PBS NewsHour; Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

♪ JUDY: GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. ON "THE NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT... ELECTION DAY -- VOTERS HEAD TO THE POLLS FOR CRITICAL PRIMARIES IN WYOMING AND IN ALASKA, WHERE SARAH PALIN IS TRYING TO MOUNT A POLITICAL COMEBACK. THEN... THE INVASION GRINDS ON -- A UKRAINIAN NUCLEAR PLANT IS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE OF RUSSIA'S ASSAULT, ALARMING NEARBY RESIDENTS. AND... AMERICA ADDICTED -- ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY LEADERS FIGHT TO COMBAT THE OPIOID CRISIS AS OVERDOSE DEATHS SKYROCKET AMONG BLACK AMERICANS. DR. CUNNINGHAM: THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. IT'S A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE. IT'S A CHRONIC DISEASE. AND WE HAVE STIGMATIZED A CHRONIC DISEASE. JUDY: ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S "PBS NEWSHOUR." ♪ >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "THE PBS

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POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THANK YOU. JUDY: THIS IS PRIMARY ELECON NIGHT IN WYOMING AND ALASKA, AND A TOP REPUBLICAN CRITIC OF RMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS HER JOB ON THE LINE. WYOMING REPRESENTATIVE LIZ CHENEY IS VICE-CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE. POLLS HAVE SHOWN HER TRAILING A TRUMP-BACKED CHALLENGER. IN ALASKA, ANOTHER TRUMP CRITIC -- U.S. SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI -- IS HOPING TO HOLD ON. AND, FORMER GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN IS RUNNING FOR ALASKA'S LONE U.S. HOUSE SEAT, WITH MR. TRUMP'S BACKING. WE'LL GET A CLOSER LOOK AFTER THE NEWS SUMMARY. PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED LANDMARK LEGISLATION TODAY, THE BILL

DUBBED THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. IT INCLUDES RECORD SPENDING ON CLIMATE CHANGE, PROVISIONS TO CAP MEDICARE DRUG COSTS AND NEW TAXES ON CORPORATIONS. THE PRESIDENT CELEBRATED THE LEGISLATION AS A VICTORY DELIVERED BY DEMOCRATS OVER SOLID REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION. PRES. BIDEN: WE'VE NOT WAVERED. WE'VE NOT FLINCHED. AND WE'VE NOT GIVEN IN. INSTEAD WE'RE DELIVERING RESULTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE DIDN'T TEAR DOWN. WE BUILT UP. WE DIDN'T LOOK BACK. WE LOOKED FORWARD.PJUDY: WE'LL F THE BIDEN AGENDA LATER IN THE PROGRAM. FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, DAYS AFTER THE PRESIDENT RECOVERED FROM HIS CASE. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS MRS. BIDEN BEGAN HAVING MILD SYMPTOMS ON MONDAY WHILE VACATIONING IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SHE REMAINED THERE TODAY WHEN THE PRESIDENT RETURNED TO WASHINGTON. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED TODAY FOR THE RELEASE OF AN AFFIDAVIT SUPPORTING THE SEARCH OF HIS ESTATE IN FLORIDA. FBI AGENTS RECOVERED CLASSIFIED

MATERIAL IN THE SEARCH. BUT THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS RELEASING THE AFFIDAVIT WOULD IMPAIR THE INVESTIGATION. A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS SCHEDULED HEARING ON THE ISSUE FOR THURSDAY. IN THE UKRAINE WAR, EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE TORE THROUGH ANOTHER MILITARY SITE IN RUSSIAN-ANNEXED CRIMEA TODAY. MOSCOW CHARGED THAT SABOTEURS BLEW UP AN AMMUNITION DEPOT A WEEK AFTER AN ATTACK ON AN AIR BASE IN CRIMEA. MEANWHILE, UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY CALLED AGAIN FOR NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA OVER SHELLING NEAR A NUCLEAR PLANT. WE'LL RETURN TO THAT STORY LATER IN THE PROGRAM. KENYA COULD FACE WEEKS OF UNCERTAINTY AFTER THE OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE REJECTED ELECTION RESULTS. THE ELECTION'S COMMISSION CHAIRMAN HAS DECLARED DEPUTY PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO THE WINNER, BY A NARROW MARGIN. BUT LOSING CANDIDATE RAY'LA OWDINGA VOWED TODAY TO GO TO COURT. MR. ODINGA: WHAT WE SAW

YESTERDAY WAS A TRAVESTY AND A BLATANT DISREGARD OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF KENYA. OUR BUDDING DEMOCRACY SUFFERED A MAJOR SETBACK. AS A RESULT, KENYA FACES A GRAVE LEGAL AND POLITICAL CRISIS. JUDY: OWDINGA ALSO URGED HIS SUPPORTERS TO REMAIN CALM. BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED ARIZONA AND NEVADA WILL FACE NEW CUTS IN HOW MUCH COLORADO RIVER WATER THEY RECEIVE. IT'S DUE TO ANOTHER YEAR OF EXTREME DROUGHT. THE COLORADO RIVER PROVIDES WATER TO 40 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE WEST AND IN MEXICO. WE'LL EXPLORE THIS IN DETAIL, LATER IN THE PROGRAM. THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FINALIZED A RULE TODAY TO LET MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BUY HEARING AIDS WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. ONLINE AND OVER-THE-COUNTER RETAILERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SELL A NEW CLASS OF DEVICES FOR ADULTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE

HEARING LOSS. THE RULE TAKES EFFECT IN OCTOBER. AND ON WALL STREET, STOCKS ENDED MOSTLY HIGHER AFTER AN UP-AND-DOWN DAY. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE GAINED 239 PNTS TO CLOSE AT 34,152. THE NASDAQ FELL 25 POINTS. THE S&P 500 ADDED 8. STILL TO COME ON "THE NEWSHOUR"... HOW CONGRESS HAS MANAGED TO PASS MAJOR LEGISLATION DESPITE DEEP DIFFERENCES... FEDERAL WATER CUTS TO WESTERN STATES UNDERSCORE THE SEVERITY OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS... JOURNALIST DAVID BORNSTEIN GIVES HIS BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR TAKE ON COUNTERING THE BAD NEWS BIAS... 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: TWO WESTERN STATES HOLDING HIGHLY-ANTICIPED PRIMARY RACES TODAY SHOULD GIVE US YET ANOTHER

LOOK AT HOW MUCH POWER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ IS FOLLOWING THE ELECTIONS IN WYOMING AND ALASKA AND JOINS ME NOW. HELLO, LAURA. YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD. MOST RECENTLY IN WYOMING, JUST LAST WEEK, LOOKING AT THE LIZ CHENEY RACE. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? LAURA: LIZ CHENEY IS LIKELY TO LOSE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THAT IS WHAT THE POLLING SHOWS. IF SHE PULLS OFF A MIRACLE, THAT WOULD BE A STUNNER FOR EVERYONE, CONSIDERING REPUBLICANS OUTNUMBER DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE FOR TO ONE AND REPUBLICANS THEY ARE OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSE HER, THEY SUPPORT THE FRONT RUNNER, A LAWYER WHO RAN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2018. SHE HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND REALLY THE DIVIDING LINE IS DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE SWITCHING PARTY LINES TO VOTE FOR CHENEY BECAUSE OF HER WORK ON THE

JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY SEE HER STANDING UP FOR THE TRUTH AND CONFRONTING TRUMP AND HIS ELECTION LIES. THAT'S THE SAME REASON THAT SOME THE REPUBLICANS ARE VOTING AGAINST HER. THE POLL I AM TALKING ABOUT IS UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING POLL SHOWS CHENEY DOWN SOME 29 POINTS. IT IS NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR HER. JUDY: EVEN WITH DEMOCRATS CROSSING OVER. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF ANALYSTS. IF SHE WERE TO LOSE, WHAT ARE THEY TELLING HER ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD SAY ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND DONALD TRUMP? LAURA: IT WOULD FIT INTO A PATTERN WE HAVE SEEN EVERY PRIMARY NIGHT WHERE A NUMBER OF ELECTION DENIERS CONTINUE TO WIN THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, WHETHER IT IS UP OR DOWN THE BALLOT, SECRETARY OF STATE RACES, GUBERNATORIAL RACES, SENATE RACES, HOUSE RACES. "THE WASHINGTON POST" HAD A RECENT INVESTIGATION WHERE THEY BROKE DOWN THE DATA AND ACROSS

BATTLEGROUND STATES, SOME 62% OF THE GOP NOMINEES THAT WON THEIR PRIMARIES HAVE DENIED THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS AND SAID DONALD TRUMP WON. EVEN IF CHENEY WERE TO WIN, IT REALLY SHOWS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A BIG GRIP ON THE PARTY RIGHT NOW. JUDY: A FORMIDABLE FORCE. STAY RIGHT HERE. WE WANT TO TURN FOR A MOMENT TO ALKA. TWO BIG RACES THERE FOR THE HOUSE AND SENATE THAT WE ARE WATCHING. OUR COLLEAGUE AMNA NAWAZ WAS IN ALASKA RECENTLY TALKING TO VOTERS. HERE'S SOME OF WHAT THEY TOLD HER ABOUT HOW POLARIZED THIS ELECTION HAS BECOME. NATASHA: I MEAN, I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. I'VE BEEN A VOTER FOR 10 YEARS, AND IT MAKES ME NERVOUS TO SEE JUST SUCH HEIGHTENED REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE'S FEELINGS FOR CANDIDATES. DOUG: WHEN YOU GET INTO A LOT OF THIS RADICAL BY, YOU KNOW, HARDCORE PARTISAN STUFF, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE IT IS GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY AND GOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN OR

ESPECIALLY THE AVERAGE ALASKAN. JUDY: LAURA, I SHOULD SAY, A BUNCH OF VOTERS WERE EXPRESSING THEIR VIEWS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE RACES, STARTING WITH THE SENATE RACE WERE LISA MURKOWSKI IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND HOPING TO MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL ELECTION BUT IS FACING A STRONG REPUBLICAN CHALLENGE. LAURA: THIS IS AN ALL PARTY PRIMARY SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF NAMES ON THE BALLOT. THE TOP FOUR MOVE ON. LISA MURKOWSKI HAS FACED UPHILL BATTLES BEFORE. SOME OF OUR VIEWERS WILL REMEMBER SHE HAD TO BE A RIGHT IN -- WRITE-IN CANDIDATE BEFORE AND PREVAILED. THIS IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN SENATOR OUT OF THE SEVEN THAT VOTED TO CONVICT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO IS FACING REELECTION RIGHT W. SHE IS UP AGAINST TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATE AND THIS WOULD BE THE FOURTH FULL TERM IF LISA

MURKOWSKI WERE TO WIN. SHE IS PUSHING FOR MODERATE AND INDEPENDENT VOTERS TO RALLY BEHIND HER AND SHE IS UP AGAINST A FORMER COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION. AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO LIZ CHENEY. LISA MURKOWSKI STOOD UP TO TRUMP, DECIDED SHE WAS GOING TO SUPPORT THE SECOND IMPEACHMENT AND VOTE FOR CONVICTION. AGAIN, SHE IS PRETTY MUCH BEING CHALLENGED BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WHO DO NOT WANT TO SUPPORT HER FOR THAT REASON. JU: IT HAS BECOME AN ISSUE IN THAT RACE. AS WE MENTIONED, THE HSE RACE, ONLY ONE SEAT, INVOLVES A NAME WE KNOW FROM THE PAST, SARAH PALIN. WHAT DOES THAT RACE LOOK LIKE? LAURA: THERE ARE TWO RACES RIGHT NOW, THE SPECIAL ELECTION RACE, WHICH SARAH PALIN IS RUNNING IN TO REPLACE FORMER CONGRESSMAN DON YOUNG WHO PASSED AWAY IN MARCH. SHE IS UP AGAINST A REPUBLICAN

FROM A WELL-KNOWN FAMILY IN ALASKA, HE IS RELATED TO A FORMER SENATOR. SHE'S ALSO UP AGAINST A DEMOCRAT WHO A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WERE CONCERNED THAT BECAUSE THIS IS IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION RANGE CHOICE, THAT SHE COULD END UP GETTING AHEAD OF THE TWO REPUBLICANS IF THEY SPLIT THE VOTE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S ALSO A PRIMARY RACE THAT ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING IN AS WELL. THAT FEATURES SOME 22 NAMES ON THE BALLOT AND THE TOP FOUR WILL MOVE ON. SARAH PALIN IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE IN THAT RACE TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AS WELL AS THE OTHER TWO MOST LIKELY. RIGHT NOW THERE ISN'T VERY GOOD POLLING IN THIS RACE IN ALASKA SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY WHO COULD COME IN FIRST OR WILL ULTIMATELY WIN IN NOVEMBER. JUDY: THIS PROCESS REQUIRES

VOTERS TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION AS THEY DO THE RIGHT CHOICE -- THE RANKED CHOICE. THANK YOU. AND ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN FOLLOW THE LIVE RESULTS FROM TONIGHT'S ELECTIONS AS THEY COME IN. THAT IS AT PBS.ORG/NEWSHOUR. WILL WANT TO FOLLOW THAT. ♪ PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SIGNING OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TODAY COMES AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF NEGOTIATIONS AMONG DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE. AND IT CAPS OFF A SUMMER OF LEGISLATIVE SUCCESSES. TO BRING US UP TO SPEED, WE TURN TO OUR OWN LISA DESJARDINS. LISA, HELLO. THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT HAS SEEN QUITE A JOURNEY. TELL US WHAT FINALLY IS IN IT. LISA: RIGHT. THERE IS A LOT TO SAY HE. FIRST, IT IS A NOTEWORTHY FACT,

I LOOKED THROUGH THE LAST CENTURY OF WHAT CONGRESS HAS AND HAS NOT PASSED, AND THIS SUMMER'S ACTIVITY FOR THIS CONGRESS IS UNIQUE. IT IS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED IN THIS CENTURY TO SEE SO MUCH PASSED, SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATION IN AN ELECTION YEAR. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHA HAS HAPPENED THIS SUMMER, ALL OF IT SOMETIMES IN A FLASH. LET'S REMIND PEOPLE OF WHAT DEMOCRATS PASSED IN CONGRESS. THE ACT SIGNED TODAY, THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. THE SIZE OF THAT DEPENDS ON IF YOU COUNT THE DEFICIT REDUCTION PORTION, BETWEEN HALF A TRILLION AND $700 BILLION. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IN THE SECOND. ALSO JUST THIS MONTH, THE SENATE AND HOUSE PASSED THE PACT ACT THAT EXTENDS VETERANS BENEFITS, ESPECIALLY WITH TOXIC EXPOSURES, THAT IS ABOUT FREE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS. AND THE CHIPS ACT, AN ENORMOUS BILL THAT INCLUDES A HOST OF

