July 19, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

Three weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, doctors in states with abortion bans have struggled to figure out how to care for patients with high-risk pregnancies, including miscarriages, and are worried about being prosecuted for performing some procedures. Dr. David Hackney, a maternal fetal medicine specialist based in Ohio, joins Amna Nawaz to discuss.

NEWS WIn our news wrap Tuesday, Russia targets Ukraine's cities killing scores of civilians, Russian President Putin meets with Iran's leaders amid sanctions, the WHO issued new warnings about super-infectious COVID subvariants, a CDC panel is considering who should receive a COVID vaccine from Novavax, and the House approved federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages.RAP

A CDC report finds overdose deaths rose significantly for people of color from 2019 to 2020. The synthetic opioid fentanyl is largely to blame, combined with a disruption in treatment and prevention programs during the pandemic. Dr. Edwin Chapman, who specializes in treating addiction, joins John Yang to discuss.

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When the Obama administration withdrew U.S. forces from Iraq in 2011, it declared it was turning the tide of war. But by 2014, the group that calls itself the Islamic State seized territory across Iraq and Syria. Reluctantly, the U.S. went to war again using a new approach. These details are captured in a new book "Degrade and Destroy." Author Michael Gordon joins Nick Schifrin to discuss.

When most people think about jazz greats, it's possible few faces of women and nonbinary musicians come to mind. But a new program is working to change that. Jeffrey Brown takes a look at a pipeline being developed to pump talent into clubs and onto stages across the country and the world. It’s part of our arts and culture series, "CANVAS."

Tuesday was the hottest day ever recorded in Britain as the country baked under super-heated air that sparked fires, buckled train tracks and touched off a torrent of emergency calls. It was part of a wider weather emergency that lasted for days and stretched across Europe. Stephanie Sy reports.