PBS NewsHour; Monday, August 8, 2022, 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

♪ JUDY: GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. ON "THE NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT... THE BIDEN AGENDA -- WE EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL IMPACT OF THE MAJOR CLIMATE AND HEALTH CARE PACKAGE PASSED BY THE UNITED STATES SENATE. THEN... A TOXIC LEGACY -- RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR ABANDONED URANIUM MINES FIGHT TO HOLD COMPANIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE AFTER EXPERIENCING HIGH RATES OF CANCER. >> THERE IS A HIGH PRICE THAT YOU PAY FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY. THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE FRONT END OF THIS PROCESS AND THEY NEED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT HARDER ABOUT THE BACK END OF THE PROCESS. AND... A CLOSE RACE -- KENYANS PREPARE TO HEAD TO THE POLLS TO SELECT THEIR NEXT LEADER AFTER A HEATED CAMPAIGN, AS THEIR COUNTRY'S POSITION IN THE REGION GROWS MORE IMPORTANT. ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S

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>> THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION. FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, ADVANCING IDEAS AND SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS TO PROMOTE A BETTER WORLD. AT HEWLETT.ORG. ♪ ♪ THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THANK YOU. JUDY: IT'S A FRACTION OF WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN FIRST SOUGHT MORE TN A YEAR AGO, BUT AFTER

WORKING THROUGH THE WEEKEND, DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE CUSP OF PASSING AN HISTORIC SPENDING PACKAGE. CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT LISA DESJARDINS IS HERE TO UNPACK WHAT'S IN THE DEAL, AND HOW PARTY LEADERS MANAGED TO GET IT DONE. HELLO. WHAT ARE THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF THIS AND HOW DID THEY GET IT DONE? LISA: WHAT A DRAMATIC WEEKEND. THE ON PARTY LINES VOTE THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY TO ADVANCE THIS MASSIVE PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN THE U.S. SENATE, THE HOUSE EXPECTED TO VOTE FRIDAY. LET'S LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE, WHAT IS IN THIS LARGE LEGISLATION. ONE THING THAT WOULD CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY, IT AIMS TO SET A MINIMUM CORPORATE TAX OF 50% FOR LARGE COMPANIES. IT WOULD USE THAT -- OF 15% FOR LARGE COMPANIES. IT WOULD USE THAT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. ALSO HOW MEDICARE HANDLES PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. THERE ARE EXTENSIVE TAX CREDITS THROUGHOUT THE BILL TO DEAL WITH

CLIMATE CHANGE, THAT IS WHERE IT SPENDS SOME OF THE MONEY RAISED FOR THOSE TAX INCREASES FOR SOME CORPORATIONS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OTHER THING, IT WOULD ALSO DECREASE THE DEFICIT. WE ARE WAITING FOR FINAL ESTIMATES FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, BUT HERE IS WHAT WE THOUGHT IT LOOKS LIKE AS OF YESTERDAY AND HOW THE DEFICIT REDUCTION WORKS. YOU TAKE THE MONEY BROUGHT IN FROM THOSE TAX CHANGES, THAT IS ALMOST HALF $1 TRILLION, THEN YOU ADD THE HEALTH CARE SAVINGS FROM ALLOWING MEDICARE TO NEGOTIATE DRUG PRICES, ABOUT $200 BILLION. YOU ADDING CLIMATE SPENDING, SO THAT TAKES AWAY ABOUT $400 BILLION. YOU ADD IT UP AND YOU GET OVER $200 BILLION OF DEFICIT REDUCTION IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE BILL. HOW DID MCATS DO IT? DASHA DEMOCRATS A DO IT? IT WAS A COMBINATION OF GRIT AND TRUST AND PRESSURE INVOLVING TWO MEN IN PARTICULAR, CHUCK SCHUMER AND NO MANSION -- JOE MANCHIN,

WHO SAID HE COULD NOT GET ON BOARD. THEY HAD TALKS, AND SCHUMER SAID IT WAS THE PRESSURE AFTER HE BACKED OUT THAT CAME ONTO JOE MANCHIN. SEN SCHUMER: JOE MANCHIN AND I HAD SOME REALLY HEATED ARGUMENTS. AND AS HE SAID, I TURNED THE DOGS ON HIM WHEN HE BACKED OFF THE AGREEMENT A WEEK AGO. TWO WEEKS AGO THURSDAY. BUT WE ALWAYS SHOWED EACH OTHER RESPECT. AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, HE'S IN WEST VIRGINIA, IS NOT NEW YORK. LISA: THIS WAS A MATTER OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT JOE MANCHIN HAD WITH SCHUMER, BUT WE HAD SOME DRAMA YESTERDAY WHEN SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA HAD SOME ISSUES. HOW DID THEY GET AROUND THAT? SENATOR RON WYDEN, CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, HIS STAFF MANAGED TO FIND $30 BILLION TO PLUG THE HOLE THAT WAS A PROBLEM YESTERDAY AND THEY HAD A HUGE PART IN WRITING THE BILL, A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT FOR HIM AND

DEMOCRATS, MANY STAFFERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER A YEAR. JUDY: SO MANY TWISTS AND TURNS IN THIS STORY. THAT GIVES US A SENSE OF THE BIG PICTURE. GIVE US A SENSE FOR WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS. LISA: SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT AND I THINK WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS A FEW DAYS. FOR THOSE ON MEDICARE, THIS COULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN TERMS OF DRUG PRICES. IT CAPS WHAT CAN SPEND OUT-OF-POCKET ON MEDICARE AT $2000, THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. I ALSO WILL -- WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CREDIT. IN THE BILL, THERE IS AN EXTENSION OF A TAX CREDIT TO BUY AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, A NEW 1, 70 $500, THAT IS OFF THE PRICE AT THE DEALERSHIP. -- $7,500, THAT IS OFF THE PRICE AT THE DEALERSHIP. THERE IS ALSO A CREDIT FOR USED VEHICLES. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE FOR LUXURY VEHICLES, BUT FOR MORE AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

IT WOULD ALSO LIMIT IT TO INDIVIDUALS MAKING $150,000 OR LESS, FAMILIES DOUBLE THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MOST AMERICANS CAN CONSIDER. THERE IS A QUESTION, IT IS SO BROAD, OF WHETHER THERE ARE ENOUGH ELECTRIC VEHICL THAT QUALIFY FOR THE DEMAND THIS MAY SPARK INITIALLY. THE IDEA IS LONG-TERM IT IS CREATING A HUGE BOOST TO THE INDUSTRY THAT DEMOCRATS SEE AS VITAL IN TERMS OF FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE. JUDY: WE KNOW THIS IS A BIG BILL, 750 PAGES. YOU ARE ALWAYS GOOD AT FINDING THINGS THAT ARE GENERALLY OVERLOOKED. WHAT DID YOU FIND? LISA: I MEAN, TO GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS, IT WOULD EXPAND SOME DRILLING, THAT WAS SOMETHING JOE MANCHIN WANTED ON FEDERAL LAND, BUT IT WILL MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE, AND OFFSHORE AS WELL. IT WILL ALSO EXPAND IRS CAPABILITIES TO AUDIT AMERICANS, ADDING SOME HAVE TO -- SOME HEFT. COAL MINERS GOT SOMETHING OUT OF

THIS, PERMANENT FUNDS TO HELP VICTIMS WHO HAVE BLACK LUNG DISEASE. JUDY: LISA, FINALLY, THE DEMOCRATS DID CALL THIS THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. HOW MUCH DOES IT REDUCE INFLATION? LISA: REMAINS TO BE SEEN, BUT THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE SAY THE EFFECTS ON INFLATION IN THE SHORT-TERM ARE NEGLIGIBLE. JUDY: WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE. LISA DESJARDINS, THANK YOU. ♪ IN THE DAY'S OTHER NEWS... THE UNITED STATES IS SENDING ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS IN MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE, INCLUDING ROCKETS AND ANTI-TANK WEAPONS. THAT MAKES SOME $9 BILLION IN U.S. ASSISTANCE TO DATE. MEANWHILE, UKRAINE IS WARNING THAT THE ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR PLANT -- NOW UNDER RUSSIAN CONTROL -- IS IN JEOPARDY. IT HAS BEEN SHELLED REPEATEDLY IN RECENT DAYS AND THERE ARE FEARS OF A RADIATION LEAK, OR WORSE.

REP. ZYMBALJUK: THIS IS THE BIGGEST POWER STATION IN EUROPE, NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN EUROPE. AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE HUGE CONSEQUENCES NOT ONLY FOR UKRAINE, PROBABLY ALL UKRAINE WILL BE CONTAMINATED. JUDY: ALSO TODAY, RUSSIA TEMPORARILY HALTED INSPECTIONS OF ITS NUCLEAR ARSENAL, UNDER THE "START" ARMS CONTROL TREATY WITH THE U.S. IT BLAMED AMERICAN SANCTIONS OVER UKRAINE. A CEASE FIRE HELD TODAY BETWEEN ISRAEL AND ISLAMIC JIHAD MILITANTS IN GAZA AFTER WEEKEND FIGHTING KILLED AT LEAST 44 PALESTINIANS. FUEL AND SUPPLY TRUCKS ENTERED GAZA AS ISRAEL REOPENED CROSSINGS. THAT, IN TURN, ALLOWED GAZA'S SOLE POWER PLANT TO RESUME OPERATIONS. CHINA HAS ANNOUNCED MORE MILITARY EXERCISES AROUND TAIWAN, KEEPING TENSIONS HIGH IN THE REGION. 'S RETALIATION FOR A TAIWAN VISIT BY NANCY PELOSI, SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES. BUT IN DELAWARE THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT BIDEN PLAYED DOWN THE CHANCES OF OUTRIGHT CONFLICT. PRES. BIDEN: I'M NOT WORRIED, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THEY'RE MOVING AS MUCH AS THEY ARE. BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING MORE. JUDY: LATER, THE PRESIDENT GOT A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT FLOOD DAMAGE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, INCLUDING A SITE WHERE SURGING WATER SMASHED A SCHOOL BUS INTO A BUILDING. IT WAS HIS FIRST MAJOR TRIP AFTER EMERGING FROM COVID ISOLATION. THREE WHITE MEN WHO MURDERED AHMAUD ARBERY IN GEORGIA IN 2020 WERE SENTENCED TODAY FOR FEDERAL HATE CRIMES. FATHER AND SON GREG AND TRAVIS MCMICHAEL DREW LIFE IN PRISON. WILLIAM "RODDIE" BRYAN GOT 35 YEARS. THE JUDGE ALSO RULED THEY MUST SERVE THEIR TIME AND THEIR LIFE SENTENCES FOR STATE MURDER CONVICTIONS IN STATE PRISON. THE MCMICHAELS HAD ARGUED THEY WOULD NOT BE SAFE THERE. INVESTIGATORS IN NEW MEXICO SEARCHED TODAY FOR A VEHICLE

THAT COULD BE CONNECTED TO THE KILLINGS OF MUSLIM MEN. POLICE SAY THIS CAR, A DARK GRAY OR SILVER VOLKSWAGEN, MAY HAVE BE USED IN ALL 4 HOMICIDES. THE VICTIMS WERE OF SOUTH ASIAN DESCENT. THE LATEST WAS KILLED ON FRIDAY. WALL STREET MOSTLY MARKED TIME TODAY. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE GAINED 29 POINTS TO CLOSE AT 3232. THE NASDAQ FELL 13 POINTS. THE S&P 500 LOST 5. AND, TWO PASSINGS OF NOTE. PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR DAVID MCCULLGH DIED SUNDAY AT THE AGE OF 89 IN MASSACHUSETTS. WE'LL HAVE A REMEMBRANCE LATER IN THE PROGRAM. WTIVOHIAED TS MOING INS OL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SHE HAD A SERIES OF HIT SONGS IN THE 1970'S AND 1980'S AND STARRED IN THE MUSICAL "GREASE." OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN WAS 73 YEARS OLD. STILL TO COME ON THE "NEWSHOUR"... AMY WALTER AND ANNIE LINSKEY

WEIGH IN ON HOW THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT COULD AFFECT THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. RESIDENTS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST STRUGGLE WITH THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR ORE EXTRACTION. KENYANS PREPARE TO HEAD TO THE POLLS TO SELECT THEIR NEXT PRESIDENT AFTER A DIVISIVE RACE. PLUS MUCH MORE. >> THIS IS "THE PBS NEWSHOUR" FROM WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON, AND IN THE WEST FROM THE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. JUDY: THE PASSAGE OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS A MAJOR LEGISLATIVE VICTORY FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, AND IT COMES AFTER MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS ON CAPITOL HILL. JOINING ME TO DISCUSS IT IS BRIAN DEESE, CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL AND THE PRESIDENT'S TOP ECONOMIC ADVISER. WELCOME BACK NEWSHOUR. AS WE HAVE BEEN SAYING, THIS IS A FRACTION, MAYBE A FOURTH OF WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR LAST YEAR,

BUT AT THIS POINT, WHAT WILL IT IN IF THIS BECOMES LAW FOR THE COUNTRY AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION? BRIAN: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THIS IS A TRULY HISTORIC PIECE OF LEGISLATION. FOR DECADES IN THIS COUNTRY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES. THIS BILL WILL ALLOW MEDICARE TO NEGOTIATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES FOR THE FIRST TIME. FOR DECADES, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THIS BILL WILL MAKE THE LARGEST SINGLE INVESTMENT IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY SECURITY EVER. IT WILL DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY REDUCES THE FEDERAL DEFICIT, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW ECONOMICALLY TO TRY TO HELP REDUCE INFLATION AS WELL. WHAT THIS WILL MEAN FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES IS LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES, LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS, LOWER ENERGY BILLS ACROSS TIME, AND CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT TOGETHER ACTING TO REDUCE INFLATION AS WELL. JUDY: AN IMPRESSIVE LIST. THE TITLE OF THE BILL IS THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, AND THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE TOOK

A LOOK AND WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH IS THEY SAY IT IS LIKELY TO CHANGE THE INFLATION RATE BY LESS THAN 1/10 OF 1% OVER A FEW YEARS. THEY SAY THEY ARE NOT SURE WHETHER THE CHANGES UP OR DOWN. IS IT FAIR TO CALL IT INFLATION REDUCTION? BRIAN: I THINK IT IS. ECONOMISTS WHO HAVE LOOKED AT THIS CLOSELY, INCLUDING FORMER TREASURY SECRETARY'S FROM BOTH PARTIES, HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSI THIS WOULD HELP ON EASING PRICE PRESSURES THROUGHOUT THE ECONOMY. THE ME EXPLAIN WHY. FIRST, IT WILL LOWER COST FOR FAMILIES. THE FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH HIGH PRICES WILL FACE LOWER COSTS AS EARLY AS THIS FALL. 13 MILLION AMERICANS WILL SEE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS COME DOWN AS A RESULT OF THIS BILL. SECOND, BY REDUCING THE FEDERAL DEFICIT, THAT IS COMPLEMENT RITA WHAT THE FED IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND WILL HELP REDUCE PRICES. THIRD AN IMPORTANT, BY INCREASING THE SUPPLY, THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY IN PARTICULAR IN THIS COUNTRY, WHILE MOVING TOWARD CLEAN ENERGY, WE WILL

REDUCE PRICE PRESSURE OVERALL. WE HAD THE CEOS OF UTILITY COMPANY'S HERE AND THEY SAID THE PRINCIPAL IMPACT OF PASSING THESE LONG-TERM TAX CREDITS FOR CLEAN ENERGY IS THEY PASS THOSE DIRECTLY ON TO RATEPAYERS, MEANING A CUSTOMER GETTING A UTILITY BILL WILL SEE THAT BENEFIT ON HER UTILITY BILL. I THINK ACROSS THE BOARD IN PRACTICAL TERMS, IT MEANS LOWER-COST FOR CONSUMERS, AND IN ECONOMIC TERMS, IT WILL BE REDUCED PRICE PRESSURES ACROSS THE ECONOMY. JUDY: I'M ASKING YOU WHAT THIS WILL MEAN FOR ORDINARY AMERICANS AND WHETHER MOST AMERICANS WILL FEEL THIS, BECAUSE WE HEARD SENATOR SANDERS ESSAY ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE, AND I AM QUOTING HIM, THIS BILL DOES NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE GREATEST FINANCIAL CHALLENGES FACING FAMILIES IN THIS COUNTRY. BRIAN: LOOK, WE ARE WORKING ACROSS THE BORDER TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES FAMILIES FACE, AND AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THINGS LIKE GAS PRICES THAT ARE FRONT AND CENTER, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THAT, SEEING GAS PRICES DOWN BY ALMOST A DOLLAR.

IN PRACTICAL TERMS, THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR FAMILIES IN AREAS THAT ARE CONSEQUENTIAL TO THEIR LIVES. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND THE COSTS TO FAMILIES IS A BIG DEAL, PARTICULARLY FOR FAMILIES THAT THE -- THAT HAVE A MEMBER IN THE FAMILY WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION. THIS WILL CAP THE OUT OF POCKET COSTS FOR THOSE ON MEDICARE AT $2000. THAT IS A GAME CHANGING DEAL. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE AND ARE WONDERING THIS FALL IF THEY WILL SEE PREMIUMS JUMP IN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, THIS BILL WILL PROVIDE 13 MILLION AMERICANS THE SECURITY TO KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS LOW. FOR PEOPLE WHO SIT AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE AND THINK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE MONTHLY BILLS OUT OF, THINGS LIKE ESCRIPTION DRUGS AND UTILITY BILLS AND ENERGY COST, THOSE ARE MEANINGFUL. JUDY: YOU ALSO MENTIONED CLEAN ENERGY. ALSO IN THIS LEGISLATION ARE PROVIONS THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR MORE OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BALANCE IS. MORE FOSSIL FUELS BUT CLEAN ENERGY -- HOW DO YOU SQUARE THAT? BRIAN: I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IS THIS BILL PUTS THE UNITED STATES ON A PATH TO MEET ITS CLIMATE COMMITMENTS BY THE END OF THIS DECADE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, THE UNITED STATES, THIS BILL IF SIGNED INTO LAW, WE WILL BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN CLEARLY INCREDIBLY SAY WE WILL MEET OUR CLIMATE COMMITMENTS. THE WAY IT DOES SO IS TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM INCENTIVES. TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL INCENTIVES, TO INVEST IN CLEANER AND LOWER EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS THE BOARD, FROM WIND AND SOLAR TO STORAGE, CARBON CAPTURE, THESE ARE THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL DRIVE US TO LOWER EMISSIONS ECONOMY. THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT IF WE DEVELOP AND INNOVATE THEM IN THE UNITED STATES, WE CAN EXPORT TO THE WORLD.

THAT MEANS MORE JOBS, MORE MANUFACTURING CAPACITY IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT ULTIMATELY IT MEANS WE CAN HIT OUR CLIMATE COMMISSIONS -- COMMITMENTS AS A NATION. JUDY: TO OTHER QUICK QUESTIONS. YOU SAID THIS WOULD REDUCE THE DEFICIT, BUT THE COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE BUDGET SAID YES, BUT ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT. $25 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. BRIAN: OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, THIS BILL WILL REDUCE THE DEFICIT BY ABOUT $300 BILLION. TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT, THAT WILL COME ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT ALREADY THIS YEAR, THE DEFICIT IS DOWN $1.7 TRILLION. THIS IS DEFICIT REDUCTION THAT WILL BUILD ON A RECORD OF BUILDING -- OF REDUCING THE DEFICIT. I WOULD NOT PLAY THAT, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE ECONOMY IS FACING THE PRICE CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING, DEMONSTRATING WE CA CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON DEFICIT REDUCTION IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE BILL. JUDY: WE KNOW SOME OF THE RICHEST AMERICANS, HEDGE FUND EXECUTIVES, PRIVATE EQUITY

EXECUTIVES, VIRTUALLY UNTOUCHED BY THIS BECAUSE OF PROVISIONS TAKEN OUT. WHAT ARE SOME PROVISIONS THAT WERE IN ORIGINALLY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION, THE PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO IN MONTHS TO COME? BRIAN: WE WILL NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME HAVE A MINIMUM TAX SO THAT THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS IN THE COUNTRY, THOSE WITH MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN INCOME, WILL HAVE TO PAY A 15% MINIMUM TAX, WHICH IS BASIC FAIRNESS A GOOD TAX POLICY, AND WE WILL GET THAT DONE IF THIS BILL IS SIGNED INTO LAW. THEIR OTHER PROVISIONS THE PRESIDENT FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT, PARTICULARLY MAKING SURE THE HIGHEST INCOME INDIVIDUALS, THE BILLIONAIRES OF THIS COUNTRY, ARE ALSO PAYING A REASONABLE AMOUNT AS WELL. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS ON THAT FRONT. STILL HAVE WORK TO DO, THAT WILL BE WORK REMAINING WHEN WE GET THIS BILL ENACTED INTO LAW. JUDY: WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE. BRIAN, THANK YOU. AS WE HAVE REPORTED, THE BILL

PASSED BY THE SENATE WOULD PUSH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TOWARD BOOSTING CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS, AND COMBATING GLOBAL WARMING. WILLIAM BRANGHAM HAS MORE ON WHAT IS BEING DESCRIBED AS POTENTIALLY AMERICA'S FIRST MAJOR CLIMATE LAW. WILLIAM: THAT'S RIGHT. IF THIS PASSES THE HOUSE AND THE PRESIDENT SIGNS IT INTO LAW, IT WILL BE BY FAR THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MADE TO TACKLE CLIME CHANGE. ACCORDING TO SEVERAL ESTIMATES, THIS INITIATIVE COULD PRODUCE A 40% RUCTION IN AMERICA'S CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2030, COMPED TO 2005 LEVELS. FOR SOME CONTEXT, PAUL BLEDSOE IS A STRATEGIC ADVISOR AT THE PROGRESSIVE POLICY INSTITUTE AND PRESIDENT OF BLEDSOE & ASSOCIATES, A POLICY FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN CLIMATE CHANGE. HE'S ALSO WORKED ON SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE TREATIES. GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM. WE JUST HEARD THE PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR SAY THIS BILL,

IF IT BECOMES LAW, PUTS AMERICA ON A PATH TO MEET ITS CLIMATE COMMITMENTS. IS IT TRUE? IS IT THAT SUBSTANTIAL? PAUL: IT COMES VERY CLOSE. IT WILL REDUCE U.S. CO2 EMISSION S BY 40% BY 2030, A HUGE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS, AND THE ADMINISTRATION DESERVES CREDIT FOR. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE U.S. IS ONLY 15% OF TOTAL GLOBAL EMISSIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THIS BILL HAS TO DO IS BEGIN TO LEAD THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AND THE WORLD IN CLEAN ENERGY PRODUCTION AND PUT PRESSURE AND OPPORTUNITY ON NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD TO CLEAN UP THEIR ECONOMIES AND GROW THEIR CLEAN ENERGY SECTORS. FOR EXAMPLE, CHINA HAS 30% OF GLOBAL EMISSIONS, TWICE WHAT THE U.S. DOES, AND JUST WITHDREW FROM LATERAL TALKS ON CLIMATE

CHANGE. THIS BILL HAS TO NOT ONLY GROW THE U.S. CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY BUT BEGIN A GLOBAL TRANSITION. WILLIAM: A LOT OF THE PIECES WITHIN THIS BILL ARE TAX INCENTIVES, CARROTS INSTEAD OF STICKS TO ENCOURAGE CITIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION. IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE INCENTIVES ARE ENOUGH TO ENCOURAGE THIS PROCESS TO START REALLY MOVING AGGRESSIVELY? PAUL: THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT. THIS IS NOT ABOUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING. THIS IS ABOUT PROVIDING CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES INCENTIVES TO MAKE BIG INVESTMENTS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT DECADE IN A BRAND-NEW CLEAN ENERGY SECTOR THAT WILL CREATE MILLIONS OF NEW JOBS AND SAVE CONSUMERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR. THIS WILL RE-ENERGIZE MUCH OF THE AMERICAN PRIVATE SECTOR ECONOMY.

THIS IS VERY MUCH A MARKET APPROACH TO GETTING THE PRIVATE SECTOR MAKING THESE LARGE INVESTMENTS THAT WILL MAKE THE UNITED STATES MUCH STRONGER IN TERMS OF OUR ENERGY SECURITY, OUR OVERALL ECONOMY, AND REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMSIONS. WILLIAM: I WANT TO ASK YOU A POLITICAL QUESTION. IT IS STRIKING HOW VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE GOP WAS HOSTILE OR DISMISSIVE TO ANY REAL SUBSTANTIVE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AND PUBLIC OPINION POLLING ON CLIMATE CHANGE SEEMS TO WAFFLE ON HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO VOTERS. AND YET THESE VERY SUBSTANTIAL CLIMATE PROVISIONS HAVE ENDURED FOR ALMOST A YEAR. HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THAT? PAUL: YOU KNOW, IT IS INTERESTING. FORMERLY, DEMOCRATS PROPOSED ENERGY TAXES, THAT IS CARBON TAXES, TO DEAL WITH THE CLIMATE PROBLEM, AND THOSE WERE POLITICALLY UNPOPULAR.

NOW, DEMOCRATSAVE FINALLY HIT ON A TREMENDOUSLY POPULAR SET OF POLICIES. TAX CUTS FOR BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS FOR CLEAN ENERGY. THESE ARE FAVORED BY REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS IN ALL POLLING. I THINK THE REPUBLICANS HAVE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE IN UNDERESTIMATING HOW MUCH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND AVERAGE AMERICANS WANT THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES. I THINK IF DEMOCRATS ARE SMART, THEY WILL RUN ON THIS PRO-BUSINESS, PRO-ECONOMIC PLATFORM OF CLEAN ENERGY IN THE MIDTERMS. WILLIAM: LET'S SAY THIS GOES THROUGH. YOU AND OTHERS HAVE SAID THIS IS NOT THE BE-ALL, AND ALBEIT WE WILL NOT HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM OVERNIGHT. WHAT ARE OTHER STEPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ADMINISTRATION TAKE GOING FORWARD? PAUL: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. ONE THING SENATOR SCHUMER COMMITTED TO ASART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH SENATOR JOE MANCHIN IS PERMANENT REFORM FOR

U.S. DENVER STRUCTURE. RIGHT NOW IT IS EXTERNALLY DIFFICULT TO PUT UP THE BIG POWERLINES WE NEED TO MOVE CLEAN ENERGY FROM THE PLACES WHERE WE CAN CHEAPLY GENERATE IT TO THE PLACES WHERE WE CAN USE IT. WE ALSO NEED MORE PIPELINES FOR NATURAL GAS SO WE CAN COMPLETELY ELIMINATE COAL, AND WE WILL NEED TO EXPORT GAS SO WE CAN HELP THE REST OF THE WORLD ELIMINATE COAL. THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER WORK TO BE DONE. ANOTHER AREA IS METHANE EMISSIONS. METHANE IS A SUPER POLLUTANT, 80 TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN CO2, AND IS THE KEY TO CONTROLLING NEAR-TERM RICHER INCREASES. THIS INCLUDES A FUND -- NEAR-TERM TEMPERATURE INCREASES. THIS INCLUDES A FUND TO REDUCE METHANE, BUT MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ELIMINATE NEAR-TERM TEMPERATURES AND PREVENTING RUNAWAY WARMING AND NATURAL SYSTEMS. WILLIAM:AUL BLEDSOE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. PAUL: THANK YOU.

WILLIAM: BACK TO YOU, JUDY. JUDY: NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE POLITICAL STAKES OF THE DEMOCRATS' MAJOR LEGISLATIVE VICTORY, I'M JOINED BY AMY WALTER OF THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT WITH AMY WALTER AND ANNIE LINSKEY WITH THE WASHINGTON POST. TAMARA KEITH IS AWAY. HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU. IT HAS BEEN A BIG WEEKEND IN WASHINGTON. CONGRESS GOT SOMETHING DONE, THEY PASSED THE DEMOCRATS'S VICTORY IN THE SENATE. AMY, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS, WE ARE NOT USED TO SEEING THIS. AMY: NOT IN RECENT MONTHS. AS I SAID THE OTHER WEEK, DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD A GOOD RUN FOR THIS SUMMER BETWEEN GUNS AND THE SEMICONDUCTOR BILL AND NOW THIS, WHICH STILL HAS TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE HOUSE, BUT THAT IS STILL A BIG SUCCESS. THE QUESTION IS IT IS -- THE QUESTION IS THE LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS. HISTORICALLY, EVEN PARTIES THAT PASSED MAJOR LEGISLATION DURING A MIDTERM YEAR, WHETHER IT IS

BILL CLINTON OR BARACK OBAMA OR DONALD TRUMP OR LBJ, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REWARDED IN A MIDTERM YEAR FOR BIG LEGISLATIVE POLICY VICTORIES. TWO YEARS LATER IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, PERHAPS. BUT ALL OF THOSE PRESIDENTS LOST SEATS IN THE HOUSE AND THEIR FIRST MIDTERM ELECTION. THE OTHER REALLY BIG QUESTION FOR THE SHORT TERM IS ARE VOTERS GOING TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE ECONOMY BY OCTOBER, NOVEMBER? YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE COME ON AND TELL YOU THAT IT IS CALLED THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER AND WE ARE NOT IN A RECESSION, BUT RIGHT NOW PEOPLE BELIEVE WE ARE HEADED TO A RECESSION AND THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX IS ABOUT AS LOW AS IT HAS BEEN IN ITS HISTORY. JUDY: ANNIE, WE HEARD BRIAN SAYING THEY WILL FEEL IT IN LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES OF MEDICAL BILLS, BUT HOW MH OF THAT WILL BE FELT? ANNIE: AMY IS RIGHT, IT WON'T BE FELT IMMEDIATELY, BUT I HATE FOR

ONE THING TO GET LOST, WHICH IS THIS IS A VERY BIG PIECE OF LEGISLATION. DEMOCRATS, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, SNCE THE TURN OF THIS MILLENNIA, CROWDS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS TALKING POINT OF WE WILL HAVE MEDICARE NEGOTIATE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES. WE HAVE HEARD THAT LKING POINT FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS AND THEY HAVE FINALLY DONE IT. I DO THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN SAY TO THEIR VOTERS THAT THEY GOT A MAJOR PIECE OF THEIR AGENDA DONE. I THINK IT IS RIGHT, A LOT OF WHAT THEY ASK FOR THEY DID NOT GET DONE, THERE IS NO CHILD TAX CREDIT, THAT IS OFF THE TABLE, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT DEMOCRATS CAN TALK ABOUT IN THE FALL. TALKING TO SOME REPUBLICANS ABOUT THIS, THEY ARE ALSO SAYING THEY REALIZE THEY WILL BE ON DEFENSE ON THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PIECE, BUT ALSO INTERESTINGLY, THE PAY FOR, THEY ARE REALIZING DEMOCRATS HAVE A GOOD POPULIST TALKING POINT BY PAYING FOR THIS

