jeffrey brown has the story for our series, "beyond the red carpet." >> brown: they are images at once shocking and strangely familiar: the daily destruction of syria's civil war. but the oscar-nominated documentary short "the white helmets" aims to get beyond the numbness of this conflict now dragging into its sixth year. >> the syria conflict has been going on for so long, it's so upsetting, and people feel so powerless. the story of the white helmets is a story of hope. >> brown: director orlando von einsiedel and producer joanna natasegara are best known for" virunga," their oscar-nominated 2014 documentary about a team of congolese national park guards who protect gorillas from poachers. in "the white helmets" they profile a volunteer group of first responders working to rescue victims of the ongoing assault on cities like aleppo-- a group that's been featured on this news program and others. since 2013, the white helmets, whose official name is the syrian civil defense, has by some estimates saved 70,000 people. >> what we found most extraordinary was who the rescue workers were:

motown, to receiving the prestigious gershwin award-- hitmaker smokey robinson sits down with jeffrey brown to talk about a lifetime of music. >> we were not just some artists who recorded for the same label. we were actually friends. we were like brothers and sisters. we hung out. we have what we call the motown family, and we've always had that. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> xq institute. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president trump now says that he may sign a brand new order on immigration, as early as monday or tuesday. but he also says he still figures to win the court battle over his initial attempt to bar travel

jeffrey brown has our look, part of our series, "beyond the red carpet."arning: it contains offensive language. >> there are days-- this is one of them-- when you wonder what your role is in this country and what your future is in it. >> brown: his words never really went away, but the writer james baldwin, speaking here on public television in 1963, feels as relevant as ever. >> i'm terrified at the moral apathy-- the death of the heart, which is happening in my country. these people have deluded themselves for so long, that they really don't think i'm human. ♪ i belong >> the story of the negro in america is the story of america. it is not a pretty story. >> brown: the clip is from a new documentary that draws a portrait of the artist. new documentary that draws a portrait of the artist, though not as a traditional film biography, and of the fractured and racially divided world he shone a searing light on. it's called, "i am not your negro." >> i was free only in battle. never free to rest. >> james baldwin is probably, for me and for many other people,

jeffrey brown has the story from los angeles.rt of our occasional series, "beyond the red carpet." i'm not asking for an answer this very second. all i ask of you is that you go away and think about it. >> brown: in 1947 london -- >> reporter: in 1947 london, sereste khama, played by david oyelowo, proposes to ruth williams, played by actress rosamund pike. >> yes! >> reporter: their races make the relationship fraught. but there's more: he is a prince in his tribe in southern africa, expected to return to lead his people, and their marriage will have international consequences. "a united kingdom" is based on a true story, and it was oyelowo who first learned of it, in a book titled, "color bar," by susan williams. more than just the film's star, he was the producer who brought director amma asante and others into the project. >> what was indisputable to me was the power in the love between these two people, and it was that very thing that helped them overcome so many of these insurmountable obstacles and odds that they faced. an

jeffrey brown sat down with the filmmakers this fall.e's a second look for our series "beyond the red carpet." >> reporter: it's a life we don't often see portrayed in commercial films. a coming-of-age tale of love and anguish. a movie that's garnered critical acclaim for the story it tells and the beauty and power of its telling. in "moonlight", we watch chiron growing up in the liberty city neighborhood of miami as the crack epidemic is taking hold in the 1980s. he is young, poor, black and coming to terms with being gay, quietly and painfully wrestling with these identities. the story is based on the life of tarell alvin mccraney, who first wrote it as a play and then the screenplay for the new >> it's a story that i still feel like i have to tell, but that i also feel i have to explore and to understand. i mean, it's a story rooted in events in my own life that i'm trying to make sense of. and make sense of the world out of. and i think, for me, i always am interested in trying to get a group of people to have the same conversation.

