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>> i'm nick schifrin. judy is on assignment. >> what is at stake? what is at stake in all of this is nothing lessha our democracy. nick: the next phase of impeachment. the future an investigation into president trump. twitter ban's political advertising. what does it mean for the campaign trail? what will facebook do in response? unfinished biness, making sense of the entrepreneur seen among older americans. >> i'm still perpendicular. constantly am on th go, doing and doing and doing,
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just trying not to thinkne tively and being around positive people. nick: and the district of champions. the washington nationals finally bring home a world series win. l that and more on the pbs newshour. ♪ major funding for the pbs newshour has bn provided b bnsf railway, consumer cellular. and a by thered p. sloane foundation, supporting science, technology, and improved performance and literacy in the 21st century. carnegie corporation of new york , supporting democratic advanceme and the of international peace and
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security at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station fromiewers like you. thank you. nick: in u.s. history, the house of representatives only pursued impeachment three times. today, the house took a major step toward initiating the fourth effort and laid out where the process proceeds from here. lisa de chardin begins coverage. lisa: it is the rarest of debates apeng possible
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hment. >> i truly believe 100 years from now, hi back on this moment and judge us are the decisions we maye. this moment calls for more than politics. >> no matter what is said by the other side, this is a dark day and a cloud has fallen. lisa:s thiwas the house opening a more defined phase in impeachment, voting on the process ahead and putting lawmakers on the record for the concerns aronce about president trump's request to the ukraine president. >> on this vote,he yeas are 232. the nays r 196. : it was almost straight party split. the two sides do agree on something, the stakes involved. nancy pelosi. >> theou times have and to how we protect and defend the
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states.ion of the united what is at stake in all of this is o nothing last th democracy. lisa: republicans are blasting the impeachment process as unfair to the preside. >> it is absolutely the case it has been a secret process that denied rights to the minority that involved leaking selectively things the majority would like to have leaked in which rights. have deni lisa: the resolution sets up a two-part process, with public hearings by the intelligence committee together facts. >> the resolution sets out important procedures for how we make conduct open hearings. lisa: if impeachment recommended, the house judiciary committee would take it up and allow for the president and his lawyers tovolved. but republicans say that's too late, that initial hearings
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without the ability will taint >> the resolution before us sp not about trency. it's about control. lisa: stephanie grisham accused democrats of having an "unhinged obsession with thisme impea proceedings." presidentd trump tur his favorite retort, calng it a witch hunt. meanwhile,nv houseestigators heard from tim morrison, the top expert on the national security staff. he gave a deposition and said he is leaving his post after his testimony. he was mentioned in testimony from williamr, taylo currently the top diplomat in the ukraine. nick: lisa joins us. let's start with you and where lisa left off. what did tim morrison say behind closed doors today? yamiche: tim morrison, aide to
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the national security council, corroboratedhat william taylor told lawmakers yesterday, last week rather. emessentially,rats were saying this was studying -- that wh testimony, they were telling people about the bidens. he was the person who alerted a william tayl went to him twice. the first t conversation that said i think he is going to officials and telling them theyd n an investigation into the bidens to lisecure $391 m in military aid already appropriated by congress. he goes to william taylor a second time and say -- it i'm having a sinking -- sinking feeling. dhe'sanding officials open an investigation into the bidens. what you have isre is tim mo saying what william
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taylor told you last week is true. sa: standing outside that room, bot h parties thoug said something that helped them. nick: has that? -- how is that? lisa: they didn't hear anything illegal. nick: back to you. close to trump, what is theeu, significance of that story? the combined stories of tim morrison and bill taylor? yamiche: tim morrison gives credibility to what taylor said. he is saying most of what he said is accurate. the first is he saidno i' concern anything illegal was discussed. then you have william tay sr ths i thought it was crazy military aid was held upca for polimeans associated with the president. you have two people saying we heard the shing but we have different takes on what it means. nick: what we are talking about
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is the substance of the impeachment proceedings. troops on a partisan vote? lisa: not just high-stakes, high pressure. when you talk aboutemrats, they are thinking about two things. first, trying to stress this as the process, not impeachment itself. second, they are seeing polling move in the direction of impeachment. the majority of americans want an impeachment inquiry to move forward. that's something democrats feel good about. biggest deal was they only lost two of the vulnerable moats, both in major trump districts. that's sll major democrats. coming from the white house.e is president trump met with some of these yesterday and i heard from one woman who said it wasag a relaxed mebecause we are not confident in this.
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nick: where is the president right now? whatow is the message andoes that differ from previous messages? yamiche: today was a huge moment in the presidency. it is now him looking forward and saying i'm looking at a formal impeachment inquiry process and i need tote get my st together. the strategy for republicans who gather is that this is a total sham. no matter what democrats do, all of this unfair. that's an issue because this is they said he didn't pressure ukraine. then they said it's secondhand owledge. then we need a house and floor vote. every time they made a message, they have had to adjust. there was a memo that came out. there were people saying i have issues. nick: we've heard republicans
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chalnging thesere rules that set as different from those rules during the clinton impeachment hearing. are they different? lisa: this is complicated. i want the wrist to understand the difference is there is a two-step process. see hntelligence committee will have public hearings, something we did not see in watergate and clinton because there were previous investigations. the intelligence community is doing the first investigation anrepublicans are right that in that portion, the president does not have rights to question testimony or witnesses. but there's the second part, which is the house judiciary committee. should impeachment move forward? that process is silar to nick: i want to come back to one more thing. freshman democrat katie hillf
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california has resigned. gave an incdible speech today. t's listen to a brief part of it. >> this is bigger than me. eci am leaving nowse of a double standard. want to be used as a bargaining chip. i didn't want to be peddled by papers and blogs and websites, used byle sha operatives for the dirtiest gutter politics i've ever seen. nick:hy are people talking about this? lisa:s trson is younger. there are two dozen members in their 20's and 3s. this is a new idea of pictures taken in private used against you. but also, her defense was new. it was a more personal and 'assertive defens've seen from a departing member from congress. nick: thanks to you both. ♪
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stephanie with e latest. southern california faced another assault by wildfires driven by winds. afirefighters making progress, but not before they lead to near escapes. santa ana winds have a blowtorch rning through half a dozen homes, flames raced downhill, driven by gusts of 70 miles per hour. >> smellpe smokele started screaming down the street. started wedding things down and things went downhill from there. stephanie:ws cattled the fire but it was dangerous. 1300 residents were ordered to evacuate as the fire cap spreading. >> this fire med so fast and continues to have the potential to move quickly that if folks
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don't evacuate when we t askm to, it will be difficult to try to get them out. stephanie:y most mandat evacuations have now been lifted. pacific gas and electric has moved to rtore power to hundreds of thousands of people. some in the dark since the weekend. seresidence at thior facility say they were trapped for two days. total darkness in every hallway and stairwell, outside assistance wasn't here at all. owwe were left on ou stephanie: fire conditions improv. officials say the wins in southern california should ease tonight. one of those fires was chase led to a car crashing and catching on fire.
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the two people in the stolen car will be charged with arson the kincade fire is 60% the teachers strike in chicago is over. the new union agreed to go back to work after the city agreed to make up five of the days lost. they hadlready reached a tentative deal. wethe mayoomed the outcome. >> enough is enough. in the spirit of compromise, we agreed. it was a hard-fought discussion, took a long time to get there, that is the right thi for our city and i'm glad this is over. stephanie: more than 300,000 students can go back to class tomorrow. islamic state grp confirmed the date of their leadere.nd vowed reve he died in a rate in syria. an audio statement named his
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successor but gave no details. troops have returnedsy to northeasa weeks after president trump ordered withdrawal. armored vehicles flying american flags patrolled today for miles south of the turkish border a tv network showed them visiting oil facilities. president trump ordered the withdrawal but said somewhat ate to secure oil sites they said in the interim, turkish forces killed 700 fighters whore u.s. partners. the president of iraq called for a new election law amid antigovernment protests. he said the prime minister is willing to resign if political leaders agree on his replacement. but in baghdad, students clogged a major bridge, leaving one person dead. they said it would not be ough. >> wee want a total cha
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government. we don't want the firing of one or two offials. we want the government to be uprooted. they think we will protest foran one or two daygo home. we will stay here until it is tally uprooted. of protest.they have seen waves at least 250 people have been killed. in pakistan, fire engulfed a train, killing at least 74 people. officials say a gas sve exploded and the blaze spread through the carriages. some jumped out the window to escape. more than 40 people were injured. north korea fired two more projectis. they said the rocket launchers. japan said they appisred to be bac metals -- missiles.
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tething came after north korea criticized the slope pace of talks wh the u.s. general motors announced a recall of 638,000 suvs and pickup trucks. the company said a wheel speed sensor could fail andause breaking. the vehiclesncluded chevrolet suburbans, tacos, and silverado's -- toes, and silverado's, goingth back t 2014 model year. and the washington nationals are thcelebratinr first world series title. they won last night in beating the astros, 6-2. the capital city streets erupted cheering crowds and the team arrived back in washington. dea para will be held saturday. no washington team had won a world series since 1924, and we will have more on that later. still to come, the u.s. house votes and the next phase of the
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impeachment inquiry begins. why twitter is banningca all poli ads on the platform. after 39 migrants were found dead, what willo it take tem human trafficking in europe? and much more. ♪ >>s t the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of joualism. ♪ >> now that the house of representatives h approved rules, what happens now? adam schiff is theth chairman of committee, playing a central role in the impeachment effort. thank you. welcome back to the newshour. today's vote was entirely along party lines. how do you convince the public this is not a partisan attempt to, as the president says, overturn the election?
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>> i think letting the public here from the witnesses themselves. at the end of the day, this is about the facts. what are the facts? the american people will see there are very serious problems with the presint's conduct, grave problems, in abuse of powers of that office, his sacrificing of u.s. interests, national security interests, in favor of personal and political interests. the best way to show the american people why we had to take this step of moving forward with our inquiry willwi be al the people to hear firsthand from those who were abuse of power. this kind of >> republicans call yourfft a partisan crusade against the president you've never liked. you yourself, for years, have been criticizing many of president trump's national security disions. do republicans have a point? are you going after au presidet ven't liked long before
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ukraine became an issue? >> it is certainly true i take serious issues with the mpresident ters of policy, matters of character and ethics, his propensity for falsehood. but my republican colleagues conveniently forget the fact th for a long time, i was one of the relatively few senior members who was urging usoto move forward with a formal impeachment t proceeding,t we should take the process one step at a time, learn the facts. we should not rush to embrace this extraordinary remedy. it was only when this most serious conduct came to light that i felt we had no choice. >> there were questions of the procedures for that impeachment, not written in the constitution. octhe ures you passed prevent republicans from issuing subpoenas unless democrats approve, or unless you personally aroved. why not give them the opportunity to submit their own subpoenas? >> this is the same process and
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the clinton impeachment and the nixon impeachment. although it hased been represe otherwise by my gop friends, the minority did n have unilateral bpoena power. they could compel a vote and that's the right we give them he. but we have seen from a lot ofag my cols, with their storming into the skiff and their history and fundamental lack of seriousness, indeed a view that they exist into the president's will to be the president's defenders. en the president says be more aggressive, they are more aggressive. when he says do th stunt, they do that stunt. that is not a group you canive subpoena authority to. a lot of people complaining about the secr chamber refused to take advantage they could participate. when transcripts are released, people will see it was fair that every republican -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt you
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but you said when they arere ased. and one with these hearings take place, which he just voted on, even though you have private depositions scheduled for monday? >> in terms of when they will be uthorized byat was the resolution passed today. we expect to release them soon. >> sense of timing? >> i think early next week is probably the realistic time. we still need to go through some of the transcripts and excise any information or personal information. >> we just got word a judge has ruled that mr. copper men, the former deputy national security advisor, will not be compelled to test', or at least won'be a decision on whether he will be compelled to testifyde until mber 10. that will affect him and his former boss, john bton. do you have a beast risk -- a thaonse to
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>> there is noyo way to sue i don't like a subpoena. we have confidence the suit will fail, but the goal is to delay. as part of the -- obstruction effort. as they obstruct, they are building the case for article of impeachment based on obstruction. as they try to prevent us from getting relevant information, and we believe he has relevant information, even ashey tried to prevent the facts from coming to light, and i certainlyt exp if the admits ration thought it would, be helpful he would be coming in. he must have concluded they would be incriminating. but they are merely building the case for obstruction. >> will you delay your hearings until you have a final word? >> it is my expectation we would see with the administration the me delay tactics. if they lose in the district
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court, they will appeal to the court of appeals. i think he understands he's going to lose that litigati' hell be found to not be standing. it is his desire to try to avoid testifying, avoid the obligation had the courage to undertake. >> adam schiff, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we reached out to more than 50 republican members to come on the progrno. of them accepted our invitation. for the republican prospective, i'm joined by longti gop strategist, michael steele. welcome to the newshour. republicans have been criticized for the process, the last few peweeksfically that these depositions have been held behind closed doors instead o public hearings. republicans had a chance to vote for public hearings. why would they vote against it?
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>> i think it's too little too late. if they voted weeks ago, it i think we will see closed-door depositions. we will not e the robust open, fair, transparent hearings that marked the watergate impeachment hearing against bill clinton. >> language that goes farther from steve scalise, number three in the house, accuse the democrats of imposing soviet style rules. how are these soviet when were democrats say they are in based on rules republican set when they impeached or tried to imach bill clinton? >> and some that were put in place by speake boehner. there is a lot of fairness to it, this is a secret proceeding behind closed doors. the news is released selectively by the majority. been so far.at it'
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those criticisms will not be valid when and if we get to televised hearings, one republicans ha the ability to confront these witnesses, and the american people can see and dge. >> what will the republican strategy be? >> it depends on what we find. the president'ss defense that phone call is perfect is not going to hold up.it eems likely there will be evidence of quid pro quo, either elretrospect looking for information about interference that may have occurred in the election, if ukraine had any involvement at, which i don't think is any, but that's a question. the other is if the pinsident was lofor dirt on his political rival, potential opponent. fferent standard there. republicans probably will, that what the president did is wrong.
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it is an abuse of offe, but it does not rise to the level h should be impeached,ed convi and removed from office ls than a year before people can make the judgment for themselves. >> it is not a 10 send or 12 seco soundbite. let's talk about substance. ar there members of the house concerned about the substance af this inqui what the president did, vis-a-vis either 2016 or vice president biden, and ukraine, over the last few >> sure. and i don't think the way our laws are constructed, you can make a credible defense of the president onha which is why so much of the debate focused on the process. >>h's not the language the president is using. >> that's right. e president is the outlier. he continues to refer to themo ndum as a transcript, which it is not.
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'weve seen news reports that there were important details omitted from that memo. so, this is the problem. republicans can defend the presiden successfully. he has to allow them to make the ar, ment that y did do something wrong, but it does not rise to the level he should be removed from office. >> so far he has not been willing. hwhy wougoing forward? >> it's interesting. he has not attacked republicans who have made that argument, generally. e met romney attacks aside, there have been cases where they made tt and he has not unleashed a tweet storm. he does not believe that and wants republicans to makthe case for him. >> but? >> but there isn't a case to be made there. he can allow them to make the case that comports with the dfacts, that ensible and safe, or he will leave republican elected officials on the mile high swinging bridge
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and taking an ax to the ropes. he will undercut them if he ies to insist they make a factual substance ofas for what wasretty clearly -- substantive case for what was pretty clearly quid pro quo and inappropriate. >> if the president allows them to make that argument, that they will come out ahead? >> i think the people will agree the voters should choe. the vote held today would prove to be a bad vote for the 30 house democrats sitting in seats the president won in 2016, half of them he won by big margins. >> thank you very much. ♪ >> facebook ceo mark zuckerberg public defended, allowed paid political, acluding those with false claims, amid
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scrutiny. twitter has long allowed political ads. they would ban starting late november. john yang looks at the reasoning, the reaction, and what it could mean for other giants. john: in a series of tweets, dsck dorsey said political present an entirely new challenges to civic discourse that increase in velocity, scale.ticaon, and overwhelming he said they have ramifications at today's democratic infrastructure may not be prepared to handle. nancy from politico. thanks for joining us. this is a change for jack dorsey. why make this change now? pressure, facebook.g to there'ser been contr around facebook over their policy of not pulling down misleading posts politicians put up.
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jack was reacting to that and saying we are taking a completely differentatof mark zuckerberg. john: they made this announcement just before an earnings callnd he said in a democracy, i don't think it's varight for p companies to censor politicians or the news. tou've been talkin executives do they feel pressure because of what twitter has done? guest: they don't. there's more attention on them, but they say they have made this decision. they haven't articulated it well, but we are going totick to it. john: and there decision is what/ guest: they are going to count on voters toook at those assets and say that's something that's not true, allow the public to make those decisions and not do the fact checking on the front and. john dorsey made a distinction in his tweets, which were much long than what we read,
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between paid speech ads and free spch, posts by people. what was the distinction? guest: if somebody posts on twitter and it gets traction, that's fine. you're winning political discourse. if you were to pay to promote it, that's a false promotion that twitter is being -- what is the best way of putting it -- helping to implement. retheyot going to play that role. he's making the decision that you can't pa you have to get scale in the value of your message. john: what is facebook's attitude towards the free media the things peoe posting? a newsworthiness exception.ave if you're a politician, they allow you to post things that might the violatef of of terms service. they will mark them on them, but leaders are posting. see what that's the approach facebook takes. we leave themthp.
