additional support has been provided by: oand by the corporaor 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 rerk, hariivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. barry brought its heavy rain to louisiana today as it moved very slowly out of the gulf of mexico and onto land, briefly becoming a hurricane before turning back into a tropical storm. the storm's winds reached 75 miles an hour, making it a category one and the first named hurricane of 2019. it was downgraded to a tropical storm within hours, as its wind speeds dropped after making landfa west of new orleans. but, it was the rain, not the wind speeds, that caused evacuations and preparations for days of possible flooding. water flowed over the tops of some levees, but as of the afternoon, no levee breaches have been reported. this afternoon, officials said the mississippi river is now predicted to peak at 17.1 feet on monday, below the 20-foot levee height. but, governor john bel edwards continued to warn

andre moreau is anchor and managing editor for louisiana public broadcasting's statewide news magazine show, "the state we're in." he joins me now from baton rouge. we're chatting saturday afternoon what do we know about this storm right now? >> well, we know that the storm has lived up to the forecast, so far, but that it's done it in its own sweet time. it's hours late but it did become a minimal hurricane at 75 miles an hour. much of the storm, though, is still offshore. all of the huge rainmaking clouds are offshore in the gulf of mexico, so, a it's coming in on shore and maing its landfall, the drier part of the storm, but the real wet part of the storm, wh people in baton rouge and new orleans, but baton roe perhaps more so, are so fearful of because there are forecasts of rain, people are saying 10 to 2 inches, up to t o feet, and, if that happens anywhere in a shount of time, you're going to be in trouble, and it's sort of lie a harsh memory from the floods of 2016 when there were 25 inches of thraint fell in aday and a half and a lot of people have never gotten back in the hom

additional support has been provided by: d by the corporation f public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. som the tisch wndios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. the it ranian governmnounced today that it will enrich uranium past levels agreed under the 2015 nuclear deal. they say international inspectors will have def proof of this tomorrow, and the country expects to continue going st limits every 60 days until they receive relief from economic sanctions. uranium can be enriched for clear power, or with far more refinement, for nuclear weapons. the united states withdrew from the nuclear deal a year ago, but has exerted pressure on other signatories to not buy oil from iran which has had severe effects on the country's economy. iran says these recent moves are reversible. >> ( translated ): our negotiations are with the four plus one. if america wants to attend the talks we think it is possible provided that it lifts its sanctions. >> sreenivasan: u.s. secretary

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and from viewers like you,hank you. brangham: through two years of this investigation, through the indictment of 34 individuals, d then spelled out clearly in his final rept, robert mueller made one thing crystal clear,pt russia att to interfere with our 2016 election. here's the last thing mueller said. mueller: and i will close by reiterating the central allegati, of our indictmen that there were multiple, systematic efforts to terfere in our election. and that allegation deserves the attentionof very american. brangham: and so that's where we will start. volume one of his report, it's just over half of the total report, and it deals excsively with what the russians did. desjardins: eller lays this out, like the entire report, essentially as a large outline, saying russia attacked in two ways. he writes, first, that it carried out a social media prmpaign that favored esidential candidatena j. trump. and, second, a russian intelligence service conducted computer int esion operations againities, employees and v

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 took a history- making step onto north korean territory today and announced that talks to end the isolated, dictator-led, communist country's nuclear program would resume without any concessions from north korea. mr. p was the first sitting u.s. president to cross the demilitarized zone marking the border between north and south korea. >> ( translated ): good to see you again. >> sreenivasan: through an interpreter, north korea's leader kim jong un greeted mr. trumed saying, "i never expect to meet you at this place." ( cameras clicking ) then, the two leaders shook hands again on the north korean side of the border and walked the few steps back to south korea. >> sreenivasan: photographers and security officials jostled at what appeared to hastily arranged event. ( yelling ) the presi

