william: good evening. i'm william brangham. geoff bennett and amna nawaz are away. on the "newshour" tonight, the house ethics committee report on former congressman matt gaetz - president elect trump's first pick for attorney general - reveals alleged rampant illegal sexual misconduct and drug use. president biden commutes the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row to life without parole, just weeks before trump is set to take office. and, china's foreign adoption ban leaves hundreds of children and families in limbo, and brings into focus the effects of china's long time policies. >> i still struggle with a lot of aspects of my adoption and the grief and the trauma that comes with being separated from your birth country, from your birth family. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and , friends of the "news hour" including leonard and the judy and peter blum kovler foundation. the william and flora hewlett foundation promoting a better world at hewlett.org. and w

♪ william: good evening. i'm william brangham. amna nawaz and geoff bennett are away.n the "newshour" tonight. early reports surrounding the azerbeijani plane crash suggest russia's anti aircraft system might have downed the plane. how the assad regime in syria benefitted from producing, selling and exporting a widely used party drug. >> he's traded away our souls for money. and then he slaughtered us using the weapons he bought with our own money too. william: and, a new investigation finds thousands more native american children died at government funded boarding schools than previously acknowledged. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs "newshour" has been provided by. ♪ carnegie corporation of new york. working to reduce political polarization through support for education, democracy and peace. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. william: welcome to the "newshour." there are early indications

but before william and bank could excuse me before william had been could serve there needed to be a change in american military policy. one of the reasons for the change prompted by the actions of john murry, who was the earl of dunmore, who was also the appointed governor of virginia. by november 1775, he had been run out of his quarters at williamsburg by patriot forces and was conducting official business on a ship in the chesapeake bay. in november, he issued a proclamation that promised freedom to enslave men who were willing to fight for the british crown. dunmore was just looking for a way to regain power and help great britain win the war by draining valuable resources from the patriot cause. like in slave labor, one of the many enslaved men and women who fled to dunmore in the british lines was henry. also known as henry washington, who was enslaved to george washington. henry became a member of lord dunmore ethiope men regiment, doing trade over 100 formerly enslaved men in the basics of muskets, information marching. he had special uniforms made for and there's an illustr

there was award honoring william howard taft roberts with the congressional gold. before i pass it to may god continue to bless our great country. may god see to anoint us with we did instead of how we acted elsewhere. and this is signed sincerely, captain drew materia. may i present to you jim? are you behind right here. all right. it is my honor, jim, to convey to you and your family. may i hear it? hosanna kevin. look at it for a picture. and hold that open. thank you very much, dave yoho. and thank you to the merchant marine association for the singular honor of my father. i deeply appreciate it. and our family does as well. i think i should say a few words about my dad. he was born and raised on a small farm. on a farm. i should near a tiny summerville, ohio, without access to a high. so he saw early on what life had in store for him was to be a farmer. an eighth grade education. he wanted more than that. and his to the wider was through the u.s. military. he took that option. he ran away at 16. i about his age. joined the army. my grandmother found out about

william: good evening. i'm william brangham. amna nawaz and geoff bennett are away. on the newshour tonight, the discovery of mass graves in syria sheds new light on the historic brutality of the fallen regime. a look at efforts to lessen the impact offshore wind farms have on the seafood industry. and new zealand's shift to the political right ignites protests from the island nation's indigenous maori people. >> we have not been afforded equality. so to now be told that our sovereignty is standing in the way of supposed equality is just a lie. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by -- these individuals and institutions and friends of the newshour, anderson and camila and george smith. >> the charles f kettering foundation, working to advance inclusive democracies. learn more at kettering.org. >> the john s and james l knight foundation, fostering an informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from

william: dr.on psychiatrist at johns hopkins and he directs in opioid treatment program in baltimore that prescribes methadone. he says it is not a silver bullet on its own, that people battling opioid addiction really benefit from the additional support clinics often provide. >> if people are getting medication within a setting that is not addressing their needs, their social needs, their medical needs, their mental health needs, all the barriers to treatment that they have, their outcomes will not be as good as if people were going to comprehensive treatment. william: you also hear concerns about methadone from within the recovery community. some argue it is still a drug and adding off methadone can be as difficult and painful as trying to quit other opioids. they argue abstinence through programs like narcotics anonymous is the better path. some others who have used methadone paid a more --paint a more complicated picture. >> getting on methadone saved my life. getting off of it gave me a life.

