sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. 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, megan thompson. >> thompson: good evening, and thank you for joining us. there's confusion tonight over who's in charge of a federal agency created to protect americans in their banking and financial dealings. the consumer financial protection bureau was created by president obama and congress after the 2008 financial crisis. the uncertainty began yesterday when the agency's director, richard cordray, an obama appointee, officially resigned and immediately promoted his chief of staff, leandra english, to deputy

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. 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, megan thompson. >> thompson: good evening and thank you for joining us. the longest-serving member of congress, 88-year-old john conyers of michigan, announced today he's giving up his post as top democrat on the house judiciary committee, but he won't resign. the move follows last week's disclosure by "buzzfeed" that conyers settled a sexual harassment claim by a former staff member in 2015 with a confidential $27,000 payment. the house ethics committee is now investigating the payment. conyers denies the alleg

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> thompson: good evening and thank you for joining us. president trump is in the philippines this evening to meet with controversial president rodrigo duterte and to attend another summit of southeast and east asian countries. mr. trump, wearing a traditional shirt, arrived in manila from vietnam, where he had offered to mediate the rival claims in the south china sea, pitting china against five other countries, including the philippines. president duterte seemed to reject the offer, saying, "th

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. 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, megan thompson. >> thompson: good evening, and thank you for joining us. president trump leaves vietnam overnight for the philippines, the final stop on his five- nation asian trip. before moving on to hanoi, mr. trump attended the asia-pacific economic cooperation summit in danang, where 11 countries said they were going ahead with the transpacific partnership free trade deal which mr. trump has rejected. but talk of the trade deal was overshadowed by a meeting on the sidelines between mr. trump and russian pre

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. 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 thank you for joining us. with the united states on the sidelines, climate negotiators from almost 200 countries have hammered out a blueprint for future commitments to slow the effects of climate change. the two-week conference in bonn, germany, ended today. the goal was to come up with a technical rule book which puts the words of the landmark 2015 paris climate accord into action. presiding over the conference was the prime minister of one pacific island nat

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. president trump arrives in japan tonight to begin a 12-day, five- country trip to asia, expected to be dominated by concerns over north korea and strengthening economic ties. early today in hawaii, mr. trump boarded "air force one" for the long flight from honolulu to tokyo. on his way to the airport, he dropped by the trump international hotel waikiki and talked to staff. it is a hotel that licenses the trump name. during his hawaii stopov

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. 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. a small town church about 30 miles east of san antonio has become the site of america's latest mass shooting. today, a lone armed man walked into sunday services at the first baptist church in sutherland springs, texas, a community of about 700 people, and began shooting parishioners, and then he fled the scene. eyewitnesses say the incident began during the 11:00 a.m. service, when they heard the sound of semi-automatic gunfire. police wh

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg.

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. 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 thank you for joining us. the republican tax reform bill that would cut business and personal taxes by $1.5 trillion over the next decade is heading for a u.s. senate showdown. like the house of representatives bill that passed three days ago, the senate plan would also lower the top corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%, lower income taxes for roughly half of u.s. households, end deductions for state and local taxes and student loan interest, double the estate tax