you hear it in a lot of-- a lot of haitian music. ( band playing, singing ) >> reporter: paul beaubrunluences throughout his own work. >> for me, it's natural to play blues, jazz. it's natural to play reggae. it's natural to play soul, r&b. if you hear them, they're not that different. they are sisters and brothers, you know. same mother. so, they are all one family. >> reporter: beaubrun hopes that pop jazz will put haiti on morel people's musap. what are you hoping visitors from outside of the country will get from the jazz fest? >> i hope they become haiti's ambassadors. you can see a whole differentn side of ite beauty, the people. ( band playing ) >> this is pbs newshour weeke, saturday. >> sreenivasan: u.s.-backed forces in syria claimed military victory over isis today,ne day after the trump administration announced the end of fighting there. commanders of the syrian democratic forces planted their flag above the town of baghouz and showed reporters the aftermath of weeks of fighting there. at a ceremony at the nearby omar field base, a senior state department official said the