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for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown in philadelphia. ♪ geoff: there this evening on pbs, frontlineooting in uvalde, texas in may, 2022. "inside the uvalde response" draws on real-time, firsthand accounts and uses official bodycam footage and audio. produced with propublica and the texas tribune, the film reconstructs the chaotic response to the shooting and examines the missteps, lessons learned and the lingering trauma of that day. >> the gunman fires through the door into one of the classrooms, grazing the staff sergeant and the lieutenant. >> i saw my blood. i was like -- i have been shot. he was like, we both retreated back a little. we turned around and were like, i didn't know who was going to come out. >> surveillance footage shows lieutenant martin is going back down the hallway alone. and returning to where other officers are positioned. >> the first few moments of the response is crucial, is what experts said. this is the best moment in time to engage the shooter and rescue any victims. officers initially did that, then they stumbled back when they were grazed by bullets.

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for the pbs newshour, i'm gabrielle hayes.eoff: all this year, judy woodruff has been exploring cultural and social divisions as part of a primetime special airing tomorrow night. here's a preview as part of the ongoing series. judy: a few weeks ago where the 16th president spent time during the civil war, i gathered a group of respected thinkers to talk. they were a former compelling judge, nicole hammer, and deval patrick. welcome to all three of you. i want to begin with you, judge, this basic question we have been reporting on america's divisions. given that, how concerned are you right now about this country? >> judy, i'm gravely concerned about our country today. certainly more concerned that i have been in my lifetime. all of a sudden it seems we americans don't agree on anything at all. we certainly don't agree any longer, we don't even longer agree on america's democracy or whether democracy is the greatest in the world or civilization. >> i share the sense of concern. there have been many times where americans have c

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new memoir, "class." >> this is "pbs news weekend" from weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshourhts on pbs. john: apple's new iphone 15 is already looking like one of the hottest, in-demand items this holiday season. but, as ali rogin tells us, several factors like shifting supply chains, labor disputes and geopolitics are combining to keep the smartphone hard to find. ali: the world's most valuable company, apple, at one point in time had their main supplier making 500,000 of its cell phones per day at one mega factory in china. then last year, covid-19 lockdowns and protests of harsh working conditions caused major disruptions at the factory. it cost apple an estimated $1 billion per week. since then, apple has reportly told its manufacturing partners that it wants to do more business outside of china. apple's main supplier, the taiwan based foxconn, has been moving more of its production out of china into india. nilesh christopher is the south asia correspondent for the technology publication rest of world, and he's been reporting on the transition. thank you so much for joini

. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by. ♪ the ongoing support of these individuals 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 live your life. life well planned. >> you don't need vision to do most things in life. but it is exciting to be part of the team driving technology forward. that is the most rewarding thing. people who know, know video. >> the john s and james l knight foundation, fostering informed, 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 broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. a harsh winter has descended on ukraine as the war nears its third year. and ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy is here in washington, urging congress to unfreeze badly needed military aid. amna: that debate

for the "pbs newshour," i'm stephanie sy.'re going to keep our focus on the risk of a regional conflict in the middle east as tensions with iran increase. for that we turn to paul salem, the president and ceo of the middle east institute, a washington-based non-partisan think tank. thank you for being with us. how do you interpret the comments from israel's former defense minister, current member of israel's war cabinet, who is clearly warning about the potential for military escalation against hezbollah? paul: there has been tension between israel and hezbollah from the first date of the hamas attack against israel october 7. reporting indicates u.s. talked israel down from a preemptive attack on hezbollah in those early days. this tension is coming back centerstage and the israelis have made it clear to the americans and to the world that they want some resolution to parts of the situation on their northern border with hezbollah and lebanon. otherwise they will take military action, or at least that is what they are threate

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newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbstion from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. the top united nations humanitarian official says the delivery of food, water and other aid to gaza is not nearly enough and not arriving quickly enough for the almost 2 million people in need. geoff: arab and muslim nations are calling for a un security council vote demanding a cease-fire. israel pressed its offensive in southern gaza as the war marked two months today since the terror attacks of october 7. one of the last places left and gaza were civilians were told they would be safe last night went up in flames. israel bombarded rafa after claiming militants launched rockets from the so-called safe zone. families, children seeking refuge in apartment buildings caught in the crossfire. by daybreak, those who survived were still clearing through the rubble. >> it was a direct hit. people were walking on the street. there was no warning. we didn't see anything except that strike on our homes. >> after waves of disp

newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbstion from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. a verdict tonight in one of the cases related to the 2020 election. geoff: a federal jury in washington ordered rudy giuliani to pay $148 million to two former georgia election workers for distressed caused by lies he spread during the 2020 election. miles park was in the courtroom today and joins us now. this was a civil trial and the jury was asked only to decide the amount of damages. here's what rudy giuliani told reporters on his way out of the courtroom. >> very little i can say about this. certainly we will appeal. the absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity of the entire proceeding. geoff: he's calling that number, 100 $48 million, absurd. how did the jury arrive at that number and what message were they trying to send? >> throughout the entire week, the plaintiff's attorneys were trying to make the case that the jury should send a message of the election lies, especially when the people push

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. >> this is the pbs newshour, from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. >> on the u.s.-mexico border, agents are encountering a record number of migrants. more than 10,000 a day. in texas, thousands are waiting to be processed. border officials shut down freight rail crossings of the weekend after detecting a surge of migrants being smuggled by train. yesterday, plane carrying recent immigrants was sent to chicago, where leaders are struggling to provide services to new arrivals. we have more on the forces overwhelming the immigration system and posble solutions on the table internation capital. >> to underscore just how serious this is, the president spoke to the mexican president about the urgent need for more enforcement. secretary of state blinken and the homeland security secretary will head to mexico in the coming days. republican house speaker mike johnson is urging the president to take executive action to tend -- stem the tide migration. many see the system is broken or at its limits. i am joined by our g

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electing state judges. >> this is "pbs news weekend" from weta studios in washington, home of "the pbs newshourghts on pbs. john: this afternoon, white house officials and senate republicans resumed talks aimed at a deal on new border security measures. without an agreement, republicans say they won't vote for more money for ukraine. a record number of migrants on the southern border could push president biden to consider restrictions that in the past he's denounced. for a look at the situation on the border, danyelle khmara of arizona public media. danyelle, we hear these numbers. we hear them say, you know, a record number, record surge of migrants at the border. you're there. you go to the border. what does a record surge look like there? danyelle: so basically the numbers of people that are coming across the border right doubled in the last few months. this area is now the area that's getting the highest number of migrants crossing the border. and what it looks like is it looks like hundreds of people a day, up to a thousand, sometimes over a thousand people a day crossing the border and th

and unwanted hoes. ♪ >> this is pbs news weekend, from weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshourghts on pbs. ♪ lisa: in iowa, a federal judge has temporarily blocked key parts of a law, due to go into effect monday, that would ban books from school libraries if they depicted a quote, "sex act." the law, signed by republican governor kim reynolds, also bars teachers from discussing gender identity and sexuality before seventh grade. judge stephen locher agreed with those suing, writing that the law was "incredibly broad," banning crucial history books, classic fiction, and even guides to help studts avoid sexual assault. to understand more, i'm joined by derek black, a professor of law at the university of south carolina, and erin murphy, des moines bureau chief at the gazette. derek, this is a temporary decision, but how much does this tell us about the court fight ahead? >> to land a lawsuit like this, you have to establish if there is a likelihood of irreparable harm and if you are likely to win. this is quite common in these type of lawsuits, so the judge said, look, you are l

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of christmas music. >> this is "pbs news weekend" from weta studios in washington, home of "the pbs newshourghts on pbs. john: a new government report estimates a record number of americans are experiencing homelessness. starting in 2007, the department of housing and urban development sent volunteers out on a single night each january to count all the people they could find who didn't have shelter. experts caution that this is not a census, and it's likely an undercount because it's hard to find everyone experiencing homelessness on a single night. this year, they counted more than 650,000. that's a 12% increase over the last year, the biggest one year jump on record and more than four times greater than any previous increase. in the past, a single category drove the increase. but this year, all categories went up. individuals, families, unaccompanied children and so on. ann oliva is the ceo of the national alliance to end homelessness. what do you make of those numbers of that big jump? ,ann: thank you first for having me on your show today. this is such an important topic and we need to m

. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- ♪ >> moving our economy for 160 years, the engine that connects us. ♪ >> the walton family foundation, working for solutions to protect water during climate change so people and nature can thrive together. supported by the macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdana, and peaceful world. and by the ongoing support of these 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. israel intensified its military operations in gaza's second largest city today, forcing tens of thousands of palestinians to flee and making it more difficult to deliver a. >> the u.n. says nearly 1.9 million people at over 80% of the population has been displaced by the war. many several times over. they are now crowded into small areas in south and central gaza. the humanitarian situation is worsening by the day. southern gaza is now the center of the war. once again, civilians bear the brunt. caught between,

are living longer. >> this is "pbs news weekend," from weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshourghts on pbs. john: it's not a new idea: no-strings-attached payments to provide people with a financial floor, what is called a guaranteed basic income. it actually dates back to 16th century england. today, it is being tested in dozens of pilot programs across the country, in cities as big as baltimore and as small as yellow springs, ohio, population about 3700. some of them use taxpayer funds, others use private contributions or foundation grants. stockton, california, was among the first to launch a pilot program in 2019. earlier, i spoke with stockton's mayor at the time, michael tubbs, who is the founder of a group called mayors for guaranteed income. i asked him about the genesis of stockton's program. michael: at the crux of all the issues from homelessness to crime to education was this persistent poverty and economic insecurity. so in my first 100 days, i gathered my team in the office and i said, 'you guys, i want our legacy to be an anti-poverty, a pro-economic security admi

geoff bennett, "pbs newshour." former white house press secretary jen psaki and republican strategist matt gorman. 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, in just hours there will be more urgent talks on capitol hill between republicans, democrats, and white house negotiators as all sides aim to reach a deal to ramp up security at the border as part of a larger package that would provide more aid to ukraine and israel. bipartisan talks have zeroed in on gop proposals including those that would make it more difficult to claim asylum, seek parole and return to a trump-era policy that could trigger mass expulsions at the border. on saturday the white house met with leaders of the congressional hispanic caucus who expressed concerns democrats are poised to cave to senate republicans. >> i want to speak quickly to the democrats in the senate and others who are consider