PBS NewsHour; September 26, 2019, 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

- Captioni sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - OO Woodruff: GOOD EVENING. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT: - IN THE HOT SEAT. - THE U.S. INTELGENCE CHIEF - FACES QUESTIONS OVERHE - WHISTLEBLOWER COLAINT CENTRAL - TO THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, AND - WHY IT TOOK SO LONG TO GET TO - CONG, SS. - THENWER AND PROSPETY. - INSIDE THE MIND OF THE MAN - RESHAPING MODERN CHINA. - PRESIDENT XI JINPING, AND HIS - PURSUIT OF CHINESE DOMINANCE ON - THE WORLD STAGE. - >> ( translated ): IN CHINESE - ESMODERN HISTORY, CHINA HAS BEEN - BULLIED FOR A LONG TIME. - WHEN WE ARE RICH, OUR COUNTRY - CAN PROTECT US. - WHIN WE FEEL LIKE WHEN WE AR W - DANGER, WEL BE PROTECTED BY - OUR COUNTRY. - NOT LIKE BEFORE. - >> Woodruff: AND, A VIEW FROM - THE SOUTH.H. - A CONVERSATION WITH THE - SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER - ON THE LINGERING THREAT OF HER - COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR NEIGHBOR. - ALL THAT AND MORE, ON TONIGHT'S

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- THEN TRIED TO COVER IT UP, - THE COMPLAINT WAS RELEASED - JUST MOMENTS BEFORE ACTING - DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL - INTELLIGENCE JOSEPH MAGUIRE - TESTIFIED TODAY BEFORE CONGRESS. - CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT LISR - DESJARDINS HE. - >> Desjardins: AT THE WHITE - HOUSE AND CAPITOL, ANOTHER DAYER - CE ON ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE - DOCUMENT. - THIS MORNING, THE HOUSEEN - INTELL COMMITTEE RELEASED - THE FULL TEXT OF THE ORIGINAL - WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT, THATR O - ALLEGES PRESIDENT TRUMP - SURED A FOREIGN COUNTRY, - UKRAINE, TO INVESTIGATE ONE OF - THE PRESIDENT'S MAIN DESTIC - POLITICAL RIVALS, JOE BIDEN. - ALL PART OF A PHONE CALL WITH - THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT IN JULY. - THE WHISTLEBLOWER AUTHOR WROTE - CALL, BUT "MULTIPLE OFFICIALS" - RECOUNTED THE FACTS TO THEM. - OTHER SERIOUS CHARLAINT LODGES - THAT SENIOR WHITE HOUSE - OFFICIALS INTERVENED TO - "LOCK DOWN" ALL RECORDS OF THEAL - UKRAINE PHONE CALL, INCLUDING - USUAL SERVER, TO ONE FOROM ITS - CLASSIFIED OR SENSITIVE - INFORMATION.TH - >> THE TRUE WHOLE TRUTH, - AND NOTHING BUT THE UTH.

- >> Desjardins: THE RELEASE - HAPPENED MINUTES BEFORE A - MUCH-AWAITED HEARING ABOUT THE - COMPLAINT, ONE WITH A NEW SENSE - OF GRAVITY. - FROM DEMOCRATS: - >> YESTERDAY, WE WERE PRESENTED - DETH THE MOST GRAPHIC EVIDENCE - YET THAT THE PRE OF THE - UNITED STATES HAS BETRAYED HIS - OATH OF OFFICE. - >> Desjards: REPUBLICANS - >> IN THE DEMOCRATS' MANIA TOCR - OVERTURN THE 2016 ELECTIONS, - EVERYTHING THEY TOUCH GETS - LESSLY POLITICIZED. - >> Desjardins: AND THE ACTING - CHIEF OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE: - R I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING - HERE IN THIS MAT - UNPRECEDENTED. - >> Desjardins: JOSEPH MAGUIRE, - WHO BECAME DIRECTOR OF NIONAL - INTELLIGENCE JUST LAST MONTH, - EXPLAINED WHY HE DID NOT FORWARD - THE EXPLOSIVE WHISTLINLOWER - COMPABOUT THE PRESIDENT TO - CONGRESS, AS THE LAW INDICATES. - HE WASN'T SURE IT WAS AN M - INTELLIGENTER, AND - MOREOVER, THE WHITE HOUSE SAID - THE CALL WAS PRIVILEGED.CO - >> WULTED WITH THE - WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL'S OFFICE - AND WE WERE ADVISED THAT MUCH OF - THE COMPLAINTN - WAS IN FACT SUBJECT TO EXECUTIVE - PRIVILEGE. - A PRIVILEGE THAT I DO NOT HAVE - THE THORITY TO WAIVE. - >> I'M JUST ASKING ABOUT THE - SEQUENCING HERE. - DID YOU FIRST GO TO THEIT - HOUSE, TO DETERMINE - WHETHER YOU SHOULD PROEDE A - COMPLAINT TO CONGRESS? - >> NO, SIR. - THAT WAS NOT THE QUESTION. - THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER OR NOT - IT HAS EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE.

