Bernies got on, its on the table. I would like there to be a publicly offered insurance police that anyone can get if they chose thats on the table. Woodruff and its friday. Mark shields and david brooks are here to talk about the Health Care News and President Trumps war of words with the leader of north korea. 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. Woodruff senator john mccain today dealt a major blow to republicans latest effort to dismantle the Affordable Care act. In a statement, the Arizona Republican rejected a reform proposal by fellow g. O. P senators Lindsey Graham and bill cassidy. The move leaves his partys leaders with diminishing hope of repealing president obamas Signature Healthcare law. We get the latest from our lisa desjardins. , so lisa, what reason did senator mccain give . Senator mccain said, first, in good conscience he could not support the bill because its been rushed through and he thinks now is the time and tissue is so large it requires bipartisanship. The issue is too important and too many things are at risk for us to leave the American People guessing from one election to the next whether and how they will acquire Health Insurance. A bill of this impact requires a bipartisan approach. What theyre saying is leaving this up to states for another two years is unacceptable. What he wants is a full debate through committee, months and much more thought spent on this issue. Woodruff where does this leave republican efforts . Theyve tried again and again to get it done. So many metaphors, the zombie bill, keeps coming to life, i think this is down on the mat if this is a boxing match because cert mccain is a vote they needed. Hes a hard no. Rand paul is a hard no, his Office Confirmed to me today still a hard no. Susan collins today said she is leaning no. Were waiting to hear from alaska senator Lisa Murkowski who supported a bill who voted no on a bill that was not this broad in scope. So its very unlikely this bill will get the support it needs in the next two days. Woodruff so these are the key republicans. There have been bipartisan efforts, some other republicans, democrats have been getting together to see if they could come up with something that could work across the aisle. Where does that stand . Thats right. Last on the program we had heard from senator alexander who was leading the effort that the bipartisan effort was frozen. Well, now that might be changing. We heard from iowa senator joni ernst today, unexpected republican, she told her constituents in town hall she wants that bipartisan talk to restart next week and says she does not think grahamcassidy will come up for a vote and does not think the votes are there and there is a renewed attention to the bipartisan effort, perhaps. Democrats said they actually were ready to make compromises in that effort. They will have to show the cards if we get to that. Woodruff patty marie leading that and Lamar Alexander of tennessee leading that. Thank you. And in the days other news rescuers in and around mexico city combed through mountains of debris, desperately searching for signs of life. The death toll from the 7. 1 magnitude quake has now climbed to at least 293. More than half of those have been in the capital. Well take a closer look at the scope of the destruction later in the program. North koreas leader ratcheted up his war of words with President Trump today, warning that he would face consequences beyond his expectations. Kim jong uns statement came days after President Trump threatened to totally destroy north korea in his United Nations address. A newswoman read kims response aloud on north korean state tv. translated now that trump has denied the existence of and insulted me and my country in front of the eyes of the world and made the most ferocious declaration of a war in history that he would destroy the d. P. R. K. , we will consider with seriousness exercising of a corresponding, highest level of hardline countermeasure in history. I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged u. S. Dotard with fire. Woodruff later, north koreas foreign minister suggested that they would next test a Hydrogen Bomb in the pacific ocean. President trump reacted on twitter saying kim jong un, obviously a madman. Will be tested like never before. Irans president also had a defiant message for the west today, vowing to continue building up its arsenal of weapons. At a military parade in tehran, a new Ballistic Missile capable of reaching israel was unveiled. President Hassan Rouhani spoke to the crowd, pushing back against President Trump, who singled out iran in his address at the u. N. Monday. translated whether you want it or not, we will increase our defensive and military capabilities as a deterrent, as much as we deem appropriate. We will not just strengthen our missile capabilities, but also our ground forces, air forces and naval forces for the defense of all peoples, muslims or non muslims in our nation and our land. We will not seek permission from anyone. Woodruff today marked the first time iran had showcased the mediumrange Ballistic Missile in public. But its military testfired the same type of weapon back in february. There was word today the u. S. Department of Homeland Security notified 21 states that russia potentially targeted their election systems in the runup to the 2016 election. But most were not successfully breached. Meanwhile, President Trump and the kremlin are both dismissing reports that russia planted thousands of paid advertisements on facebook in a bid to help candidate trump with the election. Facebook said yesterday its turning over copies of the ads to congresss russia investigation. This morning, the president tweeted the russia hoax continues, now its ads on facebook. The Trump Administration is revoking obamaera guidelines on investigating campus sexual assaults. Education secretary betsy devos had said the previous policy was unfair to accused students. Until the Education Department drafts permanent rules. Critics fear victims will lose protections or feel pressured to stay silent. Former f. B. I. Director james comey was heckled today while delivering a convocation address at Howard University in washington. Protesters sang civil rights songs as comey took the stage, delaying his speech. Calls of no justice, no peace continued as comey launched into his remarks at the historically black university. Its hard sometimes to find people who will listen with an attitude that they might actually be convinced of something. Instead, what happens in most of the real world and about four rows of this auditorium is that people dont listen at all, they just try to figure out what rebuttal theyre gonna offer when youre done speaking. Woodruff it was comeys first public appearance since testifying before congress about his dismissal by President Trump. Federal officials are investigating reports that health and Human Services secretary tom price used costly chartered jets for official business. The agencys office of the Inspector General said today its looking into whether the flights complied with federal travel regulations that generally require officials to minimize travel expenses. Prices office said he sometimes uses chartered planes when commercial flights arent feasible. British Prime Minister theresa may tried to revive stalled brexit negotiations with the European Union today. She proposed a twoyear transition period after britain leaves the e. U. In march 2019, to give both sides time to adjust to the changeover. She also indicated a willingness for britain to pay a financial settlement, but stopped short of specifying an amount. May spoke today in florence, italy. Let us not seek merely to adopt a model already enjoyed by other countries. Instead let us be creative, as well as practical, in designing an ambitious Economic Partnership that rests the freedom and principles of the e. U. , as well as the wishes of the british people. Woodruff brexit talks are set to resume next week in brussels. But several key sticking points remain, including how much the u. K. Should pay to leave the bloc, and how to protect the rights of e. U. Nationals living in britain. Londons Transportation Agency is stripping uber of its license to operate in the city, over Public Safety and security concerns. The Ridesharing Services license will expire at the end of the month. The regulator specifically took issue with ubers approach to reporting criminal offenses, and the way in which it conducts background checks for its drivers. Uber said it plans to appeal the decision. Stocks edged mostly higher on wall street today. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost nine points to close at 22,349. The nasdaq rose four points, and the s p 500 added more than a point. For the week, both the dow and the s p 500 gained a fraction of a percent. The nasdaq fell a fraction. And nasa has bestowed a new honor upon katherine johnson, the africanamerican mathematician whose life inspired the hit feature film hidden figures. A ribboncutting ceremony officially opened a new Research Facility bearing her name, at Nasas LangleyResearch Center in hampton, virginia. The 99yearold who calculated the trajectories for americas first space flights in the 1960s was on hand for the festivities. What an inspiration. Still to come on the newshour Hurricane Marias wrath moves on after ravaging puerto rico, search for survivors stretch into the fourth day after mexicos deadly quake, senator tim kaine on health care reform, and much more. Woodruff Hurricane Maria continued its march across the caribbean, still as a powerful category 3 storm. Puerto rico is dealing with a dam failure in the western part of the island. 70,000 people are in the process of being evacuated. Damage estimates have already reached 45 billion for the caribbean islands in the storms path. And all told, at least 27 have been blamed on maria. John yang has more. Reporter across waterlogged puerto rico, many of the 3. 4 million residents have been forced from their homes. Two days after maria made landfall, knocking out power and communications, the personal stories of facing the storms wrath are just emerging. These women live in salinas, along the southeast coast. translated a lot of trees and many, many houses destroyed and boats on the ground. The power and the water are out everything, everything. We dont have anything. Weve got nothing and we dont know for how long well go without. translated it came when my son said that weve lost everything, it took our house. Its tough but, were going to start over. What are you going to do now . translated were going to the shelter. Reporter governor Ricardo Rosello reports complete devastation. Damage estimates reached 30 billion on puerto rico alone. The u. S. Military and federal Emergency Management agency began airlifting aid water, food, generators and temporary shelters. Were able to fly on our mobility aircraft firefighters, search and rescue and other civil support as well. Until probably today there was no real understanding at all of the level, the gravity of the situation. Reporter today, maria kept churning north, lashing the turks and caicos. The eastern bahamas are next, and then is forecast to make a slight turn east into the open atlantic. Damage to saint croix in the u. S. Virgin islands and the tiny island of dominica was also extensive. Both islands have no power and curfews are in place to prevent looting. It could take years for some of the caribbean islands to fully recover from hurricanes maria and irma. That includes the nation and islands of antigua and barbuda. Sir Rodney Williams is the governor general. A family physician, he is currently on a medical mission in the United States. He joins us from annapolis, maryland. Your excellency, what are conditions like on antiqua and barbuda . Were trying to rebuild and the question is how do we deal with the people from barbuda in particular because we are concerned about their well being, their protection and social needs, and the persons from all the people from barbuda and a antigua, some living with family, with friends and some in shelters, i must say the Government Agencies did a good job in educating the population prior to and during the hurricane. Now its time to rebuild. We have actually accommodated 500 School Children in schools in antigua and also put their teachers to those schools so they can be feeling comfortable. Presently, the government is working on some accommodation to make them more private and more comfortable. By restructuring a hotel, theres an old hostile being renovated as well, and on the island theyre putting things in order so that the ai bar barbudn be comfortable. Yang how long do you think they will have to stay there . A lot will depend on what they find on the ground. Right now, theyre cleaning up air booeda barbuda. They have been able to bury the dead animals and cleaning up the debris on the island. Persons from barbuda have been allowed to go back on a daily basis to protect their assets and return at night to antigua. There are teams on the ground looking at barbuda and at what is needed. From my understanding, they are trying to ensure that the rebuilding of barbuda takes into account the type of island that we want to bring back. Weve got to develop innovative ways and ensure that we have some of the best engineers and technicians who will advise us as to how we will build the country, the island, because were going to have to make sure that the buildings we put up are durable and that theyre sustainable in the long run. Yang sir Rodney Williams thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me on, sir. Woodruff as we reported earlier, the death toll in tuesdays earthquake in mexico neared 300 today, as rain hampered rescue efforts in the capital, mexico city in a moment, William Brangham will have a look at how the city has sought to harden itself since the last big quake in 1985, but first, william joins me again tonight, from mexico city. Sir williams, what can you tell me about the rescue efforts of people who are reportedly supposed to be trapped in an Office Building behind where you are . Its an extraordinary story giving people hope, using a series of hightechology, apparently even an israeli piece of equipment and team was able to zero in on cell phones. They believe they have found at least six people in that Office Building behind me that are trapped there and they are all believed to still be alive. The family members of the missing are just a few yards away from over this way. They have been told, and they are telling the press that food and water is being able to be sent to the people who are trapped but efforts are underway now to try to get them out. Woodruff finding out theyre there is one thing but getting them out in time is Something Else altogether. What are you hearing about the prospects . Thats absolutely right. Its obviously a race against time. Rescuers said they think they have nine different Access Points that they can use to access where they are and so they are slowly working their way into it. The tricky part is its a very fragile building behind me. Unlike the other sites, its not swarming with people, its just a few people up there because theyre worried about collapsing the structure. If they can get through one of these Access Points, they might be able to reach the people inside. Woodruff this is still an active rescue site, but i understand at a number of other sites theyve stopped the searching. Thats right. The mexican president said today of the 38 sites that used to be rescue operations, only ten remain active rescue operations. There is one other larger concern thats been going on here which is not just for the buildings that have been collapsed but what to do with the thousands of other buildings across mexico city that are damaged. While most attention remains on search and rescue while most of the attention remains on search and rescue across the city, there are an untold number of victims like silvia barroso. translated i was in the house doing chores when it started shaking. It was really, really strong. Inside this vast makeshift Community Response center. Were feeling desperate. We really cant go anywhere. We dont have money to replace. Everything has gotten wet from the rain here. There are tons of people coming