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for pbs news weekend, i'm leila molana-allen. the day's other headlines, the nation's deficit took a dramatic turn for the worse according to new numbers from the treasury department. the gap between what the government spends and what it earns widened to $1.7 trillion in the fiscal year that ended last month, up nearly 25% over last year's numbers. the biden administration says the deficit effectively doubled last year when factoring out student-loan forgiveness, which never took effect. on friday the white house asked congss for more than $100 billion for priorities including israel, ukraine, and the border. and, a deadly deluge hit parts of europe for a third straight day. at least four people are dead, three in the united kingdom - from the torrential storm. the rough weather has swamped the coasts of germany, denmark, scandinavia and the uk, with storm surge causing widespread power outages, and disrupting flights, trains and ferries. more rain is expected throughout the region on sunday. still to come on "pbs news weekend."

. ♪ john: tonight on "pbs news weekend"...srael declares war on hamas as it pummels gaza in retaliation, and the death toll mounts on both sides. sec. blinken: everything that hamas does makes their situation, their plight even worse. they bring nothing but death and destruction, not only to israelis, but to palestinians. john: and we get two perspectives on this weekend's violence and what it means for the middle east. then... the global fentanyl trade and the recent u.s. crackdown on chinese companies producing and trafficking the illicit drug. ♪ >> major funding for "pbs news weekend" has been provided by -- >> consumer cellular. this is sam, how may i help you? this is a pocket dial. well, somebody's pocket. i thought i would tell you you get nationwide coverage with no contract. that is kind of our thing. have a nice day. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions -- and friendof the "newshour." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to

what happens to a community in the aftermath of a chemical disaster. >> this is pbs news weekend fromudios in washington, home of the pbs newshour, weeknights on pbs. john: if you have diabetes or depression, medication might be part of yourreatment. but for people suffering from alcohol abuse disorder, medication is rarely prescribed. ali rogin reports on the potential that medication holds for treating this disease and why it is underused. ali: nearly 30 million americans struggle with alcohoaddiction, and the problem has steadily gotten worse, accelerating since the pandemic began. yet less than 5% of people reported getting treatment of any kind. but drugs used to treat alcohol use disorder have been on the market for deces, and more are currently being studied. dr. sarah wakeman runs the substance use disorder initiative at massachusetts general hospital. brigham. thank you so much, dr. wakeman, for joining us. first of all, let's talk about how the medical community defines alcohol use disorder and what have the trend lines been ? has the problem gotten more prevalent since the

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. >> this is pbs news weekend from weta new studios in washington, home of the pbs newshour.eeknights on pbs. john: the residents of lewiston, maine woke up without a sheltered lace order. now, a suspected gunman is dead. i spoke with a maine state lawmaker and a former mayor. i asked how she was feeling. >> a sense of relief that the person is no longer at large and we now get to be together to mourn the loss of those lives, but this is just the beginning in terms of healing and trying to get ourselves opassed the horror of this. >> what you want people to know? i grew up here. everyone here knows each other. >> because it's a small town, i would imagine the impact is so much greater. talk about that. >> there was a lot of uncertainty. it's been really hard. that will bring us together around remembering those lives, there is a lot of celebration. >> talk about trying to come together. which ways would you like to see people support the families? >> there are things that have been planned. anyone either puts the christmas lights out early orbits candles in their windows. tom

and a look at prostate cancer, one of the most common cancers among american men. ♪ >> this is pbs newsm weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshour weeknights on pbs. john: this summer, cities across the united states broke thousands of heat records. but in many them, some areas were hotter than others, what are known as urban heat islands. and that can mean higher energy bills and unsafe conditions for -- conditions. blair waltman-alexin of austin pbs, in partnership with austin vida, has this report. correspondent: birth our lives and the dove springs neighborhood of austin, and selling is her main source of income, but she is making less ney this year. >> i had to change because of the heat, because i no longer go out to sell the same as i did before. the son will not let me -- sun will not let me. it is too hot, so even if i went to go out i cannot. correspondent: over the summer austin saw a record-breaking heat, some areas of the city see hier temperatures than others, and i can meet higher energy bills. mark is with the cities office of resilience. >> we have data that

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. >> major funding by pbs news weekend has been provided by. >> this is a pocket dial. with consumer cellular you get nationwide coverage with no contract. have a nice day. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation of public broadcasng and the contributions from viewers like you. thank you. >> good. i'm john yang. even before what israel launches a massive assault on gaza, palestinian officials say this week old war is already the deadliest conflict. israel is retaliating against hamas for their brutal assault last week that left more than 1400 israelis dead. there is a flurry of activity in the region. antony blinken is headed back to israel monday. the state department will evacuate u.s. citizens tomorrow by boat and jake sullivan said president biden will ask congress for a 2 billion-dollar weapons package for israel and ukraine. our special correspondent has a report tonight and we want to warn you, some images may be disturbing. >> in israel, they tanks heade

a brief but spectacular take on black women, sex, and the black church area >> this is pbs news weekend from weta videos in washington, home of the pbs newshour. >> as house republicans grapple with their own divisions. last month, a group of election experts warned american democracy is under great stress. the report outlines 24 recommendations spanning politics and tech protect american elections. thank you for joining us. 2020 was three years ago but clearly there were americans in power to deny the results including one just this past week. can you help us determine where are we? >> it has become a political talking point that joe biden the election. i would hope someone as intelligent as jim jordan would know that the last election was fairly conductedit's a way of se establishment. i'm worried because many people who stood up to trump argon. hopefully they will be able to make it through without mattering. lisa: you have a lot of recommendations in here. several deal with speed. how could that happen? is it technological and resource? >> we have a decentralized election system. th

a pbs news special report, "war in the holy land." geoff: good evening.'m geoff bennett in washington. it has been a horrendous and seismic week in the middleast. a surprise terror attack, a ferocious response, and yet more dead amid intractable decades of conflict. we areoing to spend the next hour looking at the past, present and potential future of israel, gaza, and the wider middle east. amna nawaz is in tel aviv for us tonight. amna? amna: geoff, one week after those brutal hamas attacks, there is a sense of shock, grief, and uncertainty here in israel. just an hour south, in gaza, there's desperation amid cuts to power and fuel. and a sense of fear under a night sky lit only by relentless israeli airstrikes. so far, at least 1300 israelis and 1800 palestinians have been killed in the past week. one week alone. we've been speaking with israelis and palestinians in tel aviv, jerusalem, the west bank and gaza in recent days, trying to understand the human impact of this latest war. it seems like he loves being around the family. just one week ago, the

amna nawaz, a co-anchor of pbs news hour. on post columnist, david ignatius and danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." ♪♪ ♪ >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press" with kristen welker. >>> good sunday morning. the u.s. is stepping up its military readiness across the mideast citing escalations by iran and its proxy forces as the u.s. and israel prepare for a widening war. american israeli hostages judith and natalie ranan spoke to president biden on saturday after being released by am hamas. they were abducted in the terror attack two weeks ago in southern israel. >> hi, judith. >> hello, president. >> i am so glad you're home. not home, i'm glad you're out. >> thank you so very, very much. >> hey, how are you? god love you. >> i appreciate your support for israel. >> according to the israeli military, 212 hostages are still being held captive. at least 30 of them under the age of 16. the first 20 trucks ca

amna: welcome to this pbs news is special report -- president biden's address to the nation. i'm amna nawaz. geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. nearly two weeks ago, hamas terrorists attacked israel with deadly surprise raids. israel has responded with unrelenting airstrikes in gaza. since then, the violence has escalated and the death toll has mounted, with more than 5000 killed on both sides. amna: president biden has just returned from a trip to israel. he was also scheduled to meet in jordan with its leader, king abdullah, as well as with the leaders of the palestinian authority and egypt. but after an explosion at a hospital in gaza and conflicting reports of who was to blame, palestinian officials pointing to the israelis. u.s. and israeli officials saying intelligence shows the rocket came from gaza. that jordan summit was scuttled. tonight, the president is -- geoff: tonight, the president is expected to speak about the u.s. response to this war, and to the other war that has been a global focus for nearly two years -- the war in ukraine. but first, to president biden spea

patrick stewart reflects on his long life and career in a new memoir. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour fromos and washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: house republicans have a new nominee for a speaker at after kevin mccarthy was ousted and less than 24 hours after their last stepped aside. jim jordan got enough votes in the behind closed doors meeting of the gop conference but it is unclear if he can get the 217 votes needed to win on the house floor. lisa desjardins joins us from the capital with the latest. what happened now that jim jordan is the nominee with dust a couple of days ago -- when it was just a couple days ago that steve scalise beat jim jordan for the nomination? reporter: candidacy collapsed on the perilous held that is the republican party and another has arisen to attempt to climb the hill. jim jordan from ohio. jordan is known especially as someone who is a fighter, pugilistic in style. he led some of the efforts to investigate president joe biden. he is a former champion wrestler. he is very popula

amna nawaz co-anchor of pbs news hour, peter baker, "new york times," david ignatius, from "the washingtonnielle pletka from the american enterprise institute. thank you, all of you, for being here. amna, i want to start with you. what are your key takeaways. >> this was forever changed. the brutality of which shook the core of the people of israel and people around the world as we've seen, and i met a number of people who spoke to that. i met a woman whose husband is currently being held hostage. she doesn't know if he's alive alive. he needs medicine. i met a man named gil who opposed the government of benjamin netanyahu. he'd been in the streets protesting the government and protested israeli occupation, and he is sending his son off to war in a combat unit because the nation has said this can never happen again and we all bore witness of the brutality of that day. at the same time, i spoke to a woman named hala. she has a sister and she doesn't know if she and her family will make it out alive. i spoke to a 25-year-old woman named asil as her family was fleeing her home, and i could on

monica alba and co-anchor of the pbs news hour. thank you again. meanwhile the u.s.ponse to this situation in israel is complicate by the house of representatives is still without a permanent speaker this morning. congressman jim jordan, the current gop nominee, lost his first speaker vote yesterday after 20 fellow republicans voted against him. despite his setback, the ohio republican is vowing to keep going. but i can assure you he's vowing to keep going. all of this comes after jordan's pressure campaign to get skeptical members onboard failed. he also had conservative tv hosts like sean hannity and others calling out. jordan now has until 11:00 a.m. this morning to try to garner support for the next vote for speaker. however, at least as of this moment it appears he's still not there. there's a sense the longer this goes his support will erode. other candidates may step forward, but right now republicans still going forward with a key member of the january 6th insurrection, as their nominee for speaker. next on "way too early" we'll get a quick switch to business

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also with us, coanchor of pbs news hour, and msnbc political contributor, geoff bennett.id, let me start with you. the judge had given the trump organization as you put it cleverly, the corporate death penalty. i don't know how much you've had time to watch what donald trump has been doing this morning, but he's spoken as vividly as i've heard him, as angrily as i have seen him, what do you think as someone who has covered him so closely for so long is going on? >> well, your correspondent got it exactly correct. donald is absolutely livid because donald is his money. that's the most important thing to understand. and it's the reason he inflates the size of his money. when he announced he was running for president in 2015, he said he was worth more than $10 million. when he became president, he had to file his ethics form. he first asked if he could sign it, submit it without signing it under penalty of perjury, his net worth fell by 70%, and even those were pretty inflated values. donald just makes these things up. he creates his own reality. >> i guess, then, that leads

program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs newske you. thank you. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] >>> hello, everyone and welcome to amanpour & company, here is what is coming up. >>> is really troops have carried out local rates in gaza. that after an evacuation order for more than 1 million people in gaza as israel continues its retaliatory bomb

even reads books, and what's on his nightstand, but i do know as the reporter said last night on pbs "news hour" that the language he used in that interview is the same or intended to evoke the kind of language that's been used by many who hold vicious anti-immigrant, racist, anti-semitic views like hitler, and i'm sure other native leaders and the way it was inserted into the crazy claims he was making, that are totally untrue, leads me to believe that someone gave him that line, and we have seen over the years how trump uses racist, despicable language and how it evokes violence. think about 2019 and the claims about an invasion from mexico that led a man, in el paso, murdered dozens of people because they appeared to be from mexico. think about the great replacement theory led a man 2018 in october to the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh and murder jewish weil they were worshipping. vile the rhetoric leads to violent accesses, and so this isn't dangerous. it's explosive. and it's like lighting a fuse and just waiting for the bomb to go off. so we at adl are deeply alarmed. whether y