william: now to raw milk.lk that hasn't been pasteurized, which means heating it to about 161 degrees fahrenheit for 15 seconds to kill viruses and bacteria. in recent years, a small online community has argued that raw milk contains good bacteria and pasteurization kills nutrients that can help prevent asthma, allergies, and illness. >> this is why you should be drinking raw milk. >> it is easier to digest. >> it has active and bioavailable enzymes, probiotics. >> raw milk also contains over 700 species of bacteria. lisa: -- william: kennedy recently wrote that he'll end the food and drug administration's "war on public health," including its "aggressive suppression" of many things, including raw milk. yet there is no evidence for any of these beneficial claims about raw milk, while there's plenty of evidence that drinking it increases the risk of food-borne illness from things like salmonella, listeria and e.coli, which can be deadly. >> we have 100 years-plus of data showing that there is the potential of p

let us celebrate william williams.ause] garden pauth was born in 1926 in california and lived a life shaped by resilience. after the 1940 three long beach earthquake his family moved to pennsylvania before returning to california. the day after graduating high school in 1944, he enlisted in the navy. he trained as an aviation man and served as an aerial gunner. after the war he was honorably discharged to care for his father. please honor gordon pauth. let us take another moment to applaud these incredible veterans whose service and sacrifices embody the spirit of courage and honor we celebrate today. [applause] ladies and jogmen, please remain seated while we now prepare for the official replaying -- ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated while we now prepare for the official replaying at the memorial's freedom hall. ["america the beautiful" playing] ♪ ♪ >> representing the united states of america, our world war ii veterans, george ruth and kitty rippen. representing the national park service's national mall and

prince william now had a sick father and a wife recovering from major surgery.highness, how grateful are you for the public support you've received in recent weeks? we really appreciate everyone's kind messages. thank you. events such as this gala in support of the air ambulance were carried out alone. i'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you also for the kind messages of support for catherine and for my father, especially in recent days. it means a great deal to us all. it's fair to say the past few weeks have had a rather medical focus, so i thought i'd come to an air ambulance function to get away from it all. faint laughter the prime minister, your majesty. - good evening, your majesty. very nice to see you. and wonderful... indistinct well, yeah, a bit, but wonderful... ..wonderful to see you looking so well. no, it's all done by mirrors, really. over the following weeks into spring, the message from the palace was that the king was continuing to work as his cancer was treated. but of the princess of wales, who was now recuperating at home in wind

william: all right, jamil zaki of stanford university, thank you so much. >> thanks very much, william. it was a pleasure. john: before we go tonight, a personal note. my colleagues and i want to express our heartfelt thanks to executive producer rachel welford. she has led this broadcast ever since it moved under the w eta umbrella nearly three years ago and now she has decided to move on. rachel, we'll miss you and wish you all the best in your next chapter. i'm john yang. thanks for joining us. have a good week. >> major funding for pbs news weekend has been provided by -- and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] announcer: in their own words was made possible in part by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you! ♪ (dramatic music) ♪ narrator: it was the event of the

william: good evening. i'm william brangham. geoff bennett and amna nawaz are away. on the “news hour” tonight, after 14 months of war, residents of northern israel remain hesitant about returning home, worried the ceasefire deal might not hold. >> any day it can ignite in this area. my daughter could be playing over here and a rocket could fall on her. william: a newly discovered galaxy could offer clues on how our milky way galaxy formed. and, a pioneering nutcracker. the boston ballet offers a new look for this christmas classic. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs "news hour" has been provided by. >> in 1995, two friends set out to make wireless coverage accessible to all, with no long-term contracts, nationwide coverage, and 100% u.s.-based customer support. consumer cellular, freedom calls. >> the judy and peter blum kovler foundation. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions. this program was mad

meadow williams.she's an actress who's probably better known for her real life drama, even though she once starred opposite al pacino in american traitor. that film was funded in part by a massive inheritance left to williams by her late husband. when she walked away with his $800 million fortune, many wondered if she was the traitor. she became one of the wealthiest women in america. >> my name is meadow williams. >> how did this little known tennessee seductress, with a long credit of d-list movies, make her $800 million fortune? she married into it. >> it's blatantly disgusting what she's done and took advantage of an elderly man. >> meadow williams, whose real name is melanie kaye williams, hit the marriage lottery when her 80 year old husband died in 2015. gerald kessler made his fortune in vitamins with his $500 million company, natural organics. she was more than 30 years younger. >> gerald kessler was a true american entrepreneur. >> we all helped him build the business. my brother and myself

oh, commissioner williams. this is a so we're a small business is being displaced here on the mission street corridor. and i'm just wondering, is there any recourse for this small business planning director hillis, is there anything that's in place now that obviously this this project is using the sb 423? and so here we are with a with something getting, getting going through, going through that path and the small businesses getting displaced. and i'm wondering what what the recourse is for that small business if any. yeah. right now none. but for 23 doesn't change that right. i mean there's no commercial rent control. they have a lease. they could terminate the lease if they so choose. whether 423 is part of this project or not. i mean, there is as you know, there were interim controls put in place where a icu would be required if you're if you're a legacy business once occupied that space. but that's not the case here. so i mean 423 doesn't necessarily change the rules. but but yeah, it's one of it's one of t

prince william now had a sick father and a wife recovering from major surgery.grateful are you for the public support you've received in recent weeks? we really appreciate everyone's kind messages. thank you. events such as this gala in support of the air ambulance were carried out alone. i'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you also for the kind messages of support for catherine and for my father, especially in recent days. it means a great deal to us all. it's fair to say the past few weeks have had a rather medical focus, so i thought i'd come to an air ambulance function to get away from it all. faint laughter. the prime minister, your majesty. - good evening, your majesty. i'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you also for the kind messages of support for catherine and for my father, especially in recent days. it means a great deal to us all. it's fair to say the past few weeks have had a rather medical focus, so i thought i'd come to an air ambulance function to get away from it all. faint laughter. the prime minister, your majesty. - go

williams: a matter of a few minutes.oyle, who testified that when he pulled his boat up to the caribbean soul to offer assistance, he was surprised to be told, no thanks.' mr. royle: he declined my offer of cpr and oxygen, and i thought it was a little strange. murphy: another prosecution witness was phil brown, the island dive shop owner who'd rented the two couples their scuba gear and who'd collected shelley's scattered and broken equipment from the ocean bottom. brown said that swain later came into his shop after the so-called accident and told him to give away shelley's dive gear. add it up, said the prosecutor, and you had a husband who wanted his wife's dive gear deep-sixed before a proper investigation, a husband who didn't really try to revive his wife, a husband who wanted her dead. but tides in the caribbean, like everywhere else, run in and out. for the first time in 10 years of rumors and lawsuits, a jury would hear a true defense from david swain. and the prosecutor's account that seemed as clear as a virg

i mean, william can talk about? i mean, william can talk about?am can talk about the special relationship. he can shake hands. he can say, it's nice to see you and everything else . and see you and everything else. and it will be a diplomatic meeting. >> we have live pictures of them meeting right now. so the pictures that we're seeing are actually them live. i don't know whether we're going to get any audio on this at all or whether we'll be able to hear anything but that is them leaving there. they are sitting live and chatting. we'll try and bring you as much of that. sorry, i just wanted to tell people that these were live pictures. sorry, charles. carry on. >> no, no, i was just saying that it's a pity that there isn't a member of the government. there . i said, government. there. i said, william can do so much, and it will be. it will be good. because as you as you both your panellists have said, you know, trump likes the royal family, you know he likes the queen. and i'm sure he's got a great deal of time for prince william as well. so from

william: potentially.is' office is appealing to the georgia supreme court to overthrow this so she could get back in the driver's seat. unclear if that's going to happen. if she loses that, then there's this republican-led council of prosecutors in georgia, and they will be the ones to decide, drop the case, continue the case, and then assign a new prosecutor to that. unclear if that's going to happen or not. hanging over all of this, though, is also this department of justice office of legal counsel policy, which says that no sitting president can be prosecuted. now, department of justice, that's usually thought of as covering just federal cases, not state and local, but the belief among many legal experts is, is that state and local prosecutors would have to honor this as well. and so the other cases against so mark meadows and rudy giuliani, other people involved in this case, could go forward, but there's just nobody really believes that a judge in georgia would allow a case to go against donald trump

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vice chair williams i. williams i commissioner preston. preston i.commissioner severe i severe i chair. ronen i chair. ronen i there are four eyes that motion passes unanimously. madam clerk can you please call items eight and nine together? yes. item number eight is a resolution commending commissioner hillary ronen. and item number nine is a resolution commending commissioner dean preston. well, i would like to start off by saying thank you so much for this lovely resolution. and i would like to talk to my colleague, dean preston for a moment. i have a feeling i will have a longer opportunity at the board of supervisors. but dean, i think the world of you, i it has been an absolute pleasure serving on this body with you and serving with you on the board of supervisors. you're someone i look up to. you're someone whose opinion i value extremely, extremely, highly. you, your care and love for human beings is beyond measure. your integrity. your focus on using whatever privilege you have in the world to make life better and easier, and more just for t

william: for the pbs news hour, i am william brangham. ♪ amna: after last month's election, researchersning rise in misogynistic -- in misogynistic rhetoric and attacks. laura barron lopez is here now with a conversation about what is behind that search and how experts are combating it. laura: in just a 24 hour period after election day, the institute for strategic dialogue tracked a 4600% increase in mentions of the terms "your body, my choice and "get back in the kitchen" on the social media platform x. one post, by far-right activist nick fuentes, has been viewed nearly 100 million times. but the misogyny is not just online. for more on this trend and efforts to fight it, i am joined by cynthia miller idriss, a professor at american university and director of the schoola™s polarization and extremism research and innovation lab, or peril. cynthia, thanks for being back on the news hour. first, help us unpack this increase, what exactly did we see in this rise in misogynistic attacks online after the election? cynthia: first, we have been seeing that increasing trend for probably somet

we all wake up to a speaker, i think they're gonna play william -- what is it, william --? this joke. it finally stopped. and then we just hear, from his bunk, he goes, "hello. hey. i can't talk right now. everybody's asleep." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i was so proud of that joke. >> it was a -- we were mad, then, like, that's pretty good. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you have two giant specials. one is on cbs tomorrow night. it's called "nate bargatze's nashville christmas." >> yes. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: this is sketches -- family friendly, so many good jokes. sketches, stand-up, musical performances. and then you have a special, a a brand-new hour of fresh, great, great comedy. that's on christmas eve. >> christmas eve. yeah. >> jimmy: netflix. >> yeah. >> jimmy: yeah, that one's called, "your friend, nate bargatze." >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you have all this happening in one week, bud. >> it's a lot of stuff. >> jimmy: it's a lot of stuff. >> it's too much. and i feel -- and i really apologize for how much i've probably been around. i thin