the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. 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. another powerful hurricane is heading for the u.s. mainland. hurricane nate is expected to strengthen to a category two storm, with sustained winds of 110 miles an hour, when it makes landfall along the gulf of mexico coast tonight. louisiana, mississippi and alabama are in the storm's path, and new orleans declared a curfew tonight of 7:00. the coast guard has ordered ports closed

the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. 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." nate" is now a tropical depression, moving inland, after making landfall last night as a category one hurricane in mississippi. nate came ashore with 85-mile winds near biloxi and hit the mississippi coast with a 10 foot storm surge. the busy beachfront highway u.s. 90, and some gulf coast casinos were flooded. more than 100,000 residents of mississippi and alabama were without powe

the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. 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. puerto rico is looking for new helping hands to rebuild its power grid, destroyed by hurricane maria last month. today, governor ricardo rossello demanded the $300 million contract between the island's electrical utility, known as prepa, and a montana company called whitefish, be cancelled. later, prepa said that it would, once current work is finished. at a news conference in san ju

the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. 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. president trump said today he believes he has the votes in the republican-controlled congress to pass his tax reform bill calling for what he claims are record tax cuts by the end of the year if not sooner. >> it'll be the biggest cuts ever in the history of this country. and i think that there's tremendous appetite. there's tremendous spirit for it, not only by the people we're deal

the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. 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. the american soldier whose death in africa unwittingly ignited a war of words with racial overtones between president trump and a florida congresswoman was buried today following his funeral near fort lauderdale, florida. 25-year-old army sergeant la david johnson was one of four special forces soldiers killed in an ambush by islamic militants in niger almost three weeks ago. two ot

the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. 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. the secret funder of a once secret dossier of opposition research on donald trump has been unmasked. the dossier, produced during last year's presidential campaign, purported to document possible connections between russians and trump organization business or the trump campaign. the washington firm fusion g.p.s. had been hired to produce the dossier during the republican primary sea

the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. 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. california fire officials said today they've turned a corner on the wildfires that devastated northern parts of the state for the past week. still, 11,000 firefighters from california and surrounding states are battling 16 large fires in areas north of san francisco. the fires have already burned 218,000 acres, an area larger than new york city. and 75,000 people remain under home ev

the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. 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. as more troops and materials arrive in puerto rico, relief workers are struggling to distribute desperately needed supplies. the u.s. territory that 3.5 million american citizens call home is still trying to get back to basics 11 days after hurricane maria made landfall. telecommunications are available to a third of the island. 45% of residents now have drinkable running water. 60%

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the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg.