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>> for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program is made possible for the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions of viewers like you. thank you. jeff: welcome to the news hour. opening statements began in the first criminal trial of former president donald trump.

hoskins accused mr. topp and his associates of falsifying business records during his 2016 campaign for president's in an effort to conceal and if your marital affair. but the former president's attorney said he was not involved in the payments which they argued were not illegal and did not commit a crime. william was in court yesterday. we know calvin bragg very much wants this case to be seen as a case about interference in the 2016 election and less about alleged hush money aim is to stormy gang of. how much of that came out in the prosecution's opening statement today? >> it came out an enormous amount. it was one of the first things out of the prosecutor's mouth. he was arguing that democrats engaged in and coordinated a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 election you are talking about. that is the frame they want drivers to see this entire case

through. the tricky part is that is not what they are charging. there is no insinuation that they broke campaign finance laws here. they are talking about prosecuting donald trump of falsifying business records but they want those 34 charges of cooking the books to be seen in service of that larger, more nefarious goal. the prosecutors to figure was back in time to 2016. it was the end of the presidential election and the excess hollywood tape just dropped and donald trump campaign was in panic mode and then all of a sudden the story that stormy daniels, the pornographic actress had been trying to sell for a few months suddenly became much more urgent to them. and so then, donna's arm's lawyer and fixer, michael cohen paid her $130,000 of his own money to stay quiet and not say anything about that. once dr. became president, he

repaid: that money and more and it is in that process. that is where prosecutors argue the conspiracy to cover all this up was. they argued that some try to make that -- those payments seem like run-of-the-mill legal fees when in fact they were in service of this hush money. so this was called election fraud pure and simple. todd pledger represents the former president says don't rub is innocent of all this. he said the stormy daniels allegation was about the bus. he said trump had nothing to do with those initial payments to her nor did he have anything to do with the accounting of how the payments to michael o'connell were being made. he rejected the idea there was anything unusual about trump paying michael cohen who was his lawyer at the time, called himself trump's, was his lawyer and then of course you pay your

lawyer fees all the time. he said there was nothing out of the ordinary there. >> michael cohen who you mentioned is expected to be the prosecution's star witness given his part of all this. >> this is going to be one of the central tensions of this case. trying to impute -- impugn the reliability and trustworthiness of michael cohen. he is a convicted felon, he has been found guilty of perjury. the prosecution tried to inoculate themselves in a certain way by admitting all that and saying everything you hear michael cohen say on the witness stand -- don't just take it as michael cohen's word but they will promise they will back it up with evidence, emails, texts, phone calls, record is donald himself that affirm all the things that michael cohen

has to say. trump lawyer in his opening statement today said not only is michael colonna a liar who you cannot trust but he said he is quote obsessed with downslope and obsessed with seeing him in jail and seeing his family in jail. he painted michael cohen as someone who basically state his entire career and financial future on selling books and doing these podcasts, someone who wants to see trump sunken at all costs. and thus you can't trust him, it is all poisoned fruit, everything coming out of his mouth. >> what of the witnesses should be expected here about where you're from in the coming weeks? >> we heard from one of them today, david peden from the head of american media, the published death publisher of the national enquirer. his role in all this is he helped set up this pattern that david packer and michael cohen and allegedly donald trump were

all part of this early scheme set up in 2015 before the campaign began to make the national enquirer the eyes and ears for donald trump and if anyone came forward with stories that could be damaging to the candidate, they would buy those toys up and squash them. so we'll hear more from him. we are expected to hear from stormy daniels and michael cohen . we might also hear from hope hicks who was a camping ate at the time and who apparently had some conversations about these payments. the biggest unanswered question as far as who gets on the witness stand is gonna himself. he has said he wants to testify but he has said this in previous cases and then when given the choice choose not to. whether he does or not is to a big open question. there isn't a single legal analyst i've spoken to who says they think it is a good idea. i think it would be incredibly slow for top himself to take the witness stand. >> thank you as always, wilam. we appreciate it.

>> i am the nest of her knees -- i am vanessa. here are the latest headlines. there have been more pro-palestinian protest at some of the nation's most prominent universities. at yale university, police arrested at least 45 demonstrate us today. they were calling on the school to divest from companies involved in israel's war in gaza. a pro-palestinian cayman has gone up outside new york university's school of business and club university canceled in person classes today as it tries to calm tensions. police arrested 100 protesters there last week. today, the nypd said they had not found any criminal threats but said it would maintain a presence outside campus. >> we are always going to protect people but to the extent

you have criminal condu, we will take action. >> the growing unrest comes as the jewish holiday of passover begins tonight. , harris unveiled new rules today to improve care and federally funded nursing homes. the new standards mandated a minimum number of hours that staff members to spend with residents. they also require a registered nurse to be on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week. it is the first time the government has issued such requirements and it comes after the covid-19 pandemic exposed to understaffing and neglect at facilities that care for the elderly. the supreme court has agreed to take up a biden administration appeal in favor of regulating ghost guns. those are kits that can be assembled online -- assembled.

the case will be heard in the courts next term. construction has begun on a new high-speed railway connecting the los angeles area to las vegas. 218 miles will allow passengers to travel between the cities and about two hours, comparable to the speed of bullet trains in japan. the 12 billion-dollar project is expected to be completed in 2028. let ms. lenski said today that president biden promised his country air defense systems if the u.s. senate signs off on $61 billion in aid. the two leaders spoke by phone after the house passed the measure this weekend. the senate is due to vote later this week. mr. zelinski also told mr. biden about an attack on khaki of that happened minutes before their call. a russian missile strike broke a tv tower in half, leaving it in pieces and disrupting television

signals in ukraine's second-largest city. there were no casualties. in southern china, state media is reporting that at least four people are dead and 10 others are missing after a weekend of continuing -- continuous rain flooded part the region. rescuers helped locals swim through next deepwater to safety. others fled for flowline villages or farmlands were completely washed out. more than 100,000 people have been evacuated. president biden used the occasion to announce a $7 billion investment in residential solar projects. he also vowed to expand the green jobs training program known as the american climate core. speaking in northern virginia, the present stressed the urgency of addressing climate change. >> over the last two years, natural disasters and extreme

weather in america have caused $270 billion in damages. the impacts were seen decades in the making because of inaction, they will only get worse, more frequent, ferocious and costly. >> meanwhile, europe is warming up faster than any other continent on earth. a new report out today from the world neurological organization and the european union's climate agency once temperatures there are rising nearly twice the global average. still on the news hour, chinese swimmers face allegations of doping at the last olympics. we will break down the latest political headlines. and a modern art museum creates space for local artists with disabilities. >> this is the pbs news hour

from w eds studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at aeros and state university. >> israel's top military intelligence officer designed to stay, women himself were missing the signals that hamas was poised to attack israel in the run-up to the october 7 attack. just two days after the u.s. house approved a new large military aid package for israel, anthony lincoln rejected claims that washington has a double standard. when applying u.s. law to allegations of abuses by the israeli military in gaza. >> another day in gaza is another day of warning. a white grieving over her husband's remains, i darted left fatherless. his family nearly inconsolable. today they find some measure of

that solace in his burial in a freshly dug grave. >> we could not find the body of his brother, mohammed. he saw how the scene is. there are piles of bodies and some victims can't be found. >> many palestinians have returned to search for their dead after it forces withdrew in the city. for more than a week, they have unearthed graves with their loved ones are believed to be buried. so far, more than 200 bodies have been found in the courtyard and according to the palestinian civil emergency service, around 2000 people are still missing under the rubble. but the pain for palestinians stretches across the entire gaza strip. in raffle, the southernmost city, over the weekend, families mourned the death of loved ones as israeli strikes killed 22 people.

>> did you see one man of all those killed? all of them inside the house? here are women and children. >> give it in war, a miracle. they rush to save every measure to be girl whose mother was six months pregnant. robert is home to 1 -- 4 million displaced gazans. israel has insisted a major ground offensive in russia is needed to destroy hamas. a possible u.s. move to punish an israeli military unit. the ultra-orthodox battalion accused of human rights abuses against palestinians in the west bank. the u.s. can apply penalties under the 1997 leahy law which bans foreign military battalions.

today's secretary of state, anthony lincoln said there was no timeline yet. >> we will be able to do the analysis. >> there is importance to the significance because the law has never been interpreted about israeli forces. >> the impact for people watching what is happening in gaza will be minimal because these units can still function. they still receive u.s. weapons. >> management at yahoo! criticized u.s. plans. >> if anyone thinks they can impose sanctions on a unit of the idf, i will fight with all my strength. >> meanwhile, turmoil has also

reached inside the highest ranks of israel's military. today, the top military intelligence chief announced the resignation of any hamas october 7 attacks in southern israel. on that day, i must not inflected through israel's border defenses, rampaging through entire communities and killing an estimated 1200 people including more than 300 soldiers. 253 israelis were kidnapped. in a letter shared, they said the intelligence directorate under my command did not fill its task. i have carried that black day with me ever since, every day, every night. i will forever bear the terrible pain of the war. but even in the shadow of work, in tel aviv, hostage families gathered to mark the beginning of passover as they pay for the freedom of the 133 captives remaining in gaza. for the pbs news hour, i am

allie rogan. >> the u.s. supreme court today heard arguments in the most significant case on homelessness in decades. the case looks at challenges to laws in a small oregon town for finding homeless people -- finding homeless people up to $300 for setting up camps and public parks. the heart of the question is whether these laws classify as cruel and unusual punishment. marshall has been following and joins us now. the justices expressed some concern that these laws punish homeless people who have no other choice but to sleep outside. what was the basis of this case? >> the lawsuit that was filed claimed the city's ordinance is prohibited camping in public spaces.

and they violated the eighth amendment's cruel and unusual punishment clause. they said they were punished because of their status as homeless and the supreme court has said it really opinions that you cannot punish someone on the basis of their status. you can punish conduct but not status. >> our team spoke with ed johnson. they first brought the suit against the city as well as an attorney resenting the city that argued before the court today. >> these are people who lived for generations. this is not only not a solution to homelessness. >> in grants pass, in a tent on

the little league field, the dead body was found. people are dying on our streets. we think it is safer and better for people to avoid camping in public and cities need to have the tools. these laws help encourage people to accept available shelter. the arguments really were dominated by this dividing line between status and conduct. this report has said you cannot punish someone for being a drug addict. that is punishment on the basis of status but you can punish conduct. say a drug addict's by or possession of drugs. justices probed where is the

line here between status and conduct? so we have a lot of hypotheticals from the justices as they talk about what exactly is homelessness? what is the definition of it? they are concerned that this criminalizes homelessness. here is justice kagan. >> that is the status. a single person with a blanket. >> you can say breathing is conduct too. but you would not think it is ok to criminalize breathing in public. for a homeless person that has no place to go, sleeping in public is kind of like breathing

in public. the statute says that person cannot take himself and himself only -- can't take a blanket and sleep someplace. >> was to be take away from that? question when arguments, it was pretty clear. they were sympathetic to the homeless because they do feel that they are being punished on the basis of their status. i think justice kagan really explained that as clearly as she could, or position here. and yet the city continues to claim it is not punishing status, it is punishing conduct. >> meantime, the chief justice appeared to press the biden administration to file an amicus

brief in support of the homeless parties of this case. >> 10 minutes away. they just completed building a homeless shelter. does that change the analysis here was to mark because you don't want to be taken to him as a way where there is a homeless shelter? >> if it is across the town line, it would be appropriate to take into account there is a homeless shelter there. >> what if it is 30 miles away? is the center available in that case? >> i think it depends on the accessibility. >> there are five cities all around here and they all have homeless shelters and yet the person wants to stay and that person be given a citation? >> help us understand his concerns. >> he is trying to probe how far the supportive's -- supporters of the home citizens who filed the lawsuit are going to go

before the city can actually take action as they have in finding one of them or even giving them jail time. he kept extending his hypothetical from right the border of the city. 30 miles away, what if there is a whole group of cities nearby? what if they have shelter available and a homeless edition does not want to leave grants pass? he was somewhat frustrated with the government response because the government's response is basically it depends. these people -- these homeless residents lived there for many years and there is a community of interest they don't want to leave. >> finally, where did it appear at the justices are leaning in this case? what are the implications of the ruling? >> one thing they all agreed upon and said many times is this is a very difficult policy issue. my feeling right now is that

they are divided and they are going to go back and try to hash this out, maybe find common ground, maybe not that it does seem as though the conservative majority is leaning toward the city and the applications are huge. many cities are dealing with this problem and with a spring court has to say about what grants pass can do is going to affect how all the other cities try to address this problem. >> martha, thanks as always. thank you. >> always a pleasure. >> we are less than 100 days from the opening ceremony of the summer olympic games in paris. and a new doping scandal has erupted involving living swimmers from china. nearly two dozen chinese swimmers were clear to complete despite testing positive for abandoned drug prior to the

tokyo games. jeffrey has the story. >> several other swimmers who tested positive on twin metals including three gold medals. chinese authorities had found the drug tmz. they do not flag problems to a lytic or other official. in fact, none of this was widely known until the new york times and a german tv broadcaster broke the story that we can. tmz is the drug that led to the for you been in the beijing olympics. chinese officials and want to stand by the results of their initial investigation. saying the use of the drug was not intentional. but that has not satisfied many in the sports world including the u.s. anti-doping agency and its ceo, travis tiger joins me now. welcome.

your contention is that this should have been raised well before those on fixed. >> this is the rules required? is beyond question that china did not follow rules. they did not does athletes from the event. this is what all nations are required to follow. >> they did consult with some scientists. it did conclude that this was unintentional. instead of course this was happening during the covid lockdown that may some of the investigation traditional on the ground investigation possible. >> two months after these

athletes, eight and a hotel -- two months later. it is the china security that found it? they somehow got into these athlete systems. i remember, many of your viewers remember, many restaurants were not opened, the ones that were had a daily if not hourly cleaning. to think is drug that has no business being in the kitchen somehow lasted there for two months during its covid time. his incredible to believe but even if you did believe, take a pill sparkled some fairy dust, under the rules, it is without question as to how to disqualify. you still have to find a violation. you have to announce the violation.

they china to not follow the rules and it took i was a lower and other people in the new york times and his german documentary in the publication to come out and expose what we are seeing. of course we are all horrified. you have to ask why did they do the things that were required? >> we did note that difference in response to the russian figure skater. why do you think this was treated differently? >> i think on the people of the games, the press conference acknowledged the games were coming and that obviously had a major influence on them. i think if you go back and look at it, it was actually leaked out. they had no choice, they were forced because the information was out in the world. they did what they should have done under the rules and stated that there is stark contrast to

what is happening with these cases. that is something that is just inexplicable. >> tell us about tmz. how much of a difference could it make any swimmers? >> it was a drug developed in russia. it does not magically show up in kitchens. it is controlled. it is not even available here in the united states. it comes in pill form. it is prohibited in the most serious category of doping products. it is bad at all times because it can help you in training, it can help you in recovery, it can help you in an event and that is why it is prohibited, it is mandatory -- that is why the for your sanction is in place. unless you can indicate the source and you are without fault, that has not been done to the level of satisfaction that used to be done here. even if you believed the story

of contamination that the chinese government readily accepted without doing a full investigation -- not much of one, you still have to announce those cases. china did not do that. they acknowledged, did not do that. that is a cover-up of these cases by the chinese anti-doping agency. >> what do you think should happen now? here we are less than 100 days before the start of the next olympics. what about the metals that were won by those swimmers? what about what was coming? how much can other athletes at all the millions of people watching trust the results? >> i think it is a collapse of the anti-doping system. there has to be major construction. more importantly, for those athletes, at the 2021 games that competed against the swimmers, we now know had positive tests. we have to get to the bottom of

what actually happened here and find some justice so those athletes have confidence and going into 2024 paris, if some of these swimmers with these positive tests and up showing up , many are still swimming at high levels. it is going to be a disaster. we can't allow that to happen. those are the hard work and sacrifice that you put in. it is an injustice we can stand behind. >> thank you very much. >> thank you really appreciate your time. >> a few things -- few things in washington are ever easy. that was true of foreign aid for ukraine and israel. after months of debate and

politically -- political gamesmanship, a bipartisan majority was with $45 billion. the turmoil has put speaker mike johnson in the hot seat with some republicans. and andrew does an area of punch news. amy wasser is away. it is great to see you. after much delay and -- and gop inviting, lots of money for israel, taiwan. $61 billion. how did speaker johnson come to embrace aid for ukraine and defy his right flank? >> it is what the 180 after the last year -- after the last year or so. the freedom pockets throughout his entire tenure in the house of representatives, they voted consistently after every single ukraine package since the start of the war in 2022. now putting speakership on the line over this issue.

he credited a couple of things with this transformation. the first is that he is receiving high-level intelligence briefings that he did not receive as a rank-and-file. the united states does not send these weapons and funded to ukraine. the second thing is he talked personally about his also. i would rather american bullets than american boys go to ukraine. i think that was a very personal element for him of this as well. you just let it play out over the weekend to the point where this is a guy who went from

outright opposing ukraine aid to basically be the one who could influence the tide of this war by deciding to bring this aid package to the floor and having it passed. >> how does the white house do all of this be split up? is there anything that could threaten the expected passage in the senate as early as tomorrow? >> as long as this gets to the president's desk, the white house is quiet happy to have this because in essence, this is what president biden has been asking for for a very long time. there aren't poison pills in there. this is what the president was asking for. for months and months we would ask the white house to ask what is the plan? the response is they were fairly restrained in their response. if it got above, it would get bipartisan support.

it is like a mantra. ultimately, that is exactly what happened. there could be some drama. they are expecting this would get to the president's desk and become law and everything that that entails. >> what is this bill that requires new ownership or tiktok over the course of the next year? if not, it would be eight outright ban in the u.s.. >> they cobbled together this bill. it basically ignited this big lobbying effort by tiktok and their allies as well. basically what it does is it gives tiktok one year to divest which is the chinese parent company that controls it. if they do not divest within the year, the app itself would be banned in the united states. you have a very interesting cross-section of democrats and republicans.

it cleared the house easily. mike johnson's decision to include this in the foreign aid package is what will get it signed into law by president biden. there is that element of politics where he has a huge chunk of his best that lives on tiktok. people make money on tiktok. they have their livelihoods on tiktok. the consequences i think will be talked about more once we get past the initial forever of the foreign aid which is the highlight of this practice. >> i believe the campaign has a presence on tiktok. >> the campaign and asked with some fanfare -- they are very actively courting young voters. tiktok voters. working with influencers and others. at the same time, the president has said he was on this

legislation. interestingly today, former president donald trump went out on true social and essentially said do you have any idea what joe biden might sign? former president trump signed a ban on tiktok and the u.s.. it is a bit of a flip-flop but trump trying to find a wedge. >> what does the we can passage and has been for speaker johnson's job? does this make the motion to vacate marjorie taylor green -- does this make this more of a threat? >> the longer this hangs out there is an issue that is being talked about, the more margie taylor green benefits from it. i just detention by the fundraising as well. that is an important element of this as well. but you will have is whenever she does go forward with this, leadership will do what is a motion to table, the motion to

vacate. you are voting on whether to kill it or not. that would put democrats on the spot. for democrats to say this is not me voting for my johnson or hakeem jeffries, this is me voting to dispense with something that would ultimately force the ouster of my johnson. that can be viewed a bunch of different ways if you are marjorie taylor green. if democrats help the majority of republicans killed that effort, marjorie taylor green can essentially say my johnson serves at the pleasure of the democratic party and that advances her whole argument which is that johnson has caved to democrats on too many things. and then, for democrats, is a question of hakeem jeffries not being a speaker of the house. do you really want to cause -- not do you have this weeklong speaker fight?

that is a lot of congressional jargon. you are basically voting on whether to kill it outright. >> the house is a rough and ready place. my johnson will be just fine. i served 20 years in the military. it is my honor to be in congress. i served with some real scumbags. matt gets, he paid minors to have sex with him at the parties. hobgood endorsed by another neo-nazi. these people used to walk around with white hoods at night and now they're walking around with white hoods in the daytime. >> that frustration is out in the clear open. >> that is a stunning series of statements to make. the chummy club of congress is not a chummy from place right now.

it is actually an extremely toxic environment. that is why you have seen members of congress leave before their terms are up. >> you mentioned democrats stepping into save speaker johnson's job. could they cut -- could they conceptualize what we heard from the california congressman yesterday? >> i am a progressive democrat. i disagree with speaker johnson on many things but he did the right thing here and he deserves to keep his job to the end of this term. >> i don't think everything in politics needs to be transactional. i think here you have speaker johnson not only putting this up for a vote but he also separated the bills which i thought was courageous. >> that could be a real possibility. democrats stepping into the gap there. >> you already have a number of

democrats saying they would do this and that would presumably make up for the small number of republicans who would vote for this motion to vacate effort. but you hurt him say it there. my johnson did the right thing and he deserves to be rewarded for that. you don't hear that often in politics. especially from a member of the opposite party. one of the reasons why democrats decided to band together with his effort to oust mccarthy was because in their view, they could not trust him and they did not think he would do the right thing. they just saw my johnson do what they thought was the right thing and as a result, this is going to likely be an effort that hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader places even if he himself does not vote to kill the motion to vacate. >> a great conversation, we appreciate it. thank you.

>> it is a center for artists with disabilities. jeffrey brown recently visited the san francisco bay area. >> accredited exhibition. the san francisco museum of modern art. they show quirks of leading contemporary artists. on display here, a large abstract payment -- painting by joseph aylett. >> it is a big thing. a big accomplishment. in my life. to see a painting like this and to imagine how i did -- it is well. >> he probably did not expect that when you started 21 years

ago. >> no. here i am today, doing exhibitions. >> the cocreative growth art center their creative home. the organization celebrating its 50th year in office and open space, supplies and instructors like amy keefer. camaraderie and other support with develop mental, mental and physical disabilities. here is the executive director. >> the idea of being an artist is often privileged act so i think if we bring people into an artistic studio and said you can be creative here, we will support you, please tell us your story, please experiment, there is no right or wrong here. that is an incredible opportunity.

>> wasting these are people of of mental the opposite. >> yes. i think it is as simple as flipping the switch from i don't want to hear from you too i do want to hear from you. you can contribute, you can be a meet. a cultural leader. i think those are important ideas. >> founded by allies cap as part of the persian disability rights movement, creative growth is one of three in the bay area alone. not a therapy for think about a working art studio for people making a variety of kinds of art including on this date, textiles for an upcoming annual fashion show. william scott was using 3d modeling software to help plan his next painting. he has autism. >> i feel happiness because i am

a peacemaker. i feel very proud of my big in the museum. he 32 foot long narrow represents a reimagined san francisco called praise frisco. >> you are looking at a different kind of city with no violence. how does the art that you do that? >> the art makes the real world, -- and that that is why it does that. that is why i do that. >> the museum exhibition is entitled creative growth for houses that are billed. including intricately layered works by dan mcintosh and dan miller. brightly colored paintings by alex juan -- ceramics by john

martin, susan jenna who has an intellectual disability works in a variety of media including video. she stares at the camera while posing questions in voiceover. >> i just started drawing and it was my calling. >> joseph who has autism goes to create a growth. >> that has been an important part of the life. when you get from it? >> just by going there and getting my experience. just imagine how i feel in my heart and my soul. and just paint. >> more striking out is the embrace of these artists by the mainstream art world.

the number of them including william scott r leading important collections. the museum recently purchased more than 100 by creative growth artist. this is the start of a three-year partnership. this is the research director. >> these artists are credibly important. that is like going forward. this is about showing that art throughout the whole museum. >> who is a professional artist and so the idea of having self

trained artists -- having artists with differing abilities, having artists from different backgrounds and judging people not by their certifications but by their artwork. >> i asked tom demaria about this. >> we are asking people to come see this as the work of disabled artists? are you asking them to come -- you have >> that is the critical question. is this a disabled art exhibition or an exhibition by artist to have disabilities? we tend to lead with art, saying that the art is interesting. that is why it is in museum but there is a very important lived experience of the artist disability and the cultural disability at work. that is the advocacy part. once that happens, you can say work is on the wall and we are in the art world. now we have something to say.

>> this brought plenty of emotion including tears. it all culminated friday afternoon with a dance party. more celebration showing art. pbs news hour, i am jeffrey brown in the san francisco bay area. >> kevin jay patel is a climate activist from los angeles. after experiencing health issues due to poor air quality in the city, he founded an organization aimed at giving young people from underserved committees -- communities a chance to be changemakers. on this earth that he gives have -- gives his brief but spectacular check on given climate change a shot.

>> both of my parents had to come to america not only to seek better opportunities but as climate migrants because generations of my family are farmers. in india with the extreme weather. it was not livable for farmers. living in a community like south-central los angeles, you get to experience and see a lot of the injustices that occur in my community. one potent example is the lack of access to fresh food non-gmo organic or vegan. but we have an abundance of his fast food restaurants. i really wanted to do something about it because my father taught me the ways in which to grow our food and that really kind of sparked me teaching fellow peers about where food comes from and then speaking out against the issue of food injustice. when i was 12 years old, i was

diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat. that ravaged south-central los angeles, understanding that air pollution and smoke pollution not only impacted myself but impacted my entire community. one up action started in 2019. one up action was founded in the light of putting marginalized voices at the forefront of tables. i always tell them that is not true. they can still do something about this crisis. i am optimistic, everything makes a difference in making sure that we are working together. i will share issues that are impacting all of this. the possibilities are endless when we do something.

this is my brief but spectacular take on given climate activism a shot. >> you can do and here again tomorrow night when we will look at this. that is the news hour for tonight. i am jeff bennett for all of us here at the pbs news hour. thank you for us and a good eve. >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by: >> on an american cruise lines journey, travelers re-trace their roots forged by lewis and clark. more than 200 years ago. american cruise lines fleet of modern riverboats travel through american landscapes to historic landmarks. where you can experience local customs and cuisine. american cruise lines, proud

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