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our stephanie sy reports on the issues energizing voters in the grand canyon state. e: on a recent sunday, the worship band at first united church of christ opened with lady gaga's "born this way," an empowering ode to lgbtq and racial minorities. in this phoenix church, righteousness is not reserved for the far right. >> thank you for being here and always being so open. stephanie: pastor susan valiquette preaches what she calls a gospel of inclusion that will guide her and her congregants at the ballot box. pastor valiquette: we look for politicians that are going to be looking out for the people who are most marginalized the way that jesus did. stephanie: the marginalized, she says, includes asylum seekers at arizona's southern border, people of varying gender identity, and these days, women of reproductive age. pastor valiquette: we have labeled people who are seeking abortions in a particular way that gives them labels, but doesn't hear their stories, and we've stopped responding in compassion. stephanie: one of those stories is monica schutz's. she sat in the pe

stephanie sy reporting for us tonight. good to see you. thank you. stephanie: you too.et's turn now to georgia where the state's u.s. senate race is headed for runoff after neither candidate managed to garner 50 percent of the vote. georgia public broadcasting's stephen fowler, who has been monitoring senate results in that state. he joins us now. thank you for joining us. republicans did really well in georgia in a number of other races. how did this race end up going to a runoff? stephen: you are right, republicans did do really well in georgia. that are then expected in some cases. you had a brian kemp decisively win reelection against his opponent, stacey abrams. whereas kemp got the 3% of the vote, nearly one in 10 of the voters that supported him opted not to vote for herschel walker, the republican senate candidate. you have walker's weakness and a little bit of democratic over performance by rafael warnock, have this and that race where nobody cleared the 50% needed to avoid a runoff according to georgia's runoff law. amna: there was a libertarian candidate, we

stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west.ll return to the full program after the latest headlines. president biden is extending his pause on federal student loan payments again until june 30, 2023. he announced the move today, while his plan to cancel billions of dollars of debt is on hold. the extended pause gives the u.s. supreme court time to hear the case in its current term. in a separate move, the high court cleared the way today for a congressional committee to get former president trump's tax returns. the u.s. house ways and means committee asked for them 3 years ago. majority democrats now have a few weeks to investigate the returns before republicans take control of the house. that republican house majority will now have 219 seats, with several races still pending. california gop congressman david valadeo was finally declared the winner in his re-election race last night. he's among the 10 house republicans who voted to impeach mr. trump. only two were re-elected. in indonesia, the death toll reached 268 a day after

stephanie sy is back with the history inside the turkey pardon. use menu. at least not this plucky pair or should we say lucky pair? joe doled out a mercil of mercy. >> based on their temperament and their commitment to being number one members of society, i hereby pardon. stephanie: the president garnished his speech with dad jokes and strutted out a few zingers for good measure. >> devotes are in, they have been countednd verified, there is no ballot stuing, there is no foul play, the only red wave this season will be a german shepherd commander knocking over the cranberry sauce on our table. >> it is in more than three decade long tradition of the white house, but how it got started, that question has ruffled feathers. >> president truman was the first prident to pardon a turkey. stephanie: actually, that is as false as tofurkey. he was the first to receive turkey from the national turkey federation, but there is no record of a pardon. according to the white house storical association, truman quipped that the birds would come in handy for christ

but as stephanie sy reports, next week the u.s.ourt will hear a challenge to the law that could dismantle it entirely. >> seven-year-old willow, which means hummingbird in cherokee, is learning the language of his tribe. at this indigenous language immersion school, all of the subjects are taught in cherokee, and the children learn to write in the syllabary create by sequoia. his great uncle is one of the teachers, and one oa dwindling number of native cherokee speakers. were it not for the indian child welfare act, he might never have uttered a cherokee word. when he was only 23 months old, authorities removed him from his biological parents due to child endangerment. >> we prayed about it, and we thought the lord put him in our hands, or we would not have gotten this call. >> the cherokee nation's office invoked the law to prioritize finding suitable guardians within his extended family, which ended up being his great aunt and uncle. what would have happened if you had not taken him that day? >> dhs told me they would have been p

