amna: he also launche o investigatiopresident trump.ummings racistbrnd ding baltimore a rat infested mass. today trump tweeted condolences ngiskndoinoyisa ,many fronts will be very hard f not impossible to replace. in congress his colleagues pay luibute, ing nancy pelosi. >>ng in ss elisha was considered a north star. he is a leader of towering he lived the american dream and wa amna: that sentiment crossed the political aisle to mitch mcconnell. he had close friends and admirers from all acrosspthe politicatrum. amna: cummings' death deprives democrats of a voice in the impeachment increas but he left clear eyed views on duty. >> dancing with the angels, a question will be asked. in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy intact? did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? amna: for the pbs newshour i am amnaawaz. britain and the european union reach a brexit deal. can it survive british parliament? the united auto workers move to end their strike wi gm. what is on the line. and, how data is driving artists to create

amna nawaz has the story.our produces some content as part of a business relationship with facebook. amna:am it is the first appearae from zuckerberg on capitol hill since lawmakers grilled him over privacy concerns a year and a half ago. zuckerberg's testimony before the house financial services committee was extensively to build support for facebook's new cryptocurrency project, libra, a global digital currency. >> the idea is that sending money should be as easy and secure as sending a message. i don't know if libra is going to work, but i believe it is important to try new things. i view the financial infrastructure in the united states as outdated. amna: that has drawn harsh criticism and lost support among regulators and the financial dustry. >> scores of stable partners have dropped out. why? >> i think you would have to ask them specifically. >> why do you think they dropped out? >> because it is a risky project. >> yes, it is a risky project. amna: zuckerberg acknowledged the anger surrounding faceboo

and amna joins me now. >> hi, judy. >> woodruff: you had a chance to talk to her. tell us more about the circumstances, amna, how did she happen to be at this event. we were saying this was her first interview in many months. >> it's her first since leaving in april of this year when she resigned. we haven't heard much from her. when she was head of homeland security she rarely gave interviews. ople have to register and pay in advance to attend. it wasn't open to the public. it was hosted by fortune. it's called "women in power." her presence at the summit got a lot of outrage. basically because people said she shouldn't be give an platform in this kind of environment to talk about her policies. actually people who were booked on the panel backed out because nielsen was going to be there, including filmmaker gree hampton, singer brandy carlisle, even former secretary of state hilly clinton. she cited a scheduling conference, but a source said she didn't want the share the bill with nielsen. >> woodruff: well, there is a lot of conoversy around what happened during

amna: you mentioned training.er involved, joined the force in aprilra 2018,ating from the police academy where he underwent some kind of training. based on your experience, what would that have entailed? how would he be trained to assess risks and threats? prof. stoughto there is a lot of variation ine polaining. more than 600 different academies in the country, and i can't speak to his particular training experience. generally, i want to see officers getting a robust tactics are the procedures and techniques that ficers use to mitigate risk and threat, to make sure that they are as safe as the situation allows them to be. d because the officer is as safe as they can be, they don't have to use force against e individual with whom they are interacting. there's too much emphasis in police training on the risks officers face, and the severity of those risks. to be verylear, there are sks in policing, and we should not unrestimate those. buwe also should not exaggerate those risks. the tactics, equipment and training

amna, what does this deal mean fo russia? >> it means russia has much more ofse a pe and influence in that space. t end?: to w >> one, part of a larger geopoliticalphere. they're more aligned to turkeyk now. we saw this previously with tensions between turkey and the u.s. in a deal for the air missile defense system that they bought from the russians. the u.s. dn't like it. there have been tensions for a while between the u.s. and rkey, which is aato ally. turkish had with forces on the ground. that was always a tenuousec alliancese the stronger alliance was always with turkey. it w w never a questionf when the u.s. was going to leave. we flew the u.s. would have to leave at some point. the big questionas how they'd and by all accounts, the day after that call by president trump and president erdogan, it was total chaosas to -- as toto how that decision was reached. robert: why did many advisors pull back on the support of turkey? >> anytimeouhink about the foreign policy, you have to think about it in the america firstme fnd

amna: we have beeng reporn this for a while.e know for most of these families they are coming from central america from el salvador, honduras and guatemala. largely claiming -- fleeing economic instability and violence. when you look at that one big eye-popping number, about three hundred thousand's of t sse migrants agle adults. the largest group was family units. that wasos a 500,000, adults traveling with children. and unaccompied minor children number come over 76,000. that family unit number, that is what has been taxing the system. ourystem is not designed to handle families and children in that way. ind that unaccompanieds number is children largely arriving unaccompanied. that is higher than any number esen that the obama minist and had to manage. a lot of people are asking what happened to all those children. it is important to point out they go into the care of another government agency and that agency said they had a record number of sponsors coming forward. vented family and friends who come forward to claim the chil

amna nawaz has our report. >> nawaz: thick plumes of smoke billowed above the syrian border town of rasn this morning, hours after the ceasefire officially began. activists and syrian war monitor said turkish troops shelled kurdish forces, but reports from the scene said the attack subsided by midday. in istanbul, turkish presidentp reyyip erdogan denied any fighting had continued. >> ( translated ): i do not kn where you receive information from, but according to the ones i get from my defense minister, there are no ongng clashes. all of these are speculations >> nawaz: and in washington, president trump also said, after speaki with erdogan, the cease-fire was holding. >> there was some sniper fire thisorning. there was mortar fire this e rning th was eliminated quickly and theyck to the full pause. >> nawaz: mr. trump also claims that the five day ceasefire will save "millions of lives". the turks cast it as a complete victory that grants th a 20- mile-wide so-called "safe zone" in northeastern syria free of syrian kurdish figers and stretching to the iraqi frontier. erdogan insisted

amna. >> john yang in las vegth a subject that's sure to be front thanks, john. the 2020 >> woodruff: china has historically been known moreor f the pollution it produces than the gas it saves. but china is now also the rld's largest market for electric cars. and china's electric vehicle market is transforming not only chinese automakers, but forcingn rnational companies to ramp up e.v. production as well. with the support of the pulitzer center, we return to our series, china: power and prosperity. special correspondent katrina yu begins her report in hefei, china. >> brangham: in one of the world's most advanced factories, this start-up is working to cars is driven by china.ctric nio is descred as "china's tesla." it produces electric s.u.v.s foo ennmentally-consciouss. millenni each vehicle comes with an artificially intelligent dashboard robont nihao. >> reporter: access to drive- through, nio power stations that swap out dead batteries. and exclusive nio cbhouses. more than a car.i says nio is >>oe translated ): nio't only want to be an electric car brand, b

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff isway. on the newshour tonight: withdrawal. president trump under fire from democrats and republicans for abruptly announcing the removal of u.s. troops from syria. then, the impeachment inquiry grows. the house subpoenas the secretary of defense and white house budget director as a second whistleblower with first- hand knowledge of the ukraine affair emerges. our politics monday team is here to break down the ramifications for the president. plus, a modern bluesman. grammy-award winner gary clark jr. on re-tuning his sound in a changing america. >> it's because of this tension and social climate, race relations and fear and the unknown. how do i maneuver through that and teach my kids how to be strong, teach my kids how to be loving in a world that can be so cruel. >> 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. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. for more than 50 years, a

she has been following this so, amna, eye-popping numbers. what do we know about what's driving it? >> it's a stunning nuber. we have been reporting on this for a while. we know for most of t families they're coming from elfsalvador, honduras, and guatemalalargeic fleeing econnstability and violence. but attack a look at how these numbers break down, judy. when you look at thae big eye-popping number, about 300,000 of those migrants wee single adults. the largest group, however, was family units. that was almos500,000. that's adults traveling with children. and then this unaccomnied minor children-- number, rather, over 76,000. two things tt point ou. that family unit's number, that is what has been taxing the system. neour system is not desto handle families and children in that way. and that unaccompanied minors number, that, of course, is children arriving largely unaccompanied.'s th higher number than the obama administration had to manage and they had their own surges they had to manage in 2014 and 2016. a lot of people are asking what happened to those children? ou's important

amna, one thing notable, he was the last of the majorcandidates to lease his gun violence plan and he chose this forum gabby giffords group and the group formed after e parkland high school shooting and this shooting one day after the second anniversary of the harvest music festival shooting here in las vegas that claimed 58 lives. fitting his role as the modera candidate, joe biden's plan had some moderate points in it. there are three main points. he wants to expand background checks, but, importantly, he wants texclude sales between close family membersat's an exclusion, very important to a lot of gun owners. he also wants to tore the manufacturing new assaultan on weapons, and for existing assault weapons, he mihas a ddle ground, not a mandatory buybacku a ary buyback. owners of assault weapons would have to choose, under his plan,s whether toell their weapon back to the government or undergo background checroand register in order to keep theirp assault . so a middle ground on that sue. >> so, hn, a lot of those things we heard mayor buttigieg list at the top, when we okoa y at a

i'm amna nawaz.he pbs newshour, >> woodruff: congressman elijah6 cummings wasyears old. still to come on the newshour: l,itain and the european union reach a brexit dut can it survive the british parliament? the united auto worker to end their strike with g.m. what's on the line? and, how data is driving artists to create new work. >> woodruff: european union leaders unanimously backed a brexit deal with the united kingdom today. the next major hurdle is having the agreement approved by the british parliament. no easy feat for prime minister boris johnson. and the stakes for the united states are clear: the e.u. is america's largt trading partner, and the u.k. is one of america's closest allies. nick schifn has the story. >> schifrin: today, british prime minister boris johnson threw his arms around negotiators and saluteropean leaders for agreeing on new terms of their divorce. johnson evenid a full victory lap around the table, celebrating what he's compared to reaching the peak of mount everest. >> it's been long, it's been painful. it's been divisive. and now is the

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fothe pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: the difficulty of studying for a degree while facing the possibility of deportation. they are a family that have captured the american political spotlight for decades. now, former secretary of state hillary clinton and her daughter, chelsea, are out with a new book, "gutsy women." we will discuss that in a moment. but when i sat down with the two earlier today in new york city, i began by asking secretary clinton about today's developments in the impeachment inquiry-- if the trump administration has the authority to block the american ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, from speaking with congress. >> i don't believe they do. i think that there's quite a bit of precedent in legal decisions that the congress has an inherent power to seek evidence from witnesses with respect to their investigations and most particularly an impeachment inquiry. i understand that the trump administration doesn't want people talking to the congress, but i recall, j

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: withdrawal. president trp under fire from democrats and republicans for abruptly announcing the removal of u.s. troops from syria. then, the impeachment inquiry grows. the house subpoenas the secretary of defense and white d house budget director as a second whistleblower with first- hand knowledge of the ukraine affair emerges. our politics monday team is here to break down the ramifications for the president. plus, a modern bluesman. grammy-award winner gary clark jr. on re-tuning his sound in a changing america. >> it's because of this tension

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as amna nawaz reports, the amount of content has soared despite efforts to crackown over the last decade nawaz: judy, the numbers are stunning. cording to the "time technology platforms like facebook and google reported some 45 million videos and photos of children being a sexualsed last year-- more than double the number found the previous year. now, the "times" called images "horrific portraying children, some as young hrasee or four years old, suffering abuse, in some torture, at the hands of adultsh the report also outlines how law enforcement and others are strcggling to trk and curb the crimes by the perpetrators. donna rice hughes is an advocate for child safety online, and president and c.e.o. of "enough is enough," a non-profit group dedicated to making the internet safer for children and families child sexual abuse andnting predation. done narcotic welcto the newshour. >> thank you for having me. r,>> woodruff: so that num 45 million, help me understand that. tting worse and worse, or are authorities just better at detecting what>> out there? t's a problem that's getting worse

amna nawaz takes a look. >> nawaz: th's right, judy, 's not just the impeachment inquiry.l is also focused on the president's acti as toward turk syria. and the 2020 democrats have primary debate tomorrow night. that's plenty for our weekly "politics monday" roundup. i'm joined by amy walter of "ce k political report," and host of public radio's "politics oith amy walter" and domen montanaro, senior political editor at npr. welcome to you both. shall we jump right into the polls? >> why not. >> reporter: let's do it. take a look at this graphic. these are five polls over the last week, t latest just outtoday in the lower righthand corner from quinnipiac, you can see the majority of americans if e of these polls show support for the impeachment process. all of thoseresent annumbers, increase, numbers ranging from 51 to 58% now. why are we seeing those now? >> it's important towns the temperatures between impeachment inquiry and supporting ithere are a couple of polls tht show it just over 50% support, but it's really hoering around why is thaimportant? because there are peo

amna nawaz has the story. >> nawaz: that's right, judy. his most significant accomplishment was in making peace with neighboring eritrea soon after he became prime minister last april. the two countries had been at war for two decades, in a bitter border conflict that drove hundreds of thousands of people into exile or internal displacement. they now have diplomatic relations, and many families kept apart by war were reunited last year after the first commercial flight between the two nations in 20 years. prime minister abiy has a doctorate degree in peace-making, and served as a u.n. peacekeeper in rwanda after the 1994 genocide. for more on who he is, i'm joined by salih booker. he's the president and c.e.o. of the center for international policy, and he served as director of africa studies at the council on foreign relations. welcome backreo the "newshour". >> thank you for having me. so, prime minister abiy is 43 years old. tell us about him. >> he is the youngest head of state in the african country. he was the child of mixed marriage

amna nawas has the latest. >> nawaz: inside syria's rthern border, turkish tanks let loose a hailf gunfire. turkey stepped up its assault on urs. allied syrian kurdish forces on the ground. and in the air. on day two of the offensive, turkish planes bombed kurdish- held towns, dotting the syrian skyline with smoke. near qamishili in northeastern iraqi border.es fled for the >> ( translated ): last night, ired rockets and i swear the situation is not good at all. >> nawaz: those still in townin grievehe hospital for family killed by the airstrikes. in ankara, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan defended e operation, dubbed "pea spring." he insisted the onslaught is about protecting terri >>ust like all the other operations carried out by turkey, the aim of the peace spring is to contribute to syria's territorial and political integrity. >> nawaz: turkey says the territory should ilude a 20- mile buffer zoneng syrian kurds, who itisiews as terr. turkey today hit a number of kurdish-held bder towns. the assault on the u.s. kurdish allies came after the u.s. withdrew its forces from the are

amna nawas has the latest. >> nawaz: inside syria's northern border, turkish tanks let loose a hail of gunfire. turkey stepped up its assault on u.s. allied syrian kurdish forces on the ground. and in the air. on day two of the offensive, turkisplanes bombed kurdish- held towns, dotting the syrian skyline with smoke. near qamishili in northeastern syria, families fledor the iraqi border. >> ( translated ): laseynight, thiredthe siation not gd at rks aralwel. iein ttal rhose still in tn family killed by the airstrikes. in ankara, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan defended the operation, dubbed "peace spring." abprtierryauisgh jsl t like all the other operations carried out by turkey, the aim of the peace spri cs ngibliontitotol utintrt. >> nawaz: turkey says the territory should ilude a 20- mile buffer zone along the syrian border to progainst syrian kurds, who it views as terrorists. turkey today hit a numbeldof kurdish-heorder towns.on the assaulhe u.s. kurdish allies came after the u.s. withdrew its forces from the area monday. with erdogan on the phone aboute the removal, givin

and, as amna nawaz lays out, it questions on a larger scale about police training, race andr the use >> nawaz: judy, this shooting came less than two weeks after a former police officer in dallas was convicted of murder for fatally shooting a man in his home. in this case, atatiana jefferson was playing video games on saturday with her eight-year-old nephew when a neighbor saw her front door ajar and called the non-emergency police line toy express concern. body camera footage shows officer aaron dean and hisne partr circling around the home, walking through a gate j intoefferson's backyard, before stopping at a window. dean shouts, "put your hands upi and immediatels his gun. jefferson's nephew, who was in that room, says his aunt pointed r gun at the window after hearing noises outside. joining me now is seth stoughton, an associate professor of law at the nauniversity of south caro he is also a former police officer who served in tallahassee, florida. seth stoughton, welcome to the news hour. i want to ask you about what we kn about the exact circumstances in this case.t the erim

amna nawaz has more. >> nawaz: that's rigor, judy, "newtimes" reporters michael shear and julie hirschfield davis coosrote that exe new book, "border wars." and michael joins lc now. e to the "newshour". >> happy to be here. >> reporter: family separation was one of the more punitive measures you dek.tail in the boo it's when the idea was first floated by then secretary john kelly, had a lot of heat and backlash. what did you finout about why the administration pushed forward with it, anyway? >> well,>>ohn kelly was, i think, cognizant of the political implications and the moral implications of what was going to happen to the children, and i think he recognized when it was first floated that at was -- the damage to the administration early on at the time. but inside the administration, allies of stephen milho has always within the president's architect of his immigration agenda, and allies of jeff seions who was the htorney general at the time, never let the idea go. they continued to believe, and i think still believe today, that it wou be the most effective, it was going to be and would b

amna nawaz has the story. the record, we should note the pbs newshour produces some content as part of a business relationship with facebook. >> nawaz: it's the first appearance from zuckerberg on capitol ll since lawmakers grilled him over privacy concerns and oer issues around cambridge analytica a year and a half ago. zuckerberg's testimony before the house financial services committee was ostensibly to build support for facebook's new cryptocurrency project, libra, a global digital currency originally set to launch next year. >> the idea behind libra is that sending money should be as easy and secure as sending a message. i actually don't know if libra is going to work but i believe in trying new things. i view the financial infrastructure in the u.s. as outdated. >> nawaz: but that project has drawn harsh criticism and lost support among regulators and the financial industry. >> scores of stable partners have dropped out. why? >> well, congresswoman, i think you'd have to ask them specifically for... >> w