PBS NewsHour; September 4, 2021, 5:30pm-6:00pm PDT

- Captioning sponsored by WNET - Sreenivasan: ON THIS EDITION - FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4: - THE DEATH TOLL RISES, AND - LOSS OF POWER AND FUEL SHORTAGES - PERSIST, IN THE AFTERMATH OF - HURRICANE IDA. - >> Reporter: SO, BASICALLY, THE - BEACH THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT - RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF MANMADE? - >> OH,EAH. - YEAH, YEAH. - >> Reporter: WE ONLY HAVE A - BEACH HERE BECAUSE YOU GUYS - BASICALLY JUST PILED UP SAND. - >> CORRECT, CORRECT. - >> Sreenivasan: AND, IN OUR - "PERIL AND PROMISE" SERIES, A - LAKESHORE COMMUNITY IN INDIANA - FACES ERODING SHORELINES. - NEXT, ON PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND. - >> PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND IS MADE - POSSIBLE BY: - SUE AND EDGAR WACHENHEIM III. - BERNARD AND DENISE SCHWARTZ. - THE CHERYL AND PHILIP MILSTEIN - FAMILY. - THE SYLVIA A. AND SIMON B. - THE ANDERSON FAMILY FUND. - THE ESTATE OF WORTHINGTON

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- AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR - PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE - YOU. - THANK YOU. - >> Sreenivasan: GOOD EVENING, - AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. - THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING AND - RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE IDA - CONTINUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY - TODAY, AS THE DEATH TOLL ROSE - AGAIN. - THE STORM BROUGHT INTENSE RAIN - AND FLOODING TO THE NORTHEASTERN - STATES OF NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, - PENNSYLVANIA, AND CONNECTICUT, - KILLING AT LEAST 49 PEOPLE. - IN NEW JERSEY ON WEDNESDAY - NIGHT, FLASH FLOODING - OVERWHELMED ROADS AND BASEMENTS, - KILLING AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE. - MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED WERE - IN THEIR VEHICLES WHEN THEY WERE - SWEPT UP IN THE WATER. - GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY SAID - YESTERDAY THAT SIX PEOPLE WERE - STILL MISSING. - IN NEW YORK CITY, AT LEAST TEN - OF 13 FLOOD VICTIMS WERE TRAPPED - IN WHAT CITY OFFICIALS SAID WERE - ILLEGALLY CONVERTED BASEMENT - APARTMENTS. - PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS EXPECTED - TO VISIT NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK - ON TSDAY. - IN LOUISIANA, SIX DAYS AFTER - HURRICANE IDA MADE LANDFALL, - THE UTILITY COMPANY ENTERGY IS

- STILL WORKING TO RTORE POWER - TO AT LEAST 700,000 CUSTOMERS, - INCLUDING IN THE CITY OF - NEW ORLEANS. - LAST NIGHT, THE CITY'SAYOR - SAID ENTERGY EXPECTS MOST - POWER OUTAGES TO BE RESTORED - BY WEDNESDAY. - >> TO THOSE RESIDENTS WHO DID - EVACUATE AND AS THEY SEE POWER - RESTORED, WE ARE SAYING YOU CAN - COME HOME. - >> Sreenivasan: AT THE HEIGHT OF - THE STORM, NEARLY ONE MILLION - PEOPLE WERE WITHT POWER. - >> Sreenivasan: FOR AN UPDATE - ON THE RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER - HURRICANE IDA'S DEVASTATION IN - LOUISIANA, NEWSHOUR COMMUNITIES - CORRESPONDENT ROBY CHAVEZ JOINED - US FROM NEW ORLEANS EARLIER - TODAY. - ROBY, LAST TIME WE SPOKE WITH - YOU, YOU WERE PREPARING FOR IDA, - AND HERE YOU ARE NOW IN THE - AFTERMATH. - WHAT'S THE LAST FEW DAYS BEEN - LIKE? - >> LOOK, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK. - NO POWER, NO WATER, NO FOOD. - IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY TOUGH FOR A - LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OUR - FOLKS WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOMES - AND LOW INCOME. - PRESIDENT BIDEN CAME TO TOWN

