Either of those poles. Ifill plus, private contractors, nasa and the f. A. A. Investigate what caused a space station supply rocket to explode seconds after take off. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering 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. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the ebola death rate in west africa may be slowing. The World Health Organization reported today that total cases now top 13,700, but the death toll remains at just under 5,000. Thats partly due to liberias dea
Among those already in south africa former u. S. President jimmy carter who is in johannesburg. Kofe annan. And the former president of ireland is there. Dozens of others are en route. President obama and the first lady left for south africa, Board Air Force 1 joined by george bush and his wife. Are ali velshi is leading our team in johannesburg. Ali, set the scene for us literally hours before the event tomorrow in johannesburg. Well its gone cold, tony, its raining tonight in johannesburg. It was a clear day. Police were setting up barricades and rerouting. You could see dignitaries coming in and police convoys. As you said jimmy carter is here as well. George w. Bush, bill clinton will be here, World Leaders from all over the place. I had a chance to sit down with jimmy carter, who knew Nelson Mandela very well. He was on the same plane coming down. He said in all the times he knew Nelson Mandela, he never said thank you to the u. S. Government to end apartheid. Heres why. I would s
Radio. World leaders from nearly 100 nations are making their way to south africa to honor one man Nelson Mandela. A Public Memorial Service will be held for the iconic leader tomorrow. Ali velshi is in johannesburg with more on the di dignitaries arriving in south africa. The dignitaries are coming. Some are still on their way. I was on the plane with jimmy carter, he spoke to me, he said in all the years he has known Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela never thanked him for what the American Government did to end apartheid. Here is why. I would say after i had many talks with Nelson Mandela, i never heard him say that he was grateful to the United States. He was greafer to cuba, he was greafer t grateful to ott spoke up for him when he was still in prison. He was grateful to others who condemned the apartheid regime. But i dont think he felt his freedom and the change that took place in south africa was attributable to the United States. Bottom line is you know tony, you and i scwuf discu
Particularly between the United States and russia for decades. Weve got him here tonight because hes out now. Hes gone. The trump folks chose not to keep him on he was actually i said he was the most senior diplomat in the Foreign Service. He was actually the thirdmost senior diplomat in the Foreign Service until a few weeks ago. Then the Trump Administration got rid of the number one and number two most senior people ahead of him in the Foreign Service so that did make him the most senior person Still Standing but now hes out, too. Think about that for a second. After he was initially hired into the Foreign Service in 1977, five subsequent president s of both parties thought it would be a good idea to keep him on. That his deep understanding, his knowledge of all the players and so many of the secrets it would make him an indispensable asset, particularly when it comes to dealing with russia. Which makes sense, right . You want to avoid getting rolled. You want to avoid getting outman
Was the Tramp Campaign guilty of pay for play . Its called pay for play. And never mind bannon, miller and flynn. The era of the pajama boy is over and the alpha males are back. From dozens of lobbyists to professional survivalists. Smash it up. Propublicas exhaustive new report of the 400 trump hires youve never heard of when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Republicans continued share shockandawe strategy to slam trumpcare through congress. Today despite massive pushback the approach is getting results for now. This is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. The time is here, the time is now. This is the moment and this is the closest this will ever happen. When paul ryan says the time is now, he is not kidding, trumpcare proponents are rushing headlong to pass the bill through congress at an unprecedented pace, prompting objections even from Many Republicans, among them senator tom cotton who tweeted today too my friends