captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, may 5: renewed israel-- gaza conflict disrupts hopes for cease-fire. the ebola outbreak in congo continues to taka toll, and in our signature segment joeat jackson cele a milestone anniversary. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your nt company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to youpbs station from viewers like you.o thank from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. palestinian militants in ga launched hundreds of rockets into southern israel-- and israeli defe

captioning sponsored by wnet : on this edition for saturday, may 25: another roadblock in funding for a boer wall. president trump kicks-off a state visit to japan. and, in our signature segment: tackling maternal mortality, in a state with one of the highest uninsured rates in the country. next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. sen melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein fami. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerbg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customizedndividual and group retirement products. that's why we're 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. t fr tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. president trump's planvert billions of dollars from the defense de

captioning sponsored by wnet >> snenivasan: on this editio for saturday, may 11: more funding for the border as the u.s. tare steps to crack dow undocumented immigrants.gn and, in our siure segment:fi syria's l frontier. next, on pbs newshour ekend. >> pbs nehour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. im sue and edgar wachenii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. lter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been proved by: and by the corporation for public broadcastin and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like yo thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. anting defense secretary patrick shanade his second trip to the u.s.-mexico border today,he promisinill accelerate plans to secure the border and

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, may 19: two new state laws renew the debate on abortion, the world's largest democracy wraps up a weeks long election and, in our signature segment, how colleges are finding ways to help the growinu er of student-parents next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's whye're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for gpublic broadcastnd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening anf than joining us. the trump administration is no longer considering plans to fly migrants detained at t.- mexi

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new yorken hari sreivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us.da it's the seconof president trump's state visit to japan, a day" called "productive but in a tweet about north korea early in the morning, he seemed tosee at odds with both japa prime minister shinzo abe and members of his own administration." north korea fired off some ndall weapons, which disturbed some of my people,thers, but not me." the president also seemed to embrace north korean chairmanm ng un's criticism of former vice president joe biden as being "a loi.q. individual." in an interview today, white house press secretary sarah sanders stood by the president's criticism of biden. she also said that north korean tests of short-range ballistic missiles earlier this month p don't bother tsident. >> look, the president's focus in all of this process is on continuing the very good relationship that he has with chairman kim. and he feels good that the chairman will stay firm with the comm that he made to the president and move towards denuclearization. >>

es f captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, may 5: renewed israel-- gaza conflict disrupts hopes for cease-fire. the ebola outbreak in congo continues to taka toll, and in our signature segment joeat jackson cele a milestone anniversary. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter.

caioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for suay, may 12: rising tensions betweenanhe u.s. and in our signature segment: venezuelans find refuge and a community, in a small suburb of houston, texd a trip to the musical forest, where wood for the famed stradivarius instruments was sourced. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagel and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america--

. ♪ captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, may 19: two new state laws the debate on abortion, the world's largest democracy wraps up a weeks long election and, in our signature segment, how colleges are finding ways to help the growinu er of student-parents next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual