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>> the foundation fostering informed, engaged communities. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions. this program made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by ntributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. stephane: good evening, i am stephanie sy at "newshour. west" we will returto judy woodruff after the latest headlines. the u.s. house of representativesoised tomorrow to send letters of impeachment against trump to the senate. nancy posi said theouse will vote tomorrow to desnate impeachment maners to lead t

prosecution at the senate's trial. we will ta a closer look at how that trial is shaping up later. meanwhile, the president has not let the specter of impeachment stop him from campaigning. inhe is speat a rally in wisconsin tonight, a state which could helpecide if he i -- wins second term. yamiche alcindor is at the rally. itounds raucous and noisy. i know president trump has what is his message at this rally and how is the crowd receiving it? yamiche: the president has been speaking for 15 to 20 minutes. it is about how he feels he is the best pson for the job. he talked about his actions and iran,il that it was right to soleimani, the commander he killed. even though the president is facing fierce criticism about his explanations for killing soleimani, he has been going

after democrats, saying they are embracing the idea soleimani should not have be killed. the president has been taking his c message to thtical state of wisconsin. i should note the president the 2020 democratic primary, whether or not bernie sanders told elibeth warren a woman he does not belie sanders said that. he is being cheered on by this crowd of supporters, filled with the psident's most loyal and fiercest supporters. he is taking time to talk about his own record by criticized democrats in the field. stephane i know use -- u stephanie: i know oke to supporters. about thihey saying looming impeachment trial in the senate? yamiche:ven though democrats

are looking forward to a new hoping it will impact publice opinion. they are hoping to have republican senats vote to remove the president from office. the white house expects senators to vote, to have witnesses. supporters ofnt the presiold us they still back the president. they think this impeachment is here is what one supporter told us what she thinks of the peachment. >> the whole impeachment tng, that nancy pelosi kinof dreamed up is nothing but a joke. they do not have anything really against him. he has been impeached, but h is the only president they impeached who has broken no laws. yamiche: she is saying the president has broken no laws, but democrats this agree. they think the president was wrong to get ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden and his s.,

hunter bid stephanie: wisconsin was a key win for trump, but he won by a narrow margin. heading into 2020, how is t battle, and what are trump supporters sing he should focus on? yamiche: both republicans and democrats view wiscons is a critical state in the 2020 election. the president won the state by fewer than 23,000 votes. the president really focusing on the state. 23,000 votes. here is what one supporter of the president w this critical state. >> trump needs to continue to talk up the strong u.s. economy, strong consumer growth,he stock market has been very good. consumer confidence has been very good. yamiche: that supporter wants to hear more about the economy, but we knowom trumpimes and

often goes off sipt. supporters say they support the president even if they do not like his rhetoric written -- rhetoric. stephanie: democrats are also energized inisconsin and you ve been speaking to them. support as trump holds these big rallies straight out of his 2016 playbook? yamiche: much like president ump is in trying -- is trying to increase the vote margin, democrats are saying, we can do better, get enou people registered to take over the state. ohere is wh person, working the canvas, focusing specifically on northern milwaukee, voters of color here is what he has to say about how impacting his work. >> people are fired up. they see the impeachment tngs and what is going on with iran.

we got to get him out of here. yamiche: there you have it, democratic voters and organizers helping the president coming here reminds democratic voters this is a critical state and makes them turnut in larger numbers than they did in 2016. stephanie: wisconsin will host thhedemocratic convention in lead up to the 2020 election. yamiche alcdor, our white house correspondent, following the campaign in wisconsin. thank you. yamiche: thank you. stephanie: in the day's other news, jet fue from an airplane returning to los angeles international airport was dumped onto children atwo elementary schools today. about 40 children and adults were treated at the scene for minor injuries. parents were told to picup theirids and they are demanding answers. >> you would thinkul they know where they are flying over,

over a school. that is ridiculous. >> how is your daughter? >> good. a little scared, but ok. stephanie: delta airlines says the plan had an engine i and issued a fuel release. the faa is investigating. lawyers for michael flynn, president trump's former national security advisor, plea, which resulted from they special counsel i restigation insian interference in the u.s. election. flynn pleaded guilty in 2016 to lying to the fbi. his government of bad faith, vindtiveness and breaching the plea agreement. the u.s. cybersecurity firm said russian military agents hacked into the uainian gas company at the center of president trump's impeachment pro. they say hackers tried to steal the loginde cials of

employees in november. hunter biden, the former vice president's son, served on their president trump's pressuring ukraine to investigate for corruption led to his impeachment. european leaders took a step in pressuring iran to adhere the -- two the 2015 nuclear deal today. they triggered the dispute process over iran's decision to stop abiding by its enrichedmi uranium . the dispute could lead to the re-disposion of u.n. sanctions but t under the deal, european union insisted that is not the goal. >> the dispute resolution mechanism is not to reimpose sanctions. i thinkt has to be clear the objective is, therefore, to find solutions andetn to full compliance. stephanie: iran's former

minister called the use ofhe dispute mechanism legally baseless and a strategic mistake. separately, iran arrested an undisclosed number of suspts today for the downing of a passenger jet that killed all 176 people on board. 30 people were also detained for protest that broke out after the iranian military admitted it wn thentally shot plane.there president pmised a thorough investigation of what he called an unforgivable error. >> it is not possible for just one person to be the culprit in this iident. there are others, too, and i would like this case to be explained to hoe people with sty. the judiciary should former court with high-ranking judge and experts. the entire world will be watching.

erstephanie: the passeet was shot down last wednesday after iran fired missiles targeting u.s. troops in iraq. rouhani also blamed the u.s. for inciting the tensions that led to the trady. the trump administration said today it has no plans to lift u.s. tariffs o $360 billion worth of chinese goods. this comes as the u.s. and china prepared to sign the first phase made strong commitit willhas not manipulate currency. he said tariffs will remain in place until there is a phase two of the deal.a severe snowstormn afghanistan and pakistan claimed sinceves of 126 peopl sunday. 55 ofn those deaths happened pakistan controlled kashmir most died in an avalanche. meanwhile in neighboring afghanistan, snowfall and landslides damagedom 300

in the philippines today a volcano near the capital city spewed lava half a mile into the sky. officials warn the taal volcano was in danger of an even bigger eruption. some rescued pigs from the volcanic island. residents were forced to evacuate as islands were blanketed in ash. >> all the people evacuated because the volco might erupt. we left everything. we were saved, but when we came back, everything was destroyed. stephanie: hundreds of flights were either canceled or delayed. in sports news, more fallout from baseball's cheat p the boston red sox fired manager alex cora, accused of developing the sign stealing sche. cora was the bench coach for the houston astros when they won the

world series inma 2017, and ger when boston won the following year. the women's national basketball association and players union reachedeato allow athletes to earn six figures for the first time. erplayers will be paid an e of $130,000, and collact full while on maternity leave. still to come on "pbs newshour," on the ground in wisconsin, a state thatpray decide the idential election. the fbi and apple go aad-to-head over unlockin killer's iphone. aeteran's sobering take on survival skills and much more. ♪ >> this is "pbs newshour" from wetatuos in washington and from the west at walter cronkite university in arizona. judy: we returned to the

upcoming impeachment trial of president trump. lisa desjardins has new details. lisa: madam speakeris tomorrow the day? lisa:el nancy pi told house democrats they will vote on sending articles of impeacatent to the s tomorrow. this after pelosi held t to impeachmenarges over three weeks. democrats insisted it was the right call. >> it is important to have made a point about the fairness of this whole process. lisa: this sets up the trd presidential impeachment trial in u.s. history. president trumbull face two charges, abuse of power and obstruction of justice. it centers around president trump's phone call to volodymyr zelensky last summer, to investigate his opponent joe biden for possible corruption related to time his son hunter

served on a ukrainian energy board. democrats charged trumpl froze viilitary aid and blocked a white house meeting in attempts to get that investigation. on the others of the capital, mitch mcconnell was smiling. >> our understanding is, the house is likely to finally send articles over to us tomorrow. sa: now the kentucky republican's mapping out the calendar, swearing senators in for the trial this week. >> which would set us upal to begin acrial next tuesday. that is the week a ahe early part of next week. it looks psible right now. i think that is likely. lisa: mcconnell told reporters the most controversial question is whether to call witnesses, ll be punted until later in the trial.sa on the senate's priority is to have a fair trial where

democrats and the president are both heard. >> you cannot have a one-sided process that suddenly end but a process where everybody gets a chance to be heard. lisa: senate democrats also insisted they want a fair trial. >> when we talk about witnesses and evidence, it is not just on one side of the case. what we are suggesting is there should be witnesses from both sides. lisa: president trump left the white house tonight for a rally in milwaukee without stopping to weigh in. judy: lisa joins me to walk us through what we can expect to the next few weeks. we final have decisions on this. lisa: let's start withay t tomorrow and thursday. let's make this clear. these are the things the house has to do tomorrow, vote on trial managers. then, are expecting them to

transmit articles of impeachment to the senate, thathat we have been waiting for since december. that will trigger what we expect thursday, the formal opening of this impeachment trial. that is when the chief justice is sworn in as presiding officer. the rest of the senate are jurors essentiallyth they take 's to be impartial. that will be a limited, formal ceremony. judy: wheard leader mcconnell say the actual trial would begin next tsday. what does thatean? what are we looking for? lisa: next week will get into substance. their world firs pbe a fight ovcedure. mcconnell will pose his ideas. that will happen tuesday in the beginning of the d. niter that, tuesday night we could see o arguments again in this trial. let's take a look at the calendar. we could have opening arguments

from the house probably next week. co24 hours they haved be spread over four days. t afte house is finished opening arguments, the white house gets a chance to present their case. into next week. raf that, a couple days of motions. senators c ask questions in writing. this is extraordinary. look at what is next. february 3, the iowa caucryes. febr 4, stated the union address. speaking to republican leaders i asked,y t not think the trial could be completed by either of those dates. judy: still debate over whether witnesses will be called. where does that stand?i lisa got blunt reporting from people interested in the concept of witnesses. they say right now there are not enough for witnesses to happen.

because this dialogue of witnesses is punted until after opening ancuments, the c remains it could happen. to get overly deep, to quote a wise artist, if you choose not to decide, which is what mcconnell is not doing, you are still making a choice. has made a choice which benefits him and the potential for nohaving witnesses. we will see. judy: now that we know what the this trial going to look like?s it is not your typical session of senate. lisa: not at all. beginning with how they bring veticles of impeachment o in 1998, the impeachment of clinton,ry hyde bringing over the folderf with articles o impeachment to the senate secretary. that is someone we will see. we are not sure we are going to see this because the timeline is different. once the articles get to the

chamber, something notable people should realize -- senators have to remain in their seats for all opening arguments, all 48 hours. they cannot speak. insert joke, 100 politicians who must only listen to evidence for weeks at a time. it will be unusual, not dramatic, but substantive presentajuon. : and it will be televised. lisa: that is right. there was a request for new cameras to be put in and that has been denied. we will see the typical views of the senate as we watch. judy: limited views of who is speaking and so forth. lisa: negotiatis over every piece of this including security. judy: thank you. lisa: my pleasure. ♪ judy: those of us who use

smartphones find they have become central to our lives, and they contain an enormous amount of our personal information. theyre also at the heart of an escalating fight between the u.s. d apple.t of justice and william brangham explores this battle over privacy and security. >> this was an act of terrorism. william: on december 6 a gunman opened fire at a naval station in pensacola, florida killing three sailors and wounding eight others. the gunman, carrying two apple iphones, was killed, but not before he tried to destroy the phones. attorney >> the shooter disengaged long enough to put an phone the floor and shoot a single round into the device. it also appears the other phone was damaged. william: now those phones are at the center ofee a standoff be the department of justice and apple. barr asserts investigators need

access to the phones to determine if the killer collaborated with anyone, and to determine if tre are planned ture attacks. barr did not cite evidence of other collaborators. but the iphones are locked. six years ago apple stopped helping the government unlocked devices and also beefed up the phone security systems. apple argues data privacy is a paramount, iss saying "americans do not have to choose between weakening encryption ant solving inations." apple says it turnedic over a signt amount of data from the shooter's homes, but the goveayment argues theree more on the devices themselves. this all echoes the debate from 2015 after a gunman and his wife went on a rampage in san bernardino, california killing 14, apple defied a court order to unlock an iphone belonging to

one of the shooters.>> we stille killer's phones we have been unable to open. william: i2014 apple made it so when iphone could only be opened with the device's personal password, set bthe owner. leeven aannot break that code. in the san bernardino case the fbi paid an undisclosed third party reportedly more than $1 million to crack the phone open. experts say the fbi might try this method again now with ase pensacola last month the senate judiciary committee held a hearing exploring key issues at stake. eric, director of user privacy at apple, argued creating a backdoor into their devices would open pandora's box. >> encryption provides information security in all systems. we do not know how to provide access only for the good guyst withaking it easier for the bad guys to break-in.

william: new york city's district attorney testified law enforcement needs to have occasional legal access to a suspect's phone. >> the single most important lan rcement challenge is the expanded use of mobile devices by bad actors to plan, to execute and communicate about crimes, allowing private companies in silicon valley to continueo insert themselves as the unregulated gatekeepers of critical evidence is dangerous, bad public policy. william: law enforcement is urging congress to act to provide a legislative solution to this conflict. they are citing pensacola as an urgent example of the need for the law to keep up with rapid chans in technology. but there is no movement yet to get ito the president's desk. for the pbs newshour, william brangham. ♪

judy stay with us. coming up on the "newshour," the debate on celibacy among priests brings i two popes. why an indian city's taps run dry, even though a monsoon brings in rainfall. and six oscar nominations, visiting the home that inspired "little women." two decades of wars in the middle east have taken a heavy toll on those who served. one consequence of the conflict is not well understood. survivors guilt. adam served in a rock and afghanistans an army medic. he is now a journalist. one of his most recent articles was published in the new york tis entitled, "i watched friends die in afghanistan: the guilt has nearly killed me." he recently sat down with our

ni schifrin. nick: as you sit here you feel guilty. adam: i do not feel guilty abouv sug. i feel guilty i am on camera talking about my -- my deployment because other people can't. guilt is a catalyst. you come back feeling guilty, so you start drinking to repress it. in my ca, abusingrugs. for me it felt like nihilism. what is the point of bein alive? nick: take me back to 2010, and tell me what happened in the village. adam: one day they hit us with a suicide bomber and we were blindsided by it. the guy walked right up to my squad leader and it killed five people and wounded several more. i remember thinking immediately, i, in some way am kind of

responsible for this. hanick: yo18 people killed during your deployment, right? it is a lot of people. adam:. y nick: what you experienced wa traumatic and it deeply affected you. how much despair d you go through? ad: the way it manifested for me was drinking. alcoholism is a problem in my family, on m father's side of the family. ndfather set the tone fo that when he came back from world war ii. maybe that was a subconscious blueprint i had to follow. so i drink and access --rank a n excessive amount. drug abuse. what is the point of getting enrolled in e v.a., going to a

therapist, because they will tell me, life is worth living. show me the evidence. nick: at this point you understand some of the guilt you felt was irrational.you talk abi survival guilt, being resistant to logic. atwhat does mean? adam: if you would ask me if i lt guilty for anything, i did in afghanistan around the time i started to have this breakdown. i would have said no. the guilt is masking something else. when i was over there and saw these things i felt afraid, but i did not feel sad. i thought, i do not have a right to say i have ptsd. when i saw it happen ithid not feel ag. nick: you mean you kno t guys wo weough worse? getting his leg shot off, being

kill. that is traumatic. simply witnessing it, there are light years between those two experiences. that is something ilorestle with nick: [indiscernible] adam: i remembered that when i left afghanistan i had -- life was incredible. you see people do bad tngs, but you see people do extraordinarily good things. it is good to be reminded of that. trying to get back a little bit of that way i felt. that the end o deployment, you are looking forward to life. nick: it seems to me this is where your s grandfather'ry comes in.

adam: he was a pilot in europe and flew between 44 and. 50 missio he flew d-day. his brother came home from thec pacid they started a company together and it was successful. somewhere around the age i am now, things started to turn in the other direction. when it happened it happened fast. if y dnot have any other do not believe the is any if you other way to cope with it, you are just going to continue drinking. my grandfather did not see the point of getting sober. nick: did you realize there was a point to staying sober? adam: yes. at some point i realized, if i just keep doing what i am doingr my life willout like his. nick: so you alized as you

write that moving on is not running away. what does that mean? hat was a profound realization. distance between myself and all of the guilt and drama of goingi to war that vitable. the people who got wounded and killed. kievan personal dramas between people living so closely together and get to know each other. you feel you are abandoning them.re just r the memory of them, too, and several contact. reconnecting has been incredible. judy: -- nick: now you have made those contacts, thought about what you are doing and understand. adam: i understand a little bit

more. thathes all is. you understand a little bit more. that in itself can dial the pressure down. you shift your way of thinking about these things. and you will see possibilities. nick: someone who has felt the despair that you felt, when they read this piece, what will have?ou think they adam: that the stuff y saw and learned about yourself, about the way the wod wks, it does not go away. you are never going to be able to forget that. integrate that wisdom into youro life because that is what it is. it is wisdom if you let it be. the challenge is to let it carry thatur gracefully, with e,

to be an example for other people. i think you can really become someone extraordinary if you we able to leverage that for good. t at is what i wem to understand. nick: adam, this is extraordinary. adam: thank you. ♪ judy:es stooming out of rome this week are unprecedented. former pope benedict weighing in on a sensitive issueesacing his sur, pope franc. that alone is highly usual. then it turned out he reportedly disagreed with a potential change in church law. -- law considering.ncis was that law is celibacy among priests. amna nawaz picks up the story.

amna: the controversy w tied month.ext being pub in it, the pope p defenestly celibacy as integral to the catholic church and rights he could not remain silent about it. that flies in the face of a vote at a special summit convened by pope francis last fall were bishops agreed some married men could be ordaine change, it would only apply to certain regions where there are priest shortages. the latest twist, benedict's team said he did not co-authed the book and wants his name removed. a senior analyst has been following this issue closely. he joins "newshour"newshour welcome to the." >> good to be with you. amna: setting asi pope benedict's involvement in the book or not, just this issue of clerical celibacy, how big of a deal is it that he congd

consider cg this? >> this is a very big deal. there are places in the world where you might have a priest visit a village once a year. we are a eucharistic community and you cannote hat without a priest. there is a great need for more prsts. quite frankly, most men do not want to give up marriage and family as the price ofeing a priest. if these communities are going to be served, i think we have to be, as a church, open to the possibility of ordaining married men. amna: this islely appointive division within the church. >> there was a lot of argument. most people, when you ask, do you want mass on sunday, they will say yes they will say yes to married sergy because they want mn sunday. it i a small, conservative

minority that is fighting this. amna: but, there is nowarhis book thaes for it. popeed bt's name was attached to the book. his team is saying he is not well, he did not agree to co-author, he wants his name removed. his co-authors says it is not true, i have correspondence that he approved. >> i looked at the correspondence and it is clear pope and addict did write one essay -- pope benedict did write one essay. that co-author.make him a cardinal was trying to s he worked on the introduction and conclusion. and pope benedict's representatives are saying he did not. he contributed to collections of essays all the time. that does not make you a co-author.

i think the cardinal was confused. amna: on the issue of clerical celibacy, are hopes -- popes benedict and francis on different sides of the issue? >> pope benedict made up his pope francis is giving it. serious consideration and he might say yes. amna: you are talking about moro th billion catholics looking to church leadership for guidance, there seems to ba divide. how does this complicate issue when you have a former retired pope weighing in on issues the current pope is trying to make decisions about? >> this a problem we have in the catholic church and one we need to fix. we cannot have two op -- popes.

when he retires he should revert to his original name, he should be called a retire cardina he should not wear the white. he should return to the red or black kavcic -- cassock of a rdinal to be clear these people are not equal. there is only one pope in the catholic church frd that is pope cis. amna: does all of this complicate pope francis' ability to continue his agenda, to make >>ese changes? it is a problem because if pope francis does decide i will allow married men, people could say popbenedict said no and you are going against this and it does not look goo but, this is the way the

catholic church operates. there is only one pope and he has the right to make this decision. pope benedict recognizes that. he would accept whatever decision pope francis makes. they should be ready to accept whatever decision pope francis makes. am: we will c that. to follow thank you. ♪ judy: 1/5 of the world's population live without enough want -- water. in india, half the population live in areas where water resources are highly stressed. our special correspondent reports from a coastal city whe the balancing act between rapid economic development and water management. fred: in these poor

neighborhoods people drop whatever they are doing when they hear the water tankards squeezing into the narrow alley. it is their only source of clean drinking water and comes every other day. >> the tapwater we get stinks of sewage. erthis wats much better. we depend on the water tank. fred:hey do not get a lot, just a couple pots per household, saved for drinking d ancooking. these are good times compared to what people have endured in recent years. >> the supply is good. fred: lasjune toward the end of an epic drought, this coastal city of 8 million residents ran out of water. drinking water was rationed and atne point brought in on trains from 135 miles away. >> the problem is cyclical. fred: he heads the city's water department.

>> [indiscernible] fred: the city has built two desalination plants on the bay of bengal in recent years and two more are scheduled to come online. >> they are acting as a backbone to give us a reliable supply of water. fred: however, this economics professor says rainwater is abundantly available and desalination, the wrong answer. >> there is so much rainfall. fred: they get 55 inches a year, e far more rain in seattl london. one big difference he says, is rapid population growth. in recent years it is a center for car manufacturing and information technology. that has drawn millions of

high-tech workers,acry workers and migrants from surrounding rural areas. all of that has dramatically increased demand for water, while at the same time increasing the supply of it. ironically, a h the nsing has left residents cut off from access to freshwater. builders paved over hundreds of acres of wetlands, and drains that refreshed aquifers below. on thehe monsoon iy and extremes are more common, the water has nowhere to drain. >> 2015 was the flood of the century. 2016 was the flood of the century. 2018 was extreme. fred: an environmental activist took us on a tour to see the impact of encroachment and >> this used to be rice field. in order to construct, the

groundwater level is very high. the foundation for these large buildings, you need to suck out the groundwater and pump it out. you are destroying your future. fred: this has been happening since the 1600s when t british east india company created the city of madras. thousands olakes and tanks dotted the landscape, serving communities around them. >> each s these patches you are human made, irrigation tanks, dating back more than 1000 years. : they were built over or abandoned where land was highly valued. a trend particularly intense the past two decades. >> india or houston, texas, development means constructing more buildings.

replacing earth with concrete or asphalt. fred: residents in these new velopments have their own complaints. >> we pay our taxes but do not get services. fred: they have been waiting for a decade to get their apartment complex hooked up to the city's water and sewer system. >> it has been 15 years. fred: they rely on private water tankers. when he arrived during a downpour he was moved to action. >> it struck me, let'set the rainwater collected and use it. fred: they convinced of ioeir associatn and dozens of other complexes to build a simple system of pipes and storage. >> we have been preaching this like evangelists. fred:ashatt done to your water costs and security? >> we just bui a well six

months ago. in a year's time i would see 50% to 70% not from outside. fred:ha rainwater collects been mandated since2003, -- since 2003, butompliance is minimal. some benefit from shortages, everything from water tankers to constructors of desalination plants. a retired hd of the utility says there is a definite bias r big projects. >> you bring pipes and water from across, you build huge dams and reservoirs, not shings like water harvesting. it is not going to the political heads. >> harnessingainfall alone.