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INCENTIVES TO TRY AND HELP THE COUNTRY COMPETE WITH CHINA, ANOTHER $80 BILLION IS THE SIZE OF THAT BILL. DON'T FORGET IN MAY, THAT UNEXPECTED COMPROMISE OVER GUN AND SAFETY LAWS, THE BIPARTISAN COMMUNITIES ACT, $13 BILLION IN THAT. THAT IS A REAL SEACHANGE, THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES CONGRESS HAS PASSED SIGNIFICANT GUN LEGISLATION. I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THREE OF THESE BILLS. THE THREE ON THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN ARE BIPARTISAN. THE WAY DEMOCRATS GOT THOSE THROUGH LARGELY WAS BY ALLOWING SENATORS OUTSIDE OF LEADERSHIP TO NEGOTIATE AMONGST THEMSELVES FIRST. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. THAT IS THE LARGEST OF THESE BILLS. OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE WILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT SUMMER. HOW DID THAT GO THROUGH? DEMOCRATIC LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER KEPT HIS NEGOTIATIONS WITH JOE MANCHIN QUIET, ALLOWED REPUBLICANS TO VOTE AND SUPPORT

SOME OF THESE BIPARTISAN BILLS AND THEN SORT OF ANNOUNCED AFTER ALL OF THAT WAS DONE THAT THEY HAD A DEAL WITH JOE MANCHIN. THAT IS SOMETHING DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING A VICTORY OVER SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL, SOMEONE WHO IS HEARTED TOUT STRATEGIZE. REPUBLICANS FOR THEIR PART SAY THIS IS JUST DEMOCRATS ABLE TO UNIFY, THEY HAVE THE VOTES, AND REPUBLICANS DO NOT LIKE THE INFLATION REDUCTION BILL. THEY SAY IT COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR BUSINESSES WITH TAXES. IN A MIDTERM YEAR LIKE THIS, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T SEE ANY SICK AGAIN LEGISLATION. -- SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION. I COULD ONLY FIND A FEW, AND THEN JUST ONE BILL. THIS CONGRESS MANAGED TO PASS FOUR IN A MIDTERM YEAR. JUDY: IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT BACKGROUND TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT. ON THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, WE KNOW PART OF IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE PRICED UNDER MEDICARE. GIVE US A SENSE OF WHEN TT

KICKS IN. LISA: NOT RIGHT AWAY, BUT IN A FEW MONTHS, SOME OF THESE PROVISIONS WILL START TO AFFECT AMERICANS ON MEDICARE. LET'S LOOK AT WHAT WILL GO IN PLACE BEGINNING NEXT YEAR. THE TOP OF THE LIST, THE COST FOR INSULIN FOR THOSE ON MEDICARE WILL BE CAPPED AT $35 FOR A MONTHLY SET OF DOSES. ALSO MEDICARE WILL BEGIN COLLECTING REBATES FOR ANY DRUGMAKERS FOR DRUGS ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM WHO RAISED THEIR PRICES ABOVE INFLATION. THAT WILL CAP SOME OF THOSE COSTS. BEGINNING NEXT YEAR ALSO WE WILL SEE VACCINES, ALL VACCINES BE AVAILABLE WITH NO CO-PAY TO ANYONE ON MEDICARE. THAT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT COVID, IT'S TALKING ABOUT ANY VACCINE A SENIOR NEEDS ACROSS THE SYSTEM. WE KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THOSE COSTS SOMETIMES PREVENTS TREATMENT. ALSO IN 2023, EXPANDED SUBSIDIES, 2025, 2000 DOLLAR CAP ON OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES, AND

2026, MEDICARE WILL BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE ON A SET OF SOME DRUGS AND I WILL EXPAND IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS. JUDY: SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION. QUICKLY, HOW IS IT THOUGHT ALL OF THIS MAY FACTOR INTO THE FALL CAMPAIGNS? LISA: RIGHT, YOU WILL HEAR ECHOES OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID TODAY, THEY WILL CALL THIS HISTORIC AND SAY THAT DEMOCRATS ARE PROVIDING SOLUTIONS AND BEING PRACTICAL, AND SOME WILL SAY MODERATE. JUDY: ALL RIGHT, LISA DESJARDINS , GIVING US THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU. ♪ FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK, THERE WERE MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSIONS TODAY IN RUSSIAN-OCCUPIED CRIMEA. A RUSSIAN AMMUNITION DEPOT BLEW UP THIS MORNING IN THE

PENINSULA'S NORTHEAST. LAST WEDNESDAY, HALF A DOZEN EXPLOSIONS DESTROYED MULTIPLE RUSSIAN JETS AT E SAKI AIR BASE. UKRAINHAS NOT OFFICIALLY TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY. AND VIOLENCE CONTINUES NEAR EUROPE'S LARGEST POWER PLANT, THE NUCLEAR FACILITY AT ZAPORIZHZHIA. RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO TRADE ACCUSATIONS OVER WHO'S TO BLAME. NICK SCHIFRIN REPORTS. NICK: THE UKRAINIAN SOLDIER FILMING CALLED IT BEAUTIFUL FIREWORKS -- A RUSSIAN AMMUNITION DEPOT, DESTROYED IN MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS. ANOTHER EXPLOSION HIT AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION. THICK, DARK PLUMES OF SMOKE BILLOWED FOR HOURS. IT DISRUPTED POWER AND RAIL TRAFFIC IN A PART OF CRIMEA THAT RUSSIA HAS USED TO ATTK THE REST OF SOUTHERN UKRAINE. AT LEAST 3000 PEOPLE HAD TO EVACUATE. RUSSIA'S APPOINTED CRIMEA GOVERNOR ADMITTED IT WAS SABOTAGE. MR. AKSYONOV: THE DETONATION IS QUITE STRONG, THERE ARE SCATTERED SHELLS IN THE FIELD, UNFORTUNATELY. THEREFORE, THERE WILL BE WORK

FOR THE BOMB SQUAD. NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR THE DETONATION OF AMMUNITION TO STOP. YOU CAN HEAR AGAIN ANOTHER EXPLOSION NOW. NICK: UKRAINE DIDN'T CLAIM OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITY, BUT ON TWITTER, MINUTES AFTER THE EXPLOSION, PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF ANDRII YERMAK QUIPPED, "THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES CONTINUE THE 'DEMILITARIZATION' OPERATION TO FULLY RID OUR LAND OF RUSSIAN INVADERS. OUR SOLDIERS ARE THE BEST SPONSORS OF A GOOD MOOD. CRIMEA IS UKRAINE." JUST LAST WEEK, A MASSIVE CLOUD FILLED THE SKY AFTER MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS AT A RUSSIAN AIRBASE. RUSSIA CLAIMED IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, BUT SATELLITE IMAGES FROM THE SAKI AIRBASE BEFORE AND AFTER THE ATTACK SHOW BURNED EARTH AND MULTIPLE FIGHTER JETS DESTROYED. CRIMEA AND ITS BEACHES HAVE LONG BEEN SUMMER TOURIST DESTINATIONS. LAST WEEK BEACHGOERS HAD TO FLEE THE EXPLOSIONS. >> ♪ IT'S A CRUEL, CRUEL SUMMER ♪ NICK: AND UKRAINIANS POSTED THIS

