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th>> sreenivasan: so what strategy there?,ing out how to pu you know, how to contain this? >> right now, the governmt the democratic republic of congo has the ministry of health is deploying teams in the region 0 who are working with the world health organization and other ngos who are there to try and set up treatment centers, to run theatment centers, to do contact tracing that allows teams to deploy vaccine. >> sreenivasan: all ht. nadia drake thanks so much for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> >> this is "pbs newshour weekend" >> this is "pbs newshour weekend," sunday. >> sreenivasan: federal investigators have recovera the flight dcorder of a chartered government plane that skidded off the runway and into a river in jacksonville, florida boiday night. all 143 people od were safely evacuated with some reported minor injuries. thhtchartered miami air flig was en route to florida's naval air station jacksonville from guantanamo bay in cuba. passengers reported heavy rain and a rocky landing before the plane slid io the sai

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. in venezuela today, the majority of military and security forces continued to back president nicolas maduro. meanwhile, u.s.-backed opposition leader juan guaido called again for the military to join him. president maduro visited a military base to rally support r his regime against opposition leader juan guaido. >> ( translated ): we say to the traitors, to the coup-making oligarchy, to imperialism, the slogan that marks this historical time. let it be heard even in washington: "loyal forever." >> ( translated ): never traitors! >> sreenivasan: in the call and response, soldiers chanted," never traitors." in a tweet today, guaido called on supporters to gather again peacefully, and there were some demonstrations today.al today, russian state news agencies said that foreign vrov will meety with venezuela's foreign minister tomorrow. will have more on this developing story coming up, after the news summary.ko soutan officials report that north korea launc

t fr tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. president trump's planvert billions of dollars from the defense department to fund construction of barriers and walls on the u.s.-mexico border is partially stalled aurer a federal ruling in northern california last night. u.s. district jue haywood gilliam jr. granted a preliminary injunction halting the redirection of milary funds to two projects that would add 51 miles of barriers iniz yuma, a and el paso, texas. gilliam is overseeing two s lawsuits filrtly after the president declared a national emergency at theorder. that followed a two-month standoff with congress and a n partial government shutder funding to build a barrier wall. in his ring, gilliam wrote that the issues raised in the cases are "not about whether the challenged border barrier construction plan is wise or unwise. instead, this case presents strictly legal questions regarding whether the proposed plan for funding border barrier construction exceeds the executive branch's lawful auth

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us.lo u.s. dts in kuwait and the united arab emirates relayed a warning today to commel airlines flying over the persian gulf about potential danger from iran. on thursday, the federal aviation adminisnoation issued a ce cautioning airlines that ebecause iran has long-ra missiles, there is "...an increasing inadvertent risk to u.s. civil aviation operations, due to the potential for miscalculation or sidentification." downplaying the possibility of an attack, iran's foreign minister repeatesofficial tatements today that his country is not seeking war. but, the commander of the iranian revolutionary guard said today that the two countries are already in a "full-fledged intelligence war." and in iraq, some exxon mobil employees, including americans, have begun evacuating an oil field operation in the province of basra, according to iraqi officials. exxon mobil would not confirm the report, but did say it is monitoring the situation in the region. on wednesday,

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ch from the tnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. athe united states and ir continuing their tense standoff nder the trump administration's economic sanctionsehran's threat of stepped up uranium enrichment. the u.s. isending the aircraft carrier "u.s.s. abraham lincoln" to the persian gulf and ditional b-52 bombers to counter what the trump administration calls "clear indications" of stilld unspecifreats from iran. sranian media quoted a senior commander of ira revolutionary guard today saying that the presence of u.src ft carriers in the persian gulf is not a threat but an opportunity and that "if the m americans makee we will hit them in the head."ec last nighttary of state mike pompeo said the u.s. is positioning military forces as a "deterrent." >> our aim is not war, our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership. we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want, and what they so richly deserve. >> sreenivasan: joining us nowas fromngton, d.c. for analysis of the growing tensi

