announcer: this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitel of journalism at arizona state university. >> senate today moved forward on legislation that aims to boost semiconductor production here in the u.s. it comes as chip shortages impacting the every day lives of americans. lisa desjardins has that story. lisa: refrig ray, to micro waves, computers, mobile phones, cars, military grade weapons are all things that require semiconductors or chips to function. the bill make its way through congress includes $52 billion in grants an incentives to design and manufacture chips and 25% tax credit to help build high-tech facilities. the size of the bill could grow in the next day this. solution a scaled down version of a larger bill aimed at boosting u.s. competitiveness with china. i'm joined by secretary of commerce gina raymundo. thank you for joining us. there's a fascinating story with this. i know you've been up and back on the hill many times to get this to this point. let me ask you the big question. why is this an important bill? why is

. >> this is the pbs newshour from wbt a studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates again by three quarters of a point tomorrow. fed chair jay powell has made it clear he wants to substantially curb the rate of inflation,. but there are some concerns the fed could overreact and end up tipping the economy into a recession. the latest warning signs: new home sales were down for the fifth time this year and consumer confidence slid for the third month in a row. economist paul krugman has been writing about this in the new york times and he joins me now. >> they are going to do -- it will be a huge surprise if they do not do a 0.75% increase. i'm a monetary dove most of the time. i think they do need to do this. i think they needed to do the hikes they have done so far because although inflation is a global phenomenon and most of the inflation we are seeing is something we are sharing with the rest of the world, it was clear the u.s. economy was overheated. we

. >> this is the pbs newshour, from wbt a studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. judy: as mentioned, the white house -- >> greiner pleaded guilty earlier this month to unintentionally bringing cannabis oil into the country and testified in her case for the first time today saying she was denied basic rights when she was first detained and interrogated. the den administration revealed this afternoon hat officials offered russia a deal last month to bring home griner and paul whelan, an american citizen held in russia since 2018. secretary of state antony blinken said the u.s. is waiting for russia to respond. sec. blinken: we have conveyed this on a number of occasions and directly to russian officials, and my hope would be that, in speaking to foreign minister lavrov, i can advance the efforts to bring them home. amna: for more on what this means, i'm joined by michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration. he is now a professor at stanford university. and jonathan franks, a crisis manage

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: it has been seven weeks since gunman opened fire inside robb ementary school, killing 19 children and two teachers. new surveillance footage out today sheds light on what happened inside the school on that tragic day. and a warning, some viewers may find this material disturbing. 3 it is still an open question why it took officers such a long period of time to confront the shooter inside the school. this four-minute video compilation was released by the austin american statesman. it was compiled from over 70 minutes of footage. the video shows the shooter entering the school, going down a hallway, where he shot over 100 rounds into two classrooms. three minutes later the first officers arrived, armed and in bulletproof vests. they are shot at, and pullback. within about half an hour, dozens of officers with long guns and shields take up positions in the hallway. later, more shots are heard from down the hall. 77 minutes in, law e

the pbs newshour from wec a studios in washington -- weta studios in washington and from the walter cronkitel of journalism at the university of arizona. >> a small victory in the south as war on the easternnt inea cud kdsgr summit in madrid. and that's where we find nick schifrin again tonight. hello, nick. now that the summit has ended, tell us what the leaders are saying about ukrne and how they think the summit went. nick: president biden and the other nato leaders described an alliance revitalized because of ukraine. snake island really came to symbolize ukrainian resolve. the nato leaders especially celebrated the formal invitation to sweden and finland, a country that's been militarily not aligned for decades as assigned of alliance community. pres. biden: putin thought he could break the transatlantic alliance. he tried to weaken us. he expected our resolve to fracture. but he's getting exactly what he did not want. he wanted the finlandization of nato. he got the nato-ization of finland. nick: leaders describe the deal between turkey, sweden, and finland that paved the way for the f

announcer: this is pbs newshour, from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitel of journalism at arizona state university. judy: in jerusalem president biden and israeli leaders discuss the threat posed by iran despite differences having to do with iran's nuclear program. the president reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the ongoing palestinian-israeli conflict as aids faced conflicts as to why the president is not meeting with the family of a palestinian -american journalist who was killed two weeks ago. nick shiffrin begins our coverage. nick: on day two, they welcomed him like a rock star. israeli president escorted him down the red carpet and awarded him israeli highest civilian honor for a half century of work for israel's security. earlier president biden and the israeli president used all elements of the national power to make sure iran never acquire as nuclear weapon. >> the only thing that will stop iran is knowing that if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force. >> that is vital security -- >> presid

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. judy: the world health organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency this weekend. while the number of confirmed cases is very small -- totaling under 20,000 so far -- it has spread quickly to dozens of countries in less than three months. some argue that the alert from the who is necessary because the response in many countries has been too slow, including the u.s. amna nawaz focuses on that tonight. amna: judy, vaccinations against monkeypox are picking up in the u.s., but access and speed of delivery remain issues. in some cases, people who have been exposed have struggled to get the vaccine. in others, patients with the virus cannot get the drug t-poxx, which helps with symptoms, including painl lesions. we spoke to a few people from new york, los angeles and baltimore about their issues getting the vaccine or treatment. here is what they shared. >> i noticed that there was a kind of a blister on my finger that i thought was ju

. >> this is "pbs newshour west" from weta studios in washington and from our bureau at the walter cronkiteool of journalism at arizona state university. amna: let's return to our top story -- the continuing epidemic of shootings and gun-related deaths in america. from indiana to texas to florida and many other places, communities, families and individuals are coping today with the aftermath of violence that remains all too routine. gun violence in america shows no sign of slowing, as the nation faced another weekend of mass shootings. sunday evening at an indianapolis mall, an alleged gunman, identified as 20-year-old jonathan sapirman, shot and killed 3 people and injured 2 more. police say an armed civilian then shot and killed the gunman. >> many more people would've died last night if not for a responsible, armed citizen that took action very quickly within the first two minutes of this shooting. amna: the gun violence archive reports 15 mass shootings this weekend in which 4 or more people were shot. they count more than 350 so far this year. on sunday, new details from uvalde, texas

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteournalism at arizona state university. judy: when the u.s. supreme court issued its opinion last month overturning roe v. wade and 50 years of precedent on abortion rights, justice clarence thomas suggested the court should also reconsider other cases like obergefell v. hodges, the 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. yesterday, the u.s. house of representatives voted to protect marriage equality if the justices reverse course. but as john yang reports, justice thomas has already set off alarm bells in the lgbtq community. john: judy, we asked married gay, lesbian and transgender viewers about their concerns. here is some of what they told us. >> i live in minneapolis. i am in an interracial queer relationship. we are married. we just had a baby. >> i live in atlanta, georgia. >> i live with him in atlanta, georgia. >> this is my wife. >> we have been married since 2008, when it became legal in california. actually within days of it becoming legal. if not on the d

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: president biden hailed the new bipartisan gun safety law in a white house ceremony earlier today. it is the first significant legislation on this past in decades. it would expand background checks to younger adults who are trying to buy guns. it would expand red flag laws and close a loophole in efforts to deny firearms to partners convicted of domestic abuse. >> that is what we owe those families in buffalo, where a grocery store became a killing field. it's what we owe those families in uvalde, where an elementary school became a killing field. that is what we owe families in highland park, where on july 4 a parade became a killing field, that is what we owe all those families represented here today and all over this country we will not save every life from the epidemic of gun violen, but if this law had been in place years ago even this last year lives would have been saved. it matters, it matters, but it is not enough and we

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteool of journalism at ste university. judy: let's dive a little deeper into that apparent agreement among senate democrats and what it could mean specifically for energy production and the fight against climate change. william brangham picks up that conversation. william: judy, this deal has substantial new money to boost the expansion of renewable energy and provide more incentives for people to buy electric vehicles. but it also expands more fossil fuel development projects, which west virginia senator joe manchin wanted. so what might the real impact of all this for dealing with climate change, if -- and it is still an if -- if it goes through? for some perspective, we turn again to david roberts, who writes and thinks about these matters for his substack newsletter and podcast, called volts. mr. roberts, great to have you back. this still has not passed, but i do want to count some chickens before they have hatched. what do you make of the contours of this deal? >> it is a very, ver

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. judy: when the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, the battle over abortion rights shifted to the state level. now, abortion services are banned completely in seven states, and bans will soon go into effect in four others with so-called trigger laws. president biden -- in a meeting with nine democratic governors this afternoon to discuss all this -- said, "i think people are going to be shocked when the first state tries to arrest a woman for crossing a state line to get health services. i don't think people believe that's going to happen. but it's going to happen." legal battles over state laws have already begun. courts placed bans in three states on hold this week. and in some states, abortion providers have been left confused over conflicting laws and shifting guidance from leaders. joining me now to discuss the nation's new patchwork of laws is cary franklin. she's faculty director of the center on reproductive health, law, and policy at

. >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington, from the walter cronkite school of journalismizona state university. judy: with vaccinations, boosters and drugs, covid is fortunately a far less deadly risk to most americans today than it was earlier. but covid still presents numerous problems, particularly for some of e most vulnerable americans. the latest variants of the virus now account for more than half of all new infections in the u.s., and more than 300 people across the country are dying every day from covid, on average. moreover, researchers are still trying to understand the risk of getting long covid from an infection. there are questions too about the biden administration's approach to all of this. and for that and more, we turn to dr. ashish jha, the white house covid response coordinator. dr. jha, welcome back to the "newshour." it almost ems that covid has become background noise for so many, if not most americans. it's clearly not that for you, though. give us a sense of where this country stands right now in grappling with covid. >> yes, so, judy, thanks for

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. judy: the u.s. house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol concluded its first round of public hearings last night, with a nearly 3-hour presentation centered on a crucial 187 minutes on that day featuring firsthand accounts inside the white hoe. lisa desjardins reports. lisa: center stage at last night's hearing about the january 6th riot, president trump's inaction as his supporters carried it out, and law enforcement feared for their lives. >> they're taking the building. hold. >> harden that door up. >> if you are moving, we need to move now. >> copy. >> if we lose any more time, we may have -- we may lose the ability to -- to leave. lisa: one jarring moment -- listening to the secret service radio for help. testimony from a secret service agent, whose identity was protected, captured the fear in the vice president's detail. >> there was a lot of yelling, a lot of -- a lot of very personal calls over the radio, so i

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism. judy: the supreme court's recent decision to limit the authority of the environmental protection agency has many worried about whether the biden administration can reach its climate goals. the president had pledged that by 2030, the country would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from 2005 levels. that now seems even more unlikely. amna nawaz has more. reporter: that's right. the court ruled 6-3 that the clean air act does not give the epa blanket regulations against power plants. many environmentalists see the ruling as a serious setback in the fight to slow climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. i am joined now by michael oppenheimer, a professor of geosciences and international affairs at princeton university. he is one of the six scientists who filed an amicus brief in the scotus case. and mustafa santiago ali, who formerly worked in the epa office of environmental justice and is now with the national wildlife federation. gentleme

face of the news we've been asking who was the face of the new so the obvious there would be walter cronkite, but my distinct memories are john chancellor, i guess we at that stage my folks watched nbc news and john chancellor was i also have real memories of the tagline. in washington, i'm irving our levine nbc news irving. our levine was also very important figure. okay, so nicole hammer of columbia university the earliest memory of an event and the face of tv news. so the earliest news event. i remember is early around contra hearings and seeing ollie north in that brown uniform and i definitely at the time could not have told you what it was about. i had no context for it, but that uniform really stuck out for me and it is really the only thing that i can remember is him standing up there and sitting and testifying and now as a historian knowing a little bit more about it knowing the stagecraft that went into it. it really really worked on the six year old and actually the face of the news for me was not a dan rather or walter cronkite. it was the local news on channel 14. that was the h

including churchill's and walter cronkite and president eisenhower crewman and also more fellows and we are very pleased to welcome you into thaokay, sog about today is picking up where we left off on thursday with the end of the cold war. and also i'm trying to make sure that we stitch different themes that we've had through the quarter and through both quarters together. the program is

including churchill's and walter cronkite and president eisenhower crewman and also more fellows and we are very pleased to welcome you into tha

national churchill museum here at westminster college, past fellows include churchill's grandson, walter cronkite, president eisenhower, truman but also churchill fellows. and we are very pleased to welcome you into that honorary society today, congratulations and thank you, again. >> thank you.

[laughter] it's amazing how we went from walter cronkite to cliff clave in.we never knew, but we don't hoax you. if you can't do that for that much. at "gutfeld!," "trust" is our safe word. [laughter] although i do have a habit of ignoring news. [laughter] [cheers and applause] please welcome tonight's guest! shannon bream! i would like to keep him overnight for observation. most of "dr. drew after dark," it's dr. drew. states on the old-fashioned way: diet and tuberculosis. kat timpf smack he wants took his shirt off of his back to cover the field during a rain delay. esbs in the house. >> it's the number one again outside of that. >> you should just respond with "now, you are going to find out." and then you gap out. >> get them in the eye with a pencil. [laughter] >> first of all, i'm surprised they included the good fox numbers in there. your show is not suffering, and the show after your show is also not suffering. [applause] i feel like the people who watch the other outlets, they are -- he is having such a rough time. the poll numbers are terrible, sta

i have to say i'm 72 years old, so i'm kind of an old walter cronkite guy. i do get a lot of my news from reading. i am subscribed to the nation for a long time. there are other publications. i like to come on television, get my news from the pbs newshour, that sort of thing. rupert murdoch products are relatively new to me. i do not pay much attention to them. i will occasionally look over to be like spock on the old star trek, my reply is just fascinating. but i do not pay that much attention to it. the truth is i get from the older sources, cbs, nbc, abc was the news station to me, so that is kind of where i get my news and get my knowledge of what is going on in the world today. i am blessed. i have my daughter, her husband, live in japan. i have my son who has traveled all over europe and has good friends that are still in cigars oh. i learned a lot about what is going on in the world because of getting that information and hearing and talking to people. they go. that is pretty much where i get my news. host: bill, what about local newspapers? what is i

i think that walter cronkite and harry reasoner and all those folks probably practicing their own mediaumptions too. we were taught to believe that they were truly objective, but we didn't know until fox came in and showed us how left-wing everybody is. >> went down the curtain. >> greg: i hate when people do that to me. you know what i mean. especially the shower curtain, am i right? can control yourself. i don't know. they don't even try to follow my train of thought today. >> that info just freak me out what you said they would aim for iceberg. because i used to really do, comedy on alaskan cruise ship sometimes am the best part of those is the people are so old, like there are so old that you can be as offensive as you want as a comedian and they can walk out even if they want to. >> greg: can hear you? >> yeah. >> greg: that have the battle of the camp. what you make of all this fake news, this disinformation? you get the feeling they're only going to look at one side of the coin. >> i do get that feeling and i also thought it was great that they were like we are going to form the

. >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and the walter cronkite school of journalismt arizona state university. judy: let's dive deeper now into the apparent agreement among senate democrats and what it could mean for energy production and the fight against climate change. >> this deal has substantial new money to boost the expansion of renewable energy and provide more incentives for people to buy things like electric vehicles. so what might the real impact of all of this be for dealing with climate change if it goes through. for perspective, we go to david roberts. his podcast is called bolts. great to have you back. i want to count the chickens before they hatch. what do you make of the contours of this deal? >> it is a very big and overall good deal from the perspective of climate. i know people have been tracking the build back that are -- better negotiations. a lot of stuff has gotten cut, diminished, or destroyed. but the energy and climate provisions have survived not unscathed, but for the most part , the bulk of the provisions in the original build back bett

. >> this is the newshour from w eta studios in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: he january 6 committee will be holding a primetime hearing. the case they have laid out puts former president trump at the center of that conspiracy. hello to you. what should we expect tonight? reporter: we have been expecting a high-stakes and high drama meeting. it is the 187 minutes that the committee will say president trump did nothing to stop the riot. if the time from when president trump ended his speech at the stop the steal rally and up to the time just under three hours later when he sent out a tweet asking the rioters essentially to stop. tonight's hearing, we will see some graphic pictures of what was going on at the capitol while we are hearing about the timetable. this will be an emotional night. the witnesses in person was matthew pottinger, the deputy national security advisor. and sarah matthews the deputy press secretary. those were people sworn to serve the president but who left because they felt, and this is what the committee

but on television, the only person that was picking up anything was walter cronkite on cbs. >> the publicatergate was not resonating at all out in the country, and that was one of the reasons that walter wanted to do these long powerful pieces, right before the election. >> at first it was called the watergate caper. five men apparently caught in the act of burglarizing and bugging democratic headquarters in washington. >> because i had covered watergate from the beginning, i was part of helping put the things together. in my time at cbs, i'd never seen anything like that. that was explosive. >> escalating finally into charges of a high-level campaign, a political sabotage and espionage, apparently unparalleled in american history. >> elevating the issue for the public to understand better what was really happening. and in fact bob woodward told me that he thought it was going to turn the election over to george mcgovern. he believed that, those pieces would make that much of a difference. of course, they didn't. they made almost no difference in the vote. >> this was a day that comes eve

anchor walter cronkite's best-selling memoir a reporter's life, and that's a very nice work right there. he was also an executive producer of pbs documentaries when i rise in cactus jack which we have a relationship with with vice president garner here lone star on capitol hill. he also served as a historical advisor and commentator for several documentary films including including jfk breaking news in the president's photographer. he's also written 12 books and one of them as an alabamian selma the civil rights photographs of spider martin, i would highly recommend spider martin being amazing photographer from news local newspaper down there who some remarkable photos at the time. he's also written flash of light wall of fire japanese photographs documenting the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. his most recent book is we were here for that today about the hobbies is amazing. i always point this out before i turn it over to you is i love a book as an i'm an archivist about background. that's well. well researched, i believe you have around 2,000 footnotes or so in that work. y

go down in the annals of live tv, like the watergate hearings, the moon landing, and the time walter cronkiteer ) it's going to be an historic evening, which is why "the late show" will be going live, live, baby, right there, after the hearings. you can't keep us down! you go live, we go live! come on! i'm tired already! >> jon: yeah, baby. >> stephen: i am pre-exhausted. now, here's the deal: all the major news outfits-- cbs, nbc, abc, msnbc, cnn-- will be covering the hearings live, while the fox news channel will stay with its usual primetime lineup. well, that's actually good. no, it's actually good. we'll hear directly from the people who planned the coup ( cheers and applause ) and shaun can just read his tweets. we're learning more about what to expect from the hearings, this thursday, thanks to maryland representative and man in the dentist's waiting room realizing everyone forgot about him and went home, jamie raskin. ( cheers and applause ) raskin claims that the hearings spell a lot of trouble for former president fraud-o baggins. ( laughter ) we all saw the former president fire u

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington, and in the west, from the walter cronkiteof journalism. judy: in jerusalem today, president biden and israeli leaders discussed the threat posed by iran, despite differences over a possible diplomatic deal having to do with iran's nuclear program. the president also reiterated his support for a 2-state solution to the ongoing israeli-palestinian conflict. today he faced questions about why he is not meeting with the family of a palestinian-american journalist, who was killed while reporting two months ago. nick schifrin begins our coverage. nick: on day two of the present visit, they welcomed him like a rock star. awarding him israel's highest civilian honor. earlier esident biden in the prime minister signed what officials called the blueprint for future cooperation including an american promise to use all elements and its national power to ensure iran never acquires a nuclear weapon. israel translate that as a credible military threat. >> if they continue to develop nuclear power, the free world will lose force. nick: presi

newshour those quote from -- newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteournalism at arizona state university. judy: the senate is scheduled to vote on the president's proposed budget package next week. some key proposals aim to lower the cost of prescription medication for seniors. >> for the first time, the federal government could have the power to negotiate prices for some of the costliest drugs covered under medicare. the proposed legislation would also help medicare recipients by capping out-of-pocket drug costs at $2000 a year, imposing financial penalties on drug manufacturers to raise prices faster than inflation, and removing the 5% co-pay beneficiaries must pay when they max out on coverage for high cost drugs. drug companies have bought these types of drug pricing reforms for years, but it bill passes, it could provide relief to millions of americans. for more, i'm joined by julie ruffner of kaiser health news. democrats have been trying to allow medicare to negotiate drug prices for some 20 years. have significant this be if this bill passes,

it's a big switch from walter cronkite delivering the news and end of the story absolutely and to the competitiveness as you just described it's changed a lot. thank you for your reporting over the years you bet and you're writing. thank you. one more question, i think. here go ahead. you mentioned earlier about what is you reference? what is journalism for and i wondered what your thoughts were about the future of journalism. it seems like it's been in crisis for 10 years in the kind of local journalism and foreign reportings. and why do corporations seem like they were willing to invest more for more on foreign reporting in the past than than now and your thoughts on the future of journalism. money is a is the answer to most of that. the the business of journalism is in at least print journalism is in total meltdown. the economic model doesn't work anymore print newspapers are disappearing since 2004 2100. newspaper weekly and daily newspapers have gone out of business in this country. not too long ago the publisher of the new york times. was asked if he thought the new york times w

he thought of himself as the next walter cronkite. and he makes his fire about helping his family.your former brother, the governor accused by multiple people of sexual harassment and misconduct, many of whom 30, 35 years younger? according to the district attorney of new york, you played a role to smear the accusers to save your brothers behind? oh come as i open your family? chris cuomo leaves that part out and a pathetic attempt to look like the good guy. he faked his own covid quarantine, no matter a democratic activist who will be back on air, back on television somewhere sooner rather than later. if that happens to him i think what that will ultimately result in his very few people watching. because viewers no way funny when they see one. this aspiring firefighter is a textbook definition of that, phony. good luck, chris. best of luck in terms of getting back on the air. because this is now the whole process of him doing that. he's got the podcast from a television is next. he will get a second chance but i have a feeling very few people will be watching, guys. >> carley: a c

there's a reason walter cronkite didn't end each broadcast with this: >> and that's the way it is... it? hell if i know! ( laughter and applause ) i miss him. i miss him, baby. what else? oh, things got even worse yesterday for the former president when liz cheney closed the hearing by raising concerns about possible witness tampering by an "unknown person." ( as trump ) "who could it be?" ( laughter and applause ) been a long time. >> louis: been a while. >> stephen: been a long time. >> louis: wow, wow >> stephen: how dumb do you have to be to do crimes while being investigated for other crimes? "okay, officer, i know i was driving drunk in this stolen car full of dead hobos. but before you arrest me, want to buy some crack?" ( laughter ) not surprisingly, yesterday's hearing seemed to get the former president all rankled to his cankles. he posted a flurry of messages on his troubles platform truth social, going right after the witness. "i hardly know who this person, cassidy hutchinson, is, other than i heard very negative things about her-- a total phony and 'leaker.'" she was th

. ♪ >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkiternalism at arizona state university. judy: despite worries expressed about whether the u.s. is sliding into a recession, today's surprisingly strong jobs report suggests otherwise. the u. added nearly 375,000 jobs per month for the last three months and private sector employment has returned to where it was during the pandemic. but there are real concerns and warning signs. inflation, for one. wages continue to climb, but consumer spending and confidence are down. in the overheated -- the overheated housing market is starting to cool. i'm joined by catherine ramp l, from the washington post. thank you for being here. should we believe our eyes, is this jobs report as strong as it looks? . >> it looks pretty good. we've had several months of strong job growth and wages continue to go up. a little slower pace than the past that it might not be a bad thing. it looks like unemployment has also remained relatively low. there are however some weaker signals within this report, including the

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism from arizona state university. judy: despite worries expressed lately about whether the u.s. is sliding into a recession, today's surprisingly strong jobs report suggests otherwise. the u.s. has averaged adding nearly 375,000 new jobs a month for the past three months. and private sector employment has returned to where it was before the pandemic. but there are still real concerns and warning signs, inflation for one. wages continue to climb, but consumer spending and confidence are down. and the overheated housing market is starting to cool. to get a better read of all of this, i'm joined by special correspondent catherine rampell. she's a columnist for "the washington post." ank you so much for being here. should we believe our eyes? as strong as it looks, this jobs report? catherine: it looks pretty good. we've had several months of continued strong job growth. we have seen wages continue to go up. a little bit slower pace than in the past but that may not be such a ba

another medium myth has to do with walter cronkite of cbs news and his on-air assessment about the war in vietnam. at the end of february 1968 he said then that the us military effort in vietnam was mired in stalemate. and that negotiations might prove to be the way the us could extricate itself. from the quagmire of vietnam supposedly cronkite's interpretation his assessment was so powerful and so moving that it swung public opinion dramatically against the war. in fact public opinion had been swinging against the war for months before the cronkite program. at the end of february 19 that too is a media driven myth. and then the heroic journalist myth of watergate. the country's gravest political scandal certainly of the 20th century. another example of a media driven myth it's very interesting to consider what principles at the washington post have said about their newspaper's role in the scandal. and they have tended not to embrace. the dominant narrative catherine graham said at the 25th anniversary. of the watergate break-in in june of 1972 she said in remarks at the former museum.

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. william: as we reported, democratic senator joe manchin has ruled out backing key funding proposals for his party's action on climate change. our capitol hill correspondent lisa desjardins is here for more on this blow to the president's domestic agenda. joe manchin says he will not do it. what is the latest? lisa: president biden was just asked about this in saudi arabia and he sidestepped the question and said he will try to do what he can as president. let's remind everyone what happened in the last 24 hours. we are talking about the build act better idea that was a huge idea last fall, it kept getting smaller and smaller because of senator joe manchin largely. last couple of months they've been talking about adding health care and private -- and climate provisions. let's look at what is in it, based on senator joe manchin. still in the package is medicare negotiation of drug prices, also joe manchin still supports the subsidies that will run

think just after you published this story where there was an enormous boost post that was when walter cronkite devoted a significant part of 2 broadcast to the watergate story. bob, talk about what the significance of that was to the reporting you were doing and to the post . >> what cronkite did was utterly amazing. they did a 15 minute segment and essentially it's put our stories in the front page of the washington post and it was the whole basis for the 15 minute part and then we had a second 15 minute part prepared was down to seven minutes because what bill bailey ... >> had been approached by colson. >> and an approach by colson means i hammer andscrewdriver and he folded a little bit but not completely . and sally quinn was saying that was just ecstatic about that story catherine brown and her memoirs says at that point the washington post is this local paper. walter put us on the map. and she's right. it was a local paper. you couldn't buy the washington post in new york for a period only in washington. you could get it inrockville, you could get hundreds of copies in rockville . >> it

from -- >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitechool of journalism at arizona state university. judy: as we reported, president biden arrived in israel today, the beginning of a 4-day middle east trip that will also take him to saudi arabia. much of today's focus was on israelis -- israel's military, and regional cooperation against iran. but as nick schifrin reports, president biden also began his trip, with a visit to a solemn site. nick: it is one of israel's most sacred spaces, the holocaust museum all of my member and's -- hall of remembrance. etched with the names of nazi murder sites. president biden embraced american israeli holocaust survivors. he paused above the crypt full of ashes of holocaust victims. "never again" say the u.s. and israel, as israel has tried to guarantee itself. it demonstrated for the president its newest military technology an air defense system uses lasers to shoot down missiles. israel's primary concern is iran. in an interview released tonight, president biden warned iran the military option was