captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. the newshour tonight: after 16 years of u.s. military presence and sacrifice in afghanistan, and yesterday's historic bomb drop, where does that country stand? then, as easter approaches, we go to seville, spain, where the decline of cloistered life is on full display in the city's crumbling convents. >> reporter: convents like santa inez here in seville are hidden treasures from an earlier era. small, once bustling communities, but with fewer inhabitants now, and the walls themselves decaying. >> woodruff: and, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the week's news. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, bill o'reilly forced out of fox news, following a stream of sexual harassment complaints. also ahead, close call in georgia. examining the results from the special congressional election. then, playground fight at the supreme court. should state dollars fund repairs in a church day care? and, inside america's militia movement. why armed right-wing groups are active across the nation. >> it could be our own

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: >> we're trying to drive the economic benefit here to the taxpayers in the middle. >> woodruff: white house budget director mick mulvaney joins me to explain the administration's tax reform proposal and president trump's plan to get a spending bill passed. also ahead, a look at president trump's first 100 days in office-- the progress and setbacks on the domestic front for the new administration. then, a wall keeping people and wildlife out. how a political divide could endanger animals living along the u.s.-mexico border. >> long-term, this could be a division of genetical

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: a suspected syrian government attack using chemical weapons leaves dozens dead and many more injured, in a province controlled by rebels. then, the fox news network is on the receiving end of another sexual harassment suit, as some advertisers pull away from the scandal-plagued network. and, texas is the first state in the country to allow classroom cameras to protect students with disabilities, but legal and ethical questions arise. >> parents can't get access to that footage unless they know something's happened. they have to be able to say, "i would like footage from this day," and ideally "from this time o

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, in the aftermath of president trump's missile strikes on syria, a look at next moves in a moment of heightened global tensions. then... >> we are here to celebrate history. >> woodruff: as neil gorsuch is sworn in as an associate supreme court justice, how the newest member may tip the scales in some key upcoming cases. and, fighting corruption with education-- how one university in ghana incorporates ethics courses to help guide the next generation of africa's leaders. >> we need a lot of innovation. we need people who are trained to drive that and we need people who are going to be working on the government side. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> supported by the rockefeller foundation. promoting the well-b

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> sreenivasan: good evening, i'm hari sreenivasan. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, paris attacks. a gunman opens fire on police just three days before the french elections. also ahead, exxon seeks a waiver to do business in russia. are the trump administration's business ties impacting their decisions? plus, news divisions-- how a politically divided nation gets its news. >> i guess there was an element of distrust. as citizens we don't know what we don't know. >> sreenivasan: plus, the turbulent business of the airline industry: record profits, expanding routes, and in some cases bad service. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, it's tax day, and that's sparking new calls for president donald trump to release his own tax returns. we dig into how transparent this white house is. then, british prime minister theresa may calls for a snap election as she seeks more public support to take britain out of the european union. and, a teacher in the navajo nation schools takes a very hands-on approach to learning. >> in a math class, you get the problem wrong, you miss that question. in my program, if you get that math problem wrong, that animal can die. >> woodruff:

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the trump administration faces several crises overseas. we examine america abroad and the international challenges facing the new president. then, we return to mexico, where the country is strengthening its southern border against central americans fleeing north to escape violence and poverty. >> there's a private security company that prevents migrants from getting on the train, and they have built these concrete barriers, just a few inches from the edge of the train. >> woodruff: and, learning history through song. high school students compose a choral history lesson about world war ii japanese-american internment camps.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: >> they have aligned themselves with an unreliable partner in bashar al-assad. >> woodruff: secretary of state rex tillerson talks tough in moscow, warning russia about backing the assad regime in the wake of chemical weapons attacks. then: >> for those that continue to seek improper and illegal entry into this country, be forewarned: this is a new era. >> woodruff: as attorney general jeff sessions tours the u.s- mexico border, we head to mexico city, where the recently deported struggle to survive in unfamiliar surroundings. >> it's difficult. very difficult.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight... >> the era of strategic patience is over. >> woodruff: ...vice president pence's warning to north korea after its failure to launch a test missile over the weekend raises questions about what the trump administration is prepared to do. then, in turkey, a narrow referendum victory expands the role of turkey's president-- what does this power play mean for a deeply divided country and its allies? also tonight, one man in india aims to break through a taboo by making hygiene products affordable. >> this is the model for how muruganantham would like to see his product distributed. thousands of small factories run by groups of women producing these sanitary pads at very low cost and selling them directly to women. >> woodruff: and, ahead of a closely watched special election tomorrow in georgia, our politics monday team maps out the week. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: >> the current state of u.s.- russia relations is at a low point. >> woodruff: secretary of state rex tillerson and his russian counterpart meet to discuss the future of the two country's relationship amid disagreements over syria's use of chemical weapons. then, we sit down with nato's secretary general after his meeting at the white house with president trump, who has strongly criticized the nato alliance. and, the trump administration sets its sights on space. how one congressman who controls nasa's purse strings is pushing to go to the moon, mars and beyond. >> i've always wanted to restore nasa, for the glory days of apollo, as you and i remembered as kids. i

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. tonight: a deadly paris attack overshadows the last day of campaigning, ahead of sunday voting in france's tight presidential race. then, one-on-one with u.n. secretary general antonio guterres for his first u.s. television interview. >> ( translated ): we cannot forget we live in a world that conflict is multiplied and we need to address the root causes of this terrorism. >> woodruff: also ahead, missing children-- recent cases in washington, d.c., highlight unique challenges in cases involving missing children of

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, bill o'reilly forced out of fox news, following a stream of sexual harassment complaints. also ahead, close call in georgia. examining the results from the special congressional election. then, playground fight at the supreme court. should state dollars fund repairs in a church day care? and, inside america's militia movement. why armed right-wing groups are active across the nation. >> it could be our own government, overreaching. if we end up with a tyrant in office, no one knows what could happen in 15 years, but at least we're going to be prepared. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the lemelson foundation. committed to improving lives through invention. in the u.s. and developing count

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we take a deep dive into questions surrounding the russia investigation as new revelations shake the white house. then, trump supporters take stock-- what trump supporters in michigan are saying about the his first two months in office. >> what he has said is the truth and i don't think that he has reason to lie. what does he have to gain by lying? nothing. >> woodruff: then, in the final look of our series exploring new p.t.s.d. research. how explosions from battle may have a direct link to the causes of p.t.s.d. >> when the explosion goes off, it, it forms what's called a blast wave. and so here you have a high, high pressure pulse blasting through this delicate instrument called the brain. >> woodruff: and it's friday, mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the week's news. 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

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> sreenivasan: good evening, i'm hari sreenivasan. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, paris attacks. a gunman opens fire on police just three days before the french elections. also ahead, exxon seeks a waiver to do business in russia. are the trump administration's business ties impacting their decisions? plus, news divisions-- how a politically divided nation gets its news. >> i guess there was an element of distrust. as citizens we don't know what we don't know. >> sreenivasan: plus, the turbulent business of the airline industry: record profits, expanding routes, and in some cases bad service. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> supported by the rockefeller foundation. promoting the well-being of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. more at rockefellerfoundation.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: after 16 years of u.s. military presence and sacrifice in afghanistan, and yesterday's historic bomb drop, where does that country stand? then, as easter approaches, we go to seville, spain, where the decline of cloistered life is on full display in the city's crumbling convents. >> reporter: convents like santa inez here in seville are hidden treasures from an earlier era. small, once bustling communities, but with fewer inhabitants now, and the walls themselves decaying. >> woodruff: and, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the week's news. 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

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the trump administration faces several crises overseas. we examine america abroad and the international challenges facing the new president. then, we return to mexico, where the country is strengthening its southern border against central americans fleeing north to escape violence and poverty. >> there's a private security company that prevents migrants from getting on the train, and they have built these concrete barriers, just a few inches from the edge of the train. >> woodruff: and, learning history through song. high school students compose a choral history lesson about world war ii japanese-american internment camps. >> it's my hope that people can really look at this and say, "we can't isolate a group of people just for who they are." >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: >> we're trying to drive the economic benefit here to the taxpayers in the middle. >> woodruff: white house budget director mick mulvaney joins me to explain the administration's tax reform proposal and president trump's plan to get a spending bill passed. also ahead, a look at president trump's first 100 days in office-- the progress and setbacks on the domestic front for the new administration. then, a wall keeping people and wildlife out. how a political divide could endanger animals living along the u.s.-mexico border. >> long-term, this could be a division of genetical populations, where a group of animals from one side cannot reproduce with another group of animals. the survival of the species is at risk. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: the trump administration takes on the government of syria, ordering air strikes in retaliation for chemical weapons attacks. we look at the decision and what could come next. then: >> we have made tremendous progress in our relationship with china. >> woodruff: president trump touts deepening relations with china after his first summit with the leader of the world's other economic powerhouse. then, with passover just around the corner, we join celebrated chef joan nathan in her kitchen to talk about her new cookbook exploring jewish food from around the world. >> you can't mix milk and meat, you can't eat certain shellfish, so that, what happens is, jewish people think about their food a lot. >> woodruff: and, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks take on this week's news, including what a rule change in the senate means for the ability of the two parties to work together. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> yang: good evening, i'm john yang. on the newshour tonight, president trump welcomes egyptian president abdul fattah el-sisi to the white house as the administration signals new u.s. priorities. also ahead this monday, as the trump family's role expands in the white house, a look at ivanka trump and jared kushner's places in the new administration. >> the bush white house-the obama white house, were stocked with experienced people who had careers as public servants. now, the trumps came in with the promise to change that paradigm. >> yang: and, combating india's trash problem: how one company is trying to reduce the huge landfills that are wreaking havoc on india's most populous cities. 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. >> our tradition has been to take care of mother earth, because it's that that gives us water, gives us life. the land is here for everyone. >> and the william a

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: >> the current state of u.s.- russia relations is at a low point. >> woodruff: secretary of state rex tillerson and his russian counterpart meet to discuss the future of the two country's relationship amid disagreements over syria's use of chemical weapons. then, we sit down with nato's secretary general after his meeting at the white house with president trump, who has strongly criticized the nato alliance. and, the trump administration sets its sights on space. how one congressman who controls nasa's purse strings is pushing to go to the moon, mars and beyond. >> i've always wanted to restore nasa, for the glory days of apollo, as you and i remembered as kids. i want to see nasa go above and beyond the glory days of apollo. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their so

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, president trump steps back from pulling the plug on the north american free trade agreement, instead offering to re-negotiate with mexico and canada. also ahead, we continue our first 100 days review with a look at the trump administration's foreign policies-- the successes and setbacks of a president shaking up the global status quo. and, rising medical costs in the u.s.-- the effect that increasing prescription drug prices has on overall health care for americans compared with other countries. >> we spend two or three times what other countries do on healthcare without getting better results, which is the key here. we're not getting a good deal for all the money we spend. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> supported by the ro

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, congress battles over budget priorities in the face of a government shutdown, as president trump demands funding for a wall on mexico's border. then, we travel to west virginia where a declining coal industry is leaving retired miners-- many sick from working in the mines-- in danger of losing their much needed health care. >> it's not like we're asking for a handout or anything, either. them was hard sweat work, that, benefits that we negotiated our all we want is just, just what was promised to us. >> woodruff: also ahead, outsider candidates sweep the french election. a look at the final two presidential hopefuls who could lead france. and, facebook's sheryl sandberg opens up about recovering from the tragic death of her husband and building strength through grief. >> and i learned that resilience, it's not something we've one set amount of. it's a muscle, and we build it. and if this helps anyone even just a little bit then i think i will have found some me

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, it's tax day, and that's sparking new calls for president donald trump to release his own tax returns. we dig into how transparent this white house is. then, british prime minister theresa may calls for a snap election as she seeks more public support to take britain out of the european union. and, a teacher in the navajo nation schools takes a very hands-on approach to learning. >> in a math class, you get the problem wrong, you miss that question. in my program, if you get that math problem wrong, that animal can die. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: voting is in the news across europe today, starting with a surprise announcement from london

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: a suspected syrian government attack using chemical weapons leaves dozens dead and many more injured, in a province controlled by rebels. then, the fox news network is on the receiving end of another sexual harassment suit, as some advertisers pull away from the scandal-plagued network. and, texas is the first state in the country to allow classroom cameras to protect students with disabilities, but legal and ethical questions arise. >> parents can't get access to that footage unless they know something's happened. they have to be able to say, "i would like footage from this day," and ideally "from this time of day." >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> it's hard not to feel pride as a citizen of this country, when we're in a place like this. >> bnsf railway. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public b

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight... >> you change the nominees, you don't change the rules. >> if they won't confirm gorsuch, they won't confirm any nominee of this president. >> woodruff: in a historic move, senate republicans invoke the so-called "nuclear option" to clear the way for president trump's supreme court nominee. then, as the president hosts china's leader in florida at his mar-a-lago resort, a look at the cost of protecting the commander in chief, his family members and their residences. and, with republicans aiming to loosen or undo strict obama-era banking regulations, we sit down with an outgoing federal reserve board governor to talk about what he thinks should be changed. >> i don't really expect that there's going to be a dismantling of some of the major accomplishments that we've had. and i don't think it's something the american people would want to see, democrats or republicans. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshou

. ♪ captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. r tonight: >> failing to act now on the most pressing security issue in the world may bring catastrophic consequences. >> woodruff: secretary of state rex tillerson calls for new sanctions on north korea, after president trump warns of a potential "major, major conflict" with the asian nation. then, during his visit to egypt, pope francis calls for an end to religious violence. it's friday. mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news, and the president's first 100 days in office. and, jeffrey brown visits a workshop in spain that specializes in reproducing exact replicas of art.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. newshour tonight... >> the era of strategic patience is over. >> woodruff: ...vice president pence's warning to north korea after its failure to launch a test missile over the weekend raises questions about what the trump administration is prepared to do. then, in turkey, a narrow referendum victory expands the role of turkey's president-- what does this power play mean for a deeply divided country and its allies? also tonight, one man in india aims to break through a taboo by making hygiene products affordable. >> this is the model for how muruganantham would like to see his product distributed. thousands of small factories run

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: a deadly paris attack overshadows the last day of campaigning, ahead of sunday voting in france's tight presidential race. then, one-on-one with u.n. secretary general antonio guterres for his first u.s. television interview. >> ( translated ): we cannot forget we live in a world that conflict is multiplied and we need to address the root causes of this terrorism. >> woodruff: also ahead, missing children-- recent cases in washington, d.c., highlight unique challenges in cases involving missing children of color. >> there's a term that's often used, which is, "the missing white women syndrome." where, if you're not with blonde hair and blue eyes, your story is just not sensational enough. >> woodruff: and, it's friday. mark shields and michael gerson are here to analyze the week's news. 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

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: >> they have aligned themselves with an unreliable partner in bashar al-assad. >> woodruff: secretary of state rex tillerson talks tough in moscow, warning russia about backing the assad regime in the wake of chemical weapons attacks. then: >> for those that continue to seek improper and illegal entry into this country, be forewarned: this is a new era. >> woodruff: as attorney general jeff sessions tours the u.s- mexico border, we head to mexico city, where the recently deported struggle to survive in unfamiliar surroundings. >> it's difficult. very difficult. >> woodruff: and, a forgotten generation. the challenges of educating syrian children in the middle of war. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station fr

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: >> my attitude toward syria and assad has changed very much. >> woodruff: as the death toll in syria's chemical attack rises, president trump appears to take a harder line against the assad regime. then, a closer look at the f.b.i.'s investigation into 2016 presidential election-related links to russia, and what they mean for the new administration. and, how ticks on rampant deer populations are contributing to the spread of lyme disease, and leaving communities with few options to combat a growing ecological threat. >> if i were to be here 20 years ago at this check station, i could look all day and maybe find two or three ticks. now, in the course of two hours, we've got probably 50 ticks off a deer. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> our tradition has been to take care of mother earth, because it's th