PBS NewsHour; Friday, August 19, 2022, 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT

♪ JUDY: GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. ON "THE NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT... FBI UNDER FIRE -- WE EXPLORE THE THREATS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST FBI AGENTS FOLLOWING THE SEARCH OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FLORIDA HOME. THEN... AT THE COURTS -- FLORIDA JUDGES RULE 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO HAVE AN ABORTION, MEANING SHE WILL CONTINUE WITH AN UNWANTED PREGNANCY. AND IT'S FRIDAY... DAVID BROOKS AND RUTH MARCUS WEIGH IN ON THE RESULTS OF CRITICAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND THE MANY INVESTIGATIONS SURROUNDING DONALD TRUMP. ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S "PBS NEWSHOUR." ♪ >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "THE PBS NEWSHOUR" HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY >> PEDIATRIC SURGEON.

VOLUNTEER. TOPIARY ARTIST. A RAYMONDJAMES FINANCIAL ADVISOR TAILORS ADVICE TO HELP YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE. LIFE, WELL PLANNED. >> AND WITH THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS -- AND FRIENDS OF "THE NEWSHOUR." THE JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT FOUNDATION, FOSTERING INFORMED AND ENGAGED COMMUNITIES. MORE AT KF.ORG. ♪ >> AND FRIENDS OF "THE NEWSHOUR." THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC

BROADCASTING AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THANK YOU. VANESSA: I'M VANESSA RUIZ IN FOR STEPHANIE SY WITH "NEWSHOUR WEST." WE'LL RETURN TO THE FULL PROGRAM AFTER THE LATEST HEADLINES. NEW BLASTS OF EXTREME WEATHER ARE TAKING A TOLL AROUND THE GLOBE TONIGHT. THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF FIERCE HEAT WAVES HAS MOVED INTO THE U.S. NORTHWEST. AND, VIOLENT STORMS AND DROUGHT ARE RAVAGING PARTS OF EUROPE AND ASIA. WILLIAM BRANGHAM HAS OUR REPORT. WILLIAM: IN CITIES ACROSS FRANCE, SHEETS OF RAIN AND HAIL POUND THE STREETS, TREES ARE UPROOTED IN BACKYARDS, AND PEOPLE WADE THROUGH STORMWATERS OVERFLOWING ONTO SIDEWALKS. THESE EXTREME EVENTS, WHICH CLIMATE SCIENTISTS SAY ARE INCREASINGLY BEING DVEN BY A WARMING WORLD, ARE SPREADING WIDER AND WIDER. IN GERMANY, IT'S BEEN THE OPPOSITE -- AN EXTREME DROUGHT

HAS SHRUNK SOME OF THE NATION'S MAJOR RIVERS, SNARLING CARGO TRAFFIC AS SHIPS STRUGGLE TO NAVIGATE IREASINGLY NARROW CHANNELS. NEW SATELLITE IMAG SHOW THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF A NEARLY DRY RHINE RIVER. THE STORMS INUNDATING FRANCE ARE EXPECTED HERE IN THE COMING DAYS, AND WHILE THOSE RAINS COULD HELP THE RHINE, THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN 7 LIVES IN FRANCE AND ITALY. 140 MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS HIT THE ISLAND OF CORSICA, JUST OFF THE COAST OF THOSE TWO NATIONS WHILE EXPERTS SAY THE STORMS ARE SOMETHING OF A REPRIEVE FROM DROUGHT, THIS VOLUME IS TOO MUCH TO HANDLE. ERIC: WE WERE WAITING FOR PRECIPITATION, BUT NOT WITH THIS MUCH INTENSITY. WILLIAM: OVER 4000 MILES AWAY IN CHINA, ANOTHER DROUGHT IS UNDERWAY. FACING MONTHS OF HEATWAVES, RESIDENTS OF CHONGQING IN THE SICHUAN PROVINCE SAY THE WIND NOW JUST BLOWS HEAT. FANG: I FEEL LIKE I'M STANDING ON A GAS STOVE. WILLIAM: THE YANGTZE RIVER HAS

SHRUNK TO HALF ITS NORMAL WIDTH. FARMERS THAT RELY ON THE RIVER FOR THEIR CROPS SAY THE HEAT AND DROUGHT ARE DESTROYING THEIR HARVEST. XIAOHUA: ALL SCORCHED, YOU SEE, CERTAINLY CANNOT GROW. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IS SLOWLY ROASTING SWEET POTATO LEAVES TO DEATH. WILLIAM: THESE EXTREMES ARE SEEN MOST CLEARLY IN THE ARCTIC. NEW RESEARCH SHOWS PARTS OF THAT REGION ARE WARMING FOUR, AND IN SOME PLACES, SEVEN TIMES FASTER THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN. FOR "THE PBS NEWSHOUR," I'M WILLIAM BRANGHAM. VANESSA: THERE'S A NEW MOVE IN CONGRESS TO MINIMIZE ONLINE THREATS AGAINST THE FBI. THE PROBLEM HAS SURGED SINCE AGENTS SEARCHED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HOME IN FLORIDA. NOW, "THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTS DEMOCRATS ON THE U.S. HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAVE WRITTEN TO 8 SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES. THEY'RE SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE PROBLEM AND ON WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT. WE'LL RETURN TO THE OVERALL THREAT SITUATION AFTER THE NEWS SUMMARY. A BRITISH MAN WAS SENTENCED

TODAY TO LIFE IN A U.S. PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE IN THE ISLAMIC STATE KILLINGS OF 4 AMERICANS. EL SHAFEE ELSHEIKH HAD BEEN CONVICTED LAST APRIL IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS GATHERED AFTER TODAY'S SENTENCING. THEY INCLUDED DIANE FOLEY, WHOSE SON, JOURNALIST JAMES FOLEY, WAS BEHEADED. DIANE: LET THIS SENTENCING MAKE CLEAR TO ALL WHO DARE TO KIDNAP, TORTURE OR KILL ANY AMERICAN CITIZEN ABROAD, THE U.S. JUSTICE WILL FIND YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE AND OUR GOVERNMENT WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR CRIMES AGAINST OUR CITIZENS. VANESSA: ELSHEIKH WAS EXTRADITED FROM BRITAIN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT HE WOULD NOT FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. FIRES BURNED TODAY AT A RUSSIAN MUNITIONS DEPOT JUST OUTSIDE NORTHEASTERN UKRAINE AFTER EXPLOSIONS OVERNIGHT. ONE FIRE FORCED 2 VILLAGES IN RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION TO BE EVACUATED.

THE INCIDENT APPEARED TO BE THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF ATTACKS ON RUSSIAN MILITARY SITES. MEANWHILE, THE U.S. PLEDGED A FURTHER $775 MILLION IN MILITARY AID FOR UKRAINE, INCLUDING ARMORED VEHICLES AND SURVEILLANCE DRONES. THE TOTAL IS NOW $10 BILLION SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. THE FORMER ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OQUEBEC, CANADA DENIED TODAY THAT HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN. VATICAN CARDINAL MARC OUELLET HAS BEEN NAMED IN A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT IN QUEBEC THAT ACCUSES 88 CLERICS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE. JUST YESTERDAY, THE HOLY SEE SAID ITS PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION FOUND NO REASON TO PURSUE THE MATTER. BACK IN THIS COUNTRY -- THE U.S. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS URGING AIRLINES TO DO MORE FOR DELAYED TRAVELERS. FEDERAL OFFICIALS BLAME AIRLINE STAFFING SHORTAGES FOR THOUSANDS FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS THIS SUMMER. THE CARRIERS HAVE BLAMED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STAFFING. THE DEPARTMENT TODAY ASKED FOR

MEAL VOUCHERS FOR PASSENGERS DELAYED 3 HOURS OR MORE, AND HOTEL LODGING FOR OVERNIGHT DELAYS. A UTAH STATE JUDGE RULED TODAY THAT TRANSGENDER GIRLS WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL FEMALE SPORTS. IN JULY, UTAH BECAME ONE OF SEVERAL STATES TO BAN FEMALE TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM PLAYING ON GIRLS' SPORTS TEAMS. UNDER THE RULING, TRANSGENDER GIRLS WILL HAVE TO GO BEFORE A STATE COMMISSION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION. STILL TO COME ON "THE NEWSHOUR"... DAVID BROOKS AND RUTH MARCUS WEIGH IN ON THE WEEK'S POLITICAL HEADLINES... THE BEST-SELLING AFGHAN NOVEL "THE KITE RUNNER" IS ADAPTED FOR BROADWAY... A CAMP IN ARIZONA TEACHES FOSTER CHILDREN COWBOY SKILLS... AND MUCH MORE. >> THIS IS "THE PBS NEWSHOUR" FROM WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON, AND IN THE WEST FROM THE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. JUDY: THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND ITS AGENTS

HAVE BECOME TARGETS OF THREATS IN THE DAYS SINCE THE AGENCY CARRIED OUT A COURT-APPROVED SEARCH OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ESTATE. MUCH OF THE HEATED RHETORIC HAS COME FROM TRUMP HIMSELF AND HIS ALLIES. AND ALREADY, ONE MAN WAS KILLED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AFTER ATTEMPTING TO STORM A FIELD OFFICE IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. HERE WITH ME NOW TO DISCUSS ALL THIS IS RETIRED SPECIAL AGENT FRANK MONTOYA, WHO SERVED 26 YEARS IN THE FBI. WELCOME BACK. WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO TALK TO YOU FOR A COUPLE DAYS BASED ON THE THREATS THAT WE HAVE SEEN OUT THERE. BUT JUST IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO ON THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA STRONG COMMENTS. HE REFERS TO WHAT HE CALLS ATROCITIES BEING PERPETRATED BY THE FBI AND DOJ. HE SAYS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OF OUR COUNTRY HAS BECOME THAT OF A THIRD WORLD NATION AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WILL STAND FOR IT.

NEVER IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY HAS THERE BEEN A TIME WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN SO VICIOUSLY AND VIOLENTLY INVOLVED IN THE LIFE AND TIMES OF POLITICS IN OUR NATION. THEY HAVE NO SHAME. THEY ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY.” HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF THE FBI? FRANK: NEVER. I CANNOT THINK OF ANY INSTANCE IN MY LIFETIME OR IN THE HISTORY OF THE FBI WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THIS SO GRACIOUSLY FOISTED UPON THEM. JUDY: HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED HE? THERE WAS A SEARCH OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HOME. THERE WAS A COURT APPROVED WARRANT FOR THAT SEARCH, AND YET THE PRESIDENT AND HIS ALLIES, HIS SUPPORTERS, HAVE SINCE THEN COME DOWN WITH A STEADY STREAM OF ATTACKS AND THREATS ON THE FBI. FRANK: I THINK WHAT IT REVEALS IS THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN AMONGST HIS INNER CIRCLE AND

WITH HIM IN PARTICULAR ABOUT HOW CLOSE THIS INVESTIGATION IS GETTING TO THE TRUTH. THE THINGS HE HAS BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG, WHETHER IT IS PLANTED EVIDENCE OR THIS UNEQUIVOCAL , UNADULTERATED ABILITY TO DECLASSIFY, OR OUTRIGHT ATTACK THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FBI WHO ARE JUST DOING THEIR JOBS, RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS FROM OUTSIDE, REACTING TO IT WITH A SEARCH WARRANT. AGAIN, DOING THEIR JOBS, COLLECTING THE EVIDENCE AND REMOVING THAT DOCUMENTATION. IT REALLY SUGGESTS THAT HE IS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE FINDING. NOT WHAT THEY WILL FIND, WHAT THEY ARE FINDING AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT AS FAR AS POTENTIAL PROSECUTION. HE IS RUNNING SCARED. THAT IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. JUDY: THE LANGUAGE HAS BECOME -- TO SAY OVER THE TOP IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. WE HAVE SEEN QUOTES WHERE THEY HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT KILLING THE ENEMY. STEVE BANNON, A LONGTIME ADVISOR TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT, TALKED

ABOUT THE FBI IS LIKE THE GESTAPO, TALKING ABOUT WE ARE AT WAR. YOU HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT -- YOU HAVE MANY FRIENDS IN THE BUREAU. HOW ARE THEY SEEING ALL THIS? HOW ARE THEY TAKING IT IN? FRANK: IT TICKS THEM OFF. THEY ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT, TAKE IT IN STRIDE, ADDRESSING THREATS ON A DAILY BASIS IS WHAT THEY DO, BUT WHAT CONCERNS THEM IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT THAT THIS COULD HAVE ON FAMILY MEMBERS, ESPECLLY WITH THEIR KIDS GETTING READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, AND WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES, THE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL WHO DON'T CARRY WEAPONS FOR A LIVING. IT REALLY IS MAKING FOR A DIFFICULT WORK ENVIRONMENT. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY DO. THEY WILL PRESS FORWARD. THEY WILL UPHOLD THEIR OATHS TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, TO UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T LIKE TO USE THIS WORD, BUT WE

ARE IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. WE TRULY ARE. WE ARE LOOKING AT WORDS COMING NOT JUST OUT OF HIS MOUTH, BUT OUT OF OTHER SO-CALLED RESPONSIBLE LEADERS IN THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE CONSTANTLY BASHING PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE DOING THEIR JOB ON A DAILY BASIS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES, FOLLOWING THE RULE OF LAW. IN ADDITION TO THE THREATS THAT THOSE WORDS POSE TO THEM, IT ALSO UNDERMINES THE VERY EFFORTS THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO UPHOLD. IT IS AN ATTACK ON THE CONSTITUTION AS MUCH AS IT IS ON THESE AGENTS THAT ARE WORKING HARD TO UPHOLD IT. JUDY: THAT IS A QUESTION I WANTED TO GET TO. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE AGENCY TO DO ITS JOB WHEN YOU HAVE MORE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO THE FBI, DOJ ARE SERVING NOT HAVING CONFIDENCE -- NOT JUST NOT HAVING CONFIDENCE IN THEM, BUT THINKING THEY ARE THE ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE? FRANK: THAT IS A TERRIBLE SIDE EFFECT FROM ALL OF THIS NONSENSICAL RHETORIC, THAT

PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING. THE VERY REASONS THE FBI EXISTS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT QUESTION THEIR HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, BUT THEIR REASON FOR EXISTING. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MOST AMERICANS, MANY AMERICANS LOOKED AT THE RULE OF LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION AS SOMETHING WORTH UPHOLDING, AS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE UPHELD. RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF THIS NEGATIVE LANGUAGE, THIS RHETORIC, IT IS CAUSING EVEN REGULAR PEOPLE, MY NEIGHBORS, TO QUESTION WHETHER THE FBI IS DOING WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO AS OPPOSED TO ACTING LIKE A ROGUE AGENCY. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS NOTHING COULD BE FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT ROGUE NATURE, THE ADJECTIVES, THE DESCRIPTIONS THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS USING TO DESCRIBE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LIKE YOUR NEIGHBORS, WHOSE CHILDREN GO TO YOUR HOOLS. THEY ARE JUSDOING THEIR JOBS, REACTING TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT AND DOING IT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.

AT THE SAME TIME, TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES. JUDY: WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE. WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THIS AS IT DEVELOPS. AGAIN, WITH THESE NEW COMMENTS TODAY FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT. FRANK MONTOYA, WHO SERVED IN THE FBI FOR 26 YEARS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FRANK: THANK YOU. ♪ JUDY: A 16 YEAR OLD'S REQUEST TO HAVE AN ABORTION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS BEEN DENIED BY THE COURTS. IN A DECISION THAT UPHELD A LOWER COURT RULING, A STATE APPEALS COURT THIS WEEK SAID SHE WAS NOT, "SUFFICIENTLY MATURE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO TERMINATE HER PREGNANCY." JOHN YANG HAS MORE DETAILS ON THE CASE AND WHAT IT REVEALS ABOUT STATE ABORTION LAWS REQUIRING PARENTAL CONSENT. JOHN: JUDY, THE TEENAGER IN THIS CASE IS IDENTIFIED IN COURT DOCUMENTS ONLY AS "JANE DOE 22-B."

SHE WAS 11 WEEKS PREGNANT AS OF MONDAY. SHE TOLD THE COURT SHE WASN'T READY TO HAVE A BABY, DIDN'T HAVE A JOB AND THAT THE FATHER OF THE BABY WASN'T ABLE TO HELP HER. COURT DOCUMENTS DESCRIBE HER AS "PARENTLESS," SO SHE ASKED A JUDGE IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR PERMISSION TO END THE PREGNANCY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. FLORIDA IS ONE OF 36 STATES REQUIRING PARENTAL CONSENT FOR A MINOR TO HAVE AN ABORTION. JERI BETH COHEN IS A RETIRED MIAMI-DADE CHILD WELFARE JUDGE. SHE RETIRED IN 2020 AFTER 28 YEARS ON THE BENCH. THE QUESTION A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING IS THAT THE LAW SAYS SHE HATO BE MATURE ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS DECISION AND THIS JUDGE SAID NO. BUT IF SHE IS NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE DECISION, HOW IS SHE MATURE ENOUGH TO CARRY THIS PREGNANCY TO TERM? JERI BETH: THAT IS REALLY THE PROBLEM WITH ALL THESE NOTIFICATION AND CSENT STATUTES, ISN'T IT? IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE DECISION, YOU ARE NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO DO THAT, SHOULD YOU BE BRINGING A CHILD INTO THE WORLD?

I THINK WHAT THE COURTS ARE SAYING IS, LOOK, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND TELL A PARENT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO DO THIS WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF YOUR PARENT OR GUARDIAN. MOST OF THESE MINORS, I WOULD SAY NEARLY 100OF THEM WHO FEEL THEY CAN GO TO A PARENT, THAT A PARENT WILL BE RECEPTIVE TO HELPING THEM, WILL GO TO THEIR PARENT. BUT IT MAKES NO LOGICAL SENSE. IN FACT, WASN'T THIS MINOR SHOWING INCREDIBLE MATURITY BY GETTING HERSELF TO COURT, BY SAYING I DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY, I'M DOING A GED RIGHT NOW, I'M PARENTLESS, I DON'T HAVE THE EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL STRENGTH TO DO THIS, AND I AM MAKING THIS DECISION FOR MYSELF. I AM EMPOWERING MYSELF TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE. ISN'T THAT REALLY SHOWING EXTRAORDINARY MATURITY? JOHN: AS YOU SAY, YOU HANDLED THESE CASES WHEN YOU WERE ON THE

BENCH. DOES THE LAW GIVE YOU ANY GUIDANCE ON A STANDARD FOR DETERMINING MATURITY? HOW DID YOU APPROACH THESE CASES? JERI BETH: THERE IS THREE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU CAN GRANT A WAIVER. ONE IS THAT THE MINOR IS MATURE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE DECISION. IN THOSE CASES I USED TO ASK A SERIES OF QUESTIONS. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TH A TRUSTED FAMILY MEMBER OR SCHOOL COUNSELOR? HAVE YOU RECEIVED INFORMATION ON ANY MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES THAT MAY RESULT FROM BOTH THE PREGNANCY OR AN ABORTION? HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE FATHER, IF THAT FATHER WAS AROUND? WHY DO YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PREGNANCY TO CARRY TO TERM AT THIS POINT IN YOUR LIFE? AND YOU CAN SORT OF GET A VERY GOOD FEEL FOR WHETHER OR NOT THE MINOR HAS CONSIDEREDHE PROS

AND CONS, WHAT HER FAMILY SITUATION IS, AND WHETHER OR NOT SHE'S MATURE ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS DECISION. SOME OF THIS IS JUST COMMON SENSE. THERE IS NO PARTICULAR STANDARDS LAID OUT IN THE STATUTE. JOHN: THIS IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE IT COMES AFTER THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE. BUT THIS REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. THESE HAVE BEEN THE CHALLENGES, OR HIGHLIGHTS THE CHALLENGES THAT ADOLESCENTS SEEKING ABORTIONS HAVE BEEN FACING ALL ALONG. JERI BETH: THIS HAS BEEN THE LAW IN FLORIDA FOR QUITE A WHILE. IT STARTED WITH PARENTAL NOTIFICATION AND THEN IT WENT TO PARENTAL CONSENT. THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RECENT OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE. WHAT I FOUND IN ALL THOSE YEARS IS WHEN A MINOR CAN GO TO A PARENT AND FEELS THAT PARENT WILL HELP HER MAKE THE DECISION, WILL NOT BE JUDGMENTAL, WILL NOT

KICK HER OUT OF THE HOME, WILL NOT BE PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE, THAT MINOR WILL GO TO HER PARENT. I WAS A MINOR WHO NEEDED AN ABORTION IN 1970. THIS WAS BEFORE ROE V. WADE. IT WAS LEGAL IN NEW YORK. I WAS ABLE TO GO TO MY MOTHER AND SHE TOOK ME TO NEW YORK. WAS I FRIGHTENED TO TELL HER? YES I WAS. BUT I KNEW THAT I WOULDN'T BE KICKED OUT OF THE HOME. I WOULD NOT BE PHYSICALLY ABUSED. I KNEW THAT I HAD AN UNDERSTANDING PARENT. AND MOST MINORS, WHEN THEY CAN, WILL GO TO THEIR PARENT. THESE ARE MINORS THAT DO NOT FEEL THEY CAN AND IN THIS CASE, THIS YOUNG WOMAN DIDN'T HAVE ANY PARENTS. SHE WAS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND HER CASEWORKER AND HER GUARDIAN, IN FACT, SUPPORTED HER DECISION. JOHN: WHAT OPTIONS ARE LEFT TO HER NOW, BOTH IN THE COURTS AND COULD SHE, AS YOU DID, TRAVEL OUT-OF-STATE?

JERI BETH: WELL, THE FIRST THING IS SHE CAN GO BACK INTO THIS TRIAL COURT BECAUSE THE JUDGE LEFT THAT OPEN AND HOPEFULLY SHE WILL GET HERSELF AN ATTORNEY AND SHE WILL GO BACK INTO COURT AND RE-PLEAD HER CASE. NOW THIS CAN BE VERY TRAUMATIZING, BUT THAT IS ONE THING SHE CAN DO. IF SHE RUNS UP AGAINST THE 15 WEEK ABORTION BAN IN FLORIDA, SHE WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL OUT OF STATE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS FUNDS AROUND FLORIDA THAT WILL FUND THAT TRAVEL AND HELP HER GET AN ABORTION. KEEP IN MIND SHE'LL HAVE TO GET THE PERMISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO TRAVEL BECAUSE SHE'S UNDER THEIR JURISDICTION. AND HER WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN A MEDICAL INSTEAD OF A SURGICAL ABORTION WILL HAVE PASSED AND THAT DRIVES UP THE COST SIGNIFICANTLY. JOHN: RETIRED FLORIDA CHILD WELFARE JUDGE JERI BETH COHEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JERI BET THANK YOU.

♪ JUDY: THIS WEEK'S PRIMARIES ONCE AGAIN DEMONSTRATED THE STRENGTHS AND LIMITS OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S INFLUENCE OVER THE GOP. TO DISCUSS THAT AND MUCH MORE, WE TN TO THE ANALYSIS OF BROOKS AND MARCUS. THAT'S "NEW YORK TIMES" COLUMNIST DAVID BROOKS AND RUTH MARCUS, DEPUTY EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR FOR "THE WASHINGTON POST." JONATHAN CAPEHART IS AWAY. IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE BOTH OF YOU ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT THE SUBJECTS ARE A LITTLE TOUGH TO TALK ABOUT. I WANT TO START WITH WHAT I INTERVIEWED THE FORMER FBI AGENT FRANK MONTOYA ABOUT, THIS FLOOD OF NOT JUST STRONG COMMENTS, BUT THREATS AGAINST THE FBI, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SINCE THE SEARCH OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HOME. HOW SERIOUSLY SHOULD WE BE TAKING ALL OF THIS?

DAVID: PRETTY SERIOUSLY. HE MADE A GOOD CASE. I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE FBI AGENTS. THEY HAVE BEEN OVER TO MY HOUSE FOR DINNER, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF DINNER THEY GET A TEXT AND HAVE TO RUN. THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS. THEY TAKE PROTECTING THIS COUNTRY VERY SERIOUSLY. THEY ARE PATRIOTIC. I THINK IN THE CASE OF DONALD TRUMP, IT IS A BIT OF PROJECTION THAT THE ASSUMPTION THAT NOBODY IS ON THE LEVEL, THAT NOBODY IS DISINTERESTINGLY SERVING THE COUNTRY, THAT IS NOT THE MENTALITY OF MOST PEOPLE WORKING AT THE FBI. THEY ARE DISINTERESTED. THEY WANT TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY. THEY WANT TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS. THEY ARE NOT PARTICULARLY POLITICAL. TO PORTRAY THEM AS SOME SORT OF PARTISAN WITCHHUNT IS JUST A DISTORTION OF REALITY. IT BECOMES DANGEROUS. JUDY: HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS? THE LANGUAGE -- I WAS READING SOME OF IT A MOMENT AGO, SHARING IT WITH THE AUDIENCE -- SOME OF

IT IS TRULY OVER THE TOP. RUTH: IT IS REPREHENSIBLE, THE QUOTE YOU HAD OF PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING THESE ATROCITIES. WE KNOW WHAT ATROCITIES ARE. FBI AGENTS CONDUCTING A SEARCH UNDER THE AUSPICES OF A WARRANT APPROVED BY A FEDERAL JUDGE ARE NOT COMMITTING ATROCITIES. THEY ARE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE RULE OF LAW. IF THERE IS ANY PARTY THAT SHOULD RECOGNIZE THIS AND LEAP TO THE FBI'S DEFENSE, IT IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHICH HAS BEEN BEATING ITS CHEST ABT DEMOCRATS BEING SOFT ON CRIME AND CLAMBERING -- CLAMORING SUPPOSEDLY FOR DEFUNDING THE POLICE. THE FBI ARE THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY SINCE 9/11 TO KEEP US SAFE FROM FOREIGN TERRORTS.

THE NOTION THAT THEY HAVE SOMEHOW BEEN TRANSFORMED BY THIS OR OTHER ACTS INTO THE ENEMY, THE ENEMY BEING TARGETED BY DONALD TRUMP, IT IS BEYOND THE NORMAL GASLIGHTING THAT WE ARE USED TO. IT IS A SLUR ON PEOPLE WHO REALLY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, DEVOTE THEIR CAREERS, UPEND THR FAMILY LIVES TO HELP ALL OF US. JUDY: AS WE SAY, IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE WATCHING. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SLOWING DOWN IN ANY WAY. I DO WANT TO BRING US TONIGHT TO THE PRIMARIES THIS WEEK. LIZ CHENEY, THERE WAS SO MUCH FOCUS ON HER CONTEST FOR REELECTION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF WYOMING IN CONGRESS. SHE LOST BY 40 POINTS. I WANT TO ASK YOU BOTH ABOUT IT. FIRST, HERE IS A CLIP OF PART OF WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY IN HER NCESSION SPEECH ON TUESDAY NIGHT. REP. CHENEY: I ASK YOU TONIGHT TO JOIN ME AS WE LEAVE HERE, LET

US RESOLVE THAT WE WILL STAND TOGETHER, REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS, AGAINST THOSE WHO WOULD DESTROY OUR REPUBLIC. THEY ARE ANGRY AND THEY ARE DETERMINED, BUT THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THE POWER OF AMERICANS UNITED IN DEFENSE OF OUR CONSTITUTION AND COMMITTED TO THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. JUDY: DAVID, SHE IS SAYING AND WENT ON TO DESCRIBE THIS MOVEMENT, ORGANIZATION SHE IS CREATING TO TRY TO STAND UP TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BUT WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FOR THAT EFFORT? HOW POSSIBLE IS IT TO CHANGE MINDS? DAVID: NOT VERY. IT'S CLEAR SHE WANTS TO RUN. SHE MADE A REFERENCE TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN WHO SERVED IN THE HOUSE AND RAN FOR PRESIDENT. SHE WOULD BE A FORMIDABLE CANDIDATE IN SOME WAYS. I THINK SHE WOULD GET A LOT OF FUNDING, A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION. IF SHE RAN FOR PRESIDENT, FIRST, COULD SHE GET ON THE DEBATE STAGE WITH DONALD TRUMP? THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL

COMMITTEE WOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PREVENT THAT. ON THE OTHER HAND, I DON'T THINK THERE IS A MAINSTREAM MEDIA ORGANIZATION WHO HOSTED A REPUBLICAN DEBATE WITHOUT LIZ CHENEY ON THE STAGE. THAT HAS SOME POWER. I ASSUME EVERY NON-TRUMP CANDIDATE WANTS HER ON THE STAGE. IF SHE GOT ON THE STAGE, IT WOULD HAVE POWER, AT LEAST IN THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION. I DO THINK SHE IS SOMEWHAT FORMIDABLE. I THINK THE OVERALL STORY THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS IS THAT THIS IS ONCE AGAIN TRUMP'S PARTY. I FELT A MONTH OR TWO AGO THAT REPUBLICANS WANTED TO MOVE ON. I NO LONGER THINK THAT. I THINK THIS IS NOW DONALD TRUMP'S PARTY. IF HE WANTS THE NOMINATION, HE WILL GET IT. I READ AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH A GUY WAS CONSULTING WITH RON DESANTIS, THE GOVERNOR FROM FLORIDA, AND SAID ONCE THE FBI DID THE SEARCH ON MAR-A-LAGO, WE SORT OF JUST STEPPED BACK BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR THERE WAS NO AVENUE FOR ANYBODY BUT DONALD TRUMP TO GET THE NOMINATION. I THINK THAT IS THE REALITY

RIGHT NOW. JUDY: RUTH, DO YOU AGREE, IT IS DONALD TRUMP'S PARTY? IF IT IS, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT WHAT LIZ CHENEY IS TRYING TO DO? RUTH: IT TELLS US THAT LIZ CHENEY IS AN INCREDIBLY BRAVE, NOT UNIQUELY BRAVE BUT AN UNUSUALLY BRAVE PERSON WHEN YOU COMPARE HER BEHAVIOR TO THOSE OF MOST OF HER COLLEAGUES. DONALD TRUMP HAS A DEATH GRIP ON THE PARTY. IF YOU DARE TO CROSS HIM AND THEN DON'T AT LEAST APOLOGIZE ON BENDED KNEE, YOUR POLITICAL CAREER IN ELECTED OFFICE IS OVER. LIZ CHENEY UNDERSTOOD THAT. SHE WENT INTO THIS RACE KNOWING THAT WHEN SHE DID WHAT SHE DID, SHE, DESPITE BEING A CHENEY HERE IN WYOMING, IN CHENEY COUNTRY, I AM IN ONE OF THE TWO COUNTIES THAT VOTED FOR HER, YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE. SHE DID IT ANYWAY BECAUSE SHE

THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CALL HIM TO ACCOUNT. THAT IS WHY SHE IS FLIRTING WITH THIS PRESIDENTIAL RUN. I WILL QUOTE HILLARY CLINTON. WATCH I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD DO -- WHICH I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD DO IN A SENTENCE ABOUT LIZ CLEANING -- LIZ CHENEY. SHE'S NOT IN IT TO WIN IT. SHE'S IN IT TO STOP HIM, TO DO WHAT SHE CAN TO STOP HIM. IS THAT GOING TO BE EASY? CERTAINLY WHAT DAVID DESCRIBES AS HIS SUCCESSFUL MARCH TO THE NOMINATION, NO, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO TRY. I HAVE TO SAY I AM INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED AND QUITE HONESTLY THANKFUL FOR WHAT LIZ CHENEY HAS DONE AND IS TRYING TO DO. JUDY: DAVID, WHAT ARGUMENTS WOULD WORK IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE IN, AT A REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT AS YOU SAY DONALD TRUMP IS DOMINATING? WHAT ARGUMENTS WOULD WORK AGAINST HIM? DAVID: ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT IS IF YOU HAD A BUNCH OF LIFELO REPUBLICANS SAYING, I

AM A REPUBLICAN, I AM A CONSERVATIVE, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK -- I THINK DONALD TRUMP IS A MENACE TO OUR DEMOCRACY. THE LINCOLN PROJECT AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE PUT UP ADS, AND LIZ CHENEY IS A PERSONIFICATION OF THIS, AND SAID NO, THIS GUY IS A MENACE TO OUR DEMOCRACY FOR X, Y AND Z REASON, AT LEAST THAT WOULD HAVE SOME CREDIBILITY WITH REPUBLICAN VOTERS. THE EVIDENCE SO FAR IS IT DOES NOT, THAT REPUBLICAN VOTERS LIKE DONALD TRUMP, THEY THINK THE ECONOMY WAS GOOD UNDER DONALD TRUMP, THEY THINK IT IS BAD NOW. THEIR NUMBER ONE FOCUS IS DEFEATING JOE BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS, WHO THEY THINK ARE OUT TO GET THEM AND DONALD TRUMP. IT'S JUST A VERY RARE THING IN AMERICAN LIFE IN 2022 TO GO AGAINST YOUR PARTY AND TO SAY THE FOCUS, THE REAL THREAT IS SOMEONE IN MY OWN PARTY. THAT IS WHAT LIZ CHENEY DID. I THINK SHE'S RIGHT. I THINK SHE IS INCREDIBLY BRAVE. I THINK THE PHYSICAL THREATS

AGAINST HER ARE REAL. SHE IS FACING UP TO THOSE. THERE ARE JUST NOT A LOT OF AMERICANS WHO ARE WILLING TO GO AGAINST THEIR OWN PARTY IN 2022. IF THEIR ARGUMENTS PERSUADE PRO-TRUMP PEOPLE NOT TO BE PRO-TRUMP, I WOULD SAY THEY HAVE NOT WORKED FOR SIX OR SEVEN YEARS. JUDY: MEANTIME, A NUMBER OF THE SENATE AND GOVERNOR CANDIDATES IN STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS ENDORSED ARE NOT DOING WELL IN THOSE RACES. THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED JUST YESTERDAY BY MITCH MCCONNELL. HERE IS A CLIP OF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY -- I'M NOW TOLD WE DON'T HAVE THE CLIP. I WILL JUST CITE PART OF WHAT HE SAID. HE SAID HE THINKS THERE IS A GREATER LIKELIHOOD THAT THE HOUSE WOULD FLIP TO REPUBLICAN THAN THE SENATE. HE SAID CANDIDATE QUALITY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE OUTCOME. THAT IS BEING READ AS THE TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATES ARE THE ONES HAVING DIFFICULTY. WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU? RUTH: IT SAYS THAT IS A

POTENTIAL ANSWER TO THE QUESTION YOU JUST ASKED DAVID, WHAT, IF ANYTHING, COULD DISSUADE TRUMP SUPPORTERS FROM CONTINUING THEIR SUPPORT FOR HIM? THE ONLY ANSWER I CAN COME UP WITH IS TO HAVE LEADERS OF THE PARTY, IF THEY ARE WILLING, TO HAVE THE FORTITUDE TO COME FORWARD AND SAY IN MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD LANGUAGE THAN MITCH MCCONNELL HAS BEEN WILLING TO, THIS GUY, THE FORMER GUY, IS GOING TO DENY US OR HAS DENIED US CONTROL OF THE SENATE. THIS GUY IS GOING TO IMPERIL OUR ABILITY TO TAKE BACK THE WHITE HOUSE. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO EMBODY THE BELIEFS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS EVEN THAT YOU FOUND SO COMPELLING IN DONALD TRUMP, BUT YOU CAN HAVE TRUMP WITHOUT THE BAGGAGE.

THAT IS -- I AM GRASPING AT STRAWS HERE. BUT THAT IS THE ARGUMENT I WOULD MAKE. I TOOK SENATOR MCCONNELL'S WORDS AND HIS POLITICAL ANALYSIS TO BE A KIND OF MITCH MCCONNELL'S VERSION OF A HAIR ON FIRE MOMENT. MITCH MCCONNELL MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE WANTS TO BE MAJORITY LEADER AGAIN. HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO GET THAT LAST TIME. HE DIDN'T, LARGELY BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMPND HIS INSISTENCE ON MAKING TROUBLE FOR CANDIDES, ESPECIALLY IN GEORGIA. HE IS LOOKING AT IT SLIPPING AWAY FROM HIS GRASP AGAIN. THAT CAN FAIRLY BE TIED TO TRUMP-BACKED CANDIDATES. REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS SUCCESSFULLY IN GETTING SOME OF THE MORE EXTREME CANDIDATES OFF THE BALLOT, BUT THEY ARE RISKING THE POTENTIAL TO SEIZE CONTROL OF THE SENATE NOW. JUDY: WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT SOME OF THESE TRUMP-ENDORSED

CANDIDATES COULD COST THE REPUBLICANS A MAJORITY? DAVID: I SEE IT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. MITCH MCCONNELL IS RIGHT, CANDIDATE QUALITY MATTERS IN THE SENATE RACE. HERSCHEL WALKER IN GEORGIA, DR. OZ IN PENNSYLVANIA, THEY ARE WAY UNDERPERFORMING. I DON'T THINK THIS REFLECTS ON DONALD TRUMP. THE KING CLOWN MAKES HIMSELF ELECTABLE. THE JUNIOR CLOWNS HAVE TROUBLE. THE PEOPLE PRETENDING TO BE TRUMPIST ARE LESS PERSUASIVE. I DON'T THINK THIS IS A SIGN THAT WE SHOULD THINK TRUMPISN IS NOT SUPERPOWERFUL, IT IS, IT IS JUST SOME OF THE MINOR LEAGUE CLOWNS WHO ARE JUST NOT RUNNING UP TO SPEED. I THINK THOSE RACES ARE REALLY IN TROUBLE, AND AS A RESULT MITCH MCCONNELL IS RIGHT THAT , DEMOCRATS ARE MORE LIKELY TO RETAIN THE SENATE. JUDY: I AM KEEPING ALL THOSE IMAGES IN MY HEAD, TONIGHT AND FOR THE WEEKEND. DAVID BROOKS, RUTH MARCUS, WE THANK YOU BOTH. DAVID: THANK YOU, JUDY. RUTH: THANKS.

♪ JUDY: IT IS A TALE TT STRIKES AT THE HEART OF AFGHAN AMERICAN IDENTITY, A GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO FLED THE SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN TO FIND THEMSELVES IN AMERICA, STARTING OVER, WATCHING PAINFULLY AS THEIR FORMER HOMELAND IS TORN APART. "THE KITE RUNNER," BASED ON KHALED HUSSEINI'S BEST-SELLING NOVEL, OPENED AS A PLAY ON BROADWAY LAST MONTH. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT JANE FERGUSON TAKES A LOOK AT THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY FOR OUR TS AND CULTURE SERIES, "CANVAS." >> LET'S FLY! JANE: IT IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR AFGHAN STORIES TO TAKE CENTER STAGE IN THE THEO-DUR WORLD -- THE THEATER WORLD, AND FOR ACTORS WITH ROOTS FROM THE REGION TO PLAY CHARACTERS WHO THAT MEAN SO MUCH TO THEM. >> HASSAN WAS THE GREATEST KITE RUNNER I HAD EVER SEEN.

>> I THINK HAVING THE STORY DONE RIGHT NOW IN THIS SPECIFIC TIME IN HISTORY IS REALLY SPECIAL. HERE ON BROADWAY, YOU KNOW, THE PINNACLE OF WHAT THEATER IS, AND STORYTELLING IS. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DID I THINK I'D SEE A CELEBRATION OF AFGHAN CULTURE ON BROADWAY. I JUST I DIDN'T GROW UP THINKING THAT. I DID NOT IMAGINE IT COULD HAPPEN. MOST OF THE STORIES ABOUT THE CULTURE, ARE MILITARY FOCUSED. JANE: AZITA GHANIZADA IS AN LA-BASED ACTOR WHO HAS WORKED ON VARIOUS TELEVISION SERIES FOR YEARS. LIKE HER OWN CHARACTER IN THE PLAY, SHE CAME TO AMERICA AS A CHILD WHEN THE SOVIETS TOOK OVER KABUL IN 1979. >> SHE THEN MADE HER WAY TO HOLLYWOOD 20 YEARS LATER HAVING NEVER EVEN OWNED A PIECE OF LUGGAGE, AND SOMEHOW MADE IT ONTO TELEVISION, POST 9/11, AND HAS NEVER PLAYED A TERRORIST OR A REFUGEE. THAT PERSON IS ME. JANE: AZITA, WHO IS ALSO AN ACTIVIST CAMPAIGNING FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFGHANISTAN, SPOKE AT THE TED TALK SPIN-OFF TEDX IN 2020 ABOUT LIFE GROWING UP HERE AS AN AFGHAN IMMIGRANT. AZITA: I WORKED SO HARD TO PROVE

MY WORTH THAT I WENT ON TO WIN EVERY SINGLE AWARD AT THAT SCHOOL, FROM PATROL OF THE YEAR, TO THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION CITIZENSHIP AWARD. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S RIGHT, THIS LITTLE AFGHAN GIRL W AN AWARD DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AMERICAN PATRIOTISM. [LAUGHTER] JANE: TO HER, THE IMPACT THE PLAY IS HAVING ON OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE FELT LIKE HER GROWING UP THE GREATEST RARD FOR THE HARD WORK. AZITA: I'VE SPOKEN TO YOUNG GIRLS THAT SPEAK, YOU KNOW, FARSI AND DARI AND ARABIC AND SOMETHING THAT MANY OF THE YOUNG GIRLS, I'M TALKING TEENAGED AGED, SAY TO ME IS I HAVE NOT HEARD MY LANGUAGE NOT HEARD VIOLENTLY ON TELISION OR IN MOVIES. I'VE NEVER HEARD IT NOT AS A THREAT. AND THEY CRY BECAUSE THEY'RE TOLD THAT THAT'S WHO THEY ARE, THAT'S HOW THEY SHOULD FEEL AND RESPOND TO THEIR OWN LANGUAGE.

SO FOR THEM TO COME AND HEAR THAT AND SEE THAT IN A CELEBRATION AND HAVE THEM BE OUTSIDE IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. JANE: THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN CULTURAL SENSITIVITY. TO THE CREATIVE TEAM BEHIND THE SHOW, IT'S ALSO ABOUT HISTORICAL ACCURACY, GETTING THE STORY RIGHT. >> WHEN IN HISTORY IS THIS STORY SET? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? WHAT IS THEIR BACKGROUND, THEIR EDUCATION LEVEL, AND WHERE THEY LIVE, WHETHER IT IS KABUL OR HERAT MEANS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIALECTS OF FARSI. JANE: CULTURAL ADVISOR AND SCRIPT CONSULTANT HUMAIRA GHILZAI ALSO CAREFULLY CONSIDERED EVERYTHING FROM THE COSTUMES TO THE SET AND LANGUAGE. HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL REFLECTS A STANDARD SHE KNOWS THE AFGHAN-AMERICANS IN THE AUDIENCE DEMAND. HUMAIRA: MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THE AFGHAN AUDIENCES. [LAUGHTER] THE GENERAL AUDIENCE, YEAH, THEY ARE GOING TO BE IMPRESSED, IT IS NO PROBLEM. BUT THEY ARE REALLY MY TARGET,

THAT IS WHO I REPRESENT, THAT IS WHO I WORK FOR, AND THAT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS AN AFGHAN AMERICAN. WHILE I WAS THERE FOR THE PREVIEWS WHICH IS THE TIME WE REALLY LOOK AT AUDIENCE FEEDBACK I WOULD GO EVERY DAY, STAND OUTSIDE, AND THEN FLAG EVERYONE I THOUGHT WAS AFGHAN. THEN ASK THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM, PLEASE DON'T BE POLITE, I REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. JANE: THE PLAY WAS PLANNED BEFORE KABUL FELL TO THE TALIBAN LAST AUGUST, BUT WITH THIS WEEK MARKING THE ONE YEAR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THAT DATE, THE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF AFGHAN CULTURE IS ALL THE MORE POIGNANT. THE ENTIRE PLAY IT IS SET TO A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRADITIONAL AFGHAN DRUMS, PLAYED BY CALIFORNIA-BASED MUSICIAN SALAR NADER. SALAR: THE FIRST DAY THAT HAPPENED, I WAS AWAKE FOR PROBABLY TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW.

I SAW THE FALL. WHAT CAN I DO? GET OUT WITH YOUR INSTRUMENT AND PLAY, SING AND DANCE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. TRY TO SHARE THE INFECTIOUS GROOVES OF AFGHANISTAN. I WANT 1000 PEOPLE EACH NIGHT WALKING OUT OF THIS THEATER KNOWING, OKAY, LET'S BE THERE FOR THE AFGHAN PEOPLE. JANE: LIVE PERFORMANCES LIKE THIS ONE OF SALAR IN 2015 ON AFGHAN TV OF HIS BELOVED MUSIC ARE NOW BANNED IN AFGHANISTAN. BUT, HE SAYS, MUSICIANS THERE REMAIN DEFIANT AND WON'T LET THIS CULTURE DIE. SALAN: I'M IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH A LOT OF THE MUSICIANS, SO THEY STILL HAVE THEIR FACEBOOK MESSENGER ACCOUNTS AND I GET 5 TO 10 MESSAGES EVERY MORNING AND AT NIGHT. SO ONLINE, A LOT OF THE YOUNG PERFORMERS AND PERCUSSIONISTS HAVE BEEN TRAINING WITH ME. ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY IT OUTDOORS OR AT A WEDDING OR WITHIN A CONCERT, THERE'S ALSO A MENTAL PRACTICE WE DO. AND THERE'S ALSO HIDDEN WAYS OF PRACTICE THAT MUSICIANS AND

ARTISTS HAVE DONE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. JANE: MORE THAN 76,000 AFGHANS HAVE ARRIVED IN E U.S. SINCE THE FALL OF KABUL TO THE TALIBAN. AMONG THE RANKS OF THOSE FLEEING ARE WRITERS, ACTORS, MUSICIANS, WHOSE ART FORMS ARE BANNED BY THE TALIBAN. THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IS LIKELY TO GO ON TELLING MORE STORIES OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE U.S. WAR THERE IN YEARS TO COME. THOSE LIKE HUMIRA HOPE A FRESH TAKE ON THAT STORYTELLING WILL EVOLVE TOO. HUMAIRA: WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT WE DON'T PORTRAY AFGHANS AND AFGHANISTAN IN THE SAME MONOLITHIC WAY WE HAVE BEFORE IN A LOT OF THE MOVIES THAT WERE DONE PRIOR TO LAST YEAR. THERE WAS ALWAYS AFGHAN WOMEN COWERING IN THE CORNER, SOMEONE WAS ALWAYS SCREAMING AT THEM, AND THERE WAS A TALIBAN RUNNING AROUND WITH A BIG TURBEN. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE

DIVERSITY IN THINKING AND MORE NUANCE IN THE STORY-TELLING. >> RED, BLUE, AND YELLOW KITES SPUN PAST EACH OTHER. JANE: THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME FOR INDUSTRY LEADERS TO DO THAT, AS THE COMMUNITY OF AFGHAN CREATIVES IN AMERICA GROWS RAPIDLY. SALAR: WE HAVE BEEN HERE NOW FOR 40 YEARS. WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE READY TO USE OUR VOICE. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTIGATING TO SEE WHO'S HERE, WHO'S AVAILABLE. JANE: AZITA LOOKS FORWARD TO SEEING THEIR TALENTS BLOSSOM HERE. AZITA: WE ARE STORYTELLERS AND WE'RE POETS AND WE'RE MUSICIANS. I MEAN, THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF CULTURE, REALLY. AND SO ALL OF THAT HISTORY THAT LIVES INSIDE OF US, WE JUST HAVE TO BE WILLING TO FORGE OUR OWN PATH, WHETHER IT'S BEING AN ACTOR, WHETHER IT'S PRODUCING, WHETHER IT'S WRITING, WHETHER IT'S JOINING PROGRAMMING. JANE: TOUGH ASHE BUSINESS IS, SHE IS CONFIDENT AFGHANS WILL THRIVE. AZITA: YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAR REFUGEES. WE STARTED OVER WITH TWO SUITCASES AND NO MONEY AND NO COMMUNITY AND NO SUPPORT SYSTEM. THOSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRONG AND THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH A

LOT. THEY CAN HANDLE HOLLYWOOD. JANE: FOR "THE PBS NEWSHOUR," I'M JANE FERGUSON, IN NEW YORK. ♪ JUDY: AND WE'LL BE BACK SHORTLY TO SEE HOW SOME YOUNG PEOPLE IN FOSTER CARE ARE RIDING OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES AND INTO NEW EXPERIENCES. BUT FIRST, TAKE A MOMENT TO HEAR FROM YOUR LOCAL PBS STATION. IT'S A CHANCE TO OFFER YOUR SUPPORT, WHICH HELPS KEEP PROGRAMS LIKE OURS ON THE AIR. >> ONCE YOU SET IT UP, YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT

PLEDGING AGAIN BECAUSE YOUR SUPPORT WILL CONTINUE AUTOMATICALLY. YOU CAN SIGN UP ONLINE OR WE CAN HELP YOU ON THE PHONE. GIVE US A CALL AT 800-568-9999 OR TEXT THE WORD GIVE TO THAT NUMBER AND WE WILL SEND YOU A LINK . >>> HELLO. I AM HERE AT THE PBS NEWS HOUR AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDE HELPS KEEP YOU INFORMED ON BOTH NATIONAL AND WORLD ISSUES THAT THIS IS A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. THAT IS WHY OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU IS TO PROVIDE THE MOST RESPONSIBLE AND BALANCED REPORTING OF ANALYSIS ON CURRENT EVENTS, BOTH ON-AIR AND ONLINE. YOUR SUPPORT OF THE PBS NEWS HOUR ALLOWS US TO BE THE TRUSTED SOURCE FOR NEWS AND INFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT. >>> WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU RIGHT NOW WITH THE DONATION BECAUSE WE ARE STILL TRYING TO MEET A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR CHALLENGE FOR LINDA AND JOHN FROM SAN JOSE. YOUR PLEDGE COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COLLECTING

THAT EXTRA $1000 OR LETTING IT SLIP AWAY. PLEASE HELP US RIGHT NOW AND DONATE ONLINE AT KQED.ORG/DONATE OR GIVE US A CALL OR TEXT THE WORD GIVE TO 1-800-568-9999. >> AT A TIME WHEN IT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE CHALLENGING TO BE A JOURNALIST, CARING WHERE YOUR NEWS COMES FROM MATTERS AND SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDED IS A POWERFUL WAY TO PROTECT AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH JOURNALISTS AROUND THE GLOBE TO BRING IN THE NEWS OF THE WORLD BECAUSE WHEN YOU MAKE A DONATION YOU HELP THE PROGRAM CONTINUE IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT WORK. THE AMOUNT YOU DONATE IS UP TO YOU AND IF YOU CAN'T FIT US INTO YOUR BUDGET, WE UNDERSTAND. IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO SUPPORT US, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN DONATE $20 A MONTH OR $240, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO THANK YOU WITH ONE YOUR DIGITAL PRESCRIPTION TO THE WASHINGTON POST AND NEW YORK TIMES AND IF YOU SEARCH THE ARCHIVES, SEND ARTICLES TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY, SEE ALL OF THE PRINT CONTENT DIGITAL FORMAT AND TO GET STARTED YOU CAN GO TO KQED.ORG/DONATE AND TEXT US THE WORD GIVE OR GIVE US A CALL AT 1-800-568-9999. >>> THE REPORTERS AND EDITORS AT THE NEWS HOUR FIND FACTS WITHIN CONTEXT AND DELIVER THEM CALMLY AND OBJECTIVELY. IT IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR FIVE AWARD-WINNING DECADES AND THEY HAVE ALSO WON YOUR TRUST ALONG THE WAY AND THE TRUST OF MILLIONS OF VIEWERS WHO TURN TO PBS NEWSHOUR EACH DAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU IF YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A DONATION AND ALSO THANK LINDA AND GINES -- JOHN. STAY WITH US AS WE CONTINUE ON NONPROFIT COMMUNITY SUPPORTED KQED. JUDY: FINALLY TONIGHT, WEE YOU TO "COWBOY CAMP.”ONIGHT, WEE THERE ARE MORE THAN 14,000 KIDS

IN ARI >>> WE TAKE YOU TO COWBOY CAMP. THERE ARE MORE THAN 14,000 KIDS IN ARIZONA'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. EVERY SUMMER, IF YOU GET TO SPEND TIME AT THE FLYING E RANCH RIDING HORSES, SHOOTING ARROWS AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS AND OUT OF THE CITY AND UNDER THE STARS. FROM OUR STUDENT REPORTING LABS, GIOVANNI EXPLAINS. >> YEAH! YEEHAW! GIOVANNY: THERE ARE MANY KIDS WHO FEEL DISCONNECTED. THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT >> Reporter: THERE ARE MANY KIDS WHO FEEL DISCONNECTED AND AN ORGANIZATION THAT REACHES OUT TO KIDS AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE COWBOYS. >> MY NAME IS GARY WEBB AND WHERE THE FOUNDERS OF OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE FOR KIDS AND WE PARTNER WITH THEM IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM SO AS THEY JOURNEY THROUGH FOSTER CARE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE MENTORS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND WE FOSTER AND PARTNER TO CREATE FAMILY AND CREATE SUPPORT WITH THE KIDS.

>> I HAVE MOVED IN AND OUT OF FOSTER HOMES A LOT WHEN MY PARENTS GET INTO A PROBLEM BUT I HAVE ALWAYS MADE IT BACK TO THEM. >> SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE SPECIAL OR DISCONNECT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR ACTUAL FAMILY. >> THE STAFF NOT ONLY HELPS THE KIDS WE CONNECT IN A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT. >> MY FATHER FLEW THE COOP WHEN I WAS A RESULT AND MY MOM WAS IN AND OUT OF MY LIFE AND I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A POSITIVE PERSON TO COMMUNICATE WITH, WHICH IS WHY I DO WHAT I DO BECAUSE I GREW UP IN A BROKEN HOME. >> I LOVE TO COME HERE WATCHING KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE CITY THEIR WHOLE LIVES AND THEY COME HERE AND HAVE A NEW EXPERIENCE AND GET A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE WESTERN LIFE AND GET OUT OF TOWN. >> I LIKE WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THEY ARE HELPING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCING THINGS WE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE. MY FAVORITE IS THE HORSEBACK RIDING BECAUSE IT'S A FUN WAY TO DO THAT AND GET AROUND. >> Reporter: THIS GIVES THEM A FEELING OF ACCEPTANCE, AND CREATING A TURNING POINT IN

THEIR LIVES >> HE WAS AFRAID RIDE HORSES AND HE WAS PETRIFIED AND WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET ON THE HORSES BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM A WHOLE COMPLETE EXPERIENCE OF CAMP BUT THEY TOOK CARE OF HIM AND HE HAD SPECIAL ATTENTION AND HE GOT ON THE HORSE AND RODE THE ARENA AND IT WAS LIFE- CHANGING AND HE WILL NEVER FORGET IT. >> WHEN THEY SEE SOMEBODY WHO CARES ABOUT THEM AND BELIEVES IN THEM BEYOND JUST STAFF OR PEOPLE BEING PAID, IT LETS THEM KNOW THAT YOU CAN SPEAK INTO MY LIFE AND WHEN YOU SAY I SEE WHO YOU ARE INSIDE, THAT MESSAGE TO THOSE KIDS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY IS APPARENT TO INFUSE THEM WITH THAT MESSAGE OF YOU CAN DO IT AND WE BELIEVE IN YOU AND YOU ARE NOT WORTHLESS OR DISCARD BUT YOUR VALUED. >> YOU HAVE MORE SUPPORT THAN YOU THINK YOU DO IN LIFE YOU JUST HAVE TO FIND THEM. GOT TO. GIOVANNY: FOR THE PBS NEWSHOURO. STUDENT REPORTING LABS IN ARIZONA. JUDY: WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT STORY. IT WAS PRODUCED DURING THE NEWSHO >> WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT STORY. IT WAS PRODUCED DURING THE NEWS HOUR SUMMER ACADEMY WERE TEENAGERS FROM A MOUND THE COUNTRY HONE THEIR SKILLS AND

YOU CAN FIND MORE OF THEIR STORIES AT STUDENT REPORTING LABS. FROM OUR DISCUSSION FROM THE FALL OUT OF THE SEARCH OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HOME, TRUMP'S IMPACT IN THE MIDTERMS AND BIDEN'S LEGISLATIVE WINS, DON'T FORGET TO JOIN THE WASHINGTON WEEK PANEL TONIGHT ON PBS. TOMORROW ON PBS NEWS WEEKEND, AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY FEET ABOUT WHY THEY DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS. FACE EIGHT TEACHERS SHORTAGE THEY TALK ABOUT WHY THEY DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS. WITH THAT, THAT IS THE NEWS HOUR FOR TONIGHT. WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND PLEASE STAY SAFE AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. >> MOVING OUR ECONOMY FOR0 YEARS.>> MOVING OUR ECONOMY FOR0 BNSF, THE ENGINE THAT CONNECTS

US. ♪ >> AND WITH THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS, AND FRIENDS OF THE NEWSHOUR, INCLUDING KATHY AND PAUL INNOCENT, AND CAMILLA AND GEORGE SMITH. THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION. FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, ADVANCING IDEAS AND SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS FOR A BETTER WORLD. AT HEWLETT.ORG. ♪ >> SUPPORTING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS TO THE WORLD'S MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS. SKOLLFOUNDATION.ORG. ♪ >> AND FRIENDS OF THE NEWSHOUR. ♪ THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATI FOR PUBLIC

BROADCASTING AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THANK YOU. >> 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. ♪ [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY.] >>> I HAVE BEEN RAISED BY A BUNCH OF TOUGH OLD GUYS AND YOU DON'T GO TO THE HOSPITAL ALMOST THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY

GOING ON. IF I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD KATHY, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE SAID I AM NOT GOING TO DEAL WITH IT. >> WE KNOW PATIENTS WHO HAVE A LEAKING VALVE AND IF IT IS SEVERE AND YOU DON'T GET IT FIXED, HEART WILL START TO FEEL. >> IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS AFRAID TO LAND HIS CHEST BECAUSE HIS HEART WOULD MAKE A WHOOSHING SOUND AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WILL GO. >> WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST PROGRAMS AND THE DATA SHOWS THAT THE OUTCOMES ARE SO MUCH ú OPERATION DONE. >> MY PROGNOSIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A GOOD AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO SIGNALS AND NOT IGNORE THINGS. I REALIZED IT IS NOT JUST ME BUT IT IS MY FAMILY. >>> MY NAME IS GEORGE CROWL AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT KQED DOES AND IS PROUD TO SPONSOR NUMBER PROGRAMS OVER YEARS STARTING WITH EYES ON THE PRIZE AND MOST RECENTLY THE KEN BURNS SERIES AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE BAY AREA COMMUNITY AND ONE

OF THE GREATEST INSTITUTIONS THAT BINDS ALL OF US TOGETHER. I THINK THE ENTIRE FIRM TAKES PRIDE IN OUR CONNECTION WITH KQED .