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
Metro area. Some of the gusty winds in the backyard. Far cry from this morning. Were looking at all this sunshine over downtown denver and still waiting on a little rain. Hitting folks from the south and north and still in the isolated pocket. For now in douglas and elbert counties, 232 lightning strikes and also some small hail too. Colorado, up to the east. Heavier showers and more on the way out there in arvada as well as evergreen. Snowfall, yep. Upen the high country across Rocky Mountain National Park. The showers and thunderstorms with us for the next several hours. Could be heavy at times around dinner time in weld county and throughout this evening, 8 00, thunderstorms. The showers beginning to break apart. Still with us in some areas overnight. Temperatures keeping it cool today. Hit the low 70s. Now with these thunderstorms pushing in, cooling us off to the 60s and 70s in denver. Ray 81. In the 50s in leadville. And gunnison. So the rest of the evening anticipate the showers
Im pam cook. And im dave clark. Sal is off, steve is not. You can see him right over here. Will it be red hot anywhere . Not until wednesday. Today will be nice. Chilly out there this morning. A lot of 40s showing up. A cool weekend there, rather breezy. Upper 70s for many inland. It will start to rebound today. The fog is about the golden gate, marin south, looks to be the cut off. Tommy if youre there and listening, do you have fog or not. I can see it. But its not here. Otherwise, north of that looks good. South its sold out as we say on the san mateo, and santa cruz coast. If you want to go to the beach, go north. West, southwest, there are a few locations with a little offshore breeze. 46 napa airport. 47 novato. Right at 50 for freemont, and fremont, and plenty of 40s. Cupertino. Saratoga is 49. Upper 40s, low 50s, santa cruz mountains. Boulder career, 47 degrees. Fog will give away to sunshine. It will be nice and warmer inland. We are below average because of that system right
This labor day. We, however, are here. You know what, if i go to work, i want to be here with you. And i agree with you. We love our jobs. Good to have you here. This is going to be fun. And you know what, everybody still this morning, talking about the clinic Kaepernick Colin kaepernick story. This has stirred up conversations, strong emotions. At the highest levels. And now we have president obama weighing in on the controversy surrounding 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and as we know, his decision not to stand for the National Anthem. My suspicion is over time hes going to refine how hes thinking about it, and maybe some of his critics will start seeing that he has a point around certain concerns about justice and equality and thats how we move forward. So the president made those statements this morning during the visit to china for the g20 summit. He was asked by a reporter about the ongoing controversy surrounding Colin Kaepernick. He said theres a long history of athletes us
Historical park in kentucky. Coming up next on the presidency, a commemorative ceremony site with actors for drink three of the five president s who visited the birthplace delivering speeches. And we will hear from Abraham Lincoln. This is about 55 minutes. [applause] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests. I am the superintendent of Abraham Lincolns birth Place National historic site. I would like to welcome you all today for this great event. Before we get started, i would like to give a round of applause to the heartland Brass Quintet to have been providing the music. [applause] you all can be seated. Sorry. [laughter] i just realized that. This is a special day for us and we truly appreciate your presence. Before we get started into the formal ceremony, i would like to recognize a few the dignitaries we have in attendance today. Congressman brett guthrie, [applause] acting deputy regional director for the Southeast Region of the National Park service. Larue coun