[laughter]before we go, sharon rockefeller, the president of weta and a champion of this program waswarded the national medal of the arts at the white house. >> she helped establish weta aws one of the preeminentublic broadcast networks in the nation producing pbs newshour and "washington week" among other programs and now i'll start getting new publicity. could yas p start working on that sharon. robert: we will keep reporting. i'm robert costa. good night. ♪ >> corporate fding for "washington week" is provide by -- additional funding isby provide -- ku and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, crit commit -- committed to bridng culturalifferences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting and by station from viewers like you. thank yo [birds chirping] [theme music playing] narrator: after weeks of tackling tempering... oh, jeez! narrator: panicking over petit fours and fighting filo... christine: i am defeating filo. narrator: those left were back in the tent to face more grueling challenges. glenn: i might as well be doing this entire challenge like this beca

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. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteool of jonalism at arizona state university. judy: another day, another new handful of revelations filling in our understanding of how president trump's associates and his administration have interacted with ukraine. what was rudy giuliani doing in that country? what did the president know about the government whistleblower complaint and when did he know it? we will walk through a day of developments withhe yam al cindor. much to follow as always. we learned more about giuliani's involveme's in ukraine. yamiche: the key thing is, people say you need to follow the money and in this case, the washingt post and new york times say they follow giuliani's money to show he was trying to negotiate a lucrativconsulting deal with the government of ukraine while he was at the same ti urging the toprosecutor there to look into joe biden and hunter biden. we know through documents, giuliani was negotiating up to $200,000 to be paid by the ukrainian government to do work that would have been him loo

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and cronkite school of journalism at state university. judy: as the impeachment inquiry into president trump will go public. comes as they relennouncement transcript of a closed door deposition that sheds new light on the hearte impeachment inquiry, why u.s. military aid to ukraine was withheld. here's nick schifrin. nick: judy, house democrats today released the testimony of bill taylor. he is the acting ambassador in ukraine, appointed by secretaryo of state mikeo. he was already ambassador to ukraine back in 2006-2009, appointed by president george w. bush. he's's served under both part administrations since the mid 1980's, and he is also a west point grad and vietnam vet. his testimony has been one of the most important for democrats, who say it providesre the cl explanation for what president trump and his allies were demanding, before ukraine could receive nearly $400 million of military assistance. and i turn now to the dynamic duo of lisa sjardins and yamiche alcindor. welcome. lisa, let's start with you. what ha

she helped establish weta as one of the reime-- preeminent stations, and washington week among otherd now maybe i'll start getting good publicity on those, sharon. could you please start working on that, sharon? [laughter] >> they tend to be on the other side of things a little bit. i think now i have a better chance. sharon, as you receive the national medal of arts, we thank you for enriching the lives of millions. great job you've done, sharon. [applaus [applause] >> incredible job. another friend of mine, author james patterson, is one of the most prolific fictional writers of all time. james has authored or co-authored 277 books and more than 400 million copies worldwide and i always tell james, i don't talk about the books i've done when in his presence because he's outdone me by a lot. a lot more than me. i guess more than anyone except one, the bible has you by a little bit, right? but james, most prolific and highly, highly talented. 218 titles earned a spot on the new york times best seller list and 95 have been ranked number one. from alex cross to invisible, james has ent

she helped establish weta as one of the preeminent public broadcasting networks in the nation, producingn week among other program and now maybe i'll start getting some good publicity on those particular ones can you please start working on that, sharon? they tend to be on the other side of things a little bit. i think now i have a better chance. sharon as you receive the national medal of arts, we thank you for enriching the lives of millions, and i want to thank you very much for being here, sharon. great job you've done. thank you. [ applause ] another friend of mine, author james patterson is one of the most prolific and talented fiction writers of all time. james has authored or co-authored 277 books and sold more than 400 million copies worldwide and i always tell james that i don't talk about the books that i've done when i'm in his presence because he's outdone me, you've sold more than me. the bible has you by a little bit, right? but james is the most prolific and highly, highly talented. 218 of his titles have earned a spot on "the new york times" best-seller list and 95 of th

