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 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.

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 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. a day after white nationalist protesters and counter- protesters clashed violently in charlottesville, virginia, the city is starting to pick up the pieces. today, mourners gathered at a makeshift memorial where an intentional car crash took the life of a woman. it is now being labeled an act of terrorism. friends say the victim stood up to bigotry. "newshour weekend's" megan thompson has more. >> reporter: a 20-year-old ohio man is charged with murder for plowing his car into a crowd of people protesting the white nationalist rally in charlottesville, virgi

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. thanks for joining us. the fallout continues over president trump's shifting remarks on last saturday's white nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia. of 52 republican u.s. senators, only one-- south carolina's tim scott-- appeared on any of the sunday morning news shows today, and his comments on the president were far from laudatory. >> this nation responds to moral authority, when we believe that our president has the entire nation's best interests at heart. his comments on tuesday that erased his positive comments on monday started to compromise that mo

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 mayor of houston had a message for his constituents in the nation's fourth largest city today-- please, stay off the roads. the warning came as hurricane harvey-- still classified as a tropical storm-- dumped torrential rainfall on the texas coast along the gulf of mexico. two days after making landfall as a category four hurricane friday night, harvey has weakened, but with little relief for millions of texans. at least five deaths are blamed on the storm. an estimated 300,000 texans are without power today. parts of southeast texas

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. at least one person is dead and several are injured tonight after protests and counter- protests turned violent in charlottesville, virgina. virginia governor terry mcauliffe declared a state of emergency. hundreds of white nationalists and alt-right activists clashed in the streets with counter- protesters and police. mcauliffe said the declaration would facilitate the state's response, which included calling out virginia national guard soldiers. newshour producer p.j. tobia has been covering today's demonstrations and has more. >> repo

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. once-mighty hurricane harvey is weakening, and drifting slowly but dangerously over land. forecasters warn the storm is still capable of generating" catastrophic" flooding as far as 100 miles inland. after making landfall overnight, harvey was downgraded today from a category 4 hurricane, with 130-mile-an-hour winds, to tropical storm status-- still with very severe 75-mile-an-hour winds. harvey came ashore about 30 miles northeast of corpus christi, as the strongest hurricane to hit texas in almost 60 years. harvey has already dumped 20

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. provided by:pport has been 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, thanks for joining us. a historic, dangerous heat wave is gripping much of southern europe, setting record triple- digit highs this week and is expected to continue into next week. at least two deaths are blamed on the heat wave meteorologists have nicknamed "lucifer." the european weather service issued its highest "red alert" heat warning to at least nine countries, including italy, many of the balkan countries and southern poland. weather officials in spain predicted temperatures there could hit a scorching 111 degrees today. the extreme heat has intensified wildfires and cr

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. one week after the violent white nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia, a self-described "free speech" rally today in boston organized by conservative activists was eclipsed by thousands of counter-protesters. hours before the rally in the massachusetts capital was to start, an estimated 15,000 counter-protesters marched peacefully through downtown boston. in sharp contrast with charlottesville, today's events in and ner the historic boston common were largely peaceful. more than 500 police officers were on hand, some undercover,

rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provi

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. north korea's only ally, china, lectured its neighbor in no uncertain terms today to stop its missile and nuclear tests. the stern warning came a day after the united nations security council imposed tough new economic sanctions choking off about a third of north korea's exports. but at a regional summit of 27 foreign ministers in manila, chinese foreign minister wang yi said he told his north korean counterpart to remain calm, that more tests would only inflame the crisis. wang called for the quick resumption of six-party talks, includi