes, there are rules, but the rules are there to be broken, and this is my contribution. >> nawaz: all that and more, on tonight's s newshour.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening. i'm amna nawaz. the newshour tonight: biden, abroad. the president kicks off an overseas trip, meeting with key world leaders, as the fate of his domestic agenda remains uncertain. then, it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capehart break down the democratic battle over the president's spending bill, and growing distrust between some progressives and moderates. and, resisting the vaccine. why a vaccination mandate in new york city is generating fierce opposition from its police officers. >> if they were getting shot or stabbed on the streets of america at the rate they're dying of covid, there would be outrage. but instead, somehow this issue has become politicized. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

. >> nawaz: for many... it's out of reach. >> i was in tears. we're going to do. daycare. >> nawaz: often scarce and costly. >> i kept saying to myself, it's got to be a better way. >> nawaz: a dilemma that's sparked a national debate. >> quality, affordable childcare. >> we can't have everything. >> nawaz: and will impact americans for generations to come.“ raising the future: the child care crisis.” a pbs newshour special report. tuesday, october 12th at 10:00, 9:00 central >> woodruff: and on the newshour online, americans of the sikh faith have lived in the united states for more than 125 years, but since 9/11, the community has fought for understanding and fair treatment, while advocating for peace and compassion toward others. that's on pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, please stay safe, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> the landscape has changed, and not for the last time.

thank you, amna nawaz. thank you, cat wise.the producers who worked with both of you, rachel wellford and gretchen frazee. and you can watch "raising the future: the child care crisis." that's tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 9:00 central on your local pbs station. and in a relate stoyr, on the newshour online, experts say bias against those caring for family members is a powerful driver of discrimination in the work force. and, while the pandemic and resulting child care gaps have received more attention, are these workers any better off now? we explore that question on our website, www.pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, please stay safe, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> the landscape has changed, and not for the last time. the rules of business are being reinvented, with a more flexible workforce, by embracing innovation, by looking not only a

amna nawaz is back with a look at the widening scandal. >> nawaz: judy, the games were postponed afterlayers demanded an end to what they call systematic abuse in the league. on thursday, north carolina's professional team, the courage, fired coach paul riley, following reports he sexually coerced multiple players. according to a report this week by "the athletic," riley coerced one player to have sex with him, forced two players to kiss one another, and sent unsolicited sexual pictures. the coach of the washington spirit was fired earlier this week after the "washington post" reported he verbally and emotionally abused players. this makes three coaches the national women's soccer league has fired in its ranks for misconduct since august. i'm joined by molly hensley- clancy. she's an investigative sports reporter forhe "washington post." molly, welcome to the "newshour". thanks for joining us. this league is just a few years old. it's less than a decade old. this year alone three coaches fired since august. why are we learning about all this now? >> i think the simple answer is, up unt

amna nawaz starts our report.mna: on capitol hill today, a now familiar fight over election integrity and former president trump's baseless claims of voter fraud. >> who won the election in arizona, donald trump or joe biden? >> we don't know. amna: that false claim from arizona republican congressman andy biggs was shot down by a slate of state officials and election security experts, confirming joe biden won both arizona and the nationwide count. >> the election was free, fair and accurate. >> the best election we've ever run in maricopa county. amna: that's jack sellers and bill gates, the republican chair and vice-chair of the maricopa county board of supervisors. >> was there any fraud or corruption materially affecting the outcome of the election in arizona in 2020? man: no. amna: still, republicans on the committee called for more investigations. >> there are inconsistencies. there remain question marks. amna: and accused democrats of sweeping concerns under the rug. >> why do democrats hate audits? >> you

amna nawaz has a conversation with the secretary of education. >> nawaz: leading child health care groupsuding the american academy of pediatrics, said today the pandemic has triggered a “national state of emergency” in mental health among america's youth. that policy makers need to act. the education department has issued new guidance for how to address the crisis in k-12 schools, as well as how to spend billions in relief funding to bolster student mental heah. secretary miguel cardona joins me now. mr. secretary, welcome back to the "newshour". thanks for making the time. let's talk about the guidelines issued today. how do they address this crisis right now? >> i appreciate the academy of pediatrics making those statements because it's critically important we continue to work together to give our students what they need and across the country they need more support, mental health support, more social-motional well being checks, and we are pleased at the don't of education to be able to respond in a way that addresses what we have been hearing from students, from educators across the c

amna nawaz has the story. >> nawaz: judy, this all goes back to "the closer," dave chappelle's highly-watchedbut employees at netflix-- including some who walked off the job today-- criticized the special, arguing that it's offensive and could lead to harm of transgender people. in it, chappelle compares trans identity to blackface, and jokes about killing a woman. netflix's co-c.e.o. ted sarandos initially doubled down on his support for chappelle and the special. yesterday, he said the special will remain online, but apologized, saying“ i screwed up” and “i should've made sure to recognize that a group of our employees was hurting.” joining me now is imara jones. she's the creator of trans-lash media, a media non-profit that focuses on the transgender community. she also co-chaired the first- ever u.n. high-level meeting on gender diversity. imara, welcome to the "newshour". thanks for making the time. i have to point out even after that acknowledgment from is a rando saying -- sarando, they say it fits into free artistic expression. what do you make of this? >> well i think that it shows t

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away.n the "newshour" tonight, biden abroad - the president kicks off an overseas trip, meeting with key world leaders as the fate of his domestic agenda remains uncertain. then, it's friday- david brooks and jonathan capehart break down the democratic battle over the president's spending bill, and growing distrust between some progressives and moderates. and resisting the vaccine - why a vaccination mandate in new york city is generating fierce opposition from its police officers. >> if they were getting shot or stabbed on the streets of america at the rate they're dying of covid, there would be outrage, but instead somehow this issue has become politicized. amna: all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪ >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by ♪ >> moving our economy for 160 years, bnsf, the engine that connects us. ♪ >> johnson & johnson, financial services firm raymond james, bdo accountants and advisors. >> the john s and james l knight foundation, more at kf

amna nawaz has our conversation. amna: that's right, judy.rove of documents shows company leaders ignored employee warnings that facebook's decisions could harm vulnerable populations, that the company was privately tracking real-world harm made worse by its own platform, and how ceo mark zuckerberg's public statements conflicted with private company data. yael eisenstat is a future of democracy fellow at the berggruen institute. in 2018, she was the global head of election integrity operations for political ads at facebook. she joins us now. yael, welcome to the "newshour." thanks for making the time. the documents really show the extent of internal dissent, people raising red flag after red flag and saying they were ignored. you said in 2018 you raised concerns about fact-checking political speech. what was the response you got then? yael: yes. so, 2018, when i started asking questions in the company about whether we should fact-check political ads, and that is a really key distinction, because political ads are things they were taking mone