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Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world bye building resilience and inclusive economies. More at rockefellerfoundation. 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. Om thank you. Yo woodruff the questions are swirling in the president ial campaign this evening how much do voters know about thekn candidates health, and how much should they know . The issue leaped to the fore in the last 24 hours. She was diagnosed with 9pneumonia on friday. Woodruff the cable news o banners told the story Hillary Clintons health, front and center, after she appeared to stumble when she abruptly left sundays 9 11 ceremony in new york city. Hours later, her doctor said the 68yearold democratic nominee had been diagnosed with pneumonia last friday. The Clinton Campaign pledged today that more information on her health is forthcoming were gonna be releasing that to further put to rest anyto lingering concerns about what you saw yesterday. It really is the case that there is no other undisclosed condition. Woodruff clinton scrapped a california trip, and instead planned to phone in to a Sanan Francisco fundraiser tonight. And late today, she tweeted, im feeling fine and getting better. That left running mate tim kaine to take up the issue, in dayton, ohio. Ive just been on the campaign since july 22. Shes been on the trail for 18 months. Her energy staggers me, i have a hard time keeping up with her. Woodruff meanwhile, Republican Donald Trump was restrained in his reaction i just hope that she gets well, and gets back on thewe trail. Woodruff trump has released little about his own health, but promised today hell be putting out more information as well. Ti this last week, i took a physical. And ill be releasing when the numbers come in hopefully, theyre going to be good, iod think theyre going to be good,d i feel great but when the numbers come in, ill be releasing very, very specific numbers. Woodruff trumps main focus today was a different issue t clintons friday night comments about his supporters. Its fodder for a new Trump Campaign ad you could put half of trumps supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. The racists, sexists, homophobic, xenophobic, islamophobic, you name it. People like you, you, and you. Deplorable. Woodruff and it was fodders for trump himself, on the campaign trail today during aai speech in baltimore i we have the support of cops, and soldiers, carpenters, and welders, the young and the old, and millions of working classan families. These were among the countless americans that Hillary Clinton called deplorable, irredeemable, and unamerican. D woodruff trumps next stop one of the battleground states, north carolina, this evening. Well examine the issue of president ial candidates health more fully after the news summary. Ifill in the days other news a ceasefire in syria negotiated by the u. S. And b russia is now officially in force. It took effect at sunset, although government attacks continued in the city of aleppoe meanwhile, syrian president Bashar Alassad appeared in a recaptured damascus suburb, and insisted he means to control thi whole country again. translated the syrian state is determined to recover every area from the terrorists, to restore safety and security, to rebuild, to rebuild theto infrastructure, to rebuild whatever is destroyed by all means. We call upon all syrians to move towards reconciliation. Ifill a number of rebel groups expressed misgivings about the agreement includingu over how it would be enforced. Later, secretary of state john kerry defended the deal. He even talked of approving syrian strikes against alqaeda militants once known as the alnusra front. Assad is not supposed to be bombing the opposition because there is a ceasefire. Now he is allowed and will be to target nusra, but that would be on strikes that are agreed upon with russia and the united states. Ifill that would mark the first u. S. Cooperation with thec Assad Government since the Syrian Civil War began. Within hours, the state department walked it back, saying there is no such provision in the agreement. Woodruff china today rejected u. S. Calls that it do. S more to stop north Koreas Nuclear program. It came days after the north conducted a fifth nuclear test. In beijing, the Foreign Ministry said washington stoked the tensions, and should bear the brunt of dealing with it. translated the nub of the north Korean Nuclear issue is not in china, but in the united states. The u. S. Should earnestly work on a tangible and effective solution. There is an old saying in chinai whoever started the trouble should end it, thus the u. S. Should take on its due responsibility. Woodruff the chinese spokesman also voiced doubts about u. S. Calls for new sanctions against the north. Meanwhile, south korea warned that the north is ready to set off another Nuclear Blast at any time. Ifill north korea is reeling from disastrous flooding after a typhoon hit late last month. A u. N. Report says the storm killed at least 130 people and destroyed thousands of homes. North korean state tv today showed footage of recovery efforts. Workers cleared debris and worked to repair railway lines. Woodruff in the philippines outspoken president Rodrigo Duterte is now demanding the n u. S. Withdraw all troops from his countrys south. S the u. S. Has advisors there working with philippine troops against proal qaeda fighters. Today, in manila, duterte blamei the american presence for inflaming islamist groups. Mi translated there are a lot of americans white people there and they have to go. O. The conflict there will only get worse if they see american soldiers, and there will be mors bloodshed. Woodruff duterte said the bad blood goes back to u. S. Ac efforts to stamp out muslim rebellions in the early 1900s, when the philippines was a u. S. Colony. Ifill back in this country newly discovered documents show the sugar industry began Funding Research decades ago to dismissm links between sugar and heart disease. The journal jama internal medicine today published an analysis of correspondence between the industry and harvarh researchers. It said the resulting studies successfully cast doubt about the hazards of sucrose whilele promoting fat as the culprit. Woodruff and, soccer injuries are soaring amongmo american children. A study in the journal pediatrics finds the number treated in Emergency Rooms jumped 78 between 1990 and 2014. It was fueled, in part, by concussions. Researchers at the nationwideat Childrens Hospital in columbus, ohio say its also due to soccers growing popularity. Ifill wall street recovered some today from fridays big losses. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 239 points to close atoi 18,325. The nasdaq rose nearly 86 points and the s p 500 added 31. Woodruff still to come on the newshour the debate over the publics right to know about president ial nominees health, lifelong republicans rethinking their loyalty in ther traditionally swing state of colorado, calling out southso sudanese leaders for gettingne rich off the countrys troubles, and much more. Woodruff now, a closer looks at just how much the public has a right to know about the health of the american president or a president ial candidate, and whan earlier president s have and have not disclosed about their personal health histories. For that, we turn to dr. Howard markel. Rk hes director of the center for the history of medicine at the university of michigan, and author of a number of books onmb health and infectious diseases. Dr. Markel, welcome. Hillary Clintons Campaign says her pneumonia is not severe. Just how serious can pneumonia be . Well, pneumonia can be quite serious. People can die of it. They used to call it the old mans friend in the years before antibiotics. But now with taking antibiotics, taking care of yourself and resting, it is quite an easy thing to treat. Woodruff i guess it was just reported this afternoon on politico that Hillary Clintons staff says she doesnt prefer to drink water often. Could that have contributed to what happened yesterday . Absolutely. Think about it youre tired, sick, out in the sun which dehydrates us all, whether were aware of it or not, and that could very well have been what caused that wobbly step that everyone has seen and talked about today. Ab reporter well, let me ask you, both the campaigns, both trump and clinton are now saying, in the next few days, they are going to be releasing fuller medical histories, were going to know more about their medical story. St what do the American Voters have a right to know . What should people know in order to know whether these two individuals are healthy or not . Well, i think its very important and i think American Voters do have the right to know about the health of the people who are running for the most powerful job in the world. It is very easy to present ones Health History and, yet, its become very tangled and diffuse, just like peoples tax returns. But i think both these pieces of information are valid for people to ask about. Ou woodruff and, so, what are some aspects of their health that you think should be disclosed when they do put these histories out . Well, i think just the basic toptobottom physical examination, Mental Health examination, a recording of ther medications they may or may not take, past illnesses, illnesses that may run in their family, a general medical history. Remember, this hasnt reallyl been done all that much since 1992, and it was paul songus who did not tell the American People precisely about his nonhodgkins lymphoma. He said he was curet cured. He was not. Had he won the rest of the campaign and run for president , he probably would have beenav quite ill during his presidency. So these things do matter and i think its one more piece of information that we as voters have a right to know about. T. Woodruff and there are other example as well. People think of john f. Kennedy, addisons disease se thats right. Woodruff and at number of other president s. And really back to kennedy, roosevelt or even Woodrow Wilsons health, these were an era where medicine could not do all that much for these serious diseases. Today, more and more people are living full and healthy lives with chronic illnesses. Having turned 50 myself quite a few years ago, the warranty on your body runs out at that point, and we all have problems with our bodies. So mrs. Clintons pneumonia is communityacquired. Its very easy thing to contract especially when youre shaking hands, working a grueling campaign, flying on airlines and stuff. I think most doctors would say take a break for a day or so and rest like any human being whose body gets sick. Woodruff Hillary Clinton is 68, donald trump is 70. How much is age a factor in this, as you describe, grueling job they both want to take on . Well, its hard to say with each 70yearold. One 70yearold might be quite fatigued by this type of schedule. Other people, and it seems mr. Trump and mrs. Clinton are those types, are energized by it. So it isd a casebycase situation. But, you know, most people over 65 should get a pneumonia shot and also should get a flu shot every year. Ar so thats something you can do. But its hard to say. These sounds like extremely energetic people, they sound like very healthy people. Im a little puzzled why they just dont tell us whats going on. Woodruff as we prepare to see whatever these campaigns release, how will we know were getting a full story . That is difficult, and we dont know. Particularly the brief of the report is there may be stuffu youre not seeing, or you may get a data dump like john mccain did a few years back when he released thousands of pages of his medical history and gave journalists three or four hours to review them. Im a medical professor and i couldnt do it in that time. So there are different ways people can be somewhat shifty or less than transparent with their health data. I think itshe high time in this modern era of great Health Prevention that the president ial candidates tell us what is going on in their bodies and we can make the decisions one way or the ortho. Woodruff dr. Howardr markel, we thank you. Ma thank you. Woodruff and on our website, you can find a guide to pneumonia what causes it andpn what makes it a potentially dangerous illness. Thats at pbs. Org newshour. Ifill for more on how Health Issues are dogging Hillary Clinton and raising questions of candidates, its time for transparency for both candidates, its time foren politics monday with tamara keith of npr and susan page Washington Bureau chief for u. S. A. Today. Tam, we just heard dr. Markel say the warranty runs out after age 50 and he doesnt understand why people dont tell us what their issues are. How did Health Become central to this campaign . Th Hillary Clinton had a coughing fit about a week ago on the campaign trail that interrupted a press conference and earlier a rally where she was speaking. There was already a lot circulating about her healthr that was completely unsubstantiated, a lot of rumors, conspiracy theories, ana donald trump talking about her stamina. So this was floating in the the ether when, yesterday, at the 9 11 commemoration, she fallterred when she was leaving. Her knees buckled and had trouble getting in the van. She took off in the vafnlt the press was not allowed to follow. 90 minutes later, the Campaign Said shes at Chelsea Clintons house, feeling better and she was overheated. Ifill hours later . Hours later. Ur ifill seems like a long time for those of us covering it. It was the end ofin the day when her doctor released a statement saying she was overheated, dehi dratted and, oh by the way, on friday, three days earlier, was diagnosed with pneumonia and they hadnt toldl anyone about that before. Ifill thats the point is. Our concern really about her health or about the fact of the failure to disclose in a timely fashion . I think both things rish shoes. I think shell need to come out shes healthy and vigorous and has stamina. S the fact she was diagnosed with pneumonia, we didnt know about it and this instant caught on a video has legitimized some of the critiques trump and Rudy Giuliani have been making about her health. He ifill donald trump has not released his own Health Records. Ifill wanted to make that point. Yes. But this goes to is she straightforward to the American People whose votes she wants to get. Ifill and is there a higher standard. They say they will remete the release the higher standard. They say theyve released more Health Records and tax records than donald trump and release more Health Records to prove this pneumonia isnt part of something larger. Rg but there was a tweet today from david axlerod, the advisor toto president obama back when he was running for president , that really sums up what susan is talking about. He says, antibiotics can take care of pneumonia. Whats the cure for an unhealth ey penchant for privacy that repeatedly creates unnecessary problems. Ifill thats privacy. Friday night, she gave a speech at a fundraiser given for her by a gay and Lesbian Group and she said this. Sa to be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump Supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. laughter right . cheers and applause the racists, sexist, homophobing, xenophobing, islam phobic, you name it. Ifill and she said the other basket, and i know this because i see friends from all over america here, florida, georgia, south carolina, texas as well you know new york and california she is basically b going on to say im sorry, i didnt finish reading it. But that other basket of people are people who feel that the government let them down, nobody caress about hem or worries about what happens to their lives and futures and are desperate for change. A lot ofat attention, susan, gie ton what she said about the half of Trump Supporters who are deplorables, but not a lot given to what she said about the other half. If a candidate is starting a sentence with lets be grossly generalistic, you do not want to finish the sentence. She was trying to make a more complicated point as barackra obama eight years ago when he was talking about some clinging to guns and religion. He was talking about the angst voters felt. But what came across was an elitist statement at a fancy fundraiser talking aboutal millions of americans who support her op