PARITY VIDEO, TELLING RUSSIAN TOURISTS AND TOPS ON CRIMEA, IT WOULD BE A CRUEL SUMMER, AFTER ALL. IN 2014, RUSSIA OCCUPIED AND ANNEXED CRIMEA AFTER A SHAM REFERENDUM. RUSSIA USED IT ON THE DAY OF INVASION TO CAPTURE A HUGE SWATH OF UKRAINIAN TERRITORY. BUT PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY VOWS TO TAKE IT BACK. PRES. ZELENSKYY: CRIMEA IS UKRAINIAN AND WE WILL NEVER REPUDIATE IT. WE WILL NOT FORGET THAT THE RUSSIAN WAR AGAINST UKRAINE STARTED WITH THE OCCUPATION OF CRIMEA AND THE BLACK SEA REGION CANNOT BE A SAFE PLACE WHILE CRIMEA IS OCCUPIED. NICK: LAST WEEK'S ATTACK ON SAKI AIRBASE WAS IN CRIMEA'S WEST. TODAY'S WAS UP NORTH, JUST 30 MILES FROM RUSSIAN-OCCUPIED KHERSON. UKRAINE VOWS TO RETAKE THAT DISTRICT AND THE NEIGHBORING DISTRICT, ZAPORIZHZHIA. THAT'S WHERE RUSSIA SEIZED EUROPE'S LARGEST NUCLEAR PLANT IN EARLY MARCH. IN THE LAST WEEK, RUSSIAN TV HAS SHOWN ROCKETS THAT FELL INSIDE THE COMPLEX. RUSSIA BLAMES UKRAINE, BUT UKRAINE SAYS RUSSIA HAS TARGETED THE PARTS OF THE PLANT THAT SEND ELECTRICITY TO UKRAINE, AND IS DIVERTING THE POWER TO THE

RUSSIAN GRID. PETRO KOTIN, PRESIDENT OF THE STATE NUCLEAR AUTHORITY, RECENTLY WARNED ON UKRAINIAN TV ANY ACCIDENT COULD BE LARGER THAN CHERNOBYL. MR. KOTIN: THE SITUATION IS VERY DANGEROUS. WE ENCOUNTERED SUCH A SITUATIO AT CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, IF YOU REMEMBER. BUT THERE IS A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE HERE. THERE ARE SIX POWER UNITS, ALL OF THEM ARE FILLED WITH NUCLEAR MATERIALS. NICK: THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ON THE FRONT LINES OF A WAR. PRES. ZELENSKYY: EVERYTHING DEPENDS ONLY ON THE DIRECTION AND STRENGTH OF THE WIND. IF RUSSIA'S ACTIONS LEAD TO A CATASTROPHE, THE CONSEQUENCES MAY HIT THOSE WHO HAVE YET REMAINED SILENT. NICK: TO DISCUSS THE ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, WE TO TURN TO SOLA TALABI, A NUCLEAR ENGINEER WITH LONG EXPERIENCE IN THE NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY. HE'S AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE UNERSITY OF MICHIGAN, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH WHERE HE TEACHES NUCLEAR REACTOR SAFETY. WELCOME, THANK YOU. WHAT ARE THE WORRIES ABOUT THE PHYSICAL PLANT, GIVEN THE ONGOING WAR AROUND IT?

PROF. TALABI: I THINK THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF CONCERN HERE. SPEAKING IN NON-ESOTERIC NUCLEAR TERMS, YOU CAN THINK OF THE PLAN AS A SYSTEM UNDER STRESS AND ANY SYSTEM UNDER SUSTAINED STRESS WOULD EVENTUALLY FAIL. THE QUESTION IS REALLY HOW, WHEN AND WHERE. YOU CAN THINK OF THREE P'S -- THE PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE PLANT, THE PROCESSES, AND THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES. THEY ARE ALL UNDER STRESS. THE PEOPLE ARE WORKING UNDER DURESS, THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE. THAT CREATES STRESS. YOU CAN THINK OF THE PROCESSES, THE NUCLEAR PLANT'S VERY PROCESS DRIVEN. THOSE PROCESSES ARE UNDER STRESS. AND CERTAINLY THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE WE HAVE SEEN WITH THE SHELLING, CLEARLY THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE IS UNDER STRESS.

I WOULD SAY SPECIFIC RISKS INCLUDE VULNERABLE SYSTEMS OUTSIDE THE CONTAINMENT STRUCTURE. IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN PAST A NUCLEAR PLANT, YOU SEE A BIG DOME. THOSE COMPONENTS AND ELEMENTS INSIDE THE DOME ARE GENERALLY RELATIVELY SAFE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CRITICAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE AND THOSE ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO ATTACKS. NICK: ONE OF THOSE SYSTEMS SEEMS TO BE THE ELECTRICITY. ELECTRICITY NEEDS TO REMAIN TO THE PLANT, OTHERWISE WHAT IS THE RISK? PROF. TALABI: RIGHT, IT IS SOMETHING CALLED A LOSS OF OUTSIDE POWER, AND KEY WITH NUCLEAR SAFETY IS KEEPING THE PLANT COOL. ANY SYSTEMS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED , RELATED TO COOLING THAT REQUIRE OUTSIDELECTRICITY TO

PERFORM ARE VULNERABLE. NICK: HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A RADIATION WEEK, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE PLANT FROM SUSTAINED BOMBARDMENT AND THE ELECTRICITY RISK. HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE? PROF. TALABI: I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY WORRIED. AGAIN, IT IS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THESE SYSTEMS, THESE NUCLEAR PLTS ARE VERY RESILIENT AND THEY HAVE REDUNDANT SYSTEMS, AND THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR WHAT IS CALLED DESIGNED BASIS THREATS. THESE THREATS ARE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, GENERALLY WITHIN THE DESIGN BASIS. BUT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SUSTAINED, THAT COULD PUT THEM IN THE REALM OF BEING BEYOND THE DESIGN BASIS. I WOULD SAY, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT COOLING, BUT ALSO THOSE SYSTEMS OUTSIDE THE DOME, THINGS LIKE THE FUEL POOL, WHICH IS WHAT IT SNDS LIKE A, FUEL THAT

HAS BEEN USED THAT IS STORED OUTSIDE THE CONTAINMENT STRUCTURE, STILL HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND THE ABILITY TO REDUCE, TO RELEASE NUCLEAR PARTICLES THAT COULD CREATE AN INHALATION RESCUED JUST -- INHALATION RISK. IN THE INTRO TO THE SEGMENT, SOMEONE MENTIONED THERE COULD BE A SPREAD OF PARTICLES THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE, AND CERTAINLY YOU COULD HAVE A SICK FORGET ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENT. NICK: THE IEAE HAS SAID THERE IS NO THREAT, AND MENTIONED THE PEOPLE. 10,000 PEOPLE OPERATING THE PLANT UNDER EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, LITERALLY AT GUNPOINT, REPORTS OF TORTURE, SOME STAFF THIS APPEAR. HOW MUCH OF A CONCERN IS THAT FOR YOU IN TERMS OF LAND SAFETY -- PLANT SAFETY? PROF. TALABI: A SIGNIFICANT

CONCERN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO MATTER HOW RESILIENT A SYSTEM IS, YOU NEED A HUMAN ELEMENT TO EXECUTE THOSE PROCESSES CORRECTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. THERE IS A CATEGORY OF ANALYSIS CALLED HUMAN FACTOR ELEMENTS. THAT HUMAN FACTOR IS CURRENTLY UNDER SIGNIFICANT STRESS. IF YOU LOOK AT A PLANT SAFETY MODEL, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SOME EXTENT QUANTITATIVELY EXPRESS THE DEGRADATION IN SAFETY YOU HAVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE HUMAN FACTOR UNDER STRESS. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT. THE PLANTS ARE RESILIENT BUT ANY SYSTEM UNDER SUSTAINED STRESS WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK. NICK: SOBERING WORDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PROF. TALABI: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. ♪ JUDY: MORE AMERICANS DIED FROM DRUG OVERDOSES LAST YEAR THAN

EVER BEFORE. WHILE THE NUMBER OF LIVES LOST IS UP ACROSS EARLY EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC CONSIST ALREADY OF THE PANDEMIC, THERE'S BEEN AN ESPECIALLY ALARMING SPIKE IN OVERDOSE DEATHS AMONG BLACK AMERICANS. JOHN YANG REPORTS FROM ST. LOUIS ON WHAT'S BEHIND A GROWING PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. DR. CUNNINGHAM: I'M GOING TO LISTEN TO YOUR HEART AND LUNGS. JOHN: IN A ST. LOUIS CLINIC, 52-YEAR OLD GERORD ROWE HAS A ROUTINE APPOINTMENT WITH DOCTOR KANIKA CUNNINGHAM. SHE MAKES THE USUAL CHECKS. DR. CUNNINGHAM: GIVE ME A DEEP BREATH AND BLOW OUT. JOHN: AND ASKS ABOUT ANOTHER ISSUE SHE'S MONITORING. DR. CUNNINGHAM: YOU SAID YOU'RE STILL USING A LITTLE BIT. ARE YOU USING SAFE? SNORTING, NOT DOING ANYTHING IV. JOHN: CUNNINGHAM, A FAMILY PRACTICE PHYSICIAN, TREATS DRUG ADDICTION IN HER PATIENTS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MEDICAL CONDITION LIKE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR DIABETES. IF THEY'RE NOT READY TO STOP USING DRUGS, SHE WANTS THEM TO USE THEM SAFELY. DR. CUNNINGHAM: I AM CONCERNED

THE LAST TIME THAT HAPPENS, YOU HAD AN OVERDOSE AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO OVERDOSE AGAIN. MY TREATMENT PLANS INCORPORATE SAFE USE TIPS, SAFE CONSUMPTION TIPS, A 1-800 NUMBER TO NEVER USE ALONE. REVIEWING HOW TO USE NARCAN. SO I WANT PEOPLE TO LEAVE FEELING EMPOWERED AND EQUIPPED WITH THE INFORMATION BECAUSE IT IS A CHRONIC DISEASE. RERRENCE OF USE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO IF WE KNOW THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHY DO WE GIVE THE INDIVIDUAL IN FRONT OF US, SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE I HAVE SO THAT I CAN YOU NEXT WEEK AT YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT. SEE YOU TWO WEEKS LATER. JOHN: IT'S AN APPROACH SHE BELIEVES COULD HELSTEM THE SOARING NUMBER OF DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS, ESPECIALLY AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS. HERE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA, SINCE 2015, DEATHS FROM DRUG OVERDOSES ARE UP NEARLY 400 PERCENT IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, A RATE OF INCREASE THAT'S EIGHT TIMESE AMONG WHITE RESIDENTS. I'S A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT'S LARGELY BEEN OVER OVERSHADOWED BY THE PANDEMIC. DR. CUNNINGHAM: IN 2020 AND

2021, WE LOST OVER 400 BLACK MEN OVER A TWO YEAR SPAN. WE LOST MORE PEOPLE TO OVERDOSES THAN TO COVID-19. THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. IT'S A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE. IT'S A CHRONIC DISEASE. AND WE HAVE STIGMATIZED A CHRONIC DISEASE. JOHN: ROWE HAS BEEN BATTLING ADDICTION SINCE 2016, WHEN HE WAS DEPRESSED OVER LOSING HIS JOB AND SOMEONE OFFERED HIM HEROIN. ROWE: SO I WAS IN THE DUMPS AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL BETTER IF I SNORTED A COUPLE OF LINES AND THAT HOOKED ME. AND IT HOOKED ME FOR FIVE YEARS. I MEAN, HOOKED ME BAD. JOHN: HEROIN GAVE WAY TO FENTANYL, A SYNTHETIC OPIOID 50 TIMES MORE POWERFUL. EVENTUALLY HE WAS TAKING UP TO 35 PILLS A DAY. WAS IT JUST WANTING IT? OR WAS IT NEEDING IT? ROWE: NEEDING IT. I EVEN STOPPED PAYING BILLS JUST TO GET THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE NICE APARTMENT I WAS RENTING THAT I WAS IN FOR FIVE YEARS, THAT'S GONE. I MEAN, IT REALLY TOOK ME THROUGH SOME THINGS. JOHN: TWO OVERDOSES OF HIS OWN COULDN'T CONVINCE HIM TO TRY TO STOP. BUT THE OVERDOSE DEATHS OF TWO OTHERS CLOSE TO HIM DID. ROWE: I LOST A SON. HE OVERDOSED. I LOST A BROTHER. ALL IN ONE YEAR. OVERDOSED ON FENTANYL. THAT WOKE ME UP. NO IFS, ANDS, BUTS, NO SECOND GUESSING, I GOTTA STOP. JOHN: ROWE HAS BEEN CUNNINGHAM'S PATIENT FOR THREE MONTHS. ROWE: SOME DAYS IT IS UP HERE, IT IS SO INTENSE I CAN'T GET PAST IT. JOHN: SHE'S PUT HIM ON SUBOXONE ONE OF THE MAIN MEDICINES USED TO TREAT OPIOID ADDICTION. DR. CUNNINGHAM: THAT SHOULD REALLY HELP CONTROL YOUR CRINGS AND WITHDRAWALS. JOHN: HE SAYS IT'S HELPED HIM CUT DOWN TO A SINGLE FENTANYL PILL A DAY.

DR. CUNNINGHAM: I KNOW WHERE THE NEED IS AND THAT'S WHERE I LIKE TO GO. JOHN: TO REACH PEOPLE LIKE ROWE, CUNNINGHAM TEAMS WITH OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO TAKE TREATMENT OUT OF DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND CLINICS AND INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE THIS ONE IN NORTH ST. LOUIS. MOBILE TREATMENT CENTERS OFFER THINGS LIKE THE OVERDOSE REVERSAL DRUG NARCAN AND OFFER TIPS ON HOW TO USE DRUGS SAFELY. DR. CUNNINGHAM: THIS IS ONE EFFORT TO BRING TREATMENT, BRING EVERYTHING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND NOT ALWAYS RELY ON THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO US. JOHN: WHAT ARE PEOPLE GETTING HERE? WHAT'S BEING HANDED OUT? DR. CUNNINGHAM: FOOD. THEY'RE GIVEN NARCAN, THEY'RE ALSO GIVEN FENTANYL TESTING STRIPS AS WELL. IF PEOPLE NEED ACCESS TO SIGN UP FOR MEDICAID SO WE GET THEM AT LEAST START THE INITIAL PROCESS WILL SIGN THEM UP FOR MEDICAID. ,JOHN: IT'S PART OF AN EFFORT TO BUILD TRUST AND BREAK DOWN BARRIERS IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CUNNINGHAM CALLS TREATMENT DESERTS. DR. CUNNINGHAM: WHERE OUR TREATMENT CENTERS ARE SITUATED, SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE TO CATCH

TWO TO THREE BUSES TO GET THERE. SO IMAGINE THE BURDEN WE PUT ON PEOPLE TO COME TO US, TO SEE US. AND THEN YOU HAVE A SMALL WINDOW OF GETTING THERE ON TIME. IF YOUR BUS IS LATE AND THEN YOU'RE TOLD YOU CAN'T BE SEEN. THERE ARE SOME A DIFFERENT ISSUES. JOHN: ALSO PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD EFFORT, CLERGY, LIKE THE REVEREND RODRICK BURTON. DR. CUNNINGHAM: THIS IS NARCAN THIS IS WHAT WE USE TO REVERSE , AN OVERDOSE. DEFINITELY NEED TO GET THIS INTO THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY. JOHN: CUNNINGHAM ADVISES THEM HOW TO TALK ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN WAYS THAT SHOW COMPASSION. REV. BURTON: I WOULD SAY THE CHURCH, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS HAD MANY LEADERS AND MEMBERS THAT HAVE HAD A JUDGMENTAL VIEW OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION. WE CAN LEARN, NUMBER ONE, WHAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO TALK PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THIS. SO WE'RE NOT DOING THIS IN A JUDGMENTAL WAY, BUT ALSO HOW CAN WE ACUTELY ADDRESS WHEN PEOPLE DO FALL OUT? HOW CAN WE SAVE THEIR LIVES? . CUNNINGHAM: I REMEMBER WALKING THE STREET WITH MY GRANDMOTHER, GOING TO THE CORNER STORE. JOHN: IT'S SHIFT IN ATTITUDE THAT CUNNINGHAM KNOWS FIRST-HAND. SHE GREW UP IN THE ST. LOUIS

AREA, AND RECALLS HOW HER GRANDMOTHER SPOKE ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO USED DRUGS. DR. CUNNINGHAM: I WAS ALSO RAISED TO VIEW SUBSTANCE USE AS AN ISSUE, DRUG USE PROBLEM THAT'S ON THE INDIVIDUAL. AND NOW THE MORE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION, I SEE THAT IT'S MORE OF A SYSTEMIC ISSUE. IT'S NOT ON THE INDIVIDUAL, IT'S TRAUMA, IT'S SYSTEMIC RACISM. IT'S ALL OF THAT. JOHN: AND ALL THAT CAN BE A HURDLE BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS AND FINDING TREATMENT. DEVIN: THE OVERDOSE CRISIS IS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING BLACK PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET. JOHN: DEVIN BANKS IS A PSYCHOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST. LOUIS. DEVIN: THERE IS A STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH BEING A PERSON WHO USES DRUGS, AND THERE'S A STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH BEING BLACK. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED RECOGNIZE THAT STIGMA, THAT DISCRIMINATION, AND THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM FEELING SAFE IN TREATMENT SETTINGS. >> HAVE YOU BEEN TAKING YOUR MEDICATION? JOHN: CUNNINGHAM SAYS GETTING

PATIENTS INTO TREATMENT IS ONLY HALF THE BATTLE. OFTEN AN EVEN BIGGER CHALLEN CAN BE KEEPING THEM THERE. >> YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS? >> THE THIRD OF NEXT MONTH. JOHN: COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER DE'ANTHONY HENDERSON CRISROSSES THE CITY, CHECKING ON PATIENTS AND BEING AN EXTRA SET OF EYES AND EARS FOR CUNNINGHAM. DE'ANTHONY: SOMETIMES IN THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH SHARING A LOT OF THINGS. SO WHEN I COME OUT, THEY USUALLY SHARE MORE WITH ME AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE DOCTOR. DR. CUNNINGHAM: WE NEED TO GET YOU TO A GOOD DOSE TO TREAT IT. JOHN: IT'S ALL PART OF CUNNINGHAM'S APPROACH TO TREATING ADDITION -- ONE THAT GERORD ROWE CREDITS FOR THE PROGRESS HE'MADE. ROWE: SHE DON'T SCOLD ME. SHE LETS ME MAKE MY OWN DECISION. EITHER YOU ARE GOING TO STOP OR NOT. BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IF YOU DON'T STOP, THIS IS THE RESULT. AND IF YOU DO STOP, THIS IS THE RESULT. JOHN: CAN YOU PUT INTO WORDS WHAT THEY GIVE YOU? ROWE: HOPE.

CONFIDENCE. TH GIVE ME THE POWER TO OVERCOME THIS. THEY GIVE ME AN OUTLOOK FOR A BETTER FUTURE. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. JOHN: A FUTURE THAT HE HOPES WILL NOT INCLUDE DRUGS. FOR "THE PBS NEWSHOUR," I AM JOHN YANG IN ST LOUIS. ♪ JUDY: AS WE REPORTED EARLIER, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FURTHER REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WATER STATES CAN GET FROM THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN. THE MOVE COMES AS THE AMERICAN WEST FACES UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES TO PRESERVE A RIVER THAT CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY RECEDE. STEPHANIE SY, WHO IS IN ARIZONA, HAS OUR REPORT. STEPHANIE: JUDY, TODAY'S WATER CUTS DEMONSTRATE THE ONGOING SEVERITY OF THE DROUGHT IN THE WEST.

NEARLY 40 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS SEVEN STATES AS WELL AS MEXICO RELY ON THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN. AS OF NOW, ITS RESERVOIRS, LAKE MEAD, AND LAKE POWELL, ARE BOTH BELOW 30% FULL. AS CLIMATE CHANGE CONTINUES TO FUEL DRIER CONDITIONS, NEXT YEAR, ARIZONA WILL LOSE 21% OF ITS YEARLY SUPPLY OF RIVER WATER . NEVADA WILL GO WITHOUT 8% AND MEXICO LOSES 7% OF IT'S ALLOTMENT. FOR MORE ON WHAT THIS MEANS, I'M JOINED BY JENNIFER PITT. SHE HAS SPENT YEARS RESEARCHING AND WORKING TO PROTECT ECOSYSTEMS IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN, MOST RECENTLY AS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING "THE NEWSHOUR." I WANT TO JUMP RIGHT IN. THE U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION ANNOUNCED LAKE MEAD, WHICH SUPPLIES WATER TO ABOUT 25 MILLION PEOPLE, IS AT AN UNPRECEDENTED TIER TWO SHORTAGE, ANNOUNCED TODAY, HAS TRIGGERED THESE CUTS.

HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE THEY? JENNIFER: THE CUTS ARE SIGNIFICANT I THINK EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT IS THE RAPIDITY WITH WHICH THE RESERVOIRS ARE DECLINING. WE HAVE CLEAR INDICATIONS THESE CUTS WILL NOT BE ENOUGH. STEPHANIE: TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DEADLINE FOR THE STATES TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON HOW TO MAKE CUTS AMOUNTING TO 2 TO 4 MILLION ACRE-FEET OF WATER BUT THEY DIDN'T MEET THE DEADLINE. ARE TODAY'S CUTS ALL WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE BY WAY OF FEDERAL INTERVENTION? THEY CLEARLY DON'T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH. JENNIFER: I THINK YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT AND NO, I DON'T THINK THAT IS ALL WE WILL SEE. THE WATER JUST ISN'T THERE. THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER THERE WILL BE CUTS, THE QUESTION IS WHO WILL MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT THE CUTS AND HOW THEY WILL BE ALLOCATED TO DIFFERENT WATER USERS IN THE BASIN. I WOULD EXPECT THAT BY THE TIME 2023 ROLLS AROUND, WE WILL HAVE A SENSE OF WHO WILL BE USING LESS WATER BECAUSE WE HAVE NO

CHOICE. STEPHANIE: IS THAT GOING TO REQUIRE -- THEY DID NOT SET A NEW DEADLINE TODAY, THE STATES MISSED TODAY'S DEADLINE. AT WHAT POINT DO WE SEE MORE FEDERAL INTERVENTION, OR IS THERE HOPE THE STATES WILL REACH SOME COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT? JENNIFER: YOU ARE CORRECT IN POINTING OUT THERE WAS NO NEW DEADLINE ESTABLISHED TODAY, AND I DO THINK FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AS WELL AS EVERYBODY WHO WORKS ON THE COLORADO RIVER WOULD MUCH PREFER TO SEE THE STATES COME UP WITH THEIR OWN COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION, BUT I THINK THE MESSAGE WE HEARD TODAY IS THAT IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE UNILATERAL ACTION. THEY HAVE TO DO THAT TO PREVENT CATASTROPHIC OUTCOMES ON THE COLORADO RIVER. STEPHANIE: THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION COMMISSIONER SAID TODAY THE SYSTEM IS APPROACHING

