john yang reports on efforts to address the problem inwh cincinnatih has one of the highest rates in the nation. >> ready to put your shoes on, got to put them on theight >> yang: in cincinnati's avondale neighborhood, it's a nttypical morning for ashati getting four-year-old royal ready for day care. while also tending to kingadam, who was born in october. arriving to lend a hand and offer advice: fellow avondale resident tina brown. >> hello miss brown. >> you been keeping the baby in the crib? you haven'been sleeping with the baby? >> no. r>> because i don't want l over on him, and sids and stuff. as keeping him safe. >> yang: and she tip on a hospital job for davis, who currently works for the cincinnati parks deparent. >> a worker >> yang: during both pregnancies, davis had gestational diabetes. t with kingadam, she had brown at her side, counseling her on, diing with her to doctor's appointments, reminding her toed cyke herations. >> with this pregnt was easier, you know, me knowing that i had somebody to help me out and stuff like that. every week she came by with some type of

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in greensboro, north carolina. >> woodruff: this week, our nation mourned a president, and got a better glimpse of the investigation into the current commander in chief's ties to russia. roere is a lot to unpack tonight with shields ands. that is syndicated columst mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks. hello to both of you. so there's a lot of news tonight. it's friday, as we've seen on lot ofidays, david, the special counsel robert mueller and not only he but the southern district of new york, the prosecutors there have made public what ley cal filings that detail activities by people who are close to the president, specifically michael cohen who's his former lawyer, and later on we had another filing about paul manafort. ie have been listening, rapidly reading through what do we think it has up to? >> first, these twice are not very good cooperators. if you're going to cooperate, cooperate, but manafort is going to jail probably for the res his life and cohen is getting a healthy sentence because he semicooperated, something l

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: we want to continue our look at secretary of defense mattis' resignation, and what it means going forward, with two men with extensiveen expe in u.s. national security policy. leon panetta sved as secretary defense and director of the central intelligence agency aring the obama administration. he has also servwhite house chief of staff during the clinton administration. and, richard haass was director of policy planning at the state department during the geor w. bush administration. he also served on the national security council staff of the george h.wbush administration. he is now the president of the council on foreign relations.el gentlemen,me to you both. it is good to see you. leon panetta, to you first, yo reaction when you learned secretary mattis resigned.t >> i thoughts a sad day for the nation to lose an outstanding defense secretary l o is well experienced with regards to natiocurity policy and also believed in the basicrinciples of leadership, of strength, of our alliances of understanding who ourad rsaries are, principles

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: the trump administration proposed thell biggest ck today in water protection since the clean water act was passed in 1972. ve would reduce safeguar to millions of acres of wetlands, and thousands of streams as well. this follows an expansion of water regulations under president obama that was hugely controversial. under the prior administration,t the governmexpanded the type of waterways that fall under federal protection to include smaller streams and tributaries that feed into larger bodies of water. farmers, ranchers and developers say that resulted in essentially a federal land gra the new rules will limit oversight substantially, so that it will protect large bodies of water, the rivers that drain into them and nearby wetlands. environmentalists are responding that this is a big blow against clean water. coral davenport has been following the latest velopments for the "new york times" and joins me now. welcome back to the news, ur. so, cormind us what were ns undernded regulat president obama. >> so the obama regulation, it was c

john yang reports on the first casualty of president trump's decision to retreat from syria. >> yang: defense secretary james mattis' abrupt resignation has rattled nervous u.s. allies. the french foreign minister regretted the loss of a reliable partner. >> ( translated ): what i can say is that he is a lleague which i very much appreciate, with whom i have worked a lot. he's a great soldier, and has en a remarkable secretary. >> yang: in australia, senatorn, jim mo retired general who served alongside mattis in iraq, said it's clear australia must depend less on the united states and become more "self-reliant." in washington, the resignation rocked lawmakers in both parties. virginia democratic senator tim kaine: >> jim mattis is one of finestnt public seri've worked with in my entire career. >> yang: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said h "distressed" at the news. the mattis resignation letter was noteworthy for its absence of any praise for president trump. instead, he cited his differences with the commander- in-chief, writg, "you have the right to have a secretary whose v

