captioning sponsored captioning sponsored by wnet >> stewart: on this edition for sunday, may 22: president obama visits vietnam, his first stop on a weeklong trip to asia. the leader of the taliban is killed by a u.s. drone strike inside pakistan. and in our signature segment, syrian refugees stuck in lebanon, hoping for a new life in italy. >> so, out of more than a million refugees here in lebanon, it's been narrowed to 101? >> only 101 we can move. so yeah, these are the luckiest, maybe. >> stewart: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional suppo has been pro

captioning sponsored by wnet >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, lisa desjardins. >> reporter: good evening and thanks for joining us. presumptive republican presidential nominee donald trump says if he's elected president, he would ask allies from saudi arabia and south korea to germany and japan to pay 100% of the cost of u.s. armed forces defending their countries. trump made the remark today at the annual memorial day weekend "rolling thunder" motorcycle rally in the

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, megan thompson. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> thompson: good evening, and thanks for joining us. the heavily-fortified, four- square-mile "green zone" in iraq's capital of baghdad is home to government offices and foreign embassies, and previously housed american occupation headquarters. today, for the first time, the green zone was breached. after pulling down a section of the perimeter wall, thousands of protesters loyal to controversial shiite cleric muqtada al-sadr broke into parliament, chanted anti- government slogans and ransacked the building. al-sadr and his followers oppose thgovernment of prime minister haider al-abadi, himself a shiite, for not delivering political reforms. iraq's government declared a state of emergency and closed all gates leading to baghdad. security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters. earlier in the day, in a shiite suburb of baghdad, sunni militants from isis carried out a suicide truck bombing in an outdoor food market, killing at least 20 people and wo

captioning sponsored by wnet >> o'brien: on this edition for sunday, may 1: full court press in the hoosier state, as white house hopefuls compete for votes in indiana's primary this tuesday. in our signature segment, why louisiana has a waiting list for public defenders, with suspects spending more time in jail. and, the fight against isis. is the terrorist group losing ground? next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. tha

captioning sponsored by wnet >> desjardins: on this edition for saturday, may 28: as isis gains ground in syria, in iraq, government forces try to retake the key city of fallujah. and in our signature segment, rural america: facing a shortage of lawyers. >> south dakota has 66 counties; 64 of them have courthouses. if there's no attorneys, it's the same as a hospital with no nurses: nothing's going to happen. >> desjardins: next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contribu

captioning sponsored by wnet >> stewart: on this edition for saturday, may 14th: the flow of migrants and refugees from the middle east to europe slows down, while the united states steps up deportations of undocumented migrants from central america. and in our signature segment, "beyond debt and zika," puerto rico has a garbage crisis. >> whenever it rains and the storm water sewer doesn't work, the communities get flooded with raw sewage. >> stewart: next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public

captioning sponsored by wnet >> stewart: on this edition for saturday may 21: investigators confirm smoke and possible fire aboard egypt air flight 804 before its disappearance; in our signature segment, from your heritage to your health, the growing industry that relies upon the collection of d.n.a. samples. >> researchers have already gathered d.n.a., blood, and urine samples from 12,000 local residents, and stores those samples in a huge biobank, a refrigerated repository for human tissue, in this case, the size of a football field. >> stewart: and opioid prescriptions are on the decline-- what that might mean for america's epidemic of opioid-related overdoses. next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, may 15: donald trump closes in on the republican presidential nomination, uncontested, while hillary clinton battles bernie sanders in kentucky. the persistent gun violence in chicago and how it is changing the city's demographics by causing middle class "black flight." and in our signature segment: the mayors of europe whose job is to keep nightlife humming and peaceful. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcas

captioning sponsored by wnet >> thompson: on this edition for sunday, may 8: the wildfire in canada continueso grow, now covering more than 800 square miles. in our signature segment, broadway's "hamilton," transforming the way history is taught to inner city students. >> ♪ he resided in st. croix, he was just a little boy deployed ♪ into the world trying to discover joy >> thompson: and, why the world is watching the philippines on the eve of its presidential election. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation

. ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, may 15: donald trump on the republican presidential nomination, uncontested, while hillary clinton battles bernie sanders in kentucky. the persistent gun violence in chicago and how it is changing the city's demographics by causing middle class "black flight." and in our signature segment: the mayors of europe whose job is to keep nightlife humming and peaceful. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress.

. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored captioning sponsored by wnet >> stewart: on this edition for sunday, may 22 vietnam, his first stop on a weeklong trip to asia. the leader of the taliban is killed by a u.s. drone strike inside pakistan. and in our signature segment, syrian refugees stuck in lebanon, hoping for a new life in italy. >> so, out of more than a million refugees here in lebanon, it's been narrowed to 101? >> only 101 we can move. so yeah, these are the luckiest, maybe. >> stewart: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cher

captioning sponsored by wnet >> o'brien: on this edition for sunday, may 1: full court press in the hoosier state, as white house hopefuls compete for votes in indiana's primary this tuesday. in our signature segment, why louisiana has a waiting list for public defenders, with suspects spending more time in jail. and, the fight against isis. is the terrorist group losing ground? next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. the john and helen glessner family trust.