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. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided 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 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. authorities in little rock, arkansas, say all 25 people wounded by gunfire inside a music club early this morning are expected to survive. the violence occurred around 2:30 a.m. inside the power ultra lounge, a two-story club a mile from the state capitol building. little rock police say several people fired weapons during a rap concert in what they believe was a dispute among rival gang members. police say those wounded ranged in age from 16

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for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour provided by: >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> glor: welcome to the program. i'm jeff glor filling in for charlie rose. we begin this evening with politics and talk to julie hirschfield-davis of the "new york times" and philip rucker of the "the washington post." >> this is the third week in a row where they've had like a themed week. it was infrastructure weeks then it was technology week, now it's

pbs newshour weekend. >> woodruff: that's tomorrow on pbs newshour weekend. ht here, on monday when the healthcare battle will heat up as the congressional budget office is expected to release its analysis of the latest senate bill. that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. have a great weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> and 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 for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> you're watching pbs. >> frost: welcome to the program. i'm wildred frost filling in for charlie rose. we begin too,evening wi

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. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided 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 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. global security and trade dominated the two-day summit of leaders from 20 nations that concluded in germany today. the g20 meeting in hamburg drew large crowds of protesters, as these gatherings always do. but that did not disrupt the business inside. newshour weekend special correspondent ryan chilcote is there with more. >> reporter: today, president trump met with ke

. >> brangham: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brangham: it was north korea's own version of fireworks for the fourth of july-- the communist state today fired off a new missile that may, some day, put the united states within range of its weapons. nick schifrin begins our coverage. >> reporter: on this july 4, north korea declared independence from what it called american nuclear threats. >> ( translated ): the scientists and technicians have successfully test-fired the newly developed inter- continental ballistic missile. >> reporter: in pyongyang, north koreans celebrated what appears to be north korea's most advanced test in its long pursuit of a nuclear weapon. the missile flew for about 40 minutes almost straight up, reaching an altitude of more than 1,500 miles, and came straight do

for the pbs newshour, i'm malcolm brabant in aldeburgh. >> woodruff: stay with us. p on the newshour: the toll insecticides are having on bees. two renowned blues musicians team up on a new album. and, what it's like to be the first muslim covergirl. but first, let's turn to the senate republican bill to overhaul parts of obamacare. the senate may be in recess this week, but majority leader mitch mcconnell is working behind the scenes to craft a bill that will appeal to enough republican votes to pass. one of the key stumbling blocks: the provision to cut medicaid spending by more than $770 billion over ten years. that has sparked serious concern among many governors, among other reasons, over what it could mean for opioid abuse treatment and related health needs. the medicaid expansion under the affordable care act provided new coverage to many. reportedly, senator mcconnell has been considering a $45 billion fund to deal with opioid abuse. new hampshire is one state that is dealing with a crisis. it has the second highest rate of opioid deaths relative to its popul

for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. >> woodruff: stay with us. ng up on the newshour: why so many russians from the country's southern region are joining isis. a view from both sides of the political aisle, on the russian controversy plaguing the trump administration. and from dirt to shirt-- bringing the business of cotton back to the u.s. but first, researchers have been watching for months, waiting for a huge iceberg to break away from an ice shelf in antarctica. that break was confirmed today. and just to give you a sense of the size: the volume of the iceberg is said to be twice as large as lake erie. miles o'brien has been watching all this and digging into the larger questions about the ice shelf. it's part of our weekly reporting about "the leading edge" of science. >> reporter: this fast-growing rift in the antarctica ice just created one of the largest icebergs ever recorded, about the size of delaware, weighing more than 1 trillion tons. the event had been anticipated for months. finally, some time between monday and today, the larsen i

thanks so much. >> thank you. >> this is pbs newshour weekend, saturday.ontaining it's most sacred shrines. that's the new archaeological discovery, including some of the finest aztec gold ever found is currently being unearthed. >> the remavens of a young wolf covered in gold is being excavated in the >> reporter: the remains of a young wolf covered in gold is being excavated in a site in the heart of mexico city. archeologists have found 22 complete pieces of gold, including a chest plate and pendants. the eight-month old wolf was sacrificed by the aztecs before being buried with the gold, flint knives, and sea shells in a stone box more than five hundred years ago. the wolf represented the aztec's war and solar god, and was believed to help guide fallen warriors in the afterlife. project director leonardo lopez says the discovery of the remains and precious objects is exceptional. >> the wolf was added to these gold-laminated pieces as joint symbols of death, war and sacrifice. >> reporter: the discovery was made in april near the steps of the most sacr

