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and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for blic broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ank you. >> woodruff: the coronavirus toll is edging up tonight ross the united states. so far, all six deaths are in washington state, but,here are fears the virus is far more widespread than previously known. lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> desjardins: in the greater seattle area, health officials now question if the coronavirus might have bn spreading there undetected for weeks. and if so, there could be scores

of undiagnosed cases. >> what this means is almost certainly, the virus is in our it's exposing people, it'sg, infecting people, and we have not been able to totally contain it. >> desjardins: the state of washington is now under a state of emergency as it ramps up its testing. >> many people will have it. most people will not bese ously ill. but we want to do two things. most at risk from becomingho are seriously ill. and we want to prevent many people, as many as we can, from becoming sick at the same time. >> desjardins: most of the stpatients who died in thae lived at or were connected to a nursing facility in kirkland, a facility where over a dozen other people are sicnt across the c, so far, the centers for disease control and prevention has confirmed cases in ten different states, most on the coasts, with more than 90 cases tol. as the number of infections in the u.s. ticks up withach day, so too has the level of anxiety,

including in states with no coirmed cases. like hawaii, where residents are already flocking to stores to buy health supplies like masks and gloves or essentials. these shoppers at a costco in honolulu braved long lines toto buet paper and paper towels. at the white house, president trump sought to allay any fears. he also met with pharmaceutical companies this afternoon. >> we've asked them to doing in terms of a vaccine. we're alsooving with maximum speed to develop therapies so as quickly as possible.ecover >> th >> desjardins: the number of virus-related deaths around the world has now topped 3,000, wifi infections ced in more than 60 countries. there was some good news today out of china, the original epicenter of the outbreak. the number of new infections there dropped to its lowest level in six weeks. and more than 2500 patients were released from hospitals in the w city of wuhare the virus

first emerged. s tzerland today, the head of the world health organization warned that focus must now move elsewhere. >> in the last 24 hours, there were almost nine times more ses reported outside chi than inside ina. >> desjardins: south k tea now has mon half the total number of cases reported outside china, with over 4000 infections. meanwhile, italy's infections surged 50% over a 24-hour period to well over 1500. but the fastest spread currently seems to be in iran, whose caseload, now also in the hundreds, more than tripled in just 24 hours.ia still, off with the world health organization remain optimistic. >> containment of covid-19 is feasible and must remain a top priority for all countries. we can push this virus back. your actions now will determine the course of the outbreak in

your country. there is no choice but to act now. desjardins: meantime, the virus is striking at business and the global tourism industry. in france, the doors of the famed louvre museum in paris remained closed for a second daf ovrs of spreading the virus in it's often packed hallways. the econic blow may be far wider. the organization for eionomic cooperand developmen warned the coronavirus outbreak could cut global gro half and threatens to plunge several countries into a reces despite the economic warnings, wall street roared back today,on opes that central banks will act to boost growth. the dow jones industrirage gained nearly 1,300 points, 5%, to close at 26,703. the nasdaq rose 384 ints, and the s&p 500 was up 136. now, let's take a closer look at some of the latest conces about the outbreak in the u.s. and the efforts to contain its spread.

dr. sherry fink is covering this for the "new york times" and joins me now. thank you. i know you've been going wihout sleep on story. i want to ask you first of all to help us understand the growing health concerns. something we seem to be understanding about this virus is that it can infect but then go undetected show no symptoms for days. so given that, how well do we really understand how far it has spread, including especially in washington state where it seems to be the biggest concern right now. >> i think weon't understand quite how far it's spread for two reasons. one is as youd, saihere can be mild illness. in fact 80% of people have a really mild illness and some ople may have no symptoms at all. so that doesake it hard to detect that's why when you have the ability to have a lot of tes kits and test more broadly in the community you can get a better sense how far that viruso hae. the other reason until last week there wasn't a lot of tetis

capacity in the u.s. so just late last week some of thest es have been able to run those tests themselves and not have to send the samples all the way to atlanta and wait r those tests. it also opened up the criteria tand are able tost more people. those carina were really naru r. d to have traveled from china in the last 14 days or have hah d contact wa known so there's a much broader a tt criteria for being able to test hopeople so wed be getting a better handle. >> as states start to ramp up their ability to test there's concern abouthe next phase which is hospitalization. what do we know in washington state for example about whether they ve the capacity for all the potential patients who maym be cg? >> so they said in a press conference today that some of the spitals are already feeling stressed by this. and certainly we know tha there's no perfect preparedness or hospitals are pretty busy during flu season all over the

