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: good evening and thanks for joining us. criticism and consternation today following another, and more alarming, ballistic missile launch by north korea. japan s defense minister says the missile may be a new type, and u.s. officials are trying to determine exactly what it was.. though they said it apparently was not an intercontinental ballistic missile. it was launched yesterday from a site northwest of pyongyang. japanese and south korean officials say it flew for 30 minutes over a distance of 430 miles before plunging into the sea of japan, just 60 miles south of vladivostok in russia. the white house said in a stateme
more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. 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: 13 dead, scores more hurt, two arrests: grim results of today s attack in barcelona, where a speeding vehicle vaulted a sidewalk and drove down its victims. it follows similar attacks across europe, and last weekend, in charlottesville, virginia. for more, we turn to max gayler, reporting for reuters in barcelona, and lorenzo vidino, who leads the program on extremism at george washington university. spain hasn t been the site of this attacks. we ve seen a lot of focus on london and fra
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. 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: 13 dead, scores more hurt, two arrests: grim results of today s attack in barcelona, where a speeding vehicle vaulted a sidewalk and drove down its victims. it follows similar attacks across europe, and last weekend, in charlottesville, virginia. for more, we turn to max gayler, reporting for reuters in barcelona, and lorenzo vidino, who leads the program on extremism at george washington university. spain hasn t been the site of this attacks. we ve seen a lot of focus on london and france. yeah, the last time spain
before, he delegated to me when he came in on tactical positions he did not delegate one ounce of strategic decision, and i think once he really did come in with very different courses of action to collect his thoughts, how he s going to explain it to the american people. rich edson is reporting from bedminster, new jersey, near the president s golf club. rich, what do we expect to hear from the president tomorrow? reporter: rob, the trump administration has been debating troop levels in afghanistan. the white house will discuss the path forward in south asia and afghanistan, in the administration s deliberations have been discussions of potentially adding 4,000 additional troops to the 8,000, more than 8,000 that are already there. withdraw or supplant some u.s. forces with security contractors. the top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee opposes adding troops to afghanistan. should we put more military in? again, this is not the u.s. fight. i don t believ
the u.s.s. john s. mccain was navigating under the freedom of operations. reports tonight indicate the vessel sustained damage to its left rear side. a family assistance center has been established fear family members of those on board the u.s.s. john s. mccain. those family members of those sailors on board the u.s.s. john s. mccain can call that number. president trump tweeting thoughts and prayers are with our u.s. navy sailors on board the u.s.s. john s. mccain where search and rescue efforts are under way. anybody who follows the president of the united states, we know how much he cares about the members of the military. he has the highest and utmost respect for them. we should point out before we talk about senator john mccain since it s on the screen. senator john mccain tweet being the collusion, saying earlier cindy and i are keeping the sailors on board u.s.s. john k. mccain in you are prayers tonight. appreciate the work of search and rescue crews. the ship was nam