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs statiofrom viewers like you.k thanyou. once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. robert:this week, as my colleague ashley parker wrote in "the washington post," a racist suggestion from president trump that four congresswomen of color go back became an angry rallying cry and tonight the fallout ontinues t grip washington and the nation. president trump is defending himself and his supporters. he is swatting away accusations of racism even as thousands roared "send her back" at a rally in north carolina on wednesday. here's wt the president said today. president trump: i'm unhappy where the congresswoman goes and said i'm going to be the president's nightmare. she's going to be the president's nightmare. she's lucky to be wherehe is. robert: meanwhile, representative ilhan omar of minnesota, a democrat, was welcomed home on thursday night and spoke o against the president. >> we are going to continue to be a nightmare to this president because his policiesre a a nightmare to us and we are not deterred. r

the corporation for public broadcasting.contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again, from washington, moderator robert cost tasm robert: thank you for joining us on this july 4 holiday weekend. the trump administration phed ahead wits census efforts on friday which have alarmedvo tes for migrants and rallied his political base. but the inclusion of a citizenship question remains unsettled. the latest moveing dis after president trump broke with his administration's lawyers and urged a standoff came in a friday filing in a maryland court where justice department ladmers said theistration is pursuing a citizenship question. president trump also told reporters that he's considering an executive order to tagn that citizenship question even as the census is nowpreing ted. president trump:de an an addition on. we can start the printing now and maybe do an addendum after we get a positive decision. we're working on a lot of things including an executive order. robert: ginning me, peter baker fo

the corporati for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: this week, the former special counsel a respected nonpartisan investigator stepd into partisan wildfire on capitol hill. robert mueller testified before two house committees about his probe of russian interferenc during the 2016 campaign and justice obstruction of by president trump. mueller's remarks were serious and concise and underscored his report's conclusions. the mueller hearings leave house democrats led by speaker deliberating whether to impeach the president. well, some democrats are calling for impeachmens proceedio begin, the speaker says democrats will not make a final decision until the courts decide whether the white house must comply with congressional demands including the call for testimony from former white houseounsel don mcgann. cnn's mann asked the speaker about her -- manu ranchu asked he speaker with. >>ry trying to run out the clock on impeachment? >> i'm not trying to run out thelock. we proponent p

ditional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thanu.k from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. ivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the heat wave sweeping much of the central easteru.s. is near over. a cold front is forecast to bring rain and lower teiteratures and humidity a moves from the great plains to the east coast by tomorrow night at washington dulles airport this weekend, united airlines workers were monitored to make sure tkehey cool as the temperature reached the high 90's in high humidity. >> we hohave a number of m that we use to prevent heat exhaustion. so we have cooling stations strategically placed around the terminal with gatorade water and ice. >> sreenivasan: a of severe storms hit wisconsin and michigan on friday night and again yesterday. in southeast michigan, hundreds of thusands of people were without por this morning after a storm downed hundreds of power lines with winds topping 80 miles per hour. in wisconsin, res

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting. a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contrutions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new yoen, hari sasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us tensions in hong kong continue to rise. last weekend mob attacked pro democracy protesters. today those protesters went back to that neigorhood and clashed with police. riot police fired tear gas and rubber bulletsnd blocked a crowd of black shirted demonstrators from marching into the area. the police did not grant permission for this march. last sunday a group of men i white shirts, appeared to target and beat pro-democracy passengers as wells commuters at a train station. police have arrested 12 people y far in that attack and some of them have links to local gangs. but today's anti-government potesters criticized both the mob attack and tice. e are against the violen of the hong kong police and the cooperation between them and the

