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

♪ JUDY: GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. ON "THE NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT, THE AFTERMATH. THE VALUE OF SO-CALLED RED FLAG LAWS FOR GUN BUYERS IS UNDER SCRUTINY FOLLOWING REVELATIONS THAT THE SUSPECTED HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTER PASSED MULTIPLE GOT -- MULTIPLE BACKGROUND CHECKS. U.K. PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON REMAINS DEFIANT IN THE FACE OF MOUNTING CALLS TO RESIGN AFTER SEVERAL OF HIS TOP ADVISERS QUIT. AND AT THE EXTREME. PHOENIX SEEKS WAYS TO OFFSET RAPIDLY RISING TEMPERATURES CAUSING MAJOR HEALTH RISKS TO ITS MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S "PBS NEWSHOUR."

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WHO POLICE SAY CONFESSED TO THE JULY 4 MASSACRE IN HIGHLAND PARK THAT LEFT SEVEN PEOPLE DEAD. AUTHORITIES REVEALED THAT THE GUNMAN CONSIDERED STARTING ANOTHER SHOOTING SPREE IN MADISON, WISCONSIN, WHERE HE DROVE WHILE HE WAS AVOIDING POLICE IN ILLINOIS. AND THERE WERE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW HE WAS ABLE TO GET HIS GUNS IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> TODAY IN A CLOSE HEARING, THE FIRST COURT APPEARANCE FOR THE 21-YEAR-OLD ALLEGED GUNMAN BEHIND MONDAY'S ATTACK, CHARGED WITH KILLING SEVEN PEOPLE AND INJURING MORE THAN THREE DOZEN AT A JULY 4 PARADE IN HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS. >> THE JUDGE RULED THAT ROBERT CRIMO III WOULD BE HELD WITHOUT BOND AND THAT THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO HOLD HIM AT THIS TIME FOR SEVEN COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. >> DEPUTY CHIEF CHRISTOPHER CLAVELL HEF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHARED THE SUSPECT'S PLANS.

>> HE SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATED USING THE FIREARM HE HAD IN HIS VEHICLE TO COMMIT ANOTHER SHOOTING. >> HE SAID THE GUNMAN HAD ABOUT 60 ROUNDS AT THAT POINT BUT HAD NOT PLANNED ENOUGH TO CARRY OUT A SECOND ATTACK. A HIGHLAND PARK ATTACK, HOWEVER, HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. HE HAD LEGALLY PURCHASED FIVE GUNS INCLUDING THE SMITH & WESSON -- SMITH & WESSON SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE USED IN THE SHOOTING. THAT DESPITE TWO ENCOUNTERS WITH POLICE IN 2019, 1 AFTER HE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, THE SECOND AFTER HE ATTENDED TO KILL FAMILY, LEADING OFFICERS TO CONFISCATE 16 KNIVES, A DAGGER, AND A SWORD FROM THE HOME. AUTHORITIES COVERED 83 SPENT BULLET SHELLS FROM THE ROOFTOP WHERE HE TOOK AIM AT PARADE GOERS. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL REVIEWING THE GUNMAN'S SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE . MEANWHILE, ANOTHER AMERICAN

COMMUNITY GRIEVES. AUTHORITIES TODAY IDENTIFIED THE SEVENTH VICTIM AS A 69-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER, AND HIGHLAND PARK'S LOSS RIPPLES FAR BEYOND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AMONG YESTERDAY'S VISITORS, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS MEETING WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND LOCAL LEADERS AT THE PARADE SITE. OFFICIALS SAY NINE PEOPLE RANGING FROM AGES 14 TO 70, ARC STILL HOSPITALIZED AS OF YESTERDAY. LET'S FOCUS NOW ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS BEING RAISED ABOUT HOW THE GUNMAN WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN WEAPONS AFTER THOSE 2019 INCIDENTS AND WHAT RED FLAG LAWS CAN AND CANNOT DO. JEFFREY SWANSON STUDIES THESE ISSUES. HE IS A PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AT DUKE UNIVERSITY WHO LOOKS CLOSELY AT SHOOTINGS. WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THESE DETAILS WE ARE LEARNING. HERE YOU HAVE A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS TWICE FLAGGED TO AUTHORITIES. HE WAS STILL ABLE TO GET A FIREARM OWNER'S ID CARD. ILLINOIS HAS A RED FLAG LAW ON

THE BOOKS. WHY DIDN'T IT WORK? >> WELL, IT IS CONCERNING. WARNING SIGNS ALWAYS LOOK MORE OBVIOUS AND WORSE WHEN WE VIEW THEM THROUGH THIS REMARKABLE DEVICE CALLED A RETROSPECTOSCOPE . WHEN THEY HAVE CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK LIKE THEY POSE A RISK. IF PEOPLE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IF SOMEBODY AROUND YOU IS A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD TAKE ACTION AND CALLING POLICE IN THIS CASE IS WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DID. THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN RED FLAG LAWS ACTUALLY DO? THEY GIVE POLICE THE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE FIREARMS. THEY CAN REMOVE GUNS WITH A COURT ORDER, AND IT IS TIME-LIMITED, BUT, YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE, THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH

THEY CAN DO. IF THE PERSON POSES A RISK IN A MENTAL HEALTH SINCE, POLICE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THAT PERSON IN AND DETAIN THEM USUALLY FOR ABOUT 72 HOURS, AND IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA THAT THEY ARE DANGEROUS AND MENTALLY ILL, THEY CAN BE ADMITTED VOLUNTARILY TO A HOSPITAL TO MITIGATE THAT RISK. THAT WOULD HAVE CONFERRED A GUN-DISQUALIFYING RECORD. THE RED FLAG LAW CAN WORK, BUT IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT AND THERE'S NO PROTOCOL IN PLACE TO LET OFFICERS KNOW TO USE IT, IT WILL NOT DO MUCH GOOD ANYWAY. >> AS YOU SAY, THINGS ARE MUCH CLEARER IN HINDSIGHT, BUT THERE ARE THINGS I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT BECAUSE FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, WE NOW KNOW WE WENT -- WE NOW KNOW THEY WENT TO THE HOME TWICE, THAT THEY TOOK AWAY KNIVES, A DAGGER, AND A SWORD AFTER FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THIS MAN THREATENED TO KILL EVERYONE THERE.

HIS FAMILY DID NOT WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A COMPLAINT, THEY DID NOT HAVE INFORMATION ON THREATS, AND EVEN THE LOCAL POLICE FLAGGED STATE POLICE, THAT'S BASICALLY IT. THAT'S ALL THEY CAN DO. IS THE BAR FOR WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN DO AT THE RIGHT PLACE? >> I DON'T WANT TO SECOND-GUESS WHAT THE POLICE DID IN THIS CASE. IT COULD WELL BE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE, OR THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT LEAP. IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE IN OUR COUNTRY WHEN FIREARMS ARE SO PRESENT. WHAT WE NEED IS AN ENSEMBLE OF LAWS. THE RED FLAG LAW IS A GOOD TOOL. IT IS KIND OF LIKE A SWISS ARMY KNIFE. IT IS IT IS A NIMBLE TOOL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE WHY SOMEBODY IS DANGEROUS AT THE TIME, BUT THEY HAVE TO POSE A RISK AT A VERY PARTICULAR TIMEFRAME. REG -- RED FLAG LAWS CAN WORK BETTER IF WE GET UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, IF WE DID SOMETHING ABOUT THE ILLEGAL GUN MARKET IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THE FACT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE -- OR

ANYBODY, FOR THAT MATTER CAN BUY A WEAPON OF WAR DESIGNED TO KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH LITTLE PHYSICAL EFFORT. THIS IS A REAL PUZZLE. RED FLAG LAWS I MAINTAIN ARE A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL IF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEM AND IF THEY ARE WIDELY USED. WE HAVE EVIDENCE FROM CONNECTICUT AND INDIANA, THE FIRST TWO STATES THAT ENACTED SIMILAR LAWS, THAT FOR EVERY 10, 20 OF THESE LEGAL ACTIONS, ONE LIFE IS SAVED BY AVERTING A SUICIDE. THAT IS WHAT MANY OF THEM ARE USED FOR. WE HAVE EMERGING EVIDENCE TO SHOW IN MANY CASES LIKE CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES THAT A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THESE ARE USED WHEN THERE IS THE THREAT OF A MASS SHOOTING. WE DO NOT KNOW IN EVERY CASE THAT IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THIS, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IF THESE ARE USED IN A TIMELY WAY, IT IS GOING TO REMOVE A KEY ELEMENT IN ONE OF THESE HORRIBLE INCIDENTS.

THE TROUBLE YOUNG MEN INCLINED TO HURT PEOPLE OR WHO ARE SAYING SCARY THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WHERE THERE IS THIS CULTURAL SCRIPT THAT IS ALMOST UNIQUELY AMERICAN THAT PEOPLE FOLLOW, BUT A KEY ELEMENT IN THAT IS THIS ACCESS TO VERY LETHAL WEAPONS. >> THAT IS PROFESSOR JEFFREY SWANSON OF DUKE UNIVERSITY JOINING US TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. JUDY: AS WE SAID, SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THIS TRAGIC SHOOTING. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT NOW TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS AND THE LIVES THEY LEAD. FATHER OF EIGHT, NICHOLAS TRAVEL TO HIGHLAND PARK FROM MEXICO TO VISIT FAMILY. HIS GRANDDAUGHTER REMEMBERED HER ABUELITO AS LOVING AND CREATIVE. WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY

DAY TURNED INTO A HORRIFIC NIGHTMARE FOR US ALL. AS A FAMILY, WE ARE NUMB. NICHOLAS WAS 78. KEVIN MCCARTHY, 37, AND IRINA MCCARTHY, 35, WERE AT THE PARADE WITH THEIR TWO-YEAR-OLD SON AIDEN, WHO SURVIVED, AND WAS BROUGHT TO SAFETY BY GOOD SAMARITANS. ON THE FAMILY'S GOFUNDME PAGE, IT READS, AIDEN WILL HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD TO HEAL, FIND STABILITY, AND ULTIMATELY NAVIGATE LIFE AS AN ORPHAN. 64-YEAR-OLD CATHERINE GOLDSTEIN WAS A BELOVED MOTHER AND WIFE TO HUSBAND CRAIG. HER OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS WITH HER AT THE PARADE. SHE SPOKE TO LESTER HOLT ABOUT THE ATTACK. >> I TOLD HER THAT THERE WAS A SHOOTER AND SHE HAD TO RUN, SO I STARTED RUNNING WITH HER. WE WERE NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND HE SHOT HER IN THE CHEST, AND SHE FELL DOWN, AND I KNEW SHE

WAS DEAD, SO I JUST TOLD HER THAT I LOVED HER, BUT I ULD NOT STOP BECAUSE HE WAS STILL SHOOTING EVERYONE NEXT TO ME. JUDY: HIGHLAND PARK RESIDENT STEPHEN STRAUS, 88, STILL TOOK THE TRAIN EVERY DAY FROM HIGHLAND PARK TO CHICAGO WHERE HE WORKED AT A BROKERAGE FIRM. HIS WIFE TOLD REPORTERS HE WAS AN HONORABLE MAN WHO WORKED HIS WHOLE LE AND GAVE EVERYONE THE BEST HE HAD. JACQUELYN SUNDHEIM WAS A PRESCHOOL TEACHER AND EVENTS PLANNER AT HER SYNAGOGUE. IN A STATEMENT, NORTH SHORE SAID JACKIE'S WORK, KINDNESS, AND WARMTH TOUCHED US ALL. THERE ARE NO WORDS SUFFICIENT TO EXPRESS THE DEPTH OF OUR GRIEF. JACKIE WAS 63. EDUARDO UVALDO, 69, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING.

HIS GRANDDAUGHTER WROTE ON THE FAMILY'S GOFUNDME PAGE, UNFORTUNATELY, MY GRANDPA GOT SHOT IN THE ARM, THEN IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. MY GRANDPA IS A KIND, LOVING, AND FUNNY MAN WHO DID NOT DESERVE THIS. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE LOVED ONES OF ALL THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY. IN ONE MORE NOTE, THE GOFUNDME PAGE FOR AIDEN MCCARTHY -- HE IS 2 -- HAS RAISED MORE THAN $2.5 MILLION SINCE IT WAS LAUNCHED YESTERDAY. ♪ IN THE DAY'S OTHER NEWS, FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL PAT CIPOLLONE HAS AGREED TO TESTIFY THIS WEEK BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6 ATTACK. HE'S BELIEVED TO BE A CRUCIAL WITNESS TO WHAT WENT ON IN THE WEST WING IN THE DAYS SURROUNDING THE CAPITOL SIEGE. HE IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON

FRIDAY UNDER SUBPOENA FOR A CLOSED-DOOR, TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEW. A NEW REPORT OUT TODAY FROM TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY DETAILS A STRING OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO STOP A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSACRE IN UVALDE, TEXAS IN MAY. AMONG THEM, A POLICE OFFICER ARMED WITH A RIFLE MISSED HIS CHANCE TO SHOOT THE GUNMAN BECAUSE HE WAS WAITING FOR HIS SUPERVISOR'S PERMISSION. THE REPORTER ALSO SAID THAT SOME OF THE 21 VICTIMS COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IF THEY WERE GIVEN MEDICAL ATTENTION SOONER. PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE BY PHONE TODAY WITH THE WIFE OF U.S. PRO BASKETBALL STAR BRITTNEY GRINER, WHO IS ON TRIAL IN RUSSIA. WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY HE ASSURED HER HE IS WORKING TO ASSURE HIS -- WORKING TO SECURE HER WIFE'S RELEASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. RUSSIA HAS SAID GREINER CAN APPEAL HER SENTENCE OR ASK FOR CLEMENCY ONCE A VERDICT IS DELIVERED. HER NEXT COURT HEARING IS

SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. IN UKRAINE, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAY THAT A RENEWED RUSSIAN ONSLAUGHT ON TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE EAST HAS LEFT AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE DEAD AND DOZENS MORE WOUNDED. OVERNIGHT, RUSSIAN MISSILES FLATTENED A UNIVERSITY IN KHARKIV. UKRAINE HAD FORCED RUSSIAN TROOPS OUT OF UKRAINE'S SECOND-LARGEST CITY EARLIER IN THE WAR. UNITED NATIONS RELEASED A GRIM REPORT TODAY ON THE RISE OF WORLD HUNGER, CALLING IT A LOOMING CASTROPHE. THEY FOUND THAT AROUND 2.3 BILLION PEOPLE FACED MODERATE OR SEVERE DIFFICULTY GETTING ENOUGH TO EAT IN 2021. THE DATA WAS COLLECTED BEFORE THE WAR IN UKRAINE, WHICH HAS THREATENED FURTHER STARVATION. AT LEAST 77 PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED IN MONSOON RAINS ACROSS PAKISTAN OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS. THE DAILY TEST FLOODED HUGE SWATHS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, LEAVING SHELLSHOCKED RESIDENTS TO PICK UP THE PIECES. >> WE LOST SIX MEMBERS OF OUR

FAMILIES. WE LOST OUR HOUSES. WE LOST EVERYTHING. AFTER A BIG STRUGGLE, WE RECOVERED BODIES OF OUR LOVED ONES. NOW WE DON'T HAVE FOOD FOR OUR CHILDREN. JUDY: PAKISTAN'S MINISTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE SAYS THIS YEAR'S MONSOON RAINS HAVEEEN NEARLY 90% HEAVIER THAN AVERAGE. MORE THAN 400 INMATES IN NIGERIA ARE STILL AT LARGE AFTER A JAILBREAK IN THE CAPITAL CITY. EXPLOSIONS RANG OUT LATE LAST NIGHT AT A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON IN ABUJA. THE ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY. AROUND HALF OF THE NEARLY 900 PRISONERS WHO FLED HAVE NOW BEEN CAPTURED. ON THE PANDEMIC, THE FDA ANNOUNCED U.S. PHARMACISTS CAN NOW PRESCRIBE PAXLOVID AS THE LEADING COVID TREATMENT PILL DIRECTLY TO PATIENTS. MEANWHILE, OVERSEAS, BEIJING AND SHANGHAI RAMPED UP KOBA TESTING AGAIN AFTER A SPIKE IN NEW CASES -- RAMPED UP COVID TESTING AGAIN

AFTER A SPIKE IN NEW CASES. SOME WORRY CHINA COULD REALLY -- REIMPOSE RESTRICTIONS JUST WEEKS AFTER A STRICT LOCKDOWN. PRESIDENT BIDEN TOUTED HIS PLAN TO RESCUE PENSIONS FOR MILLIONS OF WORKERS DURING A VISIT TO CLEVELAND, OHIO. HE SAID THAT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WILL HELP UNDERFUNDED MULTIEMPLOYER PENSIONS REMAIN SOLVENT, AT LEAST THROUGH 2051, SO WORKERS WILL NOT SEE THEIR BENEFITS CUT DESPITE THE ECONOMIC CRISIS. >> THIS FOURTH OF JULY, LET'S REMEMBER WHO IS THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. IT IS YOU, THE AMERICAN WORKER. I PROMISED YOU I WOULD BE THE MOST PROLABOR, PROUNION, PRO-WORKER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT'S ANOTHER PROMISE I'M GOING TO BE KEEPING AS WELL. JUDY: THE WHITE HOUSE SAID WORKERS AND RETIREES IN SOME 200 MULTI-EMPLOYER PENSION PLANS WERE AT RISK OF NOT RECEIVING THE FULL BENEFITS THEY EARNED BEFORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOOK ACTION. STOCKS CLIMBED HIGHER ON WALL

STREET TODAY AS MINUTES FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S LAST POLICY MEETING REAFFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT TO TACKLE INFLATION. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE GAINED 70 POINTS TO CLOSE AT 31,037. THE NASDAQ ROSE 30 NINE POINTS, AND THE S&P 500 ADDED 13. STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR, HOW ABORTION PROVIDERS ARE ADJUSTING TO THEIR NEW REALITY. LEGAL BATTLES OVER PAST AND FUTURE ELECTIONS HEAT UP IN ARIZONA AND GEORGIA. CONSERVATIONISTS WORK TO PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES IN A RACK AND MUCH MORE. -- IN IRAQ, PLUS MUCH MORE. >> THIS IS "THE PBS NEWSHOUR" FROM WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON AND IN THE WEST FROM WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. JUDY: IN A YEAR OF MOSTLY SELF-INFLICTED POLITICAL WOUNDS FOR BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER, DOZENS OF MEMBERS OF HIS

GOVERNMENT RESIGNED YESTERDAY AND TODAY OVER HOW HE HANDLED ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY A FORMER AIDE. IT BEGAN WITH HIS HEALTH AND TREASURY SECRETARIES, BUT AMID DEAFENING CRIES FOR HIM TO STEP DOWN, JOHNSON IS DEFIANT. >> IF YOU CAN MEASURE THE TROUBLE YOU'RE IN BY THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS STATION OUTSIDE YOUR FRONT DOOR, THE PRIME MINISTER ONLY HAD TO GLANCE OUT THE WINDOW TO KNOW HE IS IN VERY SERIOUS STRAITS INDEED. EDIFYING IT WAVE AS HE ANSWERED PRIME MINISTER'S QUESTIONS, BUT TO EVER-INCREASING NUMBERS OF HIS PARTY, HE IS A LEADER WHO HAS RUN OUT OF ANSWERS. RESIGNATIONS IN HIS GOVERNMENT CONTINUE TO ROLL IN. CHARACTERISTIC OF HIM THAT HE TRIED TO MAKE LIGHT OF IT. >> THIS MORNING AT MEETINGS WITH MINISTERIAL COLLEAGUES AND

OTHERS -- [LAUGHTER] IN ADDITION TO MY DUTIES IN THIS HOUSE, I EXPECT I SHALL HAVE FURTHER SUCH MEETINGS LATER TODAY. >> BUT THAT LAUGHTER SOON DIED WITH THIS. >> THE DYING ACT OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER IS TO PARROT THAT NONSENSE AND ASK FOR THOSE WHO ARE LEFT ONLY IN OFFICE BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IS PREPARED TO DEBASE THEMSELVES ANY LONGER, THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHTWEIGHT BRIGADE. [LAUGHTER] >> THE FACES OF THE REMAINING LOYALISTS ON HIS FRONT BENCH, AND ONE AFTER THE OTHER, HIS OWN BACK BENCHES WILL GET THE KNIFE. >> DOES THE PRIME MINISTER THINK THERE ARE ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HE SHOULD RESIGN? >> TODAY I ASK HIM TO DO THE HONORABLE THING -- TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND RESIGN. >> THE JOB OF A PRIME MINISTER IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES IS TO KEEP GOING, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M

GOING TO DO. >> THE MEN WHO STARTED IT ALL LOOKED PRETTY BUOYANT HE LEFT TO TELL EVERYONE WHERE HE'D HAD TO GO. >> TREADING THE TIGHT ROPE BETWEEN LOYALTY AND INTEGRITY HAS BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN RECENT MONTHS, AND, MR. SPEAKER, I WILL NEVER RISK LOSING MY INTEGRITY, AND NOW THIS WEEK AGAIN, WE HAVE REASON TO QUESTION THE TRUTH AND INTEGRITY OF WHAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN TOLD, AND AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO CONCLUDE THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. >> THE PRIME MINISTER LOOKED INTO THE MIDDLE DISTANCE. THE EXPRESSIONS ON THE FACES OF HIS PARTY REFLECTED A GRIM STORY. AS WELL AS THE TICKING TALLY OF RESIGNATIONS, THE LETTERS OF NO CONFENCE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S LEADERSHIP ARE PILING UP. HIS NEXT DATE WITH DESTINY, FACING A COMMITTEE OF MP'S WERE EIGHT OF THE NINE TORY'S QUESTIONING HIM HAVE ALREADY WITHDRAWN THEIR SUPPORT. >> PRIME MINISTER, HOW'S YOUR WEEK GOING?

>> TERRIFIC. LIKE MANY OTHERS. >> THE PRIME MINISTER HAS MADE IT CLEAR HE WILL HAVE TO BE FORCED OUT OF NUMBER 10. BEHIND THIS DOOR, HIS CABINET MIGHT THE ABOUT TO TRY. -- MIGHT BE ABOUT TO TRY. JUDY: IT HAS BEEN ALMOST TWO WEEKS SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED THE FIVE DECADE OLD LANDMARK ABORTION RIGHTS DECISION ROE V. WADE. IN THAT SHORT TIME, DOCTORS AND ABORTION PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN LEFT TO NAVIGATE DIFFERENT STATE-BY-STATE LAWS, STILL TRYING TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THEIR PATIENTS. STEPHANIE: IN THIS POST-ROE WORLD, PHYSICIANS ARE HAVING TO WADE THROUGH MORALLY AND ETHICALLY MURKY WATERS. IN TEXAS, A LAW SUCH AGO INTO

EFFECT MAKES ALL ABORTIONS ILLEGAL INCLUDING IN CASES OF RAPE AND INCEST. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS TO KEEP A WOMAN FROM DYING, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN PRACTICE? I'M JOINED BY AN OB/GYN IN TEXAS WHO HAD OFFERED ABORTION CARE AS PART OF HER PRACTICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING "THE NEWSHOUR." IN TEXAS, THE LAW SAYS IF A DOCTOR SEES SUBSTANTIAL IMPAIRMENT OF BODILY FUNCTION DURING A PREGNANCY, THEY CAN LEGALLY PROVIDE AN ABORTION, BUT COULD THAT MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO EVERY DOCTOR? WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT? >> EXACTLY. THERE IS NOT ONE TYPE OF MEDICAL COMPLICATION WHERE YOU SAY, OK, THIS IS LIFE-THREATENING AND THIS IS NOT. IN PRACTICE, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WILL BE FACED WITH DIFFERENT HOSPITALS, DIFFERENT PHYSICIANS, DIFFERENT NURSES THAT WILL MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS DEPENDING ON THE DAY, AND THAT IS CATASTROPHIC TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE

IN OUR STATE. STEPHANIE: IN THE RECENT ARTICLE YOU CO-AUTHORED THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE "NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE," YOU INTEIEWED DOZENS OF CLINICIANS IN TEXAS AND WROTE, PATIENTS WITH PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARE COMP LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE EXACERBATED BY PREGNANCY ARE BEING FORCED TO DELAY AN ABORTION UNTIL THEIR CONDITIONS BECOME LIFE-THREATENING. DO YOU THINK SOME DOCTORS ARE ALREADY WAITING UNTIL A WOMAN'S VITAL SIGNS ARE IN DISTRESS, WHERE SHE IS NEAR DYING, BEFORE THEY FEEL THEY ARE LEGALLY COVERED TO PROVIDE AN ABORTION? >> YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT W SAW IN THE RESEARCH WE CONDUCTED AN EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE, THAT PEOPLE COME IN IN THE EARLY SECOND TRIMESTER WITH THEIR BAG OF WATER BROKEN. THIS IS A PREGNANCY COMPLICATION THAT, LET'S SAY, AT 18 WEEKS

CANNOT BE SAVED, BUT THEY ARE BEING TOLD THAT THEY NEED TO GO HOME AND WAIT UNTIL THEY HAVE A FEVER, WAIT UNTIL THEY START HEMORRHAGING, OR WAIT UNTIL THEY SHOW SIGNS OF SEPSIS BEFORE THEY CAN RETURN TO HAVE AN ABORTION. WE SAW THAT THROUGH OUR STUDY, AND I'M HEARING THAT FROM COLLEAGUES ALL ACROSS THE STATE IN THAT SETTING. >> ANOTHER COMPLICATION THAT CAN HAPPEN IN PREGNANCY AND ONE OF THE MO DANGEROUS IS AN TOPIC PREGNANCY WHEN A FERTILIZED EGG IMPLANTS OUTSIDE THE UTERUS. THIS IS IN THEORY EXCLUDED FROM THE ABORTION BAN IN TEXAS, BUT WHAT ARE YOU HEARING IN PRACTICE IS HAPPENING IN THAT INSTANCE? >> EVEN IN TOPIC PREGNANCY WHICH SEEMINGLY IS EXCLUDED, FALLS INTO A GRAY AREA WHICH CAN BE INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE PERSON SHOWS UP. MOST COMMONLY, AND TOPIC PREGNANCY MIGHT IMPLANT IN THE FALLOPIAN TUBES OR IN THE OVARIES, BUT AN TOPIC PREGNANCY CAN ALSO IMPLANT INTO A C-SECTION SCAR OR INTO A UTERINE SCAR FROM A PRIOR SURGERY. THAT PREGNANCY WILL THEN GROW THROUGH THE UTERINE SCAR,

POTENTIALLY OUTSIDE OF THE UTERUS AND INTO THE BLADDER. EVEN BEFORE THIS BAN WENT INTO EFFECT, THERE WERE HOSPITALS IN TEXAS THAT WOULD REFUSE TO CARE FOR SOMEONE WITH AN TOPIC -- ECTOPIC IN A C-SECTION SCAR BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SURE IF IT WAS AN TOPIC OR NOT. WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BEING DENIED CARE FOR THESE GRAY AREAS THAT ARE NOT AS CLEAR-CUT BECAUSE THAT DECISION-MAKING IS VERY INDIVIDUALIZED. IT CANNOT BE CLEARLY DEFINED IN A LAW. THIS IS A COMPLICATION IN THIS IS NOT A COMPLICATION. THIS IS NEAR DEATH AND THIS IS NOT NEAR DEATH. THAT IS VERY INDIVIDUAL. >> IN THE CASES YOU HAVE DESCRIBED SO FAR, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER. WHAT ABOUT THOSE MOTHERS THAT ARE CARRYING FETUSES WITH DIAGNOSED FATAL ABNORMALITIES, GENETIC ABNORMALITIES WHERE THEY KNOW THAT ONCE THEY HAVE THE BABY, THAT THE BABY'S LIFESPAN IS LIMITED?

>> YES, UNFORTUNATELY NONE OF THESE LAWS IN OUR STATE HAVE ANY EXCEPTIONS FOR LETHAL FETAL DIAGNOSIS, SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST 10 MONTHS IS THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE DIAGNOSED WITH LETHAL FETAL CONDITIONS -- FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THE BRAIN DOES NOT GROW OR WHERE THERE ARE NO KIDNEYS -- THERE IS NOT A POTENTIAL FOR LIFE AFTER BIRTH, AND YET, PREGNANT PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO ENDURE A COMPLETE PREGNANCY, AND THE RISKS THAT COME WITH THAT. AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER TEXAS HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES IN THE COUNTRY. EVEN MORE SO FOR BLACK WOMEN IN OUR STATE, SO THIS DISPROPORTIONATELY PUTS BLACK PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR AT RISK OF MATERNAL DEATH WITHOUT ANY BENEFIT OR POTENTIAL CHANCE FOR A LIVE BIRTH. >> WE KNOW THAT THE UNITED STATES AS A WHOLE HAS A HIGHER MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE THAN OTHER NATIONS OF EQUAL AFFLUENCE .

IF A DOCTOR MAKES A DECISION TO NOT PROVIDE AN ABORTION AND THAT LEADS TO A WOMAN OR GIRL'S DEATH, WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY DO THEY HAVE UNDER THE LAW? >> THAT WILL REMAIN TO BE SEEN. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT OUR DUTY IS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR PATITS AND WE HAVE TO ACT THROUGH THAT MORAL COMPASS. THE ETHICAL DUTY WE HAVE TWO CARE FOR PEOPLE AND TO SAVE THEIR LIVES, BUT HOW THIS WILL TURN OUT FROM A MEDICAL, LEGAL STANDPOINT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE COURTS, AND THAT IS THE EVEN MORE TERRIFYING POINT FOR ALL OF US AS PREGNANT PEOPLE, AS PREGNANT CAPABLE PEOPLE, AS MOMS, AND AS AMERICANS. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING "THE NEWSHOUR." >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. ♪ JUDY: MOST STATES HAVE BY NOW HELD THEIR PARTY PRIMARIES FOR

THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS, BUT MANY ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THAT INCLUDES INVESTIGATIONS INTO EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020 RESULTS AND CHALLENGES TO NEW ELECTION LAWS. >> THIS ELECTION YEAR, JUST LIKE IN 2020, ALL EYES ARE ON A HANDFUL OF KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES. THAT'S WHERE WE TURN OUR FOCUS. A POLITICAL REPORTER FOR GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND A REPORTER AT ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA JOIN US NOW. LET'S START IN GEORGIA AND LOOK AT THE LIST OF PEOPLE SUBPOENAED JUST YESTERDAY IN THE FULTON COUNTY GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF THE 2020 ELECTION. THERE ARE TOP TRUMP OFFICIALS LIKE RUDY GIULIANI, SOME TOP ALLIES LIKE THEN JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN LINDSEY GRAHAM, OTHERS INVOLVING A PHONE CALL TO STATE OFFICIALS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHERS. WHAT DO YOU THINK THESE

SUBPOENAS MEAN AND WHAT DO THEY TELL US ABOUT THIS CASE? >> IT SENDS A PRETTY CLEAR MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT THIS SPECIAL GRAND JURY AND FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ARE LOOKING FOR AS THEY CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION IN GEORGIA. MUCH OF THE FIGURES THAT HAVE BEEN SUBPOENAED APPEARED AT A DECEMBER 2020 UNOFFICIAL HEARING OF THE GEORGIA STATE LEGISLATURE WHERE NOBODY WAS UNDER OATH, NOBODY WAS COMPELLED TO TELL THE TRUTH, AND A LOT OF FALSEHOODS WERE SHARED ABOUT GEORGIA'S ELECTION, PARTICULARLY VOTE COUNTED NEXT VOTE COUNTING, AND SEVERAL VIDEO CLIPS WERE PLAYED THAT TURNED OUT TO BE DEBUNKED, BUT THE PEOPLE IN THESE SUBPOENAS STILL PUSHED THOSE CLAIMS, AND THAT IS SOME OF WHAT INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT. >> WE ALREADY KNOW SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS SAID HE IS NOT GOING TO COOPERATE WITH THE SUBPOENA. HE CALLS THIS POLITICS. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT IS AHEAD IN THIS FIGHT AND THE TIMELINE IN THIS CASE? >> IT IS MOVING RELATIVELY

QUICKLY. THE SPECIAL JURY WAS IMPANELED IN MAY. THEY HAVE BEEN HEARING TESTIMONY FROM EVERYONE FROM REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD RAFFENSPERGER TO DEMOCRATIC SECRETARY OF STATE WORKERS THAT WERE PRESENT IN THE HEARING AND MUCH OF WE ARE SEEING WITH THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE HEARINGS, PROSECUTORS AND THE GRAND JURY ARE BUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP A FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL INVESTIGATION INTO MANY OF THE CLAIMS MADE, MANY POTENTIAL CRIMES THAT WERE COMMITTED, AND WE COULD SEE THIS ACCELERATE RAPIDLY. >> SUBPOENAS ALSO IN ARIZONA JUST LAST WEEK. WE HAVE SEEN REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS SUBPOENAED LAST WEEK, THIS TIME BY THE FBI. TELUS, WHO ARE TSE LAWMAKERS, AND WHAT IS THE FBI LOOKING FOR HERE? >> THE LEADER OF THE STATE SENATE, A REPUBLICAN FROM PRESS GET, AND A LEADER FROM THE MESA AREA, FROM THE APACHE JUNCTION AREA.

KELLY TOWNSEND SAID THE SUBPOENA SHE RECEIVED WAS SEEKING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN HER AND TRUMP'S LAWYERS. WE ALREADY KNOW, OF COURSE, THAT TRUMP'S ATTORNEYS LIKE RUDY GIULIANI WERE IN TOUCH WITH LEADING ARIZONA LAWMAKERS AFTER THE 2020 ELECTION AS LAWMAKERS EITHER JOINT CALLS OR FACED MOUNTING CALLS TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE SENATE TOLD CONSTITUENTS IN THE SUMMER 2020 IN AN EMAIL THAT SHE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH RUDY GIULIANI, SO I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THESE SUBPOENAS REVEAL ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THAT COMMUNICATION, ABOUT THE PRESSURE CAMPAIGN THAT LAWMAKERS WERE FACING OR PARTICIPATING IN. SHE HAS DOWNPLAYED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SUBPOENA, THOUGH, SAID THAT IT IS SEEKING DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS THAT OTHERS HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS LAWS. >> IT IS A LOT TO KEEP TRACK OF. WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT INVESTIGATIONS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS A LAWSUIT IN THE

STATE OF ARIZONA. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUING THE STATE OVER A NEW ELECTION LAW. THE LAW IS NOT THAT SIMPLE, BUT HERE ARE SOME OF THE POINTS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT, THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE VOTERS TO BRING DOCUMENT PROVING CITIZENSHIP. THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHECK A CITIZENSHIP BOX AND FILL IN THEIR PLACE OF BIRTH. HELP US OUT -- WHAT IS THE LEGAL BACK AND FORTH OVER THIS LAW? >> ARIZONA ALREADY REQUIRES VOTERS TO PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP WHEN THEY REGISTER. IF THEY DO NOT, THEY STILL HAVE A RIGHT, OF COURSE, TO CAST A BALLOT IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS, TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, TO VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. THIS NEW LAW PASSED ON PARTYLINE VOTE IN THE LEGISLATE -- LEGISLATURE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, REQUIRES VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP OF THOSE VOTERS WHO HAVE NOT PROVIDED PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP AND IT SAYS IF YOU HAVE NOT PROVIDED PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, YOU CANNOT VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND CANNOT VOTE BY MAIL. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS THIS VIOLATES THE NATIONAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT. THE SUPREME COURT HAS ALREADY

TAKEN UP A SIMILAR POLICY IN ARIZONA ABOUT A DECADE AGO. STAFF AT THE LEGISLATURE HAVE WARNED THAT THE LEGISLATURE WOULD LIKELY END UP IN THIS POSITION FACING CHALLENGES TO THIS LAW IN COMMITTEE HEARINGS AS LAWMAKERS DEBATE AND ATTORNEYS WARNED THAT THIS COULD VIOLATE FEDERAL LAW. AS ONE LAWMAKER SAID, THOUGH, THEY BELIEVE THIS IS A FIGHT OF HAVING, AND I THINK IT IS PERHAPS LOOKING AT THIS WHOLE BACK-AND-FORTH AS AN EFFORT BY SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS TO CHALLENGE BROADER NATIONAL VOTING RIGHTS LAWS. >> AND WANT TO ASK BOTH OF YOU, YOU ARE THERE ON THE GROUND, YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING AND COVERING HOW YOUR STATE VOTES AND THE CONTROVERSY AROUND HOW YOUR STATES HAVE VOTED. I WANT TO ASK BOTH OF YOU, WHERE DO THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW? >> GEORGIA'S ELECTION LAW HAS BEEN CHALLENGED, NUMEROUS DIFFERENT CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN FILED, AND SO FAR, IT HAS BEEN A SLOW-MOVING PROCESS. WE DID RECENTLY HAVE A FEDERAL

JUDGE DENIED IF A LUMINARY INJUNCTION TO BLOCK PART OF GEORGIA'S LAW DEALING WITH THIRD-PARTY ABSENTEE BALLOTS, BUT WE ARE RUNNING CLOSE TO A TIME WHEN FEDERAL COURTS DO NOT NORMALLY LIKE TO CHANGE ELECTION LAWS BECAUSE WE HAVE PREPARATIONS HAPPENING VERY SOON FOR THE NOVEMBER RACE, SO IT IS UNLIKELY THAT GEORGIA'S ELECTION LAW WILL CHANGE ANY TIME -- WILL CHANGE BEFORE ANY TIME VOTERS HAD TO THE POLLS. >> I THINK WE WILL GET A SENSE OF THAT NEXT MONTH WHEN PUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS HAVE SOME REALLY BIG CHOICES TO MAKE ABOUT WHO THEY WANT TO ELEVATE TO OR NOMINATE FOR ELECTION OFFICIALS. THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S RACE SETS A KEY ROLE IN SETTING ELECTION POLICY IN RUNNING THE STATE SELECTIONS. YOU HAVE A CANDIDATE RUNNING ON HIS ENDORSEMENT FROM DONALD TRUMP AND CANDIDATES TRYING TO STRIKE MORE MODERATE TONE. EVEN AT LOCAL LEVELS, I THINK YOU WILL SEE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS WEIGHING IN ABOUT THE DIRECTION THEY WANT TO STATE TO GO, HOW THEY NT ELECTIONS TO

BE RUN IN THE FUTURE HERE. THE HOUSE SPEAKER WHO WAS TESTIFYING IN FRONT OF THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE IS RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE AND HAS A PRIMARY CHALLENGER WHO IS TOUTING HIS SUPPORT FOR DONALD TRUMP, SO YOU WILL SEE, I THINK, A PRETTY GOOD INDICATION WHICH WAY THE BASE OF THE PARTY WANTS TO GO HERE IN THE COMING MONTHS. >> O EXPERT REPORTERS ON THE GROUND, WE THANK BOTH OF YOU. JUDY: LAST YEAR SET A RECORD FOR HEAT-RELATED DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THIS YEAR IS ALREADY SHAPING UP TO BE WORSE IN TERMS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES. STEPHANIE IS BACK NOW WITH THIS REPORT FROM PHOENIX IN MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, WHICH HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF HEAT-RELATED DEATHS AND WHERE RISING HOMELESSNESS IN RECENT YEARS IS MAKING EVEN MORE PEOPLE VULNERABLE TO EXTREME HEAT.

STEPHANIE: CLAY HATFIELD HAS BEEN LIVING IN THIS END ON A SIDEWALK IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS. HE IS 69. >> I KEEP A TABLE COVERED WITH A TOWEL SO THE TABLE DOES NOT GET HOT AND I KEEP TOWELS OVER THE CHAIR SO IT DOES NOT GET HOT, TRYING TO CUT DOWN ALL THE RADIANT HEAT THAT I CAN. >> WHEN WE VISITED HIM IN EARLY JUNE, IT GOT UP TO 100 DEGREES, AND HE WAS BRACING FOR HOTTER DAYS TO COME, BUT YOU CAN ONLY WEATHERPROOF A TENT SO MUCH. >> I'M NOT GOING TO GET IT TO A COMFORTABLE LEVEL. WHAT I WAS HOPING TO DO IS ACHIEVE A LIVABLE LEVEL. 110 IS GOING TO KILL ME. 90 I CAN LIVE WITH. >> HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT GOING TO A SHELTER DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS? >> HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE SHELTERS -- AT ABOUT 5:00 OR SIX A CLOCK IN THE MORNING, YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE SHELTER, SO THAN IN THE HOT, MISERABLE TIME OF THE DAY, YOU ARE OUT ON THE STREET WITH NOWHERE TO GO.

I TRIED IT AND IT WAS MISERABLE. STEPHANIE: THERE IS SOMEWHERE HE CAN GO -- HIS TENT IS JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM A DAYTIME CENTER FOR HOMELESS SENIORS. EVEN A SHORT WALK IN THIS HEAT CAN SCALD THE SOLES OF YOUR SHOES. AT THE JUSTICE CENTER, HATFIELD CAN GET A MEAL AND A COLD SHOWER. >> IF I WAS NOT ABLE TO COME HERE AND SIT AND GET WATER AND JUST COOL OFF AND STAY OUT OF THE HEAT, I WOULD NOT MAKE IT BECAUSE I'M THAT SENSITIVE TO THE HEAT. STEPHANIE: WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT IS NOT HYPERBOLE. THE ELDERLY AND UN-HOUSE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO HEAT-RELATED DEATH, BUT DEBORAH HAS ADDED RISK. >> I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY PASSED OUT ONCE FROM THE HEAT AND I WAS NOT IN THE DIRECT SUN. STEPHANIE: SHE ONLY RECENTLY BECAME HOMELESS. >> THE HOUSE I WAS LIVING IN I

WAS RENTING. I WAS HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER, SO I LOST MY CAR. I WENT AND RENTED A HOTEL ROOM. I WAS PAYING UP TO $2200 A MONTH JUST FOR A HOTEL ROOM. >> AS SHE WAITS FOR THE INSURANCE CLAIM ON HER WRECKED CAR TO BE PAID, SHE IS JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE HER FIRST SUMMER WITHOUT HOUSING. [SIREN] HEAT IS AN ANNUAL EMERGENCY HERE. THE FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS OF PHOENIX FREQUENTLY RESPOND TO HEAT DISTRESS CALLS GOING TO THIS CAPTAIN. >> ON THOSE DAYS WHERE YOU MIX IT IN WITH NOT DRINKING, NOT HAVING PROPER NUTRITION AND ALSO PART -- POSSIBLY ALCOHOL OR DRUGS, PEOPLE JUST BECOME ALTERED AND NOW CANNOT TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THEY JUST START OVERHEATING REAL FAST. STEPHANIE: IN RECENT YEARS, THE HOMELESS HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE TOTAL DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAT IN MARICOPA COUNTY. 2020 WAS A SCREAMING ALARM FOR

OFFICIALS HERE. ONE OF THE STATE'S DRIEST AND HOTTEST SUMMERS ON RECORD WAS ALSO ITS DEADLIEST. OVER 520 DEATHS LINKED TO HEAT, TWICE THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES REPORTED NATIONALLY FROM ALL OTHER NATIONAL DISASTERS COMBINED. >> HOW WE DOING THIS MORNING? FEELING OK? I SEE YOU GOT SOME SHADE THERE. >> IN RESPONSE, THE CITY OF PHOENIX CREATED A NEW OFFICE, APPOINTING A HEALTH AND CLIMATE SCIENTIST AS A SORT OF HEAT CZAR , THE FIRST PUBLICLY FUNDED POSITION OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY. >> HEAT ILLNESS STATISTICS WOULD SUGGEST IN GENERAL WE ARE NOT MEETING THE NEED YET. WE HAVE SEEN INCREASING NUMBERS OF HEAT-ASSOCIATED DEATHS, FOUR HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE SINCE 2019. STEPHANIE: SOON AFTER TAKING THE JOB, HE REALIZED HE COULD NOT SOLVE HEAT DEATHS WITHOUT ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. >> OUR BEST GUESS IS INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN MARICOPA COUNTY ARE AT 200 TIMES

HIGHER RISK THAN FOLKS WHO HAVE REGULAR, STABLE HOUSING. STEPHANIE: WHILE HAVING OUTREACH WORKERS HAND OUT WATER AND SUNSCREEN CANNOT HURT, HE SAYS THOSE AND EVEN COOLING CENTERS ARE ONLY BAND-AIDS. >> WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT DRUG AND ALCOHOL REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY. WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT SIMPLY MORE SHELTERS FOR FOLKS IN THE CITY. STEPHANIE: CLIMATE CHANGE MODELS SAY PHOENIX SHOULD EXPECT MORE SUPER HOT DAYS. >> PROJECTIONS SUGGEST OUR HOTTEST DAYS, DAYS THAT ARE IN THE 115 TO 120 HAVING DEGREE RANGE COULD BECOME 4, 5, 6 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT HOTTER OVER THE NEXT DECADES. THOSE HOTTEST DAYS ARE ABSOLUTELY THE MOST DANGEROUS. STEPHANIE: IN PHOENIX, THEY ARE ALSO PILOTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO TRY TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURES IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY HAVE BEGUN SPRAYING A REFLECTIVE COATING ON CERTAIN CITY STREETS. EARLY DATA SHOWS THAT THE TEMPERATURE ON THIS SURFACE IS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN ON

TRADITIONAL ASPHALT. >> WE COULD WIND UP WITH A PHOENIX OF THE FUTURE THAT IS COOLER THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, EVEN IF GLOL WARMING CONTINUES. THAT GIVES US MOTIVATION TO INVEST IN AN EXPERIMENT WITH TECHNOLOGIES LIKE COOL PAVEMENT. WE HAVE MORE MILES OF COOL PAVEMENT HERE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN NORTH AMERICA. STEPHANIE: BUT THE LOAD TECH TACTIC THAT MAY MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT IS PLANTING MORE TREES. THEY GIVE SHADE AND THE WATER THEY TAKE IN THROUGH THE CITY IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS GIVEN BACK AS MOISTURE AND COOLING TO THE AIR, A PROCESS CALLED EVAPOTRANSPIRATION. AT THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WEST PHOENIX, A CULTURAL ECOLOGIST IS HELPING OUT. >> IT'S A LOT OF WATER THAT FLOWS ON THE STREETS, SO WE CAN

GUIDE THAT WATER WITH NATIVE PLANTS, WITH NATIVE TREES, SO EVENTUALLY, WE CAN TURN PHOENIX INTO A GREEN CITY. STEPHANIE: AMY ESPOSITO SAYS PLANTING CANY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. >> WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS WHERE WE PLANT TREES FROM AN EQUITY STANDPOINT, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WHERE WE PLANT TREES WHERE TREES ARE NOT CURRENTLY INVESTED IN AS MUCH. STEPHANIE: YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO SEE THAT SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE LESS SHADE COMPARED TO MORE AFFLUENT AREA PHOENIX'S CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY ALLOCATED $6 MILLION OF LEFT OVER COVERT RESCUE MONEY TO FUND TREEPLANTING. THE HEAT OFFICE IS FINDING -- FIGHTING AN UPHILL BATTLE WITH URBAN DEVELOPMENT. PHOENIX IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. IT IS ALREADY WHAT EXPERTS CALL

A HEAT ISLAND WITH THE LACK OF SHADE COMBINED WITH HEAT ABSORBING ASPHALT CAN MAKE IT 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN SURROUNDING AREAS. >> YOU ARE TRYING TO BUILD A HEAT RESISTANT METROPOLIS IN THE MIDDLE OF SONORA DESERTS. IS THAT EVEN REALISTIC? >> WE LOOK AT WHAT CLIMATE MODELS SUGGEST WE CAN DO WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT AND WE THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE BECOMING AVAILABLE AND WE ARE THINKING ABOUT LOW HANGING FRUIT IN TERMS OF HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO JUST NUDGE BEHAVIORS A LITTLE BIT TO BE SAFER IN OUR HEAT. WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AHEAD FOR HOW THIS COULD BE A THRIVING, SUSTAINABLE CITY DECADES AND CENTURIES INTO THE FUTURE. >> BUT THAT KIND OF TRANSFORMATION WILL TAKE DECADES OF INVESTMENT AND POLITICAL WILL . FOR NOW, THEY NEED FOR COOLING CENTERS HAS GROWN SO MUCH THAT FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE NEEDED TO HEL MEET DEMAND. THE JUSTICE CENTER DEPENDS ON DONATIONS. WHAT DOES THE COOLING CENTER MEAN FOR YOUR DAILY LIFE?

>> I WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED WITHOUT IT. STEPHANIE: HERE, CHARITY MEANS NOT ONLY FEENG THE POOR AND GIVING THEM WATER TO DRINK, BUT PROVIDING AIR-CONDITIONED REFUGE FROM THE RELENTLESS SUMMER HEAT. ♪ JUDY: IRAQ FINDS ITSELF IN THE NEWS USUALLY DUE TO VIOLENCE AND CONFLICT, BUT THE COUNTRY ALSO BOASTS A RICH, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, SPANNING JAGGED MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTH TO PRISTINE DESERTS IN THE SOUTH, OFFERING A HABITAT TO 84 ENDANGERED SPECIES. WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONISTS ARE TRYING TO STRENGTHEN LAWS AND RAISE AWARENESS TO SAVE THESE ANIMALS FROM EXTINCTION. OUR CENTRAL CORRESPONDENT BEGINS HER REPORT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF

NORTHERN IRAQ. >> WE ARE FOLLOWING HANNAH ON HER ARDUOUS JOURNEY IN PURSUIT OF THE PERSIAN LEOPARD, ONE OF THE 17 ENDANGERED MAMMALS IN IRAQ. SCRABBLING ACROSS THE RUGGED TERRAIN AND ACCOMPANIED BY FOREST POLICE, THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONIST IS TRYING TO LOCATE ONE OF THE MOTION SENSOR CAMERAS SET UP THREE MONTHS AGO TO PHOTOGRAPH THE ELUSIVE CATS. >> TODAY WE ARE GOING TO PICK UP TWO CAMERA TRUCKS AND SEE IF WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN TRACKING THE LEOPARD OR NOT. >> THE PERSIAN LEOPARD ONCE ROAMED LARGE PARTS OF HER RACK FROM THE NORTH TO THE LOWLANDS FURTHER SOUTH. IT WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE GONE EXTINCT AS A RESULT OF DECADES OF WAR, HUNTING, AND THE GRADUAL DESTRUCTION OF ITS NATURAL HABITAT. IN 2011, HANNAH'S CAMERAS STRAPPED TO OAKTREE'S ALONG FOREST PATHS PHOTOGRAPHED THE

KNOWN PREDATOR. SHE HAS SINCE BEEN WORKING ON A POPULATION ESTIMATE, BUT NOW THESE REMOTE AREAS TO THE LEOPARD ALSO POSE CHALLGES TO THOSE TRYING TO PRESERVE IT. >> SOMETIMES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GET SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THE USE OF CAMERAS. THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR US TO CONDUCT CAMERA TRAPPING AND FIELDWORK. >> ADD TO THAT, THE PHYSICAL RISK OF ACCESSING THIS PREVIOUSLY WAR-AFFLICTED REGION. >> THERE'S A LOT OF MINEFIELDS THAT STOPS US FROM GOING INTO THE MOUNTAINS FREELY AND SETTING UP CAMERA TRAPS. >> HANNAH BELIEVES ABOUT TWO DOZEN MALE PERSIAN LEOPARD LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN IRAQ, SUSTAINED BY A LARGER BREEDING POPULATION ACROSS THE BORDER IN IRAN. TO MAP AND PROTECT THE AREAS USED BY THE ANIMALS, SHE WORKS WITH AREA CONSERVATIONISTS, BUT

THE PROJECT CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT IN 2018 AFTER HER IRANIAN COUNTERPARTS WORK ARRESTED AND LATER CONVICTED FOR SPYING, MOST LIKELY BECAUSE THEY USED CAMERA TRAPS. >> THE ANIMALS WE STUDY ARE ALREADY FACING A KNOWN THREAT. WHEN THE CONSERVATIONISTS ARE IMPRISONED, RIGHT NOW IN IRAN, THERE'S NO ONE IN THE FIELD TO WORK ON PROTECTING THESE ANIMALS. >> BACK AT THE CAR, HANNAH FLIPS TO THE PICTURES TAKEN WITH THE CAMERA WE HAVE JUST RECOVERED. THERE ARE PHOTOS OF WILD GOATS, RANGERS PATROLLING, BUT NO LEOPARD. >> I HAVE GREAT HOPES FOR THIS ONE, ACTUALLY. >> HOW DISAPPOINTING. >> YEAH. IT IS VERYISAPPOINTING. >> STILL MORE SETBACKS ARE TO COME.

HANNAH SETS OFF TO RECOVER THE SECOND CAMERA BUT RETURNS EMPTY-HANDED. THE CAMERA WAS STOLEN, LIKELY BY HUNTERS WHO FEAR IT COULD EXPOSE THEM. >> THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME MY CAMERAS ARE STOLEN IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE MOUNTAIN. AS WE WERE COMING DOWN, I ACTUALLY SAW TWO HUNTERS. >> HUNTING IN THE AREA IS FORBIDDEN, BUT THE RANGERS ARE TO UNDER RESOURCED, TO THINLY SPREAD TO ENFORCE REGULATIONS. OIL EXPLORATION RISKS FURTHER HAMPERING CONSERVATION EFFORTS. CONSERVATIONISTS HAVE LOBBIED AUTHORITIES TO DESIGNATE THE AREA AS A NATURE PRESERVE FOR THE LEOPARD, BUT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY RED TAPE, THE LACK OF ADEQUATE REGULATION. TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE PERSIAN LEOPARD, WE HAD TO VISIT A NEARBY ZOO.

THIS SIX-YEAR-OLD MALE RECENTLY LOST HIS HIND LEG WHEN HE FELL INTO A TRAP SET BY LOCAL FARMERS. WILDLIFE THAT AN CONSERVATIONIST -- A WILDLIFEET AND CONSERVATIONIST HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO AMPUTATE THE LEG. THE LEPER NOW FACES LIFE IN CAPTIVITY, BUT I HOPE YOU CAN STILL PROVE USEFUL TO CONSERVATION EFFORTS. >> MAYBE WE KEEP SOME SEAMEN OR DO SOME ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION. >> ILLEGAL HUNTING IS NOT JUST THREATENING WILDLIFE IN ROCKY KURDISTAN. IT IS WIPING OUT EVER SHRINKING POPULATIONS OF ENDANGERED SPECIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING HERE IN IRAQ'S SOUTHERN DESERTS BORDERING SAUDI ARABIA. WE JOIN A GROUP OF LOCAL HUNTERS LOOKING FOR A MIGRATORY BIRD THAT SPENDS THE WINTERS IN

DIRECT. >> IN THE PATH, THE QUANTITY WAS MUCH MORE THAN THE CURRENT HERE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF HUNTERS, THE NUMBER OF WORDS HAS GONE DOWN. >> IT IS A PRIZED BIRD THAT CAN SELL FOR HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. IT IS TRADITIONALLY HUNTED WITH THE HELP OF FALCONS. MANY OF THE FALCONERS FLOODING THESE DESERTS DURING THE COLDER WINTER MONTHS ARE NOT IRAQIS BUT HUNTING DELEGATIONS FROM NEARBY GULF COUNTRIES LIKE QATAR OR KUWAIT. THEIR PRESENCE INJECTS MUCH-NEEDED MONEY INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. >> THE PEOPLE HERE WORK AS GUIDES WITH VISITORS FROM THE GULF COUNTRIES. ALSO, THE VISITORS BY SHEEP, FOOD AND VEGETABLES FROM THE MARKET, FUEL FOR THEIR CARS, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS AT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, WHICH IS GOOD. >> BUT OTHERS ARE CONCERNED THAT OVER HUNTING IS QUICKLY DEPLETING THE ALREADY SCARCE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THESE BARREN DESERTS. >> THEY OVER HUNT AND WASTE THE DESERT ANIMAL POPULATION. THEY HUNT FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

>> THE MEN SAY THAT THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT HAS ENCOURAGED HUNTING DELEGATIONS FROM GULF COUNTRIES WITH WHOM THE PRIME MINISTER HAS SOUGHT TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC TIES, BUT THE OFFICIAL MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT SAYS HUNTING REMAINS STRAIGHTLY FOR BID IN AND THAT PERMISSIONS ARE GRANTED THROUGH PERSONAL PERMISSIONS RATHER THAN OFFICIAL CHANNELS. >> THEY HAVE THE PERMISSION, SURE, BUT WHO AUTHORIZED THEM? THEY DON'T KNOW. THEY APPLY FOR IT THROUGH THE GOVERNOR. THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO COME AND SPEND MONEY, AND THE GOVERNOR ACCEPTS. >> JUST LIKE IN IRAQI KURDISTAN TO THE NORTH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICE DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ENFORCE THE LAW. THE RESULT IS THAT IT HAS BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THEM. EARLY ON, WE TRY OUR LUCK. >> THAT'S WHERE THEY LIKE TO HIDE.

>> THERE'S NO TRACE OF THE BIRD THIS MORNING. >> YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NOTHING CROSSING IN THIS TRACT. I CAN ONLY SEE FOOTPRINTS FROM THE FOX. >> RISING TEMPERATURES AND DESERT OF A K AND ARE PUTTING FURTHER PRESSURE ON THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES, GRADUALLY ERODING PRECIOUS HABITATS, BUT BOTH CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONSERVATION RAN LOW ON THE GOVERNMENT'S LIST OF PRIORITIES, LEAVING CONSERVATIONISTS ALONE IN THEIR UPHILL BATTLE TO PRESERVE WILDLIFE. JUDY: SO RARE TO GET THAT KIND OF REPORT. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL. THAT IS "THE NEWSHOUR" FOR TONIGHT. JOIN US ONLINE AND AGAIN HERE TOMORROW EVENING. FOR ALL OF US, THANK YOU. PLEASE STAY SAFE, AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "THE PBS NEWSHOUR" HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY >> FOR 25 YEARS, CONSUMER CELLULAR'S GOAL HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE WIRELESS SERVICE THAT HELPS PEOPLE COMMUNICATE AND CONNECT.

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