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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

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

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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

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

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

" 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

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, 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

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

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

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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

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

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joining me now for a reaction to all this, arizona attorney general, mark byrne of h. attorney general, thanks for joining us. this is an outright disaster, can, congrats on the big win. we have a place we can turn in our ballots, are you ready for? it's called a voting location. i know it's crazy, and it's worked for a long time. this is a huge win. explain what it means for the rest of the country where this is happening in other places. >> think you for having me on. it's quite frankly as simple as this, the democratic national committee and other left-wing groups have systematically tried to file lawsuits against the state and simply shortly before elections so they can use their organizations to manipulate the boat. they challenge arizona's limitations on out of precinct voting and about harvesting, they essentially said they were racist, unconstitutional and violated the voting rights act. we had a ten day trial, we defended those statutes, and we won. the ninth circuit overturned that -- i know, i'm going to get a complaint. the lefties are filing bar complaints

of delaware and others aren't so easy in cities like arizona. so there are going to be differences. the supreme court will uphold, i predict, will uphold voter registration, voter identification and maybe even signature verification. they may not uphold some other issues that have had a disparate impact. we are seeing arguments on the extremes. one side is saying the argument was wrong and the other side is saying evidence was stolen. but we could do better. the goal is to maximize the number of eligible voters to actually come out and vote and minimize and maybe make zero the number of ineligible voters on the number of fraudulent and votes.n we can do that and we can do that without racial disparity and illegal actions. let's get back to that goal. the one in the ap, both in 2008 and 2012, the rate of african-american voter participation exceeded that of white americans in those two elections. big jared, your thoughts overall? >> garlands lawsuit against georgia is ludicrous. in fulton county come the double counting of ballots as you outlined

an election audit in maricopa county in arizona is happening. it's also turning up the shocking results. according to the arizona senate president, "companies hired by the legislature to review the election results came up with a different number of ballots then maricopa county officials." tonight we don't know the exact discrepancy, as the audit is now ongoing. but this has to be concerning ag development for everybody that wants integrity and elections. integrity of our elections, confidence in election results, it is paramount to the survival of our great republic. i often cite several measures that all states should adopt. voter identification, signature verification, chain of custody integrity, voter rolls being updated for every election, and most states have statutory language that partisan observers be allowed to watch of the vote count, all political sides, they should watch the count from start to finish. audits and investigations also play an important role, while audits can be painful and they can be expensive and time-consuming, and

here with more, arizona attorney general mark brenda veg who is now running for senate mark kelly. a fox news contributor y newt gingrich. i will start with you attorney general, the supreme court recently upheld arizona rules of, with professional ballots and this was a big win. for the court to finally take it up, it was too little, too late but a big win and it took that to you. >> thank you, sean for having me on. i argued this, the supreme court recognizes that election integrity measures, they are consistent with the constitution butti as the constitution recognizes, time, place and manner, and statutes are. the reality is as you pointed out in the beginning that the left is so hypocritical, we literally just argued another case last week by the democrats challenged our laws on volunteering. there are states like new york, connecticut the northeast's rhetoric is basically about dividing this country, and we all agree the common sense election and integrity measures are good not only for arizona but for america. >> sean: mr. speaker, we are calling this the largest democracies

it is dangerous for texas arizona, and every other state. it is tragic. >> sean: all right, we will take a break. when we come back, we will be joined by the governor in the great state of texas, and also sara carter will bring us an exclusive report from the southern border where migrants literally have been and continue to die taking this perilous journey. governor abbott will be here and much more, more president trump as we continue to south texas. we are glad you were with us. ♪ ♪ take a break. when we come back we will be joined by the governor and the great state of texas and also sara carter will bring us an exclusive report from the southern border with migrants literally have been and continued to die taking this perilous journey. governor abbott will be here and much more, much more president trump as we continue south texas. we are glad you were with us. we are glad you were with us. [swords clashing] - had enough? - no... arthritis. here. new aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength? reduces inflammation? thank the g

mark kelly out in arizona, an important race for the country. more on the democratic party's thirst for power. they once demanded -- and the mantra was that we the american people follow the science. i believe in science, i believe in vaccine science and especially when it comes to covid-19. now democrats have thrown science to the wind despite their own cdc guidelines and numerous studies showing that children face extremely wrote to low risk of getting sick or having convocations or god forbid dying from covid-19. in spite of cdc protocols and recommendations, dr. fauci is now demanding that children as young as 3 -- 3 -- wear masks indefinitely. good luck to your parents that, well, don't have kids as old as mine. take a look. >> the children were not able to get vaccinated because of their age should follow their -- their parents should follow with them -- the guidelines of the cdc that unvaccinated children of a certain age, greater than two years old, should be wearing masks. no doubt about that, that's the way to protect them from getting

in arizona we have been using the drug laws and there is one county prosecutor that have a 100% success rate. by expanding it to trespass and vandalism. that's important.as that expands the crimes you can charge people for instead of just drug crimes. what stopped them before is resources. >> that won't end. charlie, as a newspaperman, this is unique. we always had a border issue. unlike this now because of the numbers, where do you think this is headed? w it doesn't seem as though the biden administration has any interest in stopping it?oe they seem to that want to happen. >> well, of course. you can blame this on no one but the biden administraministratio. you are right it has been a problem for decades. trump made strides to curtail the immediate crisis and joe biden in his first day in office, after 6 months we talk about it but most of the media doesn't talk about it.ac it's easier to forget the fact that joe biden made active decisions on day 1 to undo all of the sensible solution that donald trump put in place to prevent this crisis. stopping 200 people at the border and over hal

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it is dangerous for texas, arizona and every other state. it is tragic. >> sean: all right, we will take a break. when we come back we will be joined by the governor and the great state of texas and also sara carter will bring us an exclusive report from the southern border with migrants literally have been and continued to die taking this perilous journey. governor abbott will be here and much more, much more president trump as we continue south texas. we are glad you were with us. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> sean: all right, the great state of texas at the southern border tonight. thank you for being with us and we are with former president donald trump peered at her conversation with him continues in a few moments. but first sara carter reporting about the crisis at the southern border. and by dense border prices damaging to the country but pref a perilous journey for those crossing and trying to enter this country illegally. watch this. >> jesse come on this road sheriff's deputies at brooks county along with a judge are rec

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arizona ag will update us. jesse watters, he saved the world? apparently. and a video that will make you proud to be an american. how rare that is today. straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sean: we are also learning tonight that covid cases, they are surging in migrant detention centers, the ones that you're building and paying for. look at this, "new york times," ice reported over 7,500 new coronavirus cases in the crowded border camps since april, in other words, joe's cages. but rather than address the growing border crisis of jen psaki circled back says that biden won't get in the way if states try to do another lockdown. another one? i thought -- i thought the vaccine prevented that. here with an update, arizona attorney general, now a senate candidate -- by the way, congratulations, mr. attorney general on running, and congratulations on your lawsuit, now we're talking about more shutdowns in america but i thought the vaccine was supposed to take that fear away. and they're letting him in in the southern border and they're putting in in overcrowded ca

have unchecked illegal immigrants from people who are covid positive being released into texas and arizona and across the country. at the same time, your kids are suffering from these restrictions. we are admitting unlimited numbers of people of all ages including record numbers of alien minors into the country untested and unvaccinated and unmasked. they are spreading covid and a new variant into the country. we have to stand up for science. that means a secure border and understanding that our kids should not bear the brunt of this pandemic. >> sean: yes, thank you both. when we come back our own sara carter an exclusive report out of texas. she encounters a group of very, very sick migrants crossing the border and probably if not for her actions and first responders, i am not sure if some of these people would have made. and governor abbott react to the challenges every day with the border crisis along with the high rate of covid positives at the border with illegal immigrants next. show me the olympics. [ "bugler's dream" playing ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ â™

joining us now with more his house minority whip's police along with arizona congressman andy biggs. thank you so much for joining us tonight. i got to serve with both of these fine gentlemen in united states congress when i was there but i left and steve scalise -- just called him steve, the idea that they are slow walking the hunter biden investigation because there is an election going on, since when does the department of justice do that? that's not what they are supposed to be doing. >> we missed you in the house, jason. good to be with you but as you pointed out, they never gave president trump this opportunity when they were leaking out information that turned out to be false from some of these federal agencies, let alone an investigation that seems to be very credible and ongoing. the real question is since the election is over, what's happened with the investigation? that they pick it back up again? when you look at that question and then the other question which is really alarming is all of these cell phones that both went missing but as we know, some of those cell phones w

you can look at senator sinema of arizona. okay, let's see how this all plays out in the end, if they hold the line and stand by their word. that has yet to be determined, but this is the rest of the party. biden, schumer, pelosi, they all cowered to "the squad." "the squad" is setting the agenda along with bernie sanders. >> you're absolutely right. let's be very, very clear. the progressive wing, "the squad" is running the democratic party. james cargill, schumer, they are taking their marching orders from "the squad" and joe biden is afraid of "the squad." that's what he's doing all of this progressive spending, this critical race theory, and who got hurt the most? african-americans in atlanta lost a lot of money because now sports, baseball, the nba, are now the tools of the progressive left. they are basically in sync and what bothers me the most -- inner monologue, if i was in a court room right now i can convicted joe biden of being a racist. these white liberals have basically turned the entire democratic party over to

personal sacrifice is anyone, former navy seal eli kane who recently launched a campaign for congress in arizona's first district against an incumbent democrat. take a look at this. >> the problem with washington politicians is they have no skin in the game. it's all about them and never about us. i'm not a self-serving politician. my whole life has been about service, family, and community. securing our border, setting up for law enforcement and military, strengthening small businesses, cutting middle-class taxes, protecting the integrity of our elections. it's time for a week, the people, the take our country back. >> sean: with reaction from a congressional candidate eli kane along with nationally syndicated radio host dana loesch. i've known danna a long time, known her family a long time. dana, that is the coolest candidate add i've ever seen because you actually, you are getting the tat "we the people" on your arm at a time, that wasn't fake. >> that's a real tattoo, sean. it's here on me. that's what my campaign is all about and that's why we are running. >> sean: dana, we talked about this

two weeks ago i was in arizona and i met with 100 border sheriffs. plus many border sheriffs and they will tell you about the rise and fennel overdoses and seizures, tell you about the rise in high speed car chases. one border sheriff alone told me he already found 44 dead migrants, why he became president. 44 dead migrants and one count. plus with the lady says is an insult to the men and women on the border who are dealing with this crisis every day. i suggest you -- because she is dead wrong on this issue. we have a crisis of immense proportions that i have never seen in my career. >> tammy: it's a great point, sir. rachel, this is not just theoretical, right? we know there's technical issues going on at the border but you heard that mom. your mom, people watching this are parents, you have people you love, this is about an event that directly impacts the safety and security of american families. this is a real life. what were you thinking with that mom unable to feel safe letting her children even out of the house? >> they actually caught an immi