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 thanks for joining us. the republican party's health care plan has made its way through three house committees and faces a floor vote this week. as we've reported before, the bill would, among many other things: repeal the mandate for individuals to have insurance and the tax penalties for failing to do so. replace income-based subsidies to buy insurance with age-based tax credits and phase out the federally-funded expansion of medicaid coverage for low income americans. today, health and human services s

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 thanks for joining us. a man who tried to grab a military assault rifle from a soldier on patrol at the orly international airport, outside paris, today intended to shoot and kill travelers. prosecutor francois molins told reporters tonight the would-be attacker held a handgun to the soldier's head and wrestled away her rifle before yelling that he wanted to die in the name of allah. the suspect allegedly said," whatever happens, there will be deaths." other soldiers shot and killed the suspect, a 39-yea

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 thanks for joining us. it has been a long week for the trump white house. attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from any justice department investigation into russia's possible interference with the recent u.s. election due to his involvement in then- candidate trump's campaign. mr. trump began the morning on twitter defending the attorney general and his first meeting with russia's ambassador to the u.s., saying it was set up by the obama administration, then claimed in his words: "just out: th

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 thanks for joining us. the white house and republican congressional leaders are pushing back on opposition to their plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act-- both from democrats and from within their party. the law signed by president obama has covered 20 million previously uninsured americans through the expansion of the medicaid program for low-income americans and income-based premium subsidies for others. there are at least two fundamental disagreements some republicans have with the plan.

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 thanks for joining us. president donald trump is urging congress to investigate whether president obama wiretapped trump tower, the place where then- candidate trump lived, worked, and headquartered his campaign. president trump launched the controversy in a series of tweets yesterday that said, in part: "obama had my wires tapped in trump tower." in a written statement this morning, white house press secretary sean spicer said," president donald j. trump is requesting that as part of their investigation

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, thanks for joining us. further political fallout in the nation's capital today, including a thinly-veiled warning from the president's chief of staff after house republicans scrapped a vote on their highly touted bill to replace the affordable care act on friday. today, president trump attacked the house's conservative freedom caucus in a tweet: white house chief of staff reince priebus strongly hinted that the president may bypass the 31-member caucus and instead seek out bipartisan deals with democrats on

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 thanks for joining us. the trump administration tried today to regain its footing following yesterday's knock-down blow on capitol hill. facing certain defeat, house republicans abruptly withdrew their bill to replace president obama's affordable care act just before it came to a vote. embattled house speaker paul ryan said, "we're going to be living with obamacare for the foreseeable future." in a tweet this morning, president trump vowed to revisit the issue, saying, "obamacare will explode, and we wil

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: hello, and thanks for joining us. vice president mike pence hit the road today to begin selling the virtues of the republican party's plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act. in kentucky this morning, mr. pence promoted the white house- backed legislation moving through the house of representatives. it is one of 32 states that expanded federally-funded medicaid coverage for low-income americans under obamacare. kentucky has seen its uninsured rate drop from 17% to less than 7% thanks in part to a private insura

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. (chatter on radio) >> ramita navai: i'm traveling through northern iraq, heading to the district of al fat-hah. until recently, this was isis-held territory. we've been driving for a few miles north of the country and every now and again we come across a scene like this. this is the town of beji. i should say it was the town of beji, just look at it. i'm on my way to meet a militia fighting against isis. with the world's attention focused on the battle in mosul, this is one of the war's hidden fronts. few journalists come here. you can see how close we are to isis now. on both sides of the road you can see black smoke billowing out, and that's from oil wells that isis have set on fire. this unit has advanced deep into isis territory. alongside the iraqi army, militias like this have played a critical role in driving back isis across iraq. i

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