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And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Yang from labor day to election day 64 days and 6 counting. For the president ial candidates, today marked the start of two months of crosscountry campaigning to win theco white house. Lisa desjardins has our report. Reporter labor day inte detroit a parade of curbto curb union members, lines of trucks, and one retired worker, former president bill clinton. A holiday for most americans, today marks crunch time fory candidates Hillary Clinton and donald trump hit the trail, as did their surrogates, spread out in key states. T trump was swamped at a youngstown, ohio fair, pulling out a bullhorn at one point. Were going to bring jobs back to ohio. Were going to bring jobs back to our country. Were not going to make these horrible trade deals anymore. Reporter while for clinton, something recently rare, a shor chat with the press corps. Last moments before the mad dash for the next two months, so i hope you guys are ready. Reporter clinton and her new plane were on the way tore cleveland, where she stressed her message on labor and the s economy this is the kind of difference that this electioner really poses. People like tim and me who want to create more good jobs with rising wages and benefits for everybody willing to work hard, and somebody who stiffed people, took bankruptcy and laid off people one of his bankruptcies put 1,000 people 1 out of work reporter the fight for ohio meant a fight for space on the cleveland tarmac today, right t next to Clintons Campaign plane, sure enough, thats Donald Trumps. He was also making his own pitch to cleveland workers. Ls our country in terms of manufacturing, in terms of jobs, is going to hell. G, its going to hell. Our jobs are being taken out of our system. O Hillary Clinton would be a disaster. Reporter outside of ohio wap left to candidates supporters like vermont senator berniers sanders. The former clinton opponent, now promoting her to workers. Hillary clinton understands that the 7. 25 minimum wage is a starvation wage. S wage. cheers and applause reporter in pennsylvania, it was clintons running mate, virginia senator tim kaine , hello reporter and the man kaine a hopes to replace Vice President biden, on the days theme. Does anybody think there would be a minimum wage without Union Workers . Reporter trump and his choice for v. P. Spent the Major Campaign day traveling on theai trump plane together, where the nominee took reporter questions and made it clear he will be at all three president ial debates. Are you doing a lot of prep work . Or yeah, im doing some, imr ra doing some. Do i mean, ive seen people do so much prep work that when they get out there they cant speak. Ive seen that. Do you plan to have mock sessions where someone does play i hadnt planned on it. Oe i never did it before. Reporter that crucial first debate comes in three weeks, until then, as they did today in michigan, virginia, pennsylvania and new hampshire, the two campaigns plan a frenzied focus on just a few key states. For the pbs newshour, im lisa desjardins. Late this afternoon Hillary Clinton says shes concerned about reports in the worst and worries r worries and elsewhere. Yang in the days other news, the group of 20 majorr economies wound up their weekendlong summit in china. The leaders failed to set limits on a glut of cheap chinese steel exports. Miex but a muchanticipated Climate Change announcement, and meetings between world leadersor on the sidelines, highlighted the gathering. Hi well have a full report, after the news summary. At the g20 summit, president obama and russian president Vladimir Putin failed to reach a deal on a ceasefire in syria. De that came as isis claimed responsibility for a series of attacks across syria. At least 48 people were killed. The attacks included six suicidi bombings and a remotecontrolled bomb. They all happened during the morning rush hour. Meanwhile, at least 24 people died in twin bombings inn afghanistan. The taliban said it carried outr the attacks near the Defense Ministry in kabul. The first blast hit a crowded area Near Government buildings, a market and a mainme intersection. The second blast struck as authorities responded to the s first. When the first explosion happened, people crowded nearwd the site. Then the second blast occurred, which was really powerful and killed lots of people, including workers, women and children. All those killed were poor people and bread winners of their families, all innocent people were killed here. Yang two of the dead weref generals. More than 90 others were wounded. Wo north korea has fired off three more mediumrange ballistic missiles. They were launched about 30 miles south of pyongyang, and flew more than 600 miles, before landing in japanese waters. The United States, japan and others condemned the tests, and the u. N. Security council said it will discuss the situation tomorrow. It Tropical Storm system hermine slowly whirled up the u. S. Eastern seaboard today, staying offshore, but chasing people off the beaches. The storm kicked up waves up to 20feet high and rip currents from new york to cape cod. The storm had winds of 70 miles an hour, but its expected to weaken. Nurses went on strike today, at five hospitals in minnesota. Theyre striking over health insurance, Workplace Safety and staffing. The Minnesota Nurses Association represents about 4,800 