i'm william brangham. judy woodruff is away.sh on the nr tonight: >> therefore, today, i'm announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. >> brangham: impeament on the the speaker of the house says that president trump's actions with ukraine require a seriousat investn. then, alone befo the world. as calls for his impeachment swirl, president trumpds his "americairst" vision at plus, more brexit chaos. britain's supreme court rulesni the prime er broke the law when he suspended parliament. and, "know my name." chanel miller, the survivor of the stanford university rape case, reclaims her voice and, speaks out. >> i would look around and think, "is anyone actually hearing me?" it's a terrifying position to be in, to feel like you can cry on the stand, that you couldye a statement, and people still don't hear you. >> brangham: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ >> life well-planned. learn mo

i'm william brangham judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: >> therefore, today, announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. >> brangham: impeachment on the that president tructions says with ukraine require a serious investigation. then, alone before then.orld. as calls for his impeachment swirl, president trump defends his "ameri first" at the united nations. plus, more brexit chaos. britain's supreme court rules when he suspended me.e the law and, "know my name." chanel miller, the survivor of the stanford university rape h case, reclai voice and speaks out. think, "is anyone actually hearing me?" tit's a terrifying positi be in, to feel like you can cry the stand, that you cou yell a statement, and people still don'hear you. >> brangham: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has feen provided by: ♪ ♪ >> life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> when it comes to wireless, consumer cellular gives itsch customers t

william brangham is back now with more on this stery. >> brangham: that's right, judy.icay they do not yet know the definitive cause behind this lung illness, and no specific vapg device or >> at least four deaths have been linked to vaping and a fifth is und investigation. lison aubrey of national public radio is covering this and joins me now. welcome. >> thank you. >> reporter: so what is the saying.the investigators are oday they basically came out and said we still do not know what is causing thes illnesses, very frustrating for them, butey do know more about who has gotten sick. let me paint a picture here. we are talking young men,av age age 19, more than 80% of the cases in illinois andsi wisc, men. so these are people who are vaping t.h.c. and notine, sometimes combinations. >> reporter: so the marijuana vape pen andhe nicotine? >> well, putting t.h.c. into the vape, right. so vaping t.h.c. or other abinoids, cbds. sometimes nicotine and cannabis, so all kinds of mix and match. it's very, very tilt to hone inn one thing and, so far, they say they don't see one

. >> woodruff: william brangham gets another report from the region. : let's find out some more abouteffortt from governmficials in the region. elizabeth riley is the deputy executive director of the caribbean edisastrgency management agency, the agency coordinating response and hardssment teams to thes hit areas. she joins me from rbe island of os. thank you very much for being here. i wonder if you could give us a sense of how things are now. >> based on the input fm reports from our team on the o ground, the relief effort commenced in the two northern islands of the bahamas that have been impacted. what we understand is that the royal caribbean cruise line is providings mer those persons who have been impacted on grand bahama at this time. >> reporter: the official eeath toll we know is still very low, but we'reg lots of reports that people traveling around the islands are see victims in many, many locations. still be a much more grave could disaster than we know thusno f? >> i think the indications from the government of the bahamas, specifically through the minist of health, have

william brangham is here to look at some of the pledges and the realities of where things stand. of the hello, william. so remind us again of what is the climate science that the driving all thi >> the u.n. put science very prominent in advance of this meetin in fact, they put out a new report yesterday that tried to summarize all of the science that we know today, and none of it is really good news. let's take a look at the key fiends here. the world is quickly getting hotter. we just hathe warmest five-year period in recorded human history. the planet now warmed over 1l degree csius din since the industrial area and the clima impacts are hitting harder, duner -- greater and lonr droughts, intensified storms, crop failures, species threatened with extdinction, a the emissions driving all this are driving this and there's no end in sight. the report said to limit wal-marting to just 2 degrees celsius which is a threshold many scientists have warned about for a long time, tat global policies have to triple in scale. so this repo comes ot. today the secretary general antonio goo gu

recently, william brangham wt to odessa and midland to see what gun owners themselves think ought todone. >>rangham: that's right, judy. while this debate unfolds here in washington right now, we sought out gun owners-- and only gun owners-- to hear their take on what might reduce gun violence in america. as you might imagine, many of them argued that more americans should be armed. but we also asked, should we requiruniversal background checks for all gun sales? should we enact sugher red flag laws? here's some of what we found. just over two weeks ago, dustin fawcett was waiting in his trk outside this starbucks in odessa, texas with his three- we >> all of a sudden, i hear a ream of gunshots-- you know," bop-bop-bop." >> brangham: the shooter, who killed seven and wounded 25 had just shot at several cars in the intersection right behind him. >> then i crawl in the backseat and check to make sure she's okay, still unsure if these are actually bullets being shot. i mean, it was chaos. >> brangham: fawcett and his family have long been s. while he's considered carrying a handn, now,

i'm william brangham judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: >> therefore, today, announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. >> brangham: impeachment on the that president tructions says with ukraine require a serious investigation. then, alone before then.orld. as calls for his impeachment swirl, president trump defends his "ameri first" at the united nations. plus, more brexit chaos. britain's supreme court rules when he suspended me.e the law and, "know my name." chanel miller, the survivor of the stanford university rape h case, reclai voice and speaks out.

i'm william brangham. judy woodruff is away.sh on the nr tonight: >> therefore, today, i'm announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. >> brangham: impeament on the the speaker of the house says that president trump's actions with ukraine require a seriousat investn. then, alone befo the world. as calls for his impeachment swirl, president trumpds his "americairst" vision at plus, more brexit chaos. britain's supreme court rulesni the prime er broke the law when he suspended parliament. and, "know my name." chanel miller, the survivor of the stanford university rape case, reclaims her voice and, speaks out. >> i would look around and th "

for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham in west texas. >> woodruff: the numbers of immigrant childrenng detained by u.s. autrities at the u.s.-mexican border have dropped in recent months. but, as amna nawaz reports, medical professionals continue to raise concerns abouthe harmful effects any detention thn have on both the short- and long-term hef these young people. >> nawaz: that's right, judy. medical doctors and child psychologists agree that the stress children endure durg even short periods of detention poses very real risks, physically and emotionally. dr. alan shapiro is a clinical professor in pediatrics at thert alinstein college of medicine, and co-founder of terra firma. that's a group that es access to health care and other services for immigrant children. he's also part of a group of physicians meeting with lawmakers on this subject. dr. shapiro, welcome to the newshour. >> thank you for inviting me. >> nawaz: let's start with where migrant children would first be taken into ctody, along some of these border patrol detention and processing centers. you're a child welfare

william brangham spoke today with the swedish teenager who's helped galvanize this movement. story is part of a special initiative called "coveringw, climate a global collaboration of more than 250 of the climate story. coverage >> the younger generation came to the white house today demanding that the grownups inside stop acting like they said, acknowledge that climate change is a crisis and ac accordingly (chanting) among the crowd was 16-yeagrold a thunberg from sweden. in the past four years, tuneberg, who has mild autism, has helped drive this youth climate movement. she repeatedly called out wor leaders for their claimant inaction like here at the u.n. climate change coerence in poland. >> we have come here to let them know that change is coming whether they like it or not. the people who rise to thech lenge and sinc stop behaving lie children, we will have to take the repoibility they should have taken a long ago. >> reporter: and at the economic conference the yearly gathering ofa the welthy elite in switzerland. >> people like to tell success stories, their financial

william brangham has the latest. >> this is something that i deeply, deeply regret. >> brangham: theme minister spent the day trying to containa m indage from images of brown- and blackface makeup. the controversy erupted after "time" magazine published a photo of trudeau at an "arabian nights"-themed gala in 2001. he was 29 at the time, and teaching at a private school. his initial response came last night, on his campaign plane. >> iwas something that i didn't think was racist at the time, but now i recognize that it was somhing racist to do, and i am deeply sorry. >> brangham: tru admitted to wearing blackface when he sang the jamaican song "day o" at a high school talent show in the 1990s. and today, the canadian news site "global news" released video of a third instance of trudeau in dk makeup, also from the '90s. hours later, the prime minister addressed the scandal again,n winnipeg, manitoba. >> it was something that minimizes and takes advantage of a reality that i have not had to live with, of being discriminated against, of being rginalized, judged for the color of my skin.

william brangham gets a view of at progress-- if any-- is being made on that fro, from south korea's minister. >> brangham: president trumpnd kim jong-un have had two summits and one historic handshake-- but not much else. the north koreans spent the summer testing short range missiles, while nuclear talks appeared shelved. but, in recent days, u.s. and so how does this look from south korea? for that, i'm joined by foreign minister kang kyung-wha. she joins me from new york. foreign minister, thank you so much for being here. president trump has continued to try to broker this grand dealwi north korea. they've had three meetings thus lots ofnageantry but very much substance. do you thi nke north koreans do want to sign a nuclel? dea >> well, i think -- first of all, thank you for having me -- but the summits, i think, beyone pageantry, there's the significance of that is, of course, that it builds and maintains the trust between the top le bets of the two countries. i think the north korean commitment to con dialogue to reach a deal isth e. their recent public messas yso we verrmed

william brangham has a closer look now at this new campaign. >> brangham: that's right, amna.he c.e.o.s of 145 u.s. ercompanies just sent a leo senators, urging them to pass legiation to expand backgrou checks on anyone seeking to buy a gun, ando implement a national "red flag" law, which would allow law forcement to temporarily take guns from anyone judged to be a danger to themselves or to others. the letter said, in part, "doing nothing about america's gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable," and it's signed by the heads of compies like levi strauss, twitter, the gap, and uber. another of the signatories is richard edelman. he's the c.e.o. of edelman, the global public relations and communications firm. he joins me from new york city. mr. edelman, thank you very much for being here. why now? why did ths letter... whyo so many c.e.o.s feel the need to say this today? g >> we're at a tippint. we had dayton and el paso. we have continuing gun violence in major urban centers, and c.e.o.s feel that they are empowered to step forward into the void left by government. three-qu

william brangham gets an update. >> brangham: judy, there was an emotional vigil last night for victimsthe shooting. the gunman's motive is still unknown.he as apparently fired from his job just before the traffic stop this of course all comes less than a month since the massacre at the walmart in el paso that killed 22 people. mitch borden of marfa public radio joins me from odessa by skype. doing this.very much for could you just tell me, first off, what we know about thect seven viims who were killed in this rampage? >> we know they ranged in age by quite a bit, the youngest being 57 and the oldest being 57 being 15 and the oldest being 57. thest was a sophomore at a local odessa high school. other than that, formation is coming out slowly about the victims. there are fundraisers, but so far, at least from what i've seen, they haven't released amp te list of the names lof the dead. >> reporter: this is such a otstrange type of mass shg where it's going sort of between these two cities from location to location. how are the two communities of midland and odessa doing, appling th all o

william brangham is here with more.ur regulacoverage of the leading edge of science. >> brangham: judy, the report is fill with some very specific and very sobering assessments. among them, if greenhouse gasar emission't reduced, sea level rise could hit three feet by the end of the century, driven in large part by the anlting of the ice sheets and glaciers on greeand antarctica. even if emissions are lowered, tiesreport says coasta one of the lead authors on this report joins me w. michael oppenheimer is a professor of geosciences and international affairs at the woodrow wion school at princeton university. he authored the chapter on sea level rise. professor oppenheimer, always good to see you here on the newshourgh let's dive rinto the section that you authored. this prediction of sea lel rise if current trends don't change seems incredibly stark. >> yes, well, selevel is rising, and it's rising at an accelerating paas, and the for that is-- you said it-- the greenland and antarctic ice sheets are losing isle faster

as william brangham reports, a local hospital quickly became the trauma center to treat many of the victims>> brangham: theedical center hospital in odessa treated 13 of the shooting victims, cluding one who later died, and the young toddler who was hit by shrapn, and was later transferred to a hospital in lubbock. ssell tippin is the c.e. of the medical center health system in odessa, and he joins me by skype. mr. tippin, thank you very much for being here. could you just take us back to saturday and help us understand how that day folded for you. >> like probably most everybody else, i was out of town with my family returning home from they bor weekend. inand i just started geg all kinds of messages and calls that there was an incident takin place here in odea ssand that i bad situation and we just kind of started talkinabout what our game plan was, started talking about our emergency management plans and just what we needed to do to,al first of secure the hospital and protect our employees and get ready for some patients an their families. >> brangham: as the chief ecutive of a small hos

william brangham talked with several young peopleis movement to understand what they want, and how they'reng poout it. his , and the conversation to follow, is part of our contribution to e overing climw," a global collaboration of more than 300 news outlets to enhance coverage of the climate story. >>rangham: from rmany, to , dnralia, to south afri even with armed guards in afghanistan. record numbers of people all over the world are on strike for the climate. angry that their governments won't acknowledge the crisis, and worried about their future on a warming plat-- millions of protestors today demanded immediate action. >> the climate crisis in totality is destroying myli future. and i don't think we can hope to have jobs or have a nice future when our existen on this earth is not guaranteed. >> brangham: this protest is ique not only for its size, but for those leading it-- young activists are driving thisnt movemany leaving school today to make their point. this movemenyou see here today crgan over a year ago, and most of these protestorit one teenager from sweden for getting it all