. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona sterunat.siivtywe saw tw england. tens of millions of people living in the southwest are dealing with extreme weather of a different kind. that part of the country's coping with day after day of triple digit heat. the national weather service says it is one of the longest heat waves in modern history. that heat is even more dangerous than you might realize. we will focus on that with a climate journalist, out with a new book on this very subject called "the heat will kill you first, life-and-death on the scorched-earth plan." >> happy to be here. >> 54 million americans are expected to see triple digit heat this week. in your brook you like it to having at the barrel of a gun pointed at you. >> we talk a lot about global warming. there is this idea that heat is sort of a gentle thing, that we have to dress differently for it, turn the air conditioning on. i think what we are seeing now is that heat is a very dangerous force, heat is something that can kill you ve

. >> this is "the pbs newshour," from weta studios in washington and in the west that walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> the u.s. house passed a nearly 900 million dollar budget for the armed forces today largely on partisan lines. most democrats voted no after republicans added antiabortion and other provisions to the bill. house speaker kevin mccarthy and democratic leader hakeem jeffries laid out that divide today. >> and military cannot defend themselves if you train them wrong. we don't want disneyland to train our military. we want our men and women in the military to have every defense possible. >> we are going to cut out the cancer that the extreme maga republicans have put in the defense authorization act, no matter what it takes, and we are going to partner with senate republicans and senate democrats to get a responsible national defense authorization act. >> "the new york times" congressional correspondent" is here -- "the new york times" congressional correspondent is here to tell us more. give us the top lines. what are the key funding c

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from walter cronkitechool of journalism at arizona state university. >> fishel counsel jack smith expanded his classified documents case against former president trump with three new felony charges, including claims mr. trump asked an employee of his mar-a-lago club to delete security footage sought by the grand jury investigating the mishandling of government records. prosecutors added a third defendant to the case, a worker at mar-a-lago, who is accused of joining donald trump and walt nauta in instructing the investigation by attempting to destroy the security footage. a former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official joins us now. thank you so much for coming in. these new charges were presented in what is known as a superseding indictment handed out by the grand jury in florida yesterday. how do these new charges illustrate the depth and breadth of the legal jeopardy in which donald trump now finds himself? >> they add to our knowledge of the obstruction. why is that important? the obstruction of justic

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitejournalism at arizona state university. amna: mark zuckerberg's company, meta, has launched its new app that's expected to compete with twitter, which has faced backlash under the ownership of elon musk. the text-based app, known as threads, looks nearly identical to twitter, and has seen more than 30 million users sign up since yesterday's launch. mike isaac is a technology reporter for the new york times and he has been covering it all. welcome and thank you for joining us. 30 million signups as of noon today. was that to be expected, or did that number surprise you? mike: it certainly surprised me. it really even surprised mark zuckerberg, who woke up this morning and around 8:00 a.m. posted 30 million. last night he was posting every couple of hours basically the numbers of users ticked up. i think even inside of instagram, facebook and meta, they are really surprised how quickly people have been embracing the app. amna: you've been testing it out, as have i. what do you think? how

. >> this is pbs news weekend, from weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshour weeknights on. >> the search for the exact origin of covid-19 is highlighted the risk of viruses transmitted by certain species of bats. in the wild, they can withstand viruses that kill other animals. the viruses can incubate in bats and spread to other animals and humans. today, humans and bats are interacting more than ever. >> global industrialization continues to reduce the amount of the world untouched by humans. species like bats are no longer insulated by human attraction as they once were. they have been traced as the source of outbreaks of rabies, dnieper virus, and ebola. to discuss why it is happening, i'm joined by a physician with conservation international, a nonprofit environmentalist group or it he works on pandemic prevention. thank you for joining us. tell me what you when your colleagues found out about human and bat interaction in recent years, and decades. >> it starts off understanding emerging effective diseases. infective diseases are increasingly emerging around the world

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteool of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: the record heat across the world has been unrelenting and experts say it could last into august. and it is not only the heat, it is torrential rain in some places. a mudslide in northeast india today killed at least 10 people with many more missing. special correspondents in four major cities across the world sent us these reports, starting in southern europe. reporter: rome is known as the eternal city. it is now being dubbed the infernal city. temperatures this week have soared over 107 degrees, setting a new record for the italian capital. we have come down to the coliseum to ask tourists if it is possible to enjoy sightseeing in this oppressive heat. >> no. this was the last place i wanted to be. >> i mean, it is kind of hot but the city is beautiful. you just need to stay hydrated. a little bit of water, a little bit of sprits, and you make the best out of it. >> some of the tourist attractions here have cold water for you wher

announcer: this is "the pbs newshour," from weta studios in washington, and in the west, from the walterite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: president biden will soon lend back in the united states after traveling to three european countries in five days. his last out today after two days of nato meetings was the newest alliance member, finland. white house correspondent laura barron-lopez traveled with the president. laura: for finland, a new era of security against russian aggression, an era the president credited in part to the work of president joe biden. >> i have to tell you about vilnius very impressive the way created unity. laura: fresh off the nato summit in vilnius, biden paid visit to the newest nato member and russia's next-door neighbor. pres. biden: i've been doing this a long time. i don't think nato's ever been stronger. laura: finland broke decades of official military non-alignment when it joined nato in april -- taking a clear stance against the kremlin after vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. on thursday, president biden called putin's war 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: in these record-breaking heat waves, people who have to work outdoors, like agricultural workers or construction crews, are among the most vulnerable. earlier today, president biden announced new steps to try to protect those workers. using better weather forecasting, the department of labor will develop an alert to signal to employers and employees when heat is going to be dangerous. the department will also beef up inspections of certain worksites. the president noted today that americans can no longer pretend that we are living in a normal climate. pres. biden: even those who deny that we're in the midst of a climate crisis can't deny the impact extreme heat is having on americans, americans like an elderly woman in phoenix, who fell out of her wheelchair and, after five minutes on the ground, had third-degree burns. william: florida is one state that requires no protections for the estimated two million outdoor workers in that sta

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. geoff: a long-awaited after action report on the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan has identified a number of failings that contributed to the chaos. ali rogin has the story. ali: the state department review concluded that both the trump and biden administrations failed to consider worst-case scenarios for what would happen when u.s. troops withdrew. the u.s. government held back on crisis preparation to avoid signaling to the afghan government that it had lost confidence. and that the biden administration failed to appoint a senior official to oversee all elements of crisis response, which led to confusion. for more on this assessment, we turn to washington post national security reporter michael birnbaum. michael, thank you for joining us. what stuck out the most to you in this report? michael: it is a sharply critical report. taking a look at failings mostly in the state department more broadly at the biden and trump white houses. wh stuck out

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spectacular take on telling the stories of new york city's unclaimed dead ♪ >> this is pbs news weekend from weta in washington. home to the pbs newshour, eknights on pbs. john: the wartime agreement allowing ukrainian grain shipments to safely navigate russia's blockade was hailed as a beacon of hope when it was reached last summer. it eased a global food crisis and has kept food prices around the world stable ever since. but it's set to expire monday, and russia is threatening to pull out of it. as ali rogin reports, that's raising new fears about global food security. ali: on the black sea, a rare point of cooperation, between two nations at war. ukraine has shipped nearly 33 million metric tons of grain, oil, and other products since the start of the conflict, all thanks to the black sea grain initiative, once touted as a "miracle" in wtime. >> today, there is a beacon on the black sea. a beacon of hope, a beacon of possibility, a beacon of relief. ali: the groundbreaking deal has been renewed three times since its first signing, but it may not be renewed again. russia haslso slowed the pace

. >> this is "pbs news weekend" from weta studios in washington, home of "the pbs newshour," weeknights john: as the covid 19 pandemic spread across the country, crime rates surged to highs not seen in decades. but now crime trends appear to be sfting. ali rogin has the latest on what new research says about the state of crime in america and the best practices for curbing it. ali: a new report from the council on criminal justice provides new insight on crime levels for the first half of this year. data from 37 cities shows that most crime has gone down coared to last year, but levels are still higher since before the pandemic. the most notable exception is the large increase in motor vehicle theft. at the same time, the number of homicides dropped sharply over 9% lower than the first half of 2022. adam gelb is the founder, president and ceo of the council on criminal justice, whicha nonprofit think tank focusing on criminal justice reform. and thaddeus johnson is a senior resear fellow for council on criminal justice, who studies policing, crime, control and governance equity. thank yo

