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and john c. yang of the group asian americans advancing justice,n advocacy group dealing with civil rights and immigration issues. >> not related to our john yang, by the way. let me start with you, john. the u.s. family based immigration, let's talk about how this works, if you were to ha a green card this country, you are able to bring your spouse and unmarried children right now under u.s. law and if you're a s. citizen you can petition in addition to that to bring your parents, any married children you have and your siblings. this has been in blais for many decades an resulted in aystem where the u.s. has more family-based migration than any country in the world. why is that and how does this shape thi >> that's correct, and it's a very misunderstood part of our law. we've had this system in pla for the last 50 years and it's really shaped our country inou allowing thisry to have a much greater diversity and dynamism in terms of the people coming here with new ideas and real work ethic. one of the

america's vice president arrives at the games with promises of tougher sanctions on north korea and john yang showcases the military by all the latest from seoul. poso coming up germany's new government starts to take shape revealing potential shift in policy that could ripple up cross europe we ask what could be ahead. and the man your needs but can barely stomach the post to crackdown orchestrated by turkey's president under scrutiny today as the european parliament examines that country's human rights record. i'm soo so much going to thank you for joining us north korea has staged a military parade and rally just one day before south korea opens up the winter olympics not the timing of this parade is that being seen as a provocation john yeah usually holds it in april to mark the founding of its armed forces now is speaking at this parade north korea's leader kim jong un said his nation had become capable of showcasing its stature as a world class military power to the world. well meanwhile u.s. feist president mike pence has said the world should not become distracted by warming ties betw

eight and foster carter korea expert at leeds university in the u.k. a very good day eight and up john yang holding a military parade as it rattles south korea's nurse just before tomorrow's winter olympics opening ceremonies. i think i think it's annoyed them though in this of the new rather delicate time in the sphere of bonhomie they have set sail and it's totally gratuitous for that go into lots of detail we haven't got time for february eighth used to be the army day in north korea but it hasn't been for years they changed it to april unsafe suddenly brought it back again and they can be no other reason for that than to slightly rain on the south's no military parade so it's a kind of annoying but the south has kind of brushed it off and hopes that you know things will go well nonetheless ok well arguably it collapsing to mars opening ceremonies as the arrival of the north's a diplomatic delegation on saturday that slated to meet with the south korean president tell us more about that. well this really is something i mean until the announcement that kim jong un's sister was coming and

arrives in south korea after the games with promises of tougher sanctions on the north mean walk john yang showcase of its military might for some go it is all about the spectacle excitement builds in the host city john chang as you look at torch clyde's africa plus we'll have all the.

for the s newshour, i'm john yang in baltimore. the other story in baltimore is oe federal court convicti two city police officers, detectives daniel hersl and marcus tayr, in a startling corruption scandal. six other officers have already pleaded guilty. for the details, we're joined by jayne miller, the lead investigative reporter for wbal- tv in baltimore. she's covered this story from the beginning. jayne, thanks so much for joining us. the charges in the court yesterday were racketeering, racketeering, conspiracy and robbery. but that doesn't really give us the full breadth o what these guys did. what did they do. >> first of all they were members of a very elite unit in the baltimore police department which is called the gun trade task force gttf, tasked with getting illegal guns off thest et. as such, testimony in the case says they were given latitude and leeway to operate citywide. the testimony in this case exposed a real underbelly of that kind of policing with the tactics they use to chase people, to target people. the

john yang has our report. >> yang: students returned to marjory stoneman douglas high school classrooms this morning, amid reminders of the valentine's day killings. >> we're never going to be back to normal, but it's going to get us in the right direction againi >> yang: mak memorials were piled high with flowers. some brought signs of encouragement. there was a heavy police presence. >> oh, wow there are a lot of. police oh my goodness, yeah that is a lot. >> yang: the nearly 3,300 t students beganhe day with fourth period, the classes that were underway when the shooting y arted two weeks ago today. >> we start the the class where the event took place, so that's like gonna be a little d and like weird. but i'm just glad to see everybody that i spent the hard time with and see that they're all okay. >> yang: 14-year-old jamie guttenberg was killed in the shooting. today, her father tched as classmates went back to school without her. >> it's the safest school in america right now. so, as long as it stays that way, i guess i'm okay. and i think it'll stay that way for e rest of this ye

i'm john yang. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: senate leaders reach a two-year budget deal. we break down the numbers and the political headwinds ahead in the house of representatives. then, marching orders. what's behind president trump's request for a grand military parade in the nation's capital. plh, as germans wrestle wit the influx of refugees, a crime wave complicates their immigratiodebate. this is a place that hasna traditioy been tolerant. it has welcomed refugees. but what they're saying is that if murder can happensmall town like kandel, it can happen anywhere else in germany. >> yang: all that anmore, on tonight's pbs newshour.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> yang: good evening, i'm john yang. judy woodruff is ay. on the newshour tonight, wallet stre takes another plunge: a volatile day leaves the stock market down more than 1100 points, the largest one-day point drop ever. then, republicans are split on what the nunes memo means fores the russia igation, while we take a look at how russia's cyber tactics played into calls for its release. plus, five months afte hurricane harvey slammed into houston, city officials face the task of rebuilding the city to withstand the next s >> we need to turn this area into much more green space. sometimes you have to look at mother nature and say mother nature wins. >> yang: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour

in october joint 14, for example, and none of that reflected a change in north korean policy and john yangid not moderate its quest for a nuclear missile program and the like -- pyongyang did not moderate its quest for a nuclear missile program and the like. the olympics are kind of like going on vacation. a nice pause from the tension, but once they are over, you have to get back to the real job. sarah: speaking about getting back to the real job, u.s. policy is remaining pretty strong against the north. a few days ago the u.s. promised is toughest ever sanctions against the north. vice president mike pence, who we know was also in south korea, calling this display of unity between the north and the south "simply a charade." we have south korea taking a softer tone toward the north now. is it putting its relationship with the united states in jeopardy? >> i don't think so. right now we are at a pretty good place between the u.s. and south korea, perhaps more than we expected win a progressive president came in. but he was driven to the center on his policies with north korea, reversing hi

i'm john yang. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: senate leaders reach a two-year budget deal. we break down the numbers and the political headwinds ahead in the house of representatives. then, marching orders. what's behind president trump's request for a grand military parade in the nation's capital. plh, as germans wrestle wit the influx of refugees, a crime wave complicates their immigratiodebate. this is a place that hasna traditioy been tolerant. it has welcomed refugees. but what they're saying is that if murder can happensmall town like kandel, it can happen anywhere else in germany. >> yang: all that anmore, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. b bel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. m babbel's 10-15inute lessons are available as an app, or online. more information on babbel.com. >> consumer ce

i'm john yang. judy woodruff is away. ohon the newsur tonight: a roller coaster on wa street. the stock market swings wildly, gaining back more than 500 points. then, president trump says he wshould "love to see down," as lawmakers scramble to agree t a spending deal before another deadline for government funding. and, uston thinks long-term. five months after hurricane harvey, how the city is preparing for the next big storm. >> we have to be stronger, and we have to be more resilient. otherwise, just pting people back in their homes the very way they were before is just funding for failure. >> yang: plus, with an eye on mars, space-x successfully launches the most powerful commercial rocket in the world. a

america's finest president arrives for the games with promises of tougher sanctions on north korea and john yang showcases its military might as well get the latest from seoul also coming up germany's new government starts to take shape the revealing potential shifts in policy that could recall.

experts say north korea has been supplying items shipments from prick john yang to syria between two thousand and twelve and two thousand and seventeen. you know u.s. president donald trump's son in law has reportedly been stripped of his top level security clearance cautionary got an interim permission to receive top secret information in his role as a white house senior adviser said to be one of several aides whose clearance has been downgraded this is due to be news still to come on the show the beast from the east just will not stop roaring extreme weather warnings are in place as to put yours plunge across europe. au-prince office here now germany's biggest bank is taking a new step to deal with the misdeeds of the past it's yet another one of bryan dawe your bank has agreed to pay another two hundred forty million dollars to settle a two thousand and eleven lawsuit in the united states accusing it of manipulating the lie bore benchmark interest rates germany's biggest bank is the third after citi group and barclays to resolve claims by investors including the city of baltimore

