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announce he will sign a pact with mexico in 90 days, and th canada could still join it. the new agreement, if reached,ft would replace it also came out that he vowed, an off-the-record conversation, that the u.s. would makeo concessions in the canada negotiations. but, he told interviewers that saying it publicly would be so insulting that canada would balk at any deal. the president confirmed the comment during an appearance today in charlotte, north carolina. >> they actually printed my off the record. they said, "president trump said, off the record..." and then they go and-- i say, this is a first. these are very dishonorable people. but i said, in the end, it's adokay, because at least c knows how i feel. da>> woodruff: the u.s.-ca negotiations are set to resume on wednesday, and the nadian foreign minister said she is confident they can get a deal.

for more on all of this, i'm joined by our white house correspondent, yamiche alcindor. so, yamiche, this was supposed to be deadline poday, self-d that came up to the brink, but now they're going to keep talk. why? >> they're going to keep talking because essentially this is really good economics for both countries. canada depends on nafta for a lot of their economic growth, so it would be really hard for canada to movewi forwarout nafta. and the united states, one of their biggest trading partners is canada, so they also want to ntinue to talk and get a deal done. then president trump made a promise to voters. he campaigned all across the country talking about nafta saying he was going to get something bert for worrs, so this extension allows more time to do that. t woodruff: how are they going to dos? how do they make this work? there is this deadline. >> now, essentially, the trump administration is saying to congress, we think that we can at least give you 90 days that we will have an agreement. they are pushing to get thisdo agreemen before the

mexican government changes over. there's going to be a new president ter november 30, they want to try to get this done. but the u.s. is sayinhere on solid legal ground, they think they can do this with congress,ut the canadian ssforeign minister had a p conference and would not respond to questions about how president trump is impacting these talks that doesn't look good. even though she says things are positive, she didn't want to talk about the president of the united states. >> woodruff: quickly, yamiche, speaking of that, we just quoted what the president had to say, i don't want to say what i believe at canada, it would beo insulting. how is that? do we know how thgat's affect what's going on? >> it's hard to say because, again, theanadian foreign minister doesn't want to touch anything president trump is saying. that said, you have bloomberg saying we didn't publish tanything o record. i talked to someone from bloomberg who said we don't havg anytn president's tweet.

a lot of senators saved to voters across the country nafta is a problem andhey want to get something done, so we'll have to see whether or not they can make it happen. they told congress it will be 90 days. the president said he would do forwardwith mexico. they hinted they would go forward without canada. >> woodruff: up to the precipice, now it keeps going. yamiche alcindor, thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: this has also been a day of tributes to the fallh , starting we late senator john mccain, in washington. he lay in state today, in the cailding where he spent des of his political life. it rained briefly as senator mccain's casket arrived at the u.s. capitol, along with his family, from grandchildren to his 106-year-old mother, roberta. but the weather did nothing to dampen the ceremony inside thetu capitol a. lawmakers paid final respects, and top republicans testified to mccain's independent streak.

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell:ul >> he fight tooth and nail for his vision of the common good. depending on the issue, you knew john would either be your staunchest ally or yr most stubborn opponent. >> woodruff: house speaker paul ryan recalled theormer navy pilot-turned-politician as plain-spoken. >> from time to time, on the receiving end of john's distinct brand of candor. and happily so. i remember thinking more than once, "yeah, he really does tal" like a sailo >> woodruff: vice president mike pence remembered a manbo of dless energy, displayed during a trip to iraq. >> after another 18-ay, when i was literally falling asleep in the middle of a dinner with iraqi officials-- after the

dinner, john, who was more tn 20 years older than me, walked, put his hand on my shoulder and saidot"mike, we've few more meetings tonight, but why don't you turn in? you look like you could use some rest." thanks, john. >> woodruff: mccain had openly feuded with president trump, ans itidely reported that the president was asked not to tend today. but the vice president praised mccain's long service in the military, then the house, and finally the senate. >> in every generation, there are those who put country first, who prize service ah who summon idealism from a cynical age. john mccain was such a man. >> woodruff: afterward, family and friends had their own moments beside the casket, and the doors opened to the public.

a formal memorial service follows tomorrow at waon national cathedral. we will have more on today's remembrances of jo mccain later in the program. and in detroit, the star-studded funeral for aretha franklin, the famed queen of soul. the greater grace temple in detroit was filled with soaring musical tributes from ariana grande a faith hill. smokey robinson and former president bill clinton were two of those who delivered eulogies during the day-long event. we will take some time to listen to more of those tributes, later in the progr. >> woodruff: in the day's othero news, there' that russian intelligence bragged in 2016 that it had then-candidate trump "over a barrel." the associated press reports that justice department official bruce ohr related th to congress this week. ohr said it came from the author of a dossier on mr. trump's ties on russia. also today, washinobbyist samuel patten pleaded guilty tof

illegal lobbyi a ukrainian group. it included steering money to the trump inaugural committee. in eastern ukraine, the leader of russian-backed sepatists died today in a cafe explosion. russia accused ukraine of assassinating alexander zakharchenko to destabilize the region. kiev denied it. b zakharchenkoecame head of the so-called "donetskeople's republic" in 2014 after rebels overtrew a regional governmen loyal to ukraine.ed the untates has formally ended support for the u.n.en that helps palestinian refugees. the state department today called the program "irredeebly flawed." u.s. contributions make up 30% t-of the u.n. agency's bud nearly $300 million. rebels in northwestern syria blew up bridges today, hoping to slow a government offensive that

appears imminent. war monitors reported bridges in idlib province were destroyed after rebels spotted government troops moving. avanwhile, russia's foreign minister, sergeiv, said moscow backs syria's right to attack an al qaeda-linked grp that controls much of idlib. >> ( translated ): they have the full right to protect their sovereignty and to drive out, ti idate the terrorist threat on their territory. this is the main problem about idlib, is that there must be separation between armed opposition that is ready to holl ue with the government, on the one hand, and the terrorists, on the other. >> woodruff: meanwhile, russian naval forces are also building up in the mediterranean to support a syrian offensive. but lavrov said negotiations are under way to let civilians leave first..s in response,secretary of state mike pompeo warned against what he called an "escalation of an already dangerous conflict." iran is said to be sending

llistic missiles to shiite allies in iraq, and looking to expand missile production there reutports that the weapons have the range to strike key cities in tehran's two major regional foes, israel and saudi arabia. nicaragua has ordered a united nations human rights team to leave the country, for criticizing a crackdown on protests. this week, the u.n. group charged that nicaragua's government has illegally arrested and tortured dissidents. back in this conountry, they be hunting grizzly bears after all, tomorrow, in wyoming and idaho.wo the huntld have been the two states' first in more than 40 year but, a federal judge has blocked bear season for two weeks, to conser objections by conservation groups. and, wall street had a quiet friday, heading into the labor y weekend. the dow jones industrial average lost 22 points, to close at 25,964.

the nasdaq rose 21 points, and the s&p 500 added just a fraction. stl to come on the newshour: "broken justice." helping former prisoners succeed once they are released. john mccain's biographermb res the late senator. mark selds and david brooks analyze the week's news.r and, much moe. >> woodruff: for decades, louisiana locknsed up its citi who had been convicted of crimes at nearly wice the national rate-- many for nonviolent offenses, and for far longer terms, without the chance for probation or parole. buover the past year, louisiana has attempted to systemul that correspondent william brangham, in partnership with the pulitzee er, reports now, it's the next installment in our ser s

"chasing tream," on poverty and opportunity in america. >> brangham: hi sekou walked free today for the first time in 41 years. ahe was locked up decad, for second-degree murder and armed robbery. what are the next couple of days and weeks going to be like? >> connecting with people i hadn't seen in so long, places, people, things i haven't did, things that i took f granted before i left this freedom. enjoy what freedom is. understand thens resility that come with freedom. >> brangham: sekou can enjoy that freedom today only because of new laws passed last year in louisiana, and he represents just one life among thousands now being changed by the state's criminal justice reform.ca for s, the state of louisiana has been the carceration capital of america-- thistr in the co that incarcerates more people than anywhere on earth. but over the p state has been trying to shed that reputation. >> this is about as big as it

gets. >> brennan: jimmy leblanc is the secretary of corrections in louisiana, and a former ison warden. >> there's no reason why we ought to be number one in the rld of locking up people. and i might say, and another reason why it doesn't work is that we get in the top ten in every crime category. we're locking up everybody we can, but yet, we're still in the top ten on crime stats, you know. so something's not right here. >> brangham: last year, governor john bel edwards, a democrat who ran on this issue, joined with the republican-controlled legislature to pass ten new reform laws. the goal? cut the state'pus prison potion by 10% over ten years, save the state more than thatmillion, and lo number-one status as the nation's incarceration capital. so, one year in, how's it playing out? >> we're not number one in the world anymore. and i always have antendency to oklahoma for that, because they're now number one. >> brangham: n the first year, louisiana's prison population fell 7%-- 20% amg non-violent offenders. they did this through targeted releases and greater access to probation and parole.

that drop saved more than $12 million, the majority of which will go back into the system to help people stutayf jail. >> employment is a key component of them making it when they get out of here. i mean, if they don't have a place to go ton, to work, t chances are they going to end up back with us. >> brangham: to help with than, the state s to use the savings to spend more on education, job training and other programs inside prisons and local jails for those nearing the end of their sentences. that's already happening at the autoshop at angola, the state's notorious 18,000-acre facility, the country's eslamaximum security prison. john sheehan ines noing the end of his sentence-- he's here for life, after being convicted in the late 1980s of killing his wife. but, he's dedicated his time to teaching inmates a skill that will help them land a job, and ison.out of pr >> you want somebody coming out of prison that can be productive

stead of coming out of prison and be a menace to society. >> brangham: the savings wile also fund mupervision and re-entry work being done outside prison walls. in 201 this new orleans non-profit was founded by six formerly incarceted men. >> he helped me when i got out. >> brangham: they want to help people just like them adjust to life on the outside. ben smith spent 13 years at angola, and is now theorxecutive diref the group. it's called "the first 72+." >> thoseirst 72 hours upon a person's release is the most critical time. that's going to tell whether you are going to make or break it. >> brangham: norris henderson spent 27 years at angola. >> if you don't have housing, where are you going to be? you're going to literally be on the street, and live on the fewo dollargot. they going to disappear because you got to eat. and what's going to happen is, they're going gravitate back to those environments that

caused them to wind up in prison. >> brangham: here they give formerly incarcerated people, known as "f.i.mp.s," many w they know personally from their own time at angola, the basics: a bed to sleep in. donated food and clothin t like a suito wear to a job interview. >> looks good. >> brangham: ...help obtaining a driver's license and food stamps, transportation to meetings with their parole officers-- all smingly simple things that men like them struggle with ter so many years behind bars. >> i came to jail when i was 17 years old. i made one mistake. never been to juvenile detention or anything like that. >> brangham: osby bryant and charles sneed were also freed this week, after mn e than 40 yeaprison-- convicted in the 1970s of second degree murder. for them, this is where a new

struggle begins, particularly in a world driven by so much technology. >> the first thing, at the bus station, i see this little kid, about this high, couldn't have been more than four years old, with a cell phone in her hand. and she was going just as fast as, i don't know what, you know. >> i'm 61 years old, about to make 62. he's 70-some yrsld. so it's like, who's going to give us a job? how're we going to get an upstart? how're we gonto get some stability to our lives? >> brangham: another former inmate trying to find stability is antogonio montry. in june, he completed 15 years of a 16-ryear sentence fo kidnapping and arm w robbery. he released early for good behavior. he's beeoun helpinat the first 72+ since then, as well as working for ben smith at his

he's a gradumoe of theds. autotive program at angola, and has been trying to find a job in that field, but it's been tough. >> the main thing you have to gh throis the stigma that people have of a person just getting out of prison. and i understand that nobody cares and-- >> brangham: they still think you're a criminal. >> right. nobody cares that you saying you want to change. or that's you saying you want to do better or whatever. nobody cares about that. >> bragham: that same day, montgomery learned that despite being told he was well- qualified, a local car dealership wouldn't hire him because of his convictions. on is that >> depending on the convictions, extremely common. i dealt with the same thing when i was, and not just with jobs and with housing. my first year out of prison, i was workg the oil and gas industry offshore. i made over 100 grand. and i co fuldnd someone to rent me an apartment. >> brangham: daniel tapia works for risiiong found, another

non-profit, that helps former inmates find job >> every conviction is a life sentence, you know. >> brangham: with the state's reinvestment money, organizations like the first 72+ are applying fpa funding to their work to meet the growing demand from those now being released. >> ithe journey of 1,000 miles we took 200 steps, which is huge, given this state. >> brangham: norris henderson, one of the founders here, s rt of the state's task force that helped shape and pass these reforms. he's heartened by what he's seen thus far, but... >> we'e a long way from being fixed, because as we are trying to start the car and get the car running, somebody's letting the air out the titis at the same , you know. >> brangham: one of those people, he says, is the state's top law enforcement official, reblican attorney general jeff landry, who's been a critic of these changes. >> we just said, for political reasons, we're going to do criminal justice reform, and i'm going to, and it's going to be

great. we got, louisiana is bad because we incarcerate too many people. we're going to fix that by just giving the key to the criminals and say, "hey, just get out of jail." >> brangham: he argues that, in a rus lh er the state's incarceration rate to save money, the state put public safety at risk, and that it ave invested up front better training programs, screening of inmates, and post- release hesupervision, rthan after the release of thousands of inmates. >> good idevening. state, they're seeing nearly a quarter of those who were released, re-offend.or >> brangham: ay general landry points to high-profile cases of w inmho, under the reforms, were released early, and then re-offended. >> thereca was one particula where a man got out of jail. 30 days for carnal knowledge of a juvenile. yoare you willing to sayknow what, for the sake of money, i'm willing to put my kids at risk? >> brangham: accordingmo the departnt of corrections, so far, the recidivism rate of

inmates released in the fit year of these reforms is on track to be the same as the year before. and, it argues, the state is saving money by reducing prison capacity. but lanry doesn't buy it. >> wheth in jail or 100,000 people in jail, okay. do it matter? in other words, shouldn't we be evaluating and working to ensure that people go into the criminal justice system, okay, after or as they work through their sentences, are ready to come back into the community? that's the way you address public safy. you get caught up in the fact that we got too many. it doesn't matter. >> you know, immediate gratification is putting you in prison. that's immediate gratification. and i understand that, but that's not what bis is about. ngham: secretary leblanc told us he agrees it would have been better to front-load these investments, but the state didn't have the money to do it that way. he knows some inmates will re-offenaud, butons not to let those individual instances derail this broader effort.

>> this rmis long give us an opportunity to make this work, because it is going to work. >> brangham: a you feel confident that public safety is not going to suffer. >> oh, public safety is going to be enhanced. there'sno question about that. we're going to improve public safety i, n this stad i would guarantee that. >> brangham: next year, governor bel edwards willcte up for re-eion, giving voters a chance to weigh in on whether the reforms are working for the state. expected to run against him. is for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham at angola prison. >> woodruff: as we reported earlier, lawmakers gathered in the nation's capitol today to honor arizona senator john mcin. leaders from both parties spoke fondly of their colleague but few in washington were closer to him than his longtime aide, mark salter, who is also known as

mark salter, welcome. we're so sorry for your loss. >> thank you. >> woodruff: you were also known as his altergo. >> yeah. >> woodruff: incredible outpouring for the senator this week, mark salter, from one end of the wasn't to the other. were you surprised b that? >> yeah, a little bit, and the b family'n very moved by it. maybe an hour after his death was announced, we left sedona for phoenix. the roads were lined, already. ethere was a h crowd at the top of the hill. people alongside of the interstate, overpazs, signs, flags,ands o their hearts, very touching. it's that way, every time t motorcade moved through phoenix, the streets were lined with people. they stood in line to pay their respects in the state capitol in the rotunda for hours and hours 105-degree temperatures, and

the mccain children went down there at 9:00 at night and there were still 1200 people in line. very moving. >> woodruff: you wrote a tribute to him where you said he was a romantic about his causes and a cynic about the rld. what did you mean? >> i think he saw the world as it was, he saw it with all itsi corrup and cruelty, yet he was able to hold on to hope, and i think he had the capacity to believe things and the world could be made better. i think he had that because he experienced the worst and best in human nature in vietnam and it gae m a sort of resilience and tossen hold on to hope when hope is for fools. that was really his great strength. >> woodruff: there is so much written about his time in pra on in vietnam and how that shaped him and, in that letter that he wteo the american people that was released, read after his death he talked about

his love of country. >> yeah. >> woodruf explain that to people. we all think we love this country. what did he meany that? >> he loved its values, its founding ideals. he loved it wasn't a nation of a particular ethnity, it was a nation built on ideals and those ideals were universal andt t everyone deserved to have the rights those ideals grant you, and that' what he meant. >> woodruff: another thing in that letter that i think stands out, he talked about we are a great nation, but we weaken our greatness with tribal rivries, and he went on to say we weaken it when we hide behindalls. he seems to be referring to president trump. >> i mean, t arguments about president trump and president trums supporters en't new, they have been around in history before. the line we don't live behind

walls, we tear them down, he's been delivering since the berlin wall came down. that's what he he believed in the power transform the world, not to fear the world. we're one re, one species of living being with more in common than we have apart. >> woodruff: and how -- you were in close contact with hi hroughout the last year since >>s cancer diagnosis. >> yes. oodruff: how worried has he been? >> you know, he was c tcerned. nk that's clear from everything he said. butve he bel we'll get past it and we'll be okay. he just knew the time was short for him. he lived his life with an extraordinary urgency. he hurdled through life like no one i -- no one i know, and, so, you know, hehe always fel wanted to get his funeral

arrangements arranged, wanted to know where pisers would go, like he approached everything else, in a great hurry, and he wanted to say as ch as he could to the american people in the time he had left, which is a little over a yearrom his diagnosis. when he thought his voice could be u hful to berd, he made sure it was. >> woodruff: and it was reported this wee that he spent time this past year planning --i himself, pl these memorial ng aices, in effect sendi message, sending more messages about who he was and what he wanted to say to the american ped le. what sho read in that? because we know president trump wasn't there. >> i wouldn't read it as a rebuke to any one person. i would read it as this, as he phased it before, we have values in common, problems in comtimon, and responsibi to solve those problems in common, doesn't matter if you're a democrat, republican or vegetarian -- his long joke he

would make of-- things (laughter) -- but we all have the responsibilityo do that. and in this country, with so many different opinions, we can nly make modest progress in our problem but that's an achievement in a country of 325 million opinionated souls. >> woodruff: is what among other people, he has both former presidents obama and george w. bush deliveringeu ogies tomorrow? >> that was his first idea for the funeral, i want the two men who defeated me for the presidencto speak on my behalf. >> woodruff: what are you going to miss the mos about him? >> his humor, i think. he was a funny guy to be around. i'll miss hearing his voice. it's been in my head for a long time. i'll miss the frndship. woodruff: what do you think he would be saying about all these snribts. >> he would tell me s toffen

up is what he would say to me right now, but i thi he would be very moved by it. >> woodruff: mark salr, who s a close friend of senator john mccain, thank you very much. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour a drought in europe unearths centuries-old secrets. and, fans pay tribute to aretha franklin with a funeral fit for the queen. but first, to the analysis of shields and brooks. that's syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks. so, gentlemen, you just heard -- you were sitting here, mark, nilis to mark salter remember his good friend john

what are you thinking right now? >> well, i mean, ma salter was more than a wordsmith or evenn alter ego, he was john mccain. they were inseparable ithought and word, and i thought he expressed it well. si mean, i an outpouring on the part of the nation, judy, that is beyond presidential in its admiration, its affection and sympathy. you know, i think it giveevs ybody in politics, in life pause. i mean, what is it that this man had that allowed him t touch so many people? david and i have been lucky enough to spend our company -- our timen the company of people who run for office, most of whom we like, and i can tell thu what everyone is going througr mind right now, whether they are democrats,

republicans, liberals or conservatives, is they look at this outpouring of affection and that, is damn it, i'll never have a funeral like this. it is just remarkable. >> woodruff: and it's affection across party lines. what's interesting about mccain, though he fought in vietnam, he was a really world war ii person. he missed the '60s. for him, it was about country. i have been traveling around country recently. find so many people are attached to their town or community or ethnic group not so in the naismghts but the generation, the values of john mccain, he was attached to nation and service to nation above arizona, above anything else, above theav it really was service to nation and a sense if we'rmeall in the sa nation we at some level must all be brothers and aife of true sacrifice for the nation.