john yang reports on efforts to address the problem in cincinnati, which has one of the highest rates in the nation. >> ready to put your shoes on, int to put them on the right >> yang: in cincti's avondale neighborhood, it's a typical morninfor ashantti davis, getting fouyear-old royal ready for day care. while also tending to kingadam, who was born in october. driving to lend a hand an offer advice: fellow avondale resident tina brown. >> hello miss brown. >> you been keeping the baby in the crib? you haven't been sleepinwith the baby >> no. >> because i don't want to roll over on him, and sids and stuff. >> keeping him safe. >> yang: and she has a tip on a hospital job for currently works for the cincinnati parks department. >> a worker readiness progg:m? >> yuring both pregnancies, davis had gestational diabetes.ga but with km, she had brown er her side, counseling her on diet, going witho doctor's appointments, reminding her to take her medications. >> with this pregnancy it was easier, u know, me knowing that i had somebody to help me out and uff like that. every week she came b

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in greensboro, north carolina. >> woodruff: this week, our nadon mourned a president, got a better glimpse of the investigation into the current mmander in chief's ties russia. there is a lot to unpack telight with shids and brooks. that is syndated columnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist did brooks. hello to both of you. so there's a lot of news tonight. it's friday, as we've seen on a lot of fridays, david, the special counsel robert mueller and not only he but the uthern district of new york, the prosecutors there have made public what they call filgs that detail activities by people who are close to thpresident, specifically michael cohen who's his former lawyer,nd later on we had another filing about paul manaenrt. we have listening, rapidly reading through this, what do we think it has up to >> first, these twice are not very good cooperators.e if youing to cooperate, cooperate, but manafort is going to jail probably for the rest of his life and cohen is getting a healthy sentence because he semicooperated, some that, but i thi

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: the trump administration propoe biggest rollback today in water protection since the clean water act was passed in 1972.ed the move woulde safeguards to millions of acres of wetlands, and thousands of streams asell. this follows an expansion of water regulations under president obama that w hugely controversial. raunder the prior administtion, the government expanded the type of waterways that fall under federaprotection to include smaller streams and tributaries that feed into larger bodies of water. farmers, ranchers and developers say that resulted in essentially a deral land grab. the new rules will limit oversight substantiay, so that it will protect large bodies of water, the rivers that drain into them and arby wetlands. environmentalists are responding that this is a big blow against cln water. coral davenport has been following the latest developments for the "new york times" and joins me now. welcome so, coral, remind us what were the expanded regulations under president obama. >> so the obama regulation, it was called "waters o

for the pbs newshour, i am john yang in ellicott city, maryland. n woodruff: "time" magazine named its "per the year" yesterday, choosing a group of journalists thar dubbed "the ans of truth." nick schifrin is back now, with the author of a new book who ters the life story of anot reporter killed for her own guardianship of the truth. >> schifrin: 6.5 years ago, the world lost a memorable and vitceal v marie colvin was a foreign correspondent for the "sunday times" in london, and one of the most remarkable war reporters of her generation.e vered every conflict, from beirut in the mid-'80s to the war in syria, where she was b killthe assad regime. back in 2001, she lost her left eye in sri lanka, and a few weeks later, she wrote "why do i cover wars." "i did not set out to be a war correspondent. it has always seemed to me that what i write about is humanity in extremis, and that it is important to tell people what really happens in wars." "in exemis: the life and death gr the war correspondent marie colvin" is a new bhy from marie's friend, lindsey

john yang has a report from caekfornia as part of our wely education story on "making the grade." >> yang: when aldo galindo was growg up in san bernardino, california, his father's message about college was simple: >> he would always tell me to go tooo s you better go to school, you have to go to school. it wasn't an option, it was more like, "you have to." ang: aldo remembers his dad rkming home exhausted after g 12 hour days as a cook at a lestaurant. >> ( translated ): my children have noticed how .rd we've work i know they will always have to work from eighty to 10, 12 but with a degree and a profession, they will earn much more than what we earn and be able to afford things, live more comfortably, live a better life than the one we've had. >> yang: now 21, aldo commutes 40 minutes roundtrip every day from his parents' house to california ste university-san bernardino. he's a junior, studying computer systems. he wants to develop video gamest and work with l reality. by going to college, he's breaking barriers not only in his own family, but in this regi, where nearly half of al

john yang has a look at the numbers so far. >> yang: william, the latest government figes show that as of last saturday, more than 4.1 million people had signed up for a.c.a. coverage. that's down nearly 12% from last neyear, and the number of enrollments is down almost 20%. this, despite stable premiums and more plans available. now, millions more are expected to sign up or be re-enrolled by tomorrow's deadline. to discuss what's going on, we're joined by julie rovner, chief washington correspondent for kaiser health news. julie, thanks and welcome. why is enrollment down from last year? >> well, there are a lot of aren't. a big one, of course, is that mngress last year repealed what's called thdate penalty, so if you don't have health insurance, you will no longer have to pay a tax penalty for not having it, though a lot of people don't even knowt. tha the economy is bert. more people have jobs. they don't need their own health insurance. there are smaller things in virginia, they're expanding medicaid, so you've got tens of, thousaore than 100,000 people who were getting aca coverag

john yang has a look at the numbers so far. >> yang: william, the latest govement figures show that as of last saturday, more than 4.1 million people had signed up for a.c.a. coverage. that's downearly 12% from last n ar, and the number of new enrollments is dmost 20%. this, despite stable premiums and more plans availab now, millions more are expecr d to sign up re-enrolled by tomorrow's deadline. to discusshat's going on, we're joined by julie rovner, chief washingtonorrespondent for kaiser health news. julie, thanks and welcom why is enrollment down from last year? >> well, there are a lot of aren't. a big one, of course, is tta congress last year repealed what's called the mandate penalty, so if you don't hav health insurance, you will no longer have to pay a tax penalty for not having it,h tholot of people don't even know that. the economy is bert.e more peohave jobs. they don't need their own health insurance. there are smallethings in virginia, they're expanding medicaid, so you've got tens of thousands, more than 100,000 ople who were getti aca coverage who will now be able to

john yang has a report from calirnia as part of our weekly education story on "making the grade." >> yang: when aldo galindo was growing up in san bernardino, california, his father's message about college was simple: >> he would always tell me to go to school, you better go to school, you have to go to school. it wasn't an option, imore like, "you have to." >> yang: aldo remembers his dad coming working 12 hour days as a cook at a local restaurant. >> ( translated ): my children hav we noticed how have worked. i know they will always have to work from eighty to 10, 12 but with a dofgree and a prssion, they will earn much more than what we earn and be able to afford things, live more comfortably, live a beheer life thanne we've had. >> yang: now 21, aldo commutes 40 minutes roundtrip every day from his parents' house to california statersity-san bernardino. he's a junior, studying computer systems. he wants t and work with virtual reality. by going to college, he's breaking barriers not only in his own family, but in this region, where nearly half of all adults have no education beyo

but, as john yang tells us, a new analysis by the "washington post" finds domestic violence plays an even larger role in the deaths of far too many women. the numbers are staggering: nearly half-- 46%-- of more than 4,400 women killed in the past decade died at the hands of an intimate partner. >> reporter: judy, "post" reporters analed data from 47 major u.s. cities. in a closer examination of homicides in five of those ciates, the reporters found more than a third of the men implicat in a domestic killing were known to be potential threats. they had a preous restraining order against them or had been convicted of domestic abusor a violent crime-- including murder. and police told the "post"hat attempted strangulation is a strong indicator that an abusivi reship could turn deadly. katie zezima was the lead reporter of the "post" team whoo traveledd the country on this story and she joins us now. thanks for having me. >> were you surprised the atl al by the volume, just the sheer numbers thatou found in your reporting we were. i mean, it is a huge amount of womelewho are kilby their

john yang and a team of students from the university of maryland capital news service visited ellicott city, to explore the town's future, and produced this report for our weekly segment, the "leading edge." >> yang: it's a town peopleve its streams and hills, its historic architecture and aint shop it's no surprise that "money" magazine recently named ellicott city, maryland one ofst america's laces to live. so attractive that, in recentts years,opulation has exploded. it was origimilly built as a town, channeling multiple waterways down to the flour millone of the first in the country. it has a hisry of flooding. the thing about elliot city is that about 250 years ago, it was signed to do exactly wha has happened during these floods. >> yang: but the 21st century effects are very different. outgoing howard county councilman jon weinstein represented the town for fou years. >> every drop of water that falls in this watershed converges at this point and is constricted. it goes where it wts to go. it's a combination of climate change, upstream development and just simply the way the tow

>> woodruff: police have long established the connection between domestic violence ander mu but, as john yang tells us, a new analysis by the "washington post" finds domestic violenc plays an even larger role in the deaths of far too many women. the numbers are staggering: nearly half-- 46%-- of more than 4,400 women killed in the past decade died at the hands of an intimate partner.r: >> reporudy, "post" reporters analyzed data from 47 major u.s. cities.r in a cloamination of ermicides in five of those cities, the repofound that more than a third of the men implicated in a domestling were known to be potential threats. thg had a previous restrain order against them or had been convicted of destic abuse or a violent crime-- including murder. and police told the "post" that attemprangulation is a strong indicator that an abusive relationship could turn deadly. katie zezima was the lead reporter of the "post" team who aveled around the country on this story and she joins us now. thanks for having me. >> were you surprised thetll by the volume, just the sheer numbers that you found in your

as john yang reportsame as an unwelcome surprise to u.s. lies, and to many of bot parties on capitol hill. >> yang:hroughout the year, president ump has promised a change in syria strategy. >> and, by the way, we're knocking the hell out of isis. we'll be coming out of syria, ke, very soon. >> yang: today, it appeared "soon" could be here. first, a tweet: "we have defeated isis in syria, my only reason for being there." then a white house statement: "we have started returning f oops home as we transition to the next phase ois campaign." but the shift appeared at odds with many of his top aides. in octer, national security adviser john bolton said the 2,000 u.s. troops in syria will stay, as long as iran and its allies are there, supporting bashar al-assad, the syrian president. last month, jim jeffrey, the u.s. special representative for syria. >> their mission right now from the president is the enduring defeat, and the enduring defeat means not simply smashing the last of isis's conventional military units holding terrain, but ensuring th

: john allen very quickly. >> stve's right. there's a tragic choice here with the kurds. but this administration has the potential, if it pulls our troops out too kickly, of turninoithat tragic into a humanitarian catastrophe, and we should not do that. we need come out with a timeline that ultimately both protectsat opulation and does a very clear, incremental handover in such a way that we don't put our allies in northern syria at risk. >> yang: gentlemen, we're going to have to leave it there. steve simon of the brookings institution, steve simon of amherst college, thank you very much. >> woodruff: we turn now to congress. it was a busy day for the house and senate as they negotiate a deal to fund the government before a friday deadline. to bring us up to speed on where things stand, i'm joined by our own lisa desjardins. hello, lisa. so, two days away, they were supposed to vote, we were told, on some sort of funding measure today. it didn't hapn. what happened? >> well, it looked like it was on the fast track this morning

john delaney of maryland, registeredregistered ojetta, frm west virginia. dwight from west virginia, a bronze star, anndd w yang and he's a nonprofit exec and someone who worked in the obama administration. all three of those running, done, they're out there. who's exploring the concept? now we have these two, julian castro was the first big name to announce, we knewn november he was going to be an exploratory committee, and elizabeth warren today. julian castro sad h wold announce in november. prepare yourselv, this ist 20 photos, and i went to one of yours. i knowhe more people out there, we're probably going to get e-mails about ias other people v. i like this group because this shows you a little bit of the contours of those who are wristed. 12 of these 20 witmembers of congress. you can see now they are dominating the initial runup to the gate. we don'tnow who will come out to have the gate more strongly, so a few mayors, governors, former governors, it is a massive field. in the democrat, iowa caucuses e 13 months away, but the first debates on them a