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. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided 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 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. federal and state law enforcement officials in san antonio, texas, are investigating how nearly 40 people were left inside a tractor trailer in stifling summer heat. they were undocumented immigrants-- with no water or air conditioning-- who appear to be victims of what one federal prosecutor called "ruthless human smugglers." san antonio police discovered the 18-wheel

for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshourored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> you're watching pbs. >> cohan: welcome to the program. i'm william cohan, special correspondent at "vanity fair" filling in for charlie rose. we begin this evening with charles blow of the "new york times." >> part of the writing for me is just an exhaling of what i believe, and i'm trying to be as true in that as humanly possible and not have that -- you know, not steer towards trying to get people to click on something, not steer towards trying to win an audience, but simply to express the truth of what i believe. >> cohan: we conclude with author jesse eisinger, his new book is called "the chicken (no audio) club," why is executive department re-- why the justice department fails to pros prosecute executives. >> we have two justice sys

for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshoureen provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> you're watching pbs. this season of "martha stewawars cooking school" explores treasured recipes from an extraordinary part of the world -- the arabian gulf. join me in my kitchen as i celebrate its regional ingredients. we'll make rustic breads, mouthwatering desserts, and hearty stews with spices made famous by historic trade routes, learn new culinary techniques and creative tips for serving arabian gulf classics, from preparing small bites to showstopping dishes fit for any festive occasion. with its bold flavors and strong traditions, i've been inspired to get into the kitchen and add what i like to call a good thing to an already delici

for pbs newshour, i'm p.j.ia. >> woodruff: back in this country, congress returned to work today, and got a warning from president trump. in a tweet, he said he can't imagine lawmakers would "dare" to take august off, without passing a health care bill. senate republicans remain at odds over replacing obamacare, with no resolution in sight. the number of american adults without health insurance has increased by two million this year. the "gallup-sharecare well-being index" reports the uninsured rate in the second quarter was 11.7%. that's up from a record low of 10.9 reached at the end of last year. thousands of people in the western u.s. and canada are awaiting word to go home, after wildfires chased them away. one fire in southern california has charred more than 45 square miles and burned down at least 20 buildings. to the north, in british columbia, more than 200 fires burned over the weekend, and more than 2,000 firefighters mobilized. president trump has again lit into the man he fired as f.b.i. director.

. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: reince priebus is out as white house chief of staff tonight, after just six months on the job. president trump announced in a tweet late today, that john kelly, the secretary of homeland security, will take his place. the president had more to say, after returning from a day trip to new york-- a trip that priebus was on. >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. he's a great, great american. reince is a good man. >> woodruff: to help unpack what led to

for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. >> sreenivasan: stay with us. ng up on the newshour: what's stifling race relations in detroit, 50 years after the 1967 riots. lessons on life and cooking, from ina garten. and, a behavioral scientist's advice on talking to your kids about marijuana. but first, the analysis of shields and brooks. that's syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks. all right, so. let's start with healthcare. this week we started with repealing and replace and then it went to repeal now replace later. it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. >> the republican's healthcare plan had three problems. it wasn't healthy, it wasn't caring and there was no plan. it was just that simple. i mean, you can't get people to vote for something when they don't know what it is, there's no public case for it. but beyond that, it just, the conservatives led by rand paul objected that it didn't root out and repeal obamacare. that was correct. and 9 moderates embodied by susan collins we just saw in the previous piece obje

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. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided 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 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. after a nine-month offensive, the american-backed iraqi army won the battle for mosul today. they ousted isis fighters from the city it had held for three years. soldiers waved iraqi flags and celebrated in the streets, even though sporadic resistance by cornered isis militans continues. it was safe enough for iraq's prime minister haider al-abadi to go to mosul and ann

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. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided 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 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. this week's expected vote on the republican party's senate bill to repeal and replace president obama's affordable care act has been postponed. the party's grip on a majority of senators who may support the bill is so tenuous, that the absence of one senator would torpedo the effort. so when arizona's john mccain said last night that surgery to remove a blood clot above

what that could mean for sea level rise 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. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided 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 from viewers like you. thank you. lincoln center in new york,at hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the weekend after senate republicans delayed any votes on their bill to repeal and replace president obama's affordable care act, trump administration officials say they're optimistic a compromise is within reach. today, health and human services secretary tom price said after the july 4 recess, he believes senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will get legi

>> brangham: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brangham: the tumult at the white house continues to churn at a pace unprecedented in an american presidency. anthony scaramucci, just 10 days on the job of communications director is out. the move comes on john kelly's first day as president trump's chief of staff. our own lisa desjardins is here to walk us through these shake- ups at the top. welcome, lisa. >> thank you. pretty busy set of days here. walk us through the time like of how we got here. >> to do that, west go back to ten days ago. that's when we saw anthony scaramucci be hired as the communications director the same

all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: it was the most highly anticipated meeting yet of the trump presidency. for the first time since he took office, mr. trump was face-to- face with his russian counterpart, vladimir putin. on the agenda? syria, north korea, and moscow's meddling in the 2016 election, about which there is still disagreement. from the g20 summit in hamburg, germany, special correspondent ryan chilcote reports. >> reporter: what was planned to last just over half an hour, turned into an unexpected two hours and 15 minutes. president trump and russian president vladimir putin began their much

you can follow us at "newshour" on instagram and at "pbs news" on snapchat. that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again right here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> supported by the rockefeller foundation. promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world, by building resilience and inclusive economies. more at www.rockefellerfoundation.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> you're watching pbs. >> you're watching pbs. [water rushing] >>zeffirelli: >>narrator: it was a historic and cataclysmic flood which threated lives and some of mankind's most precious masterpieces. >>linda falcone: the whole wor

all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: senate republicans have begun the fourth of july recess, with president trump urging them to get rid of obamacare, even if they can't replace it yet. in a tweet this morning, he said, "if republican senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately repeal, and then replace at a later date!" the white house said later it is still "fully committed" to getting a bill through the senate. the president's feud with cable news hosts mika brzezinksi and joe scarborough escalated today. mr. trump drew widespread condemnation yesterday for criticizi

. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the latest senate republican push to replace the affordable care act has come to nothing. now, party leaders say they will try for just "repeal." lisa desjardins begins our coverage of the past tumultuous 24 hours. >> i regret that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failures of obamacare will not be successful. >> reporter: a remarkable statement, and a bitter admission for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, that republicans still can't muster the votes on a health care bill. it became clear last night, after utah's mike lee and jerry moran of kansas said they'd vote against the revised version. with that, mcconnell changed course, and decided to go for pure repeal. >> a majority of the senate voted to pass the sam

. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: for months, a big question confronting official washington has been: did the trump campaign collude with the kremlin to undermine hillary clinton? tonight, president trump's eldest son finds himself at the heart of the matter-- after he released a potentially explosive e-mail chain. john yang begins our coverage. >> reporter: the emails show donald trump junior eager to hear dirt on hillary clinton, said to be offered as part of russian government support for his father's campaign. the chain begins with message from rob goldstone. he's a british-born music publicist. the younger trump met him at the 2013 miss universe pageant in moscow, which president trump then owned. goldstone said a client's father-- a real estate developer who teamed with presid

. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: denial and defense. the president's son-in-law offered both today, in the russia investigation. he spoke privately, for senate staffers, and publicly, for reporters. our coverage begins with john yang. >> yang: outside the white house west wing, jared kushner did something he rarely does: speak to reporters. >> let me be very clear: i did not collude, nor know of anyone else in the campaign who colluded, with any foreign i had no improper contacts. >> yang: he dismissed the idea that his father-in-law benefited from russian meddling in the election. >> donald trump h

for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour d by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> glor: welcome to the program, i'm jeff glor of cbs news filling in for charlie rose. we begin this evening with a look at north korea and talk to graham allison of harvard's kennedy school and anne gatheran of "the washington post." >> what most americans haven't really awakened to is over the last 20 years north korea has built nuclear weapons. so there is no debate about that. north korea has developed short range missiles that can deliver nuclear warheads against south korea, there is no debate in the intelligence community about that, north korea created medium range missiles that and now only a couple steps to take including the one yesterday that they are going to

all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the lemelson foundation. committed to improving lives through invention, in the u.s. and developing countries. on the web at lemelson.org. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: from president trump today, an abrupt announcement: he is re-instating a ban on transgender troops, and re-opening the debate on who gets to serve in the u.s. military. word of the military policy reversal came not from the pentagon, but from the president-- on twitter. he said:

pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshourductions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> you're watching pbs. >> rose: welcome to the program. we begin tonight with president trump's ongoing criticism of attorney general jeff sessions. we talked to jonathan swan of axios and peter beinart of cnn and "the atlantic." there is a story that sessions, and i can imagine this is true, tried to resign or went in and offered his resignation. >> yeah, that's accurate. that's accurate. he did. it wasn't quite as dramatic as has been reported. sessions basically said to him, you know, if you feel it's the right thing to do, you know, i'm happy to resign. it was very much out of a sense of honor. although i've talked to people close to sessions and they say, since his resignation, he's really enjoying the job and doesn't want to leave, but even they wonder how much longer he can sort of withstand the public humiliation of the presidentf

for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour as been provided by: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: welcome to the program. tonight for the hour, part one of a two-part conversation with dr. mohammad javad zarif the foreign minister of iran. >> i think everybody should come together and actually fighting these extremists idealogies. fighting them does not mean only through military, this is much deeper. it should be a comprehensive strategy to deal with extremism and terrorism. extremism and terrorism are from lack of hope in addition to an ideology based on hatred and exclusion. there is the necessary fertile ground from which these idealogues or in

all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: russia is stepping up pressure to regain two diplomatic compounds seized in new york and maryland. president obama ordered them seized in december, over russian meddling in the 2016 election. today, foreign minister sergey lavrov called it "highway robbery," and his deputy held a high-level meeting at the state department. nick schifrin has been following the story, and joins me now. so, nick, why are the russians so interested in these two compounds? >> what officials are talking about is bilateral irritants, so these are the compounds, these are the russian diplomats who were ex

." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the j.b.p. foundation. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided 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 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. growing anxiety today on the korean peninsula following north korea's second, and more ambitious, test of an intercontinental ballistic missile on friday. the missile is thought to be capable of reaching deep inside the u.s. mainland. china condemned the launch and urged restraint, but president trump expressed frustration with beijing last night,

for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org . >> rose: welcome to the program, we begin this evening with a look at north korea's nuclear program. we talk to david sanger of the new york times. >> the united states goat out to build a nuclear weapon, it is to highly precise specificses. these guys do not plan to be in a nuclear exchange. this missile is for one thing. it is to guarantee that kim jungun stays in office. so they're not actually thinking operationally about how they might do this. and launch missiles on the united states am they know that is the end of their regime. it is the end of everything. if this entire weapons program is all about survival for kim junkun. >> we conclude this even

. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the united states senate tonight has begun debating what to do about obamacare, after weeks of waiting. republicans finally mustered the votes to proceed in a showdown today, with the aid of a cancer patient and a vice presidential tie-breaker. lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> reporter: in the senate today, high stakes politics with high volume drama. as the health care vote began, protesters chanted "kill the bill" and "shame" from the senate gallery. after they were removed, the vote itself was in doubt. republican senators susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska voted no. one more no and the debate would be blocked. all eyes were on wisconsin republican ron johnson, who did not did n