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bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, and by contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. the u.s. defense secretary james mattis and the secretary of state mike pompeo faced a grilling on capitol hill today when they went up to brief senators on saudi arabia. a bipartisan caucus denounced what they deemed the administration's feeble response to the murder and dismemberment of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. they want the u.s. to stop supporting the saudi-led war in yemen. pompeo said the suffering there, quote, grieves him but it would be, quote, a hell of a lot worse if the u.s. weren't involved. republican senator bob corker says that he's skeptical of forcing the administration's hand but is nonetheless dissatisfied by its actions. so far. >> i think 80% of the people left the hearing this morning not feeling like an appropriate response has been forthcoming. >> yemen was already the poorest co

walter, the cheryl and philip millstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. the brit irk prime minister, theresa may, has leapt one hurdle only to face another. it is the story of brexit, the united kingdom's long road to leaving the european union, which is this country's most consequential decision since the second world war. the prime minister has won european approval of her deal. now she's about to launch a two-week tour of the land trying to convince people and parliamentarians to approve it, too. it faces criticism from all sides of the political spectrum. speaking in the house. commo -- of commons today, her agreement should be passed because it fulfills the promise of the 2016 referendum, which is to leave the eu. >> mr. speaker, this has been a long and complex negotiation. it has required give and take on both sides, and that is the nature of a negotiation, but this deal honors the result of the referendum while providing cl

bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy weston, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in new york. there were hugs and handshakes in pyongyang today, as the south korean president moon jae-in arrived there for his third summit with the north korean leader kim jong-un. the two koreas are pushing ahead with their pursuit of peace on the peninsula amidst mixed messages from washington. and facts on the ground that showed denuclearization talks rth korea is developing its t nuclear weapons program. across all fronts, from trade to nato to the middle east, american diplomacy under president trump is unpredictable to say the least. his leader to leader personal negotiating style seems to be leaving some of his own senior staff scrambling and even undermining the president's promises. veteran diplomat william burns says the hollowing out of u.s. leadership risks undermining the very institutions upon which the international ord

bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, and by contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. president trump is once again navigating a sensitive line between his own intelligence agencies and his main middle east ally, saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman over the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. he was killed in the kingdom's istanbul consulate more than a month ago. this is what the president said about all of this over the weekend. >> did mbs lie to you, sir? >> i don't know. who can really know? but i can say this. he's got many people now that say he had no knowledge. he told me he had nothing to do with it. he told me that i would say maybe five times at different points as recently as a few days ago. >> do you just live with it because you need him? >> well, will anybody really know? all right? will anybody really know? >> but the central intelligence agency says it knows, despite not hav

bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in new york. as the midterm races entering the final furlong, president trump plans to visit eight states to barnstorm for republican candidates while cranking up the tension with controversial and bombastic claims from deploying thousands of military forces to the southern border, he says to defend against a caravan from central america, to vowing a radical change to the u.s. constitution ending birthright citizenship. the rhetoric has resumed its polarizing and bitter nature despite the hate crimes across this nation. is that because trump's base demands this red meat? we are going do ask that very question and find out with the author of "wingnuts" and the former editor in chief of "the daily beast" and scott jennings, a former special assistant to president george w. bush. welcome to both of you. welcome to you, scott, and

seton melvin. judy and josh weston. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.hank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. leaders from washington to europe to istanbul are astonished that president trump's two-page statement defending saudi arabian crown prince mohammed bin salman after the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. the president decided not to take a stand on whether the crown prince ordered the murder. as he later explained on the white house lawn. >> the cia has looked at it. they've studied it a lot. they have nothing definitive. and the fact is maybe he did. maybe he didn't. if you look at iran, what they've done, they've been a bad actor. you look at what's happening in syria with assad, with hundreds of thousands of people killed. we are with saudi arabia. we're staying with saudi arabia. >> in fact, the cia does believe that despite the lack of a smoking gun, that kind of evidence, mohammed bin salman ordered khashoggi's death. condemnation of the president's stance started with members of his own pa

walter, sue and edgar walkenheim iii, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. there's no doubt that president trump considers his brand of personal diplomacy the way to neutralize even the most vexing of global challenges like, let's say, north korea's nuclear and missile program. but now comes open-source satellite imagery that reveals the extent of the country's secret missile bases, more than a dozen of them. these images were taken in march but analyzed and just released by a major american think tank. they're no secret to u.s. intelligence, but their being made public underscores the difficulty of even getting to the starting blocks of denuclearization. kim jong-un's right-hand man, kim yong-chol, who had come to the white house in june, was meant to talk again with secretary of state mike pompeo earlier this month but the meeting was abruptly canceled since the president told america there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. w

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seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. 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 nter in new york, megan thompson >> thompson: good evening and thank you for joining us. s pittsburgh, the first shabbat services were hece the mass shooting at the tree of life synagogue. exactly a week ago a gunn entered just as services were beginning, shot and killed 11 people and injured six others. from love ♪ a group of about 100 people gathered at a flower-filled memorial outside the synagogu this morning. former tree of life rabbi chuck seamond held a "healinice" and vigil. la night the nearby rodef shalom congregation welcomed members of the tree of life

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