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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. foundatio rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg.nd corporate g is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirent products. at'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. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. federal agencies are preparing for a partial government shutdown at the end of t week, if congress doesn't meet friday's midnight deadline. at issue is paying for a wall on the mexicaborder. pamocratic leaders say there are not enough votes t a bill with president trump's requested $5 billion to waild a wall. , the president claimed during his campaign, mex

and a look back at some of our stories from this next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: .bernard and irene schwar sue and edgar wachenheim ilv. seton . 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 ianividual group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. b additional support hn provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ank you. from the tisch wnet studios at teincoln center in new york, alisonrt. >> stewart: good evening and thank you for joining us. as the partial goverent shutdown marks its ninth day, the standoff between the president and his republican party and the democrats remains the same. president trump stayed at the ite house again today. he started the morning tweeting d pinning blame on senat minority leader democrat chuck schumer. mr. trump called it a "schume

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by:d bernd irene schwartz.r sue and edchenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosand p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate nding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company.ti adal 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 w york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. george h.w. bush, the 41st president of the united states, has died at the age of 94 at his home in houston. mr. bush died last night less than eight months after his wife of 73 years, barbara bush, passed away. >> i, george herbert walker bush, do solemnly swear. >> i, george herbert walker bush, do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of presi

. >> brangham: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and b the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved econo ac performan financial literacy in the 21st century. >> carnegie corporation of new irk. supportiovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. carnegie.org. >> and with e ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.ib and by conions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. re was a moret modest rally on wall street today, but it came in dramatic style. stocks were down sharply, but then clawed back in the last two hours of trading. the dow jones industrial averag0 gainedoints, after being 38.n 600, to close at 23 that's after yesterday's 1,000- point gain. the nasdaq rose 25 points, and the s&p 500 added 21. even so, the market is still on track for its worst december since the great depression. the rtial government shut

. >> brangham: all that and more tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the alfred. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial teracy in the 21st century. >> carnegie corporation of new york. pporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.or >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: d individuals. t s program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank u. >>rangham: there was a mor modest rally on wall street today, but it came in dramatic style. stocks were down sharply, but then clawed back in the last two hours of trading. the dow jones industrial average gained 260 points, after being down 600, close at 23,138. that's after yesterday's 1,000- point gain. the nasdaq rose 25 points, andde the s&p 500 21. even so, the market is still on track for its worst december mence the great depression. the par

next on "pbs newshour wkend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin.yl the chand 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 retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcastingriand by cotions 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 and thank you for joining us. after a week in which president trump announced top members of his administration are leaving and court filings revealed allegatis that the president directed hush money payments-- this morning, mr. trump contind his attack on his former f.b.i. director. late yesterday republicans on ary, ande judici government reform and oversight committees released the

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the chyl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporatfunding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: or and by the corporation public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivas. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. plans are underway for a state funeraand national day of mourning this wednesday for former president george h.w. bush, who died friday evening in his houston home. one of his closest friends, james baker, who served as his secretary of state, was with him on friday. >> he opened both eyes, he looked at me, he said "hey, bake, where are we going today?" ian

all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour >> mor funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> kevin. >> kevin! >> kevin. >> advice for life. life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. with the ongoing suppor of these institutions: >> this program was made fossible by the corporatio public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: two new devets tonight in the ongoing legal dramas related to president trump.de a l judge in washington today accused his formerur national sy adviser michael flynn of selling out his country. and, he pontponed prison cing for flynn. the retired general hatted to lying about his contacts with russia during the trump transition period. p meanwhile, tsident's personal charity organization will shut down, amid allegations that he misused it for personal and political gain. we'll explore both developments after the news summary. in the day's other news, russia blasted u.s. senate findings that it ran a sweeping disinformation campaign to help elect president trump. a spokesman for rus

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edr 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 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, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. president trump's chief of staff john kelly is leaving the administration. the four-star retired general replaced the president's first chief of staff, reince priebus, in july of 2017. the president told reporters the news as he left the white house this afternoon to go to the army-navy football game in philadelphia. >> john kelly will be leaving. i

. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: nd >>y the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. gi >> carcorporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and curity. at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> thiprogram was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: we begin with word that defense secretary james mattis is stepping down, at the end of february. president trump announced it on twitter this evening. it came a day after he announced a u.s. withdrawal from syria, mething mattis opposed. in his resignation letter, mattis said he is leaving becaus"you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with you." michael gordon of the wall stre journal

. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been pr by: >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic perfmance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, anthe advancement international peace and security. at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions:in anviduals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. urand by contributions to bs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the united states senate is challenging esident trump's approach to saudi arabia, on two fronts. senators voted today to ghcommend ending support for the saudi coalition ng in yemen. that came amid news of a partial cease-fire agreement. separately, the senate directly blamed saudi crown princemo mmed bin salman for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. we'll have a full report, after the news summary. in the day's other news, the l

all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> kevin. >> kevin >> kevin. >> advice for life. life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporatbln for broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: two new developments tonight in the ongoing legal dramas related to president trump. a federal judge in washington today accused his former nationalecurity adviser michael flynn of selling out his country. and, he postponed prison sentencing for flynn. the retired general yis admitted to about his contacts with russia during the trump transition period. meanwhile, the president's personal charity organization will shut down, amid allegations that he misused it for personal and political gain. we'll explore both developments after the news summary. in the day's other news, russia blasted u.s. senate findings at it ran a sweeping disinformation campaign to help elect president tru

. ♪ ♪ >> schifrin: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> kevin. >> kevin! >> kevin? >> advice for life. life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular.on >> and with thing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation fora public broing. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers le you. thank you. >> schifrin: today, the confirmed death toll in th indonesian tsunami rose to 429. it struck without warning on saturday night after a volcano erupted in the sunda strait. search teams spent another day going through debris, while t e hardest-hiareas are still cut off. and, new accounts emerged fr survivors, including a woman who lived through the terror in her car. >> ( translated ): there was a blackout, and no sign at all of an incoming tsunami. we were all sitting down outside when a boy arrived and said the an krakatau volcano was erupting. so we all ran away and jumped into a car.e we wcked inside and then suddenly the window

this is pbs newshour weekend, saturday. >> stewart: u.s. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen visited yuma, arizona today, on the second day of a tour of customs and border protection facilities along the southwest border. the trip comes after the recent deaths of two guatemalan children while in u.s. custody: seven-year old jakelin caal and eight-year old felipe gomez alonzo. earlier this week, a d.h.s. spokesperson said the secretary would be meeting with medical professionals and technicians during her tour. yesterday, nielsen began her trip at a border patrol station in el paso, texas. russia ministers met in moscow today to discuss a joint military strategy in syria. the meeting focused mainly on the upcoming wit2,rawal of about 0 u.s. troops from the war- torn country. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, told reporters that during the meeting, both countries agreed to coordinate to "eradicate the terrorist threat" in sykea. the u.s.-bkurds fear that president trump's troop yptian authorities said today that state securit

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next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs new mshour weekend e 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. rolind 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 retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation forca public broing, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ythan from the tisch wnet studios at oln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and th the secretary of the interior, ryan zinke, is leaving the trump ration at the end of the year. president trump announced zinke's exit on twitter this morning. zinke played a significant role in trump's agenda to scale back environmental regulations and to promerote engy development on public lands. the former navy seal and montana congressman was under scrutiny in multiple investigati

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. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the alfred p. sloa foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, anthe advancement international peace and security. at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions:in anviduals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. urand by contributions to bs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the united states senate is challenging esident trump's approach to saudi arabia, on two fronts. senators voted today to recommend ending support for the saudi coalition fighting in yemen. that came amid news of a partial cease-fire agreement. separately, the senate directly blamed saudi crown prince hammed bin salman for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. we'll have the news summary.er inhe day's other news, the president

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. >> woo on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> consumer cellular. to learn more, go to consumercellular.tver >> financial svices firm raymond james. >> the william and flora hewlett for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. at www.hewlett.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individual >> this program was made possible by thcorporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: it turns russian efforts to sow discord in american politics and help elect presidt trump were much broader than first believed. the senate intelgence committee released two reports today, focusing inly on social media data. among other things, they found the russians tried to discouragr african ans from voting and to whip up conservative anger. we'll have aull look, after the news summary. in the day's other news:d a broad-ball-off walloped wall

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pbs newshour.more, on tonight's >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for60 years. t bnsf, the engit connects us. day.ext night an >> catch it on replay. >> burning some fat. >> sharing the latest viral cat! >> y can do the things you like to do with a wireless plan designed for you. d data.lk, text consumer cellular. learn more at consumercellular.tv >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. s >> this program de possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions t pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a partial governmenthutdown looms at midnight, after a long day of stalemate. senate republicans could not muster the votes for a bill that house republicans passed, to nd the government into february. it includes $5.7 billion for a southern border wall, something democrats firmly oppose. but, at a white house event today, p

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. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> kevin. >> kevin! >> kevin. >> advice fe. life well-planned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> and with the g support of these institutions: >> this program wamade ssible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: americans of all stripes honored the late president george h.w. bush today, as his body laid in state .s. capitol. ordinary citizens, former colleagues and old rivals, including former kansas senator bob dole, paid their respects. mr. bush's service dog "sully" also made an appearance. the public viewing ends wednesday morning, to be followed by a state funeral at the national cathedral meanwhile, psident and mrs. trump visited the bush family this afternoon at blair house, across from the white house. l speak with some of those who knew president bush best, after the news summary. the day's other news, a market meltdown hit wall street, amid doubts about global growth t

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