Transcripts For KQED PBS NewsHour 20170602

Master of none is such a delicate little beautiful show. Its a half hour, but its so cinematic. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. 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. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff reaction to the president s announcement yesterday that the u. S. Will withdraw from the paris climate agreement has been unusually fierce, on both sides. And today, the white house stood firmly by his decision. Thank you very much, everybody. This is slightly less controversial than yesterday, but yesterday was a big service to this country, i will tell you. Thank you very much. Woodruff that was all the president would say about his muchawaited announcement. Earlier in the day, however, the head of the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt, delivered an energetic defense we have nothing to be apologetic about, as a country. We have reduced our c. O. 2 footprint to levels of the early 1990s. And thats been largely accomplished through innovation and technology, not government mandate. Woodruff nevertheless, the announcement has touched off a chorus of protest both here in the u. S. And abroad. From berlin, german chancellor Angela Merkel translated the decision of the u. S. To withdraw from the paris climate agreement is very regrettable, and im expressing myself in a very reserved way when i say that. We in germany, in europe and in the world are now more determined than ever to pool all our strength to face one of the challenges of humankind. Woodruff in paris, frances newly elected president Emmanuel Macron offered this appeal, reenforced by speaking in english to all scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, responsible citizens, who were disappointed by the decision of the president of the United States, i want to say that they will find in france a second homeland. I call on them, come and work here with us. Woodruff both leaders said they would not renegotiate the deal, as President Trump said he was prepared to do. Meanwhile, in brussels, officials from china, the Worlds Largest emitter of greenhouse gases, met with european counterparts and reaffirmed their commitment. Support also poured in from the u. S. Corporate world. More than two dozen companies, including oil giant shell, apple, facebook and Morgan Stanley had signed a letter urging mr. Trump to stay in the pact. Separately, General Electric c. E. O. Jeff immelt and tesla chief elon musk argued the move would cost the u. S. Jobs. Disney chief bob iger joined musk in announcing their resignations from president ial advisory committees in protest. Peabody energy one of the countrys Largest Coal Companies did come out in support of the president s decision. And, russias president Vladimir Putin said continued dialogue was necessary, at an event moderated by nbc news anchor megyn kelly. translated rather than make noise over it, we need to create conditions for mutual work. Because if countries that are big emitters, like the United States, will not take part at all, it will be impossible to negotiate and sign any kind of agreement. Woodruff back at the white house, the e. P. A. s pruitt said the president has made clear hes willing to work with anyone on a better deal. But when pressed on whether mr. Trump actually believes that humans play a role in Climate Change, pruitt skirted the question. The discussions the president and i have had over the last several weeks have been focused on one key issue is paris good or bad for this country . He determined it was bad for our country. It hurt us economically. It didnt achieve Good Environmental outcomes. And he made the decision to reject the paris deal. Woodruff meanwhile, oil prices tumbled amid speculation the u. S. Withdrawal would boost domestic oil production, adding to an already saturated global supply. We will put some of the facts and claims behind Climate Change into context, right after the news summary. In the days other news, u. S. Employers pulled back a bit on hiring last month, but the Unemployment Rate still dropped, to the lowest in 16 years. The labor departments monthly report showed a net gain of 138,000 jobs in may. That lowered the Unemployment Rate by a tenth of a point, to 4. 3 . We will explore the numbers, and what they mean, later in the program. There is word tonight that special Council Robert muellers special investigation into possible ties between russia and the Trump Campaign may be growing. The Associated Press reports that mueller is taking over an ongoing criminal investigation involving former trum Campaign Chair paul man a forth. The probe manafort, the probe may expand to look into the role of attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Deputy Attorney general, in the firing of fbi director james comey. In the philippines, police are still trying to figure out what motivated a lone attacker, who set fire to a manila casino, resulting in the deaths of 36 people. They suffocated in the heavy smoke, their bodies not discovered until hours later. The gunman was found dead elsewhere in the complex. We are still investigating and trying to ascertain why somebody will be so senseless and have such a motive. That is still to be determined. Woodruff police say they have ruled out terror as a motive, despite the Islamic State group claiming responsibility. A protest over security in afghanistans capital turned violent today, and several demonstrators were killed. It happened in kabul, just days after 90 people died in a huge truck bombing. More than 1,000 people marched today. Some threw rocks as they charged police. Officers fired into the air at first and also used tear gas and water cannons. The u. N. Security council has voted to slap more sanctions on north korea, over its continued missile testing. The u. S. And china offered the resolution today. It blacklists more than a dozen north korean individuals, and other entities, including a bank and part of the north korean military. Russian president Vladimir Putin is appealing for improved ties with the United States, and again denying any improper actions by his government. He spoke today at a forum with other leaders in st. Petersburg, and said relations are at their lowest point since the cold war. translated therefore, i think it is necessary to stop this useless and unhelpful chatter. I want to stress it once again it is an attempt to bring internal political squabbling in the United States to the international arena. It is an attempt to solve internal political problems using Foreign Policy instruments. It is harmful. Woodruff putin also dismissed the focus on the russian ambassadors meetings with trump aides as catastrophic nonsense. Separately, the russian president denied that his ally, president Bashar Alassad of syria, used chemical weapons on his own people in april. He said others carried out the attack as a provocation. In south sudan, at least 15 Young Children have died after a botched measles vaccination campaign. It happened early last month. The World Health Organization said that untrained workers used a single syringe for all the children, and the vaccine was stored without refrigeration for days. Back in this country, the Trump Administration has formally asked the u. S. Supreme court to reinstate a travel ban on six muslim majority countries. Lower courts have so far blocked the ban from taking effect. Last night, the Justice Department asked the high court to decide if it will hear the governments appeal, and to reinstate the ban in the meantime. The former president of Penn State University will go to prison for his role in covering up child sexual abuse, by a exassistant football coach. Graham spanier will spend two months in jail, and up to ten months under house arrest. Two other former University Officials also received jail time. Jerry sandusky is serving a prison sentence of 30 to 60 years for sexually abusing ten boys. And on wall street today, stocks shook off the lukewarm jobs report, to again close at alltime highs. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 62 points to close at 21,206. The nasdaq rose 59 points to close at 6,305, and the s p 500 added nine. For the week, the dow and the s p each gained a fraction of 1 . The nasdaq added about 1. 5 . Still to come on the newshour putting the president s claims about the paris accord in context. What the latest jobs numbers say about the health of the nations economy. Women taking a stand in trump country. And, much more. Woodruff we return now to the president s decision to withdraw from the paris climate accord. We want to take a closer look at some of the claims President Trump made during his remarks in the rose garden yesterday. William brangham has that. As president , i can put no other consideration before the wellbeing of american citizens. Brangham in his announcement yesterday, President Trump gave several reasons why he thought the paris accord was a bad idea. The main points the president made was that the paris accord is unfair to the u. S. , that it would hurt american workers, and that it wont really slow the pace of dangerous Climate Change. So, lets go through some of those claims. The first thing the president said was, well get out of paris, but maybe well strike a better deal to begin negotiations to reenter, either the paris accord, or a really, entirely new transaction, on terms that are fair to the United States. Brangham but leaders from many of the other 195 nations in the deal said there was no appetite for renegotiation. French president Emmanuel Macron summed up the view of many translated he committed an error for the interests of his country, his people and a mistake for the future of our planet. We will not renegotiate a less ambitious accord. There is no way. Brangham President Trump also implied that the paris accords are binding on the United States, but theyre not. The entire accord relies on voluntary commitments, so many argue that if the president wanted to stay in and wanted to change the u. S. Commitment, hes largely free to do so. Jason grumet is the president of the bipartisan policy center. What was unique is, its a collection of 200 countries making voluntary commitments. Going to take a sum what different approach. The u. S. Would obviously have much more capacity to influence the choices and efforts of others if we were part of th brangham another one of the main complaints the president made this will hurt u. S. Jobs. Compliance with the terms of the paris accord and the onerous Energy Restrictions it has placed on the United States could cost america as much as 2. 7 million lost jobs by 2025, according to the National Economic research associates. Brangham peabody energy, the International Mining giant, applauded the president s move. But others point out that study about lost jobs that the president cited was written by groups that are opposed to the paris accord, and that they used some worstcase predictions that other economists believe are unrealistic. Asked about this on nbc this morning, commerce secretary wilbur ross defended using these studies well, you should know what your downside is; thats an important thing. And particularly when youre trying to forecast events, many years out into the future, its very, very difficult to be accurate. Brangham Roberton Williams is an economist with resources for the future, a Nonpartisan Group that studied the paris accord. What we have modeled in terms of job effects is that its much more of a job shift than it is job loss or net job gain. That jobs go away in coal, you get more jobs in some green jobs, renewable energy, small effects elsewhere. But it is not a big drop. The president also argued that while coal jobs in the u. S. Would suffer, other nations like the other two major Global Carbon polluters would have a free hand china will be able to increase these emissions by a Staggering Number of years 13. They can do whatever they want for 13 years. Not us. Brangham but jason grumet said it was not true that other countries can do whatever they want. The session that other countries can do with no concern is not accurate. I think that the u. S. Made some meaningful commitments. And i think its perfectly reasonable for President Trump to suggest that he wants to reconsider those commitments, renegotiating the United States commitments is absolutely right. But it is an exaggeration to suggest that other countries were not sincere or do not make meaningful commitments. Brangham the president also touched on an issue central to the paris accord, which is can it achieve its stated goal of preventing the planet from warming an additional two degrees celsius, or about 3. 6 degrees fahrenheit . Yesterday, the president said the accord will barely affect globalratures. Even if the Paris Agreement were implemented in full, with total compliance from all nations, it is estimated it would only produce a twotenths of one degree think of that; this much celsius reduction in global temperature by the year 2100. Tiny, tiny amount. Brangham again, theres a question of where this data comes from, and whether that data accurately reflects the science. The white house said the president was citing this study done by researchers at m. I. T. But, m. I. T. Said today that the president misused their research. The president really took the president really took the study out of context by citing this 2 10 of a degree. Brangham john reilly is coauthor of this m. I. T. Report. This was the incremental effect of paris compared to previous accord. Altoer, if we look at past policy, we think thats reduced warming by a full degree celcius. We still have more we need to do to get to the ultimate goal of two degrees, but paris is an important step along that way. Brangham and Roberton Williams argues that even a minor slowing of Global Warming can hold off some major destruction. Even small changes in temperature, even small reductions, below what we get without any action, can make a big difference in how much damage there is to the world. So, even tenths of a degree can make a difference of hundreds of billions of dollars. Brangham yesterday, the president said the u. S. Will formally withdraw from the accord. Its a process that could take several years to complete. Woodruff and speaking of the economy, todays jobs report is worth digging into more. In it, the Unemployment Rate dropped to its lowest point in 16 years, and some economists are even talking about the idea of full employment. But job growth seems to have slowed considerably. With the latest revisions, the economy is generating an average of about 120,000 net new jobs each month. To get some insight into all of this, were joined from chicago by diane swonk, who runs her own firm. Diane swonk, welcome back to the program, so overall what do you make of these jobs numbers for the month of may . Well, certainly they were a disappointment. That said we dont need to generate as many jobs as we once did to keep the Unemployment Rate steady or even fall. Of course the Unemployment Rate itself fell for the wrong reason in the month of may and that is that the Participation Rate fell yet again. Were seeing more people retire out of the labor force and men in particular did not participate as much in the month of may. That is something they like to see moving in reverse at this stage of the game. Woodruff when you say, dianne, that the country, that we dont need to generate as many jobs as we once did, what do you mean. Basically the labor force isnt growing very rapidly any more. Even though the economy is subdued in its growth at 2 , you just dont need to create very many jobs to absorb those coming into the labor force and keep the rate going down. We have seen job growth slow and the Unemployment Rate fall and that is because when you recall full employment that sounds good in terms, what it really means in economist terms and for the Federal Reserve is nearly all of those people who are employable or are employed or who are looking for a job are now sort of either between jobs because they wanted to be between jobs or are just coming into the labor force, but its not a lot of extra slack in the u. S. Economy. That said it doesnt mean all those people who want a job in the u. S. Economy or have dropped out and are not looking can actually get a job. Woodruff you were telling us earlier today that the focus on jobs obscures the need to look at raising skill levels. Talk about that. Exactly. One, there are two reasons why we saw the wage gains slow in the month of may from a year ago. It is only up at a two and a half percent rate. This is something we like to see going in the other direction. If you are near full employment wages should be accelerating. One reason is because millenials are replacing older baby boomers and are paid less, that is not a bad reason for wage growth slowing. The other reason is that we are seeing Many Employers out there dip further into lower skilled workers but instead of paying them more they are investing in training because they dont have the skills necessary to do the jobs they have. Or they are leaving job positions open. The shortages in construction are particularly acute, and manufacturing which actually contracted, we still have over 300,000 jobs that arent filled just because people dont have the right skills. So we would do much better to enhance the skills of those out there who are on the sidelines and not participating right now, to bring them back in then just give them tax cuts to cut low wages. Woodruff and very