PBS NewsHour; June 3, 2016 6:00pm-7:01pm PDT

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>> Sreenivasan: GOOD EVENING. I'M HARI SREENIVASAN. JUDY WOODRUFF IS AWAY. ON TONIGHT'S PBS NEWSHOUR, VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO TRAIL DONALD TRUMP AS SUPPORTERS AND PROTESTORS CLASH AT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE'S RALLIES. ALSO AHEAD, THE CHICAGO POLICE RELEASE VIDEOS OF 101 OPEN CASES WHERE CIVILIANS WERE HARMED BY OFFICERS. WE LOOK AT HOW THAT MAY AFFECT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ALREADY STRAINED RELATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY. PLUS, NEW YORK CHEF EDDIE HUANG TALKS GROWING UP IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, AS THE SON OF TAIWANESE IMMIGRANTS, AND HOW THAT'S INFLUENCED HIS TAKE ON FOOD AND CULTURE.

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>> Sreenivasan: AND IT'S FRIDAY. MARK SHIELDS AND DAVID BROOKS ARE HERE, TO ANALYZE THE WEEK'S NEWS. ALL THAT AND MORE, ON TONIGHT'S PBS NEWSHOUR.

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>> Sreenivasan: THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE IN CALIFORNIA HEADING INTO THE LAST WEEKEND OF CAMPAIGNING BEFORE TUESDAY'S PRIMARY. AND ONCE AGAIN, CAMPAIGN TRAIL VIOLENCE FOLLOWED. LISA DESJARDINS HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: POLICE IN RIOT GEAR; HATS ON FIRE; AND BLOODIED FACES. THAT WAS THE SCENE LAST NIGHT OUTSIDE A DONALD TRUMP RALLY IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. AND WHERE ONE SIDE SEES ORGANIZED, VIOLENT PROTESTERS, THE OTHER SAYS IT ALL STARTED WITH THE CANDIDATE HIMSELF.

>> SO IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY GETTING READY TO THROW A TOMATO, KNOCK THE CRAP OUT OF THEM, WOULD YOU? SERIOUSLY. OKAY? JUST KNOCK THE HELL-- I PROMISE YOU, I WILL PAY FOR THE LEGAL FEES, I PROMISE.

>> WHEN WE HAVE A PROTESTER WHICH ISN'T OFTEN, I SAY, BE VERY GENTLE, PLEASE DON'T HURT HIM, TAKE CARE OF HIM, IF HE WANTS TO SHOUT, IF HE PUNCHES YOU IN THE FAIRKS SMILE.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC FRONTRUNNER HILLARY CLINTON REACTED TO LAST NIGHT'S VIOLENCE IN A CNN INTERVIEW TODAY.

>> AND TRUMP HAS LOWERED THE BAR AND NOW IS IT A SURPRISE THAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE HIM ARE STEPPING OVER THAT LOW BAR? I DON'T THINK IT IS. HE NEEDS TO CONDEMN ALL VIOLENCE BY EVERYONE. I HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

>> Reporter: NEIL LEVESQUE OF SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE SAYS THE INCIVILITY HAS RISEN ON BOTH SIDES-- AND SO HAS THE VOLUME.

>> TRUMP CERTAINLY HAS ESCALATED THE AMOUNT OF VITRIOL FROM THE PODIUM ITSELF, YELLING AT REPORTERS, PERSONALLY ATTACKING THEM, PERSONALLY ATTACKING JUDGES. THIS IS SORT OF UNPRECEDENTED, AND I'M SURE IT HAS RAISED THE LEVEL OF DISRUPTION, OF THE AMOUNT OF ANGER THAT'S OUT THERE. AND I BELIEVE IT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE BAD SITUATION THAT'S TAKING PLACE OUTSIDE OF SOME OF THESE RALLIES.

>> Reporter: IT HAS HAPPENED AT MANY TRUMP EVENTS SINCE LAST YEAR-- THESE ARE JUST A FEW. BUT THINGS ESCALATED IN MARCH, WITH A CANCELED RALLY IN CHICAGO, DOZENS OF ARRESTS IN ST. LOUIS AND A PROTESTER GETTING PUNCHED IN TUCSON. RECENTLY, VIOLENCE HAS TURNED TO MORE PHYSICAL DAMAGE, WITH PROTESTERS SMASHING POLICE CARS NEAR L.A., ITEMS THROWN AT POLICE HORSES IN ALBUQUERQUE AND THEN, PUNCHES THROWN ON BOTH SIDES LAST NIGHT. LARRY O'CONNOR IS A TALK HOST AND CONSERVATIVE IN WASHINGTON. HE SAYS THE PROTESTERS ARE BLOCKING DEMOCRACY.

>> WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT IN SAN JOSE WAS A GROUP OF AMERICAN CITIZENS, PEACEFULLY ASSEMBLING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY, AND THEY WERE VIOLENTLY ATTACKED. THAT'S ANTI-FREE SPEECH. THAT'S ANTI-AMERICAN.

>> Reporter: CONSERVATIVES CHARGE THAT ORGANIZATIONS ON THE LEFT LIKE MOVEON.ORG ARE BEHIND THE PROTESTS AND VIOLENCE. MOVEON HAS SAID IT DID PROMOTE AND PRINT SIGNS FOR THE CHICAGO PROTEST IN MARCH BUT IS NOT ORGANIZING TRUMP PROTESTS NATIONWIDE. AND MOREOVER, MOVEON INSISTS, IT IS COMPLETELY NON-VIOLENT. THEY BLAME TRUMP FOR THE ESCALATION. KARINE JEAN-PIERRE IS WITH MOVE ON.ORG:

>> HE IS RESPONSIBLE. HE IS STANDING ONSTAGE, BEHIND A PODIUM, AND WHAT HE'S SAYING IS, IT'S OKAY TO PUNCH A PEACEFUL PROTESTER. THIS IS NOT OKAY, THIS IS HATRED AND BIGOTRY AND RACISM HE'S PUTTING OUT THERE.

>> Reporter: BUT TRUMP SUPPORTERS INSIST THEY ARE THE VICTIMS OF HATRED-- HATRED FROM PROTESTERS. SOME SEE IT AS SOMETHING MORE THAN POLITICS-- BUT A KIND OF CULTURAL ANGER SPILLING OVER AT CAMPAIGN EVENTS. AGAIN, LEVESQUE:

>> REALLY, THE TRAGEDY HERE IS THAT AMERICANS NEED TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AND LISTEN TO EACH OTHER, AND WHEN YOU HAVE CIVIC EVENTS THAT REALLY CANNOT TAKE PLACE ANYMORE, IT'S REALLY HARMFUL TO OUR REPUBLIC.

>> Reporter: TODAY'S TRUMP RALLY AT AN AIRPORT IN REDDING, CALIFORNIA WAS NOTABLY CALMER. FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M LISA DESJARDINS.

>> Sreenivasan: WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT SECURITY ISSUES ON THE CAMPAIGN, AS WELL AS THE WEEK IN POLITICS, WITH SHIELDS AND BROOKS, LATER IN THE PROGRAM. IN THE DAY'S OTHER NEWS, U.S. HIRING PLUNGED TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTED U.S. EMPLOYERS ADDED JUST 38,000 JOBS IN MAY. AT THE SAME TIME, UNEMPLOYMENT FELL FROM 5% TO 4.7%, BUT THAT WAS LARGELY BECAUSE ABOUT HALF A MILLION UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS STOPPED LOOKING FOR WORK. WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LATEST JOBS REPORT, RIGHT AFTER THIS NEWS SUMMARY. THE HIRING SLOWDOWN PUSHED STOCKS LOWER ON WALL STREET TODAY. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE LOST 31 POINTS TO CLOSE AT 17,807. THE NASDAQ FELL NEARLY 29 POINTS, AND THE S&P 500 DROPPED SIX. FOR THE WEEK, BOTH THE NASDAQ AND THE S&P 500 GAINED A FRACTION OF A PERCENT. THE DOW LOST A FRACTION OF A PERCENT. IN CENTRAL TEXAS, THE SEARCH FOR FOUR MISSING FORT HOOD SOLDIERS INTENSIFIED, A DAY AFTER THEIR TRUCK OVERTURNED IN A FLOODED CREEK. FIVE SOLDIERS DIED, AND THREE OTHERS WERE RESCUED AND HOSPITALIZED. IT HAPPENED AS SOLDIERS FROM THE ARMY POST WERE BEING TRAINED TO OPERATE THE 2.5-TON TRUCK. AERIAL AND GROUND CREWS ARE PAINSTAKINGLY SEARCHING THE 20- MILE CREEK.

>> OUR PRIORITY HAS BEEN, SINCE THE FIRST REPORT OF THIS INCIDENT, AND CONTINUES TO BE THE SEARCH FOR OUR FOUR MISSING TEAMMATES. AND WHILE THAT REMAINS OUR PRIORITY, THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM IS FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE WE'RE PROVIDING THE SUPPORT AND COUNSELING FOR THE FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND SOLDIERS AS WE WORK THROUGH THE NOTIFICATION AND GRIEVING PROCESS.

>> Sreenivasan: MORE THAN HALF OF THE STATE OF TEXAS REMAINED UNDER FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS TODAY. A NEW BATCH OF STORMS DUMPED MORE RAIN, AND WORSENED FLOODING CAUSED BY WATERWAYS RISING TO RECORD LEVELS. FLOODING IS ALSO WREAKING HAVOC IN PARIS, WHERE THE RIVER SEINE ROSE MORE THAN 18 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. MANY POPULAR LANDMARKS ACROSS THE CITY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CLOSE. FRENCH AUTHORITIES ARE ALSO ACTIVATING A PRELIMINARY EMERGENCY PLAN TO TRANSFER GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS TO SECURE PLACES, IF THE RIVER CONTINUES TO SWELL. MATT FREI OF INDEPENDENT TELEVISION NEWS REPORTS.

>> Reporter: THE STATUE OF THE ZOUAVE SOLDIER ON THE ICONIC ALMA BRIDGE, BUT WHEN HE'S UP TO HIS HIPS IN THE SEINE, PARIS KNOWS IT'S IN TROUBLE. "IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE," HE ADMITS. "LET'S HOPE THE RAINS DON'T CONTINUE, OTHERWISE WE'LL HAVE A CATASTROPHE." THE WATER IS ALREADY ALMOST FIVE METERS ABOVE ITS USUAL LEVEL. THAT'S STILL THREE METERS SHORT OF THE RECORD SET OVER A CENTURY AGO, BUT HIGH ENOUGH TO FORCE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PARISIANS TO BE EVACUATED. THE ARMY WAS QUICK TO TAKE PEOPLE TO SAFETY.

>> ( translated ): IT SCARED ME TERRIBLY. I WAS REALLY PANICKED. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS IN MY LIFE AND IT'S SHOCKING. IT'S REALLY SHOCKING.

>> I'M REALLY SORRY. CLOSED TODAY. WE HAVE TO EVACUATE THE MASTERPIECES ON THE BASEMENT.

>> Reporter: THE LOUVRE HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A WAITING ROOM FOR MUTE MASTERPIECES, EVACUATED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WORLD WAR TWO. A QUARTER OF A MILLION TREASURES ARE ALL TRYING TO STAY DRY AND DECENT. THE WATER HAS LEFT ITS MARK ON GERMANY TOO. THIS WAS ZIMBA HAMEN ON THE AUSTRIAN BORDER FROM THE AIR, AND THIS WAS IT ON THE GROUND. THE FLOODS HAVE LEFT NINE PEOPLE DEAD HERE AND THE SPRING CLEAN FROM HELL.

>> Sreenivasan: AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE FLOODING ACROSS EUROPE IN THE LAST WEEK. IT WAS ANOTHER DEADLY DAY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE LIBYAN COAST GUARD RECOVERED MORE THAN 110 BODIES AFTER A SMUGGLING BOAT SANK. MOST OF THE VICTIMS WERE FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES. MEANWHILE IN GENEVA, MIGRATION OFFICIALS WARNED OF A NEW WAVE HEADING TOWARD GREECE, AFTER A SHIP CARRYING SOME 700 MIGRANTS SANK NEAR THE ISLAND OF CRETE TODAY. 340 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED.

>> CRETE IS OPENING UP AS A KIND OF A NEW DESTINATION. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED IN THE LAST THREE DAYS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY SAILED FROM TURKEY, NOT FROM AFRICA, AND THAT THEY FIT THE PROFILE THAT WE SAW FROM THE BALKAN ROUTE MOST OF THE PAST 12 MONTHS, WHICH IS AFGHANS, SYRIANS AND IRAQIS.

>> Sreenivasan: THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS TO GREECE HAD SLOWED IN RECENT MONTHS, AFTER THE EUROPEAN UNION SIGNED A DEAL TO CLOSE THE ROUTE FROM TURKEY. IN INDIA, A POLICE OPERATION TO CLEAR A PROTEST CAMP ERUPTED INTO A VOLLEY OF GUNFIRE, LEAVING AT LEAST 24 PEOPLE DEAD. THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS HAD OCCUPIED A MAKESHIFT CAMP IN THE NORTHERN CITY OF MATHURA FOR TWO YEARS, DEMANDING A LAUNDRY LIST OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORMS. THE POLICE APPROACHED THE SITE LAST NIGHT ON COURT ORDERS TO EVICT THE PROTESTERS. THEY WERE MET BY GUNFIRE, AND A BLAZE BROKE OUT.

>> ( translated ): A POLICE PATROLLING TEAM WAS IN THE AREA TO CHECK THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ANTI-ENCROACHMENT DRIVE. THE ENCROACHERS ATTACKED THEM. OUR SUPERINTENDENT GOT INJURED AND LATER SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES. THEY HAD EXPLOSIVES, GRENADES, AND RIFLES WHICH THEY USED TO FIRE AT US.

>> Sreenivasan: MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE CLASHES, AND SOME 370 OTHERS WERE ARRESTED. WORLD SOCCER'S GOVERNING BODY SAYS ITS TOP OFFICIALS AWARDED THEMSELVES PAY BUMPS AND BONUSES TOTALING $80 MILLION. AN INTERNAL FIFA INVESTIGATION SHOWED EX-PRESIDENT SEPP BLATTER AND TWO OTHERS RECEIVED THE MONEY OVER THEIR LAST FIVE YEARS IN OFFICE. BLATTER GOT A $12 MILLION BONUS AFTER THE 2014 WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL. IT'S JUST THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE SWEEPING FIFA CORRUPTION SCANDAL. MEANWHILE, THE U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM CAN'T STOP WORK TO PROTEST. A JUDGE RULED THAT THE WORLD CHAMPIONS CANNOT STRIKE FOR BETTER CONDITIONS AND PAY-- WHICH THEY ARGUE IS FOUR TIMES LESS THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS. THE JUDGE SAID THE TEAM IS BOUND BY A NO-STRIKE CLAUSE IN AN EARLIER AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION. STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: WHAT A DISMAL JOBS REPORT SAYS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY; MORE THAN A HUNDRED CHICAGO POLICE VIDEOS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC; MARK SHIELDS AND DAVID BROOKS TAKE ON THE WEEK'S NEWS, AND MUCH MORE.

>> Sreenivasan: THE MONTHLY JOBS REPORT MAY ONLY PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF THE ECONOMY, BUT THAT PICTURE IN MAY WAS GRIM, AND THE PHOTO ALBUM OF THE PAST THREE MONTHS IS NOT SUCH A GOOD LOOK. JUST UNDER 40,000 NEW JOBS LAST MONTH-- THAT'S ABNORMALLY LOW DURING THIS LONG RECOVERY. BUT EVEN IF THE NUMBERS ARE OFF, THE LAST QUARTER SHOWS A SLOWDOWN-- JUST 115,000 JOBS A MONTH. LET'S BREAK THIS ALL DOWN WITH DAVID WESSEL. HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION'S HUTCHINS CENTER ON FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICY, AND A CONTRIBUTING CORRESPONDENT TO THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL." 38,000 JOBS. EVERYBODY'S STUNNED BY THAT. SOME OF THOSE HAD TO BE THE VERIZON WORKERS IN THE STRIKE.

>> THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN TWICE AS MANY JOBS IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE VERIZON STRIKE, BUT, STILL, THAT 115,000 JOBS A MONTH OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS IS MUCH SLOWER THAN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING OVER 200,000 JOBS A MONTH.

>> Sreenivasan: THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECREASED BUT IT WAS THE WORST KIND OF DECREASE.

>> WE LIKE IT WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINES BECAUSE PEOPLE FIND WORK, WE DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE DROP OUT OF THE WORKFORCE. ABOUT HALF A MILLION PEOPLE DROPPED OUT OF THE WORKFORCE, MANY OVER 55, A LOT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT CLASS. SO THAT'S TROUBLING. IT REVERSES A TREND WE HAD BEEN SEEING IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS OF MORE PEOPLE COMING INTO THE JOB MARKET.

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>> Sreenivasan: SO A STRONGER CORPCORRELATION BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT?

>> CORRECT. 2.1% UNEMPLOYMENT FOR A COLLEGE GRADUATE. IF YOU'RE A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT, HALF OF WHAT IT WAS IN THE RECESSION BUT STILL 7%, MUCH HIRING.

>> Sreenivasan: AND BREAKING IT DOWN BY RACE.

>> UNEMPLOYMENT FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA IS TWICE THAT FOR WHITE PEOPLE. WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS IT'S NOT THAT THE ECONOMY IS GETTING WORSE. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S GETTING BETTER MUCH MORE SLOWLY AND THAT'S THE DISAPPOINTING PART. WE WEREN'T READY FOR THIS RECOVERY TO START LOSING STEAM.

>> Sreenivasan: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CLUNKS OF TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT THE JOBS REPORT QUARTER BY QUARTER AND AS SLOW AS THIS HAS BEEN, DO WE KNOW IF THIS IS A BAD PATCH OR A MAJOR SHIFT IN HOW MUCH SLOWER THE GROWTH IS HAPPENING?

>> WE DON'T KNOW AND THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION. IS THIS A FEW MONTHS OF BAD PATCH AND THINGS WILL PICK UP LATER IN THE YEAR AS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS? THE FORECASTERS SAY THAT THE ECONOMY SHOULD DO BETTER IN THE SECOND QUARTER THAN THE VERY LOUSY FIRST QUARTER, BUT THERE ARE SIGNS AUTO SALES HAVE BEEN WEAK, BUSINESSES SEEM TO BE SQUEEZED ON THEIR PROFITS AND THEY'RE UNCERTAIN AS TO POLICY SO THEY'RE NOT INVESTING. WE COULD SAY IT'S A BAD PATCH, BUT WE COULD LOOK BACK AND SAY THIS WAS AN INFLECTION POINT.

>> Sreenivasan: ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO STUDY THIS, THE FED, AND THEY'RE MEETING SOON. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IS THIS ENOUGH OF AN INDICATOR WHERE MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T MAKE CHANGES?

>> I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE THE FED WILL NOT RAISE INTEREST RATES ON JUNE 15. THE MARKETS HAD BEEN EXPECTING THEM TO RAISE RATES. AFTER THE NUMBERS CAME OUT THE MARKET CHANGED ITS MIND AND BRAINERRED OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD WAS GLOOMY ABOUT WHAT SHE SAW IN THE NUMBERS. THE GUESS IS MAYBE THEY RAISE RATES IN JULY, MAYBE THEY WAIT TILL SEPTEMBER BUT NOT UNTIL JUNE.

>> Sreenivasan: A SLIVER OF A SILVER LINING WAS THE HOURLY RATES.

>> THE ONLY SILVER LINING IN THE OTHERWISE DISMAL REPORT IS WAGES ARE GOING UP. WAGES HAVE RISEN 2.5%, AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS. THE WHITE HOUSE POINTED OUT IF YOU LOOK OVER THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS OF 2016, WAGES HAVE BEEN GOING UT AT BETTER THAN A 3% ANNUAL RATE. THAT IS ENCOURAGING AND IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT MEANS THE LABOR MARKET IS TIGHTENING AND CONSUMERS WILL HAVE MONEY TO SPEND, AND, SO, THAT'S ENCOURAGING AND A SIGN PEOPLE WEREN'T EXPECTING.

>> Sreenivasan: IS THERE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN PART TIME AND FULL-TIME WORKERS LOOKING FOR WORK?

>> YES. WHAT'S BEEN DISTURBING ABOUT THE RECOVERY IS A LARGE FRACTION HAVE BEEN WORK PART TIME BUT THEY TELL GOVERNMENT SURVEY PEOPLE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME JOB. SO THAT NUMBER HAS COME DOWN SINCE THE RECESSION BUT REMAINS WORSE THAN BEFORE THE RECESSION. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WORRISOME SIGNS. WE CONTINUE WANT THE RECOVERY TO RUN OUT OF STEAM BEFORE ALL THE PART-TIME WORKERS WHO WANT FULL-TIME JOBS CAN GET THEM.

>> Sreenivasan: DAVID WESSEL, HUTCHINS CENTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> Sreenivasan: NOW, A MAJOR RELEASE OF VIDEO EXPOSING THE POLICE FORCE IN CHICAGO. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANY RESIDENTS, THE POLICE AND THE MAYOR HAS BEEN EXTREMELY TENSE FOR MONTHS NOW, LEADING TO PROTESTS AND SUSPICION, ESPECIALLY AFTER A NEARLY TWO-YEAR DELAY IN THE RELEASE OF A VIDEO INVOLVING A POLICE SHOOTING. THE CITY HAS TRADITIONALLY WITHHELD THESE KIND OF VIDEOS UNTIL INVESTIGATIONS WERE COMPLETE, BUT UNDER PRESSURE, THE POLICY HAS CHANGED AND CHICAGO APPEARS TO BE THE LARGEST AMERICAN CITY TO RELEASE VIDEOS SHOWING POTENTIAL EXCESSIVE FORCE. JEFFREY BROWN HAS OUR REPORT. A WARNING-- SOME OF THE IMAGES IN THIS STORY MAY BE DISTURBING.

>> Brown: IT'S A STUNNING RELEASE FOR ITS SHEER SIZE AND SCOPE. TODAY, CHICAGO'S INDEPENDENT POLICE REVIEW BOARD RELEASED SCORES OF VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS RELATED OF MORE THAN A HUNDRED INCIDENTS INVOLVING OFFICER-RELATED SHOOTINGS AND OTHER USES OF UNNECESSARY FORCE. THE CASES ALL INVOLVE CASES OF ALLEGED MISCONDUCT STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND THEY INCLUDE IN THIS ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, AN UNARMED MAN WAS SHOT BY POLICE AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY CAUSED A DISTURBANCE ON A BUS AND THEN STRUCK A DRIVER. ANOTHER, SHOT ON A CELLPHONE, SHOWS POLICE HITTING SOMEONE AFTER RESPONDING TO A SCENE WHERE THERE WAS OPEN ALCOHOL. TODAY, THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE REVIEW AUTHORITY, SAID THE RELEASE IS PART OF AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE DEPARTMENT RELEASE VIDEOS WITHIN 60 DAYS OF SHOOTINGS OR DEATHS IN POLICE CUSTODY.

>> THESE PAST FEW MONTHS AS THIS CITY HAS STRUGGLED WITH SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICING AND ABOUT POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, IT HAS BEEN CLEAR THAT WE ALL AGREE THAT THERE'S A LACK OF TRUST AND THAT INCREASED TRANSPARENCY IS ESSENTIAL TO REBUILDING THAT TRUST.

>> Brown: BUT SHE ALSO WARNED THAT ANGER AND FRUSTRATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAME TO A

>> Brown: THE POLICE UNION CALLED THE RELEASE OF THE VIDEOS "IRRESPONSIBLE." THAT ANGER AND FRUSTRATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAME TO A HEAD LAST YEAR AFTER A VIDEO WAS RELEASED THAT SHOWED A WHITE OFFICER KILLING BLACK TEENAGER LAQUAN McDONALD IN 2014. FACING A FIRESTORM, MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL CREATED A POLICE TASK FORCE, AND SACKED THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, REPLACING HIM WITH A NEW CHIEF, VETERAN EDDIE JOHNSON. AND LET'S GO TO CHICAGO FOR REACTIONS INTO THESE VIDEOS FROM LORI LIGHTFOOT, FORMER CHAIR OF THE CITY'S POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY TASK FORCE. IT WAS FORMED BY THE MAYOR AFTER CRITICISM OF THE DEPARTMENT AND HIS OFFICE. SHE'S NOW PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO POLICE BOARD, AND INDEPENDENT CIVILIAN GROUP, APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. WELCOME TO YOU. YOUR TASK FORCE HAD CALLED FOR THIS KIND OF THING, THE RELEASE OF VIDEOS. WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT AND WHY HAS IT FINALLY HAPPENED?

>> WELL, IT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS INFORMATION FROM THESE INCIDENTS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CARE A LOT ABOUT. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC ACTIONS POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TAKEN, AND WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ACTIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH LAW, ETHICS AND RESPECTFUL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO MOVING THIS PROCESS FORWARD TO THIS POINT WITH THE RELEASE OF VIDEO, AUDIO AND ALSO POLICE REPORTS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS ACCOUNTABILITY AND REALLY RESTORING LEGITIMACY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS CHICAGO.

>> Brown: IS IT POSSIBLE THE TO SAY WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE RECORDINGS EITHER IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUAL CASES OR LARGER PATTERNS OR THEMES?

>> I THINK IT'S TOO SOON TO TELL THAT. AS THE LEAD-IN SAID, THIS IS 101 CASES. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT VOLUME OF DATA, BUT I KNOW PEOPLE WILL BE SPENDING TIME GOING THROUGH THAT AND I THINK WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT IT IN THE COMING DAYS. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUSED ON AND EMPHASIZE THE POINT THAT CHICAGO NOW BECOMES A LEADER IN TRANSPARENCY AND PUTTING THIS KIND OF INFORMATION OUT. IT IS A VERY BIG AND IMPORTANT MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY.

>> Brown: WE HEARD -- YOU HEARD SHARON FAIRLY TALK ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF THESE VIDEOS, IN SOME CASES HOW MUCH OR LITTLE IT SHOWS US. DO YOU AGREE WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL IN WATCHING THEM?

>> I DO AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE THE VIDEOS BY DEFINITION ARE GOING TO CAPTURE A PARTICULAR SNAPSHOT IN TIME FROM A PARTICULAR PERSPECTIVE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TELL THE ENTIRE STORY. MANY TIMES THE VIDEOS AND THE AUDIO WILL BE MEANINGFUL AND GIVING THE PUBLIC AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED WHEN, BUT SHARON, I THINK, IS 100% RIGHT THAT THE PUBLIC, WHILE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE THIS INFORMATION AND IN A TIMELY FASHION, THEY HAVE TO RECOGNIZE IT'S NOT GOING TO TELL THE ENTIRE STORY IN EVERY SINGLE CASE.

>> Brown: WHAT KIND OF INITIAL FEEDBACK, IF ANY, ARE YOU GETTING AT THIS POINT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS SO EAGER FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

>> WELL, I THINK VERY POSITIVE. SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO, FRANKLY, HAVE BEEN THE MOST CRITICAL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY FOR NOT BEING TRANSPARENT, FOR FORCING FOLKS TO FILE EITHER REQUESTS OR, WORSE, LAWSUITS, I THINK ARE SURPRISED AT THE SCOPE AND BREADTH OF THIS. WE ANNOUNCED THIS POLICY IN FEBRUARY. WE'RE AT THIS MOMENT MANY MONTHS LATER WHERE THE POLICY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN LIFE. I HOPE THAT, ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS, PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT ONCE THE INFORMATION BECOMES IN THE PUBLIC VIEW ON A REGULAR BASIS, THAT THEY WILL UNDERSTAND BETTER THE COMPLEXITIES AND NUANCES OF POLICE ENCOUNTERS IN THESE VERY CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES.

>> Brown: THE POLICE UNION IS NOT HAPPY WITH THIS. I READ A QUOTE TO YOU FROM THE HEAD OF THE UNION. THE CONCERN IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING THIS OUT THERE AND THE OFFICERS, KIDS AND NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO SEE IT AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THE ENTIRE INCIDENT. YOUR REACTION?

>> DEAN ANGELO, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS BEEN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF CHANGE AND REFORM REALLY SINCE THE LAST SIX MONTHS. HE MADE A LOT OF, I THINK, UNFORTUNATE COMMENTS ABOUT THE RELEASE OF THE TASK FORCE REPORT AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I THINK HE'S WRONG ABOUT THIS. IN THE LONG RUN, BEING TRANSPARENT IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY, IN MY VIEW, WILL AID THE OFFICERS OUT THERE ON THE STREET. IT WILL GIVE THE PUBLIC CONTEXT FOR THE TOUGH JOB THAT THEY HAVE, THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND, FRANKLY, WILL BE A TEACHING MOMENT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG OFFICERS TO LOOK AT WHAT THEIR PIERCE ARE DOING IN -- PEERS ARE DOING IN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND LEARNING FROM THAT GOING FORWARD. IT'S UNFORTUNATE HE AND THE F.O.P. SEEMED FUNDAMENTALLY INDIFFERENT TO CHANGE AND REFORM BUT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHETHER THEY'RE ON THE BUS, THE BACK END OF THE BUS OR ON THE STREET, BUT REFORM AND CHANGE HAS TO COME.

>> Brown: IN 30 SECONDS, IF YOU COULD, YOUR TASK FORCE HAD BEEN CRITICAL OF THE POLICE FORCE. DO YOU SEE CHANGES TAKING PLACE?

>> WE SEE SMALL STEPS IN THE DIRECTION. I THINK THIS IS A BIG, IMPORTANT STEP, BUT THERE IS A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND WITH ANYTHING THAT COMES, THERE'S GOT TO BE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THERE'S GOT TO BE TRANSPARENCY, SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT, AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY LEGITIMACY IS GOING TO BE ESTABLISHED.

>> Brown: LORI LIGHTFOOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Sreenivasan: STAY WITH US. COMING UP ON THE NEWSHOUR: A CONTROVERSIAL TAX TO RESTORE CALIFORNIA'S WETLANDS; AND A RESTAURATEUR'S JOURNEY IN DISCOVERING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ASIAN AMERICAN. BUT FIRST, TO THE ANALYSIS OF SHIELDS AND BROOKS. THAT'S SYNDICATED COLUMNIST MARK SHIELDS AND "NEW YORK TIMES" COLUMNIST DAVID BROOKS. OUR CAPTAINS OF CIVILITY, THOSE WHO DISAGREE AGREEABLY, WELCOME BACK. FIRST, THERE IS THE STORY WE HAD ABOUT THE LONGER TERM PATTERN OF VIOLENCE HAPPENING IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, AND ALSO THE BLAME GAME THAT'S BEING PLAYED BY TRUMP SUPPORTERS AND THE PROTESTERS OUTSIDE. WHAT ABOUT THE POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF THIS?

>> WELL, TAKEN MOST IMMEDIATELY SAN JOSEEEÉ LAST NIGHT AND THE PROTEST/VIOLENCE AT THE RALLY, EVERYTHING I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND OUT, THE PROTESTERS, THOSE WHO ARE CRITICAL OF TRUMP WERE THE ONES -- CERTAINLY NOT ALL OF THEM -- BUT ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GUILTY OF THE VIOLENCE, PUTTING POLICE AT RISK, TRASHING PROPERTY AND SO FORTH WERE THE PROTESTERS, THE ANTI-TRUMP PEOPLE AND, POLITICALLY, THE CONSEQUENCE OF THIS IS THEY MAKE DONALD TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS INTO THE VICTIMS, AND IT HURTS "THEIR CAUSE" IF THEY HAVE A CAUSE, IF IT'S AN ANTI-TRUMP POLITICAL CAUSE, THEY END UP HELPING HIM BECAUSE HIS HOPE IS THAT IT CREATES A SENSE OF THINGS BEING OUT OF CONTROL, EVENTS BEING OUT OF CONTROL, AND THAT'S THE RECIPE, I'M THE STRONG MAN, THE AUTHORITARIAN FIGURE THAT YOU NEED TO BRING ORDER TO AMERICA.

>> I HALFWAY DISAGREE. I AGREE THE VICTIMS WERE THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS, THAT'S CLEAR FROM THE VIDEOS WE'VE SEEN. WHO IT HELPS AND HURTS, I SUSPECT IT WON'T HAVE A BIG EFFECT EITHER WAY, BUT YOU CAN ARGUE BOTH WAYS, FOR PEOPLE PRECONVINCED TO SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP, IT INDICATES A LOT OF THEIR WORLD RE VIEW AND WILL SOLIDIFY THE SUPPORT. BUT THE ONLY TIME I CAN THINK ABOUT POLITICAL VIOLENCE HAVING AN EFFECT WAS 1968 IN CHICAGO, AND THAT WAS CENTER-LEFT BUT HURT THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THERE WAS AN AURA OF DISARRAY. SO ONE CAN SEE AMONG INDEPENDENT VOTERS AND THOSE NERVOUS ABOUT TRUMP AS A PHENOMENON, THE FACT THERE IS THIS VIOLENCE AND DRAMA SURROUNDING THE TRUMP PHENOMENON COULD BE NERVOUS-MAKING AND COULD DRIVE SOME AWAY. IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF YOUNG THUGS WHO LIKE TO PUNCH SOMEBODY.

>> Sreenivasan: WE'VE ALWAYS HAD PROTEST AS PART OF THE DISCOURSE. EVERY FOUR YEARS, THERE IS THE SECTION FOR THE PROTESTERS AT WHATEVER CONVENTION. THE THIS JUST SEEMS DIFFERENT.

>> I THINK IT IS. I MEAN, I THINK DONALD TRUMP, IT'S PART OF HIS SCHTICK, IS HE PLACED THE AUDIENCE INTO THOSE WHO DO PROTEST INSIDE, GET HIM OUT OF HERE, THAT IS PART OF HIS POLITICAL ROUTINE AND APPEAL. BUT THAT IN NO WAY JUSTIFIES OR VINDICATES PUTTING POLICE OFFICERS AT RISK OR ATTACKING OTHER PEOPLE PHYSICALLY.

>> THIS IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE VIOLENCE, TEND TO BE YOUNG MEN, AND TRUMP HAPPENS TO GENERATE THIS SORT OF EXCITEMENT THAT GIVES THEM A PRETEXT.

>> Sreenivasan: WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WEAK JOBS REPORT AND WEAK RECOVERY. THERE IS AN INTERESTING CLIP FROM THE TOWN HALL GWEN IFILL MON RATED WITH THE PRESIDENT IN ELKHART, INDIANA. WHEN ASKED WHAT HE WOULD CHANGE HERE'S WHAT HE H SAID.

>> I THINK THE THING I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY DONE DIFFERENTLY IS I WOULD HAVE TRIED TO DESCRIBE EARLIER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HOW SERIOUS THE RECESSION WAS GOING TO BE, WHICH WOULD HAVE HOPEFULLY ALLOWED US TO HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER RESPONSE THAN WE DID.

>> Sreenivasan: MARK? I THINK HE'S RIGHT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE 21s 21st CENTURY, THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS OF THE 21st CENTURY BY BARACK OBAMA'S ELECTION, THERE WAS A NET LOSS IN THE CREATION OF PRIVATE JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES. I MEAN, SO, FOR HIM TO REALLY MAKE THE CASE THEN, WHAT WE WERE ADDRESSING THEN WITH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES IN ADDITION TO LOSING THEIR JOBS AND LOSING THEIR LIFE SAVINGS, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE ECONOMY, AND PROBABLY IT WAS THE TIME WHEN HE COULD MAKE THE CASE OR SHOULD HAVE MADE THE CASE FOR A MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR GREAT PUBLIC WORKS INITIATIVES, TO REALLY GENERATE THE ECONOMY IN A BIGGER, FAR MORE BOLD WAY THAN H HE DID.

>> Sreenivasan: POLITICALLY, WAS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE AT THE TIME?

>> I THINK THE COUNTRY CARED AS MUCH AS THEY COULD OVER THE STIMULUS PACKAGE. EVERYONE WAS IN A FULL-BOARD PANIC IN 2008, 2009. I DO THINK THEY COULD HAVE TARGETED THE STIMULUS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW IS THIS LONG-TERM LACK OF PEOPLE IN THE LABOR FORCE, AS DAVID RUSSELL WAS SAYING, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THE HABIT OF GETTING UP, WHOSE SKILLS HAVE BECOME RUSTY, SO WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HIRE, THEY STILL CAN'T FIND ANYBODY. IF WE HAD TAKEN SOME OF THE STIMULUS MONEY AND DONE SOME LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS IN THAT, MAYBE THAT WOULD HAVE HAD EFFECT IN THE LABOR MARKET, GIVING PEOPLE A FEW MORE SKILLS, BUT I HAVE TO SAY OVERALL EVERYONE HAD CRITICISM ABOUT THE STIMULUS, THE FED'S REACTION, COMPARED TO REAL-WORLD COUNTRIES, THE UNITED STATES GOT OUT TO HAVE THE THE RECESSION FASTER AND BETTER THAN JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER COUNTRY. SO HISTORIANS WILL HAVE CRITICISMS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, THE FED DID A REALISTICALLY DECENT JOB.

>> Sreenivasan: THIS WEEK A MUST READ WAS THIS TINY PAPER FROM JAMESVILLE, WISCONSIN, A GAZETTE WHERE THERE WAS AN OP-ED. WE HAVE A QUOTE, PAUL RYAN FINALLY GAVE HIS ENDORSEMENT "IT'S NO SECRET HE AND I HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES BUT THE REALITY IS ON THE ISSUES, WE HAVE MORE COMMON GROUND THAN DISAGREEMENT." LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE KICKING AND SCREAMING INTO THE ENDORSEMENT AND THEN TODAY HE COMES OUT AND SAYS, LISTEN, I DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE IS DOING AND SAYING ABOUT A JUDGE IN A CASE THAT'S BEING LI LITIGATED.

>> PAUL RYAN OBVIOUSLY CARES MORE ABOUT THE HOUSE MAJORITY THAN HE DOES HIS LEGACY AS A DISIGN OF JACK KEMP AND HIS MENTOR AND IN MANY RESPECTS HIS IDOL. THAT'S A CALCULATION HE MADE. THIS IS A MAN CLOSE TO MITT ROMNEY. DONALD TRUMP CALLS MITT ROMNEY A LOSER, WALKS LIKE A PENGUIN, RIDICULES HIM, TERRIBLY OFFENSIVE AND VULGAR STUFF ABOUT HIM, BUT PAUL RYAN KNOWS THAT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A REP MAJORITY -- OR IS CONVINCED IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY NEXT JANUARY, THAT THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT, HE NEEDS TRUMP VOTERS TO VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, SO HE'S MADE THIS DEAL, SADLY FOR HIM, BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE SPENDING THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS, THE JUDGE CASE, DO YOU AGREE WITH WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAID IN BOISE, IDAHO, YESTERDAY IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT? HE HAS A STEADY DIET OF ANSWERING PHONE CALLS, QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE AGREES AND DISAGREES.

>> Sreenivasan: WE HEARD KARL ROVE HAD A MEETING WITH TRUMP. DOES THIS MEAN THE REPUBLICANS WILL GET IN MIND AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, THIS IS OUR GUY, WE WILL HAVE TO BACK HIM?

>> THEY WON'T BE HAPPEN P PI BUT THEY'LL DO IT. NORTHERLY FOR PAUL RYAN TO DO THAT, I DON'T THINK HIS PRINCIPLES ARE THERE. POLITICALLY, IT WAS A SAD DAY. IF DONALD TRUMP HANGS IN THEN MAYBE WHAT PAUL RYAN DID WAS GOOD FOR THE REPUBLICANS. BUT LOTS OF BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN AND HE COULD DO HORRIBLY. IF HE DOES HORRIBLY IN THE FALL, IT WOULD BE NICE IF REPUBLICANS COULD SAY WE HAVE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THAT GUY AND I THINK SOME DISTANCE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN THIS PLEA FOR UNITY.

>> I DON'T THINK REPUBLICANS ARE FALLING P IN LINE. I THINK THERE WAS A POST-VICTORY LAP. I THINK YOU'VE SEEN A DEAFENING SILENCE THIS WEEK AMONG REPUBLICANS AFTER SECRETARY CLINTON'S SPEECH, THERE WAS NO RUSH OF SURROGATES TO DEFEND HIM, CHAIRMAN OF BOB CORKER OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE DIDN'T COME OUT AND SAY, DONALD TRUMP MAKES SENSE. HE IS MUCH LONE RANGER ON THIS JUDGE AS HE ACCUSED THE JUDGE HAVING MEXICAN HERITAGE SOMEHOW INFLUENCING HIS RULINGS IN THE TRUMP UNIVERSITY CASE. THIS MAN WAS A PROSECUTOR. A KILL CONTRACT WAS HUT ON HIM BY A DRUG CARTEL HE WAS PROSECUTING BEFORE HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE JUDGESHIP. I THINK TRUMP IS BASICALLY BY HIMSELF THIS WEEK AMONG OTHER REPUBLICANS.

