from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening thank you for joining us. president trump is ausing russia of violating a cold war era nuclear arms treaty and threatening to pull out of the 31-year-old agreement ahead of talks with the kremlin this week. >> russia has not, unfortunately, honored theag ement, so we're going to terminate the agreement. we're gointo pull out. >> sreenivasan: the "intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty" signed in 1987 by pres mikhail gorbachev of the former soviet union bars the two countries from possessing, producing or teschng ground la cruise missiles with a range of up to 3400 miles. nirussia's deputy foreign er sergey ryabkov called the u.s. pulling out of the treaty, "a very dangerous step." white house national security advisor john bolton is scheduled to m minister sergei lavrov and president vladimir putin in russia starting tomoow. saudi arabia's foreign minister admitted today that the killing in journalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulatstanbul was a "huge and grave mistake." speak

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. >> at least 11 people are dead arand six more wound afte a man walked into a synagogue near downtown pittsburgh and opene fire. he had an assault rifle and three handguns. >> it's a very horr ifng crime scene. >> it's a very horrific crime scene. it's one of the worst that i've seen. and i've been on some plane crashes. it's very bad." >> sreenivasan: the mass murderh happened atree of life synagogue in pittsburgh's squirrel hill neighborhood, where there were services underway including a bming ceremony. local news reporters on the scene said the gunman, identified as robert bowers, barricaded himself inside the synagogue before surreceering to poli for hours this morning residents sw the area were told to shelter in place a teams raced through the streets. police officials said there were no other suspects or explosive devices and gave the all clear once the gunman was captured. at an event this afternoon in indiana, president trump called the attack an

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening ann thank you for g us. the animosity and bitter arguments about the newest supreme court justice brett kavanaugh continued today, in washington and on the campaign trail. kavanaugh was sworn in as an associate justice at the supreme court yesterday evening. the senate confirmed his nomination just a few hours before by one of the narrowest, of margi-to-48, largely along a part cline vote. atpaign rally last night, president trump called on his supporters to vote for republicans in the ug midterm elections, and he characterized the democratic opposition to kavanaugh as "mob rule." >> youon't hand matches to an ou don't give power to an angry left-wing mob, and that's what they've become. >> sreenivasan: even though the confirmation is over, believings kavanaugh veis accuser is still a divisive issue. senator susan collins of maine reiterated her position that she saw no corroborating evidence.li >> i do not e that brett kavanaugh was her assailant. i do believe that she was assaulted.

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, an the government of saudi arabia now admits journalist jamal khasggi died in their consulate in istanbul turkey in a complete reversal of their original staments. saudi arabia's public prosecutor said 18 saudi natials were arrested, including the men who were present when khashoi died. but the new version of events-- that the "washington post" columnist was killed as the result of a "brawl" ortly after he arrived at the consulate-- is being widely questioned. german chancellor angela merkel said "still nothing has been clarifieut khashoggi's death, and "we demand to know what happened." members of congress from both parties also dismissed the saudi government's latest version of what happened. the ranking democrat on the u.s. house intelligence committee, adam schiff, tweeted that the claim was "not at all credible. if he was fighting with those sent to capture or kill him, it was for his life republican senator rand paul tweeted, "what they did was unacceptable, and i call on my co

thank you.om he tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. and thanks for joini this afternoon, amid protests from spectators in the senate gallery that repeatedly disrupted the vote, jud brett kavanaugh was confirmed as an associate justice of the united states supreme court by a vote of 508. >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in thel lery. ( shouting ) >> sreenivasan: the vote teame afhours of speeches throughout last night and today, and as protesters gathered all day at the capitol and at the supreme court. joining us now from the capitol rotunda with the latest is niels lesniewski, senior writer at "roll call" and c"q" news. niels you were at the rotunda. tell us what was going on as we were struggling to fige out what was going on, on the c-span cameras, because they don't cover the gallery. >> sure, it's going to be with you, hari. i was on the second floor of of the capitol just outside of the chamber when all of a sudden we heard, what you probably saw o those cameras which are operated by the senate recording st and

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from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. president trump and white house officials are denying reports that they are limiting the f.b.i. investigation of preme court nominee brett kavanaugh to certain allegations and witnesses. the president in a twe said," i want them to interview whoever they deem appropriate." mr. trump was responding to media reports that the whitect house inst the f.b.i. to investigate only the first two allegations from christine blasey ford and deborah ramirez, and not a claim from a third ther potential witnesses. democratic senator mazie hirono expressed doubt that the investigation will be thorough. >> to limit the f.b.i. as to the scope and who they're going to question, that- that really- i wanted to use the word farce, but that's not the kind of investigation that all of us are expecting the f.b.i. to conduct. >> sreenivasan: white house press secretary sarah sanders said the white house is not" micromanaging" the f.b.i. investigation and said the process is up to s

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. the death toll from hurricane michael continues to rise. the fast-moving storm killed at let 18 people as it crosse florida, georgia, north carolina and virginia. the category-four hurricane was the most powerful to ever hit the florida panhandle. rescue teams are still searching for survivors in the town of mexico beach, florida, where the y.rricane made landfall on wednes and there are reports that hundreds of people who stayed in their homes are still unaccounted for in areas without power or communication. utility companies are working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people across seven states. devika krishna kumar is a reporter with reuters. she joins us now viakype from tallahassee, florida. devika, you've been out there to the completely destroyed areas, at least the footage that we see. how confident are first responders that they've actually made it to all o those places to see if there are more victims or if tve cleared all the rubble

oa sreenivasan: daughtery took out a studentn in order to save money. she proved back home and for aed time lith her parents. she says many graduates who left maine need a financial incentive to return. in a lot of our friends want to come back the ma. they say, we saved up money, maybe we'll beable to return. there's a real stroke draw to come home, but they are not able to pull down the types of salaries that they can get in boston, new york, washington, d.c. >> what are you doing? >> sreenivasan: erica skiff took out $7000 to earna bachelor's degree in nursing from st. joseph's college. >> it'senverwhelming ou go through school. you don't think about it. then you graduate and it's like, oh, i have to pay all this back now. yeah, it's definitely overwhelming each month. can you smile? >> sreenivasan: this summer she and her husband elias had gheir first child. erica wae an four-week maternity leave from her nursing job at 66% of her normal pay. at 33%, that's a significant ces. in the finan >> sreenivasan: using the educational tax credit, erica recei

hari sreenivasan has the story for our ongoing series, "rethinking college", and our feature for this week's, "making the grade." >> headquarters a to veadquarters b, request a radio check, or. >> sreenivasan: after four years munication specialist in the army, kierra howard has decided she wants to go to college. >> i'm in the army, at i also wantormal education, too. >> sreenivasan: howard believes a degree can help advance her litary career. >> i decided to take baby steps, and get my associates, and then move onto bachelors. >> sreenivasan: when she looked around to find a college last spring, she got lucky. based at fort caon in colorado springs, howard enrolled at nearby pikes peak community college. the campus is surrounded by military bases. academic advisors here look for ways to translate military service to academic credits. paul dececco is the director of military and veterans programs at pikes peak. so how do you evaluate how to get credit for those life experiences that they've had? >> the military issues a joint services transcript. and on there, it lists out the educat

scholar. >> sreenivasan: in newark, for the pbs newshour, i'm hari sreenivasan. >> nawaz: on our bookshelf tonight, author and presidential historian michael beschloss sat down with judy woodruff re to discuss his latest book, "presidents of war." >> woodruff: micelel beschloss,me. the book is "presidents of war: the epic story of 18 07 to modern times." we know it's presidents of war and not at war. there is a reason for that. >> there is, because a lot ofs this presidents deciding to go to war and not always the way you think. ortry to tell this stin a new way from beginning to end, esd there are a lot of tim when presidents got us into wars that were not necessary and were based on false reasons, for instance, james polk contrived an attack by the mexicans against us mainly because he wanted a big war against mention doe expand the country to the pacific, or william mckinley in the 1890s, the american ship "the maine" was sunk off havana. we went into a big war against spain. turns out it was a boiler accident, not thanish. >> woodruff: why is the decision to go to war so important to y

. >> sreenivasan: 7:00 a.m. is early for any college student, and these honors students have decided to take on a complicated topic: what it means to be a man of character. >> real men of character are not afraid to share what they've been through. >> the test of a man, is the fight that he makes, the grit that he daily shows, the way h thstands upon his feet, and takes life's numerous bumps and blow >> sreenivasan: the students are part of a new scholars program at rutgers university in newark, called honors living learning community, or h.l.l.c. pressor timothy eatman is their dean. >> a man when driven against ths wall stands erect and head held high is the man who will win.an >> sreenivhonors programs are popping up all over the country. it's a way for cleges to attract top talent. but rutgers in newark is trying something different. it's not just great grades and test scores that get a stude into the program, it's actually their passion for social justice. >> sreenivasan: the application. process for h.c. i

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. pressure from the international community is mounting for an investigation into the alleged assassination of "washington post" writer jamal khashoggi, who disappeared earlier this month at the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul. britain, france, and germany issued a joint statement calling for a "credible investigation to establish happened."bout what turkish officials say they have eauvidence that agents killed and dismembered jamal khashoggi on the day he went missing, but the saudi kingdom has called the allegations" baseless," and denies any involvement in his disappearance. esident trump threatened" severe punishment" if there is evidence the saudis kikhed hoggi, but he declined to be specific. today, republican senator marco rubio suggested that a multi-billion dollar arms deal could be used as leverage against the saudi government. >> when you sell arms to saudi arabia, it gives you leverage over them, because they need replacement parts, they ne

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>> sreenivasan: this summer she and her husband elias d their first child. erica was give an four-week maternity leave from her nursng job at 66% of her normal pay. at 33%, that' a significant g nt in the finances. >> sreenivasan: use reucational tax credit, erica ived $4,500 a year. >> that credit allows us a little more wiggle room than we normally have. i'm able to stay home without feeling the burden so much of not having the pay that i normally would have at work. >> it's aissue in maine like it is across the country. >> sreenivan: nate wiles markets the tax credit for a campaign called "live and work in maine." we walked through downtn portland as he explained how important a pecondary degree can be to employers. >> the commitment maine has made to those with a higher education says a dollar is a dollar, but i student de recognition you've invested in yourself, you've given yourself skills er two, fou six, eight, plus years that you didn't have before and now adds value to you in the workprelace. >>ivasan: the credit is also an attempt by maine to upsc

ie sreenivasan: danny de leon is a pell grant rec and a first-generation college student majoring inngineering. before he was allowed to register for classes, he was flagged by analytics. a hold was placed on his account until he went in for advising. >> many students don't necessarily have suppohome that some students do. so we just put that hold on,n, have them comeo they meet us. >> sreenivasan: joanna sanabria l danny de leon's advisor. >> by placing a hoe we did with danny his freshman fall, he came in, introduced myself, kind of told him my role, and yes i'll help you pick classes, yes i'll help you make sure you're graduating in four years. >> when i went to go see her, she took o the hold, but she also told me the courses i could take. she told me when i could take them. so she kind of gave me a little plan to get my degree. >> sreenivasan: now a senior, de leon credits sanabria for keeping him on-track to earn a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. the university plans to use the state's performance award to continue to improve, at the overall graduation rate, which still

from the tisch wnet studios at eri sreenivasan.new york, >> sreenivasan: goning and thank you for joining us. on the day after the oeadliest attathe jewish community in u.s. history, somber

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her boyfriend's crimes, cindy shank and her brother, the filmmaker rudy valdez, talk to our hari sreenivasan about the compulsory sentence that tore their family apart. >>> uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour & co." when bea tollman founded a collection of boutique hotels, she had bigger dreams, and those dreams were on the water -- a river, specifically -- multiple rivers that would one day be home to uniworld river cruises and their floating boutique hotels. today that dream sets sail in europe, asia, india, egypt, and more. bookings available through your travel agent. for more information, visit uniworld.com. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. turkish officials have now entered and searched the saudi consul's home. while "the new york times" is revealing details of a grisly audio tape that purports to confirm jamal

