GEOFF BENNETT: Good evening.

I'm Geoff Bennett.

AMNA NAWAZ: And I'm Amna Nawaz.

On the "NewsHour" tonight: Body camera footage of the police response to the Louisville shooting offers new details on the horrific, deadly event.

GEOFF BENNETT: A judge's ruling on an FDA-approved abortion pill opens the door to more political pressure on medical regulators.

AMNA NAWAZ: And a firsthand look at how climate change is threatening a town nestled in the Arctic Circle.

RONNY BRUNVOLL, CEO, Visit Svalbard: The climate emissions in Svalbard are crazy for us living here and also for tourism.

It's not good.

(BREAK) AMNA NAWAZ: Good evening, and welcome to the "NewsHour."

The city of Louisville released body -- police body camera footage of the shooting that left five people dead and eight others injured.

GEOFF BENNETT: Police are still investigating what led to yesterday's attack, the 146th mass shootings this year, but they said the gunman illegally bought the AR-15-style rifle used in the attack just six days prior.

Officials released roughly nine minutes of new video this afternoon.

And a warning: Viewers might find some of this video disturbing.

Bodycam footage released by Louisville police show the terrifying moments when officers responded to a gunman who opened fire Monday during a staff meeting at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville.

CRAIG GREENBERG (D), Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky: Yesterday's tragedy brings us to 40 people who've been shot to death this year in our city.

GEOFF BENNETT: At a press conference today, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg called on state legislators to give the city autonomy to deal with gun violence.

CRAIG GREENBERG: Please, change our state law to let Louisville make its own decisions about reducing the amount of illegal guns on our streets and gun violence that is killing far too many people.

GEOFF BENNETT: Louisville police say the shooter, who worked at the bank, purchased an AR-15 legally a week ago from a local dealership.

And officials confirmed the death of a fifth victim; 57-year-old Deana Eckert succumbed to her injuries last night after multiple surgeries.

All of the victims, 63-year-old Tommy Elliot, 64-year-old Jim Tutt, 40-year-old Josh Barrick, and 45-year-old Juliana Farmer, were bank employees.

Dr. Jason Smith, chief medical officer of University of Louisville Health, described the toll of caring for victims of gun violence.

DR. JASON SMITH, Chief Medical Officer, University Of Louisville Health: I'm weary.

There's only so many times you can walk into a room and tell someone they're not coming home tomorrow, and it just breaks your heart.

When you hear someone screaming "Mommy" or "Daddy," it just becomes too hard day in and day out to be able to do that.

Now, my team is fantastic.

They're absolute professionals, and they're wonderful.

But, sooner or later, it catches up to everybody.

GEOFF BENNETT: Twenty-six-year-old rookie officer Nick Wilt, who was shot in the head while engaging the gunman, remains in critical condition.

He graduated from the police academy less than two weeks ago.

As the city mourns, an interfaith vigil is planned tomorrow afternoon to honor the lives lost.

Democrats representing Louisville called for tougher gun safety laws during that press conference this morning, saying that state and federal officials have not done enough to prevent gun violence.

Joining us now is one of them, Democratic Congressman Morgan McGarvey, who represents the city.

Thank you for being with us.

And I first want to extend my condolences, because I know that you were close with one of the victims, Mr. Tommy Elliot.

Louisville is a tight-knit community.

How are you and your constituents processing this tragedy, this immense loss?

REP. MORGAN MCGARVEY (D-KY): Yes, it's really tough.

Louisville is -- it's a great community.

It's what I call the smallest big city in America, where people really do know each other.

We're one degree of separation.

I mean, when people hear ask you, where do you go to school, they mean, where'd you go to high school?

This is a community where we are hurting.

This is really hard.

And what I hope is, not just in the days to come, but in the weeks and the months to come, that close-knit nature of our community is going to be what keeps us together, what keeps us healing and getting through this grief.

GEOFF BENNETT: In that press conference today, you called on Republicans to pass gun reform policy, saying that this should not be political.

It should be about policy.

You are the lone Democratic congressman representing Kentucky.

I imagine you have some special insights when it comes to working with Republicans.

What new gun safety policies, laws could Republicans support?

REP. MORGAN MCGARVEY: Yes.

Well, I served in the state Senate for 10 years before getting elected to Congress.

I was a minority leader in the state Senate.

I was in the minority every day.

I was there.

You're right.

I have worked with Kentucky Republicans and Republicans out in Washington every day since being in office.

Let's listen to our communities.

Let's listen to our constituents.

You heard what Dr. Jason Smith said today as he almost broke down.

He said: Give us help.

We are weary.

We are taking care of as many people as we can, but we need more.

I just came from University Hospital, where I met with other nurses and physicians who are saying: We need help.

Let's put policies in place that will save people's lives.

Universal background checks we know will save people's lives enjoy wild support.

Let's take these weapons of war off of our street.

That's what they are.

And they are killing people and we can do better.

In the state legislature, I worked on a form of extreme risk protection order, a crisis aversion rights retention order that helps people in trouble, people in crisis that gives law enforcement the tools they need to temporarily remove those firearms to -- from people who are in imminent danger to themselves or others.

Let's also bring in the mental health aspect of this and give people the support they need when they are hurting mentally.

GEOFF BENNETT: We heard the mayor today call on state legislators to change the state law, so that Louisville can make its own decisions about reducing gun violence.

Tell me more about that and how you think that will be received at the state capitol.

REP. MORGAN MCGARVEY: Look, I hope it's received well, because, to me, this is a no-brainer.

Right now in Kentucky, the weapon that was used in this terrible tragedy, the AR-15 used to shoot at police officers and to kill five innocent Louisvillians, will be auctioned off and can be back on the streets.

To me, that's cruel.

And that shouldn't be the law.

If a weapon is used in a crime, is used to hurt another human being, we should have the ability to not put that weapon back on the streets.

I hope that the lawmakers in Frankfort see, this is not a political statement.

This is something that's the right thing to do, and will come back in and make that the law here in Kentucky.

GEOFF BENNETT: Police said the shooter used an AR-15-style rifle that he purchased locally and legally a week ago.

What law, what policy could have prevented someone who poses an imminent threat from obtaining a gun, a rifle?

REP. MORGAN MCGARVEY: Well, and I will stress that this investigation is still ongoing.

It is still very dynamic.

So I don't want to speculate too much on everything that could or should have happened in this situation.

Those facts will be coming out.

But, look, right now, we don't have that type of law on the books.

Indiana has had a red flag law on the book for something like 19 years now.

And they have -- they know it has proven effective.

We don't have those tools here in Kentucky, where, if we know someone is an imminent danger to themselves or others, that we can step in to someone who's in crisis and actually protect that person by temporarily removing their firearm.

So that's one that would help.

And I think, again, as we find out more about this particular situation, we can talk more about specific laws.

The reality is, at this point, no policy is going to bring the people back in my (AUDIO GAP).

We are hurting.

We are trying to heal.

We are grieving.

But we don't want any other community to go through this type of grief.

And it's those types of policies that we put in place that will keep other communities and other families from having to go through this.

GEOFF BENNETT: Democratic Congressman Morgan McGarvey, again, our thoughts are with you and the people of Louisville.

Thanks for your time.

Thank you.

AMNA NAWAZ: In the day's other headlines: The fight over indicting former President Trump escalated sharply as a New York prosecutor sued a Republican congressman.

Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, obtained the Trump indictment in a hush money case.

His federal lawsuit today names Representative Jim Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee and is now investigating Bragg's investigation.

The suit calls that a -- quote -- "transparent campaign to intimidate and attack the district attorney himself."

It asks a judge to quash the committee's subpoenas.

South Korea today cast doubt on information in those apparently leaked U.S. intelligence documents.

One of them posted on social media appears to show the U.S. may have spied on South Korean officials.

But, today, the South's top security adviser questioned parts of the material.

KIM TAE-HYO, South Korean Deputy National Security Adviser (through translator): After the issue was publicized, we evaluated it internally, and the U.S. is conducting its own investigation.

Much of the disclosed information was fabricated, and the assessment of it is consistent.

AMNA NAWAZ: In a separate statement, the office of South Korea's president said the episode will not affect the two nations' alliance.

In Myanmar, witnesses say government airstrikes have killed as many as 100 people, including dozens of children.

It happened today in the Northern Sagaing region.

One account said a warplane bombed a ceremony held by opponents of the military regime.

The attack would be one of the deadliest since the army seized power in 2021.

Israel says its soldiers killed two Palestinian gunmen today after a drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank.

It was the latest violence since last week's clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.

Today, as in years past, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu barred non-Muslims from the Al-Aqsa site during the final days of Ramadan.

Tens of thousands of junior doctors in England have begun a four-day strike demanding a 35 percent pay raise.

Picket lines went up today in what could be the most disruptive walkout ever for Britain's National Health Service.

The junior-level physicians make up nearly half of all NHS doctors.

DR. ROBERT LAURENSON, Junior Doctors Committee, British Medical Association: Junior doctors over the last 15 years have lost 26.1 percent of their pay due to inflation.

And all we're asking for is for that pay to be restored, because no junior doctor today is worth less than a junior doctor in 2008.

AMNA NAWAZ: Official said up to 350,000 operations and appointments may be canceled due to the strike.

President Biden has arrived in Northern Ireland to mark 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement that largely ended decades of sectarian violence.

The president landed in Belfast this evening amid a political crisis that has jeopardized the peace agreement.

He travels to the Republic of Ireland tomorrow.

On his way to Belfast, the president called the parents of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter being held in Russia.

He's accused of espionage, but his family said Mr. Biden assured them he's doing everything possible to get Gershkovich released.

The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its outlook for global growth this year.

Today's assessment cited concerns about inflation and interest rates.

It also said the possibility of a global recession has risen sharply.

But U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen offered an upbeat take on the national economy in an online news conference.

JANET YELLEN, U.S. Treasury Secretary: I believe our banking system remains strong and resilient.

It has solid capital and liquidity.

And the U.S. economy is obviously performing exceptionally well.

AMNA NAWAZ: Yellen also counseled against what she called negativism on the global economy.

She said -- quote -- "The outlook is reasonably bright."

The Democratic National Committee says its 2024 national convention will be in Chicago.

The city won out over bids from New York and Atlanta, signaling Democrats' hopes of holding the Midwest in the presidential election.

Republicans plan to hold their 2024 convention in Milwaukee.

And on Wall Street, investors avoided major moves waiting for tomorrow's monthly report on inflation.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 98 points to close at 33684.

The Nasdaq fell 52 points.

The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged.

Still to come on the "NewsHour": Texas Governor Greg Abbott seeks to pardon a man who killed a Black Lives Matter protester; the U.N. sounds the alarm on the dire conditions in drought-ridden Somalia; millions are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage as a pandemic era program ends; plus much more.

The country is closely watching how the battle over abortion medication unfolds in federal courts later this week.

That follows a decision by a federal judge in Texas to overturn the FDA's longstanding approval of the abortion medication mifepristone.

But there's also concerned about what that ruling could mean for the drug approval process in general.

To talk about what's at stake, I'm joined by Dr. Joshua Sharfstein.

He's a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and former principal deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

Dr. Sharfstein, welcome, and thanks for joining us.

You wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times you found the Texas judge's decision shocking, stunning and irresponsible.

Tell us why that is.

DR. JOSHUA SHARFSTEIN, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Well, this is a medication that's been on the market for more than 20 years.

It's been used by hundreds of thousands of people.

It has the full support of all the medical - - major medical professional societies.

It's an established part of medicine.

And out of the blue, a judge just says: I think the FDA got it wrong.

It has to come off the market.

And if that kind of activity is going to happen in the courts, it really throws up in the air why we have an FDA at all.

AMNA NAWAZ: Just for context, have you ever heard of a case in which a court invalidated an agency drug approval?

DR. JOSHUA SHARFSTEIN: I am not aware of any case.

And, again, this isn't just any approval.

This is one where there was a huge body of evidence, where all the external advisers, those committees voted in favor of approval.

And it's a medication that's been used for 20 years with the full support of the medical profession.

So this is just stunning, however you look at it.

AMNA NAWAZ: Now, the issue of politics making its way into the FDA's work and court battles is not new.

You cite the example of the Plan B emergency medication or the contraception being available over the counter about 10 or so years ago to teenagers.

How is this issue, though, over abortion medication different than that battle?

DR. JOSHUA SHARFSTEIN: Well, what the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act says is that the FDA should make its decisions based on substantial evidence.

And there are a lot of great scientists, experts, doctors, epidemiologists at FDA who look at the data, and they make a great decision, the best that they can possibly make.

Sometimes -- but what we don't want is for that decision to be interfered with for political reasons.

What we see now is that interference is coming from the courts.

Previously, that interference was coming from the White House.

And whether it's the White House or the courts, what the American people deserve, what Congress intended in passing the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is for these decisions to be made on the basis of evidence and science, and not a momentary political calculation.

AMNA NAWAZ: There are among the agency's critics, as you know, people who aren't necessarily political actors, right?

There are some advocacy groups who have criticized the FDA in the past, saying the agency moves too slowly on some drug approvals, say, for example, on ALS.

Does this open the door for more of those groups to have a different kind of impact, more of an impact on the FDA?

DR. JOSHUA SHARFSTEIN: You know, I think this opens the door to chaos.

I think it's really important for people to be engaged with the FDA and working with the FDA and the scientists at the FDA to improve the work the agency does.

But what we don't want are judges just waking up in the morning and making a decision to completely change what the FDA has done, really with no reason, no compelling reason to do that.

And that's a danger, because the FDA is in court all the time.

It could be a competitor suing about a decision that FDA makes.

It could be an advocacy group on one side or the other.

It could be a state legislature that decides, you know, we think we can make the decisions with -- about all this evidence.

And once you start chipping away at the idea that we should have good, science-based decisions for what medications we put in our body, then it's really hard to find what the end point is, because there can be a lot of chaos.

AMNA NAWAZ: In the minute or so we have left, we are still waiting, of course, to see how the appeals court will take up this case.

It will likely end up before the Supreme Court.

You have said the Supreme Court will now have to decide which side it is on.

What did you mean by that?

DR. JOSHUA SHARFSTEIN: Well, I really think this is a pretty simple question.

Either we are going to allow FDA to do its work, the work that Congress intended the agency to do, to use science to look through, to evidence to make decisions that really matter for all of us as patients, or we're going to say, you know, a judge can come in and change that.

If that if that upends that that's going to change the calculation for companies, which is why hundreds of chief executive officers are saying that they're very worried about what the court might do.

And so the Supreme Court has to decide, is it going to support an orderly, smart approach to looking at evidence and making good decisions, or are they just going to say, anything goes?

AMNA NAWAZ: That is Dr. Joshua Sharfstein from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health joining us tonight.

Dr. Sharfstein, thank you for your time.

DR. JOSHUA SHARFSTEIN: Thank you.

GEOFF BENNETT: In the northernmost town on Earth, average temperatures are up, and sea ice is declining.

The Arctic town of Longyearbyen sits in a Norwegian island chain.

