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

♪ >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME ON THIS FOURTH OF JULY AREA JUDY WOODRUFF IS AWAY. >> OUR COMMUNITY WAS TERRORIZED BY AN ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT HAS SHAKEN US TO OUR CORE. >> ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING. AT LEAST SIX ARE KILLED AND THOUSANDS WOUNDED AFTER A GUNMAN TARGETED A FOURTH OF JULY OF CHICAGO. HIGH GAS PRICES AND CANCELED FLIGHTS CAUSE HEADACHES. NO LET UP INSIGHT SIGHT FOR THE SUMMER. A HISTORIC TURN. THE RAPID TRANSFORMATION OF THE SUPREME COURT AND WHAT THIS YEAR'S MONUMENTAL RULINGS TELL US ABOUT THE NEW CONSERVATIVE ENJOYED A. >> THIS IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE, NEW COURT. WE HAVE SEEN IT IN A NUMBER OF OPINIONS THIS TERM.

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ADVANCING IDEAS AND SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT A DIFFERENT WORLD. ♪ >> THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND FROM CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THANK YOU. >> A MASS SHOOTING AT A FOURTH OF JULY PARADE IN A CHICAGO

SUBURB THIS MORNING LAST AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE DEAD AND TWO DOZEN MORE INJURED. FIVE OF THE SIX ADULTS DIED AT THE SCENE. ONE CHILD WAS CRITICALLY WOUNDED. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FLED. THE GUNMEN HAS NOT BEEN CAPTURED. THEY ARE STILL HUNTING FOR A 22-YEAR-OLD PERSON OF INTEREST. IT IS THE LATEST MASS SHOOTING AT WHAT MOST OF BEEN THE MOST ORDINARY AND EUGENE -- ROUTINE PLACES IN THIS COUNTRY. A WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT OUR COVERAGE, IT DOES INCLUDE VIDEO AND GRAPHIC ACCOUNTS OF THE SHOOTING. >> IT WAS A PARADE TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH THAT TURNED INTO TERROR AND ANARCHY. GUNFIRE CUT THE CELEBRATION SHORT. ATTENDEES FLED, LEAVING A BARREN SCENE. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN HIGHLAND PARK, A WEALTHY SUBURB ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN

CHICAGO. THE MAYOR SAID HER ENTIRE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY. -- REELING. >> OUR COMMUNITY WAS TERROZED BY AN ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT HAS SHAKEN US TO OUR CORE. ON A DAY WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE COMMUNITY AND FREEDOM. WE ARE MOURNING THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE. >> GUNFIRE CORRUPTED ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER THE PARADE BEGAN. IT CAME FROM A NEARBY ROOF. >> A LOT OF POPPING SOUNDS. DEFINITELY A LOT OF SHOTS. >> HE IS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF A SHOW IN CHICAGO. HE WAS AT THE PARADE WHEN THE SHOOTING BROKE OUT. >> VERY QUICKLY WE SAW POLICE ON THE STREET RUNNING EAST TOWARD WHERE THE GUNSHOTS WERE COMING FROM. THE POLICE WERE YELLING, SHOOTER, SHOOTER. >> AUTHORITIES FOUND A

HIGH-POWERED RIFLE LEFT BEHIND IN THE CHAOS. >> THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS SHOCKED BY THE SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE THAT BROUGHT GRIEF THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. FOR MORE ON THIS HORRIFIC EVENT, I SPOKE WITH THE WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF AT THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES. SHE WAS AT THE PARADE TODAY WHEN THE SHOTS RANG OUT. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE SAW THAT REPORT AND HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS ON THE GROUND BUT TELL ME, YOU WERE THERE AT THE. . TELL ME WHAT YOU HEARD AND SAW AS THE SHOOTING BEGAN. HOW DID YOU FIRST REALIZE SOMETHING WAS HORRIBLY WRONG? >> I HAVE BEEN TO THIS PARADE MANY TIMES. I HAVE FAMILY IN HIGHLAND PARK. WHEN I SAW SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRON, I STARTED SEEING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RUNNING TOWARD ME LOOKING HORRIFIED. I WAS A BIT AWAY FROM WHERE THE SHOOTER WAS. I DID NOT HEAR THE SHOTS. I CERTAINLY SAW PEOPLE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES.

SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY SAW WHAT HAD HAPPENED. PEOPLE SHOT AND WOUNDED. I WALKED TOWARD WHERE THEY WERE RUNNING FROM. I OBSERVED BODIES. TERRIBLY SLAUGHTERED BY GUNSHOTS. THE RAPID FIRE FROM THIS SHOOTER JUST DESTROYED HALF OF A BODY I SAW. I SAW PEOPLE WOUNDED. BECAUSE SO MANY EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE THERE FOR THE PARADE, YOU HAVE THE AMBULANCE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE WERE MANY FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE SCENE READY TO TEND TO THE WOUNDED. WHEN I SAW THAT LEAVES A DEEP IMPRESSION IS A MOMENT FROZEN IN TIME. PEOPLE FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES.

WATER BOTTLES, BACKPACKS, BITS OF FOOD, HATS JUST LEFT BEHIND. A LOT OF BABY CARRIAGES. AS I SPEAK TO YOU NOW I AM IN HIGHLAND PARK. THE SHOOTER IS STILL AT LARGE. PEOPLE ARE STILL SHELTERING IN PLACE. >> HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT. OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE SHOOTER. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION AND WHY IT IS TAKING SO LONG? >> HIGHLAND PARK HAS BEEN GIVING BRIEFINGS ABOUT EVERY HALF HOUR. THIS TOWN IS BARRICADED EVERY WHICH WAY RIGHT NOW. MASSIVE POLICE PRESENCE. WHAT WE KNOW IS THIS GUNMAN IS AT LARGE. A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE WAS

RETRIEVED. POLICE ARE DOING SWEEPS. >> YOU WERE TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AS SOON AS THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THIS KIND OF THING? >> NO ONE EXPECTED IT. THIS WAS THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE. IT IS VERY CELEBRATORY. WITH THE SHOOTER STILL AT LARGE, THE INSTANT IS STILL WITH US BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TERRIFIED THE INCIDENT MIGHT NOT BE OVER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. ♪ >> THE CITY OF AKRON, OHIO DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY

AND SETTING A CURFEW OF 9:00 P.M. IN THE WAKE OF PROTEST OVER A POLICE KILLING OF AN UNARMED BLACK MAN. LOCAL OFFICIALS CANCELED THE FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS. POLICE RELEASED BODYCAM FOOTAGE SHOWING EIGHT OFFICERS SHOOTING. THE BODY HAD MORE THAN 60 GUNSHOT WOUNDS. VLADIMIR PUTIN THE CODE VICTORY OVER UKRAINE'S EASTERN REGION A DAY AFTER HIS FORCES CAPTURED IT. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY ADDRESSED A CONFERENCE IN SWITZERLAND AS THEY DISCUSSED THE POSTWAR RECOVERY. >> AS LONG AS THE RUINS PERSIST, SOTO'S WAR. THERE WILL BE NO LONG-LASTING PEACE.

THAT IS WHITE REBUILDING UKRAINE WILL BE THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORTING GLOBAL PEACE. >> IT COULD COST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. A LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY BRITTNEY GRINER WAS SENT TO PRESIDENT BIDEN DIRECTLY APPEALING FOR HELP TO FREE HER FROM RUSHING CUSTODY. SHE WROTE THAT SHE IS TERRIFIED SHE COULD BE IN RUSSIA FOREVER AND ASKED THAT THE PRESIDENT DO ALL THE IN TO BRING HER AND OTHER AMERICAN ATTAIN NEEDS HOME. THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAID INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS WERE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHO FIRED THE GUN THAT WILL A PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN JOURNALIST. BUT THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE REPORTER LIKELY DIED FROM UNINTENTIONAL GUNFIRE FROM AN ISRAELI SOLDIER. >> SHE WAS SHOT WHILE REPORTING ON THE GROUND. HER DEATH SPARKED GLOBAL OUTRAGE

AND QUESTIONS OF ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS, INVESTIGATORS COULD NOT DEFINITIVELY CONCLUDE WHO FIRED THE SHOT THAT KILLED HER. THEY STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID BULLET DAMAGE SAID THEY COULD NOT REACH A CONCLUSION. GUNFIRE WAS LIKELY RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DEATH. BUT THERE WAS NO REASON TO BELIEVE IT WAS INTENTIONAL. WITHIN HOURS, A SIMILAR STATEMENT FROM THE ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER. >> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE SHOOTING. AS SUCH, THE INVESGATION WILL CONTINUE. >> PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS REACTED SHARPLY AGAINST THE FINDINGS. >> ISRAEL IS THE ONLY SIGH THAT SHOT HER. WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON OUR RIGHT TO PURSUE THIS CRIME IN INTERNATIONAL COURT. >> IN A STATEMENT, HER FAMILY

CALL FOR JUSTICE AND SAID THE MILITARY KILLED HER. SHE HAD COVERED THE CONFLICT OR OVER TWO DECADES. ON THEORNING SHE WAS KILLED, SHE WAS REPORTING ON RAIDS AND THE WEST BAN THIS COMES NINE DAYS BEFORE JOE BIDEN WILL MAKE HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE WEST BANK. PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS INTO HER DEATH BY MULTIPLE SOURCES HAVE FOUND THAT AN ISRAELI BULLET LIKELY KILLED HER. >> DANISH AUTHORITIES SAY GUNMAN WHO KILLED THREE PEOPLE AT A BUSY SHOPPING MALL YESTERDAY IN COPENHAGEN ACTED ALONE AND HAD MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS AN ACT OF TERRORISM. HE CHOSE HIS VICTIMS RANDOMLY, KILLING 217-YEAR-OLDS AND A 47

EURO MAN. YOUNG PEOPLE HAD GATHERED THERE AHEA OF A CONCERT. HE WILL BE HELD IN A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY FOR 24 DAYS PENDING THE INVESTIGATION. A NEW ROUND OF EVACUATION ORDERS WERE ISSUED IN AND AROUND SYDNEY TODAY AS SEVERE FLOODING CONTINUES TO READ CATHOLIC ACROSS THE LARGEST CITY IN AUSTRALIA. 30,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EVACUATE OR PREPARE TO EVACUATE. SOME AREAS HAVE REPORTED AS MUCH AS THREE EAT OF RAIN IN THE PAST DAY ALONE. THIS IS THE FOURTH FLOODING EMERGENCY IN 16 MONTHS. THE DEATH TOLL FROM A GLACIER COLLAPSE AT A RESORT TOWN IN NORTHERN ITALY ROSE TO SEVEN PEOPLE TODAY. THE AVALANCHE HAPPENED YESTERDAY ON THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE DOLOMITES. THUNDERSTORMS HAMPERED RESCUE OPERATIONS. 13 HIKERS ARE STILL MISSING. STILL TO COME, WE BREAK DOWN THE LATEST POLITICAL HEADLINES. STUDENTS WORLDWIDE SUFFER

EDUCATIONAL SETBACKS BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC RELATED SCHOOL CLOSURES. LATER, A NEW PBS SERIES. PLUS MUCH MORE. >> THIS IS THE PBS NEWSHOUR. >> AFTER STAYING PUT FOR PART OF THE PANDEMIC, AMERICANS ARE BACK TO TRAVELING IN BIG NUMBERS THIS SUMMER. BUT IT IS TURNING OUT TO BE HARDER THAN EXPECTED. NEARLY 48 MILLION DRIVERS ON THE HIGHWAYS THIS WEEKEND. WE ASKED SOME OF YOU TO SHARE WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ON THE ROAD. >> I LIVE IN NEW JERSEY BUT I DRIVE TO NEW YORK CITY. I DRIVE FOR OTHER COMPANIES. THE DRIVER IS SUFFERING. BEFORE GAS PRICES WENT UP I

WOULD CRUISE AROUND MANHATTAN. BUT NOW BECAUSE OF THE GAS PRICES I HAVE TO STOP AT ONE LOCATION AND PACKED MY CAR AND WAIT. I AM TAKING HOME ALMOST HALF OF WHAT I USED TO TAKE BEFORE. >> I AM 59. I LIVE IN PITTSBURGH. THE LITTLE ONE IS HENRY. WE HAVE TO TRAIN THE DOGS A LOT. NOBODY CAN AFFORD ALL OF THOSE TRAININGS BECAUSE OF THE GAS PRICES. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN CERTAIN TEAM MEMBERS JUST DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BANK TO FILL THE TANK AND CANNOT COME TO A CALLOUT. THAT MEANS WE CANNOT HELP. WE CANNOT FIX IT. >> I LIVE IN LAKE FOREST,

CALIFORNIA. IF I HAD TO GO BACK TO MY OLD COMMUTE RIGHT NOW, I WOULD BE TAKING ABOUT $400 A MONTH LESS IN PAY. OUR STATE GOVERNMENT FEELS THAT THEY HAVE EVIDENCE THERE HAS BEEN PRICE GOUGING GOING ON. JUST DRIVING TO THE PUMP AND FILLING OUT -- FILLING UP MY CAR ONCE A WEEK, I DO NOT DOUBT THAT THERE IS SOME LEGITIMACY TO THAT. >> I AM IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. WE SAY WE ARE AT HILLS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. WE ARE ACTUALLY OUT OF TOWN WITH A GAS SURGED IN FEBRUARY. WE WERE THINKING, HOW HIGH IS IT GOING TO BE? WE WENT DOWN PAYING A CENTER -- CERTAIN AMOUNT AND THEN IT SEEMED LIKE GAS JUMPED. >> I LIVE IN CORVALLIS, OREGON. WE HAVE FOUR CHILDREN. THE KIDS AND I HAD PLANNED ON

DOING A ROAD TRIP OUT TENNESSEE. AS WE GOT CLOSER TO IT AND GAS PRICES CAP RISING, IT BECAME ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS GOING TO WORK. >> I LIVE IN CHEROKEE, OKLAHOMA. IT IS A PRETTY RURAL AREA. THE CLOSEST TOWN TO ME IS 20 MILES AWAY. THERE IS NOT REALLY ANY WAY FOR US TO NOT DRIVE IN ORDER TO DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO. WE PROBABLY SPEND CLOSE TO $100 A WEEK MORE ON GAS THAN WE DID LAST SUMMER. IT HURTS. >>'S TURN TO THE TROUBLED STATE OF AIRPOWER. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FLY IN THE U.S.. THERE WERE MORE THAN 1400 CANCELLATIONS. WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT ALL OF THIS. >> IT IS HARD TO REMEMBER NOW BUT THERE WERE PLENTY OF FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS BEFORE

THE PANDEMIC. THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE THIS YEAR FOR AIR TRAVELERS, PARTICULARLY AROUND HOLIDAYS AND HEAVY TRAVEL TIMES. FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS, DID AIRLINES DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO MEET THE SURGE IN DEMAND THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND? >> IS ABOUT HOW FAR THEY WENT TO SURVIVE THE WORST OF THE PANDEMIC. THEY HAD TO SHRINK INTO SURVIVAL MODE. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR A WELL BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING THAT. FAST-FORWARD TO TRAVEL DEMAND BOUNCING BACK AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY CUT A LITTLE BIT TOO

MUCH. THEY HAVE STRETCHED THEMSELVES PARTY THEN RIGHT NOW. MOST IMPORTANT, THEY ARE SELLING FLIGHTS LIKE IT IS 2019 BUT THEY ARE NOT STAFFED LIKE IT IS 2019. THAT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. >> DOES THAT MEAN THEY ARE BLAMELESS IN THIS DYSFUNCTION AND THAT WE ARE SEEING AROUND THE COUNTRY? >> NOT AT ALL. IT IS UP TO THE AIRLINES TO SELL FLIGHTS THAT THEY CAN OPERATE RELIABLY. AS THEY ALWAYS DO. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. AIRLINES ARE SMALLER THAN THEY USED TO BE. THEY ARE TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE. OPPOSITE LEE -- THEY ARE TO BLAME. >> I DON'T SPECIFIC ISSUE THEY ARE DEALING WITH IS A PILOT SHORTAGE. AT DELTA THEY ARE DISCONTENTED. THEY PROTESTED A FEW DAYS AGO. AMERICAN AIRLINES JUST ANNOUNCED

THEY ARE GOING TO GET A RAISE TO PILOTS. IS THAT THE STAFFING ISSUE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT? >> THE AIRLINES ARE GETTING IT FROM BOTH SIDES. EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THERE WAS AN OVERARCHING PILOT SHORTAGE. THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH PILOTS IN THE PIPELINE. AIRLINES MADE IT WORSE FOR THEMSELVES DURING THE WORST OF THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE AIRLINES LIKE DELTA AND EVERY OTHER AIRLINE, WE KNOW THEY HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES. NOW, HIRING PILOTS TAKES A LOT OF TIME. MONTHS AND MONTHS OF TRAINING. IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME BEFORE THE AIRLINES ARE BACK UP TO 100%. >> WHEN HE COMES TO THE PILOTS WHO ARE STILL LYING, A REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE ASSOCIATION HOLD ANOTHER TV

NETWORK THIS WEEK THAT THE FAA NEEDS TO COME IN AND LOOK AT HOW AIRLINES ARE LIVING THEIR SCHEDULES AT AN INHUMANE LEVEL. THAT IS WHAT HE SAID. THAT IS LIVING DOWN PASSENGERS. IT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOING WHAT IT CAN TO HOLD AIRLINES ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE? >> THERE CERTAINLY IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. THEY ND TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE KEEPING THEIR PROMISES TO CONSUMERS. WE HAVE SEEN THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN OVER THE LAST YEAR. IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS. UNTIL AIRLINES ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE FAILURES, I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE HAPPENING. >> CONTINUING ON THAT THREAD OF ACCOUNTABILITY, BERNIE SANDERS SENT A LETTER TO THE

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY THIS WEEK SAYING AIRLINES SHOULD TASTE STEEP FINES FOR CANCELING FLIGHTS IF THEY HAVE LOOKED PASSENGERS ON FLIGHTS THEY KNOW THEY CANNOT STAFF. A REPORT CAME OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK SAYING THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. BERNIE SANDERS REMINDED US THAT TAXPAYERS BAILED OUT OF THIS INDUSTRY. WITH PENALIZING AIRLINES BE PART OF THE SOLUTION HERE? >> I WILL NOT PRETEND LIKE I HAVE A LANCERS. CERTAINLY LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON KNOW BEST WHAT TO DO. I HOPE SOMEONE SOMEWHERE STEP SEVEN HOLDS THESE AIRLINES ACCOUNTABLE IN SOME WAY. WE HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR THIS FOR MONTHS. TO FORCE AIRLINES TO GUARANTEE SOME KIND OF COMPENSATION FOR DELAYS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS BEST IN THIS CASE. I THINK THE AIRLINES HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIN IN THE GAME AND PHASE SOME REAL PENALTIES. GIVE THE CONSUMERS BACK SOMETHING WHEN PLANS GET SHOT.

>> I GUESS DRIVE IF YOU CAN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS RESHAPED THE COUNTRY'S LEGAL LANDSCAPE ON ABORTION, GUNS, RELIGION, AND MORE. WE UNPACKED THE TERM THAT HAS JUST COME TO A CLOSE AND WE LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT COME NEXT. >> THE COURT REDEFINED LAWS AND WAYS THAT WILL RESULT -- REVERBERATE. THERE IS LIKELY TO BE MORE TO COME. THE BEGINNING OF THIS TERM THAT JUST ENDED, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT THIS SUPER

MAJORITY WOULD DO. AT THE END OF THE TIME I THINK WE HAVE THE ANSWERS. >> I THINK THIS IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE, AGGRESSIVE NEW COURT. WE HAVE SEEN IT IN A NUMBER OF OPINIONS. I THINK IT WAS CLEAREST IN THE DECISION TO TAKE ON THE ABORTION CASE AND THE GUN CASE. IN THE GUN SITUATION, THE COURT HAD BEEN TURNING AWAY NUMEROUS GUN RIGHTS PETITIONS. USUALLY WITH A DISSENTING OPINION WRITTEN BY JUSTICE THOMAS SAYINGHAT THE COURT HAD MADE A CONSTITUTIONAL ORPHAN OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. AFTER JUSTICE BARRETT CAME ON THE BENCH, THE COURT TOOK THE CASE. THE COURT REACHED OUT TO TAKE THE ABORTION CASE WHEN THEY DID NOT HAVE TO. THE JUSTICES, PRIMARILY THE THREE APPOINTED BY TRUMP,

NOWHERE THEY WANT TO GO. IT IS AN AGGRESSIVE COURT. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE AREA OF RELIGION. IT USED TO BE THAT THE COURTS WOULD TRY TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, WORRYING ABOUT GOVERNMENT SPEECH SEEMING TO ENDORSE RELIGION. WHERE IS THAT BALANCE NOW AFTER THIS TERM? >> I THINK THIS COURT HAS BEEN ON A CONSISTENT TREND. JUSTICE BREYER SAID SOMETIMES THOSE CLAUSES CAN CLASH. YOU WOULD TRY TO LOOK FOR THE PLAY.

TO REACH SOME KIND OF COMPROMISE. I THINK THAT HAS PRETTY MUCH DISAPPEARED IN THAT COURT. RELIGION-RELATED DECISIONS WERE GENERALLY PROTECTED IN FAVOR OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES. SINCE THE 90'S, PARTICULARLY THIS COURT, DECISIONS HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR OF MAJORITY OR MAINSTREAM RELIGIONS. >> THIS TERM ALSO SAW SOMETHI UNPRECEDENTED, THE LEAK OF A DRAFT OPINION. IS THERE ANY SENSE OF WHAT THAT HAS DONE TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE JUSTICES? >> WE HAVE A LITTLE SENSE OF IT. CERTAINLY JUSTICE THOMAS MADE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW IT HAS AFFECTED THEIR ABILITY TO TRUST EACH OTHER.

THE COURT REALLY BELIEVES IN PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF ITS DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. TO HAVE A MAJOR LEAK LIKE THAT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE ANY OTHER POLITICAL INSTITUTION. >> AND THE CLOSING WEEKS OF THE TERM WE GOT SOME BIG OPINIONS ABOUT CONTENTIOUS ISSUES. THERE WAS CHART LANGUAGE IN SOME OF THE OPINIONS. >> I FOUND IT STRIKING THAT SOME OF THE DISSENTERS WERE CALLING OUT THE COURT, THE MAJORITY, AS AGGRESSIVE. I THINK IT WAS JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR WHO CALLED THEM A NEW AND RESTLESS COURT. THIS TACHOMETER STRIKING TO ME BECAUSE THEY GO TO THE LEGITIMACY OF THE COURT ITSELF THE COURT NEVER WANTS TO BE SEEN

AS CHANGING LAW BECAUSE SOMEONE NEW HAS COME ON THE BENCH. >> THERE HAS BEEN MUCH SAID ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE WIFE OF ONE OF THE JUSTICES. DO YOU THINK THAT HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON THE COURTS IMAGE? >> I THINK IT DEFTLY HAS. THE ALLEGED FAILURE OF JUSTICE THOMAS TO RECUSE FROM A CASE INVOLVING THAT COMMITTEE, HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DISSENTED FROM THAT CASE. HE DID NOT WORK CREWS -- RECUSE. THE FACT THAT HIS WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. THAT PAINTS SUCH A PORTRAIT FOR THE COURT. IT IS HARD TO SHAKE. >> ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE

REPRESENTATION OF THE COURT IS JUSTICE ROBERTS. >> I IMAGINE THAT HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM. A COUPLE OF TERMS AGO HE WAS VERY MUCH IN CONTROL. HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE. HE WAS STILL ABLE TO COBBLE TOGETHER MAJORITIES WITH THE JUSTICES TO HIS RIGHT AND LEFT. BUT NOW THAT THERE ARE SIX CONSERVATIVES ON THE COURT, YOU ONLY NEED FIVE FOR A MAJORITY OPINION. THESE FIVE DO NOT NEED HIM. HE WAS IN DISSENT COUPLE OF TIMES. HE WROTE SOME CONCURRING OPINIONS AS IN THE ABORTION CASE IN WHICH SHE WAS ALMOST SCOLDING THEM ABOUT HOW JUDICIAL HUMILITY, MODESTY, RESTRAINT,

SHOULD LEAD THEM TO NOT OVERTURN ROE. STATED NOT ACCEPT HIS VIEW. I DON'T SEE HOW IT GETS ANY EASIER FOR HIM. HIS INFLUENCE HAS LESSONS -- LES SENED. >> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW AGGRESSIVE THIS CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY IS. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CASES THEY HAVE ALREADY ACCEPTED FOR ARGUMENT WHEN THEY RETURN IN THE FALL. DO YOU SEE SIGNS OF AGGRESSIVENESS? >> I BELIEVE SO. THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF CONFERMENT OF ACTION CASES. THAT HAS BEEN SETTLED FOR A WHILE NOW. THE COURT TOOK THEM. I ASSUME IT IS BECAUSE THE COURT WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

THEY ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF REDISTRICTING CASES, CHALLENGES INVOLVING RACIAL GERRYMANDERING. THEY ALSO HAVE AN ELECTION RELATED CASE OUT OF NORTH CALINA THAT COULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. IN TERMS OF THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. FINALLY THEY ARE REVISITING AN AREA THAT THEY TOOK UP A WHILE AGO BUT DID NOT REALLY ADDRESS THE HEART OF THE ISSUE. COLORADO HAS A LAW IN WHICH A WEB DESIGNER IS REFUSING ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION TO WORK WITH A SAME-SEX COUPLE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MY PLEASURE. HAVING FOURTH. -- HAPPY FOURTH. ♪ >> IN A SPEECH TO MILITARY FAMILIES AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY, THE PRESIDENT URGED

AMERICANS TO REMAIN UNITED AS POLITICAL DIVISIONS OVER COVID, THE ECONOMY, AND FOREIGN POLICY RAMP UP AHEAD OF THE MIDTERMS. TO DISCUSS THE POLITICAL STAKES OF THE MOMENT, I AM JOINED BY MY GUESTS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE REMARKS. LAST YEAR IT WAS A DIFFERENT TONE. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW NATION WAS CLOSER THAN EVER TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM COVID. WHAT IS HIS REMARKS ABOUT TODAY SAY? >> I THOUGHT HIS FOCUS WAS RIGHTLY ON THE DIVISIONS IN THE COUNTRY ON THE FEELING THAT MANY AMERICANS HAVE, LIKE 85% ACCORDING TO THE LATEST PO, THAT AMERICA IS MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. EVEN A MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS FEEL THAT THE COUNTRY IS MOVING

IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. EVERYONE DISAGREES AND PREDICABLE WAYS ON WHAT IS CAUSING THE COUNTRY TO MOVE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. BUT THE PRESIDENT DID TRY TO ADDRESS THAT. HE HAD A MESSAGE OF OPTIMISM. HE SAID THE COUNTRY IS MORE UNITED AND DIVIDED. THIS IS A LONG-TERM BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA. IT WAS A BIG PART OF HIS CAMPAIGN. >> WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY TODAY? >> IT IS QUITE REMARKABLE. AT THE PENTAGON TO FROM THIS POINT THE PRESIDENT WAS FEELING MORE OPTIMISTIC.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLLING FROM LAST TIME, THE SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THOUGHT THE WORST WAS BEHIND US FROM COVID. THE ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THE ECONOMY. WE HAD A COUNTRY FEELING LIKE THINGS WERE ON THE WAY UP. NOW A YEAR LATER WE HAVE 75% OF AMERICANS SAYING THINGS ARE OFF-TRACK. IN JUNE WE HAD THE LOWEST EVER REPORTING FOR THE MICHIGAN CONSUMER INDEX. HIS NUMBERS, WE HAVE NOT SEEN AN APPROVAL RATING THE SLOPE. WE HAVE A COUNTRY RIGHT NOW THAT

SEEMS LIKE IT IS DIVIDED. WE HEAR THIS CONSTANTLY FROM VOTERS. THEY ARE FEELING AS IF THINGS HAVE GONE AWRY AND THEY CANNOT QUITE FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT BACK. >> MITT ROMNEY HAD HIS OWN ASSESSMENT IN A COLUMN FOR THE ATLANTIC HE SAID AMERICA IS IN DENIAL. HE SAID JOE BIDEN IS A GOOD MAN BUT HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH OUR DENIAL OF THE SEAT, AND DISTRUST. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT ASSESSMENT? WHY IS HE WAITING AND NOW? >> I'M NOT SURE HE'S SETTING THE STAGE TO RUN. HE IS SOMEONE WHO SHOULD BE ANOTHER STATEMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. HE WAS THE NOMINEE IN 2012. INSTEAD HE IS A MAN ON AN ISLAND. HE WROTE THIS ESSAY THAT WAS

BASICALLY LIKE BOTH SIDES ARE REALLY BAD AT THIS RATE I DON'T KNOW IF HE USED THE PHRASE BOTH SIDES BUT HE MIGHT HAVE LL HAVE. HE EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION WITH HIS OWN PARTY. WHAT HE DID NOT DO WAS OFFER A LOT OF SOLUTIONS. LIKE HE WAS SEARCHING FOR SOME SAVIOR TO COME IN AND BE THE LEADER THAT AMERICA NEEDS. WHEN OFTEN AMERICA GETS THE LEADERS THEY HAVE. ONE THING HE MENTIONED WAS IT MIGHT BE UP TO CLERGY AND PTA PRESIDENTS AND EVERYONE ELSE TO STEP UP. >> PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP WE ARE NOT SEEING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. HE WARNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL RETURN OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. LIZ CHENEY ALSO WORN -- WARNED ABOUT THIS. SHE IS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE

GENERALLY SIX COMMITTEE. SHE SAID CRIMINAL REFERRALS AGAINST THFORMER PRESIDENT COULD BE POSSIBLE. BUT NOT DOING SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A GRAVE THREAT. ESPECIALLY AFTER LAST WEEK'S TESTIMONY. ARE THESE MORNINGS TAKING HOLD WITH REPUBLICANS? >> WE ARE SEEING THE LEGAL QUESTION AND THE POLITICAL QUESTION. I AM NOT A LAWYER. I WILL NOT DIVE INTO THIS. I WILL DIVE INTO THE POLITICAL QUESTION. IF YOU LOOK AT POLLING RIGHT NOW , I DON'T THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT REPUBLICANS ARE LESS SUPPORTIVE OF DONALD TRUMP. WHAT YOU CAN START TO PICK UP IS THIS FEELING FOR MANY OF THESE VOTERS THAT DONALD TRUMP MAY NOT BE AS POLITICALLY INVINCIBLE AS THEY ONCE THOUGHT TO BE. HE DOES LOOK LIKE A WEAKER PROSPECT. DOES THAT MEAN THAT HE WOULD GET BEATEN IN A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY OR HE WILL NOT RUN? I'M NOT SAYING THIS AT THE

MOMENT. HE CERTAINLY STARTS AS A FRONTRUNNER. BUT I THINK THE CRACKS IN THE ARMOR ARE THERE. MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR SOMEONE NEW. ALL OF THE TESTIMONY FROM THAT HEARING HAS COME AS REPUBLICANS. >> WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT DONE YET. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR? >> WHAT I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ACTING LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS NERVOUS. IS SENDING OUT ALL OF THESE

MESSAGES. DEFINITELY TEASING THE IDEA THAT HE WILL RUN AGAIN. >> A LOT OF US ARE PAYING ATTENTION. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION. THANK YOU TO YOU BOTH. ♪ >> SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGIN MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, MILLION OF CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REGULARLY AND WILL. STUDENTS WITHOUT ACCESS TO COMPUTERS OR RELIABLE INTERNET. THE PROBLEMS ARE ESPECIALLY ACUTE IN POOR OR LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. WE HAVE A REPORT ON THE HURDLES STUDENTS FACE IN THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, VENEZUELA, UGANDA,

AND INDIA. WE BEGIN IN MUMBAI. >> THIS IS PART OF HIS DAILY LIFE NOW. THIS WORK IS ILLEGAL. HE ASKED US TO HIDE HIS IDENTITY. THIS TEENAGER HAS NO ACCESS TO A SMART PHONE OR LAPTOP. >> HOW WOULD I BUY A MOBILE PHONE? ? HOW CAN I THINK OF IT? >> HE GETS MEAGER INCOME. AS A SECOND ELDEST CHILD IN A SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY WITH FIVE KIDS, THE STARTED PICKING UP ODD JOBS AND SCHOOLS CLOSED. >> I CANNICK A BACK-TO-SCHOOL NOW.

I HAVE FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING. >> THIS SCHOOL ONLY REOPENED LAST MONTH. TEACHERS SAY HALF THE CHILDREN HAVE FALLEN BEHIND. THEY HAVE LITTLE TO NO ACCESS TO A DEVICE AREA EDUCATORS SAY THE PANDEMIC EXACERBATED THESE INEQUALITIES THAT ALREADY EXISTED. THEY SAY IT IS TEENAGERS WHO WILL SEE THE MOST LASTING EFFECTS. >> AND ANY SECONDARY SCHOOL, THERE IS A HYBRID OF DROPOUT. AUTHORITIES HAVE LAUNCHED A MISSION TO GUIDE SCHOOLS.

SO THEY ARE NO FURTHER INTERRUPTIONS. INDIA HAS A YOUNG, LARGE POPULATION. EDUCATION HAS BEEN KEY TO PROGRESS IN RECENT YEARS. A STUDY SHOWS THAT THE NUMBER OF POOR PEOPLE IN INDIA. -- DOUBLED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC RECESSION. MANY FAMILIES FEAR THEY WILL GET STUCK IN A CYCLE OF POVERTY IF KIDS DO NOT RETURN TO THEIR STUDIES. >> I WANT MY KIDS TO STUDY AND GET A GOOD JOB SOMEWHERE. WHEN MY CHILDREN DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL, I FEEL THIS PAIN IN MY HEART. I FEEL SAD THINKING THEY WILL HAVE TO WORK ALL OF THEIR LIFE. >> THEY DON'T FACE A PROSPECT OF MAKING THEIR WAY IN A WORLD WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF EDUCATION. >> IN UGANDA, THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO DISRUPT LANDING.

FOR MILLIONS OF CHILDREN. CHILDREN LIKE THIS NINE-YEAR-OLD. SCHOOLS HERE REOPENED IN JANUARY AFTER THE PANDEMIC SHUT THEM FOR 18 WEEKS. IT'S BUT SHE IS NOT GOING TO SCHOOL. SHE IS HELPING HER GRANDMOTHER SELL GROCERIES. IN THE CAPITAL. >> I AM SO WORRIED THAT THIS CHILD IS NOT IN SCHOOL. I DO NOT SEE HELP COMING FROM ANYWHERE. >> SHE STARTED STAYING WITH HER GRANDMOTHER AT THE START OF THE LOCKDOWN. HER MOTHER FELL SERIOUSLY ILL AND COULD NOT FEND FOR THE FAMILY. SHE WOULD BE A FIFTH-GRADER THIS YEAR, BUT THE ENROLLMENT FEE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS COMPLETELY OUT OF REACH. SHE KNOWS SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE HER EDUCATION. >> I FEEL BAD AND I ALWAYS ASKED MY GRANDMOTHER WHY CAN'T I GO TO SCHOOL?

>> SHE JOINS MILLIONS OF CHILDREN'S IN UGANDA WHO MAY NEVER STEP INTO A CLASSROOM AGAIN. 30% OF CHILDREN WILL NOT RETURN TO SCHOOL. CHILDREN WHO ARE NOW GOT PREGNANT OR MARRIED SINCE THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MANAGED TO GO BACK TO PUBLIC SCHOOL, CLASSROOMS ARE OVERCROWDED. UP TO 180 CHILDREN CRAMMED INTO CLASSES MEANT FOR 40. MANY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PROMOTED TO THE NEXT GRADE. BUT THERE IS NO EASY ANSWER. EDUCATORS SAY THIS MEANS LOWER MASTERY OF SKILLS AT EACH GRADE LEVEL.

>> THEY ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. WE ARE TRYING IT. BUT IS NOT AS GOOD AS IT WAS. >> REFUGEE CHILDREN HAVE ALSO BEEN HIT ESPECIALLY HARD CHILDREN TRY TO TEACH THEMSELVES DURING THE LOCKDOWN. THEY SHARE THE FEW LEARNING MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT IS HAVING A CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE MOTHERS TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL AND GET SCHOOLS TO MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE FEES. MANY SCHOOLCHILDREN WILL NEVER RETURN TO CLASS. THEY ARE FACING A FUTURE LIMITED BY THEIR MISSED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. >> CHILDREN ARE LEARNING IN KITCHENS AND LIVING ROOMS PRESSED INTO SERVICE AS

CLASSROOMS TO MAKE UP FOR CLOSED SCHOOLS. THIS PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER BELONGS TO ADMIN OR MOLE NETWORK OF TEACHERS OPENING UP THEIR HOMES TO PROVIDE PRIVATE TUTORING TO NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS. SHE SAYS WHEN SCHOOLS CLOSED, NOT ONLY DID STUDENTS STOP LEARNING NEW THINGS, THEY FORGOT WHAT THEY KNEW BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. >> THEY HAVE LOST THE STUDYING HABIT OF GOING TO SCHOOL AND STUDYING EVERY DAY. >> THEY TRIED TO MAKE DO WITH ONLINE LEARNING DURING THE 18 MONTHS THAT VENEZUELAN SCHOOLS WERE COMPLETELY CLOSED. HE DOES NOT HAVE A COMPUTER OR RELIABLE ACCESS TO A SMART PHONE READ IT WAS HARD TO LEARN WITHOUT A TEACHER. >> I WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING. >> IN OCTOBER, CLASSES REOPENED. BUT STUDENTS ARE ONLY GOING TO

SCHOOL ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK FOR A FEW HOURS AT A TIME. THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS STRUGGLING WITH CONDITIONS THAT PERSIST FROM THE CHAOS THAT PLAGUED VENEZUELA BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. POLITICAL REPRESSION AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FLEEING THE COUNTRY. MOST SCHOOLS HAVE NO RUNNING WATER. MANY CHILDREN DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL AT ALL. WITH SALARIES AS LOW AS TWO DOLLARS A MONTH, TEACHERS ARE LEAVING THE PROFESSION. EDUCATORS WARRANT THAT WITHOUT URGENT ACTION, AN ENTIRE GENERATION COULD BE LEFT BEHIND. VENEZUELA IS NOT THE ONLY LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES WITH THESE PROBLEMS. ACCORDING TO THE WORLD BANK, MORE THAN 7 MILLION LATIN AMERICAN CHILDREN MAY GROW UP UNABLE TO READ PROFICIENTLY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. VICTOR MIGHT BE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES.

FOR NOW HIS FAMILY'S TROUBLES TO PAY A DAUGHTER -- DOLLAR A WEEK FOR TUTORING. THE COSTS OF LOST LEARNING WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. HE IS AN EDUCATOR AND MEMBER OF THIS NETWORK. >> IT IS A LOSS OF KNOWLEDGE. IT WILL ALSO MEAN A LOSS IN PRODUCTIVE JOBS FOR THEIR COUNTRY. >> IT IS THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS THAT IS MOST WORRYING. ♪ >> A SNEAK PEEK AT A NEW PROGRAM.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM TO LEARN MORE. >> IT IS SO NICE TO MEET YOU. >> IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU AS WELL. >> TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. >> THIS SHOW AS I THINK OF AS AMERICA OUTDOORS. I GET TO INTERACT WITH AMERICANS OF ALL DIFFERENT KINDS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AS THEY PULL UP THE CRABS. IN THE MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO HIKING WITH REFUGEES. OR THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL. SERVING LOS ANGELES -- SURFING IN LOS ANGELES WITH MORE BLACK PEOPLE THAN I HAVE SEEN EVER ON SURFBOARDS. AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ON THEIR LANDS AND SEEING HOW THEY INTERACT WITH NATURE.

EVEN AS WE HAVE DISCARDED SO MUCH OF THEIR HISTORY. THIS SHOW IS HUMBLING. IT IS A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS. AND A LOT OF FUN. I LEARNED A TON. >> 21 YOUR AUDIENCE TO GAIN FROM WATCHING THE SHOW? >> I WANT US TO REMEMBER THAT WE STILL SHARE COMMON GROUND. WE SHARE ACCESS TO THESE BEACHES, TO THESE TREES THAT HELP US BREATHE. SOMETIMES IT IS EASIER TO CONNECT WHEN WE ARE NOT TRYING TO DO THAT. I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE EACH OTHER. AMERICA IS BIG. IT IS WILD OUT THERE. IT IS DUTIFUL. LOOK AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE FINDING COMMON GROUND. >> YOU CAN GO AND SEE PEOPLE WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. WITHOUT THE INTERNET.

REALLY THOSEISTRACTIONS. >> THEY COME WITH FILTERS. THAT CAN SKEW OUR PERCEPTION. THE SHOW IS ALSO ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS. IT IS ABT POLITICS INDIRECTLY. BUT THERE WAS NOWHERE I TRAVELED WITH THIS ROUX THAT WAS NOT DEEPLY AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. SOMETIMES IT WAS HARD TO BREATHE BECAUSE OF SMOKE. OTHER TIMES THERE WERE NOT FISH BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HOT. IT WAS A REALLY PAINFUL MOMENT. BUT THEN ALSO BEAUTIFUL AND HUMBLING IN OTHERS. >> THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED A LOT. >> I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND YOURSELF THROUGH NATURE. BE BROUGHT IN YOUR DEFINITION OF

WHAT THAT IS. YOU CAN BE OUTDOORS IN A FRAME OF MIND. IN YOUR BACKYARD. ON YOUR WALK TO SCHOOL. YOU CAN JUST BE BY IT. JUST TOUCHING THE TREE. ALLOW US TO SLOW DOWN. >> TUNE IN TOMORROW EVENING RIGHT HERE ON PBS. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE PODCAST WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. A RECAP OF OUR LEAD STORY, THE SUSPECT IN A MASS SHOOTING IS STILL AT LARGE. HE OPENED FIRE FROM A ROOFTOP. POLICE SAY THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR A 22-YEAR-OLD PERSON OF INTEREST. WE WILL REVIEW UP WITH THE STORY

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