william: good evening, i'm william brangham. the partisan division were on full display. on thursday, the supreme court justice thomas failed to disclose a donation. he paid for thomas' great nephew, this follows that crow purchased his mother's home and took him on justice gorsuch that had business before the court. senate democrats kon veepped a hearing to press for ethics' reforms. >> until there is an honest process, these messes will continue. the court has proven that it cannot police itself. william: reforms are necessary, many g.o.p. senators called the hearings are politically motivated. >> it's the democrats aren't winning every fight and they nd that reality intolerable. william: senate republicans have no interest in getting involved in raising the debt limit. >> this will be solved when the speaker and the speaker reach an agreement. it should be clear that the senate is not a relevantlayer this time. william: the treasury department estimates the u.s. department will run out of money as soon as june 1, this continues next tuesday at the white house when spea

william brangham examines what's driving this decline, which threatens a way of life for many floridians in central florida, orange groves stretch for as far as the eye can see. what is not so visible is the disease that's slowly killing one of this state's biggest industries. so, if i didn't know better, i would look at this and think, like, this looks like you've got a lot of fruit. the tree looks pretty decent to me. [laughter] >> it looks like a lot of fruit because you don't know how much fruit should be on the tree. these trees are, are suffering. they are not generating an economic crop. william: frank hunt is a third generation citrus grow. his grandfather, deeley, started the hunt brothers' family business in lake wales, florida a century ago. all that fruit that's dropped, that's waste. frank: yea that's waste. you can't do anything with it. probably 50-60% of the crop that was set ultimately dropped on the ground before it's harvested. william: an insect-borne bacteria has infected virtually every orange tree in his groves. frank: you know, some trees take a little longer than

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william brangham has the story.ink of it as a school without walls, or even a roof for that matter. this group of kids, in a park about an hour west of detroit, trip.gan, aren'on this is just another day of homeschooling. >> we usually pick a different park every week to visit with the kids, and we just -- there's no agenda. we just go out on the trails and floor. -- explore. you can't get those experiences from a textbook. correspondent: kelly konieczki and her 12 year-old daughter, matilda, took the leap into homeschooling during the pandemic. being at home allowed them to reflect on their lives, and matilda's public school education. >> we were going to school, we were shuffling back and forth. it's this hustle and bustle kind of thing. and when all of that all of a sudden just stopped and i was like, wait a minute. i think the pandemic taught a lot of people about what life could and should be like. and i just wanted to continue with that. i said, well, if there was ever a time to try homeschooling, it's now, be

i'm william brangham. >> i'm on the nevada in uvalde, texas.amilies mark one year since the mass shooting at robb elementary as they still unanswered questions about the police response and where their community goes from here. >> then florida governor ron desantis announces he is running for president. how his bid could shape the republican race. >> ngo's push the taliban to lift restrictions on employing women so they can deliver vital aid to afghans amid the worsening humanitarian crisis. >> it is beyond catastrophic really shared probably having the highest number of people in -- anywhere in the world. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that sauce -- that connects us. >> actually don't need a vision to do most things in life. . it is exciting to be part of a team driving the technology forward. i think that is the most rewarding thing. people who know know bdo. ♪ >> the walton family foundation. working for solutions to protect water during climate change so p

i'm william brangham. amna: and i'm amna nawaz in uvalde, texas. on the newshour tonight, families mark one year since the mass shooting at robb elementary as they wrestle with still unanswered questions about the police response and where their community goes from here. william: then, florida governor ron desantis announces he's running for president. how his bid could shape the republican race. amna: and ngo has pushed the taliban amid a worsening humanitarian crisis. >> it's beyond catastrophic, really, because we are probably having the highest number of people in acute need of humanitarian aid anywhere in the world. >> major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by -- ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. the engine that can access. >> actually, you do not need vision to do most things in life. it is exciting to be part of a team moving things forward. >> people who know, no media. >> the walton family foundation. working for solutions to protect water during climate change so people and natu

i'm william brangham. geoff bennett and amna nawaz are away. on the newshour tonight. congressional leaders meet with president biden but make little progress on a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default then. the head of the company behind chat-gpt tells lawmakers regulation is needed to keep rapidly developing artificial intelligence in check. and a new biography of martin luther king jr finds the civil rights icon was misquoted when asked what he thought of malcolm x. >> we've been telling the story of the relationship between martin luther king and malcolm x for generations, based in part on that quote, the sense that martin luther king had this antagonism, and it just wasn't true. >> major funding has been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the newshour including kathy and paul anderson. >> q not is a proud supporter of public television. the world awaits. a world of flavor. diverse destinations. and immersive experiences. a wor

i'm william brangham. amna: and i'm amna nawaz in uvalde, texas.n the "newshour" tonight, a community reflects on the first anniversary of the elementary school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead. what's changed and what hasn't since that fateful day. william: the economic risks from a potential government default rise as congress and the white house struggle to reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. amna: and a philadelphia organization works to mentor black teachers to counteract dropout rates among black students. >> 39% less likely to drop out of high school and up to 29% more likely to go to college if they have a single black teacher. why isn't this the intervention that we're leading with? ♪ >> major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by -- with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour, including kathy and paul anderson, and camilla and george smith. >> cunard is a proud supporter of public television. on a voyage with cunard, the world awaits. a world of fl

i'm william brangham.eoff bennett and amna nawaz are away. on "the newshour" tonight... a long-awaited special counsel's report sharply criticizes the justice department and fbi's investigation into the 2016 trump campaign and its possible ties to russia. president zelenskyy tours europe to secure more military aid while the fighting against russian forces rages in eastern ukraine. and... a survey of asian americans paints a sobering picture about their fears of rising violence and discrimination. >> over half of asian americans felt unsafe. they felt unsafe in public transportation on subways. they felt unsafe in their own neighborhoods, in their own schools and their own workplaces. ♪ >> major funding for "the pbs newshour" has been provided by -- ♪ and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions, and friends of "the newshour," including -- leonard and norma klorfine, and koo and patricia yuan. >> it was like an a-ha moment. this is what i love doing. early stage companies has an energ

i'm william brangham. >> i'm on the nevada in uvalde, texas. shooting at robb elementary as they still unanswered questions about the police response and where their community goes from here. >> then florida governor ron desantis announces he is running for president. how his bid could shape the republican race. >> ngo's push the taliban to lift restrictions on employing women so they can deliver vital aid to afghans amid the worsening humanitarian crisis. >> it is beyond catastrophic really shared probably having the highest number of people in -- anywhere in the world.

i'm william brangham. amna: and i'm amna nawaz in uvalde, texas."newshour" tonight, a community reflects on the first anniversary of the elementary school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead. what's changed and what hasn't since that fateful day. william: the economic risks from a potential government default rise as congress and the white house struggle to reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. amna: and a philadelphia organization works to mentor black teachers to counteract dropout rates among black students. >> 39% less likely to drop out of high school and up to 29% more likely to go to college if they have a single black teacher. why isn't this the intervention that we're leading with?

i'm william brangham. amna: and i'm amna nawaz in uvalde, texas.ark one year since the mass shooting at robb elementary as they wrestle with still unanswered questions about the police response and where their community goes from here. william: then, florida governor ron desantis announces he's running for president. how his bid could shape the republican race. amna: and ngo has pushed the taliban amid a worsening humanitarian crisis. >> it's beyond catastrophic, really, because we are probably having the highest number of people in acute

i'm william brangham. geoff bennett and amna nawaz are away. on "the newshour" tonight...ted special counsel's report sharply criticizes the justice department and fbi's investigation into the 2016 trump campaign and its possible ties to russia. president zelenskyy tours europe to secure more military aid while the fighting against russian forces rages in eastern ukraine. and... a survey of asian americans paints a sobering picture about their fears of rising violence and discrimination. >> over half of asian americans felt unsafe. they felt unsafe in public transportation on subways. they felt unsafe in their own neighborhoods, in their own schools and their own workplaces. ♪

i'm william brangham. geoff bennett and amna nawaz are away.ewshour" tonight, congressional leaders meet with president biden but make little progress on a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default. then, the head of the company behind chatgpt tells lawmakers regulation is needed to keep rapidly developing artificial intelligence in check. and, a new biography of martin luther king junior finds the civil rights icon was misquoted when asked what he thought of malcolm x. >> we have been telling the story of the relationship between martin luther king and malcolm x for generations, based in part on that quote, the sense that martin luther king had this antagonism, and it just wasn't true.

william brangham has more. m: purdue's opioid sales earned the sackler family billions of dollars, and this -- it requires that the sacklers give up control of purdue pharma. in total, drug manufacturers, pharmacies and distributors have pledged around $54 billion to state, local and tribal governments for their respective roles in the opioid epidemic. to understand where that money might be spent, we're joined by aneri pattani, she's tracking all of this for kff health news. welcome to the program. just remind us of the contours of this deal the sackler settlement, what it means for the sacklers and what it means for the people who are suing them. >> so this deal has been in the works for a long time. there's been almost a year that folks have been waiting on this next step in the bankruptcy and with the federal judge in new york clearing this for the next , round. what it means is that the purdue pharma bankruptcy for the company can move forward and when the bankruptcy moves forward for people who filed lawsu

here's william brangham. ack in 2020, a year of a global pandemic and ongoing social unrest, millions of americans bought guns, including nearly 8.5 million who had never purchased a firearm before. a new book focuses on the people who sold all those weapons and the role that they play in american society and politics. it's called "merchants of the right: gun sellers and the crisis of american democracy." and it's by university of arizona sociologist jennifer carlson, who we talked with last year for our "newshour" documentary "ricochet." dr. carlson, so good to have you back on the "newshour." your book documents this remarkable surge of people who purchased guns during this stretch of 2020. and before we get to the central point about the gun sellers, can you just tell us a little bit about who was it that was buying all the weapons? dr. carlson: thank you so much for having me on the program. yes, most definitely, in 2020, there was a massive surge in gun purchasing. and while there was still the sort of ty

william brangham has our look. 1.1 million americans have died of covid since the pandemic began three years ago. for those who lost loved ones early on, this moment where the country has declared an end of the public health emergency, is a complicated time. tracy: i am the wife and widow of a husband who passed away from covid september 23, 2020. he died of something he should not have died of. i know people think it is over but it is not. going out there in the public and being out there has scared me so much. because what he went through, i was not there when he passed away, i cannot be there. that was the beginning of the pandemic. i could not touch him. i could not say goodbye. i am still dealing with it. no timeframe on death for someone you love. i live with this everyday. i had to go to therapy because of the death of my husband. i live with this everyday and they don't get it. some people that it has not affected them, they go on with everyday life because they think they are invincible but they are not. i

william brangham has a look at what's at stake. lliam: geoff, the colorado river has been profoundly affected by a historic mega-drought. that's meant that lake mead and lake powell -- the huge reservoirs fed by the river -- could drop so low, it could endanger water supplies for agriculture as well as for cities like los angeles and phoenix. the new deal puts those risks on hold for now. california, arizona and nevada will agree to take less water from the river. in exchange, the federal government will pay a billion dollars to key players in those states. to help us understand what this will mean, we are joined by luke runyon. luke, thank you so much for being here. what are the contours of this deal? what did the states agree to? >> the states agree to take less water from the colorado river, so we are looking at california, arizona, and nevada. they have agreed to significant cutbacks to their use over the next three years. really, this is an attempt to live within a shrinking river. climate change has been ravaging the colorado

