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rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: hello, and thanks for joining us. the white house said last night that president trump will sign a bill imposing new financial sanctions on russia for meddling in last year s election and for its aggressive acts in ukraine and syria. the bill was approved overwhelmingly this week by congress with veto-proof majorities in both houses. the white house did not say when the signing would happen, or whether it would be public or in private. earlier this week, new white house communications direct ....
corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and group retirement produs. that s why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. president obama today once again appealed for calm following the news that a new york doctor who treated ebola patients in africa has been hospitalized with the disease himself. we have to be guided by the facts, not fear. yesterday, new yorkers showed us the way. they did what they do every day jumping on buses, riding the subway, crowding into elevators, heading into work, gathering in parks. that spirit, that determination to carry on is part of what makes new york one of the greatest cities in the world. sreenivasan: in new jer ....
corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. president obama today once again appealed for calm following the news that a new york doctor who treated ebola patients in africa has been hospitalized with the disease himself. we have to be guided by the facts, not fear. yesterday, new yorkers showed us the way. they did what they do every day jumping on buses, riding the subway, crowding into elevators, heading into work, gathering in parks. that spirit, that determination to carry on is part of what makes new york one of the greatest cities in the world. sreenivasan: in new j ....
we have spoken to the iava. we have spoken to wounded warriors as well as vote vets. none of them say they are directly involved with the fund-raiser tonight. there are a number of veterans organizations out there but so far we have not been able to find any that say that they are a part of this event. that foundation, the donald trump foundation, has given to veterans groups in the past. there is some precedent here. but it is not clear who exactly will get the money. we have asked the campaign directly to tell us who this is. a couple times, actually. and so far they are staying mum on it right now. katie remind me, there is an issue last fall where he raised money for a veteran s group and you dug into that? yeah, last september he had a fund-raiser for veterans on uss iowa, battle ship in long beach, california. that was for veterans for a strong america. it turns out the irs revoked its charitable status and the veterans for strong america according to tax reco ....
syria is, quote, clearly behind the deadly confrontations taking place between israeli troops and palestinian protesters along the golan heights. today syrian police have vowed to keep the demonstrators at bay, but it could be too little, too late. according to the syrians, 23 people were killed on sunday with more than 350 wounded. itn s john ray has the latest from tel aviv. john? well, it s been calmer today. at one point syrian police stopped a couple dozen protesters. what a contrast to yesterday when many hundreds slipped past the checkpoints. i think that is bound to fuel israeli claim that is this whole thing was a syrian plot to divert attention from the bloody upheavals taking place in syria. the over great controversy has beenver israel s decision to open fire very early on the protesters. israel s military say they issued warnings in arabic, they fired warning shots and when they did shoot at people, they shot to wound rather than to kill. but it is certai ....