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening anf than joining us. the trump administration is no longer considering plans to fly migrants detained at t.- mexico border to department of s homelaurity facilities in miami, detroit, and buffalo, or to tworedominantly democratic florida counties as was reported last week. acting secretary of homeland security kevin mcaleenan confirmed the decision this >> but do you acknowledge that there were officials from your own agency who said that this was indeed going to happen in florida-- >> u.s. customs-- >> and that cities, detroit, buffalo, and miami. >> and border protection did notify-- u.s. customs and border protection did notify officials locally in those areas that they were looking at the possibility of doing this. that's correct. >> okay.e and thties are also off the table now? >> correct. >> sreenivasan: on friday,go florida'rnor ron desantis sharply opposed plans to transfer migrants to broward and palm beach counties. while those plans are no longer being considered, mcaleenan

so, you put your life into math, and make it better. >> sreenivasan: i.d.s. was created by the california math project at u.c.l.a. the course satisfies college expectations for algebra. kyndall brown is the executive rector. >> if a student takes i.d.s. and is successful, you'll get credit for passing gebra 1 and algebra 2, and algebra 2 is a big stumbling block for a lot of students. >> i hated aebra 2. like, it was the worst class ever, to me >> sreenivasan: christopher edley says algebra 2 is more than a stumbling blo. he says the subject has become a civil rights issue. >> here's the civil ghts principle. if you have a policy that affects one group in a far different way-- more burdens, more obstacles-- than other groups, then you need to have a justification for chsing that policy. the arbitrariness of imposing an algebra 2 hurdle is dispportionately painful to poor kids, and to minority kids, the kids who are less likely to have had effective math instruction. >> sreenivasan: edley, the former dean of the university f california berkeley school of law,

>> sreenivasan: six-year-oldai xavier ochoa she wants to be batman when he grows up, but he aly. got the message of the >> i want to get money for college, so i can learmore things, so you can learn when you want to grow up. >> sreenivasan: for the pbs newshour, i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: it was yet another rocky day when it comes to the trade war between the u.s. and china. as we reported, the markets reacted strongly. chinese and trump administration officials are supposed to meet later this week to hammer out a trade agreement. but, getting a deal done looks even dicier than it did a week ago. over the weekend, the president unexpectedly threatened to raise more tariffs on chinese goods. this all fits right in line with president trump's approach to china. and that's the focus of tonight's "frontline." it's a joint investigation with npr. laura sullivan of npr is the yrrespondent. she will talk wiiche alcindor in a moment. but first, here is an excerpt about how the presid surprised the world with tariffs on china, after the two sides had already made some progress. ei

our average graduate has about $36,000. >> sreenivasan: born january 18r e ross was one of the first babies to benefit from the statewide program. kristin dressler is charlie's mom. >> it was something i wish my parents had done for me when i was a baby. it's a really good idea. >> sreenivasan: pennsylvania is betting that parents will be less likely to delay saving for college if accounts are automatically created at birth. >> there is a time when a child is born, you always remember for the sense of magic, and possibility. life quickly takes over, with all kinds of demands. we wanted to do something at that moment, when people areok g at their newborn, or their newly-adopted child, and they had the widest horizon, and the wist sense of those possibilities. >> sreenivasan: dressler took out a loan to pay for her first two years of college, and will take out more to com.ete her degr she wants an easier path for her son's education.th >> i'm hoping he doesn't have to worry abouenthat. >> sreivasan: but if the average debt load in nnsylvania for college graduates is $33,000, can $100 r

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and we're hoping that's what they pick up >> sreenivasan: for the pbs newshour, i'm hari sreenivasan in eureka, illinois. f: >> woodrexting and emailing technology has revolutionized the way we communicate. it has pertted us to be more efficient, to stay in touch easier, and has likely changed the dynacs of some of our most important relationships. but within that volution, what have we lost? tonight, poet willie perdomo, urges us to take up pen and paper because, in his "humble opinion," a letter exp more than just words. >> these ds, humans are growing lonelier by the gigabyte. hookup and social apps connect us before we actually meet. bullies thrive anonymously. google completes our sentences. it takes only three emojis to say "let's have a martini and redance; it's going to be" words have lost their intent, eir impact. the role of writing letters has become an almost extinct practice in our daily lives. the envelope in the mail is just a bill. i used to be a passionate letter writer. i wrote my letters by hand, so w my friene able to see my redactions and second thoughts. they we

o sreenivasan: martinez, was born in the u.s. to immigrant parents, says that his own overwhelmingly white. he hopes his background will resonate with elementary school students in fresno, california, where the districts' enrollment is 67% hispanic. >> i fl like some of the experiences they're going through, i'vseen myself, and i guess in a sense, i can kiot of provide r ear, or another person to rely on. >> sreenivasan: martinez may be right. cassandra herring heads an alliance that helps prepare teachers for diverse student classrooms. >> we know from research that having a teacher of color actually can move student achievement. it actually can help keep kids in school and persist to college. >> sreenivasan: according to the national center for education statisticsmore than half of all public school students in america are racial or ethnic minorities, and that number is only rising. rs the same time, 80% of their teacre white. experts in higher education are trying to fix that gap. >> we need to make sure that every single ed p

he said no. >> sreenivasan: eman and jess' act draws on wt they call their "inconvenient marriage." their comedy, based on their life as a jewish-palestinian couple, is finding new audiences, at the same time that the debate heats up in powashington over u.s. sup for israel. in recent months, president seump has engaged in a war of words with reprentative ilhan omar, one of the first muslim women in congress, over language republicans, and even some democrats, called anti-semitic. >> what do you think? >> i like it but i wish yellow stard. >> sreenivasan: after a quick stop at their local jewish deli and arabic gcery store, jess and eman say there's no debate. is it possible to be critical israel policy without being anti-semitic? >> of course. when you love something, it's fair to criticize it because you want to get better. you have high expectations. >> i love you and i criticize you. >> all the time, exactly. that's the perfect example. >> and look how much better you've gn.otte >> sreenivasan: one uniting issue for the muslim and jewish communities: hate crimes-- reported incid

hari sreenivasan has our report for our regular education segment, "making the grade." >> sreenivasan: it'snly a three-hour drive, but it might as well be a world away. these urban college students from chicago are trading skyscrapers for silos, as part of a university progra bring together rural and city students. the university of chicago and eureka college created the program, called bridging the divide, to address harsh political rhetoric that emerged after the 2016 elections between rural and urban communities. >> welcome everybody to eureka we're happy to have you here, and i'd like to tell you a little about our campus. >> sreenivasan: professor junius rodriguez is a history professor at eureka, a college in politically consvative central illinois. what is the divide about? >> we've forgotten how to communicate with one another, in so many respects. i think that one of the things about modern-day politics is, we make this assumption that anyone on the left believes a kind of rigid phosophy that's neve changing, and anyone on the right believes a rigid philosophy that's never e

for the pbs newshour, i'm hari sreenivasan in brooklyn, new york. >> woodruff: after last month'se stating fire at notre dame cathedral in paris, leading stonemasons offered a warning-- think carefully about reconstruction or risk substandard wo. special correspondent malcolm brabant visits a cathedral in the english city of york to see how the artisans there rebuilt after a fire in 1984. this report is part of our arts and culture series, canvas. >> reporter: like notre dame, york minster has dominatedr he landscape nturies. it has similar architectural characteristics and it offers the hope of recovery from the inferno. >> in july 1984, it was a very hot summernd in the early

es f captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, may 5: renewed israel-- gaza conflict disrupts hopes for cease-fire. the ebola outbreak in congo continues to taka toll, and in our signature segment joeat jackson cele a milestone anniversary. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> 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.

caioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for suay, may 12: rising tensions betweenanhe u.s. and in our signature segment: venezuelans find refuge and a community, in a small suburb of houston, texd a trip to the musical forest, where wood for the famed stradivarius instruments was sourced. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> 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 vagel and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america--

. ♪ captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, may 19: two new state laws the debate on abortion, the world's largest democracy wraps up a weeks long election and, in our signature segment, how colleges are finding ways to help the growinu er of student-parents next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> 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. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsorwnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition tr sunday, may 26: presid trump downplays missile launches. ae city of baltimore: und cyberattack from a tool built by the n.s.a. and in our signature segment: how phoenix arizona is conserving water for when the river runs dry. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernd 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. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided