♪ amna: good evening. i'm amna nawaz. geoff bennet is away. on the "newshour" tonight -- israeli forces continue to advance and search a major hospital in gaza, and calls for a ceasefire intensify in the united states. we speak to secretary of state antony blinken. >> we are determined to everything we can to ensure that israel does everything it can to minimize harm to men, women, and children, innocent men, women, and children. amna: election workers face threats of violence, amid

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system there. israel is pressing its invasion in the north, and today the israel defense forces discovered the body of one of the 240 hostages held by hamas. her remains were found near al-shifa hospital, the main medical center in northern gaza. parts of it are now controlled by the idf. leila molana-allen reports. correspondent: in southern gaza, thousands of palestinians crowd tent cities after fleeing their homes in the north. now they fear they'll have to leave again. >> today in their leaflets they are telling us to evacuate the south. correspondent: early today, the idf dropped leaflets over the southern city of khan younis warning residents to get out. but many - like the abu jabal family - don't know where to go. >> they asked us, the citizens of gaza, to go to the south. we went to the south. now they are asking us to leave, where do we go? we want to understand where exactly we should go?

correspondent: in northern gaza idf forces stormed al-shifa hospital for a second day, searching for signs of hamas. >> we found a vehicle, filled with ammunition. correspondent: today the idf released another video of weapons they say were found in a car in the hospital compound, and this vid of what they claim is the entrance to a tunnel in the hospital complex. but have not shown evidence of their claim that hamas runs a command center underneath al-shifa. gaza's hamas run health ministry denies the claims and alleges idf forces have shelled hospital . doctors inside the hospital say life-saving medical devices have been destroyed. >> msf is deeply shocked by what's happened at shifa. the raids with no guarantee of protection of civilians and medical staff and patients inside that hospital complex. correspondent: dr. natalie thurtle is the deputy medical coordinator for international ngo doctors without borders in

jerusalem. msf also denies israel's claims of a hamas command center. >> we've worked in shifa for many years. we've never seen anything. and that has indicated that that is the case. and regardless of the perception that that may be the case, that doesn't absolve anybody of the responsibility to protect civilians and patients and medical staff. correspondent: with the power cut-off, dozens of premature babies don't have working incubators. six have reportedly died. hundreds of patients and thousands of displaced civilians remain trapped inside the hospital grounds, under siege for a week now. msf also has over 100 staff and family members taking shelter in the vicinity. >> they've run out of food and water and we've got children here really quite sick. every time that we've tried to evacuate them, despite assurances that there is a safe

path to the south, they've been faced with drones firing outside the door and a crossfire and shelling ongoing. and so they haven't been able to move. correspondent: there is no end in sight to israel's invasion, which it says will eventually expand south. with no fuel, gaza's phone and internet lines are dark again today. voiceless, gazans bury their endless stream of dead. and pray, with little hope left, for those still living. for the pbs newshour, i'm leila molana allen. amna: and leila joins me now, here in studio. good to see you in person. you have been covering this war every day since it began nearly six week, and pull back the curtain. tell us of what that is been like, the experience of reporting on this as a journalist? correspondent: war is terrific anywhere, and i have covered many conflicts over the last 15 years, but this one is in such a

small space. the number of people killed on october the seventh and hamas attacks, everybody in this country of 10 million people know someone, and that is such an incredibly small amendments inside gaza in a place the size of rhode island, you have 2 million civilians. there is been incredible difficulty with access to this war. we were based in israel and going across israel, but not inside gaza. normally eight is closed whenever there is a war and journalist coming, but it is been six weeks and there has been no sign we have been able to coincide soon. when we have been able to enter it is been with israeli defense forces. we cannot speak to gazans in that situation. we can only see what we were able to see. our journalist covering because our journalist as well. the most of the.

for journalists -- period for journalists. at they are giving their lives to show us what is happening. amna: president biden is saying the only way out of this will be a two state solution. what do you see? do you see any room for that happening. correspondent: this has been the idea for years but there is been no movement on the peace process as well since around 2007. the first question is where would it be? the landmass that is available to palestinians as the west bank , and we have this huge issue is settlers who are increasingly becoming violent. i was there seeing hundreds of people being forcibly displaced from their land by violence, by actually being killed. 700,000 settlers building on land supported increasingly by the government and israeli army, which many ngos say is a warm crime -- war crime.

you of gaza which would be the economic capital of the state because everyone here is the most highly educated. it is the wealthiest part in terms of its access to port. gaza is gone, half of the housing units are gone, so we're actually with this even take place. amna: from the beginning of this where there has been concerned it could broaden in the region. is that concern still there? correspondent: that concern is still there but much less it was at the beginning. iran has stepped forward and said, listen, we did not know this was going to happen. we did not do it in coordination, so what they have been sponsoring hamas it is not the same as a police station attack. the same with hezbollah in lebanon. while they are launching strikes they are not escalating the pull scare work, and they have their own interest to defend. they do not want to be seen as complicit in getting a lot of lebanese people killed, so what the moment those parties did not

seem to be getting it evolved. what is more of the question is what happens to palestinians? we are seeing scenes of what palestinians call 1948 when palestinians were forcibly moved from the rent never allowed to come back. these cues of people we are seeing moving into south gaza. where do people go? either they are trapped in a kill box or there is a humanitarian corridor into egypt. will they ever be allowed to come back? 1.5 one million refugees living across the region. will there be another case of them losing their land for good? amna: in the meantime, it is great to have you here in studio with us. thank you. now to my interview with secretary of state antony blinken. he is in san francisco at the apec summit of asian economies, hosted by president biden. we -- i spoke with the secretary a short time ago. welcome back to the newshour. thank you for joining us.

one of the key agreements to come from that meeting between president biden and president she was this pledged by china to curb fentanyl. we know they made that pledge before. fentanyl dents have only increased since then, so i do believe they will act on that pledge now when they have not before? >> what is so important about the meeting yesterday is it advanced a very concrete ways really two things we are trying to drive that and this relationship with china. we have an intense competition with china and want to make sure it does not fear into conflict. and at the same time where we can find places to cooperate that will advance the place of the american people. we have had a series of near misses with chinese planes, boats coming dangerously close in dangerous ways. we have not had military contact between our countries and will every year. we reached out both at the highest level in the operational level. that is an important way to avoid mistakes of his

speculation that could lead to conflict. second, when it comes to advancing the interest of the american people, sentinel, the number one killer of americans 18 to 49, not guns, car accidents, cancer, it is fentanyl. what we know in recent years the chemical precursors, the ingredients that go into making fentanyl are manufactured in china and sent to our own hemisphere where it is turned into fentanyl and comes into our country and devastates our communities. two things. they have put out a public notice to all of their companies that engaging in this practice is forbidden, but beyond that they have taken concrete action. we gave them a list of come -- companies we know to be engaged in this trafficking, and they have taken action to disband these companies. that is very important, and it is a good demonstration of their

seriousness. we set up a group between our two countries to monitor this to make sure that this continues, and as we and others get information about other companies involved, we expect based on what they have said and they have done that china will take action, and by the way this is something china says is important that it will be productive in dealing with the fentanyl crisis, because it is affecting countries around the world. we have synthetic opioids in asia, europe, and try and it needs to be seen and once to be seen as a responsible actor. amna: i would like to ask you about israel's war in gaza. israel showed evidence that the hospital was and is a hamas command center. it didn't release these produce videos that show guns and ammunition and a laptop they found inside. human rights watch says the evidence is insufficient to show that it was command center, to revoke the protection, so there is a lot of skepticism around

this raid. why not share more evidence of what you have seen that convinces you that this was command center? >> two things. first, if someone can explain why there are assault rifles next to mri machines that would be good to know? amna: but is that your definition of a command center? >> no, but second with regard to command centers, we ourselves had information that that is exactly with hamas -- what hamas is doing, and this is an ongoing operation. as the operation is completed israel will show evidence of what hamas is doing under these hospitals, because that is where their tunnels are. why do we know across the board is that hamas embeds itself under civilian infrastructure, hospitals, apartment buildings, schools, and uses people as human shields. there has been a horrific loss of life in gaza, and we have to

ask ourselves what the -- what we would have done in the same situation? imaginative terrorists had come across our border, slaughter proportionally 40,000 americans and retreated and were hiding themselves among civilians and civilian infrastructure. israel has an obligation to do everything possible to avoid harming civilians, and as you know they have opened up corridor was -- corridors so that people can get out of harm's way. they put in place limited pauses to facilitate that. they bought assistance to hospitals themselves, but they can, they must do even more and this is something we are on constantly. amna: the u.s. equivalent of the gods and lots of blood would be over 1.5 one million people, and what you have noted watching

that death toll rise, that gets you every time. americans are increasingly feeling that way too. i want to put you our latest poll numbers this week when people were asked about their response, israel's wrist -- re sponse, 30% said the israeli response has been too much, and that number is up 12 points from just one month ago, so i wonder what you would say to americans who are increasingly uncomfortable with israel's conduct in the war and u.s. support of it? >> i think so many of us feel the same way. this is incredibly gut wrenching , and it is heartbreaking, but we also have to ask ourselves what would we do? what would any country do when faced with this terrorist organization that is slaughtered its people and then said very clearly that it intended to do it again and again and again if

given the ability to do that. the capacity and ability to do that, and that is the problem that israel has to deal with, and the other thing is, i do not hear the un cry for hamas to respect international law, for hamas to get out of the buildings, the hospitals, the schools so civilians are not in danger. for hamas to surrender. that would protect palestinian citizens immediately. the dilemma for any country in the situation is what to do to make sure that not only are you defending her people, but you were trying to make sure that this cannot happen again. amna: that is u.s. secretary of state antony blinken joining us tonight. mr. secretary, thank you, good to see you. >> good to see you too. ♪

correspondent: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west, here are the latest headlines. another attempt to hold law enforcement accountable for the death of breonna taylor failed today. a jury could not agree on whether a former louisville police officer violated taylor's federal civil rights when he fired 10 shots during a flawed drug raid that ended in taylor's killing. the judge declared a mistrial. the house ethics committee reported there's overwhelming evidence that congressman george santos broke the law. the bipartisan panel said the new york republican used campaign funds for expensive hotels and spas, and lied on financial reports. it said -- quote -- santos sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his house candidacy for financial profit. santos faces growing calls for expulsion from congress as well as federal criminal charges. congress has left washington for its thanksgiving recess -- after

ensuring the government won't shut down this weekend. the senate gave final approval to a temporary funding package last night. it keeps spending at current levels into january for some agencies and into february for others. a federal jury in san francisco convicted a man of assaulting paul pelosi -- the husband of former house speaker nancy pelosi. david depape was also found guilty of trying to kidnap the former speaker. federal prosecutors welcomed the jury's decision. >> what this guilty verdict on all counts sends is a clear message that regardless of what your beliefs are, what you cannot do is physically attack a member of congress or their immediate family for their performance in their job. correspondent: depape attacked paul pelosi with a hammer in the pelosi home last year. he faces up to 50 years in prison. an appeals court judge in new york state has set aside a gag order against former president trump.

the order barred him from speaking publicly about court staffers in his civil fraud trial. the judge today cited free speech concerns. the united nations' top court ordered syria's goverment today to stop torturing its people. it came in a case filed by the netherlands and canada against damascus. the order said the regime must, quote, take all measures to prevent acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. syria has yet to respond to the order and the court has no means to enforce it. kenya's high court has again blocked the deployment of police to haiti to quell gang violence. the court acted today, hours after kenya's parliament approved sending a thousand officers. just yesterday, a heavily-armed gang took hostages at a hospital in haiti's capital port-au-prince. police freed them, but activists said it shows how bad things are.

>> today the country is controlled by gangs. and, the gangs have links with the authorities. the biggest problem right now in haiti is the absence of government and rule of law, and also all key state institutions have collapsed, even the police. -- most of the victims were children, and the world health organization and the cdc blame a shrub -- sharp drop in vaccinations during the pandemic. most of the large outbreaks were in africa and the eastern mediterranean. members of the united auto workers have ratified a new contract with general motors, but it was closer than expected. the union and of the agreement won just under 55% of the vote. voting is ongoing and ford and stellantis. starbucks employees today staged a one-day walkout. organizers said more than 5000 workers participated in the strike at more than 200

starbucks locations nationwide. the strike is part of a two year effort to unionize the chain. for the first time since 2500 your league baseball team is pulling up stakes. baseball owners today unanimously approved the oakland athletics moved to las vegas. the sports commissioner said the team tried for years to find a site and financing for a new stadium in the bay area. >> i know this is a terrible day for fans in oakland. i understand that, and that is why we've always had a policy of doing everything humanly possible to avoid a relocation, and i truly believe we did that in this case. correspondent: the a's plan to begin play on the las vegas strip in 2028. still to come on the newshour. new reporting shows russian oil continues to reach the u-s market through a loophole in the embargo. a new book details the lies pushed by fox to maintain the

network's brand. comedian keegan michael key and his wife elle discuss the history of sketch comedy, and much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: over the last two months, hundreds of thousands of americans have come together in both pro-israel and pro-palestinian rallies and vigils. the vast majority have been peaceful, but some have turned violent or included antisemitic and is homophobic threats. laura barron-lopez reports. correspondent: last night, protesters calling for a ceasefire in gaza and police clashed outside the democratic national committee headquarters in washington d.c. lawmakers, including top house democrats, were evacuated from a fundraiser after protestors

blocked exits to the building. according to u.s. capitol police, one person was arrested for assaulting a police officer and six officers were injured. yesterday, law enforcement said on social media that 150 people were illegally and violently protesting but rally goers -- led by a coalition of groups including jewish voice for peace action and if-not-now movement, another american jewish organization -- say police initiated the confrontation. >> we were met with police officers pulling people including folks that i was alongside with down the stairs, met with pepper spray, met with actions that led to concussion. correspondent: last night's demonstration is the latest in a series of mostly peaceful pro-palestinian and pro-israeli rallies that have rippled across the country since hamas killed some 1200 israelis on october 7.

on tuesday, tens of thousands gathered on the national mall to show support for israel and condemn anti-semitism. >> it is really important to show that we are standing together, we are remaining strong despite any threats. correspondent: israel's president isaac herzog addressed attendees through a video link. >> as president of the state of israel, i vow to you from jerusalem, that we will heal. we will rise again and we will rebuild. correspondent: the rally was intended to bridge political and religious divides with leaders from both parties and different faiths addressing the crowds. >> we pray for the people of israel and the leaders of israel. correspondent: but, the inclusion of controversial televangelist, john hagee drew criticism. hagee says he supports israel but he also has a record of anti-semitic statements. >> then god sent a hunter, a hunter is someone who comes with

a gun, and he forces you, hitler was a hunter. in the bible said jeremiah wright think shall hunt them. correspondent: earlier this month, large pro-palestinian crowds rallied outside the white house, calling for an immediate ceasefire. >> people are getting killed every minute , which is a very sad thing to see. it just happens to be that they live where the missile hits. correspondent: and yesterday, at columbia university hundreds of students and faculty protested an administration decision to suspend two pro-palestinian student groups through the end of the semester. >> the university should be taking a stance to protect speech and protect the right of faculty and students to address these issues in an open and frank way. correspondent: the university said it suspended the groups after they violated university policies relating to campus events, including threatening rhetoric. while most rallies have not been violent, a november 5 protest in a los angeles suburb turned

deadly. paul kessler, a 69-year-old jewish man died after an altercation with a pro-palestinian protester, according to california authorities. the ventura county sheriff's office today announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with kessler's death. for the pbs newshour, i'm laura barron-lopez. ♪ amna: election officials across this country have been under attack since 2020, falsely accused of conspiring to steal or rig the last presidential election. this barrage has caused over 1-in-10 to say they are very or somewhat likely to leave their job before the 2024 election, that's according to the brennan center, which tracks this issue. william brangham has more on these attacks, and what they mean for our democracy. correspondent: thats right, amna -- these attacks have stepped up

to a dangerous degree in recent weeks, with election officials in 5 states receiving letters containing a white powder that in some cases was found to be the deadly drug, fentanyl. we spoke to two officials who received these mailings: -- mary hall, who's the auditor in thurston county, washington, and in oregon, dena dawson, who's the clerk of lane county. >> those of us that were in contact with the suspicious piece of mail, were advised to go home and bag all our clothing and shower and leave our clothes in a bag outside and wait for further instructions from either hazmat or the fbi. and so that was our day. >> i used to be very proud of my position and telling people what i did for a living. and i don't do that anymore because you never know what reaction you're going to receive from the people on the other end. correspondent: so what do these