members. It called the strike after a 22 hour bargaining session ended saturday without an agreement. And, some good news for the giant panda. A group that tracks animal populations says its no longer endangered. The International Union for conservation of nature says giant panda numbers rose 17 percent in the past 10 years, to nearly 1,900. Its thanks to steppedup protections by china. Pr still to come on the newshour the major agreements and disagreements from the g20 summit. The role of labor unionsla in todays politics. A web series that lets israelis and palestinians say exactlyns what they think, and much more. Yang president obama is on his final trip to asia as president. His first stop was in china for a meeting of leaders of 20 of the Worlds Largest economies. William brangham gives us a summary. Rg ladies and gentlemen, the 11th g20 summit has just concluded with great success. Brangham the gatherings host, chinese president xi jinping, closed the proceedingso praising the leaders for commitments to free trade and economic growth. But on the major issue of o chinas glut of steel production, xi made only limited concessions. He agreed to greater cooperation on the problem, but not to any binding limits on steel exports the u. S. And europe say cheap chinese steel has cost jobssa worldwide. President obama said today it will take time to get concretet gains on the issue. It was one of a number of examples that arent always sexy and dont attract a lot of headlines of where issues that weve raised in the g20 get adopted and then a bunch of work gets done and the following year you start seeing action and slowly we strengthen and build up international norms. Brangham the conflict in syria was also addressed this weekend, but again, with little to show for it. President obama met with russian president Vladimir Putin for 90r minutes. They talked about possible military cooperation, and a lasting ceasefire between thee russianbacked syrian governmenn and u. S. Backed rebels. But he said later that a number of sticking points remained, and he suggested hes skeptical thae russia would uphold its end of any bargain. Given the gaps of trust that exist, thats a tough negotiation and we havent yet closed the gaps in a way where we think it would actually worko brangham for his part, putir sounded much more optimistic. And i have grounds to believe that they will be reached in the nearest few days one headlinemaking moment from this weekend came from the sidelines of the g20, on the issue of Climate Change. Ng president obama and chinese president xi announced saturday their governments will formally join last years landmark paris agreement. S it sets up a framework to dozens of nations to reduce Greenhouse Gases in the coming decades. The president said the u. S. And china standing together on theid issue, sends a clear message to the world. Our entrance into this agreement continues the momentum of paris and should give the rest of the world confidence whether developed or developing countries that a low carbon future is where the world is heading. Brangham with the g20 now over, obama flew on to laos today for a summit with south l asian leaders. He had planned to meet there with the philippines new president rodrigo duterte. But today, duterte angrily warned he wont discuss widespread killings of drug suspects, and he aimed profanity at mr. Obama son of a bleep , i will swear at you in that forum. Brangham hours after hearing that, the president said he is now reconsidering whether a meeting with duterte is still for more on what happened during the g20, and whats to come for the rest of the president s trip to asia, we turn to edward alden, hes a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations, where he focuses onei u. S. Trade policy. Se and david ignatius, Foreign Policy columnist at the Washington Post. Ei gentlemen, thank you both very much for being here. Saved, i would start with you david, i start with you. O what was your take on what happened this weekend . I think basically in terms of bilateral u. S. China relations, this was a reinforcement of the pattern weve seen in the last couple of years. The u. S. And china Work Together on issues of mutual interest, Climate Change has been the obvious example since 2014. They did a significant step forward in agreeing to enter the paris pact on Climate Change, that was the headline achievement of the summit, but on so many other issues where they are not in sync, the south china sea, obviously, but also the whole relationship, the fracas about when the president s plane landed and what ramp gate, its obvious that there is just a lot of distaps between the two. So i think thats a snapshot of where the relationship is as Barack Obamas presidency ends. Brangham edward alden, we touched on this briefly in the beginning, the issue of this deal, the chinese deal, this was something the president hoped to take a crack at but didnt really succeed. Re what is it the u. S. And other nations have with china . Trade is where things have gotten tense. China entered the w. T. O. In 2001, and i think the hope of the United States and the west at the timete was that china wod gradually become a more marketoriented economy, would look mo like the capitalist economies of the west and adopt the rules of how it structures its economy. S we havent seen that play out, particularly in the heavy industries. The Chinese Government heavily subsidize