the supreme court upholds arizona's controversial voting restrictions, highlighting the court's ideological divide. then, incted. a top official in the trump organization surrenders to authorities, as the first charges are filed in the investigation of the former president's business. plus, leaving afghanistan. we discuss the many implications of the impending troop withdrawal with the u.s. special envoy for reconciliation in the country. and, work shift. a son of immigrants brings the tech industry to the often floundering economies of middle america through apprenticeships. >> we can solve skilling and growth problems, as well as the equity problem that we face in america by creating jobs and skills for people that typically were left behind from the tech economy. judy: all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> before we talk about your investments, what's new? >> audrey is expecting twins. >> changing plans. >> at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. >> johnson & johnson. bnsf railway. consumer c

his team manages calls placed along the arizona-mexic border. overseeing calls from cell towers and imagery off o surveillance systems. >> we have a decision support system so when a call comes in, what condition are they in, is it a rescue? is it urgent? what capabilities are up. we have to do the pilot calculus, figuring out the bird, how much flight time is left, how much it takes to get to the area. we don't want to send a bird somewhere to turn around. >> every agent has a smartphone connected to the team awareness kit. the network expanded this past april, giving everyone in this room and in the field a clear enough picture to send support when needed. >> there on top of it. reporter: improved technology isn't always enough to save people from the dead the elements in the desert, as shown with a honduran man who died. >> this was the worst case scenario of where the team did the best they could with what they had. the call comes in, it is immediate, do you have the coordinates. 100,000 square meters to figure it out. the person on the phon

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they went and worked on the railroad in winslow, arizona. my grandfather was a diesel train mechanic for 45 years. that is what they wanted to do, was get native americans off of their lands, out of their communities. and my grandparents did that. but, instead, my grandfather protected our traditions, even in a place that was not his homeland. so that i could no and learn -- know and learn what it means to be a pueblo woman. i am so grateful they persevered through all of that history. judy: as we know, canada established an independent, what they called a truth and reconciliation commission, to investigate this and get to the bottom of it. to try to, and to issue a report. in our country we have what you just mentioned, the indian boarding school initiative. it is being run under your department, the department of the interior. but it was the federal government that was in charge of this system. so my question is, can we be confident, that we are going to get to the bottom of it, when it is the government, in effect, investigating itself? s

now that you have arizona democrat kyrsten sinema saying she's not going to vote for it, and you need democrats. >> i have spent my time working on this bill. as soon as we get this out of the senate, we will focus on the reconciliation bill which is $3.5 trillion. when i go home i hear about housing, childcare, senior care, all the time. depending on how this is structured, how it is paid for, which we don't know, that will determine whether we are going to support. i have full confidence in the leadership in the senate. we will be able to get a bill that is good for this nation. the proof will be in the pudding. we will see and we will analyze every step of the way. judy: thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we will return after the latest headlines. an update on the infrastructure bill which has overcome its first hurdle late this afternoon . the senate voted 67-32 to move the bill forward to debate. 17 republicans joined all democrats in voting yes. in the days other news, the cdc reported reported two-thirds of all u.s. counties are now covid-19 hotspots w

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" from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite studio of journalism at arizona state university. judy: the u.s. is on the verge of completing a unilateral and unconditional withdrawal from afghanistan, nearly 20 years after it invaded, and the outgoing u.s. military commander has delivered a stark warning about the future of the country. nick schifrin is back right now, and he joins me. good to have you with us to talk about this. what are military leadersaying they believe could happen? nick: this is perhaps as blunt and pessimistic statement as the military has ever made about afghanistan.it's the first time the biden administration or military has publicly acknowledged the ultimate risk of this withdrawal. this is general scott miller, the u.s. commander in kabul, saying civil war is certainly a path that can be visualized if this continues on the trajectory it is on right now. that should be a concern to the world, and it is a concern to the region, for creating an environment where there is even more violence than there is today. what is behind this warning

from weta studios in washington, and from the west, from the walter kwok right school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: now the staggering death toll from covid-19. as we mark more than 4 million dead around the world, the actual number will likely never be known. and as the u.s. and other wealthy nations with relatively highaccination rates begin emerging from the pandemic, the disease then variants are accelerating in other parts of the world, killing more quickly than ever. nick schifrin begins our coverage. nick: has south africa walks through the valley of the shadow of death there iplenty of fear and little comfort. >> the debts are no not numbers on a new staon. these are people you know. it is family. it is let relatives. it is friends than colleagues. nick: the doctor is a physician and activist in johannesburg. he says that while the u.s. is normalizing, the world and africa are suggling because of vaccine shortages. >> if it stays like that, not only are we not safe, the road will also not be safe. nick: on the day like today, is difficult to comprehend, 4 million. eq

newshour," from weta studios in washington and, the west from walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: today marks six months since a pro-trump mob attacked the u.s. capitol on january 6 in an attempt to stop the certification of president biden's election results. i am joined by lisa desjardins. tell us now, where does it stand in terms of finding out and arresting those who broke into the capitol? lisa: let's talk about this sweeping investigation that's been all around the country led by tips in part to the fbi . here is where that stands so far. the fbi has arrested about 535 people in these investigations . from that group, 10 have pleaded guilty themselves. the rest have cases pending. there is a wide range of different kinds of charges. almost everyone in that group has been charged with improper entry, but a smaller group has been charged with conspiracy and over 100 people have been charged with assault. over 100 police officers were assaulted in that attack and that's what those charges are part of. there are still some 300 suspects that the fbi would

is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington, and the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. ♪ judy: as we reported, haiti is leading an international investigation into the assassinatioof president jovenel moise. john yang has the latest. john: judy, the investigation is generating as many questions as answers. the 15 colombian nationals under arrest are former members of that nation's armed forces. eleven of them were captured after breaking in to the taiwanese embassy in haiti. meanwhile, the political storm is intensifying with competing prime ministers claiming the right to run the country. afr moise was assassinated, prime minister claude joseph announced a fifteen day state of siege. but a new prime minister appointed by moise -- ariel henry -- was supposed to have taken over that very day and says he's the rightful ruler. to help us try to sort through this, we are joined by pamela white, a former u.s. ambassador to haiti. and garry pierre pierre, the founder of the haitian times, a newspaper serving the haitian diaspora. thank you to both of you f

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from weta studios in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: there are two stories today that show the threat of governments using cyber tools to target adversaries, both internationally and within their n borders, and to discuss that i am joined by nick schifrin. first on china, tell us what it is that the u.s. and its allies are saying. nick: this is an international naming and shaming of chinese hacking and espionage. for the first time, nato along with the eu, japan, australia, new zealand joined the u.s. and accused china of using cyber criminals to conduct hacking. the accused china of the big microsoft exchange hack earlier this year. i talked with james lewis from the think tank the center for strategic and international studies about the scope of the challenge posed by china, and today's announcement. >> they are the most aggressive espionage opponent we have come a more aggressive than russia. this is a huge step forward because we have many countries joining the u.s. in condemning china for its rampant espiona

, from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: the rise of new covid infections is prompting evermore questions about how people should respond. the cdc added to the sobering picture of the pandemic impact in u.s. life expectay has fallen by 1.5 years. the largest one-year decline since world war ii. black and hispanic americans were hit the hardest. at times, dropping by more than three years. a big decline is mainly due to the pandemic. john yang looks at some of the key questions people are asking as the delta variant spreads. reporter: while new cases are rising in all 50 states, the heaviest concentrations are being reported in the deep south and a few other states, like missouri. more than a 99% of new hospitalizations are among the unvaccinated. even though deaths remain very low, there is new anxiety about where the pandemic could be headed in this country. a professor of family medicine at georgetown university, and senior medical advisor to physicians for human rights, also advises weta, which own

lorraine rivera of arizona public media spent a day recently with c.b.p. on the ground and in the r, during a sweep of the sonoran desert. >> okay, it's 39 miles awa it's going to take us about 22 minutes to get there. >> reporter: jack painter is an air interdiction agent with customs and border protection air and marine operations. today, he's been directed to help locate a group of four people walking in the desert a few miles north of the border, northwest of nogales. >> looks like an agent down in the cut, right there. >> we've got bodies right in front of me. >> reporter: when we arrive, we find the group wearing camouflage, hiding under the trees. two agents take the group into custody, place them in handcuffs and walk them out of the canyon. >> i'm going to wait for my partner. >> okay, sounds good. great job. >> reporter: with this assignment complete, we are on to the next call. >> i'll just be putting the coordinates in real quick. >> reporter: painter coordinates with operators in tucson and agents below him. >> okay, this is going to be actual

from wtd studios in washington, and from the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: the wildfire season in the u.s. west and dish columbia is worsening making it evermore difficult for over 20,000 firefighters to do their jobs. windy weather, lightning strikes, and triple digit temperatures in states like montana are fueling the fires even further. human-cause climate change and a long-standing drought created earlier and more intense season. william brangham has the latest. william: judy, more than fires 80 are currently burning across 13 states right now. affecting over one million acres. one of the worst blazes a megafire in southern oregon , a bootleg fire. it has been burning for two weeks and is growing by several miles each day. it has already burned an area one third the size of rhode island. carrie bilbao is with the national interagency wildfire center, which tracks all of this, and she joins me from boise, idaho. thank you for being here. i know you are very busy. this may seem self-evident to you, but can you explain how the heat t

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newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: for more than a week, rescue teams have worked tirelessly to clear and search the rubble of that collapsed condominium building in surfside, florida. amna nawaz has this conversation, recorded this evening before news of the emergency order to demolish the remainder of the partly collapsed building. >> judy, rescue efforts resumed late yesterday, after a 14-hour pause, over concerns that parts of the building that remain standing could fall and endanger workers. weather issues including heavy rain and lightning storms have also slowed or halted work in recent days. and now, as we reported earlier, hurricane elsa is on course to reach the florida coast this weekend. all this, as rescue workers continue their mission around the clock. we turn to michael fagel. he served as a safety and logistics officer after both the oklahoma city bombing in 1995 and the world trade center attacks on september 11, 2001. he now teaches disaster management and has written a number

pbs newshour" from w eta studios in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: now to the crisis in haiti. it's been less than a week since the shocking assassination of haiti's president by gunman who broke into his home. now a possible conspiracy involving a haitian-born doctor living in florida has further roiled an already fraught situation, all this as political rivals jockey for power. there is now a new lead suspect in the assassination of president jovenel moise. haitian authorities said over the weekend that he is this man, 63-year-d christian emmanuel sanon, a haitian american who lives in florida. in 2011, he appeared to promote himself as a leader for haiti. >> with me in power, you are going to have to tell me, at are you doing with my uranium? what you going to do with the oil that we have in the country? what are you going to do with the gold that you want to exploit? judy: police chieleon charles said sanon had arrived in haiti in june. in a search of sanon's home, officers found weapons, bullets, and a hat with an emblem

more than half are located in arizona, idaho and montana. in northern california, large blazes are burning in the sierra nevada hills and forests, and right near the nevada border. thousands have fled their homes. been evacuated. the largest fire in the country right now is in southern oregon. it's known as the bootleg fire. it's already burned more than 150,000 acres, or an area twice the size of portland. there are two other smaller but still significant fires in the state too. we look at the state of the situation there with rich tyler of the oregon state fire marshall's office. >> brangham: rich tylo, very good to have you on the "newshour," especially amidst what you're dealing with right now. can you just give us a sense of the bootleg fire we know has been doubling in size every couple of days. it sounds lik an awful thing you all are having to deal with. what is it like right now? what are conditions like? >> currently, the bootleg fire, they are reporting 201,923 acres that are burned. and zero percent containment. >> brangham: zero

kagan, who said the majority undermined the voting rights act by upholding two restrictive laws in arizona. she wrote, "what is tragic here is that the court has (yet again) rewritten-- in order to weaken-- a statute that stands as a monument to america's greatness, and procts against its basest impulses." john yang takes a look at another justice who delivered historic dissents while on the court, during the jim crow era. >> yang: judy, the name of a supreme court justice, john marshall harlan, may not be widely known these days beyond law students and constitutional scholars. during his tenure from 1877-1911, the high court enshrined racial segregation in american life. in the biggest of those cases, harlan's vote was the lone dissent. he alone staked out positions that decades later would become the law of the land. those visionary opinions led him to be known as the great dissenter, which is also the title of a new biography of harlan by peter canellos, the managing editor of "politico." peter, thank you for being with us. what drew you to write about john harlan? >> well, it started b

