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. >> isis's so-called caliphate is under attack... >> it's been an effective summer for iraqi forces battling isil fighters... >> the edge of mosul is close... >> iraq's prime minister says the battle to retake mosul from isis is going more quickly than expected... >> iraqi forces are saying it's going much faster than planned... >> narrator: mosul, northern iraq. reporter ghaith abdul-ahad is on his way to the front line. for more than two years, this city of over a million people has been under isis control. now the iraqi army, backed by kurdish forces and u.s. airstrikes, is trying to retake it. >> abdul-ahad: iraq's my own country, i lived in iraq, i grew up in iraq. i knew mosul since i was a child. my father used to take me with him. i walked in the old city, in the old market. i had this connection to mosul. in 2016, mosul was declared as this final battle, the final showdown with isis. i went t

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'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 democratic party has a new leader. at its winter meeting in atlanta today, the democratic national committee elected tom perez as its chairman. 55-year-old perez has served in the obama administration as labor secretary and as head of the justice department's civil rights division. he's a buffalo, new york-born son of immigrants from the dominican republic, a graduate of brown university and harvard law school, a former federal prosecutor, and one-time aide to the late senat

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'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 president trump's first formal address to congress two days away, an analysis of the draft republican congressional plan to replace the affordable care act, also known as obamacare, finds it would significantly reduce the number verage and cost the states billions of dollars more than they're already spending. a 36-page analysis of the plan was shown at the national governor's association conference this weekend, and obtained by "the washington post" and the news site "vox."

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'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 trump administration has lost its first appeal of a federal court order halting its ban on immigration from seven predominantly muslim countries. early this morning, the ninth circuit court of appeals-- which covers the western united states-- upheld friday's temporary restraining order by a federal judge in seattle. the courts have halted enforcement of the 90 day ban on citizens from iran, iraq, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen from entering the u.s. the january 27 trump ex

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'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 trump administration is offering europe a message of reassurance. attending an annual security conference in munich, germany, today, vice president mike pence said the u.s. has an" unwavering" commitment to the 27 other nations who form the post-world war ii nato alliance-- whose motto is, "an attack on one is an attack on all." >> we will stand with europe today, and every day, because we are bound together by the same noble ideals: freedom, democracy, justice, and the rule

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'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. president donald trump spent part of his day in palm beach, florida, interviewing four finalists to be his new national security adviser. three of them are active or retired army lieutenant generals. acting national security adviser keith kellogg, h.r. mcmaster., and robert caslen. the fourth candidate is former u.n. ambassador john bolton. mister trump is filling the vacancy left by the firing of general michael flynn for misrepresenting his phone calls with russia's ambassador

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'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. a surge in immigration raids ordered by the trump administration has led to the detention and likely deportation of hundreds of immigrants across the united states. the department of homeland security tells the newshour during the past five days there were "targeted enforcement operations" against criminals and undocumented immigrants from a dozen latin american countries. without releasing total arrest numbers, d.h.s. says the operations have occurred in california, illinois, n

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'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. president trump's vow to get tough on north korea is being tested by today's first missile test by north korea since mister trump took office. this morning, north korea fired an intermediate range missile that flew 300 miles east over the korean peninsula and landed in the sea of japan, according to south korean and u.s. officials. the pentagon says the missile posed no threat to north america, and reuters quoted an anonymous u.s. official as saying:" this was no surprise." still

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. >> arun rath: i've been covering the prison at guantanamo bay throughout the obama years. >> president obama rushing to empty guantanamo bay just days before leaving office. >> rath: i returned just before obama left office as he and donald trump fought over the future of this place and the men detained here. >> trump: he's allowing people to get out that are terrible people. >> obama: make no mistake, we will close guantanamo prison. >> trump: gitmo, we're keeping that open, and we're going to load it up with bad dudes. >> rath: gitmo still houses notorious terrorists like khaled sheikh mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. tell us where we are. >> we're standing right now in front of camp vi, and that's where the majority of the general-population detainees are housed. just don't get any guard faces in the back. >>

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