By mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were 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. President donald trump is defending his constitutional power to grant pardons for crimes. As part of a series of statements on twitter today, mr. Trump said the word complete garners attention as only two days ago the Washington Post reported the president and his legal team have discussed his power to pardon aides, family members and possibly himself. The president also lambasted yesterdays post report that former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak told his superiors in moscow he had discussed campaign related matters with attorney general Jeff Sessions last year, something mr
Meech time gop lawmakers putting on united front forward and democrats already on tack launching Midterm Election ads aimed on republicans who back the gop bill. I was out on friday and im usually not here on fridays. We were out enjoying restaurants and bars and people were watching the vote or build up to it like they were watching final four. I think it is fascinating. It really is. It affect millions and millions of americans and it was important to a lot of people. Well see what happens moving forward. In the meantime israel ortega starts us off tonight. Israel, how are you. Good, good, thank you guys. Are we surprised here. First the blame was on the democrats. The first thing President Trump says is well, couldnt get any democratic support. Then swichdz to republicans. Whats the game blan here . Yeah, no, these are Great Questions and i think President Trump has to short window to act and hes got to figure out whether he can work with these very conservative republicans or as li
Alaska. And life on mars . A New Discovery suggests it could be possible. A busy day in new york for president obama after addressing the u. N. General assembly he met on the sidelines with Vladimir Putin. And topping their agenda, the war in syria. President obama had some tough words today about president Bashar Alassad. Lets remember how this started. Assad reacted to peaceful protests by escalating repression and killing, and in turn, created the environment for the current strife. Lets go to Mike Viqueira at the u. N. Mike, president obama called out russia over its position on syria, and ukraine in front of the entire General Assembly. What if anything do we know about what happened hah in sideline meeting with president putin. Reporter i have to tell you, as i stand here on 1st avenue on new york citys east side, the president s limousine just went by, an hour earlier than we expected it to go, because that meeting went an hour longer than expected. So we dont know exactly what
The owner of the l. A. Clippers allegedly said something that was downright ugly. That was audio released over the weekend by tmz. The mans voice was attributed to Donald Sterling and he was having an argument with his girlfriend at the time. He has neither admitted nor denied it is his voice but the clippers say those are not his views. Many people have spoken otherwise. There is absolutely no place in the nba family for ignorance, intolerance, reprehensible comments that are unacceptable and not fitting for what this league is all about. Hes got to come down hard. He should not own the team anymore. Theres no room in this game for a owner like that. He must pay a social price for his attempt to turn back the clock on race relations. Donald sterling should be dealt with severely if the allegations are true. When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, and you dont have to do anything, just let them talk and thats what happened here. Even the president of the United States pi
Clippers allegedly said something that was downright ugly. That was audio released over the weekend by tmz. The mans voice was attributed to Donald Sterling and he was having an argument with his girlfriend at the time. He has neither admitted nor denied it is his voice but the clippers say those are not his views. Many people have spoken otherwise. There is absolutely no place in the nba family for ignorance, intolerance, reprehensible comments that are unacceptable and not fitting for what this league is all about. Hes got to come down hard. He should not own the team anymore. Theres no room in this game for a owner like that. He cannot he must pay a social price for his attempt to turn back the clock on race relations. Donald sterling should be dealt with severely if the allegations are true. When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, and you dont have to do anything, just let them talk and thats what happened here. Even the president of the United States piped up on the