fred: the water authorities he says will not. the expanded desalination are an insurae policy to shield them once and for all from water insecurity. can you say with confidence going forward you would never have a problem? >> absolutely. 2024 this the past.a thing of fred: already waiting a decade for utility hookups say that is just one more promise. wethose lesll off may continue lurch from day-to-day, water tanker to wateror tanker, f the most basic of human needs. judy: fred's reporting in partnership with a pject the university of st. thomas in minnesota. ♪

judy: finally tonight, the film "little women" received six oscar nominations this week including for best picture. the movie is an adaptation of a book by louisa may alcott, but it tngns out we have been sa her name wrong. you will find out in this report from scial correspondent jared bowen from wgbh in boston he went to concord, to a work that injures someone hundred 50 years later. it is part of our ongoing arts and culre coverage. >> bronson alcott always had a place where he could reach, right. jared: intellect was power. that is how louisa and her sisters were raised.

athey were younlts when the family moved to concord, buying what is the correct pronunciation of this family's last name? >> "all cut." jared: she first came here as a guide when she was iner 20's. she is steeped in the family's history and their everyday life, how the alcott women were encouraged to live freely and dance. >> they had a lot of company. every monday night they were at home. they would put up a curtain and they would put on plays. they would play games, misses alcott loved -- mrs. alct loved to play chess. jared: emerson, thoreau, and

thaniel hawthorne, who did not always share their ideals. >>ot the as were abolitionists. the faneuil hawthorne, different politically. jared: already published in 1868, louisa was asked to write a girls story, much to her dismay. know any girls. she did not she played with boys and her sisters. jad: "little women needing money, she wro "little women" with stories inspired from her childhood. she used this home is her setting. >>dhen people walk through see items it is so clear they hato haveouched and used like the sewing cheerios, the t needlework paintings and drawings, those speak most osely to that sense of, they are here.

heart of the pilgre, wheren" "little wome was written? >> yes, louisa was so fortunate to have this desk. in that time supposed to be serious writers. jared: here in her bedroom surrounded by art by her sister may, louisa wrote "little women" in three months on the desk her father built. >> her motr was extremely supportive, too. they said, you can do this. jared: b oroom over is her sister may's bedroom. whose work sold w europe.ainter she was adeptt painting in the style of jmw turner. >> she would loan copies out to artist trying to practice. jared: we see the intersection of visual arts and theater right

here. >> yes, these boots were made by louisa herself. she writes about them in her journal. she sometimes created characters because she liked wearing them so much, they fit her. if you look at this stretch of that may alcott did, you can see she is playing the rolof rodr igo. that is the play the girls put on for christmas day. jared: l aot of people read "little women." almost instantaneously it was a bestseller, but louisa did not relish her newfound fame. people would come right up te ont door and ask for an autograph. jared:he would sometimes answer the door pretending to be a servant? >> yes, she absolutely did. jared: fame is visiting this house again. >> i am working on a novel, a story of my life and my sisters.

jared: the latest film adaptation of "little women is in theaters now and collected six oscar nominations including best picture. turnquist was a consultant and said the filmmakers wanted to be as autntic as possible. >> great -- greta took such an interest. the different production peopleg were tal about paint colors and measurements and floor plans. jared: turnquist says it captures the essence hf thee like no other adaptation has. nothing compares she says, to experiencing the alcott home in person and with people who have come from around the wld >>n whetheyom love, they love t book, they liked the o valuthat family, the idea of caring for your family and helping other people, and that jibes well with our staff. jared: for the "pbs newshour," i

am jared bowen in concord, massachusetts. judy: our executive producer got to visit that house in the sixth grade. for mo from our canvas verage of "little women john yang sat down with director greta gerwig. for that interview and an excerptha aboutit has meant to her and other women. that is "newshour" for tonight. from all of us, thank you and we will see you soon. >> major funding for the "pbs newshour" provided by -- >> before we talk about your investments, what is new? >> i am expecting. twins. >> grandparents. >> we want to put money aside for them. >> aet's see what we cust. >> change in plans.

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