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for the pbs newshour, christopher booker in pontiac, michigan. we turn now to a story about art and love. rhode island pbs weekly reporter pamela watts introduces us to a massachusetts artist whose work took a dramatic turn when she says her husband began to lose himself to alzheimer's disease. as part of our arts and culture series canvas. >> art is essential for my life and i and visual. pamela: for sarah, being able to express herself through her art took on a whole new meaning more than a decade ago. >> my husband was the love of my life probably about 12 years ago. he drove home in a snowstorm and forgot where he was going and he called his doctor the next day and said that this was not usual. he was worried about his memory. and at that time, he had mild cognitive impairment and they said not to worry. he was still fine for a long time after that. pamela: holbrook specialized in watercolors but was curious about photography and enrolled in a class. >> i fell in love with photography and then it was crucl when my husband was ill because i do

. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions, and friends of the newshour, including kathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. >> consumer cellular, this is sam. how may i help you? >> this is a pocket dial. well, somebody's pocket, i thought i with that you know with consumer cellular you get nationwide coverage with no contract. have a nice day. >> you don't need vision to do most things in life. it's exciting to be part of a team driving the technology forward. that's the most rewarding thing. people who know know edo. >> the john s and james l knight foundation, fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. israel has intensified its bombing of gaza again, launching 400 airstrikes today across the palestinian territory. amna: the gaza

. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individualsnd institutions, and friends of the newshour, including kathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. >> pediatric surgeon, volunteer, topiary artist. a raymond james financial advisor taylor's advice to help you live your life. life, well-planned. >> actually, you don't need vision to do most things in life. i'm excited to be part of a team driving technology forward. i think that's the most part in thing. people who know, know bdo. >> the john s and james l knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to "the newshour." it's a horrific night in gaza, where an airstrike hit a hospital, killing hundreds. who hit the hospital is in dispute. amna: palestinians and others said it was an israeli bombing. the israel

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war in the holy land, a pbs newshour special report, starts at 8:30 p.m. eastern. tion for local listings. ♪ the u.s. supreme court today heard arguments in a key racial gerrymandering case out of south carolina. the state redrew their congressional map moving thousands of black voters out of a competitive congressional district, shoring it up as reliably republican and diluting the black vote. the outcome here could determine the balance of power in congress. for more on today's court proceedings, we're joined by newshour supreme court analyst marcia coyle. it's good to see you. >> good to see you. geoff: so we know that two lower courts agreed that there was a clear racial gerrymandering in this case, but at least a handful of the conservative justices on the supreme court today appeared to cast doubt on that. tell us more. marcia: let me say that a racial gerrymander is when a district has been drawn with race as the predominant motive or factor. that is unconstitutional under the 14th amendment equal protection guarantee. during the arguments today, the chief ju

. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individualsnd institutions. and friends of the newshour, including leonard and norma. ♪ >> actually, you don't need vision to do most things in life. yes, i'm legally blind, and yes, i am responsible for the user interface. data visualization. if i can see it and understand it quickly, anyone can. it's exciting to be part of a team driving the technology forward. i think that is the most rewarding thing. >> people who know, know bdo. >> the william and flora hewitt foundation. for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions that promote a better world. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the "newshour." we are entering the fourth week of war between israel and hamas in gaza, as israel's air campaign continues and the death geoff: israel is now fighting hamas on the ground in gaza,

for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham in alhambra, california. ? f: and that is the newshour for tonight. join us again here tomorrow and we will speak with the head of the u.s. army about how the branch is rethinking recruitment. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on behalf of the entire newshour team, thank you for joining us. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour including jim and nancy beltre and kathy and paul anderson. >> consumer cellular. this is sam. how may help you? this is a pocket dial. thought i would let you know with consumer cellular, you get nationwide coverage with no contract. that is kind of our thing. have a nice day. >> the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like y

. >> this is pbs news weekend from weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshour. jo: lloyd austin says the pentagon will give israel everything it needs even as it continues its strong support of ukraine. >> we are about 36 hours after israel called from an evacuation. do you agree overall? >> it is not my place to evaluate the approach, but what i'm focused on his we provide them the security assistance they needed to protect people. i had a good day with the minister of defense as you saw, saturday of last week he expressed a need and we will do everything we can. >> he dismissed any concerns about the evacuation and said we are at war. do you think the evacuation is hamas' problem? or does israel need to consider the humanitarian effects? >> anytime you construct and plan an operation, you have two accounts for civilians. we talked about the need, instruct safe zones so civilians -- >> are you askg israel to delay the ground invasion? >> we are not asking israel to delay or speed up, that is their call. my focus is to support them and provide security assistanc

. ♪ >> major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by. ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour, including kathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. >> pediatric surgeon, volunteer, topiary artist, a raymondjames financial advisor tailors advice to help you lift your life. live well-planned. ♪ >> the john s and james r. knight foundation. more at kf.org. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and since institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the newshour. for the first time in this nations history the house of representatives has formerly ousted its speaker. i handful of hard right republicans in every democrat voted together to remove the gavel from speaker kevin mccarthy. lawmakers from both parties spoke on the house floor ahead of the final vote. >> chaos is speaker macarthur. chaos is somebody who we cannot trust with their word.

. ♪ >> major funding for "the pbs newshour" has been provided by -- ♪ the ongoing support of these individualsnstitutions, and friends of "the newshour," including -- leonard and norma klorfine, and koo and patricia yuan. >> actually, you don't need vision to do most things in life. yes, i am legally blind and yes, i am responsible for the user interface. data visualization. if i can see it and understand it quickly, anyone can. it is exciting to be part of a team driving the technology forward, i think that's the most rewarding thing. people who know, know bdo. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. at hewlett.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions -- ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to "the newshour." another night of israeli airstrikes in gaza, and hamas rocket fire into israel, as its massive invasion force sits on the border, pois

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. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by. e ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the newshour including jim and nancy and kathy and paul anderson. >> consumer cellular, how may i help you? with consumer cellular, you get nationwide coverage with no contract. have a nice day. >> 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. bdo. >> the john s and james l knight foundation, fostering an 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. geoff: welcome to the newshour. two american hostages held for nearly two weeks by hamas following the te

china's role in it. >> this is "pbs news weekend" from weta studios in washington, home of "the pbs newshourights on pbs. john: it's impossible to understate the devastating effect yesterday's attack had on israel, israeli citizens and their leaders. michael herzog is the israeli ambassador to the united states. mr. ambassador, thanks for joining us and first let me begin by offering our condolences on the loss of life in israel yesterday. and i wonder also, if you could put it into perspective a little bit because i've found that when things happen in israel, it's such a relatively small country. everyone knows someone or knows someone who knows someone who's affected by this. amb. herzog: thank you very much for your condolences. and yes, this is serious blow to the state of israel. hamas waged war in israel yesterday, an unprovoked attack on civilians. they fired thousands of rockets at israeli populated centers and then they breached the border fence and sent in hundreds of armed terrorists, infiltrated almost all the border towns and basically murdered hundreds of people. right now, the

newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbstation 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 letting up. on negotiations over the fates of more than 200 hostages held by hamas have faltered. >> nearly three weeks after the october 7 a hamas terror attacks, an israeli official announced that quebec begins tonight. >> just behind me is the northeastern corner of the gaza strip. -- payback begins tonight. >> just behind me is the northeastern corner of the gaza strip. >> and advisor said hamas would feel israel's wrath tonight. this after punishing airstrikes since the attacks. earlier, israel's elite's naval unit pounded gaza from the water. ground forces conducted a preliminary raid but it remained unclear if this was the full invasion forecast for days. a telecommunications company said the bombardment has cut off phone and internet service. an air

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. >> this is pbs news weekend from weta new studios in washington, home of the pbs newshour. eknights 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. tomo

. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by.he ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the newshour. >> actually, you don't need vision to do most things in life. yes, i am responsible for the user interface. if i can see it and understand quickly, anyone can. people who no, no. -- know, know. >> the william and flora hewitt foundation. advancing ideas and supporting institutions. >> and, with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions by viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. hamas has freed two more hostages, israeli officials say 220 people with more than 30 nationalities are believed to be held captive. meanwhile, the bombardment of gaza continues. the health ministry says more than five, -- 5 million -- 5000 palestinians have been killed. we have a room or. a warning, some images are disturbing. >> kidnapped from their homes. held captive. two of the oldest hostages

. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals andnstitutions. and friends of the newshour including leonard and norma. >> actually, you don't need vision to do most things in life. yes, i am legally blind, and yes, i am responsible for the user interface. data visualization. if i can see it and understand it quickly, anyone can. it's exciting to be part of a team driving the technology forward. that is the most rewarding thing. people who know know. -- bdo. >> for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world at hewlett.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour, a third day of brutal fighting between israelis and palestinians centered on gaza today, and it continues tonight. amna: israel has hammered the region with air strikes and artillery, in retribution for saturday's bloody te

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

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. the rules are different and different jurisdictions do thin

a chemical disaster. >> this is pbs news weekend from weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshourghts 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 pandemic began? dr. wakeman: the definition of alcoho

newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation of public broadcasting and contributions to your pbsm 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 more than 200 hostages have apparently faltered. we start our coverage tonight from just outside gaza. reporter: nearly three weeks of the terror attacks, and officials announced payback begins tonight. >> just behind me is the northeastern corner of the gaza strip, with some of the heaviest airstrikes we have seen. we are hearing constant ongoing artillery fire, soldiers driving by. they say they are expanding ground operations in gaza. >> the prime minister said hamas would feel israel's wrath tonight. earlier, israel's unit pounded gaza from the water. ground forces conducted a preliminary raid. but it remained unclear if this was the full invasion forecast for

all of the pbs newshour. weeknights on pbs. christman federal health officials approved a new covid booster, doses were expected to be available in pharmacies within days. but two weeks later, many people are having trouble finding the vaccine and if they do find it, some are having trouble getting insurance to pay for it. this is the author of the popular newsletter. why is this a little messier than the previous rollouts? >> it has been messy to say the least like you said. this is because of a massive shift coming out of emergency. covid vaccines are now commercialized. the u.s. government is no longer responsible for purchasing or distributing these vaccines. this meanse have multiple insurance companies and changes to the delivery system which has unfortunately resulted in this slow rollout and imperfect system. the general print out was in charge of it during the pandemic. i think a lot of people under appreciate including me, the massive task of getting 300 30 million people a vaccine quickly. i think it was 24 hours aft

among american men. ♪ >> this is pbs news weekend from weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshouron 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 shows heat from satellites, working lots, the airports and so on,

racism are intertwined. >> this is pbs news weekend from weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshourhts on pbs. lisa: the 20 trucks of humanitarian aid that crossed into gaza from egypt today were the first life-saving supplies to reach gazans since the war between israel and hamas began. but before this month's attack by hamas, 450 trucks of aid arrived in gaza daily. earlier, i spoke to martin griffiths, the un under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergey relief about what this new aid means for the humanitarian crisis. >> you know, the only thing 20 truckloads of aid can do, apart from no doubt save some lives and there's nothing better than saving a single life. i think, as we all know, is to show the world this can be done. you can deliver aid to gaza. the fact that we could get in even 20, which is very, very few trucks of aid into gaza to that beleaguered tragic population, means we can do it again, again and again and again. lisa: so that leads to the next question. i know there are scores of trucks lined up waiting to get in with more aid. help us understa th