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Al israel ini barred both tlaib and fellow democratic congresswoman ilhan omar from entry over their support of boycotts protesting israels policies and treatment of palestinians. But israel reversed its ban on tlaib, on the condition she promise not to promote the boycotts during her trip. Tlaib tweeted that she would not visit under such oppressive conditions. North korea meanwhile fired two projectiles into the sea fridayt markinsixth launch in three weeks. Those launches came after a government spokesman for the north criticized south korea for continuing planned joint military exercises with the u. S. Pyongyang also rejected the souths offer of peace talks. In hong kong, prodemocracyrs protesegan a weekend of demonstrations amid suspicion china may sendfon paramilitary es. At night, thousands of demonstrators gathered for ale studenrally against the Ruling Communist Party in beijing. Earlier, in the chinese border town of shenzhen, chinese paramilitaries held exercis at a sports stadium. But, police in hong kong sisted theyre in contro we are confident that we have the capability to maintain law and order in hong kong. In general, from my personal contact with the frontline troops, they are motivated, stable and maintain high morale, and we love our place and we want to contribute. Nawaz major prodemocracy rallies are planned for saturday and sunday in hong kong. Police in zimbabwe today cracked down on opposition demonstrators in the capital, as they enforced a ban on antigovernment protests. Demonstrators were demanding president Emmerson Mnangagwa address rampant flation, water shortages and widespread power outages. Hundreds rallied in the streets of central harare. Police then fired tear gas and beat some of the protesters as crowds fled down side streets. We dont have any food, nomo y, not even anything. Thats why we came here, we want to solve our problem. But how can we solve our problem when they hit us . They come and beat us, so what ln i do for that . Nawaz oppositiders said seven people were injured and 80 others were arrested. More than 500 migrants have died in the americas this year. Thats according to a new report out today from the u nations migration agency. The u. N. Said those mbers mark a crease over last year. 259 deaths were due to drowning in shipwrecks or attemiver crossings. The report does not include the 11 fatalities inside u. S. Migrant detention centers. Four states and the district of columbia today filed a lawsuit challenging thtrump administrations new rules that disqualify immigrants from earning green cards if they use public assistance. That includes medicaid, food stamps, and some Public Housing programs. California attorney general Xavier Becerra said the rules have led to a Chilling Effect on immigrantamilies. The trump rule wants to put the power to bar your path to become a citizen if your child participates in something as basic as your Neighborhood School lunch or nutrition program. This trump rule weaponizes nutrition, health care and housing. Itb. Cts like a ticking timeb nawaz the new rules are set to go into effect in october. Ting director of citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli announced the rule change on monday. He said the administratiig welcomes ints who are selfsufficient. E new york city medical examiner has ruled Jeffrey Epsteins death ws a suicide. The results of the autop released today said epstein hanged himself in his manhattan jail cell last saturday. The financier was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charnds. The f. B. I. Ustice department are both investigating epsteins deat after serious irregularities were found at the jail. There are nerevelations today about the air forces probe into Sexual Assault allegations made against President Trumps pick for the pentagons second highest military post. Air force investigators determined there was infficient evidence to pro air force general john hyten had anpunprofessional relations with his close aide, army colonel kathryn spletstoser. Hytens polygraph test was also deemed to be inconclusive. A separate report from the defense departments Inspector General could be made public as early as next week. Hyten has denied the assault claim. He faces a full Senate Confirmation vote next month. Meanwhile, a new report from the state departments Inspector General has found politically motivated harassment at one of the departments top bureaus. Career staffers in theu of International Organization affairs said they were mistreated and retal against by Top Trump Administration appointees who w thought the disloyal to the president. The state department vowed to provide a corrective action plan within 60 days. In economic news, wall street ended this turbulent week ofad g on a positive note. The Dow Jones Industrial average imbed 306 points to close at 25,886. The nasdaq rose 129 points, and the s p 500 added 41. Greenland said today it is not for sale, amid reports that desident trump has expres interest in the u. S. Buying the semiautonomous danish territory. A trump ally told the assoated press that the president discussed the purchase, but was not serious about it. Beone of greenlands two m of the Danish Parliament insisted today her nation was off the market. Greenland is not for sale. And if it was for sale, it would be up to the peoples of greenland. Greenland is an indigenous population, and in many ways, i think if greenland was for sale, i dont think, we would not sell it to the u. S. I think were concerned about the fact that were seen as something that you could just trade. Its quite disrespectful. Nawaz President Trump is not the First American president to pitch the idea. In 1946, president Harry Trumans administration offered to purchase greenland from denmark in exchange for 100 million in gold. And, two lucky kayakers in alaska survived a close call while investigating cracks in a glacier. One of the kayakers posted this dramatic video onl ie, showing bridge collapsing and falling into the water below. A huge splash washes over the two men as they paddle away from the oncoming wake. Alaska has seen its lowest levels of sea ice ever this summer as record temperatures and wildfires have grown amid the climate crisis. Stl to come, on the still to come on the newshour flashpnt in kashmir. We get a view on the ground from this disputed territory. New reports of the abuse faced by separated Migrant Children, this time in the u. S. Foster care system. Mountain biking and cattle grazing who gets priority on public lands plus, much more. Nawaz hundreds of people protested the security crackdown and clashed with Police Friday in indiancontrolled kashmir today. At the same time, indias government said it was constantly reviewing the situation there, and would move restrictions it had placed on the region two weeks ago when it removed kashmirs autonomous status. Life in kashmir has beenpa lyzed. Stores remain closed, and traffic along normally busy crossroads is thin. Under an unprecedented lockdown, nearly four million peopa in the indiinistered part of the territory have been confined to their hcoes, in a total unications blackout. translated of now, even we have been locked in, everything is locked down. Whatever the government has done, it iyonot good. Ev is under house arrest. Nawaz tensions in the region ekve escalated since last when indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped the primarily muim state of its semiautonomous status. Kashmiis now in its 13th day under this crackdown, but Authorities Say they will soonsc allools and offices to reopen, and phone service to be restored. Telecom connectivity, which has been a point of sore concern, will be gradually eased and restored in phased manner, keeping in mind the constant threat posed by terrorist organizations in using mobile connectivity to organize terror actions. Nawaz despite the measures to prevent unrest, anger at indias government for revoking kashmirs autonomy hasd sporadic street protests, and sometimes violent confrontations. Control of kashmir has been contested by india and pakistan sie 1947 postcolonial partition that separated the two countries. The nucleararmed neighbors each administer parts of the region,a ted by the line of control. The countries have already fought three times over kashmir. Now, pri minister modi has defended this takeover as ait national securdecision, to quell attacks from separatist militants in kashmir, which pakistan has supported in the past. But, on twitter today, pakistanr Prime Minister khan called indias actions fascist tactics that will not smother the kashmiri liberation struggle khan expressed his concerns with President Trump, over a teleone call this morning. Mr. Trp said he would soon hold talks with Prime Minister modi. Also today, at the request of pakistan, the u. N. Securit council met behind closed doors to discuss kashmir for the first time in more than 50 years chinas u. N. Envoy urgedoth countries to avoid takingn unilateral acter the region. The tension is already very tense and very dangerous. Nawaz but indias ambassadoe to. N. Called the situation an internal matter. We dont need international busybodies to try and tell us how to run our lives. Nawaz for more on what things are like on the ground in kashmir, were joined by surabhi tandon, special correspondent for france 24 who just returned from a fiveday trip there. Halcome to the newshour. Lets start withyou saw and heard from kashmirys on the ground living through this lockdown. Well, i was in the city about five days and i tried to visitgh as many nrhoods as possible. Of course, the securityo situationt of< h day in that th extent of the situations were changing each day that i was there. But for the mot part, people where i was was wer under a fair amount of lockdown, movement was restricted. In fact, if yoi ddnt have a pass or a reason to go to the ho tital or somethit was urgent, you werent really allowed to move arounbetween neighborhoods. This is for civilians. For jrnalists, as well, we were guarded. In most areas we went to, there were some nogo zones. Of course, i was there during the time of eve which was monday. So on saturday whh was the 11th of august, the government eased up ronstricand old some markets in parts of the city, and thats when you saw a fair amount movement, people coming out and buying things in preparation r the festival, t also buying things to stock up because nobody knows even ats thoint how long these situations ar goingto last. Nawaz surabhi tandon, travs the reaction on the ground when india first made the move to revok autonomy. A lot of people are wondering why we didnt see larger scale protests. I would say first of all, its not possible at the moment with the military presence in the valley. Kashmir is already one militari, fore the 5th of august, 45,000 extra troops were brought in, so thats almost one military personnel for tendency vi y yans. U see this military presence everywhere, and especially in areas that have frequent protests, even we werent allowed, with giant signs that blockaded the roads. People were barely allowed to walk through. No public transport going in. One large protest on friday which has been reported by some media outlets, but these were contained because to have the neavy military prnce that surrounds these ighborhoods. Already with these small otests, you had the military throwing in ear gases, in fact, also using palette guns. This is happening on the ground. Nawaz when we talk about the the future of kashehmir, we a lot from the leaders of india and pakistan. You have been talking to people on the ground on the indiaadministered side. What is it they say they want for their future . In kashmir, when youay wha do people want in the future, well, first of all, the people at i spoke to say that they dont agree with this division because they counter in the decision. He they say andecision made by the indian state that has been forced on them. Nnd or many in kashmir, this will continue,d some, of course, said that now the resistance might even become more extreme the people in the middle, their argument to stay ito india be pro india is stronger, and now perhaps people feel the one side which is antibeing part of the indian state, and what will happen, how this ange will erupt is to be seen. Nawaz that is surabhi tandon, special correspondent for france 24 reporting from new delhi tonight. Thank you very much. Nawaz we continue our coverage now of the separation of migrant families at the border. A new investigation by the Associated Press and pbss frontline finds allegations of physical and sexual abuse for some children who are moved into governmentfunded foster care after they are separated fromes their fami as Jeffrey Brown tells us, the report suggests there may beeg more aions and lawsuits to come. Brown the a. P. Looked at 38 legal claims from famtoies preparinue the federal government. Ed some cases, very Young Children were plith foster families where they were legedly molested by othe children. The allegations, many of which have not been public until now, raise questions about the governments ability to house Migrant Children in places beyond large shelterteand crowded ion centers. One attorney told the a. P. That these cases are the t of the iceberg. Martha mendoza is part of the reporting team for the a. P. And joins me now from mountain view, california. Thanks for joining us. What kind of abuses are we talking about that are being claimed here and wh are thefa victims . So the victims range from babies to teenagers, and the type of abuses range from sexual molesting to verbal abuse orh even just dready9 fear of being separated as a family and noknowing where tir loved ones were. Tell us a little bit more about the situation othe children and their parents and the families. These are children who have bee separated. Yeah, so under the administrations zero tolerance policy, when kids come in the country with their parents, they are separated. The parents go to detention, but the children become wards of the department of health and Human Services, which has been working to place them in residential shelters, sometimes in large detention camps, and the younger pes, theyve tried to put them into fosterrograms, and these programs are somewhat like you would think of foster car but theyre also a little different. For one thing kids are very far away from their parentsir also tarents dont know where they are. Many times, it can be weeks before they figu out where their kids are. Then these can be a foster family that mayking five or six kids at a time, they spend the night at foster home and by day they go to a day center where they have different pes of programs. Reporter so its somewhat familiar with what people are familiar with the foster care praps. nath the department of health and Human Services which is responsible for the kids got back to us and said they would make every effort to take good care of their children when they have them in their custody. Rorter what about from the foster care centers and families themselves . Kiota centers are based in new york and the Largest Center for foster care. They told this morning they are very concerned about the allegations and they, too, are doing their best to provida safe and secure for these children untail theyre reunited with parents or other sponsors. Reporter these, if i understand right, are the first claims of their kind to be filed. Tell us how this is coming about, whos bringing them and wholhelping the aleged victims here . Whos working with them . Hr ghout, for the past year and a half, the immigrants have rofits,pported by nonp southern poverty law center, civil rights groups, other advocates, and now theyre coming in partnership with nonprofits and major law firms like arnold and porter, so these are going to be some potentially powerful litigants for the federal government to be up against. The way the claims rk were, in order to sue the federal government, you first have to file a claim demanding a certain dollar amount and then, after six months, if the federal government does not respond,th you can file a lawsuit. There is not a lot of precedent on this. This feels like the First Financial consequence toer taxpfor this policy that has been in place for some time reporter but youre saying, as i quoted, one of the lawyers said to you this could be the tip of an iceberg. Youre seeing to potentially wider implications, certainly financial implications and more. Right. So we saw 38 claims. 3,000 families have bee separated under these policies, and even the attorneys involved in filing them said they had manyore in th works. Repte Martha Mendoza of muthe a. P. , thank you so ch. Thank you. Nawaz stay with us. Coming up on the newshour as over 20 democrats run for the presidency, a look at the partys chances of retaking the senate. Michael gerson and Karen Tumulty break down another packed week of political headlin. Plus, reflections on theal woodstock festt 50. Can the music from back then u still motoday . It is a recurring conflict in the western u. S. , where relaxino in the great os bumps up against those who use the land as tfrir livelihood. Iowa public tvs market to market program, Josh Buettner discovered a place where that conflict has been ovred by coexistence. Reporter since its birth in the old want era, farming ranching have been tied to grand junctions economy. Now e largest metro area on colorados western slope, recent decades have seen the regions picturesque landscapes attract a new wave of stakeholders. One of the challenges in the west right now is finding Common Ground between livestock producers and agriculturalists and Outdoor Recreation people. Yp reporter ally running over 500 head of cattle on 12,000 acres of land they lease from theity of grand junction, Janie Vanwinkle and her husband howard areccustomed to sharing resources and dealing with adversity. Drought last year forced them to sell off around 20 of their herd. This year, a downhill bike trail is looking to break ground and eventually cut through their ranch. This particular part of colorado has been a pretty underappreciated part of the state for a long time. Te rep George Gatseos is general manager of over the edge sports in nearby fruita, which has become a Mountain Biking mecca. The area boasts hundreds of miles of single track trails initially constructed on public land by volunteers, led by tte colorado pla Mountain Bike trail association, or a. The 30yearold nonprofit has fi chapters and roughly 50 membrs. In 2016,he groups 1. 6 million palisade plunge trail proposal was given the goahead bytate government, though funds were allocated. All nner of activity on western public lands, whether biking, grazing, hunting or mining, to name a few, fall under the purview of the u. S. Bureau of land managemt. Of the more than 245 million acres overseen by the federal agency about 13 of the nations land over eight million of those acres are in colorado. Grazing permits on public land are administered by the b. L. M. And the u. S. Forest service. S federal numberveal livestock foraging activities generate almost 150 million annually in colorado. You expect that youre going to see livestock grazing in those same areas, and so i think a lot of the bicyclists realize that a lot of their trails actually came from cattle walking through this area. Reporter collin ewing is a b. L. M. National Conservation Area manager in western colorado. And somebody decided to ride albike on it. You know, eventuly it became a big sport, and the b. L. M. Adopted those trails. Reporter initial tra plans would have sliced through the heart of the vanwinkles lease the ranchers were concerned thar excess trashpassing and habitat disruption would be a problem. But the cyclists worked with the vanwinkles, and agreed on a less disruptive route. Theyre goi to cut across the corner of th property, and thatll work for us. And theyre comfortable with it, to we both love the land. We use it slightly differently. So thats probly bound to bring some differences of opinion too, so. Reporter in neby mcinnis canyons, 21 grazing allotments sit among the nearly00 miles of trail and river access. Youre seeing that a lot in the west now. Ranching and mining towns that are still ranching and mining towns, but also are inviting tourism into their economy reporter one of the b. L. M. s Biggest Challenges is accommodating multiple uses of terrain owned by all americans. So this is a bicycle cattle guard, so that the bicyclists dont have to get off their bike to open the gate. And so the gates donteft open. So the cow stays in the pasture and everybody has a good time. Woooo te rep many ranchers employ rotational grazing practices to regenerate pasture but e effects of multiple land users can lead to frustration. Were an easy target. But in reality, its all of the mes, and we have to figure out how were going toake that all work together. We were able to come up with a compromise, and i think thats really important, no matter what were talking about, just understanding each other thats a really important piece. Reporter by navigating the convergence of recreation and livelihood on public land, rvakeholders hope theyve a durable path toward collaboration in their community. For the pbs newshour, im Josh Buettner igrand junction, colorado. Nawaz while nearly two dozen democrats are competing for the president ial nomination, the partys strategy to win back the u. S. Senate is facinserious trouble. One issue some of the candidates that democrats say have the best chance of Winning Senate seats are instead running for president. Lisa desjardins breaks down the state of the 2020 senate races. Today, im ending my campaigo r president. Desjardin a glimmer of hope this week for democrats battle to retake the senate in 2020. Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper exited the president ial race, lost in a crowd of democrats, leaving the door open for a senate run. Ive heard from so many coloradans who want me to run for the United States senate. They remind me how much is at stake for our country. Had our state. I intend to givesome serious thought. Us desjardins Democratic Leaders have serhoughts about it, too, because hickenlooper may be their best shot at defeating colorados republican senator, cory gardner. And that is one of democrats best picp opportunities nationwide. Right now, republicans hold 53 seats in thsenate, for democrats to take over. They need to flip three or four of those, depending on which party wins the psidency and can break senate ties. Colorado is one of a handful of states wh that potential. Democrats are also targeting Susan Collins seat in maine, and Martha Mcsallys in arizona, where democrats recruited retired astronaut mark kelly. Another possibility thom tillis at in north carolina. So far, democrats have seen much of the partys star power tied up in the race for the white house. Like, montana governor steve bullock. Earlier this month, bullock told newshour anchor Judy Woodruff he doesnt plan on making a senate bid. Woodruff are you ruling it out . Im ruling it out. Desjardins and then theres. Te democrats are hoping yet another president ial candidate, beto orourke, opts instead for a Second Senate run in 2020 thank you, texas desjardins after narrowly losing to senator ted cruz in p18. Im running fsident. Im running for this country. Desjardins but just this week, orourke pushed back. I will not, in any scenario, run for the United States senate. Im running for president. Im running for this country. Desjardins part of the challengfor democrats is they must also defend their own seats, and may be vulnerable in alabama, michigan and New Hampshire. Corey lewandowski loves your state. N desjardins w hampshire last night, President Trump talked up a potential senate bid by his former campaign chairman, corey lewandowski. This is trump cournty desjardins lewandowski would face democratic senator Jeanne Shaheen if he did enter the race, though the states Republican Leaders have largy balked at the suggestion. For the pbs newshour, im lisa desjardins. Awaz and that brings us to the analysis of gerson and tumulty. Ic thatsel gerson and Karen Tumulty, both of the washington post. Mark shields and david brooks are out. We are so grateful both of you are here. Kern, karen, i want to ask, letk up where lisa left off, why arent some of these high profile dems running foeth senate . Its so interesting. Its practically like these days running r president has become your safety school. The fact is that Chuck Schumer has been left at the altar in a number of states, noty just as lisa said beto orourke, but in georgia he wanted Stacey Abrams to take on as senate race well, and the stakes are really, really high because, even if the democrats can manage to geack the white house next year, if Mitch Mcconnell is still the majority leader in the senate, they are just not going to get a lot of things don and they have a path to the majority but it is a very, very narrow path, and their Senate Candidates are not really raising enough money now in part beause the president ial race is taking up so much oxygen. Rorter what is the pitch like to potential candidates to come join a grid locked body. Thats true but its also an election cycle for democrats. It shouldnt be. There are a lotmore republican seats up, but theyre in red states. There are only a couple of targets of opportunity here. So one of the reason there arent more marquis democrats is its a difcult circumstance. They have to win colorado. Thats the only path to their majority votes from colorado. I think hickenlooper may actually be a very, very goo candidate. L ere wasnt much appetite for a centrist practintrism in the president ial race, but there really is in coorado, and they like the fact that hes a former bar keep, so i thinkhey use that as an honorable path to power. T reporter ay dont have to make up their miebdz just yet. H thats true, and te saints vary, but its a couple of months in both cases. Reporter did you see some of these vehicles, kar, maybe potentially changing their mind or announcing they will end up ruing for these seats . Well, i think theres going to be a lot of pressure onec bullock, elly if he doesnt make the debate stage this next month. So, yes, i mean, Chuck Schumer th the light is on in window. Reporter i want to talk to you also about anotherxd story e have been following this week. Obviously ittaken a lot of twists and turns in the last 24 hours alone, but israels denial of entry to two sitting members of the u. S. Congress of representatives,ta li, tlaib ano some colleagues in Congress Said they supported the ban. This tweet was fromen reprtive zeldin, republican from new york, who said it doesnt seem shocking, theye unwelcome in a nat theyre taking great pains to tear down. What do you make of the reaction from their own lawmaker colleagues. Generally this has been off limits and now were seeing this has become a partisan support for israel an organization like aias tried to keep support from israel from being a partisan issue for decades. Theyre the ones that reacted in a very cleareyed way that said well welco a republican member that israel shouldwe ome any republican member of congress or democratic member on congress. Bu i think the president and netanyahu have taken what shoule no partisan issue and made it into partisan issue and people are now coming down on various sides of this partisan issue. Thats nod good, by the way, for israel or r the longterm american relationship with israel. Reporter what do you make of how thisun folded over the last couple of days, karen . I think whatever the forces were that went into decision here, i think what is even more astoniing is President Trumps behavior in this in that israel was ready to go ahead and let them in assuming that, you know, theres an advantage to sort of ke keepg the dialogue going, which is generally how other countries have treated members of congress. But it was only after President Trump gets into this a public puts pressure on israel, and it was only that we saw them reverse that decision, and it is likely an traordinary thing to see a president of the United States putting pressure on a foreign power to essentially punish his adversaries. Using the federal government as a method to score settle wit political opponents is not normal either for the president of the United States. Usually Foreign Policy is not conducted like its a Reality Television show but now evidently thats how its done. Reporter are you worried that sets a dangerous precedent in some way . Absoluty, i think any of these relationships now could be used by the president as a backdrop for his pitical ploys. And we have, you know, avoideas that overfor the most part, and this, i thi, is a new and, you know, worser ray. Te rep karen, its worth pointing out, of course, that the partnership with israel is strong, and theres a lot more to talk about, as economic l eeaai security partnership. Can we een have those conversations now . Has it just become too politicized . Well, i do think that is why you see a pack leading pro israel lobby actuallyt criticizing yahu on this decision. This is something that almost never happens, but i think they are, in fact, looking at the long game here. Ng weporter another t wanted to ask you about, of course, was the president , last night, often gets criticized, you know, for not tugking e about the economy when it is going so well. He did talk about it last nigha but he tlked about it in a very specific way. Take a listen to what pr aident trump had to say New Hampshire rally last night. But you have no choice but to vote for me because your 4o 1ks, down the tubes, everything is going to be down the tubes. So whether you love me or hate me, you have to vote for me. Reporter michael, people f have to vor him. He says theres a volatile week on the market and some prediction what do you makeof it . Its an odd appeal to say you may hate me but you have to support me, but i think thats what hes going to support some people with. If the Democratic Party is too r left on economics hes going to paint them as socialists and say you may not like the way i conduct myself, but this is a , binary choice andu know, if you want the stock market and the economy to grow tu need support me. So i think its a preview of the argument hes actuallgoing to make during the election. A lo will nd, of course, on whether the economy is doing badly or doing well, and we see some warning signs right now theyre more yellow lights than ghts, were not sure where this leads but hes previewing his themes going into the election. Reporter this islp the question, right, if the econom is not doing well, if some of these concerns do come true, what does that mean forhe president . Fa well, the proof is in the performance and, whether fair or not, psidents get rewarded if the economy÷ is performing well, and they get punished ifhe economy is doing poorly. I think this week we all got tou refresh our memories on what an inverted yield curve is. Reporter would you care to explain for those following along a home . Sure. Usually bondholders, who the stock market i not theconomy, but the bond market is very much more of an indicator of the economy. Usually, bondholders will demand higher Interest Rates for tying up theyir monor a long time and lower ones for short team. This inverte this week, and that has been something that has happened that hasreceded six of the last six recessions, so this is a real warning sign. He wevd trump try to blame the fed, weve heard trump try to blame the media, were going to hear him trying to blame the democrats, but the fact is his performance on the economy is the only place where his approval numbers are above 50 , and a the economyks, hes in a really bad spot. D i would athough, that i think a lot of his support is not on the eco, nos actually o on cultural issues, divisive cultural issues. I dont think, even with the rescission, that his base breaks, the change would be more on the margin. But president ial elections are often decided on the margin. Se. Yre sometimes quite cl so it could make a very large difference. But this president could be a little different than most previous examples. I think a lot of his supporters would buy the argument that the fed and the media was at fault and trust the president on these issues. ,ut it cant help him obviously. There was also his move, of course, to delay some of those tariffs. He has been rhetorically rampina up the war with china. Do you think he sort of said, okay, maybe i need topump the brakes because i need the economy to remain strong . It was a form of concession that somehow thihuwas going to people around christmastime. He didnt want to be the grinch that tayr christmas. But i think what that indicates is that these tariffs, theyre not hurting china, necessarily, or at let not ultimately, theyre hurting americanc consumers, and i think he conceded that by delaying the tariff. It was alsoo interesting hear him say i never said these tariffs with china would be an easy trade war. In fact, thats precisely whatg] he said. He said trade wars are easy, and is not turning out to be the case, not just, by the way, in, this countt his tariff policies have also slod the growth in European Countries as ll. And, so, normally, when we have rldwide economy slowing down, countries can get together and sort of some up with a coordinated strategy to deal with it. Given presi tdentrumps policies, it is really hard to see that sort of effort kind of coalesce. Its actually threatening german and Japanese Cars at the sameimeere trying to have a united front. Reporter trade wars arentr easy,either is purchasing semiautonomous territories from other countries. I never thought i would say this, but lets talk about greenland. What do you make to have thepr storsident trump floated the story of2n purchasing greenld. Not a silly idea. Its like africa, the chinese are the bre, theyilding infrastructure, they want to exploit resourcesamerica has to have a response, but this is one that actuallyffends the people of greenland by engaging in u. S. Dollar colonialism. They want independencerom denmark, theyre certainly not going to accept dependence on states. Reporter karen . Hes a real estate man looking to buy property . I think its a gigantic distraction from everything eldo donald trump not want to be talking about right now. Reporter which would be is this. Which would inlelude the pr with the economy, the situation at the border, the questige of whether he cat any sort of Gun Legislation through. What we have seen with this president is, very often, whensp hes in t like this, he will sort of throw Something Else out there to get people talking about Something Else. Reporter so now were all talking about greenland. Exactly. It worked. Reporter Karen Tumulty and michael gerson, thank you so much to b th of you. Nk you. Nawaz tonights brief but spectacular features painter walton ford, whoser ork examines lationship to animals in the wild, who, as he puts it, would rather be left ale. This episode is part of our ongoing arts and culture serie canvas. I make very large watercolors. Lf he time youre at the zoo, youre saying, oh man, those things are a lot weirderlooking than i thought, or thats a lot bigger than i thought it was. Those are smaller than i remembered them. So i put them right in your face. And when you go to the show, you really do feel that. Everybody gets a little overwhelmed when theyre faced with one of these things. Growing up in the suburbs i felt like everything was sort o husbanded, everything wasni red. I had a fantasy about being immersed in the wild. And going to the museum ofl natustory, i would lose myself in those dioramas. And i, i would bring a sketchbook, even when i was a little kid, and draw the animals and just l thats the first stuff that i did. Thats the stuff that came out from inside of me. That was my that was what was there. Then i went to art school. It didnt feel cool. Its easy to have contempt for what youre really good at. And what i was really good at was drawing and painting in a rather traditional way, and also. Hinking and relating to animals in the natural wor the art world had no place for somebo who was making work like this. After i got out of Rhode Island School of design, trying to be t sort of artihat i wasnt, i returned to the stuff that i did when i was a kid. Sthats actually when thi started really going well for me. I look at my work as a sort of meditation on the sort of cultural history of our relationship with animals, especially animals that would rather be left alone. Because my subject matter can be grim, the best pmantings that i have a sort of dark humor in them. Sir richard burton, the african explorer, kept a collection of monkeys. He gave them all human roles, anthropomorphic roles. I deliberately altered the behavior of the monkey to accommodate Richard Burtons twisted view of how he was training these monkeys, and learning their language. And it ties into colonialism and i have a series of paintings ive bee years, about a female black panther that escaped from the zurich zoo in 1933. She was loose in the swiss countryside and the dead ofor winterlike, ten weeks. Thats the kind of thing im looking for. Im looking for stories that are so much better than stuff that i could make up. And then, im making stuff up from that place. M name is walton ford,bnd this is mef, but spectacular taken the imagined animal. Th nawaz week marks 50 years since a dairy farm in new york state became the home for woodstock and groundbreaking music history. To many, the festival is still seen aa defining symbol of 19iss counterculture, idealm and the antiwar movement. But d it have a Lasting Impact . Jeffrey browlooks back at that weekend and what it means five decades later. Its part of our arts and culture series, canvas. Brown in the summer of 1969, Richard Nixon was in the white house. Neil armstrong walked on the on. The vietnam war raged on. And, some 400,000 people made their way to a field outside the small town of bethal, new york for a gathering that wouldbe me one of the defining moments of an era. La michae was one of the organizers of the woodstock festival. Its ways important to promote peace, and music is a great way to bring people together. A lot of the things that came out of the 60s, came to sort of r awarenesses. Really the advent of sort of concern about the planet, conservation, grew out of that era. Brown idealism was still in the air, two years after the so called summer of love. But, says todd gitlin, author the sixties year of rage, days thof hope, so was sog else. It was a show of cheerful defiance. Lets show we can triumph over war. Real ame hca. And whatpened subsequently was that rebellion became the dominant brown what began as a ticketed concert, with promoters timating 50,000 attendees, quickly evolved into something very different a free and freeform festival, with a mass of humanity, stoked by