the industries. What we see is chinese production increase very, very dramatically. Ic if you go back to 2000, the United States and china produced the same about oof steel. Brangham 15 years ago. 130 merit tons each. Since that time, chinas production has increased basically ten fold, u. S. Production has dropped a little over that period of time, so the rest of the world is saying to china, you have to change the practices. Its not just steel, but steel is the biggest one, where you are subsidizing industries to produce far beyond what the market is dictating and its creating a lot of tensions witht your trading partners. Brangham one of the issues the president tried to bring up in his meeting with Vladimir Putin was the issue of syria and they apparently had a long conversation about can there be a cease fire, and the president was as open as you can in these types of meetings, which is to say even if we got an agreement which we didnt get, the unitedt states cant be sure putin will live up to his end of the bargain. The level of suspicion in the u. S. Russia landscapes is as high as anytime since the fall of the soviet union. Putin is very aggressive in his behavior in syria, in ukraine. The Technical Details of the syria agreement had been held up for a couple of weeks, but fundamentally, the problem here is that putin has aligned with bashar alassad, and the u. S. Is fighting alongside the al quaida affiliate in syria, very awkward position for us to be in, and its not clear how you get an agreement when those are the basic elements. Brangham david is talking about the issue of trust with regards to russia. The issue of trust with china comes up, particularly with regard to Climate Change, whenan we saw them signing the paris accords saturday that weree agreed to in january. A lot of the critics of the agreements say the u. S. Can put whatever smiley face on these agreements and do what it can to cut carbon emissions, but the chinese if its voluntary, they wont do the same. To the same point, do you thinki the u. S. Can trust china on this particular issue . Ipa think on climate there ia potential for a different dynamic. I think that falls into davids first basket where the u. S. And china see a common interest. If you look at trade, the chinese, if they they see trade in zero sum terms. R the climate issue is different. The chinese recognize the reality of global Climate Change and recognize their role in it so i think they are genuinely worried about that. Domestically, they have an enormous problem with pollutiono so to the extent they continue to use dirty coal, thats major because you cant breathe in the major cities. Brangham this is thema president s last trip to asia after his much heralded pitch to asia. Do you think that has borne fruit for the president s policy . I think it was sound conceptually. One of the tragedies of Barack Obamas presidency is hes been unable to escape the gravitational field of the middlegr east. Hes ended up fight ago war against i. S. I. S. , hes back in iraq, hes in syria though he doesnt want to be. I think for countries in asia, they see a rising china pushing its weight around more and morer they want to feel that the u. S. Is really there to stay as a reliable, dependable ally. Al the president s last big effort is going to be to try to pass the transpacific partnership,a the big trade agreement. A lot of congressional opposition. And quite a lot of support. I think obama rightly sees that, in terms of our credibility in asia to countries like vietnam, the philippines, even australia, its crucial he get this passed or do everything he can in the lame duck session as a Common Administration to people thatra were still here, we still care about asia. Ab if the president leaves office with that going down in a tail spin, i think were going to see a story of china asserting itself with new power and credibility because america will have been seen as the ally that couldnt deliver. Can i say i agree very much with david but im not optimistic about the t. P. P. Why not . Ive watched trade deals back to nafta and you see a hardening in the Democratic Party and a fractioning of the Republican Party under donald trump whos come out strong against these trade agreements. Tr in the past democratic president s could rely on strong republican support. I thinkbl thats vanished. Brangham gentlemen, thank b you very much for being here. Thank you. Yang on this labor day, we turn now to organized labor. Union membership has been on the decline in the United States for decades according to the labori department, just 11. 1 of wage and salary workers belonged to a union last year, thats almost half the Union Membership rate in the 1980s. Hari sreenivasan has our story. Sreenivasan for more now on the state of labor, were going to by Mary Kay Henry, Service EmployeesInternational Union, and harley shaiken, a professor and labor expert at the university of california, berkley. Ia professor, when we think of the Labor Movement, we think its smaller than it used to be, but what are the challenges the movement is facing today . There are many challenges but its a particularly criticali time for Labor Movement and the United States generally. It in the last three decades, labor has declined from representing one out of every five members to one out of every ten today, butt recent polls from bloomberg and others indicate that over half of people polled would like t