for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin.soodruff: just about 12 h from now, the polls open in south carolina, e crucial last democratic primary before super tuesday. lisa desjardins reports onow voters in the palmetto state are responding to the presidential candidates' closing arguments. >> desjardins: you want to win in south carolina, you get off the highway and steer for places like sumter, where joe biden was today for his final pitch, and where the population is nearly blacks make up the overwhelming majority of democrats in this state, and biden's key support. >> this nation isnre looking for lution, as some of my colleagues talk about. they're looking for progress. they're looking for re >> desjardins: sumter is near the state's middle, part of a rion of counties with larg black populations on either side of one particular highway, interstate 95. another, down the road, isge orrg county. >> how are you guys doing? >> desjardins: where billionaire activist tom syer has returned peatedly for months. his black and rural

i'm nick schifrin. udy: weur turn to lisa desjardins and yamiche alcindor.a, withol in now 51 against witnesses and 49 for, tell us about those swing senators we were watching and their decisn to swinggainst this. what went into their thinking? >> in the end, the two decisive volts for the president were those of senators lisa murkowski and lamar alexander and if you dig deeper into the statement, nick posted some good pamplets those. you'll see that they had very serious problems with the house process. lisa murkowski wrote -- the whouls house chose to sends articles of impeachment that are rushed and flawe it has also been colleen clear that some of my colagues intend to further politicize this congress and drive the supreme court into the fray while taxicabbing the chief justice. hat seems to be a reference of senator warren who asked a question of the two participants involved t that chief justice was apt the heart of. her question was if chief justice himself was compromise and would whether the confidence the supreme court was undermined by him presidi

as part of our ongoing arts and culture series, nick schifrin the depth of the war's" is about destruction the triumph of love. nick: the darkest days of the sy not the children who lost the lives as they played, not the boys who lost her broraer. not the woman behind the lens. documenting horror and her own mortality. >> i found just because i know that i would be next or dead or injured. i want to do my responsibility for these people. nick: she was the camera woman and he was the doctor who became her husbd. >> our by, her name the sky, we love. nick: sama, their daughter, for whom the film is made. dad is one of the last remaining doctors in aleppo and his life isurrounded by death. surrounded by enes of the unimaginle. a monher realizes her s is ad and carries his body through the street. >> for everyone who was living in a war zone, you always had the scenario, what would i do if my cld was killed? what will i dif my wife is lled? i live this scenario so many times. nick: it did not start out so there was hope at the beginning of the syrian revolution in 2011. the pride these syrians

reporter: for the "pbs newshour," i'm nick schifrin.udy: officials with the boy scouts of america say theirg bankruptcy filrly today is the only way they can deal with a growing number of sexual abuse lawsuits and still maintain scoung programs for curren members. but as john yang reports, it's a bitter pill for former members who were abused as young scouts. reporter: growing up in floridae juan carlos loved being a boy scout. >> i started to, you know, just learn everything about scouting, hecamping, doingerit badges. whatever scouting entailed, i was all over it because i liked it. it was fun. reporter: by the time he was a young teen, he was a life scout -- the second-highest rank -- and was taking aan lessons from ssistant to the scoutmaster. >> and then one day he summoned me to go upstairs in the house to a bedroom. and that's whenncident took place. that's when everything changed. porter: rivera says that was the day he lost interest in scouting and quit. for 20 yea, he never told anyone why. he had been molested. now he's suing

as part of our ongoing arts and culture series, canvas, nick schifrin reports thafor sama is about the depth of the war's destruction, and theriumph of love. >> schifrin: the darkest days of the syrian war, spared no one. not the children who lost their lives as they played. not the boys who lost a brother. and not the camerawoman behind the lens, documenting horror and confronting her own mortality.so >> iany places i filmed just because i know that i will be next-- killed or dead or injured. and i want to do my responsibility for this people, >> schifrin: waad al-kateab was the camerawoman, hamza al-kateab the doctor who became her husband. >> my first baby sama. her me is meaning, the sky. sky we love, sky we want, tthout air forces, withou bombing. >> schifrin: and sama, their daughter, for whom the film wasa . in this warzone, they create a family. but dad is one of the la remaining. docts in aleppo, and this ne life, is surrounded by death. surroundedy scenes of the uniminable: waad films as a mother realizes her son isead, and carries his body through the >> i think for everyone

nick schifrin has more on ther battle o information between the chinese people and their government.eporter: when qiushchen traveled to wuhan to expose what risks were medpoal and tical.n >>ont of me is the virus and behind me is the legal and administrative power of china, but as long as i live in this city, i will continue to report. reporter: for two weeks, he documented hospitals that were overwhelmed. a pool of vomit on the waiting room floor, patients on stretchers unattended. in another video, he criticizeda th at a makeshift hospital set up at a convention center. >> putting everyone into a space like this one where patients aren't completely separated, there will definitely be the possibility of cross infections. this temporary hospital looks a lot like a military fiel hospital or an emergency shelter set up in response to an earthquake or a flood, but it's not great for housing patients with infectious disease. reporter: the world health organization says the disease'sp ad in china has stabilized. and today, some other regions have begun to normalize. but chen documented th

nick schifrin has more on the battle over information between the chinese people and their government> schifrin:shi chen took china what the chinesen to show government wouldn't show. >> ( translated ): i'm afraid. in front of me is the virus, and behind me is the legal and administrative power of china. but as long as iive in this city, i will continue to report. >> schifrin: for two weeks chen cunted hospitals that were overwhelmed. a pool of vomit on the waiting room floor. patients on stretchers unattended. in ano video, he criticized the care at a makeshift hospital >> (utranslatedv): puttingte everyone into a space like this one, where patients aren't ercompletely separated, the will definitely be the possibility of cross-infections. thisaemporary hospital looks lot like a military field hospital, or an emergency shelter set up in response to an earthquake or a flood. but it's not great for housing patients with an infectious disease. >> schifrin: the world health organization says thdisease's spread in china has stabilized. and today some other regions have begun to normalize.

for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. woodruff: hosni mubarak was 91 years old. back in thisountry, an investigation of opera star placido domingo has found extensive allegations of sexual harassment. more than two dozen people told a union for opera performers that they witnessed or fell victim to the misconduct while domingo led the washington and los angeles operas. he apologized in a statement today. the drug-maker mallinckrodt is the latest to announce a major settlement involving opioids. the english company said today it will settle hundreds of u.s. lawsuits for $1.6 billion. it is also filing for bankruptcy protection. mallinckrodt is one of the highest-volume producers of opioids sold in the u.s. 39 states opened an investigation into e-cigarette maker juul labs today. the effort will examine whether juul targeted young people and made misleading claims about nicotine content. the company is already facing a battery of lawsuits. and, thousands of revelers filled new orleans today for mardi gras. itame after two people had been killed by floats in earlier

nick schifr >> schifrin: few people had aie more frontlineinto the trump administration's discussions actions surrounding aid to ukraine than ambassador bill taylor. before his last ur as acting ambassador, taylor also served as the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine during the george w. bush administration.am ssador taylor, welcome to the newshour. >> thank you, nick. >> schifrin: this afternoon alexander vindman, who testifiee in tmpeachment trial, was escorted from the building. this is what his lawyer said, "he followed orders, he obeyed his oath. he served hi country, even when naing so was fraught with danger and perperil, for that the most powerful man in the world, buoyed by the sient, the pliable and complicit, has decided to enact rvenge." you're a veteran. did vinw an folders, and did the president exact revenge? >> alexa der vindmd follow orders. fessionan a total pro the times i've had the opportunity to deal with alex. focused, professional. he knew ukraine very well obviously, cared about it, cared about the united states. so this is disappointing that is ended ay. >> schifri

foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin has our report. on the border that separates turkey from syria, the two countries' militaries are hammering each other. turkey launched multiple attacks against syrian government forces in retaliation for syrian airstrikes that killed turkish soldiers. over 200 syrian regime targets were struck by unmanned aerial aircraft and land-based resources attack.g this heinous inside syria, the turkish against the syrian president and his allied russia. nearby, the turkish military has deoyed outposts near the border. syrian civilians were forc into refugee camps where children have little to defend against a new adversary. these displaced families have spent years fleeing violence. they are hoping to escape to turkey. >> if a the syrian regi its allies are in charge, we have no option but to go to turkey and from turkey to europe. nick in turkey, syrian refugees who have spent months or years sheltering are trying to enter greece after turkey hinted at op some migrants boarding dinghies rito make the us journ

our foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin joins us from munich, germany, where senior administrationls made the annouement. hello, nick. so, tell us, what you have learned about whatems in this agt? >> it's important to say this agreement is seven days. the clock hasn't started. ane u.s. wilunce when the clock starts, but there are a lot of details in this agreement. what has to happen in te seven days? a couple of details, one, it covers all the country, the taliban are not to launch any attacks across the cou intry. tw's violence against both afghans d americans, and it covers in writingll types of violence, roadside imoms, suicide attacks and rockets, and both sides acknowledge that some violence in afghanistan is not entirely directed by the taliban, so, in order to deal with that, they've cated a way so that the taliban and the u.s. military in kabul can spak to each other, a kind of dispute mechanism whereby if there's some violence, the u.military can pick up the phone and call the taliban and ask, hey, was this you, and the u.s. is fearful that there are ciminalrs groups and

nick schifrin joins us now withi more d. >> schifri judy, the deal begins with a test-- one week oe reducedl that's what was announced today. if that succeedsnext saturday in doha, the u.s. anthe taliban will sign a peace deal designed to end the u.s.' war in afghanistan. for more on this, we turn to barnett rubin. during the obama administration, he was an advisor at the state department, and the architect of their plan to engage with the taliban. he is now the associate director of the center on international cooperation at new york university.ba ey rubin, thank you very much. you have been involved in multiple previous attempts to try to bring peace to the taliban. how serious is this moment? >> this is the mosserious attempt so far, because the u.s. and talin are actually going roadmap to a fuller agreement, a including negotiations among afghans. so this is the first time that i can say we're really starting a peace process. >> schifrin: on the road to that peace process, on the road to the roadmap there is what was announced today, oficially a one-week reductionn violence. this requir

. >> schifrin: for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: boy scouts of america officials said their bankruptcy filing early today is the only way they can deal with the growing number of sexual abuse lawsuits and still maintain scouting programs for but as john yang reports, it's a bitter pill for former members who were abud as scouts. yang: growing up in florida, juan carlos rivera loved being a boy scout. >> i started to, you know, jus learn everything about suting, camping and, you know, do the merit badges. whatever scouting entailed, i was all over it because i liked it it was fun. >> yang: by the time he was a young teen, he was a life scout, the second-highest rank, and wns taking art lesrom an assistant to the scoutmaster. >> yang: and then one day he summoned me to go upstairs in the house to a bedroom. and that's when the incident. took pla that's when everything changed. >> yang: rivera says that was the day he lost interest in scouting and quit. for 20 years he never told anyone why: he had been molested. now he's suing the boy scouts of america and is tellin

foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin reports his passing came almost a de after he was ousted from power in the arab spring uprising. 11 schifrin: in january 20 the edifice of hosni mubarak's egypt crumbled. he'd been called a mh.ern-day phar but the millions who filledar cairo's tahrire exposed a country weakened by decades of his corruption and cronyism. and the following month, many l yptians celebrated his f the bih of democracy. >> ( translated ): everyone in egypt is so happy now, a new change, freem and democracy. that this country is really ours. >> schifrin: butike much of the arab spring, elation preceded oppression. a democratically elected president was overthrown in a coup by former army chief and today's president, abdel fattah el-sisi. mubarak outlived the revolution that overthrew him, buwas only seen in court. and while he was humbled, to the end he was defiant. force and became vpresident to anwar sadat, taking over after sadat's 1981 assassination. rehe was initially considea charismatic reformer, an fashioned himself the only guarantor of egypt's and the mi