i'm john yang. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: hurricane irma plows ahead, on track for a direct hit on florida with 155 mile per hour winds, forcing mass evacuations. pin a century rocks mexico,ake toppling buildings and killing dozens. >> ( translated ): once we went downstairs, it shook even stronger, and it felt like we were being wrung like clothes in a washing machine. that was terrible. >> yang: and, it's friday. mark shields and michael gerson take on the week's news, including president trump's surprise deal with the democrats. 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. >> 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 f

john? >> yang: p.j., if the center of the storm went up the west coast of florida, why is there so much flooding and why was flooding so bad on the east coast where you are? >> that's a good question. i'm about 30 minutes right now southwest of jacksonville, so, yeah, on the eastern part of the state. the way that irma's wrath was primarily felt here was as a rain event, although there was quit a bit of wind knocking down power lines, which is the reason so many are without power tonight, but there was so much rain, many inches, historic highs in some places. so rivers and creeks just burst their banks. this part of florida, like much of the state, is lowcountry, so folks are used to occasional floods a few times a year. most of that is tidal flooding. when the tide comes in there may be floods. when it goes out, the water quickly recedes. but add in all this rain and you have water that sticks around and sticks around for a long time, as so many officials fear. >> yang: p.j., you're up near the ge

john yang has more. >> yang: thanks, judy. congress is back, and with the high-stakes task of funding the government, raising the debt ceiling, passing hurricane harvey aid and more. here for more on the deadlines looming on capitol hill is erica werner, congressional correspondent for the associated press. erica, thanks for join us. the president added to this list today, he said he wants congress to act to protect the dreamers. he says he wants congress to help them and do it properly. now, one of the reasons we're in this situation is because congress has failed the pass the dream act. what are the chances that they're going to be able to do it now? >> well, that is such a telling observation that you just made, john, and thank you for having me. the reason that we're in this position is because of congress's failure over many months and really years in 2013 under the obama presidency to come up with a comprehensive solution on immigration. there was a bill that passed the senate, and it just could never go anywhere in the

that is exactly what john yang wants to see -- what john yang see.ongyang wants to matt: let's go to munich. the director of the institute of political science, james davis. james, how much concern do you think should markets have? it has been said that this is the closest the world has come to a nuclear problem since the cuban missile crisis. react thekets will way that markets react. my sense is we are still a ways away from a crisis that is going to lead to a nuclear situation, but we have to slow down the price of this crisis. toould advise the president avoid hasty moves and to try and simple five the message. unclear at this point what we want from the north koreans, that they start -- stop their research and develop meant, that they give up their weapons. we need a clear and consistent message coming out of washington and in again to talk to the north koreans to make sure we understand -- to make sure they understand what we want from them. matt: this appears to be a bigger problem for beijing than washington. ensuingourselves in an political juncture -- and an interesting pol

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> yang: good evening, i'm john yang. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, the north korea threat: after the north's most powerful nuclear test yet, the united states and the world struggles with how to deal with kim jong un. also ahead, as the damage from harvey becomes more evident and with cleanup efforts in the early stages, a look at how those still stuck in shelters are coping. then, it's politics monday: as congress returns, we discuss president trump's reported decision to end daca, and congress's first step to fund rebuilding after harvey. plus, in remembrance: we look back at american poet john ashbery, his influential work and what made the prolific writer unique. >> poetry comes to me out of thin air or out of my unconscious mind. it's sort of the way dreams come to us. >> yang: 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. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundatio

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: i spoke a short while ago with senate minority whip dick durbin. and i started by asking the illinois democrat how surprised he was by the deal president trump struck with his party yesterday. >> well, i thought it was interesting because what we proposed to the president was very basic. let's provide the disaster aid for hurricane harvey victims, let's put that money on the table. i might add there is money added for those that are going to suffer from irma. 57bd secondly we said let's not shut down the government. let's make sure it is funded. and third let's extend the debt sealing in this country so there is no threat to the economy. we offered a three month package and said there will be no wasted time in debate, we can do it and do it tomorrow. the president said i'll take it i think it was the right decision. >> woodruff: do you think democrats are going to be able to work with the president on other big issues like health care, like tax reform? >> well, i hope so. and i might add to that, daca and the dream act. it was kind of

. >> woodruff: and now, our john yang is here to help bring us up to speed. >> woodruff: this has comeut quickly. what have you learned from the white house about what's behind this? >> despite the president saying on his lawn to reporters that he was going to make a decision tonight, white house officials are now saying secretary price submitted his resignation earlier today and, by the way, in his letter referred to the controversy as "recent events." the president was already a little bit down on price because of the failure to repeal and replace the affordable care act, but he was very unhappy over these reports that, in the space of three days, earlier this month, price took five chartered flights including a $25,000 round trip between washington and philadelphia. he, of course, prided himself, the president, on saving taxpayers money. >> woodruff: what makes this even more striking is that tom price before he was in the trump cabinet, member of congress from georgia, conservative, often very critical of government waste. >> that's right. typical as this speech that price made on

john yang begins our coverage >> yang: across puerto rico, many residents still desperately need food, fuel and drinking water. thousands of cargo containers filled with supplies sit on the docks, unable to get inland to those in need. why is that aid so close and yet so far? for one thing, shipping company and local officials say both truck drivers and diesel fuel are in short supply. and roads are badly damaged or blocked. after meeting with president trump, acting homeland security secretary elaine duke said they're working on it. >> we have been working on principally getting distribution that last mile was we call it. to do that we had to remove debris clear landslides across the island and air drops on the meantime. >> yang: cell phone service is also hampered by the lack of diesel fuel for power generators. >> ( translated ): the cell signal is really bad. in the area i live in, which is morovis, this a real problem. lots of people are looking for places trying to get a signal to speak to family members outside puerto rico and in other places across the island. >> yang: today,

john yang has that story. >> yang: across puerto rico today: more rain. in some spots, as much as three feet is forecast to fall by friday. flood warnings cover the entire island. parts of the capital, san juan, were several feet under water after the storm surge rushed in. residents emerged from an overnight curfew to face the first clear view of the devastation: clothes and belongings strewn about, trees and power lines downed, red tile roofs, splayed across streets. hardest hit: puerto rico's small, coastal towns, like guyamba, near where "maria" made landfall. it's lost all communications. in new york today, president trump used apocalyptic terms, saying the the u.s. territory has been obliterated. >> puerto rico is in very, very, very tough shape. their electrical grid is destroyed. so we're starting the process now and we'll work with the governor and the people of puerto rico. >> yang: governor ricardo rossello met with fema officials, already spread thin by a series of powerful storms, to discuss a recovery plan. he warned it will take months to r

our john yang begins our coverage. >> reporter: the tragedy struck at this nursing home in hollywood,rida. officials said it had electricity, but the air conditioning was not working. >> our investigation has revealed that it's extremely hot on the second floor of the facility. >> reporter: police chief tomas sanchez gave few details. >> we are conducting a criminal investigation inside. we believe at this time it may be related to the loss of power in the storm, but we're conducting a criminal investigation, not ruling anything out. >> reporter: authorities evacuated more than a hundred patients to nearby hospitals, many on stretchers and in wheelchairs. robert gould, with the state's largest power utility, suggested it all could have been prevented. >> it points to the need for having plans in advance when it comes to emergency preparation. this facility was not listed as a top-tier critical infrastructure facility. and that's what we work with the counties, for them to help identify those facilities. >> reporter: across florida, utility crews have been working around the clock to r

news" was presente captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> yang: good evening, i'm john yangoodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, florida in darkness-- irma leaves flooding and more than half the state without power as officials assess the damage. then, we get the latest on the investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election. and, reviving west virginia-- as coal mining jobs disappear, a look at why focusing on education may breathe new life into the mountain state's economy. >> i can still pay my bills, i'm getting the education that i'd never thought i'd get, i never thought i'd be in school, and never dreamed i'd have a 4.0 g.p.a. >> yang: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

double freeze plan on north korea i mentioned just a bit earlier by the correspondent under the plan john yang would stop its nuclear and ballistic missile tests in return america and south korea would stop their joint military exercises and the head of the vote the north korean leader warned that washington would pay a price if it's tough a draft resolution was passed. a correspondent on a program called reports from seoul. considering this ancient resolution passed by the u.n. security council is the toughest to date concerning north korea's ballistic missile and a nuclear weapons program and is furious before the vote even took place the government issued a very harsh statement warning they will act tough on the quote us gangsters and promised pain and suffering. the fields calming measures to be taken by the d.p. ok he recalls the u.s. the greatest free it's has through its entire history now to get some perspective on the government in pyongyang i spoke with a member of the national assembly here in seoul. libya. for a. call that they think they could because they don't have any nuclear w

would mop and art see new york following washington's tough rhetoric over the past several months john yang last week claimed it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb in response to the u.s. ramped up its military presence in the region investigative journalist. so it's unlikely that washington will be able to force all countries that do business with north korea to stop. it will be voted difficult to impose to force the whole wall to keep the sanctions or the level of sanctions that are being recently proposed particularly when it comes to china oh i think that china will be doing quite a lot to show that is neutral in this case but the north korea is a very close ally of china historically actually china helped north korea to sort of life against the us today invasion doing the so-called korean war this is a direct hit over cation against north korea and then to this also a message that is sent to the wall what we will do this to you if you disobey we will do this to you if you truly fall to fly. there are so many street gangs in california as capital sacramento that one of the main pro

i'm john yang. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: hurricane irma plows ahead, on track for a direct hit on florida with 155 mile per hour winds, forcing mass evacuations. pin a century rocks mexico,ake toppling buildings and killing dozens. >> ( translated ): once we went downstairs, it shook even stronger, and it felt like we were being wrung like clothes in a washing machine. that was terrible. >> yang: and, it's friday. mark shields and michael gerson take on the week's news, including president trump's surprise deal with the democrats. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour.

hit rocket man or perhaps tomorrow's speech will offer some clarity north korea is crucial here john yang's drive for ballistic nuclear weapons has forced president to look to the un for help whether he likes it or not trump's awakening to the realities of geopolitics has included seeking support in the security council on resolutions and saying it's a peaceful resolution is still not guarantee but for now the you win is the best deal trumps america can get. in his first appearance at the united nations u.s. president donald trump did not mince his words trump said the organization needed less red tape and more efficiency. in recent years the united nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement while the united nations on a regular budget has increased by one hundred forty percent and its staff has more than doubled since two thousand we are not seeing the results in line with this investment. president trump is a long time critic of the united nations on the campaign trail he dismissed the world body as a club for people to talk and have a good time. u

casey team loss and captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> yang: good evening, i'm john yang. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, the north korea threat: after the north's most powerful nuclear test yet, the united states and the world struggles with how to deal with kim jong un. also ahead, as the damage from harvey becomes more evident and with cleanup efforts in the early stages, a look at how those still stuck in shelters are coping. then, it's politics monday: as congress returns, we discuss president trump's reported decision to end daca, and congress's first step to fund rebuilding after harvey. plus, in remembrance: we look back at american poet john ashbery, his influential work and what made the prolific writer unique.

region in september the twenty fifth referendum has been fiercely opposed by iraq turkey and iran john yang says the pursuit by the united states for more sanctions against it is a hostile act it says the more sanctions the u.s. seeks the quicker it will move towards completing its nuclear and missile programs meanwhile to us b. one b. bombers in a number of fighter jets have flown over the korean peninsula it's part of joint military drills by the u.s. and south korea commander in chief of me and mars armed forces is blaming the rangar for the violence that sparked the refugee crisis maybe i'm hearing says only groups are being targeted the wife of pakistan's ousted prime minister nawaz sharif is one is parliamentary seat in a byelection came out high the reports from lahore that were not glorified with them around haunch bardi the p.d.i. coming again and a new party the milly muslim league going off your. foregone conclusion. and therefore having any problems although the margin of the rain or significantly lowered the time. a social media platform snap chat has blocked al-jazeera content

states and says it will downgrade diplomatic presence in pyongyang the move could potentially limit john yang's ability to make money from work because it sends to the gulf the united states and asian nations of increased pressure on their allies to cut ties with north korea continues to conduct nuclear and ballistic missile launches there's the headlines the news continues here on the website right after how does your our world stay with us. when finally left and i thought i would forget about her after some time but this was not the case i saw my constantly worrying about her well being. a mile and a family had taken care of injured kids before but she always said there was something different something different about firearm almost three years after saying goodbye to find a model here's the possibility of seeing fire again. it took weeks for permissions to come through but when things were confirmed i called on my immediately to share the news that the permission and now we are going to buy the tickets. so we are going with a mix of excitement and dread we started the journey from californi

john yang has the story. >> yang: a full week after hurricane maria hit puerto rico, patience, like soy other things, is in short supply, especially over federal disaster aid. >> ( translated ): he, president trump, has the power. if he could show his power in puerto rico, things would be different, very different. many people don't trust him. >> yang: for a second straight day, president trump defended his administration's response, saying the government is doing everything it can. >> massive amounts of food, water and supplies are being delivered on an hourly basis. it's something nobody has ever seen before from this country: >> yang: today, governor ricardo rossello said the u.s. territory needs a sweeping aid package. >> the proud u.s. citizens who live in puerto rico want to work. our ask is that we treat puerto rico equally. and if we do that, we avoid a humanitarian disaster in the united states. >> yang: at a senate hearing, acting homeland security secretary elaine duke said efforts are hampered by the condition of the puerto rican government. >> the capacity of the puerto ri

john yang has more. >> yang: judy, the new healthcare bill is sponsored by four republican senators:dsay graham, bill cassidy, dean heller and ron johnson. it would bring sweeping changes to the current healthcare system, including ending the individual mandate that everyone have insurance, or pay a penalty, eliminating the medicaid expansion for states, and instead give states lump sums to spend as they choose. eliminating federal tax credits to help offset healthcare costs, and removing protections so that insurers cannot charge more for pre-existing conditions. majority leader mitch mcconnell said he intends to have a vote next week, before senate loses its chance to pass a healthcare bill with just 50 votes, instead of 60. one of the bill's original sponsors, lindsey graham of south carolina, defended the push: >> you can have different opinions about the quality of this bill. at the end of the day, this is the only process left available to stop a march towards socialism. we have between now and the end of the month to have a vote and a debate about whether this is better than t

john yang has that story. >> yang: across puerto rico, there is heart-wrenching devastation.t of the u.s. territory's three and a half million people can only wait... wait for water, wait for power, wait for fuel. >> ( translated ): we don't have communications, i have no telephone, we have nothing, we do not have supplies, in my house we do not have water, there is no gas, the lines are long. >> yang: in san juan today, lines wrapped around gas stations. others flocked to a point near a cell tower, damaged but still functioning, hoping for a signal strong enough to reach loved ones. >> ( translated ): i have been trying for days to get in touch with my family in the united states, and just today i found out that there is a signal here. so i came with my mother to call my father who is there, and let him know we are okay. >> yang: elsewhere, people waited to fill any container they could carry with precious water. some in the central mountains resorted to the only source they could: a stream that was once off-limits. >> ( translated ): we didn't know we could get water becaus

john yang has more. >> reporter: across waterlogged puerto rico, many of the 3.4 million residents haven forced from their homes. two days after maria made landfall, knocking out power and communications, the personal stories of facing the storm's wrath are just emerging. these women live in salinas, along the southeast coast. >> ( translated ): a lot of trees and many, many houses destroyed and boats on the ground. the power and the water are out everything, everything. we don't have anything. we've got nothing and we don't know for how long we'll go without. >> ( translated ): it came when my son said that "we've lost everything, it took our house." it's tough but, we're going to start over. >> what are you going to do now? >> ( translated ): we're going to the shelter. >> reporter: governor ricardo rosello reports "complete devastation." damage estimates reached $30 billion on puerto rico alone. the u.s. military and federal emergency management agency began airlifting aid-- water, food, generators and temporary shelters. >> we're able to fly on our mobility aircraft: firefighters, s

john yang has that story. >> yang: william, for all the headlines and debates over how to deal with illegaligration, less attention is paid to the nation's immigration court system, the first stop for most people charged with being in the country illegally. the current backlog is at a record high-- more than 600,000 cases pending, and about 334 judges to hear them. the average wait time for a hearing is 672 days, or nearly two years. earlier, i spoke with judge dana leigh marks, president of the national association of immigration judges. she's been a judge for more than three decades and is based in san francisco. judge marks, thanks for joining us. help us understand how immigration counts work. who appears before you and what is it you're trying to decide or determine? >> well, immigration is often compared to tax law in its complexity, but i'm fond of saying that immigration law is even more complicated than tax law because no one developed a turbotax for immigration law. immigration courts are the trial-level courts that someone comes to if the department of homeland security asserts t

this is john yang foundation day. pyongyang foundation day.un -- that was the day they were going to do some kind of test. were caught off guard that we saw this quick nuclear test happen them easily afterwards on the same day, on sunday. there is an elevated concern of whether or not this is the hydrogen bomb or not it u.s. and south korean officials still try to analyze the details from the detonation. the explosion itself really highlights the sheer impact that it could potentially have if it is loaded on internet -- on intercontinental listing missile. experts say the explosion was big enough to end an american city if you could be loaded on icbm. the magnitude was a 6.3. does go tremors were found as far away as both china. -- from theremors north koreans just a year ago in their last nuclear test on september 2016. very similar at that time that impact from that nuclear test was the same impact that we saw when the u.s. dropped that nuclear bomb in hiroshima. manus: yvonne, thank you very much. she will be there throughout the program. j

john yang begins our coverage. >> yang: leaving the white house to survey hurricane irma damage, president trump said he wants to find agreement. >> well, we are working on a plan, subject to getting massive border control, we are working on a plan for daca. people want to see that happen. you have 800,000 young people brought here, no fault of their own. >> yang: later, in florida, mr. trump said even a though a border wall, a signature campaign promise, doesn't have to be in a daca bill, it's still a requirement. >> yang: the president talked about the way forward on daca over dinner wednesday night with democratic leaders nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. an open mic on the senate floor captured schumer talking about the dinner. >> he likes us. he likes me, anyway. >> here's what i told him-- i said, 'mister president, you're much better off if you can sometimes step right and sometimes step left. if you have to step just in one direction, you're boxed. he gets that. >> yang: then, speaking for public consumption, schumer was measured in his optimism. >> there is still much to be done. we

john yang warned -- pyongyang warned that could result in hostile measures. ..09% we got down as far2.01 in last week's trading session. we didn't go below the psychologically important level, but we saw the risk on attitude and market, helping to weigh on treasuries and lift those yields a little bit. william dudley saying the hurricanes could affect the timing of rate hikes. let's go to bloomberg first word news with juliette saly. has warnedorth korea of the retaliation if the united nations security council approves the u.s. proposal for harsher sanctions against the country. kim jong-un says it is closely following moves with vigilance in the u.s. this comes after a draft resolution to tighten sanctions on pyongyang after conducting another nuclear test. accelerated from earlier, beat estimates from all but one of the economists surveyed at bloomberg. it can support metal and can support the plan -- supply and demand. china policymakers are pushing back against the surging you on that made lifting of rule currency expensive. it will no longer need to set aside cash when buying d

john yang brings us up to speed. >> yang: congress got right down to business this morning, overwhelminglyroving a $7.9 billion first round of hurricane harvey relief with only three no votes. >> as one of the nation's greatest natural disasters unfolds before our eyes, this congress must ensure that our federal government is able to meet the short- and long-term needs of disaster victims. >> we have a lot to discuss. >> yang: but the path forward for harvey aid may have been complicated by a deal president trump made at the white house with democratic leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. mr. trump agreed to their proposal to tie the relief funds to funding the government and increasing the nation's borrowing limit, to avoid default until december 15. but, that could create a fiscal showdown just before christmas and increase the democrats' leverage. flying to north dakota aboard air force one, mr. trump praised the agreement deal. >> we essentially came to a deal, and i think the deal will be very, very good. we had a very, very cordial and professional meeting. so, we all very much ag

>> john yang is preparing for intercontinental blissett missile launch after its latest atomic test. trump threatens wider sections. merkel stands firm. the chancellor faces tough questions on diesel in a tv election debate. the polls show martin schulz failed to score a breakthrough. novartis -- the at at novartis. david davis should stem reports that the prime minister is said to approve an eu exit payment of up to 50 billion pounds. i am mark barton in london. plenty of great guess including raghavan seetharaman on who joins us in half hour for his first interview of the day. let's have a check on what is happening to european equity markets. .5%.toxx 600 is down by south korea detecting that north korea is continuing to prepare for a possible intercontinental ballistic missile launch, a move that would further raise tensions. choice is the haven of in the currency market. it is rising against all 10 of its major peers. the dollar down by .7%. the german ten-year yield is falling by two basis points, down to 36 basis points. high.ising to an 11 month bloomberg first word news with

john king around taking it seriously well in response to south korea reacted to friday's missile test with the minutes till near the border with the north the south korean president threatened film yang with quote destruction beyond recovery stationing nuclear weapons former u.s. congressman ron paul told us that washington should let the korean really does resolve the crisis themselves. why couldn't we encourage and get behind saying look south korea we encourage you to talk to north korea and see if you're going to sit down maybe united states and china could both be observers or something and they get it moved on but not for us to constantly stir up trouble by having our military confrontation about building up and having these war games what are these war games where they practicing and you know it's so unnecessary and and confrontational and it doesn't mean that if we didn't have war games that we would give up something on our defense our side has to worry about the bush doctrine which tried just to you know make it our official policy that you need to have preventive war well preemptive preventive war is aggression and that i don't lie. you're watching international and the we

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