>> sreenivasan: ( laughs ) >> and by...by capsule rds, our astronaut tea will tell you this is a... quite a roomy spacecraft. >> sreenivasan: ( laughs ) this is roomy? >> ts is roomy! you also have to remember, in space, everything is a floor, everything is a ceili. so, you can sleep on the walls, you can walk on the ceiling. >> sreenivasan : ( laughs) the orion is built by aerosce company lockheed martin, and it's designed to support a crew for weeks at a time.ou >> snakeway in like this. >> sreenivasan: okay. and unlike the spacecrafts used ssions, it'so mi flexible for astronauts of all sizes. oh, wow! >> these seats, this cockpit's designed for what we call a 5% female, a very small man; to a 95th percentile male, a very large man. >> sreenivasan: the orion capsule is a key part of nasa's artemis program, named after the twin sister of the greek god apollo. artemis will be a sequence of missions starting with a flight with no crew in 2020, a flight with a crew in 2022 that will orbit the moon, and then a 2024 mission th

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. another major earthquake struck southern california last night, th one registering 7.1. it was 11 times more powerful than the 6.4 earthquake on theu foth of july. >> oh my god! >> sreenivasan: the epicenter of this earthqujae was in the desert near the city of ridgecrest, not far from the center of thursday's earthquake. seismologists say the two were along the same fault. as aip result, there were mu small fires and power outages last night, but today, the kern county fire chief said there were no major injuries or fatalities reported. the shaking could be felt as far away as las vegas, where the n.b.a. cancelled summer basketball mes in progress. los angeles, people sought shelter as light fixtures swayed overhead. others described the sensation of driving when the quake hit. >> and it just started, felt like you're in the sea. you can't ctrol the car. i hit the curb. the cable lines started going. >> sreenivasan: california governor gavin newsom has dec

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from the tisch wnet studios at wlincoln center in rk, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. barry brought its heavy rain to veuisiana today as it move slowly out of the gulf of mexico and on land, briefly becoming a hurricane before turning back into a tropical storm. the storm's winds reached 75 miles an hour, making it a catery one and the first named hurricane of 2019. it was downgraded to a tropical storm within hours, as its wind speeds dropped after making landfall west of new orleans. but, it was the rain, not the wind speeds, that caused evacuations and preparations for days of possible flooding. water flowedver the tops of some levees, but as of the afternoon, no levee breaches have been reported. this afternoon, officials said the mississippi river is now predicted to peak at 17.1 feet on monday, below the 20-foot levee height. but, governor john bel edwards continued to warn residents to stay home or go to shelters, telling them the first hours are "just the beginning." forecasts show as much as 25 inches of rain from barry could bring l

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, july 21: heat emergencies continue along the east coast amidecord high temperatures; heightened tensio ons over iran's seizu a british tanker; and documenting the plight of marginalized americans. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made sible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. e cheryl and philip milstein family. 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 procts. that's why we're your retirement company. ditional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thanu.k from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. ivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the heat wave sweeping much of the central easteru.s. is near over. a cold front is forecast to bring rain and lower teiteratures and humidity a m

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. president trump took a history- making step onto north korean territory today and announced that talks to end the isolated, dictator-led, communist country's nuclear program would resume without any concessions from north korea. mr. p was the first sitting u.s. president to cross the demilitarized zone marking the border between north and south korea. >> ( translated ): good to see you again. >> sreenivasan: through an interpreter, north korea's leader kim jong un greeted mr. trumed saying, "i never expect to meet you at this place." ( cameras clicking ) then, the two leaders shook hands again on the north korean side of the border and walked the few steps back to south korea. >> sreenivasan: photographers and security officials jostled at what appeared to hastily arranged event. ( yelling ) the president continued to claim the meeting was something he thought of just this weekend when he tweeted an invitation to kim, but t were news reports that it was unde

for the pbs newshour, i'm hari sreenivasan in new york. >> woodruff: the u.s. womes national soccer team is returning to the world cupinal for the third straight time, after winning a nail biter today against england. it was close from the outset, as both teams scored early. team u.s.a. scored first, with a wgoal from kristen press,ho played instead of co-captain megan rapinoe. england retaliated soon after. then, the u.s.'s oth co-captain, alex morgan, scored the se snd goal. in tecond half, england appeared to tie the match, but the goal was taken back on a penalty call. england had one more shot to tie it on a penalty kick. it was steph houghton against the naeher.goalie alissa >> woodruff: on sunday, the u.s. will defend its world cup title against the winner of the netherlands-swed match. briana scurry knows sonnthing about g saves. she was the starting goalkeeper for thu.s. women's nation soccer team in the '90s, and was a two-time olympic gold medalist. she was the goalie for the 1999 world cup champions. briana scurry, welcome back to the "newshour". >>

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som the tisch wndios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. the it ranian governmnounced today that it will enrich uranium past levels agreed under the 2015 nuclear deal. they say international inspectors will have def proof of this tomorrow, and the country expects to continue going st limits every 60 days until they receive relief from economic sanctions. uranium can be enriched for clear power, or with far more refinement, for nuclear weapons. the united states withdrew from the nuclear deal a year ago, but has exerted pressure on other signatories to not buy oil from iran which has had severe effects on the country's economy. iran says these recent moves are reversible. >> ( translated ): our negotiations are with the four plus one. if america wants to attend the talks we think it is possible provided that it lifts its sanctions. >> sreenivasan: u.s. secretary of statee mmpeo tweeted a response this afternoon saying that, "iran's latest expansion of its nuclear program will lead to further isolation and sanions...

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and currently, the system's not fair f them. >> sreenivasan: the "integrate n.y.c." students want to see ay diversan that goes well beyond the specialized high schools, and addresses the more thangh schools with tests and other requirements. >> there's other schools that have screens, or also inrviews and auditions.h and even thoug's called "school choice," oftentimes the school actually chooses you. >> sreenivasan: for now, nothing about that system has changed. new york city students will still need to take the shsat test to get into the specialized high schools. propos eliminate the test has not reached the floor in either the state assembly or senate for a vote. in the meantime, the mayor and chancellor have expanded a diversity initiative known as "discovery program" to about 13e of thealized high school population. the program admits students froa asadvantagegrounds attend high poverty schoo scored just below the cutoff score on the shsat. they plan to expand the program 20% of seats at each specialized high school by next year. orr the pbs newshour, i'm hari s

thanks for joinin ♪ captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, june 30. an historic gesture on north korean soil. the corporate popularity of pride month. and re growing number of incarcerated women. 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. svage the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding isrovided

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, july 28: the trump administration pushes ahead on a new asyluement with guatemala. in our signature segment: what'v causing macrop fires in iraq? and what we need to know about our robot future. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz.an suedgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip mi.tein fami the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter, in memory of george o'neil. barbara hope zuckerberg.

. >> captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, july 21: heat emergencies continue along the east coast amidecord high temperatures; heightened tensio ons over iran's seizu a british tanker; and documenting the plight of marginalized americans. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made sible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. e cheryl and philip milstein family. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corpor

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on thiedition for sunday, july 7: new threats to nuclearsm in france. and rswhy the owf a famous utah restaurant are stepping up to protect a national monument. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekenis made ssible 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. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. cora

but it's only in the talking stage right now, so we'll see what happens >> let's bring in syria sreenivasan joins us to talk about this should they be worried >> i think the facebook folks should be worried. because there's so much buildup of resentment, questions, concerns about this. and because facebook has other issues in the media right now, this is just adding to it and making it more complicated >> what do you think their next move is going to be? >> i think that they have to show that they are not the only player in this you know, there are going to be a hundred other partners, and that they are in control of the various issues that have come up >> sri, there's been so much bashing, so let me just play devil's advocate here. should we be more worried if facebook wasn't the one doing this we talk about how big of a network it has, but you look at china's ten cent and we chat they also have $1 billion users. and so, some say that this could usher in a new era of banking. what's the downside, if facebook or an american company doesn't do this? >> the fact is if they don't, someone else

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