PBS NewsHour; Wednesday, August 17, 2022, 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT

♪ JUDY: GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, A CRITICAL ELECTION. CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY LOSES THE WYOMING REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN A LANDSLIDE TO AN OPPONENT WHO SAYS THE 2020 ELECTION WAS RIGGED. WHAT THE RESULTS TELL US ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S HOLD ON THE GOP. THEN, ONE YEAR ON. FORMER ALLIES AND PARTNERS OF THE UNITED STATES WAR IN AFGHANISTAN FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES UNDER TALIBAN RULE, A YEAR AFTER THE CHAOTIC U.S. WITHDRAWAL. >> IF THEY KNOW ABOUT ME AND MY FAMILY, THEY WILL PUNISH ME, TORTURE ME, AND FINALLY KILL ME FOR MY SUPPORT TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. JUDY: AND, CONTESTED RESULTS. TENSIONS SIMMER AS THE LOSER OF KENYA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CHALLENGES THE VERACITY OF THE VOTE COUNT. ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S

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HAS LOST HER REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY CONTEST TO REPRESENT WYOMING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SHE CONCEDED LAST NIGHT TO HARRIET HAGEMAN, WHO WON IN A LANDSLIDE, BEATING CHENEY BY NEARLY 40 POINTS. THE LOSS WAS EXPECTED FOR CHENEY. SINCE THE ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL, SHE'S BEEN ONE OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S LOUDEST CRITICS, AND SERVES AS VICE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING JANUARY 6. IN HER CONCESSION REMARKS, SHE MADE CLEAR THAT SHE KNEW THE POLITICAL COST OF STANDING UP TO TRUMP, AND THAT SHE'D CONTINUE TO WORK TO KEEP HIM OUT OF POWER. >> TWO YEARS AGO, I WON THIS PRIMARY WITH 73% OF THE VOTE. I COULD EASILY HAVE DONE THE SAME AGAIN. THE PATH WAS CLEAR, BUT IT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THAT I GO ALONG WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LIE ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION. IT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THAT I ENABLE HIS ONGOING EFFORTS TO UNRAVEL OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM, AND ATTACK THE FOUNDATIONS OF

OUR REPUBLIC. THAT WAS A PATH I COULD NOT, AND WOULD NOT, TAKE. JUDY: TRUMP HAD ENDORSED HAGEMAN, AND CAMPAIGNED FOR HER. IN HER VICTORY SPEECH LAST NIGHT, SHE THANKED HIM. >> WYOMING HAS MADE CLEAR THAT WE ARE DONE BEING GOVERNED BY THE WASHINGTON, D.C. UNIPARTY, THOSE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WHO DON'T REALLY CARE WHICH PARTY IS IN POWER, JUST AS LONG AS THEY ARE. BUT I DID NOT DO THIS ON MY OWN. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE ALL VERY GRATEFUL TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO RECOGNIZES THAT WYOMING HAS ONLY ONE CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND WE HAVE TO MAKE IT COUNT. HIS CLEAR AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING PROPELLED US TO VICTORY TONIGHT. JUDY: HERE TO DISCUSS CHENEY'S DEFEAT, AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, I'M JOINED BY SARAH LONGWELL. SHE'S A REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST AND FOUNDER OF THE REPUBLICAN ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT, A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THAT WORKS AGAINST TRUMP'S ELECTION LIES.

AND TIM STUBSON. HE'S A FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN WYOMING, AND SUPPORTED CHENEY IN THIS CAMPAIGN. WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. TIM, I WILL START WITH YOU. WAS THERE ANYTHING LIZ CHENEY COULD HAVE DONE TO WIN THIS PRIMARY, GIVEN HER OPPOSITION TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? TIM: I THINK THE ONLY THING SHE COULD HAVE DE IS RUN AWAY FROM HER DECISIONS TO VOTE FOR IMPEACHMENT, TO JOIN THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE, AND TO SPEAK TRUTH. IF SHE WOULD HAVE RUN AWAY FROM THOSE THINGS, MAYBE SHE WOULD HAVE HAD A CHANCE, BUT BY EMBRACING THEM WITH GREAT COURAGE, I THINK THAT CAST THE DIE IN THIS ELECTION. JUDY: SARAH, WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THESE WYOMING RESULTS THAT CLARIFY IN ANY WAY THE HOLD FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMPAS ON SO MANY REPUBLICAN VOTERS? SARAH: I THINK IT HAS BEEN CLEAR FOR A WHILE THAT DONALD TRUMP'S HOLD ON THE PARTY IS ALMOST

TOTAL. IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS, NOT JUST LIZ CHENEY BUT IN ALL THE GOP PRIMARIES, CANDIDATE AFTER CANDIDATE HAS HAD TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE BIG LIE IN ORDER TO GET TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT AND PEOPLE WHO EMBRACE THE BIG LIE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WIN. AS A RESULT, WE HAVE CANDIDATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IN ARIZONA, PENNSYLVANIA, GEORGIA, IT IS MOST OF THE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE EMERGED ARE ELECTION DENIERS. SO THAT IS THE ENTIRE PARTY. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT TRUMP ANYMORE. IT IS ABOUT THE FORCES THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS UNLEASHED IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THERE REALLY IS NO GOING BACK TO THE PARTY THAT I CAME UP IN, TO THE PARTY THAT I KNEW. IT HAS NOW FULLY EMBRACED DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ANTI-DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT. JUDY: TIM, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU ARE IN WYOMING. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR PARTY, THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY GOING FORWARD WITH THIS KIND OF ALLEGIANCE TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE DENIAL OF THE LAST ELECTION? TIM: I DON'T THINK WHAT SARAH SAYS IS WRONG. WE CERTAINLY SAW DOWN BALLOT, THE REAL POWER OF DOLD TRUMP'S FORCE IN THE ELECTION. WE HAVE A SECRETARY OF STATE NOMINEE WHO IS AN ELECTION DENIER AND WILL LIKELY BE THE NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE. BUT MAYBE I'M MORE OPTIMISTIC. I STILL BELIEVE IF WE CAN GET ENOUGH PEOPLE OF COURAGE AND INTEGRITY TO STAND UP AND REALLY CALL TRUTH, TRUTH AND A LIE, A LIE, WE CAN CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. IT MAY NOT BE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF YESTERDAY BUT IT CAN BE CERTAINLY A LOT BETTER THAN TODAY. JUDY: SARAH, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING? WHAT ARGUMENTS DO YOU MAKE TO EITHER REPUBLICANS WHO ARE LOYAL TODAY TO DONALD TRUMP, OR TO OTHERS WHO YOU MIGHT BRING TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO STAND UP TO THAT, BUT STILL IDENTIFY THE

CORE OF WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BELIEVES, WHATEVER THAT STILL IS? SARAH: THERE ARE TWO THINGS TO DO. ONE IS, YOU HAVE TO DEFEAT THESE DANGEROUS ANTI-DEMOCRACY CANDIDATES IN THIS UPCOMING 2022 ELECTION. SWING VOTERS HAVE TO REJECT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE ELECTION DENIERS BECAUSE IT IS ONLY THROUGH SUSTAINED ELECTORAL DEFEAT THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL HAVE ANY INCENTIVE TO CHANGE ITS CURRENT TRAJECTORY. THE SECOND THING IT NEEDS IS A LEADER. I THINK THAT IS REALLY WHAT LIZ CHENEY HAS EMERGED AS. I HAVE WATCHED HER THROUGH THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE. SHE HAS BEEN FORGED AS A NATIONAL LEADERSHIP FIGURE AND I THINK, I DON'T THINK SHE IS DONE. SHE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT SHE IS PROBABLY GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. I DON'T THINK SHE WILL RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT, I THINK SHE WILL RUN AS A CONSERVATIVE AND I THINK SHE WILL TAKE A TRUTH TELLING SHE HAS BEEN DOING DIRECTLY TO DONALD TRUMP AND SHE

IS NOT TRYING TO PUT YOURSELF IN -- PUT HERSELF IN THE WHITE HOUSE, I DON'T THINK. I THINK SHE IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T GET BACK INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. JUDY: GIVEN THAT, TIM, WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING WHEN YOU HAVE AN APPEAL LIKE THE ONE LIZ CHENEY IS GOING TO BE MAKING AND PERHAPS OTHER REPUBLICANS, UP AGAINST THE PEAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ALL OF THE REPUBLICANS LIKE RON DESANTIS, GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, WHO ARE BIG SUPPORTERS OF HIS? TIM: IT IS A FAIRLY SHARP CONTRAST BETWEEN THOSE OTHER CANDIDATES AND LIZ CHENEY. SHE, I THINK, BRINGS A UNIQUE AND POWERFUL VOICE TO THE DISCUSSION. I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT IN MANY WAYS SHE STANDS ALONE AS THE POTENTIAL LEADER FOR A REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT BELIEVES IN FIDELITY TO THE CONSTITUTION, THAT BELIEVES IN THE RULE OF LAW. SO IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN HER.

IT WILL TAKE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO STAND UP AND BE COURAGEOUS AND SPEAK TRUTH. JUDY: HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT? NOT ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT? WE HEAR LIZ CHENEY TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT TASK, WHAT SHE HAS NAMED THIS GROUP THAT SHE IS FOUNDING AND ORGANIZING. HOW DO THEY GO ABOUT MAKING THAT ARGUMENT? SARAH: FIRST THINGS FIRST, I THINK SHE WILL CONTINUE HER WORK ON THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE UNTIL SHE HAS TO LEAVE OFFICE. THAT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL WORK. I THINK HER JOB THERE IS NOT DONE. AND LOOK, I THINK DONALD TRUMP MAY VERY WELL ANNOUNCE, MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF REPUBLICANS, HE COULD ANNOUNCE BEFORE THE MIDTERMS OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THERE IS NOT MUCH TIME BEFORE SHE WOULD HAVE TO POTENTIALLY MAKE A DECISION WHETHER TO RUN AS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. WHEN YOU RUN AS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, AND LISTEN, I THINK THERE IS A VERY NARROW PATH FOR HER TO WIN.

I DON'T THINK IT IS LIKELY AND I THINK THEY WILL GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO KEEP HER FROM THE DEBATE STAGE, POTENTIALLY TO KEEP HER OFF THE BALLOT. BUT SHE IS READY TO DO A KAMIKAZE MISSION FOR DEMOCRACY. IF THEY DO THAT TO HER, SHE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE HER CASE. THERE IS NO BIGGER STAGE TO REACH REPUBLICAN VOTERS THAN A GOP PRIMARY. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE LOOK SMALL. I DON'T THINK HE CAN MAKE LIZ CHENEY LOOK SMALL. SHE WILL LOOK SUBSTANTIAL STANDING UP TO HIM. I THINK SHE CAN CHANGE MINDS, IF NOT OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS, BUT MANY OF THE SWING VOTERS WHO WILL DECIDE THE GENERAL ELECTION. I THINK THAT IS THE PLAN. JUDY: HEARING THAT, TIM, WHAT ARE THE ARGUMENTS FOR REPUBLICAN VOTERS RIGHT NOW IN WYOMING? YOU TALKED TO A NUMBER OF THEM WHO ARE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHAT ARGUMENT COULD SWAY THEM? TIM: I THINK YOU HAVE TO EVENTUALLY MAKE THE CASE TO THEM THAT THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF OUR NATION DEPENDS UPON HONORING OUR

INSTITUTIONS, DEPENDS UPON HONORING OUR CONSTITUTION, DEPENDS UPON MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IS HELD TO ACCOUNT UNDER THE RULE OF LAW. LIZ HAS BEEN MAKING THAT CASE AND MAKING IT VERY STRONGLY EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT IT WILL BE A DIFFICULT TASK. BUT I'M SURE SHE IS UP TO IT. JUDY: SARAH, DO YOU SEE HER, SHE SAID TODAY SHE IS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. DO YOU THINK SHE WILL? SARAH: I DO THINK SHE WILL. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE WAY SHE IS TALKING COULD BE ANY MORE CLEAR WHEN SHE CALLS IT THE TASK, WHEN SHE SAYS HER JOB IS NOT DONE AND SHE SAYS SHE IS JUST GETTING STARTED. THAT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A PERSON WHO IS READY TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT AND I THINK SHE KNOWS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET THE KIND OF ATTENTION AND AUDIENCE SHE NEEDS TO PROSECUTE THIS CASE AGAINST TRUMP IS BY TRYING TO EITHER GET ON THE STAGE WITH HIM, OR SAYING

SHE IS GOING TO TAKE HIM ON FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. PEOPLE WILL DISMISS THAT BECAUSE THEY WILL SAY, LIZ CHENEY CAN'T WIN. THE IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND IS FOR HER, I DON'T THINK IT IS ABOUT WINNING. I THINK IT IS ABOUT MAKING THIS CASE. I THINK IT IS ABOUT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT DONALD TRUMP THAN -- AND THE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY AND KEEPING HIM OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. JUDY: SARAH, TIM, THANK YOU BOTH. ♪ VANESSA: I'M VANESSA RUIZ, IN FOR STEPHANIE SY WITH NEWSHOUR WEST. WE'LL RETURN TO THE FULL PROGRAM AFTER THE LATEST HEADLINES. RUDY GIULIANI APPEARED BEFORE A SPECIAL GRAND JURY IN GEORGIA, OVER ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE THE STATE'S 2020 ELECTION RESULTS. HE ACTED AS PERSONAL ATTORNEY FOR THEN-PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND IS NOW A TARGET OF THE INVESTIGATION. GIULIANI ARRIVED AT A COURTHOUSE IN ATLANTA THIS MORNING, AND LEFT AFTER MORE THAN 6 HOURS.

