correspondent mohammed ali has more. syrian army sources issued a statement just about thirty minutes ago. and described it as going to question by the u.s. coalition attacking some syrian army positions between. and me me in what is important to know to according to the syrian army. is such an aggression as the syrian army describe it comes. there were. also known as isis terrorists gathering nearby definitely this is not the first time that the u.s. led coalition attack syrian army positions previously this happened here and also where u.s. troops are also have been good to us today now in september two thousand and sixteen and out at that time to the killing of thousands of syrian army soldiers and also led to the. control over of three strategic areas at that time. there was. a senior correspondent. joins us now for more information you have extensive experience in syria what do we know so far well this is this strike is reported to have target the vicinity of t two t two is a prominent pumping station energy install

i will just leave you with what mohammed ali used to say. someone said, " hey champ, hey champ, you know, i've only seen you get knocked down one time. ">> i've never been knocked down. i'm either up or i'm getting up. and the democratic party is either up or getting up. american people are counting on us, we've got to get up and have a bold agenda and bring it home for the american people and reinvest and solve the great problems of our time. thank you so much. >> cspan washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up, discussing the value of college education as a student debt rises.>> the chronicle of higher education, talking about top issues facing higher education in the u.s. changes to policy under education secretary betsy devos. be sure to watch cspan washington journal live at 7:00 eastern on saturday morning. joined the discussion. -- join the discussion..>> this marks great skill as a grand strategist. he knew the advantages of shock and awe. this is how he unified germany in the 1860s. ins

that that he did not see himself as a leader of a movement and compare him to jackie robinson or mohamed ali. >> jackie robinson is the one who comes tond most frequently. jackie robinson did understand the larger role he was playing. jack johnson wanted to box, make money, he wanted to sleep with whomever he wanted, he wanted to live the way he wanted to. insome ways, h a perfect american, but we also have added in our demands for heroism people tbe more than that and i think jackie robinson realized and assumed oe burdenf what his symbolic act of trotting out to first base on april 13, 1947, meant for civil rights. jack johnsted no such qualms. he wanted to live well and he did. >> filmmaker ken burns, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: ken burns had a lot more to say about race relations then and now. oyou can find that and mo our website, pbs.org/newshour. >> woodruff: finally, we turn to another installment of our weekly brief but spectacular series. tonight, author and astrophysicist, neil degrasse tyson. for more than two decades, he has rved as director of the ha

that all areas around the syrian capital are now back under government control local journalist mohammed ali brings us this report from the new liberated suburb of damascus. the syrian army has taken . full control of has it a less wide area and yet a move refugee camp in southern damascus following through should spicing with eisold serous also known as doris. them both you know those who didn't see them. securing president assad and that he had moved refugee camp means that the mask is is now a terrorist free city for the first time with this countryside since seven years securing them would save the capital damascus from deadly mortar attacks that were previously launched from those areas on residential government held borders damascus the syrian army to continue its going to operations across the country the sermon on the command issued a statement saying that the syrian army is currently much more stronger and much more determined to continue its which operations until every inch of syrian soil off to terrorist groups currently damascus and it's going to decide is a terrorist the area t

that all areas around the syrian capital and now back under government control local journalist mohammed ali brings us this report from the newly liberated suburb of damascus. the syrian army has taken full control of has a wide area and yet a move refugee camp in southern damascus following conclusions fighting with eisel terrorists also known as doris. them both you know those who need to see them. securing president assad and that he had moved refugee camp means that there must this is now a terrorist free city for the first time with this countryside six seven years securing them would save the capital damascus from deadly mortar attacks that were previously launched from goes areas on residential governments how porous damascus the syrian army to continue its future operations across the country the syrian army command issued a statement saying that the syrian army is currently much more stronger and much more determined to continue its military operations until every instance of syrian soil off to terrorist groups currently damascus and it's going to decide is a terrorist the area the

"the problem is that sometimes we don't have fuel," mohamed ali saleh tells me.times i have to stop driving the truck for three or four days. even during the fighting it wasn't this bad."t he final destination is aut distriion site like this one just outside of aden, where people wait in line all day to receive monthly rations. ashwaq saif says she walked two hours with painful dney stones to get here to bring food home for her five children. >> ( translated ): my husband is a day laborer in construction and we can barely afford to have food for both lunch and dinner.f e waited for him to get off work to pick up the food, we w ouldn't eat today. the food we are receiving is not enough. once we run out, we have to buy little portions with small billo to get ugh the month. i had to borrow 500 riyal to hire a motorcycle to carry the food home for me. >> reporter: she tied these two soins to her scarfas not to lose them. she says it's all she has. >> ( translated ): we are very poor. if one of the kids gets sick, we can't afford to take him to the hospital. al report

that all areas around the syrian capital and now back under government control local journalists mohammed ali brings us this report from the newly liberated suburb of damascus. the syrian army has taken full control of has it a less wide area and yet a move refugee camp in southern damascus following through should spiting would isolate terrorists also known as diet. limbo you know those who need to see them. securing president assad and that he had moved refugee camp means that damascus is now a terrorist free city for the first time with this countryside since seven years securing them could save the capital damascus from deadly mortar attacks that were previously launched from goes areas on residential government house orders damascus the syrian army to continue its future operations across the country the syrian army command issued a statement saying that the syrian army is currently much more stronger and much more determined to continue its military operations until every inch of syrian soil after terrorist groups currently damascus and it's going to decide is a terrorist the area the a

bombed two syrian government positions in the eastern province of darrow's or a local journalist mohammed ali has more. syrian army issued a statement just about thirty minutes ago can get back and describe it as going to question by the u.s. led coalition attacking some syrian army positions between you and me me in what is important to know to according to the syrian army. is such an aggression as the syrian army describe it comes. there were. also known as isis terrorists gathering nearby definitely this is not the first time that the u.s. led coalition attack syrian army positions previously this happened here and also where u.s. troops are also happen to be u.s. and started in september two thousand and sixteen and out. to the killing of thousands of syrian army soldiers and also led to the. control over of three strategic areas at the time. from on this we can bring in our senior correspondent jeff who has six tenths of experience in syria who can kind of help us understand the situation a little bit better so what we know so far well first of all the job of where this happened this all

he was punished the same way that mohammed ali was punished and that's why mohammed ali is a hero to my generation. i think the war protesters were significant to ending the war because they drove linden johnson out of office. he knew he wasn't going to be re-elected. so he withdrew from possibility of nomination, i think that was because of the protesters put so much pressure on him. now my question for mr. stanton, who i think is a hero too. when robert mcnamara wrote his become about 15 years ago in which he said that they all knew that it was an unwinnable, untenable tragedy, how did that make you feel? did that vindicate your feelings of doubt as a soldier or do you think he should have taken it to his grave? >> lynn novick, i thought i saw you nodding your head for a second, did you want to respond? >> oh, i mean, i think a number of soldiers that we spoke with, in particular, carl marlantis who was a marine, who gave up a rhodes scholar to go to vietnam in '68, he wrote in the pentagon papers to mcnamara in '75 saying the chance of victory are one in three, but recommending es

. >> mohammed ali said it was a white man's war an left boxing to make that protest. i am not saying people should do that, i'm just saying look at power and courage it took to do that 50 years ago. jesse: an thon which, corey, thank you very much. a 30-year-old living with his parents. he won't leave. his parents took him to court. next. mom, dad, can we talk? sure. what's up son? i can't be your it guy anymore. what? you guys have xfinity. you can do this. what's a good wifi password, mom? you still have to visit us. i will. no. make that the password: "you_stillóhave_toóvisit_us." that's a good one. [ chuckles ] download the xfinity my account app and set a password you can easily remember. one more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. >> is chaz here? >> i live with my mom. mom, can we get some meatloaf? it seems art is imitating life. a couple has been trying to kick their 30-year-old son out of their house after living there rent-free for 8 years. they asked him to leave five times and offered him money to get out. so they took

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remember the 1996 summer olympics when mohammed ali was stricken with parkinson's?an't duck a basketball, can't shoot a puck. but he can punch. his fight is huge. bill winslow doesn't stop. why does he keep on punching? >> every punch has a purpose. that is to hit parkinson's. >> he was diagnosed with parkinson's in 2010. the 51-year-old is bound and determined to fight to inspire. see this crossfit class? every single person here is battling parkinson's. >> this disease, once you feel sorry for yourself, you want to watch tv and collect dust. whenever i feel like that, i start to feel like that, i think about the people that are fighting next to me. >> he can do 160 push-ups a day. that was in april. 160 a day! >> it was 2016 when freddie silva boxing. it was designed to minimize the symptoms of parkinson's by training like a boxer. >> he was not happy, it turns lives upside down. i can't get used to that. when he sat down with me, he had that look on his face that he needed to do something. >> i would crawl through glass for these people. >> he got rocksteady boxi

power of egyptian gov mohammed ali. in eighteen forty british foreign secretary lord palmerston wrote to his ambassador in constantinople urging him to convince the sultan and his entourage to open palestine for the immigration of jews. at them time there were estimated to be no more than three thousand jews in ottoman controlled palestine. over the years jewish immigration to palestine increased helped on by wealthy benefactors one of these was the french aristocrat baron edmund the rothschild. began visiting palestine in the eight hundred eighty s. and became one of the jewish communities leading sponsors he spent over forty million french francs to establish thirty jewish settlements the most important was reshown the deal founded in one thousand nine hundred eighty two. today the remains of baron de rothschild lie in a more psyllium in northern israel it's a popular site for israeli schoolchildren learning about the wealthy patron who bankrolled jewish settlement building in palestine over one hundred years ago. in

black people are vilified if we remember mohammed ali and his statement about the vietnam war and how he was vilified by the government. i find it interesting that black lives matter that whole movement has -- the mission that the fbi now has a new category of terrorists called black extremists black identity extremists. it's written into the fbi's handbook. i find it interesting that colin kaepernick peacefully, without any militants, despite its -- you decide to take any during the national anthem and he is so vilified by not only society but also the president of the united states who calls him and others who have questions about the many men about the starbucks guys but men even worse, martin entry trayvon martin who is been killed by the police, that's all caps nick was. he was holding his country to the standards it stands for. and yet, the president of the united states called him a son of a pitch. i don't know how many of you have watched roseann's bar of the same national anthem. have you seen that? it is terrible, it is a mockery. and yet president trump calls her up when sh

being shown in the city of kids with thirteen kilometers south of the capital local journalist mohammed ali and in jerusalem had this update. just minutes after trump speech today in which he declared that the u.s. would be withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal of two thousand and fifteen israel's began preparing for a strike and has lined up missile defenses on the golan border with syria a syrian air defense system has intercepted two israeli missiles just south of the capital and the missiles were fired at the all cost why area near southern damascus according to several sources israel has attacked iranian targets in the syrian capital of damascus the only official news there we have this from the syrian army command which confirmed that yes there was an israeli attack and that the syrian air defense system was able to repel that attack and shoot down through missiles that targeted targeted melkus where we know of the reactions from local officials and their reports on the ground suggest that there were no casualties because if we look at what the syrian army said it said that it's all

ok thanks for clarifying the situation for us that's local journalist mohammed ali many thanks. because return to our breaking story this hour donald trump has announced the decision to withdraw the united states from the around nuclear deal i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran's nuclear deal in a few moments i will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating u.s. nuclear sanctions on the uranium regime kill him or put in your computer all of it in berlin bring us more on the decision and the latest reaction. we heard him make a number of accusations he referred to iran's activities in syria as quote sinister now it's important to note in syria the iranian revolutionary guards have been aiding the syrian government in the fight against terrorism and actually been decisive in battles against al nusra and isis terrorists now from there we heard iran referred to by donald trump as the the leading state sponsor of terrorism and he talked about the danger of what he called a nuclear arms race breaking out of the middle east now we know that

mohammed ali was punished, and that is why he is a hero to my generation. werear protesters significant to ending the war because they drove lyndon johnson out of office. he knew he was not going to be reelected so he withdrew. i think that was because of the protesters put so much pressure on him. stanton, whoor mr. i think is a hero, too, when robert mcnamara, who wrote his , in about 15 years ago which he said, that they all unwinnablet was an diduntenable tragedy, how that make you feel? did that indicate your feelings of doubt as a soldier or do you think he should have taken it to his grave? i saw you nodding your head, did you want to respond? guest: i think a number of soldiers we spoke with in particular, a marine, who gave up a road scholarship to go to vietnam and to lead a platoon in what is was recalling revealed in the pentagon papers, which is mcnamara's memo to johnson in 1965, saying the chances for victory are no better than one in three. we probably will not win. and johnson going along with it and subsequent revelations from mcnamara tha

mohammed al—haj ali fled the war in syria. he was studying to be an engineer.ly, marry, and have children. right now, when i think about my future, i don't really see anything. lucy manning, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world. syrians on the move again. under the cover of darkness and carrying their entire belongings, they're hoping to make a new life. but these people aren't entering europe, they're escaping from it. many here smuggling themselves illegally back along the same routes down which they had arrived. everyone here is terrified. because the greek police could come and pick them up at any time. but they're so close. after years of living as refugees in europe, most people here say they were grateful for the shelter, but ultimately, their european dream was a failure. every week, hundreds of refugees are sneaking out of europe. i'm joining them on their dangerous journey, to try and understand why anyone would give up on safety and security to return to war—torn syria. this is baden—wurttemberg in southern germany. a far cry from the war in syria. a

mohammed al—haj ali fled the war in syria. he was studying to be an engineer.s family, marry, and have children. really see anything. lucy manning, bbc news. donations almost doubling. backgrounds being more likely to need a transplant. as diabetes and hypertension, which may result in organ failure. has this special report. i've had kidney failure for quite a while. since i was 23. i'm 38 now. ashley's kidneys are now only working at 5%. and is hoping to find a donor. year, compared with white patients. right under your eyes... because her health is deteriorating. likely to be a closer match. ifind, like, other races, they understand it a lot more. it is like, it is a given to be on a transplant... to be a donor. it is a given. within my communities, it is not a given. was an organ donor. she collapsed at home and died in hospital, three months ago. the damage was already done here, before going to hospital. i didn't even know she was an organ donor. i only found out when i offered her organs in the hospital. relatives have the final say about organ donation.

mohammed al—haj ali fled the war in syria. he was studying to be an engineer.n't really see anything. lucy manning, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. amnesty international has accused the nicaraguan government of unleashing what it calls "a lethal strategy of repression" against protestors. a new report says the government has been colluding with paramilitary groups to suppress weeks of student—led demonstrations against president daniel ortega. around 80 people have died so far in the protests. it's now thought more than 4,000 people died when hurricane maria hit puerto rico last september, dwarfing the original estimate of just 64. a study by harvard university found mortality rates in the us territory went up by 60% in the months after the disaster. many of the deaths were due to interruptions in medical care, power shortages and blocked roads. scientists have made a potential breakthrough in fighting the most aggressive form of brain cancer by using a new vaccine. the standard treatment for glioblastoma in

mohammed al—haj ali fled the war in syria. he was studying to be an engineer.cientists have made a potential breakthrough in fighting the most aggressive form of brain cancer by using a new vaccine. the standard treatment for glioblastoma involves removing the tumour, followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. but trials show that by adding the new vaccine, created by using the body‘s own immune cells, the life expectancy of some patients increased by at least 6 months. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has the story. you feeling ok yourself? this is a glioblastoma. it was found three years ago in nigel‘s brain. now, all traces appear to have gone. we can see no evidence of any residual or recurrent tumour. nigel is a patient at london‘s king‘s college hospital and one of more than 300 volunteers on a trial of a personalised vaccine. there‘s horror stories on the web. the survival rates are very low, aren‘t they? and short—lived. anything to help is great, you want to grab onto it and run with it. i feel quite lucky to be on the trial, to be fair, yes. the

mohammed ali was punished, and that is why he is a hero to my generation.erear protesters significant to ending the war because they drove lyndon johnson out of office. he knew he was not going to be reelected so he withdrew. i think that was because of the protesters put so much pressure on him. stanton, whoor mr. i think is a hero, too, when robert mcnamara, who wrote his , in about 15 years ago which he said, that they all unwinnablet was an diduntenable tragedy, how that make you feel? did that indicate your feelings of doubt as a soldier or do you think he should have taken it to his grave? i saw you nodding your head, did you want to respond? guest: i think a number of soldiers we spoke with in particular, a marine, who gave up a road scholarship to go to vietnam and to lead a platoon in what is was recalling revealed in the pentagon papers, which is mcnamara's memo to johnson in 1965, saying the chances for victory are no better than one in three. we probably will not win. and johnson going along with it and subsequent revelations from mcnamara that

