and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. claims and counterclaims in syria today in the battle for aleppo, where 300,000 residents are trapped but there's little doubt that fighting for full control of the divided city is ferocious, and that rebel forces have made gains. various reports say rebels have at least partially broken a month-long government siege and seized a key military complex. hezbollah fighters, allied with syrian forces, conceded the rebels and have made advances. government officials had no comment on any rebel advance, but said syrian warplanes attacked rebel targets in aleppo. >> sreenivasan: tonight, we have a rare report from yemen, where another civil war has been raging for 16 months. united nations-sponsored peace talks aimed at resolving the war were suspended yesterday for a month. the u.n. envoy to the talks called o

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the united states this evening is on the verge of a milestone. tomorrow the u.s. will meet president obama's target of resettling 10,000 refugees from syria's civil war by the end of the federal government's fiscal year on september 30. that's according to the american ambassador to jordan. ambassador alice wells met today in amman with some of the several hundred syrians about to leave to start new lives in this country. the resettlement program has become an issue in the presidential campaign, with republican nominee donald trump charging the refugees pose a potential security threat. but ambassador wells said syrian refugees are subjected to rigorous screening measures conducted by the department of homeland security, the state department, and the f.b.i., which include

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. live by the sword, get poked by the sword. that's what happens when candidates rely too heavily on polls. donald trump more than any candidate this year has cited polls to explain his success. but now the wormed -- worm has turned. a number of post-convention polls out this week tell the story the nbc news/wall street journal has clinton up by nine points. "the new york times" poll has them tied. in the real clear politics average of polls she's leading by 6.7 points. trump's response? >> i would say right now it's the best in terms of being united that it's been since we began. we're doing incredibly well. we're leading in the state of phil:. ou saw the poll. we're leading in ohio. we're about tied in pennsylvania but i think we're going to be leading the next time. so i think we've never been this united. gwen: well, perhaps that's clear in the polls he sees. real clear politics has clinton leadi

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. as italy marked a national day of mourning, rescue workers spent a fourth day searching for survivors of the devastating earthquake, but found none. italian authorities say at least 291 people were killed when the overnight quake struck mainly in three towns on wednesday. almost 400 injured are in hospitals. today, italy's president and prime minister attended a state funeral for 35 of those victims, including two children in white coffins. the worst hit town is amatrice, and that's where newshour weekend special correspondent christopher livesay joins us. christopher livesay joint us. the funerals for all these people began today. >> that's right. in fact today was declared a national day of mourning, the prime minister and president both were here in attendance. it was originally scheduled to be a

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: good evening, thanks for joining us. the war of words between republican presidential nominee donald trump and the parents of a decorated muslim american soldier who died in combat escalated today. the father of the u.s. army captain who was killed in iraq in 2004 and who denounced trump at last week's democratic national convention criticized trump again today. >> he is a black soul, and this is totally unfit for the leadership of this country. the love and affection that we have received affirms that our grief-- that our experience in this country has been correct and positive. >> sreenivasan: at the convention, khazir khan, father of captain humayun khan, addressed trump directly, saying "you have sacrificed nothing and no one," and asking if he has read the u.s. constitution. in an interview on abc, trump r

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. in an effort to restore party unity, last night, republican presidential nominee donald trump endorsed house speaker paul ryan in his primary race this coming tuesday. trump had previously hesitated to back the speaker and several other high-profile republicans, but, after a rough week in the polls, he called for a return to the reagan-era "big tent" republican party. >> i support and endorse our speaker of the house, paul ryan. we may disagree on a couple of things, but, we mostly agree, and we're going to get it done. >> sreenivasan: during the rally in ryan's home state of wisconsin, trump also endorsed the re-election campaigns of senators john mccain in arizona and kelly ayotte in new hampshire, and softened controversial comments he made last year about senator mccain's military service and yea

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, this is pbs newshour weekend. good evening and thanks for joining us. national polls show hillary clinton dominant with african- american and latino voters but donald trump is making his case. at a rally in virginia last night, the republican candidate reiterated his recent pledge to reach out more to black voters. >> the gop is the party of abraham lincoln. (cheers) and i want our party to be the home of the african- american voter once again. ( cheers ) also, trump may be shifting his tone on immigration, according to participants in yesterday's first meeting of what he calls his "national hispanic advisory council." trump reportedly asked for input from the council's two dozen faith and business leaders and former government officials ahead of his immigration speech in colorado this thursday. today on cnn, trump campaign manager kellyanne conway said the candidate's pled

and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, william brangham. >> brangham: good evening, and thanks for joining us. donald trump says he must win the battleground state of pennsylvania to win the white house, but opinion polls show he has an uphill climb. trump is down by about ten percentage points to hillary clinton in the four most recent surveys of pennsylvania voters, yet he told supporters in altoona last night, he fears voter fraud could propel clinton to victory in the keystone state. >> she can't beat what's happening here. the only way they can beat it, in my opinion-- and i mean this 100%-- if in certain sections of the state, they cheat, okay? >> brangham: there's been no evidence of widespread in-person voter fraud in pennsylvania or any other state. hillary clinton returns to pennsylvania monday to campaign with vice president joe biden in his home town of scranton. hillary and bill clinton released their joint 2015 tax return yesterda

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. >> stewart: hello, and thanks for joining us. firefighters in california are making more progress containing the devastating wildfire east of los angeles, allowing tens of thousands of evacuees to return to their homes today, or what remains of those homes. officials say the so-called" blue cut fire" in san bernardino county has charred at least 58-square miles but is now 68% contained. all but 7,000 of the 80,000 residents ordered to evacuate their homes earlier this week are cleared to go back. officials say the fire has destroyed more than 100 homes and more than 200 other buildings since it broke out on tuesday. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. a five-year drought has made large areas of california susceptible to wildfires. blazes are also burning in santa barbara county and in the mountains north of san francisco. floodwaters in southe

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. >> this program was made t possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. l thank you. >> sreenivasan: the united states warned turkey today over its military drive against kurdish forces in northernfo syria. turkish tanks and planes are backing syrian rebels in attacks on the kurds, who are supported by the u.s. defense secretary ash carter said the turks need to focus ond the islamic state. >> american interests are quite clear. we, like they, want to combat isil and we're calling on allis now let's keep our priorities clear here and helping them de- conflict so to speak on the s battlefield. >> sreenivasan: turkish s president recep tayyip erdogan insisted today the kurdish grout is an arm of the islamic state, and he said his offensive meanwhile, the white house announced president obama will meet with erdogan on sunday, at an economic summit in china. >> ifill: in yemen: at least 54 people died when a suicide truce bomb tore into a gathering of military recruits. the islamic state group claime

institutions: and friends of the newshour.d fr >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: today in campaign politics: a major resignation on donald trump's team, new details about hillary clinton's emails, and a visit to the flood zone in louisiana. lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> reporter: for donald trump, a three-fold shift. first: optics. today, no podium or stage, but the candidate on the ground,d, surveying flood-ravaged baton rouge. >> they need a lot of help. what's happened here is h incredible. nobody understands how bad it is. >> reporter: it was in part pushback against a vacationing president obama who has taken heat for not visiting.ot instead, he sent homeland security secretary jeh johnson. >> the federal government iser here. we have been here; we will bee here as long as it takes to help this community recover. >> reporter: louisiana's democratic governor, john bel edwards, would prefered politicians-- like mr. obama-- to stay away, for now. >> they free up the inters

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.y contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. u. >> woodruff: swathes of southern louisiana are still underwater after a weekend of historicen flooding. at least six people died and l thousands had to leave their homes. as far as the eye could see, there was water. the rising floodwaters took mant in louisiana by surprise. whole neighborhoods were submerged and more than 20,000 people were forced to evacuate. by today, many had managed toed make it to makeshift shelters on higher ground. >> my house was underwater. i have three children, my sister lives in the sherwood forest area, she was on top of her roof and she has five children. >> it was pretty scary because we didn't know how high theid waters were gonna rise. or how fast they were gonna f rise, we just gotta out of there before it was too late. >> woodruff: since friday, the state has been battered by an onslaught of torrential rain. in baton rouge and the surrounding area, the amite river surged to mor

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbu station from viewers like you.at thank you. >> woodruff: delta airlines canceled more than 400 flights today, after a global crash of its computer systems. hours later, the carrier resumed limited service. but the glitch also delayed more than a thousand flights, andd left passengers stranded. some complained they'd been given little information. >> when i got here, i waited.i i got here for the 8:37 flight and then it kept going, you know, delayed, delaying it and then, they never announced that it was cancelled. so i had to call the customer service and they told me it was cancelled, so they gave med, another flight, but now i got a flight tomorrow. so, it was the fact that they didn't let me know what wasow going on. >> woodruff: the trouble was caused by a power outage inr atlanta, but the airline and georgia power disagreed over who was to blame. just last month, southwestth airlines was hit by an equipment failure that canceled 2,000ce flights. >> if

corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. you. again from washington, sitting in for gwen ifill, it up even from "the washington post." good evening. the realities of running a presidential campaign really set in for donald trump this week. he had his first national security briefing. he reset his national security policy by calling for extreme venting of anyone trying to enter the united states. owneceived calls from his party to release his tax returns, and on friday, trump toward louisiana, giving us a first look at how we might serve as a comforter-in-chief. and then, there was this. mr. trump: i have never been politically correct. it takes too much time will stop and i do regret it -- it takes too much time. and i do regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain. too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues, but one thing i can promise you is this, i can always tell you the truth. [applause] trump's uncharacteristic apology followed yet another staff shakeup, his third in three months. pa

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. ontributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: three months to go in the presidential campaign, and for a third straight day, the headline is donald trump's feud with the family of a soldier killed in iraq. the republican presidential nominee took heat today from his own party, but he showed no sign of relenting. we'll have the story in full, right after the news summary. >> woodruff: warnings about the zika virus are intensifying in south florida. officials now say 14 cases were likely transmitted locally by mosquitoes, all within a neighborhood north of downtown miami. the centers for disease control and prevention today issued a new warning to pregnant women to avoid that area. >> ifill: main street in ellicott city, maryland was a muddy shambles after a flash flood that killed two people saturday night. it was triggered by a cloudburst of more than six inches of rain. cell phone video captured people linking up to reach a woman in a car that was being

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.ca >> woodruff: for donald trump, more discord in his own ranks, as he tries to make up ground in the presidential race. his economic speech of monday was swept from the headlines by a high-profile rejection today. the republican nominee faced new defections just a day after trying to reset his campaign. republican senator susan collini of maine wrote in "the washington post" that she willon not vote for trump, explaining she's been, "increasingly dismayed by his constant stream of cruel comments." and, she added, "treating others with respect, (is) an idea thate should transcend politics." trump had his response ready, this afternoon in wilmington, north carolina.sp instead he went after hillary clinton over gun rights. >> hillary wants to essentiallynt abolish the settlement. by the way, if she gets the pick... [audience booing if she gets to pick her judge, nothing you can do, folks, although the settlement

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.op thank you. >> ifill: from terrorism to taxes: the candidates duel over their visions of each other. hillary clinton talked economic policy. and donald trump repeatedly claimed that her failures, in the obama administration,ni allowed a deadly new enemy to emerge. >> oh boy, is isis hoping for her.s >> ifill: trump is stepping up s his effort to tie hillary clinton time as secretary of state to the rise of the islamic state.e this morning, in miami... >> you know, if you're a sports team, you have a most valuable player, the m.v.p. award. isis will hand her the most valuable player award.hae >> ifill: and last night in fort lauderdale, with this, about president obama:ll >> isis is honoring president obama.a: he is the founder of isis. he's the founder. he founded isis.de and, i would say the co-founder would be crooked hillary clinton. >> ifill: the republican nominee defended the line of attack, in a call-in today to c

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.oge ut >> ifill: donald trump has spent this day trying to recover, after a series of statementsri that triggered a storm of criticism. he campaigned today in the face of sliding poll numbers, and more defections within republican ranks. correspondent lisa desjardins has today's developments. >> reporter: the unconventional donald trump spent the dayay trying to expand his presidential map in an unexpected place-- portland, maine. >> we are letting people come in from terrorist nations that shouldn't be allowed because you can't vet them. there's no way of vetting them.m you have no idea who they are. (applause) this could be the great trojan horse of all time. >> reporter: for trump, winning maine, with a history of votingn for democrats for president, would be a coup.wo but he has other electoral map concerns: a dozen states are thought to be in play, and newth polls out today show trump down significantly in

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the presidential campaign was dominated today by reports that donald trump's presidential campaign is taking on water, and may need a rescue. trump brushed aside all talk of internal division, and of growing defections. we will have a full report, right after the news summary. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, president obama commuted the prison sentences of 214 federal inmates-- almost all of them, non-violent drug offenders. the white house said it's the largest number of commutations in a single day since at least 1900. it is also part of president's effort to address sentencing rules that he considers overly harsh. >> ifill: kansas congressman tim huelskamp, a tea party favorite, has lost his republican primary battle. during his three terms, he had feuded repeatedly with g.o.p. leaders, and it cost him his seat on the house agriculture committee. that boosted challenger roger marshall, who won 5

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.hileic >> sreenivasan: rescuers inen italy desperately searched for signs of life amid a sea of rubble today, as the death toll from that massive earthquake climbed to at least 250 people. the temblor leveled a cluster oa mountain communities northeast of rome early yesterday. emma murphy of independent television news is in italy with the latest. >> reporter: it's 36 hours since the first quake and the aftershocks are seemingly endless.s qu this one measuring 5.4 brought fear to an already traumatized population and greater danger to those working through what is already damaged.ra and what damage. this is pescara del tronto.. these images are of destruction on such a scale which makes them almost impossible to take in. on the ground, it still seems unreal. i and yet, a closer look gives a glimpse into the lives which were lived here. cwe and for some lost here even the bishop tells me he has no words to offer

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the presidential contest found donald trump trying to move on-- again-- from something he said a day earlier. hillary clinton, meanwhile, looked to capitalize on the furor. correspondent lisa desjardins has our report. >> reporter: amid talk of campaign resets, donald trump changed scenes today, trading his usual large rally for, first, a small roundtable of coal executives and workers in southwestern virginia, and later, a speech on jobs, especially mining jobs. >> the mines will be gone. the mines will be gone if she gets elected. >> reporter: that was trump on offense. but he's also on defense over these words from yesterday, about hillary clinton and gun rights. >> if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. although the second amendment people, maybe there is. i don't know. >> reporter: trump told fox news he meant political action-- not violence. >> nobody in that room thought anyt

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: in today's early morning hours, italy's countryside was jolted awake by an earthquake, striking just beneath the surface and wreaking terrible havoc. the official number of deaths has reached 159, but that number is expected to grow. an army of rescue workers quickly descended on three small italian towns that were leveled in the quake. they were able to pull some people from the rubble, but others remain trapped. >> ( translated ): i heard people asking for help, people calling out, asking for help, but in this condition, what could i do? i've been to the centre and it's all in rubble. >> ( translated ): we came out to the piazza, and it looked like dante's inferno. people crying for help, help. >> woodruff: the 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit in the middle of the night, just after 3:30 a.m. it was felt across central italy, but the tiny towns of amatrice, accumoli, and pescara del tronto were hardest h

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.ra thank you. >> sreenivasan: a fast-moving inferno burning 60 miles east of los angeles flared even more today. some 1,500 firefighters are battling the massive wildfire that's only four percent contained. they dropped fire retardant on parts of the san gabrielhe mountains to help control the blaze. it's already charred more than 49 square miles since tuesday. 82,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate. >> woodruff: nearly 18,000 detainees have died in syrian d government prisons since that country's uprising began back in 2011. that's according to a new report out today from amnesty international.a the group interviewed abuse survivors who described rampant torture, disease, and death at the detention centers run by syria's intelligence agencies. amnesty warned the actual death toll is likely much higher, since thousands of detaineesai disappeared while in custody. >> sreenivasan: the uniteden nations has admitted fo

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was madem possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the president toured flood damage in louisiana today after historic storms more than a week ago inundated 20 parishes and left 13 people dead. president obama surveyed the damage from streets that just a few days ago were underwater. it's one sign of a gradual return to normal, but stacked up on the side of the streets werer the remnants of just how bad, and historic, the floods had been. >> people's lives have been upended by this flood. this is not just about property damage, this is about people's roots. >> woodruff: the president was in east baton rouge to meet with officials, first responders andn just some of the thousands who were flooded out of their homes. more than 115,000 people have signed up for federal disaster assistance so far. today, mr. obama pledged more help is coming. >> what i want the people of louisiana to know is you're not alone on this. even after the tv cameras leave, t

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