plus, our hari sreenivasan speaks to. reddit co-founder alex ohanian. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. the first monday in october every year is the start of a new term for the united states supreme court. republicans in congress had hoped to see brett kavanaugh long confirmed by now and sitting on the bench. but, as they say, even the best laid plans can go awry. after dramatic testimony from kavanaugh and his accuser last week and an even more dramatic display of people power against a key senator, the fbi has now begun a limited investigation of accusations against kavanaugh. here are the two sexual assault survivors, ana maria archila and maria gallagher, confronting republican jeff flake after he said he would vote for kavanaugh. >> what you are doing is allowing someone who actually violated a woman to sit on the supreme court. this is not tolerable. >> and now flake has said this did affect his decision to call for more investigation. >> i just knew that we couldn't move forw

hari sreenivasan reporting live from new york. thankshari. we now turn to two guests with extensive experience dealing eswith security-related is juliette kayyem served in the department of homeland security during the obama administration s focused on domestic an international terrorism throughout her career. she's now a lecturer at harvardi univ's kennedy school of government.s joseph funk member of the u.s. secret service for 21 years, where hprserved on the ection details of former presidents george h.w. bush and bill clinton. he's now the senior vice president of torch-stone global, a security advisory firm.d welcome both of you to the program. joseph funk, to you first, what do you make of this? can you compare what's happened today up and down the east coast to anything else you've seen in your career? >> well, judy, good evening. it's a pleasure to be here. the eventsf today, i cannot remember of any concerted effort, in my experience, other than some of the bombing campaigns that have happened in new york in thearly 1900s, the weathe

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, september 30: president trump hits the campaign trail as the f.b.i. probe into his supreme court nominee is underway. facebook and the private information that users have no control over. and in our signature segment: the clock is ticking on work visas for spouses of h-1b visa holders. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: rnard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii.ch thyl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. g. barbara hope zuckerb corporate funding is provid

our hari sreenivasan talks to rock climber alex honnold and the documentary filmmakers behind the remarkable new work, "free solo." >>> uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour and company." when they founded a collection of boutique hotels, they had bigger dreams. those dreams were on the water. a river, specifically. multiple rivers. they would one day be home to uniworld river cruises and their floating boutique hotel. today, that dream sets sail in europe, asia, india, egypt, and more. bookings available through your travel agent. for more information, uniworld.com. >> additional support has been provided by -- rosalyn p. walter. bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar walkenheim iii. the sheryl and phillip minstein family. and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. washington is awash with bitter partisanship, as we know, from the confirmation of justice brett kavanaugh to the supreme court to the combative campaigns for november's midterm elections. congress has seen scandal, diatrib

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, october 28: grief and prayers in pittsburgh after the deadly rampage at a jewish synagogue. the catastrophic human cost of the ongoing war in yemen. and in our signature segment: third world poverty in a first world country. next on pbs newshour w. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. baara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided

sreenivasan talks to strategist frank lunh. >>> uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour and company." she had bigger dreams and those dreams were on the water. >> the river specifically. multiple rivers. >> would one day be home to uniworld river cruises and floating and peak hotels. today, that dream sets sail in europe, asia, india, egypt and more, bookings able through your travel agent. for more information, visit uniworld.com. additional support provided by rosalind p. walter. roslyn schwartz. the philip milstein family. judy and josh weston, by contributions from your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour from new york. america has suffered hate filled violence, attack on african-americans at a kentucky supermarket. political with a pipe bomb mailings to cnn. and religious inside a pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 worshippers. american jews are reeling from a resurgence of anti-semitism in this country the one they felt the most safe in where a mass murderer is saying he wants all jews to die seems like a r

kohl valley and the new world order connects the dots on decades of development and he tells harry sreenivasan that ai is at the heart a story about what makes us human. >> you worked in artificial intelligence for a long time. you talked about a nirks different phases. you've got the internet phase in business, you call it the eyes and ears and the hands and feet. explain that evolution. >> sure, today we're surrounded by internet ai. that is ai being used within the amazon, google, facebook. this is how they've become so valuable because they take the data we provide and our actions and use that to maximize their revenue. or user benefit. so banks, insurances, hospitals so on will have data in their domains and they can use it to make better decisions about credit card law, about allegation and so on but these are phase one, phase two, both based on existing or big data being generated. the third phase is when the ai has eyes and ears and they can see and here so amazon go, amazon echo are examples of that but that will be everywhere as devices become cheaper and sensors are embedded everywh

f her boyfriend's crimes, cindy shank and her brother, the r filmmady valdez, talk to our hari sreenivasan about the compulsory sentence that tore