tonight, it's audie cornish of npr news. welcome, audie. >> cornish: thanks for having me. >> woodruff: the day's top story: a federal appeals court hears arguments over president trump's executive order on refugees and immigration. the panel will have to decide whether to override a lower court that blocked enforcement nationwide. we will examine this in detail, right after the news summary. the white house says it is confident of ultimate victory in the court fight. and the president made clear today, he is willing to go to the mat. john yang reports. >> reporter: president trump vowed to fight for his executive order, all the way to the supreme court, if he has to. >> we're going to take it through the system. it's very important. it's very important to the country, regardless of me or whoever succeeds at a later date. i mean, we have to have security in our country. we have to have the ability-- when you take some place like syria, you take all of the different people pouring-- and if you remember, isis said "we are goin

. >> cornish: and i'm audie cornish. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight... >> a new era of justice begins, and it begins right now. >> woodruff: jeff sessions is confirmed as attorney general, while fallout from the president's attacks on the judiciary mounts. >> cornish: also ahead this thursday, the latest from the 9th circuit court on president trump's immigration order. >> woodruff: and, a look at steve bannon the filmmaker-- what mr. trump's chief strategist's works reveal about his influence as the president's close advisor. >> what we've seen over the course of his films is that he explored a lot of the themes-- the nationalist and populist themes that really then echoed in donald trump's campaign. >> cornish: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.ign. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> supported by the rockefeller foundation. promoting the well-being of humanity around

i'm audie cornish. >> woodruff: it's been great to have you with us this week. >> cornish: thank you.> woodruff: and join us again online and tomorrow with mark shields and david brooks. for all of us at the pbs "newshour," thank you and we'll see you then. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org boom! hello, i'm julia child. welcome to my house. what fun we're going to have baking all kinds of incredible cakes, pies and breads right here in my own kitchen. how does bread from a bread machine stack up against a handmade loaf? lora brody, our bread machine wizard teaches us how to use this popular appliance to make everything from breadsticks to quitza.

. >> cornish: and i'm audie cornish. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight: >> i listened to a bunch oftuff last night on television that was disgraceful. >> woodruff: president trump defends his immigration ban, as it's fate hangs in the balance of the courts. >> cornish: also ahead, judy sits down with house speaker paul ryan to talk about how he is working with the trump white house, and the fight over immigration. >> this isn't a muslim ban. if it were, i'd be opposed to it, but the rhetoric surrounding it makes it look like a ban or a religious test. >> woodruff: and, debate over one of the president's cabinet picks leads to a rare vote in the senate to silence democratic opposition.

. >> cornish: and i'm audie cornish. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight: >> some things are law and i'm all in favor of that, and some things are common sense. this is common sense. >> woodruff: a federal appeals court takes up president trump's controversial immigration order. >> cornish: also ahead this tuesday, how the confirmation of betsy devos as education secretary might affect students and teachers across the country. >> woodruff: and, in our "race matters" series, the challenges facing minorities with autism, and one family's mission to tear down the obstacles leaving too many without the help they need. >> if you're anything other than a seven-year-old white boy, even if you're a seven-year-old white girl, you're less likely to be identified with autism.

i'm audie cornish. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff.n us online, and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> xq institute. >> supported by the rockefeller foundation. promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world, by building resilience and inclusive economies. more at www.rockefellerfoundation.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> >> rosewelcome to the program. i'm jeff glor of cbs news filling in for charlie rose while he's away. we begin with roger stone. >> what you see is what you get this, the man the american people elected and i think these things have to be seen in some historical perspecti

. >> cornish: and i'm audie cornish. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight... >> a new era of justice begins, and it begins right now. >> woodruff: jeff sessions is confirmed as attorney general, while fallout from the president's attacks on the judiciary mounts. >> cornish: also ahead this thursday, the latest from the 9th circuit court on president trump's immigration order. >> woodruff: and, a look at steve bannon the filmmaker-- what mr. trump's chief strategist's works reveal about his influence as the president's close advisor. >> what we've seen over the course of his films is that he explored a lot of the themes-- the nationalist and populist themes that really then echoed in donald trump's campaign.

audie cornish of n.p.r.'ll things considered" recorded this conversation last week. >> last year voice of america news service which is funded by the u.s. government received a stunning troaf of individual-- videos from nigeria ia, 18 hours by boko haram's own cameras, from north eastern nigeria. at the time boko haram had total control of the region. the videos take us behind boko haram's assault on the nigerian military and into villages where their leaders administer rough justice. doa has received-- produced a series of four reports based on the videos and joining me to talk about what we can learn from these images is ibrahim ahmed, he has the weekly program in nie gleria. thank you for joining us. >> it's my pleasure. >> tell us a little bit about how you were able to verify these videos. >> when they voice of america got these videos, first of all, we sat down and went through almost all of them. and we were able to determine that they came from not islam nie gleria because the people in the video spea

audie cornish of npr's "all things considered" has our look.tory of the african continucontinent, home to the 1f the world's population remains a mystery. henry gates admits it was a place he rarely considered, now he has a new series that considers great moments in pre-colonial history, called called "africa's great civilizations." welcome to the program. >> thanks for having me on. you've tackled all kinds of african-american history but this goes back to cave painting. what was the genesis of this idea? >> i wanted to do a comprehensive history of africa, and this is it. i have been thinking about it five years. took us a year to shoovment we went to 12 african countries. it's exhilarating. 200 years of african history. when i was growing up, africa was a place to be avoided even for black people. our images of africa came from tarzan and we were embarrassed about africa. >> you talked about the effort to distance. it was used as an insult within the community. >> you black african, that was like the "n" word. it began to change in 1960 when