♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to yourbs station by viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening and welcome to "the newshour." we are following two major decisions on the final day of the supreme court's term. the justices struck down president biden's plan to cancel more than 400 billion dollars in student loan debt for millions of borrowers. the court also ruled that a colorado website designer can refuse to create a website for a same-sex couple on first amendment grounds. justice neil gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion, "colorado seeks to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance." toniwithneur" prerage again t anysrciaoy

." ♪ this program was made possible by the cporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station from viewers like you. thank you. john: tonight, there's violence and unrest across the globe, from the middle east to western africa to the caribbean, which is where we begin. in haiti, the situation seems to be getting progressively worse. gangs control half the country's territory and most of the capital, port au prince. just this past week, an american nurse working for a christian humanitarian group and her daughter were reported kidnapped. and the state department has ordered non-emergency workers and the families of all u.s. government employees to leave as soon as possible because it wasn't safe. but for many haitians, leaving is not an option. they had sought refuge in the courtyard of the u.s. embassy in port-au-prince, dozens of families fleeing the gangs that have overrun their neighborhoods. melanie: we don't have anywhere to stay. the bandits kicked us out of our home. they rape us even if we are old, even the little ones they rape them also, i had to run to com

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation of public broadcasting and by contritions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ john: good evening, i'm john yang. a fourth of july weekend block party in baltimore, maryland late last night ended in chaos and tragedy as gunfire broke out just after midnight. 30 people were shot, at least two of them fatally, some of the wounded are in critical condition. baltimore police say the crime scene is extensive. so far, they've made made no arrests. there was another mass shooting overnight, this one at a wichita, kansas nightclub. nine people were hurt there, seven were shot and two more were trampled in a rush to the exits. according to the gun violence archive, there have been 338 incidents so far this year in which four or more peoplwere shot. that is an average of nearly two a day. across france, a fifth straight night of violent riots over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old of north african descent. police said they arrested more than 700 protesters overnight. it's the worst rioting in france in years. the mayor

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> good, i'm john yang. on this, the 500th day of the war in ukraine, more russian shelling took more ukrainian lives. the attack on the eastern ukrainian town killed at least eight civilians and wounded 13 others. president volodymyr zelenskyy marked the day with a video showing him on snake island of the black sea, a symbol for ukraine's resistance. russian forces captured the island in the early days of the war, only to be forced to withdrawal a few months later. zelinski is in turkey, where president erdogan endorsed the nation -- with nato. a flashpoint between ukraine and russia. resident biden told cnn ukraine should not be admitted into nato just yet. >> i don't think there is unanimity in nato about whether to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of a war. so i think we can work it out. but i think it is premature to call for a vote now. >> ukraine's membershipn nato will likely be discussed next wee

ukrainian public broadcaster, stand up, what did you see?hank you roksolana lisovska, public broadcasting of volodymyr oleksandrovych. today, the j7 leaders agreed to the declaration, but there was no signing. can you explain why they did not sign and what in general this declaration is important and whatever it means is agreed, it is the same for them to sign about it, it’s just so so so so the procedure was chosen. that is, it is the same as what these leaders signed and what will happen now further, i.e. now there will be a two-way street, so between us, those who are already in the declaration, we are already starting to develop bilateral documents , as well as with the states that join this declaration. a jacket, a blue shirt, a luxurious beard, yes, please, thank you, the president's office already cooperates with ukraine on security issues, including military cooperation and joint military units, and also cooperation to export grain exports the regional operation is also on the shoulders of including closer cooperation in the scientif

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening, i'm john yang. meteorologists say july has been the world's hottest on record. they also say some relief is on the way for many americans. where than 100 million americans are under heat alerts. parts of the midwest, mid-atlantic, and northeast, heat and humidity, is making temperatures feel between 100 and 110. in phoenix, the high temperature has been above 110. for a record 30 straight days. there is possibility rain will end the street. a cold front pushing south is forecast to pull things off next week. the south will continue to bake. former president donald trump made his first appearance last night since three new felony charges were added to his classified documents case. at a republican dinner, he said the charges against him and the investigatns that could lead to more charges are politically motivated. other republican candidates spoke at the dinner but avoided mentioninghe former president's name. one exceptio

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and friends of the newshour, ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ john: good evening. i'm john yang. first, the extreme heat, and now wildfires are plaguing parts of the west. in riverside county in southern california, four wildfires have led officials to issue evacuation orders. the blazes have scorched thousands of acres and destroyed several homes. officials say triple-digit temperatures and difficult terrain are complicating fire fighting efforts. and in the east, extreme weather of a different sort. a sudden torrential downpour led to flash flooding that swept cars off a road in bucks county, outside philadelphia. the bodies of four people have been recovered and 3 people are missing, including a two-year-old and a 9-month-old. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu left the hospital today after an overnight stay. doctors said he was in excellent health. netanyahu, who is 73, was hospitalized saturday after a dizzy spell at his home. doctors said it was likely dehydra

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. i'm john yang. across the south and west, new all-time heat records could be set as forecasters say the weeks' long heatwave is entering it most intense phase. the forecast high in las vegas is 117 degrees, the hottest temperature ever recorded there. nearly a third of all americans are under heat advisories, watches and waings. for some areas, the heat wave has been unrelenting. phoenix, arizona has seen 16 straight days with highs over 110 and is on track to beat the record of 18 days. el paso, texas had highs above 100 for a month. there's also record-setting heat in the waters off florida, reaching the mid 90's. not only does it make it harder for people to cool off, scientists warn of coral bleaching, fish kills and algae blooms. and the warm waters could fuel tropical storms come hurricane season. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was taken to a hospital near tel aviv earlier today after feeling dizzy at his

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." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. i'm john yang. summer 2023 has become the summer of superlatives -- scientists say the first two weeks of july were the earth's hottest on human record. in the southwestern u.s., phoenix has never been this hot for this long. and the heat has spread to places like boise, idaho, where today's high is forecast to be above 100. across the southeast, a new wave of heat and humidity will make it feel as hot as 115 degrees in some places. more than 90 million americans are under heat alerts. and in europe, greek firefighters are battling dozens of wildfires. an intensifying heat wave stretching from spain to greece is setting records. ukrainian officials said its drones hit an ammunition depot early today in the illegally annexed crimean peninsula. it forced evacuations and the brieclosure of a key bridge that connects crimea and the russian mainland. it was the latest in an series of aerial assaults from both sides. it began mo

." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station from viewers like you. i'm john yang. as leaders of nato countries prepare for a summit later this week that will focus on russia's war in ukraine, russia said it shot down a cruise missile near the crimean city of kerch. the 11-mile-long kerch bridge is a key russian supply line, linking russia and the illegally annexed crimean peninsula. yesterday ukraine appeared to confirm the widely-held assumption that they blew up the span last october, leaving it out of commission for weeks. the nato summit will also discuss ukraine's bid to join the alliance, although there aren't enough votes to approve membership. today on abc's "this week," ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said that he wants at least security guarantees from nato. pres. zelenskyy: it would be an important message to say that nato is not afraid of russia. i'll be doing whatever i can in order to, so to speak, expedite that solution, to have an agreement with our partners. john: president biden, who left toda

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station and from viewers likeou. thank you. >> good evening and welcome to washington week. while the country suffers through a relentless heat wave. on the east coast, a flurry of legal development as dialed of the temperature on the former president. donald trump lawyers at on thursday and special counsel jack smith and team are hoping to prevent a likely second federal indictment. this time related to trump's efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. the former president is also facing new charges in the classified documents case. late thursday, the special counsel's office revised its initial indictment to conclude accusations that he thought to delete surveillance video from insight mar-a-lago. and for president biden, his son's legal issues are not going away as hope to. on wednesday, hunter biden's plea deal on tax and gun charges are -- was put on hold after a judge question the agreement to the constitutionality and deferment of the case. republicans who are already investigating the doj plea dea

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions by viewers like you. >> welcome to the newshour. relief has arrived for regions broiling under intense heat. a cold front lower temperatures across much of the upper midwest , northeast and mid-atlantic. >> temperatures are easing slightly across the southwest. in california, burning out of control. mar-a-lago made his first court case. he has not found a local attorney. hunter biden's former business partner said joe biden with their associates. a democrat said archer testified hunter biden sold the illusion of access to his father. a republican said the testimony justifies an impeachment inquiry. in pakistan, the atomic state group claimed -- it happened at a taliban election rally. tents were in tattered and chairs litter the ground. hospitals were overwhelmed. >> i am a shopkeeper present at the rally. we lost loved ones, so many martyred in the incident. i demand the government investigate this because this was a brutal act. >> the isis claim of responsibility gave no details and said it is

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of georgia, here is a comment in the public broadcaster of ukraine from the general secretary of thetion party georgia also participates in one main thing, that there is no european future, no democratic elections in georgia, and not without the participation of the main opposition leader, in this case , the ex-president of georgia. and very serious in relation to these georgian pro-russian properties. so if this situation is a reality, it will seriously heat up and the west will make very principled and specific requests for the liberation of the axis, mykhailo saakashvili, i am sure that this will happen in the future, eight people were injured during the terrorist attack in tel aviv, israel, among them a pregnant woman, the times of israel reports, the driver directed the car at people standing near the shopping center , then he got out of the car and rushed at passers-by the attacker killed an armed civilian with a knife, we have one terrorist killed and eight wounded, two of them are in a critical condition , three are in a moderate condition, the rest are lightly wounded, the t

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.y contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome. nearly 200 million americans have spent another day under a long list of heat advisories and severe weather warnings. oppressive temperatures have scorched the southwest for weeks. now they have moved into the midwest and the mid atlantic. philadelphia's index topped out at 108. some other cities reached the hundred degree mark. new economic numbers today are the latest to show that in nation is easing. consumer prices rose 3%. so just excited army general to be the new head of state in niger today -- in niger today after the general rule the nation. >> the current security approach has failed to secure our country. we can no longer take this approach. >> the u.s. has about 1000 troops in the country and it is unclear how the coup will affect that comtment. lloyd austin aims tough talk to china today. he said this is aimed at the people's republic of china. >> we will continue to support our allies and part

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to her pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. we begin with two major stories here at home and abroad. in europe, leaders of the nato alliance are gathered in lithuania with ukraine battling to become a full-fledged member. geoff: a storm for the ages in new england has ravaged vermont. there have been no deaths or injuries, property damage could meet the tens of millions of dollars. part of the state capital are underwater. it was a storm that dumped nearly an entire summer's worth of rain in a matter of days. vermont hit with the same slow-moving storm pattern that devastated parts of new york yesterday. it headed north through new england. by late last night, mountain towns across the state were inundated with up to nine inches of rainwater. as rivers crested toward record-breaking heights, the streams swallowed cars and inched closer to homes. eyewitness video from the town of jamaica showed furniture and other items being swept away by the floodwaters.

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and from contributions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the newshour. tens of millions of americans have spent another day other heat watches, warnings, or advisories in this long, hot summer. the low temperature in phoenix today was 97. that followed 19 straight days of highs of 110 degrees. filberts around the city -- billboards around the city displayed the brutally high temperatures. people adjust their schedules to escape the dangerous conditions. >> we drink a lot of water. when the sun goes down, we are out walking and going to the park. i guess we have to be vampires in this type of weather. >> heat overseas plate firefighters in greece as they battled wildfires. streets in italy were deserted as temperatures narrowed 108 degrees. a federal judge in new york is up held a jury award against donald trump. they found he sexually abused a writer in 1996 and the fainter in his denial. the judge set the reward was reasonable. it did not deviate materially from reasonable compensation so

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the newshour. the nonstop severe weather across the country has run the gamut today from heat to hail. phoenix faced a 21st day of readings above 110 degrees. in the midwest with strong storms brought hail the size of ping-pong balls. western kentucky tried to recover from severe flooding this week. in eastern north carolina, a pharmaceutical plant lay in ruins after a tornado on wednesday. cities across southern ukraine counted the casualties and damage today after a third straight night of heavy russian bombardment. the latest air rates again targeted odessa, sending entire buildings up in flames. two people died in at least 19 were wounded, including a child. the chinese consulate in odessa was among the damaged buildings. in iraq, protesters stormed the swedish embassy in baghdad because a atheist threaten to burn a copy of the koran. they started a fire while police stood by. signs and the crowd showed a cleric who spoke later a

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. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ william: good evening and welcome to "the newshour." former president donald trump's legal team met today with federal prosecutors as a grand jury continues to hear evidence about trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. it comes days after trump revealed he received a letter from the department of justice notifying him that he was a target of a criminal probe into the aftermath of that election and the january 6 capitol riot. joining us now is npr's justice correspondent, carrie johnson, who has been following all of today's developments. so nice to see you again. trump's legal team met with the doj today. not unusual for that type of meeting to occur. trump referred to it as a productive meeting in a post on his social media site. we know what was discussed? >> special counsel jack smith is not talking but what we know comes from trump who as you say posted that his lawyers met with a special counsel team today, presumably in an

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to "the newshour." the biden administration announced today that the u.s. will provide ukraine with thousands of cluster munitions, bombs and artillery shells that release scores of smaller so-called bomblets across an area. ukraine had requested the weaons which the u.s. could -- which the u.s. says could bolster kyiv's offensive. more than 120 countries have signed a convention banning cluster bombs, which sometimes failed to expose on impact, posing a significant risk to civilians for years after their use. u.s. officials debated the issue for months before president made the final decision this week. national security advisor jake sullivan outline the decision this afternoon. >> we recognize cluster munitions create a risk for civilians. this is why we deferred the decision for as long as we could, but there is also a massive risk of civilian harm russian troops and tanks roll over ukrainian positions and take more ukrainian t

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions toour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. william: welcome to the newshour. a plea agreement that would have kept hunter biden out of prison for tax and gun charges was unexpectedly put on hold today - adding new questions to an already politically divisive deal. laura barron-lopez explains. laura: a tumultuous day in federal court for hunter biden -- after a judge put his guilty plea agreement on hold in wilmington. the legal drama for the president's son, again a subject of fierce debate in washington. mitch mcconnell to the extent : that it looks like the admin -- administration is treating democrats more favorably than republicans i can understand why , people in the house are upset about it. senator schumer: bottom line this is a prosecution being done , in a fair way by a former trump prosecutor and i have faith in the results. laura: the deal was biden would plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges, in exchange, he would not face prosecution for a felony gun charge pr

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where do i see the future of public service broadcasting? again, i don't know. for instance. and i think that, you know, i owe a lot to the bbc. um... how the licence fee st... i don't know. i hope it stays but it's easy for me to say that. and i think that, i think there's still... again, if you look at, you know, it's a cliche to say it, but in times of like when there's a big national story, everyone does turn to the bbc and it's got an important role in trying to bring the truth to the people in a way that's impartial, or as impartial as... in a way that's going to annoy everyone. so i, i think there's still a very important role in that respect, yeah. but how you finance it? i don't... that's a question above my head. well, from the outside, it looks like you're an incredibly powerful, and we use the term, showrunner, i don't know if you see yourself as a showrunner, but showrunner on a global franchise for one of silicon valley's biggest companies. do you worry you've gone mainstream? i mean, netflix was once the upstart, wasn't it, the counterculture. it'

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> here are the latest headlines . new economic numbers today are the latest to show inflation in the u.s. is easing. the government gauge that is closely watched by the federal reserve finds consumer prices rose 3% in june from a year earlier, the smallest annual increase in more than two years. in niger, soldiers declared an army general to be the new head of state today after ousting the democratically elected president this week. that came hours after the general addressed the nation, saying the civilian government failed to protect the country against islamist insurgents. >> the current security approach has failed to secure our country. we can no longer continue with the same approaches. at the risk of witnessing the gradual and inevitable disappearance of our country. >> the u.s. has about 1000 troops in niger, and it is unclear how the coup will affect that partnership. the u.s. secretary aimed tough talk at china over its aggressive

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." a swath of countries sweating from the -- stretching from the west across the south has spent another day sweltering. phoenix faced a 10th straight day of heat warnings. at death valley national park, tourists have turned out to feel the burn despite forecasts that readings could reach 130 this weekend. >> when we were in las vegas, that all just said please bring water because it is so dangerous to come out here. >> overseas, scorching heat from africa has pushed into southern europe. the acropolis in athens closed for much of the day to protect tourists from temperatures that hit 104. in italy, people brought their dogs to be just to cool off. the department of education announced is it's canceling $39 billion of student loan debt. it affects more than 800,000 borrowers. officials say that her payments were miscounted. in a statement today, the education secretary said, "for far too long, borrowers fell thro

. >> public broadcasting service. mike questioned his for mr. present biden. political volatility of the u.s. are made to big way for european partners. mean while, back in washington, a bipartisan cuba senators have repeatedly failed to pass through send an -- through the senate, a bill that would prevent u.s. presidents from withdrawing with the nato deficits approval -- in the senate's approval? >> i didn't hear the last part. >> a bipartisan group of senators have repeatedly failed to pass through the senate a law that would prevent u.s. presidents from withdrawing from nato without descendants approval. what actions will you take to to assure finland that the u.s. will remain a reliable natal partner for decades to come? -- nato partner for decades to come? >> there is overwhelming support from the american people, i guarantee, there is overwhelming support from members of the congress. despite the extreme we will stand together. we have not been this together since then nation of nato, we have not been so short that we must be united. nobody can guarante

and travel outside the uk and see how precious what we have is and how fragile public service broadcastingroblems around the world in terms of the free press and public service media. does it provide a sustainable public service model? because you cannot plan yet year navigating the changes. does it help the creative economy grow? i have always been clear in myjob that i am not here to defend the bbc fully as an institution, that is not my sole job. myjob is to grow the creative industries, i am fiercely passionate about this. the bbc has to be part of a commercial thriving sector. if you talk to most of the commercial businesses, they see us as accretive to their businesses. not everyone. but overall we should be celebrating a wonderful sector that has outstripped the market, pulling jobs, and it is because we have a curious and wonderful blend of public intervention and private enterprise. any solution has to do that. the last is, does it deliver fair value for audiences? that. the last is, does it deliver fairvalue foraudiences? myjob that. the last is, does it deliver fair value for au

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the “newshour”" this fourth of july has brought all of the annual festivities and fireworks. but it's all happening in the shadow of more mass shootings, including two last night. today, president biden branded the attacks tragic and senseless, and renewed his plea for new gun laws. as the country marks this independence day, more american communities are mourning victims of gun violence. last night, a heavily armed gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in a philadelphia neighborhood, killing five people. >> there was a shooter right there behind my red car, shooting a pistol into the street. within seconds there were like, 50 cops on this corner. amna: the shooting spanned several blocks. it ended when police caught up to the suspected gunman in an alleyway. >> what was supposed to be a beautiful summer evening, this armed and armored individual wreaked havoc, firing with a rifle at their victims, seemingly at random. a

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: welcome to the "newshour." i'm stephanie sy. here are the latest headlines. non-stop severe weather across the country ran the gamut today. phoenix faced a 21st straight day of readings above 110 degrees. and in the midwest, strong storms brought reports of golf ball-sized hail. meantime, western kentucky tried to recover from severe flooding this week. and in eastern north carolina, a pharmaceutical plant lay in ruins after a tornado on wednesday. cities across southern ukraine counted the casualties and damage today after a third straight night of heavy russian bombardment. the latest air raids again targeted odesa and mykolaiv, sending entire buildings up in flames. two people died and at least 19 were wounded, including a child. the chinese consulate in odesa was among the damaged buildings. u.s. announced data sending additional warships and thousands of marines to the middle east in an effort to increase security. it follows i

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening and welcome to the newshour. former president donald trump says he's been notified that he's a target in the special counsel investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, signaling that he's likely to be charged with federal crimes. in a post on his truth social account today, the former president said he received the notice sunday night from special counsel jack smith, who is investigating mr. trump's actions in the aftermath of the presidential election, including the insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6, 2021. carrie johnson covers the justice department for npr, and joins us now. thank you for being with us. donald trump set on social media today that he was given what he called a very short four days to report to the grand jury for testimony. he said he expects to be charged because such a move "almost always means an arrest and indictment." is he right? what more do we know about this

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the "newshour." the questions swirling for the past few years about information -- and misinformation -- spread on social media about everything from covid vaccines to election security have made their way to the federal courts. several republican state attorneys general argued the biden administration went too far to suppress conservative views online. and yesterday, a judge in louisiana agreed, issuing a sweeping and temporary ruling blocking government officials from communicating with social media companies about so-called protected speech. liz murrill is the solicitor general of louisiana. she led the republican states' legal team, and joins us now. i want to put to you, if i can, what jamil jaffer, who is of the ninth first amendment institute, said in response to the ruling. quote, it cannot be that the government violates the first amendment simply by engaging with deplatforms about their content moderation. if that is wha