BILL BY HAVING THE RICHEST COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY, IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE HAD ZERO TAXES, SUDDENLY HAVING TO PAY TAXES. JUDY: YOU WILL SEE MINIMUM CORPORATE TAX, AS WE HEARD BRIAN TALKING ABOUT. AND YOU WILL HEAR MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DEFICIT. DEMOCRATS CAN SAY WE ARE DOING SOME THING ABOUT THE DEFICIT. THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH OUR VOTERS. AMY: HOW MUCH OUR VOTERS BELIEVING? AND PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT AMY SAID, IT IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON CLIMATE, AND FOR DEMOCRATIC LEADING VOTERS, CLIMATE IS A TOP ISSUE. EVEN AS INFLATION AND ABORTION, THOSE ISSUES CONTINUE TO RISE AS A CONCERN FOR DEMOCRATIC VOTERS, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNGER VOTERS, THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE. SO THEY HAVE A STORY TO TELL. IS IT ENOUGH FOR THEELECTION? WE DON'T KNOW, BUT CERTAINLY

SOMETHING FOR 2024. JUDY: THERE IS SO MUCH FOCUS RIGHT NOW ON THE MIDTERMS. DEMOCRATS WANT TO HOLD DOWN THEIR LOSSES IN THE HOUSE AND CERTAINLY WANT TO HOLD ONTO THE SENATE. SPEAKING OF WHICH, WE HAVE MORE AUGUST PRIMARIES. WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT BEFORE , COMING UP TOMORROW, IN FOUR STATES, INCLUDING WISCONSIN, WHICH WE ARE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY. HARD-FOUGHT BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO HAS BEEN ENDORSING HIS FAVORITE AND OTHER CANDIDATES. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? ANNIE: I THINK THE BIG RACE EVERYBODY IS WATCHING TOMORROW NIGHT, THE WISCONSIN GOVERNOR'S RACE, AND THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. YOU HAVE A CANDIDATE TRUMP HAS A BACKED, AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT PINS, THE ONE HE HAS BACK. THE CANDIDATES ARE NOT THAT DIFFERENT. WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT A SCENARIO WHERE YOU HAVE A TRULY MODERATE CANDIDATE VERSUS A MORE EXTREME

CANDIDATE. THESE ARE CANDIDATES WHERE THEIR POLICY POSITIONS ARE SIMILAR. THEY BOTH HAVE FLIRTED WITH DENYING THE 2020 ELECTION. THEY HAVE SIMILAR VIEWS ON ABORTION. IT'S MORE OF A STYLISTIC DIFFERENCE. I THINK WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS YES, THIS WILL BE A TEST HOW MUCH HIS WEIGHT IS TRUMP CONTINUE TO HAVE OVER THE PRIMARY, BUT WHOEVER WINS TOMORROW IS STILL GOING TO BE SOMEONE WHO HAS TALKED ABOUT DENYING THE ELECTION AND NOT REALLY EMBRACED THAT BIDEN'S PRESIDENT. AMY: SCOTT WALKER, HIS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WHO HE HAS ENDORSED, IS ONE OF THOSE CANDIDATES. IN THE PRIMARY, SCOTT WALKER WAS THE ORIGINAL TEA PARTY, AND A -- ANTIESTABLISHMENT, AND NOW HIS CANDIDATE IS BEING CALLED PART OF THE RINO ESTABLISHMENT, AS WELL AS A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE ROBIN VOSS, WHO HAS BEEN FOR DEMOCRATS THE PERSON THEY FOUGHT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND YET

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ENDORSED ROBIN VS'S PRIMARY OPPONENT BECAUSE ROBIN VOSS WILL NOT BELIEVE IN THE BIG LIE. IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE VANGUARD OF BRINGING REPUBLICANS INTO POWER IN THAT STATE, AND TAKING A SORT OF NO HOLDS BARRED APPROACH, ARE SEEN AS THE MODERATES AND PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. JUDY: WHICH SETS IT UP FOR IN NOVEMBER, A REALLY FASCINATING CONTEST. ANNIE: ABSOLUTELY. JUDY: IN WISCONSIN AND THESE OTHER STATES WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT. ANNIE: IN WISCONSIN IN PARTICULAR, THE SENATE RACE WILL BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST. YOU HAVE A 35-YEAR-OLD AFRICAN-AMERICAN WORKING-CLASS ROOTS CANDIDATE TAKING ON RON JOHNSON, MUCH OLDER, VERY WEALTHY, A MORE TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN. HE HAS SET A NUMBER OF VERY CONTROVERSIAL THINGS.

YOU HAVE A FASCINATING CONTEST BETWEEN THOSE TWO. AMY: THAT'S RIGHT. JUDY: YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SAID NO MORE AUGUST PRIMARIES. [LAUGHTER] AMY: THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. EVENTUALLY WHAT WE WILL SEE AS MANY OF THESE CANDIDATES THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS ENDORSED, THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, AND SOME OF THESE SENATE RACES, RUNNING BEHIND WHERE THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT. WILL THEY BE ABLE TO CATCH UP FOR NOVEMBER? IF SO, WILL TRUMP GET THE BLAME FOR PERHAPS DEMOCRATS KEEPING HOLD OF THE SENATE. JUDY: FASCINATING, ALL OF IT. AMY WALTER, ANNIE LINSKY, THANK YOU. FOR DECADES, RESIDENTS OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, INCLUDING MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO ELEVATED LEVELS OF RADIATION FROM URANIUM

EXTRACTION AND REFINING. A TOXIC LEGACY OF THE COLD WAR'S WEAPONS PROGRAM AND NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NONPROFIT INVESTIGATIVE NEWSROOM PRO PUBLICA, STEPHANIE SY REPORTS ON ONE COMMUNITY'S FIGHT TO SURVIVE AND TO HOLD A COMPANY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. JONNIE: THIS IS A MAP THAT MY DAUGHTER PUT TOGETHER TO SHOW THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CANCER AROUND THE SUBDIVISION THAT WE LIVED IN. STEPHANIE: IN CIBOLA COUNTY, IN THE HIGH, SPARSELY POPULATED DESERT OF NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO, IT BECAME KNOWN AS THE DEATH MAP. JONNIE: THE GREEN IS CANCER. THEN THE YELLOW IS CANCER DEATHS. STEPHANIE: SKIN CANCER, BREAST CANCER, THYROID DISEASE. JONNIE HEAD, HERSELF A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, POINTS TO ALL THE FAMILIES WHO, OVER THE YEARS, WERE HIT. GIVEN HOW SPARSELY POPULATED IT IS, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF CANCERS.

JONNIE: IT DOES, DOESN'T IT? STEPHANIE: SHE AND HER FAMILY LIVED IN THE NEARBY MURRAY ACRES SUBDIVISION FOR DECADES. JONNIE IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GREEN COMMUNITY. HAD LOTS OF ALFALFA PASTURES, HORSES, COWS. IT WAS A FARMING AREA AND VERY NICE. I WOULD HAVE LEFT THERE EARLIER, MUCH EARLIER, HAD I KNOWN THE SITUATION. STEPHANIE: THE SITUATION WAS THAT THEIR QUAINT SLICE OF PARADISE WAS LESS THAN HALF A MILE FROM 22 MILLION TONS OF URANIUM WASTE. FROM WORLD WAR II THROUGH THE COLD WAR, URANIUM ORE WAS HEAVILY MINED ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION OF ARIZONA, COLORADO, UTAH, AND NEW MEXICO TO PRODUCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND ENERGY. CHEMICALS WERE USED TO EXTRACT AND MILL THE URANIUM, AND THE WASTE WAS PUT INTO TAILINGS PILES, MANY OF WHICH WERE UNLINED AND UNCAPPED. MASSIVE PILES OF WASTE LIKE THIS ONE IN NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO HAVE CONTINUED TO LEAK AND BLOW CONTAMINATION INTO SURROUNDING

COMMUNITIES. INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THREE DECADES OF URANIUM MINING HAS LEFT A TOXIC LEGACY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. MARK: WE'RE 40 YEARS OUT FROM THE KIND OF DEATH OF AMERICAN URANIUM, AND WE STILL HAVEN'T CLEANED THIS UP. STEPHANIE: MARK OLALDE AND A TEAM AT PROPUBLICA HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING SOME 50 FORMER URANIUM MILLS AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. ABOUT HALF OF THE MILLS ARE YET TO BE CLEANED UP AND SEALED, INCLUDING THIS ONE OWNED BY THE HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, NOW A SUBSIDIARY OF BARRICK GOLD. WHILE OPERATIONS ENDED IN 1990, THE CLEANUP CONTINUES. MARK: THERE ARE CONCERNS FROM DOWNSTREAM CMUNITIES THAT THE PLUMES OF URANIUM COULD EVENTUALLY MIGRATE TO THEIR INTAKE WELLS AND CONTAMINATE THEIR DRINKING WATER SOURCES, TOO. IN O HOUSEHOLD, WE FOUND LEVELS OF RADON ABOUT TWICE AS HIGH AS THE EPA SAYS IS THE LEVEL WHERE YOU NEED TO IMMEDIATELY CLEAN UP YOUR HOUSE. STEPHANIE: A 2014 STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY FOUND AN UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF EXCESS CANCER RISK FROM THE MILL SITE. JOHN BOOMER AND MAGGIE BILLIMAN ARE AMONG THE SEVERAL THOUSAND RESIDENTS LIVING DOWNSTREAM. JOHN: I WAS THRILLED TO HAVE ALL THIS SPACE, I THOUGHT I COULD PUT MY WOOD IN HERE, MY ART. STEPHANIE: AN ARTIST, JOHN NEEDED A LOT OF SPACE AND TRUST OF THE EPA, WHICH SAID THE SITE WOULD BE CLEANED UP BY 2003. JOIN: THE SITE, -- JOHN: THE SITE, THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT, THEY WERE ON TOP OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT WOULD BE FIXED IN SHORT ORDER. IN SHORT ORDER. I MEAN, THAT THEY HAD BEEN WORKING ON IT ALREADY 20 YEARS WHEN I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. STEPHANIE: BUT HE SAYS THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH ALL THE FIXES . THE CONTAMINATION IN GROUNDWATER AND AQUIFERS SPREAD. JOHN: WE NEVER T REAL CLEAR ANSWERS.

WE'VE ASKED FOR HEALTH STUDIES, CANCER CLUSTER STUDIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND IT ALL SEEMS TO JUST KIND OF GO HERE AND THERE. MAGGIE: IT'S DEPRESSING. JOHN: AND IT'S DEPRESSING. STEPHANIE: MAGGIE BILLIMAN IS A MEMBER OF THE NAVAJO NATION. NOT ONLY HER HOUSE, BUT MUCH OF HER NATIVE LAND, HAS BORNE THE BRUNT OF AMERICA'S TOXIC WASTE LEGACY. MORE THAN 500 ABANDONED URANIUM MINES POCKMARK THE NAVAJO NATION, NEARLY ALL WITHIN A MILE OF A WATER SOURCE, AND THERE ARE FAR HIGHER LEVELS OF CANCER AMONG HER PEOPLE THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION. MAGGIE'S OWN FATHER, A NAVAJO CODE TALKER DURING WORLD WAR II, DIED OF STOMACH CANCER, SHE BELIEVES DUE TO NUCLEAR TESTING IN NEIGHBORING NEVADA. HAVE YOU STARTED TO SEE ANY HEALTH IMPACTS? MAGGIE: MY SWALLOWING IS KIND OF FUNNY AND WE'VE BEEN COUGHING A LOT IN THIS HOUSEHOLD AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S COMING

FROM. I'M SEEING CHANGES BUT THE DOCTORS ARE NOT PINPOINTING. I ALWAYS THINK THAT GOSH, WHAT IF IT'S TOO LATE? STEPHANIE: IN PREVIOUS LAWSUITS, HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY HAS DENIED THAT ITS FACILITIES ARE CAUSING ILLNESS AND IT IS NOW TRYING TO ABSOLVE ITSELF OF FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY. MARK: BARRICK GOLD AND HOMESTAKE ARE NOW TRYING TO TO BE DONE WITH CLEAN UP, TO GET EXEMPTIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE THE REGULATORY STANDARDS AT THE SITE SO THEY CAN KIND OF WASH THEIR HANDS OF IT, HAND IT OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND HAVE IT NOW BE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PROBLEM. >> UNITED STATES REGULATORS CAN'T POSSIBLY THINK THIS IS OK. STEPHANIE: IN THE MEANTIME, SOME, INCLUDING CANDACE HEAD-DYLLA HAVE AGREED TO TAKE BUYOUT OFFERS FROM HOMESTAKE. CANDACE: WE TRUSTED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT ONCE THEY SAID THIS IS GOING TO BE CLEANED UP, THAT IT WOULD BE. STEPHANIE: CANDACE IS JONNIE'S DAUGHTER, THE WOMAN WE MET AT

THE BEGINNING OF THIS STORY. SHE MOVED TO COLORADO IN 2019. IT WASN'T AN EASY DECISION -- LEAVING BOTH HER PARENTS AND HER DREAM HOUSE IN THE MURRAY ACRES SUBDIVISION BEHIND. CANDACE: THIS IS MY MOM, MY TWO GRANDMAS. THIS I OUTSIDE, THE BARN IN THE TAILINGS PILES RIGHT OVER HERE. STEPHANIE: THE TAILINGS PILE WAS NEVER FAR FROM MIND, AND IN 2006, SHE FOUND HER OWN PLACE ON THE MAP OF DISEASE. CANDACE: MY THYROID IS COMPLETELY REMOVED. I HAVE NO THYROID. WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT IF I EVER DON'T HAVE THAT MEDICATION, IT'S JUST A FEW MONTHS UNTIL I DIE. STEPHANIE: MARK OLALDE SAYS CANDACE'S STORY IS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT'S BROADLY HAPPENING TO THIS COMMUNITY. MARK: THEY ARE MOVING PEOPLE. THEY ARE TEARING DOWN THE HOMES. AND IN THE PROCESS, THEY'RE HAVING THE RESIDENTS SIGN NON-DISPARAGEMENT AGREEMENTS AND LIABILITY WAIVER, SAYING ESSENTIALLY, WE CAN'T SUE YOU MOVING FORWARD. STEPHANIE: EVEN IF WE HAVE CANCER DOWN THE LINE. MARK: WE CAN'T SEE YOU FOR