- YESTERDAY. - THAT BROUGHT SOME SMILES TO - FOLKS. - AND HE DID WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES: - HE WAS A CONSOLER IN CHIEF. - HE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS ON THE - GROUND, HANDHOLDING WITH FOLKS, - LISTENING TO THEM. - HE ALSO BROUGHT SOME GOOD NEWS. - HE TOLD THEM THAT FEMA WAS GOING - TO PAY FOR THEIR HOTELS IF THEY - HAD TO GO OUT OF TOWN. - HE ALSO GAVE A WARNING TO - INSURANCE COMPANIES, SAYING - "DON'T HIDE BEHIND THE FINE - PRINT, JUST PAY OFF THOSE CLAIMS - AS THEY COME." - ALSO BROUGHT RELIEF TO THE - 20,000 LINEMEN THAT ARE IN TOWN - TRYING TO FIX THE POWER HERE IN - SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. - THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING IN HOTELS - WITHOUT WATER AND WITHOUT - ELECTRICITY. - SO, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEM UP - NOW IN A CRUISE SHIP, AND SET UP - OTHER SHELTERS. - AND SO, THAT IMPORTANT WORK CAN - CONTINUE. - >> Sreenivasan: ROBY, WHERE ARE - YOU JOINING US FROM? - WHAT'S BEHIND YOU, THERE? - >> WHAT WE'RE IN THE GREATER - NEW ORLEANS AREA, AND THIS IS A - STRIP MALL, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME - OF THE DESTRUCTION HERE. - IT LITERALLY RIPPED THE WHOLE - SIDE OF THIS BUILDING DOWN. - WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THAT KIND - OF DESTRUCTION-- THOUSANDS OF - POWER POLES DOWN ON TOP OF - HOMES, SOME OF THESE 300-YEAR- - OLD TREES DOWN.

- AND SO THERE'S A LOT TO BE - CLEARED OUT OF THE ROADS, WHICH - IS MAKING IT CHALLENGING FOR - SOME OF THE WORKERS WHO ARE - WORKING ON RESTORING THE POWER. - >> Sreenivasan: WHAT'S THE FUEL - SITUATION LIKE? - I MEAN, GETTING THESE POWER - LINES UP MEANS THAT THERE HAVE - TO BE GENERATORS IN THE INTERIM, - OR EVEN HOW THESE LINE TRUCKS - CAN GET TO THE PLACES THAT THEY - NEED TO GET TO. - >> YEAH, THAT IS PROBABLY THE - MOST DIFFICULT SITUATION RIGHT - NOW, WITHOUT POWER, IS TO KIND - OF GET FUEL IN THIS AREA. - YOU KNOW, THERWERE, SOME - SIX OF THE 16 REFINERIES WENT - DOWN DURING THE STORM, AND - THAT'S CAUSING A HUGE SHORTAGE. - GASBUDDY DID A CALCULATION JUST - HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. - SOME 67% OF THE GAS STATIONS ARE - SHUT DOWN. - AND AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, FOLKS - ARE WAKING UP VERY EARLY IN THE - MORNING STAND IN THESE LINES. - IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY HOT. - THREE OR FOUR DAYS OF HEAT - ADVISORIES, FEELING LIKE 105 - DEGREES. - TEMPERS HAVE FLARED.

- THERE HAVE BEEN FIGHTS AT - GAS STATIONS. - WE'VE EVEN HAD ONE SHOOTING, - WHERE A PERSON WAS KILLED. - WE'RE HOPING BY MID-NEXT WEEK, - A LOT OF THE POWER WILL COME - BACK ON. - THAT SHOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF - THE PROBLEMS. - >> Sreenivasan: HAVE PEOPLE WHO - HAD AN OPTION TO LEAVE, LEFT, - CONSIDERING THAT, YOU POINT - OUT, SOUTHERN LOUISIANA IN THE - MIDDLE OF SUMMER CAN ALREADY BE - HOT AND STICKY, BUT ESPECIALLY - BAD WITHOUT ANY AIR CONDITIONING - OR POWER FOR IT? - >> YOU KNOW, THE BIG CONCERN IS - THE ELDERLY AND THOSE FOLKS ON - FIXED INCOMES AND LOW INCOMES. - THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY - TO GO. - SO, THAT FEMA SUPPORT WILL - CERTAINLY HELP FOLKS KIND OF - GET THROUGH THIS TRANSITION - PERIOD UNTIL THE WATER IS ON AND - THE POWER IS ON. - YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME SENIORS - IN HIGH RISES HERE IN NEW - ORLEANS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING - AND WITHOUT WATER. - THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD TO GO - IN AND HELP THEM OUT. - SO, IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH - TIME. - WE EXPECT THAT NEW ORLEANS AREA - WILL GET POWER ON VERY SHORTLY. - BUT WE'RE ALONG THE COAST IN - SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, LAFOURCHE,

- TERREBONNE, AND GRAND ISLE, SOME - 62% OF THE HOMES DOWN THERE ARE - DESTROYED. - AND SO THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE - WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO OR HOW - TH'RE GOING TO REBUILD. - >> Sreenivan: ROBY, WHEN - YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE - ELDERLY, WHAT ABOUT THE NURSING - HOMES IN THE REGION WHO HAVE - ALSO LOST POWER? - WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN DOING? - >> YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE EXTREME - CHALLENGES DURING THIS HURRICANE - WAS TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE FOLKS - IN NURSING HOMES TO A SAFE AREA. - WELL, SOME 800 FOLKS WERE HOUSED - IN A MASS SHELTER, IN DEPLORABLE - CONDITIONS. - THIS WEEK, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT - WENT IN, SHUT IT DOWN, AND HAD - TO TRANSPORT A LOT OF THOSE - FOLKS FROM-- ALL OF THE FOLKS TO - A DIFFERENT FACILITY. - AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE - EXTREME CHALLENGES THAT FOLKS - ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP - AN EYE ON, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE - WHO HAVE SOME MEDICAL - CHALLENGES. - >> Sreenivasan: I KNOW LAST WEEK - WE SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT YOUR - RELATIVES. - HOW DID THEY FARE THROUGH THIS? - >> LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, BECAUSE - I LIVE HERE, SPENT A COUPLE OF - DAYS WITUT PHONES, WITHOUT - INTERNET, WITHOUT ANY WAY TO - COMMUNICATE, COMPLETELY SHUT - OFF.

- AND SO I DIDN'T HEAR FROM - FAMILY UNTIL MID-WEEK WHEN I WAS - ABLE TO GO DOWN THERE ACTUALLY - WITH A CREW TO DO SOME SHOOTING. - THEY'RE DOING WELL, THEY'RE - SAFE, THEIR HOUSE IS INTACT. - BUT A LOT OF THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE - HURTING. - YOU KNOW, THE HARD PART IS, YOU - KNOW, THIS IS AN AREA IN - SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THAT KIND OF - STAYS THE SAME, AND THAT BRINGS - SOME COMFORT WHEN YOU GO HOME, - YOU KNOW? - NOTHING CHANGES. - AND WHEN YOU GET TIRED OF KIND - OF THE BUSY CITY LIFE, YOU CAN - GO HOME AND KIND OF JUST RELAX, - AND EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME. - CERTAINLY DSN'T LOOK LIKE - THAT ANYMORE. - >> Sreenivasan: NEWSHOUR'S - ROBY CHAVEZ JOINING US FROM - NEW ORLEANS TONIGHT. - THANKS SO MUCH. - >> THANK YOU, HARI. - >> Sreenivasan: THERE IS A - REPORT TODAY THAT REFUGEES FROM - AFGHANISTAN WHO DO NOT PASS - INITIAL SCREENINGS TO ENTER THE - U.S. WILL BE SENT TO KOSOVO. - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, QUOTIN - AN UNNAMED U.S. OFFICIAL, SAID - THE AFGHAN REFUGEES WILL BE - ALLOWED TO STAY IN KOSOVO FOR - UP TO A YEARURING ADDITIONAL

- PROCESSING. - IN AFGHANISTAN, ANTI-TALIBAN - MILITIAS SAY THEY CONTINUE TO - BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF - AFGHANISTAN'S PANJSHIR VALLEY - REGION, DAYS AFTER THE UNITED - STATES COMPLETED ITS WITHDRAWAL - FROM THE COUNTRY. - THE NATIONAL RESISTANCE FRONT OF - AFGHANISTAN RELEASED ITS OWN - VIDEO FROM THE REMOTE, - MOUNTAINOUS REGION YESTERDAY. - AFGHANS IN THE PANJSHIR VALLEY - HAVE HISTORICALLY RESISTED - TALIBAN CONTROL EVEN BEFORE - U.S. TROOPS OUSTED THE TALIBAN - GOVERNMENT IN 2001. - THE TALIBAN HAVE NOT SAID THEY - CONTROL THE REGION YET. - IN KABUL TODAY, TALIBAN SPECIAL - FORCES BROKE UP A WOMEN'S RIGHTS - PROTEST-- THE SECOND WOMEN'S - PROTEST IN TWO DAYS. - ONE PROTESTOR SAID TALIBAN - FIGHTERS FIRED TEAR GAS TO - DISPERSE THE CROWD AND - HIT WOMEN WITH TASERS. - NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS - INFECTIONS ARE STILL RISING - ACROSS THE U.S., CAUSING THE - CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND - PREVENTION TO URGE UNVACCINATED - AMERICANS NOT TO TRAVEL ON THIS - HOLIDAY WEEKEND. - JUST UNDER 53% OF THE ELIGIBLE - POPULATION IS NOW FULLY - VACCINATED.

