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amna: good evening. geoff: on the news hour tonight, minnesota governor tim walz joins the ticket as the kamala harris's vice presidential ticket.

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>> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the news hour. the contenders for this november's presidential race are officially set. geoff: minnesota governor tim walz is joining democratic presidential nominee kamala harris at the top of the ticket as her running-mate this november, and he's joining her on-stage tonight at a rally in

philadelphia. amna: walz is a familiar face in minnesota and the halls of power in washington, d.c., but a relative newcomer to the national stage. along a white picket fence in st. paul, minnesota, today, a crowd covers to send off governor tim walz. after getting the call from presidential nominee kamala harris to join the democratic ticket. vp. harris: listen, i want you to do this gov. walz: with me. gov. walz:i would be -- this with me. gov. walz: i would be honored. amna: jd vance went after his newly named counterpart at a philadelphia rally today. >>'s record is a joke. he has been one of the most far left radicals in the entire united states government at any level. the reason i did not say a whole lot about him is the democrats have shown a little willingness to pull a little switcheroo.

amna: he is currently in his second term as minnesota governor with a 54% state approval rating and a reputation for a relatable, some say folksy approach. >> i think we are going to be the slingshot. >> at don't know what is and they are keeping it from me. amna: although he has racked up a substantial political record, he has not been very well known outside his home state. >> good job, dad. amna: in 2020, that began to change. >> generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world and the world is watching. amna: after a police officer murdered george floyd, he condemned the killing and after some protests turned violent, he called in the national guard to respond to writers. >> everything we believe in, these people are trying to destroy so if you are on the streets tonight, it is very clear, you are not with us.

you do not share our values, and we will use the full strength of goodness and righteousness to make sure that this ends. >> the right criticized his response as slow and he later acknowledged the "abject failure" of that response. in 2023 after his party won control of the minnesota house and senate, he signed into law a laundry list of democratic priorities. providing free meals to k-12 students, the largest child tax credit in the country, enshrining abortion rights into state law, increasing lgbtq protection, legalizing marijuana, and granting voting rights to ex-offenders. his selection is seen as a nod to the party's progressive wing. >> wouldn't risk fueling trump's attacks as a big of marin -- big government liberal. >> women are making their own health care decisions. we are a top five business state

and we also rank in the top three of happiness. amna: earlier in his career on capitol hill, he was known as a moderate. >> i intend to come to washington to provide authentic leadership. amna: he slipped his seat from red to blue, become the height -- becoming the highest-ranking enlisted veteran in congress. over six terms and a dozen years, he ranked among the most bipartisan lawmakers, supported ongoing operations in iraq while opposing more boots on the ground, pushed for a minimum wage hike and prescription drug costs negotiations, voted against president obama's 2000 nine wall street bailout plan, but back to the affordable care act. before entering politics, he served 24 years with the army national guard, investing at the age of 17. alongside his day job teaching high school social studies and coaching football. in recent weeks leading up to his selection, he made a name for himself as a willing warrior for harris. vp. harris: are you what this

ticket needs to be able to beat the trump/vance ticket? gov. walz: i don't know about that but what i can tell you is that we will beat that ticket. this chaos that donald trump brings, this dystopian view of america, kamala harris's joy, you can feel it. amna: going viral by branding the opposing ticket in this way. the harris/walz campaign will spend the next week touring swing states. as it introduces the country to a new national political player and potential future vice president. one of the biggest challenges for the harris/walz campaign will be introducing governor walz to the american people. our new poll out today shows that 71% of americans who don't know who he is. for more on the minnesota governor, i am joined now by twin cities pbs reporter mary. she has been following his

career for some 20 years. good to see you. thanks for joining us. mary: thank you. amna: you are as had his home as the news broke. tell me what you heard from people out there. mary: it was an interesting environment. there were folks walking their dogs come out on a morning run, and decided to stay and they actually got to see him depart in the motorcade. just started cheering for him out of the blue and then talking to them afterwards, they are excited. minnesotans like to play an outsized role in national politics. they are kind of proud of it. people are learning the statistic that if he wins, three out of the last six democratic presidents will be from minnesota. as your poll shows, he has to introduce himself to the nation. amna: he does have an uphill battle. the vast majority of americans don't know what to think of him so the campaign, as we know, is already working to set that gov. walz: i coached footballis

and taught social studies for 20 years and i tried to teach my students respect, compromise, service to country. when i went into government, that is what i carried with me. amna: you covered him for some 20 years. what is the headline for what people need to know about who is tim walz? mary: i will go back to his very first run for office and i remember trusted sources saying you got to get down to this role -- rural republican district where this football coach is making a race of it to flip the seat. i went back and studied that debate and try to ascertain how much he has changed and it was interesting to me to see that he is still kind of was the fearless, self-effacing but aggressive, quick on his feet. he has been able to debate and have it for a long time but introducing himself to a national audience will be new. he is use to the minnesota press corps. he has done a lot of national news and was surprised in our recent interview. we discussed how that republicans are weird phrase, he coined it. he was almost embarrassed,

saying, i was not going to be mean about it. we will see how those midwestern tendencies go on the national stage. amna: some folks are hailing his selection as a nod to progressives of the democratic party but i had one tell me that he's action much more moderate than many in the media make him out to be. what do you make of that? >> it depends which office you are talking about. when he was a member of congress from -- he was much more of a moderate. peggy flanagan took him in a more progressive stance and then he got an all democratic legislature so ended up passing just a very large list of highly progressive items so some folks say it wasn't a bait and switch. he originally ran on this concept of one minnesota. we are still probably rather divided here. >> he is relatively popular. he has a 54% approval rating in minnesota. what do his critics say about him and could any of those become vulnerabilities on the

national stage? mary: a good portion of his time in office has been in front of a divided legislature. he recently had the all democratic trifecta but before that, he had a lot of critics and he had a hard road and divided government. minnesota is a state for democrats, for republicans. we are slightly purple and folks here very critical of his time during the pandemic in particular. we had a lot of lockdowns. we have the riots following torchlight murder and we are very critical of him being slow to send the national guard out. during the pandemic, we had the largest fraud in defeating our future fraud case. the governor will be talking about the fact that those cases have been brought to justice and there have been convictions in both of those instances. amna: big week for minnesota. we know you will be covering his career moving forward as well. that is mary joining us tonight. thank you. good to see you. mary: thank you. geoff: amy klobuchar has no

governor walz and she joins us now. thanks for joining us. most voters are only now getting to know about governor walz and his background. you know him well. you were with him last night at a private fundraiser for the harris campaign. in your view, what are your strengths -- his strengths? how does he boost the ticket? rep. klobuchar: he is someone that is heartland all the way. he grew up in nebraska and a farm, came out to minnesota and signed up for the national guard at age 17. and then he became a teacher, taught geography. always good to know in washington and then a high school football coach, and then went on to serve in the guard. and in 2006 ran for congress. and i think some of this gets lost in all the stories. but he was actually, in one congress, in the top ten of bipartisan members of congress served on the vets committee. the ag committee did a lot on

veterans suicides and, a lot on veterans issues in general, and was very well-liked in congress. and from there ran for governor. so i think it's really important people see this as someone who comes from humble roots, is someone who loves his country and has led students, has led soldiers, and, of course, has led our state, in a very good way as governor and always a unifying, optimistic force. and i think that you see that joy in how he campaigns and what he will bring to the ticket. geoff: the trump campaign is already pouncing, calling him dangerously liberal and saying that the harris/walz ticket is the most left wing ticket in american history. he has championed progressive causes. how do you expect that he will defend his record? rep. klobuchar: well, i went through how bipartisan he was and what he's done and how he won in a district, a rural district, one of only two democrats in 100 years that ran and won in that district and did it over and over and over again.

and then the other thing i would say is, i think he's probably the first vice president that has stood in a deer stand in ten degree minnesota weather for hours and hours at a time. so i'm actually looking forward to that debate with jd vance, because tim walz is himself, he's loved and he's blunt. last night, there we are before he's going to be picked as vice president. and he's walking around, no notes, giving a speech. always happy. and i just think that kind of joy has been missing in our politics. and he's able to respond to attacks, whether they're about he's too progressive or he's too this or he's too conservative, does it with humor and facts. and that's a pretty good combination in politics today. guest: -- geoff: i'm told by sources familiar that what solidified v.p. harris's pick of walz was their chemistry, that when they met sunday at her residence, that she viewed him as a peer, someone that she could trust and someone with whom she could govern.

that said, though, there are democrats who wonder if the pennsylvania governor, josh shapiro, who has like a 61% approval rating in pennsylvania, pennsylvania being a state that democrats need to win with its 19 electoral votes in order to win the white house. if picking walz was the right strategic choice. sen. klobuchar: you know, i have so much respect for governor shapiro. i really, really like him. and i also love mark kelly, who's a close friend of mine and many of the other people, pete buttigieg. we're just incredible choices for this job. and in the end, it was the vice president's decision. and i think that chemistry matters. the fact that he's from the midwest, when you've got states like wisconsin and michigan at stake, the fact that pennsylvania, as bob casey has told me over and over again, you've got a whole half of that state that looks a lot more like the midwest, and that would be the western half of pennsylvania.

i know i campaigned there for president. that feels very midwest and associate with the midwest. so i think you're going to see a ticket in kamala harris. she decided to bring someone in at was different than herself. and i think that's a really big strength, has a way different background as a high school teacher, and as someone who has served our, in our military, i think those are real virtues. and will it be especially good pairing, with, jd vance when it comes to a debate? they doubled down on the hulk hogan factor, and kamala harris decided to go to someone that was different than herself. geoff: minnesota senator amy klobuchar, thanks so much for joining us this evening. we appreciate it. amna: with tim walz added to the democratic ticket, it is shaping up to be another razor thin election. geoff: the new poll shows -- a new poll from pbs news, npr, and

marist shows kamala harris with a three point lead over donald trump nationally within the , poll's margin of error. for more details on where the race stands, we're joined by domenico montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent for npr. it's great to have you back. there has been a shift in the way people view this election, who people think will win. a month ago before president biden dropped out, a clear majority thought that donald trump would win. now, voters see a tossup. what is driving this change in the numbers? domenico: it is a huge shift, almost 20 points downward people thought donald trump was going to win. kamala harris has brought a lot of energy to the ticket. it was taken over the weekend before harris made this selection of tim walz but when we look at our polling overall, she is now up 51-48 over donald trump. that is a huge change from just two weeks ago when she got into the race and really fueling that our black voters, white college-educated women, and independent women. we have seen a 20 point jump

among black rotors, 25 point jump among white college-educated women, and 28 point jump among independent women. what i find interesting about women who identify as independents is in our last survey, 28% of them said they were undecided so i'm out of people -- a lot of people talk about how this is a honeymoon for kamala harris. i don't know. i think this is more like the liquid jell-o phase. you put it in the fridge and see if it solidifies and we are starting to see things gel. amna: jell-o metaphor, always so veritable. you have a new battleground map that npr is out with just today. there are three states you consider to be true tossup's right now. the so-called blue wall states. wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania. what are the potential past a victory for the campaign. domenico: when we talk about what winds in the election, it is these -- wins in the

elections, it is these key battleground states. the three states that are pure tossup in pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan, which make up the blue wall. if kamala harris wins each of the three states, she will most likely be president of the united states. she also has a path with the sun belt states where arizona, nevada out west, georgia, north carolina in the east, if she were to maybe add one of those, she could do a little bit worse in the blue wall and still be able to pull it off. for donald trump, he really needs to win those sun belt states. all four of them, you know, even with all four of those, he's only at 268 electoral votes. he is just shy of that right now and that is why for them, for their campaign, they think about two places. pennsylvania and georgia. they are spending 77% of all of their ad money right now in just those two states. why? because he could lose everything else we have been talking about if you win pennsylvania and georgia. geoff: that brings us back to our lead story. vice president kamala harris's pick of tim walz as her running

mate. as we have been saying, the vast majority of americans, based on our polls, don't know much or anything about him. that is what campaigns are for, to help define the candidate. what does this pick do to change the race? domenico: the geography teacher is going to love our map, i'm sure, but 71% of people are saying that they don't know who he is or do not have an opinion of himself the next two weeks, between now and the democratic convention, are going to be huge when it comes to what people think about the ticket and whether or not they want that versus what we saw at the republican national convention which was donald trump and jd vance, his running mate, who has not had a good rollout whatsoever. when we ask the favorability ratings of jd vance, 55% of independents say they have an unfavorable opinion of him and that is why donald trump is saying nobody cares about who the vice president is. amna: elections are about issues, right? what does this new poll tell us about how people view the issues

when it comes to this new democratic ticket? domenico: for a while, joe biden was really tied to the economy and donald trump had a nine point advantage in our june survey over donald trump -- over joe biden on who do you trust most to handle the economy? kamala harris doesn't seem to have that sticking to her as much because she is only down three points on the economy to donald trump. that is a pretty big deal especially when the economy, as we know, is really so determinative for so many undecided voters. on immigration, she has gained a few points there as well. it seems like rotors right now are kind of hitting the pause button a little bit and they will judge for themselves what they think about kamala harris and her policies along with tim walz compared to what they already felt really cemented in these views about joe biden. geoff: what other top line stood out to you in this poll? domenico: the survey tells us how much momentum we have seen kamala harris really have.

i'm curious, with younger voters, when you look inside the numbers, she is not doing quite as well as i think she would like to with younger voters. it is really almost a split at this point for voters who are under 45 so she's going to need to be able to use that. walz has a big online following. we will see a fat winds up helping some of the enthusiasm along the lines and has seen some of those people who are saying that they definitely are going to be voting. key groups saying by big margins saying they are more likely to vote. geoff: always great to see you. thank you so much. domenico: thank you. geoff: we start the days other headlines in bangladesh, where nobel laureate muhammad yunus has been selected to lead the country's new interim government, until new elections can take place. the 84-year-old micro-finance pioneer is widely respected in bangladesh. his appointment comes a day

after longtime prime minister sheikh hasina resigned and fled the country, following weeks of protests that left nearly 300 people dead. on the streets of the capital, dhaka today, a sense of calm returned to the once violent streets. students stepped in to direct traffic while police went on strike to protest violence against officers during the unrest. an israeli military raid today in the occupied west bank killed 10 palestinians, amid increasing fears of a larger war in the region. 10 others were wounded. meantime, to the north, sirens blared, and smoke billowed near israel's northern border with lebanon, as hezbollah launched a barrage of drones for a second day. israel fired rockets in response. at least 19 people were hurt. in a televised address, hezbollah's leader, hassan nasrallah, vowed more violence against israel for its recent strike in beirut that killed a top commander.

>> after the assassination of martyr leader sayyed fuad, hezbollah also sees itself obligated to respond, and iran will respond, and hezbollah will respond. our response, god willing, will be strong, influential, and effective. geoff: separately, hamas has named its leader in gaza, yahya sinwar, as its new political chief. sinwar is widely considered the architect of the october 7 attack on israel. he's been in hiding ever since, and is at the top of israel's kill list. he replaces ismail haniyeh, who was assassinated in tehran last week. a pakistani man has been charged with allegedly plotting to carry out political assassinations here in the u.s. according to a criminal complaint unsealed today, asif merchant spent time in iran before flying to new york in april to recruit hitmen for the job. the 46-year-old was arrested last month and charged with murder for hire. in a statement, attorney general

merrick said the justice department 'will not tolerate attempts by an authoritarian regime to target american public officials and endanger america's national security." the national transportation safety board released some 4000 pages related to its ongoing investigation into a door planel blowout on a boeing 737 max jet in january. the co-pilot of the alaska airlines flight is quoted as saying "it was chaos." at a rare investigative hearing today, witnesses for boeing, and its supplier, spirit aerosystems, outlined design changes that should prevent future blowouts. but the ntsb chair emphasized past shortcomings -- including 4 missing bolts in the alaska airlines door plug. >> this isn't a pr campaign for boeing. you can talk all about where you are today, there's gonna be plenty of time for that, we want to know these safety improvements. but what is very confusing for a lot of ppl who are watching, who

are listening, is what was going on then. this is an investigation on what happened on january 5. geoff: the ntsb chair also said that boeing has a long way to go to improve its safety culture. the hearing will continue tomorrow. in california, firefighters are battling blazes both old and new. >> hey, get out of there! go! go, go, go, go, go! geoff: the edgehill fire in san bernardino, east of los angeles, erupted on monday afternoon. some residents had just minutes to evacuate before flames ignited hillsides, and completely engulfed homes. as of earlier today, that fire was 75% percent contained. hundreds of miles to the north, the park fire has been wreaking havoc since late july, and is still only only 34% contained. it's the fourth-largest fire in california's history, and has burned more land in the state than all of last year's fires combined.

bloomberg philanthropies is donating $600 million dollars to the endowments of four historically black medical schools. founder michael bloomberg announced the funds at the annual convention of the national medical association, a group that advocates for african-american physicians. almost half of black physicians graduate from the four historically black medical schools. the donations will more than double the size of three of the schools' endowments. on wall street today, stocks recovered some ground after monday's selloff. the dow jones industrial average added nearly 300 points, but closed off its highs of the day. the nasdaq rose 166 points, or about 1%. the s&p 500 also added 1% on the day. and we have the day's olympic headlines now, which include some gold medals, and some spoiler alerts. the track and field finals in paris today quickly turned into a golden hour for team u.s.a. in the men's 1500-meters, cole hocker pulled off a stunning beating a competitive field --

-- in the men's 1500-meters, cole hocker pulled off a stunning upset, beating a competitive field, and topping his own personal best by 3 seconds. just a short time later in the women's 200, gabby thomas sprinted her way to gold, after a third-place finish at the last olympics. meantime, on the soccer field, sophia smith sent the u.s. women's soccer team to the finals, after scoring the winning goal against germany in extra-time. of this evening, the u.s. hason racked up 86 medals overall, well ahead of the next best, china. still to come on the "newshour", a new initiative tries to improve health by bringing care to patients. a rare look at the personal stories behind the stars on the cia memorial wall. and a renowned chef takes his taste buds global in a new tv series. >> this is the pbs news hour. amna: tropical storm "debby" is

dumping historic amounts of rain as it stalls over south carolina. that's one day after it lashed florida with hurricane strength. at least five deaths have been reported so far. communities are now submerged across several states, while some of the largest impacts are on travel. stephanie sy has our report. stephanie: today, flash flooding in south carolina as debbie did lose -- deluges estate. the slow-moving storm is unleashing downpours on cities like charleston, where the mayor has ordered pumps brought in to remove excess water. south carolina's governor said heavy precipitation is expected to last until thursday. >> we will see a lot of rain, and this is creeping across our state, creeping across. stephanie: similar scenes are playing out in southern georgia.

authorities say savannah's airport got a months worth of rain in just one day. debbie cost at least one death in the state when a tree fell on a house, killing the 19-year-old man inside. debbie blasted ashore big bend as a category one hurricane. rainsoaked soil and hurricane force winds combined to topple trees including on bill franco's house in jacksonville. >> we had some bad storms and just a couple branches on the ground. maybe that was it until now. stephanie: some of the most intense rainfall hit southwestern florida, where one resident found a cat fish swimming in his driveway. >> behind me, it is flooded. in front of me, it is flooded. stephanie: it lasts some neighborhoods completely inundate -- it left some neighborhoods completely inundated. they patrolled low-lying areas by boat, on roads that have become rivers. >> we are going to see more flooding in northern florida. stephanie: today, governor ron

desantis mourned that the waters will continue to rise. >> when it dumped in southern georgia, it makes its way down to us. stephanie: the storm has stifled air travel, causing thousands of flight cancellations and delays nationwide. >> no answers, you know? sitting around, waiting. stephanie: he says he has been trying to travel south for days. >> it is just frustrating in general. i get the weather is the cause, but hey, give me some better information so i can plan. stephanie: among the most affected is american airlines with hubs in miami and charlotte . new forecasts say the storm could hover over the atlantic ocean for a few days and then return inland with even more moisture. for the pbs news hour, i am stephanie sy. ♪ geoff: in the city of baltimore,

94% of residents have some form of health insurance. yet, many face alarming disparities including higher rates of chronic diseases and shorter life spans. as special correspondent christopher booker reports, one program is trying to overcome barriers by providing healthcare straight to people's doorsteps. >> hey, sweetie. you want your blood pressure checked today? christopher: tuesday mornings are busy in east baltimore. set up in the lobby, nurses offer free basic checkups for anyone who may be passing through. laverne clark has lived here for six years and these weekly nurse visits have become part of her routine. >> they show my heart rate is good, you know. it really helped me with all my medication. christopher: nurses say many in this predominantly black neighborhood face barriers to health care.

there is a shortage of primary health care doctors and transportation to providers can be difficult. >> this community is insured but if you ask them what is the last time you have seen your provider or do you have the medications that you need, that is where things fall apart. christopher: tiffany is a nurse practitioner and part of this pilot project that organizers call neighborhood nursing. launched in january, the aim is to bring health care to communities block by block. >> doctors used to make house calls quite regularly and now that is quite a rare thing and that disconnect think is what led to our -- when you see them in their home, you really get an in-depth understanding of the challenges they are facing. >> broke it down by needs and then insurance. christopher: the team consists of nurses and a community health care worker who helps residents work through any problems they have accessing health care. what was in your wallet? >>, identification, all my

important papers. christopher: andrew hampton had not seen a primary care physician in years partly because he did not have any identification. the team helped him replace his id and recently scheduled an appointment with a doctor. >> we are hoping that with this recent visit, we are able to get him plugged into the care that he already is covered for and paid into. just a matter of getting it to his front door. christopher: america spends more per capita than any other country on health care. we have the highest rates of death for treatable or avoidable conditions and the highest rates of infant and maternal mortality. experts say making preventative primary care more accessible through programs like this one in baltimore could make a difference. >> if we could do it universally where everyone gets it, where it is like a right, like a utility, then it will be able to reach the promise of health care that is not just reactive and that we are preventing things for everyone and everyone can be at the greatest health. christopher: sarah is the dean

of the johns hopkins school of nursing and leads the program. the collaboration with the university of maryland, morgan state, and schools of nursing, she says by next year, they plan to bring primary health care to more than 4000 baltimore residents regardless of the insurance coverage. >> the vision is that we will go door-to-door to be in the laundromat, in the libraries, in the schools, sort of blanketed so everyone has access to a nurse or community health worker. christopher: the approach was inspired by a community health program inspired in costa rica where health-care workers aim to visit every resident nationwide in their home at least once a year. >> they might come back to visit them if they have high needs. they might connect them with other parts of the public health or nutrition system, and all the time, they connect them with the acute and chronic care that that person might need. christopher: the doctor has studied the impact of costa

rica's model. >> costa rica has significantly improved the health of its population across both what we call communicable diseases, infectious diseases. it can often be prevented with vaccines and other antibiotics as well as noncommunicable diseases. christopher: costa rica has achieved those outcomes while spending less than 1/10 of what the u.s. spends per person on health care. >> we tend to focus on people who are sick as opposed to focusing on keeping people well or identifying problems early to help avoid more serious problems later on. christopher: melinda is the executive vice president for programs at the commonwealth fund, a health care research organization. she says the complicated nature of health care in the united dates would make it difficult to expand a program like neighborhood nursing, beyond baltimore. >> the major barrier in my opinion is the financing. we tend to focus on hospitalizations and specialty. we focused on individual

services which incentivizes more volume as opposed to having clinicians be accountable for about the quality and outcomes for patient and patient care. christopher: this new approach has started to see small wins. calls to 911 from the building are down and organizers say the community has started to take the effort beyond the weekly checkups. >> i went to a meeting where we shared that people in my zip code, this area, our life expectancy is not as long as in other areas. and that bothered me. christopher: longtime resident regina hammond suggested the nurses helped create a neighborhood exercise group. they now take weekly walks in on days where it is too hot, they work indoors. why was there a need for a walking group? >> a lot of people don't venture too far because they don't want to walk alone. some people don't feel safe. it's about getting out. it's about learning who is in your neighborhood. it is about looking at beautiful

flowers, being able to talk with a nurse walking beside you, talking to them about things that nobody took the time to listen to you about. so it is serving a lot of purposes. christopher: she hopes to see this initiative grow beyond her neighborhood. that is possible but will require collaboration. >> what it will take is federal policy makers, state policymakers, the hospitals, doctors, and the insurance to come together to agree to pivot and invest more on prevention and primary care. no mistake, that is very hard to do. i am very optimistic because there are a number of communities experimenting with this right now. christopher: but for now, in this community, these nurses will keep showing up week after week. for the pbs news hour, i am christopher booker in baltimore.

amna: 50 years ago, the central intelligence agency memorial to cia numbers killed in service to the country. it was first established with typical institutional quiet in the headquarters lobby. today, the memorial wall has become hallowed ground. nick schifrin has this rare look from langley, virginia. nick: it is the intelligence community's most solemn site, 140 stars carved into alabama marble, a permanent memorial. each star, one life lost. but also a nameless, collective commemoration of sacrifice. killed cia members get the same star, no matter seniority, and each star, born from this virginia studio. tim johnson carves a replica destined for the fallen's

family. using the same decades-old stencil, leading with perfect symmetry to a single, central point. johnston has been carving the memorial wall stars for 35 years. >> i don't get but one shot and i can't mess up. you know, carved in stone, as the old saying goes. nick: johnston took over from his mentor and the man who built the wall and its initial stars, harold vogel. that was five decades ago, when the wall had 33 stars. by 2003, there were 80. today, there are 140. >> the meaning behind the people and the work that they have done and the sacrifice they made. i mean, every star's a life . when you walk into cia and you -- nick: when you walk into cia and you see that memorial wall and the stars, what do you think? >> each one of those stars represents a familial sacrifice that i understand way too well. nick: calista anderson and her father have tried to visit the memorial wall every year since

her mother, his wife, jennifer matthews, was killed in 2009 in afghanistan, by a suicide bomber whom matthews, cia's counterterrorism personnel, and cia leadership thought was an al qaeda mole. nick: what do you see in her face when you look at that photo? >> i almost see my own face, to be honest with you. i just remember her as such a great mom. she was just such a, i mean, effervescent person and really bubbly. just really caring and made a lot of effort to know us as kids and, like, know our personalities and talk with us. nick: matthews worked for cia's alec station, responsible for tracking al qaeda and hunting osama bin laden. at cia, she knew al qaeda as well as anyone. >> one of her coworkers even told me one time, you know, i think she forgot more about al-qaida than i ever knew about it. so it's sometimes really nice to hear. and then sometimes i'm almost in e of my own mom. nick: that knowledge came later. anderson and her younger brothers didn't even know where their mom worked.

when matthews died, her daughter was 12. >> i never got to pick out a prom dress with her. i'll never pick out a wedding dress with her. so things like that can be really difficult. but i'm extremely grateful for the grief because, as people say, you know, it's an echo of lost love. so for me, i'll have the grief for the rest of my life. i don't think it'll ever go away. but, i'm really grateful that i'm able to feel that because i felt so much love. nick: anderson has avoided dramatic depictions of her mother, including the film "zero dark thirty", as well as a cia after action report acknowledging lapses across the agency that contributed to the death of matthews and six other cia officers. >> i understand from an institutional point of view that that question is very important but from the point of view of myself, my mom was already gone. i miss my mom. like, that's, you know, that's not a organizational figure to me. that's not a worker or, you know, a job position.

she's a real person and a real family member who i no longer have in my life. >> for my colleagues here at the agency, for me personally, the wall is not an abstraction. you know, each of those stars as a profound human story behind them. nick: bill burns is the director of the central intelligence agency. he looks at these stars and feels collective, and personal loss. >> one of them is a very good friend of mine, matthew gannon, with whom i served four decades ago, my first post as a young career diplomat. he was killed in the terrorist bombing of pan am 103 over lockerbie, scotland, on his way home from a temporary assignment in beirut to his wife and two young daughters for christmas. it reminds me that this is an intensely human profession. we are a human intelligence service. geoff: -- nick: when cia created the wall 50 years ago, the agency was under siege, accused of co-opting student groups and ngos, training domestic police

forces, and abuses in vietnam. and in 1973, president nixon fired director richard helms for refusing to assist in the watergate cover-up. his replacement, james schlesinger, forced 7% of the agency to retire, and was described as "nixon's revenge." was the wall in some ways a rehabilitation? >> for all of those problems and mistakes and flaws that you just described, which were very real, there was also a legacy of courage and dedication and patriotism, too. and so i think in that sense, it was a part of that renewal, i think, at the agency, but also to remember the sacrifice that marks this agency and does to this day. nick: what do you see when you look at these photos? >> this first one is dad. really, when he still had some hair. nick: tim welch lost his father 49 years ago, richard welch, assassinated at 46 years old, when he was the cia's chief of station in athens. tim and nick looking at photos -- station in athens. >> this is may of 1975.

he's pinning my second lieutenant, marine corps bars on me. this is for merit, this is the intelligence medal of merit . extremely proud of my father. smartest guy in the room. great sense of humor, great empathy. hero worship in the sense that, yeah, you know, i saw this guy sort of going, getting on planes and going all over the world and being promoted. got to a very high, very high rank. nick: at the time, dick welch was the cia's highest ranking officer killed while on duty. he received full military honors . ♪ [taps] ♪ nick: and was buried in arlington national ceremony, normally reserved for military. his funeral was attended by president ford, national security advisor brent scowcroft, and secretary of state henry kissinger. welch admits his father prioritized his career over his family. but even decades later, grief is like a permanent hole that sometimes opens up.

>> the last time i saw him, i drove him to jfk, to the twa terminal. and, we had a goodbye beer at the twa terminal. and uh, that was, that was, i can still remember. see him go down. you know, the eero saarinen twa with those bright red carpets they had, you know, and so i can still remember him going down to there. [30.0] // nick: -- -- still remember him going down to the plane there. nick: is it hard still to talk about this sometimes? >> of course. it comes and goes. welch's killer wasn't caught for a quarter century, past the statute of limitations-so no one was ever charged with the murder. >> in our family, we have a very clear idea. we do not consider ourselves victims. we do not consider him a victim. and we don't talk about closure.

he was doing a tough job. he knew what he was doing. and as far as we're concerned, he died in the line of duty doing what he wanted to do. in the service of the united states. nick: at the time, cia kept a book of the fallen, some names still secret. this photo of the original book has never before been public. its final name, richard welch. today, that book lives inside the case that holds a new book, which is double in size. and every year, cia holds an annual memorial ceremony for the families. >> we all attended the ceremony in may. being there with the family, with the agency family. and you know, now we're, you know, older guy. and we go there and we see young kids who, who are bereaved . >> allowing us to be there and almost have a sort of catharsis grief moment [4.0] -- moment among sort of your

family and the people who best understand and best share it with you. nick: a family whose sacrifice is forever carved in stone. for the pbs news hour, i'm nick schifrin, in langley, virginia. geoff: it's a tasting menu at the highest possible level: the copenhagen restaurant, "noma", has helped transform the world of fine dining with a focus on hyperlocal foods prepared and presented with extraordinary care. now its co-owner and chef widens his view to explore ingredients that have changed the globe. jeffrey brown reports for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> everybody got a pepper? fantastic service. jeffrey: the fire in a bite of

chile, the pleasure in a cup of coffee the raw wonder of sushi. , but what's behind it all? "food is never just food": that's the theme that runs through "omnivore", an eight-part series on apple tv plus that takes us around the world to look at the production, history, culture, and sustainability of eight key ingredients that go into much of what we eat. >> and this flight to australia. jeffrey: the guide, chef rene redzepi. >> i think it's a new way of actually trying to understand a little bit about who are we, through the foods that we eat. and that's what we're trying to do. jeffrey: is it your sense that most of us don't know this or don't stop to think about it? we just consume? >> yes we just consume. ,[laughter] i don't think i could have said it much better. i think we are so far removed from where our food comes from and what lies behind, and we

have lost touch with that. jeffrey: redzepi is one of the world's best-known chefs, complete with a recent cameo on the fx on hulu series "the bear". his copenhagen restaurant "noma", earning three michelin stars and regularly ranked world's best, became ground zero for what's been called "new nordic cuisine", a hugely influential approach to food gathering, preparation and presentation, featuring unexpected, hyperlocal and seasonal ingredients. >> the simple idea was, we're in the nordics. what is available to us? we discovered this new treasure trove of ingredients. particularly wild foods. and we found seagrass that tasted like coriander. there was roots of trees that tasted like cinnamon. flavors that were, you know, exotic to the average danes, but they were right there underneath our feet. that whole thing fueled like a lifetime of curiosity. jeffrey: "omnivore," a

collaboration with food journalist matt goulding and filmmaker cary f*ckunaga, explores how once-local ingredients rose to global scale. there's one ingredient per episode. chiles, tuna, salt, bananas, pork, rice, coffee, corn. >> we're trying with the show to just give people and inspiration to want to try to understand more about he everyday things that we eat and just how mind blowing it is, and how many wonderful stories and people lies behind the everyday stuff, like a cup of coffee or a bowl of rice. >> he made it his life's mission to fight for the people who produce our coffee. jeffrey: mind blowing, too, in the geo-political, economic, and environmental impacts these ingredients have had in the past and that continue in various forms today, as the global food network changes local cultures and lessens food variety.

>> what jumped out at me is that there is a sense of loss almost as much as a sense of wonder. >> it is true that within the food system and how we produce food, that it has a huge toll on everything. and it is true that the craftspeople, they are disappearing slowly. and with that, some of our culture gets lost, and i believe some of the very essence of who we are get lost, if we don't remember to celebrate them and value their work. jeffrey: if the appetites of all of us as humans are behind many of the food resource problems you're documenting here, can our appetites be changed? >> yeah, i have no doubt that we can change. i think at the heart of change in food lays deliciousness. i think that's the change factor for us as a species, adapting new ways.

if things taste amazing, we're going to be there, very quick. and it's going to travel throughout the world when something delicious hits us. so this also tells you that, yes, the human appetite can be ferocious but we can quickly change things around. we have to have that jeffrey: but that, too, cuts both ways, as the series shows with the example of bluefin tuna. which turned from trash fish into treasure, think sushi, through changes in global shipping, business and tastes, to the point of a new threat from overfishing. the series focuses on efforts to preserve local practices, resources, and food varieties amid such pressures. sustainability is also a factor in redzepi's world of fine dining. in fact, citing grueling hours, endless workplace demands and the high costs of the labor-intensive work, he announced last year that despite its critical success, "noma" would close as a traditional restaurant by the end of 2024.

it will now become a food laboratory to develop, test, and market new flavors and foods. i asked how he sees the role of chefs like himself in changing food awareness and habits. >> i've always believed and still believe today that chefs, they are sort of ambassadors for seasonality, for flavor, for the love of a meal. and they act as a sort of almost, community hub, where flavor happens. and they spread that into the world. i always believe that they have that impact, that we have that impact. jeffrey: the 8 part series "omnivore" is now streaming. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown. ♪ geoff: before we -- amna: kamala harris introduced

tim walz tonight. the duo made their first joint campaign appearance at a rally tonight in the crucial swing state of pennsylvania. vp. harris: since the day that i announced my candidacy, i set out to find a partner who can help fill this brighter future. [crowd cheering] vp. harris: a leader who will help unite our nation and move us forward. so pennsylvania, i am here today because i found such a leader. [crowd cheering] vp. harris: governor tim walz of the great state of minnesota! gov. walz: i could not be prouder to be on this ticket and to help vice president harris become what we all know is very, very good for us to think about coming next president of the united states of america. geoff: the campaign says it has

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