william brangham reports. >> last fall, drought sank the mississippi to historic lows.blem. water levels hitting heights not seen in decades. communities up and down the mississippi are inundated. stretching from st. paul, minnesota to just north of st. louis, misery. some appearing as part of the river. the city of davenport's ballpark surrounded. the davenport mayor said his constituents are resilient. >> there are folks impacted. we work directly, the salvation army and others, and we have a shelter for those who would like it. we asked for assistance and emergency declaration so people can get individual assistance. >> is it a challenge for you to plan a city you want to stick around for generations to come when you are never quite sure whether the gripper will be low or coming into your living room. >> a little bit concerned, as some of the storms, precipitation levels, or a mount seems to be continuing to grow. that is something we need to keep an eye on. we will talk to folks at the federal level. >> the recent flooding comes after the upper midwest experienced r

for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham. ♪ amna: since anti-government protests erupted in iran lastrld have taken to social media to show their support. that includes an iranian-american ballerina who is tapping into her own heritage and her art, in solidarity with those pushing for more rights. the newshour's julia griffin reports for our arts and culture series, "canvas." julia: tutus and tiaras, penches and pirouettes, tara ghassemieh's instagram feed is filled with athletic feats of grace befitting a professional ballerina. but in the past year, her posts have also included advocacy. like these turns. the high bar normally set in the ballet world is to perform 32 in a row, as iconically danced by the black swan in the classic ballet "swan lake." ghassemieh posted herself exectuing 50 to mark what was at the time 50 days of protests in iran following the death of masha amini while in the custody of the country's so-called morality police. >> knowing that social media has literally been the driving force in bringing awareness to what is going on in iran i needed to do , my part. j

but as william brangham reports, one local news organization in alabama also received multiple prizesther-son dup. william: a team of reporters from al.com revealed how the police force in the small alabama town of brookside used aggressive policing and made up charges to extract fines out of people, including many poor residents, in order to jack up the town's revenues. the multiparty investigation by four journalists led to the dismissal of multiple cases, the removal of several police officers, including the chief, changes to state laws, and even a warning to officials nationwide by the department of justice to avoid doing exactly what this police force did. joining me now are two of the reporters who worked on this prize winning investigation, john archibald and his son, ramsey archibald. gentlemen, thank you so much for being here. gratulation's to you both. john, to start with you again, tremendous congratulations. i should say, this is your second pulitzer prize. can i just get your reaction to this wonderful news? guest: it is the most fantastic thing in the world to me, and i

william brangham has been covering this, and he joins us now.out this move by the epa. how does this fit within president biden's climate agenda? >> this is the third major move the administration is made to cut greenhouse gas emissions that are heeding this planet to a dangerous degree. the first was the passage of the inflation reduction act. last month the epa issued these very strict rules on auto emissions, and now today we have power plants. the issue with generating electricity in this country is that creates about 25% of all of america's pollution, so it is a big jump. the epa is saying to these power plants and utilities around the country who have got to cut those emissions, and it is got to use existing technology and you have got to do it quickly, as much as 90% in the near future. dba says that the air we breathe will be cleaner and we will make a significant dent in the emissions that we are putting up that are causing climate change. some environmentalists say the epa needs to do more, but many environmentalists are cheering this

william brangham looks at that legacy and the impact dementia has on millions of families. >> geoff,n carter has long focused on the importance of mental health ever since leaving the white house. in fact, she founded an institute for caregiving years later. more than 50 million people worldwide have dementia. and in the statement announcing mrs. carter's condition, her team said that about 1 in 10 americans who are 65 and older have dementia. kathyrn cade is vice chair of the carter center and serves on the carter center's mental health task force. she's a longtime friend of the first lady and a former aide from when she was in the white house. thank you so much for being here. as i mentioned you worked with the former first lady in the white house and have been a friend and advisor ever since. for a woman who has dedicated so much of her life to caregiving and mental health care, this news must land with a particular resonance and significance? >> she has been a mental health advocate for more than 50 years and she has constantly and worked to fight the the mental h field and keeps