country. so that's not a surprise. today the wor health organization suggested they lo at hospital capacity how will you free up more compassion he ha. sometimespitals in seattle area may be looking at how can theymaybe defer certain types of procedures to hep make space for if they are going to have a lot of peoe who hava more severe illness who will need intensive care. these are things that hospitals need to be thinking about and they all should have a pl for a so-called surge. they are starting to see this they've said in seattle. >> i alo want to ask about concerns for individuals. this is described as a flbulike virudo we have more specifics now about what it really looks like? and when someone dies from th virus, what is it that is actually the problem sns i? is it respiratory failure w 're having information coming out of china, that's their population theirre healthystem. for those people who are severely sick we know two things.' one is yes is often something

called arsd a very complicated pneumonia and that seems to be what is leading to people dying. we also know from the experience with china wch people are most at risk. so the people who should be taking mo precautions, who should be hand washingtoning and really make -- washing and really making he virus does spread in your local community to try to proteur lf and those are people who are old. and by older a lot of people who would consider youngges. 60's for example, 50's even or ifou have an underlying health condition which most people do. those are the people most at risk. >> thanks..ry fin >> woodruff: in the day's other newssuper tuesday voting is

tomorrow, buthis is shaping upma aselous monday" for former vice president joe biden. two former rivals will endorse him tonight, for t democratic presidential nomination. minnesota senator amy klobucr suspended her campaign today. former south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg dropped out sunday. we'll get the details, after the news summary. the process of pulling u.s.af troops froanistan has begun. defense secretary mark esper said today he has given the go- ahead to begin the initial withdrawal, under an agreement signed with the taliban on saturday. in washington today, esper said s. will show good faith, and lower troop levels to 8,600 from the current 13,000. >> this is gonna be a long windy bumpy road there will be ups ano wns we will stop and start, thats gonna be the nature of this over the next days weeks and months.nd atf day the best path

forward is a political agreement between the warring parties. >> woodruff: meanwhile, afghanistan's governmentfu officials d to free 5,000 taliban prisoners, and the taliban rejected furthereyalks, until re released. nick schifrin will have more, later in the program. in israel, voters wethe polls todafor the third time in ls than a year, and prime minister benjamin netanyahu appears to bnear an outright victory. 59 out of 120 seats in parliament, one short of a majority. his main opponent, benny gantz pledged to keep fighting. netanyahu stilfaces an upcoming trial on corruption arges. a power vacuum in iraq worsened today after caretaker prime minister adel abdul mahdi announced he is steppingown. his designated successor withdrew sunday, blaming political leaders for blocking reforms. all of this follows weeks of

deadly protests. turkey's army has sent new reinforcements into idlib province, in northwest syria, after new clashes.he overeekend, turkey shot down two syrian warplanes. today, a turkish soldier was killed. children watched as turkish convoys crossed into the area, while president recep tayyip erdogan warned syria to pull back.>> translated ): those who have not learned their lesson t and continthreaten us with attacking observation points, must come to their senses. ifdo not retreat, they will have no heads on their shoulders. >> woodruff: meanwhile, greek border police battled syrian and ssher refugees trying to c from turkey. at least one person was killed in a crossing attemp turkey is letting the refugees move, in bid to force more support from the eur iean union. bathis country, the u.s. supreme court agreed to hear a case on ether obamacare-- the affordable care act-- is lawful.

a lower court has declaredart of the landmark law unconstitutional, and called the rest in question. the supreme court's decision will likely come after the election. two passings of note, tonight: ja welch, the man who transformed general electric into a global tin, has died. he took over at g.e. in 1981 and became one of the country's best-known corporate leaders. in retirement, his books and columns continued to attract a wide following. jack welch was 84 years old. and, actor-turned-academic james lipton died today, of bladder cancer. he became a celebrity, hosting tv's "inside the actors' studio" for nearly 25 years. actors and other hollywoodgu s joined him, before an audience of his students. james lipton was 93 years old. still to come on the newshour: the state of the race-- a big win for joe biden narrows the rmocratic field before su tuesday.

our politics monday team bres down what it all means. the latest step to try and end the u.s.' longest war in afghanisn plus much more. >> woodruff: it's been a dramatic 48 hours since the polls closed in the south carolina democratic primary. three candidates have left the ce. while the few that remain look to csolidate support before states vote torrow. with only hours left before heper tuesy's primaries, democratic presidential field winnowed even furthe exiting this time: minnesota senator amy klobuchar.

she flew to dallas to endorse former vice president joe biden it was the latest in a string of departures since biden's big win in south carolina, on saturday. first to go, was billionaire activist tom steyer, a distant third in south carolina. >> i said, if i don't see a pate to winning tn i'd suspend my campaign. >> woodruff: pete buttigieg placed fourth in south carolina. ou withdrew last night, in bend, indiana, where he had been mayor. >> the truth is that th has narrowed to a close for our candacy, if not for our caus and another of those values is responsibility. and we have a responty to consider the effect of remaininy in this raceurther. >> woodruff: it was reported buttigieg will also ben dallas to endorse biden tonight. awash in good news, the former vice president campaigned in houston. the newshour's dan bush reports

biden is working to build on his south carolina showing, and the candidate soded upbeat today. >> just a few days ago, the pundits declared my campaign dead but then along came south carolina. and south carolina had something to say about it. as i stand here today because of the minority communities, i am very much alive because of you.e weekend casting himself as the leading moderate alternative to rmont senator bernie sanders, socialist.claimedemocratic >> this is no secret to anybody, you can't run as an independent socialist,ow a democratic cialist and expect to do well >> woodruff: but sanders fired back on sunday: >> joe biden is a frie mine, but here is the point that

wewee got to be honest about have to be hont and say which campaign can beat trump. >> woodruff: sanders ilooking for a large delegate haul tomorrow in california, the state with the biggest prize, and one where he is polling strongly. it's one of 14 states voting tuesday, putting more than a third of all democratic delegates for grabs. candidates also have an eye on texas, ather state with a large delegate count. and, southern states may also be key battleounds. in virginia, on saturday, as some headed to the polls for early voting, others at a nearby farmers market told me they still felt undecided. >> t way i look at it, you'v got a lot of b's in this equation. bernie has the base. biden has the experience. bloomberg has the bucks. the question is of those three what shakes out to be the best

path forward in november. >> woodruff: electability was at a campaign event in northern virginia for former new yorkel city mayor micloomberg. >> some of the candidates i liked at the beginning of the race have now dropped out and i'm really trying to search fie field and out who it is and who can beat donald trump. >> woodruff: bloomberg insists he is the candidate to beat the esident. he appears on primarballots for the firstime tomorrow. >> let's make sure that on tuesday he hears from us even louder and clearer. >> woodruff: the other major candidate still inhe field, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, also appeared undeterred. a spokesman vowed she will stay in the race until the democratic convention this summer.5 legates, nearly a third of all those up for grabs tomorrowc are ifornia. amna nawaz has been talking to voters in the golden state ahead

of this key race on the path to the democratic nomination. >> well, i was raised in the house my dad built. >> nawaz: raised republican in california's central valley, susan martin says she couldn't support donald trump in 2016, and now wants to see a democratt deim. >> i want to know that they're going to approach it from a common sense point of view.road, if you have trump stre in our iberal candidate there, i'm about awre. >>: susan lives in modesto, and agriculture is big here.oh the areasteinbeck once called america's breadbasket. like a record 16 million californiansshe's had a mail- ballot at home for week and for her vote to count, she's got until super tuesday to mail at ballot in. the problem? she still doesn't know who to vote for. >> there's so many candidates, and it takes a lot to sort out all their differenpositions on

things and figure out who is your bt choice. i just want to wait until i have the best chance to make an effect with my one small vote. >> nawaz: 90 miles north, in the sprawling suburbs of vallejo, we visit the home where deborah dickson gathers her grandkidsre behe fily votes... >> we sit down and we discuss each candidate. we discuss the issues. my young people, they have their thoughts about it and, and iry to straighten them out. >> nawaz: like sus, deborah's had her ballot in hand for a while. but nothing she's seen nor heard, she says, inspired her. what was the missing piece of information? >> it was more of an inspirational feeling. the words that were coming out of their mouths were not, to me they were mouthing them, they weren't really feeli them.an they didn't make me feel it. >> nawaz: deborah says she just

bit the bullet, and lllled out her for joe biden. >> thank you thank you thank you soawh carolina! az: ...the day after his what's the feelingyouna win. finally get to check a box? is it is it excitement? is it relief? >> i'm going to say it's more of a resignion. >> nawaz: another 30 miles away: the narrow citfrstreets of san cisco. where stephen prestwood and his husband have lived for over 20 years. >> having so many candidates in the primary, it's made it very difficult to determine who will be the best candidate to go up against president trump. and i don't want to waste my. vo >> nawaz: over the last several weeks he's had his ballot, he's looked at everyone frobernie sanders to elizabeth warren to joe biden. t he's given himself a deadline, sort of. you said your deadline is super tuesday. >> it is. >> nawaz: that's a whole day. >> it'll be in the morning. i have to go to work.

nawaz: so the only thin giving you a deadline. >> yes. so i may be turning on the dime and making the decisioright then. >> nawaz: the political landscape here in california landscape.ch t but the state is so vast thatat candid just can't campaign the way they did in other early states. they have to be strategic about where they spend their time. >> california's really hard to move the needle just on doing coffee klatches.az >> nawpaulitchell is the vice presint of political data incorporated in sacramento. he says california's 53 districts offer candidates 53 distinct chances to pick up delegates on super tue >> we have districts that are maximizing the coastalote, maximizing the african american or latino voter or asian vote, even maximizing the l.g.b.t. population vote. and in that way, it has created this opportunity for candidates to come in. and even if they can't win statewide, to be able to target certain congressional districts. in the central valley, if you're the fourth-ranked presidential andidate and you show up

barbecue, it's like big news. right? >> nawaz: another factor for candidates to consider in california? massive early voting and mail-in voting means momentum from earlier states is muted here. mitchell says 5% of california's democratic electorate had already voted before bernie sanders was named the winner in new hampshire. 25%, before his decisive victory in nevada, and a likely 40% before voters in south carolina brought joe biden's campaign back to life. so does that mean that the contest in california is alreadi d? >> well, you could say that the contest in california is 40% decided. >> nawaz: polls show sanders poised to do well in californiat with qns over how his rivals could limit his delegate lead. for moderates who have yet to turn in their ballots:pe could buttigieg's and a klobuchar's exits mean more delegates for elizabeth warren or michael bloomberg?de or will joe s south carolina surge win voters over?f this year in cnia, it may be up to the millions of late

deciders to determine which way the state's political winds ll blow. voters here in california will have until super tuesday to drop those ballots in the mail, as long as they're postmarked by en, they're fine. but with millions of ballots still out, counting nd verifying them could take days, even weeks, some say. unless, judy, there is a clear and resounding winner on super tuesday. >> woodruff: from the west coast to the east coast, and north carolina, one of the first states where polls will close tomorrow. issued a joint statement warning americans that foreign continues to influence must beptment and shape sentiment. rtt as yamiche alcindor re with early voting already underway, it's the security of the election that is on voters' minds. >> alcindor: eager to vote ear but worried. >> what is on my mind is more of the integrity of the election.

>> alcindor: as she waited to cast her ballot in cary, north carolina, keisha bryan wondered if people will be able to trust the results of super tuesday. the small business owner with ar ear-old daughter is hoping for the best. but like many, she's concerned about how votes will be counted interfering in u.stions.ments >> i don't want to get to a their vote doesn't ore feel like doesn't matter or they just don't know what to do. >> alcindor: in this primary, 30 of 100 counties artiusing new vong machines. though state officials say everything has been tested, some voters are sti on edge. according to a recent poll by meredith college, more than one out of every four vote north carolina has little to no confidence in the state's voting process. >> we have an obligation tofe those who don' confident. >> alcindor: karen brinson bell oversees election securi for the state's board of elections. >> i've been a chief judge, as we call them, out in the polling ple before. >> alcindor: she acknowledges voter confidence in the state is low.

brinson bell and the board have faced criticism for approving the new votingachines ahead of tuesday's primary, without much notice to voters. >> because of the time frame that we were under to get these out the door, it was very tight to do voter education on these machines. we're having a great response they're very comfo with the machines. it's very intuitive. so we don't see an issue. >> alcindor: for the first time in several decades, every vote in north carolina will be backed up with a paper ballot. but recent election scandals in the state have left voters wary. in 2016, courts struck down the state's voter i.d. lawaying it was aimed at blocking many black residents from voting. in 2019, a republican operative was charged in a ballot fraud scheme.bo the state d of elections said an entire congressional race had beecompromised and dered a special election. on top of everything else, in is key 2020 state, misinformation campaigns to sway voters are growing. >> aacebook page calling itself north carolina breaking ne is under fire.

>> alcindor: "north carolina breaking news" and other facebook pages claiming torge local newsizations have been popping up. phil napoli researches misinformation at duke university. he says the efforts are similar to what he s in the run-up to the 2016 primaries. >> oftentimes, you know, there's a linkage between folks who are undecided and folks who are not as well formed. so they become this very vulnerable population when it comes to elections and if it reaches those vulnerable people, that might be all that needs to happen for it to sway the outcome of an election one way or the other. >> alcindor: bryan says she's changed her own habits online. but she doesn't think president trump is doing enougto address misinformation and foreign interference in the 2020 election. >> and for the leader of our country, not to take that as seriously as i do as aoter. that's definitely something i keep in mind when i go cast my ballot. >> alcindor: bryan waited over anour to cast her vote e for senator elizabeth warren. she sees voting as the best way to push back on false

formation and protect the country. >> i think the answer to building our democracy is not staying at home. i think the answer to building our democracy and putting integrity back into ouror democracy ispeople showing up. >> alcindor: witjusuper tuesday around the corner, election officials say they are confident things will go smoothly when voters show up yet combating misinformation and foreign election interference remains top of mind. judy? >> woodruff: and that brings us to politics moay. to help us dive further into the democratic primary i'm joined by amy walter of the cook pitical report and public radio's "politics with amy walter," and tamara keith of npr, co-host of hello to both of you.cast." it's almost here just hours on you way. so amy, joe biden said it himself we heard in our reporting earlier a few days ago the pundits were writing him off

asking him why he's still in the race. today they are announcing endorsements practically hour every few minutes. what happened? we know south carolina.i >>ht. south carolina happened and for the very first time in this race the one thing that happened which hadn't before which the race narrowing and coalescing around a candidate who hash talking about eltability and his ability to be the mot electable of all the candidates. it's funny as we've gone through this process we've seen momentus beco important because again electability has been at the forefront of voter's minds and joe biden electability didn't look that set when he was losing in iowa and nevada and new hmpshire. but to come back so re sounding in south carolina at a time when the rest of the voters who don't want to support bernie sanders, they are desperate to find eone to

rally around. it was actually the perfect timing. >> one state did this with joe biden. >> one state he surpassed the delegates that amy klobuchar and pete t pete buttigieg and eh warren had. joe biden hasn't had the money or the infrastructur you have bernie sanders preparing to compete on thes spur tuesday states spending a lot of money and all of this and what joe biden has is free media. this.ampaign has been vetting on of us are really, this is your plan. but right so they figuredf he wins big in south carolina that will give him a boost. people will be talking a him. now they are keeping it going with these endorsements rolling trying to eate an air of inevitability like he's the one. ththe bernie sande way and then there's joe biden. that's particularly important in

trying tovince people who are maybe considering voting for michael bloomberg took saay let's just consolidate this, let's go for joeen bid now of course as we also saw a lot of people have voted already. >>druff: amy, again, tom steyer and pete buttigieg and today amy klobuchar. all their votes absolutely go to joe bide i mean what happens. >> we do knot w thaose folks tom steyer aside that especiallh ete buttigieg and amy klobuchar, they are in this part of the party or they represented a part of the party that really was focused on this electability. who is the candidate we can support who we think is going to be donald trump who is not named bernie sanders. we're not interested in supporting somebody like bernie sanders. so that support could also go t elizabeth warren. >> she's still in the race. tell me the point about michael bloomberg because i think thas important as we go into spur tuesday. the early vote that we talked

about and amna talked about in california and then michael bloomberg. he is still, he spent a ton of money he's still on the balot. obviously in states like california, texas, north carolina that have a lot of delegates. every delegate he polled, he's pulling from joe biden. he does especially well and has been in e polling amng african american voters. that is obviously what got joesu biden hiccess in south carolina. so michael bloomberg needs to d less wan he was doing in the polls before south carolina in order for biden to really get sort of coalescing that he wants to sw with this endorsement by amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg. >> i think an imptant thing to say about polling right now is that polls are a snapshot of a moment in time. and things are changing very quickly right now. for so long, this race felt like it was not moving very quickly, that there were so many candidates,all of a sudden there are not so many candidates

d a poll that was done a week to reflect reality on the ground now. >> woodruff: so people, voters you heard it in both ofes especially in cali with voters wrestling with this now the phone has come they have to make a decision. >> they've been desperate for so long they've been saying to us so long just tell us which ndidate can beat donald trump. in fact i think we got to this place where we are today because oemocratic voters, democratic candidates who wn't name bernie sanders are still at this question ctof eleility. that voters themselves got wrapped around this. how many voters did you talk tot aid i like this candidate but can they win i wisconsin. are there enough battle gro.und stat i don't know. so that issue became so became paralyzing for so many voters they were dispercenting

their votes instead of thheinkig is the candidate most electable. they may not lovthis pern but he can wynwood wood i was virginia i was ab talk tothe them over the weekend. but just quickly on miked bloomberg did see him saturday morning in virginia. some of thena rat not the main rationale because joe biden may not make it. so now with biden having momentum what happened? >> it's a bigop gianten question, you know. michael bloomberg has spent mor mohan god. he has spent more money certai oy than barama spent in his entire 2012 re-electt n. and it's near yet what it's going to buy. is he going to be like a tom steyer whople seem interested in and then the support actually melts away when it comes time for voting or is he going to get a certain amount of support. will he be viable in some states but the thing is do you spend that much money do you run that

hard. is your whole strategy i'm going to go out on super tuesday and show them because that becomes like what if you only are just viable in a few states and you aren't winning states. how long can yountain that. >> woodruff: there is bernie sanders, amy, who has a very loyal. again i was able to see him ovee the we. thank you about an enthusiastic crowd. thousands we out, sringfield virginia, it doesn't get more fascinating. >> this focus with so much of the field and so many voters focus on electability. what so many candidates were doing g s runnt to lose, not to lose to donald trump. bernie sanders i saw is the only candidate that's running to win. he didn't care about all these other things that people were wrapping themselves around. he's been very comhimitted ts message with hid ideology to his narrative throughout this campaign.te it hasn't bud it hasn't changed. so there is an attractiveness to that. that's what a lot of voters are attracted to and he was able to

coalesce those voters. he hasn't lost them in the way that the ones focused on electability has been so dispercented. >> woodruff: he does seem to be ahead in the polls in lifornia. >> way ahead. >> he's supposed to do well in texas. that's one reason why joe biden is having this really tonight with endorsements. but he could end up doing, i mean he could either end up cleaning up tomorrow or, yo inevitable.ng less than >> absolutely. those are the options and there's some muddle in between that also happen. but one of the things i'll be looking to see is will some of these states be more like nevada where he wondi super h, he won african american voters, he won latino voters especially or will some of these states be more like south carolina where joe biden was really able to consolidate the african american support. bernie sanders has been able to expand his base well beyond what

it was in 2016. does that hold up in every state or only some of the states. >> nevada of corse was a caucus. the rest of these are primaries. joe bien yes did vry well among african american voters and among white voters in souths carolina bth carolina doesn't look even like north carolina or even virginia. the african ameporicapulation that votes is bigger than any other state on super tuesday with the exception of alabama. california and texas the twom states with tht dol delegates they have a largelatino population. that's where bernie sanders has also done very well, joe biden not so well. >> woodruff: targeting those voters. wean't wait. the voters get their say. what is it a third of theg delegates behosen by tomorrow. we can't wait. tamara kealt kealt, keith, amiek

you both. >> thanks. >> woodruff: and we'llck shortly with a look at the plan to end america's longest war in moghanistan. but first, take nt to hear from your local pbs station. it's a chance to offer your support, which helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: now a look back at one of our favoritthings, john yang's conversation with film legend julie andrews.is th encore presentation is part of our arts and culturseries, canvas. >> yang: both "sound of music" and "mary poppins" were touchstones in my-- >> --in your youth. yes.ly actuthey were in mine too! yeah. ( laughs ) >> yang: then talking to my colleagues, they are showi their children. >> yes. isn't that phenomenal?

