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how the political fallout is being navigated. the world's top golfers. a look back at the first african-american to play on the pga tour. >> it was a rough life, but he was strong and determined. ♪ >> major funding has been provided by -- >> certified financial planner professionals are proud to support pbs. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions.

and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the publication -- corporation for public broadcasting. and by viewers like you. thank you. >> tonight, iran's anticipated attack on israel is unfolding slowly. thousands of drones have been launched. officials say the drones will not arrive in israel for several hours. israel has been on alert for several days. officials closed schools for

tomorrow. this was in retaliation for a strike. a mideast offense to official shared cell phone videos. it happened in the strait of hormuz, which connects the persian gulf and the gulf of iran. israel says this is an act of piracy and hasalled for sanctions. tensions were high on the west bank.

a palestinian man was killed and two dozen others were wounded. in australia, a loan attacker stabbed eight people to death. police shot the attacker dead. this tggered chaos amongst shoppers. >> he would've kept going. he was on a rampage. >> authority said it was not

isolated -- related to terrorism. more than a dozen people have died in ukraine as russian troops escalate assaults. in the mountains of southern turkey, 174 people have been rescued from cable cars. it happened just outside a resort city. still to come, the story of the first golfer to break the color barrier. and a brief but spectacular take on the miracle of flight. >> this is pbs news weekend.

>> the near total abortion band that the arizona supreme court dates back to when arizona was not a state yet. when only white men had the vote. this underscores political consequences. before we get going, we should make clear that you are not working for any candidates on the ballot this fall. >> i am not. >> arizona is a swing state. you have a couple of congressional contests that will be very close. how will this decision affect

this race? >> that was last week. this week, i don't know if the senate race is a tossup anymore. kari lake is on the wrong and of this issue. a lot of republicans to have championed this kind of thing for couple of generations will find themselves on the wrong side. >> have democrats picked up on this? >> they are pressing it 24/7. a week ago, i would have said that the border and immigration and inflation were the top issues.

d they were very much republican issues. now i think abortion is the prevailing issue. the issue that will take the oxygen out of the room for any other issue. you will see abortion be front and center every time democrats open their mouths. republicans right now do not have an answer to that. >> when kari lake was running for governor, she called this a great law. how should they deal with it? >> it has been dogma in the republican party. they need to own it. talk about why you are pro-life. talk about the benefits of being

pro-life. there is no running away. she looks like a massive flip flopper. she called this the model for other states. now she's talking about she is pro-choice. republican candidates should own this. they should celebrate it and embrace it. >> you mentioned this has been republican dogma. they don't know what to do with it.

>> i think that will pass now. better something that is legal and nothing. >> florida finds itself in a similar situation. the supreme court there cleared its way for a six week ban. they are likely to have a constitutional ballot issue. will they have the same effect? >> florida has been trending publican for sure. this ballot initiative has the chance to bring out so many first time voters. we don't know ifhey will stick around.

certainly they will come out for the abortion issue. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. ♪ >> on this weekend of the masters golf tournament, a look at the man that tiger woods called the jackie robinson of the sport. he was the first black player to get a pga card. this came in 1961, a full decade over -- after the color barrier had been broken in other sports. he was more than just a

trademark. for most of his career, he played not on the pga tour but on the uga tour. black players called it the chitlin tour. in 1961, the pj finally dropped its caucasian only bylaws, which had been in place since 1934. a california attorney general has threatened to sue the group. he was in his prime. he went on to win a couple of tournaments. in 2006, his achievements were recognized with an honorary doctorate. ju months before he died,

president obama awarded him the presidential medal of freedom. the highest civilian award. >> he was sometimes banned from clubhouse restaurants. vance threatened him. because golf can be a solitary sport, he didn't have much to lean on. but he had his lovely wife and plenty of guts and grit. it was never just about injuries. he said he was trying to do it for the world. >> he played in 12 uso business, six pga championships, and was the first black player inducted

into the world golf hall of fame. he never played at the masters, which he once called the most redneck event. there is a new book about this. his eldest son joins us. your father is a legend in golf. but he was also your dad. what are your memories of him as a man and as your dad? >> my father was gone a lot playing golf. but i knew why he was not at home. he was doing what he loved to do, play golf. that was his dream. the thing he wanted to do ever since he was 11 years old. >> when he was home, did he talk about the frustrations of what he was going through? >> when he first started, it was

just a game. he wanted to be able to play his best and play against the vast. he was not allowed to do that. he had death threats and a lot of other things going on. people would call him names. it showed that he was a special person. being under that kind of pressure. >> in the buggy details of the hardships he went through but also the performance on the course. >> he would go to tournament sandy forrest to change clothes in the parking lot. eat in the parking lot. there were things thrown in his way. virtually every tournament he played in south of the mason-dixon line. it had to take a certain type of individual to be able to put up with it and not overreact.

he was that guy. he was the perfect guide for that moment. he had death threats. that is what he had to go through. >> you are writing about the greensboro open where he got a lot of heckling from the gala -- galleries but he still shot a very good round. >> it was the first tournament south of the mason-dixon line that a black player played in. he played extremely well the first day. he got a death threat. he finally had to move. itas as good of a performance as he could've ever delivered given all of the others of going on. >> you say he did not talk about it at home. you get the sense that he was trying to protect you on that. >> i heard them talking to my mom. that is how i found out about a lot of the things.

he never really talked to me one-on-one about what happened. every now and then i would read something in a newspaper. it was a rough life but he was strong and determined. he was not going to let anybody stop him from what he wanted to do. >> i was surprised to read that it was actually in the pga bylaws that it was for golfers of the caucasian race. how did this get ended? >> the attorney general of california heard about it. he was introduced to charlie at a country club in los angeles. when he told stanley mosk about this, he was incredulous. he did not know anything about golf. but he went to work. it took him about a year and a half to two years finally beat

the pga over that had enough time for that they figured out that they had to change it. he threatened with lawsuits and stopping tournaments. he was a big part of all of this. >> one of them was the first black man and -- inducted into the world golf hall of fame. it sounds like an incredibly emotional event what you remember from that night? >> the first thing i remember is my wife and i stayed up for a bout a week. we had his speech done. he was having trouble with his eyes at that time. when he got up on stage, he was so emotional. his eyes started watering. he could not see the pages of

the speech. so he just started talking from his heart. i think the biggest laugh he got was when he was telling her but he was telling a buddy got a phone call, he made sure he would get there. he slowed down in his driveway. he was careful crossing the street because he did not want to miss a chance to go to the hall of fame. >> one thing you note in the book is that after he broke down this barrier, there was not an influx of black golfers. today i think there are only about four. why do you think that that is? >> did is still a country club game. a white players game. it is not a game that has really embraced blacks as much as they showed. there has not been a movement. it has not happened. >> you were an amateur golfer.

were you frustrated that there was not enough of that? >> yes and i'm sure my father would be a well if he was still alive. one of the main reasons is is is an expensive sport. a lot of blacks who got into the game back where my father was playing started as caddies. they were able to learn the game by watching other people play. then they lost exposure to play the game. it is starting to get a little bit better. hbcu schools are having some strong golf teams. tournament has started to develop where they can play and get exposure. which they never had back in the day.

your father has a straight legacy is the man who color barrier. what would you hope that his legacy would be? >> that they remember him being a strong-willed individual whose that a goal and works to achieve a goal. he did it in the right way. he was a pioneer. he did not consider himself a civil-rights leader. he did not think of himself that way. he was trying to make it easier for the people coming up behind him to be able to have an opportunity to play the game. >> thank you both very much. >> my pleasure. >> my pleasure. ♪ >> he is an entrepreneur, and

author, and for more than 14 years, the flight attendant. many of his passengers own him for his in-flight poems reflecting on his time in the sky. tonight, he shares a poem and a brief but spectacular take on the miracle of flight. >> we are all used to the flight attendant making sure that you have all your bags underneath the chair in front of you. that your seatbelt is buckled. your seatback is upright. how many times have you heard a poem at 36,000 feet? today again we fly. we enjoy the energy of the people. the hustle and bustle of excitement. moving from city to city. observing the beauty of nature. people from all over the world will be sharing unique and interesting conversations.

seeing their smiles again without a mask, i begin to realize just how much covid-19 put us all through a task. today again we fly. as we bring the world together. up and away we go. the mighty jet engines begin to roar. today again we fly. cruising at a 6000 feet. our office with wings. 36,000 feet. where the air is thin and only for those who can handle the heat. today again we fly. i usually say this poem as we are making our final ascent. the enjoyment i get from the humanity of sharing a poem with everyone is when they break out into applause.

it is a great feeling. to find that people appreciated it that much. if all i do is serve you a drink, you had a really good flight. what i am trained for, you don't want to see. this is my brief but spectacular take on the miracle of light. ♪ -- flight. ♪ >> now on our youtube channel, the latest episode of newsweekly. covering the biggest political stories of the week. including the arizona abortion ban. that is news weekend for this saturday. on sunday, the very latest on the iranian attack on israel.

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