HE SAID HE WOULD NOT BE ABLEO DISCUSS HIS TESTIMONY. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT PENCE IMPLORED FELLOW REPUBLICANS TODATO STOP VERBAL ATTACKS ON THE FBI. VIOLENT THREATS AGAINST AGENTS HAVE BEEN GROWING SINCE THE SEARCH OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ESTATE IN FLORIDA. PENCE SAID HE, TOO, HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SEARCH, BUT THAT THREATS ARE OUT OF BOUNDS. >> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE PARTY OF LAW AND ORDER. OUR PARTY STANDS WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE ON THE THIN BLUE LINE AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. AND THESE ATTACKS ON THE FBI MUST STOP. VANESSA: THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT ALSO SAID HE'D CONSIDER TESTIFYING BEFORE THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK. THE NATION'S TOP PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY ANNOUNCED A SHAKEUP TODAY AFTER BEING WIDELY CRITICIZED FOR ITS RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND MONKEYPOX. THE HEAD OF THE CDC, DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY, SAID THE ORGANIZATION HAS FALLEN SHORT IN CHGES AND STEPS TO SPEED UP

DATA RELEASES. TRAFFIC DEATHS HAVE BEEN RISING SINCE PANDEMIC LOCKDOWNS FADED 2 YEARS AGO, AND THEY'RE STILL RISING. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION ESTIMATES MORE THAN 9,500 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. THAT WAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER FOR A FIRST QUARTER IN 2 DECADES. OVERSEAS, GERMANY VOICED OUTRAGE TODAY AT REMARKS BY PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS ON THE HOLOCAUST. THIS WAS LAST NIGHT IN BERLIN. AT A NEWS CONFERENCE WITH CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ, ABBAS ACCUSED ISRAEL OF COMMITTING, QUOTE, "50 HOLOCAUSTS" AGAINST PALESTINIANS. SCHOLZ SAID NOTHING AT THE TIME, BUT TODAY, HIS SPOKESMAN CONDEMNED THE REMARKS. >> THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR IS DISGUSTED AND APPALLED BY THE WORDS OF MR ABBAS. MAKING COMPARISONS TO THE HOLOCAUST, WITH ITS MORE THAN 6 MILLION DEAD, IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. TO DO SO ON GERMAN SOIL IS INEXCUSABLE.

VANESSA: MORE THAN 6 MILLION JEWS DIED AT THE HANDS OF THE NAZIS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. IN A NEW STATEMENT TODAY, PRESIDENT ABBAS SAID IT WAS, QUOTE, "THE MOST HEINOUS CRIME IN MODERN HUMAN HISTORY." SYRIA HAS DENIED THAT IT'S HOLDING AMERICAN JOURNALIST AUSTIN TICE, OR OTHER AMERICAN IT CALLED THE CLAIM "MISLEADING AND ILLOGICAL." LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MARKED THE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF TICE'S DISAPPEARANCE IN SYRIA, AND ACCUSED THE REGIME OF INVOLVEMENT. CHINA IS SHUTTING DOWN FACTORIES AND RATIONING ELECTRICITY, AMID SEVERE DROUGHT AND RECORD HEAT. MONTHS OF SCORCHING TEMPERATURES HAVE WILTED CROPS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CHINA, AND HYDROPOWER RESERVOIRS ARE CRITICALLY LOW IN THE SOUTHWEST. NORTH KOREA TESTFIRED TWO MORE CRUISE MISSILES AS SOUTH KOREA'S NEW PRESIDENT CALLED FOR NEW DIPLOMACY. HE URGED THE NORTH TO PHASE OUT ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM IN RETURN FOR MORE ECONOMIC AID.

THIS AS THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA ARE SET TO KICK UP THEIR BIGGEST JOINT MILITARY DRILLS IN YEARS. BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, THE LATEST HEAT WAVE HAS ARRIVED IN THE NORTHWEST, PUSHING TEMPERATURES WELL OVER 100 DEGREES. CALIFORNIA'S POWER GRID OPERATOR URGED CUTS IN USAGE TODAY TO PREVENT BLACKOUTS. ALSO, THREE NATIONAL PHARMACY CHAINS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO PAY MORE THAN $650 MILLION FOR THEIR ROLE IN THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. A FEDERAL JUDGE IN CLEVELAND RULED TODAY THAT CVS, WALMART, AND WALGREENS OWE THAT AMOUNT TO 2 OHIO COUNTIES. AT LEAST 2 OF THE COMPANIES PLAN TO APPEAL. STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR, TENSIONS LINGER AS THE LOSER OF KENYA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CHALLENGES THE RESULTS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES' LARGEST HOSPITAL CENTERS HOLDS AN ART COLLECTION VALUED IN THE MILLIONS. AND MUCH MORE. ♪ >> THIS IS THE PBS NEWSHOUR FROM WBT A STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON AND IN THE WEST, FROM THE WALTER

CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. JUDY: TODAY, WE RETURN TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE TALIBAN TAKEOVER OF AFGHANISTAN. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT HAS ACCELERATED EFFORTS TO TRY AND SAVE AFGHAN INTERPRETERS, BUT MANY REMAIN LEFT BEHIND. HERE'S NICK SCHIFRIN. NICK: FOR TWO DECADES, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS WORKED WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY. MANY REMAIN IN AFGHANISTAN, AT RISK OF BEING PERSECUTED BY THE TALIBAN. THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS, OR SIB'S, IF THEY WORKED BY OR ON BEHALF OF OF THE U.S. FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR AND FACE ONGOING SERIOUS THREATS. THE U.S. SAYS 17,000 AFGHANS SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS, BUT MORE THAN 74,000 ARE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND ADVOCACY GROUPS SAY INCLUDING FAMILY MEMBERS, THE NUMBER IS LIKELY FOUR TIMES THAT. I WILL SPEAK TO A VETERAN LEADING AN ADVOCACY GROUP. FIRST, THE STORY OF A FORMER

TRANSLATOR TRAPPED IN AFGHANISTAN ONE YEAR ON. BEFORE THE FALL, BEFORE THE TALIBAN CAME IN, HE BEGGED TO COME OUT. HE AND OTHER INTERPRETERS FOR THE U.S. MILITARY PROTESTED IN KABUL IN JUNE, 2021. THEY WANTED THE U.S. TO FULFILL ITS PROMISE, TO EVACUATE AFGHANS WHO'D SERVED ALONGSIDE U.S. TROOPS. BUT MANY WERE LEFT BEHIND. ONE DAY AFTER THE TALIBAN TAKEOVER, HE BURNED THE EVIDENCE OF HIS SERVICE, AND WROTE ON TWITTER, "BREATHING MY LAST DAYS OF LIFE." >> SOME OF THOSE INTERPRETERS MADE IT TO THE AIRPORT. I TRIED, TOO. I WENT THERE, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. NICK: WE SPOKE TO HIM THIS WEEK FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION IN AFGHANISTAN, AND ARE KEEPING HIM ANONYMOUS. BACK IN 2011 HE JOINED THE U.S. ARMY, AND INTERPRETED FOR TWO PLATOON COMMANDERS IN TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF KANDAHAR, IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN, THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE TALIBAN. >> IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE I.E.DS. ON MY FIRST MISSION WHEN I WENT WITH THE U.S. FORCES, THE

