. >> woodruff: our reporter nick schifrin when in china did extensive reporting, talked to officials about chinese exporting their suilnce technology to many other countries so they can surveile obseeir own citizens. is it too late to stop the spread of chinese technology for those kinds ofurposes? >> judy, the world's got to maka some decision every country will make its wn. i have been talking about this for a year and a half now. the chise exhaust party has access to information that runs across chinese networks, it's in their basic laws. i don't think it's in the best interest of any country to take the m ata froeir private citizens and place it in the hands of the chinese communisti that the world will see thateve built on western values ofare opness, transparency, rule of law, contracts, property rights, all the things we've come to r know aly on for our capacity to communicate around the world, i think the world will see the and thy will demand that every network, every system comply with those rules. so, no, i don't think it's remotely too late. >> woodruff: the so-called bel

. >> sreenivasan: joining me now from washington, d.c., is nick schifrin, foreign affairs and defense correspondent for newshour. rst let's talk about what happened during that raid. >> y yeah, hari, we saw about eight helicopters, according to the president, full of special operations forces leave from what we believe to be iraq traveelling all the way across syria. took them about an hour and 15 minutes. the president thlked about how was the most dangerous part of this mission. when they landed just outside of the ci of idlib, they had a brief firefight. they blew their way into the compound and evd tually, as you just reported, they chased al baghdadi down into a tunnel that believed had a dead end. and that's when baghdadi blew himself up, taking with him his three children. d there's aftermath video llected by a local journalt and you can see two things. you see one van riwithefight. bullets. and also you see the compound completely destroyed. american jets destroyed the compound after the u.s. operation concluded. and hari, what's inresting is this was not in an area generally

for more, we turn to foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin. does wh is happening leave everything right now on the ground in northern syria? nick: president trump is accurate that the region right now is relatively quiet, but kurdish partners of the u.s. and bipartisan members of congress ask, at what cost? russian military police deploying two cities along the syrian turkish border. syrian regime forces going into cities that they haven't been in in more than five years. and turkey bragging that they made deals with both the u. and russia and that there kurdish enemies, they call them, are going to evacuate from a much larger area. let's look at that area. that is the u.s.-turkey buffer zone. it is 75 miles wide. let's look at what the turkey-russia buffer zone, more than 300 miles wide. turkey promised it wouldn't go beyond what the u.s. negotiated, but that buffer zone is much bigger. turkey today saying they would kill any syrian kurdish fighters inside that new buffer zone and russia said that would be ok with them. i asked a senior admini

for more on his statement today, we turn to our foreign affairs correspondent, nick schifrin. nick, you have been following this all day long. where does what has happened everything on the ground in northern syria? >> president trump is accurate that the region now is relatively quiet, but kurdish partners of the u.s. and bipartisan member of congress ask at what cost. thern syria, no russian military police deploying cities along the border that the u.s. and kurdish partners freed from i.s.i.s. syrian regime going in where they haven't been five years and turkey bragging they made deals with both u.s. and russia and their kurdish enemies will evacuate from a much larger area that the u.s. agreed. let's look at the area the u.s. agreed with turkey on. that is the u.s.-turkey buffer zone, 75 miles wide, agreed upon a couple of weeks ago in ankara, and let's look at what the turkey-russia buffer zone, more than 300 miles wide. turkey promised it wouldn't go beyond what the u.s. negotiated, but that buffer zone is much bigger, today turkey saying they would kill any syrian kurdis

nick schifrin is back with that story. >> reporter: what is the future of u.s. policy in syria? how will baghdadi'h change isis? to discuss that i'm joined by hassan hassan, the co-author of "isis: inside the army of terror" and a director at the center for global policy. and mike leiter, who directedth national counterterrorism center for five year beginning at the end of the bush adminiration. he is now a national security partner at the lawfirm skadden,s b welcome to yh. welcome back to the "newshour". hassan hassan, let me start with you. you wrote today al baghdadi's death might be more signtnifi than osama bin laden's death. why is that? >> i do think soc beause, when -- you know, by the time n laden was killed in 2011, he had already en far remed from the day-to-day reality of al quaida. he wasn't as relevant as baghdadi before he was killed. baghdadi was commanding an organization that was determined to return an vive its savage caliphate, and he was pretty much on thground, meeting his lieutenants. and he was basically hands-on. so the impact of his killing could be far

newshour weekend, our ten-part "china" series ends from hong kong, as nick schifrin looks at the fightms there. and on the newshour online, we v takeual look at the uighur community in china, and the vast swath of so-called "re-education lcenters," in which st one million uighurs are being held. you can watch all of the sto from our series, "china: peace and prosperity" online, at w.pbs.org/newshour. and at is the newshour for tonight. w i'm judyoodruff. have a great weekend. thank you, andood night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour h been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the william and flora hewlett fountion. for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting betterutio to promot world. at www.hewlett.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. c

with the support of the pulitzer center, nick schifrin reports avfrom a city many uighurs fled to-- istanbul schifrin: istbul is 2,500 miles from xinjiang, china. muslim uighurs who live here are free, but their minds are still imprisoned. >> ( translated ): i never imagined this could happen in the 21st century: innocent peop subjected to cuffs onop their hands, shackles, and black hoods over their heads. >> schifrin: gulbahar jalilova lives alone in a small apartment. the injuries she suffered in chinese detention two years ago have healed, but she hasn't gottenver the memories. ( translated ): i saw them, 14-year-old girls to 80-year-old women. they take them for interrogation. they would come back and their swollen.ere bruised, their heade after three months, they put a black hood over my head and took me away. >> schifrin: is it still upsetting? ( silence )ou what arehinking about? >): i feel like m in there right now. there, in the cell. i'll never forget this as longng as i live. they destroyed my life.if >> sn: abdulsalam muhammad also found sanctuary here, on the banks of the bosphe

nick: i'm nick schifrin with a look at protests 8000 miles away in chile.t week, chileans have filled city streets in a spontaneous movement calling for fundamental reforms. struggling to heir families, pots or their instruments of frustration as they are -- as they protest unaffordable health care, pensions and a government that lost legitimacy. >> this government is unjust. rice of gas and electricity go up. there is no respect for the people, only enriching the government. isnick: it outed as a model regional success where in the 90's a expanded.rosperity it also has one of the world's larg>>t wealth gaps. people who were very poor in the pastou and not think about protesting now have a host of rising expectations. so ia crisis -- it is a crisis of rising expectations tt are not fulfilled, on the part of many people. nick: arturo vallen's whaler was the director of the georgetown latin american studies center and a former senior state department official. >> people then becomor much aware of the enormous gaps but being people who are going to private sch

yamiche alcindor and nick schifrin, thanks to you both. ♪ >> time stephanie sy with the latest headlinesneral motors and united auto workers reached a tentative yield today. terms of the four year contract were not released, but uaw said it won major gains for workers. union had demanded higher wages, better pay for new hires, and a promise to build more vehicles in the u.s. s union leadet tomorrow. while autoworkers were ending their strike, teachers in chicago are getting ready to go on strike after failing to reach a deal on a contract. some5,000 teachers are expected to participate. classes are canceled tomorrow. one of california's largest hospital system has reached an emagt to settle a lawsuit related to high prices. in a cas watch nationwide, sutter abusing its market power to overcharge patients. tails are pending its final approval in february or march. sadbo news in the world ong. patrick day died today four days after sustaining head injuries in a fight. conwell wrote a heartfelt post on social media after the match. saying, if i could take it all back, i woul patrick day was

for the pbs "newshour", i am nick schifrin.phanie: we will dig deeper into all of this after the news summary. tonight, firefighters in california out in fullorce. a major fire in sonoma county's wine country has doubled in size. 200,000 people in the area have been ordered out, but se coastaommunities are being allowed to return home. cruise in los angeles are battling flames and a 600 acre fire that consumed several homes. the fire shut down a mor freeway and caused 10,002 evacuate. a spokesperson saidrews had not contain the blaze. >> folks are going to be out of their homes for a while. it is a convenience -- inconvenience but it is a necessity. stephanie: millions ostresidents arting to see power restored, but pg&e said more than 600,000 customers in the northern part of the state will lose power again tomorrow due to shutdowns. california' utilitarian -- utility regulator says they are opening an investation into pg&e's outages. despite by theto ss, pg&e said its electrical wires may have sparked two fires in the bay area

