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sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. ndation..b. f rosalind p. walter, in memory of george o'neil. barbara hope zuckerberg. meorporate funding is provided by mutual ofca, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station fr viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, megan thompson. >> thompson: good evening and thank you for joining us. president trump ordered the withdrawal of nearly all 100 s. troops currently in northern syria-- as turkey wages a military offensive againstds syrian kn the region. the president first ordered a small number of u.s. troops to a leave the area week ago. this morning defense secretary

mark esper said arl u.s. troops being evacuated assurkish- backed air and ground attacks continued today. >> i spoke with the president last night after discussions with the rest of the national security team and he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of forces northern syria. >> a deliberate withdrawal from the entire country? >> from northern syria. >> from northern syria. >> right, which is where most of our forces are. >> thompson: turkish forces have advanced intwhat they say will be a "safe zone" in northern syria. turkey's president said threats of economic sanctions from western allies will not stop turkey from carrying out the military operation against kurdish forces. >> ( translated ): there are those who have sought to mediate between us andhe terrorist organization. what kind of prime minister, what kind of head of state are it's not possible to understand. when did you see a state sit at a table with a terrorist organization? >> thompson: we will have more on turkey's military offensive in syria coming up after the news summary. hunter biden, the son of democratic presidential candidate and former vice president joe biden, is steppini

down frounpaid position on the board of a chinese private equity firm.de s attorney issued a statement this morning that addressed hunter biden's business dealings in ukraine and china saying his client "will agree not to serve on boards of, work on behalf of, foreign owned companies" if his father is elected president. biden believed he tedt said appropriately and in good faith and "never anticipated t barrage of false charges against both him and his father by the president of the united states"" in addition to the chine company, hunter biden also served on the boarof ukraine's largest private gas company whose owner was investigated for otuse of power. hunter biden wasccused of any wrongdoing in the investigation and resigned crom thpany in april of this year. as many as 33 peop were killed and at least 16 people are still missing in japan today, as rescuers continue their clean up and rescue efforts after typon gibis made landfall southwest

of tokyo. more than 1,200 homes were flooded and 187 people were injured in the storm-- which officials say was the worst in six decades. millions were urged to evacuate, the typhoon was downgraded to a tropical storm earlier today. flash-mob protests broke out in hong kong today in aua conton of violence that began five months ago. the smaller protests came after a recent ban owearing face masks in public. police in riot gear chased and arrested pro-democracy demonstrators who showed up inma s, parks, and othe locations throughout this afternoon and into the night. officials say a protestorli stabbed a po officer in the neck today. stable condition.ospitalized in in ecuador today, residents were riseen walking among the d left over from ten days of ssive street protests. a 24-hour curfew brought an end to the demonstrations.as the curfewifted sunday for

a few hours. the military to patrol around the clock in ecuador's capital city. yesterday, protests over ggreno's decision to end fuel subsidies that ted increases in food prices led tof attacks on government and media buildings. president moreno indicated he is not willing to reinstate fuel subsidies, but is willing to negotiate other economic changes to end the protests. >> thompson: for more on the escalating military offensive in syria, i'm joined by sarah el deeb, oireporter for the associated press covering syria and lebanon. e joins me now via skype from beirut. >> thank you for having me. >> so a withdrawal of troops out of northern syria, what do you know about how ickly that mile happen and what are the conseqnces goes to be? >> we can't imagine how fast

but once an announcement is i made, i think we have to see them leave the area, they have alrey come under fire a number of times. first before the weekend when a small observation point in the western part of theo brder came under fire, while a turkid kurdish fighters were exchanging projectiles. and then this morning we have seen chaos and backing turkish forces into the town about 20 miles away from the border. and that resulted in the escape of a number of isis supporters from holding areas. and from what i understood from u.s. officials that i'm talking to is at they have no-- they could not control-- they could not ge enough clarity or line of communication with their partners in islam and thises with a precarious situation as i was told for the troops.