ANYTHING. STEPHANIE: DESPITE SIGNING THE NON-DISPARAGEMENT AGREEMENT, CANDACE CONTINUES TO SPEAK OUT TO PREVENT A REPEAT OF HISTORY. CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE PUSH FOR MORE LOW-CARBON ENERGY, AS WELL AS SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA -- AN EXPORTER OF URANIUM -- HAVE RENEWED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER, WHICH CANDACE SAYS COMES AT A COST. CANDACE: THERE IS A HIGH PRICE THAT YOU PAY FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY. THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE FRONT END OF THIS PROCESS AND THEY NEED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT HARDER ABOUT THE BACK END OF THE PROCES MARK: THE WAR EFFORT IN THE COLD WAR MADE US RUSH HEADLONG INTO AN INDUSTRY WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES DOWN THE ROAD. AND IT TELLS US THAT WHEN YOU TRY TO REGULATE AT THE TAIL END OF AN INDUSTRY AS OPPOSED TO AT THE OUTSET OF ITS CREATION, IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO GET THAT RIGHT AND IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE TO GET THAT RIGHT. AND IT LEAVES US KIND OF ASKING THE QUESTION OF, WELL, WHO'S GOING TO TAKE CHARGE OF THIS? STEPHANIE: THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, WHICH OVERSEES THE CLEANUP OF THE HOMESTAKE MILL, SAID IN A

STATEMENT THAT THE SITE IS “HYDROGEOLOGICALLY COMPLEX," MAKING “TARGET DATES FOR GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION REMEDIATIONDIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE WITH PRECISION." "WE UNDERSTAND AND SHARE THE CONCERN THAT THE REMEDIATION IS TAKING SO LONG." MEANWHILE, IN A LETTER TO PROPUBLICA, HOMESTAKE SAID IT'S NO LONGER FEASIBLE TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AT THE SITE. IT SAID IT FOLLOWED GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARD PRACTICES OF THE TIME AND IN THE FINAL STAGES OF CLOSING THE SITE, THE COMPANY WILL PLACE A COVER ON THE TAILINGS PILE TO REDUCE RADON EMISSIONS. BUT THERE'S STILL NO DEADLINE FOR WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN. IT HAS ALREADY TAKEN DECADESAND FOR CANDACE HEAD DYLLA'S FAMILY, GENERATIONS OF WAITING. FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M STEPHANIE SY. JUDY: WE WOULD ADD THIS -- OUR REPORTING PARTNERS AT PRO PUBLICA ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION BUT NEED YOUR HELP. IF YOU HAVE WORKED WITH ANY PUBLIC AGENCIES, CONSULTING FIRMS, TRIBES COMPANIES

INVOLVED IN THE URANIUM INDUSTRY, YOU CAN SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE BY GOING TO PRO PUBLICA.ORG/URANIUM. ♪ KENYANS WILL GO TO THE POLLS TOMORROW TO ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT. IN A NATION WITH A HISTORY OF CONTESTED AND VIOLENT ELECTIONS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A MEMBER OF THE POLITICALLY DOMINANT KIKUYU TRIBE IS NOT RUNNING. AND MANY CLAIM THIS IS KENYA'S FIRST ELECTION IN WHICH CLASS PLAYS A GREATER ROLE THAN ETHNICITY. CORRESPONDENT NEHA WADEKAR AND FILMMAKER JACK HEWSON SENT US THIS REPORT. NEHA: POLITICAL HYSTERIA IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH HERE IN THE HEARTLAND OF WESTERN KENYA'S LUO TRIBE. NEVER IN KENYA'S NEARLY 60-YEAR

DEMOCRATIC HISTORY HAS A LUO TAKEN POWER. NOW, THE FATHER OF THIS TRIBE WANTS TO BECOME THE FATHER OF THE NATION. NICKNAMED BABA, OR DAD IN KISWAHILI, RAILA ODINGA HAS MADE FOUR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT THE PRESIDENCY. HIS DIEHARD SUPPORTERS SAY THIS IS FINALLY HIS TIME. >> I JUST CAME TO WITNESS, TO BE PART OF HISTORY, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST RALLIES THAT MR. RAILA ODINGA IS HAVING HERE IN KISUMU, HIS OWN BACKYARD, SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED AS WE WAIT FOR THE ELECTIONS ON TUESDAY. NEHA: THE LUOS OF WESTERN KENYA HAVE LONG FELT IGNORED BY NAIROBI'S POLITICAL CLASS, IN PART BECAUSE OF A DYNASTIC RIVALRY BETWEEN ODINGA AND KENYA'S SITTING PRESIDENT, UHURU KENYATTA, WHOSE KIKUYU TRIBE HAS DOMINATED KENYAN POLITICS FOR DECADES. BUT A FEW YEARS AGO, THE MEN PULLED A 180 AND FORGED A SURPRISING ALLIANCE, COOPERATING IN GOVERNMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> UHURU IS THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA. LEAVE HIM ALONE. LET HIM GO AND RETIRE IN PEACE. NEHA: THIS NEWFOUND FRIENDSHIP WITH THE SITTING PRESIDENT GAVE

ODINGA THE POWER AND BACKING OF THE STATE. BUT AFTER SO MUCH ANIMOSITY, SOME SAY HE'S BEING GROOMED TO TAKE OVER AND WONDER IF ODINGA IS NOW OBLIGATED TO DANCE TO KENYATTA'S TUNE. >> IT IS NOT UNUSUAL THAT AN OUTGOING PRESIDENT CAN CAMPAIGN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, SO WHAT PRESIDENT KENYATTA IS DOING IS NOT UNIQUE, BUT I'M NOT PRESIDENT KENYATTA. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. AND I CANNOT BE SOMEBODY'S PROJECT. KENYANS KNOW THAT VERY WELL. NEHA: SOME CRITICS CLAIM THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED SO THAT PRESIDENT KENYATTA AND THE KENYATTA FAMILY CAN PROTECT THEIR FAMILY WEALTH. MANY CLAIM THAT THIS WEALTH HAS BEEN ACQUIRED THROUGH CORRUPTION AND/OR ABUSE OF POWER. SO WOULD YOU BE WILLING, SIR, TO BACK ANY POTENTIAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE KENYATTA FAMILY WEALTH IF YOU GET INTO OFFICE? >> WE HAVE SAID THAT WE WILL

DEAL WITH ALL THE CORRUPTION CASES, IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW HIGH IT IS. THEREFORE MYSELF, ACTUALLY, I'M NOT AN EXCEPTION, AND NOBODY ELSE IS GOING TO BE AN EXCEPTION IN THIS REGARD. NEHA: WHILE ODINGA'S STORY IS ONE ROOTED IN DYNASTIC SUCCESSION AND TRIBAL POLITICS, HIS OPPONENT, DEPUTY PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO, BRINGS A NEW DYNAMIC TO THE RACE. RUTO'S POPULIST MESSAGE IS THAT ANYONE CAN SUCCEED, REGARDLESS OF ETHNICITY OR CLASS. A ONE-TIME ROADSIDE VENDOR TURNED ELITE POLITICIAN, HE PRESENTS HIMSELF AS HUSTLER #1. HE'S RUNNING ON A BOTTOM-UP ECONOMICS PLATFORM THAT APPEALS TO KENYANS HIT HARD BY INFLATION. >> IT IS ALL ABOUT THE BOTTOM-UP. AS YOU CAN SEE IN HIS MANIFESTO, HE HAS TALKEN ABOUT EMPLOYMENT FOR THE USE -- YOUTH THE

, HUSTLER'S FUND THAT HE'S GOING TO GIVE TO THE HUSTLERS, ESPECIALLY THE SMALL BUSINESSES. HE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT LIFTING US, THE COST OF LIVING, SO WE ARE EXPECTING MUCH FROM HIM. NEHA: FEARING DEFEAT, BOTH RAILA AND RUTO HAVE TRIED TO UNDERMINE KENYA'S ELECTORAL COMMISSION. RUTO'S CLAIM IS THAT PRESIDENT KENYATTA AND THE DEEP STATE ARE AGAINST HIM, AND HE'S PREPARING HIS SUPPORTERS TO EXPECT GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE. >> WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A WARNING AHEAD OF TIME. WE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU THIS TIME TO PULL THE RAILWAY. WE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU THIS TIME TO ORGANIZE DEMONSTRATIONS. WE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU THIS TIME TO SWEAR YOURSELVES IN. WE ARE GOING TO FINISH WITH YOU IN THE MORNING, AND WE WILL PUT YOU IN A WHEELBARROW EXPRESS T BONDO. [APPLAUSE] NEHA: BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE ALREADY CAST DOUBT ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, AND IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THEY'LL CHALLENGE THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE IN COURT OR EVEN IN THE STREETS.

WITH RUTO POSITIONING HIMSELF AS AN OUTSIDER IN AN UNFAIR ELECTION, THERE ARE WORRIES ABOUT VIOLENCE IF HE LOSES AND REFUSES TO CONCEDE. FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WHO MIGHT BEXPECTING VIOLENCE IN THIS ELECTION, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL THEM WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTING, AND WHAT YOU MIGHT TELL YOUR SUPPORTERS IF THEY DECIDE TO TAKE TO THE STREETS, SIR? >> SOME OF US CANNOT CAMPAIGN IN MY COMPETITOR'S BACKYARD, BECAUSE HE IS A VIOLENT MAN. I WENT THERE LAST YEAR, AND ALL MY NINE VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED. THAT IS WHERE THE VIOLENCE WILL BE IF RAILA ODINGA LOSES. THE ONLY TIME RAILA BELIEVES AN ELECTION IS FREE AND FAIR IS WHERE HE HAS WON, AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAS WON NO ELECTION. NEHA: WITH EACH CANDIDATE POINTING FINGERS AT THE OTHER, MANY FEAR VIOLENCE SEEN AS IN 2017, WHEN ODINGA LOST TO KENYATTA. DURING THAT ELECTION, ODINGA'S SUPPORTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS, AND DOZENS WERE KILLED AND

INJURED IN CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTORS AND SECURITY FORCES. THE UNREST WAS PROMPTED BY ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND INCOMPETENCE AT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION, WITH ODINGA REJECTING THE FINAL RESULTS. NOW THE COMMISSION IS AGAIN FACING SIMILAR ALLEGATIONS IN THIS ELECTION. BENNA BULUMA KNOWS TOO WELL HOW DANGEROUS THIS COULD BE. AFTER THE 2017 ELECTION, HER TWO SONS BERNARD AND VICTOR WERE SHOT DEAD BY POLICE ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM WORK IN ONE OF NAIROBI'S POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS. A WALK THROUGH THE STREETS BROUGHT US CLOSE TO THE SPOT WHERE THEY WERE KILLED. >> SO THIS PLACE HERE, IT'S WHERE ONE YOUNG MAN WAS BEING SHOT. THIS ONE. THIS ONE. THOSE ARE BULLETS. NEHA: AND ONE OF THE MEN WAS KILLED RIGHT HERE? >> YEAH, ONE OF THE MAN WAS KILLED HERE. YEAH. NEHA: FIVE YEARS ON, THE MEMORY OF FINDING HER SONS' BODIES IS

STILL VERY RAW. >> SOMETIMES WHEN I AM LONELY, I FEEL VERY, VERY BITTER. SOMETIMES WHEN I SEE YOUNG MEN WHO WERE THEIR FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, I FEEL BITTER. SOMETIMES, THEIR PICTURES COME. BUT, SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THEY WENT ABROAD, THEY WILL COME ONE DAY, ONE TIME. NEHA: SINCE HER SONS' DEATHS, BELUMA HAS BECOME A SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST. SHE HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE POLITICIANS VYING ON AUGUST 9TH. >> LET THEM CALM DOWN. LET THEM CALM DOWN. LET THEM JUST BE PEACE. BECAUSE THESE ARE THEIR PEOPLE WHOM THEY ARE GOING TO RULE. SO WHEN THEY KILL PEOPLE, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO RULE? NEHA: ON THE EVE OF THE VOTE, THE ATMOSPHERE IS TENSE. AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW EITHER CANDIDATE, OR THEIR SUPPORTERS, WILL ACCEPT DEFEAT. FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M NEHA WADEKAR IN NAIROBI, KENYA. ♪ JUDY: FINALLY, WE REMEMBER THE

GREAT HISTORIAN AND WRITER DAVID MCCULLOUGH, IN HIS OWN WORDS. HE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BIOGRAPHIES OF TWO OFTEN OVERLOOKED PRESIDENTS -- JOHN ADAMS AND HARRY TRUMAN. PBS VIEWERS MIGHT RECOGNIZE HIM AS THE VOICE OF KEN BURNS' ACCLAIMED SERIES "THE CIVIL WAR." BUT HIS INTERESTS RANGED FAR AND WIDE, INCLUDING THE ARTS. IN 2011 HE SPOKE TO JEFFREY BROWN ABOUT HIS BOOK, “THE GREATER JOURNEY," ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF FRENCH ARTIST AND THINKERS ON AMERICANS TRAVELING TO FRANCE IN THE 19TH CENTURY. IN THIS EXCERPT, JEFF BEGAN BY ASKING MCCULLOUGH ABOUT HIS LOVE OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY. JEFF: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS OF LOOKING FOR MATERIAL? DAVID: I GUESS I HAVE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH A PROJECT WHERE SOMETHING DIDN'T TURN UP NEW,

NEVER. NEVER. AND YOU THINK, OH, THAT'S BEEN GO OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN, WHERE YOU AREN'T GOING TO FIND ANYTHING. OH, YES, YOU DO. AND YOU FIND IT IN SURPRISING PLACES. JEFF: YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO DIG OR LOOK. DAVID: WELL, YOU ALSO HAVE TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND, BECAUSE OFTEN YOU FIND IT IN A PERSON, SOMEBODY WHO HAS SOMETHING SAY. WHEN I WAS WORKING ON MY TRUMAN BOOK, I INTERVIEWED ONE OF HIS SECRET SERVICE GUARDS. AND AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEW, I THANKED HIM VERY MUCH, BECAUSE HE REALLY GAVE ME A LOT OF TIME, AND IT WAS INFINITELY INTERESTING AND VALUABLE. AND I THANKED HIM. AND I SAID, PARTICULARLY WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES YOU MUST HAVE BEEN ASKED THESE QUESTIONS. HE SAID, I HAVE NEVER BEEN ASKED THESE QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE TO BE SURE YOU DON'T LET APPEARANCES LEAD YOU TO WRONG CONCLUSIONS ABOUT PEOPLE AND ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE. I HAVE FELT FOR A VERY LONG TIME THAT HISTORY IS MORE THAN POLITICS AND THE MILITARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES.

YES, IT IS POLITICS AND THE MILITARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES, BUT IT'S ALSO ART AND MUSIC AND ARCHITECTURE AND IDEAS AND SCIENCE AND MEDICINE. IT'S THE WORKS. IT'S HUMAN. JEFF: I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU YOURSELF WANTED TO BE A PAINTER EARLY ON AND STUDIED. DAVID: I STILL DO. I PAINALL THE TIME. I LOVE IT. JEFF: YOU DO? DAVID: YES, I DO, INDEED. AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE. GET OUT THERE AND PAINT. IT'S GOOD FOR THE SOUL. BUT I ALSO PARTICULARLY STRESS TO PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY WANT TO BECOME WRITERS, UNG PEOPLE, TO TAKE A COURSE IN DRAWING OR PAINTING, BECAUSE IT HELPS YOU TO LEARN TO SEE, TO LOOK. AND THAT'S WHAT WRITING IS OFTEN ABOUT. JUDY: GREAT ADVICE FROM DAVID MCCULLOUGH, NOT ONLY AN EXTRAORDINARY HISTORIAN AND WRITER, A DELIGHTFUL HUMAN BEING. WE MOURN HIS PASSING. AND THAT'S 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'LL SEE YOU SOON. >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "THE PBS NEWSHOUR" HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY

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