stephanie sy starts our coverage. stephanie: today, chaos in the knesset.ition lawmakers chanted "shame" and stormed out in protest ahead of the vote on judicial reform. with nearly half the seats empty, the measure won 64-0. there are 120 seats in the knesset. prime minister netanyahu praised the passage. pm netanyahu: today, we performed a necessary democratic step to bring a balance between the branches, so the government can lead according to decisions of the majority. stephanie: the opposition condemned the change in the strongest terms. yair: i look at the coalition celebrating and ask, what are you celebrating, that you're dismantling the jewish state? they're celebrating the moment they threw everything that connects us into the dustbin of history. stephanie: today's vote capped a months-long campaign by israel's far right government to take away the supreme court's power to block government decisions and appointments. for the past 29 weeks, tens of thousands of israelis have taken to the streets, opposing the overhaul. early today, demonstrators ti

john: newshour correspondent stephanie sy. t is after 9:00 on a saturday night and it is still 105 degrees. my air conditioning unit went out about three hours ago. nobody has called me back. so, this is life. john: senior producer philip maravilla is an avid cyclist. he takes extra precautions for his rides now part of his early , morning routine. philip: this heat is no joke. i take it seriously. i drink a lot of water. i'll estimate that i'll have drank anywhere from a quarter to maybe even a half gallon of water before i begin my ride. john: as the weather anchor at her college station, newshour intern ariana araiza is accustomed to talking about the heat. but being in it? not so much. ariana: i have lived in phoenix my entire life and i have not gotten used to the heat and i don't think i will ever get used to this heat. i think you just learn to, went to go to the grocery stores, take your dog on a walk. if not, you want to stay hydrated stay inside. john: good advice for much of the country this summer even , where the h

stephanie sy has the story. nie: more than a dozen women allege in the suit that they were denied emergency care because of restrictions that banned doctors from performing abortions, except in cases to save the life of a pregnant patient. the lawsuit is believed to be the first filed by women directly impacted by abortion bans that went into effect after the u.s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade last year. sarah varney, senior correspondent for kff health news, has been following this week's arguments and joins us now. sarah, welcome to the “newshou”" again. sarah, one of the women in the hearing today described what it was like to find out she was carrying a fetus with a serious birth defect, and then not being given the option to have an abortion. and she happens to be a doctor herself. dr. dennard: i felt like my pregnancy was not my own, that it belonged to the state, because i no longer had a choice of what i could do. i felt abandoned. i couldn't believe that, after spending my entire life in this stat

stephanie sy has the latest. while the democratically elected president of niger remains captive in the presidential palace, his supporters were out in force. muhammad: we are going to just show all these military people that they just -- just take shortcut and take the power like this. no, we are a democratic country. we support democracy. and we don't need this kind of movement. stephanie: but supporters of the military coup were also out, setting cars ablaze, and burning and looting the ruling party's headquarters. moukeila: today, we believe that the army by taking power will create the conditions for the army to regain its former values. stephanie: a group of soldiers appeared on national television yesterday announcing the power grab and the removal of president mohamed bazoum. amadou: we, the defense and security forces, have decided to put an end the regime you know. this follows a continuing deterioration of the security situation and poor economic and social governance. stephanie: the soldiers announcin

. >> i'm stephanie sy with newshour west. in fulton county, georgia, seated a grand jury that will continue -- consider charges against former president trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. in miami, his lawyers have asked to postpone his federal trial for allegedly hiding classified documents suggesting a delay until after next year's presidential election. the general who could become chair of the joint chiefs of staff warned today against blocking promotions. alabama republican senator tommy tuberville is holding up hundreds of military nominations to protest the pentagon's policy of paying for service members travels to seek abortion. the air force general brown told his confirmation hearing that it is hurting the armed services. >> my concern is future retention, because we have more junior officers who look up and say if that's the challenge i have to do with the future, i have to balance between my family and serving in a senior position and we will lose talent. >> senator tupper full faced criticism f

now, as a megadrought afflicts the colorado and other watersheds in the west, stephanie sy reports onnities and obstacles ahead. stephanie: in the vast gila river valley south of phoenix, ramona button and her husband terry inspect acres of thriving crops. ramona left her nursing career decades ago to carry on a tribal tradition and become a farmer. now her heirloom tepary beans can be found at stores and restaurants around the region. >> the people here knew the white tepary bean, so they were very grateful that we brought it back. stephanie: the beans came back when the water came back. but that took more than a hundred years. in the late 19th century, upstream users had diverted the river to the point that it no longer flowed on the reservation. did you feel like the gila river was stolen from the tribes here? >> what i was told by my parents, it was taken cut off by a dam. and so many people starved to death. i guess you would say in the taking of it all, yes, it was stolen. stephanie: her late father ,who she describes as a seer promised the land would one day be green again. and

david: thanks, stephanie sy. everyone. ♪ stephanie: in the day's other headlines, president biden has arrived in vilnius, lithuania, to meet with western leaders at a key nato summit on tuesday. earlier today, the president was at windsor castle in britain, and received a ceremonial welcome from king charles. the pair also discussed the challenges of climate change, but neither spoke publicly. in southern ukraine, officials today blamed a russian-guided bomb for killing seven people on sunday. they had gathered to receive humanitarian aid. government video showed the remnants of the site, a school building, with some people still feared missing. the governor of the zaporizhzhia region called it a war crime. moscow has confirmed that russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin and his top commanders pledged their loyalty after staging a rebellion last month. a kremlin spokesman said today they met with russian president vladimir putin within days of calling off the mutiny. >> putin listened to the explanations of t

stephanie sy has the latest. while the democratically elected president of niger remains captive in the presidential palace, his supporters were out in force. >> we are a democratic country and we support democracy. stephanie: but supporters of the military coup were also outsetting cars ablaze, and burning and looting the ruling party's headquarters. a group of soldiers appeared on national television yesterday announcing the power grab, and the removal of president mohamed bazoum. >> lead the defense and security forces have decided to end the regime you know. this follows a continuing deterioration of the security situation and poor economic and social governance. stephanie: the soldiers announcing the coup said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation's borders. on social media early today president bazoum vowed that the nation's hard-won gains would be safeguarded. the army is supporting the coup plotters in its ranks, it says, to avoid a deadly confrontation that

stephanie sy has more. stephanie: the u.s.sugar producer in the world, with more than 20 states supporting the industry. the average american consumes more than 100 pounds of sugar in a year, according to the usda. more than citizens of any other country. and there is broad scientific consensus that too much sugar contributes to diseases, including type two diabetes, heart disease, and fatty liver disease. celeste headlee is host of the podcast "big sugar," and she joins me now to talk about the industry's political power and the impact that's had on workers and public health. celeste, thank you so much for joining the "newshour." so, i understand the idea of your podcast came from previous reporting starting in the 1980's from alec wilkinson, who wrote the book "big sugar," and marie brenner, who in 2001 wrote an article in vanity fair. why did you want to look at this issue again now? celeste: well, because many of the issues that they were looking at in terms of immigrant labor, visas, health care, the environment, they're

stephanie sy begins our coverage. >> oh my god. in the outskirts of new york city, roadways turned into rapids. >> look at the people's doors. stephanie: a weekend of heavy rain flooded neighborhoods in the lower hudson river valley, killing one woman who was swept away in the downpour. in the aftermath, authorities evacuated residents from their homes by boat, cordoned off destroyed streets, and worked to repair downed power lines. >> my mom, you know, she called me and she said the water was coming in her apartment. had to be pulled out of the apartment complex through the window and rafted to safety. the apartment is completely destroyed, my mother has nowhere to live. all her stuff is, you know, there was two feet of water in there. stephanie: it's the latest extreme weather pattern to ravage the u.s. across new england, residents are bracing for more torrential rain. states in the west are still sweating through a historic heat wave. today, phoenix baked in highs above 110 degrees for the 10th day in a row, with forecasts show

. >> i'm stephanie sy with "newshour west." the latest u.s.obs report show the economy might be cooling a bit. overall, employers added a net of 209,000 jobs for the month of june. that gain was the smallest in two and a half years but still indicated a healthy labor market. the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.6% near the lowest point in 50 years. a federal court in texas sentenced a gunman today to 90 consecutive life terms for killing 23 people. he targeted latino shoppers at a walmart in el paso in 2019. he pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes but still faces a possible death sentence on state charges. today's sentencing followed two days of impassioned statements by the victims' relatives. police in baltimore have arrested a teenager in a mass shooting that killed two people and wounded 28. gun fire broke out early sunday at a fourth of july block already in the city. police say they believe multiple shooters opened fire. the 17-year-old suspect is charged as an adult with weapons violations and reckless endangerment. treasury secret

as stephanie sy reports, the condition is a leading cause of maternal death worldwide. y one in 25 pregnancies in the u.s. is affected by preeclampsia, according to the centers for disease control and prevention. if undetected and untreated, severe preeclampsia can cause maternal death. in recent years the condition accounted for about 6% of total maternal deaths in the u.s. dr. ravi thadhani is executive vice president for health affairs at emory university, and co-author of a study that looked at this blood test. dr. thadhani, thank you so much i write for joining the "newshour." there are already various tests to check if a pregnant woman may have preeclampsia. what's different or better about this blood test? dr. thadhani: thank you for the question. preeclampsia is a hard condition to diagnose what it is even more difficult to predict. this is the first test approved by the fda to predict this terrible condition. importantly, it adds to a toolkit of other tests and measures that clinicians use. we use blood pressure and a variety of blood test. but this particular t

. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west. here are the latest headlines.ross southern greece, and the tragedy deepened when a tanker plane crashed, killing the two pilots. the fires are raging as temperatures push above 104 degrees. emma murphy of independent television news reports from the greek island of corfu. william: -- >> with one natural resource, they seek to save another, scooping water from the sea to douse the flames engulfing the land. fires threaten thousands of hectares in the north of corfu. record high temperatures, tinder dry land and the suspected work of arsonists, leaving lives, homes and livelihoods in peril. >> i went from this side up. now the wind, look -- the wind changed. that is dangerous. when the wind become stronger. now the wind comes to us. the flames are here, the claims are there. >> this was meant to be the village festival tonight. now they hope the village will be safe from the flames. as the flames encroached, more villages were evacuated. >> we took them all. >> those caught in the path were taken to nearby towns. ev

. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour west." here are the latest headlines.our top story, the supreme court also agreed to hear a majorecond amendment case in its next term on whether domestic abusers can own firearms. judges will consider the constitutionality of a 30-year-old law restricting gun ownership for people with restraining orders. more than half the country was under outdoor advisories today. poor air quality from hundreds of wildfires in canada continued to disperse, shrouding major u.s. cities like new york in a haze. meantime, heat indexes remained dangerously high in parts of california and the deep south. as july 4 nears, houston's mayor urged texans to take heed. mayor turner: it's important th we all take the necessary precautions. be mindful of not leaving anybody in your car, including pets, and then be mindful when we come out to celebrate the fourth of july celebrations that we come prepared. stephanie: the heat has been blamed for more than 14 deaths in the u.s., and mexico's health ministry reported at least 100 deaths there over the

but i'm pretty sure that stephanie ruhle would interview at 11:00 and then he could go talk to a lot of journalists that actually speak to a heaviltually sy democratic audi. and the thing is, when you testify, you are a republican witness and then you go and i think martha did a great job, butdid a gr go in. you are with martha maccallum and then on tuesday night, he'ly night,l be in a town hall with sean hannity. and i think sean does a great job. and gavioes n newsom was very st to go on with him. but if you were talking to the democratic base, that's not who's watching. >> hannity and we cahannity," ad i would hope cnn invited them to do it. >> is it his fault? i more democrats than any other now. yeah. what i don't understand is there's a contradiction heree . when he's not on, you said, why doesn't he do it? onn how daren he's on he you platform. no, i not that democrat here he you can't platform him i that's. why he's on fox. no we will platforill platm any i'm the evidence of that 100% yes to that we finally agree on something butn i would findr it really hard to believe that there wasn't one journalist on another network that take