so if you look at a case like -- like forbes, for example, which involved the public broadcaster that excluded somebody, one candidate for a public debate, the court asked whether the limitations that the public broadcaster had placed on this particular space were viewpoint neutral and consistent with the purposes of the forum. i think that's the analysis. you know, i don't know that i know the answer, the ultimate answer to the question, judge parker, but i think that's the way that the court would analyze it. it would certainly be a different case from this one because, you know, we are stipulating in your hypothetical that it's not viewpoint neutral. >> could i ask you about a decision of the district court below. that is, the district court found that only first order replies were in the public forum. you maintain that the whole thread is within the public forum. why is that, if the president is not involved in those replies to replies or retweets -- you know, that other people are doing in the thread? >> well, i think it's because that while the president doesn't have direct -- d

communiti the corporation for public broadcasting and byti contris to your pbs station from viewers likeou. thank you.no cer: once again, from washington, moderator rost costa. robert: labor secretary alex acosta long hovered under the radar in president trump's washington. but a plea deal he brokered for jeffrey epstein has cast a shadow over him. and this week it effectively forced him out folwing developments that brought up tough questions about his julment. fede prosecutors in new york charged epstein on monday with new ses. cri acosta's critics say he was too soft on epstein ae deco. acosta defended himself. >> this was the view of the office. there is a value to a sure guilty plea because letting him walk, letting what the state attorney was ready to do g forward would have been absolutely a robert: but the firestorm did not fade. and acosta submitted his resignation to the president on friday. >> it would be selfish for me to stay in this position and continue talking about a case that's 12 years old rather than about the amazing economy we have right now. and so iy submitted m r

and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support is provided by the john d. d catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. the ford foundation: working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. additional support is ed by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public the john and helen gleissues. family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. >> i'm the son of a rancher. that's what i am, and i don't want to be anything more than my family established a homestead in the virgin valleyn in southvada in 1877, and theyegan to run cattle. i always dreamed about being able to ranch. but the federal government has turned its eyes, as modern conquerors, d focused on controlling the land and the resours. a we aa dangerous time, and i'm not jus

the onsupport of these institutions: >> this program wamade possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to ur pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the firestorm over president trump's racist rhetoric spread to capitol hill today, where a vote in the u.s. house of representatives is uniting democrats and testing republicans' willingness to criticize the commander in chief. lisa desjardins begins with how the day's events unfolded. >> desjards: two days after the president's initial tweets, today, senate majority leader mitch mcconnelresponded. >> i do not think the president he a racist. >> desjardins: y republican leader did noter exe the president, he choose to blame him and democrats both. >> i think there's been a consensus that political rhetoric has really gotten way, way overheated. thom the president to speaker to freshmen members ohouse, all of us have a responsibility to elevate public discourse. our words do matter. we all know politics is a contact sport. >> desjardins: from fellow republican and house minority leader kevin mccarthy

anis >> rogram was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from vwers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: teions in the persian gulf have escalated sharply today-- with reports of britain says one was british- flagged. the other was a liberian-flagged ship, operated by a british concer the vessels were stopped in the strait of hormuz and diverted to iranian wate. earlier, iranian officials also denied that the u.s. warship "boxer" destroyed an iranian drone yesterday. we'll hear from iran's foreign minister mohammed javad zarif, right after the news summary.e president trump is now defending his supporters who rgeted democratic congresswoman ilhan omar this week. they cnted "send her back" at a trump campaign rally in north carolina.na omar came to the u.s. fr somalia as a child, and is now a u.s. citizen. yesterday, mr. trump sad he was not happy with the chants. a today, "apollo 11" anniversary event in the oval office, he wenafter omar again, and rejected criticism of the crowd. >> those are incredibl

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbe station fromrs like you. thank you. >> brangham: this has been a day of spreading protests and rising tensions in hong kong,2 years since britain handed the city back to mainland china. acorvists took their demands democracy to the very heart of hong kong's government today, before police regained control. foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin reports from hong kong. >> reporter: this is the seat of power inong kong and tonight it's been defaced, occupied, and abandoned. there are actually no protestors here left here. ( breaking glass ) but over the last 18 hours, protestors broke into this building through heavy glass, and occupied this space. they believe that legislators here were tryingo push through a very controversial and unpopular extradition law, that would allow hong kong to extradite suspected criminals to the mainland china. but their fears are larger than that. they fear tndhat the indece that hong kong has enjoyed for years, is bei

. >> 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: president trumpba says he'ing down from his legal fight to add a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 census. the supreme court had already ruled that the administration's previous explanations did not stify adding the questio in remarks in the white house rose garden late today, the president said he is pursuing new avenues to get that information. >> we are pursuing a new option to ensure a complete and mely count of the noncitizen population. today, i will be issuing an executive order to put this very planinto effect immediately. i am hereby ordering every epartment and agency in t federal government to provide the department of mmerce with all requested records regarding the number of citizens and noncitizens our country. they must furnish all legallyib acce records in their possession immediately. will utilize these vast federal data bases to gain amp full, te and accurate count of

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: one day after chants of "send her back" erupted at a re-election rally for president trump, republicant ggled with how to respond. as white house correspondent yamiche alcindor reports, the controversy surrounding mr. trump's tweets that four progressive congresswomen should return to their native countries shows no sign of going away. >> here's the chant that i would >> alcindor: in north carolina,a a controversl chant, and ( "send her back" chants ) th capitol hill, republicans playing defense, afallout over president trump's racist tweets deepens. asat a rally in greenville night, the president again falsely accused congresswoman ilhan omar of supporting terrorist groups. the muslim minnesota lawmaker is a naturalized american citizen, who came to the u. as a somali refugee. the crowd-- including children-- chanted "senher back." this morning, house minority leader kevin mccthy downplayed the presid

. >> and with the onsupport of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by th public broadcasting. and by contributions t pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: iran has raised the ante in a high-skes standoff with the united states. the islamic republic a hounced today begun enriching uranium to levels higher than allowed under the 2015 nuclear accord. the new level is still far below weapons-grade. but in tehran, a foreign ministry spokean threatened to go higher still, unless europe helps to bypasu.s. sanctions. >> ( translated if the remaining countries in the deal, especially the europeans, do not fulfill their commitments seriously, and do not do anything more than talk, iran's third step will be harder, more steadfast and even stunning. >> woodruff: the u.s. withdrew from the nuclear deal last year. today, vice president pence called the agreement "disastrous," and he warned that imerica will not back down." n should not confuse american restraint with a lack of american resolve. ( applause )fo we hopthe best, but the united states of america and oue mil

ongoing support of these institutions: hi >>program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbe station fromrs like you. thank you. ry>> woodruff: labor secre alex acosta is facing new deands to quit tonight, ove plea deal with financier jeffrey epstein in 2008.n acosta was tfederal prosecutor in south florida, and epstein was accused of molesting teenage girls. the deal kept him out of federal prison. but now, federal prosecutors in new york have filed new charges. today, in the u.s. senate, minority leader chuck schumer joined other top democrats condemning acosta. >> i acalling on secretary acosta to resign. it is now impossible for anyone to have confidence in secretary acosta's ability to lead the department of labor. if he refuses to resign, president trump should fire hima >> woodrufsta called epstein's alleged crimes "horrific," and said he welcomes the new charges. president trump, in a meeting with the emir of qatar, promised to review the plea deal, as he defended acosta, whom he appointed his cabinet. >> he's been a great, really gre

. >> 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: president trump tonight has rejected claims that he is fanning the flames of racism. he ignited a storm of criticism on sunday, in attacking four democrats in the u.s. congress-- all of them women of color. today, he stood by his tweets and said again "if you're not happy here, you can leave." on another front, the president claimed success in raids to round up some 2,000 migrants. there was little evidence that any major raids had actually begun, but the threat raised fears in migrant communities. meanwhile, the administration declared most migrants will now n be ineligible for asylume u.s. if they pass through anotr country first. we will explore this and the president's attacks on the congresswomen, after the newsy. summ in the day's other news, u.s. customs and border patrol confirmed at 70 current and former employees are under investigation for offensive posts about migrants and wmakers. they

