f newshoeign affairs and defense correspondent nick schifrin joins us now fromen aires. nick, usually there are these communiqueses about what the entire conference does agree on inspect this case, there were a lot of things that we didn'tag e on. so how do we get over that impasse, and what's on the piece of paper? chifrin: yeah, three or four main disagreements, you mentioned one of them-- climat change. basically there is a g20 and a g19. the 9 is the reference to the 19 countries that are either in the paris climate accord or support the paris climate accord and the united states. and this communique got over that difference byust acknowledging the u.s. is not going to support paris climate accord and that is language, hari, we've seen in the past as well. on migration. this was a real ree, according to multiple diplomats s.have spoken to from the u. side. the u.s. sherp aas he is known, the diplod t who negotiais deal basically said he cannot have have an in-depth discussion of migration, a global migration crise requiring a globa migration response because he didn't

nick schifrin reporten og the g20 suit in argentina. k you, nick. >> thank you. >> woodruff: the breach hto the marrioel chain's reservation database is one of the biggest hackin history, second only to the breaches at yahoo that affected three billion accounts. as amna reports, the hackers-- still unidentified-- accessed t reservations system of marriott's starwood hotel properties as far back as 2014. >> nawaz: the breach affected personal data of half a billion custin all. for more than 300 million of them, the hackers were able to get lots of informat including names, phone numbers, email addresses, pasort numbers, dates of birth, and arrival and departure information. the hack affected starwood hotels such as the sheraton, westin, st. regis anw hotels. it's the latest in a series of major breaches. most significantly, the credit rating agency equifax was hit last year th a big breach affecting nearly 150 million people. in 2015, hackers were able to get at the records of nearly 80 million customers of the nce giant, anthem. and one

nick schifrin rerns with that. >> schifrin: thanks, william.ll discuss that question with two people:bb laith an advisor to the iraqi prime minister, and a former senior director at the national endowment for democracy. he joins us from tampa. and, our special correspondent jane ferguson, who just returned from iraq for a series we're been airing over the last week, and joins us from her base in beirut. thank you very much you both for being here. wesident trump went all ty to iraq and did not meet any iraqi officials, and there's a statement out m oe iraqi prime minister's office tonight that says "dierences in points of view over the arrangements prevented the two from meeting face to face." d whfferences? ec well, i expect -- i'm from a distance, but i ex optics matter a lotffi think the president, of course, ha to appeal to his power base here at home, and e needs to be seen with the american flag, americ troops, et cetera. and i think, from an iraqi point of view perspective, this is iraq, the iraqi troops, too, the iraqi forces fought i.s

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. >> woodruff: our foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin is here to walk us through the latest some rally strong language from these senators, nick, but what does it mean? how significant is it. >> i think we should pause for a second and examine the words. these are unprecedented. this is unprecedented bipartisan criticism against saudi arabia. these are senators who havdee nded saudi arabia in the past despite human rights abuses in the past, senators who have defended saudi arabia even after 9/11, nine saudis participated 9/11. they called saudi araia a strategic ally, now calling saudi arabia a strategic atability. we don't know appened in that briefing because it was classified, but we heard a couple hints. there one, senator graham saying a smoking saw, seemingly a confirmation of something that tuish officials have said which this team that flew from saudi arabia to istanbul to murder khashoggi brought a bone saw, clearly indicati premeditation. >> woodff: that evidence has been confirmed. >> not officially. not officially. >> woodruff: there's a lot of reference its o. >

nick schifrin is back now, with the author of a new book who ters the life story of anot reporter killed her own guardianship of the truth. >> schifrin: 6.5 years ago, the world lost a memorable and vitceal v marie colvin was a foreign correspondent for the "sunday times" in london, and one of the most remarkable war reporters of her generation.e vered every conflict, from beirut in the mid-'80s to the war in syria, where she was b killthe assad regime. back in 2001, she lost her left eye in sri lanka, and a few weeks later, she wrote "why do i cover wars." "i did not set out to be a war correspondent. it has always seemed to me that what i write about is humanity in extremis, and that it is important to tell people what really happens in wars." "in exemis: the life and death gr the war correspondent marie colvin" is a new bhy from marie's friend, lindsey hilsum, international editor for channel 4 news. and it is my pleasure to have you here on the newshour. >> great to be here. o >> schifri of the remarkable things that comes out in this book, with diary entries and real access to every

for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> brangham: stay wion us, coming uhe newshour: how one american city is working to decrease infant mortaty rates. making sense of the economics and psychology of altruism. and iraqi-american poet discusses the plight of women enslaved by isis. this was a year where the me too movement, and the consequences surrounding it, captivated much attention once again. whether it was in entertainment and media, business or the general workplace, women came rward about what they ha faced. tonigh we wanted to put more of a focus on what survivors and victims have been through, and what the reactions and consequences of this past year have meant to them. amna nawaz has our conversation. >> the cultural shift is palpable. in just the past year, sevesal stave introduced legislation to deal with sexual harassment in the work congress finally moved to change a system for reporting harassment on capitol hill and, of cour, some of the most powerful and notable men in hollywood and media have been forced out of their jobs. we're croind joind now by three women who ca

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as nick schifrin reports, the talks come as the conflict grinds on, the immense suffering continues,e over u.s. support for the war heats up on capitol hill. >> reporter: on a grassy, quiet estate, in a renovated castle outside stockholm, yemen's warring parties sat around a table today to try and decide their country's fate. on one side, yemen's sunni, internationally-recognized government. across the table, shia houthi rebels, who ho in the middle, the u.n. envoy ying to make peace. >> the country's institutionsat arisk, the fragmentation of the country is an enormous trncern, and we must act now before we lose conol of the future of yemen. >> reporter: the country is cracking after a four-year war that's killed tens of thousands. it began as a civil war in 2014. but no a saudi-led coalition fights on the ground, and launches air-strikes with the help of u.s. advors. and the u.n. says houthi rebels receive aid and roet parts fr iran. both sides hold thousands of prisoners, and that was today's main confidence-building measure: a swap anunced by u.n. envoy martin griffiths. >> it wi

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> schifrin: good evening, i'm nick schifrin.woodruff is away for the holida on the newshour this christmas eve... (waves crashin ...indonesia searches for hundreds of missing people, following the deadly tsunamiou that struck wiwarning. then, government in limbo. negotiations between the white house and congress connue, as the shutdown threatens to extend into the new year. we look back at this y major moments in movies, and which films are leading the oscars race. and a newshour holiday tradition: u.s. troops around the world sing a christmas classic. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major fng

i'm nick schifrin. judy woodruff is away for the holiday. on the newshour tonight: can president trump fire t o chairmanf the federal reserve? "why religion?" the personal story of faith and in overcoming tragedy. t just of the things t amazes me is how resilient human beings are; the things people live through. d schifrin: and, from aro the world, we ask members of the u.s. military to sing a holiday classic. ♪ ♪ >> schifrin: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> kevin. >> kevin! >> kevin? >> advice for life life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> 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 statn from viewers like you. thank you. od >> schifrin:, the confirmed death toll in the indonesian tsunami rose to 429. it struck without ayrning on satuight after a volcano erupted in the sunda strait. search team

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but as nick schifrin reports, there are questions about whether the milita is undercounting. >> reporterur years ago, isis controlled territory across iraq and syria the size of belgium. today, the group has lost 99% of that land, and eight-million people no longer have to live inside the so-called islamic state. the u.s. has achieved that success thanks in large airt to a massr campaign.ra inand syria, the u.s. has launched 31,406 air strikes in a campaign the coalition describes as the "most precise in history." but this weekend, the u.s. admitted that those air strikes accidentally killed 1,139 civili as. how did thive at that number? and is it accurate? to explore tse questions i am joined by larry lewis, who used to lead the defense department's effos to prevent civilian casualties. he was also the state department's senior advisor civilian protection, and is now research director at the center for naval analyses. larry, thank you very much. welcome bac you and i have talked about how this is probably aundercount, that $1,139, and one of the main reasons is buildings, something almo

and in the senate, as nick schifrin reports, the saudi role in yem, and america's support for its top arab ally, was subject to tough judgment. and a warning: some images in this story may be disturbing to some viewers. >> schifrin: 3,000 miles from the front lines, u.n. secretary general antonio guterres called today a breakthrough. >> this a critical element for the future political settlement to end the conflict. >> schifrin: it's been more than four yearsince the two sides started fighting: shia houthi rebels, backed by an, who seized the capital. and the internationally recognized sunni government backed by a saudi-led coalition and the u.s. after one week of talks, the two sides agreed to reduce the fighting in taiz. armed houthis will withdraw from the ports of salif, and the ras isa oil terminal.an most importantly, a fire in hodiedah, the epicenter of the most intense fighting, and al the vast majority of goods and humanitarian aid.mo mmed abdul-salam led the houthi delegation. >> ( translated ): we have made very large concessions and these concessions we made are for our ye

as nick schifrin reports, managing this crisis is provi more challenging than any previous outbreak becauses not just a public health challenge-- it is spreading in a warzone. and a warning: images and accounts in this story will upset some viewers. >> reporter: in northeastern congo, the dead are left on dirt roads, and at the grassy edges of remote villages.re familiesargeted, and homes d e burned to the ground, in a conflict that starfore many victims were born. >> ( translated ): they arrived in the village and immediately started shooting, loote shop and setting fire to the shop. they asked me and my aunt to d,me out from under the bend if we refused, they would burn us alive. ( gunfir) >> reporter: for a quarter century this region's residents have fled from armedmist groups, and local militias. they attack the military and anyone they accu of collaborating with the government, and have left villagers in coffins, killed by brutal violence. and now, villars are being killed by brutal disease. ebola causes high fevers and fatal bleeding, and spreads through bodily fluids of the sick, or

but as nick schifrin reports, that's the big question: just what did china agree to? what's the likelihood of reaching a bigger deal in the text three months to elimi tariffs? >> reporter: amna, there were some specific agreements announced by presidents trump and xi. he delayed plans to raise tariffs on 200 billion dollars worth of chinese goods from 10% to 25%. and the chinese promised to buy a significant amount of american products. the president and other u. officials have said today china is going to remove tariffs on uin.s. cars comin the country, but china hasn't confirmed that. let's look at the significance of ndwhat happened,hat still needs to take place. michael pillsbury is an adviser to the trump administration, an irector of the center for china strategy at the hudson institute. >> welcome back to the "newshour". >> thank you. let's get to some of thehecore ofdeal with at least what the u.s. says. the u.s. says chinese promised to purchase more than a trillion dollar of products i think the number was today. according to the u.s. they agreed to address

here's foreign affairs corrpondent nick schifrin. >> reporter: paris is burning. britain is consumed by brexit. >> the government has lost ncontrol of events and is complete disarray. >> reporter: european leaders trying to respond to the forces of populism are now bein consumed by them. they face serious threats to their power, and their countries face fundamental transformations. >> ( translated ): our enemy is not just macron. this dates back 15, 20, 30be years, and it' a long time since the anger has been growing. today it explodes. and i think it's not yet over. >> reporter: for the fourth straight week, on saturday demonstrators faced off with french police. in downtown paris they created homemade barricades and had running clashes with armored clve and tear gas. they called themselves the "yellow vest" protestors for the florescence every driver has to carry. at first t y objected a gas tax-hike, but now this is france's biggest politicala crisis in lf century-- a sort of primal scream byns citiho feel left behind. in a prime-time address, macronu promised

today, as nick schifin tells us there w documents that show the social media giant gave other companies select accesto users data >> schifrinthe documents were released by a british parliament committee and seem to show facebook using all of our data as a bargaining chip to increase revenue. thcommittee accuses facebo of cutting special deals with companies like netflix, trbnb, and lyaccess users' data because those companies were advertising facebook. facebook restricted access to users' data to companies iet deemed as coion. the data we're talking about is users' education and religious background, also preferences- what users like, and don't like. this matters because facebook claimed to have restricted access to this data to all companies in 2015. and it matters becauseises questions about facebook's interest in collecting your data, and making money. for the record-- the newshour works with facebook on some video to talk about this, i'm joined by the "washington post's" silicon valley correspondent elizabeth dwoskin. thank you fonebeing with the hour. let me start with these internal discussions in 2012, and we now hav