. >>> in our signature segment, broadway's most celebrated living composer and lyricist, stephen sondheim. >> i can't imagine anybody approaching every single new project without doubt. in fact, i fink if you do it is probably not going to turn out that well. >> and, from bogota columbia to columbia south carolina, caring for the homeless next, on pbs newshour weekend >>> made possible by judy and josh westin, the wallace family. the cheryl and philip millstein family, rauz ln p. walter. corporate funding provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that is why we are your retirement company. additional support provided by -- and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. this is pbs news hour weekend. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us on this first sunday of our new broadcast. i'm hari sreenivasan. the president of syria, bashar-al-assad, said he is readying his nation for an attack by the united states and plans to retaliate if there is one. assad made his c

. >>> in our signature segment, broadway's most celebrated living composer and lyricist, stephen sondheim>> i can't imagine anybody approaching every single new project without doubt. in fact, i fink if you do it is probably not going to turn out that well. >> and, from bogota columbia to columbia south carolina, caring for the homeless next, on pbs newshour weekend >>> made possible by judy and josh westin, the wallace family. the

will talk with two of our correspondents about upcoming stories: one, a profile of composer stephen sondheime other on gas exploration off the coast of israel. the hangout starts at 11 a.m. eastern time. find the instructions on our homepage. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> brown: gone our honor role of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here in silence are seven more. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. but before we go, we mark a milestone and look ahead to the future. 30 years ago today, the newshour debuted as a one-hour program with robert macneil and jim lehrer, along with yours truly as chief washington correspondent. and this weekend, we branch out again with saturday and sunday editions. pbs newshour weekend premieres this saturday, september 7. join hari sreenivasan for a 30- minute look at the top news stories with the same in-depth, independent coverage you've come to expect from the newshour. that's pbs newshour weekend, premi