PBS NewsHour; Wednesday, August 3, 2022, 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT

♪ JUDY: GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, THE VOTES ARE IN. KANSANS PRESERVE ABORTION RIGHTS IN THEIR STATE, WHILE VICTORIES BY CANDIDATES O DENIED THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS PROMPT CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. THEN, AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA, FOLLOWING HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI'S VISIT TO TAIWAN. AND, TOXIC RECKONING. AFTER MUCH POLITICAL WRANGLING, THE U.S. SENATE APPROVES A MEASURE TO GIVE VETERANS EXPOSED TO HARSH CHEMICALS MEDICAL TREATMENT. >> I THINK THAT THE PRIMARY VICTORY IN GETTING THIS BILL PASSED. IT TAKES THE BURDEN OFF THE VETERAN TO PROVING THAT THEY HAVE A DEPLOYMENT-RELATED DISORDER. JUDY: ALL AT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S "PBS NEWSHOUR."

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WE'LL RETURN TO THE FULL PROGRAM AFTER THE LATEST HEADLINES. A SITTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS, REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE JACKIE WALORSKI OF INDIANA, WAS KILLED TODAY IN A CAR CRASH. IT HAPPENED AS THE 5-TERM REPRESENTATIVE WAS TRAVELING IN HER DISTRICT. TWO YOUNG AIDES ALSO DIED IN THE ACCIDENT. WALORSKI WAS SEEN AS A RISING STAR IN GOP RANKS. SHE WAS 58 YEARS OLD. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO HELP WOMEN WHO CROSS STATE LINES FOR ABORTIONS. IT OFFERS BREAKS ON MEDICAID COSTS FOR STATES WHERE ABORTION IS LEGAL, SO THEY CAN ASSIST WOMEN FROM STATES WHERE IT IS NOT. ACTIVISTS HAD URGED MR. BIDEN TO DO EVEN MORE, BUT THE WHITE HOUSE DEFENDED HIS ACTIONS TODAY. >> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT HE'S GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT HE CAN. IT DOESN'T STOP WITH THIS, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND HE CAN'T BE THE ONLY PERSON WORKING ON THIS. THAT'S WHY WE ASKED CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION. STEPHANIE: THE PRESIDENT'S EVENT

TODAY WAS ONCE AGAIN VIRTUAL. HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID FOR A FIFTH DAY, AFTER HIS INFECTION REBOUNDED OVER THE WEEKEND. NANCY PELOSI'S VISIT TO TAIWAN HAS ENDED, BUT THE FALLOUT CONTINUES. THE SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRENTATIVES MET TODAY WITH PRESIDENT TSAI ING-WHEN, BEFORE FLYING TO SOUTH KOREA. IN RESPONSE, CHINA SAID IT'S LAUNCHING MILITARY EXERCISES THIS WEEK ON ALL SIDES OF TAIWAN, WHICH IT CLAIMS AS A RENEGADE PROVINCE. WE'LL RETURN TO THIS LATER IN THE PROGRAM. THE U.S. BEGAN ANNUAL MILITARY DRILLS WITH INDONESIA TODAY, AMID CHINA'S AGGRESSIVE MOVES. AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, AND SINGAPORE ARE ALSO TAKING PART. MORE THAN 5,000 SOLDIERS KICKED OFF 2 WEEKS OF EXERCISES ON INDONESIA'S SUMATRA ISLAND. THIS YEAR'S MANEUVERS ARE THE LARGEST SINCE THEY BEGAN IN 2009. THE FIRST SHIP CARRYING GRAIN FROM UKRAINE, UNDER A WARTIME DEAL WITH RUSSIA, IS NOW EN ROUTE TO LEBANON. THE SHIP WAS INSPECTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OFF ISTANL, TURKEY TODAY, THEN CLEARED TO SAIL ON.

IN KYIV, UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAID HE WANTS MORE SHIPMENTS SOON. >> THANKS TO THE U.N., IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TURKEY, WE HAD A FIRST SHIP GO OUT. IT'S STILL NOTHING, BUT WE HOPE IT'S THE START OF A TREND. IN TOTAL, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS WAR ARE HORRIBLE, NOT ONLY FOR UKRAINE, BUT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD. STEPHANIE: UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAY 17 MORE GRAIN SHIPS ARE WAITING FOR PERMISSION TO SAIL. THE U.S. SENATE OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED THIS EVENING TO ADMIT FINLAND AND SWED TO NATO. IT'S A CRUCIAL STEP IN EXPANDING THE ALLIANCE IN THE FACE OF RUSSIA'S WAR ON UKRAINE. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS THE VOTE SENDS AN IMPORTANT SIGNAL OF THE SUSTAINED BIPARTISAN COMMITMENT NATO IN CONGRESS. ALL 30 NATO MEMBERS HAVE TO APPROVE ANY NEW MEMBERS. AN ILLINOIS MAN PLEADED NOT GUILTY TODAY IN THE SHOOTING MASSACRE AT A FOURTH OF JULY PARADE. ROBERT CREEMO IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 7 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING

DOZENS. HE APPEARED AT A BRIEF HEARING, FACING 117 COUNTS OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, AND OTHER CRIMES. EASTERN KENTUCKY FACED A NEW DANGER TODAY AFTER LAST WEEK'S DEVASTATING FLOODS THAT KILLED 37 PEOPLE. RELIEF WORKERS LABORED IN HEAT INDEXES CLIMBING TO 100 DEGREES, AS CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS CONTINUED. GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR URGED CAUTION IN THE HOT WEATHER, AND HE ALSO WARNED OF THE FLOOD DISASTER'S EMOTIONAL TOLL. >> A LOT OF THE GRIEF THAT WE'VE SUPPRESSED THESE LAST SEVEN DAYS, TRYING TO GET THE MUD OUT AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER WHEN IT RAINED AGAIN, OR IT'S SO HOT, THAT'S GONNA COME TO THE SURFACE. IF YOU NEED HELP, ASK FOR IT. REMEMBER, IT'S OKAY NOT TO BE OKAY. STEPHANIE: WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DISASTER'S AFTERMATH LATER IN THE PROGRAM. CONSPIRACY THEORIST ALEX JONES CONCEDED IN COURT TODAY THAT THE SANDY HOOK ATTACK WAS, QUOTE, "100% REAL," AND IT WAS IRRESPONSIBLE FOR HIM TO CALL THE 2012 MASS SHOOTING A HOAX.

A TEXAS JURY THEN BEGAN DELIBERATIONS ON HOW MUCH THE INFOWARS HOST OWES A FAMILY WHOSE SON WAS KILLED IN THE SHOOTINGS. THE FAMILY'S ATTORNEY REVEALED TODAY THAT THE DEFENSE TEAM INADVERTENTLY SENT HIM TWO YEARS OF JONES' TEXTS AND EMAILS, ONE OF WHICH THE LAWYER SAYS SHOWED JONES' COMPANY MADE $800,000 A DAY. STILL TO COME THE NEWSHOUR, VETERANS RESPOND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DEAL THAT EXPANDS HEALTH BENEFITS FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY TOXIC EXPOSURE. WE REMEMBER THE LEGENDARY VOICE OF THE DODGERS, VIN SCULLY. AND MUCH MORE. ♪ >> THIS IS THE PBS NEWSHOUR FROM W ETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON AND IN THE WEST, FROM THE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. JUDY: VOTERS IN KANSAS TURNED OUT IN RECORD NUMBERS YESTERDAY, AND OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTED A PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE REMOVED THE RIGHT TO AN

ABORTION FROM THE STATE CONSTITUTION AND OPENED THE DOOR TO THE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE PASSING RESTRICTIONS OR AN OUTRIGHT BAN. THE "VOTE NO" SIDE CELEBRATED ITS VICTORY LAST NIGHT. >> I'M SUPER PROUD TO BE FROM KANSAS TONIGHT, AND I FEEL LIKE MY STATE JUST SHOWED U AND BOLDLY TOLD ME THAT THEY GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ME AND MY FEMALE FRIENDS, AND EVERYONE THAT CAN GET PREGNANT IN THE STATE OF KANSAS. WE ARE PROTECTED TONIGHT. JUDY: ALI ROGIN WAS REPORTING FOR US FROM KANSAS IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION, AND HAS BEEN WATCHING THE VOTE. YOU WERE THERE. YOU WERE WATCHING CLOSELY LAST NIGHT. THESE RESULTS WERE A SURPRISE. >> IT WAS A STUNNING DEFEAT FOR THIS AMENDMENT. THE VOTE WAS 59 TO 41 AGAINST. EXPERTS WE SPOKE TO EXPECTED IT TO BE MUCH CLOSER, ALTHOUGH THEY WEREN'T SURE WHICH SIDE WOULD PREVAIL. SO THIS IS A MUCH LARGER MARGIN THAN ANYBODY ANTICIPATED. WHY? ONE BIG REASON IS TURNOUT.

TAKE A LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS. DURING THE LAST PRIMARY IN 2018, JUST OVER 405,000 PEOPLE TURNED OUT. COMPARE THAT WITH THIS VOTE, ABOUT DOUBLE THAT, MORE THAN 900,000 KANSANS. AND IT'S JUST SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE TURNOUT IN THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION, WHICH WAS ABOUT 1.3 MILLION VOTERS. NOW, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, THIS MEANS ORTION REMAINS THE SAME AS IT WAS IN KANSAS BEFORE THE VOTE. THE PROCEDURE IS ALLOWED UP TO 22 WEEKS. BUT THE PRO AMENDMENT SIDE SAYS THIS WAS A TEMPORARY SETBACK, AND THEY SAY THE FIGHT WILL CONTINUE IN KANSAS. JUDY: THESE NUMBERS ARE OFF THE CHARTS FOR AN OFF YEAR. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR NOVEMBER AND THE MIDTERMS? >> IT IS THE START OF A NUMBER OF STATE-BY-STATE VOTES ON THE ABORTION ISSUE THAT WE WILL SEE. TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP. WE KNOW THERE ARE FOUR OTHER

STATES THAT HAVE ALREADY CERTIFIED ABORTION-RELATED HALEP MEASURES FOR NOVEMBER. AND A FIFTH IN MICHIGAN, THEY HAVE COLLECTED ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT. THAT CERTIFICATION WILL LIKELY COME THIS MONTH. OF COURSE, EACH STATE IS UNIQUE, AND WE CAN ONLY EXTRAPOLATE SO MUCH FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN ONE STATE. BUT A COUPLE THINGS ARE CLEAR. NUMBER ONE, KANSAS IS A RELIABLY RED STATE. CONSIDER A PURPLE STATE LIKE MICHIGAN THAT WILL LIKELY BE VOTING ON A MEASURE THAT WOULD ENSHRINE ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION, SORT OF THE MIRROR IMAGE OF THE KANSAS VOTE. IF THE AMENDMENT WAS DEFEATED SO SOUNDLY IN A RED STATE LIKE KANSAS, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BODE WELL FOR ITS PROSPECTS IN A PURPLE STATE LIKE MICHIGAN. AND ONE OTHER THING IS CLEAR. THE ABORTION ISSUE IS DRIVING PEOPLE OUT TO THE POLLS, A THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY POLL THAT CAME OUT TODAY.

A QUARTER OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS NATIONWIDE SAID THEIR NUMBER ONE ISSUE GOING INTO THE MIDTERM SEASON IS ABORTION. JUDY: WE KNEW IT WAS AN ISSUE OF IMPORTANCE AND INTEREST TO MANY, BUT THIS IS DEFINITIVE PROOF THAT THAT IS THE CASE. >> FIRST IN THE COUNTRY AND MORE TO COME. JUDY: THANK YOU. MEANTIME, LAST NIGHT'S ELECTIONS ALSO SHOWCASED THE CONTINUING STRENGTH OF THE SO-CALLED "BIG LIE" IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. CANDIDATES WHO RAN ON THE FALSE CLAIM THAT THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN WON PRIMARIES UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT. AND THEY WON IN TWO OF THE STATES AT THE CENTER OF THAT CONSPIRACY, ARIZONA AND MICHIGAN, SETTING UP STARK CONTESTS FOR GOVERNOR, CONGRESS, AND SECRETARY OF STATE IN NOVEMBER. FOR MORE ON THE RESULTS AND WHAT THEY MEAN, I'M JOINED BY OUR OWN STEPHANIE SY IN PHOENIX. AND JESSICA HUSEMAN, SHE'S THE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR OF VOTEBEAT. HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

STEPHANIE, A LOT OF THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED RACES WERE IN ARIZONA, WHERE YOU ARE BASED. A NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING ON THE FALSE CLAIM THAT THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN. TELL US ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING AND WHAT HAPPENED. STEPHANIE: IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S INFLUENCE ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN ARIZONA, THE RESULTS OF THIS PRIMARY ARE UNMISTAKABLE. ALL FIVE OF THE CANDIDATES OFFICIALLY ENDORSED BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT WON OR ARE WINNING THEIR RACES. ALL FIVE WON TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT BY REPEATING CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION THAT OF COURSE WE KNOW MULTIPLE COURT CASES, AUDITS, AND EVEN A REPUBLICAN-LED PARTISAN REVIEW IN ARIZONA HAVE PROVEN TO BE UNTRUE. FOR THE U.S. SENATE NOMINATION, FOR EXAMPLE, REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS CHOSE POLITICAL NOVICE BLAKE MASTERS AS THEIR CANDIDATE. HE WAS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN IN POLITICS HERE AND WAS BEHIND IN THE POLLS FOR MOST OF THE RACE, UNTIL HE GAINED

TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT EARLIER THIS SUMMER. THAT WAS AFTER HE SAID THAT HE WOULD HAVE OBJECTED TO CERTIFYING THE 2020 ELECTION, IF HE HAD BEEN SENATOR ON JANUARY 6TH. WE ALSO SAW A RESOUNDING VICTORY , YOU MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, FOR THE TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, MARK FINCHEM. FINCHEM, A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, HAS BEEN LINKED TO QANON, AND RECENTLY SAID HE BELIEVES THE DEVIL CONSPIRED TO STEAL THE 2020 ELECTION. FINALLY, WE ARE STILL WATCHING THE GOVERNORS RACE BETWEEN ANOTHER ELECTION DENIER, KARI LAKE, WHO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN STUMPING FOR FOR MONTHS , HE WAS HERE A FEW DAYS AGO STUMPING FOR HER, AND KARRIN TAYLOR ROBSON, WHO WAS ENDORSED BY FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE. WE SHOULD SAY MS. LAKE DECLARED VICTORY TODAY, BUT THAT IS PREMATURE. THE RESULTS ARE STILL NOT IN. IF LAKE WERE TO LOSE THE NOMINATION, SHE HAS SPENT WEEKS SOWING DOUBT INTO THE ELECTION PRESS, A DIRECT PLAY FROM THE TRUMP PLAYBOOK.

JUDY: JESSICA, WE HEARD STEPHANIE MENTION MARK FINCHUM, THE NOMINEE TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE IN ARIZONA. HE IS ONE OF SIX NOMINEES TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO ARE ELECTION DENIERS. HOW IMPORTANT DO WE THINK THAT WILL BE NOT JUST FOR NOVEMBER, BUT FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS? JESSICA: I THINK IT IS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT. IN 2020, A LOT OF THE REASON THE COUNTRY DIDN'T FALL INTO COMPLETE CHAOS IS BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS OF ONE OR TWO INDIVIDUALS, ONE OF WHOM WAS A SECRETARY OF STATE IN GEORGIA. THAT COULD EASILY HAPPEN IN ANOTHER STATE. IT COULD COME DOWN TO THAT STATE AND THAT PERSON CALLING THE SHOTS IN THAT STATE WOULD BE CRUCIAL, NOT ONLY TO THE WELL-BEING OF THAT STATE GOVERNMENT, BUT TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL, TO DEMOCRACY AS A WHOLE.

I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE OVERSTATED HOW IMPORTANT THESE POSITIONS TRULY ARE. JUDY: I WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU, STEPHANIE, BECAUSE WE KNOW ARIZONA IS A PURPLE STATE. IT IS A STATE THAT JOE BIDEN WON IN 2020 BY SOMETHING LIKE 11,000 VOTES. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, THESE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES COULD BE FACING? STEPHANIE: HERE IS WHAT THE TWO CANDIDATES WE KNOW HAVE WON ARE FACING. A CURRENT SECRETARY OF STATE AND AN ASTRONAUT. WHOEVER WINS THE GOP NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR WILL BE UP AGAINST KATIE HOBBS, THE CURRENT SECRETARY OF STATE. HOBBS WAS THE HIGHEST ELECTION OFFICIAL IN 2020 WHEN TRUMP SUPPORTERS PROTESTED EN MASSE CLAIMING FRAUD. SHE WAS UP AGAINST THAT. SHE CERTIFIED THE ELECTION ALONGSIDE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY, WHO HAS BEEN CENTERED BY THE STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY. SHE HAS FACED DEATH THREATS EVER SINCE. SHE TWEETED TODAY SHE IS "READY TO TAKE ON WHICHEVER EXTREME REPUBLICAN IS NOMINATED."

IN THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, A KEY SENATE SEAT HERE THAT MAY DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF POWER HERE, BLAKE MASTERS, WHO WAS A SILICON VALLEY CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR TRUMP ALLY PETER THIEL'S COMPANY WILL FACE DEMOCRAT MARK KELLY, A FORMER ASTRONAUT. KELLY HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE ENDORSEMENT OF NEARLY 50 PROMINENT INDEPEDENTS AND REPUBICANS, INCUDING A FEW REPUBLICAN MAYORS, WHO WERE TURNED OFF BY THE OPTIONS ON THE GOP SIDE. INDEPENDENT VOTERS ARE IMPORTANT IN THE STATE. THEY MET -- MAKEUP ABOUT 30% OF VOTERS HERE. ONE QUESTION IS WHETHER THOSE VOTERS WILL BE PUT OFF BY THESE CANDIDATES' CONSPIRATORIAL VIEWS AND LIKE THEY DID IN 2020, SWING THE OTHER WAY. JUDY: JESSICA, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER STATE WHERE WE SEE THE DIVIDE PLAY OUT IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, MICHIGAN. A STATE JOE BIDEN NARROWLY WON IN 2020. WHAT STANDS OUT ABOUT THESE RACES? JESSICA: I DON'T THINK I WAS

PARTICULARLY SHOCKED I ANY OF THESE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AND MICHIGAN. I WILL SAY THE DYNAMICS AND MICHIGAN ARE INTERESTING BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO WON FOR GOVERNOR FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION HAS BEEN ASKED BUT HAS DODGED SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER SHE BELIEVES THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN. SHE SAID SHE HASN'T GIVEN MUCH MORE DETAIL ON THAT BUT IT IS CONVENIENT FOR EVERY REPUBLICAN IN MICHIGAN THAT THEY HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS ALREADY ON THE TICKET AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, WHO IS VERY FULL THROATED IN HER BELIEF THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN, TIPPING WELL INTO CONSPIRACY, WELL BEYOND NORMAL REPUBLICAN CONCERN ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY. SO IN A LOT OF WAYS, SHE GETS TO BE THE VOICE FOR THOSE QUESTIONS , AND EVERYONE ELSE CAN FALL LINE. JUDY: FINAL QUESTION, ANOTHER WAY WE SEE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S INFLUENCE PLAY OUT HIS

CONGRESSIONAL RACES. THREE OF THE 10 REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED TO IMPEACH HIM WERE ON THE BALLOT. THEY FACED PRIMARY CHALLENGES. WHAT DID WE SEE? JESSICA: IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT FOR DONALD TRUMP LAST NIGHT. LAST NIGHT WE SAW THAT HE HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE A STRANGLEHOLD ON THE PARTY. I DON'T THINK WE ARE GETTING OUT OF THAT ANYTIME SOON. THIS PUTS US IN AN INTERESTING PLACE FOR NOVEMBER, WHERE WE HAVE AN EXTREME CANDIDATE AND A MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD CANDIDATE. WE WILL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT IN NOVEMBER BUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS CERTAINLY STILL VERY MUCH IN TRUMP'S CORNER. JUDY: SO MUCH TO LOOK AT FROM THESE RESULTS FROM LAST NIGHT. THANK YOU BOTH. ♪ JUDY: IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL, AND PERHAPS

CONSEQUENTIAL, VISITS TO TAIWAN IN DECADES. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI HAS NOW LEFT THE SELF-GOVERNING ISLAND, BUT THE FALLOUT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. NICK SCHIFRIN LOOKS AT HER TRIP, AND WHAT COMES NEXT. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -- NICK: IN TAIPEI'S PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE BUILDING TODAY, THE SECOND IN LINE TO THE U.S. PRESIDENCY RECEIVED TAIWAN'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR, AND PRESENTED U.S. SUPPORT, AS PART OF A GLOBAL STRUGGLE. >> TODAY, THE WORLD FACES A CHOICE BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND AUTOCRACY. AMERICA'S DETERMINATION TO PRESERVE DEMOCRACY HERE IN TAIWAN AND AROUND THE WORLD REMAINS IRONCLAD. NICK: SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI'S TRIP TO TAIWAN LASTED 19 HOURS. SHE LED A CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO MEET PRESIDENT TSAI ING-WEN >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENCE. NICK: TAIWANESE LAWMAKERS, IN A SPEECH BROADCAST ON LOCAL TV AND VISITED THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM, WHICH ACKNOWLEDGES TAIWAN'S PAST

HISTORY OF MARTIAL LAW. PELOSI ALSO MET WITH FAMOUS PRO-DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES WHO'VE BEEN JAILED BY BEIJING, AND WHO HELPED LEAD THE 1989 TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTESTS. >> CHINESE POLICE ABRUPTLY A -- CALL TODAY TIANANMEN SQUARE CEREMONY BY THREE MEMBERS OF U.S. CONGRESS TODAY. NICK: HER TRIP CULMINATES MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF CRITICIZING CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS, FROM TIANANMEN SQUARE -- >> THE MASSACRE WAS SHOCKING TO US AS IT IS TO EVERYONE IN THE WORLD. NICK: TIBET -- >> THE SITUATION IN TIBET HAS CHALLENGED THE CONSCIENCE OF THE WORLD. NICK: AND XINJIANG. >> THIS GENOCIDE MUST END NOW. NICK: BUT CHINA CONSIDERS TAIWAN A BREAKAWAY PROVINCE, AND PELOSI'S TRIP, A THREAT TO ITS SOVEREIGNTY. >> WHAT PELOSI HAS DONE IS BY NO MEANS A DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY, BUT A VIOLATION OF CHINA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. THE RELEVANT MEASURES WILL BE STRONG. NICK: THE MEASURES SO FAR, CHINESE NAVAL DRILLS IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT. AND TODAY, FIGHTER JETS CROSSED THE MEDIAN LINE THAT SPLITS THE STRAIT, JUST 80 MILES WIDE AT ITS MOST NARROW. BEIJING VOWS NOW TO HOLD MILITARY EXERCISES IN SIX AREAS AROUND THE ISLAND, INCLUDING

INSIDE TERRITORIAL TAIWANESE WATERS, E LARGEST DRILLS SINCE 1995. TAIWAN CALLS THAT RECKLESS. >> CHINA'S ANNOCEMENT ON ITS DRILLS IS EQUAL TO SEA AND AIR BLOCKADES. IT HAS SEVERELY INFRINGED OUR COUNTRY'S TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY. NICK: TO DISCUSS THE TRIP, I AM JOINED BY BONNIE GLAZIER, DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA PROGRAM AT A THINK TANK, AND THE DIRECTOR OF A CHINA PROGRAM AT A FOREIGN POLICY INSTITUTE. WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. LET ME START WITH YOU. SHOULD SPEAKER PELOSI HAVE GONE TO TAIWAN? >> I THINK SPEAKER PELOSI SHOULD HAVE GONE TO TAIWAN AT ANOTHER TIME. I THINK THE TIMING OF THE VISIT MAKES IT PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE DANGEROUS EVEN. THE CHINESE VIEWED THEIMING OF THE VISIT I THINK AS PROVOCATIVE. THE PROBLEM IS, THIS IS IN THE

RUN-UP TO THE 20TH PARTY CONGRESS, A DAY OR TWO AFTER THE PLA ANNIVERSARY AND LEADERSHIP MEETINGS COMING UP THAT TAKE PLACE EVERY SUMMER. I THINK THERE WAS PRESSURE ON XI JINPING TO DEMONSTRATE STRONG RESOLVE AND WARN THE U.S. AND TAIWAN TO NOT GO FURTHER DOWN THE PATH OF THREATENING CHINESE INTERESTS. NICK: YOU AGREE THE PARTY CONGRESS LATER THIS YEAR ALMOST FORCES XI JINPING TO ESCALATE? >> IT CAN BE ARGUED BOTH WAYS. THE PARTY CONGRESS IS COMING UP AND THAT COULD BE A FACTOR THAT COULD PRESSURE XI JINPING TO ACT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU COULD ARGUE BECAUSE PARTY CONGRESS IS SO CLOSE, ONLY THREE MONTHS LATER, XI JINPING'S TOP PRIORITY IS DOMESTIC STABILITY. SO THEREFORE HE IS NOT GOING TO TAKE FORCEFUL ACT IN TERMS OF THE MILITARY RESPONSE. THE PARTY CONGRESS IS A FACTOR THAT COULD BE ARGUED ON BH SIDES.

NICK: WHY DOES BEIJING SEEM SO UPSET ABOUT THIS TRIP? AND THE TIMING OF IT? BUT ALSO, WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN SAYING, HE HAS REFERRED IN THE LAST YEAR THREE TIMES TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE U.S. WOULD SUPPORT TAIWAN MILITARILY. >> I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS THE PREROGATIVE TO SAY THAT HE WOULD COME TO TAIWAN'S DEFENSE, AND HE BELIEVES THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN DETERRENT AND HE HAS SAID THAT THREE TIMES. WHAT IS MORE PROBLEMATIC FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT THE PRESIDENT REPEATEDLY SAID WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO DO SO. HE IS OF COURSE REFERRING TO THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT FROM 1979, WHICH DOES HAVE SOME OBLIGATIONS THE UNITED STATES HAS PARTICULARLY SUPPLYINGEAPONS TO TAIWAN. BUT THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1970 NINE, WHEN WE BROKE OUR MUTUAL FENSE TREATY WITH TAIWAN, DOESN'T HAVE A COMMITMENT TO COME TO TAIWAN'S DEFENSE. I THINK THAT IN PARTICULAR HAS

BEEN CONFUSING, AND PROBABLY IN CHINA, IT HAS BEEN INTERPRETED WITH SOME CONCERN. NICK: WHAT HASN'T BEEN CONFUSING IS BEIJING'S ANGER AND THE LIVE FIRE DRILLS AND SOME OF THE TRAINING EXERCISES THAT BEIJING HAS LAUNCHED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS IN RESPONSE TO SPEAKER PELOSI'S VISIT. DO YOU SEE THOSE AS AGGRESSIVE? >> ACTUALLY KNOW. I SEE BEIJING'S RESPONSE AS UNDERWHELMING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PUT IT INTO CONTEX OF WHAT THE CHINESE THREATS HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE PELOSI VISIT TO TAIWAN. THE CHINESE THREATENED A NO-FLY ZONE, MISSILE EXERCISES. THEY THREATENED A FORCE -- TO FORCE TAIWAN INTO CRISIS. BUT WE ALSO KNOW NONE OF THOSE PARTICULAR PROVOCATIVE MILITARY ACTIONS WERE TAKEN BEFORE SHE LANDED IN TAIWAN. NOW THAT SHE IS GONE, SHE IS OUT OF TAIWAN AND THE CHINESE ARE PUTTING ON MILITARY EXERCISES,

THEY ARE ANNOUNCING SANCTIONS ON TAIWANESE PRODUCTS AND A BAN ON EXPORTS UNNATURAL SANTA TAIWAN, WHICH MEANS TO MEET THE CHINESE REACTION TO THE PELOSI VISIT HAS BEEN PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON PUNISHING TAIWAN RATHER THAN REACTING TO THE UNITED STATES. NICK: HAS THE RESPONSE BEEN UNDERWHELMING? >> I DO DISAGREE, PARTICULARLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE DECLARED CLOSURE ZONES, WHICH IS WHERE CHINA IS GOING TO FIRE MISSILES. THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO TAIWAN AND IN SOME CASES, THEY OVERLAP WITH TAIWAN'S SEA AND AIRSPACE. THAT IS WITHIN 12 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE ISLAND. WE WILL FIND OUT WHEN THESE MISSILE EXERCISES BEGIN, WHICH IS THURSDAY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE CHINESE PLAN TO FIRE MISSILES IN TAIWAN'S AIRSPACE AND PERHAPS ACTUALLY FLY AIRCRAFT IN THAT AIRSPACE. THE TABLOID GLOBAL TIMES, WHICH IS NOT AUTHORITATIVE BUT

SOMETIMES CORRECT, HAS SAID CHINA WILL FLY ITS AIRCRAFT OVER TAIWAN. ANY OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE EXTREMELY PROVOCATIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THESE CLOSURE ZONES ARE CLOSE TO TAIWAN'S PORTS, CLOSE TO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS. THIS IS CLEARLY A SIGNAL OF CAPABILITY TO BLOCKADE TAIWAN. THAT IS DANGEROUS AND PROVOCATIVE AND ESCALATORY. NICK: HOW DANGEROUS OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS? >> IT COULD GET OUT OF HAND BECAUSE THE CHINESE ARE TRYING TO GAUGE HOW TAIWAN WILL REACT TO SERIOUS MILITARY ACTIVITIES PLANNED BY CHINA. AND WHETHER THE UNITED STATES WILL COME TO TAIWAN'S SUPPORT OR TAIWAN'S RESCUE IN TERMS OF THE CHINESE PLANNED MILITARY EXERCISES. NICK: THE LONGER TERM IMPACT OF SPEAKER PELOSI'S TRIP, NOT ONLY IN BEIJING AND TAIPEI THAT HERE? -- BUT HERE? THE TAIWAN POLICY ACT WOULD INCREASE U.S. MILITARY SUPPORT

TO TAIWAN. >> I THINK THERE IS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN CONGRESS FOR INCREASING MILITARY SUPPORT, PERHAPS PROVIDING FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING FOR TAIWAN. SO ACTUAL RESOURCES, AND SELLING MORE OFFENSIVE WEAPONS GOING FORWARD. MAYBE EVEN DESIGNATING TAIWAN AS AN ALLY. ALL OF THOSE ARE IN THE TAIWAN POLICY ACT. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL PASS BUT IT IS INDICATIVE OF THE GROWING SENSE OF URGENCY IN THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS. I BELIEVE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH THAT THE U.S. HAS TO DO MORE TO DO TYPE -- HELP TAIWAN DEFEND ITSELF. NICK: GROWING SENSE OF URGENCY IN A BIPARTISAN WAY IN WASHINGTON? >> THAT IS OBVIOUS FOR THE CHINESE AS WELL. THEY UNDERSTAND U.S. SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN WILL BETRONGER AS TIME PASSES. THE QUESTION FOR BEIJING IS SHOULD THEY TAKE ACTION NOW IF THEY KNOW THE FUTURE WILL ONLY BE MORE DIFFICULT FOR CHINA TO ACHIEVE THE REUNIFICATION AGENDA?

THE COUNTER ARGUMENT, IF CHINA ACTS NOW, CAN THEY SUCCEED? THAT IS WHERE THE CHINESE MILITARY BECOMES MORE RELUCTANT TO PROVIDE A STRAIGHT ANSWER. SO YES, THE SITUATION IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WHEN WE LOOK DOWN THE ROAD, IT WILL PROBABLY GET MORE TENSE AS INTERACTIONS INCREASE. NICK: THANKS TO YOU BOTH. ♪ NICK: JUDY: TURNING BACK TO DOMESTIC POLITICS. THE QUESTION LOOMING OVER CAPITOL HILL IS WHETHER A HANDSHAKE DEAL WILL HOLD ALLOWING DEMOCRATS TO PASS A 700 PLUS BILLION DOLLAR CHUNK OF THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. LISA IS HERE TO BREAK THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AS LAWMAKERS SCRAMBLE TO COMPLETE THEIR WORK AHEAD OF THE AUGUST RECESS. HELLO TO YOU, BUT FIRST I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE TRAGIC NEWS

TODAY THAT A MEMBER OF CONGRESS HAS BEEN KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT, ALONG WITH TWO OF HER STAFF MEMBERS. YOU HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? YOU'VE KNEW HER SOME. >> THERE IS A STATE OF SHOCK. THE CONGRESSWOMAN WAS A RISING STAR, A STANDOUT MEMBER OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICANONGRESS. SHE WAS INTENSE BUT ALSO KNOWN AS KIND, SOMEONE WHOSE WORD YOU COULD COUNT ON. SHE IN FACT, WHEN LIZ CHENEY WAS SHOWN THE DOOR OUT OF LEADERSHIP, SHE WAS MANY PEOPLE'S FAVORITE CHOICE, PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T LIKE POLICE STUFF ON IT AS MUCH. SHE LIKED TO TALK ABOUT RV MANUFACTURING, BECAUSE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY IN HER DISTRICT. SHOCKING TO LOSE TWO YOUNG STAFFERS LIKE THIS SO A BIG LOSS AND OUR SYMPATHIES TO EVERYONE. JUDY: SUCH A TRAGEDY. THE AGENDA BEFORE CONGRESS, ONLY DAYS TO GO BEFORE THEY ARE

TRYING TO GET OUT FOR THE AUGUST RECESS. WE ARE TALKING HALF $1 TRILLION DEAL IN THE BALANCE. WHAT IS THE HOLDUP? WHAT IS GOING ON? >> A QUICK REMINDER, ONE BIG PORTION OF THIS IS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ASPECTS. THEY WOULD ADDRESS DRUG PRICES, EXTENDING SUBSIDIES. IT WOULD REDUCE THE DEFICIT. DEPENDING ON HOW YOU COUNT, BETWEEN 100 BILLION-$300 BILLION. WHY DO WE HAVE THIS DEAL? SENATOR JOE MANCHIN, YOU CAN SEE HE IS THE KEY VOTE THAT BROUGHT THE DEAL TOGETHER. WHY IS IT HELD UP? ANOTHER KEY SENATOR, SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA. SHE HASN'TOTTEN ON BOARD WITH THIS DEAL. THEY ARE AT ODDS OVER AN IMPORTANT AECT OF THIS BILL. ITOHOW FOOTAGE FROM THE SENATE FLOOR YESTERDAY. AT THE TOP, YOU SEE KYRSTEN SINEMA, CHAING THE PROCEEDING. SENATOR MANCHIN, THEY HAD A LONG TALK YESTERDAY, DIDN'T RESOLVE

THE DIFFERENCES. ANOTHER ISSUE ON TIMING AS THE PARLIAMENTARIAN MUST ALSO OK THAT EVERYTHING IN THE BILL FITS MUSTER FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS. I THINK THE TIMING ON THIS MIGHT GET PUSHED BACK BUT I STILL EXPECT AT LEAST SOME ACTION THIS WEEKEND. JUDY: EXISTED -- INTERESTING. THEY ARE SO OFTEN TOGEER. TH SNAGGED RIGHT NOW, IT IS CARRIED INTEREST AND IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. >> WE MAY COME BACK TO THIS ANOTHER DAY BUT CARRIED INTEREST IS A TAX PROVISION THAT HAS A LOWER TAX RATE ESPECIALLY FOR THE FUND MANAGERS OF THINGS LIKE HEDGE FUNDS. THEY PLAY -- PAY 20% TAX RATES. SENATOR JOE MANCHIN SEES THAT AS A LOOPHOLE. SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA FEELS JUST AS STRONGLY THIS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE CODE AND THEY ARE FIGHTING IT OUT RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK. STILL NO DEAL. JUDY: THE SENATE IS GETTING SOMETHING DONE. WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON IT, THE MEASURE HAVING TO DO WITH

VETERANS. >> AND AMAZING HUGE BILL THAT PASSED YESTERDAY. I WANT TO PLAY SOME SOUND AFTER THAT HAPPENED, JUST AFTER AIRTIME. >> TODAY, FINALLY, AT LONG LAST, AMERICA LIVED UP TO ITS IDEALS BY SAYING TO OUR VETERANS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM BURN PITS, WE HAVE YOUR BACK, FINALLY. >> CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS TO THE SENATE FOR DEMONSTRATING WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING GOOD AND A GOOD CAUSE, THIS PLACE STILL WORKS. >> BIPARTISAN. THAT W A REPUBLICAN AND A DEMOCRAT. ANOTHER BIPARTISAN VOTE HAPPENED ON NATO EXPANSION. THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE SENATE. AS FOR THE PACT ACT, THE PRESIDENT PLANS TO SIGN IT ON MONDAY AND IT WILL TAKE EFFECT, PARTS OF IT, IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. JUDY: A FEW DAYS AGO WE DIDN'T KNOW WOKE WOULD HAPPEN. LISA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND FOR VETERANS, GETTING TO

THIS POINT, WHERE THEY CAN RECEIVE V.A. BENEFITS AFTER BECOMING SICK FROM TOXIC EXPOSURE IN WAR ZONES, HAS BEEN A VERY LONG AND FRUSTRATING ROAD. NICK SCHIFRIN IS BACK NOW WI THIS STORY, PRODUCED BY DAN SAGALYN, THAT TAKES A DEEPER LOOK AT WHAT IS IN THE IMPENDING LAW AND THE HEAVY PRICE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE PAID. NICK: IN DECADES OF WAR, AMERICAN MARES AND SOLDIERS FACED AN ENEMY WILLING TO KILL. >> THAT IS WHAT WE LIVE NEXT TO. NICK: BUT THE FOG OF WAR INCLUDED ACTUAL OKE AND TOXIC FUMES, THAT COULD BE JUST AS DEADLY. >> THERE SHE BURNS, EVERY DAY, TWICE A DAY. NICK: MANY OF THE 3.5 MILLION AMERICANS WHO SERVED IN UNIFORM SINCE 9/11 BREATHED IN FUMES FROM THE GARBAGE THE MILITARY BURNED, EVERYTHING FROM PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES TO STYROFOAM, BATTERIES, PAINT CANS, TIRES, EVEN AMMUNITION. >> WE'VE GOT A BURN PIT DOWN HERE. WANTED TO GET A GOOD SHOT AT IT. NICK: THE TOXIC SMOKE FILLED THE

SKY, AND BASES WHERE SERVICE MEMBERS LIVED. IT'S BELIEVED TO BE ONE REASON WHY VETERANS CONTRACTED HIGHER RATES OF LUNG DISEASE, CANCER, AND OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESSES, INCLUDING JENNIFER HOWARD'S HUSBAND, 44-YEAR-OLD JASON. >> WHEN THEYAME BACK, THEY LKED A BIT ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING WAS ON FIRE. THEY BURNED EVERYTHING. NICK: HOWARD WAS THE SON OF A SOLDIER, WHO BECAME A MARINE AND DEPLOYED TO IRAQ IN 2003 AND 2004. HE WAS ALWAYS FIT AND HEALTHY, AND LOVED TO RUN MARATHONS. BUT HE TOOK THESE PHOTOS OF BURN PITS IN IRAQ, AND JENNIFER BLAMES THAT TOXIC SMOKE FOR HIS 2018 DIAGNOSIS OF GLIOBLASTOMA, AN AGGRESSIVE BRAIN CANCER THAT USUALLY OCCURS IN MUCH OLDER ADULTS. >> I HAVE OTHER TYPES OF PIZZA, TOO. NICK: SHE SAYS THE V.A. RESISTED PROVIDING BENEFITS, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PROOF HE GOT SICK BECAUSE OF HIS SERVICE. >> I HAVE FILLED OUT MORE FORMS, AND RESUBMITTED THE SAME FORM MORE TIMES, THAN I HAVE TIME FOR. BY THE TIME I FINALLY GOT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER AND SUBMITTED

AGAIN, HIS BODY WAS GIVING OUT FROM TREATMENTS. NICK: WE FILMED THIS INTERVIEW IN APRIL 2021, WHEN JASON WAS 44. THREE WEEKS LATER, HE DIED. THEY HAD BEEN MARRIED 19 YEARS. JENNIFER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS. WE SPOKE AGAIN ABOUT THE NEW LEGISLATION. >> I WOULD HOPE NOW, PEOPLE CAN GET THE SUPPORT AND THE SERVICES RIGHT AWAY, SO THAT THEY CAN GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED, GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED, AND ENJOY THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE, INSTEAD OF SPENDING IT FIGHTING. NICK: THE PROMISE TO ADDRESS COMPREHENSIVE TOXICS ACT, OR PACT, DECLARES THAT VETERANS' ASTHMA, CANCERS, OR EMPHYSEMA, OR OTHER SPECIFIED DISEASES, "SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN INCURRED IN OR AGGRAVATED DURING ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THERE IS NO RECORD OF EVIDENCE OF SUCH DISEASE DURING THE PERIOD OF SUCH SERVICE." >> AND HERE WE HAVE OUR OWN

VERSION OF HELL. NICK: THE LEGISLATION REVERSES DECADES OF V.A. POLICY FORCING VETERANS TO PROVE TOXIC EXPOSURE DIRECTLY CAUSED THEIR SICKNESS, SOMETHING FAMILIES FOUND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO VERIFY. BEFORE JASON DIED, HOW MUCH DID YOU HAVE TO FIGHT? >> A LOT, FOR A LONG TIME TIME THAT I WISH I COULD HAVE SPENT JUST BEING WITH HIM, AND NOT FIGHTING. OKAY. SORRY. NICK: WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? >> I JUST MISS HIM. SORRY. I'M SORRY. JUST GIVE ME, JUST A SECOND. >> I THINK THAT THE PRIMARY VICTORY IN GETTING THIS BILL PASSED, IT TAKES THE BURDEN OFF THE VETERAN OF PROVING THAT THEY HAVE A DEPYMENT RELATED

DISORDER. NICK: DR. ROBERT MILLER IS A PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. IN 2004, HE STARTED SEEING SOLDIERS WITH SERIOUS BREATHING DIFFICULTIES. AFTER LUNG BIOPSIES, MILLER DISCOVERED THEY HAD CONSTRICTIVE BRONCHIOLITIS, A RARE LUNG DISEASE WHERE SMALL AIRWAYS ARE DESTROYED, AND IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT. >> HAVING THAT BIOPSY IS A MATTER OF PEACE OF MIND, THAT, NOW I KNOW WHY I'M SHORT OF BREATH. NICK: HE ATTENDED EVENTS ON CAPITOL HILL, AND MET WITH CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS, VETERAN ACTIVISTS, AND COMEDIAN JON STEWART, TO LOBBY CONGRESS TO CHANGE THE LAW SO VETENS COULD RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. >> THE DOD AND V.A. ACTUALLY ACTIVELY WORKED AGAINST DEPLOYERS IN MANY CASES, AND AS A RESULT OF THIS BILL, THERE ARE 23 NEW CONDITIONS THAT ARE NOW CONSIDERED PRESUMPTIVELY RELATED TO DEPLOYMENT. NICK: THE NEW LAW ALSO COVERS VETERANS EXPOSED TO OIL WELL FIRES IN IRAQ DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM IN THE EARLY 1990S,

TO AGENT ORANGE IN VIETNAM, AND TO THE CRASH SITES OF NUCLEAR ARMED B-52 BOMBERS IN GREENLAND, SPAIN, AND IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS IN THE 1960S AND 1970S. AND THE NEW LEGISLATION EXPANDS THE TIME VETERANS CAN TAKE TO ENROLL IN V.A. HEALTH CARE, FROM 5 TO 10 YEARS AFTER THEY'RE DISCHARGED >> THEY'RE LOOKING FOR RECOGNITION OF WHAT'S GOING ON. NICK: CYNTHIA AMAN IS ONE OF THE VETERANS WHO WORKED TO CONVINCE CONGRESS. THE NEWSHOUR FIRST MET HER IN 2015. HER MISSOURI NATIONAL GUARD POLICE COMPANY DEPLOYED TO KUWAIT AND IRAQ IN 2003. >> HERE IT COMES. NICK: SHE AND OTHERS LIVED THROUGH MASSIVE SANDSTORMS, AND TOXIC POLLUTION. WHEN SHE GOT BACK, SHE STRUGGLED TO BREATHE, BUT SHE SAYS AT FIRST, THE V.A. TOLD HER THE PROBLEM WAS IN HER MIND. >> WHEN I FIRST STARTING GOING TO THE V.A. AND EXPLAINING MY SYMPTOMS, AUTOMATICALLY, THEY WERE TELLING ME IT WAS ANXIETY. I WAS JUSTYPERVENTILATING. THEY TRIED TO PUT ME ON ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS, DIFFERENT MOOD STABILIZERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND I WAS TELLING THEM, NO. MY SHORTNESS OF BREATH, IT'S

SOMETHING PHYSICAL, I KNOW IT IS. I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW EXCITED I AM, AND HAPPY THAT WE FINALLY GOT TO THIS POINT. NICK: WE TALKED TO HER AGAIN AS THE LEGISLATION WAS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH CONGRESS. >> WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OTHER VETERANS WHO PRESENT WITH THESE SYMPTOMS, IT BASICALLY IS, IF YOU WERE THERE IN THOSE AREAS AND YOU'RE PRESENTING WITH THESE SYMPTOMS, WEUTOMATICALLY HAVE TO GRANT YOU COMPENSATION. THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, GOING TO A MILLION DOCTORS, HAVING A MILLION TESTS, HAVING A LUNG BIOPSY. IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS FOR A CHANGE. NICK: HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? >> NOT SUPER WELL. SORRY. I JUST HAD SOME TESTS, AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SOME DECLINE YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BREATHE. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO DO THINGS, BUT I JUST DO IT ANYWAY. I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING I HAVE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN TO FIGHT FOR. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A WONDERFUL FIANCEE. I HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE. LIFE HAS GIVEN ME SO MANY AMAZING THINGS. SO JUST KEEP

