judy: gd evening. welcome to ther. newsh on the "newshour" tonight, do a look at global unrest as chilean lebanon erupted days of massive protests. mark shields and david works are here to analyze the trump administration's criminal probe into the origins of the russian investigation and the latest moves ithe impeachment inquiry. edit julie andrews, legendary star, now the author of a new memoir cowritten with h r daughter abosing a family in the hollywood spotlight. si couldn't through the sound of music for years without weeping.

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wild fires are burning out of control across california today, and weather conditions are w starting to gese for the weekend. meanwhile, the state's largest utility, pacific gas & electric, admitted an equipment malfunmay have sparked a large fire in northern california. but the official cause has yet to be determined. wiiam brangham has more. william: once again, thousands of firefighters are battling fast moving blazes across the state. driven by strong winds and dry conditions, the fires of forcing tens of thousands to evacuate their homes. hundreds ofe chools wosed due to poor air quality and closed highways. the kinca northern californou has alreadyed in size in 24 hours. it is already destroyed at least mo49 structures and burnere than 21,000 acres. it is just five contained. -- just 5% contained.

>> we absolutely are up against the clock, the winds are predicted over the next of days currently to be worse than what we d the other night. william: 400 miles south, just north of los angeles, the tick bfire hned more than 4000 acres in several subdivisions. two weeks ago, pacific gas & electric shut off power to hundreds of thousands of residents, trying to prevent high winds from knocking over werines and sparking fires. investigators believe that is what caused last year's deadly camp fire that killed 85 people yesterday, a pacific gas & electric spokesperson said a transmission tower malfunction near theite where the kincade fire began. gliforniaernor, democrat gavin newsom, blasted the utility company yesterday. >> it iad about deces of

mismanagement. it is about focusing on shareholders in dividends ov m you anbers of the public. it is a story about greed. william: pg and e warns they will have to cut power to more homes throughout thean weekend, d if i winds continue, it could turn into the largest black out yet foror califans, yet another new normal for a state grappling with growing impacts of climate change. stephanie: tonight pg nd -- pg&e lose power starting tomorrow -- is morning 850,000 customers that they may lose power tomorrow, and that would amount to 2 million people. in other news, a federal judge in washington today ruled the house impeachment inquiry is illegal and he ordered the department of justice to give house investigators secret grtid

jury tny from the mueller report. as part of the inquiry, new suoenas have been issued to top white house budget officials meanwhile, president trumpicial. commented on the justice department probe of they legal of the mueller investigation. as we first said last night, it is being widely reported that what was a review is now criminal investigation. >> i think you a goingo see a lot of really bad things. and a lot of people think that, and they knowy tve problems because they were very dishonest. i leave it all up to the veattorney general and i lt all up to the people that are working with the attorney general, who i don't know. i think you will see things nobody would have beeved. stephanie: prosecutors will now haveer authority, including the power to issue subpoenas and file crimin charges. cothe trumorate organization today acknowledged it is looking into selling its washington

hotel. that comes amid ethics complaints and lawsuits. the hot took in $41 million in revenue last year. a federal judge in california has held u.s. secretary ofde education betss in contempt of court for violatingr an ordating to student loans. the ruling said divorce continue to collect loans from students whode att corinthian colleges, a now-defunct chain of for-profit colleges, despite being ordered to stop. the feder education departmen was fined $100,000. a new count the trump administrationcio the american l liberties union says more childrenere separated from their families at the u.s. mexico border than previously known. immigration authorities separated more additional children from their parents between july 2017-june 2018 won a federal judge offered to end -- judge ordered an end to the practice. that brings the overall number

of chiren separated since july 2017 to more than 5400. overseas in iraq, 30 people were killed in clashes in baghdad and .her provinces tod thousands are protesting the corruption and struggling economy in the country. police fired live rounds, rubber bullets and tear gas towdisperse the we take a closer look at mass protests, into other countri lebanon and chile, later the program. despite president trump's recent decision to pull u.s. troops out of northern syria, t u.s will strengthen its military presence targeted by islamic statey be fighters. defense secretary mark esper confirmed pla to deploy u.s. troops and armored vehicles. esper spokes to report after meeting the turkish defense minister today in brussels. >> we are now taking some actions. i am getting into details, to strengthen our position to

sure we can deny isis access to oil fields because we want to make sure they don't have access to resources that may allow them to strike within the region, europe or the united states. stephanie: meanwhile, rush's defense ministry says it is it has set 300 additional turkey-syria border. the european union agreed today to grant the u.k. request for deadline.xtension to the brexit but it won't decide how long that delay should be until next week. britain was scheduled to leave the block next thursday. the move gives a divided british parliament tim to decide to prime minister boris johnson's call for an early election. in this country, the federal deficit for 2019 sooed t over 984 billion dollars, the highest level in seven years. it is a 25% increase over last year. the treasury department reported the deficit rose because ofost

revenue from president trump's tax cuts as ll as increased spending for military and domestic programs. microsoft is when a huge bid to build part of th defense department's cloud-based it beat out amazon for the 10 billionollars contract. president trump waiting on the process and frequentl criticized amazon. the defense department and the announcement said the process was fair, and followed guidelines for awarding such contracts. members of the united auto workers have ratified a new contract with general motors today, bringing a end to their 40 day strike. tonight the union said it will negotiate with ford, about 49,000 auto workers have been on mid-september halting production at more than 30 u.s. factories. stl to come on the newshour with judy woodruff, lebanon and chppe are w in protest. what is driving two waves of unrest a world apart? filling the bench, a close look at federal judges the white house is ushering to lifetime pointments. mark shields and david rooks

break down a dizzyin week of impeachment news. in one of our favorite things, a with julie andrews. ♪ >> the late marylad congressmen vil rights leader elijah was remembered today a a funeral in baltimore. thousandsf mourners, including former presidents barack obama and bill clinton, came to pay final respects to the democrat who served in the house of representatives for 23 years. ♪ [choir singing was bracket judy -- [choir singing] judy: thousands filled the

church were cummings worsh.ed for 40 yea >> we prepare for the requiem of a public servant, the honorable elijah eugene cummings. judy: a military honor guard with the american man's casket ♪ judy: a favorite of cummings, th singer membered him with the song "stand." and political leaders, democrats and republicans, sat with members of the baltimore community. cummings served more than two decades. former secretary of state hillary clinton likened him to the biblical prophet whose name he wore. >> like the prophet, our elisha could call down -- our elijah could call down fire from heaven. but he a also rat worked for healing.

he weathered storms and earthquakes, but never lost his faith. judy: she was followed by house speaker nancy pelosi, who remembered cummings is welcoming to everyone. >> our elijah always made a seat at the table for others,or each new member of congress, so he could mentor them, for all who wanted to be part of the american dream. judy: longtime friend and former congressman mfume spoke of cummings as a faith filled man as profound as he was funny. >> i would go on later that year to get elect to citin council, wiby three votes. my grandfather -- my grandmother came to me andaid, as long as you are black, which meant the reste,f my l it remember that those three goats were the

father, son and holy ghost. you can't -- father -- those three votes were the father, son rod holy ghost. you can't go. >> thank you for loving me eaching monally and what leavened leadership are by your example. i will miss yourmile, your great, big smile that can light up a room. i will miss your boomingat voice ould firmly sound, jennifer, when i knew i was in trouble. judy: and his wife maia, who chairs the maryland democratic party, called her husband a public servant of integrity and a walking miracl >> he was given six months to live mor than 25 years ago, and he kept going, he kept fighting, he kept standing, he ke working. judy: at the service were two former presidents, bill clinton and barack obama. both urged those gathered to remember lessons left by cummings. >> we should hear him now in the

quiet times at night and in the morning when we need courage, when we get discouraged and we don't know if we can believe anymore. we should hear him. >> his life validates the this we tell ourselves about what is possible in this country, not tguaranteed, possible we have the capacity, the chance as individuals and as a nation, to rooturselves in good soil. judy: the yield you summed up cummings as a man of devout faith who did what h could -- the eulogy summed up cummings as a man of devout faith who did what he could. >> he never wanted to lose what was grounded him him -- grounded

in him. too many in our country are forgetting where they came from. judy: the organ sounded ashe service closed, while pallbearers wheeled out the casket for a final burial. judy: elijah cummings was 68 years old. ♪ judy: across the worlds in doz of countries, protesters have taken to the streets. the man's in eachry cou may be unique, but demonstrators are united in ustration with economic disparity and unrealized economic expectations. we begin in lebanon, where special correspondent jane ferguson reports anger at the government crosses religious and political divides. jane: in lebanon, defying religious condions is a

revolutionary act in itself. this protest movement less tn decades of deep secretary and is him that have led -- deep seimetary it ishat led -- deep sectarianism. it may default if it doesn't ballots its annual budget. the government is trying to cloth way out of the annual mess by demandi more taxes. these people have had enough. >> there is nothing for sure. you have to fight. jane: this group o are angry there is no future for them. >> people try the best t tleave becausre are no job opportunities for men and women.

jane: the government is based on divisions with government posts shared between muslims, druze and christians, designed to keep the peace but it leads to adlock and corruption. those sectarian leaders in place since the civil war ended in 1990 have become entrenched. all sides exploit sectarian fears to shore up their positions and stay in power, where they and rich themselves. an economist has been predictinf these protes months. >> the politician, now it is so obvious he has around him people that have big contract, it is the case in the city sector, the waste sector.

jane: a state department official voiced american support fothe protesters, saying that the people of lebanon are frustrated withgoheir rnment's inability to prioritize. thero psts have shaken the country's political elite, with the prime minister appearing on television four days ago to feprotesters support -- to offer protesters reforms. >> these decisions are not for bartering. they are not to ask you to stop protesting. this is something that you decide. weeare not giving aine and i will not allow anyone to threaten you.ne protesters rejected his offer of reforms and demanded all political leaders resign. he is a sunni muslim, but his rival from the shiite movement is also rattled by the protests. hasilotta is not just a military force, it is a political one too. just before he was to speak in a

televised address, several hundred supporters arrived at theng protests, bg loudspeakers to blast his words over sounds of the profosters callinhis resignation. >> we are scared for the country, that there might be somee who wants to create lebanon create social, security and political tensions that would lead to civil war. jane: nralla whose movement is supported by iran, claimed the protest was a conspiracy. >>his involves internal actors. jane: all of you, all of you, is a common chant here,elling hez bollah supporters their leaders should step down t a

right police separating heprotesters, tain protesters here calling for the removal of politil elites, and behind this wall of riot police are hez bollah supporters who have come down and cursed quite a bit -- and caused quite a bit of tension today. whene crossed the police line and edited to speak to them, ey told us the protesters should go home. but police eventually told them to move on instead, and the angry crowd through sticks and water bottles as they were shoved out othe street. they put up resistance before going home. protesters know sectarian leaders will not give up their grip easily. >> there is like 100 billion dollars that they stole from the country. jane: as night comes,t' beir's city center reclaims the carnival atmosphere that characterized the protes from theeginning. across thent coury, music and

dancing have been used by divisions and call for elites to step aside. keeping their movement peaceful and united will be just as great a challenge as creating real political change. for the pbs newour, i'm jane ferguson in beirut, lebanon. nick: i'm nick schifrin with a look at protests 8000 miles away in chile. for the past week, chileans have filled city streets in a spontaneous movement calling for fundamental reforms. struggling to heir families, pots or their instruments of frustration as they are -- as they protest unaffordable health care, pensions and a government that lost legitimacy. >> this government is unjust. rice of gas and electricity go up. there is no respect for the people, only enriching the

government. isnick: it outed as a model regional success where in the 90's a expanded.rosperity it also has one of the world's larg>>t wealth gaps. people who were very poor in the pastou and not think about protesting now have a host of rising expectations. so ia crisis -- it is a crisis of rising expectations tt are not fulfilled, on the part of many people. nick: arturo vallen's whaler was the director of the georgetown latin american studies center and a former senior state department official. >> people then becomor much aware of the enormous gaps but being people who are going to private schos who are in weo-off neighborhoods and s forth, and the inequality issue in chile has become far more consequent -- far more unequal.

tnis week -- nick: this wk, that feeling of inequality exploded into aceful protest, but also deadly clashes between government andoverned. at least 17 protesters have been killed. billionaire resident sebastian pinera announced increased pensions and minimum wages, improved health care, and reversed the public transit price hike that sparked the protest. >> we have heard loud and clear the voice of the people, the voicef the chileans, who have peacefully expressed their prlems, their shortages in their dreams and their hopes for a better life. nick: but he also deployed the military and targeted protesters, and enforced occur curfew with batons and smoke grenades. it is the first time this has happened since the dictatorship of general auguste o pinochet --

augusto penner shea, when 40,000 chileans were killed, tortured or imprisoned. ononday, this man filmed is nine thousand soldiers took over the santiago street sent dr. protesterse unafraid of violence in the curfew. >> the social discontent is not just about the fair rise for the subway. the only thing the government does is criminalize a situation that they have dragged on. now the military is using the same strategy they used during the dictatorship. nick: suddenly, an unmarked car screeched toward them. they screamed press, the car made a u-turn and fired a few shots. >> just came and started shooting indiscriminately at people. we had to hide behind this tree,

the bark off here, the shotg blast, you can see different pieces of te t were blown away. we were fortunately behind the tree, but they were sholeing at peop. nick: they could have been unmarked police or but this kind of violence in chile hasn't been seen in decades, and is not going to stop. >> i'm not in favor of violence, but it is the only way they will listen to us. >> many citizens are going to probably say, we need to take care of the violent elements. on the other hand, it is clear there is an opening rht here for significant abuses of human rights on the part of the authorities, when a protest is repressed in that way. nick: the.n. vows to investigate reports of human rights violations. protestersay government ncessions are too little, too late.at manysters around thege for lebanon, butlso in iraq, in

haiti, and in ecuador. ♪ all these protests have local causes and local color tics -- local politics, but they are all organized online. protesters object to widespread economic disparity and incliased but unrd expectations. underlying problems they demand fixeare not easy for any government to deliver. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. ♪ judy: amid the constant swirl of news around the white house, there has been one constant in the trump administration. a stea streamf the president's judicial nominees to federal courts. lisa de chardin's -- lisa

desjardins explains how this effort could have impact on the election next year and courts for decades to come. lisa: republicans q areetly reshaping federal courts. with this vote yesterday, the republican senate confirmed justin walker is the 157th trump appointee to get a lifetime of position on the federal bench. more on him in a minute. first, that number. 157 federal judges confirme that is on par for to modern record holders, clinton and bush at this point in their terms, but it is at least 40% more than president obama confirmed by this time, according to analysis by the brookings institution. this is a rally cry for prident trump. >> we will have a record number

judges. lisa: if so, it will be anks to republican senate leader mitch mcconnell, whose chamber decides the fate of nominees. he is >> the most powerful way the senate can impact the country's future is through lifetimeen appoin to the judicial -- to the federal courts. lisa: first, mcconnell blocked president obama's nominees toward the end of his term, the next presidentvacancies for this spring, mcconnell changed senate rules to cut debate time for most tudges from 30 hours just two hours. >> the nomination is confirmed. >> the nomination is confirmed. >> at next things gn so much faste senate. lisa: jacqueline thomsen sees a breakneck pace. >> it's happening so fast that

for anybot any time to take a step back and think about the nominee. lisa: where president trump has particularly crushed other modern presidents is that the appeals court level, the level below the supreme court. nothr yet years into his presidency, nearly one quarter of all appeals j courtges are trump appointees. those courts decide thousands of cases. >> no wall. lisa: federal courts have determined the fates of immigrant families end abortion policy, [protesters chanting] and regularly rule on laws about schools and workplaces alike. now, republicansus are not focusing on numbers of judges, but confirming much young ones. >> that means they are going to be on the court for a while and

shape the law in a way that lasts far beyhe time they are on the bench. >> senator, i feel lucky. lisa: this brings us back to justin walker,onfirmed as a federal district judge yesterday. walker is37 just years old, a law professor at the university of louisville. hes i admired by republicans, but democrats point out he never tried a case as lawyer. >> have you ever presented an ary?ment before a federal j >> senator, i have not. lisa: that lack of courtroom experience drew an automatic not qualified rating from the nonpartisan american bar association, something that derailed nominees in the past, but no more. walker is the fifth trump nominee to get the federal benc despite beted unqualified by the aba. and the senate is poised to vote on ah sixth s nominee soon. to republicans, the aba is outdated and not the point. mcconnell see each new conservative judge as a

political win which will outlive him, the president and presidents after that. and this is an issue that r firs upublican voters, something that trump campaign -- something the trump campaign is counting on next year. >> four more years means more judges. >> they will be able to say we took an entire branch of the vernment and reshaped it to reflect our values, and we did it for your children and your children's children. lisa: mcconnell and the senate show no signs of slowi. it is set to vote on another group of trump nominees as soon weas next . for pbs newshour, i'm lisa des jardins. ♪ judy: in this we alone, the top u.s. diplomat for ukraine told congress the president

withheld military aid for personal political gain. republican congress members stormed a secure room at the caadtol, where many alhad access, does -- access, to dispute the impeachment process, but not the substance. we have learned the department of justice is investigating its ooown fbi forng into russian interference in the 2016 election. amidst all this, the white house announced the president has ordered the cancellation of all federal government prescript -- government subscriptions to the new york times and washington post. that makes it a perfect moment to hear the analysis of shields androoks. that is syndicated columnist mark shields andti "new york s" columnist david brooks. but you wi soldi on. let's pick up with lisa's reporting on federal judges that trump has been able to nominate and get successfully confirmed, more judges than any predecessor.

what is the significance >> when you go to sit -- conservative voters about why the support trump, t that is number-one answer. re not populists. i'm not sure i see the transformation at the circuit urt level, just on the preme court, of the 13 appellate courts come only one may flip. you he democratic districts staying democratic, but not a transformation from more liberal to a more conservative court. and his impact on future nominations may go down, because mocratic judges are not retiring. they are waiting. it is expected there will be fewer openings in the next for years. judy: maybe not trsformational? mark: it approaches transformational, judy. lisa's peace, she made the

point that the base was fired up, republican voters. make no mistake, she is right. exit polls of 2016, when 23,000 voters were polled, they were asked the most important issue you were deciding on, and a full one out of five voters supreme court nominations and judicial nominations, and they broke for donald trump overwhelmingly, almost by three-to -- almost by 3-2. untraditional issues, all broke for hillary clinton. and david pointed out, his appointment have come from the federalist society, and the other factor is, they are playing actuarial charts. they are younger. neil gorsuch is 49, brett

kavanaugh 53. so it is a real change, and it is a promise made, promise delivered, much to the consternation of a lot of democrats. judy: we know it flies under the radar that is why we thought it was important to take a look a it. impeachment. david, virtually a development everyday about that. we learned today a federal judge said the impeachment inquiry in the house in his view is legal. that means the department of justice is going to have to turn over grand jury material from the muellernvestigation, but thislo f one week of testimony behind closed doors, some of it made public, by one public serva or diplomatic figure after another, especially william tabor -- william taylor, ambassador to ukraine. what is it adding up to?

david: the phone call, you jould say it wt trump being trump. now that's not the case. we have learned that is a inthree-month, cooed campaign, series of meetings come a lot of people involved to get ukraine to help trump's the taylor testimony was detailed and methodical, the smoking gun quid pro quo coming from the president to hold up aid unless ukraine did this. that seals the deal. and i think that at least of the republicano establishment has feel just beaten. the question is, how do they find a way to stick with him? but i think the republicawamood this is bad, this is bad. the key thing is to loootfor an nal crumbling, where they say, wcan't sit by with this. i don't think they are at that place, but it is certainly a week that affectedd republicans

ow they view this. at this point the vast majority of republicans -- judy: at this point, the vast saying they don'see solidre evidence. mark: that's from those who make public statements. those who don't, don't say that. e silence is speaking volumes, at least chapters. ambassador taylor's testimony was not a smoking gun, it was a smoking armory. it was specific, factual, compelling him and what i found most revealing was michael atkinson, who was the inspector general, michael mckinley, 37 years of service in the state department, amor taylor, ri jovanovich, lau coope fiona hill, no hedge funds, no tech buyouts, ese are people

o devoted themselves. ambassador taylor was the witness from hell, he really was, 49 years ofubc service, brought back from retirement at of state, and he could not gory unmentioned that mike pompeo is fighting -- is violating every rule of the united states military. he has totally abandoned and not stood up for any of the people he has appointed. judy: the secretary of state. mark: e secretary of state, and these professionals that have come forward, at cost to their careers, his silence is a telling indictment of himchnd his lack oacter. judy: but as we see, david, the white house continues to say, and the president is raging about this, he is saying these

ople have no credibility. he was saying yesterday, they are part of the so-called deep state, u again,ng a lot worse language than that. david: done so far -- and so far that is holding, impeachment is popular in the country, in and popular in the it is 10 points more favorable than unfavorable but in wisconsin it is minus seven. so for republicans to think they can convince republican senators, they have those swing states. you have to have public hearings , right now they are having closed-door hearings and eventually they have to haveea publicngs to try to sway the country. and whether they can do that in a month or two or whenever that ppens, we will see. judy: there is some reporting it y happen in a couple of weeks. separate from this, mark, some

people think related thou, -- some people thk related though , the doj overseeing a probe into the origins of the pressure investigation, what the russians ad toect the 2016 election. that was an inquiry. itris now anal investigation, a criminal probe, which rall kinds of questions. how did it become that? we don't know, but i want to show a comment from sator mark warner, vice chairman the senate intelligence committee. he said senate intel is wrapping investigation that found nothing remotely justifying this. he said mr. barr, referng to pae attorney general investigation, jize key international intelligence partnerships. he needs to come before congress and explain himself. how much ds this matter that this has become a criminalbe p . mark: it does matter, starting with the mark warner point.

an ocean ofoiling, rancid partisanship, the senate intelligence committee has been an island of collegiality and cooperation. so i don't know if he is speakinglfust for hims ranking democrat of the committee, or with the quiescence of senator burr, the chairman, i don't kn. but it is certainly serious. you have toome t the conclusion that in bill barr, donald trump finally got the attorney general he wanted. jeff sessions didn't deliver for hire jeff sessionsed himself. bill baris at taxpayer expense, hurtling around thefr glob australia to italy in pursuit of information to somehow rationalize, justify, that donald trump didn't le in 2016, andha the obama

campaign, obama administration was somehow behind some spying on him. mark warner's point is, after a three-year investigati by that committee, there is absolutely nothing that has come to support that. i don't know what the answer is. david perhaps does. david: having thoroughly politicized the state department, you have to go on the presumption trump is trng to politicize the department of justice. the one mitigating factor is the guy selected to do the investigation, he has been appointed by bots parties and gold and sterling reputation, so i think we c rest and trust him. and that is what mark was saying, the whole question the last two years, our institutions, i think the the result is this impeachment, a president whot doesn' by institutional logic, doesn't obey institutional rnses, and

thetutions are standing up. judy: aouple of minutes to look at the 2020 field. ma, 18 are still in the race. we had tim ryan, congressman from d ohio,pout just yesterday, but 18 still running. some democrats arengut there anxious, they worry they don't have aha horse can be donald trump. how widespread is that worry? mark: it is a lively anxiety. the flaws or defects of the top grounds, democrats have with senator warren and senator sanders, they are buying sort of a liberal sliver of the electorate right now that bites -- that vice president biden biden we know and love on the issues, and pete would judge --

and pete buttigieg is a mayor of a small city, 37, may be just a little more than the country is ready for. and especially an election where on a flawed, damaged, manifestly perfect incumbent. whether it is michelle obamar whatever else, democrats are casting around looking. the key question democrats have to face is this, the are 206 counties barack obama carried twice that donald trump carried in 2016. if the democrats can carry those counties again, that is the question, can democrats do that, and have the candidate in campaign they want to run? judy: i thought the strongest candidate -- david: t i s sense of the

unhappy with the top four, look at the bottom 14. there are good candidates there, in my opinion, amy klobuchar, out i you are unhappy with them top four. judy: c one of thllenges is just getting attention with all the focus on washington and impeachment. it is difficult for them to get airtim shall waste -- shall we say. the newshour announced today that we will be hosting, moderating a democratic presidential debate tord the end of december, december 19. so we ar looking forward to that opportunity. t,and with tha mark shields and david brooks, have a great weekend. thank you. ♪

htfinally tjulie andrews, one of those legendary entertainers everyone seems to know. next year, andrews will receive her latest accolade, the american film institute's litime achievement award. john yang sat down with the 84-year-old andrews and her daughter,mma walton hamilton, to talk about their new book, which reveals stories people didn't know. this is part of our ongoing arts and culture series, canvas. >> julie andrews and mary poppins weren touchstonesr youth. >> and mine as well. >> isn't that phenomenal. it's a bonus you don't expect. those timeless, good musicals, they were so beautifully made.

john: andrews' legendary career includes stage, movies, tv, concerts and recordings. she is a dame commander of the british on power- itish empire and has two emmys, and oscar, and a kennedy center honor. andrews and hamilton, a professional writer and arts educator, have written more than 30 books for children and young adul. they wrote a memoir of my hollywood years as 18. as you were growing up, emma, were there movies or projects of your mothers's that were favorites? >> i was pretty much there most of the time, onset for most of the films. i cldn't sit through "the sound of music" for years without weeping, because anytim i see my mother cry on a film, i burst into tears. julie: and she would say, i'm just going out for a little bit. emma: but i have to say probly now among my favorites is

"hawaii." i think her performance in it is so different than many of her other films, and so strong. john: "the americanization of emily" is one of youravorites.>> the valor, self-sacrifice and good and it's -- and goodness that needs more exposi. julie: is a timely theme about the fly and excess of war and the needless of it. john:da writing about you involved phil, you talked about the contrast of glamorous life in the theater, and the shabby reality backstage. and you give a lot of e ymples r moviemaking career, particularly of the wonderful opening scenof "the sound of music." the camera discovers you want to mountaintop. ♪ > ali: --

julie: and being photographed by cameramen hanging from thel side of theopter. and every time i came up with grasme and hay all over . >> the hills ill my hea♪ john: oneyric you never quite got? julie: thereas a tiny line it could not sing a thought, the best thing to do since i am out in the wild, just say, sings through the night like a lark, and cfary on very after that. >> like a lark who is learnin♪ to pray hn for her very first film, "merry pop" she won the oscar. >> ♪ a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down the medicine go down

♪ julie: a stunning surprise. i didn't expect to. i really thought for a whi g maybe it wasen to me as a welcome to hollywood gesture, and what a lucky, lucky moment in my life. lylie: the book focuses on the importance of fa emma, the childf her first marriage, two stepchildren, jennifer and jeffrey from her second marriage to director blake edwards, and two doctors she andpt edwards a, amelia and joanna. edwards, who died in 2010, direct and andrews in seven movies, including "10" and "victorictoria." ♪ juli i love the unity it provides, and working with blake, i felt very safe in his embrace and i knew i didn't have

to worry about a thing, on camera. but just sticking together, traveling together, being together, it is why hom in homework is there, because making a home, keeping a family together, means souch to me. emma: there is a sweet story whene she flew into surprise for my 15th birthday. iame home from school and discovered her on my bed, wrapped in crepe pap, and i burst into tears. julie: yes, thank god. john: yet, not all the memories are happy. >> blake was a depresspee onality, and yet devastatingly funny. but when he was in a bad way, it was very sad. john: you felt the need to make things better, to make people happy. julie: well, it is sort of my

job in a way. i have been onstagelly life. it is about hopefully giving joy, and i love to do it. john: in her next book, andrews also expects to deal with the emotional impact of losing her singing voice after throat surgery in 1997, although she procedureuss the self. >> i unfortunately can't talk about it. it was part of my agreement in a settlement, where i gave all the settlement to charity and so on. >> welcome.a devastating time in john: she is still working, creating and appearing in "jie's green room" on netflix, a children's sers about puppets stating their own musical under the watchful eye of andrews, now herself a grandmother of 10 and great-grandmother of three. for the pbs newshour, i'm john

yang in new york. ♪ judy: some u.s. allies are wondering what the u.s. decision to pull out of syria means for them. we examine how three countries may be feeling. that is on our website, pbs.org/newshour. later tonight, robert costa explores the democrats'op straty fo hearings going forward, and we have i aneachment roundup. on pbs newshour weekend saturday, the miami affordable housing crisis and how the city plans to create 12,000 new units by 2020 four. that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here on

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