next on pb newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosali p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual rend group retirement products. that's why wour retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. president trump is at his new jersey gol second weekend in a row. he started his day with a tweet, this time about the recording of a phone conversation with his former personal lawyer, michael cohen mr. trump said the new his lawyer made recordings is" legal." unheard of and perhaps he also eaimed "your favorit president did nothing wrong." cohen, whose office was raid

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next on pbs newshour weekend. >> "pbs newshr weekend" is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the sue and edgar wachenheim the cheryl and philip milstein family. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. ditional support has bee provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. four of the boys trapped in a caveomplex in northern thailand are out and being treated at a nearby hospital night, after a dangerous and complicated mission to rescue them started early totr a r tn twwe the first group was brought out atfollowing a nine hour opn. >> ( onanslated ): the opera today has been more successful than we expected. >> sreenivasan: a multinational moam of divers helped the boys navigate th

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. ditional support has bee provided by: an by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. some of the f.b.i. reasons for the surveillance of former trump campaign advisor carter page came public over the weekend, and this morning was filled with reactions. the heavily redacted documents include applications from the f.b.i. to the foreignll inence surveillance court, or "fisa court," which oversees approval of surveillance warrants. starting in october 201

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next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and phip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is proviuad by mof america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. ditional support has been provided by: an bpublic broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. om the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. as the president of the united rsstates prepares for his formal one-on-one meeting with t ssian president vladimir putin, he singled e european union as a trade foe, and downplayed expectations for his summit meeting. arriving in helsinki today with the first lady, the president was again welcomed with large protests. targeting both president trump and president putin's policies, and waving fla

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pbs series. first, we go to pakistan, which has suffered the third deadliest attack in the country's history just as it is set to hold general elections overshadowed i hundreds of arrests and accusations of widespread interference by the military. >> the army's role is only to support the election commission of pakistan. we will support them in all the ways they have requested. amy: we will go to lahore to speak with journalist and writer munizae jahangir. all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report, i am amy goodman. president donald trump continued to sow confusion tuesday over whether he believes russia is meddling in u.s. elections, a day after he said he misspoke in a helsinki news conference following his summit with russian president vladimir putin. on monday, trump tried to walk back his remark that he didn't see any reason why russia would have meddled in the 2016 election after intelligence officials and lawmakers of both parties de

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>>> welcome to amanpour on pbs. on the end of president trump's fire and fury, will this lead to negotiation or conflict? >>> plus, major ribener from the israeli defense forces on the rescue operation to deliver white helmet heroes. >>> and they helped approve the chemical weapons in israel. ahmed joins me here in london. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. president trump fired off a high-intensity tweet today, in emphatic capital letters, warning iran's president, quote, never threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequence the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. his tweet follow's president rouhani's response about disrupting oil shipments in the persian gulf is iranians try to block exports. quote, america should know peace with iran is the mother of all peace and war with iran is the mother of all wars. so, could the escalating war of words lay the groundwork for a new diplomatic overture between the united states and iran o

>>> welcome to amanpour on pbs. from greece to california, from japan to the arctic circle, an extreme summer season is on the rampage. what have we learned since the red flag was first raised 30 years ago? elizabeth colbert joins the program. the challenges and rewards of h horizontal identities. the author and filmmaker of fall from the tree explains. welcome to the program, everyone. it is that time of year again. only this year, it is worse. at least 70 people are dead in the worst wildfires to hit greece in more than a decade. intense winds powered massive flames forcing some residents to escape into the sea to seek shelter from the raging firestorm. the planet looks like it's burning up. here in the uk it's experiencing its drier summer on record. japan has declared a natural disaster with dozens of people dead as temperatures break records across the country. in laos, thousands are displace after a dam burst. a wildfire near california has spread to more than 30,000 acres. 30 years ago, this summer, nasa scie