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p. walter. >>> good evening and welcome to the program.'m christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective. the winter olympics are under way. the politics that infuse every games are heightened this time by nuclear tensions on that peninsula. but its northern neighbor has fueled hopes of a thaw by sending athletes and an official delegation, including kim jong-un's own sister, an influential figure who will dine with the south korean president, moon jae-in, even as her brother threw himself a massive military parade in pyongyang on the eve of the ceremony. this show of force, a reminder that the threat remains high. vice president mike pence, who is leading the u.s. delegation, vowed to keep up the pressure with, quote, the toughest and most aggressive sanctions yet. still, the united states is backing south korea's diplomatic outreach for now. and their so-called peace olympics, as i heard from the president's national security adviser. dr. moon, welcome back to the program. good to see you. >> thank you. >> so you sit at the ri

p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective. now, you can forget all the gloomy headlines. this is the greatest time to be alive. so say bill and melinda gates. today, in their foundation's annual letter. looking at the big picture -- and healthier. that might be hard to digest as scandal is in the philanthropic world. the british charity oxfam, some of its fired workers operated to what amounted to a brothel after the 2010 earthquake in haiti. bill and melinda are calling for total transparency in their field. i they spoke out about the responsibility of today's tech giants and about persuading the skeptical trump administration that the aid helped america first. they join me from new york. bill and me lynn linda gates, w to the program. >> thanks for having us. >> i want to hold up this letter. it is a very hefty response to some of the questions you get from the public. you do start by saying you're explaining what you do, but also how you stay optimistic given wh

p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone. welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london.m where i sit, this felt like a particularly distressing week, from parkland, florida, where a community still is grieving for its children and its teachers, to east ghouta in syria, the latest front in a bloody, endless war, and to washington, paralyzed in the face of russian interference in american democracy. but in the onslaught of all the bad news, are we missing the big picture? some big thinkers say we should really focus on what's going right in the world. that's what bill gates recently told me in this program. and that's the gospel according to my guest tonight, dr. steven pinker. he says quite simply that life is getting better, that humans are healthier, safer and even smarter than ever before. and his new book is called "enlightenment now, the case for reason, science, humanism and progress" and he's in london on his book tour. professor pinker welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> i sit here listening and absorbing all this bad news. certainly this week has been a cata

p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with the global pective. it has gone on lunger than america's revolutionary war, longer than world war ii, longer than vietnam. america's war in afghanistan is still raging more than 16 years after 9/11. while yet another u.s. president commits more blood and treasure, maybe we've bip looking at this all wrong all along. steve coal wrote kwoes force, the definitive account of the cia and al qaeda before 9/11 and now he's out with a sequel. 2001 to 2016. steve cole joins me now from new york. welcome to the program, steve. an incredibly specific title 2000200 20 2001 to 2016. here's what this memo first said about president bush. it said america isn't losing afghanistan but we're not winning either. that was ten years ago. is it the same situation as to ten years ago? >> i would imagine the advisor to president trump told him something similar. and i'm afraid the pattern of policy, prioritizing military action while at the same time admitting there's n

p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone. and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. the countdown is on for super bowl sunday. american football's season finale. can the new england patriots defend their title when they face the philadelphia eagles in minnesota? >>> and there is another question about america's favorite sport, this multi-billion-dollar industry. it is under mounting scrutiny for the head injuries it causes, concussions and cte, chronic traumatic encephalopathy. it's a degenerative brain disease that has ended careers and even some players' lives. now y, boxing, andven soccer also make this a worldwide phenomenon that all rents can identify with. a few years ago, the film "concussion" starring will smith brought this crisis to light. the star played the doctor who discovered cte and told of his uphill struggle to get the nfl to recognize it. >> if you continue to deny my work, the world will deny my work. but men, your men, continue to die. their families left in ruins. tell the truth. tell the truth. >> and now i speak to dr. bennett omalu and brett

p. walter. >> you're watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs. the survivors of the florida school shooting are demanding change. president trump moves a little. he said he is open to tighter background checks. but is that enough to encourage congress to act? [chanting] >> enough is enough! enough is enough! >> a student-staged process. we'll hear from one of the survivors of the florida shoot whowho has this message for the president. >> we're not gonna back down, no matter what. we're not gonna stop until changes happen. >> the f.b.i. is too focused on russia, says the president, who this weekend tweeted 12 times about the russia investigation.

p. walter. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, everyone. welcome to the program. christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective. during the turbulent first year of the trump presidency his predecessor barack obama has kept traditional distance. speaking up only on matters of vital importance. calling out racism. supporting freedom of the press. but today the former president was back in the spotlight in washington. looking relaxed and happy unveiling his official portrait. the painting was done by an artist known for depicting ordinary people, usually, african-americans, and placing them in positions of power, using bold colors, and historical scenes. >> i want to say that it was a, although, those, michelle always used to joke. i am not somebody who is a great subject. i don't like posing. i get impatient. i look at my watch. i think this must be done. one of those pictures must have worked. why is it taking so long? so, trying to take a picture of me much less painting a portrait. i will say that working with artist was a great joy all. ought picture

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p. walter. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, everyone and welcome to the program.tiane amanpour in london with a global perspective. as another 17 innocents are mowed down in the united states, this time in florida, the world watches aghast. here in britain this kind of violence has happened, but it has also stoppeded. in 1996 the worst-ever gun massacre killed 16 young children between the agency of 5 and 6 at their school in scotland. the country then tightened up its gun laws and no more mass shootings since. that same year in australia a man massacred 35 people, the conservative government at the time there enacted a hugely successful gun buyback program and also tightened up its laws. no more mass shootings there. the unbearable ordeal in florida leads to the predictable hand-wringing, mass media attention, thoughts and prayers and tweets and each time the question, will this be the one that changes the way we are? joining me now is tom sullivan, the father of alex sullivan who was killed when a shooter ended 12 lives in the aurora movie theater, colorado, 201

p. walter. >> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. in london with the global perspective. it seems like the cold war is well and truly back. is it? complete with a brand-new nuclear arms race between the united states and russia, the white house this weekend released its new new youclear p, aiming to put the nuclear arsenal back at the center of the defense strategy. it's called for a new generation of low-yield nuclear weapons and has raised questions and alarms especially overseas, and especially from nations like russia and china because of the fear that they might actually one day be used. david sanger takes a close look at the new nuclear strategy in "the new york times" today. the headline, "to counter russia, u.s. signals nuclear arms are back in a big way." he's the paper's national security correspondent. david, welcome from washington. >> great to be back with you. >> this is extraordinary. it really did grab all the top headlines here overseas over the weekend with people wondering whether this is an excuse to maybe one day

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p. walter. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm crihristiane amanpour.other time in any other news cycle this would be a blockbuster, game-changing headline. president donald trump's personal lawyer saying he paid $130,000 to a porn star who says that she had an affair with trump. he denies it, but such is the new normal that today it is just another news line. the white house is still struggling to explain why a top aide, rob porter was kept on staff for months after the fbi said that he faced allegations of abusing two ex-wives. so is the president who was elected despite multiple allegations of sexual harassment finally having his me too moment? jennifer granholm is the former democratic governor of michigan and joshua green is the journalist and biographer of former trump strategist steve bannon who has been outspoken on the me too effect. welcome both of you, thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> can i start by asking you about this blockbuster headline and just to ask you, so how does that go down with the assembly line worker in your state in mi

p. walter. this is a typical week in the trump presidency. on the one hand, the president's state of the union address was well-received by most americans. on the other hand, there say bitter part fight over the so-called nunes memo. an indictment by devin nunes repr republican chairman of the house. democrats say it's aimed at deflecting the fbi russia investigation away from the president. not since watergate has the intelligence committee been poll l -- politicized as they launched scathing attacks on law enforcement. in all the heat around the memo, it's been hard to shed light on what the president actually said this week about where he stands on america's major challenges at home and around the world. for that, i've been speaking to elliott abbrahm, a deeply experienced politicianer that served republican presidents including ronald reagan and george w. bush. mr. abrahms, welcome to the program. thanks for joining us from washington. >> my pleasure. >> cast you mind back to the beginning o

p. walter. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com 100 days.ublicans in congress me to discuss gun control and come up with almost nothing. >> the florida shooting has shifted opinion, but resistance is as strong as ever. >> president trump has proposed some ideas including raising the ideas, but democrats say they are not keen. the brief humanitarian pause quickly collapsed. >> hope hicks knows more than most. how much is she prepared to share?

p. walter. ♪[music] >> you're watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs. the politics of grief. but defends america's gun lobby, as great patriots. >> and among the president's proposals, things the powerful national rifle association is unlikely to accept. >> in washington, the head of the n.r.a. says the democratic party doesn't believe in freedom and dismisses calls for gun control. >> to stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun. [cheering] >> an hour-long meeting at the white house. the president reiterated his desire to see trained teachers carry guns i

p. walter. katty: you're watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs.ood reviews for his unifying tone in the state of the union address. christian: it is clear there is a big difference between talking unity and getting unity. katty: the president called for common purpose in a new moment for americans of all backgrounds. president trump: this isr time. if youork hardnd believe in yourself and if you believe in america, then you can dream anything. katty: theresa may flies to beijing to talk trade and even here she has to answer questions about brexit.

p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with a global perspective. the u.s. special counsel's investigation is gathering pace. and president donald trump has even told reporters he would talk to robert mueller under oath. but his lawyers are trying to convince him not to. fearful, according to "the new york times," that the famously free wheeling president might incriminate himself. so who is the dogged investigator? and why do they call mueller washington's straightest arrow? garrett graph is author of the threat matrix, the fbi at war in the age of global terror, and he joins me now from washington. garrett graph, welcome to the program. >> thanks so much for having me. >> we're going to drill down into robert mueller since so much scorn and partisan fury has been poured over him recently. first i want to know, because today you have written about the investigation, and you're warning that it's not just one investigation, but it has several strands. can you describe that for us? >> sure.

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p. walter. >>> you're watching pbs.>> you 0 days." -- "beyond 100 days." there is no end to the bloodshed in syria. more than 200 have been killed in three days of fighting. unicef says it no longer has the words to describe the suffering. new developments in the trunk russia investigation -- trump russia investigation. >> populism can -- in europe. voters in italy prepar t

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p. walter. >> katty: you're watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs.eenagers confront lawmakers in tallahassee, florida, to try to change america's gun laws. christian: having solidarity with the parkland victims, students across the state walk out of school in protest. at mass shootings. >> this is what democracy looks like! katty: these high school kids are the new factor in america's old gun debate. the question is, is their voice louder than that of the gun lobby? >> because to me, to let these victims' lives be taken without any change in return is an act of treason to our great country. katty: there is a monstrous campaign of annihilation taking place in syria, says the u.n., and it must stop. christian: also

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walter jones is on the phone. what do you do on this type of day? i think one of the interesting things about this move, the 1% decline in s&p futures, it comes afterreading is negative from the asset rebounds perspective, the idea that bond yields higher, equities lower as a result. interesting, the markets are forgetting the fact, higher cpi means higher profit. faster, is expanding average hourly earnings implies march in expansion. a day like this, we will be watching the futures around the open, throughout the day but it seems at least off the bat, hopefully the move will be contained. the selling have been done last week. still onasis, we are our call on the short-term basis, spot neutral, vol lower. and we will see with the vix print this morning. alix: higher inflation brings higher yields, jumping basis points. we talked to nathan sheets of the level on the tenure disrupting equity markets. nathan: we are in a world where foreign investors are expecting a depreciation of the dollar or having to pay significantly to hedge that out. that does weigh against flows. alix: the number that disrupts the equity market? one number? nathan: 3%, looki