pete: before i go to you, one of the thins is the way the wharves reported on and walter cronkite being>> first and simplistically. >> walter con cite made another very different -- walter con cronkite made a very different report from new york. >> that shaped the way america viewed the war. pete: someone is telling you you're on "fox & friends" right now. allen, that report from walter cronkite changed the view of how americans saw the war. >> if you listen to the news back then, walter cronkite was the most crusted man in america and lbj said if i've lost walter cronkite, i've lost the american people. that's when the tone of the american people, the attitude of the american people changed right about then and the vietnam, the north ultimately won the war through a propaganda effort, and that propaganda effort was substantially assisted by this change in attitude of the american people. the soviet union spent more money funding the media than the war effort. pete: didn't know that the. antiwar fund was funded by the enemies during the war in vietnam. >> through a middleman and interme

the gold standard. walter cronkite was dod uh cnn. i remember when seen and 1st started, that was the, that was the gold standard episode. terrific. then we have done lemon case closed book, you may like something, laugh at something you may consider a song to be relevant from stephen stills. his song for what it's worth with. buffalo springfield became the anthem against the vietnam war, a song, it was always used to punctuate what people say popular culture and news are the same. you might look at something in, by the way, sometimes people in our world will look heartily at social media or some, a rapper or a song or a senior as the old news. what did they know? and that's not the truth. excuse me. what is the truth? you define that one? tell me what is valid. i know people who look at their phone and if it's facebook, but as long as they're getting something. but you do one thing and i say about it. either you get on board it or just forget about it because you better understand this is a new world, a completely new world. well int

i remember walter cronkite were people who were criticizing walter cronkite during vietnam.me what happened that i think that people figured out that these alternative narratives were really y looked enough like news that i mean, they were more and especially after the downfall of the fairness doctrine when rush came on the scene and then fox news and everything that came after, peopleigured o that this could really make money. i mean, it wasn't long ago when the news was the loss leader. it was what the that they needed to do inheir broadcast license and run all their entertainment they needed a half hour of news to justify it but all of a sudden they they could make money on news. and what that does is it means that the media has their own interests. now, i'm always loathe to draw of false equivalence. and so i'm not going do that. but i'm going to say that all of the cable networks, no matter what their partizan interests, r interest in engagement and ratings and not being accused of political bias. well, it used to b little bit ae difference between it used to be there.

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west, from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. geoff: today president biden and former president trump made visits to two towns on the southern border as immigration becomes a key issue ahead of the member election. laura baran lopez has been reporting on the president's trip. >> in his second visit to the texas-mexico border, president biden met with border patrol officials in brownsville, to determine the tables on his likely rival, donald trump. pres. biden: here's what i would say to president trump. instead of telling members of congress to block this legislation, join me, or i will join you, and telling congress to pass this bipartisan security bill. we can do it together. you know and i know it is the toughest, most efficient, most effective border security bill this country has ever seen. >> meanwhile 300 miles west , along the rio grande in the town of eagle pass, trump attacked biden and again demonized migrants. >> the u.s. is being overrun by the biden migrant crime. it is a ne

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkiteournalism at arizona state university. amna: the biden administration is struggling to find solutions to two foreign policy struggles. creating a cease-fire in the war in gaza and helping fund ukraine's war against russia. in each case it is working with the european union, whose foreign policy chief is visiting washington. nick schifrin sat down with him today. nick: we are now joined by josep borell. thank you and welcome back. let me start with israel and gaza. today, the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, made a speech at congress and he said the israeli prime minister has been too willing to tolerate the civilian toll in gaza which is pushing support for israel worldwide to historic lows. do you agree? john: well, i perceive a change in the mood of the public opinion in the u.s. with respect to what is happening in gaza. more and more people are feeling concerned with what, i certainly can call a massacre with 30,000 civilians killed. it is a lot of people could president bide

announcer: this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. geoff: today -- it came without the authorization of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and negotiations over possible deal that would release israeli hostages. nick schifrin is following all of this and joins us now. let's start with negotiations in cairo. what do we know about how they are progressing, based on your reporting? nick: publicly, both sides are sticking to their longstanding combative positions. israel didn't even send its negotiators to cairo to be part of these negotiations. and hamas says it demands a permanent cease-fire, something that israel has rejected out of hand. but u.s. officials tell me the negotiations continue, and they have made progress with the idea of having some kind of deal before next week, before ramadan begins. u.s. officials tell me israel has agreed to the outline of a deal that would pause the war for six weeks and release 35 to 40 hostages in the first round. israel would release palestinian deta

. ♪ >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitealism at arizona state university. william: for the first time since roe v. wade was overturned two years ago, abortion is once again before the u.s. supreme court. the justices today heard a case that centers on access to the most widely used abortion pill, mifepristone. outside, on the steps of the court, protesters marched, chanted, and waved signs. inside, arguments focused on the fda's approval of the drug, patient safety, and protections for doctors with moral objections to abortion care. "newshour" supreme court analyst marcia coyle was there and joins us now to break down the case. so good to have you back, as always. one thing we should note, this was not about the fda's initial approval of mifepristone. this was about subsequent changes that the fda made during the pandemic and otherwise to expand who could get it, when they can get it, and who could prescribe it. what was being argued, in essence, by the challenges to this? marcia: well, if you focus only on the merits, whic

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west, from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. geoff: secretary of state antony blinken made a last-minute trip to jamaica today for an emergency meeting of caribbean leaders to discuss the spiraling security and humanitarian crises in haiti. the group is looking to develop a leadership transition in haiti as gang violence rages and the population there suffers. here's nick schifrin. and a note of caution: some images in this story are disturbing. nick: in haiti's capital, the gangs are in control. they besiege port-au-prince's airport, where workers risk their lives just to cross the street. prison cells are unlocked and unguarded, emptied by gangs of thousands of inmates. the dead are left to rot. the city smells of bodies. it's too dangerous to retrieve them. the lucky are only shot in the leg. gangs have seized 80% of port-au-prince. >> the gangs came with big guns. we have no guns and we cannot defend ourselves. all of us are suffering. nick: haiti is no stranger to gang violence. but,

[bleep] walter cronkite over here.nswered this question the way he answered every question: by saying whatever was on his mind at that moment. >> i study history and i was always told that andrew jackson as the president was treated the absolute worst. he was just really lambasted and i heard abraham lincoln was second, but he was in a thing called the civil war. i don't care andrew jackson or anybody else -- nobody has -- when you think of the fake things -- nobody has been treated like trump in terms of badly. [laughter] >> desi: yes, in terms of badly, trump has been treated the badliest. [cheers and applause] although maybe lincoln was treated a little bit worse, what with being shot in the head and all? [laughter] i doubt he was on his deathbed saying, "at least i didn't have a pee tape rumor." >> michael: and by the way, how mistreated could andrew jackson have been? the man is on the 20 dollar bill! i use that bill every day, it's the one i give to the homeless. [laughter] i ask for 19 dollars back, but that's n

her t d s the she says no, i can't take us, get it, but i will leave you my stephen, go back to walter cronkite doing this or, or, or, or you or anybody say i can't, i can't hear this. i think you would need immediate help or sedation. i am telling you of that in your line. oh, well, i wish we have a lot of time to discuss this. because if, if this is going viral across the world, especially in the media, just few where everyone is sitting to say this is not the standards of media tall, but we have to leave it here. now line l a legal on media analysts. thank you so much for your insights. thank you. good for right, that's the update. this else will leave you with this is this of interview already had with the vincent the way? yeah. the south african suspenses and anxious books best. and he talked to us on a wide range of issues from the palm thinking, gaza. and if on much more the, and your tweets you're offering free, decide these old policies towards the gather strip. they again, for see on the stand of. so i've asked god concerning this issue. now, what do you think we should expect the con

and we have got to get back to walter cronkite.'m so happy that he was brought up because there was integrity. i have only heard one person say, we cannot confirm this to get a talking point and to get everybody riled up. and that is what i have to say about that. host: raymond in florida, good morning. caller: hey, how are you doing? host: good. caller: i was listening to a lot of people. it is kind of funny this talk about fox, but you cannot even make a comparison like msnbc and fox. at least you will have a true debate on every panel. this is the problem i have with the guy who made all these decisions. i used to be a corporate executive. you have got to use your head. one of the main cohosts came up years ago, a host and the show, and said, you will never have anybody on my show was a republican or has that view or whatever, so for that guy to turn around and higher ronna mcdaniel, knowing that none of the hosts of any msnbc is going to inviter on the show, except for maybe chuck todd or whoever did it, it is to me basically i

as walter cronkite, they may not be as skilled. so in today's new platform, citizen civilian alternative, journalist, people who have opinions. and i think are under the protection of this, however, when you're up at the upper echelons the leaves of c, none and others i, i listen very carefully to what you're saying because there's one thing to be a bureau cheap as nothing to work. oh, but wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, i'm going to take, i'm going. i'm going to push back on you on that. i'm not saying there's anything wrong with being someone who doesn't have a journalism degree. for example, if you've practiced your craft and excel data, there are a great journalists who don't have a home on these channels because they can't, they won't hire them because they're truth tellers. so yes, there are places where people on the alternative news locations these days can be skilled, can have a following, and should have a following. but they still have to be able to practice their craft in such a way so that they're doing it

old guys like the 3 of us that grew up in america where we got all our news from tom broke on walter cronkite and these guys. and it was institutionalized is today you can watch, rick sanchez is program or joe rogan or tucker carlson. and you're going to hear a different story. not to mention kids are watching anybody. they're talking amongst themselves on tick tock. and what they're saying is, a lot of these things that we used to take for granted in the world are not the way we were told they were by e, russia, china, whatever israel among those. and that's what strange do you think that's what's different from one? maybe that to the who made that comment in 2001. well i, i agree because he's saying americans are with us always be with us. how is that true today? it is not true today. it is not true today to the extent that you're seeing so many people today rising up against the but what the us where it was a doing it in terms of the genocide that's going on in palestine. what is it that young people, is it a little because they like yes, because these are the democrats the bite and wants

from wbt a studios in washington and -- from weta studios in washington and in the west from walter k cronkitezona university. geoff: today's latest jobs report is proof again of a labor market that has been resilient and often stronger than expected. that was part of the president's message during the state of the union last night as well. but, many americans don't feel the economy is strong overall or helping them or their families. a number of polls have shown this, including one from "the new york times" this week that found 51% of americans believe the country's economic conditions are poor right now. why the disconnect? economics correspondent paul solman explains. >> i think if you talk to the average person on the street, they will say the economy is not doing well. and i tend to agree. paul: seth reed is an esl teacher in northern virginia. >> i am doing fine, but still living paycheck-to-paycheck. paul: alyssa gonzalez has the tree like lori in denver. >> i have accepted more of a realistic view of the world where things are not going to get better. paul: nonprofit organizer ari hank

accept the fact that "new york times" is not "new york times" any more, and nbc is not walte walter cronkiteot giving you the whole story. larry: they crucifying ronna mcdaniels for a phone call she may or may not have made after the election, really they are going after her because of her conservative views, they may use a democracy issue, what, joe biden's lawfare is that democracy, the way they are treating trump, that is why it is important. this issue needs discussion. >> well said, everything they don't agree with is now labeled as misinformation or disinformation, you saw what they did with mainstream media with the blood bath, they cut it and edited it. and put it out, joe biden you don't have to worry about, he does it to himself. larry: another issue. very unhappy, the front page of "new york post." biden -- police officers shot dead. by a career criminal. terrible story. coming up. mark, new york unsafe. i say unsafe. and randomly unsafe. you never know where it will strike. >> this is one of saddest stories, this poor cop, young guy, one-year-old child, shot and killed. career cr

. >> this is the pbs, from our studios in washington and from the west, the walter cronkite school ofalism. >> we talk a lot about how we generate electricity and the vehicles we use to get around. those sectors contribute about a quarter to solution. those sectors are starting to get much cleaner. but a major source of dilution is heavy industry. that sector has been much slower to adapt. this week, the biden administration pledged $6 billion for a series of pilot projects in different states to try to spur a green revolution in those industries. will this help move the needle? for that, we are joined by someone who studies how to clean up heavy industry. thank you so much for being here. the energy secretary says this is the biggest invest with that the u.s. has ever made in this industry. but it sounds like we haven't tried to do not much far. how big an investment is this? >> that is a great question. when we talk about the industrial sector, we are talking about manufacturing and all of the activities that make things as opposed to using energy. $6 billion is by a very large marc

we always knew walter cronkite was a liberal but we also know he try to conceal it. the other great network anchors and host. not anymore. this is a 1960 generation. and it is their children. they exist to promote an agenda and it worldview to reengineer our society. you and i stand in the way. you and i-70% of the american people it may be more who love the country. that's not who they play to parade the plate to the river to the seat crowded. they plate to the marxists. they played to the extremists in our society who are trying to destroy our country. is this an accident? no, it is not an accident for the democrat party's i've explained now is a totalitarian party. the constitution was written to limit the power of any one in any action even a party. it was written to prevent the centralization of government. in other words it was written to protect us from the government party. as i wrote some time ago a democracy republic consisting of multiple political parties competing for power is simply unacceptable to and incompatible with this american marxist ideology. a

. >> this is the pbs news hour, from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitechool of journalism at arizona state university. >> the race for the white house is officially a rematch. the two most occupants -- most recent occupants prepared to face off. on his first day as the democratic nominee, president biden was in wisconsin. >> my predecessor failed in his duty to care. now we are building a future america for possibilities >> the general election matchup is now official. after sweeping four states yesterday, donald trump secured enough delegates to become the gop nominee. >> we have the worst president in the history of our country. >> i would love to see our country represented not by somebody in their 80's who is a white man. >> we do not have exceptional candidates right now. it was a difficult decision. >> the president won 95% of the vote in georgia and 85% of the vote in washington's date. >> i did not feel comfortable giving him my support again. i want to devote uncommitted today to send that message. people are not going to continue voting for who

announcer: this is a pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitelism at arizona state university. amna: the centers for disease control and prevention has changed its covid guidance for when people need to isolate. it is part of the cdc's broader recommendations on respiratory illnesses. it says that people that have tested positive can return to normal activities when symptoms are improving and they have been fever free for 24 hours without medication. it also encourages people with improving symptoms to ta additional prevention methods like mask wearing and keeping distance and public. the director joins me now. welcome back to the newshour. thank you for joining us. this is the first time you have shifted guidance, isolation guidance, since 2021 when it was reduced to five days. why these changes in guidance now? >> we are in a different place. it is after a lot of hard work make sure we have the tools to protect each other against covid. what we have been seeing is lower hospitalizations and lower deaths though we saw high levels of virus sprea

announcer: this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitealism at arizona state university. amna: immigration continues to be a top issue this election year and following our reporting from the southern border we are joined by the secretary of homeland security. mr. secretary, welcome back. eight i want to begin with what we found in our reporting over the last few days in southern mexico and the u.s.-mexico border. take a look at this map. we spoke the way planning to make their way to the united states. this is a list of their countries of origin. southern mexico and up at the u.s.-mexico border. el salvador, guatemala and so one would also people from senegal, china, bangladesh. we know as those folks make their way to the border, the encounter numbers have been rising. look at the trend, record highs. fiscal year, 21, 1.7 million. 2.4 7 million in 23. we know the administration has been weighing executive action. under some kind of presidential authority that could bring down those numbers by restricting asylum access if people enter ill

. >> this is pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite schoolf journalism at arizona state university. >> the princess of wales kate middleton announceed this this afternoon she's undergoing treatment for cancer. the news came amid rampant and often irresponsible speculation about her in the press and beyond. it came after missteps from the royal family about her where abouts and conditions. she shot a video message by the bbc studios at windsor castle. >> in january, i under went abdominal surgery it was thought my condition was not cans out test after the operation found cancer had been present. my medical team advised that i should under go a preventive course of chemotherapy and i'm now in the early stages of that treatment this came as a huge shock. and we -- william and i have be processing this for the sake of our young family. >> i'm joined by jeannie bond, thank you for joining us. as you know the princess hadn't been seen in public since december in the weeks since then, it's been filled with conspiracy theories and wild speculations a

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. william: donald trump's social media platforms truth social made its public debut on the nasdaq yesterday. the stock price soared, reportedly powered by supporters. the stock success does not seem to match it's on financials. truth social lost $49 million last year. it also has far fewer users than any other social network that has gone public. the tech research firm similar web estimates truth social at about 5 million users last month, compared to more than 3 billion on facebook and 2 billion on tiktok. dan alexander is a senior editor at forbes who has spent years covering the former president's sprawling business empire and he joins us now. thanks so much for being here. what was your reaction when you saw that truth social stock price shoot through the roof? >> it was a reminder of what happened in 2021 when this idea of creating a trump branded social media network first at the news. that lasted for two days and then it started to step d

announcer: this is the pbs newshour from wep a studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitealism at arizona state university. geoff: today is really opposition and war cabinet member was in washington to meet with the vice president. the trip came without the authorization of the israeli prime minister and as egypt, qatar and hamas hold negotiations over a possible deal that would pause the war with gaza and release hostages. let's start with the negotiations in cairo. what we know about how they are progressing? reporter: publicly both sides are sticking to their combative positions. israel did not send negotiators to be a part of these negotiations. hamas demands a permanent cease-fire, something israel has rejected. u.s. officials tell me negotiations continue and they have made progress with the idea of having a deal before ramadan begins. u.s. officials tell me israel has agreed to the outline of a deal that would pause the war for six weeks and release 35-40 hostages in the first round. israel would release palestinian detainees and israel would allow increased humanit

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from w eta studios in washington and in the west from walter cronkite school of journalism at arizonay. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu reiterated his determination to send troops into rafa in southern gaza to route remaining hamas units. the drive has led to a rift with the biden white house as it warns against an israeli operation before 1.3 million palestinians can move to safety. as nick schifrin explains, many of those people are starving. >> in gaza city, this is what eminent famine looks like. thousands of palestinians crowd a u.n. warehouse. the women upfront waits for an 11 pound bag of flour like their lives depend on it because they do. >> people are hungry. people will die. they are killing people over five kilograms of flour. my son is a mark her and his wife died over five kilograms of flour. >> our suffering in gaza is indescribable. hunger, sadness, destruction. a bag of flour costs up to a thousand dollars. $1000. >> more than half of north gaza's population is at risk of famine. the six-year-old suffers from cystic fibrosis. before the war, his mother sa

and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university.rge of passing a large spending deal, six months into its fiscal year and with less than 48 hours left before a partial government shut down. lisa desjardins has more on what has made this congress one of history's most dysfunctional. lisa? >> that dysfunction is one of the defining features of this house, we have a narrow republican majority that is made governing unpredictable, and at times, impossible. the basement of the u.s. capitol is a messy place of power -- of lawmakers in a thin majority and dim light. and for the past 15 months -- house republicans' regular meetings here have showcased the most chaotic majority in modern american history. >> a speaker has not been elected. >> not just the 15 votes to find a first speaker. nor the unprecedented ouster of that speaker in just ten months. >> the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> this is a whole new concept of individuals that just want to burn the whole pl