lisa desjardins, yamiche alcindor following this kavanaugh story. thank you both.in the day's other the confirmed number of dead in indonesia's earthquake and tsunami rose again, to more than 400. some 70,000 people remained homeless, as aid slowly trickled in. jonathan miller of indendent television news, reports. reporter: people are trying to put their lives back together again. but when your home has been t'ushed and splintered, as thoughbeen trampled by giants, it's hard to know where to start. age tsunami left little to outside assistance is now getting in, food and, earth-movers, petrol-tankers, now coming down the - battered coastal strip into palu. we went the other way, to donggala, close to the quake's epicentre. the fishing port took a bashing. only around 50 people died hereg 20 still missi near the harbor, 33 houses wer consumed by the raging sea; there are several dead bodies still in there so close was this place to the epicenter, the first of several waves hit within a minute of the quake. six members of rainaldi's family died, including alfaril, h

joining me now, yamich, pbs news hour. malcolm nance, a former u.s. intelligence officer.. yamiche, the idea that the president is combining issues of fake news, which i think we can all agree with journalists shouldn't pedal in fake news, with bias and negativity. they're not the same thing. there's a lot of negative coverage of the president of the united states. because the president of the united states lies a lot and we have to correct him. >> i would venture to say it's not even negative coverage, it's factual coverage. it's the idea that when the president says something that's not true, journalists need to point that out. everywhere i've worked if you make a mistake, you have to correct yourself. so journalists not only are not purposely misleading people but when we make a mistake, we own up to it. this president is not someone who says i made that up or i'm sorry, i was mistaken. he said i regret almost nothing. there's this idea that the president, when he gets in these rallies, even though yesterday i would say the white house had a pretty strong reaction to th

yamiche, are they making that clear? hear the democrats with a clarion statement, they are not from open borders. do you hear that? >> i came from california and west virginia. the democratics a-- democrats ae saying that. they should welcome people if they're fleeing violence and rape, welcome this to this country. people say they're going to take over the country. that's why they don't want them here. >> let me play partisan democrat in the old school guys like me would do. we have a comprehensive bill about border protection, it was about illegal hiring. you can't hire somebody illegally who comes into the country. you can't do it. in fact, it went to the house and republican speaker at the time said we're not even going to vote on it, boehner. the democrats had a bill, supported by 12 republican senators. you had a comprehensive border program. you had one, they won't pass one. number two, mitch mcconnell said out last week, i'm going after social security, medicare and medicaid. it's not just the preexisting issue.

white house correspondent yamiche alcindor begins our coverage. alcindor: mourners began lining up hours before the first of the day's funerals. they came to honor cecil and hovid rosenthal, intellectually disabled brothers,ere among the 11 people killed on saturday at "tree of life" synagogue. >> i found a photo album with pictures from my bar mitzvah, that's when it hit me because even though it was a happy occasion i knew that like in that chapel where i had my bar mitzvah... that that's maybe where people spent their final moments and. that's why i'm here today because their lives were not in vain and this is a time for people to put aside their differences, find common ground and heal as a community. like america unocal said he did not want mr. trump to come to squirrel hill. d the ongoing rhetoric st the nastiness and name-calling and putting somebody down, it's just like playground politics, if you will, and there needs to be decency and humanity and bringing people together, and he has notmonstrated that in word or in action. >>>> reporter

yamiche alcindor, msnbc contributor, and margaret carlson. thank you to the three of you for helping us analyze this. margaret, what garrett said, the democrats have maybe given republicans a rallying cry to narrow an enthusiasm gap. our viewers get upset when we report that, but the numbers indicate that a month ago republican -- the percentage of democrats who called the midterms very important is now much closer to the number of republicans. there's no democrats who are less enthusiastic, but it seems there are a lot more republicans who are more enthusiastic. >> right. and democrats may hope that since republicans got what they wanted they will rest on their laurels. which humans tend to do. and yes, theirs is increased and democrats stayed the same, but the gap has narrowed. today, though, suggests that there's a lot of enthusiasm on the side that lost. you know, mitch mcconnell said because he wants to pour salt on an open wound, that brett kavanaugh was exonerated. well, half of the country thinks he wasn't investigated properly, and t

meantime, yamiche, the president does seem to be sticking with brett kavanaugh. why? >> this political nomination has become a cse celeb for a lot of republicans. the president went to a rally, so many people who support him who want to keep fighting for brett kavanaugh. presidentrump loves to listen to his base and check what they're thinking. it's kind of the way he looks a polling. so the fact that he is continuing to hear from peopleld who say he sho stick by brett kavanaugh, and the president feels this way personally, a because he feehoe the democrats could then embarrass him if he has to withdraw th nomination. >> woodruff: and lisa, picking up on that, give us more of a sense of the temperature in the senate. are republicans feeling -- we heard what senator mcconnell and senator kennedy and others are saying. are they feeling pressure in any way to rethink this? >> they are feeling frustration that thetithink the conver has changed from whether this person can be proven to have sexually assault someone, which they say that canno pt beven. two, did he lie about

white house correspondent yamiche alcindor will have a full report, later in the program.d the battle over kavanaugh's confirmation, the supreme court began a new term today, with one seat vacant. the eight sitting justices heard cases in species act and aged discrimination. they hav the case-- and having it re- argued-- once a ninth justice is seated. in indonesia the death toll from friday's earthque and tsunami has reached 844, and oicials fear it could run into the thousands. the powerful qua t drove waves 20 feet tall into the northern city of palu. john irvine of independent television news, is there. ep>> rter: the lorry has reached the end of the road. but then so has the road. this collapse has become a sobering seafront spectacle for the residents of palu. today they turned out in force for what's left of their coast road to bear witns to the and to the destruction wrought from thospunches from land and sea. but this also kept them outdoors and away from homes either destroyed or not trusted any more. rossalyn and i are walking on what remains of her six-foot hig

josh, yamich, thank you. president could be doing great things in terms of policy but it doesn't change the fact that he gets up there and tells lies. >>> i got to get back now to our storm coverage. even though this was a little bit of one. michael, now a tropical storm, south car lions now bracing for its arrival. preparing for this historic storm to make its way up. from hilton head, one of my favorite parts of south carolina. what are conditions like on the ground? it was just a few weeks ago we were worried about florence in this region. >> exactly. that's pay big issue with this one. we've actually had some breaks of sun here as the storm moves to our north. take a look and you can see the wind still blowing. the sand just whipping along the beach. people around here, they're checking it out. but you can see just how angry the waves are out here. you know, as they're being blown ashore. we're not expecting a big storm surge here. the issues, though, today, and there are going to be many for the carolina

lisa desjardins, yamiche, thank you both. d in t's other news, the death toll in indonesia's tsunami topped 1,550 as aid trickled in. but some devasted villages are still waiting for help. john irvine of independent television news reports from one such place. >> reporter: a look down a street that a ship came up. she surfed the tsunami, more an 1200 tons riding the wave and plowing into the fishing village of wani. 13 crew weretin board at the , and one of them described how after feeling the ship t shudder duri earthquake, they saw water retreat from the shoreline. knowing that meant a tsunami, they ran to the bridge, the highest point on the shi then they could only look down in horror as villagemped were swamped by the violent surge of water. they heard screams but powerless to help. since friday, access to wani hau been dif so nothing in the way of aid has reached here yet and people feel let down. whatev help is at hand in the disaster zone, it always seems to be destined for somewre else. of all the vessels washed asho

. >> woodruff: and lisa joins me now, along with white correspondent yamiche alcindor. so, lisa, what do we know about this report? what are senators g, and is it changing any votes? >> we know the supplemental report itself was something like 50 pages or so and icluded interviews of at least nine people and apparently the f.b.i. reached out to at lea a teth person who may not have spoke ton them. senators arnot suposed to speak about it, but the whole kavanaugh file is about this big, is what the senator said. hind closed doors, senators split up the supplemental interviews and passed them around one by one. a one point they had sff reading out loud the ente supplemental report. in the end, i did not hear anyse tor indicate that what they found in today's report is something substantially new. good news for republicans who support mr. kavanaugh, but democrats are claiming this report was stacked in that direction from the get that's their feeling. >> woodruff: yamiche, what's the state at the white house? >> the whiterouse and trumpe very happy and want the vote to hap

yamiche alcindor reports on what is maki southern california district so competitive.lcindor: repairing surfboards, and ping for a big blue wave. at her shop in southern cali fired up new democrat, with a deeply personal motivation. >> well, i dated a man who was similar to trump. he wasery wealthy. he was a big bully. it was his highway or the byway. and so trump rinds me of that type of person. i mean, angry, do what he wants with women. he says it's okay to grab women without their permission. and that's just incredibly offensive to me. >> alcindor: she grew up with staunchly conservative parents, and two decades ago, moved to orange county. for most of her life, she was one of the 400,000 independent voters in this longtime republican stronghold. then came president trump's surprise win. >> i was just appalled, what ieppened. i couldn't bel a man like aump was elected. >>lcindor: she's now working to oust her representative in the 48th district, republican congressman dana roher. she's knocked on hundreds of doors to help democrat harley rouda beat the 30-year accu

lisa desjardins, yamiche alcindor, thank you.ll lo at the effect of the kavanaugh decision on the #metoo movement, later in the broadcast. the struggle over the supreme court played out as the jury in a chicago court convicted a white policeman of murdering a black teenager. jason van dyke was found guilty- of secgree murder in the death of laquan mcdonald. the teen was shot multiple times in 2014 confrontation. we'll get the details, and local reaction, after the news summary. t day's other news, job gains in the u.s. slowed in september, but the unemployment rate still fell to a near-50- year low. the labor department says employers added a net of 134,000 jobs, the smallest number in a year, and likely affected by hurricane "florence". the unemployment rate slipped t% that is the lowest it's beence since er of 1969. this year's nobel peace prizeop goes to two who have fought to end sexual violence as a weapon of war. nadia murad is one of 3,000 d yazidi women who were rad tortured by islamic state militants in iraq. denis mukwe

so, yamiche, smany people are asking, why is nikki haley doing this now? she saidna persoreason, term limits, but what else do we know wout what's happening here? >> whaknow is that washington was really, really shocked when nikki haley made this announcement. it's because our newshour producers here studied the list of the last 30 years o u.n. ambassadors, and in almost every single case, when that person resigned in the middof a president's term, it's because they were tang another job within the administrotion that. ishe case with nikki haley. i spoke with someone who is close to nikki haley who also helped get her elected in south carolina. that person says she's very politically ambitious in good way and that she would know when to leave, and in this case, she's leavg when th administration's having a good couple weeks. they had brett kavanaugh confirmed. the trade deal went through. you also have the economy doing well. so nikki haley is kind of leaving on this high. there is, of course, this idea that she could run in 2020, but nikki haley was very

i just channeled it.or >> woodruff: fon this, our white house correspondent yamiche alcindor joins me now. so, yamiche, you were telling me after kanye west's comments, there was a rong reaction, st of it negative. what's behind that? >> well, it was really truly a bizarre moment at the white house and mainlit showed really the extreme change in kanye west's politics. kanye west was a rapper known for his social activism. he was a rapper also known for calling out president trump. he famosausly that president bush didn't care about black people so he was calling out president george w. bush in that instance and he was talking about katrina and the fact there were african americans who didn't feel as thouhe government cared about them after the response to the hurricane. instead, you have kanye west saying he's not only an tspoken supporter of predent trump. it's the fact that he said stuff like slavery is a choice. he's also today, in what was aut 10-mmonologue, he talked about stereotypes used against african americans throughout history. le said at some point, african americans like

do you agree with his assessment, the last things he was saying there, yamich? >> i can't say whether or not the senate failed to do or fell short -- >> the fact we now are without a moderate voice, that we have a divide that is 5-4 in favor of conservative voices now on the supreme court if everything goes according to plan. >> yes, that of course is very true. that brett kavanaugh is someone who wasn't just a judge who had conservative rulings, but he was a judge who worked inside the administration, who worked very closely with george bush. yes, the court is definitely going to be changed forever. which is why you had democrats. there was of course outrage because of dr. ford's allegations but there was outrage long before that because justice kennedy was seen as this moderate voice who kind of gave the supreme court this idea that you could go -- it could swing one way or the other. now we'll likely see a lot of 6-3 decisions. six republicans versus three democrats. >> what about senator manchin's decision? based on your reporting there, what do you think wa

bush now co-creator and executive producer of "the circus" on showtime mark mckinnon, i can't m-- yamiche alcindor and joe meacham. joe, why don't you try to set the scene for us what this will mean for the midterms, what this will mean for democrats and republicans, the senate. i could go on. what does this mean? >> well, we'll hear from our esteemed guests, but a lot of talk, mika, this weekend about how this was going to be different, the supreme court would never be respected again, the supreme court wouldn't be able to work together again. of course, in that swearing in ceremony also justice kagan, justice sotomayor was there. the supreme court will go on and united states congress will go on, the government will continue its business. the only question is who is going to be running it? is it going to be run by mitch mcconnell, is it going to be run by people who did what they did over the past couple of weeks, and then were cheerleaders. that's going to be actually our first story after saying that we were trying to get a justice on the supreme court that was impartial, that was neu

. >> woodruff: lisa joins me now, along with newshour white house correspondent yamiche alcindor.a, as we said, what a dramatic day. tell us a little bit more abo what it was like. when did these yes votes decide and what factorswent into the decision? >> after such a dramatic week, judy, going intth vote, i spoke to several republican leaders who did not know if they had the votes going in.t te lme it happened on healthcare, they lost. it was a big gamble, but, in ts end,u sat in that chamber, i saw lisa murkowski with her head down, looking at her hands. i saw susanollins next to her. the two weren't speaking. they weren't cold to each other but it seeey were probably going to go different ways. so when murkowski announced that no vote, it really sent shockve through the chamber, is he in trouble. then collins was a yes, manchin was a yes, another surprise vote. it was quite a dramatic day, and i think the yes votes were very import look at. collins talked a lot about the homework she did, she went ino a lot of substance. but manchin, he was really truck by his personal time wit

yamiche alcindor has this report.do >> alcr: a democrat in trump country, and some voters fansideringeap of faith. at bridge day, in yetteville, nia, tens of thousands of people came out to watchba jumpers, and talk about a surprisingly competitive race. democratic state senator richard ojeda d state delegate carol miller, a republican, are fighting to win a seat in congress once thought to bedl sored. in 2016, donald trump beat hillary clinton in this district by 42%. >> we're going nothing but the filthy rich and the dirt poor. >> alcindor: but ojeda, a 24- year army veteran, has managed to make this race a nail biter. >> i'm a umwa man, we need you. >> alcindor: miller, a businesswoman who owns several car dealerships and a bison farm, declined to be interviewed. but in ads like this, she stressed her connection with the president.om >> a w that works very hard for you, carol miller. >> alcindor: at bridge day, that endorsement seemed to carry significant weight. >> it would be carol miller and that's a vote for mr. donald trump. that's my entire reason for voting for her. indor: o

. >> yamiche, new white house counsel is in now, don mcgahn's out. what do we know about the replacement, and what do we know about some of the challenges that she faces? >> well, the channels that that person faces really are whether or not president trump can heed that person's advice. don mcgahn was seen as someone who at least he told some friends according to the new york times that he stopped the president from firing robert mueller. what you saw in don mcgahn was someone who was loyal to the president but also acting as a barrier when it came to him acting on his gut feelings and his feeling as though this whole thing was hoax and he needed to get personally involved in the mueller investigation. this new person is going to have to decide how strong they want to be with president trump and if they're going to start to insist that president trump back down or if the president's going to be, as he said in a couple interviews, that he's going to start to try to get involved. he says i've been holding back from the mueller investigation, but maybe

>> woodruff: yamiche alcindor in miami for us, thank you.florida this week toxic algae have started to appear again. l a desjardin reports, it has again shed a spotlight on the environment as a political issue. rob spent as much time as he can on the beach if south florida's coast. he likes to say the pieis his home office. in recent months, he was forced off the water, this piece of paradise where he moved to enjoy life has been plagued by wavironmental problems. he showed us theer today. >> this is not what it wou look like normally.ld it we more of a bright green when it's churned up with the sand. this is bad. >> and his pictures of itst year. in florida, a host of emwater proare rising as election issues. the toxic res tide alae spread from the gulf coast toheim, burning beachgoers eyes and lungs and kilng fish, dolphins, sea turtles and manatees by the dozen. "pbs newshour" reported on this crisis earlier this fall. in other areas of the state, lake okeechobee and on the atlantic coast slimy rancid blooms of green blue algae spurred he

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yamiche, so much does depend on who decides to go out and vote.es to go out and vote. which segments are the most motivated. that will determine our future or shape our future. >> it will absolutely shape our future. i think people, especially african-americans that i've talked to in the last couple weeks, they understand the struggle, they understand what it means to get out the right to vote and what people had to sacrifice to get -- to allow african-americans to vote. the thing that i will say, though, is that when the president is using these nationalist terms, he's doing that because he's trying to get his people out to vote. he's trying to counter the wave that we know is coming in taerns because for more than two years people have watched the president use language that this he found to be deeply offensive and racist and then there are the people who support the president who say that's a distraction that he's not someone who is using that language, but what i will say is also this, after alabama there was this feeling that black people sav

yamich, thank you, good to see you. >>> coming up, thousands of migrants continue their slow march through mexico towards the u.s. border. the administration is threatening a military response. but will anything deter these people so desperately searching for a safe place to live? we will go live to mexico next. >>> but before we go, it could be a tense couple of days for john bolton. he is in russia just days after president trump announced his intention to pull the u.s. out of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. 1987 agreement prohibits u.s. and russia from producing or testing ground-launched nuclear missiles with a range of 3,400 miles. trump says russia has violated the terms. russia of course denies those allegations. ignition sequence starts. 10... 9... guidance is internal. 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... ♪ so let's promote our falle a homecomingtravel dealame, on choicehotels.com like this. touchdown. earn a free night when you stay just twice this fall. or, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com billions of problems. morning breath? garlic breath? stinky bre