. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the chyl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporatfunding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: or and by the corporation 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 sreenivas. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. plans are underway for a state funeraand national day of mourning this wednesday for former president george h.w. bush, who died friday evening in his houston home. one of his closest friends, james baker, who served as his secretary of state, was with him on friday. >> he opened both eyes, he looked at me, he said "hey, bake, where are we going today?" iand

." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin.yl the chand philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. 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 broadcastingriand by cotions 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. after a week in which president trump announced top members of his administration are leaving and court filings revealed allegatis that the president directed hush money payments-- this morning, mr. trump contind his attack on his former f.b.i. director. late yesterday republicans on ary, ande judici government reform and oversight committees released the

>>s newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein elamily. dr. p. roy v and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. 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.on addi 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 partial government shuondown willnue until at least next thursday. lawmakers were back in the capital today, after failing to meet predent trump's demand for $5 billion for a border wall and fund nine agencies. president trump postponed his holiday trip to mar-a-lago in flthida, and hosted a lunch staff and republican lawmakers. in a video posted on twitter last night, the presblamed de

. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundatio rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg.nd corporate g is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirent products. at'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. federal agencies are preparing for a partial government shutdown at the end of t week, if congress doesn't meet friday's midnight deadline. at issue is paying for a wall on the mexicaborder. pamocratic leaders say there are not enough votes t a bill with president trump's requested $5 billion to waild a wall. , the president claimed during his campaign, mexi

. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edr wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. 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 trump's chief of staff john kelly is leaving the administration. the four-star retired general replaced the president's first chief of staff, reince priebus, in july of 2017. the president told reporters the news as he left the white house this afternoon to go to the army-navy football game in philadelphia. >> john kelly will be leaving. i d

bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. what a difference a week makes. last week, the financial world breathed a sigh of relief as the u.s. and china agreed to a 90-day truce in their trade war. but confusion arose about what had been agreed and president trump proclaim himself a tariff man. global stock markets have been predictably unpredictable and volatile. add to that, the united states has asked canada to extradite a top executive from the chinese telecom giant huawei. this complicates sky high tensions between the two countries fuels global growth. what is at stake and how did the united states get the rise of china so very wrong from the get-go. jamie metzel has worked in the clinton white house and the senate in foreign policy and he joins me. welcome to the program. >> happy to be here. >> let's start by remembering this is the week former president bush 141 was laid to rest and china was an important

additional support provided by bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar walken heim. judy and josh weston and by contributions of your pbs station. >>> welcome to the program, i'm christiane amanpour in london. in the midst of a week of extreme political chaos across the west from here in britain, where prime minister theresa may tangled with the revolt in her own party, to france where president emmanuel macron has faced outright rebellion in the streets and in the united states where the reality of the divided government to come is already paralyzing washington. so what band width does this lead for real life and death, war and peace policy making. let's take the situation in syria, for instance, which continues to spiral downward. it is the deadliest conflict on the planet with more than 500,000 people believed to have been killed and upwards of 10 million displaced and now the latest unn voice of syria is leaving his post by the end of this month. he tried to bring a diplomatic solution to syria but turned tout to be an exercise in futility. he leaves behind a cou

bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. hook, line, and what comes next? this week saw the u.s. president donald trump finding old allies turning against him one after the other. federal prosecution in new york revealed wednesday that they had struck a deal with nation"natio enquirer" publisher ami. it admitted it paid hush nomone to a "playboy" model to conceal an affair that she said she had with the president. an action ami said they did with the trump campaign. cohen at the same time this week was using his day in court to claim his involvement in illegal payments was to cover up for the president's, quote, dirty deeds. now, it has to be said that the president continues to deny all these allegations, joining me to figure out how these bombshells fit into the massive accusations is author of the threat matrix, the fbi at war, garrett graph in vermont and former federal and s

walter, bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar walken half-tihei and josh weston, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. america's closest allies are still reeling from president trump's surprise announcement on wednesday that he would withdraw all american forces from syria, claiming mission accomplished. but those troops are a bulwark against not just isis but also the assad regime. also they protect syria's sizable kurdish population from being vanquished. already 5 million people have fled the syrian war, many ending up as refugees, many have made the long and treacherous journey to europe. so it is with art that some are pushing back to showcase the humanity of refugees. it is called the jungle, it is a play that was first staged in london, and it is now in new york. it's named after the famous encampment in callet france on the european side. joining me are amar, a syrian actor who himself left his count

bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. after more than a year of planning, the u.s. secretary of education betsy devos has proposed overhauling the rules on sexual assault on campus. the reaction is fiercely divided. the changes would make a more fair system, returning balance to a process that it claims is stacked in favor of accusers. the definition of sexual harassment would be tightened. schools would focus on incidents that happen on campus. and both victim and accused would be allowed to cross-examine each other even with lawyers. meanwhile critics say this will just mean even fewer victims will come forward and the balance would swing firmly in favor of the accused. are american classrooms really meant to morph into courtrooms? it's a question i put on this issue to anurima bhargara and samantha harris for individual rights in educa

bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. seton melvin. judy and josh weston. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. president george h.w. bush, the 41st president of the united states and the father of the 43rd, returned to the u.s. capitol today as washington and the world paid tribute to his rich and accomplished life. bush, a decorated navy pilot shot down in the pacific in 1944, died in his home in houston texas surrounded by friends and family. president bush presided over a time of massive change in the world, overseeing the end of the soviet union and the liberation of eastern europe and leading the global coalition to drive back saddam hussein after he invaded kuwait in 1990. bush was a one-term president, though. he was defeated by the democrat, bill clinton, who used the economic downturn of the earl a nooint to undermine bush's support. even if defeat, he left this note for clinton at the oval office. you w

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walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein familyton melvin, judy and josh weston and byontributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, i'm christiane amanpour in london. the brutal murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi may turn out to have forced e positive outcome. it focused world attention on the devastating war in yemen where saudi air strid a u.s.-backed coalition are fueling a massive humanitarian crisis. met now there is a rare gl of hope, a tentative truce between warring fatiions was need at peace talks in sweden. it was the first such talks 16 since and the ceasefire has just been announced and set to start at midnight local time tuesday. if it holds, it could help moreo than 20 min people in yemen who are desperate need of humanitarian support. over 100 children are dying of cholera and famine every day. meanwhile, in the united states the senate, for the very first time ever, invoked the war powers resution to order president trump to end u.s. support of saudi arabi

. >> additional support has been provided by bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar walkenheim iii, the sheryl and philip millstein family, judy and josh weston and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. withal come to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. president george herbert walker bush at his final resting place will lay beside his wife, ba are bra, and his daughter, robin, who died of leukemia at 3 years old. the president, who aspired to a kinder, gentler america will be buried in college station, texas. the funeral service brought washington to a standstill as friends and colleagues and american and foreign dignitaries came to pay their respects including ger nan chancellor angela merkel, who praises bush for his role in unifying the two germanys, all five current and former presidents attended, jimmy carter, bill clinton, barack obama, and donald trump, together with america's 43rd president, and president bush's son, george w. bush. here's how the younger president bush remembered his father. >> dad taught us that publ

walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. despite the brexiteers' boast, extricating the uk from the european union was never going to be easy. this week with the clock ticking dangerously down has proven just what a big mess it all is. today was meant to be prime minister theresa may's triumph when parliament would approve the deal she struck with the the eu after two and a half years of negotiating. instead, she's pulled the vote and is hopscotching around european capitals in a desperate attempt to get something, anything, to avoid it going down to defeat in as yet unscheduled next vote. first, she met the dutch prime minister in the hague. then to berlin where a sticking car door epitomized the slog she faces convincing angela merkel to budge and finally brussels where may may get the toughest reception of all. two options for the uk are looming larger and larger. staying in

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." >> pbs new mshour weekend e possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rolind p. walter. 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 forca public broing, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ythan from the tisch wnet studios at oln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and th the secretary of the interior, ryan zinke, is leaving the trump ration at the end of the year. president trump announced zinke's exit on twitter this morning. zinke played a significant role in trump's agenda to scale back environmental regulations and to promerote engy development on public lands. the former navy seal and montana congressman was under scrutiny in multiple investigations

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bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. seton melvin. judy and josh weston. and by contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. in saying farewell to george h.w. bush the american political world is no just mourning the man, but to a large extent, the loss of the spirit of moderate compromise that bush exemplified. missouri senator claire mccaskill was herself part of what seems to be a dying breed -- moderates of either party willing to do the horse trading to make the policy and passing legislation for the people. but seeking that middle ground may have cost her her job. mccaskill is a democrat defending her seat in a state where donald trump won by almost 20%. she was the top target of conservative dark money and slammed in negative ads. and donald trump, himself, campaigned heavily for her opponent. meanwhile, mccaskill was taking friendly fire from the left wing of her own party for failing to meet so-called ideological pur