of talk more about that, what is the consequence these hundreds of isis families >> we arst receiving reports that a convoy of civilians with a bunch of journalists may have come under fire from a turkish air strike with turkish shells. out the details of that, that is one thing. and then you have pictures of women and children leaeving th camp where they are being held, this camp had aut 900 foreign children and mothers, therese families of isis, so what we understood also from officials in the area is that some of the ipeoplen the camp were closetea isis suppores. and when this happened there was a lot of violence and pushback ainst the guards and against the security th were in there. so while this is really fast movi, what we know is that there is no control over the

security of these detention center. the bige problem is the whole camp further to the ea that has a lot more fmilies of iis, d we heard last month the leader of the islamic state asked for every supporter ofo isis try to free these people. so we don't know what eened of consequence it will have, but it is definitely chaos. >> meanwhile hundreds of ithousands of civilians a harm away. you can talk a little bit about the unfolding humanitarian crisis there? >> this has been five days. and we have already 130, at0 least 130,000 civilians fleeing their homes from a stretch of over 300 kileters swi about at one pot the u.s. bases were kind of the safe ea to be around. but that is clearly no longe the case. people are running to their relatives in areas that arefu

her to the south to about 20 or so shelters that were set up by the-- maybe more, this maybe shelters, people on the run, these are people that arele running, wighting, it is as chaotic. described.s. is going out, as i >> president trump has also threatened sanctions on turkey in the mid of all ofthis. due think that is going to toppen and what affects might. those ha >> what we have on the ground is that turkish forces are had said they wanted to, whiche is a 30ilometer, 19 mile deep safe zone but what we have also seen is that there is, there are projectiles and air strikes andg shelutside of that zone on the west, to the right or left of that zone. and while president trump a few days ago sd that if they go too far, they will be harmed to

the econome i don't think ever described what too far. is i wonder is that tofar or what is too far. ah is not clear. >> all right, sal deeb of the associated press, thank you so much for being with us today. >> tha you. >> thompson: it's a busy week in politics, including the upcoming democratic debate on.uesday in oh jeff greenfield joins me now analysis. fara for some so we heard this news this morning about hunter biden, he's now stepping down from the board of a chinese y company, how think that is going to play out this week. >> st an issue that dmrats raise all the time about 'spresident truamily. who are still actively involved in tens of millions of dollars of businesses. and i could see some of joe biden's opponents saying well, was that a case of goos judgment.

how come you didn't raise this with your son when he was beginning to sign on with some of these companies. >> what else do you think we will hear on tuesday from theid caes. >> i think two things are going to come up. one, i think the, intergato the panel are going to ask these candidates how much they identify with some of the more controversial positions that some have taken.' beto orourke, for example, suggested churches that oppose same sex marrie be deprived of their tax status which is widely-- of the first amendment noarks other issues, are you for open borders or do you think there all to be some limit. do you favor taking away private health insurance. where are you on abortion, anyio restri. the other thing that i think is going to come up is age. we ju had a 78 year old candidate go, suffer ago heart attack. and i think that issue is going to come up, not just to sanders but with joe biden who islmost the same age. stand interesting notion that if either of those two people are

elected president on their first day instffice. reagan was on his last day.ald and i think that is an issue and biden, possibly elizabethers warren, the polls suggest people are less woied about her age than they are about sanders are biden. >> turning now to th impeachment inquiry, for the past three years president trump has had almost lock stsupport from congressional republicans. but we are starting to see some cracks in that, right. >> yeah, and i think it is because e more immediate issues have to do with foreign policy matters that are a special concern to senators. because they're-- the senate say body fa ratifies treaties, confms ambassadors and diplomats and what the president stands accused of doing with respect to ukraine is hold ang ally beseiged by russia on hi political concerns so depending on what next week's witnesses say, you can see somere

coional republicans bothered by this in a way other things trump has done do not. i also think his sudden reversal ia policy in northern syr where after a phone call with the president of turkey we are northern syria, of isiss in prisoners being freed. that is the kind of result tt is going to bother republican conservativearwho have long ed that we need a more muscular foreign policy. >> how much do you think this is going to weaken the president's hand as we approach the prbalem-- the very proe likelihood of impeachment inm te house? >> yeah, well, we should think back to the clinton impeachment when only five democrats, basically southern democrats who really weren't democrats at all voted to impeach th president and no democrat in the senate voted tofonvict. as now i don't see more than a handful, fingers of one hand with some left over. a couple of republicans in the house who will vote for impeachment. but unless and until kind of

ber of republicans break with him, i think he's going to continue to fight this on the basis that this is partisan politics and it is an attempt to undo the to6 election. and that line is going to hold until we see signs of more cracks in the wall than we have seen so far. >> great, jeff greenfield, thank you so much,s.as alway >> thanks for having me. #r #r. >> for more for more on tuesday's presidential debate and the field of democratic candidates, visit pbs.org/newshour. hompson: much of the new out of the european union these days has to do with one country, the united kingdom, trying to get out. what's getting far less attention is the story of ain small nation ma play to get into the e.u. and if it gets its way, it will join nato as well. newshour weekend special correspondent christopher livesay reports from republic of north macedonia. >> i usemerican oak. i use french oak, and i use hungarian oak and also macedonian oak. >> reporter: winemaker jordanis trajkoacing an unusual

challenge. so the label says republic of cedonia. >> yes. the labels on all s to change bottles. and it's goingo be expensive. 20,000 euros just to change the labels? >> just to change thlabels. >> reporter: it's part of the cost o idoing business in this ambitious country that just last february took the extraordinary step of changing its name from the republic of macedonia to north macedonia, something the government says was necessary t make political peace with its neighbor, greece. zoran zaev, prime minister of north macedonia, led the controversial name change campaign.of it's paris plan to go all-out to align with the west. his country of about two million people is located just north of greece. ever since it gained independence from the former yugoslavia, zaev says, it's had two parallel objectives. >> since independence in 1991th first prime goals for our country was membership of nato because of securitand participation of keeping peace

all around the world and our membership in the european union. >> reporter: but those aspirations, being part of the e.u. single market beingnd the blocked by greece for a reason that may seem arcane. greece has a region called macedonia-- the birthplace of alexder the great. the name dates back to ancient history, when historic macedonia contained parts of six balkan countries, cluding modern day greece and north macedonia.im ic cg the name "repu of macedonia" in 1991, the new country angered greece. were there ever any ambitions on the part of north macedonia-- >> no. ( laughs ) >> reporter: --to actually annex parts of greece because of the name? >> discussions on territoria claims border science fiction. >> reporter: dr. simonida kacarska is director of a local pro-e.u. think tank called the european policy institute. >> if we take a look back,ak especially when these arguments

were made in the early 1990s, cedonia was a country without the army. so these claims in many ways have been also misused by politicians both in greece for nationalistic reasons and then later on in certain points in macedonia as well having lead to an escalation of the conflict for the next 27 years. >> albania, they are a member of nato. >> albania is a member of nato, greece is-- >> reporter: north macedonia's deputy prime minister bujar osmani says there was a natural desire for macedonia to be part of both nato and the e.u. >> we are surrounded by e.u. and nato member states. >> reporter: and he says the united states, which was looking for a stable partner in the region, has been very involved, helping gotiate peace between its ethnic albanian and macedonian population and helping grow e country's democratic institutions from scratch. >> the united states through their u.s. aid program hon spent $1-biln the last 20 years

in the country to build up the institutions, establishing the rule of law, maintaining the interethnic relations that will provide stability of the country. >> reporter: although they are different entities, the e.u. and nato have similar requirements for membership, including that voteso allow new members must be unanimous. when the then republic of macedonia thought it was going to be admitted to nato in 2008, ereece vetoed it-- and l made it clear it would bck the country's membership in the e.u. as wel >> membership in nato and also the european union for this part of the world is understood as aa dation of your statehood.ti the ns, they overwhelmingly support nato and e.u. membership, between 70% anp 80% of theation. wo if this is a shared goal and everyone has beeing towards it then the

disappointment that comes withso it is big. th reporter: after greece's veto, macedonia'-right wing nationalist government was emboldened, and amped up tensions with greece by launching huge building project in the country's capital, skopje. it erected dozens statues of what it claimed were "macedonian" heroes like alexander the great, whom greece claims as its own. then, in 2017, a new pro-western government was voted in led byn prime minister zaev. he held tas with then greek prime minister alexis tsipras and signed an agreement which contained zaev's promise to al back the nationalism and rename e country north macedonia to distinguish itself from the greek province. headlines called it a breakthrough agreement. zaev and tsipras were both nominated for the nobel peace prize. >> i am very proud. for me it's history. proud.roud, my child my friends are proud. wh because i helped my country