. >> this is "pbs news weekend" from weta studios in washington, home of "the pbs newshour" weeknightsohn: this summer, millions of americans are experiencing firsthand the effects of climate change. triple digit temperatures for days on end. smoke from record-setting wildfires fouling the air. warming oceans bleaching coral reefs. opinion polls find growing concern about climate change. psychologists say that can be a positive thing, spurring people to action. but for some people, it becomes an overwhelming sense of despair or anxiety. psychologists call it climate anxiety. this week, we asked people about their emotional responses to climate change. adam burke: i would say that climate change has affected my mental health in that it has certainly increased my anxiety. alfred artis: i feel very anxious about the state of the climate and our future. i believe that if we don't make necessary changes now, we will be changed in the future in ways that we do not want and cannot control and will not be able to mitigate. robert wolff: we're really not seemingly taking seriously enough the ef

. >> this is "pbs news weekend," from teta studios -- weta studios in washington and pbs.he extreme heat scorching mu of the country is particularly brutal for prisoners and the guards that watch over them. by one count, 44 states do not have air conditioning's in their presence -- prisons. in mississippi, the justice department cited temperatures as high as 145 in the state penitentiary that were among conditions that violated prisoners constitutional rights. mississippi began inalling air conditioning. in texas, more than 2/3 of prisoner living areas lack air-conditioning. we spoke with people who have been inmates in texas prisons or have family members that are currently in prison to learn more what it is like to live in extreme heat behind bars. >> i spent over a decade in a texas prison. i have been home for about two years. >> he is the youngest of my sons and he is serving a 15-year sentence in texas. >> i spent just over 14 years in the texas prison system. >> i was in prison for a total of 11 years. >>>> i was incarcerated for 17 years in texas prisons. >> the he

." ♪ >> this is "the pbs news weekend" from weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshour weeknightsohn: we all know that navigating health insurance plans can be complicated, time consuming and frustrating. but hundreds of thousands of americans have enrolled in an alternative to traditional insurance. it's called health care sharing plans. members of these plans who often share similar religious beliefs agree to make monthly payments to help pay for other members' medical expenses. unlike insurance, these plans are unregulated and they don't have to cover preexisting conditions or meet the other minimum health benefits mandated by the affordable care act. kate harris is chief deputy commissioner for life and health policy at the colorado division of insurance and markian hawrluk is the senior colorado correspondent for kff health news. welcome to you both. markian, let me start with you. you've written about these plans across the country. how widespread are they and who enrolls in it? markian: it is a great question, john, and until recently we really didn't have a great answer. u

weta impossible later he did not agree to the point that he equated the vsu-shnikov to the kunov peacekeepersthey are waging a holy war for democracy, but it is the ukrainian soldiers who have assumed responsibility for maintaining international peace and security , moving forward, liberating the cities and towns of their countries, essentially embodying what the security council should do, the cost of this is extremely high, but the choice is there is no other us, that is, after all, to the last ukrainian , those whom the kuliba represents do not spare, not only on the sidelines, he refused to consider such a civilian object on his country's crimean bridge as a result of a terrorist attack , a family from belgorod died. a 14-year-old girl was left an orphan and suffered greatly. i have not heard any condemnation of this act of terrorism from any of the western sponsors of the kiev regime. and we have yet to figure out to what extent westerners were involved in the preparation and implementation of this terrorist attack. in particular, the british intelligence services are too many, and this

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from the weta studios in washington and from the west from the waltere school of journalism at arizona state university. >> jack smith expanded his classified documents case against donald trump with three new felony charges, including claims that mr. trump asked an employee of his mar-a-lago the to delete security footage sought by the grand jury investigating the mishandling of those records. prosecutors added a third defendant to the case, a worker at mar-a-lago who is accused of joining donald trump in obstructing the investigation. these new charges were presented in a superseding indictment that was handed out by a grand jury in florida yesterday. >> they add to the obstruction. the original indictment had to do with mr. trump using his attorneys to try to conceal information from the government. now we see a second aspect. mr. trump using employees to try to delete security camera footage. why is that important? because obstruction helps the government prove intent. it helps argued to the jury that he was destroying security camera footage. he is

author wes lowery addresses increasing racial violence in>>r from weta studios in washington.as heatwaves roll across so much of the world, oceans are also heating up. surface temperatures in many oceans are right now breaking historical records, including in the atlantic, where these warmer waters threaten ocean life and coral reefs. for example, off the coast of southern florida, surface water temperatures have topped a shocking 100 degrees fahrenheit, triggering a sudden, massive bleaching event on some coral reefs. to help us understand more about what's happening and what can be done, we're joined by katey les-neski. she studies the coral reefs at the florida keys national marine sanctuary for the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. it is so good to have you on the newshour. i know you have been diving in some of the reefs recently and i cannot imagine what it is like to swim in water that warm. can you tell us a little bit about what you have been seeing on the reefs? >> yes. thank you for having me to talk about this important issue. i have been out over th

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitechool of journalism at arizona state university. >> nato leaders will meet next week in lithuania can -- convening nearly a year and a half into pressure's invasion of ukraine, but ukraine is not a member of the alliance. at issue during the upcoming meeting, revamping collective defense plans and alliance expansion. our white house correspondent will be traveling to the summit and sets the table. [gunfire] >> in the east and south, ukraine's counteroffensive to reclaim land is making slow progress. ukrainian soldiers now fire on russian fighters for positions previously held by russia. bases their trenches but also their dead. >> you see all these flies here and some fresh ground. some russian soldier already rests in here. it might smell that as we go further. >> ukraine's advance comes ahead of a he summit as the nearly 35-year-old alliance tries to prevent a united front against the very foe it was designed to defeat, russia. >> our summit will send a clear message -- nato stands u

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and the walter cronkite school of journalismate university. amna: turkish president recep tayyip erdogan this afternoon, in a surprise announcement, said he would put sweden's bid for nato membership before the turkish parliament. president erdogan had insisted that sweden needed to do more to crack down on kurdish militants, some of whom have sought refuge in scandinavia. sweden and finland announced their intentions last summer to join nato. finland was admitted in april. even this morning, erdogan proposed that swedish membership in nato was a bargaining chip, one that could be traded for turkey's long-dormant application to join the european union. in the meantime, leaders from nato's 31 countries began arriving in vilnius, lithuania, ahead of a two-day summit that begins tomorrow. before all of this, our laura barron-lopez spoke early today with the u.s. ambassador to nato, julianne smith. laura: thank you so much for joining us. ukrainian foreign minister dmytro kuleba said today that nato's allies have reached a consensus

thanks for starting your day ors with us, and weta have a lot ofo big news to get to.t as donald trump awaits a likely indictment for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, the former president was hit with three new charges yesterday but in a separate case.te case. in the southern district of florida, federal prosecutors slapped trump with two new counts of obstruction and one of willfully retaining national defense information in the case that is centered around his mishandling of classified cla do the new the new charges were laid outien this superseding indictment, which alleges that trump rump directed two employees at his palm beach home to destroy des security camera footage. shortly after the justice th department issued a subpoena to obtain that very same video in june of last year. one of the employees, trump's valet, walt nauta, was previously charged along with the formerevious president. the other, mar-a-lago property manager carlos de oliveira was s charged in this new follow-up lu it it details a watergate-esque moment where the two walked with a flas

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteool of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: gun violence has killed more than 24,000 people in the u.s. this year, including over 1000 people under the age of 18. laura barron-lopez looks at a report that researchers say is the first of its kind to explore young americans' attitudes on guns. laura: the study surveyed more than 4100 people between the ages of 14 and 30. among the key findings, four out of five say gun violence is a problem in the u.s., and a majority support stricter gun laws. on average, youth know at least one person who's been injured or killed by a gun and more than 40% of those surveyed have at least somewhat easy access to a gun. the report first provided to the "newshour" was published jointly by everytown for gun safety, the southern poverty law center, and american university's polarization and extremism research and innovation lab. that lab is directed by cynthia miller idriss, who joins me now to talk about the study. cynthia, thanks for being back

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiternalism at arizona state university. amna: the american revolution and the founding founders, two parts of u.s. history celebrated on july 4. in recent years, they've also become political and ideological tools, including at times of some extremist groups on the right. lisa desjardins has more. lisa: 1776 is a symbol of freedom, reason, and the founding of this country. but two centuries later, that date, 1776, was a rallying cry for rioters disrupting a national election at the capitol. >> 1776! 1776! >> 1776! lisa: it is an example of how the politics and rhetoric around the founding has become enflamed, and can eclipse the actual history involved. joining me to discuss are amy cooter, the research director at the center on terrorism, extremism, and counterterrorism at the middlebury institute. and jim grossman, historian and executive director of the american historical association. amy, i want to start with you. july 4 celebrates our history of men who were radical in their time in

. >> 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. >> after spending seven years behind bars for a heinous crime he didn't commit, yusef salaam is poised to help lead one of the world's most influential cities. geoff bennett has our conversation. geoff: in 1989, 15-year-old yusef salaam was one of five teenagers arrested and wrongly imprisoned after the brutal rape of a jogger in new york's central park. they were exonerated in 2002 when dna evidence linked another person to the crime. now, some three decades later, yusef salaam has declared victory in a race for a new york city council seat, the same city that once vilified him for a crime he didn't commit. yusef salaam joins us now. thank you for being with us. yusef: it's a pleasure to be here with you. geoff: when you reflect on the arc of your life from rikers island where you were wrongfully imprisoned, now likely headed to city hall as a city councilman how does it strike you? yusef: it strikes me as the ultimate justice. in fai

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. amna: we return now to the city of philadelphia, where a mass shooting on the eve of july 4 left five people dead. the suspect, 40-year-old kimbrady carriker, was arraigned today on a host of charges, including five counts of first-degree murder. and in response to the shooting, the philadelphia mayor announced this afternoon that the city is suing two firearm parts manufacturers. joining me now is district attorney of philadelphia, larry krasner. welcome and thank you for joining us. i want to start with the lawsuit the mayor just announced. the city is suing polymer 80 and jst supply. what can you tell us about why the city is taking that move now? larry: the city has tried and will continue to try to go after gun manufacturers. that has been almost impossible. i think the opportunity here is because we are talking about parts manufacturers, the parts being used for ghost guns. ghost guns are usually about 80% plastic, 20% metal, and they repr

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. geoff: a tough and difficult fight. iefsat, generas l mark milley, today described ukraine's effort to retake territory in the east and south. as william brangham explains, ukrainian forces have been slowed by minefields and intense russian resistance. william: raining from the sky, onto ukrainian ports, is what the russians call revenge. >> the russian armed forces delivered a group strike of retribution at facilities where terrorist acts against the russian federation were being prepared. william: but ukraine claims its air defense teams shot down almost all the russian missiles and drones. falling debris did damage some port facilities and people's homes. in the port city of odessa, ukrainian police helped rescue an elderly man, injured and trapped underneath rubble. russia says they are exacting revenge for the alleged ukrainian attack on a key bridge that links russia to annexed crimea. and it came a day after russia suspended a deal that a

. >> 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, moscow announced it will not renew the year-long deal that allowed ukraine to export its grain through the black sea. those critical food supplies, which were shipped to countries in africa, the middle east, and asia could now be cut off just at the moment when many vulnerable nations need them most. william brangham explores the impact of this decision. william: geoff, the agreement, known as the black sea grain initiative, was brokered last year by the u.n. and turkey, after russia's naval blockade of ukrainian ports trapped millions of tons of corn, barley, and wheat. for the past year, russian forces allowed ukraine to ship more than 32 tons of those foods through the bosphorus strait and onto the rest of the world. the deal has been renewed three times, most recently in may. tonight was the deadline to extend the deal, but russia announced its suspension, complaining that western sanctions have restricted the sale of its agric

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. william: there are several new legal fights brewing over migration across the u.s.-mexico border. today, a federal judge blocked the biden administration's attempt to limit asylum seekers after several immigrant-rights groups sued, arguing biden's policy was unfair and a repeat of a trump-era policy. separately, the department of justice is suing the state of texas for putting floating barriers on the rio grande river to try and deter people crossing from mexico. the doj says texas failed to get authorization for the buoys and that they pose a risk to public safety. texas' republican governor greg abbott shot back, writing "mr president, see you in court." to dive into the latest, we're joined by "texas tribune" reporter uriel garcia. thank you so much for being here. what is the argument that the department of justice is making? uriel: the doj is arguing is the rio grande is an international border, and for any state to want to implement any