newshour political director lisa desjardins reports. ♪ >> reporter: with his decision, house speakerehner, the happy warrior, projected a kind of personal relief and institutional sacrifice. >> it's become clear to me that this prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable harm to the institution. so this morning i informed my colleagues that i would resign from the speaker-ship and resign from congress at the end of october. now as you've often heard me say, this isn't about me. >> reporter: in fact, it had become about him, at least in part. boehner was again under fire from tea party republicans pushing to de-fund planned parenthood even if it means closing the government. they'd threatened a floor vote to try to strip him of the speaker-ship. >> there was never any doubt i could survive the vote, but i didn't want my members to go through this. >> reporter: the ohio republican said he'd planned to resign at the end of this year anyway after five years as speaker and midway through his 13th term. but, his bombshell left house supporters lamenting their loss. >> i think he has

lisa desjardins, pbs "newshour", washington. >> sreenivasan: los angeles's cultural scene is about to big new showcase for contemporary art. a new museum opens this weekend featuring the work of major artists from the past six decades. all from the private collection of a longtime arts patron. jeffrey brown takes us there for a preview. >> brown: billionaire art collector eli broad still remembers how he managed to acquire this early painting by modern master roy lichtenstein. >> a parisian collector wanted a lot of money and i wasn't going to pay that. so what i did was write a check for x-million dollars and said "you can take the check and send me the art or tear it up." and we ended up with the art! >> brown: not something that most of us can do, but eli broad can and has for more than four decades. the results can now be seen in the brand new $140 million broad museum in los angeles. designed by the firm of diller, scofidio and renfro, it features an outer 'honeycomb' veil that allows natural light to filter in, a floor for storage of art works that visitors can peer into and 30

to unpack another dramatic day in congress, our political director lisa desjardins has been following developments and joins us now from capitol hill. so, lisa, they dodged a bullet. they avoided the shutdown, but this was despite the opposition of over 150 republicans in the house. what happened? >> reporter: that's right. you know, this seemed to be a fait accompli as we walked in the door this morning. of course, a shutdown would be averted. that was the expectation but i think there were several surprises today, judy and the biggest note for today was that two-thirds of house republicans voted against the bill to continue funding government. there were a variety of reasons, they said, for that, but at the top of that list, judy, was the fight over planned parenthood. now, it's an interesting contrast, judy, because because while to-thirds of house republicans voted against that funding bill to keep government running, two-thirds of senate republicans voted for it. so what we saw today, judy, was such a great contrast between the senate, which seems to be running on procedure and t

lisa desjardins, pbs newshour. simi valley, california. >> ifill: stay with us, coming up on the newshour: egypt responds to the killing of tourists. and, teaching girls how to make video games. but first, a five-day teachers' strike that delayed the start of the school year in seattle is nearing an end. the strike itself was a surprise, and left parents of nearly 50,000 students figuring out just what to do for days. special correspondent cat wise was in seattle when the agreement was announced earlier today. >> reporter: seattle teachers kristin and joe bailey fogarty were getting ready for a fifth day on the picket line and another day out of school for them and their daughters when they got the news. >> we reached a tentative contract agreement with the seattle school board. >> no way! >> reporter: the news of a deal was a surprise to kristin and many of her colleagues in the union but a welcome one that came after an all-night negotiating session. >> we hated it. we've hated being on strike. we hate it. it's b

for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham in washington >> woodruff: our political director lisa desjardins was in the crowd on the west front of the capitol for the pope's speech and joins us now. so lisa, it was a call to action in what the pope had to say. we just heard both republicans and democrats saying they liked different parts of what he had to say. you've been on the hill talking to people. what have you heard? >> you know, what i expected was to hear republicans say, oh, this is a liberal pope, we agree with him on some things, not on others, but what i heard instead surprised me today. both parties heard a challenge from the pope, and republicans in particular, for whom i think the pope challenged perhaps on immigration and perhaps on climate change, democrats think so at least, republicans say they hold some of their conservative viewpoints on those issues, judy, they say especially on the environment that his tone indicated that he sees the united states as a leader, and especially a leader in technology, like renewable technology, and i think that's such a great example of w

. >> ifill: political director lisa desjardins joins me now from capitol hill. just in the last few moment, lee centennial park we discovered that number went from 41 to 42 with the additional yea or nay vote depending on how you add this up of senator maria cantwell from washington state. what's the significance of this number of 41 or 42 as it is tonight? >> technically our viewers probably caught on it doesn't change the end game. the white house had enough votes to support this deal to, keep it alive last week, but it is very significant, because it says something about the strength of this deal and the strength of this president. the strength of this deal is important because international watchers and american allies are wondering how long will this deal last. will this deal last through say another president? 41 votes shows it has some more strength than it did last week, or 42 votes. and also about the strength of this president. president obama won these votes one by one by convincing senators. many of these democrats had huge doubts. frankly, one sourc

lisa desjardins is in simi valley tonight and she is watching the doings and joins us now. o, lisa! >> hi, gwen. >> ifill: let's talk about donald trump, first of all. what is it that he has at stake as the prohibitive frontrunner at this point? >> it might sound strange, but there are big stakes that the trump campaign sees at this point. they think he needs to work on his long-term viability, make sure by being a fire brand he doesn't become only the fire brand. by that they say they're going to try to tone him down. donald trump himself talked to the christian broadcasting network about that in the last days. i noticed on the u.s. u.s u.s.s, less sharp tones, talking about immigration, talking about what he calls the border babies, but he seemed to have a less sharp tone overall, and the campaign thinks that's important so he can actually make it past this early wave he's riding and get some soiled ground beneath him for iowa, for new hampshire, for the spring into march. >> ifill: we know jeb bush and scott walker had pretty big early waste and may again but they are loo

lisa desjardins, thank you. >> sure. >> woodruff: stay with us. on the newshour: a new book explores whether putin's actions in ukraine are setting up a new cold war. and remembering yogi berra. for what he did, and said. but first, tomorrow pope francis heads to capitol hill, where he will address a joint meeting of congress. the pontiff will speak from the same podium where the house chaplain, father patrick conroy, delivers the opening prayer each morning. conroy is a catholic priest and a jesuit, who has served as the chaplain for both georgetown university and seattle university, and most recently taught high school students, before coming to washington d.c. gwen sat down with father pat, as he is affectionately known, to talk about the pope's visit to capitol hill and the interesting flock he tends. thank you for joining us. so here you are on capitol hill. the pope, the big boss is arriving. is that exciting? >> well, i imagine the pope's coming is a setting for any catholic. his coming is exciting for me. although i'm not all that anxious

political director lisa desjardins was there. >> god bless the united states of america. ( cheers andause ) >> reporter: republican presidential hopefuls and rivals donald trump and ted cruz joined forces to slam the nuclear deal with iran. >> let's rise up and tell every elected official in washington-- no more talk, no more show votes. get it done, stop this deal! >> reporter: thousands gathered on the west lawn of the capitol to hear the speeches, many using umbrellas for shade in the 90- degree washington heat. >> if this deal goes through, i'm really scared for our country. >> i don't like the iran deal. and i think it's going to hurt us in the long run. >> reporter: the texas senator organized the event, along with tea party supporters, but the star of the show was clear. >> never, ever, ever in my life have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal in iran. and i mean never. >> reporter: hours earlier, inside the capitol, secretary of state john kerry dismissed much of the opposition as irrelevant. >> i believe the people who count are the 42 senators that