i mean, that's a bonus and that and that you just don't expect, but those timeless good musicals and they were so beautifully made. >> yang: andrews' legendary career includes the stage, movies, tv, concerts and recordings. she's a dame commander of the brith empire and has six golden globes, three grammys, two emmys, an 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 adults. they wrote, "home work: a memoir of my hollywood years," as a team. emma, as you were growing up, were there movies or projects of your mothers that were particular favorites? >> i w pretty much there most of the time on set for most of the films.ul i 't sit through "the sound of music" for years without weeping because anytime saw my mother cry on a film, i burst into tears myself. >> yes she'd suddenly say, i'm

just going out for a little bit. blking very furiously. >> but i have to say, probably now, among my favoriteof her films is hawaii. i think her performance in it is so different than many of her other films, they're so strong. >> americanization of emily, one of your favorites. no>> it's the virtue of it war. it's the valor and self-sacrifice and the goodness of war that needs exposing. >> it's a very timely theme, more than ever maybe, about the folly and excess of war and the edlessness of it. >> reporter: writing aboutin your early daylved, you talked about the contrast and the glamorous appearance of life in the near to anthe abby reality of it backstage. >> yes. in your movie-makingxamples particularly of the wonderfully opening scene of sound of music. the camera discovered you on a

mountaintop. >> ♪ the hills are alive with the sound of music ♪ >> yes, but, actually, being photraphed by a cameraman hanging from the side of a helicopter, i kept being dunhed to the gby the down draft from the jet engines. but every me i came up with grass and hay all overe. ♪ the hills fill my heart with the sound of music ♪ >> reporter: one lyric in the movie you never quite got. >> there's just one tiny line i didn't know how to sing, and i just thought the best thing to do, since out in the wild and s st sing through the night like a lark and carry on very fast after that. ♪ like a lark who is learning play ♪ >> yang: for her very first film, "mary poppins," she won

the oscar. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i know, a stunning surprise. i didn't expect to and i reallyh thfor a while that maybe it was given to me as a kind ofm weto hollywood gesture. and what a lucky, lucky moment in my life.he >> yang:ook focuses on the emma, the child ofirst marriage to theater director tony walton, two stepren- -jennifer and geoffrey--from her second marriagdito noted film ctor/writer/producer blake edwards and the two daughters she and edwards adopted, amelia and joanna. edwards, who diein 2010, directed andrews in seven movies, including 0" and" victor/victoria." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> i love the unity that itor provides andng with blake embrace, so to speak.n his i knew that i didn't have to worry about a thing, but i'm on camera. but just sticking together, traveling together, being together. it's why home in "home work" is there, because making a home, keeping family together means so much to me. >> there's a sweet story in the book of when she flew in to surprise me for my 15th birthday and, and she only left about two weeks prior to go back to work i came home fr school and discovered her sitting on my bep cotely wrapped in wrapping crepe paper, i guess. and then i burst into tears.y haars. >> yang: yet, not all there memoriesappy. depressive personand yet devastatingly funny. but when he was in aay, it was very sad.

>> yang: you felt the need to make thingbetter, to make people happy. >> well, it's sort of my job in a way, john, if you think about it, being on stage all my life, it's about hopefully giving joy and i love to do it. >> reporter: in her next book,so andrews xpects to deal with the emotional impact of losing her singing voice after throat surgery in 1997, though she says she can't discuss the procedure itself. >> unfortunately, i can't talk about it since it was part of my agreement in a settlement where i gave all the settlement to arity and so on, but it was a devastating time in my life. welcome! >> reporter: she's still working, recently appearing in julie's green room on netflix. >> to the stage! >> reporter: the children's show is about puppets staging their own musical under the watchful eye of andrews, a

grandmother of ten and great grandmother of three. for the "p newshour," i'm john i yanew york. >> woodruff: this weekend the signed an agreemend attaliban withdrawing u.s. forces from afghanisn. in exchange, the taliban committed to not allow terrorists to use the country as base to plan orations. nick schifrin has the story. >> schifrin: after 18 years war, an historic moment: a >> schifrin: mullah abdul ghani baradar is the taliban's political chief and lead negotiator.

finally we are full of hope that everyone will participe in rebuilding the future of afghanistan. a >> schifrirican secretary of state mike pompeo also it is time, the opportunity is in front of us, we now haves commitmeom the taliban to break with al qaeda. this is historic. >> schifrin: the agreement says the u.s. commits to withdrawing all military forces with in 14 months. al qaeda or any other terrorsts to operate in afghanistan, and both sides agreed that intra- afghan dialogue and negotiations we're getting out we want to get out . we had good meetings with the fal ban ask we are going to bean leavin bringing our soldiers back home. >> the agreement committed the afghan government to release up to 5,000 prisoners and taliban release a thousand prisoners.nt but the presiaid that was dead on arrival. >> there's n >> ( translated ): there is no commitment to release the 5,000 prisers. this is the legal and absolute right of the people of afghanisn. >> today the taliban announced it wouldn't negotiate until the government released prisoners

and threatened not to continue the reduction in violence. earlier today i spoke to the national security visor and announcements and the talks would do. >> we never believed the taliban was fully committed to the peace process. that's why we asked for a cease-fire so that they can show their commitment to the peace procesng we are prepaor a fill defense of our people but in the spirit of peace if the taliban wish to make a pace deal with the afghan government they have to kp the violence low and reach a cease-fire with us. >> the u.s. tale bun agreement commits both the taliban and the afghan government to relse prisoners before direct talks can beges. the ent said it can't be precondition to talks. doesn't that announcement gons ag the taliban deal and

threaten the talks thamselves. >> wwe were told and what is in the agreement for or rather the joint statement with the united states is that the u.s. will facilitate a discussion between the afghan government and the taliban talks about prisoners among oth tngs but there is no pre condition we must release them before any discussion begin. and i think we are not going to release any prisoners until we see previous commitments of peace from the taliban. th is a leverage we cannot give away or rather front loaat. we need to see from the taliban is a full cealsse-fire. weneed to see clarity on the relationship with the narcotics trade. we also need to see clarity on their rationship with their

sponsors. if that ist clarified, we will not have the assurance that any de with the taliban would lead to peace in afghanistan. so we think that while we're happy to success the release -- discuss the release of prbeoners, it canno the only topic. it must be part of a oader discussion on ending the senseless violence in afghanistan. >> you're talking about issues you will discuss with thein taliban dthe former peace talks. why fought rerecess maybe a fewr pristo make sure those formal talks begin as scheduled. >> again we have at their request sent a team to discuss all issues.e once againe not going to discuss just this one issue alone. >> the larger queion, do you support the u.s. taliban's agreement. do you bel or do you as some afghan officials have feared they'll withdraw the agreements. >> the fact the taliban now has

an awe frame with the united states there is no reason left for the taliban to continue violence in afghanistan. their legitimacy self proclaimed legit mulegitimacy is alo gone. that's for lasting peace in our countr we hope ths will lead to peace and we think it's a positive direction. but on its own it's not enough to bring peace to afghanistan. >> the agreements are to withdraw all u.s. troops from afghanistan in the next 14 monthsebut som military 1500 or 2500 troop range forrror ist mixes. do you believe the u.s. is serious about a full withdrawal and do you support that full withdrawal inon 14 mths. >> absolutely. for more reliant on our ownlves

securityorces and we have been doing that in many ways. in terms of operations, we have managed to create more self dependency. but what is important to notice is that this condition or sorry this withdrawal is conditionally. >> those conditions are based not on progressetween you and when the taliban during the peace talks bt taliban talking steps. is that in the agreement. >> in the agreement one of the condition is the progress in the interafghan dialogue. if we are not making progress and the taliban continue theirce violhich means afghanistan will continue to be a breeding ground i mean an environment conducive environment for terrorism which will be a threat

the united states andther allies, then that condition would not be mel met which meane troops withdrawal commitment ll also be stretched. >> on the negotiation team, the u.s. ha objected to some of the people you suggested for negotiating team with th taliban. is there an agreement among the and the u.s. over who is going an?negotiate with the tal >> we are in ongoing discussions with all the stakeholders in of dwan staafghanistan on informinn incl wive team. thll include people from spe opposition and the afghan politicactrum here bt also people from other walks of life that ishe ciil society, the media and also victims represented in that negotiation we are working riht now on forming an inclusive team that

will represent all of afghans, all of those that will be impacting by this war in the last 19 years. >> that's hall michell that mica nationa >> woodruff: and on the newshou onliu can find our conversation with author shane bauer, whose book "american prison" was the februaryio selefor "now read this," our book club with the new york times. we also announce our march selectio memoir, "inheritance," which grapples with the unexpected results of a d.n.a. test taken ng after the author's parents were gone. all that and more is on our web site, pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'mjoudy woodruff. us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newsur has been provided by:

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