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 mutual of america-- designing customized individual d group retement products. that's why we're you c retiremepany. additional support has beey: provided and by theorporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers lk e you. thu. ud from the tisch wnet sts at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank u for joining us. in charlottesville, virginia today, on the weekend of the one year anniversary of the "unite the right" rally, there was a heavy police presence, and streets were blocked off as part of are-emptive state of emergency. a year ago, white supremacists and other so-called "alt right"a groupsed with counter- protesters. the events turned deadly when two state troopers were killed in a he

next on pbs newshour weekend. pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. su ie and edgar wachenhe. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. va los. .the j.p.b. foundation.walt barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided ca by mutual of ame designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company.di onal 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 ti ssch wndios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. they called it unit the right 2 but in washington d.c. today it s the counterprotestors and signs that read hate is not welcome here, who far outnumbered the white supremacists and so-called alt-right groups. starting this morning a rsalition of counterprotest he held rallies. >> at a metro station outside washington d.c. police escorted small groups of attendees for what they call a white civi

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host: that is 10:00 on pbs. separated children at the border. george, you're on with our guest martin smith. ourer: i would like to know children and parents separated from only the ones that come in and cross illegally or also the ones that come in at the regular ports of entry or just illegal crossings? guest: the policy and practice, as i understand it, is to separate those who come in illegally between ports of entry. some of them come up not knowing where they should enter. they've hired a coyote or smuggler to get them up and they bring them to the river or the border. they are sent across, not fully aware of what they are getting into. they have a right under u.s. and international law to cross illegally. it is a misdemeanor. it is not a major crime. they look for border patrol to turn themselves in to apply for asylum. the others who come in through legal ports of entry are not always accepted. many report being turned away. border patrol, the administration, the government will say we are not turning them away just telling them to come

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernd and irene schwartz. .e and edgar wachenheim i the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagel and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundati. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing cuidstomized indl and group retirement products. that's why we're your tirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thanyou. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. nobel peace prize winner and former secretary-general of the unit nations, kofi annan, has died. the veteran diplomat was 80 years old and died after a short, unspecified illness, according to his foundation. born in ghana, annan was a career diplomat at the u.n. and e first secretary-general to be refrom within the organization's ranks. annan served two terms as theu. 's leader fr

next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is ma possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelo the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided sty mutual of america-- designing ized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirementdiompany. onal support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by ntributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thanyou. from the tisch wnet studios att lincoln in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. pope francis visited ireland today, the first papal visit to untry in almost 40 years he marked his first visit by acknowledging that church authorities failed in responding to rampant child abuse worldwide. >> the failure of bishops, >> ( translated ): the failure of bisps, religious superiors, priests and others, to adequately address these repugnant

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next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made bernard and irene schwartz.ed sue anr wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein fa rly. dr. vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zucrberg. corporate funding is provided by mutuaof america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been proved by: and by the corporation for tiublic broadcasting, and by contris to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sfrom the tisch wneios at lincoln center in new york, megan thompson. >> thompson: gooing and thank you for joining us. this morning, president donald trump shed new light on a 2016 meeting that is part of the ongoing investigation over russian interference in the presidential election. the meeting during the campaign involved the president's son-- don junior-- and a lawyer with ties to the kremlin, who allegedly offered to provide daming information on hillary clinton, a claim that the president previously disputed. tweeting from his n

next on pbs newshour weekend. >>s newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. hsue and edgar wach iii. the cheryl and philip milsteiny fa dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation.. rosalindlter. barbara hope zuckerberg. ro corporate funding isided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station fr viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you r joining us. president donald trump today attacked the "new york times" afatr it reported yesterday white house counsel donald mcgahn has cooperatedte ively in the investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. in a series of tweets the president said, "the failing new york times wrote a stot made it seem like the white house counsel had turned on the president, when in fact it is

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberfu corporating is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that why we're your 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 lincoln center in new york, odari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: vening and thank you for joining us. senator john mccain, the influential izona republican senator and two-time presidential candidate died yesterday at his home near dona arizona. he was 81 and had an aggressive brain cancer for the past year. crowds lined the route as the hearse bearing his body traveled from his ranch to a phoenix funeral home last night. in washington, d.c. flags were twered to half staff. a

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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the united states and canada failed to reach aee new rade agreement by a self-imposed deadline today. instead, president trumpth announce he will sign a pact with mexico in 90 days, and th canada could still join it. the new agreement, if reached,ft would replace it also came out that he vowed, an off-the-record conversation, that the u.s. would makeo concessions in the canada negotiations. but, he told interviewers that saying it publicly would be so insulting that canada would balk at any deal. the president confirmed the comment during an appearance today in charlotte, north carolina. >> they actually printed my off the record. they said, "president trump said, off the record..." and then they go and-- i say, this is a first. these are very dishonorable people. but i said, in the end, it's adokay, because at least c knows how i feel. da>> woodruff: the u.s.-ca negotiations are set to resume on wednesday, and the nadian foreign minister said she is confident

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. >> woodruff: all tt and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> kevin. >> kevin! >> kevin? advice for life. life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> babbel. a language program that teaches real-life conversations in new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. babbel's ten to 15 minute as an app,e availabl or online. more information on babbel.com. consumer cellular. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for publ broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the governor of puerto rico day dramatically raised the estimate of hurricane maria's human toll. a study commissioned by the u.s. territory attributes nearly 3,000 deaths to the storm in the six months after it hit, last september. that is more than twice the puerto rican government'se. previous estim another study published last may put the figure at 4,600. governor rardo rosello also announced that the government s,

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thank you. >> you are watching pbs. trump ministration's plan to uh do air pollution rules and how ca is responding. the week in politicsncluding electi security and facebook's ongoin struggle to police its own platform. what might a border wall look like. weead toan diego to look at the pr hello and welcome to kqed newsro we begin withli cs. this week the trump admini announced a plan to slash regulations under presid t fight air pollut cars. it was rolled back and rules requir auto makers to double the fuel economy of cars to about 50 mile per gallon in 2025. are targeting the states like california toiret thwn

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. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language. >> consur cellular. ♪ ♪ >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation fost public broadg. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: u.s. employers have slowed their pace of hiring new workers, but the overall economy remains strong. that's the takeaway from today's jobs report for july. the labor department employers added 157,000 jobs last month-- n as many as expected. the overall unemployment rate still dipped, from 4% to 3.9%. but average hourly pay gained only 2.7% from a year earlier-- not enough to keep pace with inflation. china has fired

. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> kevin. >> kevin! >> kevin? >> advice for life. life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> babbel. a language program that teaches shal-life conversations in a new language, like spafrench, german, italian, and more. babbel's ten to 15 min lessons are available as an app, or online. more information on babbel.com. >> consumer cellular. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: t s program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and contributions to your p station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the prime minister of italy calls it "an immense tragedy." at least 26 people died in today's bridge disaster in genoa. john yang has our report. >> yang: the moment of horror--a ured on cell phone video-- as 260 feet of bridge collapsedi in a dng rain storm. the elevated roadway plunged 15n feet, sendcars and concrete hurtling to the ground. this man was standing ide his truck beneath the bridge. >> ( translated )

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for the pbs newshom p.j. tobia. >> brangham: we take a closer look now at the growing pushback against alex jones with lyrissa lidsky. e's the dean of the university of missouri school of law, and ons been following these moves and other legal acagainst alex jones. lyrissa lidsky, thank you for being here. all of these social media platforms are taking alex jones off their sites. they're arguing that he visplats wonder what your reaction to that is? >> there are two things that need to be understood. one is the flrst amendment y protects citizens against restrictions on their speech by the government and government actors. and platforms like facoreboo google are not government actors. th the first amendment simply does not speak tir conduct. the other thing that peoplemi sometimeunderstand is that hate speech itself is not aca legalegory, although it may overlap with things like true threats or defamation that are legal categories. so the government cannot broadly at it mightything label hate speech, but plat

thank you. >> you are watching pbs. tonight on kqed "newsroom," state melawmakers c closer to ending cash bail in california as they decide the fate ofs hundrf bills. also, going in depth with an executive at reddit. the popular online forum called" e front page of the internet." plus "crazy rich asians" directed bid a bay area native with an all asian cast is hoping to break barriers in hollywood and beyond. hello, and welcome. i'm thuy vu. we begin with olitics. in sacramento, state lawmakers and governor jerry brown have two weeks to decide the fate of a thousand bills before the end of the session. on thursday, a measure that would end the practice of cash bail in california cleared a key committee. but hurdles lie ahead

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