from the tisch wnet studios at ncoln center in new york hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. the death toll is rising and more disastrous flooding islo looming asnce, now a tropical depression, continues to cross the carolinas. rain from the slow mg storm continued, leaving homes and not far from the coast, the town of jacksonville, north carolina never-- like i said earlier man, you only see this in tv. i never thought i'd see this. >> sreenivasan: sunday afternoon the city of wion was completely cut off by rising waters.in further inlandumberton, u.s. coast guard members helped search for stranded residentas thousands of others remained in shelters. new evacuation orders included part of the city of fayetteville exd anyone living within a mile of several rivercted to crest at record-setting levels. the department of defense says more than 13,000 military personnel are assigned to the region in preparation for major flooding. at least fourteen people were reported killed in the storm as of sunday afternoon. the head of fema, the federal emergenc

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. christine blasey ford, the woman who accuses supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were ifboth teenagers, will te before the senate judiciary committee in an open session on thursday morning. but crucial details remain. the republican-led committee said in an email to ford's lawyers today that "the senate judiciary committee cannot hand over its constitutional duties to attorneys for outside witnesses. the committee determines which itnesses to call, how many witnesses to call, in what order tca them and who will question them. th republican senator lindsey graham, a member of the senate eadiciary committee, said ford will be d "respectfully," o d that he also wants to be" fair"dge kavanaugh. >> what am i supposed to do? go ahead and ruin this guy's life, based on an accusation. i don't know when it happened, i don't know where it happened, and everybody named in regard to being there said it didn't happen. >> sreenivasan: sena

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from the tisch wnet studios lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. russian and syrian government forc launched airstrikes today on the last rebel-held territory in syria-- the idlib province. more than three million people are in the region-- including fighters from groups opposed to the government. video from a pro-opposition news agency showed smoke from what it said were bombings in multiple villages the british-based syrian observatory for human rights reported more than 60 air raids in southern idlib. and the first responder group known as the white lms reported four civilian deaths in the village of abdeen. yesterday the leaders of russia, syria and turkey failed to come up with a plan fito end the ting in idlib. joining us now via skype from beirut is asso correspondent sarah el deeb. sarah, for those people who might not have been paying attention over the past few days or weeks, who are fighting idlib, and what's at stake here? >> everyone is fighting over idlib, to put it simply. i mean, everyone that is involv

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joi dng us. it was devoted to the memory of united states senator john mccain-- a republic nominee for president, a prisoner of war, a decorated na pilot and the son and grandson of navy admirals. shamerica's political lead, with the exception of the current president, gmchered with thin family to honor the man and his service to country. the casket bearing senator mccain's by was carried from the capitol this morning after state there yesterday. the procession to washington, d.c.'s national cathral included a stop at the vietnam veterans' memorial where the senator's widow, cindy mccai placed a wreath honoring her husband and his fellow veterans. more than 2,000 politicians, enmily, friends and members of the military attd the ruvitation-only service. president donald t was not invited and was seen leaving the white house, presumably headedvi for hiinia golf course, during the funeral service.ur the 2.5-ervice was filled with music... ♪ amazing grace. how sweet the so

and he told our hari sreenivasan what he learned from his own trip to yemen and how the world is failing its refugees. >> david miliband, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you were just in yemen. impressions? >> it's the worst humanitarian crisis according to statistics and it's heartbreaking when you see it with your own eyes. this is a country which was always poor. it has real stress from climate change. 3 1/2 years of war, 18,000 bombing raids have left a country where 80% of the population depend on humanitarian aid, where half the population have no access to clean drinking water, where 3 million kids are out of school, and where the world saw the largest ever cholera epidemic last year. a million people affected. and i got this terrible sense that things are more likely to get worse than better because guess worse than better because the fighting looks like it's going to intensify in this critical port city of hodeidah. i got within 50 kilometers of it. and that is the port in the northwest of the country 70 to 80% of all humanitarian supplies and commercial suppl

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and ngank you for jois. the vice president of the united states says he is willie to take a tector test to prove he is not the author of an anonymous opinion essay in the "new york time" the essay, published last wednesday, is still the hottest topic in washington, d.c. the op-ed's author described president donald trump's leadership as "impetuous, adversarial, petty ad ineffective" and claimed, "there is a quiet resistance within the administration of people ouchoosing to put thery first." the times called the writer a official.ministratio this morning the vice president appeared on two political talk shows to continue the attack on the essay and its still unknown author. >> do you think you know who anonymous is? >> i don't.do n't know. but i do know that they should resign and lea this administration. >> should all top officials take a lie detector test, and would you agree to take one? >> i would agree to take it in a heartbeat. >> sreenivasan: the vice president also took aim at

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than from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. this afternoon, the body of r john mccain made its final stop after a long journey from his home in arizona where he died last weekend at age 81. the academy'sraduating class 1958, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, both of whom were academy alumni and admirals in the navy. those attending today's ceremonies included mcc cn's family ase friends. at his request, senator john mccain is buried next to his lifelong friend and naval academy classmate, admir chuck larson >> sreenivasan: senatite confir hearings on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh are set to begin this tuesday. this weekend, many democrats protested a white house decision to withhold more than a 100,000 pages of recovards from ugh's time as a lawyer in the george w. bush administration. on nbc's "meet the press" today, n mocratic senator amy klobuchar expressed frustrat the white house's recent decision and her inability to declassify information included in o

our hari sreenivasan sits down with the artistic director, robert battle. ♪ >> uniworld is a proud sponsor"amanpour & co." when bea tollman founded a collection of boutique hotels, she had bigger dreams, and those dreams were on the water -- a river, specifically -- multiple rivers that would one day be home to uniworld river cruises and their floating boutique hotels. today, that dream sets sail in europe, asia, india, egypt, and more. bookings available through your travel agent. for more information, visit uniworld.com. >> additional support has been provided by... and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in washington at this hour, where crisis continues to disrupt the trump administration. and if democrats retake the house in november, buckle up for endless investigations and ever more bitter partisan fights. it is in this contentious atmosphere that i sat down with presidential counselor kellyanne conway. now, she's the most powerful woman in the white house, and she's one of the few senior

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