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don't pull them down. john: is this two different philosophies? guest: absolutely. that's the interesting thing. we referenced facebook's policy. refutation of the approach facebook is taking. we're two different companies, two differe ways of viewing e world. john: there was political reacti to this. th biden campaign said when faced between ad dollars and democracy, it's encouraging reve oe did not win. on the other hand, president ertrump's campaign man said this is yet another attempt to silence conservatives since twitter knows president trump is the most shisticated online program ever known. are we seeing thisry rivf twitterverse is facebook becoming political and partisan?
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seen facebook cautious about seen as conservatives as a biasedm.gainst t they really reacted against that critique coming from republicans. they are worried about dtng anything t might set off alarm bells. john:histarted the debate on vice president biden's campaign complained about an ad on facebook. tell us about that. guest: there was an ad that alleged a connection between the it's misleading and there's no evidence to back it up. john: thank you very much. guest: thank you. ♪ nick: coming up, unfinished
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business. what is driving the entrepreneurship boom? and nonpartisan victory. washington, d.ccomes together to cheer the world champion nats. british police are trying to find the culprit behind the manslaughter of 39 people found dead last week in theig back ofa reated truck outside london. we shine a light on this. special correspondent michael brevet reports. michael cohen a sense of jasmine lingers with 39 lives were snuffed out. this estate east of london is a grim place toie. victims were vietnamese, one of them sent a text as oxygen ran out and hypothermia overwhelmed her. it read, in part.
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>> i'm sorry. mom, i love you so much. i'm dying because i can' i'm sorry, mom. >> what t it indicateme is that they are getting desperate. reporter: as the former general, tony smith has knowledge of people trafficking aegal immigration into britain, which has intensified. >> we've seen lots of attemp the last year in small boats coming across the english channel, and now this, straits -- demonstrates they are going to any lengths to come over re. reporter: the gang responsible afforded thess cg between northern france and southern england, where sr.urity is tigh precise details of the journey are not yet known, but the passage to britain can cost
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around $30,000. the international organization for migration has identified one route as going via russia, with migrants walkingcross land borders to reach ports serving britain. tthe people s case were trafficked through belgium. >> one of the key vulnerabilities we identified is the length of theirourney, the physical violence they might experience. reporter: dr. berlin's specialty is modern slavery. he investigated the ordeals of vietnamese migrants. many of them and up working in nail salons or cannabis farms to berlin says they are most atau risk when eed after their journey, they finally reach the channel ports. >> the realize what they are doing is very dangerous. they weref terrifiede refrigerator, hiding under the life.anging on for dear there is a person screaming and shouting at them. they have to get on.
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or tre's a physical threat. reporter: 200 miles away, they found sanctuary. he escaped the siege of aleppo and isis beheadings and iraq. but his closest brush with death came in the back of a truck and france. he and his companions were rescued when their cries for help were. >>- were heard. going to be all right.l it was with time, it beme more airless and you're losing your concentrion. you cannot breathe anymore. this is where panic kicks in. this is where i started seeing death, smellin death, looking at the eyes of other people in the back of their container. is is one of the most terrifying experiences. reporter: this 10-year-old is usingo his storyscourage other refugees from risking
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their lives. his drawings illustrate the journey from afghanistan across the ag nc from greec --agean sea from greece. he saved their lives. on their way, thbrothers stayed in a camp. an american volunteer gave hia phone. she was able to alert the police just in time. >> sometimes i have bad dreams. i couldn't breathe, so then people trying to get some help, couldn' ey gave me a small phone so if i needed help, i could ring her. she woule.help reporter: there was no l31eline for then and women as they were transported up the teams and t --hames -- thas, a
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netherworld for european gangs. one person is charged with 39 counts of manslaughter. local lice intified two irish brothers in connection one of britain's worst mass as murderers. crime writer wesley clarkson's newook deals with the underworld operating in this region. he said theammasters use british and irish drivers because they attioct less atte >> they are highly organized, thss, and far from desperate. they've turned it into a lucrative businntsprise. reporter: clarkson said they gangs used to brexit as a marketing tool. im the deadline meant criminals could almost legely say it will be harder for them to get into england once that agreement this has helped them enormously. even with the deadline extension that's just bee announced, i
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predicted over the next three months, there will be a surge of even more trying to get into this country. reporter: one of the benefits of britain's membership into the european union has been the itab to share intelligence with cross-border crime and people trafficking with belgium and france. but britain's participation in the police ancy europe all can be jeopardized as a result of brexit. >> we may not have access to the systems we have access to now,nk but i tt's important one way or another, we continue to collaborate at an international level. l this is internatioganized crime. it did not -- demands response. >> we have a difficult situation for police. they are chasing their tails, literally. they have no idea who most of them are. t it doesn'ok like they are getting your. reporter: now that he's safe, he doesn't like to lecture other refugees about the dangers, but
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he hopes this tragedy will act as a catalyst for change. >> i think it needs leadership. it needs thinking about fighting legalay pathwfor people to move without relying on criminals. reporter: ever since the refugee crisis began, such pleas have fallen on deaf ears. for the pb newshour, in per fleet. ♪ nick: there my ps stereotype of the twentysomething start of our trip nor. but older -- entrepreneur. but older people start -- part of a new series about older workers 're calling unfinished
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business, our weekly look at making sense. >> let the fashion show begin. for a group of designers inch manhattan'sea district, senior moments to remember. former recreational therapist virginia hamlin modeling her handmade scarves. >> i'm 75. i'm at level 75. reporter: madeline rich, former paralegal and social worker. week.l be 75 next reporter: arlene rubin was a professor for 35 years. >> i'm 84 yea old. reporter: this is a venue for >> iyou have a smart for -- smartphone and the phone is smarter than you, you need a senior plan. planet teacheor americans 60 and over the basics of cyberspace, from video streaminto job search. if you don't have social
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medi it will appear that you don't know what's going on. reporter: the founders first client was a woman in her 80's. >> she would come to my office with her breakfast and a napkin and we would do a co uter over the year, she would learn a lot about technology, but i learned magic of what happens with older people when you bring computers and seniors and give them a chance to succeed. >> i needed support. re: even though she had been a hotshot retail designer, now 68, she is consulting. thanks to senior planet, cultivating a younger clientele online. she still has customers from the past. >> but you still have to hacommunicate and yo to do linkedin and you still have to do social media and you still have to communicate with a crossgenerational. reporter: she has no plans to throw in the towel. -year-old cheryl thompson, who
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plays and sells african instruments, is not about to bow out either. >> i'm still perpendicular. i still have my health. and i just constantly, on the go, doing, doing and doing, just trying not to think negatively and being around positive people. reporter: the main virtue for her? >> it's become an extended family for me. reporter: for so many older people, working on is critig.l to well-be >> there's a lot of research about how important it is for people to still be activated and have a purpose and be creative. >> i don't know if these colors look great for you. reporter: like madeline rich, her creativity inspired by a chilly ride on the subway. >> i had a stiff neck. i pulled out my yarn and started knitting. and two days later ash >> weight, this is a -- wait,
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this is a new york subway towel? >> it's fun, funky, but functional. reporter: for many here, likeew carlos, senior planet begins as remedial ed in low-tech. >> i was a dummy, don't know computers, couldn't type. now i can type. now i can partially build a website. client.e to ad a reporter: did you think y would be working at this age? >> working at this age? no, because i thought that the business that i started,th i though it would be like really, really long,. ongoing reporter: he took a financial hit when his hat factory went bust. now he markets custom pieces to private clients. pincome is a moressing concern. >> just keeping my roof over my head, i don't get steady paychecks.
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and i get residenes. and they are temporary, so i'm always looking for the next residency, nhet sale, the next source of income. reporter: cheryl thompson's goal, sell her instruments on o itsye can save for retirement. she's 66, remember. >> i was looking for the next dollar to keep the rer the head. of course now, beingiz older, i re oh, i'm like, 60 came so fast. i said that so many times. >> 20-to any 5% of the people are looking to improve their financial situation. they are looking for any job, looking to save money. there's some business ide that's been proclaiming for years and now they suddenly have an opening to say i want to start that business. reporter: according to the kauffman foundation, the
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55-64-year-old age group made up 26% of new entrepreneurs, a larger share than their younger counterparts. baby boomers turn out to be twice as likely to start a business within the nextear as millennials. senior planet is teaching the tech savvy that passed so many seniors by. there is a downside being committed to cyberspace. >> i told my instructor it was his fault. he said why? you introduced me to spotify. [lghter] i spent a whole day atomon spotify, just going through and collecting sgs and things. wow, this is great. reporter: great, but not exactly income-producing. on the other hand, older entrepreneurs aren't lookg to strike it rich. rent for younger ople versus older people. when you talk to a 20-year-old
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starting a business, they have this dream of starting a business and getting bought out by a company. when we get older, our horierns become sho and we start realizing i might have 20 years, 10 years to execute something that represents me as a person on this earth. for many, they've been waiting to do that stuff. reporter: like designers on the runway. that's why tom calls this a senior moment. >> ageism is one of the last really accepted areas where people will engage with negative stereotyping and ac nas if it'mal. for example, somebody justd u the word senior moment in front of me and i had to not throttle them. because a senior moment, could yougi i if your demographic was the -- defined as the me, a senior moment is abouts? being honest.
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because they are much more honest and willing to speak their mind. they have experience. they have perspective. :hose are senior things. reporterpa and less ralyzing this is paul solman in new york city. ayck: finally, the biggest news in washington t right as the impeachment vote tookof place, the tohe website for those of us in d.c. was, at last, the nats are champs. shington nationals, the oldest roster in baseball, the team everyone underestimated, won the world series last night. d ey finished the fight the same way they've been fighting all season. >> there it is! the washington nationals are !rld champio nick: one final come back after
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a comeback season. the nationals top the housttr as in houston to capture d.c.'s first world series title in 95 years. they made history, never before in any seven-game series in any sport, as a visiting team won every game.ra the next t 2-0 before a pair of home runs, including this blast by howie kendrick. >> this is what it'sht about rig here. this is boat it's a. words can't even describe this feeling. nick: washington came from behind to win an illumination game for the fifth including that baseball's best teams. and the dugout dance parties, the baby shark themes, and their d.c. fans celebrated a remarkable turnaround for a team that started as baseball's worst. >> rock the comeback and wi and win a championship is
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amazing, just amazing. nick:nd the washington post's jesse dority was there last night, joins us from the newsroom. welcome. on may 24, the nets were 19-31. the chances of their winning were 1.5%. how much of this team is defined by playing from behind? guest: i think this team is entirely defined by playing behind. they get it most of the season. wall from mid-mayagainst the 19-31, no one give them a chance. they said we cnly go up from here and we saw the results. nick: theinal mountaintop that they went over was pretty tall one. the astros offense, truly one of the most impressive in history. astros had the best home record in baseball. tand final two starting pitchers the nets faced were number one and two on the active win list.
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how do you think they won the world series? guest: and no team i history won by winning all four road games. they made history one step at a timeey won by sticking it through. stting pitching was great, max scherzer, stephen strasburg. the ball is in your court. they had their best guys in the biggest moments and they delivered. again, we saw the result. when they did their thing, the nationals weni unstoppable. : the fact that scherzer was on the mound was divine teention. let's talk about the success. there is a high payroll, but what really defines the success? payroll or does it come from how they develop these peyyers and how lay together? guest: since 2012, they've been building a contender. height payrolls is not new. when you think about success,
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you get the right mix of talent, spend ney the right way, but that chemistry mix was important. there were close, played loose, great mix of veterans, oldest team in baseball. i think the way this team dealt, the weatherly -- gelled, the way they played together. there was something missing. when you think of the missing piece, you see how this te came together, and youngnow just liki each other and liking playing together can be pretty powerful. when y add talent, that's when team.ut togher a champion ship nick: what does this mean for d.c.? guest:ye 8s since they've been to a world series at all, decades without a t team,re were generations of fans that lived without baseball. sinceot 2005, af ups and downs. for the city to see this team breakthrough, you trust in the sport again. doesn't have to have a bad ending. you can enjoy baseball in the
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fall. that's what we'll see the city do now. nick: they finish the fight. jesse, thanks so much. on the newshour online right now,dm the trumpistration has a proposed rule that would alter eligibility for food stamp benefits.we explore how that wot children who receive free and reced price school lunches. thus on our website, pbs.org/newshour. i'm nick schifrin. join us online and here when we have judy woodruff's intervie with joe biden. for all of us at the pbs newshour, i hope you had a good day, and have a happy halloween. thank you and see you soon. >> major funding has been provided by bnsf railway. consumer cellular. and with the ongoingupport of
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