♪ john: tonight on "pbs news weekend"... new report examines the changing face of extremist hate and anti-government groups in america. then... a look at the shortage of urgently needed mental health services for childrewho survive gun violence. and... the importance of deaf children learning sign language early in life. >> it's very difficult to go back and fill in the gaps for their language functioning and for their everyday use of language. ♪ >> major funding for "pbs news weekend" has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. we offer a variety of no contract plans and our u.s.-based customer service team can find one the fits you. to learn more, visit consumercellular.tv. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions -- and friends of the "newshour." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank y

♪ john: tonight on "pbs news weekend"...ohn: why some of the top colleges and universities in america are opting out of a decades-old rankings list. then... with infections on the rise, what you need to know about ticks and the spread of lyme disease is summer. and... how anonymity on social media influences the way people act online, including harassment. tionna: it was just really disheartening knowing that the bubble, that people felt that it was safe, that this is not that type of place is actually not true. ♪ >> major funding for "pbs news weekend" has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. we offer a variety of no contract plans and our u.s.ased customer service team can find one the fits you. to learn more, visit consumercellular.tv. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions -- and friends of the "newshour." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and

♪ john: tonight on "pbs news weekend"...n attempted armed rebellion inside russia threatens president vladimir putin's two decades in power. then... one year after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, we examine the current state of abortion access in america. >> i would describe the landscape when it comes to abortion access in america today as chaotic and fluid. the harder it is to figure out where law and politics are going, the more frightened people become. john: and... more americans who rent are facing eviction now that pandemic protections have expired. ♪ >> major funding for "s news weekend" has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. we offer a variety of no contract plans and our u.s.-based customer service team can find one the fits you. to learn more, visit consumercellular.tv. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions -- and friends of the "newshour." ♪ this program was made p

♪ >> tonight on pbs news weekend.hat's next for the country after the debt limit deal and what's happening with the fast-growing field vying for president? some states are making it easier to put kids to work and pay them less when they do. and the future looks how? we hear from valedictorians around the country about their hopes. >> i know that our world has a lot of fixing to do, but i really trust our generation. generations the. -- generation z. i feel like we have a voice and know how to use it. >> major funding for pbs news weekend has been provided by. >> consumer cellular school has been to provide wireless service that helps people connect. we offer a variety of no contract plans. to learn more, visit consumer cellular.tv. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends othe newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening. i'm lisa desjardins. john y

writer alice dunbar nelson -- who fought for racial equality and voting rights for women. >> this is pbs newskend, from w eta studios in washington, home of the pbs, weeknights on pbs. john: air strikes and artillery fire intensified today in parts of sudan, where fighting enters its eleventh week. at least 860 people have lost their lives and more than half a million people have fled the country. the conflict in this northeast african nation pits government forces against a rival paramilitary faction. both sides ali rogin has the latest on the traumatic effects of violence on sudan's children. ali: as control of sudan hangs in the balance, so too do the lives and futures of more than 1 million children displaced by the violence. many of these children have been displaced within the country itself. in addition to humanitarian assistance, many are seeking physical and psychological healing from the deep scars of war. dr. arif noor is one of the people on the ground helping the children of sudan through this crisis. he is the sudan country director for save the children. dr. noor, thank you so

and, the story of playwright and civil rights activist, lorraine hansberry. >> this is pbs news weekend, home of the pbs newshour come up weeknights on pbs. lisa: american cities are facing two aggravating crises. affordable public housing is in short supply, and violent crime is on the rise. a growing dynamic overlaps both, legions of cameras are being deployed in public housing areas. officials argue they are a 24/7 crime deterrent, but what happens when the camera focus shifts from fighting crime to monitoring the people they were put in place to protect? an investigation by the washington post found those eyes on the poor are being used to punish and evict residents, at times for minuscule missteps and others based on wrong assumptions. douglas macmillan is the reporter who led this investigation for the washington post and he joins us now. let's start off the top. these cameras are often purchased using government grants meant for fighting crime. but take us through what you found out about punishment for those who live in those areas. doug: yeah, so crime and drugs are still a ver

♪ john: tonight on "pbs news weekend," the challenges faced by native american communities. >> the spiritualnd religious rights of these communities. john: then, how a shortage of two critical cancer drugs is forcing doctors to change the way they treat their patients. and the story of the openly gay man who was a driving force in the civil rights movement. ♪ >> major funding for "pbs news weekend" has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, the goal has been to find wireless service to help people communicate and connect. our service team can find a plan that fits you. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ and friends of "the newshour." ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. i am john yang. high-level efforts to repair u.s.-china relations began today. secretary of state antony blinken met face-to-face with chinese officials in a visit to beijing that had been delayed for months. blinken and the chinese foreign minister met for

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. >> this is pbs news weekend from washington. according to government data, more than 100 million people in the united states have had covid. for about 15% who have had the virus, it's meant prolonged symptoms and long covid. physicians and researchers are still struggling to understand a lot of things about the condition. our digital health reporter has written a lot about long covid. one thing they have had trouble with is defining it. there was a study that tries to step towards definitions. >> researchers in boston surveyed thousands of patients and asked them, what are your symptoms? wh they found was echoing what people are saying about long covid. they whittle them down through infection history, statistical modeling into symptoms they say form the hallmark of long covid. things like brain fog, dizziness. post-exertion malaise. if you get up to walk across the room it wipes you out. things people used to do without thinking about, now they are exhausted. it points to how transformational this disease is and we are just beg

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in a new pbs newshour-npr-marist poll, half of americans say mr. done something illegal, including half of independents. a quarter of respondents believe he's done nothing wrong. but half of republicans hold that view. those feelings were on display at a gop focus group in iowa assembled by pollster sarah longwell that the newshour observed. >> why isn't biden indicted? just because he gave them back at an appropriate time? i mean, really? he did exactly the same thing. >> you have a current president who is siccing all of the doj on a potential candidate, that's never happened. >> the country is so divided that these events are being seen in absolutely separate lenses. amna: lee miringoff is the director of the marist college institute for public opinion. >> if you talk about what's happening in american politics, candidate trump, president trump, former president trump, all define so much of our political reality today, but not in a unified way. people are just viewing him so differently with a different set of, a different lens, depending on whe

the next question from the "pbs news hour," laura. news hour," laura. >> thank you, mr.sident. >> laura brown lopez with the pbs news hour. republican-led states are passing anti-lgbtq, anti-transgender laws that restrict rights and medical care. intimidate is on the rise. this week, anti-lgbtq protesters turned violent in california, and also recently, i spoke to the parents of a transgender girl in texas who told me they're afraid and they're considering leaving not just their state, but the country. sir, why do you think this is happening, and what do you say to parents like the ones that i spoke to, to those families who are contemplating leaving the country because they don't feel safe anymore? >> prime minister sunak, thank you. you mentioned ai is a big part of your visit. what is the uk doing with the u.s. to protect elections and democracy from ai-generated disinformation campaigns waged at scale by foreign actors, and you also mentioned the warning letter sent by ai leaders about the potential threat that this technology, if misused, can pose to humanity. how i

for pbs news weekend, i am william brangham in lake wales, florida.r the sea is, for some, a nightmare, but for others, it's an important undertaking to see what oceanic pressure does to the human body. our digital anchor nicole ellis spoke to one such person who is staying 22 feet below the surface of a lagoon in key largo, florida. he's already long outlasted a previous record for living underwater and hopes to make it to 100 days. >> a professor has been living underwater without depressurization for over 75 days and plans to stay a little longer. joe did tori, also known as dr. deep-sea online, joins me to discuss his journey and research under the sea. this is not your first time tackling something like this. what motivated you to do it this time? >> interesting. would say it is i would say it is the culmination of my life work. this is the pointy end of this beer. we took all the 28 years of navy experience, biomedical engineering, the zest for life and desire to explore, and we threw it all together and we were like, what happens to the human b

john: tonight on pbs news weekend, the fallout from the short-lived rebellion inside russia -- and what means for the future of president vladimir tin. then, the youngest victims. the effect the violence of a two-month old conflict in sudan is having on children. and, a conversation with the first official drag laureate, san francisco's d'arcy drollinger. >> i've been asked this question a number of times, like, why is drag important and why is anything important? why is dance important? why is theater important? why is fine art important?