quickly finally, dianne, we took note yesterday when President Trumped talked about the country having created i think he said a million jobs since the election last november, does that reflect whats been going on . It is a bit of a stretch. We have created 800,000 jobs since the beginning of the year, if you want to do it since hes been president , about 600,000 jobs. So depending on how he wants to count t i think it is a little early for him to take credit one way or the other and might be careful what he wants to take credit for in terms of job gains. I think it will get better Going Forward but the bottomline is it is not really the way to count it. Woodruff dianne swonk, joining frus chicago, thanks very much. Thank you. Woodruff stay with us. Coming up on the newshour mark shields and david brooks take on the weeks news. 50 years later, a reporters account of the arabisraeli sixday war. And, the most bingeworthy tv hits of the summer. But first, how last years Election Results shook up one West Virginia town, and how the reverberations continue to sow division. Hari sreenivasan has more on that. Sreenivasan buck handonis a town with a population of less than 6,000, a deeply conservative place with a long history tied to coal. Its mayor calls it the most trumpian place in america but buck handon ask also a growing group of women are finding their voice through protest and are speaking up has angered people including the men in their lives. Liz flock published a piece on the divisions. It sounds like a tough climate to protest trump. Absolutely. I think its very isolating for a lot of the women in the town. There are just about 70 women in a town of 6,000. And most of the town does not agree with them. Sreenivasan so how does the town respond when they see these women pick eting policies of the Trump Administration . Not well. Theyve gotten a lot of pushback from the town. From everyone from the local Fraternity Brothers at the nearby college to their husbands to their neighbors, to people at the high school, some of their kids have been made fun of for the women protesting. Other women go home at night and their husbands get after them for appearing on the front page with a protest sign. So for them, i think its a constant struggle to keep protesting in light of the reaction that they are getting. Sreenivasan as you point out a lot of these women were not engaged in this way before this election. Absolutely not. Most told me the only political participation they had up until this point was voting. Most of them had never held a protest sign, this is very new to them. I think what is interesting is this wasnt an organized thing. A lot of these women just decided individually that after the election they wanted to do something, they wanted to go out and protest. They went in front of the county courthouse and held a sign and found there were other women there didding the same thing. As you point out their protests were met with counter protests. What is that like . The most streaking example was after the announcement of the proposed travel ban when the women did a march of the county courthouse and a number of trucks showed up in counter protest, mostly men, members of the local fraternity from the fearby college and other locals and basically speud smoke at the women as they were marching, they were in a huge cloud of black smoke, dropped fire crackers. It was a scary scene in which a lot of the women tried not to run or screen and give the men the reaction they wanted. Sreenivasan what are the actions that these women are taking that they hope have longterm consequences . So obviously showing up in the streets with posters and sort of telling the town of buckhannon that we are here and not everyone agrees with you, they are lobbying local representatives. One of the women at a townhall for the republican senator who did not show up, she held it anyway to an empty chair. A lot are traveling, they are part of a group to meet other indi visible groups which is a liberal antitrump grass roots organization. So they are sort of connecting the dots with other grass roots progressive organizations that are fighting against trumps policies around the country. Sreenivasan speaking of around the country, is this a microkosm of something happening elsewhere . I do think this buckhannon, it is one small town where this is happening am but there are a lot of indications that there are women who are doing this a gross the country. 11,000 women are considering running for office for the first time a cording to emilys list after trumps election. Obviously the womens march was a huge show of interest by women in participating. And the indi visible groups spreading across the country, i think there are 6,000 of them now. After the story came out, a lot of women from rural areas wrote and said that this really resonated with me and this is what is going on in our town as well . Pennsylvania, ohio, across appalacha and basically said were also protesting. It is really hard for us here. It is really isolating because people dont agree with us, and were doing it anyways. Sreenivasan thanks for joining us. Thank you. Woodruff at the end of another week jampacked with news from washington, its time for shields and brooks. Thats syndicated columnist mark shields and New York Times columnist david brooks. Welcome, gentleman, so what is there to talk about, mark, but yesterdays Climate Change decision, the president s announcement that the United States will pull out of the paris climate accord. What did you make of it . An immediate impact, judy, it probably means less american environment than the rules and regulations already repealed by his administration, the epa that were put in force, the emissions controlled by president obama. But in a larger sense, it belies and reveals that president s sense about the world. The