amna: they're coming in all forms. some of the six- to eight-week bans a back-door bans. if you're six weeks pregnant, you're two weeks late on your latest period sa lot of these measures are hidden behind language and have been in place yr years andrs but it's clear. anti-abortion activists think is is their moment in time. 30-plus years in the making, if ever was a chance to get roe v. wade reconsidered, it's now. robert: one of those long-time activists is vice president of the united state mike pence. how is this white house reacting?we eard from sue that top republican leaders in congress are distancing themselves.te is the wouse? philip: it's interesting. for now, president trump and the whiteouse have not fully embraced this alabama law. they've said very little. they've tried t avoid taking a clear position. although vice president pence a pro life administration and he's an interesting figure becausehe he's connection between trump and the religious right, evangelical christians. for pence, it's a personal conviction and for trump, political convenience. presiden

we heard this voter tell amna, this is hard.on't ow why it's so h, only 23 candidates. >> that's right, amna captured the iowa essence. i mean, these people take their responsibity very seriously. >> woodruff: they do. it's not casual. they are gatekeepers, betweennd iowa new hampshire, they are 1.4% of the population of the country, and unlesyou finish in the top three in iowa and the top two in new hampshire, you will not be elected president o the united stased on the historical precedent, and that's why it kes sense tore mr. castro and mr. o'rourke to be spending time on that.e >> if you lovpolitics, this is the time to. so there are candida everywhere you can drive in beautiful wet around see beautiful candidates and it peaks at the state fair where they all cojugate my most profound political coverage moment was covering gary bower running in th republican primary as he toured a refrigerated railway car with the last car sculpted in butter. >> woodruff: state fair. state fair. have that on the calendar at the "newshour". >

rtso let's s with where amna started in her reporting, amy, and that is with abortion.e are sing conservative-leaning states pass restrictive laws on women's access. clearly, human consequences to all this, but i want to ask both of youut the political calculus. i mean, we are hearing the candidates out on the til, we are hearing the president. what do we see developing here? >> well, what you saw before the alabama case were republicans on the offense saying, in states that were run by democrats, new york and california, they were passing laws that were overly what the president cahad ed at one point infanticide, tthy were supporting laws that would allow women to have abortions well into their th trimester and arguing that republicans were way out of the mainstream. he was very comfortabith that line of attack. he used it a lot at his rallies. now go and we see a number of states who now have these six-week bans and now alabama the most extreme of these, whch is no exceptions at all except for the life of the woman. but it really mes to the heart of it, judy, when it

for the pbs newshour, i'm amnas nawaz, in ines, iowa.odruff: and now, to the analysis of shields and brooks. that is syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new times" columni david brooks. hello to both of youur so before weto all the whatever you want to call it that's happened in washington this week, mark, le's tal about iowa. we heard this voter tella, amn this is hard. i don't know why it's so hard, only 23 candidates. >> that's right, amna captured the iowa essence. i mean, these people takee thir responsibility very seriously. >> woodruff: they do. it's not casual. they are gatekeepers, between iowa and new hampshire, they arh 1.4% o population of the country, and unless you finish in the top three in iowa and the top two in new llmpshire, you ot be elected president of the united states based on the historical precedent, and that's why it makes sense tore mr. castro and mr. o'rourke to be spending time on that. >> if you love politics, this is the ti to. go there are candidates everywhere. you can drive in beautiful wet around e

nawaz's >> woodruff: stay tuned for more of amna's reporting from iowa next week. and, join us tomorrow for a manversation with another 2020 contender: formeland congressman john delaney. >>oodruff: after nearly 18 months in captivity, two reuters journalists walked out of prison today in myaar. their crime? reporting news the government there did not want known, about its campaign of persecution against the rohingya musm people. their reporting recently won the pulitzer prize, among other prestigious honors. as john yang tells us, their plight garnered worldwide attention, and theirelease brought relief and joy. ( car horns ) >> yang: a thumbs up and a wave today, as wa lone and kyaw soe oo walked to freedom. they were swarmed by cameras after leaving yangon's notorious insein prison. >> i'm really happy, excited to see my family and my colleagues. and i can't wait to go to my newsroom now. >> yang: the two reuters journalists were arrested in december, 2017. they had been investigating a brutal military campaign that forced some 700,000 rohingya muslims to flee t

amna sediki. what did you do to help the community? >> so i took a lot of land that we didn't know what to do with at a community homeless shelter and we turned into a community gard garden. it gives them a healthier option. >> that is wonderful. they all have done incredible things. we'll hear more about t later on in the hour. let's bring in the chief alecutive officer who is super excited about re elevating the gold award girl scouts becau it's beenound for a while. >> yes. >> this time around what's going on? >> well, we decided that it was time to elevate the gold award. people don't know how important it is and what girls are doing to really solve society's grand challenges so the campaig gold award campaign, gold award girl scouts, girls the world needs. >> girl power. i mean, that's what this is all about. and really these young high school girls have some powerful voices and we're going to hear more aboh what ot projects they have been working on later on in the hour. you guys rock, okay? back in to you guys. >> all right. mol

amna nawazs back, with a conversation with the talented couple. ♪ ♪ >> nawaz: that beat.nstantly recognizable. ♪ ♪ (♪ "rhythm is gonna get you" ♪) >> nawaz: sounds from the 1980s that dominated radio and mtv... ...making gloria estefan and her band, the miami sound machine, including her husband, emilio estefan, one of the most popular musical acts of the time. (♪ "rhythm is gonna get you" ♪)n awaz: breaking through from the spanish-languamb genre to nu-one hits on the billboard pop charts. last month, the library of congress honored the couple with the gershwin prize for popular song. the next day, we sat down with the estefans to learn more about their music, their journey and eir relationship. how does this work? >> i think it's love. i respect a lot of us. but love is absolutely the main thing. respect and communication. >> that and he makes me laugh every ngle day in my life, >> nawaz: every single day? >> every single day. >> yes, in her. >> nawaz: where did that come from? >> well, we left cuba, my mom and i. my dad took us out of cuba p>> nawaz:does that mean? ant

i'm amna nawaz. a judy woodruff y. on the newshour tonit: prident trump threatens tariffs on imports from mexico, in an attempt to stop the flow of migrants at the u.s. southern border. then, it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capehart are here to talk abou robert mueller breaking his silence, the controversy around president trump's visit to hapan, and the white house pus to add a citizenship question to the census. plus, some exhibits ke millions of years to put together. an inside look at the national neweum of natural history' fossil hall. >> we're showing how all these different species got together and formed ecosystems the past, that transformed and transformed and transformed through time. and now we're at a point ourselves where it's transforming again. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provy: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> ordering takeout. >> finding the west route. >> talking for hours. >> pl

for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: in washington, the u.s. justice department filed a new, 18-count indictment against wikileakuns r julian assange. it accuses him of publishing thousands of secret documents. thu.s. is seeking to extradite assange from britain. sweden also wants to extradite c him, on a rarge. he pentagon formally presented plans to the whise today for sending reinforcements to the middle east, amid heightened nsions with iran. earlier, acting defense secretary patrick shanahan disputed reports that it might involve 10,000 troops. >> that is not the number. what we're foced on right now is, do we have the right force protection in the middle east? as soon as that changes, i promise i'll give you an update, but those numbers are no correct. >> woodruff: shanahan said atiny adal forces would focus on protecting u.s. troops already in the region. in india, the ruling hindu nationalist party, the b.j.p., headed for a landslide election victory today. the world's largest democracy voted in phases over six weeks. today, prime minis

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening, i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, the ortion divide-- the alabama state senate votes to enact the nation's most restrictive abortion law while vermont moves to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution. then, former supreme court justice john paul stevens discusses his career, the future of the judiciary and what he thinks are the court's worst decisions. pl, on the leading edge of science-- how some activists are using artwork to convey the challenges of climate and to persuade ordinary people to take action. >> art has this very special ability to tap into peoples' emotions, and people take action and decisions based on their emotions more than anything else. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour h been provided by: ♪ ♪ movi our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> babbel. salanguage app that teaches real-life convertions in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more.

our amna nawaz is on a ugporting trip to iowa. last night, she up with former texas congressman beto o'rourke. here is part of what he had to say.de e comment you arly in an interview that kind of stuck with you is the idea of being born to be, born to do this, people have said it about yo, too. >> yes. and when it came across to a lot of people, you are ina diverse field of candidates, a straight white man, it sound add little entitled. so i wonder how you look back on that now. how do u explain toople who say that maybe wasn't the right thing to say? >> i hope that you read the entire article, because i didn't say i was born to be president of the united states. whoever decides the hedlines on the magazine made that choice. toat i said is i feel like i was born erve people, you know, o a small busineer creating jobs, making payroll week in, week out. i'm not entitled to anything. every vote, every caucusgoer will be earned by showing profound respect by lteisng to their concerns, learning for them and loge up with courage for ou

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away.e newshour tonight: attorney general william barr fails to appear before the house judiciary committee, and risks being held in contempt of congress. then, a disturbing report rom the pentageals a rise in the number of reported sexual assault cases in the militar and, the ride-sharing service uber provides millions of trips per day, which translate into millions of users' data sent to the company's team in san francisco. >> you have a bit of this image of silicon valley, that's somebody sitting there, you know, thinking of a brilliant idea, you know, alone in a room. but actually, the realti innovaon that happens, escially for the larger te firms, is just lots and lond

i'm amna nawaz. wajudy woodruff is on the newshour tonight: facing facts.ebook and other social media, on how to handle doctored video. then, r politics monday duo is here, as 2020 presidential ecandidates hold campaints, town halls, and attend memorial day celebrations. seand, honoring those who ed, with one military it that has suffered more losses from post traumatic stress disorder than from combat. >> we're seeing people that end up killing themselves because they never got the treatment, or the treatment was ineffective in addressing their needs. >> nawaz: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening, i'm amna nawaz.woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, the ortion divide-- the alabama state senate votes to enact the nation's most restrictive abortion law while vermont moves to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution. then, former supreme court justice john paul stevens discusses his career, the future of the judiciary and what he thinks are the court's worst decisions. pl, on the leading edge of science-- how some activists are using artwork to convey the challenges of climate and to persuade ordinary people to take action. >> art has this very special ability to tap into peoples' emotions, and people take action and decisions based on their emotions more than anything else. >> nawaz: all that and more on

i'm amna nawaz. a judy woodruff y.newshour tonit: prident trump threatens tariffs on imports from mexico, in an attempt to stop the flow of migrants at the u.s. southern border. then, it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capehart are here to talk abou robert mueller breaking his silence, the controversy around president trump's visit to hapan, and the white house pus to add a citizenship question to the census. plus, some exhibits ke millions of years to put together. an inside look at the national neweum of natural history' fossil hall. >> we're showing how all these different species got together and formed ecosystems the past, that transformed and transformed and transformed through time. and now we're at a point ourselves where it's

but, as amna naw y tells us, thr has had a number of fatalities once again, are those deathsrompting questions about whether there are too many climbers, and how nepal handling it. >> nawaz: judy, i'm sure many of our viewers have seen this picture over the weekend, tweeted out by a climber. the summit of mount everest essentially had a traffic jam this past week. once upon a time, this kind of crowd was unimaginable. but now, there are even more troubles ascending and descending from the top. at least 11 people have died this climbing season. most recently, an american attorney from boulder, colorado, who died on monday. for more on what it takes to make it to the top of everest, and the crowding, conditions, d the deaths, we turn to alan arnette, a mountaineer and climbing coach who summitted he is the oldest american to summit k-2, the second-highest untain in the world. and he joins us via skype from fort collins, colorado. alan, welcome to the newshour. we hear this word "crowded" a lot in reference to what we're seeing. there why is it so crowded on everest right now? >> well,i

as amna nalls us, a seriesff of murders in ent cities in just one week has underscored a larger patternviolence over several years. and yet it comes at a time wn trans celebrities are more accepted and more prominent in pop culture. >> nawaz: judy, the most recent killing took place last sunday in north philadelphia. michelle "tamika" washington, 40 years old and a longtime advocate for the l.g.b.t.q. community, was shot several times. her death came one day after muhlaysia booker was found dead in dallas. booker was 23, and just weeks before her death, was attacked in a mob-like beating after a minor traffic accident. one week before those murders, 21-year-old claire legato wase shot in thhead in cleveland. she was killed after an argument between her mother and the suspected shooter. earlier this year, two more black transgender women, ashanti carmon and dana martin, were also killed. last year, more than two dozen transgender people were killed. and according to a 2018 human rights campaign report, there were at least 128 trans people killed in 32 states since 2013. 80% of them were

i'm amna nawaz. wajudy woodruff is on the newshour tonight: facing facts. fothe dilemmfacebook and other social media, on how to handle doctored video. then, r politics monday duo is here, as 2020 presidential ecandidates hold campaints, town halls, and attend memorial day celebrations. seand, honoring those who ed, with one military it that has suffered more losses from post traumatic stress disorder than from combat. >> we're seeing people that end up killing themselves because they never got the treatment, or the treatment was ineffective in addressing their needs. >> nawaz: all that and more, 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. >> babbel. ta language progrt teaches spanish, french, italian, germ, and more. >> home advisor. >> consumer cellular >> financial services firm ymond james. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. at www.hewl

but as amna nawaz tells us, the battle may reach a turning poins in the coming >> reporter: president trump and members of congress struggled to agree on a disaster aid bill that would address the needs of several states across the country as well as puerto rico. e of those states is florida. its panhandle community was devastated by hurricane mich seven months ago but the state needs more funding to continue its recovery. a relief package is currently stalled in the senate as senators attempt to find a solution that presidentrump will sign before memorial day weekend. to talk to us about where things stand, i'm joined by republican senator rick scott of florida.'s he was the staovernor when hurricane michael made landfall. senator scott, welcome back to the newshour. thanks for making the time. i want to ask you now about that bill the house passeasd. it $17 billion disaster relief package last week. it's now up to the senate. asi mentioned to see it through. will you vote for it? >et> well, see what ends up on the senate floor. here's what's frustrating. we're 218 days since hurrica

through it all, bashar al assad .and his regime survi amna nawaz now has a conversation about the extraordinarytem olty fuat has made that possible. >> nawaz: the peaprotests that spread across syria as part of the 2011 "arabpring" quickly ran into the already- existing prison and torture system in syria. that was part of bashar al assad's cruel inheritance from his father, who'd ruled the country before him. that system would become an industrial-sized obscenity, uspulling in hundreds of tds of syrians, forced to suffer in ualor, and endure extrem torture. more than 120,000 have been murdered in these prisons by assad's regime. this was all chronicled in sunday's "new york times," the result of seven yeae of work by paper's former beirut bureau chief, anne barnard. she's now spending a year as the edward r. murrow fellow th council on foreign relations in new york, and she joins me here now. >> thank you so much. >> so this isn't the first time we've seen evidence of this kind of torture and killing inside the a sad-- assad reg eem what was it about now that made you pull together seven years

amna nawaz hasur look into the company's role. >> nawaz: the camp fire killed 85 people and burned downt of the town of paradise to the ground before it was eventually brought under control. fire investigators say the utility's 100-year-old transmission lines snapped last november and cated small fires that spread and turned into the camp fire. state officials also say p.g.&ea caused multiple fires in 2017 as well. the company is facing lawsuits, potentially criminal charges, and filed for bankruptcy protection in january. russell gold is senior energy reporter for the "wall street journal," who's been covering this. he's also the author of a new book on renewables called "superpower." russell gold, welcome to the news hour. 100-year-old transmission lines. what do we know about how pg&e was run, what they were doingh, what failed to do that led to this devastating firewe? >, what we know is this is a transmission line that was built in9 121, and before a recent story in the "wall street journal," we asked, when was the st time it was inspected, when was the last time u had climbed up i

as amna nawaz reports, the outcome is not expected to call for significant penalties. >> nawaz: judy, that rht. in july 2014, police detained eric garner on suspicion of selling untaxed single cigarettes on the street. during that encounter, officerda el pantaleo is accused of using an unauthorized chokehold. the moment was captured on celln video. take a look. >> don't touch me! i can't breathe. i can't breathe! >> nawaz: eric garner, who had asthma, died as a result. in a column earlier this week, jim dw times" reports, many in the neighborhood where garner died betoeve his death won't lead real change, or lasting consequences with the police. he's been following the ongoing hearing, and joins me now. jim dwyer, welcome to the newshour. very briefly, if you can, just lay out for us what both sides are arguing in this hearing. >> well, it's an administrative hearing in the police department's own trial room, so they conduct disciplinary hearings there. and officer pantaleo, who is the arresting officer and the sergeant who oversaw him, are charged in pantaleo's case with using a chok

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: attorney general william barr fails to appear before the house judiciary committee, and risks being held in contempt of congress. then, a disturbing report rom the pentageals a rise in the number of reported sexual assault cases in the militar and, the ride-sharing service uber provides millions of trips per day, which translate into millions of users' data sent to the company's team in san francisco. >> you have a bit of this image of silicon valley, that's somebody sitting there, you know, thinking of a brilliant idea, you know, alone in a room. but actually, the realti innovaon that happens, escially for the larger te firms, is just lots and lots and lots of incremental innovation. >> nawaz: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. un >> major fng for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ >> kevin. >> kevin! >> kevin? >> advice for life. life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. babbel. a language pr

as amna nawaz reports, trump administrations officials were on capitol hill today once again awking the case against huawei. >>: when the senate judiciary committee convened today, it was clea"5that so-calle technology is a brave new world for some. >> today we'll talk about something i am no expert on. >> i actually know very little about 5g. >> nawaz: but others warned, the race to 5g-- or "fifth generation" communications technology-- is well under way, and, they said, china's in the lead. democratic senator chris coons of delaware: >> the very real potential that china will be the winner in this next generation of technology, and that will allow them to both exploit and benefit from and potentially disrupt what we be always on, always present, central networks that drive everything literally everything, from our vehicles to health care to national security to our power system, is chilling and concerning. i'm convinced that our ability to be leaders on the global stage depends on our ability to command the intellectual property heights of 5g. >> nawaz: indeed, china is moving rapiy.

as amna nawaz reports, the challenges of all that debt were cast back into the national nversation this week by a surprising announcement. it's part of our special series on "rethinking college" this month. >> nawaz: billionaire investor d philanthropist robert f. smith stunned the graduating class of historically black morehouse college during his commencement address on sunday. he promised to eliminate the student debt of all mbers of the class of 2019. the generous pledge also spotlighted the distinct wealth gap for recent african-american they carry nearly $7,500 more debt than their white counterparts. i smith, wthe wealthiest african-american in the u.s., h said he intend gift not only to help, but to inspire... re going to put a little fuel in your bus. now, i've got the alumni over there and this is a challenge to you, alumni. this is my class, 2019. ( cheers andpplause ) and my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. ( cheers and applause ) >> nawaz: let's examine the morehouse gift and some es the broader ons it raises with mehrsa baradaran, professor at the

amna, you were in iowa talking to voters last week. nine months from the caucuses.terviewed castro and o'rourke, who candidates running to become president. what did you find as you talked to voters more broadly, about what exactly they're looking for? are they thinking about donald trump? are they thinking about who can beat him? do they have specific issues they want to check boxes with each candidate? or are they testing the waters? >> it is a really interesting thing because the head of the iowa democratic party there basically said, look, we stopped trying to keep up with all the kacanadkancandidates coming thr. if we hear about them, we can act like the welcome wagon, great. the pace of candidates coming through iowa is already working at such a clip. the voters we talk to who, by the way, consisted of self-identified democrats but also republicans and independents who said they would be open to voting for a democrat this time. caucusing for a democrat in the caucuses and potentially voting down the line in a general election. they've become unhappy with the r