an incredible lineup of some of e 60s biggest rock stars janis joplin. Santana. Sly and the family stone. And many, many more. Mostly helicoptered in, after the roads were clogged and unpassable. They, too, got into the spirit. Am for a minute, we were not facing the vietn war. For a minute, we were not facing losing the kennedys. For a minute, dr. Kings death wasnt hanging oveus. Nu for a , we were behaving like decent human beings. I heard a bz in the air about this festival that was going to happen. Brown photographer henry diltz was there onstage capturing it. I spent a couple of weeks documenting the building of the stage, and the hog farm, camping grounds, and all that. All these people sowwed up, you it was photographed from all different angles, you know, most of mine were from onstage and that sort of brings it into the present for everyone to remember. Photos are wonderful that way. Reporter this past week, brown this past week, diltz, michaelang, and others gathered at the Morrison Hotel gallery in new york city, and a line formed around the block with people young and old, to reminisce or learn about an event that took on the quality of myth. Im really excited to see whats going on. A lot a lot of pushing of certain movements, cultural movements, thats what i think of woodstoc very joyous for the most part. A little tense at times, tedious at times, but everybody, i think, had this shared feeling, i think, that something extremely important was happening. Brown the food and water almost ran out. G peop sick. And torrential rains turned the grounds into a mud bath. But somehow, ts instant city worked, amid the high music, drugs, and a feeling that maybe they really could change the world. Brown one of woodstocks most famous performances, by jimi hendrix, came early on its fourth morning. Ts is probably my favorit photo, because it was my favorite moment, which happened to be the very ending of the whole festival. Jimi hendrix, the headliner was supposed to suose the show ay night, but it was so backed up that it went on monday eorning, so we were all a lit blearyeyed and this band of gypsies came out with these colorful bandanas ad it was quite an amazing show and it was sort of startling when he started plang the star spangled banner, with all the sounds of war, and we were antiwar, every person in that half a million crowd stas again the war s brownin the end, there was a field of trashn enough cleaned up and decades of wondering what did it all mean . Just four months later, violence at the altamont festival in california shattered any sense of peace and love tied to music. Attempts to recreate the woodstock atmosphere for 25th and 30 anniversaries were chaotic and marred by riots. And a 50th anniversary concean that michaelhoped to present this weekend failed to come together, amid denied permits and financial problems. It was disappointing. I mean, the purpose behind it was really to promote engagement, make sure people got out and voted. I dont think things have ever been this critical in terms of whats going on in the planet and we hoped a fesval would be a way brown r all the wonder of that moment in the summer of 69, for some, the woodstock mystique belongs in a how we didnt change e world time capsule. Woodstock is sort of protected in history as a nd of moment of glory. I think its delusional forin people to that you create that by simply packing hundreds of thousands of people into a field and celebrating. Me , theres politics to be done. Politics is in power. If people think that they can effervesce themselves into salvation, then i think theyre bein theyre being misled, misleading themselves. Brown these days, giant music festivals, huge commercial affairs, have become the norm,an the country is once more anhugely divided socially d politically. But bringing it all together as ppened in that field in upstate new york 50 years ago . Its hard to imagine well see the likes of woodstock ever again. Pb for thnewshour, im Jeffrey Brown. Ew nawaz on theour online right now, when we invited musician, actor and author common to our studios for anw, interve didnt expect wed also get an impromptu performae. Watch for the full interview in the coming days, but for now, check out what happened when we asked common to eestyle about facts. Th i came to d at the pbs newshour. Thats ours. You know how that is. Thats nawaz thats on our website, www. Pbs. Org newshour. And late news before we go. Hollywsd actor peter fonda h died in los angeles. His family says he passed away aftesuffering from lung cancer. Fonda was ae1 member of a legendary multigenerational acting family. His father harry fonda, sister ne fonda ad daughter bridget phon davment he was perhaps bst known for his role in the 1969 film eaider. Peter fonda was 89 years old. Later this evening on washington week, robert costa will discuss President Trumps economic and political wars and what they me for the 2020 election. Thats coming up on washington week. Rand thats the newshour tonight. Im amna nawaz. Join us online, and again here tomorrow evening. For all of us at thes wshour, have a great weekend. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by kevin. Kevin kev . Advice for life. Life wellplanned. Learn more at raymondjames. Com. Consumer cellular. Babbel. A Language Program that teaches spanish, french, italian, german, and more. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The william and flora hewlett foundaon. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to prwoote a better d. At www. 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