- NO VACCINE IS AUTHORIZED FOR - CHILDREN UNDER 12. - YESTERDAY, THE C.D.C. RELEASED - TWO NEW STUDIES SHOWING A - CLOSE TO FIVE-FOLD INCREASE - IN HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR - COVID-RELATED CASES AMONG - CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS FROM - JUNE THROUGH MID-AUGUST. - AS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS RETURN - TO IN-PERSON LEARNING THIS YEAR, - THE C.D.C. IS URGING UNIVERSAL - MASKING IN SCHOOLS ALONG WITH - CCINATIONS TO HELP REDUCE - TRANSMISSION. - THE HIGHLY-CONTAGIOUS DELTA - VARIANT IS SPREADING MOST - RAPIDLY IN AREAS WHERE - VACCINATION RATES ARE LOWER. - A JUDGE IN TEXAS HAS GRANTED A - TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, - BLOCKING THE STATE'S LARGEST - ANTI-ABORTION GROUP FROM SUING - PLANNED PARENTHOOD UNDER A - CONTROVERSIAL NEW ABORTION LAW. - DISTRICT COURT JUDGE MAYA GUERRA - GAMBLE'S RULING YESTERDAY BARS - TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE AND ANYONE - ASSOCIATED WITH IT FROM PURSUING - LAWSUITS AGAINST PLANNED - PARENTHOOD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17. - GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SIGNED THE - NEW TEXAS ABORTION LAW IN MAY. - IT WENT INTO EFFECT EARLIER THIS

- WEEK. - UNDER THE LAW, ABORTIONS ARE - BANNED IN THE STATE FOR ANY - PREGNANCY OVER SIX WEEKS-- A - PERIOD DURING WHICH MANY WOMEN - MAY NOT KNOW THEY'RE PREGNANT. - IN RESPONSE TO YESTERDAY'S - RESTRAINING ORDER, TEXAS RIGHT - TO LIFE TWEETED THAT THE RULIN“" - DOES NOT STOP OTHER INDIVIDUALS - NOT ASSOCIATED OR WORKING WITH - TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE FROM SUING” - PLANNED PARENTHOOD. - >> Sreenivasan: FOR MORE - NATIONAL AND INTERNATION NEWS, - VISIT www.pbs.org/newshour. - >> Sreenivasan: FORECASTERS AND - SCIENTISTS ARE PREDICTING THAT - THE DEVASTATION CAUSED ALONG - OCEAN COASTLINES FROM SEVERE - WEATHER LIKE HURRICANE IDA WILL - BECOME MORE FREQUENT, AND THEY - ARE ALSO DRAWING ATTENTION TO - THE IMPACT THE EARTH'S WARMING - CLIMATE IS HAVING ON NON-COASTAL - RIVERS AND LAKES, INCLUDING THE - HABITATS AND COMMUNITIES THAT - SURROUND THEM. - NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S ZACHARY GREEN

- VISITED ONE NATIONAL PARK THAT'S - TRYING TO ADAPT TO THE NEW - ENVIRONMENTAL NORMAL. - THIS SEGMENT IS PART OF OUR - ONGOING SERIES, "PERIL AND - PROMISE: THE CHALLENGE OF - CLIMATE CHANGE." - >> Reporter: ON A TYPICAL SUMMER - DAY AT INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL - PARK, BEACHGOERS SUN THEMSELVES - ALONG THE SHORE OR TAKE - ADVANTAGE OF THE WARM COASTAL - WATERS. - CHILDREN RUN ALONG THE SAND OR - UP THE ENORMOUS DUNES THAT - SURROUND THE BEACH. - THIS ISN'T THE OCEAN. - IT'S THE SOUTHERN END OF LAKE - MICHIGAN, AN AREA KNOWN FOR ITS - STEEL FACTORIES. - BUT IT'S ALSO HOME TO A UNIQUE - ECOLOGY. - PAUL LABOVITZ IS THE PARK'S - SUPERINTENDENT. - >> WE CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF TH - MOST BIOLOGICALLY-DIVERSE PLACES - IN THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM, AND - IN NORTH AMERICA. - A COUPLE MILES FROM HERE, I CAN - TAKE YOU TO A PLACE WHERE - THERE'S PRICKLY-PEAR CACTUS - GROWING NEXT TO BEARBERRY, WHICH - IS AN ARCTIC PLANT, SIDE BY - SIDE. - >> Reporter: THE MOST EYE- - CATCHING FEATURE OF THE PARK IS - THE SAND DUNES THAT HAVE RUN - THROUGH THE AREA FOR MORE THAN - 10,000 YEARS. - THEY ARE THE PRODUCT OF A - NATURAL PROCESS CALLED EROSION, - WHEN OUTSIDE FORCES TRANSPORT

- ROCK AND SOIL FROM ONE PLACE TO - ANOTHER. - >> THE SAND DUNES YOU SEE HERE - ARE THE PRODUCT OF WATER AND - WIND OVER TIME, ERODING - SANDSTONE INTO SMALLER AND - SMALLER PARTICLES, AND THEN THAT - SAND MOVING AROUND WITH WIND AND - TER. - THE GRAND CANYON IS A PRODUCT OF - EROSION. - THE BADLANDS IS A PRODUCT OF - EROSION. - IT'S REALLY KIND OF A COOL THING - TO THINK ABOUT, D IT'S NOT - NECESSARILY A BAD THING. - >> Reporter: BUT OVER THE LAST - FEW YEARS, EROSION ALONG THE - DUNES AND IN THE SURROUNDING - AREA HAS INCREASED IN SPEED AND - INTENSITY. - >> FOUR YEARS AGO, WE WOULD HAVE - BEEN UNDER 20 FEET OF SAND HERE. - THIS DUNE WAS CONTINUOUS THE - WHOLE WAY ACROSS. - >> Reporter: WOW. - >> AND IT'S NOW BACK THERE AS - FLAT SURFACE SAND. - THAT'S-- THAT'S-- - >> Rorter: WOW! - >> THIS IS A NOTCH THAT WAS - FORMED BY EROSION. - >> Reporter: LAST YEAR, LAKE - MICHIGAN EXPERIENCED RECORD-HIGH - WATER LEVELS THAT WASHED OUT - BEACHES ALL AROUND ITS SOUTHERN - COAST. - THAT'S NOT SURPRISING, AS THE - LAKE TYPICALLY RISES AND FALLS - THROUGHOUT A0-YEAR CYCLE. - BUT AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER - AND SEVERITY OF STORMS OVER LAKE - MICHIGAN CAUSED THE WATER LEVELS

- TO RISE MUCH FASTER THAN NORMAL. - SO MUCH SO THAT THE BEACH WE'RE - STANDING ON NOW DIDN'T EXIST - LAST YEAR. - >> WE BASICALLY REBUILT THE - BEACH PROBABLY FROM WHERE THIS - METAL FENCE ENDS, STRAIGHT - ACROSS TO WHERE THOSE ROCKS ARE - PILED. - >> Reporter: SO, BASICALLY, THE - BEACH THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT - RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF MANMADE? - >> OH, YEAH. - YEAH, YEAH. - >> Reporter: WE ONLY HAVE A - BEACH HERE BECAUSE YOU GUYS - BASICALLY JUST PILED UP SAND. - >> CORRECT, CORRECT. - >> Reporter: SCIENTISTS BELIEVE - THAT ONE OF THE EFFECTS OF - GLOBAL WARMING IS AN INCREASE IN - VOLATILE WEATHER, LIKE THE - STORMS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. - LABOVITZ SAYS THAT, SINCE 2014, - THOSE STORMS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO - A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN T WATER - LEVEL. - >> THE CHANGE IN LAKE ELEVATION - FROM '14 TO '19 WAS FIVE FEET. - SO, THINK ABOUT THE VOLUME OF - TER IN LAKE MICHIGAN AT THAT - TIME. - I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE - TRILLIONS OF GALLONS CONVERSION - WOULD BE, BUT THE LAKE LEVEL - CHANGED FIVE FEET IN FIVE YEARS. - >> Reporter: AND IT'S NOT JUST - THE RISE AND FALL OF WATER - THAT'S EATING AWAY THE DUNES. - A WARMING CLIMATE ALSO MEANS - LESS ICE IN WINTER. - >> SO, WHEN THE WEATHER GETS - COLD BUT THE LAKE'S NOT FROZEN,

- WE'LL GET A GIGANTIC LAYER OF - ICE BUILT UP ON THE BEACH. - COULD STACK 40-, 50-FEET HIGH. - THAT ICE PROTECTS THE LAKEFRONT - FROM EROSIVE FORCES OF WAVES - THROUGH THE WINTER. - WELL, IF WE DON'T HAVE IT AND - YOU GET A BIG STORM THAT WHIPS - UP IN THE WINTER, THERE'S - NOTHING TO PROTECT THE DUNE FROM - THO-- THOSE WAVES. - >> Reporter: BUT LABOVITZ SAYS - THE BIGGEST FACTORS SPEEDING UP - EROSION ON THE DUNES ARE - RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL - STRUCTURES BUILT ON THE - WATERFRONT THAT CHANGE THE WAY - SAND FLOWS INTO AND OUT OF THE - LAKE, SUCH AS THE TWO LARGE - HARBORS THAT SIT ON EITHER SIDE - OF THE PARK. - >> THOSE TWO PROJECTIONS INTO - THE LAKE HAVE INTERRUPTED THE - WAY SAND MOVES NATURALLY FROM - EAST TO WEST ON THE LAKEONT TO - REPLENISH THE BEACHES. - WE ACTUALLY PUT SAND HERE - ARTIFICIALLY TO REPLACE SOME OF - THAT SAND THAT WASN'T BEING - DEPOSITED THERE NATURALLY. - >> Reporter: ALL ALONG THE - COASTS OF LAKE MICHIGAN, HOMES - AND BUILDINGS ARE LITERALLY - SLIDING INTO THE WATER DUE TO A - COMBINATION OF LAKE LEVEL RISE - AND THE ERODING SHORELINE. - LABOVITZ SAYS THAT CLIMATE - CHANGE COU ACTUALLY PLAY A

- ROLE IN STOPPING FURTHER - CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE - LAKEFRONT. - MORE INTENSE WEATHER FROM THE - WARMING CLIMATE COULD CAUSE - WATER LEVELS TO NOT JUST CLIMB - HIGHER BUT STAY HIGHER FOR - LONGER, ALTHOUGH HE SAYS IT - COULD ALSO HAVE THE OPPOSITE - EFFECT. - >> THE GOOD NEWS IS, WELL, IF IT - GETS THAT HIGH AND STAYS HIGH, - MAYBE PEOPLE WILL LEARN AND STAY - AWAY FROM IT. - BUT IF IT COMES DOWN LOW AND - STAYS LOW LONGER, THE MEMORY - LAPSE KICKS IN, AND WE COULD - BUILD UP TO THE LAKE A THEN - REPEAT AS NECESSARY. - >> Reporter: LABOVITZ SAYS THAT - THE STAFF AT INDIANA DUNES - NATIONAL PARK ARE WORKING TO - EDUCATE VISITORS ABOUT THE - BEHAVIOR OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND - ABOUT HOW LIMITING DEVELOPMENT - ALONG THE SHORE CAN ACTUALLY - HE THE DUNES WEATHER THE - CHANGING CLIMATE. - >> THE DUNES ARE MADE TO ERODE - AND BUILD UP OVER TIME TO ABSORB - THAT CHANGE IN LAKE LEVEL AND - LAKE ENERGY. - >> Reporter: MM-HMM. - >> SO, AGAIN, THE MOST RESILIENT - LAKEFRONT IS A NATURAL - LAKEFRONT. - AND SO, WE AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO - TRY AND TEST THAT, AND I JOKE - AND I SAY, "THE LAKE ALWAYS - WINS. - ALWAYS."

- >> Sreenivasan: MINNESOT - DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE - ILHAN OMAR IS AMONG A GROUP OF - PROGRESSIVE REPRESENTATIVES - URGING PRESIDENT BIDEN TO HALT - WORK ON THE LINE 3 PIPELINE THIS - WEEKEND. - IN A MINNEAPOLIS PRESS - CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, THE - GROUP SAID OPPOSITION FROM - INGENOUS GROUPS AND - ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS WERE CAUSE - TOHUT DOWN PRODUCTION. - REPUBLICAN CONGRESS MEMBER - PETE STAUBER GATHERED WITH - OTHER MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN - LAWMAKERS AND UNION MEMBERS IN - THE U.S. CAPITOL YESTERDAY IN - SUPPORT OF THE PIPELINE, CITING - ITS ECONOMIC BENEFITS. - THE DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES - ARE VISITING THE PIPELINE SITE - TODAY, AND MEETING WITH - INDIGENOUS LEADERS. - FOR MORE ON THE LINE 3 PIPELINE, - I SPOKE WITH MINNESOTA PUBLIC - RADIO REPORTER KIRSTI MAROHN. - KIRSTI, FOR OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS - KIRSTI, FOR MEMBERS OF OUR - AUDIENCE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN - PAYING ATTENTION, REFRESH US ON - WHAT LINE 3 IS ABOUT.

- >> SURE. - SO, THIS PROJECT IS A - REPLACEMENT TO THE EXISTING - LINE 3 PIPELINE, WHICH IS A - CRUDE OIL PIPELINE THAT RUNS - FROM THE OIL SANDS REGION OF - ALBERTA, CANADA, CUTS DOWN - THROUGH NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND - ENDS AT ENBRIDGE'S TERMINAL IN - SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN. - SO, THAT PIPELINE WAS BUILT BACK - IN THE 1960s. - IT'S CORRODING AND AGING, AND - NEEDS EXTENSIVE MAINTENANCE, SO - IT'S BEEN OPERATING AT ABOUT - HALF CAPACITY RECENTLY. - SO, ENBRIDGE WANTS TO REPLA-- - OR, IS REPLACING THAT PIPELINE - WITH WHAT THEY SAY WILL BE A - SAFER PIPELINE. - IT'S NEWER CONSTRUCTION, THICKER - STEEL, BUT IT ALSO FOLLOWS A - SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ROUTE THROUGH - NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND THAT'S - WHERE SOME OF THE CONFLICT HAS - BEEN COMING IN. - >> Sreenivasan: SO, WHAT IS ON - THAT ROUTE THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL? - >> WELL, THIS IS A VERY WATER- - RICH REGION OF NORTHERN - MINNESOTA. - THERE'S A LOT OF RIVERS AND - LAKES AND WETLANDS. - IT'S THE HEADWATERS OF THE - MISSISSIPPI RIVER. - THE-- THE PIPELINE ACTUALLY WILL - CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI TWICE. - SO, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN - ABOUT WHETHER THE PIPELINE IS - PUTTING SORT OA NEW REGION OF - THE STATE, THE WATERS OF THAT - REGION, AT RISK OF A POTENTIAL - SPILL OR LEAK.

- THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL INDIGENOUS - TRIBES IN THIS REGION OF - MINNESOTA THAT HAVE TREATY - RIGHTS TO HUNT AND FISH AND - GATHER WILD RICE ON THESE LANDS. - AND SOME OF THOSE TRIBES OPPOSE - THE PROJECT BECAUSE THEY FEEL - LIKE IT'S A VIOLATION OF THOSE - TREATY RIGHTS. - >> Sreenivasan: WHAT ARE THE - PROTESTERS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT - THERE NOW TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? - THIS HAS BEEN A PROCESS UNDER - REVIEW BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT - AGENCIES FOR YEARS NOW. - >> YES, THE PROCESS TOOK ABOUT - SIX YEARS TO GO THROUGH THE - MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND - APPROVALS THAT IT NEEDED. - THE PROTESTERS ARE REALLY HOPING - TO STOP THIS PROJECT BEFORE IT'S - COMPLETED. - THAT'S NOT LOOKING VERY LIKELY. - IT'S MORE THAN 90% COMPLETE AT - THIS POINT, THERE. - ENBRIDGE IS EXPECTING TO HAVE IT - OPERATION BY THE FOURTH - QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, BUT - THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO RAISE - THE NATIONAL AWARENESS OF THIS - PROJECT. - WE'VE SEEN NATIONAL POLITICIANS - HERE IN MINNESOTA, CELEBRITIES, - AND THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO, - I THINK, PUT PRESSURE ON THE

- BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO - INTERVENE IN THIS PROJECT. - AND THEY WOULD LIKE THE - ADMINISTRATION TO GET VOLVED - IN A CHALLENGE OF THE FEDERAL - WATER PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT, - WHICH WAS ISSUED BY THE U.S. - ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. - THAT PROJECT WAS NECESSARY - BECAUSE THE PIPELINE GOES - THROUGH WETLANDS AND WATERWAYS. - THAT'S NOT LOOKING PARTICULARLY - LIKELY AT THIS POINT. - THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - HAS DEFENDED THAT PERMIT, AND - WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY INDICATION - FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - YET THAT-- THAT THEY DO PLAN TO - INTERVENE AND STOP THIS PROJECT. - >> Sreenivasan: WHAT ARE THE - REPURCUSSIONS BEYOND MINNESOTA - FOR THE PIPELINE? - OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS CARRYING FUEL - FROM-- WELL, ACROSS THE - INTERNATIONAL BORDER, BUT WHERE - DOES THIS ALL GO? - >> WHAT WE'VE SEEN NATIONALLY, - THIS PUSHBACK IN RECENT YEARS - AGAINST OIL-- NATURAL GAS AND - OIL PIPELINES, THERE'S BEEN A - LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACT - ON CLIMATE CHANGE, BECAUSE THESE - ARE FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE - PROJECTS. - A LOT OF THE OPPONENTS OF LINE 3 - AND THESE OTHER PROJECTS WOULD - LIKE TO SEE MORE OF A TRANSITION - TO CLEANER ENERGY.

- THEY'RE SAYING THAT THESE - PROJECTS ARE SORT OF LOCKING US - INTO FOSSIL FUEL, THE USE OF - FOSSIL FUELS, INTO THE FUTURE. - BUT, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES LIKE - ENBRIDGE SAY THAT AS LONG AS - THERE IS DEMAND FOR OIL, THESE - PIPELINES ARE NEEDED TO - TRANSPORT OIL SAFELY. - THEY SAY THIS IS A SAFER METHOD - THAN OTHER FORMS OF - TRANSPORTATION, LIKE RAIL OR - TRUCK, WHICH ALSO HAVE A CARBON - FOOTPRINT. - >> Sreenivasan: IS THERE ANY - INDICATIONS THAT THE PROTESTS - WOULD STOP IF THIS PROJECT WAS - COMPLETED? - >> NO, I THINKE ARE LIKELY - TO SEE THE PROTESTS AND THE - LEGAL CHALLENGES CONTINUE. - WE'VE SEEN THAT IN RECENT DAYS. - THERE'S ALSO A FEW OTHER LEGAL - CHALLENGES OUT THERE STILL - REMAINING. - THERE'S ONE REALLY INTERESTING - ONE THAT THE WHITE EARTH NATION - OF OJIBWAY HAS FILED IN TRIBAL - COURT. - IT'S ACTUALLY FILED ON BEHALF OF - MANOOMIN, OR WILD RICE. - IT'S PAROF THIS KIND OF - EXPANDING AREA OF LAW KNOWN AS - THE RIGHTS OF NATURE. - AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT THIS