alec baldwin could be facing new charges in the shooting death of helena hutch pbs. newexico prosecutors are looking to charge him, bringing the case before a grand jury next month. lawyers for baldwin calls it midguided. >>> one major airline has announced a faster boarding process for some flyers in economy. united airline flyers will fly with window seats will now board first, followed by middle seats then the aisle seats. the airline said the change will speed up the boarding process by two minutes. why now? after all these years you just figured that out? man. phillies winning 10-0 against the diamondbacks to take a 2-0 lead in the national championship series. game 3 thursday night in arizona where the d backs will look to bounce back. in the alcs series that resumes tonight in arlington texas with the rangers up 2-0 on my houston astros. >> they can still turn it around. >> still got a chance. we've got a lot more ahead including the ceo of wal-mart u.s. is here live talking about the holiday shopping outlook. that is only on gma. >> right now britney spears memph

he isnp internationally known speakers have has appeared on npr stalk the nation, abc "world news tonight," pbs american experience,ie bpc radio and also tedx here dean nasr today to speak about his book, guardians of the valley, john muir and the friendship that saved yosemite. please welcome our four authors. [applause] >> i would like to start, we will have a discussion among the authors, and as we approach the end of this hour we will take questions and here and for e questions there is ad microphoe and a podium in the center of the room. so please, as we get closer around the 40 minute mark, step up their and wait patiently and we will take your question. first though i would like to start and ask each of our guests to just give a three or four minute overview of their book, premise of the book and just talk in general a little bit aboutn, it. rien, i would like to start with you. tell us a bit about brown pelican, i found it, how into it. >> sure.ha i think what will become evident over our short time together, if it is not always evident, is that compelling stories about nature and the e

ukraine with weapons, which washington promised kiev a year ago, as the american television channel pbs news foreign allies and adversaries, as well as the people of the country, that the united states must participate in this, that the united states must continue to support ukraine. biden is preparing to take unprecedented measures and provide ukraine with a one-time package of military assistance in the amount of $100 billion based on the principle of forgetting to allocate, reports the british newspaper daily telegram. against the background of a possible disruption of new arms supplies to kiev , panic began in washington, writes the financial times. one of the main candidates for the position of speaker of the house of representatives, jim jordan, is an ardent opponent zelsky's support. i emphasized that there are two main questions that need to be answered, what is the goal? to reach some kind of agreement through peace negotiations, or to withdraw russian troops from eastern ukraine, or from crimea, which they captured during the obama administration and have held it for 9 years, what

joining us from new york this morning is james to kobe, the pbs frontline director of a new documentary, elon musk, twitter take over. why did you decide to do a documentary about elon musk and the twitter take over? guest: i wanted to make a film to report about elon musk for a long time. kind of his purchase of twitter seems to be the right time to do it. the fact that he has been evolving politically over the past couple of years basically during the pandemic and onward and it seems this interesting new chapter in his career and life, his politics. it also gave us the chance to some serious reporting and tell the story of the people who have been working at twitter which had been changing in the post-pandemic time. it was an opportunity to delve into an interesting strain of politics in america and also the latest chapter in his expanding power. he was involved in rockets and tesla and satellite technology. here is a move into social media and to mediate itself which is an odd move in a different move and much more about affecting the political conversation and the media and promotin

for the pbs newshour, albany, new york.eoff: there is little doubt the country is divided over a host of issues. but lessons can be learned by examining the past, and npr's steve inskeep did just that. the result is a new book, which he recently discussed with amna nawaz, titled "differ we must: how lincoln succeeded in a divided america." amna: welcome back to the newshour. steve: oh, it's an honor to be here. thank you so much. amna: so this man's been dead over 150 years. you found a fresh and fascinating way to look at his life, specifically 16 different encounters with 16 different ople, all of whom he disagreed with. why did you want to frame this this way? steve: i started out wanting to get a sense of the diversity of america and that time when, of course, white men had all the power. and so i was looking for people who were different from him, who differed from him. and then i became it became apparent to me that the essence of the story and what's most relevant now is disagreement, is dealing with people who are o

brooks and jonathan capehart join us to discuss whether the new house speaker can get the house functioning again. ♪ >> major funding for the pbsshour has been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions, and friends of the news hour. ♪ >> it was like an a-ha moment, this is what i love doing. early-stage companies have this energy that energizes me. these are people trying to change the world. i'm helping people reach their dreams. i'm growing by helping others every day. people who know know bdo. ♪ >> fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation of public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the new england chapter of the academy of television arts and sciences. israeli ground forces are making -- welcome to the newshour. officials are warning of a wider invasion in gaza. >> israel's punishing air campaign on gaza is not letting up, while negotiations over the face of mo

abc world news tonight's, pbs american experiences and also x. here today speak about his book guardians of the valley. please welcome our four authors. [applause] i would like to start -- mike will have a discussion among the authors and as we approach the end of this hour we will take questions. and for those questions there is a microphone and a podium in the center of the room. so pleasee, as we get closer or around the 40 minute mark step up there and wait patiently and we will take your questions. first though i'dea like to start enough each of our guests to give a three or four minute overview of thehe book. the premise of the book and talk in general a little bit about it. ryan i would like to start with you. tell us a bit about brown pelican. how you found it, how you got into it pretty quick sure. i think what will become evident over our virtual time together that's not already evident his compelling stories about nature and the environment require compelling characters and by characters i mean people we are all telling stories about p

his new book on how abraham lincoln succeeded in a divided united states. >> this is the pbs newshourstudios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> former secretary of state clinton is once again professor hillary clinton. as a professor of practice at columbia university's newly launched institute of global politics. she's teaching alongside the dean, who said their focus is inspiring future foreign policy leaders and thinkers to collaborate around solving the world's most pressing problems. >> what we want to see is a next generation of leaders that they know, they understand how to lead in a polarized society, because they will feel that they got the skills here to learn, to disagree with one another respectfully. to persuade to build consensus, to really listen and question their own assumptions. that is what leadership will look like in the future. >> i spoke with secretary clinton in an exclusive interview this morning about her new role that bridges the world of academic and public service. secretary clinton,

new memorial. and jay-z's lyrical prowess displayed in a library in his hometown. >> this is the pbs newshour, fromtudios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> house republicans are gathered behind closed doors to pick their next speaker. lisa desjardins spent the day polling republican members and joins us from capitol hill. are the republicans circling in on a consensus choice? >> it is not clear that they are. they have two candidates, the house majority leader, number two, steve scalise of louisiana. jim jordan, congressman from ohio. and house judiciary chairman. what is happening as i speak to you is those men are giving speeches to their conference, taking questions in a forum i'm told can get pretty fiery. and we are not clear how long it will go. there will be closing remarks. there will not be a vote until tomorrow. when the same group of republicans will meet to hold a secret ballot vote. they have dozens of endorsements. but they need 217 votes in order to become speaker of the house. there's only 221 republicans. the

abc's world news tonight, pbs's american experience. bbc radio and. also at ten x dean is here today to speak about his book, guardians of the valley. john muir and the friendship that saved yosemite. please welcome our four authors. i'd like to start start we'll have a discussion among the authors. and as we approach the end of this hour, we will take questions. and for those questions, there is a microphone and a podium and, the center of the room. so please, as we get closer or around the 40 minute mark, step up there and, wait patiently and we will take your question. first, though, i'd like to start and ask each of our guests to just give a three or four minute overview of their book, the premise of the book, and just talk in general a little bit about it. and ryan, like to start with you. tell us a bit about ryan pelican, how you found it, how you got into it. sure i think what will become over our short time together, it's not already evident, is that compelling stories about nature and the environment require compelling characters. and by char

. -- join us to see if the new house speaker can get congress functioning again. >> major funding for the pbsewshour been provided by. the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour including kathy and paul anderson. >> this is what i love doing. >> early stage companies have this energy that energizes me. these are people who are trying to change the world. when i volunteer with women entrepreneurs it's the same thing. i'm helping people reach their dreams. >> i'm thriving by helping others every day. >> the john s and james l knight foundation, fostering an and engaged communities. -- informed and engaged communities. >> 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. >> welcome to the newshour. israeli ground forces are making larger incursions into gaza and officials are again warning of a wider invasion. >> israel's punishing air campaign on gaza is not let

new music. and much more. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from thecronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: the army is unveiling new plans for recruiting soldiers. the service has struggled to meet its recruiting goals, thanks to covid, a tight job market, and some highly publicized cases of sexual assault in the military. nick schifrin has more on the challenges and proposed solutions. nick: the united states army has not met its recruitment goals since 2014. for the fiscal year that just ended, the army fell short of its 65,000 goal by 15,000. for months, army leadership has been studying the problem of how to staff an all-volunteer army and, this week, unveiled their new plan. to discuss that, we turn to army secretary christine wormuth. thank you very much. welcome to the "newshour." one of your big initiatives is to recruit college students and graduates for the enlisted ranks, rather than for officers. by 2028, you want one-third of new recruits to have more than a high school education, up from one-fifth. why? christine

new music. plus much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from our studios in washington and in the west from thekite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> the army is unveiling new plans for recruiting soldiers. the service has struggled to make recruiting goals. we have more on the challenges and proposed solutions. >> the army has not met its recruitment goals since 2014. the army fell short of 65,000 by 15,000. leadership has been studying the problem of how to staff an all volunteer army. this week they unveiled their new plan. welcome. one of your big initiatives is to recruit college students and graduates for the enlisted ranks rather than for officers. you want one third of new recruits to have more than a high school education. >> that is where the labor market is. i would not say we are so much focusing on college graduates. we are looking at folks with some college. maybe they have graduated from community college. there may well be college graduates who want to join the army. what we have recognized is only about 20% of the labor market are just high school graduates.

host: joining us from new york this morning is james to kobe, the pbs frontline director of a new documentarywitter take over. why did you decide to do a documentary about elon musk and the twitter take over? guest: i wanted to make a film to report about elon musk for a long time. kind of his purchase of twitter seems to be the right time to do it. the fact that he has been evolving politically over the past couple of years basically during the pandemic and onward and it seems this interesting new chapter in his career and life, his politics. it also gave us the chance to some serious reporting and tell the story of the people who have been working at twitter which had been changing in the post-pandemic time. it was an opportunity to delve into an interesting strain of politics in america and also the latest chapter in his expanding power. he was involved in rockets and tesla and satellite technology. here is a move into social media and to mediate itself which is an odd move in a different move and much more about affecting the political conversation and the media and promoting his own voic

pbs calls it hispanic & latino heritage month, and the new york public library calls it hispanic & latinxage month. i don't know all nuances, but i did recently learn that latinx refers to latinos of all genders and not, as i thought, latinos who have adamantium claws. so just what are the differences between hispanic and latino? here to explain is my writer, felipe torres medina. felipe. good to see you. [cheers and applause] >> hola, steve! >> stephen: hello in spanish, felipe! >> como estas? >> stephen: thank you, i am. felipe, could you please explain the difference between latino and hispanic to everyone at home? >> of course. the term hispanic means "a person who is from or has ancestors from a spanish-speaking country or territory." so, anywher from cuba to spain. >> stephen: and you're colombian, so that would make you hispanic. >> correct. >> stephen: what about latinos? >> latinos are people who come from latin america, regardless of spanish culture and origin. so that would include brazilians or haitians. >> stephen: okay, so you're also latino. i understand. >> do you? let's p

news. for our previous viewers, thank you for watching. —— pbs. may actually play out or —— jeremy bowen has more. that they've been digging this network of tunnels — some people say it could be hundreds of kilometres long — under this very small area. the israelis did a briefing this afternoon where they said there were even bunkers underneath the main hospital in gaza city, shifa, where thousands of people have taken refuge. the israelis say that includes quite a lot of the hamas people who went over to the border — those gunmen who went over there, killing and taking hostages. so, israel says it's going after these bunkers. now, what they're also going to be doing is massively increasing the level of military action of violence directed at the gaza strip. and while israel has said to people in the northern part of the gaza strip that they need to leave and go south, and a lot of people have, a lot of people haven't, too. and because humanitarian conditions in the south where the israelis have let in very few supplies and where they've cut off s

lawmakers select republican mike johnson to be the new speaker of the house of representatives. ♪ to our viewers watching on pbsnd the u.s. and to all of you around the world welcome. we begin from -- with a message from netanyahu, he told the country and the world that israel is preparing a ground invasion of gaza. netanyahu did not give details but he repeated a warning to palestinians to move to the south of gaza or else. >> we are getting ready for a ground operation. i will not say when, how or using how many soldiers. i will also not specify the conditions that are being taken into account. the majority of which are not known to the public. and this is how it should be. it is for the benefit of our soldiers. i want to be clear, the timing of the defense forces operation will be determined unanimously by the war cabinet along with the defense forces teeth of staff -- chief of staff. we are operating to ensure the best condition for our fighters for future actions. >> i am going to pull in our journalist in jerusalem. let's go through this, the prime minister saying the idf is preparing for a ground incursi

new memoir. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. geoff: the u.s. supreme court heard arguments in two key cases today about how public officials use social media. the cases explore whether two school board members in california and a city manager in michigan violated the first amendment by blocking constituents posting criticism on their personal social media pages. the constituents in the cases believe these social media pages were actually operating as an extension of government work. to help us understand the stakes here, i'm joined by our supreme court analyst, marcia coyle. it is always good to see you. marcia: good to see you. geoff: you are in the courtroom for the three hours of proceedings. what is the question that the justices were considering today in both arguments? marcia: the challenge for the justices is to determine how can you know when a public official is speaking in his or her official capacity or personal capacity on their personal webpages? the distinction is important

a new book asked lawyers -- explores mitt romney's relationship with his own party. >> the pbs newshourrom washington and arizona state university. amna: nine republicans are jockeying to serve as speaker of the house after several failed votes. a weeks-long stalemate over the future of the chamber. this evening, the candidates are pitching their plans to unite a divided house republican conference in a closed-door candidate forum. joining me now from the capitol is leigh ann caldwell. day 20 without a speaker? does any contender stand out? >> it's going to be a tough path for the nine candidates. the three i am watching, first is tom,. the largest caucus in the republican conference. here is byron donalds. amna: these two of nine who voted to certify election results. >> that vote will not have much of an impact. but donald trump does not like that he voted to certify the election, and my sources are telling me behind the scenes donald trump is pushing him to slam him so he does not win the speaker's race. donald trump is not plan on saying anything negative. amna: are the republicans

news but preparing herself for the very worst. like so many here, her nightmare is far from over. for the pbs newshour, in israel. ♪ geoff: it was back to business on capitol hill today. new house speaker mike johnson spent his first full day meeting with the australian prime minister and later -- prime minister who is in town, and later president joe , biden. that's as major tests of johnson's leadership await. congressional correspondent lisa desjardins is here to walk us through what's ahead. so lisa, speaker johnson has been on the job for one full day. he already faces a potential government shutdown in just three weeks paid what do we know about what his speakership means for the chances of avoiding a government shutdown? lisa: there are early good signs that can be avoided here. as you said, johnson did speak with president biden in person at the white house. we will talk a little bit more about that later. the relationships so far are cordial. lawmakers are trying to build relationships and so is he right now. another big sign is that he knows that a stopgap or continuing resolution f

to our viewers watching on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin in nework, and a heated session of the united nations security council. a meeting where hopes were dashed of moving closer to an end of the conflict between israel and hamas militants. israel's foreign minister launched a furious attack on the head of the u.n., antonio guterres. israel's ambassador to the u.n. also called on him to resign. the u.n. chief earlier criticized israel's bombardment of gaza and called for an end to what he described as a collective punishment of the palestinian people. >> it is important to also recognize the attacks by hamas did not happen in a vacuum. the palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation. they have seen their lands plagued by violence. the economy stifled. their people displaced. in their homes demolished. there hopes for a political solution to their plight have been vanishing. but the grievances of the palestinian people cannot justify the appalling attacks by hamas, and those appalling attacks cannot justify the col