the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are 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. presidential candidates hillary clinton and donald trump are focusing almost exclusively on the closest battleground states in next month's election. clinton campaigned in north carolina today and talked about gun violence at a predominantly black church in charlotte, telling the congregation: "protecting all of god's children is america's calling." clinton supports stricter background checks for gun buyers. trump does not

the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are 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, william brangham. >> brangham: hello, and thank you for joining us. donald trump's presidential campaign is in full throttle damage control following yesterday's release of an 11- year-old videotape showing him making vulgar sexual remarks demeaning to women. today, trump told the "wall street journal" there is "zero chance i'll quit" the race for the white house, this despite widespread condemnation from republican party leaders. trump also told the "washington post," which first published the

the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are 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, alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening, and thanks for joining us. hillary clinton's campaign is calling on the f.b.i. to reveal all it knows about a recently discovered batch of emails related to the once-dormant investigation into clinton's private email servers she used while secretary of state. clinton campaign chairman john podesta told reporters on a conference call today the letter from f.b.i. director james comey informing congress yesterday of the emails was" long on innuendo and shor

the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are 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. with three weeks and three days to go to election day, donald trump is campaigning again in the battleground state where he won his first republican primary, new hampshire. today at his rally, trump called his democratic opponent unworthy of the white house. >> hillary clinton is the most >> sreenivasan: trump continued to deny allegations by numerous women that he harassed them or groped and kissed them without consent.

the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are 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. more than five million people have already cast ballots in the presidential race in early voting under way in 34 states. with two weeks and no debates left until election day, donald trump and hillary clinton are making their closing arguments to the rest of america's 200 million registered voters. today, in gettysburg, pennsylvania, trump laid out an agenda for his first 100 days in office should he win the race. one foc

the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy inspires. that informs and sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are 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. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. with 16 days to go until election day, democrat hillary clinton has her largest lead yet in a national poll of likely voters. the "washington post-abc news" survey out today shows clinton preferred by 12 points over republican donald trump-- 50% to 38%. libertarian gary johnson receives 5% and green party candidate jill stein, 2%. today, clinton campaigned in north carolina, one of the closest battlegrou

the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are 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. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> brangham: good evening and thanks for joining us. as the hours count down to the second debate between hillary clinton and donald trump tonight, the number of republicans publicly withdrawing support for trump continues to grow. in the past two days, since the release of an 11-year-old videotape showing trump talking in sexually aggressive and crude terms about women, more than 40 governors, senators, and members of the house of representatives,

the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are 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 for joining us. a warning today from russia to the united states over the intractable civil war in syria. as russia escalated its air strikes on rebel-held parts of aleppo in northern syria, it warned the u.s. against launching counter-attacks on syrian government forces. a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said attacks on forces loyal to president bashar al assad would lead to" terrible, tectonic consequences" in syria and across the

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the john and helen glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. >> i am transgender. i was born male and identify as female. but i like to say that i'm a girl stuck in a boy's body. i transitioned when i was six or seven to more of a girl, and now i'm comp... well, almost completely female. second grade was the last year of liam, and this year i changed my name officially. so i've changed my name, my clothes, my room, and my pronouns. and that's really all you need, except for the fifth one that i still need: surgery and medicine to help me look like a girl. >> narrator: just a generation ago, it was adults, not children, who changed genders, usually late in life and often in the shadows. (applause) but today, as transgender adults gain wider acceptance, many children are transitioning too, with new medical options and at younger and younger ages. this is a new generation "growing up trans." >> there's a big one! >> naima, naima, do you like the bubbles? >> (laug

the john and helen glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. and additional support from koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation. >> iraqi forces have been movg closer to retake that key northern city of mosul. it's an isis stronghold. this is a major prize in this effort to unseat isis from iraq. >> martin smith: i have been covering the middle east for 15 years. for the last few, i have followed isis closely. earlier this year, i was in northern iraq, headed toward the frontline. >> this road takes you to mosul. >> oh, it does? >> yeah, it goes straight to it. i mean, you can tell there are no cars coming. >> smith: this trip was part of a much larger journey across the region. on this day, i was traveling with kurdish peshmerga soldiers to an area that had seen heavy fighting. the kurds are considered america's best fighters both here and in nearby syria. >> smith: whoa, that's really destroyed down in there. >> and how was

the john and helen glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. >> this is new york, a miracle city, a city of tall buildings, narrow, dark streets, magnificent parks, broad avenues, homes and schools, stores and theaters, and palatial hotels. >> narrator: back in the 1940s... >> the borough of queens, occupying part of long island... >> narrator: just across the east river from manhattan... >> a municipally-operated electrical railway system spreads through four of the five boroughs... >> narrator: ...donald trump grew up in a posh suburb called jamaica estates. >> it's perhaps typical of new york's residential areas. >> the trump family had a huge house in queens that they used to refer to as "tara." it had nine bedrooms, it had columns, it was quite beautiful, but it was in queens. >> narrator: the trump family would spend 50 years building memories here. fred trump, a real estate developer, designed the house himself and raised donald a