it'souointed out, he not comb his hair. when they broke his arms, he could not get his arms up for the rest of his life to comb his hair. that's just a daily bit of sacrifice he did for the country as a whole. >> can i add one thing, mo udall, the great democratic congressman and envonmentalist and party leader -- or democratic leader from arizona, a friend of john mccain as aun member to have the house john was in the my no. he didn't really know anybody in the house of representatives. mo was the committee chair, arctic national wiefltd was his project and he befriended john and included john. john never forgot it, they forged a great friendship. mo udall contracted parkinson's in 198 he was forced to leave the house a decade later, ande

lingered in the ravages n'of parkinfor eight years, the last few which he was rippled, uncommunicative. i mean, that terrible disease, that terrible scourge, and on a cot in a veterans hospital in northeast washington, and one person, public pern regularly went to visit him without cameras, without reporters to t bring with h news of arizona, to rea evenough he was unresponsive about sports, about indian-american, native american, it was john mccain. that's an incredible value. it's a wonderful tribute to him. you know, i juswanted to offer it. >> woodruff: so many stories like that about him, and he will be laid to res this weekend. so we turn from john mccain, david, to elections, the midte elections coming in a month, there were primaries this week.

surprising results in florida, in the govere,r's rhe man who was the most progressive in the race andrew gillem, happens to be african-american, surprised everybody and won that, then the very next day or night, theepublican ron desantis made comments some are interpreting as having racist tint. are we at a point where we are just going to be deaith this in every political discussion that we have? how do you see what happened in florida? >> well, tirst, democratic party is becoming more like itself. in the believes $15 minimum wage, medicare for hel, getting rid of i.c.e., t more progressive agenda. desantis is a puren trump as for the comments, i don't know what's inea desantis' or whether he was trying to invoke racial stereotpes.

ifou were just spend the normal parts of your day around african-americans confronting differences you would know "artulate" and "monkey" are code words. so he either has nasty tendencies in himself or just doesn't get out much, and neither is good. >> woodruff: mark. i think david is absolutely right. i think congressman desantis ran and won, i am the closest thing to donaldrump you can get, except i'm donald trump with an ivy league degree and a navy discharged, but he blessed me, which he did, donald trump made his candidacy. hand, therthe sho is no phrase in the english language "monkey this up." foul it up, screw it up, louse

it up. but monkey it up is deliberate, conscious, and r shorthand. not only you're articulate as the mayor, in addition to that, he's a great performer. and this is -- you know, i'm glad he was called out on it. >> woodruff: which is what desantis said about -- >> about gilbum. david's point about trump, i think it's absolutely pervasive. his influence in our politics is total, not simply in republican nominations. not only in the choice of republicans where his endorsement means so much but among democrats. i mean, gillem isloquent, charismatic, a great story, he's a good candidate, but also calling for the impeachment of the president in addition to that progressive agenda, and that is not a disqualification. if anything, it's an endorsement in this politi climate. >> one quick other thing that

came separatel,y, it was, dav but the president this week in a meeting with evangelical leaders said that -- in so many words, said if democras win these midterm elections, he said there is going to be violence, and he predicted they will move quickly and lked about antifa, this group that's been identified on the far left. how do we reath? >> well, donald trump is a man of great subtlety and nuance -- (laughter) it's a standard dem go logic trick to take your opponents and pretend they're thee mainsm opponents. some have they cannen the charlottesville types and they did they're the republicans. truea there is in stream of each party, but in a climate of hyper distrust, the willingness to believe the worst o your opponents seem to be an easy

sell these days and so i'msure it's a tactic president trump will use and someone on the left will h use. >> if you're opposed to buding the southern builder wall, you're for ms-13 flooding the country. , anything justifying the 'sundocumented immigrant w accused of murdering iowa etts,ge student mollie ti you're indifferent to this flooding of criminals. guthe nt shortly stated politically is fear and we are surround bid hostile forces who want to destroy you and i am the onlywh oncan protect you, and unless i'm there to do so, you are in an absolutely hostile environment that will attack and destroy you. it's terrible politics. nothing about trust. it's very minority and it's

coalition, but it's donald trump. >> woodruf: completely different story this week, develoent, david, and that is, in the catholic church, it's like throwing a hand grenade in. amp partnership vi sri gano sena et7,000 wordr accusing pope francis of not just covering up sexual abuse in the church but fostering a pro homosexual climate. now there are 1400 catholic women who are telling pope francis that he must come with some kind of an answer. the question is some are sang this archbishop was aligned with conservative cause what do we have going on here? >> it's a little recommendation of our politics. athe heart of this is theodore mccarrick's alleged abusesst whictch back decades,

involve 11-year-old boys, decades worth of pre-seminarians under him. the allgations of abuse are harv weinsteinor somewhere in that level, horrific. the sri gano letter is about covering it up. so is an abuse scandal. what bothers me is the waits discussed, it's no about abuse. it's are you left or right. this is not about homosexuality. on the progressiveide it's this guy's a loon, on the conservative side he's a gay, maia. they want to have a culture war. it's true in the commentary and it shows how this tribal us versus them mentality can take over a whole culture and dissort a debate over did what sri gano say happen really happen.

that's the core of the thing. >> woodruff: just a minute. t me endorse what david said as a catholic, i feel anger, betrayal, disgust at eawhat's rd about my own church's hike hierarchy and itsh to otect itself in this abuse of the children p. but david is right, this is something larger than the church and the church is in trouble, wounded, make no mistake about that. any institution, judy, church, political, that involves belief, conviction and movement falls into one of two categories, it's cycling convertsn welco the stranger, we canaling and opening its doors, or is seeking and hunting town her

heratics, which sun less you're completely pure you can't be one us. i'm a great admirer of pope francis, but he faces an enormous responsibility now. the church is in trouble. he has to explain it.er is a question of -- especially with cardinal mccarrick, the archbishop of washington is involved, what did the cardinal know, the pope know, what the when did he know it, what did they do about it, because these are grievous charges, and we're talking about s whose lives were permanently and profoundly andve nega changed. >> woodruff: it's a huge, huge story, and we're going to come back to it. mark shields, david brooks, thank yo >> thanks. >> woodruff: parts of europe baked in out-of-the-ordinary

warm spells this summer. but, as the newshour's julia figrreports, while uncomfortable for some, the heat has revealed a treasure trove of long-lost historical landmarks. >> reporter: in the united kingdom and ireland this summer, prolonged heat waves sent city residents in search of shade and cooling spritzes... >> it's way too hot and people aren't used to it. >> reporter: ...and prompted dairy farmers to ration feed. >> i haven't seen the farm this dry ever. i think the last time we had a very dry period on the farm was 1976. eporter: but, while tryi for some, the british isles' driest summer in 57 years has been a boon for local archeologists and history buffs. >> it is tremendously exciting. >> reporter: in july, anthony murphy photographed a 5,000-year-old, previoly undiscovered gathering site, known as a henge, in eastern ireland. ve i simply couldn't bel what i was seeing. this was in a field of crops. that this wasn't, you know, this wasn't the marks of farmer

machinery in the soil or anything. >> repter: instead, the concentric rings of dots were crop marks-- ghostly outlines of t-a civilization pemerging from the moisture-starved landscape. crop marks, and their related phenomena, parch marks, allowed drone operators and aerial archeologists to see thousands of years of history beneath the dry soil witut ever having to pick up a shovel. here's why they form. over time, prehistoric ditches, moats and other dug-out features are filled in by subsequent generations. today, those areas retain more water in dry spells than the g surroundrth, and lead to taller and greener grasses and crops. at the same time, thin layers of soil placed over old stone walls or building foundations cause vegetation to dry out more quickly. the result is a variety of geometric figures visible only from above. discovered hundreds of new sites this year, spanning about 6,000 years of england's history. >> reporter: damian grady is an aerial reconnaissance manager

historic england, one o the many groups chronicling the sites for future preservation and excavation. >> these range from merely ceremonial monuments, aon age, bron and roman farms, medieval settlements in the east of england, and also world w ii camps that we've not seen for a long time. >> reporter: among the group's older discoveries: a circular ditch associated with an iron-age settlement, known as a round. the enclosed fields and paddocks of a roman-era farm. and, an unusual triple-ditched burial mound, likely from the bronze age. but there have also been rediscoveries of more recent activity, like the long-gone barracks and sidewalks of a world war i isoner of war camp in southern scotland; the foundations of tixall hall in ngstaffordshire,nd, where mary, queen of scots, was once imprisoned; and the geometric tterns of an 1850s parterre garden, etched once again on the grounds of gawthrope hall in lancashire, england.ri and thng temperatures are

revealing secrets across the english channel, too. in switzerland, researchers announced the discovery of the c-53 "dakota" aircraft that had crash-landed on a glacier in the bernese alps in 1946. >> this is the forbidding scene high up in the bernese oberland, nowhere the famous "dakota" came down. >> reporter: all 12 people .saboard thearmy transport plute survived the ordeal, b w r five frigid days, they lived only on melted snod rationed chocolate as they awaited rescue. newsreel footage from the time ss pilots used s small reconnaissance planes , tted with skis to ferry the passengers to safeo at a time. >> as for the reunions, well, they certainly were good to see. >> reporter: the event marked the first time the swiss air tarce used planes for a mo rescue. since then, the "dakota" was locked away, frozen under layers of snow d ice, until this summer, when heat waves and the glacier's climate change-linked retreat revealed the wreckage once again, about two miles down from the original crash site. archeologists and the swiss air

force are working to retrieve the wreckage, and hope to one day to put its artifacts on display. for the pbs newshour, i'm julia griffin. >> woodruff: and before we go, a final send-off fit for a queen. aretha franklin was remembered ay-long epic service. jeffrey brown captures some of the emotional and inspiring moments of this day. ♪ ♪ >> brown: the queen of soul, aretha franklin, was laid to rest today in her hometown of droit with a grand celebration of her life and legacy. there was love from family, fond memories from luminaires of all kinds. >> it's the best i can do.

♪ >> brown: and, of course, music, rousing music. ♪ a tribute to one of the greatest musical stars this country has ever produced. ♪ the service capped a week-long sendoff that drewlines of fans paying their respect to the legendary singer who died pancreatic cancer on august 16th at age 76. outside more than 100 pink cadillacs surrounded the great grace temple where the funeral was held, setting the tone for the extravagant event that ran more than five hours.pr insideided over by bishop charles ellis, prayer, scripture -- >> somebody put your hands together and help me praise our

>>god. -- and a gospel choir welcomed the charge crowds of friends and family. aretha franklin came from the church. her father a prominentastor, and gospel was auld present. today leading gospe singers such as the clark sisters sang their tributes. ♪ one of today's biggest pop stars, ariana grande, took to the podium for a rendition of franklin's classic "naral woman." ♪ you make me feel ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ later, one of franklin's grandchildren spoke to andov his famous grandmother. >>ou showed us god's world of love and there's nothing more

honorable. >> brown: one after another they ce to the podium. smokey robinson, another legendary singer from dsproit e and sang directly to his childhood friend. s now hi longest friend has gone home to be with our father like we all have to do one of these days, so i know you are celebrating with your family and you are going to be one of the featured voices in the choir of angels. ♪ i'll miss you my friend i know that my love for you will never end ♪ will never end ♪ ♪ and i'm going to love you forever ♪ >> brown: former president bill clinton spoke of hisst earlemories of aretha franklin and her music. >> started out not as the

president, the firstad the senator or secretary of state, we started out as, like, aretha groupies or something. she lived with faith, not without failure, but overcoming her failures. she lived with power, notou wiweakness but overcoming her weaknessests. i loved her. >> brown: 93-year-old actress cicely tyson took the sta and oke of the emotion franklin's voice evoked. >> she spoke to us through her soul, and that's why, no matter what she was singing, she moved ery single person. >> brown: and throughout the rnoon, the music continued. chaka khan brought the church to its feet with the gospel song

"going up yonder." ♪ going on to -- ♪ yonder ♪ yonder ♪ goingp yonder >> brown: and in a grand finale, stevie wonder rounded out the service. ♪ ♪ >> brown: aklretha frn, a musical titan and american icon who touched millions of us given a rousing tribute overflowing with gratitude. urhe will bed in detroit's woodlawn cemetery, same resting place as her late family mbers and rosa parks. for the pbs "newshour", i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: a fitting farewell for the one and only. >> woodruff: saying farewell to the one and only.

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