finally after 28 years to be part of the modern western democratic world. >> reporter: besides changinges the name, the countr renamed the highway leading to greece "friendship highway," changed the airport's name from alexander the great to skopje internationa and is considering how best to publicly identify this statue and others to make it clear they are not "macedonian" per se, but part of ancient "greek" history. t the name change has al proved deeply unpopular to many. >> i identify myself as macedoni. my country is macedonia. republic of macedonia. >> reporter: vladimiar is a well-known macedonian musician and outspoken name change critic. >> it's very unfortupute that we arin a position to be apologetic of who we are. to say "i'm sorry i' macedonian. oh, i'm sorry that i said that." this is the feeling, and i definitely think that nobody, no nation in the world should go through this. >> rtorter: but the governmen

insists e change to the country's name will pay off in the end. all ready it says the work it's done to meet e.u. standards has contributed to a better economy, a drop in unemployment and increased wages. zaev says he also wants to dolu more t back the thousands of young people who have left the country looking for better opportunities. >> i have friends that left and i have also many friends that came back. which is the good thing. >> reporter: naumovska studied and worked in the e.u. before deciding to return to help run and teach at a new i.t. startup in her home country. >> when i finish a class in macedonia i feel like i did something great, which is a feeling that, you know, only probably you can have when you do something in a counat you were raised and where your roots are. >> reporter: this week, the e.ud council is sed to vote on whether to let north macedonia start the process of joining the e.u. it's an important step, but a bureaucratic process that will still take several years to

complete and there are obstacles ahead. france has express skeloicism about ng any new e.u. members. north macedonia's foer chief special prosecutor has been arrested in an extortion scandal, raising e.u. concns about corruption. are you optimistic that north cedonia is going to join nato? >> yes. the ratification process of our nato accession proto going well. >> reporter: are you optimistic that north macedonia is going to join the european union? >> to a certain level, ls than on the case of nato and it is going to be a much mhill battle and a much longer battle we've learom our history that there's no guarantees. >> reporter: you have the e.u. flag up here. >> yes. the next step the european union must make decision. we make it from our side. now they need to deliver. >> reporter: prime minister zaev has a more personal concern. that delay could lead to a backlash that will undermine his coalition in parliament and cause his government to fall. they will destroy your government? >> yes, completely.

the majority will be dismissed. >> reporter: so the stakes are high? yes. very high. >> this is pbs newshour weekend, sunday. >> thompson: there are many still undiscovered ancient tombs in egypt but this past week, for se first time, archeologi unveiled the discovery of sites where workers made the objects used ithose royal burials. the workshops produced pottery, jewelry, decorations and even furniture. newshour weekend's ivette feliciano has morehe >> reporter:atest finds date back to egypt's eighteenth dynasty which lasted fro1,539 b.c to 1,292 b.c. near luxor, in an area known a"" the valley of the monkeys," the ministry of antiquities showed off relics from what is being called an industrial zone with thirty workshops. archeologists believe laborers there made the decorative objects for tombs in the nearby valley of the kings.

"it is the first time that any discovery like this happened in the valley of the kings. in the valley of the kings all we discovered are royal tombs, or worker men huts. but this is the first time that you see an industrial area to servthe workmen who worked on decorating the coffins, to a workshop for making all the furniture and the ars. it is the first time to reveal many secrets for the first time about the west valley." the latest discoveries-- including a scarab ring, beadsts and gold obj may mean more royal tombs are still undiscovered nearby. "also, in this area we found oter important things like ring, that has the name of el hottob iii, and another silver ring for a queen. this means that there oyal tomb in this area around here. the industrial workshops are the latest in a series of major egyptidi archeological overies. the countris funding more research a excavations to encourage tourism and to help promote its longypelayed grand an museum near cairo-- now

scheduled to open in 2020. >> and finally tonight, u.s. gim nation simone biles set a new nastics record at the gym championship she won her 259mp career chanship medal, a gold in the individual floor exercise. the previous record of 23th meds was set more than two decades ago. biles said she was trilled with her performances this week but as for the medal count, she sait she's quote a number person. that is all for this edition of pbs newshour weekend. i'm megan thompson, thanks for watching. have a good niht. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh

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