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laura barren lopez with the "pbs news hour."led states are passing laws, passing anti-lgbtq, anti-transgender laws that restrict rights and medical care, intimidation is on the rise, this week anti-lgbtq protesters turned violent in california. and also recently i spoke to the parents of a transgender girl in texas who told me that they're afraid and that they are considering leaving, not just their state but the country. sir, why do you think this is happening, and what do you say to parents like the ones that i spoke to, to those families who are contemplating leaving the country because they don't feel safe anymore? prime minister sunak, thank you. you mentioned that ai has been a key parts of your visit. what are the u.s. and the uk, what is the uk doing with the u.s. to protect elections and democracy from ai-generated disinformation campaigns waged at scale by foreign actors? and you also mentioned the warning letter sent by ai leaders about the potential threat to this technology if misused can pose to humanity. how is re

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ lisa: tonight on pbs news weekend, how surveillance cameras, meant to fight crime, are being residents inside public housing projects. >> public housing authorities are referencing this footage, and the footage is helping to persuade the courts and the judges in order to remove these people from their homes. lisa: then, it's not just magic, how a popular video game challenges gender roles in the real world. and, the story of a playwright and civil rights activist who gave voice to black, female, and queer artists.

the next question from the pbs news hour, laura. reporter: thank you, mr. president. all over the country, mr. president, republican-led states are passing laws, passing anti-lgbtq and anti-transgender laws that restrict rights anded medical care. intimidation is on the rise. this week anti-lgbtq protesters turned violent. i spoke to the parents of a transgender girl in texas who told me they're afraid and they are considering leaving, not just their state, but the country. sir, why do you think this is happening? and what do you say to parents like the ones that i spoke to, to those families who are contemplating leaving the country because they don't feel safe anymore? prime minister, sunak, thank you. you mentioned a.i. has been a key part of your visit. what are the u.s. and u.k., what is the u.k. doing with u.s. to protect democracies and elections fro a.i. campaigns waged at scale by foreign actors? you mentioned the warning letter sent by a.i. letters about the threat that this technology if misused, could pose to humanity. how is regulating artificial intellig

pbs news hour, new york times columnist david brooks thinks president biden staff over protects him but what he's hearing from white house insiders about what's going on. watch. >> longer term though i do think biden is still under- exposed. i think his staff is still over- protective of him and he's much smarter in public than a lot of people think, and private , and so i do think they need to let him get out more because it's not good for the presidency for him to be that much in the shadow of donald trump. i will say from what i hear inside the white house he's not an old grandpa. he could be a very tough mean guy and a harsh boss sometimes. liz: a tough, mean guy, a harsh boss, middle class joe is not a nice guy. who exactly do you think is calling shots at the white house >> well certainly not joe biden i think we see that in polling because a lot of voters particularly independents don't think he has the mental sharpness to actually be president of the united states. i believe it was an abc poll that said 69% of independents don't think he's sharp enough to be president. this is b

you're right, i'm spending these next two years with the "news hour of pbs" traveling around the countrycome from. oklahoma where 100 years ago they had a terrible race massacre, they're still having debates over how to teach the history of race in the schools. it's great education and it's a work in progress. i'm always optimistic, dana. >> i know you have. >> but -- and at this point i have confidence that american people are going to do the right thing. >> it is really such an honor that you're here. thank you for taking the time. >> so proud of you. >> return back to cnn. >> desk assistant to anchor. so proud of you. >> thank you. thanks, judy. i want to remember bernard shaw who passed away nine months ago. he was a journalist's journalist. he led the way in being a good person both on and off the air. we really do miss him. i want to thank john king for reviving the storied "inside politics" brand about a decade going, building it back to a show where viewers can get information from the best in the business. business. thanks ♪ was also the first time your profits left you speechle

amna: watch pbs news weekend tomorrow for a look at what you need to know about the spread of lyme disease this summer. geoff: there is more online including a story about a group of cyclists from the cherokee nation taking on a grueling seven state journey across the trail of tears to reclaim their own history. amna: a four-week outcome we want to welcome a new member of the newshour family. foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin is now the proud father of isabel. he tells us isabel, his wife and new big brother noah are all doing well. welcome to the world. geoff: that is the newshour for tonight. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on the behalf of the entire team, have a great weekend. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by. >> moving our economy for 160 years. the engine that connects us. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour including kathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. the walton family foundation. working for solutions to protect water during climate change. for more tha

pbs news hour reporter asked president biden about lgbtq likes she seemed to have a distinct point ofansgender laws that were strict rights and medical care, intimidation is on the rise, i spoke to the parents of a transgender girl in texas who told me they are afraid. >> we have some hysterical and prejudiced people who are engaged in all that you see going around the country. it is an appeal to fear and it is an appeal that is totally unjustified and ugly. >> i don't know if he somehow knew that question was coming or not but he seemed to read from a whole lot of prepared material. that is a for this edition of media buds. i am howard kurtz. check out my daily podcast. indictments to entertainment. you can skip the ads by subscribing on apple itunes. many of you already subscribe. the main story that we lead with today, the indictment of donald trump will get huge attention. we will see you next sunday. the only media analysis show on national television - how'd you get here? - kayak! they compared hundreds of travel sites to find a great deal on my flight, car, and hotel. - kayak.

npr, pbs news our marris national poll conducted wild news of trump's indictment all over the news, andreleased friday, showing trump's favorability increased by 8%, to 76% among republicans and republican-leaning independents. meanwhile, the former reality stars calendar is filling up. aside what could happen with possible indictments emerging from other investigations, trump will be back in court for e. jean carroll's second defamation suit against him on january 15th, 2024. there is a federal class action lawsuit accusing trump and his company of promoting a pyramid scheme set to kick off on january 29th. and in march, manhattan d.a. alvin alvin bragg's hush money criminal case against trump is set to begin. joining me now, pennsylvania congresswoman madeleine dean, a member of the house judiciary committee, and former house impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of donald trump. and neal katyal, msnbc legal legal analyst, former acting solicitor general of the united states, and professor of law at georgetown university. thank you both very much for coming back to the s

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jeff bennett is here, co-anchor of pbs news hour and pbs is chief washington correspondent. roadwater joins us, pulitzer prize-winning congressional reporter for the new york times, and our dear friend barbara mcquade, a veteran federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. we've got a lot to cover. barb, before we get to all of that, there is another story that crossed in the last couple of hours. the department of justice has now turned over trial discovery information to donald trump and his legal team and a classified documents case, the mar-a-lago case. what does this tell you? >> well, it shows me that jack smith is not wasting any time. it is rather routine to begin the discovery process, usually within about ten days of the arraignment the prosecutor will start to turn over documents. but we see jack smith jumping right on. this they will need to have some sort of meeting to discuss the protocols for the classified information. but everything that is not classified, he is getting it out the door and giving it over to the defense. i

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this program was made possible by the corporation for broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs newstion by viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. amna: the president's son is admitting to tax and gun crimes, but is unlikely to spend time behind bars after reaching a deal with prosecutors. geoff: hunter biden is set to plead guilty to a pair of federal misdemeanor charges for failing to pay his taxes. the agreement also calls for him to admit to felony gun possession. he won't face prosecution, so long as he remains drug-free for two years and doesn't commit additional crimes. the deal promises a potential end to hunter biden's ongoing legal saga. but the political drama is far from over. to tackle the legal and political implications, we welcome in npr justice correspondent carrie johnson, and adam entous, an investigative correspondent for the new york times. thank you both for being with us. this investigation was in the works for five years across two administrations. president biden cap and place the trump appointed attorney who oversaw the probe to avoid t

reporting is cnn's phil mattingly, tia mitchell of "the atlanta journal-constitution" laura perez of the pbs news hour and josh rogin. let's pull back the curtain about how these high stakes, high profile trips work, and usually when somebody like the secretary of state goes on a mission like this, there's stuff that's precooked. you know when they come out they will be able to announce x, y, z. that admission, josh, that they couldn't even agree on having open channels of communication on a military level, what does that say? >> it says that although the effort to stop the decline of u.s.-china relationships is good, that doesn't mean that anything has been solved. that doesn't mean they're not going to get worse over time. and it shows that the biden administration is willing to do things for china like go and send the secretary of state to beijing without getting really anything in return. no american citizens back, no real substantive progress on things like fentanyl or climate change or any of the other things we're supposed to be working on together. that's not good. at least we stopped the

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joining us right now, geoff bennett, co-anchor of pbs "news hour" and michael steele, former rnc chairmand to see both of you. help me understand the strategy here behind skipping the debate. >> well, president trump, former president trump has said that in his mind he doesn't understand why he should be sharing the stage with people who are polling in the single digits, that, to him, it serves no purpose. and it really highlights the tension potentially between the rnc, which is trying to have an open competitive primary as the campaign arm of the republican party, and former president donald trump who has cast himself as the undisputed leader of the gop, who has no use for traditions such as debates. as you know, there is a precedent for this. the former president pulled out of a gop debate in 2016 and did the same thing in the second general election debate back in 2020. and the reporting from john allen and others is that he is considering some counterprogramming of his own. >> michael, does this give an opening for other candidates. tim scott has seen some popularity as a second choi

chief correspondent at pbs news hour and back with us.hmed, talk us through how all of this is playing out among house republicans. >> alicia, credit where credit is due to kevin mccarthy for what he was able to accomplish with that debt ceiling bill. let's just talk about those numbers for a second. across the republican conference, you can see 17 senators on the republican side vote for that bill. two thirds of house republicans as well. but dozens and dozens of house republicans voted against it and i remember back on the day when that bill was making its way through the rules committee, and there were a lot of questions about whether or not it would even past that first hurdle. i was speaking with the freedom caucus chair, scott perry, and even at that very moment, he was saying, they did not support that bill. they would not support that bill. i pressed him on whether or not they would exercise that right that they have on the motion to vacate to remove mr. mccarthy from his speakership, and he would not give any ground on that. the

joining us now is msnbc anchor lindsey reiser and suffolk county new york an nbc news contributor and pbs newsnchor and former texas republican congressman will hurd. lindsey, what are we hearing from voters about this indictment? >> we are in the most populous county in the country that went for trump in 2020. it was by razor thin margins, only 232 votes separated trump and biden, but that was a seven-point shift for democrats from 2016. we are in long island on suffolk county, this is a place of tremendous pride here, people i'm talking to saying i've lived here for 30 years, wanted to raise my family here, this is a quaint quintessential main street usa here, they have a beer fest tomorrow, pride parade on sunday. there is a large truck going by, i will try not to compete with that. we have been talking to people about their reaction to the news, it ranges from i don't care and i'm sick of the news to saying goodness, to this is a witch-hunt. go ahead and listen. >> well, i think that it's the best time. i feel as though it's important that he is held to a standard that all of us are held a

the rescue operation is being coordinated in boston. ♪ >> welcome "world news america." on pbsround the globe. we begin with an eyewitness report from the front line of the war in ukraine. the country has announced more successes, two weeks since the counteroffensive began. the operations have been focused in the southeast of the country. our correspondent joins us -- joined a b grade as it -- a brigade in the southeast of the country. we should warn you, there are images in this report that may be distressing to some viewers. >> the struggle ttake bac hkas n earnest. this was russian held ground two weeks ago. for this brigade, the journey to the front takes longer now. here in the east and in the south, there is still a long way to go. ukraine is on the offensive. russia fought hard to keep this ground but they fought harder. >> let's go. >> this is all russian equipment and uniforms here. >> the guns are louder. after months of conserving artillery, it is ukrainian weapons that bring out. >> that ukrainian, outgoing. he a wall of a russian shell la. corpses lie unclaimed. >>

pbs. other news channels showed excerpts. people had a chance to follow the developments on detail on a daily basis. all of the revelations you have been talking about, butterfield and dean, had people in real time -- hit people in real time. it was millions in video audience and some estimates say almost 80% of americans watched some of the hearings live. it was national gathering around the television and also radio and of course, plenty of press print coverage that provided the country in a way that was hard to find. host: explain how it was broadcast. you talk about it will be live and replayed and the networks that would air it. guest: initially, there is not a lot of hope that this would get. great ratings i believe only one of the major networks, i forget which one, plan to show during the daytime and preempted viable so barbara's which are so popular -- soap operas which were popular in the afternoon. but after it was on for a while and proved to be much more popular and of great public interest, the other networks fo

welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe.this stage is set for the arraignment of the former president of the united states and now the main player in the drama has arrived on the scene. donald trump arrived in miami this afternoon and is due in court on tuesday to face criminal charges. he is accused of keeping secret documents after leaving office and obstructing officials who tried to recover them. he says he will fight allegations on that he has done nothing wrong but it appears a fair amount of people in the republican party agree with him. a new poll shows 76% believe the indictment was politically motivated. trump is still the front runner for the republican nomination and is leading in the polls. donya joins me from miami. thank you for joining the program. where are we with the case today? reporter: donald trump has arrived in miami. he will be here this evening and overnight and then make the 20 minute journey to the courthouse at 3:00 p.m. eastern time and is expected to enter an underground tunnel, here are charge

pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. announcer: and now, "bbc news". host: this is "bbc ws america."nds from the ocean depths have raised hopes for the missing sub, but time is running out for the five passengers on board. reporter: i am in boston where search efforts are coordinated and a rescue plan is beginning to take shape. helena: world leaders gather in london to show support for ukraine's recovery. we have an exclusive interview with president zelenskyy on what is needed to rebuild his country. [cheering] helena: the door open for the u.k.'s biggest music festival. glastonbury kicks off with elton john and the arctic monkeys set to perform. ♪ helena: welcome to "world news america" on pbs and around the globe. glimmers of hope and the cold realities in the search for the titanic sub. underwater noises were picked up by canadian aircraft that raised hopes those on board were tapping on meal to show what -- metal to show where they were. the sub began its dive sunday morning. less than two hours later contact was lost. five people on board should have been underwater for no mor