>> TRUMP HAS HAD A REALLY BAD WEEK. THE TRUMP UNIVERSITY, THOSE COMMENTS, THE RIOTS, THE HILLARY CLINTON SPEECH. THIS IS NOT A GUY WHO'S ON THE OFFENSIVE ANYMORE AND REPUBLICANS CAN SEE THAT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SAY, OH, YEAH I'M BASICALLY ENDORSING HIM, EVEN FROM A NEWSPAPER FAR AWAY.

>> Sreenivasan: IT SEEMS LIKE A NEW LINE OF ATTACK THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN PICKED UP ON. DIDN'T SEEMED TO WORK AS WELL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO.

>> THIS IS NOT SOMEONE WHO SHOULD EVER HAVE THE NUCLEAR CODE BECAUSE IT'S NOT HARD TO IMAGINE DONALD TRUMP LEADING US INTO A WAR JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY GOT UNDER HIS VERY THIN SKIN. (APPLAUSE)

>> Sreenivasan: WILL THIS WORK?

>> I THINK IT WILL WORK. I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, SECRETARY CLINTON WAS BETTER YESTERDAY THAN I'VE SEEN HER IN THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN. SHE SEEMED MORE COMFORTABLE DOING IT. IF YOU RECALL, JOHN KERRY WAS PUT ON THE OFFENSIVE IN THE 2004 CAMPAIGN SAYING I DID VOTE FOR THE $87 BILLION IN AID TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ BEFORE I VOTED AGAINST IT. NOTHING LIKE HANGING SOMEONE WITH THEIR OWN WORDS. MITT ROMNEY, 47 PEOPLE I DON'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON THEM, 2012. SHE DID IT YESTERDAY WITH TRUMP'S OWN WORDS. SHE ELEVATED THE SPIRITS OF DISSPIRITED DEMOCRATS. I THINK IT'S AN ALARM, AN EXHORTATION TO SANDERS VOTERS THIS CAMPAIGN IS VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK IT ALSO REACHES TO CALIFORNIA PRIMARY VOTERS WHERE SHE'S IN THE FIGHT OF HER LIFE FOR CALIFORNIA NEXT TUESDAY. FINALLY, SHE GOT UNDER DONALD TRUMP'S SKIN. ON ALL FOUR COUNTS, I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY A VERY POSITIVE DAY FOR SECRETARY CLINTON.

>> I AGREE IT WAS HER BEST SPEECH OF THE CAMPAIGN. IT WAS VERY GOOD FOR INDEPENDENT VOTERS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN IDEOLOGICAL ATTACK ON TRUMP, IT'S THIS GUY'S UNSTABLE. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE. YOU CAN BUY THAT ARGUMENT. SHE DID IT IN A WAY WITHOUT SINKING TO HIS LEVEL. THAT WAS A PROBLEM MARCO RUBIO ANDOUT ORPONENTS HAVE HAD. THEY GET IN THE GUT WERE HIM. BUT SHE DID IT FROM A HAWGHTY, CONTEMPTUOUS, SERIOUS WAY, REALLY, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A COMPELLING SPEECH.

>> Sreenivasan: THAT'S THE MEADOW LOOK. DO YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE TONE OF THE DEBATE, DOES IT HAVE TO BE MORE COARSE? THIS IS BEFORE THEIR LEADERS BUT THEY'RE NOT TECH CANDIDATES YET AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE BASICALLY GO NEGATIVE.

>> WE'LL SEE THAT WHEN WE HAVE TWO UNPOPULAR CANDIDATES. SHE STRUCK THE RIGHT NOTE. IN POLITICS, THE LOWS ARE LOGIER THAN THE HIGHS ARE HIGHS. WHEN SOMEBODY MAKES A MISTAKE, IT'S MUCH WORSE THAN THE BENEFITS OF WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING RIGHT. SO VOTERS ARE VERY NERVOUS ABOUT POLITICIANS WHO SEEM UNSTABLE AND DISORDERED AND SHE'S PAINTING TRUMP AS UNSTABLE AND DISORDERED, AND THAT PLUCKS SOMETHING THAT GENERALLY HAS A LOT OF RESONANCE IN FALL ELECTIONS.

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THAT KIND OF CAMPAIGN. YOU WANT THE FOCUS ON YOUR OPPONENT AND YOUR OPPONENT'S SHORTCOMINGS AND I THINK SHE PUT IT SQUARELY THERE YESTERDAY.

>> Sreenivasan: MARK SHIELDS, DAVID BROOKS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Sreenivasan: NEXT TUESDAY, SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS WILL VOTE ON A BALLOT MEASURE REGARDING FUNDING TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE BAY AREA WETLANDS. MANY IN THE TECH AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING YOUTH VOLUNTEERS, HAVE LINED UP TO SUPPORT THE BILL. HOWEVER, NOT ALL VOTERS BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSED PARCEL TAX IS THE SOLUTION. THIS STORY COMES FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SONIA ARONSON AT MEDIA ENTERPRISE ALLIANCE IN OAKLAND, PART OF OUR NETWORK OF STUDENT REPORTING LABS.

>> WELCOME TO THE OAKLAND SHORELINE. THIS IS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. REGIONAL PARK.

>> Reporter: THESE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR SATURDAY TO CLEAN UP THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY.

>> WE ARE HELPING RESTORE AND REPLANT AND REINSTALL NATIVE PLANTS INTO THIS AREA OF THE WETLAND.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE HERE WITH SAVE THE BAY, A LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT MOBILIZES THE COMMUNITY TO RESTORE THE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF WETLANDS SURROUNDING THE BAY. THEY ALSO EDUCATE VOLUNTEERS AND STUDENT GROUPS LIKE THIS ONE ABOUT THE CRUCIAL ROLE THAT WETLANDS PLAY IN SUSTAINING THE BAY. CHRIS LA IS A SOPHOMORE AT OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

>> WE SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO OUR ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT FIRST. WITHOUT THE WORLD, WITHOUT NATURE, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE. AND WE'RE SLOWLY DOING A BETTER JOB AT SUSTAINING OURSELVES, BUT SO FAR WE KIND OF... SCREWED UP OVER THE LAST 200 YEARS.

>> Reporter: IN THAT TIME, THE WETLANDS THAT SURROUND THE BAY HAVE BEEN DISAPPEARING AT AN ALARMING RATE-- WHICH COULD ENDANGER NOT JUST THE LOCAL ECOSYSTEM, BUT THE WORLDWIDE EFFORT TO ADDRESS GLOBAL WARMING AND SEA LEVEL RISE.

>> ORIGINALLY, THIS WAS ALL WETLANDS. ABOUT 150 YEARS AGO, PEOPLE CAME IN AND DRAINED THOSE WETLANDS AND STARTED GROWING CROPS LIKE CORN AND ALFALFA.

>> Reporter: PATTY OIKAWA, A POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER AT U.C. BERKELEY, IS STUDYING THE UNIQUE ABILITY OF WETLANDS TO STORE CARBON, A TRAIT THAT CAN OFFSET THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> IT'S DEFINITELY CARBON RICH.

>> Reporter: OIKAWA AND HER TEAM ARE HERE IN THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA EAST OF SAN FRANCISCO MEASURING LEVELS OF CARBON BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THIS WETLAND. IN THE PROCESS, THEY ARE GETTING A SENSE JUST HOW EFFECTIVE THIS ECOSYSTEM CAN BE.

>> WHAT WE CAN NOW SAY IS THAT WE'RE TAKING UP APPROXIMATELY 400 OR 500 GRAMS OF CARBON PER SQUARE METER PER YEAR. AND THAT'S A REALLY HIGH AMOUNT OF CARBON STORAGE. EQUIVALENT TO LIKE A TROPICAL RAINFOREST EVEN, IT'S EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE.

>> Reporter: OIKAWA'S RESEARCH SHOWS HOW THE WETLANDS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SUSTAINING THE HEALTH OF COASTAL AREAS LIKE THE BAY, BUT DUE TO CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT, THESE WETLANDS ARE IN GREATER DANGER THAN EVER.

>> THESE SYSTEMS TEND TO BE NEAR RIVERS OR NEAR THE COAST, WHICH ARE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLY IMPACTED BY PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA-- HIGHLY DEVELOPED AREAS, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE LOST 90% OF THEM.

>> Reporter: TODAY, SAN FRANCISCO BAY IS ONLY ONE THIRD ITS ORIGINAL SIZE AND ONLY A FRACTION OF THE ORIGINAL WETLANDS REMAIN. BUT THIS DEGRADATION HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED. A NEW BALLOT INITIATIVE BEING PUSHED BY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND BUSINESS GROUPS MAY HELP THIS JUNE, VOTERS IN NINE BAY AREA COUNTIES WILL VOTE ON "MEASURE A.A.," A PROPOSED PARCEL TAX TO RAISE FUNDS FOR WETLANDS RESTORATION AND OTHER WORK TO PROTECT THE BAY. SAVE THE BAY IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS PUSHING THIS IDEA. DAVID LEWIS IS SAVE THE BAY'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:

>> WE HAVE MORE THAN 30,000 ACRES THAT ARE WAITING TO BE RESTORED TO TIDAL MARSH-- AND THE MISSING INGREDIENT IS FUNDING. WITH THE FUNDS GENERATED FROM THIS PARCEL TAX, FROM MEASURE A.A., WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE WETLAND RESTORATION AND GET ALL THESE BENEFITS IN THE NEXT 10 OR 20 YEARS.

>> Reporter: MEASURE A.A. PROPOSES A $12 PER YEAR PROPERTY TAX ON EACH PARCEL OF LAND IN THE NINE COUNTIES SURROUNDING THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY. IT WOULD RAISE $500 MILLION FOR BAY RESTORATION OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. THE MEASURE REQUIRES A MAJORITY TO PASS, A HIGH BAR FOR A NEW TAX, BUT A BROAD COALITION OF SUPPORT HAS GATHERED BEHIND THE MEASURE, INCLUDING SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN SILICON VALLEY. THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP, A TRADE ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTS MORE THAN 390 BUSINESSES IN THE SILICON VALLEY AREA, INCLUDING APPLE AND GOOGLE, IS ADVOCATING FOR PASSAGE OF THE PARCEL TAX. BUT SOME GROUPS BELIEVE THAT THE PARCEL TAX DOESN'T REPRESENT THE DIVERSE INTERESTS OF THE BAY AREA. WENDY LACK IS A RESEARCH ASSISTANT FOR THE CONTRA COSTA TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION.

>> WE DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOOD VALUE FOR TAXPAYERS, THERE'S A LACK OF OVERSIGHT REGARDING HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT-- IN FACT WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT. AND IT EXPANDS REGIONAL GOVERNMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT IS BEST WHEN IT'S LOCAL, ACCESSIBLE, DIRECTLY ELECTED, AND AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: CRITICS ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE $12 PARCEL TAX WOULD MAKE A SMALL HOMEOWNER PAY THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE OWNER OF A SAN FRANCISCO HIGH RISE, OR A SILICON VALLEY CORPORATE OFFICE. BUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, SUCH AS LIBBY SCHAAF, THE MAYOR OF OAKLAND, SAY VOTERS SHOULD SUPPORT MEASURE A.A. FOR THE BENEFIT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.

>> WE HAVE GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO OUR WETLANDS AND HOW IT SUSTAINS AN ECOSYSTEM THAT IS CRITICAL NOT JUST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, BUT FOR OUR HEALTH, AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT DESERVE TO INHERIT A BAY AREA THAT IS A HEALTHY BAY AREA.

>> Reporter: BACK AT THE SAVE THE BAY WORK DAY, YOUTH ARE ALREADY WORKING TO CREATE A HEALTHIER BAY, ONE NATIVE PLANT AT A TIME.

>> I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PASSIONATE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. WE CAN'T REVERSE WHAT WE'VE DONE, BUT WHAT CAN SLOW IT DOWN, AND MAYBE FIND A SOLUTION.

>> Reporter: I'M SONIA ARONSON FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR STUDENT REPORTING LABS IN OAKLAND CALIFORNIA.

>> Sreenivasan: FINALLY TONIGHT: ON FOOD, FAMILY, AND KNOWING WHO YOU ARE-- A NEWSHOUR BOOKSHELF CONVERSATION WITH CHEF EDDIE HUANG. JEFFREY BROWN IS BACK TO GET A TASTE.

>> Brown: SO, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

>> THIS IS A NEW BAO. THIS IS OUR DUMPLING BAO WHICH I LIKE A LOT, SO YOU COULD TRY THAT ONE. THEN THIS IS THE CHAIRMAN BAO THAT WE'RE MOST KNOWN FOR.

>> Reporter: THESE DAYS, EDDIE HUANG IS KNOWN FOR A LOT OF THINGS. HIS HOLE-IN-THE-WALL RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN, BAO-HAUS, PACKS IN CROWDS FOR LUNCH AND LATE INTO THE EVENING. THE SPECIALTY HERE IS PORK BUNS, OR "BAO'S," BUT HUANG SAYS IT'S ABOUT MUCH MORE.

>> I KNOW THE FOOD'S GREAT AND I LOVE IT AND IT REPRESENTS SO MUCH OF WHO I AM, BUT WHAT I'M REALLY PUSHING IS COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK. BECAUSE I THINK THE PURPOSE OF RESTAURANTS IS TO DISTRIBUTE CULTURE.

>> Brown: DISTRIBUTE CULTURE? WHICH MEANS FOOD AND MORE.

>> FOOD AND, YOU KNOW, JUST PERSONALITY AND, AND VALUES AND THE WAY WE'RE TREATING EACH OTHER.

>> Brown: THESE DAYS, HE'S EXPLORING GLOBAL FOOD CULTURE-- EDDIE STYLE-- IN A VICELAND TV SHOW CALLED, "HUANG'S WORLD." OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT RECENTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT EDDIE HUANG'S WORLD.

>> I THINK ALL MY WORK IS REALLY REBELLING AGAINST THE MATRIX THAT'S TRYING TO NORMALIZE US AND CREATE MONOCULTURE, AND THE FUNNIEST, MOST REWARDING PART ABOUT IT IS, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS BE MYSELF. AND THAT'S ALL ANYBODY HAS TO DO. EVERYBODY'S KIND OF STRANGE.

>> Brown: BUT WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP, THAT WAS HARD.

>> IT'S VERY HARD.

>> Brown: BECAUSE YOU WERE DIFFERENT.

>> YES, IT'S VERY HARD WHEN YOU ARE IN A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO BE YOURSELF.

>> Brown: HUANG GREW UP IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, THE SON OF TAIWANESE IMMIGRANTS WHO OPENED A WESTERN-STYLE STEAKHOUSE AND OTHER RESTAURANTS. ON ONE "VICE" EPISODE, HE WENT BACK HOME TO CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR.

>> EVERYTHING I LEARNED IS FROM MY MOM. I SAID TO MYSELF WHEN I WAS LIKE 12 OR 13, "MAN, I'VE GOT TO START LEARNING ALL THESE DISHES AND REMEMBERING THEM."

>> I DON'T TEACH HIM. HE STEAL FROM ME.

>> AWWW!

>> Brown: HE WROTE OF HIS CHILDHOOD IN THE MEMOIR "FRESH OFF THE BOAT"-- BUT THERE WAS MUCH DARKNESS ALONG WITH THE HUMOR, AS HE STRUGGLED FOR ACCEPTANCE.

>> IN ORLANDO GROWING UP, IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD. I HAD TO FIGHT JUST TO LIKE STAND UP ON MY OWN TWO FEET. I GOT PUSHED DOWN IN SCHOOL, PEOPLE ALWAYS WANTED TO FIGHT ME, PEOPLE ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT CHINAMEN. I REMEMBER PLAYING LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL AND THESE KIDS, AFTER EVERY PRACTICE AND GAME WOULD RUN IN A CIRCLE AROUND ME SAYING CHING CHONG, EDDIE HUANG, SITTING ON A JUNGLE GONG. AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY LAUGHED.

>> Brown: THE ABC SITCOM BASED ON THE BOOK WAS MOSTLY PLAYED FOR LAUGHS-- TOO MUCH SO FOR HUANG, WHO WAS INVOLVED EARLY ON, BUT LATER PUBLICLY CRITICIZED THE PROGRAM.

>> NO, I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE SITCOM, EVEN SOMETIMES NOW WHEN I JUST READ ABOUT THE SITCOM AND THE REFERENCES THEY'RE USING, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WILL BOTHER ME AT TIMES, BUT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE THAT THAT SHOW SERVES, UM...

>> Brown: WHICH IS WHAT?

>> WE JUST NEEDED TO GET ON BASE, YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED TO GET ON BASE. THERE WAS NOT A SITCOM WITH ASIANS THAT YOU COULD WATCH ANYWHERE ON AMERICAN TELEVISION. WE DIDN'T HAVE REPRESENTATION. AND WHILE A SITCOM ISN'T THE END ALL-BE ALL OF IDENTITY AND REPRESENTATION IN AMERICA, IT'S A BIG STEP.

>> Brown: HUANG TRAVELED TO CHINA FOR HIS SECOND MEMOIR, "DOUBLE CUP LOVE." THE SUBTITLE SAYS IT ALL: "ON THE TRAIL OF FAMILY, FOOD, AND BROKEN HEARTS IN CHINA."

>> I KIND OF WANTED TO GO HOME AND SEE IF I WAS ACTUALLY CHINESE, YOU KNOW?

>> Brown: YOU WANTED TO SEE IF YOU WERE CHINESE?

>> I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE MOTHERLAND AND SEE, LIKE, IF I FIT THEIR DEFINITION OF WHAT IT MEANT TO BE CHINESE, LIKE, WOULD I BE ACCEPTED? IT'S LIKE COOKING "ENGAGEMENT CHICKEN" FOR YOUR, LIKE, ANCESTRAL HISTORY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT WAS MY PROPOSAL TO MY CHINESE IDENTITY, LIKE, AM I GOOD ENOUGH? WILL YOU HAVE ME?

>> Brown: AND WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT DID YOU FIND?

>> A FUNNY THING HAPPENED. IT WAS A VERY JEDI MANEUVER THAT CHINA PULLED ON ME, WHICH IS WHEN YOU ASK A QUESTION, IT DIDN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. THE ANSWER WAS REALLY, YOU'RE ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION. EVERY DISH YOU MAKE, IT'S ALMOST PROBLEM SOLVING, RIGHT? AND I WAS ALMOST ASKING, LIKE, AM I SOLVING THIS PROBLEM LIKE A CHINESE PERSON? IT'S LIKE, DUDE, YOU ARE, YOU ARE CHINESE. THE PROBLEM IS, HOW DO I MAKE BEEF NOODLE SOUP. YOU CAME UP WITH YOUR SOLUTION. IT'S DELICIOUS, IT'S GREAT, AND IT'S UNLIKE ANYBODY ELSE'S SOLUTION HERE IN CHINA, BECAUSE YOUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN DIFFERENT.

>> Brown: WELL, YOU EVEN SAY, "I'M, I'M CHINESE BUT I GREW UP IN AMERICA, WHAT IF I'M A FRAUD?" WHY IS THAT SUCH A THEME FOR YOU?

>> BECAUSE, IN A LOT OF WAYS, I FEEL LIKE THIS GENERATION OF ASIAN AMERICANS ARE FRONTIERSMEN. WE'RE THE FIRST GENERATION, A LOT OF TIMES, THAT'S BEEN BORN HERE AND HAS TO DEAL WITH NOT GROWING UP IN YOUR ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OR SOMETHING CLOSE TO IT AND TRYING TO RECONCILE THAT. AND UM, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ROLE MODELS, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE DONE IT BEFORE YOU, THERE'S A BIT OF FEAR, THERE'S A BIT OF LIKE, "AM I DOING THIS RIGHT? AM I A FRAUD?" AND UM, I THINK IT IS ONE OF THOSE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT EVERY ASIAN AMERICAN KID THIS GENERATION ASKS THEMSELVES.

>> Brown: WHERE DO YOU SEE THE PORTRAYAL OF ASIAN AMERICANS IN POPULAR CULTURE IN THE MEDIA TODAY? HAS THAT IMPROVED?

>> I THINK THAT WE'RE FINALLY STARTING TO ASK VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCURACY, AUTHENTICITY, AND SPECIFICITY.

>> Brown: YOU'RE A WRITER, COOK, TELEVISION PERSONALITY, I GUESS; HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU DEFINE YOURSELF THESE DAYS?

>> YEAH, I, I TELL PEOPLE A LOT LIKE I, I REALLY LOVE EMERSON'S AMERICAN SCHOLAR, I LEARNED A LOT FROM IT.

>> Brown: RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

>> YEAH, AND, AND I REMEMBER HE SAID, YOU'RE NOT A FARMER, YOU'RE A MAN FARMING, AND SO I'VE NEVER ALLOWED PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY ME AS YOU'RE A CHEF, OR YOU'RE A WRITER, OR YOU'RE A HOST. AND UM, LET'S NOT PIGEONHOLE ME. AND I HOPE OTHER PEOPLE WILL DO THAT AS WELL FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE YOU'RE MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE THINGS THAT YOU DO, MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE WORK, YOU KNOW?

>> Brown: FROM BAO-HAUS IN LOWER MANHATTAN, I'M JEFFREY BROWN FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR.

>> Sreenivasan: AND A QUICK NEWS UPDATE BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT-- THERE'S WORD THAT FAMILY OF BOXING LEGEND MUHAMMAD ALI IS GATHERING AT HIS BEDSIDE AT A PHOENIX AREA HOSPITAL. THE 74-YEAR-OLD FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION WAS HOSPITALIZED THURSDAY FOR A RESPIRATORY CONDITION, COMPLICATED BY THE PARKINSON'S DISEASE HE'S BEEN BATTLING FOR THREE DECADES. ON THE NEWSHOUR ONLINE RIGHT NOW: SOME 125 AMERICAN TROOPS LOST THEIR LIVES IN TWO OFFENSIVES IN THE CITY OF FALLUJAH. NOW, A MUCH SMALLER NUMBER OF U.S. FORCES ARE BACK FOR WHAT PROMISES TO BE ANOTHER UGLY BATTLE. FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARGARET WARNER EXAMINES WHY THE RETURN TO FALLUJAH HAS PROVOKED SOME ANGER AND FRUSTRATION. ALL THAT AND MORE IS ON OUR WEB SITE, www.pbs.org/newshour. AND GWEN IFILL IS PREPARING FOR "WASHINGTON WEEK," WHICH AIRS TONIGHT ON PBS, AND HAS THIS PREVIEW. GWEN?

>> Ifill: THANKS, HARI. TONIGHT, WE DIG DEEP INTO THE STATE OF THE 2016 RACE-- WHAT HILLARY CLINTON IS SAYING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP; WHAT TRUMP HAS TO SAY ABOUT CLINTON; AND WHAT BERNIE SANDERS HAS TO SAY ABOUT THEM BOTH. DOES ANY OF IT MATTER? PLUS, MORE ON MY CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA THIS WEEK IN ELKHART, INDIANA. ALL THAT, TONIGHT ON "WASHINGTON WEEK." HARI?

>> Sreenivasan: THANKS, GWEN. ON PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND TOMORROW: INSIDE THE GROWING ECONOMY OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP.

>> Reporter: AN HOUR'S DRIVE FROM JORDAN'S CAPITAL OF AMMAN, THIS FAMILY-OWNED PASTRY SHOP, CALLED FAROUK SWEETS, LOOKS LIKE A TYPICAL MIDDLE EASTERN BAKERY. CUSTOMERS STOCK UP ON PASTRIES FOR THE WEEKEND. IN THE BACK, THEY'RE FILLING WEDDING ORDERS. WHAT'S UNUSUAL IS THAT THIS SHOP IS INSIDE ZAATARI, THE LARGEST SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN THE WORLD. REFUGEES THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE HERE A WEEK, MAYBE A MONTH. NO ONE IMAGINED THAT STAY WOULD TURN INTO FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING. THAT MEANS, FOR MANY, OPENING UP SMALL BUSINESSES, JUST LIKE THEY DID BACK HOME. THERE'S A SUPERMARKET, A PIZZA PLACE, A FALAFEL SHOP, AND A PLACE TO BUY WEDDING GOWNS.

>> Sreenivasan: THAT'S TOMORROW NIGHT, ON PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND. AND WE'LL BE BACK, RIGHT HERE, ON MONDAY, WITH A LOOK AT THE NEW KICKS ON ROUTE 66, THE ICONIC U.S. HIGHWAY FROM CHICAGO TO SANTA MONICA. THAT'S THE NEWSHOUR FOR TONIGHT. I'M HARI SREENIVASAN. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.

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