we had the supreme court decision last week upholding arizona's laws around more restrictive voting. and you heard former president carter say that we'll just have to grin and bear it, this situation, as it is around the country. we are -- given what has gone on in the congress and in the state legislatures, this is a situation that we're looking at for years to come. >> it is. that's why i thought it was so interesting, that president carter said we have to grin and bear it until the time comes to change it. to me, judy, that's the real big issue here because democrats and republicans feel very differently about what needs to change. we saw this in that most recent "newshour" pbs maris poll, when asked, what do you think is the bigger problem in america, that not everybody can vote or that people are voting who are ineligible? overwhelming percentage of democrats say it's that people don't have access to voting. very few republicans feel that way. overwhelming percentage of republicans feel the big issue is people who are ineligible shouldn't be able to vote. very few democrats feel

healthcare, for education, for the environment -- what does its fate look like, and now that you have arizona democrat kyrsten sinema saying she's not going to vote for it and you need democrats on board. >> i have been spending my time working on this bipartisan bill. as soon as we get this out of the senate we'll focus on the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. i hear about childcare and senior care all the time when i go home. i think depending on how the bill is structured and pay for which we don't know any of at this pnt in time, that will determine whether we're going to support the end product. but i have confidence in the leadership and the senate that we'll be able to come together and get a bill that's good for this nation once again. but, you know, the proof will be in the pudding. we'll see as time movers forth and we'll analyze it every step of the way. >> woodruff: senator jon tester of montana, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> woodruff: judy, thank you. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the c.d.c. reported that two-thirds of all u.s. counties are now c

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more than 31 million people, mostly in arizona, nevada, utah and california's central valley, face excessive heat warnings or heat advisories toda this is the third heat wave to sweep the region this summer. june was the hottest month on record, which led to nearly 200 deaths, strained electric grids and depleted reservoirs.“ heat domes,” in which hot, dry the national weather service has issued an excessive heat warning for much of the west through tomorrow. >> sreenivasan: tune in tomorrow for newshour's weeklong series on the child care crisis in america, “raising the future: america's childcare dilemma.” >> sreenivasan: billionaire richard branson, two pilots and three other crew members took off for space this morning. ( applause ) branson's space travel company, virgin galactic, uses a specially designed double aircraft to carry its space plane aloft. the space plane then fired a rocket motor to head to the edge of space, about 53 miles above earth, and glided back to a safe landing. today's flight gave branson a win in what's being called "the billionaire's space race." amazon

he does seem to be taking pages right out of the arizona playbook. in arizona, the republican state senate leader used her subpoena power to force the board of elections to turn over ballots. this pennsylvania state senator also runs a committee that theoretically has subpoena power. in arizona, the state senate fronted $150,000 to pay for their so-called audit. the rest of the funding for it is coming from sources that nobody involved will disclose. this pennsylvania state senator is also trying to secure funding for an audit and has sought advice from a law firm about how to go about using money from a private non-profit organization to pay for vendors, consultants and anyone else. in arizona, all the republicans involved in the so-called audit have been claiming that it's not about overturning the 2020 election. it's about restoring integrity to the state's elections. right on cue in pennsylvania, a law firm tapped by the republican state senator said in a letter that the purpose of such an audit would be to -- hope you are sitting down -- develop

in phoenix, arizona. this is thursday last week, it was 112 degrees in phoenix that day. ♪ can't take it no more ♪ ♪ we're fired up ♪ ♪ we're fired up ♪ ♪ can't take it no more ♪ >> fired up, can't take it no more. 112 degrees that day in phoenix. not counting the radiant heat off the tarmac there. that was outside the office of arizona's republican attorney general, mark burn avich. those folks were protesting outside his office because of his role in promoting and defending new voting rights restrictions in arizona, including all the way up to the united states supreme court. also, arizona's new rules about how the state's elections will be conducted in the future, new rules explicitly designed to make sure officials from the democratic party can't play a top role in election administration in arizona anymore, only republicans will be allowed to do that from here on out. of those folks protesting outside attorney general's office in arizona, nine were arrested. it wasn't -- they weren't

today, arizona republicans who are doing their so-called audit in arizona, they gave a briefing on their progress. only two republican senators were there, but they tried to call it a hearing. this was -- this audit that they're doing in arizona, they launched it in april. they said it would take three weeks. it's, of course, now mid-july, and they're still going strong. they made clear today that they're definitely finding all of the fraud they have been fantasizing about, but it's definitely going to take lots more investigation, lots more materials, probably lots more donations from trump supporters nationwide. it looks like they will subpoena more stuff from the county, maricopa county, where they got all these ballots from. the way they were talking about it today, it sounds like they think they have weeks to go, maybe months still to go. it's such a big complex investigation. there's no sign actually that there was anything wrong with the presidential vote in arizona. nothing. there's no sign that there was anything wrong with it. at all. and i'm saying that not just like, because

maricopa county, arizona. the one being run by the cyber ninjas' guy, who is a qanon stop the steal conspiracy theorist. where they have been running through ballots. they have been taking the the ballots and running them under ultra violet light looking for bamboo fibers because maybe the ballots were secretly sent to america from east asia. today, the guy who's been overseeing the audit for the arizona republicans quit. after being locked out. i'm -- that's not a -- i mean, he was actually, physically, locked out of the building where the audit has been taking place. well, that was this morning. he quit. and then, later today, he unquit. so, that's going well. the whole arizona audit circus was supposed to last a few weeks. we are now four months in. the arizona senate republicans, just this week, sent a whole new batch of subpoenas to maricopa county for more stuff that they want to look at. they are just going to keep on looking. this thing is going to go on forever, so that donald trump and his allies can

it's still in full swing in arizona. we're expecting them to announce their supposedly scandalous results sometime soon. republicans even now are moving to also do it in wisconsin, also in pennsylvania, also in georgia. even also in oklahoma where trump won anyway by almost 30 points but they're also must of been democratic fraud. and his remarks today, president biden turned toward voting rights advocates have been getting desperate to hear from him. a full-throated call to acts and protect voting rights nationally in washington, which is the only way to stop the state by state devastating attacks on voting rights that republicans are not pursuing all across the country. watch. >> last month, republicans opposed even debating, even considering the for the peoples act. they stand united to protect the sanctity of the vote. we must pass before the people act. it's a national imperative. we must also fight the john lewis voting rights advancement act to restore and expand. restore and expand voting and prevent voter suppre

the arizona republic reports tonight that one of the republican state senators in arizona who's been promoting the audit thing in arizona all along, he's now selling t-shirts promoting his cause. the cost of his t-shirts, it's a sliding scale by size. they're $35 to $45 for a t-shirt. wow, order yours today. it's $35 for a small or $45 for a double extra large, which frankly just seems rude. "the washington post" reports tonight former president trump seems to have found a tidy path through the wreckage to pay his living expenses via this nonsense he continues to stoke. the headline in "the post" tonight, quote trump's pac collected $75 million this year, but so far the group has not put money into pushing the ballot he touts. it raised about $75 million the first half of this year as he trumpeted the false notion the 2020 election was stolen from him. but the pac has not devoted funds to help finance or push for similar endeavors in other states according to people familiar with the finances. instead the save america leadership pac, which has few limits on how it can spend its money

in arizona -- this mess in arizona has been one county. this inquisition in arizona and the cyber ninjas, it was supposed to be done in may. now it's june. now it's july. it was going to be done last thursday. now we think we'll take it to august. we've been enjoying ourselves. in arizona that was one county and it's been going on since april. in pennsylvania they are starting with these demands to three counties, including zo philadelphia. and then say after that initial response, they'll make the same demands of more counties. maybe they'll be able to keep theirs going on for years. there is no split screen. there are two different worlds. there is a party that is trying to use electoral politics and the democratic process to make policy about problems that the country faces. there is another party that is trying to end the use of electoral politics as an objective way of deciding who has power and how questions get resolved in our country. the two parties are engaged right now in fundamentally different projects. one of them is engaged