- OJECT ISHREATENING THE-- THE - RIGHTS OF WILD RICE TO EXIST AND - THRIVE. - SO, THAT ONE IS GOING TO PLAY - OUT IN TRIBAL COURT, BUT IT'S-- - IT'S BEING WATCHED, YOU KNOW, - ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY PROPONENTS - OF THIS AREA OF LAW, AND I THINK - THAT'S GOING TO BE AN - INTERESTING CASE TO WATCH. - AND I THINK WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE - OTHER CHALLENGES IN THE FUTURE. - THESE PROTESTERS AND OPPONENTS - OF THIS PROJECT WOULD LIKE TO - SEE A RESULT, SOMETHING LIKE - WHAT HAPPENED WITH KEYSTONE XL - OR DAKOTA ACCESS, WHERE EVEN-- - YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THE - PROJECT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS ON- - TRACK, IT WAS EVENTUALLY HALTED. - >> Sreenivasan: KIRSTI MAROHN - FROM MPR NEWS, THANKS SO MUCH. - >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. - >> THIS IS PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND, - SATURDAY. - >> Sreenivasan: FINALLY TONIGHT, - THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE, T - 19th CENTURY ARCH ON THE - FAMED CHAMPS-ELYSEES IN PARIS, - IS ABOUT TO BE MASKED-- - IN AN ARTISTIC WAY. - THE MONUMENT WILL BE WRAPPED - WITH RECYCLABLE PLASTIC, - A PROJECT LONG DREAMED OF - BY THE ARTIST CHRISTO, WHO

- DIED LAST YE. - TOURISTS ARE SEEING SCAFFOLDING - ON THEIR WAY TO THE TOP OF THE - ARC DE TRIOMPHTHIS SUMMER. - 'S PREPARATION FOR WRAPPING - THE FAD ATTRACTION IN A - PLASTIC COVERING NEXT MONTH, - A PROJECT OVERSEEN BY THE LATE - ARTIST CHRISTO'S NEPHEW. - >> NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER MONTH TO - GO BEFORE THE OPENING, SO MOST - OF THE STEEL, AS YOU CAN SEE, - THE STEEL TO PROTECT IS - INSTALLED, THE CABLE SYSTEM IS - INSTALLED, THE VAULTS ARE - INSTALLED, THE WEIGHTS AT THE - BOTTOM ARE INSTALLED. - RIGHT NOW, WE ARE PLACING THE - PROTECTION FOR THE LITTLE - CORNICHE WHERE THE CHERRY PICKER - IS THERE NOW. - >> Sreenivasan: CHRISTO AND - HIS LATE WIFE JEANNE-CLAUDE - WORKED TOGETHER FOR DECADES ON - MASSIVE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS - THAT INCLUDED: - COVERING THE PONT NEUF BRIDGE IN - PARIS IN GOLDEN YELLOW. - WRAPPING GERMANY'S PARLIAMENT - BUILDING IN SILVER-GRAY. - AND, ERECTING A SERIES OF - BRIGHT ORANGE GATES THROUGHOUT - NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK. - THE ARC DE TRIOME WILL GET A - SILVERY-BLUE WRAPPING, AS

- CHSTO IMAGINED IT. - >> CHRISTO SAID, "I WOULD ONLY - LIKE TO WRAP THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE - IN PARIS. - THAT'S REALLY THE ONE THING I - WOULD LIKE TO DO." - HOPEFULLY, CHRISTO WOULD BE MOST - HAPPY IF SOMEBODY LOOKS AT IT - D SAYS, "IT LOOKS JUST LIKE - THE DRAWINGS." - >> Sreenivasan: TOURISTS WILL - STILL BE ABLE TO VISIT THE - MONUMENT, BUILT TO HONOR - NAPOLEON'S MILITARY VICTORIES, - ONCE THE WRAPPING IS IN PLACE. - IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, THE - WRAPPED ARC DE TRIOMPHE WILL BE - ON VIEW FROM SEPTEMBER 18 - THROUGH OCTOBER 3. - >> Sreenivasan: THAT'S ALL - FOR THIS EDITION OF PBS NEWSHOUR - WEEKEND. - FOR THE LATEST NEWS UPDATES, - VISIT www.pbs.org/newshour. - I'M HARI SREENIVASAN. - THANKS FOR WATCHING. - STAY HEALTHY, AND HAVE A - GOOD NIGHT. - Captioning sponsored by WNET - Captioned by

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