And, because of climate change, it's having to adapt to longer summers and shorter, warmer winters.

Special correspondent John Bevir traveled there to meet some of the people living on the front line of a changing world.

JOHN BEVIR: Nestled between glaciers just 800 miles from the North Pole, Longyearbyen is unlike anywhere else on the planet.

With temperatures just a few degrees above zero in the winter, for the 2,900 people who live here, life is an adventure.

But it's an adventure that's getting more dangerous.

Two people died when an avalanche hit the town in 2015.

Many say they were the first people here to be killed by climate change.

Warmer weather can lead to a less stable snowpack, making avalanches more common.

DR. HOLT HANCOCK, Researcher, Arctic Safety Center: I was pretty set on working in the snow.

JOHN BEVIR: Dr. Holt Hancock came to Svalbard while studying at Montana State University.

As the fastest warming town on Earth, his contribution to work on detecting and predicting avalanches is helping keep locals safe.

DR. HOLT HANCOCK: There's now a daily avalanche hazard forecast written for town, which gives an overall picture of what the avalanche hazard may be.

Then there's these structural mitigation measures that are put up on the slope in town.

So, all of these things go together to kind of attempt to mitigate that risk.

JOHN BEVIR: So, you obviously grew up around snow in Montana.

Have you managed to bring some of that Montana knowledge here to the Arctic?

DR. HOLT HANCOCK: Montana is pretty cold and pretty windy in the winters as well, so despite that it's at a much lower latitude, I mean, a lot of those processes are still the same.

Some of that experience you build up at, for instance, a lower latitude or a different what we would call different snow climate is still applicable up here.

And, by the same context, we -- I -- hopefully, some of the things that we learn up here are still going to be applicable at a lower-latitude setting.

JOHN BEVIR: Living safely with polar bears is not a problem that many other parts of the world have to deal with.

The town's museum is as close as most visitors get.

Dwindling sea ice is threatening the bears' very existence and pushing them further north to find suitable hunting grounds.

It's the weather here that's now the biggest threat for many.

The climate here is warming and less snow is falling, but locals say that weather events are getting worse, and days that start with nice mornings can end with incredibly harsh storms.

Tonight's windchill is negative-40 degrees.

Even so, Longyearbyen has that dubious honor of warming quicker than anywhere else.

But it's powered by coal.

For decades, this was a company town, where coal was the only business.

But the global emissions from the very material that built the town are now threatening its future.

One working mine remains.

Its planned closure this year has been postponed until 2025, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine drove coal prices up in Europe.

Tourism is the big business now.

Ice cave expeditions are one of the popular activities.

But the glaciers are melting at a record rate.

MANS GULLGREN, Expedition Guide: We are talking about 10 meters underneath the surface.

JOHN BEVIR: Mans Gullgren guided our way through the labyrinthine structure, and says he's worried about how much longer activities like this will be possible.

MANS GULLGREN: I have been thinking about this for years and years.

And if I were to walk around and worry, which I do, but I sort of have to shut it off as well, because, otherwise, it would be too hard seeing that nothing is actually happening.

And with this -- I mean, if we are basing our lives on economic growth, that's what we're getting.

And I don't see anything changing soon, but I hope.

JOHN BEVIR: Decades of conservation work has gone into trying to protect the fragile ecosystem here.

But there's only so much that can be done locally to limit climate change.

This part of the Arctic is warming around six times faster than the global average.

Temperatures in Svalbard are up four degrees Celsius -- that's just over seven Fahrenheit - - in the past 50 years.

Trying to limit the impact of the 130,000 or so annual visitors is high on the agenda here.

This tour company has invested in eight electric snowmobiles.

They're recharged using a wind turbine and solar panels on the office roof.

It's a measure that's also being used elsewhere to try and help the environment, as well as appealing to more environmentally conscious tourists.

RONNY BRUNVOLL, CEO, Visit Svalbard: The climate emissions in Svalbard are crazy for us living here and also for tourism.

It's not good.

JOHN BEVIR: Ronny Brunvoll runs Visit Svalbard, the official tourism board for the archipelago.

He's attempting to balance tourist income with tourist impact.

RONNY BRUNVOLL: Coming to a high Arctic archipelago, they want to be part of tourists don't leave any footprints, for instance.

So the companies have to adapt to climate change, but also to changes in perspectives of the visitors.

JOHN BEVIR: From early settlers' whaling to mining and now tourism, life here has constantly had to adapt to survive.

But as the sun sets here on an industry that has kept Svalbard prosperous and warm, climate change is something they can do little to prevent and is the biggest challenge yet.

For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm John Bevir in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.

AMNA NAWAZ: A politically charged murder conviction in Texas is testing Governor Greg Abbott's pardon power.

A man convicted of killing an armed protester during the 2020 George Floyd protests requested a retrial today, but, in the meantime, a state board is looking into whether to recommend a pardon, at the request of the governor.

Laura Barron-Lopez walks us through the case, and the political implications.

MAN: We, the jury, find the defendant, Daniel Perry, guilty.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: A man convicted of murder in Texas may now be pardoned before he's even sentenced.

On Friday, a jury found Army Sergeant Daniel Perry guilty of shooting and killing 28-year-old Garrett Foster in July 2020.

But Republican Governor Greg Abbott condemned the verdict, and said he'd work as swiftly as Texas law allows towards a pardon, adding that: "Texas has one of the strongest stand your ground laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury."

Foster was marching in a Black Lives Matter demonstration, when Perry ran a red light and turned drove into the crowd in downtown Austin.

Both men were armed.

Protesters surrounded Perry's car, and he fired five shots, killing Foster.

Perry's attorneys argued he shot in self-defense after Foster pointed his gun first, a claim eyewitnesses disputed in court.

In the weeks leading up to the violence, Perry had expressed opposition to the nationwide protests.

He texted a friend -- quote -- "I might have to kill a few people on my way to work.

They are rioting outside my apartment complex."

TUCKER CARLSON, FOX News Anchor: This is a legal atrocity.

It's so obviously unjust.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Immediately after the conviction, FOX host Tucker Carlson has championed Perry's case on his prime-time program and pressured Abbott to intervene.

TUCKER CARLSON: We wanted to ask if he was considering a pardon for Daniel Perry.

But, for some reason, Governor Abbott's office told us he just can't make it.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Hours later, the governor announced his request for an expedited review and pardon recommendation by the state pardon and parole board.

Today, the county's district attorney asked to present evidence to the Texas Board of Pardons as it considers Abbott's request.

Extremism experts warn that Abbott's push to pardon Daniel Perry is part of a larger pattern within the GOP to normalize violence.

Joining to discuss is Jeff Sharlet, author of "The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War."

He covers the growth of right-wing extremism.

Jeff, thanks for joining us.

You have covered Republicans and the right for a very long time.

What is your reaction to Abbott saying that he supports a pardon for Daniel Perry?

JEFF SHARLET, Author, "The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War": I think what we're seeing here -- and I see Abbott's actions on continuing with the actions of the Tennessee state legislators, some of the actions taken by Ron DeSantis.

We're seeing a kind of institutionalization of the far right violence that some thought came to a peak on January 6.

Instead, it's being pursued by law.

And it's now entering into a period in this right-wing movement where it's almost sort of like a mythological age of martyrs, a creation of martyrs, Ashli Babbitt most famously I suppose.

But now the martyr doesn't even need to have been killed.

They simply need to have been persecuted, like the January 6 prisoners or Kyle Rittenhouse or now Daniel Perry.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: And I want to get to Rittenhouse and Babbitt.

But, first, Daniel Perry was very active online.

He responded to a tweet that same summer from then-President Donald Trump in 2020 that made thinly veiled threats of violence toward protesters.

Perry responded saying -- quote -- "Send them to Texas."

That's just one example of Trump and his supporters normalizing violence, using violent rhetoric.

We saw that a lot with January 6.

What is the impact of Trump condoning violence like that?

JEFF SHARLET: I would say it's more than condoning violence, and it's more than normalizing violence.

I think what we have seen emerge in the United States is a political formation for which we can use legitimately, with historical reference, the F-word, fascism, which is to say, it's a kind of celebration of violence.

It's more than condoning, but that one finds one true self in violence.

An, That we see how many there was, I think 72, 73 car ramming attacks on protests in that summer of 2020.

We see that in Daniel Perry's almost sort of boasting and what I'm going to do and I'm going to make this attack, in the same way that Trump has for so long spoken of violence not as a -- not as something he regrets, but sees as necessary -- that would be bad enough - - but as something that is almost joyful and perversely pleasurable.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: And, last night, Tucker Carlson on FOX had Kyle Rittenhouse on his program to defend Perry.

Rittenhouse fatally shot two protesters during George Floyd protests in Wisconsin in 2020.

But he was acquitted.

It's a difference with Perry.

Rittenhouse, though, has become a folk hero on the right.

Do you think that Republicans and base voters are going to do the same for Daniel Perry?

JEFF SHARLET: I think it's already happened.

We have seen Daniel Perry celebrated not just on "Tucker Carlson" and by Kyle Rittenhouse, but by Alex Jones and other leading right-wing figures.

We have seen leading QAnon figures embracing Daniel Perry and almost sort of inserting him in, again, to this sort of -- this martyr myth, this almost religious feeling of the figures who they imagine as sort of like Old West heroes, standing their ground, even though - - and we don't -- I mean, he's already been found guilty, so we don't have to revisit that.

But the fact is, Perry himself said right to the police right after the event: I wanted to stop him before he aimed.

This wasn't -- this wasn't an Old West quick draw.

He shot him.

There was no aiming.

And that, too, I think, is part of the violence that's being celebrated now, to kill a Black Lives Matter protester, a white man who -- but, as a Black Lives Matter protester, I think, in a way is read on the right as part of this threat that they perceive of Blackness.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: And you have traveled the country, Jeff, talking to Republican voters.

Why do you think that they are martyrizing, as you said, people like Kyle Rittenhouse, like Ashli Babbitt, the insurrectionist who stormed the Capitol and was killed by a police officer there, and potentially Perry?

JEFF SHARLET: It's -- it is a stage -- it's a stage in what -- Trumpism, which has sort of gravitated from a kind of a prosperity gospel, winning and getting rich to a kind of conspiracy religion, and now to, you need victims, not just the broad victimization of white grievance, but you need specific characters, stories that become central icons around which you can organize and imagine in whose stories -- into whose stories followers of the movement can project themselves.

They can imagine, what would I do if I was in that situation, just as Daniel Perry was, in a sense, picking up on the actions of those before them.

And, meanwhile, these -- because -- I really think we want to connect him to the January 6, those who are still in prison.

We saw, in Waco, that recent Trump rally, where it opened not with the national anthem, but with the January 6 choir.

So, we're replacing political figures with martyr figures.

We're replacing traditional rituals with new rituals designed for this new movement.

We're replacing the rule of law with this kind of radical states rights.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Jeff Sharlet, we got to leave it there.

But thank you so much for your time.

JEFF SHARLET: Thank you, Laura.

GEOFF BENNETT: Somalia is facing its worst drought in 40 years, claiming tens of thousands of lives last year alone.

Today, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in its capital, Mogadishu, on his first official visit to the Horn of Africa in six years.

And he called for massive international support for Somalia.

Stephanie Sy has more.

STEPHANIE SY: Somalia faces one of the world's most acute humanitarian crises.

There are many causes, climate change and drought as well as ongoing armed conflict.

Across the Horn of Africa, 24 million people are extremely food-insecure.

And, in Somalia, humanitarian agencies warn, nearly eight million people, half of the population, is still in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

To discuss the challenges, I'm joined by Omar Mahmood, a senior analyst for East Africa for the International Crisis Group.

He joins me from Maputo, Mozambique.

Omar, thank you so much for joining the "NewsHour."

There was a massive humanitarian mobilization last year that brought Somalia back from the brink of famine, and yet 43,000 people died, half of them children.

Put that tragedy into context for us.

OMAR MAHMOOD, Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group: Well, essentially, Somalia is going through a very difficult climatic period right now, because you have had five consecutive rainy seasons that have been below par.

And that's essentially unprecedented.

And there's a sixth one under way right now .The projections are that this will also be under par.

Somalia is one of the most climate vulnerable nations out there and in the world.

And, on top of it, you have a very pressing security situation, where it's even difficult to access some of the populations in need.

So it all creates kind of a perfect storm.

STEPHANIE SY: And that is the reason that nearly two million people today are living in camps specifically for displaced people within the country.

We spoke to Mercy Corps country director Daud Jiran, who frequently visits the camps.

And he described the situation.

DAUD JIRAN, Country Director, Somalia Mercy Corps: When you ask them, how do they really sustain themselves, they will tell you, they only cook the evening meal.

So, imagine somebody with five young children, and all he gets is maybe a multipurpose cash of $80 a month to buy some food, and then trying to sustain those five children with that little food, which comes only in the evening, from day to day.

And the rest of the time, they depend maybe on just water and hang around waiting for the next meal.

That is significant.

STEPHANIE SY: So, not even within the camps can children and families get enough to eat.

When you were last in Somalia, Omar, how would you compare what you saw to last year, when the country was facing famine?

Have things gotten better or worse?

OMAR MAHMOOD: Well, I mean, it's basically a continuation.

I think the concerns around famine and whatnot, some of the humanitarian response was able to avert that, but temporarily.

That's still on the horizon.

There's still concerns that, if the response isn't the same level as it was last year -- and funding is always an issue here -- that these kinds of dynamics could reemerge.

There's no natural relief on the way, unfortunately, with the climatic conditions.

So that's why the humanitarian response is needed to continue.

STEPHANIE SY: And I want to go back to climate change.

But, first, I want to ask you about the security situation, because we know that nearly a million Somalis who need assistance live under territory controlled by Al-Shabaab.

How does that affect their access to aid?

OMAR MAHMOOD: Well, it's quite difficult.

For those populations that live under Al-Shabaab control either have to -- have to suffer kind of under that way, or they make the choice to basically flee to these IDP camps.

And that's where we see these numbers, especially in Southern Somalia, growing quite a bit.

But that is, of course, a perilous journey.

It takes quite a -- quite a bit of time to get to some of these camps as well.

STEPHANIE SY: And not a lot of food there all the time as well.

Besides the urgent need for immediate food assistance, Secretary Guterres said today that Somalia needs the -- quote -- "conditions" to build resilience and also get on what he called a path toward development.

I know you study policy in this region.

Billions of dollars have gone into humanitarian aid there over the years.

What other kinds of investments are needed?

OMAR MAHMOOD: If you look at the vulnerability of Somalia to climate shocks and climatic changes, and how the intervals between these climatic changes is reducing over time, it basically increases the vulnerability of the country and the population.

So, climate adaptation work can basically take that reality into context, rather than just simply responding to humanitarian response and developments, but kind of move the needle forward.

And so there's a lot of kind of projects around, finding new water sources, digging deeper boreholes, rehabilitating the infrastructure around canals and other irrigation systems that already exist, but have kind of fallen out of repair.

And so I think channeling some of that -- some of that focus and work into some of those things can then also help for the future.

STEPHANIE SY: Omar Mahmood with the International Crisis Group.

Thanks for joining us, Omar.

OMAR MAHMOOD: Thanks for having me.

AMNA NAWAZ: Last night, we reported on the expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina, one of the -- a number of states once opposed to doing so.

Medicaid has grown substantially over time.

More than 90 million people now are on it.

But the end of the pandemic is also leading to another big change with Medicaid.

As many as 14 million people could lose Medicaid coverage in the months ahead.

William Brangham has the details.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Amna, before the pandemic, people had to reenroll every year for Medicaid by submitting paperwork to prove that they were eligible.

That was suspended during the height of the pandemic and afterwards.

But, starting this month, Medicaid recipients have to make sure they are enrolled again.

The problem?

Well, there are many among them.

Not everyone will receive a notice or complete the applications on time.

Many will fall through the cracks due to changing addresses or language barriers.

We will hear about these problems and the efforts to reenroll people in a moment.

But, first, let's begin by hearing some of the folks on the ground trying to help recipients get the coverage they need.

TANEEZA ISLAM, Executive Director, South Dakota Voices For Peace: The thing is, there's not enough advocates to assist every person who's going to be unenrolled from Medicaid in our state.

So, what we're trying to do collectively in a coalition is to get as much information out into the community as we can and do that education.

ALISON YAGER, Executive Director, Florida Health Justice Project: Florida is one of now just 10 states that has refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, which means we're going to end up with a lot more individuals who don't have any health coverage.

And those people are going to be reliant on places like their local community clinics, federally qualified health centers, and charity care.

But that's not health coverage.

That's -- that may be access to care, but it's not coverage.

And it comes with costs.

TANEEZA ISLAM: Much of the application process is online.

And we know there's digital equity issues in these transient and LEP communities as well.

So there's a lot of hurdles.

There's a lot of gaps.

There's a lot of barriers.

ALISON YAGER: There is significant room for error in the renewal process.

And missing a key communication from the state - - in fact, a significant portion of cases will be closed due to those sorts of procedural errors.

And so, for those people, they're going to have to start again at the beginning.

TANEEZA ISLAM: So we're trying to be as proactive as we can be to educate multilingual community members on what this process is, what to look out for in the mail, and to contact us if they need any interpretation assistance.

ALISON YAGER: We know medical debt is a huge issue.

And we know it's a more significant issue in states that have not expanded Medicaid.

So, for fear of accruing debt, there will likely be people who do stay away from care once they have lost their health coverage.

This is really the time for our legislators to recognize that health care is a human right.

And people have truly benefited from having this access to Medicaid over the past three years.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: So, to help us understand more about what's at stake and what needs to be done, I'm joined by Jennifer Tolbert.

She's director of state health reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation, now known as KFF, and associate director for the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured.

Jennifer Tolbert, very nice to have you here.

JENNIFER TOLBERT, Director of State Health Reform, Kaiser Family Foundation: Thank you.

A pleasure to be here.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: So, the pandemic is waning.

This Medicaid auto-enrollment is waning.

But, in that gap, a lot of people who were eligible for that care may now be losing that care.

How is this going to happen?

Is it going to be a hard deadline where, suddenly, millions of people are out of it?

How will this unfold?

JENNIFER TOLBERT: Right.

Well, states are going to have up to 12 months to conduct a renewal on everyone who's enrolled in the program.

So it's important to note that no one will be disenrolled from Medicaid until there has been a full redetermination done to assess their ongoing eligibility or to determine whether they are no longer eligible.

But this process will occur over the next 12 to 14 months.

So it's not like everyone is suddenly going to get a notice in the mail saying they have been kicked off Medicaid tomorrow.

So that's the good news.

But it will be important for people to look for notices from the state Medicaid agencies in the mail in the coming months.

And when they get that notice, it will be important for them to take whatever action they need to take.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: I mean, anyone that knows that, if you're simply relying on something coming to you in the mail, that can cause snafus, language issues, mail doesn't get delivered on time, you shift to a different address.

I mean, could there be circumstances where people think they are still enrolled and then go to the doctor or hospital or pharmacy and find out no?

JENNIFER TOLBERT: Yes.

In fact, that very often happens.

And it's something that we're very concerned about.

We estimate that about half of the 14 million people who are expected to lose coverage will remain eligible, but lose coverage anyway because of these procedural and administrative barriers.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Half?

JENNIFER TOLBERT: Yes, as much as half, yes.

So it's a lot of people.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: And, in those circumstances - - I mean, we heard from some of these navigators that are helping people trying to figure out and keep them on track.

Are those people common in the world out there?

I mean, if you're worried about this, can you find help easily?

JENNIFER TOLBERT: Yes and no.

There's not, unfortunately, a single place where people can go to find a list of people in the community available to help them.

But they -- there are people available.

And so it might take a little bit of legwork, but reaching out to their providers when they seek care.

Some of that -- those navigators will be available at provider offices.

Community health centers are a great place for people on Medicaid to go if they need assistance.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: I know that you study how states operate these programs.

Are there certain states that are better prepared for this, do a better job of this kind of navigation?

JENNIFER TOLBERT: Yes, well, what we do know is that this is going to play out differently across states.

And that's partly because of different policy decisions that states are making, as well as issues like staff capacity and the capacity of systems to process all of the renewals that states will have to do.

So we are anticipating that this will -- that things will go differently across states.

Now, the good news is, they have had months to prepare.

And they have gotten a lot of guidance from the federal government on how to do this well.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Over that estimated 14 million or so people who might lose their eligibility, are there certain groups in particular that might be those falling off the rolls?

JENNIFER TOLBERT: Yes, I think there are certain groups who are at greater risk, certainly people with limited English proficiency who are maybe less likely to get a notice in the mail in the language in which they speak.

People who've moved during the pandemic and maybe didn't or -- update their information with the state, it will be harder for the state to reach those individuals.

Also, people with disabilities may just face greater challenges.

They often have greater documentation requirements to maintain eligibility, and that can be challenging to find those documents and send them back within the required time frame.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: So you mentioned reached out to your provider, try to find some help there.

If someone is worried about this, what should people do?

JENNIFER TOLBERT: Well, people can -- if they are concerned, they can reach out to their Medicaid agency proactively to find out when to expect that notice from the state.

They can also just simply be on the lookout for information from the state.

That notice will likely come in the mail and - - but there are also other ways that the state may communicate, via e-mail or text message.

So I think the greatest advice is just to be on the lookout for those notices.

When the notice comes, open it right away, and read it and take the necessary action.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Jennifer Tolbert at KFF, thank you so much.

JENNIFER TOLBERT: Thank you.

GEOFF BENNETT: Betty Reid Soskin recently retired at 100 years old as the oldest National Park Service Ranger.

But that achievement is just one of many during her multifaceted career.

Here, Ms. Soskin shares her Brief But Spectacular take on finding herself through song.

BETTY REID SOSKIN, Former National Park Service Ranger: I have been so many women so many different times.

I have been a daughter, a mother, a businesswoman, a federal worker.

I was 85 before I became a Park Ranger.

I retired at 100.

I have actually been so many things, it's hard to remember.

I'm 101 years old.

When I was in my 40s, I believe, I suffered a mental break.

During my breakdown, I would be singing.

I remembered several songs, only to find that I'd written them.

(SINGING) BETTY REID SOSKIN: They're fascinating songs.

They tend to be about life as I was living it.

I think that music has the power to change anything, because I could sing things that I couldn't say.

But when I sang them, they were acceptable.

I was discovered any number of times, but I couldn't do that.

I had four children.

I wanted to be a Betty who sang.

I didn't want to be a singer.

I set the box of songs in the closet, and they stayed in that box for 40 years, only to be found a few years ago by a filmmaker who was doing a film about me.

And they have provided a soundtrack for a film that tells my life story.

When my two husbands and my father all died within three months, I was no longer defined by someone else's name.

I didn't consider myself a feminist, because the men in my life were suffering the same kinds of oppression that I was.

It wasn't until the '90s that I began to take on feminism as a role for me.

That's when I began to really feel like Betty.

The advice I would give to myself as I was a young woman would be to never marry.

I could have done all the things that I have done without a man.

What's more important in life?

The questions are the important things.

Each time they get asked, there's a different meaning, because you have grown so much from the last time you asked it.

The answers are only temporary.

Being 101 is really something, because you feel as if you're starting all over again.

I don't know what comes next, but I do know that I'm ready for it.

I never really dreamed that there were so many parts to me.

I don't think I will be remembered as a Park Ranger.

I want to be remembered as Betty.

My name is Betty, and this is my Brief But Spectacular take on signing my name to freedom.

GEOFF BENNETT: She is exceptional.

You can watch more Brief But Spectacular videos online at PBS.org/NewsHour/Brief.

AMNA NAWAZ: And later tonight on PBS, "Frontline' presents the second of three parts chronicling the war in Afghanistan.

"America and the Taliban" asked yours how the war began, American efforts to destroy al-Qaida and oust the Taliban and how some decisions lead to more Afghans turning against the United States.

WOMAN: And the province of Kunar has had more than its fair share of civilian casualties.

WOMAN: Digging small graves for nine children all under 14.

General David Petraeus has since apologized for the death.

NARRATOR: Karzai repeatedly complained to General Petraeus that the raids were backfiring.

Protests were mounting, as was anger at Karzai's government and the United States.

GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS (RET.

), Former CIA Director: The accumulation of civilian casualties, mistakes, all mistakes, to be clear.

I mean, we were very, very tough.

QUESTION: Karzai complained repeatedly.

He told you that you had to stop running nation raids.

GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS: Well, again, I understand absolutely the pressures that Karzai was under.

And I sought to convey to him the challenges with which I was having to deal, as the commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan.

War is full of mistakes, full of incredible loss, tragedy, heartbreak, hardship, and casualties.

AMNA NAWAZ: "Frontline" airs at 10:00 p.m. Eastern on most PBS stations and on YouTube.

GEOFF BENNETT: And that is the "NewsHour" for tonight.

I'm Geoff Bennett.

AMNA NAWAZ: And I'm Amna Nawaz.

On behalf of the entire "NewsHour" team, thank you for joining us.