Vietnam war is about americans. Sreenivasan and its friday. Mark shields and david brooks are here to talk Hillary Clintons election tellall, and President Trumps deal with the democrats. 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. Sreenivasan British Police launched a major manhunt after a homemade bomb exploded on a subway train in southwest london. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility, and the British Government raised the threat level to critical, meaning another attack could be imminent. Paraic obrien of independent Television News has our report. Reporter this is the remains of a device detonated on a packed tube train at 8 20 this morning. The 5th terrorist attack in the u. K. This year targeted the morning commute, the school run. 29 people were treated in hospital. There were no serious injuries. Two teachers, one stop from work, were near the device as it went off at the back of the train, and described a fire ball coming at the down the carriage. I saw the fire rush towards my side. So yes, i literally, i heard a lady screaming. I was falling over people myself, and i was just saying to myself, keep up, right . Because either you can be crumpled to death or you have a madman behind you, because i still didnt know what was going on. Reporter people described to us a flash of fire suddenly running up the walls of the carriage, burning those nearby. Then, the panic. That moment when people are running towards me and pushing you out the way, and youre unsure of whats happening. You dont know whether to fight or run. It was at that, sort of, ten seconds of sheer panic and the whole train went through it and it was like a tidal wave. But now whats happening is, i think people are getting crushed on the stairwell. Reporter after the initial surge of people, this was the scene on the crowded platform. People trying to make sense of what had happened. Still partly on fire when these pictures were taken, wires are clearly visible sticking out from a wouldbe bomb. Its still not known exactly why it failed to fully detonate. Its been reported that some sort of timer device may have been attached to the i. E. D. The official Police Statement today didnt speak to this point, but emphasized that the search is on for a perpetrator. Sreenivasan President Trump reacted to the attack with a tweet that suggested police could have done more to prevent it. British Prime Minister theresa may responded by saying i never think its helpful for anybody to speculate on what is an ongoing investigation. Later, the two spoke by phone. The white house said the president s criticism may have come up in the conversation. Mr. Trump voiced confidence today that u. S. Options for dealing with north korea are both effective and overwhelming. He spoke after the north koreans launched another Ballistic Missile over northern japan. At the white house, the president S National Security advisor, h. R. Mcmaster, called for rigorous enforcement of sanctions to cripple the norths economy. Whats different about this approach is, were out of time. Weve been kicking the can down the road. Were out of road. For those who have been commenting on a lack of a military option, there is a military option. Now, its not what wed prefer to do. So we have to call on all nations to do everything to address this global problem, short of war. Sreenivasan the norths latest missile flight covered 2,300 miles. That would be far enough to reach the u. S. Territory of guam. This afternoon, the u. N. Security Council Condemned the launch. A judge in st. Louis has acquitted a white former police officer, jason stockley, in a fatal shooting. He was charged in the killing of a black man, Anthony Lamar smith, after a high speed chase in 2011. After todays verdict, hundreds of protesters marched, most of them peacefully. A small group confronted police, and got peppersprayed. More glimmers of progress today in the recovery from hurricane irma. Utilities in florida say theyve restored power to more than 80 of the homes and businesses that lost it. Even so, nearly 3. 5 Million People are still in the dark. Meanwhile, local officials report more than 100 sewage overflows caused by the storm. A single spill near miami spewed about six million gallons of wastewater. Chronic hunger around the world is rising again, after a decade of decline. The United Nations reports 815 Million People went hungry last year up 38 million from the previous year. 60 were in war zones. The u. N. Also cited floods and drought as causes. Nasas cassini spacecraft bade a fiery farewell today, burning up in saturns atmosphere. It was the only vehicle ever to orbit the giant, ringed planet. Nasa animation showed cassinis final plunge. It had nearly exhausted its fuel after recording more than 450,000 images and a huge trove of data. The discoveries that cassini has made over the past 13 years in orbit have rewritten the textbooks of saturn, have discovered worlds that could be habitable, and have guaranteed that we will return to that ringed world. So, the fantastic discoveries that continue to be made with the last set of ring crossing orbits, and in the grand finale of cassini, havent even been studied yet. Sreenivasan cassini was launched in 1997. Flight controllers opted to destroy it today, to prevent it from crashing into one of two moons that could harbor life. A federal judge in chicago today blocked the Justice Department