PBS NewsHour; October 14, 2021, 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT

- >> GOOD EVENING. - I AM JUDY WOODFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, ENERGY - CRUNCH. - A LIMITED SUPPLY OF GLOBAL - ENERGY SOURCES HAS LED TO RISING - PRICES WORLDWIDE. - GASOLINE IN THE U.S. AT A - SEVEN-YEAR HIGH WITH FUEL COSTS - EXPECTED TO CLIMB AND THEN - TROUBLED WATER. - RESIDENTS OF ANOTHER - PREDOMINANTLY BLACK CITY IN - MICHIGAN ARE ORDERED TO USE - BOTTLED WATER AMID HEALTH RISKS - FROM HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD - CONTAMINATION. - AND IRAQ'S UNCERTAIN FUTURE. - DISAFFECTION AMONG VOTERS - FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF PROTEST - LEADERS PROMPT A POOR ELECTION - TURNOUT. - >> THIS USED TO BE THE MAIN - PROTEST SQUARE. - ON AN EVENING LIKE THIS, THERE - WOULD BE HUNDREDS, EVEN - THOUSANDS, OF DEMONSTRATORS. - AFTER MONTHS OF TARGETED

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- PROGRAM AFTER THE LATEST - HEADLINES. - AMERICANS WHO HAVE HAD MODERNA'S - COVID-19 VACCINE ARE A BIG STEP - CLOSER TO GETTING BOOSTERS. - AN ADVISORY PANEL RECOMMENDED - THE EXTRA SHOT TODAY FOR SENIOR - CITIZENS. - THE SAME GUIDELINES ALREADY - APPLIED TO PFIZER'S BOOSTER - SHOTS. - THE RECOMMENDATION NOW GOES TO - THE FDA AND THE CDC. - AND WHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN URGED - MORE BUSINESSES TO MANDATE COVID - VACCINATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES. - AT THE WHITE HOUSE, HE SAID - MANDATES ARE DRIVING UP THE - NATION'S CCINATION RATES AND, - HE ARGUED, AGAIN, IT'S NOT ABOUT - POLITICS. - PRES. BIDEN: VACCINATION - REQUIREMENTS SHOULD NOT BE - ANOTHER ISSUE THAT DIVIDES US. - THAT IS WHY WE CONTINUE TO - BATTLE THE MISINFORMATION THAT - IS OUT THERE. - JUDY: -- VANESSA: THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO ENACT - VACCINATIONS WITH A REQUIREMENT - FOR LARGER COMPANIES BUT SOME - REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ARE - OPPOSING THAT MOVES. - ALSO IN WASHINGTON, JAY INSLEE

- ISSUED AN ORDER REQUIRING PROOF - OF VACCINATION OR A NEGATIVE - TEST TO ATTEND LARGE EVENTS LIKE - CONCERTS OR SPORTS COMPETITIONS - IN THE STATE, STARTING IN - NOVEMBER. - ALSO HAPPENING LATE TONIGHT, - PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED - SHORT-TERM DEBT LIMIT INCREASE - PASSED BY CONGRESS. - THE MEASURE AVERSE FEDERAL - DEFAULT UNTIL DECEMBER. - THERE IS YET MORE DATA THAT - SHOWS U.S. INFLATION IS RUNNING - HOT. - THE LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTS - WHOLESALE PRICES SPIKED 8.6% IN - SEPTEMBER FROM A YEAR EARLIER, - THE MOST SINCE 2010, WHEN THE - GOVERNMENT BEGAN CALCULATING - YEAR-TO-YEAR INCREASES. - NOW, A BOEING TEST PILOT HAS - BEEN INDICTED ON FRAUD CHARGES - RELATED TO HIS WORK EVALUATING - THE 737 MAX JETLINER. - THAT MODEL OF PLANE WAS INVOLVED - IN TWO DEADLY CRASHES. - PROSECUTORS ALLEGE HE GAVE FALSE - AND INCOMPLETE INFORMATION TO - THE FEDERAL AVIATION - ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE PLANES

- FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM, WHICH WAS - IMPLICATED IN THE CRASHES THAT - KILLED 346 PEOPLE. - HE COULD FACE A SENTENCE OF UP - TO 100 YEARS IN PRISON. - IN BEIRUT, LEBANON, LEAST SIX - PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND DOZENS - WOUNDED TODAY IN THE WORST - MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN - FIGHTING IN YEARS. - DON BATTLES BROKE OUT AS SHIITE - MILITANTS OF HEZBOLLAH PROTESTED - AGAINST A JUDGE INVESTIGATING - LAST YEAR'S EXPLOSION. - MANY WERE SHOT BY SNIPERS ON - ROOFTOPS. - >> THERE WERE PROTESTS, AND THEN - SUDDENLY, GUNFIRE BEGAN, - SHOOTING RPG'S AND EVERYTHING. - WHY IS IT OUR FAULT? - ISN'T THIS A SHAME? - VANESSA: AT LEAST 46 PEOPLE DIED - IN SOUTHERN TAIWAN WHEN FIRE - ENGULFED A RESIDENTIAL AND - COMMERCIAL BUILDING. - FLAMES BROKE OUT IN THE EARLY - MORNING. - THE BUILDING WAS HOME TO MANY - ELDERLY AND POOR RESIDENTS AS - WELL AS THOSE WITH DISABILITIES. - THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER - INVESTIGATION. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, IT NOW

- APPEARS IN OIL SPILL OFF - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S COAST THIS - MONTH WAS ACTUALLY FAR SMALLER - THAN FIRST FEARED. - THE COAST GUARD'S NEW ESTIMATE - TODAY IS THAT 25,000 GALLONS OF - CRUDE WAS INVOLVED. - THE INITIAL ESTIMATE WAS FIVE - TIMES THAT AMOUNT. - MORE THAN 10,000 JOHN DEERE - WORKERS WENT ON STRIKE TODAY - OVER PAY AND OVERTIME RULES. - THE WALKOUT AT 14 PLANTS WAS THE - FIRST MAJOR WORK STOPPAGE IN - MORE THAN 30 YEARS. - IT COMES AFTER WORKERS - OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED AGAINST A - TENTATIVE AGREEMENT. - STILL TIED, ON THE NEWSHOUR, - ANOTHER -- STILL TO COME ON THE - NEWSHOUR, HEALTH RISKS FROM LEAD - CONTAMINATED WATER. - THOUSANDS OF WORKERS IN - HOLLYWOOD THREATENED TO GO ON - STRIKE, AND STUDIOS COULD FACE A - SHUT DOWN. - MISSOURI BECOMES THE LATEST - STATE TO EXPAND ACCESS TO - MEDICAID, PLUS MUCH MORE. - >> THIS IS THE PBS NEWSHOUR FROM - WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON AND

- FROM THE WEST AT ARIZONA STATE - UNIVERSITY. - >> GASOLINE PRICES ARE ON THE - RISE AND IT IS THE SAME FOR - HEATING OIL AND NATURAL GAS BUT - TODAY, THE HEAD OF THE - INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY - WARNED OF A GLOBAL ENERGY CRUNCH - THAT COULD SLOW THE ECONOMIC - RECOVERY FROM THE PANDEMIC. - THE ROOT CAUSES, DEMAND AND HIGH - PRICES. - NICK SCHIFRIN HAS MORE. - NICK: WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF AN - ENERGY CRUNCH ON LIKE WE HAVE - EVER SEEN. - IN THE U.S., THE PRICE OF - NATURAL GAS HAS MORE THAN - DOUBLED. - IN EUROPE, IT HAS INCREASED MORE - THAN FOURFOLD. - THE PRICE OF CRUDE OIL HAS GONE - FROM AN ALL-TIME LOW OF -$37.63 - IN APRIL LAST YEAR TO OVER $80 A - BARREL TODAY, THE HIGHEST IT HAS - BEEN SINCE 2014 AND THE PAIN IS - UNIVERSAL. - FROM THE CONSUMER IN FRANCE TO - THE FACTORY OWNER IN CHINA, - WHICH FOR ITS OWN REASONS - LAUNCHED UNPRECEDENTED POWER

- CUTS. - >> IF YOU GO TO THE POORER AREAS - WHERE THERE IS SUFFERING, NO ONE - PUTS ON THE HEATING BECAUSE - EVERYONE KNOWS THEY WILL NOT BE - ABLE TO PAY FOR IT. - >> THE POWER CURVE LASTED FOR - FOUR DAYS. - TO BE HONEST, WE CAN AFFORIT - BUT IF IT GOES ON LONGER, THAN - THE COSTS ARE TO MUCH AND WE - WILL NOT SURVIVE. - NICK: TODAY IN MOSCOW, THE - ENERGY MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR - MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD - ENERGY SPOKE ON ONE PANEL AT - RUSSIA'S ANNUAL ENERGY WE - CONFERENCE. - IT WAS MODERATED BY RYAN CHOKE - OFF, WHO JOINS ME NOW FROM - MOSCOW. - GOOD TO SEE YOU. - WHY HAS THE MARKET GONE CRAZY? - >> THE REASON THE MARKET HAS - GONE CRAZY IS OFF THE CHART - DEMAND IN ASIA, WHEN IT COMES TO - NATURAL GAS. - THE LOCKDOWNS ARE OVER. - INDUSTRY IS RUNNING, AND THEY - NEED THAT NATURAL GAS LIKE THERE - IS NO TOMORROW SO WHEN THEY CAN - GET THEIR HANDS ON IT, THEY DO, - AND WHEN THEY CANNOT GET THEIR - HANDS ON IT, THEY WILL BUY OTHER - FORMS OF ENERGY MIKE COLE, FOR - EXAMPLE, WHICH IS ALSO -- HAS

- ALSO RISEN BY SOME THREEFOLD, - AND OIL, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON - WHY OIL IS UP. - NICK: BUT IS NOT JUST A MAN. - THERE ARE OTHER REASONS FOR - THESE PRICE SPIKES? - RYAN: ABSOLUTELY. - THE WEATHER IS ONE. - HAD A VERY COLD WINTER AND - PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER - POOR WINTER -- COLD WINTER. - LACK OF INVESTMENT. - IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT - THE FUTURE SO PEOPLE DID NOT PUT - MONEY INTO OIL AND GAS. - WITH RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT, - ESG, PUTTING MONEY INTO OIL AND - GAS IS NOT PARTICULARLY POPULAR - SO MONEY DID NOT BLOW FOR THAT - REASON EITHER. - AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE - ISSUE OF RENEWABLES NOT ALWAYS - BEING RELIABLE. - THE CEO OF BP NOW RUNS AN - INDUSTRY BODY CALLED THE OIL AND - GAS CLIMATE INITIATIVE. - THEY REPRESENT 12 OF THE BIGGEST - ENERGY COMPANIES OUT THERE. - THEY ALSO WORK WITH RENEWABLES - AND THEY SAID, QUITE FRANKLY, - THIS LAST YEAR, WHEN IT COMES TO - RENEWABLE ENERGY, HAS BEEN A - LITTLE BIT OF A LETDOWN.

- >> THESE ARE NOT TO BLAME ON - ANYONE. - THESE CIRCUMSTANCES CAME VERY - QUICKLY. - THE WIND DID NOT BLOW LIKE IT - WAS SUPPOSED TO OR PEOPLE - THOUGHT IN EUROPE THIS YEAR, IN - THE U.K., WHICH IS A CLUE ABOUT - WHY WE NEED RESILIENT FUELS AND - BACKUPS IN NATURAL GAS AS WELL - AS I THINK YOU ARE SEEING, - BECAUSE THESE HIGH PRICES - ACTUALLY SWITCHES TO COAL AROUND - THE WORLD. - NOT GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. - RYAN: EVERYTHING IS KIND OF OUT - OF WHACK IN ENERGY MARKETS. - NICK: THE U.S. HAS CALLED ON - OPEC PLUS TO INCREASE PRODUCTION - AS A WAY TO REDUCE PRICES. - ONE HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE TO - THOSE U.S. REQUESTS? - RYAN: THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN WE - THINK WE ARE DOING ENOUGH RIGHT - NOW. - WITHIN OPEC PLUS, WHICH IS A - LARGE GROUP THAT, AS YOU POINTED - OUT, CRUCIALLY INCLUDES RUSSIA - BUT ALSO SAUDI ARABIA. - THE FIRST AMONGST EQUALS IN OPEC - PLUS. - THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE - PROVIDING ENOUGH OIL TO THE - MARKET.

- THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE OIL - INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD IS SAUDI - ARABIA'S ENERGY MINISTER AND I - ASKED HIM ABOUT JUST THAT. - >> WE WANT TO DO IT IN A - PHASED-IN APPROACH AND WE - BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE A - CHALLENGING YEAR IF WE DO NOT - ATTEND TO THE SITUATION. - >> WHY NOT MAKE IT, FOR EXAMPLE, - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S DAY, - AND GIVE THEM MORE OIL? - >> IT'S NOT ABOUT MAKING - ANYBODY'S DAY. - IT'S ABOUT FINDING A SOLUTION, A - REMEDY TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE - ISSUES. - RYAN: OFF-CAMERA, A LOT OF OPEC - COUNTRIES AND THEIR MINTERS - TELL ME THEY DO YOU THINK THAT - OPEC PLUS SHOULD BE PROVIDING - MORE OIL TO THE MARKET. - THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT PRICES - ARE THIS HIGH AND THEY WORRY - ABOUT THINGS LIKE DEMAND - DESTRUCTION. - WHEN PRICES GET REALLY HIGH, - PEOPLE STOP BUYING FUEL. - AND THAT HAS ECONOMIC - CONSEQUENC. - IT WEIGHS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH. - SO THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR THEM. - THEY ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT - JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY, IT'S

- NOT A GOOD LOOK TO HAVE OIL AS - EXPENSIVE AS OTHER FORMS OF - ENERGY, AS EXPENSIVE AS IT IS, - BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING -- OIL - AND GAS ARE GOING TO BE - NECESSARY TRANSITION FUELS AS - THE WORLD GOES TO GREENER - ENERGY. - >> AS YOU SAY, THE WORLD'S - LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT - CLIMATE CONFERENCE COMING UP IN - GLASGOW IN A FEW WEEKS. - WHAT HAVE THE OIL MINISTERS SAID - ABOUT WHAT TODAY'S ENERGY CRUNCH - SAYS ABOUT THE FUTURE TRANSITION - TO GREEN? - RYAN: THEY SAY THIS ENERGY - CRUNCH WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW - IS REALLY A LESSON THAT AS WE GO - FORWARD IN THIS TRANSITION, YOU - ARE STILL GOING TO NEED OIL AND - GAS. - HAVE A LISTEN. - >> IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE - DATA IS AMAZING. - MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT, - INCLUDING MANY OF THE - REPRESENTATIVES. - 1999, 80 1% OF THE WORLD'S - ENERGY WAS OIL, GAS, AND COAL. - 2019, 81% OF THE WORLD'S OIL AND

- GAS IN COAL PRODUCED THE ENERGY. - BY 2050, WE WILL HAVE 2 BILLION - MORE PEOPLE ON THE PLANET. - WE WILL MEET ALL FORMS OF ENERGY - AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THE EMOTION - OUT OF IT. - RYAN: SOME OF THE BIGGEST ENERGY - WATCHERS OUT THERE SAY THE SAME. - THEY SAY THAT EVEN IF - GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE - REALLY STRICT ON THE USE OF - HYDROCARBONS, OIL AND GAS, THERE - IS STILL GOING TO BE A NEED FOR - ABOUT 55 MILLION BARRELS WORTH - OF OIL AND GAS A DAY. - THE WORLD RIGHT NOW CONSUMES - ABOUT 100 MILLION SO IN 2050, - NEARLY 30 YEARS FROM NOW, WE ARE - STILL GOING TO NEED, ACCORDING - TO A LOT OF THE INDUSTRY - WATCHERS OUT THE, ABOUT HALF - AS MUCH OIL AND GAS AS USE - TODAY. - NICK: I THINK ACTIVISTS WOULD - HEAR ABOUT HIM TALK ABOUT - EMOTION AND SAY THAT THIS IS NOW - THE TIME TO START A TRANSITION - TO GREEN. - WOULDN'T YOU EXPECT FOR OIL - MINISTERS TO SAY THAT OF COURSE

- WE NEED OIL INDEFINITELY? - RYAN: ABSOLUTELY. - THEY HAVE THEIR INDUSTRY NEEDS - IN MIND AS THEY ARE TALKING - ABOUT THIS BUT THEALSO THINK - THAT THERE IS A CERTAIN NAIVETY - OUT THERE AND THAT PEOPLE JUST - REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS - GOING TO BE REQUIRED BY WHAT IS - AN EXTRAORDINARY ENERGY - TRANSFORMATION THAT WE ARE GOING - TO BE INVOLVED IN OVER THE NEXT - 30 YEARS. - NICK: RYAN CHEW ALTO REPORTING - -- RYAN REPORTING FROM MOSCOW. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - RYAN: THANK YOU. - ♪ - VANESSA: RESIDENCE IN BENTON - HARBOR, MICHIGAN, A - PREDOMINANTLY BLACK CITY IN THE - SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE - STATE, HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO USE - ONLY BOTTLED WATER FOR THINGS - LIKE COOKING AND BATHING DO TO - LEAD CONTAMINATION. - THE WARNING COMES JUST A FEW - YEARS AFTER THE WATER CRISIS IN - FLINT, MICHIGAN, WAS DISCOVERED. - AS JOHN YANG REPORTS, BENTON - HARBOR HAS BEEN DETECTING

- ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD IN ITS - WATER SUPPLY FOR YEARS. - JOHN: TODAY, GRETCHEN WHITMER - SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE - PLEDGING ALL AVAILABLE STATE - RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE - AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. - THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, GARLAND - GILCHRIST, MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT - IN BENTON HARBOR. - >> EVERY PERSON IN THE STATE OF - MICHIGAN DESERVES ACCESS TO - CLEAN AND SAFE DRINKING WATER - AND EVERY COMMUNITY DESERVES - LEADFREE PIPES. - SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING - EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO ENSURE - THAT EVERY PARENT IN BENTON - HARBOR CAN GIVE THEIR CHILD A - GLASS OF WATER WITH CONFIDENCE. - JOHN: HE SAID THE STATE WOULD - REPLACE ALL THE CITY'S LEAD - PIPES WITHIN 18 MONTHS AND UNTIL - THAT IS DONE, THE STATE WILL - DELIVER 20 TRUCKLOADS OF BOTTLED - WATER EVERY WEEK. - ACCORDING TO STATE HEALTH DATA, - HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD WERE FIRST - DETECTED IN THE CITIES TOUR - DRINKING WATER IN 2018 OR -- - AND EVERY YEAR SINCE, THE LEVEL - OF LEAD HAS GONE UP.

- REVEREND, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR - JOINING US. - YOU HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR THIS - EMERGENCY DIRECTIVE FOR A A - WHILE NOW. - FOR A WHILE NOW, YOU HAVE BEEN - ON YOUR OWN ORGANIZING WATER - DELIVERY, ORGANIZING FILTERS - DELIVERED TO HOMES. - HOW SATISFIED ARE YOU WITH WHAT - THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SAID - TODAY? - >> I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THEY - HAVE STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD. - I'M HAPPY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY - ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY SAID - THEY ARE GOING TO DO. - ONE OF THE THINGS -- THEY SELL A - LITTLE SHORT. - ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS - IS THE LANGUAGE. - THE GOVERNOR MEANS TO SAY THAT - THE WATER IS UNSAFE TO DRINK. - UNSAFE TO BRUSH HER TEETH, - UNSAFE TO COOK WITH, UNSAFE TO - BATHE WITH, UNSAFE FOR BABY - FORMULA. - THAT IS NOT THE LANGUAGE WE

- NEED. - I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE - SAYING. - I APPRECIATE THE BOTTLED WATER - AND EVERYTHING BUT THE LANGUAGE - IS IMPORTANT. - WE HAVE TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW - THAT IT IS UNSAFE TO USE THIS - WATER. - JOHN: WHAT DO YOU HEAR FROM - PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN YOU - MOVE AROUND? ARE THEY ANXIOUS, - WORRIED, CONCERNED? - WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? - >> THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE - MAYOR NOT MENTIONING THAT THE - WATER WAS CONTAMINATED WITH - LEAD. - FOR THREE YEARS, THEY CONCEALED - THIS INFORMATION. - THEY SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE PEOPLE - THAT THE WATER WAS CONTAMINATED - BUT THEY FAILED TO DO SO AND - THAT HAS LED THE COMMUNITY NOT - TO TRUST NOT ONLY THE MAYOR BUT - ALSO THE GOVERNOR. - WE WANT TO SEE SOME ACTION, SOME - REAL ACTION. - JOHN: THE GOVERNOR PLEDGED TO - SOME MONEY TODAY. - IS THE STATE SPENDING ENOUGH - MONEY ON THIS PROBLEM? - >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. - WE NEED AT LEAST $40 MILLION TO - COMPLETE THIS MISSION.

- IF SHE IS GOING TO FINISH IT IN - 18 MONTHS, SHE NEEDS TO FIND - MORE MONEY TO COMPLETE THIS - MISSION. - THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE PIPES - NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW AND SHE - NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT HOW SHE'S - GOING TO PAY FOR IT AND DON'T - ALLOW THE CITIZENS TO HAVE TO - PAY FOR IT. - THAT IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE - DONE. - JOHN: 18 MONTHS IS A VERY - AMBITIOUS TARGET. - THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FINISH - UP THE WORK IN FLINT. - >> ABSOLUTELY. - REMEMBER, IN NEW JERSEY, THEY - CONCLUDED 20,000 PIPELINES. - THEY DID THAT IN 18 MONTHS. - WE ONLY GOT 6000 AND I THINK - THAT WITH THEM BEING AGGRESSIVE, - THEY CAN COMPLETE IT IT MAY BE - TWO OF THE 18 MONTHS. - >> FLINT HAS HAD THIS ISSUE. - BOTH FLINT AND BENTON HARBOR, - THE POPULATIONS ARE MAJORITY - BLACK. - YOU HAVE A HIGH PROPORTION OF

- PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY. - DO YOU THINK THAT IS A - COINCIDENCE? - >> WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS A FACT. - LET ME SAY THIS. - IF THERE WAS A WHITE PERSON WITH - A BABY TALKING ABOUT LEAD IN THE - WATER, THEY WOULD CALL THE - PENTAGON, THEY WOULD CALL FEMA, - THEY WOULD CALL EVERYBODY IN - THEIR ARMY, EVERYONE TO MAKE - SURE THAT THEY GET RID OF ALL - THE LEAD IN THE WATER BUT BEING - A BLACK COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE - DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT. - WHY WOULD THEY TAKE THREE YEARS - FOR THE GOVERNOR TO EVEN ANSWER - --YOU SEE? - JOHN: GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS - HAS BEEN GOING ON ON THE OTHERS - OF THE STATE, BENTON HARBOR IS - ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE STATE - ON LAKE MICHIGAN, GIVEN THAT - THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON IN FLINT - FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, DO YOU - THINK THAT THE STATE OFFICIAL - SHOULD HE BEEN A LITTLE MORE - AGGRESSIVE ABOUT THIS, REACTED A - LITTLE FASTER? - >> ABSOLUTELY. - THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS. - PART OF WHAT SHE IS DOING NOW,

- SHE SHOULD HAVE DID THIS THREE - YEARS AGO. - YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY - CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED. - LEAD IS A SLOW KILLER. - IT DESTROYS THE BODY. - KIDNEY DISEASE, LIVER DISEASE, - BRAIN DISEASE, HEART FAILURE. - ALL THESE THINGS, LED - CONTRIBUTES -- LEAD CONTRIBUTES - TO THAT. - WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DAMAGE - HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY. - WE MIGHT EVEN LOSE A WHOLE - GENERATION BECAUSE OF THIS LEAD - AND WHAT IT DOES TO THE BRAIN SO - I AM VERY, VERY CONCERNED, AND I - WILL NOT SAY IT IS TOO LATE. - BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. - BUT SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT - THREE YEARS AGO. - JOHN: REVEREND EDWARD OF THE - BENTON COUNTY WATER COUNCIL. - THANK YOU SO MUCH. - >> THANK YOU. - ♪ - JUDY: TENS OF THOUSANDS OF - WORKERS RANGING FROM COSTUME

- DESIGNERS TO ELECTRICIANS AND - VIDEO EDITORS ARE PREPARING FOR - A POSSIBLE STRIKE ON MONDAY THAT - COULD STOP THE PRODUCTION OF - MOVI AND TV SHOWS NATIONWIDE. - THEIR UNION, THE INTERNATIONAL - ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE - EMPLOYEES, IS TRYING TO - NEGOTIATE BETTER WORKING - CONDITIONS AND A LARGER CUT OF - PROFITS FROM STREAMING - PRODUCTIONS. - Y PRESS COVERS TELEVISION FOR - VANITY FAIR, AND SHE HAS BEEN - FOLLOWING THE STORY. - WELCOME TO THE NEWSHOUR. - THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. - TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT - WHO THESE EMPLOYEES ARE. - WHAT KIND OF WORK DO THEY DO? - JOY: THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS - ACTION ARE BASICALLY THE - BACKBONE OF HOLLYWOOD, THE - INVISIBLE WORKERS - BEHIND-THE-SCENES, SO EDITORS, - SET DECORATORS, GR CAPIPS, - CIMATOGRAPHER -- GRIPS, - CINEMATOGRAPHERS.

- JUDY: WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR? - JOY: THERE ARE TWO CONTRACTS - THAT RAN OUT MONTHS AGO. - AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR SOME - THINGS THAT I THINK A LOT OF - AMERICANS WOULD UNDERSTAND, - LOOKING FOR MORE REST BREAKS, - LOOKING FOR MEAL BREAKS. - SOME OF THEM WORK 12 TO 18 HOURS - A DAY. - YOU KNOW, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. - THEY ARE LOOKING FOR BETTER FS - FOR THE LOWEST PAID WORKERS. - THEY ARE ALSO, AS YOU SAID, - LOOKING FOR A BETTER DEAL IN - TERMS OF STREAMING PLATFORMS. - JUDY: YOU WERE TELLING US THAT A - LOT OF THIS HAS COME ABOUT OR - BEN, I SHOULD SAY, EXACERBATED - BY WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED DURING - THE PANDEMIC. - JOY: YES, I MEAN, I THINK THAT - BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THESE - WORKERS HA TRADITIONALLY BEEN - REALLY TOUGH. - THEY HAVE A REALLY CAN-DO - ATTITUDE. - NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR US.

- AND I THINK THE PANDEMIC, AS A - COUPLE OF WORKERS SAID TO ME, IS - THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD HAD A - BREAK IN THEIR WORKING LIVES AND - STARTED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT - ABOUT SOME OF THE STUFF THEY PUT - THEMSELVES THROUGH. - AND THEN WHEN THEY WENT BACK TO - WORK IN THIS NEW WORLD OF, YOU - KNOW, WORKING 15 HOURS IN N95 - AND NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE LUNCH - AT ALL, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT TAKE - YOUR MASK OFF ON SET, THAT KIND - OF THING, SO I THINK A REAL - SENSE OF GRIEVANCE STARTED TO - CIRCULATE AND THEY STARTED KIND - OF DISCUSSING THAT THIS REALLY - NEEDED TO CHANGE. - JUDY: YOU ARE ALSO TELLING US - THAT THIS HAS TO DO WITH HOW THE - NATURE OF TELEVISION VIDEO - WATCHING IS CHANGING. - THAT STREAMING IS PLAYING A MUCH - BIGGER ROLE THAN IT USED TO. - JOY: STREAMING IS VERY - DIFFERENT. - FOR WORKING PEOPLE

- BEHIND-THE-SCENES, THE WORK - PATTERNS ARE SHORTER. - NETWOR TELEVISN, YOU WOULD - HAVE MANY EPISODES STREAMING. - YOU WOULD OFTEN HAVE A VERY - SHORT BURST OF WORK SO YOU ARE A - GIG WORKERS GOING FROM JOB TO - JOB. - OFTEN, TRYING TO SHOOT THINGS - FASTER, PARTICULARLY NOW BECAUSE - DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE ALL RAN - OUT OF TV. - SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PRODUCTION - SHUT DOWN. - ALL THESE STUDIOS AND STREAMING - PLATFORMS WERE TRYING TO SHOOT - THINGS VERY QUICKLY SO ALL OF - THAT HAS JUST EXACERBATED THINGS - AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THE WAY - THAT THEY ARE PAID, THEY ARE NOT - GETTING RESIDUALS FOR THINGS - LIKE THAT. - JUDY: THE OLDER CONTRACT DID NOT - REFLECT THIS NEW PHENOMENON. - AT THIS POINT, ARE THE BIG - PRODUCTION STUDIOS, THE BIG - MEDIA CONGLOMERATES, ARE THEY - INCLINED TO TRY TO MAKE THIS -- - TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT? - JOY: THEY ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS. - I THINK THAT THIS HAS BEEN UNDER - DISCUSSION FOR A WHILE.

- THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE HEATED UP - SINCE -- A HUGE MAJORITY OF THE - UNION BIOPSY, THE WORKERS UNION - -- THEY VOTED THAT THEY WERE - WILLING TO GO ON STRIKE. - THEY SET THE DEADLINE FOR THIS - COMING MONDAY. - CERTAINLY, NO ONE WANTS TO - STRIKE. - THE PRODUCERS, THE STUDIOS DON'T - WANT TO STRIKE, AND THE WORKERS - DO NOT WANT TO STRIKE, SO YOU - KNOW, I IMAGINE THAT THEY ARE - PEDALING AS FAST AS THEY CAN TO - FIND SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN - LIVE WITH. - JUDY: IF THEY DO END UP GOING ON - STRIKE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR - CONSUMERS? - JOY: IT IS A HUGE DISRUPTION. - NO ONE I TALKED TO CHRISTOPH - CATLETT. - THIS IS 60,000 WORKERS FROM THIS - UNION AND THEY ARE BEHIND THE - VAST MAJORITY OF TV SHOWS AND - MOVIES. - THEY WILL SHUT DOWN. - AND OTHER UNIONS ARE VERY MUCH - IN SYMPATHY WITH THEM. - HOLLYWOOD'S OTHER UNIONS.

- THEY ALL HAVE CONTRACT - NEGOTIATIONS COMING UP. - THE DIRECTORS GUILD, THE WRITERS - GUILD. - YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WOULD BE - MISSING SOME OF OUR FAVORITE - SHOWS FOR QUITE A WHILE. - JUDY: POTENTIALLY BIG IMPACT. - JOY PRESS WITH VANITY FAIR. - THANK YOU SO MUCH. - JOY: THANKS FOR HAVING ME. - ♪ - JUDY: MISSOURI IS THE 38TH STATE - IN THE NATION TO EXPAND MEDICAID - TO LOW INCOME RESIDENTS. - AS PART OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE - ACT. - IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE - VOTERS APPROVED IT. - AFTER MANY DELAYS, THE FIRST FEW - THOUSAND PEOPLE ENROLLED THIS - MONTH. - IN A MOMENT, LISA WILL TALK - ABOUT THE ROLLOUT. - BUT WE BEGIN BY HEARING FROM A - FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW ELIGIBLE

- FOR MEDICAID ABOUT THE LONG - WAITS AND THE URGENT NEED FOR - COVERAGE. - >> MY NAME IS NINA, AND I LIVE - IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND I - WORK NIGHTS AS A JANITOR. - >> MY NAME IS AUTUMN STOLTZ. - I LIVE IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI. - I WORK TO DO STAY-AT-HOME CARE - FOR MY MOTHER, WHO IS DISABLED. - >> MY NAME IS TERRENCE AND I AM - A MCDONALD'S WORKER FROM KANSAS - CITY, MISSOURI. - >> MY NAME IS AMANDA REYNOLDS. - I LIVE IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. - >> I JUST RECEIVED HEALTH CARE - COVERAGE THROUGH MEDICAID - EXPANSION. - IT CAME IN ON FRIDAY. - I KIND OF DID A LITTLE HAPPY - DANCE. - >> RYAN HOW. - I CURRENTLY HAVE NO HEALTH CARE - COVERAGE OR BENEFITS. - I RECENTLY APPLIED FOR MEDICAID - AND I AM WAITING ON A RESPONSE - ON MY ELIGIBILITY. - >> THEY SAID I MADE TOO MUCH - MONEY. - I MADE $18,000 A YEAR. - I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT IS TOO - MUCH MONEY BECAUSE I CANNOT EVEN

- RUN MY OWN APARTMENT. - >> ONCE IT HIT THE BALLOT AND - PEOPLE PUT IT THROUGH, IT SHOULD - HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. - WE SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO FIGHT - OUR GOVERNMENT TO GET WHAT WAS - OWED TO US ALL ALONG AS A SAFETY - NET. - >> I AM A LONGTIME CANCER - PATIENT. - I HAD CANCER OFF AND ON SINCE - FIVE YEARS OLD SO I HAD SIX - FORMS OF CANCER AND AS OF LAST - WEEK, I JUST HAD SURGERY NUMBER - 29 AND WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE - INSURANCE AND YOU LIVED A LIFE - OF CANCER, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT - LIVED A LIFE OF CANCER, YOU ARE - THINKING, HAVE I WAITED TOO - LONG? - IS IT SOMETHING --WILL I BE ABLE - TO CATCH IT IN TIME? - >> I AM 42 YEARS OLD NOW AND THE - LAST TIME I VISITED A DOCTOR, I - WAS 18 YEARS OLD SO IT HAS BEEN - OVER TWO DECADES AND IT'S ALMOST - UNIMAGINABLE TO THINK THAT ANY - HUMAN WOULD GO 365 DAYS OUT OF A - YEAR WITHOUT BEING SICK OR - HAVING SOME HEALTH CARE

- PROBLEMS. - >> I HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. - T CELLS ATTACK YOUR SPINAL CORD - AND BRAIN AND IT LEAVES ME. - THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO - CANNOT WALK AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE - MRI'S EVERY YEAR. - IT IS NOT CHEAP. - >> NOW, I AM A MEDICAID CLIENT - AND THE FIRST THING THE DOCTOR - SAYS TO ME IS THAT OPENS A WHOLE - NEW WORLD FOR YOU IN GETTING - CARE SO IT WAS LIKE MAJOR - RELIEF. - >> I LOST SOMEBODY VERY DEAR TO - ME BACK IN FEBRUARY, MY SISTER. - AND IF SHE HAD THE MEDICAL - COVERAGE ALL ALONG WHEN SHE - FIRST STARTED BEING SICK, SHE - WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED ON THIS - YEAR. - IT TOOK FOREVER FOR HER TO BE ON - MEDICAID. - THE CANCER AND THE BACTERIA - INFECTION THAT TOOK HER, IT WAS - ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC. - AND THERE IS A REASON WHY I - THOUGHT IT SO HARD.

- >> THOSE ARE FOUR OF THE 275,000 - PEOPLE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID - IN MISSOURI. - UNDER THE NEW RULES, ANYONE - MAKING UP TO 138% OF THE POVERTY - LEVEL, $30,000 FOR A FAMILY OF - THREE, CAN QUALIFY. - PREVIOUSLY, THAT WAS JUST $4600 - AT THE QUALIFYING LEVEL. - AN INDIVIDUAL'S LARGELY COULD - NOT QUALIFY AT ALL, ONLY PEOPLE - IN FAMILIES OR PREGNANT WOMEN BY - AND LARGE. - TO TELL US MORE, I'M JOINED BY - THE POLITICS CORRESPONDENT FOR - ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO. - JASON, WE JUST HEARD FROM THOSE - FOUR PEOPLE. - I KNOW YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH SOME - OF THEM AS WELL. - EVEN WITH THIS EXPANSION, THIS - IS STILL AN INCOME LEVEL BELOW - FULL-TIME MINIMUM WAGE WORK. - HOW DO YOU SEE AND WHAT ARE YOU - HEARING ABOUT WHO THIS EXPANSION - HELPS AND HOW? - JASON: PRIMARILY, THIS IS GOING - TO HELP WHAT IS COLLOQUIALLY - KNOWN AS THE WORKING POOR IN - MISSOURI. - YOU ARE RIGHT. - THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAKE - SOMETIMES BELOW $15 AN HOUR,

- WELL BELOW $15 AN HOUR. - BUT PEOPLE THAT PREVIOUSLY MADE - TOO MUCH MONEY TO QUALIFY FOR - THIS HEALTH CARE PROGRAM. - MISSOURI HAD ONE OF THE LOWEST - ELIGIBILITY RATES IN THE ENTIRE - COUNTRY. - THERE WERE SOME SITUATIONS WHERE - A SINGLE MOTHER OR SINGLE FATHER - OF ONE KID, IF THEY MADE MORE - THAN $4000 A YEAR, THEY COULD - NOT QUALIFY EVEN THOUGH THEIR - CHILDHOOD. - SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A REAL - LIFELINE FOR PEOPLE LIKE THE - FOLKS YOU TALK TO, SOME OF WHOM - I HAVE ALSO TALKED TO, WHO HAD - REALLY SERIOUS HEALTH PROEMS - AND THEY ARE NOW GOING TO BE - INCENTIVIZED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR - AND GET THEM AT LEAST DEALT WITH - BEFORE THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE - EMERGENCY ROOM. - LISA: IT REALLY STRIKES ME THAT - MISSOURI VOTERS FIRMLY - BACK THIS WHEN THEY WENT TO THE - POLLS. - WHY IS IT THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE - BEEN FIGHTING SO HARD TO TRY AND - BLOCK IT? - JASON: THIS HAS BEEN A - PHILOSOPHICAL HILL TO DIE ON FOR - MISSOURI REPUBLICANS SINCE AT

- LEAST 2005, THE YEAR THAT THE - GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE - MADE DEEP CUTS TO ELIGIBILITY - AND EVEN AFTER MISSOURIANS - ELECTED A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IN - 2008, HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT - RAISING ELIGIBILITY EVEN AFTER - THE AFFORDABLE AND THE FEDERAL - GOVERNMENT WAS GOING TO PAY FOR - ALL OR THE VAST MAJORITY OF - MEDICAID EXPANSION, BUT WHAT - REALLY TIPPED THE BALANCE IN - 2020 WAS THAT HOSPITALS IN - MISSOURI WERE FED UP WITH THE - SITUATION AND WHILE MEDICAID - EXPANSION IS NOT GOING TO - COMPLETELY GET RID OF THE - PROBLEM OF UNCOMPENSATED CARE, - HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING - TO TREAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE - HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, ESPECIALLY - IN RURAL MISSOURI. - THEY PRIMARILY FUNDED THE 2020 - BALLOT INITIATIVE AND THE PRO - SIDE RAN A VERY ROBUST -- A VERY - WELL-FUNDED CAMPAIGN THAT HAD - SLICK TELEVISION ADS UP AGAINST - AN OPPOSITION OF MAINLY - REPUBLICANS THAT DID NOT HAVE - BASICALLY ANYTHING.

- LISA: I KNOW THOSE SUPPORTING - THIS EXPANSION HAVE GOTTEN HELP - FROM THE $1 BILLION FROM THE - AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN THAT WILL - BE COMING INTO THE STATE BUT I'M - CURIOUS. - SO FAR, IT LOOKS LIKE JUST A FEW - THOUSAND FOLKS HAVE SIGNED UP - FOR THIS EXPANDED MEDICAID. - DO WE KNOW WHY SO FEW? - >> IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE A LOT - OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR - MEDICAID DO NOT HAVE EASY ACCESS - TO COMPUTERS LIKE WE DO. - IF YOU ARE MAKING $10,000 A - YEAR, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO - ACCESS THE INFORMATION THAT YOU - EVEN KNOW THAT MEDICAID - EXPANSION IS HERE. - SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO FALL ON - SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - THAT PRIMARILY DEAL WITH - MEDICAID PATIENTS TO REACH OUT - TO SOME OF THESE HARD-TO-REACH - COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL - MISSOURI, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE - GOOD INTERNET ACCESS AT ALL, - WHERE YOU COULD FIND POTENTIALLY - THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT COULD - BENEFIT FROM MEDICAID EXPANSION - AND GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS - IS AVAILABLE TO THEM. - WE STILL -- THIS IS STILL A - REPUBLICAN STATE WITH A

- REPUBLICAN GOVERNORSHIP AND - REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE. - THE CHANCES THAT THE STATE IS - GOING TO WIDELY PROMOTE THE FACT - THAT MEDICAID EXPANSION IS HERE - IS FRANKLY NOT VERY HIGH. - JUDY: HEALTH CARE IS SUCH AN - IMPORTANT TOPIC. - THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. - JASON: THANK YOU. - ♪ - JUDY: IRAQ'S RECENT ELECTIONS - WERE IN LARGE PART DRIVEN BY A - PROTEST MOVEMENT THAT ERUPTED - TWO YEARS AGO, DENOUNCING - GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AND LACK - OF SERVICES. - PRIME MINISTER MUSTAFA AL - KHADIMI IS VYING FOR A SECOND - TERM WHILE TRYING TO BALANCE - RELATIONS WITH THE U.S., WHICH - STILL HAS 2500 TROOPS IN IRAQ, - AND WITH IRAN, WHICH SUPPORTS - POWERFUL MILITIA IN IRAQ. - BUT MANY IRAQIS ARE DISAPPOINTED - THAT KADHIMI HASN'T DELIVERED ON - PROMISES TO REIN IN ARMED GROUPS - LINKED TO IRAN, OR TO PROSECUTE - THE KILLERS OF PROTESTERS WHO - ROSE UP AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT

- IN 2019. - SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SIMONA - FOLTYN INVESTIGATED THE CASE OF - ONE PROMINENT PROTESTER - ASSASSINATED IN MAY AND WHAT IT - TELLS US ABOUT IRAQ'S DEADLY - POLITICS. - SIMONA: AS DUSK FALLS, A - HANDFUL OF PEOPLE GATHER AT A - MONUMENT SET UP TO COMMEMORATE - SLAIN ANTIGOVERNMENT PROTESTERS - AND ACTIVISTS. - -- AS DUSK FALLS OVER KARBALA, - HOME TO SOME OF THE HOLIEST - SITES OF SHIA ISLAM, A HANDFUL - OF PEOPLE GATHER AT A MONUMENT - SET UP TCOMMEMORATE SLAIN - ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS AND - ACTIVISTS. - MARWAN AL WAZNI'S BROTHER EHAB - WAS KILLED IN MAY. - >> THAT FLAG BELONGED TO THE - MARTYR EHAB AL WAZNI AND THAT - FLAG OVER THERE AS WELL. - THESE ARE COLLECTIBLES OF SOME - OF THE OTHER MARTYRS FROM - KARBALA. - SIMONA: PICTURES OF WAZNI ARE - PLASTERED ACROSS THE SQUARE, A - TESTAMENT TO HIS PROMINENT ROLE - IN THE PROTEST MOVEMENT AND A - PAINFUL REMINDER THAT HIS - KILLERS ARE STILL AT LARGE. - WAZNI, IN THE CENTER, WAS THE - HEAD OF KARBALA'S PROTEST - COORDINATION COMMITTEE AND ONE

- OF 35 PROMINENT ACTIVISTS AND - PROTEST LEADERS MURDERED ACROSS - SOUTHERN IRAQ IN TARGETED - ASSASSINATIONS. - HE WAS THREATENED MANY TIMES. - >> WE ARE THREATENED EVERY DAY. - LETTERS ARE BEING SENT TO US - FROM ENTITIES AND PEOPLE, - THREATENING US TO NOT REMAIN IN - THESE SQUARES. - BUT WE WILL STAY BY OUR BLOOD - AND WE WILL NOT LET GO. - WE WILL NOT SELL IRAQ. - SIMONA: THE SO-CALLED OCTOBER - REVOLUTION BEGAN IN 2019. - ACROSS IRAQ'S SOUTH, THOUSANDS - OF YOUNG IRAQIS DEMANDED THE - TOPPLING OF THE SYSTEM INSTALLED - BY THE UNITED STATES FOLLOWING - ITS 2003 INVASION AND THE - REMOVAL OF AN INEPT AND CORRUPT - RULING CLASS THAT HAS FAILED TO - DELIVER BASIC SERVICES. - THEY RALLIED AGAINST - IRANIAN-BACKED POLITICAL AND - ARMED GROUPS WHO FILLED THE - POWER VACUUM FOLLOWING SADDAM - HUSSEIN'S DOWNFALL, AND WHO NOW - CONTROL MANY STATE INSTITUTIONS. - THE PROTESTERS' VOCAL OPPOSITION - TO IRAN HIT A PARTICULARLY - SENSITIVE NERVE IN KARBALA, ONE - OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CENTERS OF - THE SHIITE FAITH, WHICH DRAWS

- MILLIONS OF IRANIAN PILGRIMS - EACH YEAR. - SECURITY FORCES AND ARMED GROUPS - RESPONDED WITH DEADLY FORCE, - KILLING MORE THAN 600 ACROSS - IRAQ. - WHEN MUSTAFA AL KADHIMI CAME TO - POWER IN MAY 2020,E PROMISED - JUSTICE. - >> THE GOVERNMENT VOWS TO - PROTECT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, - TO PROTECT PEACEFUL PROTESTERS - AND THEIR PROTEST SPACES, AND TO - PURSUE ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN - SPILLING IRAQI BLOOD. - SIMONA: BUT MORE THAN A YEAR ON, - THERE HAS BEEN NO JUSTICE FOR - ANY OF THE ACTIVIST KILLINGS, - WHICH HAVE BEEN WIDELY BLAMED ON - IRANIAN-BACKED ARMED GROUPS. - THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY - INSTILLED AN ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR - AHEAD OF SUNDAY'S ELECTION. - >> THIS USED TO BE THE MAIN - PROTEST SQUARE IN KARBALA AND ON - AN EVENING LIKE THIS, THERE - WOULD BE HUNDREDS EVEN THOUSANDS - OF DEMONSTRATORS, BUT AFTER - MONTHS OF VIOLENT CRACKDOWN AND - TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS, THE - MOVEMENT HAS LOST MOMENTUM. - SIMONA: MANY OF THE KILLINGS - HAVE BEEN CAUGHT ON GRAINY

- SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE, INCLUDING - WAZNI'S. - THIS VIDEO SHOWS HIM PULLING - INTO THE NARROW ALLEY LEADING TO - HIS FAMILY HOME. - A MOTORCYCLE CARRYING TWO MEN - PULLED UP BEHIND HIM. - WAZNI'S BROTHER MARWAN EXPLAINS - WHAT HAPPENED. - >> ONE PERSON DISEMBARKED FROM - THE MOTORCYCLE AND EXECUTED THE - OPERATION FROM HERE. - SIMONA: WAZNI'S RELATIVES AND - FRIENDS BELIEVE THERE'S - SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO BRING - THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS MURDER - TO ACCOUNT. - >> WE PROVIDED THE JUDICIARY - WITH ALL THE INFORMATION AND - EVIDENCE WE HAVE, BUT - UNFORTUNATELY THE JUDGES ARE - AFRAID BECAUSE OF POLITICAL - PRESSURE. - SIMONA: IN MAY, SHORTLY AFTER - WAZNI WAS KILLED, THE GOVERNMENT - ARRESTED QASSEM MUSLEH, A - COMMANDER OF A POWERFUL - IRANIAN-BACKED ARMED GROUP. - IN RESPONSE, MILITIAMEN LAID - SIEGE TO GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND - THE JUDICIARY RELEASED HIM DAYS - LATER, CLAIMING THERE WAS - INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO LINK - HIM TO WAZNI'S MURDER. - THE CASE HAS NOW BEEN PLACED ON - HOLD. - THE ENVIRONMENT OF IMPUNITY HAS - FORCED MANY ACTIVISTS INTO

- HIDING. - WE HEAD NORTH TO IRAQI - KURDISTAN, WHERE MANY PROTESTERS - FROM SOUTHERN IRAQ HAVE SOUGHT - REFUGE. - KAMAL JABBAR IS A VETERAN - ACTIVIST WHO USED TO FIGHT - SADDAM HUSSEIN'S GOVERNMENT IN - THE KURDISH MOUNTAINS. - DECADES ON, HE HELPS THE YOUNG - PROTEST MOVEMENT IN ITS OWN - STRUGGLE AGAINST THE CURRENT - SYSTEM. - >> WE ARE GOING TO A FARM IN THE - MOUNTAINS WHERE WE KEEP SOME OF - THE PROTESTERS AND ACTIVISTS - BECAUSE THEY CANNOT LIVE IN - THEIR HOME TOWN ANYMORE DUE TO - THREAT FROM MILITIAS OR THE - CORRUPT PEOPLE WITHIN THE - GOVERNMENT. - SIMONA: JABBAR TAKES US TO MEET - A CLOSE FRIEND OF WAZNI. - RIDHA HAJWAL IS ALSO FROM - KARBALA AND HAS STAYED IN THIS - SAFE HOUSE FOR FIVE MONTHS. - HE HAS BEEN THATENED BY THE - SAME MEN ACCUSED IN WAZNI'S

- KILLING. - >> EVEN WHEN EHAB WAS ALIVE, I - USED TO RECEIVE A LOT OF - THREATS. - WE COULDN'T TELL WHICH THREAT - WAS SERIOUS. - BUT AFTER EHAB WAS KILLED, THE - TARGETING BECAME REAL. - SIMONA: THAT'S BECAUSE HAJWAL - POSSESSES EVIDENCE AGAINST - QASSEM MUSLEH, THE PREVIOUSLY - DETAINED MILITIA COMMANDER, AND - HIS BROTHER ALI. - HE SECRETLY RECORDED A - CONVERSATION DOCUMENTING SOME OF - THEIR THREATS TO KILL WAZNI. - BUT AGAIN, THE JUDICIARY DIDN'T - ACT. - HAJWAL SEES THIS AS PROOF THAT - THE ARMED GROUPS BACKING THE TWO - BROTHERS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN - THE STATE. - >> THE IRAQI STATE, IN FACT, IS - NOT EVEN A STATE, BECAUSE THE - BASIOF A STATE IS THAT THERE - ARE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS. - WE DON'T HAVE INDEPENDENT - SECURITY OR JUDICIAL - INSTITUTNS. - SIMONA: THE NEWSHOUR HAS FOUND - THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ARREST - WARRANTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN - EXECUTED IN WAZNI'S CASE. - THAT INCLUDES A WARRANT FOR - QASSEM MUSLEH'S BROTHER ALI - MUSLEH. - WE TRIED TO REACH BOTH MUSLEH - BROTHERS. - BUT THEY DECLINED REPEATED

- REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. - THE JUDICIARY DECLINED AN ON - CAMERA INTERVIEW, BUT THE - INVESTIGATIVE JUDGE IN CHARGE OF - WAZNI'S CASE TOLD THE NEWSHOUR - THAT AN AUDIO RECORDING OF A - THREAT ISN'T CONSIDERED STRONG - EVIDENCE. - WE ALSO ASKED THE GOVERNMENT WHY - IT HAS NOT ARRESTED THE - REMAINING SUSPECTS. - SAAD MAAN IS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE - MINISTRY OF INTERIOR. - SAAD MAAN: WELL, IF THERE ARE - ARREST WARRANTS, THEY WILL BE - EXECUTED AND IMPLEMENTED. - SIMONA: IT HAS BEEN THREE MONTHS - SINCE THESE ARREST WARRANTS WERE - ISSUED. - >> THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL - ONGOING. - SIMONA: OFFICIALS SAY THAT PRIME - MINISTER KADHIMI, WHO IS HOPING - TO SECURE A SECOND TERM, MAY ACT - MORE DECISIVELY AGAINST POWERFUL - ENTITIES AFTER THE ELECTIONS. - BUT AS THE INVESTIGATIONS DRAW - OUT, THE HOPE THAT JUSTICE WILL - BE SERVED IS GROWING THIN. - INSTEAD, FAMILY AND FRIENDS HOLD - TO THE LEGACY OF THEIR LOVED - ONES. - >> EHAB WAS HURTING A LOT, BUT - HE VERY MUCH BELIEVED IN THE

- PROTESTS, AND HE BELIEVED THAT - THIS REGIME WOULD BE REMOVED AT - ONE POINT. - SIMONA: WAZNI HAD REFUSED TO RUN - IN THE ELECTION BECAUSE HE - THOUGHT THAT EXISTING POWER - STRUCTURES WERE TOO ENTRENCHED - TO PERMIT MEANGFUL CHANGE, THE - SAME REASON WHY MANY IRAQIS - CALLED TO BOYCOTT THE VOTE. - ONLY 80 OUT OF THE 3200 - CANDIDATES WHO RAN IN THE - ELECTION REPRENTED THE PROTEST - MOVEMENT. - TURNOUT HIT A RECORD LOW AT 41%, - ALLOWING ESTABLISHED POLITICAL - PARTIES TO SECURE A COMFORTABLE - VICTORY. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M SIMONA - FOLTYN IN IRAQ. - ♪ - JUDY: SMOKE AND DUST ARE - BLANKETING CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. - AIR POLLUTION IS A CHRONIC - PROBLEM IN THE SAN JOAQUIN - VALLEY, BUT IT IS NOW REACHING - LEVELS UNLIKE ANY PREVIOUSLY

- SEEN. - WITH NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL IN - WEEKS, AND LITTLE CHANCE OF RAIN - IN THE FORECAST, THERE IS NO END - IN SIGHT. - I AM JOINED NOW BY PBS NEWSHOUR - COMMUNITY REPORTER CRESENCIO - RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO IN FRESNO. - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING - WITH US ABOUT THIS. - TELL US WHAT I WAS LIKE IN THE - SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WHEN THIS IS - DELL STORM HAPPENED. - -- JUST STORM HAPPENED. - -- DUST STORM HAPPENED. - CRESENCIO: THE NATIONAL WEATHER - SERVICE PUT OUT AN ADVISORY - SAYING THERE WOULD BE HIGH WINDS - AND THEY RAISED THE FIRE THREATS - ARE CRITICAL IN THE ENTIRE - CENTRAL VALLEY SO WHAT WE SAW ON - MONDAY WAS WINDS OF UP TO 40 - MILES PER HOUR IN SOME SPOTS. - THE TREES WERE TOPPLED. - ELECTRICITY WAS CUT OFF IN MANY - COMMUNITIES AND THERE WAS GRASS - FIRES THAT WERE STARTED IN SOME - SPACES THAT FIREFIGHTERS QUICKLY - EXTINGUISHED BUT THE SITUATION

- ALSO LED TO THIS -- - VISIBILITY OF UP TO ONE MILE IN - SOME SPACES. - SOME PLACES EVEN HAD ZERO - VISIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY - GUST THAT WAS BLOWN BECAUSE OF A - STORM SYSTEM THAT WAS DRY AND - THAT CAME FROM THE PACIFIC - NORTHWEST. - JUDY: HOW DID THIS AFFECT THE - LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE? - CRESENCIO: THE AIR QUALITY HAS - BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR QUITE SOME - TIME NOW BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN - SOME WILDFIRES THAT HAVE ALSO - BEEN SENDING SMOKE INTO THE - VALLEY. - SO WE HAD HAD A FEW DAYS OF - CLEAN AIR, BLUE SKIES, BUT THIS - JUST STORM CREATED JUST -- DUST - CREATED DUST TO SACRAMENTO AND - IT WAS VISIBLE FROM SPACE - SATELLITE. - THIS WAS A CONCERNING SITUATION - FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE - THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF -- - VALLEY FEVER. - AND DOCTORS AND AIR OFFICIALS

- HERE ISSUED AN ALERT AND TOLD - EVERYONE TO STAY INDOORS. - IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUT, WEAR A - MASK. - THAT WAS THE SAME SITUATION - RESIDENTS HAD FACED PREVIOUSLY - BE OR A STORM SYSTEM CLEARED THE - PREVIOUS SMOKE. - JUDY: WE KNOW THIS ALL IS TAKING - PLACE AT A TIME WHEN THERE IS - WORRY ALREADY EXISTING ABOUT - CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT THAT - WILL MEAN FOR THE AREA. - HOW DOES THIS FIT INTO THAT - PICTURE? - CRESENCIO: WHAT OBSERVERS TELL - ME HERE IS THEY ARE NOTICING - THAT THESE WILDFIRES, SUCH AS - THE KMT COMPLEX FIRE AND THE - WINDY FIRE BURNING IN THE - SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST ARE - ARRIVING EARLIER AND SENDING - MUCH MORE SME INTO THE REGION - AND DOCTORS AN RESIDENTS SAY - THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THESE - LEVELS OF SMOKE OR POLLUTON - ARRIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES SO - THERE IS THIS OVERLAP THAT - ADVOCATES SAY THEY ARE SEEING - WITH POLLUTION ARRIVING MUCH - EARLIER IN THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS - AT A TIME WHEN THE OZONE

- POLLUTION IS TYPICALLY FORMING. - THIS OVERLAP OF POLLUTION IS - CONCERNING TO PEOPLE AND - ADVOCATES POINT TO CLIMATE - CHANGE AS A FACTOR, ALSO - CONSIDERING THAT THIS DROUGHT - THAT CALIFORNIA IS IN IS - ALLOWING THESE FIRES TO CONTINUE - TO SPARK IN MANY PARTS OF THE - STATE. - JUDY: IT SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE ARE - DEALING WITH A LOT. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR - REPORTING. - CRESENCIO: THANK YOU, JUDY. - JUDY: YOU CAN READ CRESENCIO'S - FULL REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE, - PBS.ORG/NEWSHOUR. - ♪ - JUDY: AND NOW A WOMAN WHO HAS - , MADE A CAREER OF TURNING TOXIC - AND INDUSTRIAL SITES INTO - USABLE, COMMUNITY SPACES, HAS - WON THE FIRST PRIZE OF ITS KIND - IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. - JEFFREY BROWN HAS MORE FOR OUR - ARTS AND CULTURE SERIES, CANVAS.

- JEFFREY: ORANGE, POLLUTED - STREAMS, BARE TREES AND - RIVERBANKS, AN ABANDONED COAL - MINE IN VINTONDALE, - PENNSYLVANIA. - AN UGLY WASTELAND, RIGHT? - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT JULIE - BARGMANN SAW MORE. - JULIE: IT'S NOT JUST A LUMP, YOU - KNOW, OF TOXIC STUFF. - IT'S A STORY. - I FIND THAT'S WHERE I GO. - I WANT TO TELL THE PAST IN ORDER - TO PJECT SOMETHING FOR THE - FUTURE. - JEFFREY: AND SO, OVER THREE - YEARS, BEGINNING IN 1995, - BARGMANN AND HER TEAM SET ABOUT - TO REGENERATE THE SITE, - CREATING A SAFE AND WELCOMING - WETLANDS AND PARK. - WHILE KEEPING REMINDERS OF ITS - PAST, INCLUDING A GIANT MOUND OF - REFUSE FROM THE MINE, TURNED - INTO AN OVERLOOK. - IT WAS, SHE SAYS -- - JULIE: THE PROJECT THAT OPENED - IT ALL UP. - I HAD THE SUSPICION THAT THIS - WAS THE WORK I WANTED TO DO. - JEFFREY: BARGMANN HAS STRONG - VIEWS AND A SENSE OF HUMOR. - SHE NAMED HER PROFESSIONAL - STUDIO “D.I.R.T.”, FOR “DUMP IT - RIGHT THERE”.

- AND SHE HAPPILY EMBRACES ONE - NICKNAME, THE “QUEEN OF SLAG,” - THE LEFTOVER BY-PRODUCT FROM THE - MINING OF METALS. - JULIE: IF I COULD MAKE A CROWN - OUT OF SLAG, I'D BE VERY HAPPY. - I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A - RECOGNITION OF THE INDUSTRIAL - TERRITORY THAT I ADVENTURED - INTO. - JEFFREY: NOW, SHE'S THE - FIRST-EVER RECIPIENT OF AN - INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE - ARCHITECTURE PRIZE GIVEN TO - HONOR HER WORK AS A DESIGNER, - EDUCATOR, AND ACTIVIST IN - ADDRESSING ABANDONED TOXIC, - INDUSTRIAL AND URBAN SITES. - THE AWARD, CREAT BY THE - WASHINGTON, D.C.-BASED “CULTURAL - LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION,” IS NAMED - FOR RENOWNED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT - CORNELIA HAHN OBERLANDER, WHO - DIED THIS YEAR OF COVID AT AGE - 99. - BARGMANN LIVES AND WORKS IN - CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, - AND HAS TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY - OF VIRGINIA FOR 25 YEARS. - SHE OFTEN TAKES HER ARCHITECTURE - STUDENTS TO SCUMMY, TOXIC SITES - MOST HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED - BEFORE. - BUT IT ALL BEGAN FOR HER IN A - VERY DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE, AS A - CHILD IN NEW JERSEY.

- SHE REMEMBERS LOOKING OUT THE - WINDOW OF HER PARENTS' CAR IN - WONDER AT A VAST, SMOKE-FILLED, - INDUSTRIAL SCENE. - >> IT WAS A LANDSCAPE THAT I WAS - SURROUNDED BY, THE REFINERIES. - IN ESSENCE, THEY FELT LIKE HOME - . - AND THEY FELT LIKE A LANDSCAPE - THAT, UNBEKNOWNST TO ME AT THAT - EARLY AGE, I WOULD EVENTUALLY - WORK WITH. - I ALSO GUESS I'M A FAN OF THE - UNDERDOG OR IN THIS CASE, MAYBE - THE UNDER DUCK, BECAUSE I HAVE - ALWAYS BEEN DEFEING THE UGLY - DUCKLING FOR ITS POTENTIAL TO - TURN INTO THE SWAN. - JEFFREY: BUT NOT A SHOWY SWAN. - A BY-WORD FOR BARGMANN, MODESTY. - SHE ESCHEWS ARCHITECTURE SHE - CALLS FANCY-PANTS. - EVEN THE CELEBRATED “HIGH LINE” - IN NEW YORK, AN ELEVATED PARK - BUILT ON AN OLD RAILROAD TRACK, - FEELS OVERDONE TO HER. - THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE - FOUNDATION CITES VINTONDALE, AS - WELL AS THREE MORE RECENT - PROJECTS. - TURTLE CREEK WATER WORKS IN - DALLAS, A SUSTAINABLE GARDEN - SPACE IN THE REMAINS OF AN - INDUSTRIAL PUMP STATION ACTIVE

- IN THE 1920'S. - THE PHILADELPHIA HEADQUARTERS OF - CLOTHING RETAILER URBAN - OUTFITTERS AT A DECOMMISSIONED - NAVY YARD, FOR WHICH BARGMANN - CREATED A 15-ACRE CAMPUS, - INCLUDING RE-USING ON-SITE - DEMOLITION DEBRIS. - AND CORE CITY PARK IN DETROIT, - WHERE BARGMANN WORKED WITH A - LOCAL DEVELOPER TO TURN AN - UNUSED PARKING LOT INTO A - COMMUNITY SPACE AND URBAN - WOODLAND. - AS ALWAYS, SHE INCORPORATED - COMPONENTS OF ITS PAST, A FIRE - STATION DATING TO THE 1800'S. - JEFFREY: -- JULIE: THERE WERE - SUCH SIMPLE MEANS OF OF, YOU - KNOW, REVEALING THE EARTH, WHICH - WAS A FORMER ENGINE HOUSE AS - PAVING, AND THEN THESE TREES - COMING UP OUT OF IT. - I MEAN, THERE'S A BIG - CORNERSTONE, RIGHT, OF THE - ENGINE HOUSE, THE VERY ENGINE - HOUSE THAT SAID 1893. - NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE - PUT THAT ON A PLAQUE, YOU KNOW, - REALLY MADE IT FANCY PANTS, YOU - KNOW, BUT INSTEAD I SAID, DUMP - IT RIGHT THERE.

- I SAID, JUST PUT IT ON THE - GROUND. - JUST MAKE IT GO BACK TO WORK. - JEFFREY: THAT IS THE CONTINUITY - OF WORK A SITE HAS SEEN AND THE - CONTINUITY OF THE LIFE OF PEOPLE - IN AND AROUND IT. - JULIE: THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE - THAT STILL LIVE THERE. - AND THEY REMEMBER THAT SITE. - I JUST THINK IT PLACES THAT - SITE, YOU KNOW, IN THE REALM, - BOTH PHYSICALLY, GEOLOGICALLY, - CULTURALLY, THAT CAN GIVE IT - MEANING. - I'M VERY AGAINST ERASURE, YOU - KNOW, BECAUSE IT ERASES THE - MEANING, YOU KNOW, AND ANY - MEMORY. - AND THAT'S NOT GREAT FOR THE - PEOPLE, NOR IS IT FAIR TO THE - SITE. - JEFFREY:HESE SITES, SHE SAYS, - WERE ONCE PRODUCTIVE. - NOW, LET'S KEEP THEM PRODUCTIVE, - IN A NEW WAY. - AND SHE HOPES THE PRIZE CAN - ALLOW HER TO BE A SPOKESPERSON - FOR HER PHILOSOPHY OF LANDSCAPE - ARCHITECTURE. - WHEN YOU THINK BACK TO THAT - YOUNG GIRL LOOKING OUT THE - WINDOW AT THE INDUSTRIAL - LANDSCAPES IN NEW JERSEY TO NOW,

- HAS IT BEEN REWARDING WORK FOR - YOU? - JULIE: LOVE . - LOVE IT, LOVE IT. - LOVE IT. - I AM JUST SO HAPPY THAT FOR - WHATEVER REASON, I FOLLOWED MY - INSTINCTS. - IT'S PRETTY FUN, YOU KNOW, TO BE - A BIT OF A PIONEER AND JUST AND - EXPERIENCING THESE AMAZING - SUBLIME LANDSCAPES, SO - FULFILLING, SO FULFILLING. - JEFFREY: JULIE BARGMANN IS NOW - EMBARKED ON WHAT SHE CALLS, - “D.I.R.T. 2.0”, FOCUSED ON - REGENERATING CURRENTLY - UNDER-USED SPACES IN DEPOPULATED - CITIES. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - JEFFREY BROWN. - JUDY: SUCH A TREAT TO SEE HER - WORK. - ONLINE RIGHT NOW A SOLAR - , PHENOMENON HAS PUT A PAUSE ON - COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EARTH AND - NASA SPACECRAFT STATIONED ON - MARS, LIKE THE PERSEVERANCE - ROVER. - WATCH OUR VIDEO AND LEARN MORE - ON INSTAGRAM, THAT'S @NEWSHOUR. - WE A LEARNING LATE TONIGHT

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