threats mean for the future? david becker is the executive director of the center for election innovation & research. great to have you back. as someone who spends his jobs trying to make election smarter and smoother and more accurate, but you can make of all of these offices receiving fentanyl laced letters? >> sent me these kinds of threats and harassment have been going on for over three years since the 2020 election. this is just in a tactic that the efforts to terrorize these public servants, and let's be sure, these are not jobs people go into for fame and fortune. they're doing this for service. they are giving us all our voices and our democracy. and they work very long hours all the time. they don't just wake up on the monday before an election and put on an election and for them to be subjected to constant abuse and it has been constant. my organization runs legal defense network, the election official legal defense network to help advise and assist election officials who need

assistance in this environment. and i can tell you, we have seen as many requests for assistance now three years after that election, as we did when it was first established over two years ago. correspondent: i mean, we should say in addition to these mailings to doj, i believe is prosecuted or charged at least a dozen other people for making violent threats towards election workers. do you believe that these threats are a result of this constant barrage of lies and misinformation about the 2020 election? >> i think there's no question that it's largely due to the disinformation, the lies the incitement that has gone on from candidates who may have lost that election, others seeking to grift and raise money off of lies about the election. there are tens of millions of good americans who are sincerely disappointed in the outcome of the 2020 election. they're not insurrectionist. there are people who just preferred the candidate who lost and unfortunately we're seeing now that they are the target for these lies and disinformation.

they're the people who are going to be angry and contribute and donate to people who continue to feed them these lies about the election and election that by all objective measurements was the most secure, transparent and verified election in american history. more paper ballots and we'd ever seen before, more audits of those ballots confirming the results than ever before. more pre election litigation, confirming and clarifying the rules and more post election litigation confirming the results. we sit here three years from that election over three years, and there's still not been a shred of evidence presented to any court and subjected to cross examination that would indicate any problem. correspondent: amna mentioned earlier the number of elections officials who are saying in the face of all of this, they're thinking about getting out of this line of work. how concerned are you about our ability to have a well trained, nonpartisan group of people to run the next election? >> the pressures placed on these public servants are more than we should expect anyone to have to

endure. but i think back to that 2020 election when election officials somehow with all of that scrutiny, with all of that abuse, with the lies being spread and with a global pandemic somehow managed 20 million more voters than we'd ever seen in american history. it's one of the greatest triumphs of the american democratic process we've ever seen. despite that, we should have been giving them a parade. they've been subjected to constant harassment. and then even then, as some decide they can't take it anymore. we have seen in 2021 and 2022 and 2023. these election officials do what they've always done they step up and they give us all our voice. correspondent: how to be counter this? i mean, we did see some election deniers in the last cycle lose their elections, but the former president continues his misinformation about his his loss. the wall street journal just recently reported that meta which controls facebook and instagram is going to allow advertisements to run on their social media networks to carry ads that raise questions about

2020. how do we go about batting all of this down? >> we have to understand there's first not going to be some magic wand here. we're not going to fix this with a flip of the switch. this is the damage that's been done here is significant. and it's going to take years if not decades to fix. there are 10s of millions of people in this country who believe that if their candidate lose in a 50-50 country, that the election was stolen, we just can't have that sustainable as a democracy. that said, i think we're beginning to see some things changing for the better. and i think that largely comes from accountability. there are people at the top who have been intentionally spreading the lies, who have profited off the lies who seek to retain power and influence because of the lies and some of them are being brought to justice criminally, civilly in defamation cases where they're being made to pay very large, very large damages, and even professionally and disbarment proceedings, and if we keep seeing this, we may, we may be able to reset the incentive structure with those who would seek to continue to target a population of people

who supported the losing candidate for lies good americans, target them so that they can get rich. maybe we can create an incentive structure. where no longer they benefit from that. correspondent: great to see you again. >> thank you. ♪ amna: after russia's invasion of ukraine, the us and european allies banned the import of russian oil and natural gas. but a new report reveals that hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fuel in part made from russian crude are still ending up in american gas tanks. nick schifrin and producer teresa cebrian report on a new investigation released today by the organization global witness. correspondent: in one of the country's biggest sports in one of its largest cities, a ship full of ill-gotten gains.

last month the balzani arrived in the new york harbor, carrying more than 500,000 barrels of fuel made in-part from russian crude oil. it turns out, us imports are helping fuel russia's war machine. >> for the first nine months of 2023 that crude oil was worth to the criminal at least $180 million. correspondent: lela stanley is co-lead for the stop russian oil campaign at global witness, an international ngo that tracked the shipments of fuel made with russian crude oil, and is today exposing their value to moscow. >> it's enough for a 105 caliber cruise missiles. 8600 of the iranian drones that have been attacking kyiv, so it is a lot of money. correspondent: this story begins in siberia, which holds the majority of russia's oil reserves. russia produces 9.6 million barrels of crude oil per day, its single most-important source of revenue. and it sells that oil to

countries outside the us and the european union including china, the united arab emirates, turkey, and india, home to the world's largest oil refinery, the sprawling jamnagar refining complex. before the war in ukraine, jamnagar imported almost no russian crude. today, global witness found about one third of its monthly crude imports, are russian. at jamnagar, the russian crude is blended with other foreign crude, and refined into gasoline, diesel, and other products that can be legally bought by american companies. it's then shipped with vessels like the balzani through the red sea, into the suez canal, the mediterranean and atlantic ocean, and, in this case, into new york's upper bay. >> after the invasion of ukraine, the u.s. banned the direct import of russian oil. however, other countries that then started buying that oil can legally refine it and sell it to the u.s. [12.9] -- the u.s. that's the refining loophole, and that's what we're trying to change. correspondent: global witness

found between january and september this year at the u.s. imported 30 million barrels of fuel from refineries running on russian oil. in total, that crude arrived in at least 13 cities in seven states. among the companies importing that will, bp, sunoco, and shall. >> american companies are still linked to this revenue chain funneling money back to the kremlin. correspondent: this is relatively a drop in the bucket for russian exports and revenue and a drop in the bucket for american consumption. so why is this important? >> it doesn't make any sense to support ukraine in the ukrainian people the way we have on the one hand, and also allow this revenue flow to continue. >> we never anticipated this type of circumvention. correspondent: texas democrat lloyd doggett helped write the original legislation that banned russian oil and natural gas from being imported into the u.s. yesterday he introduced the ending importation of laundered russian oil act designed to close the loop all. all products that were produced at any refinery that uses crude

oil originating in the russian federation shall be banned from importation into the united states. >> were simply saying do not accept refined products here in the united states from oil that is russian, that has been refined in a third country. america led on this last year and we need to lead on it again and try to close these loopholes and deny russians any dollars that could go out there and be used for more attacks on ukraine. correspondent: but what the us hasn't tried to do close off all russian oil. that would increase american gas prices. >> a price cap on russia oil is one of our most powerful tools. correspondent: instead, the leading industrialized countries have tried to limit russia's oil revenue with a $60 a barrel cap on oil sold with western shipping or insurance. but russia has found ways around the price cap. in october, it sold oil on average for more than $80 a barrel, and its total oil export revenues were $18.34 billion, among the highest since july

2022. in part, thanks to russia's shadow fleet. >> russia moved away from reliance on the g7 countries insurance and ship providers. that makes the implementation challenging. correspondent: elina ribakova is a senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics. she says the price cap was originally a success but now russia is circumventing it, thanks to that shadowfleet, and weak western enforcement. last month and today the u.s. sanctioned five shipping companies for transporting oil sold above the cap. and this week sent notices to 100 vessels suspected of violating sanctions. but otherwise, it has failed to enforce its own rules, says ribakova who advocates for stronger punishment. >> we do need to think about the bold measures, and we have put 40 measures, secondary sanction saying that if an indian company

is circumventing sanctions, we will put sanctions on you. so basically, it's taking the legal system of the u.s., but applying it beyond the borders of the united states. >> i believe that we need to do more. we need to be looking at all countries that are not participating in the price caps and are doing other things to assist the russians on oil. correspondent: but doggett is the chair of the house india caucus, and argues punishing india, might threaten other us policy, especially toward china. >> the modest action that i propose in this legislation, i think can be done without unsettling our relationship with india. going much further with full secondary sanctions could present a problem, and it will take some time and some diplomacy to hopefully get more cooperation from the indians. correspondent: in the meantime, global witness' exposure, and the closing of the loophole, could be small first steps to get russian fuel out of american gas tanks. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. ♪

amna: after decades at the helm of news corp, rupert murdoch officially stepped aside this week, taking on the new role of chairman emeritus. what does this leadership change mean for the future of a network so deeply tied to and influential within the republican party? brian stelter is the author of the new book “network of lies: the epic saga of fox news, donald trump, and the battle for american democracy." he's also a special correspondent for vanity fair. let's talk about this leadership change. >> it is rupert murdoch giving his final wishes, presenting his plan for his final wishes. he wants his eldest son to run the company. i think he also wants them to recombine at some point and get reemerged. he is presenting this in public, and rupert says he wants to remain active and involved.

he will say this again on friday when this takes effect. it is the closest thing to him ever retiring. amna: to the father and son have vastly different views when it comes to the role of fox and what it should be? >> not clinically. lackland is conservative, but he does not like trump. he has much more of a businessman. she wants the trains on time, minimize headaches and maximize profits, so what that might mean is a lack of oversight of fox news, but we just do not know what 2024 hold to get. amna: we know the role that fox played in spreading the light of the election of 2020. you say rupert murdoch and lachlan murdoch let it happen. the father and son have regrets but if not express any publicly. was there any kind of internal reckoning in the lawsuit that? >> it was an incredible case and not the only ones.

there are numerous defamation lawsuits by individuals and there are shareholder lawsuits, so i have only seen tinkering around the edges, no major changes or overhaul. one of the biggest changes was dismissal of several of the truth tellers, executives and steppers who were calling the election correctly in 2020. amna: lackland is more of a business focused guy. was the firing of tucker carlson a business decision? >> it was business. carlson was hurting the company and oswego's bottom line. he was promoting conspiracy theories on the air, causing the network to be to. there were lots of reasons to cancel or show, and what has happened in the exam incenses foxes once again brought that audience back. fox remains the beating heart of the gop, which is why it deserves study and scrutiny. amna: it was the dominion lawsuit that ended up sharing so many of those internal messages.

you're right about injured so many in the book, and there was one exchange when there white house correspondent tweets an accurate report about there being no evidence of voter fraud. tucker carlson and john had an in private messages said she should be fired. you write this, the executive producer responded that a it is amazing how many fox steppers seem to hate the audience. you do not have to love trump, but you have to respect the audience. >> the most orwellian phrase. what they really mean is you do not want to take -- tick the audience. the truth over 2020 that biden was the next president, but fox whispered the truth and shout at the lie. they gave also be but a second trump term, and we can say for sure that some people bought tickets to fly to washington on january 6 because of all of that nonsense, so when you have these fox producers, sean hannity as well saying we need to respect the audience, what they meant

was we will disrespect the audience because we will hide the truth from them. one of the silver lining is at least easy nelson tax avenue gone public. there is a public record. amna: what do we know know about the relationship between fox and the current front runner for the gop nomination donald trump. >> this is a broken mirror image, it deplores there sharing custody of a shared base, i shared audience. both fox and trump are talking to the same constituents, the same people, firing up the same base, but trump is not happy with what he sees on fox. he always wants more sycophantic media coverage, so he opted a about fox on his truth social, but at the end of the day in the general election, if he is the nominee he will come home. amna: when you step back and look at how journalist today are covering this election, do you feel like we have learned lessons for the past?

>> you were talking earlier about autocratic behavior, the language is really important. we need to see that acrostic american media, including the right wing media, and that is where i doubt we will actually see the honest conversations you need to be had about the impact of trump's rhetoricand his promises about a second term. let's take non-fox media. we need fact checking but history checking, reality checking. this is bigger than just ask at this point. this is about two different realities that are colliding. one that is much more targeted truth and reality, and this other story that trump is telling about revenge, grievance, retribution. we are very early in this primary, but i would like to see the coverage amped up quite a bit. in order to a people who are not news junkies, most people are tuned out right now about the 2024 election. it is time to turn in. amna: brian stelter, the author, a fascinating read.

thanks for being here. ♪ from tv to key and feel, keegan and michael key is a modern master of sketch comedy. now he and his wife have taken a long look into the history of the art form. they talked recently for our arts and culture series. >> would you like to have me take you home in my car? >> oh no, i'm too tired, i'd rather walk. correspondent: a scene from the legendary comedy team of george burns and gracie allen. >> i'll tell you what you do. you go home, get your coat, come back and i'll give you write in my bow. >> oh wait a minute, my sister's got michael. >> you want to do it. correspondent: nearly a hundred years later, keegan-michael and

elle key do their 'burns and alan -- do their burns and allen. >> do you like to love? >> no. >> like to kiss? >> no. >> what do you like? >> lamb chops. -- >> good night, gracie. >> it still works. it works 100 years later. mis-direction is misdirection no matter whether it is 2023 or 1923. correspondent: the keys left to make these comedic connections. >> it's always nice to know where you're coming from or where you came from. even jokes have a history, even jokes have an origin. and not just not just necessarily specifically where the joke came from, but also just humor. >> that same thing we left at

now our parents left at. >> our great-grandparents. >> and then you go how far back to cisco? correspondent: they first explored all this in a podcast series entitled the history of sketch comedy. >> ahead of us is a colorful and enlightening journey through the world of sketch comedy. i'm not wearing any pants in a film at 11:00. correspondent: and now in a new book by the same name, with a cover that has keegan as some of the key characters along the way, from medieval jester to lose brother. elle came up with the idea. >> so from a how book publishing works, they're like, well, we want a picture of keegan. and i was like, well, i think the book covers so much history, i think just a picture of keegan isn't enough. would you be ok with seven? correspondent: keegan became renowned for his long-term work with his peer jordan feel.

>> this november i when he and everyone of you to ask yourselves what has changed in the last four years? >> who killed osama bin laden? >> what is my administration accomplish? >> get to be accomplished building america pacifica's biggest enemy? did that, boom. correspondent: the book is a tour from the ancient world to modern classics, with a focus on sketch comedy, this gets that are acted up. >> i am asking you who is on first. >> i am asking you to is on first. >> that's the man's name. >> is dead. >> is resting. >> i'd like to rent a car. >> we are number one you know. correspondent: keegan describes in his youth seeing is normally stoic father dissolve into belly

laughs while watching eddie murphy on saturday night live. it would change his life. >> watching others, it affected me, and watching the power. there is a power to accommodate the same way there was a power to drama, that you can touch of the people and uplift other people with these art forms. and i wanted to be a part of that desperately. >> do you think of yourself as a comedian or actor or both? >> i think of myself as an actor who does comedy. >> but the acting part is the important part. >> yes, to meet the acting part is the important part, because a character in a sketch much like a character in a drama, they have no idea that they are in the play. they are living their lives, and the actor gives over to the given circumstances of the play or the given circumstances of the sketch. correspondent: and the greats, the keys write, are all great students of the art form. >> keegan and i together called

at comedy math is where the turn is, how long of a set up do you have before you heighten to make the joke go even to a crazier place or wreck your place? and how do you get the audience to go along with you so you do not go down too far? correspondent: but their favorite sketches are when things do go too far, what they call they call that he you cannot do that moment. >> a “hey you can't do that moment” is kind of that, it's kind of one of those, “i can't believe they went there” moments. >> something wacky, ridiculous happens that you're like, 'no, that's just not right. you can't just do that. that is silly. >> do you know when you look at that moment? >> do i know when i have it that moment? i do not know that that that moment, but i'm going to. there were moments when it comes up organically and spontaneously, and then there are moments when you are absolutely going to do it.

correspondent: but what about now, when the news is very, very serious? is there still a place for comedy? the keys think so. >> that involuntary reaction that happens with us when the joke is told, i think it is therapeutic. it is not to take away from the seriousness of the times. we can still seek out ways of helping the world and being philanthropic or trying to find a way to be helpful in navigating this darkness that we are kind of encountering right now, but i do believe that we need a reprieve now and again. and comedy can offer that. >> i grew up here in new york city, and my family is jewish. and i grew up in a family that told jokes. and i was always told her led to believe that it came out of -- it did not matter how difficult things were, we use humor to get

through tough situations. and a lot of the humor that we talk about in the book comes from the culture where they used humor jubilee light and really dark, challenging times. >> and that abides. >> it does. >> the book is the history of sketch comedy. keegan-michael key and elle key, thank you very much. correspondent: the power of comedy and a laugh that we need these days. remember there's more online, including a look at oklahoma city's proposal for a new multimillion dollar arena to keep the thunder basketball team in town. voters there will soon decide whether it's worth it. that is at pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. on behalf of the entire newshour team, thank you for joining us. >> major funding has been provided by -- ♪ the ongoing support of these

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