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. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteaf journalismt arizona state university. >> the stage is set on capitol hill for the second week of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry tnto presidenmp. and as white house correspondene rts, there is word today he may testify on his own behalf. >> on cbs's face the natio sunday, house speaker nancy pelosi invited president trump to testify. >> if he has information that is taking away culpa, blame, we look forward to seeing it. the president could come before the committee and speak all the truth, if he wants to take the oath of office, or he could do it in writing. reporter: today trump responded on twitter. he said, i like the idea and will stronglyonsider it. president trump is accused of with holding almost400 million if military aid fm ukraine in exchange for probes into his political opponents over the weekend, republicans continued to defend the prdaident. jim j of ohio, who sits on the house intelligence committee, said democrats don'te case because ukraine never followe

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. ♪ >> tews is "pbsour" from weta studios in washington and in the west, from the walter cronkite schoolnalism. >> just how far did the president's personyer go to under fine -- to undermine america's normal channels with ukraine? that was one of the major focuses last month when officials interviewed george ke. the full 3 page transcript of his testimony is public today. the sixth such tralecript to be ed this week. nick schifrin is with us to break it down. who is george kent and what d he say of significant? nick: george kent is a career diplomat and he is currently the deputy secretary of state for ndeuropeanurasian bureau which makes him in charge of ukraine policy. since he joined the state department in 1990 two he has servedti both democand republican administrations. here are the takeaways -- he was explicit about calling out rudy giuliani. whate said was that rudy giuliani's campaign was full of lies against the former. u ambassador to ukraine and he expressed concerns about hunter biden who was on board in a tory us company. -- who was onoa a notoriouslyorrupt ukrainian compan

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from weta studios in washington, and in the west, from walter cronkiteof journalism. judy: as we reported earlier, hthis weekend marks the 3 anniversary of one of the most important historic events of the 20th century. the tearing down of the berlin wall. the east german ctatorship collapsed and shortly afterwards so did other totalitarianac regimess the former soviet bloc. as theall fell, so then did the iron curtain. but as special correspondent malcolm brabant reports from politically re-unified, but in many ways, it's still divided. malcolm: 30 years after its demise, just a few hundred yards of the berlin wall remain as a reminder. >>wa the berlin walnot only a separation between the city have, it was a separation of europe. >> it represented the dictatorship. it made east germany, the so-called german democratic p republic, a huson. malcolm: nearly 2000 peopleere lled as they tried to breach the wall. erected in 1961 by the soviet led eastern block to protect their ideology. alexandra hildebrand runt the check poarlie museum, which honor the courag

. >> this is pbs newshour west, from weta studios in washington and from the walter cronkite school ofat arizona ate university. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy] ♪ >> pati narrates: el fuerte's one of mexico's magical town much of that can be attributed to the majesty of the city's ancient architecture whi dates l of the first conquistadors to the region. once an important stop on the trade route from the cific ocean in north america, el fuerte is named for this fort built by those earlconquistadors! this is not my first time here. years ago, a family vacation on the chepe express, a passurger train carrying ists to mexico's copperl anyon stped in eerte. and this, the posada hotel, was the highlight. toda a i'm retracing my s getting a walking tour packed with flavor. at the posada hotel, the house specialty.

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studentsn washington and from the walterit cro school of journalismjudy: the p-democracy protests in hong kong have entered a new and more violent phase this week with the shooting a protestor by police. the burning of a supporter by the gernment beijing, and the death of an elderly man struck in theead. also this week, universities' campuses became the site of clashes between riot police and protestors, exacerbating public "newshour" special correspondent has this report from hong kong. [chanting] >>his has been the scene every lunch time since the week began, inn area considered to be hong kong's wall street. many office workers have joined e protest movement wch has ipped the city for nearly six months. d once they leave, riot police take over, clearing strategically placed o bricksn the road, trying to give the commercial heart of the city back to business. an uneasy calm on friday capsf one of the most violent weeks since the protest movement began i june, prompting china's leader, jinping xi, to comment on the unrest for the first time, taying c

. >> brown: and among the honorees rockefeller, president of weta, w.'shington, dpublic television and radio station, and home to thhour. she was recognized for her work and philanthro in the arts. >> sharon rockefeller has been a irong advocate for the ar public broadcasting. she's currently chairman for the board of trustees fo national gallery of art and has helped the institution acquire some of the best works of beauty, better than anywhere in the world. >> brown: the finaarts medal went to the musicians of the u.s. military. best-selling author james patterson, a champion for literacy and books. chef patrick o'connell. texas philanthropist teresa lozano long, and the claremont institute, a conservative think tank. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for t. i'm judy woodruff. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thanyou and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing suort of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporatioadfor public