Woodruff and, a forgotten generation. The challenges of educating syrian children in the middle of war. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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 President Trumps top diplomat is now in russia, at a moment of high tension. It centers on last weeks u. S. Military strike on syria, after the regime launched a chemical weapons attack on its own people. Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports on this days events. Reporter secretary of state Rex Tillerson arrived in moscow this evening on the heels of some tough talk about syria at the group of seven meeting in italy. Russia has really aligned itself with the assad regime, the iranians and hezbollah. Is that a longterm alliance that serves russ
Woodruff and, a forgotten generation. The challenges of educating syrian children in the middle of war. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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 President Trumps top diplomat is now in russia, at a moment of high tension. It centers on last weeks u. S. Military strike on syria, after the regime launched a chemical weapons attack on its own people. Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports on this days events. Reporter secretary of state Rex Tillerson arrived in moscow this evening on the heels of some tough talk about syria at the group of seven meeting in italy. Russia has really aligned itself with the assad regime, the iranians and hezbollah. Is that a longterm alliance that serves russ
Twist in the latest scandal engulfing south koreas political leader. First, u. S. President elect donald trump has picked two women to serve in his administration. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has been tapped to serve as u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Her appointment must first be approved by the senate. It comes despite her lack of Foreign Policy experience. Donald trumpoman called an embarrassment during his election campaign. To pretend to have always been the president electss cheerleader. I did vote for him. She has previously said she has reservations about president elect trumps character, but donald trump has chosen North Carolina governor nikkkki haley as americas next ambassador to the United Nations. She is the first woman to be invited to join the incoming administration. Governor haley has a proven track record of bringing people together, regardless of background or party affiliation, to move critical parties forward for the betterment of her state and our
Twist in the latest scandal engulfing south koreas political leader. First, u. S. President elect donald trump has picked two women to serve in his administration. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has been tapped to serve as u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Her appointment must first be approved by the senate. It comes despite her lack of Foreign Policy experience. Donald trumpoman called an embarrassment during his election campaign. To pretend to have always been the president electss cheerleader. I did vote for him. She has previously said she has reservations about president elect trumps character, but donald trump has chosen North Carolina governor nikkkki haley as americas next ambassador to the United Nations. She is the first woman to be invited to join the incoming administration. Governor haley has a proven track record of bringing people together, regardless of background or party affiliation, to move critical parties forward for the betterment of her state and our
Determined to do what is necessary to defeat daesh in syria where the group has been weakened but still we know remains entrenched in raqqah. And tonight the Coalition Partners have carried out more than 4,000 air strikes in an effort that has clearly now going to benefit by the decision of four Additional Coalition member to join the arab campaign. Now, we know, as i said earlier in my opening comments to all of the ministers, that defeating daesh is a challenge. We know that. Were making progress but we want to make more and we want to do it faster. We also know that getting at it in its core areas is obviously a challenge. And were going to prepare carefully and were going to proceed relentlessly. But im confident that we are going to succeed. And were going to what i mean be that, were going to deprive daesh of its geographical base and were going to strike a heavy blow against that organization in those two areas where it had most secured territory and from which it was announcing