the newshour's nick schifrin recently returned from a inpoipg rtt ttr htohaok hong kong. he joins me now to share his perspective. nick, hello and welcome back incr're or a we watgoinoned ngnep song ukongti. ywhatom does ethat add up to? >> well, it adds up to tw completely different stories in a split screen. so let's go over wneat hap in beijing for a second. because for the chinese, this is massive hior the, day. this is 70 years since the creation ofhe people's republic of china. what we saw in beijing was pomp, circumstance, and a real show of strength. naxi jinping under chi has really developed itsal militarya as a great poanwer, ab out the inheritor of empire, and showing off all of this military really helps him prove that.le these are nu missiles. we have never seen them before. nuclear armed gliders. weapons designed to evade u.s. defenses. troops, 160 aircraft, 580 artillery. xi jinping there lebrating with the crowd and as i said, this commemorates the founding of the people's republic ochina some this is a communist celebration but very s muhto have arrived o

the newsur's nick schifrin recently returned from reporting trip that took him to both mainland china and hong kong.no he joins mto share his nick, hello and welcome back. ctcredible reporting some you're ivpe e.seeing as we are what's goingn in hong kong. what does that a up to? >> well, it adds up to two complete a split screen.s in so let's go over what happened in beijing for a second. because for the chinese, this is massive his or the, day. thiss 70 years since the creation of the people's republic of china. what wsaw in beijing was pomp, really developed its militarw of the fastest military modernization in world history, and xi jinping talks about china as great power, about the inheritor of empire, and showing off all of this military really helps him prove that. these are nuclear missiles. we havnever seen them before. nuclear armed glider weapons designed to evade u.s. defenses. 15,000 troops, 1 artillery. that's xi jinping there celebrating with the crowd. and as i said, this commemorates the founding of the people's republic of china some this is i communist celebration b

nick schifrin here with me in washington. nick: thanks very much. ♪ judy: -- >> good evening.ephanie with the latest headlines. an update to what is happening in syria. clearing the way for those russian/rkish patrols pig turkey said that kurdish fighters have completed their withdrawal from the so-called safe zone. the defense ministry says, at this stage, there is no need for turkish troops to launch another offensive againsthe syrian kurds. staying in the region, protesters in lebanon were out in force again, rejecting a promise of economic reforms. security forces in beirut and elsewhere tried to persuade demonstrators to clear the roads, but thousands still turned out, demanding the government resigned here in afghanistan, taliban fighters stormed a checkpoint in the north, killing at least 15 policemen. the attackers struck late last night and set off an hours long done -- gun battle. they have been fighting in the surrounding region for several weeks. lawmakers in britain voted today to back a brexit plan in principle for the first time, but they demanded more time to c

nick schifrin is back with that. >> reporter: thanks, judy.e latest developments in the fluid situation in syria meathn? fot we get two views from two long-time syria waters. ted kattouf was a career diplomat and served as ambassador to ria under president george w. bush. he's now president of amideast which promotes mutual understand he's now president oeast which promotes mutual understanding of the middle east. and joshua landis is the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma and runs a blog called syriacomment.com. thanks very much to you both. ambassador kattouf, let me start with you, the developments in the last few days, turkish aligned forces moving south into northern syria. syrian government fourses moviny north now, aal lied with former u.tn pars syrian kurds. how does that affect the u.s. stated goals in syria including the defeat of i.s.i.s. andhe starting politicalprocess? >> i remember president obama was severely criticizedor pulling out of iraq in 2011 and lout ofople said that pul the u.s.

nick schifrin here with me in washington. thank you both. >> thanks very much. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, protesters in lebanon were out in force again, rejecting a promise of economic reforms. security forces in beirut and elsewhere tried to persuade demonstrators to clear the roads, but thousands still turned out, demanding the government resign. >> ( translated we are staying in the streets. this is the sixth day, and we will stay for 60 if they don't want to leave. the people do not trust this political class. we don't believe them anymore, because today, they say something, and tomorrow they change. >> woodruff: embattled prime minister saad al-hariri met with western and arab ambassadors today, seeking foreign investment to help lebanon's economy. n afghanistan, taliban fighters stormed a checkpoint in the north, killing at least 15 policemen. the attackers struck in the ali abad district of kunduz province late last night and set off an hours-long gun battle. government and taliban forces have been fighting

nick schifrin examines how one city, manjib, represents howof nd the consequences of that decision could >> schifrin: the story of manbiy is the sf the syrian civil war, and a city that achieved hard-fought stability is becoming syria's most contested battleground. in 2012, manbij residents joined nation-wide protests.ug they rode h the city'sll streets and ed for the bashar al-assad.ian president in 2014, those rebels lost the city to isis. an englishpeaking isis fighter filmed celebrations downtown. >>ou can see it's beautifu all the brothers are here, we are celebrating, alhamdiullah.io ( explos ) >> schifrin: in 2016, the u.s. fought back. e american andopean air strikes targeted isis fighters, and u.s.-backed, majority kurdish forces provided the ground strength. the fight was difficult, andie many kurds months later, the city was liberated, but decimated. is' paint hadn't even dried, but the manbej military council met in this small room to plot the city's recovery. slowly, life returned, assisted by u.s. troops who arrived in 2018 as part of a strategy to stabilize cities to preve

with the support of the pulitzer center, nick schifrin begins in a remote area that is becoming more>> reporter: in china's lipu mountains, pt rolling hillside farms, the remote city of guilin is nestled into a valley and built along a riverbank that's been inhabited for 10,000 years. today, this old town is getting older. the population is older, and often needs medical care. but the closest hospital is far. so on this day, they line up for a mobile clinic-- on a bus. visiting specialists have a small room in the back for x- rays, and a nearby room for eye specialists to check for cataracts. in this clinic, everything is electronic. and all the patient records and data feed into a single phone application. it's made by the company ping an, and the app is called "good doctor." local doctor luo jiangshan says the technology changes everything. >> ( translated ): before we had this platform, patients had to go so far away. it was a big burden. now, with this platform, it saves both money and time. >> reporter: for decades, a country that suffered from widespread, rural poverty, relied

newshour foreign affai correspondent nick schifrin reports from hong kong. ( protesti in chinese ) >> reporter: in the shadow of downtown, hong kong teenagers spend their weekends denouncing their government. e protesting in chines ) these students say they used to be apolitical. but now they feel they have to fight, to save what makes their ty unique. ep >> rter: every protester plays a part, and 16-year-old shum shum's is to give free hugs. shenwears a mask thanow banned by the government, and provides only her nickname to hide her identity from hong kong authorities she accuses of persecuting protestors instead of improving people's lives. >> reporter: hong kong's generation z wants freedom fro beijing so much, they wrote muc their own national anthem... ♪ ♪ ...with its own music video that's gone viral. "break now the dawn, liberate our hong kong," thg. "united, we sathis is today's volution." >> free hong kong! >> fre rhong kong! orter: this is one of hong kong's main thoroughfares, and protestors have completely taken it over. and they use umbrellas not onlyy for the sun, but al

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> schifrin: good evening. i'm nick schiffrin. judy woodruff is on assignment. on the newshour tonight: >> what is at stake? is nothing less thn all of this democracy. >> schifrin: the next phase of impeachment. the u.s. house votes on the rules that will govern the future of the investigation into president trump. then, social media giant twitter bans all political advertising what it means for the campaign trail, and what will facebook do in response? plus, "unfinished business." "making sense" of the booming entrepreneur scene among older americans. >> i'm still perpendicular, iha still my health, and i'm just constantly on the go. doing and doing and doing, and just trying not to think negatively, and being around positive people. >> schifrin: and, the district of champions. after decades of defeat, the washington nationals finally bring home a world series win. all that a more, on tonight's pbs newshour. f >> majding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> and by the alfred p. sloan

let me look at the time -- the last question, given we are out of time, is from nick schifrin at "the pbs newshour." and his question is, is the president patient when it comes to getting a deal with north korea, or is he overanxious? now, i know that you may not answer that question directly, so let me paraphrase. you did mention in your remarks that time is usually on the proliferant's side, so when are we out of time when it comes to north korea? mr. bolton: well, i hope we've still got time left, and that's why i read that churchill quote. when the danger is perceptible and the costs of acting are low, the failure to act guarantees that the threat will grow and the ultimate cost will be higher. every day that goes by makes north korea a more dangerous country. you don't like their behavior today? what do you think it will be when they have nuclear weapons that can be delivered to american cities? do you want to wait for them to act or do you want to act now? so when does it become too late -- today is better than tomorrow, tomorrow is better than the next day. mr. cha: ambassador

nick schifrin is here with a look at the protest movements and what is next. ck: iraqi and lebanesh protesters eok to the streets for local reasons. they are united in arguing their in iraqi spark with a firing of a popular general. rathis into this demonr demand fundamental change. >> iraqi people are not looking we want the resignation of this government. nick: in lebanon the spark was a lack of services and attacks on popular app. the protester's catchphrases not all of them, is in they want all politicians to go. >> from the beginng we said all of them means all of them. we are staying in the stiares they all go down. ? the presence of other -- nick: for more we are joined by a journalist in baghdad and our special correspondent in beirut. thank you. we have now seen a month of protests and extraordinary violence on the streets. 240 plus kild. what is keeping people in the streets despitceall that viol guest: i thi people have gotten ta breaking point in terms of the corruption of the government antipoverty -- and the povertyhat is present in iraq. for them

for the "pbs newshour," i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: amid the constant swirl of news around the whiteen one constant in the trump administration: the steady stream of the president's judicial nominees to federal courts across the country. li desjardins explains how this little-noticed effort could have an impact on the presidential election next year and on the courts for decades to >> desjardins: vote by vote... >> are there any senators in the chamber? s desjardins: ...republic are quietly reshaping federal courts. >> the yeas are 50, nays 41. the nomination is confirs:d. >> desjardith this vote yesterday, the republican senate confirmed justin walker as thein 157th trump ape to get on the federal bench. more on him in a minute. first, about that number. 157 federal judges confirmed. that is on par with presidents clinton and bush at this point in their term, but is a whopping 50% more than president obama confirmed by this time. this is a rally cry for prest p. >> we'll have a record number of judges by the time our term is over.f >> desjardins:, it will be thanks to republican sen

nick schifrin examines how one city, manbij, represents how be.found the consequences could nick: thes the story of the syrian civil war. and a city that achieved hard-fought stability, is becoming syria's most contested battleground. in 2012, manbij residents joineo nationwide ptests, calling for the overthrow of syrian president bashar al-assad. they took over the city. in 2014,hose rebels lost the city to isis. filmed celebrations downtown. >> you can see it l beautiful. the brothers are here, we are lebrating, alhamdiullah. nick: in 2016, the us fout back. american and eruopean airstrikes ghtargeted isis firs. and us-backed, majority kurdish forces prothe ground firength. the fight was dlt, and many kurds died. months later, the city was liberated, but decimated. isis' paint hadn't even dried, --ad barely dried. t the manbij military council met in this small room to plot the city's recovery. slowly, life returned, assisted by u.s. troops who arrived in 2018 as part of ststrategy to abilize cities to prevent isis' return. the top u.s. general in the middle east even toured a armor

for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin.s known for several months there were concerns being raise bilo pi about te 737 max's safety. it's leading to questions about whetr boeing mled the f.a.a. amna nawaz has the story. >> nawaz: the messages in ngestion were sent by a bo pilot back in 2016, more than two years before a pair of fatal airline crashes involving the 737 max. those crashes in indonesia and now, an automated flight control and anti-stall system known as mcas is at the heart of ongoing investigations. when the system was still being certified in 2016, the pilot messaged a second piying the system was difficult to control inlight simutions. in one message, he wrote: "granted, i suck at flying, but even this was egregious." boeing has insisted there were no serious problems during that certification period. but the head of f.a.a. wrote to boeing today, asking why the company had not told the government about these messages months ago. david shepardson of reuters broke this story and he joins ms now. welcome back to

our nick schifrin sat down with him and senator jeanne shaheen, who played a key role in his release, and in brunson's story. >> schifrin: before pastor andrew brunson became an unwilling mea sensation and then flash point of u.s.-turkish hostility, he lived a quiet life in turkey for 25 years. he built a small christian conggation near the aegean sea, and with his wife noreen helped refugees from neighboring syria. but in july 2016, elements of the turkish military launched a failed coup. president recep tayyip erdogan cracked down on the military and all aspects of society. he rallied supporters and arrested hundreds of thousands he accused of terrorism. the brunsons were also both arrested. in turkey they spent every day together. but when noreen was released, andrew was isolated and shuttled between prisons for two years. noreen visited the prison every day and kept a vigil. >> turkish tv kept brunson in the news, accusing him of being a c.i.a. agent and supporting an exiled cleric living in pennsylvania who turkey blames for the coup attempt. turkey wanted to trade goulan for bru

nick schifrin is here with a look at the protest movements, and what's next. >> schifrin: iraqi and lebanese protestors each took to the streets for local reasons. but they are united in arguing that their governments are broken. in iraq, the spark was the firing of a popular general. but listen to this iraqi demonstrator demand fundamentale ch >> ( translated ): the iraqi people are not looking forward resignation of this government. >> schifrin: in lebanon, the spark was a lack of services and tax on a popular app. but the protestors' caphrase is now "all of them"-- as in, th g want all politicians to >> ( translated ): from the beginning, we said, all of them means all of them. we are staying in the squares til they all go down. >> schifrin: meanwhile, the presence of iran looms large in both countries for more, we're joined by baghdad and specialgid in correspondent jane ferguson in beirut. thank you very much to botof yo s we have noen a month of protests and extraordinary violence on the streets, 240-plus killed. what's keeping people in the streets, despite all that violence? >> i thi

yamiche alcindor, and nick schifrin on top of it all. thanks to you both. >> nawaz: in the day's other news, general motors ated auto workers reached a tentative deal to end a month-long strike. terms of the four-year contract were not released, but theon u.a.w. said itajor gains for some 49,000 workers. the union had dended higher ges, better pay for new hires and a promise to build morecl ve inside the u.s. union leaders meet tomorrow to vote on the deal. the u.s. special envoy on iran says the withdrawal from northeast syria does not undermine efforts to pressure iran. at a hearing today, senators from both sides warned the pull- out will aid the syrian regime and its iranian allies. but brian hook disagreed. >> nawaz: president trump >> the president's decision with respect to syria is not going to change our iran strategy or the effica of it. y iran doesn't have the mo used to support assad and support its oxies. so iran is going to face a dilemma, they can support guns in syria or prioritize the needs of tir own people at home. naw

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> schifrin: good evening. i'm nick schiffrin. dy woodruff is on assignment. on the newshour tonight: >> what is at stake? is nothing less thn all of this democracy. >> schifrin: the next phase of impeachment. the u.s. house votes on the rules that will govern the future of the investigation into president trump. then, social media giant twitter bans all political advertising what it means for the campaign trail, and what will facebook do in response? plus, "unfinished business." "making sense" of the booming entrepreneur scene among older americans. >> i'm still perpendicular, iha still my health, and i'm just constantly on the go. doing and doing and doing, and just tg

nick schifn has the story. >> schifrin: today, british prime minister boris johnson threw his arms around negotiators and saluteropean leaders for agreeing on new terms of their divorce. johnson evenid a full victory lap around the table, celebrating what he's compared to reaching the peak of mount everest. >> it's been long, it's been painful. it's been divisive. and now is the moment for us, as a count come together. >> schifrin: malh of the new s the old deal. the united kingdom leaves the european union after a transition period that ends in december 2020. british residents ine, and european residents in the u.k., mainin their status. and, britain pays europe about $45 billion. the sticking point has always en the border between northern ireland, a member of the united kingdom, and the republic of ireland, a country in the european union. border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, ans cars and gooan travel freely. to maintain that freedom, the new al allows the entire united kingdom-- including northern ireland-- to strikeim trade deals anrt goods under u.k. customs

stnick schifrin has the y. nickson threw his arms around negotiators and adsaluted european les for agreeing on new terms of their divorce. johnson even did a full victory lap across the table, comparing it to reaching the summit of mount evert. >> it has been long, painful, divisive. now is the moment for us as a country to come together. now is the moment for parliament to come together and get this done. nick: mh of the new deal is the old deal, leaving that you after a transition that ends in 2020. european residents in the u.k. rim -- retain their status and britain pays europe $45 million. the sticking point is about the ish border. a country in the european union. right now tre is no physical border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. cars and goods can travel freely. the new deal allows the entire u.k. including northern ireland to strike tde deals and import goods under u.k. custom laws. northern ireland would follow european union regulations and goods at risk of being exported from north