mohammed emwazi didn't give the image batsmen an inch, and neither did hassan ali.a beauty to get rid of alistair cooke. he was the only batsmen who could stand up to pakistan. an outstanding bowling performance is only worth something ina performance is only worth something in a test match if it is backed up by the batsmen. pakistan will resume on the second day having only lost one player. it will be bowler friendly conditions and england still have stuart broad and james anderson. what pakistan have shown is they can bowl well and they can catch. they are well coached and well disciplined. they don't play a lot of test matches and this could be turn out to be a famous one. i haven't see a lord's wicket as dry as that. they will be a first innings and fourth innings game. there is a lot of cricket to be played and that is the reason why i am batting first. it was even stevens am batting first. it was even steve ns a nd am batting first. it was even stevens and pakistan took a big leap forward with bowling is out for 180 but it can turn quickly. three—time champion

coming up in the next hour, muhammad ali and -- mohamed -- mohamednd el-erian.atehave stepped up for races. it is a reflection to a certain extent of the reaction to donald trump's election. many of these women tell us they expected hillary clinton to win they felthe did not, it is important for them to step up and take charge. thatis story makes clear there is no guarantee that women are going to dominate the wind count -- the wind count. is the.: that interesting thing. what happens to the composition of the house? >> it is still up for grabs. trump supporters, female trump supporters, who are among the women running unopposed by democrats. so it is unclear exactly how congress.translate in david w.: we put up a graph for a moment that shows if you look at women republicans versus democrats, many more democrats for women. a big gender gap. number of these women are asked military people. which is not the traditional demographic profile. so it is clear that the democrats have chosen these people carefully. and if the money is there than they have a fairly good

but one, ali al marri is coming forward and alleging torture by otofr arms he american government, albeit nothing to do with gina haspel. he admitted to conspiring with khaled sheikh mohammedand he served time in the united states. now cnn's atika shubert has tracked him down. >> ali al marri, convicted al qaeda agent. this rare 2005 video shows how he spent many of his 13 years in u.s. custody as an enemy combatant on u.s. soil. a kill status placed him in military hands, stripped of any civilian rights. >> you american, you cook, you s u cook me for 13 years. >> now al marri oken to cnn, his first u.s. television interview sie his release in 2015. he claims he pleaded guilty because he was tortured in military custody on u.s. soil. he now denies the evidence presented against him inourt. you trained at al qaeda training camps in pakistan. is that true? >> false. >> they say you provided material support to khalid sheikh mohammed, the man believed to be behind 9/11? they say that you hadovert communications witilhim on e-mahat were found on your computer. >> false.ar >> this was al's world for years, solitaryme confine in a by two meter cell, his bed a metal rack. the def

mohamed has turned into a. business here and now is our leader of. africa's doing your bit. kenyan entrepreneur mohammad ali founded the company. it gives jeans a second life. here in nairobi market he finds used garments to create stylish bags and excess or use. every article is unique and reflects its origin. being sold over the internet. the business has a staff of ten employees. and it's sold ten thousand bags since twenty thirteen. old jeans. you like them. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it. visit our website or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit we share your stories. ever dream of growing your own presents or both if so you probably think that. well. company grows indoors using up if you saw a light rather. but is this method sustainable doesn't it huge amounts of electricity it looks good for you. to find out. fresh. meeting just. in light insufficient heat to get growing and they get both as well as plenty of space in this vertical farm. eighteen hours of light per day and a constant temperature of twenty two degrees celsius. meanwhile it should lettice is being harvested at the

series made by muhammad ali in which he tells the story of his father's career and camera picks the agency has father created a brave and highly respected figure in africa mohamed came to global prominence when his film and photos of the mine nine hundred eighty four ethiopian famine shocked the world and led directly to the international live aid phenomenon where today we're returning to the final part of the series which tells the tragic story of mohammed's death and the legacy he left behind the first let's take a look at some of the stories he chronicled for newspapers and t.v. stations across the world. yes. well as you can see muhammad's korea took him to the heart of the action in africa was in a tragic twist it was finally to find himself on what an a at the center of a global story is the final episode of law and me. my name is sally mommy son of renown photojournalist muhammad or me dad was a regular commuter to addis ababa one reason was that he published the in-flight magazine of ethiopian airlines we still do. data business colleague brian todd lee checked in on november twenty third one thousand nine hundred six flight eight hundred nine six one t