. >> this prssram was made le by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president trump's verbal assaults on a black congressman-- and his baltimore district-- are still ricocheting across washington and beyond tonight.es the ent tweeted again today, attacking democrat elijah cummings, whchairs the u.s. house oversight committee. that panel is investigating mr. trump on several fronts.bu maryland's republican governor larry hogan called the president's remarksge "outs", and he said, "enough is enough." we'll get details, after the. news summa police in california are searching for a motive tonight after a teenage gunman killed three people and wounded at ast a dozen. it happened sunday at the annual gioy garlic festival, southeast of san francisco. people ran for safety, but police quickly intervened and killed the shooter. >> we had thounds of people in a very small area and it could have gone so much worse, s fast. i'm really proud that they got there as quickly as t

. >> this program was made possible bthe corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the people of puerto rico celebrated today after embattled governor ricardo rossello announced he is resigning at the end of next week. crowds turned out to mark the occasion after days of protests demanding that rossello step down. >> ( translated ): his resignation was expected there was too much pressure. the whole country is against hii t now he is one of the most hated people in the whole world. he had to resign. he had to leave.oo >>uff: we'll have a detailed look at all of this, after the news summary. in the day's other news, the white house accused a federal coort of judicial "tyranny," blocking new asylum rules. s the polift denied asylum to migrants at the southern border who pass through another untry first. the judge in san francisco put the policy on hold, g a final court decision. at superceded a ruling b another judge who let the policy stand. the white house had praisethat ruling.

. >> this program was ibde po by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: pomp, pageantry and armored tanks. prident trump creates a different type of fireworks this fourth of july, as the country celebrateshis independence day. john yang begins our reporting. >> all of you aspired to be americans. >> yang: this july fourth, vice president pence welcomed newly-naturalized citizens at a washington, d.c. ceremony, where 44 people from 26 countries celebrated their new nation's independence day. meanwhile, in iowa, neighborhood parades became part of the 2020 campaign trail, as severalde cratic contenders spent the day politicking. senator bernie sanders oft vermok time to speak to supporters at a new campaign outpost in ames. >> what we need is an unprecedented grassroots movement of millions of people. we change america. >> yang: in the aptly-named independence, iowa, former vice president joe den ran along the parade route. he also took a jab at president trump's "salute to am

. >> 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: president trump said he is considering issuing an executive order to add the citizenship question to the 2020 emnsus. this, after the sucourt ruled last week to block the government from adding that question. mr. trump spoke to reporters g this morning before leavr a weekend at his new jersey golf club. >> i just spoke to the attorney general. we have a number of different avenues, we can use all of them or one. we're doing very well on that issue. we're spending $15-20 billion on a census. we're doing everything. e finding out everything about everybody. think of it. $15-20 billion and you're not allowed to ask them if they're a citizen. >> woodruff: in the meantime, the justice department said today it will continlook for legal grounds to include the wtizenship question. we'll take a look re things stand with the census ter the news summary. a powerful 5.4 magnitudeho afte rocked southern califor

ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. anbsby contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the white house is rejecting a federal judge's ruling that struck down part o president trump's new legal asylum policy for immigrants. the judge, in seattle, found it is unconstitutional to detain asylum seekers indefinitely,th t bail hearings, until their court dates. today, a white house statement charged the decision is "at war with the rule of law." separately, the president insisted today he has not given up on adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. the justice department said it's been ordered to answer the question in a way to satisfy the supreme court. earlier president trump insisted reports of his own administration of theestion being dropped were "fake." we'll look at this, and the immigrant asylum case, after the news summary. demands for an international investigation swirled today,r af air strike in libya killed 44 migrants and wounded more than 13 the attack singled out a mi

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program sss made le by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president trump is claiming widespread support from black americans, and declaring himself, "the least racist person in the world." that came today, as he defended his attacks on elijah cummings, the baltimore congressman leading investigations of mr. trump. the president befo an event in virginia that black lawmakers boycotted. as his helopter roared, he sisted it's voters that count. >> they are hay as hell. so you may have a couple of politicians boycott but it's all a fix. it's all a fix. anthe fact is african amer people love the job i'm doing cause i'm working for them, i'mo working for the politicians. >> woodruff: in fact, a recent "gallup" poll found only 8% of african americans support mr. trump. meanwhile, he was briefly heckled in jamestown today, at the event marking the start of self-government in ameri in 1619. the first african slaves arrived that same year. for their part, black v

macfound.org >> and wh the ongoing support of these institutions: >> possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thanyou. >> woodruff: for nearly an hour today, labor secretary alex acosta answered questions about a plea deal he brokered as a federal prosecutor in florid more than a decade ago. at the time, financier jeffrey epstein received a sentence that critics have called unusually lenient. earlier this week, federal prosecutors in new york brought new charges of sex trafficking against him. ac ota defended his handlingf the case. >> we believe that we proceeded appropriately.he based onvidence and not just my opinion but in the shared affidavit, based on the evidence there was value to getting a guilty plea and having him register. i understand what the victimshe say and i'm no to say i can stand in their shoes or that i can address their concerns.sa i'm here twe did what we did because we wanted to seego epsteio jail. he needed to go to jail. >> woodruff: here with us to dig into secretary acosta's comments, and other develo

ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by conibutions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president trump says tonighte is beating democrats in a battle being fought along the dividing lines of race. it began with his attacks on 4 freshmen democratic women in the the u.s. house of representatives. last night, the house voted to condemn his attacks as racist. but as he left the white house late today, for a campaign rally in north carolina, mr. trump said he has no regrets. th>> i do think i'm winnin political fight. i think i'm winning it by a lot. i think they are not espousing the views of our country. m not relishing the fight i'm enjoying it because i have to get the word out to the americae pe s woodruff: meanwhile, house speaker nancy pelod the president is trying to distract people from criticisms of his policies. she also told reportertoday that last night's resolution condemning mr. trump's tweets was "benign." it condemned the words of the president, not the president. the words of

ongoing support of these institutions: s >> this program de possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbo stfrom viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the u.s. government will print the forms for the 2020 census without a question about citizenship. the justice department confirmed the decision late today. t last wee u.s. supreme court barred adding the citizenship question unless the administration gave a better explanation for including it. president trump initialled for delaying the census for as long as necessary. a military court in san dieg has acquitted navy seal edward gallagher of murdering a suspectemilitant in iraq. gallagher was found not guilty of all charges today, except for posing with the dead man's body. he could get four months of confinement. the ways and means committee of thu.s. house of representatives went to federal court today to gain access totr presidenp's tax returns. the panel filed suit against the treasury department and the s internal revenvice after they refused to comply with an earlier request. the committee is inve

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting. a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. be more. pbs. masters: hollywood invented theo imathe singing cowboy, but life in the real wild west could be brutal and chaotic, rife with violence and opportunity. let's explore the fascinating origins of our modern ci as a rough and s wdy frontier town. i'm nathan masters, and thisost l.a." many people see l.a. as a city of the future, a place without a past, a freeway tropolis that sprang up fully formed in the 20th century, but the roots of southern california history run deep. people have called this land home for thousands of years, and their stories give us a richer understanding of where we are now and where we're headed in the decades to come, so let's look back and uncover some of these forgotten stories in the

ditional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributionss station from viewers like you. thank you. be more. pbs. sh mariver: perhaps the greatest mystery...he isuman brain. in only the past few decades, scientists have made incredible leaps inur understanding. and we are just now unraveling the secret of how the brain can change throughout our lives, leading to incredible transformation. s merzenich: we have t new understanding that the person that is within us is actually a product of change that occurs within our lifetime. this is new science. it's one of the great discoveries of our era, because it has the potential of giving everyone a better life. you've been given this gift. that's what brain plasticity is. seidler: the brain is adaptively changing, modifying, making new connections, in some cases,

