seth lemmon reports the president is expected to announce new plans for the belong running war and discuss how he's trying to move forward. >> reporter: president trump touched down in washington sunday night after a 17 day working vacation at his golf club in new jersey. the president is still facing bipartisan criticism for saying both sides shared blame for the violence in charlottesville. >> what he said on tuesday was just really challenging. what the president should do before he says something is sit down and become better acquainted, have a personal connection to the painful history of racism and bigotry first week without recently fired chief strategist steve bannon in the west wing. the white house is attempting to shift the focus announcing this week as employer support for the national guard and reserve week. it comes as president trump says he's met with military leaders and made decisions including on afghanistan. the white house says monday night the president will address the nation on his strategy for afghanistan and south asia. officials familiar with the plan expect 4,00

so from president obama, don lemmon, a lot of folks have this black men itique of about the way thate perform mass cue lynnty. the idea is just pull up our will be all good. it would be helpful if some black men -- it would be elpful for them, i should say, if they were more in line with class white middle standards of respectability. . ey might get more >> i second degree the police what's going on and they say arresting this guy for drunk driving and i said, well, i've seen him for an hour. he wasn't driving. you can see he's been sick and i but that just seems weird because he wasn't actually driving. you?they said who are and i said i'm just a concerned citizen. and they said, well, if you to be arrested, we 2 gest that you go back in house. >> white or black cops? >> two white officers. a young black man who got arrested. so i did what i hope other citizens would do. videotaped with my phone the encounter. sometimes that encourages police do the right thing. there were these rolls of empty seats and this white guy plopped right down to me with a big smile on and it was annoying

for the pbs newshour, i am gayle tzemach lemmon in raqqa. >> sreenivasan: read more online from gaylech lemmon about why she says she can't stop thinking about the children she met while reporting in syria. that's at www.pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: in our "leading edge" segment tonight, the eclipse. monday, the united states will experience the first coast-to- coast solar eclipse in nearly a century. this dazzling spectacle happens when the moon passes between the sun and the earth, blocking out the sun and plunging the earth into momentary darkness. for more about what to expect and how to view this rare event, i'm joined by science correspondent miles o'brien. miles, can you explain to us what exactly will be happening on monday? the moon will pass in front of the sun. the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun but the sun is 400 times farther away and, so, the optical illusion is they are the same size, the moon passes in front, it completely covers the sun's disk, allowing pem to experience an amazing, beautiful thing, and it gives scientists an opportunity to study the sun'

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for the pbs newshour, i'm gayle tzemach lemmon, in manbij, syria. >> woodruff: the week began with thesident's scripted speech on afghanistan, followed by a raucus rally in phoenix that helped widen a rift between mr. trump and top republicans in congress. and, now to the analysis of shields and brooks. that's syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks. welcome. to so charlottesville, it's been almost two weeks since the tragedy there. it has risen in the headlines again this week, david. the president's in phoenix, he makes this passionate speech unscripted, defending the way he handled charlottesville, bringing on even more criticism. are we in the clear now on what this president believes about placism, about white supremacy and all of it. >> i think we're clearer where the republican party is. the trump campaign began seriously with the muslim ban. it continued with a series of racial things about the wall, continued charlottesville and the reaction. what happened is the racial winking and content, the identity politic has become a rising motif i

gayle tzemach lemmon and >> reporter: klara from raqqa, the only name she'll use, has spent years in battle, leading soldiers and devising strategy. but now the world is watching. >> ( translated ): the fight is very hard but we have hope that we will win. >> reporter: but now the world is watching. as the fight against isis closes in on its makeshift capital, klara's own hometown of raqqa. she is part of the kurds' own all-women fighting force, known in kurdish as the y.p.j. they have fought and died right alongside their brothers-in- arms. and some of the most celebrated fighters, including snipers, come from their ranks. she took us to raqqa's front line, to the site of a still- smoking isis car bomb attack. she described a brutal fight: landmines and booby traps, snipers and suicide attacks. >> ( translated ): they know they are surrounded and can't survive. >> reporter: her forces, she says, draw strength from the unique and turbulent history of the kurdish people. >> ( translated ): it's revenge, for the atrocities and injustices that the kurds suffered in the past. out of our

from los angeles, special correspondent gayle ztemach lemmon brings us this profile, which originallyed in february. >> reporter: mohamed bzeek has become something of a local hero here in los angeles recently. >> i am not an angel. i am not a hero. it's just what we are supposed to do, as a human being, you know. >> reporter: in 1978, bzeek, then a former marathon runner, came to the u.s. from libya to study engineering. he met his wife here in the u.s., and became a citizen in 1997. but today, he is a different kind of champion. his distinction: he is the only foster parent in this city of four million, who cares solely for terminally ill children. what happens if you get sick? >> father doesn't get sick day. >> reporter: it is not a glamorous job. >> you have to do it from your heart, really. if you do it for money, you're not going to stay long. >> reporter: over almost three decades, he and his wife cared for scores of children. ten have died in his care. most of the children he's taken recently are born with terminal illnesses. sometimes they are abandoned, or born to parents wi

here was clapper last night with cnn's don lemmon. >> it's interesting to contrastland last night's teleprompter trump performance versus tonight, which is, of course, the real trump, just as it was in the unglued, impromptu press conference at trump toer. i just find this extremely disturning. >> are you questioning his fitness? >> yes, i do. i really question his ability to... his fitness to be in this office, and i also am beginning to wonder about his motivation for it. maybe he is looking for a way out. >>>> mason: what is the president's motivation? chief white house correspondent major garrett has more about that. >> they are trying to take away our history and our heritage. you see that. >> reporter: president trump taunted the news media with accusations of divisiveness that since charlottesville republicans, democrats, and business leaders have laid at his feet. mr. trump's deflection and grievance are aimed at keeping the third of the country still on his side energized and angry. the us against them strategy targets senate republicans like jeff flake and john mccain both of who endur

seth lemmon for cbs news, washington. hing tonight.. >>> mr. trump is expected to address the nation tomorrow night from arlington, virginia. >>> police are searching for the final member of a 12 man terror cell responsible for thursday's twin attacks in spain. 14 people were killed, more than 100 injured. investigators now believe the group was planning to unleash a series of bombings, but an explosion during the planning stages killed the imam who radicalized the cell. here's the latest discovery. >> reporter: over 100 gas canisters were found at the house in alcanar where a plot was allegedly hatched by a 12 member terrorist cell. they had planned a bombing rampage but blew up the house by mistake spurring into acquisition the deadly will ramming -- action the deadly ramming attacks killing 14 people. it appears they were radicalized by an iraqi born imam who reportedly spent time in a spanish jail on drug charges. one of the recruits? the suspected driver of the van that plowed down pedestrians police believe is still on the run. authoritie

really, what jim acosta knows about immigration reminds me of what don lemmon thought that the malaysianirliner had disappeared into a black hole knows about astrophysicist. it's like what chris cuomo said that it's illegal to read wikileaks knows about the bill of rights. they all go to cnn university and then they come on tv and -- i don't know. greg: cnn university, that's funny. that's our commercial next week. [laughter] dave, what did you make of this thing? i don't believe that muller was serious but he was trolling him. >> i want to retract what i said because i said it can't get worse but it can't get better. they are pulling, that is pepe trolling he stands with the people of dagestan in his mocking. we have entered this time where nothing is real anymore. there is such a lack of reality and they are trolling back -- cnn, to me at this point, it can't -- you just can't. it used to be young and puerile and it could do what it needed to do but now it just can't do it anymore. that's why they have to try so hard but it won't get there. greg: now i have to do a drug add. [applause]

." >> doctor brian lemmon specializes in hate groups. >> how will they protect their share groups orression? at the same time, not tolerating calls for violence. it is a tough place for them to be. >> they say when hate groups are kicked off of mainstream networks, we can expect them to form their own platforms and community. >>> tomorrow is a big day for the solar eclipse. the total eclipse. we will talk about what we can expect to see here in the bay area. >>> making the ultimate road trip to catch the ultimate spectacle. we follow a family heading to oregon for the eclipse. >>> starting off with clouds along the shoreline. we have sunshine this afternoon. and then the partial solar eclipse tomorrow. details when we cover the forecast. tersection* of perfect orbit and perfect timing - hasn'tn seen for 40 years. >>> the total solar eclipse to -- is tomorrow. and this has not been seen for 40 years. this rare event happens when the moon passes between the sun and the earth causing the sun's light to be blocked from our planet. the shadow will streak across 14 states in the u.s. from

brian: you talk about a cnn anchor named don lemmon who is a n african-american. he was talking about the bill o'reilly criticism of black men not going far enough. you write about it in the book. we have a clip of it. let's watch. [begin video clip] bill: raised without culture, young black men often reject education and gravitate towards the street culture, gangs. nobody forces them to do that. it is a personal decision. n.nd vide >> he is right about that too, that in my estimation, he doesn't go far enough. if that doesn't apply to you, i'm not talking to you. pay attention and think about what has been presented in recent history as recent behavior. pay attention to the hip-hop and rap culture that many of you embrace, a culture that glorifies everything i just mentioned. thug and reprehensible behavior. [end video clip] paul: i like don lemon, i had the pleasure of meeting him a few times. he is an excellent journalist on cnn, but on this issue, the brother is just wrong. he has a lot of good company. in "chokehold," i talk about the speech of president obam