"an audit of nearly 2.1 million ballots cast in arizona in the 2020 election. we are concerned about your company's role in this highly unusual effort given cyberninjas' lack of experience. reports the company engaged in sloppy and insecure practices that compromised the integrity of ballots and voting equipment and were questioned by the u.s. justice department. and evidence that you and aol individuals funding the audit have sought to advance the big lie of debunked voter fraud allegations about the 2020 presidential election. americans' right to vote is protected by the constitution. it is the cornerstone of our democratic system of government. the committee seeks to determine whether the privately funded audit conducted by your company in arizona protects the right to vote or is instead an effort to promote baseless conspiracy theories, undermine confidence in america's elections and reverse the results of a free and fair election for partisan gain." what do you really mean? the so-called audit in arizona in which the republicans in the state legislature hi

the so-called, audit, and arizona in which republicans in the state legislature labeled the script cyber ninjas, which appears to be this guy dug, -- we it's lived for months now at this intersection of clown show ridiculousness, and actual consequential threat to american democracy. because the whole thing is aimed at, essentially, undoing the presidential u.s. result in the state. they are, thereby, undermining americans faith and the credibility in the finality of our election results. but now, based on this letter released by the oversight committee tonight sent to that ups store in florida, we know this fake audit is the subject of a new congressional investigation. the oversight committee wants to know about all the weird stuff that doug logan has been doing to the arizona ballots, like shining ultraviolet light on them, or searching for a bamboo content in the ballots, because there's a conspiracy theory that the ballots were mailed in from asia. and they were overseen by joe gun and his own social media posts about it being rigged against donald trump and trump must have gotten 2

the whole arizona audit circus was meant to last a few weeks, we are now four months. in the senators say that the new batch of subpoenas that -- they're just gonna keep on looking. this thing is gonna go on forever so that donald trump and his allies can keep pointing to it and say proof of all the fraud is coming, it's just around the corner. and it's spreading. in wisconsin, the republican chair of the assembly elections committee is gathering up for her own arizona audit. she doesn't just won a forensic audit, she wants a cyber forensic audit. we don't know what that is but i'm sure that it is much fancier than the regular audit. this is how a wisconsin we republican made a pilgrimage -- this is on top of the investigation initiated by the republican speaker of the wisconsin assembly who wired some ex cops to dig into the 2020 election results for him under the watchful supervision of a republican former wisconsin supreme court justice who became a stop the steal activist after the election. and there's also the audit of ballots in, wisconsin being carried out by a

in arizona and florida they'll be kicking people off the absentee voting list, in arizona, iowa, florida kentucky utah they'll be expanding voter purges, kicking people off the voter rolls entirely. in florida, arkansas, new hampshire in wyoming there is harsher, stricter narrow voter i.d. requirements. and yes, in florida and georgia they're banning water or any food or snacks for anyone in line no matter how long the line gets, no matter how hot it is that the, no matter how old the waiting voter is. 18 different states, 30 different voter restrictions law and counting, those are past, those are laws. and the effort to find a way to stop it, to try to put a floor under voting rights nationwide so no state can restrict voting rights below that nationwide floor to hold them up, that fight still hinges on the for the people act, which has passed the house and it's stuck in the senate, is still stuck in the senate because of uniform republican opposition to it and the hope the republicans are getting in that effort from democratic senator joe manchin. as we've been reporting for the past c

this is the headline from the arizona republic today. quote, arizona representatives andy biggs and paul gosar votes to abandon afghan allies. what follows is a scathing editorial indicting these two congressman for being part of a small group of 16 republicans who voted against an overwhelmingly bipartisan bill to try to expedite the process and forgetting afghan translator to help u.s. forces day safety as america ends its longest war. quote, when the u.s. pulled out of vietnam, there were unfortunate, sometimes tragic repercussions for some of the vietnamese who assisted our troops. the idea of the house bill was to not let that happen again. to appreciate loyalty to. demonstrate empathy. to emphasize humanity. the bill before the most unmistakably and indisputably good. in voting, no, congressman gosar and biggs prove themselves to be unmistakably and indisputably the opposite. gosar and biggs are not the only republicans facing bash slash for voting against helping the translators. the veterans group released this ad targeting two d

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