"A TIPPING POINT," AND WITHOUT ACTION WE CAN'T PROTECT THE SYSTEM. WHAT BROAD ACTIONS DO YOU THINK ARE REQUIRED AT THIS POINT? JENNIFER: AT THIS POINT, IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE REQUIRED THAT ALL WATER USERS IN ALL OF THE GEOGRAPHIES OF THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN, USING COLORADO RIVER WATER, FIGURE OUT WAYS USE LESS. THAT MEANS CITIES FIGURING OUT HOW TO USE LESS, THAT MEANS IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE, FIGURING OUT HOW TO USE LESS. IT MEANS EVERYBODY HAS TO REDUCE USES OF COLORADO RIVER WATER. STEPHANIE: YOU TALK ABOUT HOW IT IS USED, AND I AM IN ARIZONA, WHICH IS FACING SOME OF THE BIGGEST CUTS, AND YET YOUEE URBAN ELEMENT CONTINUING HERE UNCHECKED. WHEN YOU HAVE GROWING CITIES OUT WEST DEMANDING MORE AND MORE WATER FROM A SHRINKING RIVER, HOW DOES THAT COMPUTE? JENNIFER: WELL -- [LAUGHS] --IT CAN SEEM IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE HAVE

SEEN THAT WHERE CITIES DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO WATER, THEY ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADD POPULATION IN NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WITHOUT INCREASING WATER USE. I THINK CANDIDATE NUMBER ONE FOR SHOWING US HOW TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT IS LAS VEGAS. THEY ARE USING LESS WATER THAN THEY WERE 20 YEARS AGO AND HAVE INCREASED THEIR POPULATION. IT CAN BE DONE, WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE IN THE WEST WITH LESS WATER USE. STEPHANIE: I WANT TO ASK YOU A MOUNTAINTOP YOU QUESTION. IS CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AS A DROUGHT THE RIGHT FRAMING? OR IS IT MORE REALISTIC TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS A CLIMATE CHANGE DRIVEN PHENOMENON THAT IS NOT GOING TO END? JENNIFER: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT EVEN IN YEARS WITH AN AVERAGE SNOWPACK, HISTORICALLY AVERAGE SNOWPACK, WE ARE GETTING RUNOFF INTO THE RIVER WELL BELOW AVERAGE.

THAT'S A RESULT OF THE HEAT ARE EXPERIENCING IN THE REGION EVAPORATING THE WATER OFF THE LAND SO WE ARE NOT GETTING WATER INTO THE RIVERS, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE SUPPLY WE USED TO. WE CAN EXPECT THIS PROBLEM TO CONTINUE AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT DURABLE SOLUTIONS TO THIS WATER SUPPLY CRISIS. STEPHANIE: JENNIFER PITT, THE COLORADO RIVER WATER PROGRAM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON "THE NEWSHOUR." ♪ JUDY: WE WILL BE BACK SHORTLY WITH A JOURNALIST TAKE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TELLING THE WHOLE STORY. BUT FIRST, TAKE A MOMENT TO HEAR FROM YOUR LOCAL PBS STATION. IT'S A CHANCE TO OFF YOUR SUPPORT, WHICH HELPS KEEP PROGRAMS LIKE OURS ON THE AIR. ♪ FOR THOSE STATIONS STAYING WITH US,

COLBERT" ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT BANDLEADER JON BATISTE WOULD STEP ASIDE TO FOCUS ON HIS ART AND HIS FAMILY. THE CHANGE COMES AFTER THE MUSICIAN WON MORE GRAMMYS THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST THIS YEAR. LAST SPRING, JEFFREY BROWN SPOKE WITH BATISTE ABOUT WHAT HAS LED TO HIS SUCCESS FOR OUR ARTS AND CULTURE SERIES, "CANVAS." JEFFREY: JON BATISTE LOVES BUSTING CATEGORIES. JON: CATEGORIES PUT PEOPLE IN SILOS. IT LIMITS COLLABORATION. IT LIMITS ARTISTS WHO ARE IRREPRESSIBLE. ♪ JEFFREY: IRREPRESSIBLE IS WORD FOR BATISTE.

YOU CANNOT WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR HIS SONG WITHOUT WANTING TO GET UP AND DANCE AROUND THE ROOM. AT THE GMMYS, HE TOOK HOME THE BIGGEST AWARD OF THE NIGHT, ALBUM OF THE YEAR, THE FIRST BLACK ARTIST IN 14 YEARS TO WIN. JON: TO HAVE REACHED THAT MOMENT FELT ALMOST LIKE WE GOT THROUGH THE MATRIX. BY BEING AUTHENTIC AND TRUE TO THE ART AND FOCUSING ON THE CRAFT OF MAKING DECISIONS TRULY AUTHENTIC TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS ALBUM. JEFFREY: HE COMES FROM MUSICAL NEW ORLEANS FAMILY STEEPED IN THE GREAT JAZZ TRADITIONS OF HIS CITY. SINCE 2015, HE HAS REACHED NATIONAL AUDIENCES NIGHTLY AS BANDLEADER ON "STEPHEN COLBERT." A CONSUMMATE PERFORMER, HE SAYS IT WASN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY.

JON: I THINK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES, MAYBE EIGHT OR NINE YEARS OLD AND I WAS VERY SHY ON STAGE. I DID NOT HAVE THE PERFORMERS JEAN WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT. -- PERFORMER'S GENE WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT. DEVELOPING THE CRAFT OF BEING A PERFORMER IS THE SAME AS DEVELOPING THE CRAFT OF MY INSTRUMENT. YOU WATCH TAPES AND YOUTUBE, PEOPLE OF THE PAST AND ARE AROUND TODAY AND YOU GO OUT AND PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION TO EXECUTE ON ALL OF THESE THINGS YOU HAVE LEARNED, AND OVER TIME YOU FIGURE OUT YOUR VOICE. JEFFREY: AS NOTABLE AS THE NUMBER OF GRAMMY NOMINATIONS AND WINS WAS THE RANGE OF CATEGORIES INCLUDING JAZZ, R&B, AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC FOR A SINGLE THAT WAS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE MOVIE"SOUL." THE GOAL? JON: TO EXPAND WHAT IS IN THE

POPULAR SPACE, TO EXPAND THE ART AND THE PERCEPTION OF A BLACK ARTIST AND THE PERCEPTION OF SOMEONE WHO EXISTS AND HAS ALL OF THESE INFLUENCES AND IS NOT CATEGORIZE A BOWL. -- CATEGORIZABLE. JEFFREY: AND THAT ALSO MEANS TAKING TO THE STREETS. HE JOINED THE 2020 BLACK LIVE MATTERS PROTESTS AFTER THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD AND CELEBRATED THAT WITH HIS SONG "WE ARE." BECAUSE WHAT HE DOES SOCIAL MUSIC. JON: THE IDEA OF WHAT MUSIC WAS, BEFORE IT WAS JUST ENTERTAINMENT OR COMMODITY, YOU THINK THAT COMES FROM RITUALS AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT WAYS OF HAVING MUSIC AS PART OF COMMUNITY. JEFFREY: YOU CONNECT THAT? JON: I CONNECT TO THAT DEEPLY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I'M DRAWN

TO THAT EXPRESSION OF MUSIC. JEFFREY: I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE WE ARE COMING FROM A NEWS PROGRAM AND EVERY NIGHT WE ARE REPORTING ON DIVISIONS IN AMERICA. I LISTEN TO YOUR WONDERFUL SONG "WE ARE." A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SEE MUCH "WE" IN AMERICA TODAY. JON: IN SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE IS A LOT OF "WE." WHAT YOU DO IS A GREAT SERVICE BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED THE NEWS, THE NEWS, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING, BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT IN THIS GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF OUR WORLD AND THIS AGE OF MEDIA, WE HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OUR LOCALIZED THINKING, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER FROM A TO HUMAN PERSPECTIVE. JEFFREY: HAS YOUR OWN SENSE OF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO FOSTER COMMUNITY CHANGED? JON: I'M JUST GETTING STARTED. JEFFREY: SOME OF HIS NEW DIRECTION WAS ON DISPLAY AT A RECENT REHEARSAL FOR AMERICAN

SYMPHONY, A LARGE-SCALE WORK HE COMPOSED FOR AN UPCOMING CARNEGIE HALL PREMIER. EVEN AS HE REACHES NEW HEIGHTS PROFESSIONALLY, BATISTE HAS PERSONAL STRUGGLES. HIS WIFE IS BATTLING CANCER FOR A SECOND TIME. BATISTE LEARNED AS THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS EVEN IF SHE WAS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY FOR LEUKEMIA. JON: I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT THE HIGHS IN LIFE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE STOCK IN THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE. I'VE THOUGHT OF THE CHALLENGES IN LIFE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY REFLECT ON AND BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT. >> ♪ IN THIS WORLD WITH A LOT OF PROBLEMS ♪ JEFFREY: A DEEP COMMITMENT TO HIS ART IN THE WORLD AROUND HIM, SERIOUS APPROACH, AND IRREPRESSIBLE AS A PERFORMER. EVEN AT AN INTERVIEW, BATISTE COULD RESIST SITTING DOWN AT THE PIANO AND INVITING HIS

INTERVIEWER TO SIT IN. ♪ NEXT UP FOR JON BATISTE, HE WILL MAKE HIS ACTING DEBUT IN A MUSICAL VERSION OF "THE COLOR PURPLE," AND ON STAGE, ON TV, EVERYWHERE. JON: THAT IS GREAT. JEFFREY: FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I AM JEFFREY BROWN IN NEW YORK. JUDY: DAVID BORNSTEIN IS A CO-FOUNDER OF THE SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK, AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH NEWS ORGANIZATIONS TO PRODUCE RIGOROUS REPORTING ON RESPONSES TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS. THE GOAL, TO REBALANCE THE NEWS IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES PEOPLE A SENSE OF INVESTMENT AND PROVIDE COMMUNITIES WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY. TONIGHT, HE GIVES HIS "BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR" TAKE ON TELLING THE

WHOLE STORY. DAVID: I MEAN, I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT NEWS JUST AS A FEEDBACK SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, A GOOD FEEDBACK SYSTEM TO WORK NEEDS TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO BE AFRAID OF, WHAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF. AND YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE EFFICACY IS. IF YOU ONLY DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER, YOU'RE GOING TO CAUSE PEOPLE TO BURY THEIR HEADS IN THE ND. AND IF YOU ONLY DO THE OTHER THING YOU'RE A SORT OF A , POLLYANNA AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAKING PEOPLE FEEL GOOD, BUT YOU'RE NOT REALLY GIVING THEM INFORMATION. THAT'S TRUE TO REALITY, BUT IN BALANCE YOU CAN ACTIVATE PEOPLE. AND I THINK JOURNALISM AT ITS BEST SHOULD ACTIVATE PEOPLE TO BE POWERFUL PLAYERS IN A PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY. THERE'S JUST A GREAT SENSE OF WELLBEING THAT COMES FROM THAT, THAT WAY OF LIVING. AND I THINK THAT JOURNALISM OR ANY MEDIA SHOULD HELP BUILD THAT CAPACITY, SHOULD HELP FEED IT. IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, LETTING US KNOW ABOUT WARS AND CORRUPTION AND MALFEASANCE AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IN, IN POLITICS AROUND

THE WORLD WITH POPULISM. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE MAKE THAT THE ONLY FOCUS OF OUR ATTENTION WE WILL BE LEAVING THE , BEST OF HUMAN NATURE ON THE TABLE, BASICALLY. THE MAIN WAY THAT THE NEWS HARMS DEMOCRACY IS BY PROVIDING A VIEW OF THE WORLD THAT IS LARGELY DEFICIT FRAMED. I MEAN, WE ARE AMPLY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING WRONG, ABOUT WHAT IS UGLY AND CORRUPT, BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GROWING, WHAT ARE THE NEW POSSIBILITIES EMERGING, WE HAVE A VERY FLAWED, KIND OF ONE-SIDED VIEW. IT'S AS IF YOUR PARENTS WERE ONLY EVER CRITICIZING WHAT YOU DID AND NEVER LETTING YOU KNOW WHERE YOU HAD POSSIBILITIES TO GROW. MANY PEOPLWHO WOULD, I THINK WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN CONTRIBUTING TO A BETTER COMMUNITY, EVEN A BETTER SOCIETY OR WORLD HAVE AN IMPOVERISHED SENSE OF THEIR POWER TO DO SO, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE

EXPERIENCED POVERTY HISTORICALLY, OR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THE UNITED STATES ESPECIALLY. BEEN DEFICIT FRAMED FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR AS LONG AS WE'VE HAD JOURNALISM. YOU COULD LOOK AT MAJOR NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES YOU LOOK AT THE METRO DAILY, THE LARGE NEWSPAPER IN THAT COMMUNITY, AND YOU TAKE A COMMUNITY OF COLOR AND YOU TYPE IN THE SEARCH. AND YOU'LL FIND IN MANY CASES THAT THE MAJORITY OF STORIES ARE ABOUT VIOLENCE. AS IF TO SAY THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY IN THAT COMMUNITY. NOW I'M NOT DENYING THAT WE SHOULD COVER VIOLENCE. THE POINT IS IT'S NOT THE ONLY TRUTH. WE SHOULD TELL THE WHOLE STORY. AND IF WE DON'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY ABOUT COMMUNITIES, WE ARE CREATING BIAS IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE WHO OFTEN HAVE POWER OVER THOSE COMMUNITIES. WHAT WE'RE SEEING, WHAT I SEE, JUST BECAUSE I'M, I'M A LITTLE BIT, I AM SORT OF THE SPIDER AT THE CENTER OF THIS WEB OF JOURNALISM, MY HEAD IS FILLED

WITH STORIES OF SOLUTIONS ALL THE TIME, WHICH REALLY INOCULATES YOU AGAINST, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BAD STUFF THAT'S BEEN COMING OUR WAY IN RECENT YEARS. CATCH THE WORLD DOING THE RIGHT THING AND LET THAT ALSO SPREAD. MY NAME IS DAVID BORNSTEIN, AND THIS IS MY "BRIEF SPECTACULAR" TAKE ON TELLING THE WHOLE STORY. JUDY: A LOT TO THINK ABOUT. YOU CAN WATCH MORE "BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR" VIDEOS ONLINE AT PBS.ORG/NEWSHOUR/BRIEF GOOD THAT IS "THE NEWSHOUR" FOR TONIGHT. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. JOIN US ONLINE AND AGAIN HERE TOMORROW EVENING. FOR ALL OF US AT THE PBS NEWSHOUR, THANK YOU, PLEASE STAY SAFE AND SEE YOU SOON. >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "THE PBS NEWSHOUR" HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY >> ARCHITECT. BEEKEEPER. MENTOR. A RAYMONDJAMES FINANCIAL ADVISOR TAILORS ADVICE TO HELP YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE. LIFE, WELL-PLANNED.

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to Amanpour & Company. From Kyiv, here's what's coming up. As Russia regroups in the face of a stiff resistance, my report on the Ukrainian soldiers who thwarted their initial advance on the capital and now wait in the trenches for another possible assault. Plus, I'm joined by two leaders in this region, the prime minister of Poland, where more than two million people have fled and the president of Georgia, which Putin invaded back in 2008. What has she learned about dealing with Moscow's aggression? Then, famed chef, Jose Andres, tells me how he's serving more than 100,000 meals a day to devastated Ukrainian cities. And later, Michel Martin talks to journalist, Mike Giglio, about the Yale Law graduate turned militia founder who's been charged with seditious conspiracy