from washington, i'm jeffrey brown for the pbs newshour. >> cornish: "oklahoma city" airs tonight on pbs stations. >> woodruff: on the newshour online right now, president trump's flurry of executive orders and actions have generated a lot of attention-- and some confusion. do you know the difference between an executive order and a presidential memorandum? or which president signed the most executive orders? take our quiz to test your knowledge. all that and more is on our website, www.pbs.org/newshour. >> cornish: online, newshour's student reporter labs is out with a collection of stories called "new americans: migration, identity and community through the eyes of teenagers." >> now that i'm here in the united states, i feel like i'm a different person. i'm not the same kid that was running down the streets in cuba. >> my uncle actually brought us over here when i was only five years old, and now we have this dog, which has always been a goal of our family to have our own dog. >> the dominican republic has a different lifestyle. i like the rhythm, the beat, and i wanted to grab th

jeffrey brown has the story. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: an orchestra performing with singers: see anything unusual a recent concert by the dallas opera, the focus was on the conductors-- women conductors. and in the still highly- traditional world of classical music, that is unusual. this was the culmination of the second annual hart institute for women conductors. six women and four observers, chosen from 156 applicants around the world, taking part in an intensive two-week rehearsal workshop, combined with sessions on how to build and maintain a career. >> i have absolutely seen very talented women who are held back from where they ought to be. >> reporter: it's the brainchild of dallas opera general director keith cerny. >> i think there are some individuals who are opposed to the idea of women leaders, whether on the podium or running large opera companies. fortunately, there aren't that many of those people, but there's certainly some. but more generally, i think it's an issue where, because there's fewer women in those positions, search committees, and general directors and symphony c.e.o.s

from washington, i'm jeffrey brown for the pbs newshour. >> cornish: "oklahoma city" airs tonight on pbs stations. >> woodruff: on the newshour online right now, president trump's flurry of executive orders and actions have generated a lot of attention-- and some confusion. do you know the difference between an executive order and a presidential memorandum? or which president signed the most executive orders? take our quiz to test your knowledge. all that and more is on our website, www.pbs.org/newshour. >> cornish: online, newshour's student re >> cornish: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm audie cornish. >> woodruff: glad to have you. and i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again here tomorrow evening, when i sit down with speaker of the house paul ryan to get the congressional view of the first weeks of the trump administration. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> xq institute. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwi

. >> woodruff: and, jeffrey brown sits down with the makers of the oscar-nominated documentary, "white helmets," about the heroes of the syrian conflict. >> this group of everyday syrian civilians who had decided not to pick up a gun, had decided not to leave syria, and instead had decided to stay. >> sreenivasan: all that and

motown, to receiving the prestigious gershwin award-- hitmaker smokey robinson sits down with jeffrey brown to talk about a lifetime of music. >> we were not just some artists who rd

jeffrey brown is here with more. >> brown: our colleagues at "frontline" traveled to regions that oncedemocratic but voted for donald trump in this election. last night, we heard from miners in west virginia coal country. tonight, a profile of a couple in erie county, pennsylvania. it's part of "how the deck is stacked," the newshour's collaboration with "frontline" and "marketplace," in conjunction with the corporation for public broadcasting. >> okay, i'm joe orengia, and this is my business: joe's gym, erie, pennsylvania, current world champions. i'm a veteran, i'm on social security, and i'm a businessman. i've been undefeated world champion since 1993. i teach people how to get their life back. the only way you're going to get your life back is to get your strength back. i want to see erie the way it used to be. we've got to get our manufacturing back. for the sake of my children and grandchildren, i hope something happens. >> so, erie has lost nearly one in three manufacturing jobs, you know that, all you do-- i flew over. you're looking at the plants, but you see 'em! they're fa

jeffrey brown has our look. >> reporter: up 21-nothing with the first half winding down, atlanta hadhampionship in its sights. there'd never been a super bowl comeback of more than ten points. the falcons stretched their lead to 25, all but over, before the tom brady-led patriots began chipping away. they'd drawn within eight points, when wide receiver julian edelman made an eye- popping catch. just a handful of plays later, new england tied it. that forced the first overtime in super bowl history, and the patriots quickly marched to victory. >> he's... in! patriots win the super bowl! >> reporter: it's the fifth super bowl ring for coach bill belichick and brady, who was voted most valuable player of the game again. >> new england, we love you. you've been with us all year. we're bringin' this sucker home! >> reporter: it was a bit of revenge for brady, who was suspended four games this season, over a scandal involving under-inflated footballs in a playoff game two years ago. well, i stayed with it to the end, i'm glad i did, and so did mike pesca. he's a sports reporter and the hos

jeffrey brown has our look. >> brown: he is chief strategist to president trump, close at hand as policys made and decisions come from the white house. the president even recently appointing him to a seat on the national security council-- a controversial decision. stephen bannon has quickly gained so much of a reputation as an influential behind-the- scenes string-puller that saturday night live portrayed him as the grim reaper in a recent skit. >> send in steve bannon. >> brown: bannon was well-known previously as chairman of breitbart news, the right-wing news organization that bannon himself called the "platform of the alt-right"-- a fringe conservative group that mixes populism, white nationalism and racism. but he's also worked extensively in the film world, as executive producer on two traditional dramas including "the indian runner," sean penn's directorial debut. and as the producer, writer and director of political documentaries, often released during election cycles. among his film topics: the global financial crisis, in 2010's "generation zero," sarah palin, featured in "the

news the bears will not franchise jeffreys so the eagles with a shot to get number one wide receiver. the bad news, it's going to cost them. like a lot. antonio brownill drive this price up. four year extension worth $68 million. making him the highest paid wide out in the nfl. jeffrey isn't antonio brown isn't to that level but at the same time drove the price up for every big-time wide out in the league. wow! that's a lot of cheddar. now hey, listen, eagles you'll have to spend a lot of dough if you want a number one wide out. maybe not 68 billion but maybe 50. >> how much guarantee. >> exactly. >> probably 15. >> 15 or 20. what's coming up at 11, lucy. >> very own hank getting massa massage. there he is. not just to loosen up though. he's talking to massage therapist about new law that makes sense until you hear from the therapist. what he says you may think twice about this. your wake up weather and seven day day forecast in the first five minutes as well. don't you go away. live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. >>> beefed up police presence outside at least one local jewish community center right now. it is the same

jeffrey toobin, gloria brown marshall, and david chalian. david, to you, first, on the politics entering the legal realm element of this, the president weighing in in front of a group of sheriffs, association of sheriffs he was speaking before, weighing in on this case, reading the statute that he believes basically is his defense, and states that the law is on his side. but the fact that he's even weighing in so publicly while these judges are still deciding what to do with this case, how to rule in this case, is wild. >> yes. wild and trumpian i think in many ways. this is behavior that we've seen, sort of how he deals with the courts in his private business, when he would be in legal battles. kate, you are right to note, though, he is making the case that he believes he's right on the merits. as we saw with president obama, as obamacare was making its way through the courts and being adjudicated, but president obama would sort of stick to the merits of the laws and why he thinks he'll be successful. that is different from donald trump who

brown, thanks. with me is senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and supreme court report eer andrea vogue. jeff, in terms of what happens now, the white house does have a number of options. >> they do. as pamela just said, they could go on bank. >> on bank. >> on bank, which is more judges on the ninth circuit. it would be 11, a panel of 11 to review what the three judges did or they could go directly to the supreme court. the problem that the trump administration has is that this is a preliminary order. this is not a final judgment in this case. >> this is not about the constitutional merits of the actual executive order. >> yeah, it's related to the merits because the decision talks about the likelihood of success on the merits but it is not a final judgment on the merits. the supreme court in particular does not like to hear cases that are not final. they don't like to get involved in the middle of cases, so even judges who might agree ultimately with the trump administration's position might say look, we want to see all the evidence in the case. we want all the judges who deal with thi

our justice correspondent pamela brown is with us, and in new york our senior legal analyst jeffrey tuben. jim, you're at the white house. in his remarks today the president spoke about how i want heed the order rolled out differently. take us through that. >> it's very interesting, wolf. we did hear the president say this earlier this morning to that group of law enforcement officials he was addressing, and he did say -- this is something we have not heard before -- that he had recommended to his team to the department of homeland security that there be some sort of delay to this executive order. he said at one point during his remarks, i suggested a month, and i said what about a week? he said they said, referring to homeland security and law enforcement, they said you can't do that because then people are going to pour in before the toughness goes on. wolf, that is diametrically opposed to what the president tweet and what some of his top officials said at the white house. witness what he said on january 30th, wolf, in a tweet. he said if the ban were announced with a one-week notice,

jeffrey sandusky is behind bars charged with child sexual abuse. >>> good evening i'm ukee washington >> i'm jessica dean. sandusky's son solicited naked photos and sex from under aged girl. >> natasha brown is in our satellite center with the disturbing details that had the sandusky family making headlines again. natasha? >> good evening to you both. in 2012, jerry sandusky. case actually made national headlines as he was convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse with boys his adopted son has his own legal battles and similar charges he's now facing more than five years after his father's arrest. >>> jerry sandusky's 41-year-old son stood by his father throughout the sexual abuse trial in 2012. on that monday, jeffrey faced his own charges arrest and accused of attempting to entice two teenager sisters into sexual acts. prosecutors say jerry sandusky solicited naked photos from a 16-year-old girl last year and asked the girl's oldest sister for oral sex back in 2013 when she was just 15 years old. the teenager victims are the daughters of his then girlfriend who he lived with at the time. court documents reveal that both girls rebuffed his advances one sending a text message in

jeffrey sandusky is behind bars charged with child sexual abuse. >>> good evening i'm ukee washington >> i'm jessica dean. sandusky's son solicited naked photos and sex from under aged girl. >> natasha brown is in our satellite center with the disturbing details that had the sandusky family making headlines again. natasha? >> good evening to you both. in 2012, jerry sandusky. case actually made national headlines as he was convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse with boys his adopted son has his own legal battles and similar charges he's now facing more than five years after his father's arrest. >>> jerry sandusky's 41-year-old son stood by his father throughout the sexual abuse trial in 2012. on that monday, jeffrey faced his own charges arrest and accused of attempting to entice two teenager sisters into sexual acts. prosecutors say jerry sandusky solicited naked photos from a 16-year-old girl last year and asked the girl's oldest sister for oral sex back in 2013 when she was just 15 years old. the teenager victims are the daughters of his then girlfriend who he lived with at the time. court documents reveal that both girls rebuffed his advances one sending a text message in

jeffrey. how are you? >> i'm going to make an omelet. omelet. that's what it looks like. that's what it should look like. not gray. not all browned.nd just stir it, slowly. and the secret for me, add a little butter as you go. the reason for this, is it helps protect the egg, to get the toughness. it takes the protein and surrounds the protein with butter. it cradles the protein. you do that well. you see how this -- now, it's starting to form. >> uh-huh. >> and this is right in front of live tv, making an omelet. and notice how gentle we're doing. >> that's amazing. >> come over here, scott. you have any fonduta for my omelet? >> i do not. >> it's almost scrambled eggs. all right? i have to hurry up, my plane is just landing. okay. see that? okay. just before it gets -- just getting together. no color. no color. and then, we let it sit and put some cheese on it. >> as you're doing that, i have to tell everybody. we have little big town coming up. ofb of course, we had kimberly schlapman as our co-host. that's jegently rolling. we will have more of "today's we will have more of "today's take" after these messages. wish your skin c