world is a dangerous, sinnister place, this conspiracies, other countries are not our friends, are partners, everything is transactional, there are no fixed values. We saw that, i thought most dramically at nato where the president showed an absolute absence of any historical understanding of american exceptionalism. And as one who frankly subscribes to it, three times in the 20th century the United States saved the world from to tal tarrianism, twice in world wars, once in the cold war, and 124,965 american graves around the world in cemeteries, and 94,000 still missing. And i just dont understand. The president knows that it was for values am when nato as hade mistakes, we have made mistakes. Weve been guilty of hubris but the world is a much better place because of the United States leadership and this was an example of the United States working with other nations for a common good to preserve our planet and he just turned his back on it. Woodruff what did you make of the president s decision an his argument for why he did it. I agree with mark, it was nice to have an american century, we were a superpower once and now heading the way of port began portugal. Environmentally i cant get super excited about it i think it was a setback for the cause of addressing Global Warming. But as we heard many times, it was a volume tear agreement. And so this, and we have done a very good job because of natural gas and fracking and other things of reducing emissions in the last five years or so and i presume the market will still work and the emissions will still come down. So we, donald trump could have addressed his concerns about coal workers and stayed in the paris accords, it was to the allly volume tear. So this was not about Global Warming or the environment, this was about sticking a in the eye of polite society, the elite, the globalists, this was a steve bannon lead thing designed to change americas role in the world. And so it me the effect is much worse on the global diplomacy and the idea of a world order than it is, at least in the short term about Climate Change. And the effects i think are ruinous. You cant lead the world and stick your thumb in the eye of the world. People, if you act extremely selfishly to other people they will start acting extremely selfishly to you. And that is about to happen. And so as the idea that america could lead the world and should influence the world and should have friendship with other powerful nations in the world, thats an idea that took a big hit this week. Woodruff as we famously heard him say, yesterday, mark, the president said im here to represent the people of pittsburgh and not the people of paris. Yeah, no, it was a nice illiterative line, it didnt have relevance in reality. Pitsberg supported hillary clinton, and basically being a green city. And i think it was a political statement, one can say in defense of the president , i guess, he kept his word, you know. He hasnt been known as a truth teller always, no one confused him with George Washington on veracity but he kept his word on the transpacific treaty, trade treaty. He kipt his word on nato and that he was going to belittle it, at least diminish it. And he kept his word here. And i think that was probably the strongest argument inside. Im just struck by the fact that his administration driven solely by resentment. Will side with the steve bannon side if that position will alienate the people he feels resentful for. Will side with the regular republican side and the budget tear, the more free market side if that will offend elite opinion. It seems to be all based on some sense of resentment, a sense of social infer yority, a sense of fragile ego, him just wanting to stick the eye in the people he is resenting. And i more than any other time, we talked about trump not telling the truth a lot over the last year. But that Global Warming speech to me set new standards of just the irrelevant to the facts. We devote our lives to talking about the evidence, we write these wonky columes about exciting things and this and that. What donald trump said about the paris accord is just, has no engagement with reality. The fact that show were bound by this, that show we would be under some set of legal liability if we didnt abide by the paris accord, the fact that the chinese are giving permission by par toys do this and were not. All that has no context in reality and it doesnt seem like donald trump knows that. He doesnt. A number of commentators say it doesnt seem like lying but willful ignorance and disinterest. And we have had a lot of president s with a lot of disagreements but there has been an attachment to some sort of basic research, some basic contact with reality. Which it seems there is a failure of intellectual virt u here and because there is some yownd lying psychological issues he is working out, and whatever he needs to do that, the fact have to fit that lower reality. I just add to that, what compounds it is not, if you are on the other side of the argument, you are not wrong. Are you not mistaken, your acts facts arent incorrect. Are you evil, you are part of a conspiracy. And whatever one thinks, we are all, all of us, all human beings are passengers on this little spaceship of ours with very precious supplies, vulnerable supplies of air and water and soil. And you know, any attempt to make it rational, to make it just, to help make people more safe and secure and healthy is to be commended. And he all of a sudden really characterized as selling out to the United States. And to crede to china the leadership in the green industry, is an abdication. He accused barack obama of leading from the rear. And this is retweeting, to the rear. At every possible level, i just cannot overstate that nato, nato had a sustained period of peases, por sustained at any time since the french revlation to the continent of europe. That is an achievement of such historical magnitude. And to just dismiss it. Is he not even aware of it i dont think he understands it. Woodruff from a purely political standpoint, david, the president , one assumes he think this is a smart thing to do. I mean is it a smart thing for him to do . I think so, yeah, i do think so. Environment has never driven voters, i cant remember a time when Environmental Issues really rose to that level. And any time you can pit the economy versus the environment, say im siding with the economy, politically again, not on the merits, what i think of it, i think it is probably a winning issue. Fainlly, just remember this is an administration who is polling and its interest is focused on about 12 states. And thats a lot of coal country. And so if people in that part of the world with some justice, and minor justice see donald trump as their savior against the elites in paris, then politically he is taking, politically i think it is probably a good move for him. Woodruff do you agree. Well, governor jerry brown made a case last night. Pointed out that california is the toughest, greenest standards of the country, far more draconian by trumps standard, measure, than anything. Two million new jobs, gross domestic product, 40 fastest in the nation. In spite of, because of the greenness. So i think a case can be made. But i just think, i dont know, i think there is a limit to the isolation in this set of, this defensive paranoid whatever you call t nationalism, it isnt even nationalism it is just everybody, all strangers, they are all, you know, they are all bad. They wish us no well. Woodruff us versus them. On every matter. Do you notice how what used to be substantive disagreement turn into cultural wars. Like the gun issue, it used to be the gun issue, gun control was about which kind of guns we should have floating in our society. But then rural versus urban. And the substance didnt actually matter that much. And one has the sense with Global Warming its a not about substance any more. It is about what is culture n our curl divide, which culture are you on. He aligned with rural culture which is his base and that is why i think from that point of view it solidifies that which he needs to survive. Woodruff it em soos like a long time ago but it was just really a couple of days ago, mark, that we were hearing reports about the white house in disarray, the president planning to fire or rearrange fire people, rearrange the staff in an attempt to get beyond the focus on the russia investigation, everything else. You couple that with the paris announcement, do you see this white house in any sense getting beyond, getting his hands around the disfunction that appears. I really dont, judy. I mean just imagine you are Reince Priebus, you are the chief of staff, complaining to a friend saying he hadnt been able to spend time with his children the last four months, what does he read every day in the paper, the president called him reincey, hes going to be ambassador to greece, they will get him out, this he will replace him whosm is going to replace him. You cant be productive in that kind of environment. When are you looking over your shoulder and who is conspiring over here. Are you kushner, are you bannon. And it just, judy, they work long hours, they work hard and theyre uncertain. Theyre being sniped at. There is no appreciation, no sense of shared mission. The reward is tell the president what he wants to hear. The an tit thinks of jim baker and Ronald Reagan where the president was confident enough to ask a thief of staff advice that he didnt want to hear that was tough. Does all this matter, david, quickly or inside basis baseball. It matter if we dont have an Effective Administration Reince Priebus has the job security right now because nobody else wants the job, they cant get rid of him because somebody has to do it. I do think it makes the pros peck of a functional white house very remote because you cant get new people because they dont want t the current people are in some sort of woe with each other, every time we hear certainly, the attempt to get an fbi director t just sounds like disorganization. And more reports tonight about investigations. With the mueller probe. David brooks, mark shields, thank you both. Woodruff monday marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the june, 1967 sixday war, fought between israel and several neighboring, arab nations. The swift, israeli victory was total. But no one knew at the time, amid the wars aftermath, that many of the dividing lines struck would define the ensuing 50 years. Former newshour correspondent Terence Smith covered the war then for the New York Times, and he remembers those days for us now. Reporter the sixday war between israel and her arab neighbors began 50 years ago, shrtly after dawn on the hot, dry morning of june 5, 1967. In the course of six frantic days, israel decimated the armies and air forces of egypt, jordan and syria, and redrew the map of the middle east. The war created a stalemate between israel and the palestinians, in jerusalem and on the west bank, that persists to this day. It is the same standoff that confronted President Trump on his recent visit. I covered the battle for jerusalem and the west bank as an incredibly green, inexperienced correspondent for the New York Times. I had arrived in israel just ten days before on my first foreign assignment for the paper and i knew nothing. Scrambling after the israeli army units as they conquered the ancient old city of jerusalem, i followed them inside as they took control of the western wall, the retaining wall of the second temple. Suddenly, the troops were facetoface with the holiest site in judaism. Israelis had not been able to visit or pray at the wall since 1948. I covered the israeli units as they swept through the west bank, driving jordans arab legion from bethlehem down to jericho and to the banks of the jordan river. Burnedout jordanian tanks and armored personnel carriers littered the highway. Where the troops stopped then is the armistice line today. The fighting in jerusalem and on the west bank had been fierce, with heavy casualties, but it was largely over in 96 hours. Israelis and palestinians alike were stunned. Suddenly, two peoples who had been separated by the socalled green line for 19 years confronted each other. Both sides were curious about the other. As soon as they could, ordinary israelis poured into the walled old city. Curiosity and the universal human instinct for bargains drove them into the shops in the narrow streets of the old city. The shelves on the jordanian side were stocked with dutyfree electronics and small luxuries that were unavailable or much more expensive in hightariff israel. The bargains flew off the shelves. And not just ordinary israelis teddy kollek, the mayor of israeli jerusalem, and israels defense minister, moshe dayan, both famous antiquities collectors, descended on arab dealers in East Jerusalem and negotiated for ancient treasures to add to their collections. Palestinians began to explore west jerusalem and meet israelis for the first time. A few had the nerve to travel to jaffa to visit homes that they or their parents had fled in 1948. In the process of getting to know each other in the first weeks after the war, palestinians discovered that israelis were not, in fact, ten feet tall, and israelis found that palestinians were not, in fact, all cutthroats. It was not all sweetness and light. A lot of blood had been spilled. But people on either side of the green line wanted to see what they could, while they could. There was a shared assumption that, because the israeli victory had been so total, that this time, some sort of peace was inevitable. It was an assumption, not necessarily an aspiration. People on both sides expected that the ceasefire would be replaced by an agreement. Israel would give up some of the occupied territory, just as it had during the suez crisis nine years earlier, and that this time, finally, there would be peace. How could it not . No one i spoke to, in those months after the war, thought that the standoff between israel and the palestinians would last for 50 years. Even the deeply cynical moshe dayan famously said he was just waiting for the phone to ring from the other side, to negotiate peace. It was not to be. By the fall of that year, the arab states met in khartoum and agreed on their famous three nos no negotiation, no recognition, no peace with israel. At the same time, the first jewish settlers had established a rump settlement in a hotel in hebron on the west bank, promising not to leave. I remember asking dayan at a News Conference what was going to be done about the settlers. If we can solve the big issues, he told me, the settlers will be no problem. Today, there are some 400,000 israelis settlers in the west bank and 350,000 more in East Jerusalem. They are still promising not to leave, and constitute a Major Political voice on the right in israel. So, the elements of a deadlock the same deadlock that has defied a solution for 50 years were in place before the year was out. Woodruff finally tonight, there was a time when summer tv was largely confined to reruns. But that has changed dramatically in the world of streaming video. And in fact, a new Summer Season is under way. Jeffrey brown has a look. The scummer is he son changed so much is is when the best snoan shows debut new episodes, the game of thrones which worch the emmy for breast drama is back on hb organize. Orange is the new black will air new ep episodes on netflix, nbc with the carmichael show. And new options such as claws, a southern crime dral drama at tnt. A show about the founding of the first Womens Wrestling Federation called glow on netflix and a showtime drama about struggling comics in the 1970s called im dying up here. Two tv critics, i hope theyre not dying when we are talking to them, to help us sort through the season. Eric deggans of npr and Sonia Saraiya of variety. Thanks for joining us. Help us out here, first of all, eric Summer Season. Does it actually mean anything. Is there any rhyme or reason any more . Well, you know, tv is a business that loves habits. So are to the broadcasters especially, there is a Summer Season. I think its less so for the cable nets and its even less so are to the streamers like netflix which seem to churn out a new series just about every week. But there is a sense the tv season is shing down a little bit and were seeing shows that are less than marquee shows debuting during the next few months. Sonia, let me start with i, one of the new ones, one of the old ones coming back, a successful one, is aziz ansari master of none. Lets take a look at a clip. It is really good. I told you. Are you going to expand your culinary horizons beyond italian. Yes, i am. What should i try when im in new york. Indian food. Nobody likes curry. All right, i was kidding earlier but the phrase curry people, definitely racist. Not racist. You cant say curry person, im not a curry person, im not defined by the flavors my people enjoy. I saw you both actually smiling, even listening to that. Sonia, tell us why you like that show. You know, master of none is, it is such a delicate little, beautiful show t is a half hour but it is, you know, its so cinematic. There is actually the Second Season references italian cinema a lot. You know, aziz ansari more or less playing himself. You know, trying to understand his life and figure out the world. And you know, a big thing that motivates him is you can tell thats kind of a date that he is on in that clip, you know, figuring out his love life is a big part of it. But at the end of the first season he decided he wanted to go to italy and learn how to make pasta because that was something he wanted to do in his life. The Second Season is about him broadening his horizons even more. It is like a lovely little vacation that show. I will have you tell us about house of cards because kevin spacey and robin wright are back as flank and Claire Underwood, lets take a little clip of that. I just want to look in your eyes. One more time before we do this. Were doing this. You cant say that he invented term limits. Eric, they are still doing it. They are still plotting it, it goes on and on. Yeah, and you know, i know am so people have grown tired of house of cards. And i think if you are one of those people, you are not going to necessarily like the new season. But the new season does have a lot of political machinations that i think are sort of the heart of the shows appealment and it also really deals with the partnership between these two singular characters Frank Underwood by kevin spacey and Claire Underwood played by robin wright. Lets look ahead at some new programs that are you looking forward to, sonia, start us off. What are a couple of things you really want to let us know about. Yeah, absolutely. There is this crazy little show called claws on tnt that is debuting neck week, i think. And it stars macy nash as a manicurist who kind of also dabbles in some mob activity and it takes place in manaty county in florida. Everything about it is so different. It is so different from most other stuff you would find on tv. The nails are amazing, obviously, the fashion, the style is so much fun. You get to see these women who are painting nails also launder money and maybe commit a few murders here and there. There is something a little bit silly and fun about it too. But it also really takes a look at some of the real issues that affect people in places that dont often make it to your tv screen. Im really looking forward to see how that goes. You mentioned at the start of this segment glow, the Netflix Series about the gorgeous ladies of wrestling is what i think it is about, the start of a female wrestling group. And it is really the start about these sort of lovable losers and their attempts to sort of find themselves while they build this very fledge ling operation which is a female centered wrestling leigh in the mid 80s. And it is a show that kind of sneaks up on you. And you know, mark maron is great as the sort of b movie director who decides to try and find another career by starting this wrestling league. And i would compare it a little more favorfully to another show you mentioned called im dying up here, a showtime series about young comics working out of a legendary comic nightclub in los angeles. It is fictionalized but it also has real people in it it is based on a book that is actually about very real comics like David Letterman and jay leno and how they started in los angeles. Because the show has a hard time walking that line between fictional characters it takes liberties with and real characters like Johnny Carson and Richard Pryor also shows up, the show isnt as impactful as it can be but it is also a show about lovable losers trying to find themselves and make it in an industry that is really very difficult which is hollywood in the late 1970s, early 80s. One bonus, real quick for me, if you would. Some show that you love but you dont think has gotten enough attention, eric . Its not any episodes yet it will am couldk ba. It is a show called throwing shade on tv land. It is a late night talk show with a feminist and a gay man talking about the days news to points of view that are woefully underrepresented in the late night scheme. I thought it was brilliant when it was be o. It should come back to new episodes relatively soon. Sonia . I am going to go with the carmichael show it is an nbc sitcom coming too its third season. It is this little show that has been running on the summer and i feel like every season it comes up with even more topics and even more humor to tackle in this fascinating way. I just think everyone should be watching this show. Sonia saraiya of variety, eric deggans of npr, thank you both very much. Woodruff on the newshour online right now wondering what to get for the new graduate in your life . A chicago bookstore shares five great books that offer heartfelt wisdom without being trite. All that and more is on our website, www. Pbs. Org newshour. And, robert costa is preparing for washington week, which airs later tonight on pbs. Bob, whats on tap . Well, judy, tonight, the dealmaker becomes disrupterin chief. Our reporters roundtable will take a closer look at some of the controversy behind President Trumps decision to ditch the paris climate treaty. Thats later tonight on washington week, judy. Woodruff and well be watching. And tomorrow on pbs newshour weekend, a report from cambodia fast Economic Growth is forcing many from their homes. And thats the newshour for tonight. Im judy woodruff. Have a great weekend. Thank you, and good night. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org youre watching pbs. Welcome to the program, we begin this evening with michael morell, he is a former Deputy Director of the cia and acting director. I 24eu this is going to significantly impact u. S. Leadership in the world. This is as bad, if not worse than Barack Obamas decision not to enforce the red line on syria. And as you remember, that decision lead our allies and partners to question u. S. Credibility. This is going to lead our allies and parter to partners to question whether we have any interest in leading in the world any more. Rose we conclude with christopher plummer, his newest film is called the exception, he plays Kaiser Wilhelm 2. Because we dont know anything about him from the time he was exiled on, or very little, he must have mellowed, everybody mellows a