. >> plus, the ongoing thread of trump's election lies playing out in new mexico. a county commissioner defying the state supreme court there and refusing to certify votes by today which happens to be the same day he's being sentenced for his january 6th conviction for trespassing at the capitol. >> president biden warning americans do not travel to ukraine, as the united states works to track down three american veterans who went missing there. the americans who volunteers to assist ukrainian forces are now feared to be in russian hands. retired u.s. marine grady was last heard from in ukraine around april 23rd, according to a family friend. alexander and andy went missing last week. videoed surfaced today on pro-russian social media appearing to show those two men in an unknown location. we're not showing the video because it appears to show the men under duress. sam kiley is in kharkiv just miles from where those two veterans were last seen. he spoke with an american who was fighting with andy and alex just before they went missing. >> these two americans fighte

we already have folks from texas coming to new mexico. volunteers and quite frankly religious organizations who are supporting that, you know, the religious coalition for reproductive justice coordinating those efforts because this is a state that believes in protecting all women. but it is also an access issue. as you have nearly with all of the potential bans, current ban, all the sort of tipping laws in the mix, you'd have half the country looking for access to apportion. tha apportion. that is a unique position for every state. i think every democratic governor is standing up all their provider and access issues. err readying, if you will. but that is also, i think, sort of part of this dilemma. can we all assure call access in fewer than half the states? and the answer is, not unless he with do something about roe v. wade and get it codified across the country. that is the only way. >> governor, we really appreciate you joining us this evening. thank you so much. appreciate you your time. absolutely. >> so republicans got with what t

here new mexico is not going to be the only state facing natural disasters. we are in that season right now. i'm hopeful that someone used a positive direction and how we can -- madam chair, -- >> senator cassidy? >> thank you all for being here. thank you for your efforts on our part of our country. of course, what we're hearing is that there has to be more money appropriated in dire consequences if not allocated. that begs the question of the stewardship of the current dollars being allocated. now, so, i personally think, i think others agree, physically showing up to work is important. miss o'connell, how many days a last month where you physically in your office? >> the vast majority of those days. >> can you give me a number. and it's so frustrating, i've never been able to get a straight answer from one of you. as to how many days you are in the office and what is the return to work policy. just give me, how many days this past week? it's fine, how many how many days this last week? >> hhs has continued its return to work starting in april. we're bringi

sitting in a new mexico desert for years, then brought back into service. gio benitez covers aviation. >>> the dramatic rescue in ukraine. a u.s. nuclear scientist escaping from russian-controlled mariupol, hiding in that city for nearly four months. james longman from ukraine tonight. >>> the devastating earthquake in afghanistan. more than 1,000 people killed. the 5.9 leveling villages. maggie rulli reporting tonight. >>> after the school shooting in uvalde, the schumermarket shooting in buffalo, news tonight on that bipartisan gun safety deal. will there be enough republicans in the senate to get this through? and tonight, republican leaders in the house already saying they will not support this. rachel scott live on the hill. >>> new reporting tonight that the fda is now planning to ban the sale of juul e-cigarettes in the u.s. so, is this ban coming and how soon? >>> the frightening scene in a new york city subway. police saving a woman and what led to this moment? >>> and the remarkable images tonight coming in from yellowstone. you have to see them.

here in new mexico we've identified a vulnerability. i'll be working with my colleagues to make sure their processes in their state are completely shored up so it doesn't fall on let's say one individual who participated in the january 6th insurrection to completely overturn the outcome of an election. >> what is the vulnerability you're talking about typically? is it the idea this particular candidate or is there something about the way the process is certified is vulnerable, it could lend itself to it happening again even if this person is not the commissioner? is that the fact? >> what i'm trying to stress is we have a commission in a very republican part of the state that's not abnormal, but because they were susceptible to the lies, the big lie and misinformation and disinformation that are a part of that, we found, okay, here's a chink in the armor. if they don't certify they can unilaterally disfranchise the votes of 730 voters. there really wasn't a discretionary duty here. there wasn't a i have a feeling about this and it was m

so now you have people, actual county commissioners in new mexico, who are relying on these rumors to say i don't trust the voting results so i'm not even going to certify the results of a republican primary, which is what it was in a red county in new mexico. that is a problem. and i am going to second what was just said. we escaped on the safety of our democracy by the skin of our teeth in 2020. and it was basically because the pillars were there, that protected us. secretary of states, and governors, and attorney generals around the country protected us. some republicans, but mostly democrats. some republicans. the republicans figured out they were going to get rid of those pillars. they are going to get rid of those pillars and put in place people that decide no matter how people vote they are going to decide with the election results are. awe lana russia, or some other third world autocracy in this, and that is my fear. they win in 2022, and they basically set up that no matter how the democratic nominee doesn't does in 2024, they will not certify the results, and they will not g

. >>> president biden is in new mexico right now getting briefed on the wildfires plaguing that state. what is he saying? >> he's just wrapped up a series of briefings on the historic wildfires blazing across the state of new mexico and he is talk about the impact of climate change particularly as climate change exacerbates some natural disasters like wildfires and hurricanes. speaking just a short while ago, he talked about the lives that could be lost to this and also the sacrifices made by first responders. >> we got to get smart. you all understand that better than anybody. you sit here every day when there's crisis. you wonder, what little kids dying. what little kid is dying in one of those fires you can't get to. what's happening? i had to do the so many funerals for firefighters. the hot shots when they got trapped in that canyon. i saw their families, kids, wives, husbands, mothers fathers. it's all over. you guys get it because you're the ones sending out people to risk their lives and some of you the ones out risk your lives. >> in addition to calling for more work to be do

that's one county in new mexico. nearby over in nevada, two won the senate and the top election spot there, over 100 republicans have won nominated for office backing the big lie. an unchecked coup will throughout history, we've seen, have the tendency to repeat itself sometimes with more support and sometimes with tactics that have been practiced and sharpened. what the heck are we going to do as a nation? well, someone who has been in and out of government and politics and understands these issues, obama veteran dan pfeiffer, writing about this very challenge, here along with "new york times" michelle goldberg. you're pretty particular about keeping a healthy body. what goes on it. usually. and in it. mostly. here to meet those high standards is the walgreens health and wellness brand. over 2000 high quality products. rigorously tested by us. real world tested by you. and delivered to your door in as little as one hour. >>> we are back with former senior adviser to president obama dan pfeiffer, also the co-host of

most of this is favoring new mexico. but some of that might start to work its way up towards the south sacramento valley san joaquin valley in the sierra later this week, so the last full day of spring patchy fog mostly sunny, warmer temps, napa. wanna creek palo alto san jose, the arrows are all up. so we'll go 1992 87 88 on those forecast sides. you could probably add about 5 to 7 to those tomorrow fifties on most of the temps sonoma county airport. 50 degrees walnut creek, 51. sunnyvale san carlos 52 forties in the santa cruz mountains right at 50 for capital and santa cruz. mid fifties cupertino, saratoga in low fifties around campbell san martino 52. not much of a breeze. that's fine. we don't really want one, but it is slightly favoring a northerly breeze, the highest building in the low that we had over the weekend is kicking out to the inner mountain region. and again now won't be today. we always get a lot of lead time on this, but there will be some moisture beginning to work its way up towards us. watch to the

curtis boyd caught started this clinic in new mexico and another in dallas. he's one of the oldest abortion doctors in the country and says that he is determined to make sure that these women have a way out. >> you may swallow that with some water. now, what i must tell you -- >> make it your choice but make it reasonable and wise. >> this is a decision that these women are making, according to their own faith and values. it is our duty as a faith rooted organization to trust what they heard from god and support it. >> half other women on this trip came across state lines to take a pill, the other half for a ten minute surgical procedure. >> we have women out there that have been raped. you have women that they don't have anybody, or they are with the wrong person, or they are not ready. you cannot make women be ready for taking care of kids because that is a huge step. >> the church where these women began their journey fought for abortion rights before roe, helped roe v. wade to the supreme court and is now fighting the texas law. >> we will see a public he

doctor schultz in new mexico and colorado think mr. mueller mentioned this as well, our water comes from those watersheds from snowmelt and accumulation. like southern colorado and new mexico, they are all irrigation ditch ways. people may chuckle at what we do but centuries ago our ancestors so right to dig 3 feet across, t these head gates. the spanish name for door but a head gate and then we manage the water flow. in good years everyone has more crop production in bad years. we have to walk up that ditch and often times as of the shovel in your hand because you go look and see who took your water. a new heart boards with one another so the water gets flowing again but whether it centuries old power look at irrigation structures and constructing usda, private entities that have taken these over doing that work is also important and last week i was visiting some areas of new mexico where we have the largest fire on record now. it was started by prescriber in both for service within the usda. but nonetheless, i'm very concerned about

cnn's arlette saenz joins us now from santa fe, new mexico. tell us more about the president's explanations for these record high gas prices. i know he's getting questions about this everywhere he goes. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, he certainly is, jim, and president biden insists that fighting inflation remains his top economic priority as these high prices and gas, food, and other sectors really could be a possible liability for him and democrats heading into november's midterm elections. with gas now reaching $5 a gallon, president biden today was asked by reporters what his message was for americans feeling that pain at the gas pumps and he pointed to russia's war in ukraine as being one of the main factors driving these increases. take a listen. >> it's outrageous what the war in ukraine is causing, and we're trying very hard to make sure that we can -- we significantly increase the number of barrels of oil that are being pumped out of the reserve we have. we've got 240,000 barrels as well coming from other nations. we're goin

back home in p new mexico, griffin is a county commissioner. and the commissioner voted 2-1 to certify the results of last week's primary' election. but it took a direct order from the state's sport to insight that order. griffin said, no, citing his, quote, gut feeling and intuition. secretary, thank you for being here. for many people who might be learning about this for the first time, this is something you know intimately well. it's happening under, you know, your watch and what's going on. tell me, how did it get to this point though? i mean, this sounds a lot like the deja vu all over again that many have been talking about, like when dominion was involved or something untoward although there are lawsuits happening. >> i think we can trace it through all the way back to right after the general election in 2020. we certainly saw one particular culmination of that on january 6, 2021. no matter how much information is out there debunking, ensuring that there's correct information, combatting disinformation that is part of the big lie from 20

host: we talked about arizona, california, new mexico, you are joining us from denver. what's the drought situation like? guest: greetings from denver. it is a wonderful place. colorado of course is the headwaters for the colorado river. interestingly enough, there is actually a number of construction projects going on now to expand reservoirs and build new reservoirs to capture some of the colorado river water. there is debate over this. there are conservationists who see this idea of building more storage ridiculous. you can't tap more water from a river system that doesn't have it. on the other hand, there are water managers both locally and for the state who say these new reservoirs are needed to help us patrol the flow of the shrinking river. with climate change there are things like earlier snowmelt, stronger storm systems. there are some questions about whether sitting at the continental divide which colorado does, are the weather patters for drought the same as they are -- patterns for drought the same way as they are downriver? hopefully some of these projects

let's also talk about new mexico and what is happening there. there is a primary that the elections board is refusing to certify? >> yeah. so there are multiple players here, right. you've got the federal layer, you have members of congress, you have secretaries of state at the statewide level. now in new mexico, you've got the head of the cowboys for trump, coy griffin, he is the commissioner of a county and they're saying they're not going to certify the recent primary votes. so that could throw a pretty significant procedural monkey wrench into new mexico elections they may not be able to get things in place for the general -- >> and this is all about dominion voting machines, chris? >> yup. this is all part of the my pillow guy movement and a former new mexico state university professor, dave clements, that's part of this effort. the my pillow guy said he wants to melt down all these machines and turn them into jail bars or something like that. there's a group of folks in the country that have lost all sense of reality and touch with reality

. >> they instead offered me a phone number to a new mexico clinic. so that i could continue the conversation there. >> reporter: but she says traveling to new mexico, where abortions are still legal, was out of the question due to the debilitating nausea and fatigue of early pregnancy. and ordering medical abortion pills online would take too long. with the clock ticking, she needed them immediately. >> we know that medication abortion is safe and effective to end a pregnancy up to 11 weeks, it's fda approved and has been since the year 2000. >> reporter: emma didn't know exactly how far along she was. texas criminalizes those who help women get abortions, so she didn't want to go to a doctor for an ultrasound or sonogram. it turned out a friend had some pills she had gotten from mexico. >> i was able to begin the process of self-managing an abortion without seeking any medical counseling at all. >> reporter: mexican pharmacists and doctors are bracing for a surge of american women crossing the border, looking for reproductive health care. in nuevo p

states -- kansas, new mexico, raleigh -- kansas, new mexico, colorado, as far as california to find care. different funds have been set up here in oklahoma to help provide money for travel costs as well as hotel stays, travel care, and the price of the procedure itself. judy: gabrielle hayes in st. louis, if roe is overturned by the supreme court, what would abortion access look like in missouri? >> the story goes back to 2019 when missouri passed a law that would almost entirely ban abortions in the state if roe does fall. the only exception there is is for medical emergencies. it is also important to note that when at law was passed, it was challenged in the federal courts almost immediately, a day before it was set to go into effect, it was held up or blocked by a judge and has been held up in litigation last couple of years, so it is still tied up, and if it were to fall, it would be almost a complete ban. i would also note that after the draft came out, we did see our attorney general kind of already say he is prepared to make an opinion that would support that. judy: if roe, i

this tile caller was given to her by the new mexico chapter of the international women's forum and became one of her favorites. we all have ways in milestones in which we mark our career ruth bader ginsburg was no different. in her 40 years of federal service. she received any number of years in service pins. both from the supreme court in these mark 15 20 25 years on the supreme court bench and of course as a federal employee. these pins mark 25 years as federal employee and for her ruby anniversary 40 years. ginsburg's 40-year career as a civil servant began in 1980 when she was nominated as a federal judge by president jimmy carter. in 1993. she was nominated to be the second female associate justice of the supreme court by president bill clinton. justice ginsburg, will you raise your right hand and repeat after me? i ruth bader ginsburg do solemnly swear. that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. many justices are respected ruth bader ginsburg made a mark as a pop culture icon as well. aft

new mexico srb been hit with multiple magnifiers including the largest fire in the state's history. this destructive fire originated from controlled turns and does raise questions around when and where agencies should utilize this tool. i hope today we can get answers who's accountable for the situation we need to know what steps the forest service will take to ensure such contests aro these do not happen again. the forest service budget request for fiscal 2023 as $9 billion. i'mke interested to know how the forest service intends to make these dollars go as far as possible to proactively manage our forests. according to agency pledges 63 million acres nearly one third of our national forests are in higher or very high-risk of catastrophic wildfires. the agency must accelerate its treatment of these acres. this includes automatic to reducing hazardous fuels including blogging and thinning projectse and livestock raising. well-planned and executed prescribed fire treatments can be used especially in acres makers of larded infant. i'm interested tots know what te war service plans to

the president made the commitment while meeting with state officials in new mexico saturday, amid outrage from residents that the largest blaze in the state's recorded history was started by a u.s. forest service prescribed burn. still to come on "pbs news weekend," mothers in somalia fight drought and famine to feed their children. and, on "weekend briefing," we'll look at the political climate as the senate reaches a bipartisan gun deal, and next -- this week's january 6th hearings continue. >> this is "pbs news weekend," from the home of the pbs newshour. john: in today's highly competitive housing market, millions of americans are priced out of buying a home, often competing with all cash offers well above asking prices. and rents are skyrocketing, too, causing overall housing affordability to collapse at its fastest rate on record. roben farzad is host of public radio's "full disclosure." roben, thanks for joining us. what's going on here? what's driving this? roben: so many peculiar, perfect storms coming out of this great pandemic of 2020. could anybody have romanced how much we'd

president biden works today to assure wildfire victims in new mexico that the federal government will help them recover. i made the point today with the governor and others. is that we have a responsibility. responsibility. and not just at the state level, but at the federal level. and i hope you're aware that we've we're meeting that responsibility. tuna billions of dollars. president biden visited santa fe, new mexico today, where hundreds of homes have been destroyed by wildfires. multiple fires have burned in new mexico this spring canyon hermit speak fire has charred more than 310 acres. dozens of master men suspected to be linked to a white supremacist group called patriot front were arrested near an lgbtq pride event in idaho authorities. c 31 people were found in the back of a u haul van that was pulled over following a tip from a concerned citizen. the men were wearing clothes from the patriot front logo, and police found riot gear, a smoke grenade shin guards and shields inside that van police credit the tipster for reporting the group potentially preventing what could have

in new mexico, how much training do most election officials go through? is there a standard for what you have to learn before you work in elections? >> there is a standard. they go through a certain amot of training. it is not very much. if you are a brand-new election worker, depending on what county you are working in and how complicated the individual processes are, you might go through three to five hours of training and online training. returning workers have been through elections many times and this is an incredibly important reason why we need to retain our election workers. these are not necessarily full-time workers. they do not live and breathe elections. they are essentially volunteers that come out once or twice a year to help run democracy and the more experience they get, the better they are at their jobs and the more they know. judy: picking up on that, trey grayson, from kentucky, i jotted down the statistics that something like one in six election workers have experienced a threat. does not surprise you -- does that surpre you? >> today

as president biden left california heading to new mexico today, he spoke moments ago to reporters about plans to help ease gas prices which hit a historic high of $5 a gallon today. cnn's priscilla alvarez is traveling with the president. she joins us live with more. priscilla? >> reporter: yeah, biden spoke as he's leaving los angeles, to reporters touching on a series of issues including sending a resounding message to gun safety advocates who are marching today, telling them to keep marching. listen. >> reporter: do you have a message for those marching for gun safety? >> yes, keep marching. it's important. look, this has to become an election issue. the way people say this isn't going to affect my vote, too many people are dying needlessly. what's being proposed in the house and senate is marginal. it's important, but it's not all that needs to be done. the idea that we're not going to do background checks? anyway, the answer is, march. we're still mildly optimistic, i spoke with murphy several times, yesterday afternoon. >> reporter: what about new mexico, sir? they want the govern

i totally understand the concerns and stress you and the folks in new mexico are feeling right now. >> the other area i have been hearing from farmers is they are being told they are not eligible for preventive plant payments this growing season because of changes to the crop insurance program made by the trump administration. farmers and ranchers across the west and especially new mexico continue to deal with historic drought and now wildfires. i find it concerning this management tool would remain unavailable to producers who need it most. mr. secretary, has the biden administration examined the trumpet administration's change to the program? if so, why was the decision made to keep the change in place? sec. vilsack: i think you are referring to preventive planning. we have looked at it and made changes in some areas for some commodities. i would say our review is not finished. we need to continue to look for ways in which we can create flexibility for the reasons you have addressed. yes, changes have been made. i anticipate there will be additional changes forthcoming. >> i appreci

>> that was new mexico this past friday. county commissioners met to certify the results of recent elections, elections in which there were no complaints about fraud or irregularities at all. as we reported on the show last week, republicans in the county was threatening they would not certify the election results because something, something, donald trump, voting machines, bamboo fibers, rudy giuliani, something, something, not basis based on facts, just bad feelings. on friday, the state supreme court in new mexico ordered the county to drop the nonsense and certify the election. they did. two to one vote. the one no vote was that disembodies voice you heard at that meeting on friday, saying he was still voting no, but not because of any facts. the reason he is a disembodies vote, he had to thrown in from dc and in dc because he was sentenced by a federal judge for his part in the january 6th attack. that's how it worked out in etero county. court ordered begrudging agreement. look what happened in two other cun ka uns in

so biden want all of new mexico, you see there, by double digits. but trump carried otero by nearly 2 to 1 margin. down new mexico, the counties are responsible for administering their own elections. -- all of them are republicans, including couy griffin. tenure election administration. he was a rodeo cowboy, and these days, he has tried to meld those passions for his politics and the cowboy thing in cowboys for trump. but it's gone beyond just politics and into, well, potentially, supporting the storming of the capital where he was on january 6th, and where he was charged with illegally entering the capitol grounds, and where he was convicted in march of that charge. today, griffin was back in d.c. to get his sentence, and he was given two weeks of jail, and a hefty fine. as a side note, you will see that that seems quite lenient, when you think about how many people are serving longer jail sentences, for what are considered more personal crimes, like say, marijuana use, or marijuana sales, as compared to storming the capitol, pursuing to a large i

and like southern colorado and new mexico, they are all irrigation. people chuckle at what we do, but centuries ago our ancestors all right to dig three feet across, three feet down and put these head gates. . we manage the water flow. in good years, everyone has crop production and in bad years, everyone's fine. you always have to walk up that ditch. often times it's with a shovel in your hand because you see who took your water, and you have words with one another. but then the water gets through again. whether it centuries old or relook at irrigation structures that have been constructed in conjunction with united states of america within usda, private entities that have taken these over and are doing the work, it's also important. last week i was visiting areas of new mexico where we have the lightest -- largest fire on record. it was started by a prescribed burn by the forest service prescribed by the usda. i'm very concerned about what dry conditions mean and lower water yields on the front end and what that could mean to beetles and other invas

his new mexico practice is one of a few remaining abortion clinics along the u.s.-mexico border, a mile west of the texas state line. >> increase by 100, we do about 250 a month now. >> abortions per month? >> per month. >> reporter: that jump since last september when a texas law banned abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy before that, the state allowed them up to 20 weeks. >> not doing an abortion because you're six weeks or five weeks is almost like not doing abortions at all. >> reporter: some of those that can't find help they're looking for across state lines are leaving the country entirely many american women are coming here to mexico to buy abortion pills, the most commonly used doesn't require prescription, costs a tenth of the price. we are about to meet two women that do services in their home. here in mexico just outside monterey, they founded the place where they provide the abortion inducing drug and guide women how to take it. they say they've seen a dramatic surge of american clients since the texas law went into effect. [ speaking foreig

i am from new mexico. you see the fires that are happening because of it. yes, we are always happy, more than happy, to work with you. >> we are on the verge of another horrible fire season as well. and new mexico at the first or second in the worst fire in the states history here that was just burning a couple weeks ago. at the time that fire was burned we have three major fires in the state of arizona. this is related to how dry the states, our states, our. we have to solve this water problem. it's not going to solve itself. we just can't help for this drop to end. we need more help from the administration. thank you, madam secretary. >> senator lee? >> thank you mister chairman, secretary haaland, i understand you'll be in utah next week for the signing of the navajo water rights agreement. i want to thank you for your work on that issue and your collaboration on these and many other issues. madam secretary, in january of 2021, shortly after he took office, but where -- he was poisoning this oratory i'm on oil and gas leasing. he informed them that it be

as march for our, rather, i think we want to take you to president biden arriving in new mexico. air force one just touching down a few moments ago. that news coming in here. look at some of the images. this visit is expected to be a briefing on wildfires that have impacted that state since early april really, the largest in that state's history. president biden has met some folks on the tarmac in albuquerque. to date, the fire has destroyed more than 430 homes. for as march for our rally draw thousands across the country, some republicans are throwing events of their own, namely one organizers are calling a ron desantis flotilla. it is the boat parade of nearly 1000 boats on the st. johns river in jacksonville, florida. i want to bring gary -- for. what are you hearing today? >> it was quite an afternoon as we saw. hundreds of people boarded their boats and enjoyed an afternoon on the river in support of governor ron desantis. i want to show you some video our crews shot earlier this afternoon. we saw signs, flags, music, some of the signs included ron desantis 2024, guns, god,

multiple fires have burned in new mexico this spring. the calf canyon hermits peak fire has charred more than 310,000 acres. time. now is 704, the town of paradise is experiencing a housing boom. both the construction and in price. this comes nearly four years after the camp fire destroyed most of that town. ktvu is tom baker tells us there's a much lower by in priced and many other parts. of california. there's a housing boom. in a vault places. paradise butte county, california where the 2018 camp fire destroyed more than 90% of the town, elizabeth mill buyers family relocated from lodi and got a three bedroom, two bath hillside home with basement on 13 acres of land with a pond and a creek just outside paradise itself. price. $470,000 this was an immediate guests for us as soon as we saw how for the town , it comes in town, 1400 homes have already been rebuilt, many on spec available to all. currently there are some 150 listings for lots and finished houses. high speed fiber optics and buried power lines are the rule brand new parks a