from withholding grants for cities that harbor undocumented immigrants. The temporary injunction applies nationwide to socalled sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agents. Chicago is one of at least seven cities and counties that have balked at enforcing tougher immigration rules. On wall street, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained more than 64 points to close at 22,268. The nasdaq rose 19 points, and the s p 500 added four hitting 2,500 for the first time. And, something new at the white house today an 11yearold boy, mowing the lawn. Frank giaccio of falls church, virginia got the gig after offering his services to President Trump. This morning, he cut the rose garden grass, and he kept his focus, even when the president walked alongside him. Mr. Trump called him the future of the country. The boy said he usually charges 8 a lawn but he did the white house job for free. Still to come on the Newshour Judy woodruffs interview with Hillary Clinton about her new book, and the Trump Presidency. Mark shields and david brooks take on the weeks news. Preserving voices from vietnam. The newest ken burns documentary, the vietnam war. And much more. Sreenivasan she is one of the most prominent and polarizing figures in modern american history. This week, she is back in the spotlight promoting a new book. She opens up tonight to judy woodruff, revealing where she gives President Trump credit, but also her fears that he is dangerous for the world. Judy sat down with the former president ial candidate, secretary of state and first lady at the core club in new york city, and began by asking about the premise of the book what happened in the 2016 election . I really was not ready or equipped to run for president against a reality tv candidate. I take running for president and being president really seriously. Its a maybe the toughest job in the world, right . And i knew that there was Unfinished Business from the successful two terms of president obama, whom i had served. But that we needed to go further on the economy, on healthcare, and so much else. I really prepared, and i prepared what i wanted to say, how i would defend what i wanted to do. It turned out, that was very hard to communicate. It was a time when an empty podium got more broadcast minutes than all of the policies that i was putting forth. And now that theres been a lot of analysis coming from all sorts of independent observers, i think it was clear that the kind of campaign i was running, and the seriousness with which i looked at the agenda i wanted to represent and then execute, was just out of sync with the anger that a lot of the electorate felt, or the disappointment that another part of the electorate felt. So that my brand of leadership, which is very focused on bringing people together, solving problems, its what ive always tried to do, just had a hard time being as powerfully compelling in that campaign as i think it has been in previous years, for other candidates. Woodruff you single out james comey, the former f. B. I. Director. Yes, i do. Woodruff my question though is, he was in the role he was in because the thenattorney general, Loretta Lynch, had pulled back and essentially turned over the leading role in overseeing the f. B. I. Or the investigation into your emails, because of that meeting on the airport tarmac with your husband, with former president bill clinton. So my question is, to what extent did Loretta Lynch and president clinton make a costly mistake . Judy, i just dont buy that. I honestly reject that premise. Partly because theres a chain of command in the Justice Department theres a Deputy Attorney general, we all now know who it was. Sally yates, a woman of experience and integrity. We knew at the time, after it was reported, that, you know, both my husband and Loretta Lynch said they didnt say a word about this, that the optics were not good. I admit that. But in this chain of command, if the attorney general is recused, you know, the Deputy Attorney general. And what we know happened is that the investigation was getting nowhere, thereas nothing to find, and he was in a position of having to accept the evidence that there was no case. I think what he did, against the advice of people around him in the f. B. I. And the Justice Department, was in large measure due to political pressures that he was under from people that he had worked with before in the f. B. I. And outside the f. B. I. And so, when youre a prosecutor or youre an f. B. I. Director, if theres no case, theres no case. And instead, he had a press conference and really, you know, went after, not just me, the entire state department. Okay, that was over on july 5th, right. That i, you know, that i thought was a breach of professional ethics and responsibility and a rejection of the protocols within the Justice Department. It was over. And we were doing fine going forward. What really was costly, and what i believe was the proximate cause of my defeat, was his october 28th letter, which has never been adequately explained or defended had nothing to do with what happened, you know, months before. Woodruff but my point is, he wouldnt have been in that position had Loretta Lynch not pulled back after that meeting with president clinton. I just dont, judy, i dont believe that. I mean, he was in a position that was subordinate to the chain of command in the Justice Department. So Loretta Lynch recuses, its like when sessions recused, the Deputy Attorney general steps forward and starts, you know, running the investigation. There was, there were plenty of people who were in the chain of command who were telling him, im told, you know, okay, nothing there, end it. And thats not, thats not what he did. Woodruff you also write about the role of gender; the fact that women are treated differently in politics, held to a higher standard. You quote your friend, cheryl sandburg, talking about how women, the more successful they are, the less they are liked. People all the time say, oh, if you only knew Hillary Clinton the way i know Hillary Clinton. Well, its really hard to get to know me, or any candidate, and i would be asked questions like, well, why are you really running for president . I didnt hear marco rubio or ted cruz or Bernie Sanders asked that question, as though there was something hidden or, or, or so unusual about a woman stepping forward and saying, you know, i think i could be a good president , i hope youll support me. So, i do believe, and in this chapter called on being a woman in politics, that we have to come to grips with the endemic sexism and misogyny. Of course, its not just in politics. Its in business. Weve seen a lot of that coming out of silicon valley, and its in the media, its in culture. We know that. But in politics in particular, where now some of my former colleagues and friends in the senate are being attacked and theyre being attacked in very sexist ways. You know, Elizabeth Warren told to, you know, sit down and basically shut up, dont persist. Kamala harris being attacked. Kirsten gillibrand talks about being manhandled by fellow members of congress in the gym. You know, i want to blow this up so that people have to confront it. And then maybe whoever comes next wont have to face it as much. Woodruff the Trump Campaign. You think trump operatives cooperated, colluded with the russians in order to prevent you from winning this election. Youre a good lawyer; do you think that meeting in new york last year between a russian lawyer, donald trump, jr. , Jared Kushner was illegal . That laws were broken by that meeting . I dont know enough about whether thats the case. I mean, this investigation thats going on is necessary and incredibly important, because what happened, certainly so far, proves there was communication between the Trump Campaign and russian representatives, that theyve gone to Great Lengths to try to hide and not disclose. There were meetings like the one youre talking about, there were others as well. There were now, we know, russian paid ads that played into the Trump Campaign. We now know that some of the placement of ads and the weaponization of information by the russians was very skillfully injected into our campaign, which suggests that they were getting advice from someone and somewhere. We know that the wikileaks drop within one hour of the hollywood access tape on october 7th was meant to do exactly what it did, divert from trumps admission on tape that he was a, a sexual assaulter. So, you can add all of this up and you can just say its all coincidence, but were Campaign Finance laws broken . Were Foreign Agency laws broken . Were financial dealings irregular or illegal . We dont yet know, but i have a lot of confidence in the work that is going on in the senate to delve into these issues. And i have a lot of confidence in, you know, Robert Mueller and his investigation, to tell us whether theres something there or not. But my point is bigger than that. Lets put what happened to one side. If i had been elected president , and the Intelligence Community came to me and said, well, you won, but putin was trying to defeat you . Even though i won, i would still say, weve got to get to the bottom of this. Right now, we dont have any leadership from this white house to try to understand what our principle foreign adversary was doing to interfere with our elections, to, in effect, destabilize our democracy. So, i think this is, this should be of interest to any american. Woodruff you are very tough in the book, and now, on President Trump. After the birther issue he raised over president obama, his campaign rhetoric, and now as president , his comments on charlottesville, and he repeated some of those yesterday, do you believe the president is racist . Heres what i believe. I believe that he has given a lot of encouragement and rhetorical support to the ku klux klan. He accepted the support of david duke. I believe that he has not condemned the neonazis and the selfproclaimed White Supremacists in charlottesville and other settings. I believe that the congress had to, on a bipartisan basis, pass a resolution asking that White Supremacy be condemned by this president , which he then signed. And well wait and see what he does. So, i cant tell you whats in his heart, judy, i dont know. It could be total rank, cynical opportunism. Hes got a hardcore base that believes these things, and hes going to keep feeding it. He took advantage of some of the conspiracy theories that these people propagate, like birtherism, so i cant tell you whats in his heart. I know that he was sued for Racial Discrimination in his business. So i think that whats important is that, as a leader, he speak up on behalf of the rights of all americans and the respect we should show for the diversity of our country, which i think is one of our great stre