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amna nawaz spoke with two key figures in the trial about this case and the larger picture. a warning: this segment includes sensitive subject matter. >> nawaz: judy, weinstein was convicted on one count of rape and on a second count of committing a criminal sexual act. but he was acquitted on three other counts, including the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault. cyrus vance jr. is the manhattan district attorney who brought the case. he joins us now from new york. district attorney vance, thanks for being with us. we are talking about one of the most famous, most powerful men certainly in hollywood, maybe the country. to the defense's point, do you think it is possible that harvey weinstein got a fair trial? >> i do think harvey weinstein got a fair trial. the judge was very careful in extensive voir dire or questioning of the jurors to make sure that they explored whether there was bias or inability for jurors to provide an impartial review of the evidence, and the jury was selected as a result of their answers. i have no indication that the jurors did anything b

amna nawaz gets a wider view. >> nawaz: judy, many of the president's pots about strong b growth, wagereases and edople returning to the labor market are reflen today's report, but the bigger picture was more meared, with retail and manufacturing losing jobs. and, the assessmt of the overall economic situation is more nuanced than the president's rhetoric. in fact, in some cases, the president's claims are just wrong. jim tankersley covers economics for the "new york times," and is here to help us sort thrbagh it. welcom to the newshour, jim. >> thank you for having me. >> nawaz: let's lookt this jobs reported now. ade wars, fears o a looming cession could slow things down. the jobs report today, 225,000 jobs added in jnuary. it seems like a good number, right? >> it's definitely a good number. it's always good to have a jobs report that beats expectations, which is what we had here. this is a strong number, enough jobs to keep the pace of job creation going well above whatd we nd keep the economy kind of at this level, which is great. it's particularly good given those fears you menti

as amna nawaz reports, it all came at a critical moment in the campaign, with early voting under way in a dozen states, and jus to go before thetart of the nevada caucuses. >> so how was your night last night? >> nawaz: michael bloomberg campaigning today in utah, just hours after his first democratic debate appearance in las vegas, whe he was the center of h rivals' attention. >> i think it is great you have got a lot of money, but i think you have got to come forward withour tax returns. >> nawaz: the billionaire businessman entered the race just threeonths ago, but his opponents made up for lost time, sharply challenging oomberg's record as a three-term mayor of new york city. >> mr. bloomberg had policies in new york city of stop and frisk which went after african american and latino peoplen an outrageous way. >> if i go back and look at my time in ofce, the one thing that i'm really worried about, embarrassed about, was how it turned out with stop and frisk. >> it's not whether he apologized or not. it's the policy. the policy was abhorrent. >> nawaz: massachusetts senator eliza

nawaz: i need to ask you, e, those statistic have been around for years. we've all known them. that's always been the case about the way survivors of sexual assault, they know their attackers and tend to stay in contact with them. do you think faingo prosecute those crimes earlier allowed for more crimes to be committed in the meanwhile? >> well, our office prosecutes about 6 sex crimes a year. over the course of ten years, that's about 6,000 sex crimes that our office has prosecuted. think we arn aggressive ofce. we have very experienced sexr crimessecutors, and we do the very best that we can on the evidence that we have, most ofs the memb the sex crime unit are women who are career prosecutors who have committed their professional life to doing this work. so the n answer to your question, i think we do the very best that we can with some very professional and very good trial attorneys. >> nawaz: that is manhattan distri attorney cyrus vance joining from new york today. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> nawaz: now let's discuss this with one of weinstein's defense att

thankamhe. >> nawaz: stayith us. coming up on th"newshour," we return to new hampshire ahead of tomorrow's crucial primary votem and "parasite" becomes the first foreign language film to win the oscar for best picture. >> woodruff: now, back to new hampshire-- as the clock continues to tick down here to the start of voting in the "first in thnation" primar over the weekend, i caught up with several of the candidates during their frantil sweeps across this state. minnesota senator amy klobuchar, entrepreneur andrew yang, and former massachusetts governor deval patrick were among them. but first, former vice presidenf joe biden. here he itaking questions from reporters about south bend, indiana's former mayor peia buttigieg. >> guesawhat? he wamayor. he's a good guy, but the idea of passing a budgetma asr of a town the size of manchester and $900 billion with less than 1% fraud or abuse, picking up his city and thousands of cities acroe country is ridiculous. so let's get straight. what's the problem? where is the thin

amna nawaz: at least 60 people in the u.s.en infected fiar, including one person in california, who als say had no travel to china, nor contt with an infected person. criticized the admtrationi today for slashing its public health budget, but said congress will appropriate more money. rep. nancy pelosi: we're coming close to a bipartisan agreement in the congress as to how we c go forward with a number. that is a good start, but we don't know how much we will need. amna nawaz: enate majority leader mitch mcconnell said today the senate will vote on that funding in the next two weeks. with the virus now reaching at least 48 countries, and mounti concerns about whether it will eventually spread wider in the u.s., we wanted to foc on some important and key information about covid-19. dr. peter hotez is ainfectious disease specialist at the baylor college of medice. he's in houston to help us with some of those questi dr. hotez, welcome back to the "newshour." one of the biggest questions we hear again and againwerom people isnow

amna nawaz: warren continued her attacks at a campaign st today. sen. warren: it was my job to make sure that america got a little closer look at mayor bloomberg, and came to understand that, of all the people standing on the stageishe he riskiest one for the democrats. amna nawaz: last night, others, sanders, confronted bloomberg on his estimated $60 billion personal fortune. sen. bernie sanders: mike bloomberg owns more wealth than the bottom 125 million ericans. that's wrong. that's azmoral. amna nbloomberg, a republican-turned-democrat who rs running as a moderate alternative to s, pushed back. michael bloomberg: what a wonderful country we have. the best-known socialist in the country happens to be ae millionath three houses. what did i miss here? amna nawaz: sanders and bloomberg are leading the field in the most recent "pbs newshour"/npr/marist poll. but both were accused by former south bend, indiana, mayor pete buttigieg of being too polarizing to win. pete buttigieg: let's put forward somebody who'actually a democrat. [laughter] pete buttigieg

but as amna nawaz reports, the battle for the nomination is far fromver. >> tnk you new hampshire!>: with a strong finish in iowa and a narrow win in vermont senator bernieanbelt, tasays he's ju ged. >> we're g gointo south carolin and thosete be pbu another big night, coming in a ose second. >> a campaign that some said shouldn't be here at all, s shown that we are here to stay. >> nawaz: and minnesota senato amy klobuchar in a surprise third. >> we have beaten the odds every step of the way. >> nawaz: the democratic field further winnowed, losing entrepreneur andrew yang and colorado senator michael bennet and this morning, former massachusetts governor deval patrick announced he too would suspend his campaign, something he hinted at last night. >> we needed the winds from we needed this win to carry us forward. >> nawaz: but the road to the democratic convention is long, and eight candidatestill vying for the nomination. massachusetts senator elizabeth night, put the early state results in perspective for her supporters.e' >> two states in, with 55 states and territories to go.

amna nawaz has the story. man: christina koch, you're a record-holder.s out, thumbs up, and a huge smile. amna nawaz: after spending the international space station, or 328 days, to be precise, christina koch, with her two crewmates, parachuted into kazakstan aboard a soviet soyuz capsule early today. she returns to earth as a record-holder, the se longest stay in space by a woman. scott kelly hos the overall record for the single longest stay. that's 342 days in space. wh and peggson holds the record for cumulative time in space, 665 days. koch was asked about this milestone moment while still ont the spacion two days ago. christina koch: i think some people draw inspiration from milestones and from thhat they have seen someone work hard to achieve. so, i hope that those two things together, outreach and inspiration, make it worth the talk about these different things that we have had th honor to do. amna nawaz: last fall, koch drew international attention, and a very first all-women space walk alongside jessica meir. that was one of koch's six space wa

amna nawaz in washington. >> woodruff: and i am judy woodruff in new hampshire.t newshour tonight, we ar on the ground in the granite state, wre voters in the tion's first primary today are helping re-shape the democratic race forresident. >> nawaz: then, a justice department at war with itself. mass resignations from the prosecution teamn the case against roger stone, confidante of president trump and convicted felon. and, cleansing the sacred water. on the banks of india's ganga river, where the holy waters grow more polluted every day >> by far, the most toxic pollution of this river is probably its least visible unless you happen upon drainage canals like this one. >> nawaz: all that and more on

amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> the president's betrayal-of-his oath of fice, betrayal of >> nawaz was five months ago, that house spker nancy pelosi delivered these lines... >> today i'm announcing the house of representatives moving forward withn official impeachment inquiry. >> nawaz: ...lines that opened an historichapter in american history. e third presidential impeachment ever in the united states and today the final lines of that chapter were written. >> i will vote against both articles of impeachment. >> i will do my part by ting to convict this lawless president. >> i'll be voting to defend this president's actions. >> nawaz: a convictionould've required 67 votes, but the majority of the 100 u.s. senators voted to acquit president trump on both charges: abuse power and obstruction of congress. proo nouns him not guilty as charged >> nawaz: for most, this was no surprise ending. during the senate trial, democratic house managers spent days arguing forhe conviction and removal of mr. trump, claiming his pressure campaign on ukraine for political dirt on former vice preside

as amna nawaz tells us, she is a key witness in this case. and a warning for younger views, this segment includes sensitive subject matter. >> nawaz: dy, jessica mann testifed last week that weinstein raped and assaulted r in march 2013. during an intense cross- examination yesterday that left mann in tears, attorneys for weinstein grilled her on why she maintained a relationship with him after the assaults. weinstein's lawyers have repeatedly raised questionsib about the credity of his accusers. weinstein has denied the allegations, saying any and all interactions with the women were conssual. i joining me nrose friedman, associate editor at npr who has has en following this story court. rose, welcome to the news hour. i should mention, more than 80 women in the last couple years have accused wenstein of sexual assault, but jessica mann in this particular trial hasbebeen descas a star witness. why is that? who is jessica mann, and why whats it about her sto that's so compelling for prosecutors? >> well, she had thelongest relationship with h

e>> nawaz: w.h.o. scienti rw in china, working with officials there earch the spread of the virus.r the centers fodisease control said the decision to repatriate americans released from the ship docked in japan came after the number of coronavirus cases on boarhad continued to rise. so how well does quarantine work, and what toll does it take on those confined? and what are the potential risks, once those who've been erolated return into the w population, as many on the ship docked in cambodia have done? for that and more, i am joined by dr. william schaffner, professor of infectious seases at vanderbilt university school of medicine. dr. schaffner, thanks for being with us and welcome to the "newshour".u i want to ask out how health officials are handling these cases. when you look at that firstp cruise sse, you've got hundreds of people who decide to acuate fly back to united states, even after some tested positive for the virus. are they handling this the right way? >> oh, i think our officials, amn

first, amna nawaz repo public health efforts, here and abroad. ti nawaz: across the world, governments and ns are taking steps to contain the spread of coronavirus. in iraq, health worker sprayed disinfectant on the kufa mosque, one of the most gnificant destinations in the world. japan said it will close all mihools until late march. and in italy, thtary is stopping vehicles from entering quarantined towns, like turano, after more than 30people were infected with the virus this week. >> ( translated ): our messagey is versimple: italy is the country that is making the most checks, we have isolated all the positi cases, tracked all the people who have had contact with these positive cases, and we are following how the outbreak develops with the utmost attention. >> nawaz: the covid-19 virus has spread from its epicenter in wuhan, china to six continents. in south korea, cases have jumped to more than 1,600, the most outside of china. the government has launched roadside testi units. butid long lines for masks, officials are facing criticism for i

captioning sponsored by newshour prodtions, llc >> nawaz: good evening, i'm amna nawaz.udy woodruff is on assthnment. on newshour tonight, containing an outbreak. how the trump administration pre nparing theion for the threat of coronavirus, while china mounts a "people's war" against the disease. then, after another bising democratic primary debate, wre do the presidential hopefuls snd with less than a week to go before super tuesday? and, not just a headache. a lifelong condition and the lack of a cure. the symptoms and the stigma of >> this isn't the life i imagined for myself. this isn't what i thought i would doing. but at the end of the day, i'm doing everything that i can to treat it. >> nawaz: all that and more os tonight's pbnewshour.

amna nawaz has the story. >> christina koch, she is outum and a up and a huge smile. >> nawaz: after spending nearly 11 months in orbit aboard the international space station, 328 days, to be precise, christina koch, with her two crewmates, rachuted into kazakhstan aboard a soviet soyuz capsule early today. she returns to earth as a record-holder. the single longest stay in space by a woman. scott kelly holds the overall s record for tgle longest stay-- 342 days in space. and peggy whitson holds the record for cumulative time in space, 665 days. koch was asked about this mileste moment while still on the space station two days ago. >> i think some people draw inspiration from milestones and from seeing someone work hard to achieve. together, outreach andings inspiration, make it worth the talk about these things we've d the honor to do. >> nawaz: last fall, koch drew international attentio and a trending hashtag, as hf of the very first a-women space walk alongside jessica meir, one of koch's six spacewas during her mission. but her walk with meir only happened after a previously- sc

. >> nawaz: roger stone is again at the center of controversy. shakeup at the department of justice. stone is the sixth former sesociate of president trump to be convicted on stemming from the mueller investigation. federal prosecutors reded in a monday night filing that stone be sentenced to seven to ni years in prison for lyi to congress and witness tampering, but senior justice departme officials intervened. john yang explores how there is now a fight ov how long stone should spend in jail. >> yang: amna, the n filing makes no recommendation for stone's sentence, deferring to the judge in the case. it comes hours after a middle-

. ♪ captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening.z in washington. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff in new hampshe on the "newshour" tonight, democratic presidential candidates make a final sprint to win voters in the firstn the nation primary. then a special new hampshire- focused editioof politics monday we examine the ins and outs of tomorrow's vote and how it could change the she of this year's election. >> nawaz: plus, non-political news, the ongoing outbreak: global efforts to combat the coronavirus intensify as the death toll surpasses that of the sars epidemic. and anti-semitism on the rise-- 75 years after the liberation of auschwitz, negative perceptions of european jews are

amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> reporter: some factories across shanghai were back in business monday, as cases natside the epicenter of c's coronavirus outbreak fell to the lowest number in a month. world health organization inficials say thnumber of infected people china has now peaked and leveled off. but beyond chi's borders the virus, and concerns over its spread, have picked up momentum. there are now confirmed cases in at least 32 countries. but the new cases and deaths in south korea and italy raised new alarms today. over the weekend, shops across south korea closed their doors and workers disinfected sidewalks. and today, the country announced more than 800 confirmed coronavirus cases.rt timothy is the south korea bureau chief for "the wall street journal." >> there aren't enough doctors, nurses, investigators to follow up on individual confirmed cases affected know that they were exposed. h we've evrd of hospital staffs who quit because their families were pressured to do so. reporter: south korea took additional measures tourb the virus' spread today, closing iti parliamen

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening, i'm amna nawain washington.>oodruff: and i am judy woodruff in new hampshire. on theewshour tonight, we are on the ground in thenite state, where voters in the nation's first primary today arp g re-shape the democratic race for president. >> nawaz: then, a question of justice. roger stone, confidante of president trump and convicted felon, now at the center of a new controversy: how long he should be in jail. and, cleansing the sacred water. on the banks of india's ganga river, where the holy waters grow more polluted by the day. >> by far, the most toxic pollution of this river is probably its least visible

amna: good evening, i'm amna nawaz in washington. judy: and i'm judy woodruff i. new hampshi on the "newshour" tonight, democratic presidential candidates make a final sprint to win voter in the first of th. nation prima then, a special new hampshire focused edition of politics we examine the ins and outs of tomorrow's vote and how it could change the shape of this year's election. na: in non-political news, t oue to combat the coravirus yearse as fter the atio pnsew leribn are increasingly pervasive. >> i'm not troubled for myself cause i'm nearl 100 years old but for my children, my grandchiren, and my great grandchild and for all the young people are today, i would wish a better world for them. amna: all that and more ongh tonis "pbs newshour." announcer: major proded by -- >> before we talk about your au. >> twins. >> grandparents. >> we want to put money aside for them, so change in plans. >> let's see what we can adjust. >> change p inns. >> ok. >> mom, are you painting again? you could sell these. >>et me guess, change in plans? >> at fidelity, the change i

amna nawaz explains the findings of an alarming nma report from rights watch. >> nawaz: judy, investigatorshat the controversialme u.s. "remain ico" policy forces asylum seekers at the southern border to wait in unsafeoften crowded, unhealthy conditions. someeported being beaten, sexually assaulted, even abducted for ransom. most said they lived in constant fear, and were easy targets for violence. michael garcia bochenek of human rights watch was part of the investigative team that filed the report. he joins me now. michael, welcome to the "newshour". i want to start about what we know about t families waiting in these mexican towns. we know the policy colloquially remained in mexico. the government calls it the migrant cootection pro program, but these are people u.s. officials say that mexican authorities will ta care of and provide food and shelter for. is that what you found on the ground? >> well, the's likely no parallel to this anywhere in the world. one country where people go to seek protection would send people to another country. m so what theexican government is doing is a very

then, amna nawaz catches up with jusda's democratic voters hours before they head to the polls. >> if you are not ainformed person, you are letting that pass you by. judy: plus, inside venezuela, the suffering children endure as the economic freefall wears on. >> i've had girls with lower cognitive abilities and learnis procescause the lack of a proper diet. they've fallen asleep in the kindergarten area. judy: all that and more on tonight's pbs nehour. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has bn provided by -- ♪ >> moving our economy for 160 years. onnectshe engine that us. >> when it comes to wireless, consumer cellular gives iom custs the choice. our plans give you as much or as little as youant and our u.s.-based customer service team is on hand to help. >> american cruise lines. collect. fidelity investments. >> the john s and james l knight foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions. and friends of the newshour. wthis progr made possiby the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ste

thank you, amna nawaz. >> thanks, judy. >> woodruff: and now, lisa desjardins dives into bloomberg'splicated-- and at times controversial-- record. >> desjardins: activt, billionaire, big city mayor, g d occasional subway rider, michael bloomber many things at once-- including, now, both disrupter and established politician. >> the momentum in this city is the legacy we're really leaving. >> desjardins: bloomberg began his 12 years as new york city mayor as a republican in january, 2002... >> so help me, god. thank you. >> desjardins: ...mere months shook the city's heart.s >> he is definitely what new york needs, as far as after september 11th, we need more business, me commerce >> desjardins: 18 years later, that image of a deliverer is one bloomberg's running on. >> rebuild america. he took charge, becoming a three-term mayor who brought a city back from the ashes. >> desjardins: by the end of the bloomberg era, more th half of new yorkers polled saithe city's economy was doing "good," an "quality of life" was better. there was wide approval of some of his initiatives, like bannin

amna: p for t newshour, i'm amna nawaz. and we again turn to our alcindor.ardins and yamiche hello to both of you. at the whitell house, s how the president, the people around him, are responding to these not guilty vdicts and also, to the mitt romney being the one republican to vote against the president. che: the president has weathered all sorts of scandal and controversy, but impeachment and he is very happy now to put that behind him. saying he is vindicated.ap, he tweeted this video moments after the acquittal vote and it shows president trump might remain in office well past the constitutional imagesay- limits. it trump 2424 and trump forever. trump will be speaking tomorrow. we expect he will say impeachment was a hoax and a witchhunt and democrats were after him, but we have to note, the president can't say this was a partisan vote because mitt romney voted on the first article with democrats so he became the first u.s. senator to vote to remove a president of his same party. thatas president trump and his allies a

amna nawaz reporteds from human rights watch. on >> theoversial u.s.n in mexico policy forces asylum seekers to wait an unsafe often crowded and unhealthy conditions. some reported being beaten, sex ally salted. most said they lived in constant feary and were e targets. michael garcia was part of thea investe team that filed the report. and he joins me now. welcome to the newshour. i want to start with what we know abo these family who are waiting in these mexican towns well. kn the policy is to remain in mexico. they call it the migrant protection protocols program. these are officials who say mexican authorities will take care of a provide food. is that what you found on the ground? >> well, there's really no parallel to this anywhere in tha world one country where people go to seek protection would send people to another country w. t the mexican government is doing is a very credible effort and trying to make sure that people have the basics, food, shelter, a bit of clothing. but it's nowhere near what they need. and it's certainly not sufficient fo

for the pbs newshour, i'amna nawaz.> woodruff: ngive us the latest, our own lisa desjardins and yamiche alcindor. so good to see you in person, rather than reporting from the capitol. >> woodruff: so much to ask you about, but lisa, let me start with you.gi us a sense of the core of the argument that the house managers were making today. several different directions. >> they did have a few different arguments they were making. let's look quickly at a graphic, and amna summarized some of is, to make it very clear, the number one argument from house democrats is that thident abused his power and obstructed congress. tose are the charges agai the president. but they're going beyond that. s ey're also saying if he is unchecked, if het removed from the office, this president will do it again. they s that is a threat to national security and the 2020 election. they also are maki this argument we've heard from representative schiff in that story that history will judge the senate. they areaking a historical argument as well. j

josh lederman, national politica reporter for nbc news, and amna nawaz, senior national correspondt for pbs newshour. let's begin with the president. josh, you'v been publishing all day about andrew mccabe a the sident. what's the latest? what's the president's response? >> well, theresident has a deep vitriol for andrew mccabe. he believes that h wife worked for hillary clinton and he was one of the officials out to get him. some of this is disputed. but anyway, the president wanted andrew mccabe to be charged. todhen d.o.j. said that andrew mccabe would not be charged, th president did not get a heads up and his lawyer me in t explain to what was happening. and the president and barr spoke this afternoon. there's been a days between the president and a.g. barr. anee it'sinteresting because barr is his favorite cabinetber. he handled the mueller probe. 's repeated dwhaun t president has wanted. this is the first tangible riff that we'vseen between theseen two robert: you just said that president trump spokeith the attorney gideral today on ay. what do you know about that conversation?

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is on assignment. on "newshour" tocoght, aining an outbreak. preparing the nation for the is threat of coronavirus, while china mounts a people's war agnst the disease. then, after another bruising democratic primary debate, where do the presidential hopefuls esand with less than a week to go before super y? and not just a headache. a lifelong condition and the lack of a cure. the symptoms and the stigma of migraine disease. >> this isn't the life i imagined for myself. this isn't what i thought i would be doing. but at the end of the day, i'm treat it.rything that i can to amna: all that and more on >> major funding f the pbs "newshour" has been provided by -- ♪ >> moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf. the engine that connects us. >> fidelity investments.>> onsumer cellular. american cruise lines. collette.>> upporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems. ollfoundation.org. >> the lemelson foundation. committed to improving l

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is on assignment. on "newshour" tocoght, aining an outbreak.paring the nation for the is threat of coronavirus, while china mounts a people's war agnst the disease. then, after another bruising democratic primary debate, where do the presidential hopefuls esand with less than a week to go before super y? and not just a headache. a lifelong condition and the lack of a cure. the symptoms and the stigma of migraine disease. >> this isn't the life i imagined for myself. this isn't what i thought i would be doing. but at the end of the day, i'm treat it.rything that i can to amna: all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour."

for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. early this morning, i sat down with the success stories out of new hampshire, former mayor petbuttigieg, fresh off his very close second place finish, and began by asking him to explain what happened in the granite state. >> well, what happened is thatar after a f campaigning, we were able to show, not just tell, that we could put together an extraordinary coalition of voters, younger and older, urban, rural and surban, coming together, believing that i need to turn the page. that, in order to govethe future, but also in order to beat donald trump, the time has come to set asi the politics of the past, look to the future and deliver on bold changes that americans can get behind. i see an opportunity right now to take some of the biggest stepsat forward merica has in a half century and crucially, do it in a way that can actually unify, not divide, the american people. it's clear that despite all of the odds and predictionsv thion was powerful enough to propel us to top two finishes in

amna nawaz catches up with nevada's democratic voters, just hours before they head to the polls. >> whene not informed, or, like, an uninformed person, then you're just letting that all pass you by. you don't vote you let stuff happen. i don't want to let stuff happen. >> woodruff: plus, "inside venezuela."th the sufferin children there endure, as the country's economic freefall wears on. >> ( translated ): i have had girls that have lower cognitive ab

josh lederman, political reporter for nbc news, and amna nawaz, senior national correspondent for the newshour. let's begin with the josh, you've been publishing all day about andrew mccabe a the president. what's the latest? what's the president's response? >> well, the preside has a deep vitriol for andrew mccabe. he belves that his wif worked for hillary clinton and he was ne of the officials out to get him. some of this is disputed. but anyway, the presidentan wand ew mccabe to be charged. tod when d.o.j. saidt t andrew mccabe would not be charged, th president did not get a heads up and his lawyer came in to explain to what was happening. and the president and barr spoka thernoon. there's been a pretty tense few g.ys between the president and barr. and it's been interesting cause barr is his favorite cabinet member. he handledll the m probe. he's repeated dwhaun the president has wanted. this is the first tgible riff ween these en b two men. robert: you just said that attorney general tn e with the friday. what do you knowbout that conversation? >> we're still trying to figure ou

then, amna nawaz catches up with jusda's democratic voters hours before they head to the polls. >> ifre not ainformed person, you are letting that pass you by. judy: plus, inside venezuela, the suffering children endure as the economic freefall wears on. >> i've had girls with lower cognitive abilities and learnis procescause the lack of a proper diet. they've fallen asleep in the

. ♪ amna: good evening, i'm amna nawaz in washington. judy: and i'm judy woodruff in new hampshire.our" tonight, democratic presidential candidates make a final sprint to win voter in the first of the nation primary. then, a special new hampshire focused edition of politics monday. we examine the ins and outs of tomorrow's vote and how it could change the shape of this year's election. amna: in non-political news, the ongoing outbreak, global efforts to combat the coronavirus intensify as the death toll surpasses that of the sars epidemic. anti-semitism on the rise, 75 years after the liberation of auschwitz, negative perceptions of e

amna nawaz has the latest. amna: this is not how cheryl and paul molesky envisioned their cruise vacation. >> we have been in this room on the diamond princess for the last 27 days, for the last 12 days we have not stepped footor out of this donto the hallway. amna: the syracuse, new york, couple were part of the 300-plun americans quned on the ship in yokohama, japan. the vesselwith 3700 passengers and crew, has been docked in japan for 12 days. more than 450 people have tested positive for the coronavirus, making it the largest cluster of cases outside of china. but late sunday, u.s. officials evacuate340 americans who had been released from the ship, including the moleskys, and flew esem back to the united st >> it's a little bit scary with the numbers going up of the ople being taken off the ship with the covid-19 virus so, you know, it's i think it's time to go, i think its time to cut our sses and take off. amna: the two flights of evacuees landed early today, at military bas in northern california and te

result of the test pbs newshour-npr-marist poll with just 3 days to go before the nevada caucuses, amna nawaznow from lavegas for a prevw. hello to you. this is t third contest in the season. this is the most diverse grou of voters yet to be waiting in. what are ty saying on the ound? amna: the candidates have been disproportionately focused on iowa and new hampshire, which are too small whites. for the first time, they have to address estate andst voters in a e that looks more like america. if you look at the democratic caucus selected from 2016, it was 19% latino, 13% black, 4% asian. nonwhites made up 41% of the electorate. the candidatethhave to tailor r message a little more and broaden the message at the same time. gone are the days of the retail handshake room by room politicking. they have to deliver a bigger message now, specific some of these communities. what we saw, my colleagues have been following the candidates on the ground and they areg hav voter evidence that target some of these communities, like mayor buttigieg ske specifically to a black student group yesterday. former vi

amna nawaz looks at active shooter drills, now practiced in more than 90% of public schools, and the ntroversy surrounding them. intended to prepare students and teachers to protect themselves in the event of an armed intruder.he but yesterday,ountry's two largest education unions, the american federation of teachers and the national eiocation associ joined with the advocacy group "everytown for gun safety" to call for schools to changor end those drills. for more on why, i'm joined by randi weingaen. president of the american federation of teachers, representing 1.7 mlion members. welcome back to the newshour. >> it's always great to be on pbs. let me ask yoyou cited your reasons for wanting to end or charnge theseills: the traumatic effect on students, the lack of any evidence these drills are rke ally wg. what specifically were you hearing and seeing that led you to believe the drills arnge doi more harm than good? >> so, you know, we have gun lot of rank and file teachers-- frankly, who have been through this-- like peple from broward, people from secondhand hook, newtown-- >> ex

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