FIGHTING. NICK: OTHER VETERANS' FIGHTS ALSO CONTINUE, DESPITE THE BILL. >> EVERYTHING I'VE READ SO FAR, IT IS GOING TO HAVE NO IMPACT ON ME AT ALL. NICK: JAMES RAINES HAD A 25 YEAR CAREER IN THE ARMY AND ARMY RESERVES. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CONSTRICTIVE BRONCHIOLITIS, AND THE V.A. ACKNOWLEDGED HIS SERVICE CAUSED HIS ILLNESS. BUT HE TOOK A PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST LIKE THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT COULDN'T DETECT HIS INJURY. AND WHEN HE SCORED WELL, THE V.A. DENIED HIM DISABILITY COMPENSATION. THE PACT ACT DOESN'T FIX THAT. >> THE ISSUE COMES IN IS, WHENEVER YOU START EXERCISING YOURSELF, OR WHEN YOU GET UNDER PHYSICAL STRESS OR AEROBIC STRESS, THAT'S WHEN THE RESTRICTIVE BRONCHIOLITIS KICKS IN, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE THE LIMITATIONS. RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE V.A. HAS NO METHOD FOR ACTUALLY DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF INJURY. NICK: VETERAN AFFAIRS SECRETARY DENIS MCDONOUGH ACKNOWLEDGED THAT PROBLEM. >> I KNOW THIS IS A GREAT FRUSTRATION FOR VETERANS GOING BACK GENERATIONS, AND WHAT WE -- MY GUESS IS WE DON'T ALWAYS

GET THAT PRECISELY CORRECT. NICK: AFTER DECADES OF FIGHTING, THE NEW LAW HELPS VETERANS WIN A BATTLE. BUT FOR MANY, A WAR GOES ON. AND MANY HAVE BEEN LOST ALONG THE WAY. FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M NICK SCHIFRIN. ♪ JUDY: RESIDENTS IN KENTUCKY ARE BEGINNING TO CLEAN UP THE DAMAGE AND DEBRIS FROM THE FLASH FLOODS THAT SUBMERGED ME THAN A DOZEN COUNTIES IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE AND PARTS OF APPALACHIA. JOHN YANG HAS AN UPDATE ON THE RELIEF AND RECOVERY EFFORTS. >> MORE THAN 400 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ARE DEPLOYED ACROSS THE REGION TO HELP RESIDENTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE DISPLACED, THEIR HOMES RUINED AND THEY ARE FACING HUGE CHALLENGES. THOSE CHALLENGES INCLUDE TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS

INVOLVED. MISTY THOMAS IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY CHAPTER. SHE JOINS US FROM LEXINGTON. YOU WERE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. WE HAVE SEEN THE PICTURES ON TV AND IN NEWSPAPERS BUT YOU WERE THERE. WHAT IS THE SENSE YOU GET BY BEING THERE, THAT PICTURES DON'T NECESSARILY TRANSMIT OR GIVE THE REST OF US? >> IT IS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO THE ACTUAL IMPACTED AREAS. THERE IS A REAL TANGIBLE FEELING OF SORROW THAT YOU TAKE ON. AND THE PEOPLE ARE CARRYING IT ON THEIR FACES AND AS THEY ARE WORKING TO CLEAN UP THEIR HOUSES AND JUST WORKING TO MOVE FORWARD IN RECOVERY. YOU CAN FEEL THE SORROW. BUT IT IS INTERESTING IN TH DISASTER, ONE OF THE COMMON THEMES I AM HEARING FROM OUR RED CROSS PEOPLE IS HOW MUCH COMPASSION AND LOVE THEY ARE

SHOWING EACH OTHER, A HOW MUCH THEY ARE SHOWING UP FOR EACH OTHER. IT HAS BEEN HEARTWARMING AND SORROWFUL AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU ARE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. >> IN TERMS OF YOUR ON THE GROUND RESPONSE RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS THE GREATEST NEED YOU ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS AND WHAT ARE THE GREATEST CHALLENGES TO ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS? >> L RESPONSE AS THE RED CROSS IS WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING SAFE SHELTER. WE SAW 470 PEOPLE COME TO SHELTERS LAST NIGHT. WE HAVE ALMOST 300 VOLUNTEER RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS ON THE GROUND. WE ARE PROVIDING THE SHELTER COMPONENT AND MAKING SURE WE ARE WE ARE FEEDING. THE COMMUNITY IS BRINGING IN DONATIONS SO SHELTERS ARE ACTING AS DISTRIBUTION POINTS. AS THE RED CROSS, WE HAVE TRAINED VOLUNTEERS FOR HEALTH SERVICES SO WE ARE MAKING SURE IF ANY OF THOSE IMPACTED HAVE EVACUATED THEIR HOMES SO QUICKLY THEY LEFT MEDICAL DEVICES,

MEDICINES, EYEGLASSES, DENTURES, WE ARE ASSESSING THOSE NEEDS AND HELPING FILL THOSE NEEDS. WE OFFER MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CARE AS WELL THROUGH OUR TRAINED VOLUNTEERS, AND WE WANT TO BE THE COMFORT AND CARE THEY CAN LEAN ON IN THIS TIME. AS FAR AS GREATEST NEEDS, THOSE ARE THE GREATEST NEEDS. >> A NUMBER OF BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT BY THE FLOODING. ARE THERE HOUSES AND AREAS, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE INACCESSIBLE, THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO YOUR CENTERS? >> YES. I DROVE THROUGH THE DAY -- AREA TODAY AND THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING YOU CAN'T GET TO IT. AS I DROVE THROUGH THERE TODAY, THE HARDEST THING I HAVE SEEN SO FAR, I SAW TODAY. THE GUARD RAILS ON THE ROADS WERE ACTING AS A STRAINER FOR THE WATER. IT WAS CATCHING THE DEBRIS. I REALIZED WHAT I'M SEEING IS THE ROOF OF A HOUSE, AND ENTIRE HOUSE COLLAPSED AND FORCED INTO

THE GUARD RAIL. IT TAKES YOUR BREATH WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT IS SOMEONE'S ENTIRE , EVERYTHING THEY OWN IS RIGHT THERE IN THE GUARDRAIL. WE SAW THAT MULTIPLE TIMES DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. SO THERE ARE REPORTS I HAVE BEEN GIVEN PERSONALLY OF TERRAIN THAT HAS BEEN WASHED OUT, INACCESSIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS. I EXPERIENCED ROUGH TERRAIN TODAY GETTING TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN HAZARD, KENTUCKY. THE TOPOGRAPHY HAS BEEN AFFECTED GREATLY AND THERE ARE MANY INACCESSIBLE ROADS. >> EASTERN KENTUCKY IS COAL COUNTRY, A VERY HARDSCRABBLE LIFE THERE. EVEN IN THE BEST OF TIMES, A HARD TIME. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SORROW, THE HARDSHIP UPON HARDSHIP IN THE AREA. WHAT IS IT LIKE? >> WHAT I EXPECTED WAS THAT HARD-HIT, HEAVY HEARTED SORROW. END IT IS THERE, BUT WHAT I WAS REFRESD ABOUT WAS HOW COMPASSIONATE AND HOW RESILIENT

THEY ARE. EVERY PERSON I HAVE SPOKEN TO, EVEN MY RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS, I VOLUNTEERED -- I DEPLOYED THE MANY TIMES AND THEY SAID I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A DISASTER WHERE THE COMMUNITY COMES IN AND CHECKS IN ON THEIR OWN PEOPLE DAILY. THEY SAID, THEY LOVE EACH OTHER HERE. THEY ARE VERY COMPASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR RECOVERY. THEY REALLY LOCK ARMS AND THEY ARE WALKING FORWARD VERY RESILIENT, VERY COMPASSIONATE. IT IS SURPRISING TO ME BECAUSE EVEN IN THE WORST OF TIMES, THERE IS STILL A SENSE OF PRIDE AND JOY THAT THEY HAVE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, AND FOR EACH OTHER. IT IS TOUCHING. >> MISTY THOMAS OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, WE WISH YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY ALL THE BEST. >> THANK YOU. ♪ JUDY: FINALLY TONIGHT, REMEMBERING A LEGENDARY SPORTS

BROADCASTER. THE BASE ALL WORLD IS -- BASEBALL WORLD IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF VIN SCULLY, WHO DIED AT 94. HE CALLED GAMES FOR THE DODGERS FOR 67 YEARS IN LOS ANGELES AND WHERE THE TEAM WAS ORIGINALLY, BROOKLYN, THE LONGEST TENURE OF ANY BROADCASTER WITH PROFESSIONAL TEAM. MANY IN AND OUT OF SPORTS SAID HE WAS THE BEST THERE EVER WAS. LOS ANGELES MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI SAID HIS DEATH IS THE END OF A CHAPTER OF OUR CITY'S HISTORY. FORMER DODGERS STEVE GARVEY ROAD, LOS ANGELES HAS HAD ONE CLEAR SOUND AND THAT WAS THE VOICE OF VIN SCULLY. IN 2009, JEFFREY BROWN SPENT A DAY WITH SCULLY AT DODGER STADIUM. WE HAVE A NECK CERT FROM THAT STORY THAT BRINGS US THE MAN, HIS WORK AND HIS LOVE OF THE GAME. >> IT'S TIME FOR DODGER BASEBALL . VOICE THAT

GENERATIONS OF FANS HAVE GROWN UP WITH, SAVORED, LOVED. >> GROUND BALL THE THIRD. BACK HANDED BY BLAKE. THAT ENDS THE INNING. >> IN LOS ANGELES BUT ALSO INCREDIBLY GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO BROOKLYN IN THE 1950'S. >> THE PITCH IS BALL ONE. ADMITTEDLY, THERE ARE DAYS WHEN YOU THINK, I WOULD RATHER SIT UNDER A TREE AND READ A BOOK THAN GO TO THE BALLPARK. WHAT IS GREAT IS, YOU COME TO THE PARK, YOU DO THE ROUTINE STUFF AND THE CROWD COMES IN AND THE TEAM TAKES THE FIELD AND THE CROWD ROARS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU ARE DELIGHTED AS A KID IN A CANDY SHOP. >> IN AN AGE WHEN THE BROADCAST BOOTH WAS CRAMMED WITH TWO OR THREE ANNOUNCERS, SCULLY PREFERS TO WORK ALONE. >> THE COUNTY'S 0-1. >>'S MASTERY OF LANGUAGE AND

LONGEVITY HAVE MADE HIM LEGEND IN SPORTS CIRCLES. BEGAN WITH LESSONS IN ATTITUDE FROM HIS MENTOR, RED BARBER, ANOTHER BROADCASTING GREAT TO GAVE SCULLY HIS BIG BREAK AND BROUGHT HIM INTO THE BOOTH IN BROOKLYN. >> ONE OF MY MANY JOBS AS THE JUNIOR PARTNER IN THE BROADCASTING FIRM WOULD BE TO GET THE LINEUPS EVERY DAY. LET'S SAY ONE DAY I BROUGHT UP A LINEUP WHERE SMITH WAS HITTING IN FRONT OF ROUND. THE NEXT DAY I BROUGHT A LINEUP UP AND BROWN WAS HITTING IN FRONT OF SMITH. RED WOULD ASK WHY. THE FIRST TIME HE ASKED WHY, I DIDN'T KNOW. HOWEVER, AFTER THAT I KNEW. THAT WAS PART OF RED, BE THERE EARLY AND BE VERY WELL PREPARED AND THEN YOU ARE READY TO GO ON THE AIR. >> WHO WERE -- YOU ARE YOU TALKING TO WHEN YOU DO THE GAME? YOU STILL DO WITH THE LOAN. -- DO IT ALONE. >> I HAVE TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, IT IS NOT AN EGO

THING. THIS GOES BACK TO BROOKLYN, WHERE RED'S PHILOSOPHY WAS, IF I WANT TO SELL YOU A CAR, IS IT BETTER FOR ME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE MERITS OF THE CAR OR TALK TO SO AND SO AND HAVE YOU LISTEN TO OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MERITS OF THE CAR? HE ALWAYS FELT IT WAS BETTER TO TALK ONE-ON-ONE, SO WHAT I'M DOING, I'M TALKING TO THE LISTENER AND I WILL TALK. I WILL SAY, I FORGOT TO TELL YOU. BECAUSE I DON'T WHAT THE MICROPHONE TO BE IN THE WAY. I WANT THEM TO KNOW I AM SITTING NEXT TO THEM IN THE BALLPARK TALKING. YANKEE STADIUM SHIVERING IN ITS CONCRETE FOUNDATION. >> HE CALLED THE ONLY WORLD SERIES PERFECT GAME, DON LARSON'S GEM IN 1956. >> GOT HIM. I PERFECT GAME BY DON LARSON. >> NINE YEARS LATER, HE WAS

THERE FOR SANDY KOUFAX'S PERFECT GAME. >> HERE IS THE PITCH. SWUNG ON AND MISSED. A PERFECT GAME. HI FLY BALL INTO RIGHT FIELD. SHE IS GONE. IN A YEAR THAT HAS BEEN SO IMPROBABLE, THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED. >> THEN THERE WAS THE FAMOUS 1988 WORLD SERIES WALKOFF HOME RUN BY A HOBBLED KIRK GIBSON. THAT CROWD NOISE AND THE SILENCE FROM THE BROADCAST BOOTH IS ANOTHER SCULLY TRADEMARK. >> WHEN I WAS VERY SMALL, MAYBE EIGHT YEARS OLD, WE HAD A BIG RADIO THAT STOOD ON FOUR LEGS AND HAD A CROSS PIECE UNDERNEATH IT. I USED TO TAKE A PILLOW AND CRAWL UNDER THE RADIO AND I WOULD LISTEN TO A GAME THAT MEANT NOTHING TO A KID GROWING UP IN NEW YORK. IT MIGHT TENNESSEE, ALABAMA. BUT WHEN SOMEONE SCORED A TOUCHDOWN AND THE CROWD ROARED,

THAT CROWD NOISE WOULD COME OUT OF THE SPEAKER LIKE WATER OUT OF THE SHOWER HEAD AND IT WOULD COVER ME WITH GOOSEBUMPS. I USED TO THINK, I WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE, TO FEEL THE RURAL OF THE CROWD. IT HAS NEVER LEFT ME TO THIS DAY. WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, I LOVE TO SHUT UP AND HEAR THE CROWD. >> YOU STILL ENJOY IT? >> I LOVE IT, BECAUSE WHEN THERE IS A GREAT PLAY ON THE FIELD AND THE CROWD ROARS, I STILL GET GOOSEBUMPS. I'M STILL THAT LITTLE KID UND THE RADIO. BASES-LOADED, ONE OUT. A DRIVE TO LEFT FIELD, DOWN THE LINE, IT IS GONE. GRAND SLAM HOMERUN. JUDY: WHAT A LIFE. VIN SCULLY DIED AT HIS HOME IN CALIFORNIA'S SAN FERNANDO VALLEY ON TUESDAY. DURING HIS CAREER, HE CALLED 25 WORLD SERIES, A DOZEN ALL-STAR GAMES, THREE PERFECT GAMES, MEANING NO ONE GETS ON BASE, AND 18 NO HITTERS.

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