VEHICLE I WAS IN WAS HIT WITH AN I.E.D. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I CAN NEVER FORGET. IT WAS A MENTAL SHOCK, AND IT STILL IS WITH ME. NICK: WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIPS DID YOU DEVEP WITH THE SOLDIERS THAT YOU WORKED ALONGSIDE? >> THE INTERPRETER WAS VERY CRUCIAL FOR EVERYONE, BECAUSE IF AN INTERPRETER MADE A MISTAKE, HE COULD RISK THE WHOLE PLATOON, THE WHOLE TEAM. I WAS VERY FRIENDLY WITH THE PLATOON LEADERS WHICH I WORKED WITH, AND THEY WERE FRIENDLY WITH ME. SO WE USED TO BE LIKE BROTHERS. NICK: HE SAYS HE APPLIED FOR AN SIV, BUT WAS INITIALLY REJECTED AFTER HIS COMMANDER, WHO RECOMMENDED HIM, DEVELOPED PTSD AND COULDN'T COPE WITH HELPING HIM. THAT LEFT HIM VULNERABLE ONE YEAR AGO, WHEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS RUSHED TO THE KABUL AIRPORT. WHEN HE DIDN'T MAKE IT PAST THE GATE, HE KNEW HE AND HIS FAMILY WOULD BE AT RISK. THE TALIBAN HAD LONG MADE THAT CLEAR.

TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FATHER. >> THEY CAME INSIDE. THEY BEAT MY FATHER, AND ALSO MYSELF. AND THEY'RE LIKE, "OH, YOU WORK AGAINST US, YOU WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL TROOPS, WITH THE U.S. FORCES. SO YOU ARE A TRAITOR THE COUNTRY, YOU ARE NON-MUSLIM." WHEN WE TRIED ESCAPING, THEY STARTED SHOOTING. I WAS AHEAD OF MY FATHER, AND UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE BULLETS HIT MY FATHER. I TURNED BACK. I HEARD HIM YELLING FROM THE PAIN FROM THE BULLET. HE ASKED ME TO NOT RETURN, JUST TO ESCAPE. I WISH I WAS THERE INSTEAD OF HIM THEY TOOK HIS LIFE BECAUSE OF ME. NICK: DO YOU THINK THAT THERE'S STILL A RISK TODAY TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY? >> THE THREAT IS 100%. IF THEY FIND OUT ABOUT ME, IF THEY KNOW ABOUT ME AND MY FAMILY, THEY WILL PUNISH ME, TORTURE ME, AND FINALLY LL ME, FOR MY SUPPORT TO THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT. SO MY MESSAGE IS CLEAR, IT'S STILL TIME TO SAVE THOSE WHO ARE LEFT BEHIND, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. NICK: I AM JOINED BY MATT ZELLER, THE COFOUNDER NO ONE LEFT BEHIND. HE SERVED IN GHAZNI PROVINCE AS A SOLDIER, AND IS CURRENTLY A MAJOR IN THE U.S. ARMY RESERVE. HE IS ALSO A FORMER CIA OFFICER AND RAN FOR CONGRESS IN NEW YORK, AS A DEMOCRAT. WELCOME BACK TO THE NEWSHOUR. WE HEARD THIS MAN'S STORY AND WE SPOKE A HALF-DOZEN OTHER INTERPRETERS WHO ARE IN AFGHANISTAN, ONE OF WHOM SWITCHES HIS HOUSE EVERY DAY FOR FEAR OF SAFETY. AS YOU UNDERSTAND IT, WHAT IS THE THREAT THESE PEOPLE FACE? MATT: SIMPLY PUT, THEY WILL BE MURDERED. THE TALIBAN WAS CLEAR. THEY WERE ASKED, IS THERE ANY ROOM FOR RECONCILIATION WITH THOSE WHO CURRENTLY WORK FOR THE AFGHAN REPUBLIC? THEY SAID YES, ANYONE WHO WORKS FOR THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM

WITH THEM. THE FOLKS WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ARE THE INTERPRETERS, THOSE WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE THE AMERICAN FORCES. THEY DECLARED THEM TO BE SOMETHING CALLED APOSTATES, WHICH, IN THEIR PERVERTED VIEW OF ISLAM, MEANS THERE IS A COMMANDMENT FROM GOD DEMANDING MAY BE KILLED. THE EVENCE SUGGESTS THUS FAR, THEY ARE BEING REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL AT THAT. THE ASSOCIATION OF WARTIME ALLIES AND VETERANS FOR AMERICAN IDEALS SPENT THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS POLLING THE LEFT BEHIND AFGHAN POPULATION, ALONG WITH THE VETERANS INVOLVED IN TRYING TO HELP AFGHANS GET OUT OVER THE PAST YEAR. WHAT THEY LEARNED WAS SHOCKING. FIRST OFF, THEY LEARNED 41% OF THE VETERANS INVOLVED NO REPORT -- NOW REPORT SOME TYPE OF MORAL INJURY. WHY ARE THEY REPORTING THAT THE -- WHY ARE THEY REPORTING MORAL INJURY? BECAUSE THEY AFGHANS THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO ASSIST ARE NOT MAKING IT TO THE UNITED STATES, ARE STILL IN DANGER, BEING

PERSECUTED, AND SOME 40.9% OF THOSE AFGHANS IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE GONE DARK. NICK: I ASKED GOVERNMENT , MULTIPLE OFFICIALS ABOUT THE IDEA THAT SO MANY AFGHANS HAVE GONE DARK, PERHAPS LOST THEIR LIVES. OFFICIALS TELL ME THE NUMBER SEEMS HIGH. MATT: WELL, THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WAS TELLING US FOR YEARS THAT OUR SIV ESTIMATES WERE WILDLY INACCURATE. AND THEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, THEY ISSUED MEA CULPAS TO SAY AS IT TURNS OUT, KIM AND HER ASSOCIATES HAD BEEN ON TRACK ALL ALONG, THERE ARE IN FACT SOME 78,000 SIV POTENTIAL APPLICANTS WAITING AS OF THE 15TH OF AUGUST LAST YEAR FOR EVACUATIONS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM NEVER MADE IT ONTO THE AIRPLANES AND THEY REMAIN LEFT BEHIND. THEY HAVE FINALLY COPPED TO, THERE COULD BE 300,000 SIV ELIGIBLE PEOPLE WHO REMAIN LEFT BEHIND. NICK: INCLUDING FAMILIES. IS THE U.S. DOING ENOUGH TO GET THEM OUT?

MA: NO. SIMPLY PUT, THE SIV PROGRAM WON'T SAVE THESE PEOPLE. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF PROCESSING VISAS, IT WILL TE THE GOVERNMENT 18 YEARS TO GET THROUGH THE BACKLOG. THERE IS AN ONGOING FAMINE. EVEN IF THE TALIBAN AREN'T KILLING THESE PEOPLE AS EFFICIENTLY AS I BELIEVE THEY ARE, THE ONGOING FOOD AND MEDICAL INSECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN WILL GET TO THESE PEOPLE EVENTUALLY. THERE IS ONLY ONE SOLUTION LEFT. I KNOW WHAT IT IS CALLED. I HAVE SEEN IT. IT IS CALLED THE UNITING FOR UKRAINE PROGRAM. IT WORKS. WE WELCOMED OVER 100,000 UKRAINIANS SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR TO THIS COUNTRY. IN MY HEART, I'M ALL FOR IT. I THINK IT IS GREAT. BUT IF WE CAN DO IT FOR UKRAINIANS, WHY CAN'T WE DO IT FOR OUR NATION'S LONGEST WARTIME ALLY? SO THIS IS WHERE ONLY THE PRESIDT OF THE UNITED STATES CAN SOLVE THIS. HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE IT RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT. NICK: U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS SOME CONTEXT TO WHAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH. THAT IS THE SITUATION THEY

INHERITED FROM THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON. >> WHEN THIS ADMINISTRATION CAME INTO OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021, NOT A SINGLE INTERVIEW HAD BEEN CONDUCTED IN KABUL FOR AN SIV APPLICANT SINCE MARCH OF THE PRECEDING YEAR, MARCH 2020. AT LEAST PART OF THAT WAS A REFLECTION OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE PREVIO ADMINISTRATION HAD NOT MAINTAINED THIS PROGRAM, HOW IT HAD BEEN ALLOWED ATROPHY. NICK: ALLOWED TO ATROPHY. DOES HE HAVE A POINT? MATT: THE POINT THEY SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH IS THIS. WE LEFT BEHIND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT, AND THEY ARE GOING TO DIE. VETERANS ARE HURTING AS A RESULT OF THAT. I ONLY KNOW ONE WAY TO ADDRESS MORAL INJURY. IT IS THROUGH ACTS OF SERVICE, THROUGH GOOD WORKS, THROUGH HELPING THESE PEOPLE TO SAFETY AND SALVATION. THE ONLY WAY THAT THESE PEOPLE

ARE GOING TO SURVIVE AT THIS POINT IS A UNITING FOR AFGHANISTAN PROGRAM. THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE TO CONVINCE THIS PRESIDT, HOWEVER, TO GET INVOLVED. HE SEEMS TO BE THE ONE PERSON THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE CAN ACTUALLY SOLVE THIS. IT TAKES HIS PERSONAL INVESTMENT. HE IS THE GREAT HEALER IN CHIEF, RIGHT? VETERANS ARE HURTING. HE COULD HELP US HEAL BY HELPING GET THESE PEOPLE HOME. NICK: A FEW SECONDS LEFT, YOU MENTIONED THIS. NOT ONLY IS IT THE THREAT FROM THE TALIBAN BUT IT IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HOW MUCH MORE DIFFICULT IS IT, GIVEN THAT CRISIS? MATT: IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. AFGHAN PARENTS ARE AT THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE SELLING THEIR CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO FEED THEIR OTHER CHILDREN. THAT IS HELL ON RTH. WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE ABANDONED THESE PEOPLE TO THAT. WE OWE THEM TO GET THEM TO SAFETY. NICK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MATT ZELLER. ♪ JUDY: KENYANS WENT TO THE POLLS

LAST WEEK, IN AN ELECTION WIDELY HAILED AS ONE OF THE MOST TRANSPARENT AND PEACEFUL IN THE NATION'S HISTORY. BUT THE LOSING CANDIDATE HAS REFUSED TO CONCEDE, AND HE MAY CHALLENGE THE RESULTS IN THE SUPREME COURT. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEHA WADEKAR REPORTS FROM NROBI. NEHA: FOR SIX LONG DAYS, KENYANS WAITED ANXIOUSLY AND PATIENTLY FOR THE RESULTS OF THE 2022 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. MANY IN NAIROBI'S KIBERA NEIGHBORHOOD WERE PULLING FOR THEIR CANDIDATE, RAILA ODINGA. AND IT'S SEEN VIOLENCE IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS WHEN THE FIVE-TIME PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER HAS LOST. CALVINS OCHIENG LIVES HERE, TEACHING ART TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND PAINTING MURALS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE HAD A MESSAGE FOR HIS COMMUNITY AS THEY WAITED. >> APART FROM THE SMALL TIME THAT WE DO ELECTIONS, WE ARE

USUALLY LIVING TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE, AND KIBRA HAS ALL KENYAN TRIBES. SO OUR MESSAGE TO PEOPLE WAS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REMEMBER THAT, AND ALSO TO KEEP PEACE AND CALM, BECAUSE AT THE END OF EVERYTHING, WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT PEACE. NEHA: KENYANS ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT OF COVID-19 AND INFLATION. AND AFTER A LONG AND DRAWN-OUT CAMPAIGN SEASON, PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE TIRED OF POLITICS. ON AUGUST 15TH, KENYANS TUNED IN TO HEAR WHO THEIR FIFTH PRESIDENT WOULD BE. THEY WATCHED THE AUDITORIUM TURN INTO A FREE-FOR-ALL AS ANGRY MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION TRIED TO DISRUPT PROCEEDINGS AND PREVENT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION FROM ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS. >> WILLIAM RUTO, NUMBER OF VALID VOTES, 7 MILLION. NEHA: BUT FINALLY, THE CHAIR OF THE ELECTION COMMISSION, WAFULA CHEBUKATI, DECLARED DEPUTY PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO THE

WINNER. CELEBRATIONS ERUPTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MOST POLLS PREDICTED THAT RUTO WOULD LOSE THIS ELECTION. HE RAN AGAINST KENYA'S SITTING PRESIDENT, UHURU KENYATTA, UNITED WITH ODINGA AGAINST HIM. RUTO HAILED THE ELECTION AS A STEP FORWARD FOR THE COUNTRY. >> I AM A VERY PROUD KENYAN THIS EVENING, THAT THE PEOPLE OF KENYA HAVE RAISED THE BAR ON US, WHO ARE SEEKING LEADERSHIP IN OUR COUNTRY, NOT TO SELL OUR ETHNICITIES, BUT TO SELL OUR PROGMS, OUR MANIFESTOS, OUR AGENDA, AND OUR PLAN. NEHA: BUT IN SUCH A HOTLY CONTESTED ELECTION, SOME ODINGA SUPPORTERS WERE ANGRY WITH THE RESULT. PROTESTS HAVE ERUPTED HERE IN KIBERA, AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN NAIROBI. THE IEBC, THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION, HAS JUST NAMED WILLIAM RUTO AS THE 5TH

PRESIDENT OF KENYA. THIS AREA IS A STRONGHOLD FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RAILA ODINGA, AND THE PEOPLE HERE SAY THAT THEY ARE FURIOUS. >> IN 2022 I VOTED FOR THE THIRD TIME. BUT THEY ARE TELLING US, THE COMMISSION IS DIVIDED, THAT THE RESULTS ARE NOT GENUINE. SO WE NEED OUR JUSTICE. WE NEED OUR JUSTICE. NO PEACE. NEHA: TURNOUT WAS UNCHARACTERISTICALLY LOW FOR THE AUGUST 9TH ELECTION. THERE WERE MINOR BUMPS WITH THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND SOME VOTERS COMPLAINED OF DELAYS AT THE POLLS. >> THE PROCESS IS KINDA SLOW. WE HAVE BEEN NOTICING FROM THE TIME WE HAVE BEEN HERE THAT THE IEBC OFFICIALS ARE NOT LIKE HERE, COMING TO SHOW US THE DATA. BUT I MUST DO MY DEMOCRATIC RIGHT FIRST. I MUST VOTE FOR CHANGE. WE'VE BEEN HAVING TOUGH TIMES LATELY, THE PAST FIVE YEARS. WE CAN SEE REALITY, WHERE IT IS

GOING, AND AS A YOUTH, I AM FIGHTING FOR MY SPACE. NEHA: THIS ELECTION HAS BEEN HAILED AS ONE FOUGHT LESS ALONG TRIBAL LINES THAN ON ISSUES OF ECONOMICS AND CLASS. NANJALA NYABOLA IS A POLITICAL ANALYST IN NAIROBI. >> I ALWAYS ND IT VERY IRONIC, BECAUSE THESE ARE TWO OF THE WEALTHIEST MEN IN THE COUNTRY, SORT OF, LET'S SAY, THE TWO FRONT RUNNERS, AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT, RIGHT? THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ONE OF KENYA'S FEW DOLLAR BILLIONAIRES. AND SO, THESE ARE ME OF THE WEALTHIEST MEN IN AFRICA PORTRAYING THEMSELVES AS BEING OF THE PEOPLE, AND STANDING WITH THE PEOPLE, AND DELIVERING THESE VERY CLASS-BASED NARRATIVES. NEHA: AS NIGHT FELL, VOTING STATIONS TURNED INTO TALLYING STATIONS AS THOUSANDS OF ELECTION OFFICIALS BEGAN TO COUNT VOTES BY LANTERN LIGHT. THE PROCESS WAS SLOW BECAUSE OF THE GREAT PAINS TAKEN TO MAKE IT SO TRANSPARENT. IT WAS DESIGNED TO RUN OPENLY AND SMOOTHLY, WITH AS LITTLE CONTROVERSY AS POSSIBLE. BUT CONTROVERSY CAME ANYWAY. AS HAPPENED IN 2017, AN ELECTION

OFFICIAL WAS ABDUCTED, AND HIS MURDERED BODY DISCOVERED DAYS LATER. AND JUST BEFORE THE RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED BY THE CHAIR OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION, FOUR OF HIS COMMISSIONERS MET ACROSS TOWN AND QUESTIONED THE TALLYING PROCESS. >> WE THEREFORE CANNOT TAKE OWNERSHIP ON THE RESULTS THAT IS GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED. NEHA: THE COUNTRY WAS WAITING TO HEAR FROM RAILA ODINGA. >> THE FIGURES ANNOUNCED BY MR. CHEBUKATI ARE NULL AND VOID. THEY MUST BE QUASHED BY A COURT OF LAW. IN OUR VIEW, THERE'S NEITHER A LEGALLY AND VALIDLY DECLARED WINNER, NOR A PRESIDENELECT. NEHA: ODINGA HAS SIGNALED THAT HE WILL TAKE THIS CASE ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT, AS HE DID IN 2013 AND 2017. >> EVERY TIME HE HAS DONE IT IN THE PAST, WE'VE GOTTEN A BETTER ELECTION OUT OF IT. THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THIS PROCESS OF VERIFICATION IS BECAUSE HE CHALLENGED THE

RESULTS IN 2017. THE REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE OVERNIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A COURT CASE CHALLENGING, RIGHT? SO TAKING THINGS TO COURT IS A NET POSITIVE FOR THE COUNTRY. IT STRENGTHENS THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. IT STRENGTHENS THE ELECTORAL LAW. IT TESTS IDEAS. IT ALLOWS US TO ITERATE THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. NEHA: UNLIKE IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS, THE ISOLATED PROTESTS HAVEN'T ESCALATED INTO WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE. LIFE HAS PRETTY MUCH GOTTEN BACK TO NORMAL HERE IN NAIROBI'S CITY CENTER. BUT AS YOU HAVE HEARD, RAILA ODINGA DOES CONTEST THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION, AND HE MAY BE PLANNING TO CHALLENGE THEM HERE IN THE SUPREME COURT. FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M NEHA WADEKAR, IN NAIROBI, KENYA. ♪ JUDY: IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBL ART COLLECTIONS IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S NOT WHERE YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE IT.

ARTWORK IN NEW YORK HOSPITALS AIMS TO HEAL PATIENTS AND HEALERS. JEFFREY BROWN CONTINUES HIS OCCASIONAL LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND HEALTH, FOR OUR ONGOING ARTS AND CULTURE SERIES, CANVAS. JEFFREY: A PLAYFUL, VIBRANT MURAL, PAINTED IN 1986 BY KEITH HARING, THE FAMED ARTIST OF THE 1980'S POP AND GRAFFITI SCENE. HIS WORK IS TYPICALLY FOUND IN MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, AND AT AUCTION, VALUED INTO THE MILLIONS. BUT THERE IT IS, IN THE BUSY LOBBY OF WOODHULL HOSPITAL IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. ON A WALL OUTSIDE, IN THIS LOUD, CROWDED BED-STUY NEIGHBORHOOD, A NEW MURAL FOR PANDEMIC TIMES, CALLED "THROUGH HEALING, WE UNITE." >> THIS IS FOR HEALTH WORKERS, BUT ALSO IT'S ABOUT BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN HEALTH WORKERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. JEFFREY: IT WAS DESIGNED BY CONTEMPORARY ARTIST IMANI SHANKLIN ROBERTS, WORKING WITH HOSPITAL STAFF AND PATIENTS, FOR IDEAS, EVEN THE PAINTING.

>> PUBLIC ART IS ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. IT EXISTS ON A VERY BUSY AVENUE, AND PEOPLE ARE WALKING BACK AND FORTH, YOU KNOW, PASSIVELY OR ACTIVELY ENGAGING WI THE WORK. SO IT BECOMES LARGER THAN ME. IT BECOMES LARGER THAN THE HOSPITAL. IT REALLY IS ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. JEFFREY: ROBERTS' MURAL IS NOW PART OF ONE OF THE MORE EXTRAORDINARY AND UNEXPECTED ART COLLECTIONS IN THE COUNTRY, THE MORE THAN 3000 WORKS OWNED AND CURATED BY NEW YORK CITY'S HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, THE NATION'S LARGEST MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HOSPITAL SYSTEM. WORKS OBTAINED THROUGH DONATIONS BY PHILANTHROPISTS, FOUNDATIONS, AND THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES, PLUS A NEW YORK CITY TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO FUND PUBLIC ART IN FACT, THERE'S NOW A RENAISSANCE OF MURAL-MAKING, SOME 26 NEW WORKS AT HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WITH MORE COMING. IT'S THE LARGEST SUCH PROJECT SINCE THE 1930'S, CONTINUING A RICH HISTORY THAT CAN STILL BE SEEN AT PLACES LIKE HARLEM

HOSPITAL, WHERE MURALS FROM THE FEDERAL ART PROJECT, PART OF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT'S WPA PROGRAM, HAVE BEEN RESTORED AND DISPLAYED IN A MUSEUM-LIKE MURAL PAVILION. ART HISTORIAN AND WHITNEY MUSEUM CURATOR BARBARA HASKELL. >> ONE PURPOSE WAS TO PUT PEOPLE TO WORK. JEFFREY: VERY SIMPLE, PUT PEOPLE TO WORK. >> SIMPLE. AS ONE OF HIS ADMINISTRATORS SAID, "ARTISTS HAVE TO EAT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE." BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER MESSAGE, ANOTHER IDEA, THAT ART COULD BE PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE, AND THAT THROUGH ART THERE COULD SHORE UP THE SORT OF SELF-RESOLVE OF AMERICA. JEFFREY: AND YOU COULD TRANSLATE THAT IDEA INTO A HOSPITAL CONTEXT? >> YES, SO THE IDEA THAT MODERN MEDICINE WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD PREVENT AND HELP, HELP CURE DISEASES. JEFFREY: IN THAT ERA, HASKELL SAYS, MANY PATIENTS AND STAFF EVEN LIVED IN THE HOSPITALS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. AND THE MURALS WERE OFTEN IMMERSIVE, TAKING UP WHOLE WALLS AND SPACES, ESPECIALLY TO CHEER UP CHILDREN IN LONG TERM CARE. THE MURALS AT HARLEM HOSPITAL WERE ALSO IMPORTANT IN ANOTHER

WAY, FOR CAPTURING BLACK LIFE BY BLACK ARTISTS, A CYCLE OF WORKS BY VERTIS HAYES, OTHERS BY CHARLES ALSTON. SOME OF THE EARLY SKETCHES FOR THESE MURALS WERE REJECTED BY THE HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION AT THE TIME FOR FOCUSING TOO MUCH ON SO-CALLED "NEGRO" SUBJECT MATTER. BUT AFTER PROTESTS, THE ARTISTS, LIKE GEORGETTE SEABROOKE, LARGELY PREVAILED. >> SO THIS WAS IN A NURSE'S RECREATION ROOM, AND IT GAVE A SENSE THAT LIFE WAS HAPPENING. JEFFREY: SEABROOKE'S 1937 PAINTING IS TITLED "RECREATION IN HARLEM." A BLACK WOMAN ARTIST AT THIS TIME -- >> YES, LIVING IN HARLEM, YEAH JEFFREY: WOULD NOT HAVE HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES? >> THAT'S RIGHT, EXACTLY. AND THE WPA ITSELF DIDN'T HIRE MANY BLACK ARTISTS. SO THE HARLEM HOSPITAL WAS REALLY A LAUNCH FOR A LOT OF THESE ARTISTS. >> SO THIS IS OUR STORAGE UNIT FOSOME OF OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT PIECES IN THE COLLECTION. JEFFREY: IN A NONDESCRIPT SPACE IN A DOWNTOWN OFFICE BUILDING, LARISSA TRINDER, WHO HEADS THE ARTS IN MEDICINE PROGRAM FOR THE

HOSPITAL SYSTEM, SHOD US MORE WORKS, MANY BY LEADING ARTISTS, SUCH AS ANDY WARHOL, LEE KRASNER, AND SAM GILLIAM WAITING TO BE PLACED ON HOSPITAL WALLS. >> THESE ARE FROM THE 1930'S. JEFFREY: EVEN, STILL UNDER WRAPS, RESTORED PAINTINGS FROM A SERIES ON ALICE IN WONDERLAND IN NEW YORK THAT ONCE ADORNED A CHILDREN'S WARD, FELL INTO DISREPAIR, AND WILL SOON BE PUBLICLY SHOWN AGAIN AFTER SOME 40 YEARS. >> A LOT OF OUR PIECES ARE NOT FRAMED. THEY'RE WAITING TO BE FRAMED AND PLACED IN OUR FACILITIES. SO WE STORE THEM IN THESE BINS HERE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE JEFFREY: WELL, THERE'S A FAMOUS NAME. >> THERE'S A FAMOUS NAME. JEFFREY: THIS IS ALEXANDER CALDER. AN IMPORTANT FOCUS NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE PANDEMIC, WITH ART TO HELP CAREGIVERS, NOT ONLY TO BEAUTIFY THEIR SURROUNDINGS, BUT IN SESSIONS TO HELP HEAL THE HEALERS THEMSELVES. >> WE HAVE A HIGH-RES IMAGE THAT'S PROJECTED.

JEFFREY: THIS COLLAGE BY DAVID HAMMONS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS USED IN A PROGRAM CALLED "HEART OF MEDICINE: ART AS THERAPY," IN WHICH TEAMS OF HEALTH WORKERS FIRST TALK ABOUT THE PAINTING, AS A WAY INTO THEIR OWN DEEPER FEELINGS, FEARS AND FRUSTRATIONS ON THE JOB. >> AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS, YOU WOULD SIT THERE AND YOU'D SAY, "WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU SEE THIS? " "I SEE A MAN AND A WOMAN IN A LOVING EMBRACE." BUT OTHER PEOPLE SAY, "OH MY GOSH, I SEE, YOU KNOW, HE'S ANGRY, OR SHE'S THIS." AND PEOPLE WERE BRINGING THEIR OWN KINDS OF EMOTIONS AND BACKGROUNDS INTO THIS PIECE. >> IT IS ALWAYS BUSY. JEFFREY: JUDITH CUTCHIN, HEAD NURSE OF AMBULATORY CARE AT WOODHULL HOSPITAL, TAKES PRIDE IN WORKING AT A PUBLIC FACILITY, GIVING TOP CARE TO ALL IN NEED, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. BUT THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIC. >> WE LOST A GREAT DEAL OF STAFF. WE LOST A GREAT DEAL OF OUR BELOVED PATIENTS. AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIFE CHANGING. JEFFREY: ART IN, AND ON, THE BUILDING, SHE SAYS, HAS HELPED. AND WHEN ARTIST IMANI SHANKLIN

ROBERTS SOUGHT IDEAS FROM THE STAFF FOR HER MURAL PROJECT, CUTCHIN WAS EAGER TO JOIN IN. >> IT WAS NOT TO BEAUTIFY THE BUILDING. IT IS TO ENGAGE OUR PATIENTS, ENGAGE OUR STAFF, THE FAMILIES, THE COMMUNITY IN THIS PROJECT. THAT MURAL, IT MEANS A LOT. AND IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME, BECAUSE IT JUST SIGNIFIES WHAT WE DO HERE, WHO WE HAVE IN THIS BUILDING AND WHY WE ARE HERE. JEFFREY: WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ACTUALLY PAINTING? >> I CAN'T PAINT. JEFFREY: YOU CAN'T PAINT? >> BUT I LOVE ART. WE WERE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S SAY WE ARE GOING TO PAINT THAT ORANGE. NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT ORANGE. THEN WE COME TO A CONSENSUS, LET'S MAKE IT YELLOW. OH, LET'S PUT THE PATIENT ON THE SIDE. OKAY. SO I FELT LIKE, I FELT LIKE THE ARTIST. >> YOU ARE AWESTRUCK BY THE BEAUTY OF THESE MURALS. JEFFREY: THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT DR. ERIC WEI HOPES FOR. WEI IS A TOP ADMINISTRATOR FOR NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, BUT ALSO CONTINUES TO WORK AS AN

EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN ON THE FRONTLINES. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU AND OTHER HEALTH CARE WORKERS NEED MOST THAT THE ART MIGHT PROVIDE? >> THE FURATIVELY HAVING A FULL TANK. AND THAT FULL TANK OF EMPATHY, THAT FULL TANK OF HAVING A CLEAR MIND, NOT BEING DISTRACTED, NOBEING STRESSED, NOT BEING BURNT OUT. AND SO WE NEED TO LEVERAGE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE. AND ART IS SO POWERFUL. WE NEED TO USE THIS POWERFUL TOOL, TO HEAL OUR, OUR HEALERS. JEFFREY: FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M JEFFREY BROWN IN NEW YORK. ♪ JUDY: AND WE'LL BE BACK SHORTLY WITH A LOOK AT HOW A LATIN AMERICAN FOLK DANCE STUDIO IS HELPING YOUNG DANCERS ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. BUT FIRST, TAKE A MOMENT TO HEAR FROM YOUR LOCAL PBS STATION. IT'S A CHANCE TO OFFER YOUR SUPPORT, WHICH HELPS KEEP PROGRAMS LIK

JUDY: WHILE MANY YOE HOPE TO BECOME PROFESSIONAL DANCERS, THE COST OF LESSONS,

COSTUMES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT OFTEN KEEPS THEM FROM ACHIEVING THEIR DREAMS. IT IS A HURDLE ONE STUDIO SPECIALIZING IN LATIN AMERICAN FOLK DANCE IS TRYING TO OVERCOME. FOR OUR STUDENT REPORTING LABS, NATALIE LETT REPORTS. >> YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO BE A DIVA ON STAGE. AT PERFORMANCES. IN YOUR DAILY LIFE, YOU HAVE TO BE APPROACHABLE AND HUMBLE. NATALIE: THE FOUNDER AND INSTRUCTOR BEGAN THIS DANCE COMPANY IN HIS BACKYARD WITH A DREAM. HIS DREAM IS CELEBRATING ITS SIXTH YEAR AS A PRE-PROFESSIONAL STUDIO IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SPECIALIZING IN A FUSION OF TRADITIONAL AND CLASSICAL DANCE. >> LATIN AMERICAN FOLK IS ROOTED IN RELIGION, TRADITION, EVERYDAY HOLIDAYS THAT PEOPLE CELEBRATE. WE LIKE TO EDUCATE THE AUDIENCE. LATIN AMERICAN FOLK GOES BEYOND THE MEXICAN HAT DANCE OR THE MAMBA. I'M TRYING TO TRANSFORM THAT AND GIVE THEM A SPECTACLE WHERE, WE

HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE BUT NOT AT THIS LEVEL. NATALIE: THE COMPANY'S STYLE CONNECTS YOUNG DANCERS, LIKE THIS 17-YEAR-OLD AND HER YOUNGER SISTER, TO THEIR CULTURE. >> THE STYLE OF DANCE IS FROM MEXICO AND I WAS BORN IN MEXICO, SO IT CONNECTS ME, BECAUSE THOSE ARE MY ROOTS. NATALIE: FOR MANY FAMILIES WHO STRUGGLE THROUGH TODAY'S ECONOMY, THE COST OF DANCE IS OUT OF REACH. >> MOST PARENTS DON'T HAVE $1200-$1500 LAYING AROUND FOR THEIR CHILD TO GO BOUNCE AROUND, WHICH I HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES. >> ONE JALISCORESS CAN COST $100. ALSO MY MOTHER IS A SINGLE MOTHER. SHE BARELY HAS ENOUGH MONEY FOR US TO GET AHEAD. SHE DOESN'T HAVE MONEY FOR DANCE CLASS. OR BUY THINGS THAT ARE NECESSITIES. NATALIE: HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WANT TO DANCE BUT NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO. >> MY FIRST BALLET STUDIO, I

WENT TO THE OWNER AND TOLD HER, I HAVE NO MONEY, BUT I WANT TO DANCE. I WILL CLEAN MIRRORS AND SWEEP THE FLOOR, DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY. FOR SO MANY TALENTED, BRIGHT ARTISTS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO FULFILL THEIR NEED BECAUSE FINANCIALLY, THERE IS SUCH HARDSHIP. SPONSORS CONTRIBUTE SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENTS. IF THERE IS A WORKSHOP OR A COSTUME, IF THEY NEED NEW SHOES, WE ASK THE SPONSORS ON OUR ROSTER AND IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DO IT AT THE TIME, MOST OF THEM COVER THE FULL PRICE OF WHAT THE DANCERS NEED. >> I WAS A DANCER MYSELF SO I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES AND HOW HARD IT IS TO BE A DANCER. I WANTO BE ABLE TO BE THERE, TO BE THAT PERSON THAT I HAD GROWING UP FOR THESE KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE THAT. NATALIE: THE SUPPORT FROM SPONSORS IS NOT ONLY FINANCIAL. >> IT HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF MY LIFE. HE HAS TAUGHT ME MANY THINGS I

THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER LEARN IN A DANCE CLASS, LIKE HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR LIFE AND BE A BETTER PERSON. HE HAS BEEN MORE LIKE A FAMILY TO ME. >> WATCHING MY KIDS AND MY DANCERS, THE KIDS I SUPPORT DAY IN AND DAY OUT, LOOK BEAUTIFUL ON STAGE REALLY MAKES IT WORTH IT. I WOLDN'T CHANGE IT FOR ANYTHING. NATALIE: FOR THE NEWSHOUR, STUDENT REPORTING LABS, I'M NATALIE LETT. IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. JUDY: SUCH AN UPLIFTING STORY. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS THE NEWSHOUR FOR TONIGHT. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. JOIN US ONLINE AND AGAIN HERE TOMORROW EVENING. FOR ALL OF US AT THE PBS NEWSHOUR, THANK YOU, PLEASE STAY SAFE AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY -- >> FOR 25 YEARS, CONSUMER CELLULAR'S GOAL HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE WIRELESS SERVICE THAT HELPS PEOPLE COMMUNICA AND CONNECT. WE OFFER NO CONTRACT PLANS AND OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM CAN

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