well, the main thing is that a public broadcaster is a guarantor of the fact that freedom of speech existsn ukraine, and this moment worries me a lot. maybe, well, i too it seems that this is a huge problem that should have been paid attention to. well, in my humble opinion, as well as a former employee of a public broadcaster, who contributed a little to these reforms with his modesty , a modest contribution of his time. well, i don't know. that's right. it’s probably just a comment. i’ll also ask you, then, if you’ll allow it, whether there can be a certain way out. by the way, the broadcast may not be a live broadcast, but in the recording of the actual sessions of the plenary sessions of the verkhovna rada. is this do you support this idea, the pros and cons of this idea, mr. rostislav, well , the european solidarity faction actually initiated and sent to the verkhovna rada a draft resolution about this very thing, about the coverage of the meetings of the verkhovna rada, well, the reasoning is clear security, so it is not about live broadcasting, as some colleagues say, it is meritori

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. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionsur pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. jeff: good evening. it's great to be with you. and we start tonight in ukraine where there is international concern surrounding europe's largest nuclear power plant. the plant, which is under russian control, has seen artillery shelling nearby, prompting fears of a milwaukee already catastrophe. russian president put on friday said he would allow international in thors into the plant but he would not say how soon. a drone was shot down at the headquarters of its black sea athlete in crimea this morning. no deaths have been reported. in the somali cal of mogadishu, armed islamic militants stormed automobile -- a upscale hotel in a tomorrow -- terror attack that began late las night. bullets filled into the hayat hotel. at least 20 or dead and an unknown number of gunmen are believed to be hold-up atop the hotel. the islamic extremist group, al-shabab, when that is -- has ties with coiled claimed responsibility for the attack. the public s

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbstion from viewers like you. thank you. >> it is good to be with you. as we come on the air, the reporting on the fallout from the top-secret documents recovered from former president trump's mar-a-lago property in florida. u.s. intelligence officials informed congress it will conduct a damage assessment evaluating the potential national security risks resulting from any disclosure of the documents. it is the first known acknowledgment by the intelligence community of the potential damage caused by mr. trump's possession of highly classified material, including human sourced intelligence. in a statement to bbs newshour, the office of the director of intelligence said it will closely coordinate with doj to ensure the assessment is conducted in a manner that doesn't interfere with doj's ongoing investigation. the republican nominee for governor in pennsylvania was once photographed wearing a confederate uniform for a photo. the photo was obtained through a freedom of information act reque

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. jeff: good ening. it is good to be with you. we begin with the latest on the fbi recovering top-secret and even more sensitive documents from former president trump's mar-a-lago estate in florida. "the new york times" first reported today that in june, at least onof the president's lawyers signed a letter asserting to the justice department that all materials marcus classified had been returned to the government, but monday's search of the mar-a-lago estate found classified documents. the move could explain why prosecutors cited obstruction in their search warrant. the southern bapti convention is being investigated after an outside report on the church had mishandled abuse claims and mistreated victims for decades. leaders of the largest protestant denomination in the u.s. said they would fully cooperate, and as the search continues to "grieve and limit its mistakes." the suspect who attacked salman rushdie is a 24-year-old new jersey man.

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your statiofrom viewers like you. thank you. geoff: gd evening. it's good to be with you. we start tonight in ukraine, where the war there nears its six month mark. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy warns that the fighting could escalate this week, and he's calling for strength as the country prepares for ukrainian independence day. on the streets of kyiv this weekend, the burnt out remai of russian tanks and battalion vehicles. ukrainian civilians, defiant and proud, snapping pictures on their cell phones. so close to these weapons of war, they can touch them. >> it is very beautiful that we made such an exhibition. it raises morale very much. geoff: on the streets outside of moscow, a vivid act of violence unusual for the russian capital. forensic investigators combed through debris today after a car bomb detonated late last night, killing the daughter of a putin ally. russian officials blame ukraine for the attack, but ukrainian officials deny any involvement. elsewhere, in nikopo

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thank you very much for your time and welcome to the first public broadcasting channel thank you for the invitation i planned to start by asking what is your view on the call to limit the issuance of tourist visas for russians to travel to the eu but then i read that last year you called on the eu to freeze the issuance of visas to russians. that is , you did it before the president of ukraine and the prime minister of estonia. could you explain your position? yes, i have been holding this opinion for some time. i don't really understand why the eu issuing tourist visas at a time when russia invaded the territory of another country and why russians enjoy traveling can you imagine the leader of the nazis going to miami in 1941 before the us entered the second world war o i'm just a tourist is one aspect in my opinion, this is wrong from a moral point of view, secondly, after the invasion, the bad behavior of russian tourists in the eu became even more apparent, they harass ukrainian refugees. have no right to be in europe, they are just guests and visitors here, while ukrainians, on t

media that broadcast russian narratives, russian narratives are also very often present on the public broadcaster the first days after the invasion, the term special operation was used, yes, this is horror. unfortunately , politicians broadcast not just russian narratives, they broadcast russian disinformation, that is, they tell lies to their voters, this is terrible. i would like to draw attention to the fact that it is central europe and the balkans that have become, you know, a hub of espionage and information. for russia to carry out operations both in these regions and in neighboring regions from hungary in the balkans, and here, by the way, i would like to draw attention to the role of the orthodox church. that is how it seems to me that this is not accidental regarding the position of official budapest to exclude cyril from the sanctions package 6 that is, there is not only such a christian position of viktor orbin, there is also politics and the desire to play in the balkans , including that is a very complex story. for example, which countries in central europe sent diplomats. after the

the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, monitor mmy shell -- yamiche. yamiche: good evening. following a judge's order, the copy of an fbi affidavit used to justify the search of former president donald trump's mar-a-lago home was released. the document contained read actions but also revealed that in january trump turned over to the national archives documents with different levels of classification. they included 92 documents marked as secret and 25 documents marked as top-secret. the affidavit said there is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be , the premises. the justice department was also concerned that premature close -- premature disclosure of affidavits may have a significant and negative impact on the continuing investigation and may jeopardize the effectiveness by allowing criminal parties an opportunity to flee and destroy evidence. this is all important information. joining me to

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lisa: good evening and hello. the u.s. senate has passed a historic bill to combat climate change and lower health costs after a marathon night of voting to amend the legislation. the bill is a pared down version of build back better, the legislation democrats struggled with since president biden took office. but today's vote, along party lines, is a major win for the president and democrats. >> and i'm really confident the inflation reduction act will endure as one of the defining feats of 21st century. the world will be a better place for my grandchildren because of what we did today. and that makes me feel very, very good. lisa: the bill would be the largest climate investment in u.s. history, and makes major changes to health policy, including allowing medicare to negotiate prices. house passage is expected friday. we will have more on the bill later in the program. today, president biden left the white house for the first time since get

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening. it's great to be with you. we begin tonight with our weekend briefing. we now know the department of justice is investigating former president trump for potentially violating the espionage act, among other laws, after recovering highly classified government documents from his mar-a-lago estate. meantime, president biden and congressional democrats are celebrating another landmark legislative victory after passing a massive climate, health care, and tax bill that president biden is set to sign into law this week. here to talk about that and more is special correspondent jeff greenfield. great to have you back with us. let's start with the case at mar-a-lago because today you have trump alliepushing a claim that the documents retrieved from mar-a-lago were not classified, that donald trump verbally declassified them. except, one, that is not how the process works, and two, it does not matter. the fbi search warrant was to th

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening. it's great to be with you. we start tonight with the latest surrounding the fbi's seizure of classified documents from rmer president trump's florida property. this thursday, a federal judge will decide whether to grant mr. trump's request for a third party, a so-called “special master,” to decide if some of the documents are legally protected. the judge has already signaled a quote, preliminary intent to do so. and, as we've reported, u.s. intelligence officials informed congress that they will evaluate the potential national security risks stemming from mr. trump's possession of the classified materials. hugo lowell, congrsional reporter for the guardian, joins us now to discuss. it is great to have you with us. the fact that this u.s. district judge, was nominated by trump in 2020, the fact she is granting his legal team's request to review the documents seized during the fbi search, what does that mean practically? hug

." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tostation from viewers like you. thank you. lisa: good evening and hello. late last night, indiana became the first state since the supreme court struck down roe v. wade to approve a new law banning nearly all abortion procedures. as protesters gathered outside the state senate chambers, republican governor eric holcomb signed the bill, within an hour of its passage. all current india abortion clinics will lose their licenses, but the law narrowly permits some abortions at hospitals and outpatient centers in cases of rape and incest within the first 10-weeks of pregnancy. today, the biden administration and eli lilly, one of indiana's largest employers, condemned the law, which goes into effect next month. the stakes are high for the u.s. senate tonight, on the verge of passing a sweeping reform bill. senate democrats have forced an unusual weekend session to push through their half-trillion dollar health care, climate, and tax reform bill. supporters of the bill got some good news overn

." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tostation from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening. it's good to be with you. we begin in the western u.s., as wildfires continue to threaten homes and have forced evacuations across the pacific northwest. along the border of california and oregon, the night sky glowed red, as the mckinney fire exploded from one square mile to more than 60 square miles since friday. thousands were forced to flee, and the fire has claimed at least a dozen homes, prompting california governor gavin newsom to declare a state of emergency. wildfires also scorched dozens of square miles in montana and idaho. each fire is only minimally contained and continue to be fueled by high winds and triple git temperatures across the region. these high temperatures have turned deadly in parts of the pacific northwest. authorities say at least seven people in oregon are suspected to have died this week from he-related issues. the city of portland will keep cooling shelters open through tonight, as temperatur

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. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionsur pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. vanessa: i vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy. there is new trouble tonight for former president trump's business empire. allen weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the trump organization pleaded guilty to 15 charges involving tax fraud. he said nothing afr today's hearing in new york but s plea deal requires him to testify at the trump organization's own trial in october. he will be sentenced later. a federal magistrate in florida says he inclined to release some of the affidavit behind the search of the trump estate at mar-a-lago. today he gave the u.s. justice department a week to decide which sections it wanted to keep secret. the search turned up classified white house material. we will return to the trump investigations after the news summary. in ukraine, the u.n. called for demilitarized the area around europe's largest nuclear plant. kyiv and moscow blame each other for shelling at a nuclear plant in an area now con

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: congresswoman liz cheney has lost her republican party primary contest to represent wyoming in the house of representatives. she conceded last night to harriet hageman, who won in a landslide, beating cheney by nearly 40 points. the loss was expected for cheney. since the attack on the u.s. capitol, she's been one of former president donald trump's loudest critics, and serves as vice chair of the house select committee investigating january 6. in her concession remarks, she made clear that she knew the political cost of standing up to trump, and that she'd continue to work to keep him out of power. >> two years ago, i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear, but it would have required that i go along with president trump's lie about the 2020 election. it would have required that i enable his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system, and attack the foundations of our repu

individuals and institutions -- ♪ ♪ ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingbutions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> the u.s. justice department will have to release at least some information it used to justify searching the trump estate in florida. a federal magistrate judge ordered a redacted affidavit be made public by noon tomorrow. news organizations requested the move after fbi agents searched the mar-a-lago estate for classified documents. california regulators -- meanwhile, prosecutor in georgia is demanding testimony for more of former president trump's allies as part of the investigation into allegations -- it now wants to hear from mark meadows as well as an attorney who helped lead the legal challenges to those election results. california regulators have approved a mandate that all new vehicles sold in the state be electric or hydrogen powered by 2035. today's vote by the state board will still allow sales of used gasoline powered vehicles after 2035. the shift could reshape the auto market. president biden and ukraine's pr

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: backers of abortion rights and of former president trump are claiming big wins, in tuesday's primaries. in kansas, voters rejected a state constitutional amendment to let lawmakers restrict or ban abortion. meanwhile, in arizona, mark finchem, a 2020 ection denier, won the republican primary for secretary of state, overseeing elections. and, michigan republican congressman peter meijer lost his primary bid. he had voted to impeach mr. trump over the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. we'll have much more, after the news summary. a sitting member of congress, republican representative jackie walorski of indiana, was killed today in a car crash. it happened as the 5-term representative was traveling in her district. two young aides also died in the accident. walorski was seen as a rising star in gop ranks. she was 58 years old. president biden has signed an executive order to help women who cross state lines for abortions. it offers

. ♪ ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions station from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour west." we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. former president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani is now a target in a criminal investigation involving the 2020 election. prosecutors in georgia notified his lawyers today. they have convened a special grand jury on attempts to overturn the state's official election results. also today, a federal judge ordered south carolina senator lindsey graham to appear before that grand jury. graham said he will appeal. the u.s. justice department says it will oppose releasing an affidavit used to justify a search of former president trump's home in florida. news outlets wanted the document released, but federal prosecutors said today it would compromise their investigation. the search focused on classified records taken from the white house. the taliban marked one year today since they seized afghanistan's capital, kabul, and took power in

all performances of ukrainians can be seen in broadcasts on regional public channels and on the website public sport and separately, the european water sports championship is held in rome, and ukrainians also have medal successes there. combined 9 sports. and in rome, the european water sports championship in the capital of italy, our artistic swimming team won 5 gold awards in the first four days of the competition, the first day ukrainian the team triumphed in the technical program . the next day they won in the highlight, and on the fourth day they became the first in the free combination. two personal awards were won by the leader of the national team, marta fedina. she won in the solo technical and free programs, another gold on the account of marina and oleksiivych vlady, they won in the duets free program this european championship is the final performance of our season for us, we are very happy and proud to represent our country at a competition of this level, all that motivates us is our defenders who are now defending our country and giving we are able to perform and compete w

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. judy: a federal judge has unsealed and made public the search warrant for former president donald trump's mar-a-lago estate. a review of the warrant and the list of items removed from trump 's property reveals the fbi collected over 20 boxes of items -- binders of photos as well as handwritten correspondence on monday. some of those were classified as top-secret, information that should never be outside of a government facility. the former president did not oppose the unsealing of the documents and in a statement released today he asserts that he not only declassified the information but also that the links the fbi went to search his property were not necessary -- the links -- the lengths the fbi went to search his property were not necessary. he said all they had to do was ask. hello to both of you. thank you for joining us. just to clarify this, which government agency was looking for these documents or material? >> this all started when the n

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporationor public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west. we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. a sitting member of congress, republican representative jackie walorski of indiana, was killed today in a car crash. it happened as the 5-term representative was traveling in her district. two young aides also died in the accident. walorski was seen as a rising star in gop ranks. she was 58 years old. president biden has signed an executive order to help women who cross state lines for abortions. it offers breaks on medicaid costs for states where abortion is legal, so they can assist women from states where it is not. activists had urged mr. biden to do even more, but the white house defended his actions today. >> the president has been very clear that he's going to do everything that he can. it doesn't stop with this, but we also understand he can't be the only person working on this. that's why we asked congress to take action. stephanie

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, nancy pelosi, is in taiwan tonight, and china is already responding. pelosi's late-night landing was quickly followed by news of chinese military drills all around the island. john yang has this report. john: the stars and stripes aglow on the tail of her plane, house speaker nancy pelosi arrived in taipei just before 11:00 pm local time. taiwan welcomed her with a message displayed on its highest skyscraper. outside her hotel, dozens of people awaited her arrival, some to salute the visit - like 29-year-old finance worker, simon lin: thank you, u.s. speaker of the house pelosi, for ignoring china's threats. john: others to protest it. the trip has drawn the ire of beijing, which considers taiwan a breakaway province, and sees pelosi's stop as a threat to chinese sovereignty. today, a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson repeated threats of military action. >> if the us is bent on going it

these individuals and institutions -- ♪ ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingcontributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west, we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. the u.s. justice department will have to release at least some information it used to justify searching the trump estate in florida. a federal magistrate judge today ordered that a redacted affidavit be made public by noon -- tomorrow. news organizations requested the move after fbi agents searched the mar-a-lago estate for classified documents. we'll take a closer look, after the news summary. meanwhile, a prosecutor in georgia is demanding testimony from more of former president trump's allies, as part of the state's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. it now wants to hear from former white house chief of staff mark meadows. as well as attorney sidney powell who helped lead the legal challenges to the election results. california regulators have approved a mandate that all new vehicles so

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> this is primary night in some powerhouse states with several highly-anticipated races. in florida, democrats nikki freed and charlie crist are vying for the chance to challenge republican governor ron desantis. in new york, democratic members of congress carolyn maloney and jerry nadler are facing off in a redrawn district. we will get much more on those races after the summary. a jury in grand rapids, michigan convicted two men today of conspiring to kidnap democratic governor gretchen whitmer in 2020. it was the second trial for barry croft junior and adam fox after an earlier jury had deadlocked. the fbi said the men are far-right extremists who were trying to foment civil war. defense attorneys said they were entrapped. >> my client is disappointed in the verdict. it has been a good fight. we made it twice in a row. we were hoping for a different outcome today. amna: evidence showed the plot grew out of anger over governor whitmer's

. ♪ ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionsbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: the last leader of the soviet union has died. russian officials say mikhail gorbachev passed away in moscow today after a long illness. he took power in 1985 and introduced sweeping reforms, but he could not prevent the collapse of the soviet state and its communist empire at the end of 1991. at his death, mikhail gorbachev was 91 years old. we'll look back on his life, at the end of the program. the united nations is calling for $160 million in emergency funding to help pakistan cope with catastrophic flooding. the un secretary general made his appeal in a video message today. he cited the scope of a disaster that's killed more than 1,160 peop, displaced millions, and destroyed roads and crops. sec. gen. gutees: pakistan is awash in suffering. the pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids. the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding. livelihoods are shattered, critical infrastructure wiped out, and people's ho

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the legal fight over the search of the trump home in florida has taken a new turn tonight. the u.s. justice department now says classified materials were removed and concealed at mar-a-lago, possibly amounting to obstruction of justice. for his part, former president trump insisted again today that he had de-classified the documents. we'll dig into the details, after the news summary. the food and drug administration authorized 2 updated covid-19 boosters today, the first to target the omicron strain. fda officials said they want to head off another winter surge, and cut down on repeated shots. >> the hope heres not to have to give lots of vaccines each year. it's hopefully to have this be the vaccine that hopefully holds us for as much of this or for the entire season. judy: pfizer's new booster will be available to anyone over 12. moderna's is for adults, only. u.s. life expectancy dropped again last year, as the pandemic took its to

. ♪ ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionsbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: this is primary elecon night in wyoming and alaska, and a top republican critic of rmer president trump has her job on the line. wyoming representative liz cheney is vice-chair of the congressional january 6th committee. polls have shown her trailing a trump-backed challenger. in alaska, another trump critic -- u.s. senator lisa murkowski -- is hoping to hold on. and, former governor sarah palin is running for alaska's lone u.s. house seat, with mr. trump's backing. we'll get a closer look after the news summary. president biden signed landmark legislation today, the bill dubbed the inflation reduction act. it includes record spending on climate change, provisions to cap medicare drug costs and new taxes on corporations. the president celebrated the legislation as a victory delivered by democrats over solid republican opposition. pres. biden: we've not wavered. we've not flinched. and we've not given in. instead we're delivering result

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. vanessa: i'm vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy with "newshour west." we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. new blasts of extreme weather are taking a toll around the globe tonight. the latest in a series of fierce heat waves has moved into the u.s. northwest. and, violent storms and drought are ravaging parts of europe and asia. william brangham has our report. william: in cities across france, sheets of rain and hail pound the streets, trees are uprooted in backyards, and people wade through stormwaters overflowing onto sidewalks. these extreme events, which climate scientists say are increasingly being dven by a warming world, are spreading wider and wider. in germany, it's been the opposite -- an extreme drought has shrunk some of the nation's major rivers, snarling cargo traffic as ships struggle to navigate ireasingly narrow channels. new satellite imag show the before and after of a nearly dry rhine river. the storms

. ♪ ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: it's a fraction of what president biden first sought more tn a year ago, but after working through the weekend, democrats are on the cusp of passing an historic spending package. congressional correspondent lisa desjardins is here to unpack what's in the deal, and how party leaders managed to get it done. hello. what are the main elements of this and how did they get it done? lisa: what a dramatic weekend. the on party lines vote that happened yesterday to advance this massive piece of legislation in the u.s. senate, the house expected to vote friday. let's look at the big picture, what is in this large legislation. one thing that would change significantly, it aims to set a minimum corporate tax of 50% for large companies. it would use that -- of 15% for large companies. it would use that in different ways. also how medicare handles prescription drugs. there are extensive tax credits throughout the bill to deal with climate change, that

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tor pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the leader of the terrorist group al qaeda was killed in a cia drone strike over the weekend in kabul, afghanistan. the egyptian physician and militant was first jailed after his complicity in the 1981 assassination of president anwar elsa.. he later joined the group led by osama bin laden which would become al qaeda. the attack in -- on september 11, 2001, after bin laden was killed by u.s. navy seals in 2011, he was proclaimed leader. here is president biden speaking tonight from the white house. pres. biden: on saturday, and my direction, the united states successfully completed an airstrike in kabul, afghanistan, that killed the leader of al qaeda. he was bin laden's leader, he was with him the whole time, he was his number two man, his deputy at the time. he was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11. one of those responsible for the attacks that murdered more than 2977 people on american soil. for decades, he was the mastermi