stephanie sy is back with a history of the turkey pardon.s thanksgiving at least not this plucky pair or should we say lucky pair? reporter: biden doled out a morsel of mercy on monday sparing chocolate and chip. >> based on their temperament and commitment to be productive numbers of society, i hereby pardon -- yes -- reporter: the president garnered his speech with dad jokes. >> the votes are in. they have been counted and verified. there is no foul play or ballot stuffing. the only red wave the season will be commander knoing over the cranberry sauce on our table. reporter: it is a more than three decade long tradition of the white house but how it got started, well,hat question has ruffled some feathers. >> president truman was the first president to pardon a turkey. reporter: that is as false as tofu-rkey. he was the first to receive a turkey from the national turkey federation but there is no record of a pardon. according to the white house's historical association truman quipped the birds would come in handy for christmas tradition. o

stephanie sy recently spent a day in the san diego area following one food blogger making her holidayget. jessica: if i want to use a lot of onions, i'm going to save more by buying the bag. stephanie: just days before thanksgiving, food blogger jessica fisher is hungry for deals. jessica: even if you didn't use all of them, you could chop it and freeze what's left. stephanie: and knows how to find em. it's her mission to help families enjoy delicious meals on a budget. jessica: the generic is always gonna be cheaper, unless you fi a really killer clearance sale. you look at the cans. in many cases they're packaged in the same manufacturer. they just put a different label on it. stephanie: you are paying more for the label? jessica: right. stephanie: she says ahead of the holidays, shop generic brand items, and seek out grocery stores witcompetitive prices. jessica: these are the perfect colors. and for a $1.50, that's a pretty good deal. stephanie: another tip? check the clearance rack for hidden treasures like out of season sprinkles. jessica: go ahead and put the beaks on? stephani

stephanie sy, we will come back to you through the night. thank you.hiccups, electronic voting machine malfunctions and other technical issues in some polling locations were seen as not out of the ordinary today. and voters across the country were largely able to cast ballots without any major instances of harassment, intimidation or threats. william brangham has been following election security and we turn to you now. what are you hearing from election security officials about what they have seen? william: as you are saying, it has been a blessedly event free day today, great news for anyone who wants to see the process unfold so we connection a figure out who voted and count those votes in a normal timeframe. there have been, as you mentioned, four months now, concerns about intimidation, threats against election workers, allegations of fraud. so far officialsave said there have been no major attacks or instances where that seems to have been occurring. there have been, as you indicated, a few instances -- we heard stephanie talking about maricopa co

stephanie sy has the details. stephanie: duty, that is right.publican dominated board of supervisors who voted not to certify the election results by last ght's deadline. in response, arizona's highest election official, secretary of state katie hobbs, filed a lawsuit. she is a democrat and will be the next governor of arizona after she beat a trump-endorsed opponent, kari lake, in the midterms. lake has filed a lawsuit against maricopa county for its handling of the election. all those lawsuits underlie the anger amongst some arizonans who spoke out at a public session with maricopa county's board of supervisors this week. >> this is a war between good and evil and you all represent people. >> you are vote traffickers, vote traffickers. criminal. a curse upon you. a curse upon all of you, you smug people. >> i will just say this. the voting booth is supposed to be a time for peaceful revolution. those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution necessary. >> right there in the middle of that panel of election officials, the

stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west, we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. the unrest in china sent a shudder down wall street with major stock indexes dropping. a teenager pleaded guilty today to fatally shooting 10 black shoppers and wkers at a supermarket in buffalo, new york. 19-year old payton gendron posted racist rants before the attack last may. after today's hearing, a son of one victim said the real problem is white supremacy. >> this is not chance. this was all planned. this was intentional. heard a lot about justice today. there is no justice unless we deal with that. there is no justice unless we deal with what facilitated this murder, these murders. judy: -- stephanie: gendron's plea on state charges means mandatory life in prison without parole. he could still face the death penalty on federal hate crimes charges. iran today rejected a u.n. investigation its crackdown on protests. that came as activists reported 450 protesters have died in 2 months of unrest with more than 18,000 arrested. they include the niece of ayatollah khamenei, iran's

. ♪ vanessa: i'm in for stephanie sy with newshour west. return to the full program after the latest headlines. the changing of the guard is also underway in los angeles with voters electing a woman as mayor for the first time. democratic congresswoman karen bass will also be the second black mar. she was declared the winner on wednesday, defeating a billionaire developer who called for adding police and removing homeless campsites. in ukraine, air raid sirens blared across the country today as russian missiles struck more power and gas plants and civilians. at least four people were killed with two dozen others hurt. amateur video captured one missile strike in a central city during morning rush hour. the blast wounded at least 14 people. a dutch court convicted three men of murder after shooting down a passenger jetliner over eastern ukraine in 2014. all 298 people on board were killed when the malaysian airlines flight was hit ia -- by a russian missile. relatives of the dead welcomed today's verdict after a trial at -- after a trial las

. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west, we'll return to the full program after the latestines. a russian businessman with ties to president putin confirmed his organization has interfered in past u.s. elections and will again. until now, he had denied election meddling. four years ago, he was charged in the u.s. with running a social media campaign to divide americans before the 2016 election. the white house and the kremlin would not confirm or deny today that they've talked about dialing back escalation in the war in ukraine. the wall street journal reported national security advisor jake sullivan has spoken with top russian officials. meanwhile, ukraine announced that a new u.s. air defense system is now in place to help shoot down russian missiles and drones. north korea's military has punctuated its recent missile tests with a new warning. the north declared today that the tests were practice attacks on south korea and the u.s. u.s. and south koreaofficials said they are undeterred. in egypt, world leaders heard stark warnings as they kicked off an annual un climate s

. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west. return to the full program after the latest headlines. u.s. inflation eased a bit in october but remained high. the labor department reports consumer prices were up 0.4% for the month and 7.7% from a year ago. the so-called core rate, not including food and energy prices, rose 6.3%. all of the numbers were better than economists expected. financial markets surged on the news. a federal judge in texas struck down the biden administration's federal loan forgiveness program this evening. a trump appointee declared it unlawful. the biden administration says it would block anything ending the plan. a rare november hurricane has weakened tonight after smashing into florida's atlantic coast. nicole's storm surge drove big waves basharnd carried away oceanfront homes north of vero beach. from there, it moved inland with flooding rain. the storm's remnants will push through georgia and the carolinas and reach new england. president biden will meet china's president xi jinping on monday, their

stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour west."urn to the full program after the latest headlines. the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today in two cases that could overturn affirmative action in college admissions. the programs are intended to foster diversity by boosting enrollment of black and hispanic students. but the court's conservative justices voiced doubt over allowing race to be considered in admission decisions. we'll take a deeper look after the news summary. federal prosecutors charged david depape with assault and attempted kidnapping for his violent attack on u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi's husband paul at their san francisco home. police said the attacker wanted to hold speaker pelosi hostage. this evening, nancy pelosi said her husband is making steady progress in his recovery. we'll have more on this later in the program. a massive investigation is underway in south korea after a crowd surge on a narrow city street led to the deaths of more than 150 people during weekend halloween celebrations. nick schifrin

stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west. we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. the federal reserve has fired another interest rate salvo in its fight with inflation. fed policymakers raised rates today by three-quarters of a point for the fourth time in a row. and federal reserve chair jerome powell warned it is, quote, very premature to think of halting rate hikes. we'll get details, after the news summary. with the m-term elections six days away, president biden issued a stark warning tonight about threats to democracy and political violence. he spoke at a democratic party event near the u.s. capitol. he condemned what he called ultra maga republicans for continuing to cast doubt on the election system, calling them un-american. the speech comes days after the attack on speaker of the house nancy pelosi's husband, paul. he connected the attack to the riot at the capitol on january 6. pres. biden: my fellow americans, we're facing a defining moment, an inflection point. we must with one overwhelming u