panel of experts monitoring sanctions found more than forty previously unreported shipments from john yang to syria between two thousand and twelve and seventeen in mumbai thousands of grieving fans have gathered outside the home of iconic bollywood actress treat every kapoor investigators say she drowned accidentally in a hotel bass tub and dubai over the weekend she's due to be cremated at a private cemetery later today. well still to come on the show the beast from the east will not stop roaring extreme weather warnings are in place as temperatures plunge across europe. well press officer now germany's biggest bank is taking a new step to deal with the misdeeds of the past as roy deutsche bank that's what we're talking about brian the lender has agreed to pay another two hundred forty million dollars to settle a two thousand and eleven lawsuit in the united states accusing it of manipulating the libel or venture interest rate germany's biggest lender is the third after citi group and barclays to resolve claims by investors including the city of baltimore and yale university denied wrong

america's vice president arrives for the games with promises of tougher sanctions on north korea and john yang showcases its military might as well get the latest from. also coming up with germany's new government starts to take shape the revealing potential shifts in policy that could ripple across europe we absolutely want to be at. the strong man that europe needs despite his autocratic rule at home the post-coup crackdown orchestrated by turkey's president under scrutiny today as the european parliament examines that country's human rights. to me so much going to thank you for joining us the feud over north korea's nuclear program moves to center stage on the eve of the olympic games in south korea u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul and that's promising new more aggressive sanctions against pyongyang that message comes as north and south korea are preparing to open the olympic games with an unusual show unity a joint team as has met with president in the war in the south against allowing john young to quote hide behind the olympics. let's bring in journalist jason strother

korea's leader kim jong un has extended a rare invitation to the south korean president to visit john yang when hosted kid sister for talks in seoul on the sidelines of the winter olympics the question again has more national kong. in the presidential blue house in the capital seoul relations between the two koreas continued to thaw the meeting had two firsts kim jong is the first member of the ruling family to cross into the south since the korean war the sister of the north korean leader came with the first ever invitation kim jong un is asking south korean president moon jay in to come to pyongyang at a convenient time soon little know it's key president moon said early talks between north korea and the united states are essential to improve relations north korea to be more proactive to move forward to have a dialogue with the united states. it's unclear when that might happen the u.s. and north korea have rebuffed moves attempts so far if an interesting meeting transpires it will be the first time kim jong un has met with the south korean president since assuming power in twenty eleven

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: we explore these violations further now with: reporter lisa rein of the "washington post," and kathleen clark, a professor of law at u washingtversity in st. louis, who works on issues of government ethics. and weelcome both of you to the program. lisa rein, you're the reporter here. i'm going to start with you. so what secretary shulkin is saying, he called it the "thread ofias" in this report. it doesn't appear to baccurate or objective? how do we know what the inspector general found is accurate? >> well, secretary shulkin has pushed back very, very hd against this report. he's hired a team of lawyers. he's hir a p.r. firm, which is pretty unusual. he -- some things he ds not deny. for example, his chief of staff, who the inspector general said doctored an email to ense that shulkin's wife would be able to travel to europe expense-free and on the government's dime was t denied. it's mostly the wimbledon tickets. the inspector general said this was an improper gift basically from a sports promoter who hadbe a c.e.o. of prince harry's "i

school in pike county kentucky gave preliminary approval to alouing teachers to carry concealed guns john yang takes a closer look at all of this for our weekly education segment "making the grade." >> yang: we get two views on the question of whether teachers should have weapons in the classroom. first, texas state representative jason villaa, a dallas republican. he's the architect of the school marshal program which allows texas school districts to train and arm teachers. mr. villabla, thanks for joini us. as i understand it, this program allows districts, locct distto make the decision of whether or not to do this. is that right? re>> that is c. these are volunteers at the school. the district at the trustee level will determine wh wher or not thld dont the school marshal program. >> yang: is there any role for the parents to play in this, to decide if they want th to happen? >> clearly the parents are going to play an active role. one, they elect the trustees who make this decision. two, they can participate in any kind of meetint would be used to determine whether or not the schools woul

john yang recently sat down with one of the agency's top officials, as the trump administration seeksits funding. >> yang: the united states is the largest donor to the united nations relief and works agency i don't know by it's initis unrwa. the trump administration announced it was wthholding more than half a scheduled payment to the actsy saying it want unspecified performance. joining us is scott anderson, director of relief and works agency. before he was a company commander in afghanisn. scott, thanks for being with us. what's going to be the effect of withhoarding this money from una's operations? >> at risk of unwra being unfunded. we have millions of patiesi in our healthcare centers and provide food assistance to more than a million refrugees in the ion. so all of that is at risk and i think the part that's very important with our educationm prog addition to math and science and the normal type things, we teach human rights, conflict resolution and tolerance and also have a very strong genderponent to try to bring gender parity and gender equity to thegion. >> yang: the admi

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in alexandria, virginia. >> woodruff: now, to president trump, andew story "the new yorkgazine published this morning.ay it details a "y" model's allegation that she and mr. trump had an affair more than aa ago.ls ithighlights the lengths to which mr. trump and some of his allies go, to keep stories about his affairs out of the press. the author of today's "new yorker" story is ronan farrow, and joins me now from new york. ronan, welcome back to the program. >> good to be here, judy. >> woodruff: thave you. there een allegations out there about the president. he has denied all of them. how is your reporting different? >> you know, i think that this is important on two levels. one is that there is now a proliferation of stories, judy, and between them commonalities, shared locations, shared tactics. karen mcdougall, the individual described in this story, in her ronicle of this affair talks about being offered money,me ing that appears in numerous stories, that after sex she was offered payment and declined that. she talks about the the ons a lot of t

inquirer, philadelphia.com and theanly philadelphia dews.ws thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure, john. >> yangnews update before we go: actor john mahoney has died. he was best known forole as the father on the tv show "frasier." mahoney was also in ths "moonstruck" and "say anything," among others. he was 77 years old.. on the newshour online, the 2018 winter games open friday in pyeongchang, but you can test your olympic knowledge right taking a quiz onig our web site, pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm jo yang. join 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 newshour has been provided by: >> babbel. a language app that teanves real-life sations in a new language. ap >> consumer cellular. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performancliand financial racy in the 21st century. t cent. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarth foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. usce infor

president arrives in south korea for the games with promises of tougher sanctions on the north meanwhile john yang showcases its military might for some though it is all about the spectacle excitement builds in the host city john chiang as the olympic torch glides past or closed we'll have all the build up from our sports here. plus the big story here in germany the country's would be new government is taking its first shaky steps forward and will ask what its new look policies could mean for europe. and emergency crews to keep up the search for survivors after an earthquake it devastates the taiwan beach town the latest on the breast you reference there. i'm some use almost comically to have you with us the feud over north korea's nuclear program moves to center stage on the eve of the olympic games in south korea u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul and is promising new more aggressive sanctions against the north now he met with south korean president moved in following on his warning not to allow pyongyang to quote hide behind the olympic banner you told him. and today rather tha

and john yang is here with a preview. >> judy, the opening ceremonies are less than 12 hours away andcompetition has begun. we spoke earlier with chrtine brennan, sports column fist for "usa today." she was at the olympic venue ing pyang, south korea. we began by asking her what it is like there. >> we're talking more about thet cold weathn we are about north korea being a few miles away. i know that might sound strange, but i've been here almost a week, and it really is a sense that it's theolympics, it's sports, it's gam es. the athletes are here, and maybe, maybe we can focujust on sports and not on the politics. we'll see. we know most olymp games someli cs comes up. but the way south korea is running these game, the efficiency, everything has been rstished for a while, but fi appearances it's running well. >> yang: christine, there willv be le coverage on u.s. television tonight. who are somef the u.s. men to keep an eye on? >> nathan sen is a great story. he's the only undefeated male skater in the world this year. think about that. all these competition, and he's the only one w

planned new sanctions against north korea and said john yang could not be allowed to quote hide behind the olympic banner as it threatens the region and carries out human rights abuses north korea announced that the sister of leader kim jong un will attend the olympics opening ceremony aftershocks are rattling taiwan as emergency workers search for survivors of tuesday's strong earthquake nine people are now confirmed dead from the quake while dozens are still missing the major focus is an apartment block and hotel in the city of falling where most of the deaths occurred. but researchers in london say the first people to inhabit modern britain likely had dark skin and blue bloods scientists analyze d.n.a. taken from a ten thousand year old skeleton to reconstruct the hunter gatherer known as cheddar man they believe his ancestors migrated to europe at the end of the last ice age. the u.s. government could shut all non-essential operations at midnight on thursday if congress fails to pass its latest budget deal and it could all hinge on immigration policy on wednesday house minority lea

was supposed to hold talks with government representatives during the olympic games in south korea john yang reportedly scrapped the idea after pence denounced the north's human rights abuses. a lawyer linked to a former campaign aide of u.s. president donald trump has pleaded guilty to lying to f.b.i. agents of expounder swan is accused of lying about his communications with gates who faces money laundering and other charges they stem from a special probe into links between russia and the campaign. and clashes between police and squatters on the outskirts of peru's capital lima have left at least one person dead officers fired tear gas canisters to clear the area the big to residents say the land had been unused for years. the united nations refugee agency is warning that a humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions is about to hit the democratic republic of congo violence erupted late last year in the south eastern province of tank in the it's estimated that in this area alone more than a fifth of the population that's six hundred thirty thousand people have been displaced. forced

over the release of a secret house intelligence commiee memo that, as john yang reports, is part of the russia investigation. >> yang: judy, conservative republicans have been urging president trump to release the four-page classified document, believing it would discredit the f.b.i. and the russia investigation. last night, as mr. trump left the house chamber after the state of the union address, he seemed to assure republican representative jeff duncan of icuth carolina that he would make it publ >> great to meet you. let's release the memo. >> oh, yeah. mo, don't worry, 100%. >> yang: thiing, white house press secretary sarah asnders suggested on cnn that the recould take some l me. >> we've said ong, from day one, that we want full transparency in this process. we haven't hidden that. but at the same time, we'r still going to complete the legal and national security review. that has to take plaefore putting something out publicly. and that's the place where we are right now. >> yang: later, the f.b.i. issued a statement saying, "we have grave concerns about material omissions ot tha

but as john yang reports tsong the most closely watched early olympic even is global diplomacy. >> yangreworks opened the olympic games in pyegchang, but a diplomatic spectacle competed for attention: a historic handshake, between south korean president moonin jand north korea's nominal head of state, kim yong nam, at a welcoming reception. the greeting served to unrscore the apparent divisions between washington and seoul. vice president pence made a brief appearance, too, alongside moon and japanese prime minist shinzo abe, but he avoided the north korean delegation, and left early. the "wall street journal's" andrew jeong is covering the games. >> the conservative media here are interpreting this as a snub. other outlets are being careful because it still isn't really clear what message the vice president is trying to put out there.>> ang: during the opening ceremony, mr. pence sat just feet away from kim yo-jong, the powerful sister of north korean leader kim jong-un. pence again kept his distance, but south korea's moon greeted her, as the two countries' athletes marched side by si

yang >> jim, watch this space that's all i can tell you. just watch this space. >> i'm too busy watching magenta over there >> all right >> good quarter. >> johnyou >> by the way, when i'm old and it's my time to go away, sort of like mcadams, i'm going to miss these times on the desk with you guys >> you can still come on >> talk about the stephenson guy. you never even bring him up. >> we bring lots of old guys on. >> we really got to go, john we can't talk anymore. it's really a pleasure >> by the way, tomorrow from south korea with carl, brian roberts, chairman and ceo of our parent company comcast "squawk on the street" will be right back is the monolithic view of emerging markets obsolete? at pgim, we see alpa in the trends, driving specific sectors of out performance. where a rising middle class powers a booming auto industry. a leap into the digital era draws youthful populations to mobile banking and e-commerce. trade and travel surge between emerging markets. everyday our 1,100 investment professionals around the world search out opportunities for alpha. partner with pgim, the global investment management businesses of prudential. we