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by ieontributionsto your pbs station fromrs like you. thank you. show is brought to you by: male announcer: todas pure encapsulations, dedicated for nearly 3 decades rgto delivering hypoalic nutritional supplements free from gluten, gmos, and artificial ingredients to help all people achieve optimal health. and by natural factors. dr. mark hyman: is anybody confused about what to eat? raise your hand.

meanwhile, as a public broadcaster in polarised times, its every commercial and editorial decision facesgenerational divide. people over the age of, is it 75? i think if they can afford it, then they can pay for it. i want to see something from the bbc in cutting back their wages bill. i want to see them make a contribution, as well as asking for an extra contribution from the over—75s. creative successes, structural reform and some progress on salaries are bought the bbc time. —— have brought. but if its most loyal decline to pay, those very high salaries might not last. the top story: england‘s team prepare to take on the united states for a place in the final of women‘s world cup. and coming up, i‘m at wimbledon where it has been a busy day for the brits and serena williams has started her bid for glory. 0n sports day, england recover from a terrible start in the women‘s ashes. indigenous people in the amazon rain forest fear their survival is being threatened, as more trees are cut down. they say brazil‘s new president is allowing deforestation in some of the 700 protected areas for

ruling bloc has won a majority of seats in the upper house elections according to public broadcaster but the coalition has fallen short of the 2 thirds majority needed to push ahead with our base proposal to change japan's pacifist constitution he wants to amend the restrictions on the military to bolster the country's defense capability turn out in the vote fell to less than 50 percent though for the 1st time since 1905. unthinkable market stability all this is what i've been appealing to the public about the results show that the public wanted to make it bodes boots on policies under a stable political both and to proceed on diplomacy to protect the state's interests around a 1000 firefighters are battling a wildfire sweeping across central portugal after bringing 2 other places under control police have arrested a man on suspicion of starting a fire in the coastal a bronco district where the fires began on saturday at least 20 people have been injured and an entire village evacuated meanwhile the united states continues to swelter in a heat wave stretching from the midwest to the

meanwhile, as a public broadcaster in polarised times, its every commercial and editorial decision facesn's generational divide. for people over the age of — is it 75, i think, if they can afford it, then they can pay for it. i want to see something from the bbc in cutting back their wages bill. i want to see them make a contribution, as well as asking for an extra contribution from the over—75s. the bbc‘s lifeblood is public love and affection. for all the changes it has made, these salary disclosures jeopardise that. amol rajan, bbc news. the two conservative leadership candidates have faced questions from party members in northern ireland, with brexit dominating the agenda. one of the most controversial parts of the withdrawal agreement is the so—called backstop, an insurance policy to avoid any new checks or controls on the irish border after brexit if a trade deal can't be agreed. it would mean the whole of the uk would continue to share customs arrangements with the eu, and northern ireland would remain in the eu's single market for goods, meaning no custom checks for goods crossin

base ruling bloc has won a majority of seats in the upper house elections according to the public broadcaster bought a coalition has fallen short of the 2 thirds majority needed to push ahead with a base proposal to change the pacifist constitution he wants to amend the restrictions on the military to bolster the country's defense capability turn out in the vote fell to less than 50 percent for the 1st time since 1905 among democrats to. us this is what i've been appealing to the public about the results show that the public want us to make advancements on policies under a stable political base and to proceed on diplomacy to protect the state's interests. has more from tokyo on the prime minister's reaction to the results. he thanked the people for supporting his political and diplomatic agenda so he understands that the people are supporting amending the course and constitution but many of the people actually supported him because they were looking for stability. but i missed that i've been a has been office for 6 on the half years and he is indeed he brought back stability to the political