we begin with william brangham, on the situation after the storm. >> reporter: all across eastern northina, water has drowned out roads -- more than 1,500 of them. the flding has steadily worsened since the storm made landfall near wilmington early friday. over the weekend, this riverfront city-- home tope 120,00le-- was completely cut off by land. today, north carola governor roy cooper said crews managed to open a single supply route,t bu warned evacuees against using it to return because theep water rising. >> we've got one limited routen into wilmingd it's being used for supplies and necessary emergency material, and utility workers and law enforcement, and we don't need people going back right now particularly when this route madisappear tonight. >> reporter: insope the city, waited in lines today for ice, gas, food and other supplies. >> we were able to go get groceries so we have food, but we have no power. so whave to be able to keep the food cold. and we've had tthrow out a lot of food, so we're trying to keep what we have left. >> hoping we can get some gas, then we're running

with that, we turn to our own lisa desjardins, for more on the fallout from capitol hill; and william brangham, on what more, if anything, could be gleaned from an fbi investigation. hello to both of you. so, william, ca the f.b.i investigate this? >> absolutely. therg is nothing preclude f.b.i. from looking into this, - providand this is the big provided -- that the white house request it. that's the barrier here. the white house needs to say reopen this background investigation intoavanaugh. once they do that, i that you could to a retired seen your official in the f.b.i. today, he said if that request comes in, there's nothing off limits the f.b.i. can look into any of the allegations a they see fit. what exactly sit democrats want to get frothe f.b.i. investigation? >> they're asking something new of the f.b.i. in jusa few minutes. senator patrick leahi says he nts the f.b. to investigate crimes against dr. blasey ford including hacking of her emai and death threats against her. there is an ivestigation into what's happening to her the democrats are requesting. democrats in particular woul

william brangham has the latest. >> brangham: it was a striking sight this afternoon: bill cosby, in handcuffs, being led out of a pennsylvania courthse. five months ago, cosby was found guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand back in 2004. at that trial, several other women who alleged cosb similarly assaulted them testified against him. today, judge steven o'neil said the evidence sometimes from cosby's own words was "overwhelming" that cod planned to drug and assault constand, and he declared cosby a "sexually violent predator." mary claire dale of the associated press has been covering this cosby caserom the beginning, and i spoke with her earlier today. >> well, the court officers and the judge tried to keep a close tab on emotion and cosby himself was surprisingly relaxed through most of the day. even after ththree to ten-year sentence was handed down and cosby's lawyers and publicists were taking off his watch and tie while the judge decided whether he had to go to prison that day or later, even during that t cosby was still loose, laughing with his lawyers

william brangham was again in the courtroom today and he joins me now. ring us up to speed, william. what happene >> this was really a stunning development. the reporting all along indicated that paul manafort pled guilty to the crimes he was facing here -- money laundering, failure to register as a foreign agent, tax, bank fraud, things like tha but then when the revelation eame and judge amy jackson today went through all charging with manafort and said did you t commit alese crimes, and he said, i do, i do, i do and at the very end she said and you now agree to cooperate with the office of speucial consel, paul manafort very quietly said, i do. >> woodruff:hat does this an for the mueller investigation? >> manafort has to cooperate fully wih mueller's team. he has to answer questions, turn over dcuments, nothing sems to be off limits in their questioning. what paul manafort cantell roberrobert mueller is still $64,000 question. we don't know. if you think what mural' mandate is, what did russia do visou-a-s elections and what role did the trump campaig

are all with you 100%. >> brangham: for the pbs , i'm william brangham. >> woodruff: in the day's others, the u.s. state department reported that the number of terror attacks worldwide fellla 23 year. it was largely due to military successes against islamic state forces in iraq and syria. the report also said that iran remains the leading state sponsor of terror. president trump has ripped into u.s. attorney general jeff sessions again. he told hill.tv that sessions has failed him on everything from the russia probe to border enforcement. and he went on to say, "i don't have an attorney general. it's very sad." later, as he left thwhite house, mr. trump softened the criticism just a little. >> i'm disappointed in the attorney general for numerous reasons, but we have an attorney general. i'm disappointed in the attorney general for many reasons. and you understand that. >> woodruff: the president declined to say if he would fire sessions, who was one of the first people he appointed to his cabinet. instead, he said, "we'll see what happens." y en, new warnings today that famine is engul

i'm william brangham. judy woodruff is off today. on the newshour tonight: more than a million and ohalf people aered to evacuate the carolinas ahead of potentially catastrophic flooding and storm dage from hurricane florence. then, 17 years after the 9/11 attacks, the war in afghanistan remains a deadly stalemate. we take a look at where the u.s. strategy stands. and, lingering concerns. scientists deploy new technology to study the impact of inhaling smoke from the wildfires in the west. >> as these fires become morend commonore likely to hit urban areas, we just need to know, what are the best actions to take to reduce some of the risks for long-term and short-s term health im >> brangham: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour.

correspondent william brangham, in partnershiptz with the puer cereports now, it's the next installment in our seriesre "chasing the ," on poverty and opportunity in america. >> brangham: haki kou walked free today forim the first te in 41 years. he was locked up decades ago, for second-degree murder and armed robbery. what are the next couple of days and weeks going to be like? >> connecting with people i hadn't seen in so long, places, people, things i haven't did, things that i took for gnted before i left this freedom. enjoy what freedom is. understand the responsibility that come with freedom. >>rangham: sekou can enjoy that freedom today only because of new laws passed last year in louisiana, and he represents just one life among thousands now being changed by the suste's criminalce reform. for decades, the state of louisiana has been the incarceration capital of america-- this in the country that incarcerates more people than anywhere on earth. but over the past year, the state has been trying to shed that reputatiobon. >> this isut as big as it gets. >> brennan: jimmy leblanc is

for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham. >> woodruff: the storm's remnants blew across the tonortheast and new englany, touching off flash floods in new york state and new hampshire. north korea's leader kim jong ue with south korea's president moon jae in today, to begin their third summit. kim greeted moon at the airport in the north's capital, pyongyang, as crowds waved flags symbolizing korean unification. later, at a banquet, moon talked of his objectives. >> ( translated ): we will candidly discuss ways tora completelycate the military tension and threats of war. denuclearization of the koreanes peninsula anblishment of peace are also important issues. rm will take the first step to open a new era of ent peace and cooperation. >> woodruff: moon has also said he hopes to help talks between the u.s. and north korea get back on track. in libya, rival militias have resumed fighting in the capital, tripoli, shatting a new cease- fire. the clashes damaged generators and caused mass power outages today across large parts of the militias have fought over tripi since the dictator moammar

william brangham has the latest. ki>> brangham: the sunny s over north carolina make it appear the worstors over, but ce's waters continue to plague this state. huge swaths are still underwater today. 1,200 ads remain closed. interstate 40, a main east-west artery, looks more like a river. the town of wilmington remains largely cut off. commissioner urged evacuees e-t to try andter the flooded city. fema administrator brock long visited the state today and issued a similar appeal: >> it's going to take some time for the water to recede. some rivers still haven't crested.bl it's increfrustrating for you, for responders, for people fixing infrastructure. >> brangham: the rainfall dropped by florence is staggering: elizabethtown, north carolina took nearly 36 inches in four days, roughly what seattle, washington gets in a year. in fayetteville, this was the cape fear river on thursday, and here's that same bridge this morning. s is history here, we've never seen this before. never seen anything like this before.>> rangh

i'm william brangham. judy woodruff is offoday. on the newshour tonight: more than people are ordered to evacuate the carolinas ahead of potentially catastrophic floong and storm damage from hurricane florence. then, 17 years after the 9/11 attacks, the war in afghanistan remains a deadly stalemate. we take a look at where the u.s. strd,egy stands. ingering concerns. scientists deploy new technology to study the impacsmof inhaling oke from the wildfires in the west. >> as these fires become more common and more likely to hit urban areas, we just need tokn , what are the best actions to take to reduce some of the risks for long-term and short-rm ealth impacts. >> brangham: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> kevin. >> kevin! k in? >> advice for life. life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com.s >> bf railway. consumer cellular. >> and with the ongoing supporte of t institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for puic broadcasting.

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as william brangham reports, nike's move has triggered calls for a boycott, and reiited the habate over social protest. >> bra nike's new ad shows just colin kaepernick's face. the words say: "believe in something. even if it means sacrificing everything." kaepernick of course, does not currently have a job in the n.f.l., and its unclear if he ever will again. kaepernick came to national prominence back in 2016 when he was a quarterback for the san francisco 49ers. protesting what he described as racial injustice in america, kaepernick kneeled down when the national anthem was played e fore games. here's howplained why he was doing it. >> there are a lot of things that are going on that unjust, that people aren't being held accountable for. and that's something that needs to change. one specifically is poli brutality. there's people being murdered stly and not being held accountable. cops are getting paid leave for killing people. that's not right. that's not right by anne's standards. >> brangham: some fellow n.f.l. players followed suit, echoing kaepernick's protest. but kaepernick wa

welcome back to the show. >> my pleasure, william, thanks. >> brangham: the nike campaign, as we just heard, says specifically, "believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything." the clear implication there is that kaepernick lost his career in the n.f.l. because he spoke up, not because he wasn't maybe thtest quarterback? is that true? is that why he lost his job? >> 100% true, willia he was a starting quarterback in 2016 for the san francisco 49ers and actually had a pretty good year-- 14 touchdown passes and three interceptioad-- for a team-- but he was a starter. and then he became a free agent that march and couldn't get a job, even as a backup quarterback. teams went out and signed guys from arena leagues instead of signing him. and there was absolutely no way, in mye mind, that f.l. was going to allow him to continue to play after he hd led this national anthem protest. and as president trump said, it did grow, and that's what h set out to do. he wanted to create a dialogue, his words, a ndat's what happened. and the n.f.l. wouldn't give hem a job, and now they're

as william brangham reports from sanibel island, the are many causes driving this red tide, includingmer waters tied to climate chan. and there are other questions over what role humans are playing. it's part of our weekly series on the "leading edge" of scienc technology and medicine.>> rangham: this is now a typical morning on florida's c gust-- not a tourist in sight, just work crews cleaningt up the dail of dead fish. they were killed by red tide, an almost annual bloom of algae ino the gulff mexico. at high levels, the algae release a neurotoxin that's deadly to marine life. it poisons them, or makes it so they can't breathe but this year's bloom, which actual began last fall, has been particularly bad. >> it now spreads across 130 miles of cst. >> thousands of dead fish floating along ledo beach. >> this red tide is being calles the woin more than a decade. >> brangham: in the last few months, red tide has killed dolphins, sea turtles, manatees, even a 26-foot whale shark. >> there's definitely some deformities here. >> brangham: veterinarian dr. heather barron runs e clinic for

these vaping devices have become increasingly popular with young people, and, as william brangham reports, the f.d.a. told manufacturers they have two months to prove they can keep their e-cigarettes out of the hands of minors. >> brangham: in announcing its action today, the f.d.a. said the use of e-cigarettes among young people had hit "an epidemic proportion." it's illegal for anyone under 18 to buy any tobacco or nicotine product, including these e- cigarettes. in a moment, i'll talk with the head of the f.d.a., dr. scott gotlieb, but first, to give you a sense of what these e- cigarettes are, and how kids are using them, here's an excerpt from a report special correspondent kavitha cardoza of "education week" did two months ago at a high school in connecticut >> reporter: fran thompson, thea princiof jonathan law high school, opens what he calls his "vaping drawer." >> these are some of the items that we have confiscated this week >> reporter: the "items" are all e-cigarettes. popular brand by far is called juul. >> this is a juul. i know it looks like a flash drive, right? so, the l

william brangham explores theon monthsdispute. >> brangham: by some measures,in the n.f.l.at shape-- football games are consistently the most popular events on tv and owners are making millions. but the n.f.l. is also wrestling with multiple scandals: horrible violence committed off the field by players; the growing awareness that players bodies and brains can be irreparably damaged by the game; and of course, the political protests by some players that are amplified and attacked by president trump. "new york times" political reporter mark leibovich spent four years amongst owners and players of pro football and he's out with a new book, "the big game: the n.f.l. in dangerous times." welcome to the newshour. >> good to be with you. >> so many people going to knee you as a political reporter, they will remember your last book, this town which was allt abshington d.c. i'm just curious what it was like tor you spending all of these yeahrsronicling and covering washington and thn now immersing yourself in what to eye feels like a very different world. >> to my eyes it did too,