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 juan, rossello called on prepa's board to terminate the deal and said he'll ask the governors of new york and florida to identify other vendors. whitefish is a

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 power for part of the day. but nate lacked the destructive power of this year's previous hurricanes. officials report no major damage or storm-related casualties.

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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 officials say this week's fast moving wildfires in the northern part of the state have killed at least 35 people, making them the deadliest in state history. the fires have destroyed close to 6,000 structures and forced the evacuation of 100,000 residents. today, more than 10,000 firefighters battled 16 large wildfires that have burned more than 214,000 acres of land. california wine country has sustained the worst property damage, especially in the napa valley and sonoma county, fires there are only 45% contained. "newshour we

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 dealing with in congress, but for the people out there that want to see something. >> sreenivasan: the republican plan proposes tax cuts of up to $6 trillion and

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 others were wounded. 1,200 mourners attended the service for johnson, a father of two children, with a third on the way. democratic congresswoman frederica wils

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 season, and it eventually assigned the task to a british former intelligence officer named christopher steele. that's all been known for months. now, we know who

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 evacuation orders, down from 100,000 yesterday. the fires have killed at least 40 people, making this the state's most lethal set of wildfires since modern reco

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. with the u.s. territory of puerto rico still struggling to recover from the catastrophe of hurricane maria, today president trump questioned the puerto rican people themselves, and singled out the mayor of san juan personally for blame. food and water shortages continue in puerto rico, ten days after maria made landfall. and, while more aid is finally reaching those who need it, the morning began with a series of tweets from president trump, taking on san juan mayor carmen yulin cruz. the early morning dispatches criticized puerto rican l

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% of gas stations are open and providing fuel. 11 major highways are cleared of debris and open. power has been restored to 59 hospitals today, fema director br

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