PBS NewsHour; Monday, July 18, 2022, 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT

AMNA: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. I'M AMNA NAWAZ. JUDY WOODRUFF IS AWAY. ON THE "NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT. GUNS IN AMERICA -- A DAMNING NEW REPORT ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO THE UVALDE SCHOOL MASSACRE SHOWS FAILURES ON MULTIPLE FRONTS, AS MORE MASS SHOOTINGS TAKE PLACE ACROSS THE U.S. THEN. AT THE EXTREME -- EUROPE STRUGGLES WITH MAJOR WILDFIRES AND ENERGY UNCERTAINTY AMID A MASSIVE, CONTINENT-WIDE HEATWAVE. AND. A CALL TO ARMS -- HOW INCREASINGLY VIOLENT RHETORIC IS BECOMING A DANGEROUS FEATURE OF REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGNS AND PARTY MESSAGING. >> YOU HAVE A BIPARTISAN SYSTEM IN WHICH ONE OF THOSE TWO PARTIES HAS LEFT DEMOCRACY TO THE POINT OF FOMENTING A COUP ATTEMPT. AMNA: ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S "PBS NEWSHOUR." ♪ >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS

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INVESTIGATORS SAY A BYSTANDER -- LEGALLY ARMED WITH A HANDGUN -- THEN SHOT AND KILLED THE GUNMAN. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS, AND ON OTHER MASS SHOOTINGS, AFTER THE NEWS SUMMARY. A DANGEROUS HEAT WAVE IS SCORCHING THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ACROSS THE WEST, MIDWEST AND SOUTH TODAY. READINGS RANGED FROM 100 DEGREES IN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, AND TULSA, OKLAHOMA TO 110 IN DALLAS. IN CALIFORNIA'S SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR TEMPERATURES AS HIGH AS 109 DEGREES. OFFICIALS IN TEXAS WARNED THAT POWER USE COULD BREAK RECORDS AGAIN THIS WEEK AS CUSTOMERS CRANK UP AIR CONDITIONING. A SEPARATE HEAT WAVE THAT'S BEEN SEARING SOUTHERN EUROPE MOVED NORTH INTO BRITAIN TODAY. TEMPERATURES TOPPED 100 DEGREES, SHUTTING SCHOOLS AND TRAIN LINES AND CLOSING SOME AIRPORTS AFTER RUNWAYS MELTED. THE HEAT HAS ALSO FUELED WILDFIRES IN FRANCE AND SPAIN, DISPLACING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. AND HEAT-RELATED DEATHS ARE IN THE HUNDREDS.

WE'LL RETURN TO ALL OF THIS, LATER IN THE PROGRAM. IN UKRAINE, RUSSIA CONTINUED ITS CAMPAIGN OF HEAVY SHELLING, KILLING EVEN MORE CIVILIANS. RESCUERS SCOURED THE REMNANTS OF A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN THE EASTERN TOWN OF TORETSK, AFTER A MISSILE STRIKE KILLED AT LEAST 6 PEOPLE. MEANWHILE, IN MOSCOW, PRESIDENT PUTIN REMAINED DEFIANT OVER WESTERN SANCTIONS. HE INSISTED THAT RUSSIA WON'T LET ITSELF BE CUT OFF. >> WE CANNOT JUST DEVELOP IN ISOLATION FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD, AND IT WON'T BE LIKE THAT. TODAY, YOU CAN'T JUST CIRCLE EVERYTHING WITH A COMPASS AND PUT UP A HUGE FENCE AROUND YOURSELF. STEPHANIE: PUTIN PLANS TO TRAVEL TO IRAN TOMORROW. U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE WARNED THAT TEHRAN PLANS TO SUPPLY THE RUSSIANS WITH MORE DRONES. THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA TODAY DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY GIVING HIMSELF BROAD POWER EVEN AS PROTESTERS DEMAND HIS RESIGNATION. HE WARNED THAT DEMONSTRATORS MAY FACE A TOUGHER RESPONSE, GOING FORWARD. >> IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY THERE IS A CAMPAIGN TO VIOLATE THE

LAW. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS OPPOSE THIS AND PROTECT LAW AND ORDER. I WILL NOT ALLOW FASCISTS TO DESTROY THE COUNTRY'S LAW AND ORDER. AT THE SAME TIME I WILL ACCEPT PEACEFUL PROTESTERS. STEPHANIE: DESPITE THE WARNING, MEMBERS OF TRADE UNIONS PROTESTED IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF COLOMBO. THE ISLAND NATION'S FORMER PRESIDENT FLED THE COUNTRY LAST WEEK AND RESIGNED, AMID ECONOMIC COLLAPSE AND POLITICAL UNREST. ON THE PANDEMIC. SEVERAL LARGE CHINESE CITIES -- INCLUDING SHANGHAI -- ARE ROLLING OUT NEW MASS TESTING AND LIMITED LOCKDOWNS AS COVID-19 INFECTIONS ARE ON THE RISE. THAT COMES AS NEW SUB-VARIANTS OF THE VIRUS ONCE AGAIN ARE PUSHING CASES HIGHER AROUND THE WORLD. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS AVERAGE DAILY CASES IN THE U.S. ARE UP 15% IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP 20%. STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR. FORMER TRUMP ADVISER STEVE BANNON FACES TRIAL FOR CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. OUR POLITICS MONDAY TEAM BREAKS DOWN THE LATEST HEADLINES.

A NEW BOOK MAKES THE CASE FOR RICKEY HENDERSON AS ONE OF BASEBALL'S ALL-TIME GREATS. AND MUCH MORE. >> THIS IS "PBS NEWSHOUR WEST" FROM WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON AND FROM OUR BUREAU AT THE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. AMNA: LET'S RETURN TO OUR TOP STORY -- THE CONTINUING EPIDEMIC OF SHOOTINGS AND GUN-RELATED DEATHS IN AMERICA. FROM INDIANA TO TEXAS TO FLORIDA AND MANY OTHER PLACES, COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS ARE COPING TODAY WITH THE AFTERMATH OF VIOLENCE THAT REMAINS ALL TOO ROUTINE. GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA SHOWS NO SIGN OF SLOWING, AS THE NATION FACED ANOTHER WEEKEND OF MASS SHOOTINGS. SUNDAY EVENING AT AN INDIANAPOLIS MALL, AN ALLEGED GUNMAN, IDENTIFIED AS 20-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN SAPIRMAN, SHOT AND KILLED 3 PEOPLE AND INJURED 2 MORE. POLICE SAY AN ARMED CIVILIAN THEN SHOT AND KILLED THE GUNMAN. >> MANY MORE PEOPLE WOULD'VE

DIED LAST NIGHT IF NOT FOR A RESPONSIBLE, ARMED CITIZEN THAT TOOK ACTION VERY QUICKLY WITHIN THE FIRST TWO MINUTES OF THIS SHOOTING. AMNA: THE GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE REPORTS 15 MASS SHOOTINGS THIS WEEKEND IN WHICH 4 OR MORE PEOPLE WERE SHOT. THEY COUNT MORE THAN 350 SO FAR THIS YEAR. ON SUNDAY, NEW DETAILS FROM UVALDE, TEXAS REVEALED SYSTEMIC FAILURES IN RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING AT ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE 77-PAGE REPORT FROM A TEXAS HOUSE COMMITTEE FOUND NEARLY 400 LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL OFFICERS WERE ON SCENE, BUT WITH NO CLEAR LEADERSHIP, THEY, "FAILED TO PRIORITIZE SAVING THE LIVES OF INNOCENT VICTIMS OVER THEIR OWN SAFETY." >> THE TRAINING AND STANDARDS WE SET FOR OFFICERS IS IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ACTIVE SHOOTING, ACTIVE KILLING GOING ON OR IF SOMEBODY IS DYING, THE STANDARD IS YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO SOMETHING TO STOP THAT KILLING OR STOP THAT DYING. THAT DAY, SEVERAL OFFICERS IN THE HALLWAY OR IN THAT BUILDING

KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THERE WAS DYING IN THAT CLASSROOM, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE, ACTED WITH URGENCY. LITTLE SOLACE FOR THE GRIEVING FAMILIES IN UVALDE. SERGIO GARCIA'S 9-YEAR-OLD SON UZIYAH WAS ONE OF THE 19 CHILDREN KILLED. >> WHATEVER I SEE IN THIS REPORT IS NOT GOING TO BRING MY SON BACK, BUT WE NEED TO PREVENT IT SO SOMEBODY ELSE WON'T LOSE THEIR SON OR THEIR DAUGHTER OR THEIR KIDS. THIS NEEDS TO BE THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENS TO SCHOOL. AMNA: MEANWHILE, THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF GUN VIOLENCE CONTINUE ACROSS OTHER AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. IN FLORIDA TODAY, OPENING STATEMENTS IN THE DEATH PENALTY TRIAL OF THE GUNMAN IN THE 2018 PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING. THE PROSECUTION BEGAN TO MAKE ITS CASE. >> THE MURDERS, ALL 17 WERE HEINOUS, ATROCIOUS AND CRUEL. ALL 17 WERE COLD, CALCULATED AND PREMEDITATED. AMNA: ALSO TODAY, IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK THE GUNMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED 10 BLACK PEOPLE AT A GROCERY STORE, WAS ARRAIGNED ON FEDERAL HATE CRIME CHARGES.

IN HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS TODAY THE FINAL FUNERAL FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE SHOOTING. JUST ONE OF MANY COMMUNITIES STILL IN MOURNING AND WAITING FOR JUSTICE TO BE SERVED. THIS AFTERNOON, TEXAS STATE POLICE ANNOUNCED ITS OWN REVIEW AFTER THE UVALDE REPORT LAID OUT SYSTEMIC FAILURES AND EGREGIOUSLY POOR DECISION-MAKING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT FOUND 376 OFFICERS RESPONDED REPRESENTING 20 DIFFERENT AGENCIES, YET THERE WAS A LACK OF EFFECTIVE INCIDENT COMMAND AND IT WAS UNCLEAR WHO WAS IN CHARGE. THE REPORT ALSO OUTLINES HOW SCHOOL STAFF WERE COMPLACENT WITH SAFETY PROTOCOLS. I'M JOINED NOW BY TONY PLOHETSKI WHO HAS CLOSELY COVERED SINCE THAT DAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. YOU HAVE COVERED THIS FROM THE

BEGINNING, SO WHAT STANDS OUT FROM THIS REPORT? >> I THINK THIS REPORT IS FILLED WITH SO MANY WRENCHING REVELATIONS AND IT DOES PAINT THE MOST COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT HORRIBLE DAY. OVER THE PAST SEVEN POINT FIVE WEEKS, WE HAVE GOTTEN INFORMATION AND UNFORTUNATELY SO MUCH OF THAT INFORMATION HAS PROVEN TO BE FALSE. AUTHORITIES HAVE FOUND HIMSELF HAVING TO AMEND STATEMENTS OR CORRECT THEM OR IN SOME CASES THROW THEM OUT ALTOGETHER. THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT BASED ON THE TESTIMONY OF DOZENS OF PEOPLE INCLUDING MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, IT REALLY DOES PAINT THE SCENE. TRAGICALLY, THE MORE INFORMATION WE LEARN FROM GOING THROUGH THIS REPORT, IT REALLY IS RENEWING SO MUCH PAIN AND SO MUCH LOSS FOR THE FAMILIES OF UVALDE AND IT REALLY DOES SHOW SUCH AN EPIC

FAILURE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN RESPONDING TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON. AMNA: WHEN YOU THINK BACK TO THE EARLY DAYS, I REMEMBER SO MUCH FOCUS FROM STATE OFFICIALS POINTING BLAME AT UVALDE POLICE, SPECIFICALLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF, BUT THIS REPORT SHOWS THERE WERE MULTIPLE FAILURES BY MULTIPLE OFFICERS FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES. OFFICIALS HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR WEEKS. WHY ARE WE JUST LEARNING ABOUT THAT JUST NOW? >> CERTAINLY THERE HAS BEEN A NARRATIVE THAT HAS BEEN NURTURED WHICH IS THAT THE RESPONDING OFFICERS WERE FROM A SMALL TOWN, THEY WERE OUT OF THEIR DEPTH, THEY TRULY WERE THE ONES WHO DID NOT RESPOND APPROPRIATELY, BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE NOW KNOW FROM THIS REPORT THAT THERE WERE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THERE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL INCLUDING THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS REPORT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCHOOL WERE STATE AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, SO THE IDEA THAT THIS WAS JUST A SMALL TOWN PROBLEM REALLY DOES GET THROWN OUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WHO WERE THERE AND FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, THE MULTITUDE OF AGENCIES. TODAY, AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SENSE OF ALL OF THIS, IT ONLY SERVES TO DEEPEN THE QUESTION ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ONE. AMNA: I'M SURE THIS IS SMALL COMFORT FOR THE FAMILIES WHO HAD TO BURY CHILDREN AND LOVED ONES, MANY FOREVER TRAUMATIZED. WE KNOW MANY WERE RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT A POTENTIAL COVER UP. HOW HAS THIS REPORT FED ANY OF THOSE NARRATIVES AND HOW ARE THEY RESPONDING? >> CERTAINLY AMONG THE 21 FAMILIES AND THE PEOPLE OF

UVALDE THERE IS NO REAL UNIFORM RESPONSE FROM THIS INFORMATION, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY TELL YOU THAT MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THAT TOWN ARE VERY ANGRY, THEY ARE HEARTBROKEN. THIS HAS RENEWED THEIR GRIEF, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I THINK MANY OF THEM ARE ALSO TAKING SOME SOLACE, IF THAT IS EVEN POSSIBLE, IN KNOWING THE FACTS AS DIFFICULT AS THEY ARE TO COMPREHEND AND MAKE SENSE OF. MANY OF THEM ARE TAKING SOME COMFORT IN KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT TERRIBLE DAY AND NOT HAVING THESE ALL UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OUT THERE. AMNA: BRIEFLY, WHAT ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY? NO THE -- WE KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF HAS BEEN PUT ONEAVE. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? >> THAT IS A QUESTION WE HAVE BEEN ASKING. THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS ALSO CREATED AN INTERNAL COMMITTEE, BUT WE ARE

IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING ALL OF THE AGENCIES TO SEE IF THEY WILL DO AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF OFFICERS' ACTIONS. AMNA: TONY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU. AMNA: SCORCHING HEAT, BUCKLING ROADS, RAGING FIRES AND HUNDREDS DEAD ALREADY. AN INTENSE HEAT WAVE HAS GRIPPED MUCH OF YOUR. TODAY IN NANTES, FRANCE - A READING OF 107.6 FAHRENHEIT. TEMPERATURES TOUCHED 100 IN THE U.K.. PARIS, LONDON AND ROME INCHED CLOSER TO 100. MADRID WAS 102. IT IS THE WORST HEAT WAVE IN YEARS, AND AS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT MALCOLM BRABANT REPORTS, MOST OF EUROPE CANNOT COPE.

>> BEFORE WE GOT ON THE SHIP, THE TEMPERATURE WAS A PLEASANT 75 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. BUT WITH JUST RACING AHEAD OF THE NORTH AFRICAN WEATHER SYSTEM SWEEPING NORTH WHICH IS GOING TO SEND TEMPERATURES IN BRITAIN TO A RECORD-BREAKING 104 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH IS A RED WARNING. NORMALLY IN BRITAIN, PEOPLE LIKE A BIT OF SUNSHINE, BUT THIS SORT OF TEMPERATURE COULD KILL PEOPLE. THE BRITISH REPUTATION FOR KEEPING COOL AND CARRYING ON EVAPORATED IN TROPICAL TEMPERATURES >> YOU WALK FROM SHADOW TO SHADOW. THE SUN IS OFF LIMITS. WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH STICKING IN PLACES LIKE WE ARE NOW AS OPPOSED TO WALKING NEXT THE THAMES OR ANYPLACE LIKE THAT. >> THOUGH THE MERCURY DID NOT REACH PREDICTED HEIGHTS, IT WAS BRUTAL ENOUGH FOR THE BRITISH. INFRASTRUCTURE WILTED. >> IT IS HOT.

[LAUGHTER] >> RUNWAY SET A MILITARY BASE IN THE MAIN TOURIST AIRPORT MELTED AND FLIGHTS WERE SUSPENDED. BENEATH THEIR BARE SKINS, CEREMONIAL SOLDIERS MAINTAINED THEIR COMPOSURE. ON THE EUROPEAN MAINLAND CLOSE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN, WILDFIRES RANGED OUT OF CONTROL CAUSING THOUSANDS TO FLEE THEIR HOMES. THE SITUATION HAS BEEN DIRE IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE SUMMER HEAT, NOT THE FLAMES. ONE FIREFIGHTER -- >> WE ARE SCARED, THERE IS A TOMATO PLANTATION OVER THERE. IF THE WIND CHANGES THIS WAY, IT BURNS DOWN MY PARENTS HOUSE. IF IT CHANGES THAT WAY, IT EARNS DOWN MY WIFE'S WORK. >> EXPERTS WERE WARNING OF THE HEAT APOCALYPSE. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST REPORTS, SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN FRANCE. FEARS ABOUT FATALITIES CROSSED

THE BORDER TO GERMANY. IT IS JUST OFF LUNCHTIME. I'M IN NORTHERN GERMANY. I'M AHEAD OF THE HEATWAVE. THE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN AROUND 77EGREES FAHRENHEIT. TOMORROW, THERE IS A HEAT WARNING FOR THIS REGION OF GERMANY. THE BIGGEST NEWS IS THAT SCIENTISTS HAVE WARNED THAT THE WORLD IS FACING CATASTROPHE BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOING TO MEET THE TARGETS TO KEEP TEMPERATURE RISE DOWN TO 1.5 DEGREES CENTIGRADE. THEY ARE PREDICTING IT WILL BE THREE DEGREES CENTIGRADE. THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL HAD THIS WARNING. >> HALF OF HUMANITY IS IN THE DANGER ZONE FROM FLOODS, DROUGHTS, EXTREME STORMS, AND WILDFIRES. NO NATION IS IMMUNE. YET WE CONTINUE TO FEED OUR FOSSIL FUEL ADDICTION. >> GERMANY'S FOREIGN MINISTER WARNED THAT RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE WAS EXACERBATING THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

>> RUSSIA'S WAR OF AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE IS EXACERBATING A GLOBAL ENERGY AND FOOD CRISIS AT IS PUSHING MILLIONS INTO POVERTY, HUNGER, AND STARVATION. AND WHILE WE ARE STILL GRAPPLING WITH THE FALLOUT FROM THE PANDEMIC, THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE BECOMING EVEN MOR DANGEROUS ACROSS THE WORLD. >> AS I HEADED FURTHER NORTH TO DENMARK, THE TEMPERATURES COOLED , THE SHIP AT A HYBRID POWER SYSTEM USING ELECTRIC BATTERIES TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON TRADITIONAL DIESEL ENGINES IN EFFORT TO CURB CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT IT IS JUST NOT ENOUGH. AMNA: AS HIGHEST TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN IN RECENT DAYS, FORECASTERS ARE EXPECTING EVEN HOTTER DAYS IN SOME PARTS OF EUROPE TOMORROW. STEPHANIE SY GETS THE PERSPECTIVE OF A CLIMATE SCIENTIST IN EUROPE WATCHING ALL OF THIS. STEPHANIE: AMNA, LET'S FOCUS MORE ON THE UNDERLYING REASONS BEHIND THIS EXTREME HEATWAVE. AND THE RISKS. JOINING US NOW IS EMILY

SCHUCKBURGH THE DIRECTOR OF CAMBRIDGE ZERO THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE IS CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE. PROFESSOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING THE NEWS HOUR. YOU'VE YOU'VE HAD SEVERAL HEAT WAVES OVER THE YEARS, BUT DOES THIS SUMMER FEEL DIFFERENT OR MORE WORRISOME? >> THE MOOD HERE REALLY IS DIFFERENT, I THINK THAT WE'VE NOW SEEN IN THE U.K. AND ACROSS EUROPE, SUMMER AFTER SUMMER WITH HEAT WAVES THAT ARE CAUSING REAL HUMAN HARDSHIP, WHETHER THAT'S IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED OR JUST EVEN THE DISRUPTION TO DAILY LIFE, THAT TERRIFYING WILDFIRES THAT ARE IMPACTING COMMUNITIES, BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN ACROSS EUROPE, THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY FLOODING EVENTS AS WELL. I WAS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND DEVASTATING FLOODS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE FROM TWO YEARS AGO, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE IMMENSE DAMAGE THAT'S OCCURRED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THAT.

SO IT'S VERY MUCH THE CASE IN THE U.K. AND THROUGHOUT EUROPE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN AFFECTED BY THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. AND I THINK THAT HAS CHANGED THE MOOD AND PEOPLE REALLY ARE STARTING TO REALIZE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE ISN'T ANY LONGER A PROBLEM OF TOMORROW. IT IS A PROBLEM THAT IS AFFECTING PEOPLE ECONOMICALLY AND AFFECTING PEOPLE IN TERMS OF HUMAN LIFE TODAY. >> HERE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA TO HAVE A TRIPLE DIGIT DAY IS THE NORM BUT MOST PEOPLE HAVE AIR CONDITIONERS. OUR PEOPLE HAVING TO ADOPT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF HOTTER SUMMERS BECAUSE YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE THESE EXTREME HEAT WAVES MORE OFTEN? >> THAT IS EXACTLY THE POINT. THERE ARE MANY PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES THAT EXPERIENCE HOTTER TEMPERATURES, YOU KNOW, ON A DAILY BASIS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS, BUT UH, YOU HAVE AIR CONDITIONING AND YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS ADAPTED TO THAT. IN THE U.K., VERY FEW HOMES HAVE

AIR CONDITIONING AND TO ADAPT TO CHANGE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ENTIRELY TO COPE WITH THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES, THE COST WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE. AND SO IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE AS TO HOW WE COPE WITH THE CLIMATE CHANGE THAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING TODAY. STEPHANIE: ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT'S COME UP IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION HERE IS HOW INFLATION AND HIGH ENERGY PRICES IS CHANGING THE CONVERSATION AWAY FROM GREENER RENEWABLE ENERGIES. TOWARD, LET'S LOWER GAS PRICES. HOW DO YOU COMBAT THAT CHANGE IN TONE, AS WE FACE INFLATION AND HIGH ENERGY PRICES? STEPHANIE: WELL AGAIN IT'S VERY DIFFICULT COMING FROM THE U.K. TO REALLY IDENTIFY WITH THAT DECISION. VERY MUCH THE NARRATIVE HERE IN THE U.K. IS THAT THE CURRENT COST OF LIVING CRISIS, WHICH IS VERY REAL IS AT THE HEART OF AN ENERGY CRISIS, AS YOU DESCRIBE, BUT IT'S A FOSSIL FUEL DRIVEN ENERGY CRISIS. AND IF WE CAN MOVE OUR ECONOMY AWAY FROM THAT DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL FUELS, EMBRACING RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES,

REDUCING OUR RELIANCE ON ENERGY, AND INHE U.K. A LARGE AMOUNT , OF OUR ENERGY IS USED TO HEAT OUR HOMES IN WINTER. IF WE BETTER INSULATE OUR HOMES THAT WE WOULD HAVE LESS RELIANCE ON THE NEED FOR ENERGY IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO ACROSS THE RANGE OF MEASURES TO REDUCE OUR RELIANCE ON THE VOLATILE FOSSIL FUEL, FOSSIL FUEL ECONOMY AND EMBRACE A NEW ECONOMY WITH GREATER ENERGY SECURITY, IT'S VERY MUCH THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AGAIN, THINKING OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN EMBRACE. STEPHANIE: I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MET WITH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN BRITAIN, THAT YOU ARE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ALONGSIDE THE CHIEF SCIENTIST IN THE COUNTRY RECENTLY. DO YOU FEEL THE GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIVE TO YOUR MESSAGE? >> WE HAVE A TARGET OF REACHING ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050 IN THE GOVERNMENT HAS RESPONDED WITH A DETAILED PLAN OF HOW TO DO THAT ACROSS ALL SECTORS OF THE

ECONOMY. IT IS A MAJOR SHIFT OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE ARE OTHER AREAS WHERE PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE TAKING OFF AND THE UPTICK IS EXCEING ALL POSSIBLE EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THE KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE U.K. AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES IS THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGY AS TO HOW TO DO THIS TRANSITION. IT MIGHT NOT BE COMPLETE IN ALL RESPECTS, BUT IT IS THE START. IF OTHER COUNTRIES COULD ADOPT A SIMILAR APPROACH TO PUTTING TOGETHER A DETAILED STRATEGY AND EMBRACING THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE

ASSOCIATED WITHIN ZERO TRANSITION, THEN WE MIGHT AS A GLOBAL SOCIETY BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE WITH THE SCALE REQUIRED. STEPHANIE: THE DIRECTOR OF CAMBRIDGE ZERO, THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE NEWSHOUR. AMNA: JURY SELECTION BEGAN TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF FORMER TRUMP ADVISOR STEVE BANNON WHO FACES CRIMINAL CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS CHARGES. JOHN YANG HAS MORE OWN OF TRIAL AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN THE BROADER INVESTIGATION. >> STEVE BANNON IS THE FIRST MEMBER OF TRUMP'S INNER RCLE TO GO ON TRIAL FOR DEFYING A COMMITTEE SUBPOENA. JURY SELECTION STARTING SLOWLY TODAY. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COVERED FOR THE WASHINGTON POST, THE

HEADLINE LAST WEEK WAS THAT STEVE BANNON SAID HE WAS WILLING TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND YET THIS TRIAL, THIS CONTEMPT TRIAL IS UNDERWAY. HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. >> A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAW STEVE BANNON DOING LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE, YOU REALLY HAVE TO SEE IN THE CONTEXT OF HIM TRYING TO DELAY HIS TRIAL. ESSENTIALLY, HE DID MAKE THE OFFER TO TESTIFY, BUT IT WAS SUCH A LAST MINUTE THING AND HE WAS CHARGED -- THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THIS TRIAL ALL CAME LAST YEAR. WHAT PROSECUTORS AND THE JUDGES WELL HAVE SAID TO HIS LAST-MINUTE OFFERS IS IT IS REALLY TOO LATE FOR THAT. YOU REFUSED TO COOPERATE WITH THE COMMITTEE ALLEGEDLY AND NOW THERE WILL BE A TRIAL OVER HOW THAT HAPPENED. >> IS A POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF THIS THAT HE WILL COOPERATE WITH THE

COMMITTEE AND COMPLY WITH THE SUBPOENA? >> ONE OF THE REAL IRONIES OF CHARGING SOMEONE WITH CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS IT IS IS REALLY JUST A PUNISHMENT. IT WILL MAKE IT LESS LIKELY THAT HE WILL TESTIFY FOR THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THERE IS A POTENTIAL CONVICTION OR APPEAL OF THESE LEGAL ISSUES, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT HARDER FOR HIM TO TESTIFY, NOT EASIER. THIS IS THE PUNISHMENT FOR SOMEONE WHO THEY DECIDED WAS NOT GOING TO DEAL WITH THEM. >> HE HAS BEEN ARGUING HE DOESN'T HAVE TO TESTIFY OR APPEAL OR COMPLY BECAUSE HE IS COVERED BY EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE. IS THAT SOMETHING THE JUDGE HAS SAID HE CAN ARGUE IN HIS DEFENSE? >> THE JUDGE HAS LEFT OPEN THE IDEA THAT HE MAY BE ABLE TO ARGUE TO THE JURY THAT HE WAS STILL WILLING TO COOPERATE OR HE HAD SOME INTEREST OR NEWFOUND WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE, BUT THIS EXECUTIVERIVILEGE

ARGUMENT I THINK HAS BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD OR MISCHARACTERIZED BECAUSE THE JUDGE ALSO SAID WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE PRESIDENT CAN INVOKE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE IN THIS CASE. ONE OF THE REAL CORE, SIMPLE ISSUES IN THIS TRIAL I DID STEVE BANNON OR DID HE NOT GET A SUBPOENA FROM THE COMMITTEE WITH A CERTAIN DATE BY WHICH HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TESTIFY OR GIVE DOCUMENT AND DID HE GIVE THEM ANY OF THOSE THINGS OR HAVE SOME SORT OF BACK-AND-FORTH ABOUT IT? THE PROSECUTION ARGUMENT IS THAT HE DIDN'T. HE SAID AND DID NOTHING OF VALUE AND THAT IS WHAT LED TO THE CHARGE. >> THIS IS A VERY NARROW SET OF FACTS THEY WILL BE TRYING IN THE CASE. >> EXTREMELY NARROW. SO NARROW AND FACT THAT JURY SELECTION MAY TAKE ONE OR TWO DAYS.

IT IS POSSIBLE THIS IS ONE OR TWO CASES WHERE THE TRIAL COULD BE SHORTER THAN THE JURY SELECTION. THAT IS IN NARROW THE LAW AND THE FACTS ARE HERE. YOU CAN'T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL YOU SEE WITH THE DEFENSE DECISIONS ARE. >> ASIDE FROM CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT COMPLYING OR IGNORING THE SUBPOENA, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT STEVE BANNON COULD BE POSSIBLE FOR A BROADER INVESTIGATION OF JANUARY 6? >> WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT'S JANUARY 6 INVESTIGATION IS INCREDIBLY BROAD. IT CERTAINLY IS ONE OF THE PUBLIC MOUTHPIECES AND BOOSTERS OF JANUARY 6. STEVE BANNON IS IN THE MIX. SEPARATE AND APART FROM THIS CASE, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT THE NARROW QUESTION OF CONTEMPT, DO

THINK IT IS REASONABLE TO THINK THAT STEVE BANNON DOES IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S FIELD OF VISION AS THEY LOOK AT THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO JANUARY 6. >> WHAT IS THE POSSIBLE PENALTY FOR THESE CONTEMPT CHARGES HE IS FACING A TRIAL? >> EACH CHARGE CARRIES A MINIMUM JAIL TERM OF A MONTH OR A MAXIMUM OF A YEAR. THE CASE HISTORY, NO ONE HAS GONE TO JAIL FOR THIS AS LONG AS ANYONE HAS BEEN ALIVE. THIS IS IN SOME WAYS MAKING AN EXAMPLE OF STEVE BANNON. IT IS ABOUT SENDING A MESSAGE TO ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SUBPOENAED TO THE COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ATTACK ON THE

U.S. CAPITOL HAS PRESENTED NEW EVIDENCE IN RECENT HEARINGS ON HOW FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP STOKED VIOLENCE LEADING UP TO AND ON JANUARY 6. AND THIS WEEK, THE COMMITTEE WILL FOCUS ON TRUMP'S ACTIONS DURING THE 187 MINUTES OF THE INSURRECTION ITSELF. BUT AS LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ REPORTS, THE ESCALATION AND NORMALIZATION OF VIOLENT RHETORIC HAS EXTENDED BEYOND TRUMP BECOMING A DANGEROUS , FEATURE OF REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN AND PARTY MESSAGING. WE BEGIN WITH LAST WEEK'S HEARING. >> A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW. >> A DIRECT LINE FROM FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S WORDS TO VIOLENCE. >> I WAS HANGING ON EVERY WORD HE WAS SAYING, EVERYTHING HE WAS PUTTING OUT, I WAS FOLLOWING IT. >> STEPHEN AYRES WAS FOLLOWING TRUMP'S LIES THAT HE WON THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. HE FOLLOWED THE CALL TO MARGE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO MARGE? >> WE WERE BASICALLY JUST

FOLLOWING WHAT HE SAID. >> WHEN ALL LEGAL AVENUES TO CHALLENGE THE ELECTION FAILED, JANUARY WAS THE LAST STAND WHERE TRUMP WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT VIOLENCE TO STAY IN POWER. BUT A HISTORY PROFESSOR AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY WHO STUDIES AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENTS >> >> SAYS THE SEEDS OF >> JANUARY 6 >> BACK FURTHER TO TRUMP'S RISE >>. >> WHEN YOU LOOK PAST AT THE PAST SIX YEARS, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE WATERSHED MOMENT? >> THE CAMPAIGN OF 2016 WAS A WATERSHED IN TERMS OF THE BEGINNINGF THE SYSTEMATIC ATTEMPT BY TRUMP AND PEOPLE AROUND HIM TO SHIFT OUR POLITICAL CULTURE FROM A DEMOCRACY TO AN AUTHORITARIAN ONE AND WHAT THAT MEANT WAS HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT VIOLENCE AS SOMETHING POSITIVE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE. >> HE WAS IN A WAY HAVING

EMOTIONAL RETRAINING OF AMERICANS TO SAY THAT VIOLENCE AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOR DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE BAD. >> IN 2015, THAT MEANT RALLIES THAT ENDED IN FISTFIGHTS AND ASSAULT CHARGES. IN 2017 NEO-NAZIS FELT EMBOLDENED TO MARCH ON CHARLOTTESVILLE. >> VERY FINE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES. >> IN 2021, A DEADLY ASSAULT ON THE NATION'S CAPITOL. TRUMP'S STYLE AND MESSAGE ARE AS POPULAR AS EVER -- SPAWNING A RISE IN THE USE OF VIOLENT LANGUAGE AND IMAGERY IN REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN ADS. >> WHEN THIS RIFLE IS THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN YOUR FAMILY AND A DOZEN ANGRY DEMOCRATS IN CLAN HOODS YOU JUST MIGHT NEED THAT SEMI-AUTOMATIC. >> TO GET AHEAD IN THE GOP NOW, YOU NEED TO BE ESPOUSING THIS KIND OF VIOLENT RHETORIC. PEOPLE WHO ARE CANDIDATES LIKE

MEHMET OZ, WHO IS RUNNING FOR SENATE IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHO USED TO BE FOR GUN REFORM. BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT NOW BECAUSE THE PARTY HAS RADICALIZED. SO INSTEAD, HE SHOWED HIMSELF SHOOTING A GUN AND PARROTING THIS VERY COMMON NOTION, THIS PROPAGANDA POINT, THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS NO LONGER ABOUT HUNTING OR RECREATION. IT'S TO USE ARMS TO OVERTHROW A TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT. >> OUR SECOND AMENDMENT IS NOT JUST ABOUT HUNTING, IT'S ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM INTRUDERS OR AN OVERLY INTRUSIVE GOVERNMENT. >> IN WASHINGTON, REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO CONDEMN THE VIOLENT RHETORIC OR HAVE REMAINED SILENT. RESPONDING TO ERIC GREAT AND'S AD TARGETING REPUBLICANS IN NAME KNOWN AS RHINOS OR REPUBLICANS IN NAME ONLY SENATE MINORITY , LEADER MCCONNELL SAID IT WAS UP TO INDIVIDUALS TO DECIDE WHAT

THEY WILL ACCEPT. >> I THINK IT'S UP TO THE VOTERS TO TAKE A LOOK AT. >> IN MAY, A MASS SHOOTER KILLED 10 PEOPLE IN A BUFFALO, NEW YORK GROCERY STORE. HIS ONLINE POSTS SHOWED HE WAS INSPIRED BY THE RACIST AND ANTISEMITIC GREAT REPLACEMENT CONSPIRACY WRITING THAT MASS EMIGRATION WILL DISENFRANCHISE US, SUBVERT OUR NATION, AND DESTROY OUR COMMUNITIES. EXPERTS SAW ECHOES OF THAT IDEOLOGY IN A FACEBOOK AD POSTED LAST YEAR BY THE THIRD RANKING REPUBLICAN IN THE HOUSE, REPRESENTATIVE ELISE STEFANIK OF NEW YORK. THE AD ACCUSED DEMOCRATS OF PLANNING A PERMANENT ELECTION INSURRECTION THROUGH PLAN TO GRANT AMNESTY TO 11 MILLION IMMIGRANTS WHO WOULD OVERTHROW OUR CURRENT ELECTORATE AND CREATE A PERMANENT LIBERAL MAJORITY IN WASHINGTON. HER SPOKESPERSON CALLED CRITICISM THAT SHE WAS AMPLIFYING THE GREAT REPLACEMENT THEORY A DISGUSTING LOW FOR THE LEFT. REPUBLICANS HAVE SOUGHT TO LABEL DEMOCRATS AS EQUAL ACTORS IN ENCOURAGING VIOLENCE BY POINTING TO SOME BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS THAT DEVOLVED INTO LOOTING AND DAMAGED PROPERTY.

REPUBLICANS ALSO TRIED TO CENSURE A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN FOR URGING PROTESTORS TO GET CONFRONTATIONAL. >> DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS, THEY MAY USE HEATED WORDS, BUT THEY DO NOT POSE IN THEIR CAMPAIGN ADS OR AS SITTING LAWMAKERS WITH ASSAULT WEAPONS SAYING THAT THESE ARE ASSAULT WEAPONS YOU CAN USE THEM TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT. THEY DO NOT ESPOUSE THOSE OATH KEEPERS AND OTHER EXTREMISTS. AND SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN NEVER CRITICIZE THE DEMOCRATS, BUT IT IS A FALSE EQUIVALENCY. AN JANUARY 6 IS PROOF OF THAT. >> MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER THE ATTACK, TRUMP REFERS TO THE RIOTERS WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL AS PATRIOTS WHO DESERVE PARDONS . >> IF I RUN AND IF I WIN, WE WILL TREAT THOSE PEOPLE FROM JAN. 6 FAIRLY, WE WILL TREAT THEM FAIRLY. AND IF IT REQUIRES PARDONS WE WILL GIVE THEM PARDONS.

>> BEN-GHIAT DIAGNOSES TRUMP'S MESSAGE AND THE REPUBLICANS WHO STANDBY, AS MODERN AUTHORITARIANISM. >> TRUMP PRESENTED HIMSELF AS A VICTIM OF A WHOLE DEMOCRATIC FACTION OF A WHOLE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM THAT WAS OUT TO GET HIM. AND THE ONLY WAY TO RIGHT THIS WRONG WAS THROUGH VIOLENCE. AND THAT VIOLENCE WOULD BE PURIFYING. IT WOULD BE PATRIOTIC. >>>> SHE DOESN'T SEE A CLEAR EXIT RAMP. >> THERE HASN'T BEEN A MOMENT LIKE THIS WITH A STRICT PARALLEL WHERE YOU HAVE A BIPARTISAN SYSTEM IN WHICH ONE OF THOSE TWO PARTIES HAS LEFT DEMOCRACY TO THE POINT OF FOMENTING A COUP . AND THEY ARE UNREPENTANT. AND THE LEADER AND BENEFICIARY OF THAT COUP ATTEMPT, WHICH FAILED, IS STILL IN GOOD STANDING. THE OTHER WILDCARD IS THE AVAILABILITY OF GUNS. SO WE'RE IN UNCHARTED TERRAIN.

>> I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK TO MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS. >> CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER RELEASED DISTURBING VOICEMAILS'S OFFICE RECENTLY RECEIVED. >> I GUESS I CAN'T SAY WHOLE LOT MORE EXCEPT I HOPE YOU NATURALLY DIE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> WHAT REMAINS UNCLEAR IS HOW TO REVERSE THE COUE OF ESCALATING VIOLENT RHETORIC AND A BELIEF AMONG NEARLY A THIRD OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS THAT A CIVIL WAR MAY BE JUSTIFIED. FOR THE PBS, I'M LAURA BARAN LOPEZ. -- LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ. ♪ >> DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL ARE WORKING TO PASS A MUCH NARROWER VERSION OF THE ONCE AMBITIOUS BUILD BACK BETTER BILL WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE NAVIGATES HOW BEST TO SECURE

ABORTION PROTECTION AFTER THE FALL OF ROE V. WADE. TO DISCUSS THE POLITICAL STAKES I'M JOINED BY TAMRA KEITH AND AMY WALTER IS AWAY. IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT WAS A SOBERING REPORT. WE HAVE COVERED, YOU HAVE COVERED INDIVIDUAL MOMENTS LIKE THAT FOR YEARS. WHEN YOU SEE IT PULLED TOGETHER, WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THIS MOMENT? >> THERE WAS A RISING FEAR IN MANY CORNERS OF THIS COUNTRY THAT POLITICAL VIOLENCE, THAT THE COUNTRY'S CRACKLING AND RIEP FOR EVEN WORSE POLITICAL VIOLENCE THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THUS FAR. I WILL ADD THAT THE QANON CONSPIRACY THEORY IS FULL OF VIOLENT IMAGERY, OF FANTASIES OF ASSASSINATIONS OF POLITICAL ENEMIES. A LONG LIST OF POLITICAL ENEMIES TAKEN OFF TO GUANTÁNAMO. THAT IMAGERY IS PART OF QANON, WHICH IS VERY MUCH PART OF THE POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN AMERICA ON

THE RIGHT. AND IT CAN'T BE IGNORED. >> YOU SAY ON THE RIGHT BECAUSE THAT IS A KEY POINT TO MAKE. WE JUST HEARD MITCH MCCONNELL SAY IT IS UP TO THE VOTERS TO DECIDE IF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE OR NOT. IT IS CLEAR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW HOUSES THESE KINDS OF CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, AUTHORITARIAN IDEAS. DO YOU SEE ANYTHING ON THE ELECTORAL LANDSCAPE THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT? >> THAT WAS SUCH A POWERFUL REPORT. I THINK HEARING MITCH MCCONNELL'S RESPONSE, WHICH IS LET'S LET THE VOTERS DECIDE, IS A UNIQUE RESPONSE ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. I THINK TAM IS RIGHT THAT THE QANON THEORY CERTAINLY DOES HAVE THE SYMMETRY, BUT WE HAVE ALL BEEN TO POLITICAL RALLIES WHERE EMOTIONS RUN HIGH AND I'VE BEEN A DEMOCRATIC EVENTS WERE CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE BECOME, SAY VIOLENT THINGS.

THE DIFFERENCES THE LEADERSHIP ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE WILL TURN THE VOLUME DOWN A LITTLE BIT RATHER THAN STEPPING ASIDE OR WHAT OTHER CANDIDATES IN THE OFFICE ARE DOING, WHICH IS FOSTERING AND NORMALIZING THE EXTREME VIOLENCE WE ARE NOT USED TO IN MODERN POLITICS. >> YOU FEEL LIKE IT HAS BEEN NORMALIZED AND THAT SIDE? >> YOU SEE SO MANY OF THOSE ADS AND YOU ARE NOT SEEING RESPONSE FROM THE LEADERSHIP IN THOSE TWO THINGS, THE SILENCE FOR THE GENTLE NUDGING IN THAT DIRECTION COMBINED WITH SEEING MORE AND MORE OF IT, THAT IS THE PATH TO NORMALIZATION. >> THE PRESIDENT HAS CONDEMNED IT, BUT HE HAS AN EYE ON THE CLOSING LEGISLATIVE WINDOW. >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUILD BACK BETTER, IT IS A PHRASE WE HAVE NOT HEARD A LOT OF YET LATE. THIS IS NOT THE AMBITIOUS PLAN THEY PUT TOGETHER.

>> AS PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SAID MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, IN A 50-50 SENATE, EVERY SENATOR IS PRESENT. JOE MANCHIN HAS AN OUTSIZED VOTE ON THESE MATTERS. THE WHITE HOUSE IS SEEMINGLY WILLING TO TRY TO BAG ANY WIND THAT THEY CAN GET. THEY HAVE PIVOTED FROM NOT WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE ASSURES THAT WERE BEING DISCUSSED AND HOLDING OUT HOPE TO TALKING ABOUT WHAT JOE MANCHIN WILL SUPPORT AND WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL TAKE. WHICH IS WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION, THERE WILL BE A CLIFF, A HUGE SPIKE IN OBAMACARE PREMIUMS AS THEY ARE DEALING WITH HIGHER PRICES ON SO MANY THINGS AND RIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS. THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A

POLITICAL NIGHTMARE IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN. THIS LEGISLATION THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, THIS VERY PARED BACK LEGISLATION, WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT OBAMACARE CLIFF AND WOULD ALSO ALLOW MEDICARE TO -- THE IDEA IS THAT THESE ARE TWO THINGS THAT AFFECT AMERICANS AND IT IS SOMETHING DEMOCRATS COULD CAMPAIGN ON AS LONG AS THEY LEAVE OUT THE BIG BUILD BACK BETTER WENT AWAY. >> IT IS VERY FASHIONABLE AMONG CERTAIN PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT A TERRIBLE JOB JOE BIDEN IS DOING. HIS APPROVAL RATING IS AWFUL AND THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER PACKAGE THAN HE HAD CONCEIVED OF AND TALKED ABOUT. THAT BEING SAID, FOR THIS TO PASS IT CAP ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT THE

GIANT WHEN, IT IS STILL A WIN AND IT IS ONE THAT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, THEY BOTH PAY FOR THE HIGH COST OF INSULIN. THIS IS THE HIGH COST THAT COULD HELP AROUND THE EDGES AND MORE ON THE MIDTERMS. >> WHAT ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER THE FALL OF ROE V. WADE? THERE WAS CRITICISM ABOUT NOT HAVING SOMETHING READY SOONER TO SECURE SOME OF THOSE PROTECTIONS. >> IT SEEMS THAT THIS WHITE HOUSE IS SORT OF UNWILLING TO FLAUNT THEIR EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY. OTHER PRESIDENTS TO EXECUTIVE ACTIONS THAT AMOUNT TO GLORIFIED PRESS RELEASES, BUT THEY TREATED LIKE A BIG DEAL. THIS PRESIDENT HAS EXECUTIVE ACTIONS.

THEY MAY HAVE WAITED TOO LONG, BUT INSTEAD OF TRUMPETING IT, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS TEAM ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR POWERS WERE REALLY LIMITED. IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE HEADED DOWN THAT PATH ON CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AS WELL. >> WE HAVE SEEN DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE TAKING WHAT ACTIONS THAT THEY CAN, BUT THE MOST COHERENT MESSAGING OF DEMOCRATS SEEMS TO BE IF YOU WANT THESE RIGHTS PROTECTED, SHOW UP AND VOTE IN NOVEMBER. >> I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE PARTY. I THINK IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR VOTERS. YOU ARE SEEING LAWMAKERS WHO ARE STATE LEGISLATORS POINTING THE FINGER AT WASHINGTON AND JOE BIDEN HIMSELF AND SAYING THIS IS NOT ENOUGH, DO BETTER. ONE LAWMAKER IN TEXAS SAID WE NEED A LITTLE BIT LESS WASHINGTON PLAYING NICE FROM JOE

BIDEN AND A LITTLE MORE TEXAS, A LITTLE MORE ROUGH CHEER. THEY WANT TO SEE A FIGHTER AND TO TAMRA'S POINT, THIS WAS NOT A SURPRISE BY ANY MEANS. FOR BIDEN TO TAKE SO LONG TO PUT OUT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IS SORT OF MIND BOGGLING A LOT OF PEOPLE. HE IS REALLY AN IMPERFECT MESSENGER ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND HAS LEFT DEMOCRATS WANTING MORE. >> THE LEAGUE DRAFT OF THE RULING, OUT IN LATE A. IT WAS TWO WEEKS IS MY RECOLLECTION. >> EVEN WHEN THE COURT SAID THEY WOULD TAKE THE CASE, THERE WAS AN ENTIRE YEAR TO PREPARE. EVER SINCE THE LEAKED DECISION CAME OUT, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A PRETTY GOOD SIGNAL OF WHERE THE COURT WAS GOING. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS ON ONE OVERSEAS TRIP DEALING UKRAINE AND OTHER CRISES. JUST THIS LAST WEEK, HE WAS ON ANOTHER BUSY TRIP.

>> ARE WE LIKELY TO SEE ANY OTHER ACTION ON THIS FRONT? >> I DON'T THINK SO. >> THEY HAVE KIND OF EMPTIED THE ARSENAL. >> IF THERE IS ANYTHING THE WHITE HOUSE HAS RESPONDED TO, IT IS BEING PUSHED FROM THEIR PARTY. >> IT MAY NOT BE A SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER, IT COULD WELL BE ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE AGENCY LEVEL THAT DON'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION UNLESS THEY WERE TO TOUT IT. WHICH THEY ARE LIKELY TO DO? >> TAMRA KEITH, ANNIE LINSKY, THANK YOU BOTH. >> BASEBALL'S ALL-STAR GAME IS TOMORROW NIGHT, A SHOWCASE FOR

THE BEST IN THE GAME. THAT GIVES US A MOMENT TO LOOK BACK AT ONE OF THE SPORT'S ALL-TIME GREATS, BUT ONE WHO IS HARDLY A HOUSEHOLD NAME THESE DAYS. OVER THE COURSE OF A CAREER THAT LASTED MORE THAN TWO DECADES, RICKY HENDERSON WAS ARGUABLY THE GREATEST LEADOFF HISTORY AND HISTORY AND IS OFFICIALLY ALL-TIME LEADER IN STOLEN BASES WITH MORE THAN 1400S. HE ALSO HAD 3000 HITS, 2000 RUNS, AND 1000 WALKS. A NEW BOOK BY HOWARD BRYANT MAKES THE CASE FOR HIM AS AN UNDERAPPRECIATED HISTORICAL GREAT. I SPOKE WITH BRYANT RECENTLY ABOUT HIS LATEST WORK. HOWARD BRYANT, WELCOME BACK TO THE NEWSHOUR. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. SO RICKEY HENDERSON PLAYED HIS LAST GAME BACK IN 2003. WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO TELL HIS STORY NOW? >> WELL, I THINK THE BIGGEST REASON I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HIM IS BECAUSE HE IS UNDERAPPRECIATED. IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO STEAL 1400

BASES AND BE UNDERAPPRECIATED AND TO HAVE 3000 HITS AND TO REALLY OBLITERATE THE RECORD BOOK AS HE DID. I JUST FELT LIKE THERE AREN'T AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE THINK WHO CAN REALLY CARRY A FULL BIOGRAPHY, AND ESPECIALLY ONE THAT IS NOT COMPLETELY TAINTED BY DRUGS. AND WHEN YOU WRITE ABOUT BASEBALL THESE DAYS, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S STEROIDS, STEROIDS AND MORE STEROIDS. AND I WANTED TO GET BACK IN TO WRITE A STORY ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO REALLY WAS A GIANT IN THE GAME AND WAS REALLY GOING TO ALLOW ME TO DIG INTO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT REALLY BUILT THIS LAST SORT OF HALF OF THE SPORT WHERE MONEY SORT OF DOMINATES AND WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CERTAIN TYPE OF PLAYER THAT REALLY IN A LOT OF WAYS DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. THEY DON'T STEAL BASES IN BASEBALL ANYMORE. IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT GAME. HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING, ELECTRIC, UNIQUE PLAYERS, AND I REALLY FELT LIKE IT WAS, AS HE WOULD SAY AS A PLAYER, I THOUGHT IT WAS RICKEY'S TIME. AMNA: DID HE WANT HIS STORY TOLD? DID IT TAKE A LOT OF CONVINCING? >> A LOT OF CONVINCING.

NOT REALLY SURE HE WANTED HIS STORY TOLD. AND WHAT I TRIED TO APPEAL TO HIM WAS TO SAY THAT THE THE BEST THE STORIES THAT GET TOLD ARE NOT ALWAYS THE BEST PEOPLE. THE STORIES THAT GET TOLD ARE NOT ALWAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT. THE STORIES WE REMEMBER ARE THE ONES THAT GET REPEATED. AND TO BE REMEMBERED IS TO HAVE YOUR STORY REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T FORGET YOUR GREATNESS. AND HE'S ONE OF THE TOP TEN, 15 PLAYERS WHO EVER PLAYED THE GAME. THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING BASEBALL SINCE THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR. AND TO BE IN THE TOP DOZEN, IT'S PRETTY GOOD COMPANY. AMNA: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT HIS STORY. HE GREW UP IN OAKLAND, RIGHT? HIS FAMILY MOVED THERE FROM ARKANSAS IN 1969. HE WAS JUST TEN YEARS OLD. HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE A RAIDER. HE WANTED TO PLAY PRO FOOTBALL. HOW AND WHY DID HE END UP IN BASEBALL INSTEAD? >> HE ENDED UP PLAYING BASEBALL BECAUSE HIS MOTHER THOUGHT HE WAS TOO SMALL TO PLAY FOOTBALL. SHE WAS AFRAID HE WAS GOING TO GET HURT AND THAT BASEBALL WAS THE FASTER PATH TO THE TO THE MAJOR-LEAGUE'S. AND ITAS ALSO THE FACT THAT HE WAS JUST PHYSICALLY GIFTED, THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE BIG LEAGUES AND SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THEM FROM ANY GIVEN PLACE.

BUT HE COMES FROM A SPOT WHERE THERE WERE SO MANY GREAT PLAYERS -- THE LEGACY OF OAKLAND SPORTS. BILL RUSSELL, FRANK ROBINSON AND CURT FLOOD AND VADER AND SO MANY PLAYERS. I ASKED RICKEY ONCE, WHEN DID YOU BELIEVE YOU HAD WORLD CLASS ABILITY? WHEN DID YOU THINK YOU COULD PLAY IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES? AND HE SAID, OH, I DON'T KNOW, SIXTH GRADE. SO YOU WERE 12 YEARS OLD. AND SO HE JUST HAD THIS UNBELIEVABLE CONFIDENCE THAT HE WAS DESTINED TO BE A GREAT, GREAT PLAYER AND REALLY SAW HIMSELF IN THE MUHAMMAD ALI MOLD, IF IT AIN'T BRAGGING, IF YOU CAN DO IT. >> WELL, HE WENT ON HE DID DO IT. HE BECAME THE GREATEST BASE STEALER OF ALL TIME. ROD CAREW ACTUALLY SHARED A FUNNY STORY LAST YEAR. I SAW WHEN HE SAID RIGHT BEFORE HE STOLE, RICKEY WOULD ALWAYS SAY OUT LOUD, RICKEY'S GOT TO GO, AND THEN TAKE OFF. SO THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE CONFIDENCE. BUT, YOU KNOW, HOWARD, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID HE CAME OFF AS STANDOFFISH OR EGOTISTICAL. HE REFERRED TO HIMSELF IN THE THIRD PERSON. WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT THAT? [00:11:23][23.0] -- WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT THAT? >> WELL, I THINK THAT

IF YOU ASK RICKY HIMSELF, HE'LL TELL YOU THAT HE CAME TO WIN. HE CAME TO COMPETE. HE CAME TO TO BEAT THE OTHER GUY. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANTED TO DO THIS BOOK WAS BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THOSE AMERICAN STORIES WHERE HE WAS NOT A POPULAR PLAYER DESPITE HIS GREATNESS, DESPITE EVERYTHING HE DID. THIS REALLY IS A STORY OF A OF A PLAYER WHO WAS ONE OF THE MORE DISLIKED PLAYERS IN THE EARLY 1980'S. AND BACK IN THE THERE WAS SO 1980'S, MUCH FIGHTING BETWEEN THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION AND THE LEAGUE STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS FIGHTING OVER MONEY. IT'S FASCINATING TO ME THAT BACK THEN PEOPLE WERE SO ANGRY THAT THESE PLAYERS THAT RICKY WAS ACTUALLY ASKING FOR THE PRINCELY SUM OF $500,000 IN HIS CONTRACT. AND NOW YOU LOOK AT THE NBA AND THE NFL AND BASEBALL, AND YOU GET A GUY LIKE RUSSELL WESTBROOK TODAY WHO JUST OPTED INTO A $47.1 MILLION CONTRACT. AND PEOPLE WERE CALLING RICKEY GREEDY BACK THEN BECAUSE HE WANTED BUT THIS STORY ARC REALLY HALF A MILLION. IS OF A GUY WHO WASN'T THAT POPULAR. BUT BY THE END, AS HE GOES ON, AS HE GREW ON US, ASE OBLITERATED THE RECORD BOOK THAT NOW PEOPLE WANT TO TELL STORIES ABOUT HIM, AND NOW HE'S BELOVED AND THEY TREAT HIM LIKE HE'S THIS COMBINATION OF SATCHEL

PAIGE AND YOGI BERRA, WHERE EVERYBODY HAS A RICKEY STORY, JUST LIKE ROD CAREW. AND I WANTED TO TELL THAT ARC OF OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR GREATNESS SORT OF WINS THE PUBLIC OVER. AMNA: HOW MUCH OF THAT PERSONALITY NARRATIVE DO YOU THINK, LOOKING BACK ON THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A MOSTLY WHITE SPORTSWRITING CORE AND ANY UNDERLYING RACISM? LOOKING AT A BLACK PLAYER WHO WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO REALLY PUBLICLY ADVOCATE FOR HIMSELF? >> WELL, IT'S A HUGEIECE OF IT, BECAUSE WHO TELLS YOUR STORY IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE STORY ITSELF. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ONCE MORE THAT WHEN RICKEY FIRST CAME IN, IN 1979, FREE AGENCY WAS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD. THE PUBLIC WASN'T USED TO THAT. AND IT CERTAINLY WASN'T USED TO HAVING THESE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PLAYERS BE THE PUBLIC FACE OF YOUR FRANCHISE AND PEOPLE VIEW THEM AS GREEDY AND SELFISH, AND WE ALL SAY WE WANT CAPITALISM. AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE HOW MUCH PLAYERS ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO MAKE, EN THE PUBLIC DIDN'T LOVE THAT SO MUCH. AMNA: HOWARD, THE GAME IS DIFFERENT TODAY THAN WHEN RICKEY WAS PLAYING. THE ART OF THIS STEAL MATTERED SO MUCH MORE. DO YOU THINK WE'LL EVER SEE THE

LIKES OF RICKEY HENDERSON PLAY THE GAME AGAIN? >> 3000 HITS. 2000 RUNS. 2000 WALKS. 1400 STOLEN BASES. YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE IT AGAIN. THEY DON'T STEAL BASES ANYMORE. PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME DURING THIS BOOK TOUR, WHAT IS RICKEY'S LEGACY? AND SOMETIMES I THINK HE DOESN'T HAVE A LEGACY. HE'S UNICORN. NO ONE EVER NO ONE'S GOING TO DO WHAT HE WHAT HE DOES OR WHAT HE DID BECAUSE THE GAME IS SO TOTALLY DIFFERENT. RICKEY'S WORK STARTED WHEN HE GOT ON FIRST BASE, SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THAT AGAIN. BUT THAT'S NOT HOW BASEBALL IS PLAYED ANYMORE. AMNA: THE BOOK IS RICKEY THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL. THE AUTHOR IS HOWARD BRYANT. HOWARD, ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANKS. >> THANK YOU. I LOVE YOUR BASEBALL. THIS IS GREAT. [LAUGHTER] AMNA: AND THAT'S THE NEWSHOUR FOR TONIGHT. I'M AMNA NAWAZ. JOIN US ONLINE AND AGAIN HERE TOMORROW EVENING. FOR ALL OF US AT THE PBS NEWSHOUR, THANK YOU AND SEE YOU SOON. >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY --

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