- NOT WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD SEND - IT ON TO CONGRESS.GRES - >> Desjardins: MAGUIRE SAID HE - IS NOT POLITICAL OR PARTISAN, - BUT MADE IT CLEAR HE SAW THIS AS - A DIFFICULT SITUATION. - HE FORWARDED THE COMPLAINT, HE, - SAD CHARGE OF CRIMINAL - WRONGDOING, TO THE JUSTICE - DEPARTMENT.QU - DEMOCRATTIONED IF THE - PRESIDENT'S OWN D.O.J. WAS A - RELIABLE ARBITER. - >> IF YOUR OFFICE OF THE - BLINSPECTOR GENERAL IS NOT - TO INVESTIGATE, THEN WHO IS ABLE - TO INVESTIGATE? - >> ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT COME TO - THE COMMITTEE, TO THE JUDICIAL F - DEPARTME CRIMINAL - INVESTIGATION, THIS WAS NOT - SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. - >> Desjardin ANOTHER QUESTION: - WHO KNEW ABOUT THE COMPLAINT? - >> DID YOU DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT, - THIS WHISTLEBLER COMPLAINT, - WITH THE PRESIDENT? - P>> MY CONVERSATION, NO MATTER - WHAT THE SUBJECT IS, WITH TH - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, - IS PRIVILEGECONVERSATION - BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAR - INTELLIGENCE AND THE PRESIDENTs: - >> DesjardAGUIRE DID SAY - THE WHITE HOUSE NEVER ORDERED - HIM TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION.

- PUBLICANS FIRED BACK AT - DEMOCRATS, ACCUSING THEM OF - POLITICAL WARFARE. - >> GENTLEMEN, I WANT TO - CONGRATULATE THE DEMOCRATS ON - THE ROLLOUT OF THEIR LATEST - INFORMATION WARFARE OPERATION - AGAINST THE PRESIDENT, AND THEIR - EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO ONCE - AGAIN ENST THE MAINSTREAM - MEDIA IN THEIR CAMPAIGN. - >> Desjardins: JOHN RATCLIFFE OF - TEXAS INSISTED PRESIDENT TRUMP - DID NOTHING WRON - >> THE UNITED STES IS ALLOWED - TO SOLICIT HELP FROM A FOREIGN - GOVERNMENT IN AN ONGOING - CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS - EXACTLY WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DID - IN THAT CONVERSATION. - >> Desjardins: THE PRESIDENT'S - STRONGEST DEFENDER WAS HIMSELF. - HE SPOKE TO REPORTERS IN - WASHINGTON AFTER RETURNING FROM - THE U.N. - IT'S A DISGRACE. - IT'S A TERRIBLE THINUNFOR OUR - Y. - THEY CAN'T DO ANY WORK. - THEY'RE FROZEN, THE DEMOCRATS. - THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE .E - ELECTI - THEY KNOW IT. - THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DOING IT. - AND IT SHOD NEVER BE ALLOWED, - WHAT'SAPPENING TO THIS - PRESIDENT. - >> Desjardins: AND NOW, MORE IS - HAPPENING. - INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS - TOLD NEWSHOUR, THEY WILL NOW - Y, THE UKRAINIAN CALL. COVER-UP - THIS, AS LATE TO NEW - RECORDING OF THE PRESIDENT

- APPEARED-- AUDIO THE "L.A. - TIMES" OBTAINED OF MR. TRUMP - SPEAKING TO STAFF THIS MORNING, - TARGETING THOSE IN THE WHITE - HOUSE WHO GAVE THE WHISTLEBLOWER - INFORMATION. - >> BECAUSE, THAT'S CLOSE TO A - SPY. - YOU KNOW WHAT WE USED TO DO IN - THE OLD DAYS, WHEN WE WERE - SMART? - RIGHT? - THE SPIES AND TREASON? - WE USED TO HANDLE IT A LITTLE LT - DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO NOW. - >> Desjardins: MEANTIME, HOUSE - SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI INDICATED - THAT DEMOCRATS ARE NOW FOCUSING - IMPEACHMENT WORK ON THE UKRAINE - PHONE CALL. - E>> THIS IS THE FOCUS OF - MOMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE - CHARGE. - ALL OF THE OTHER WORK TH - RELATES TO ABUSE OF POWER, - IGNORING SUBPOENAS OF - GOVERNMENT, OF CONGRESS, ABUSE, - CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS BY HIM-- - THOSE THINGS WILL BE CONSIDERED - LATER. - BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RETHE - INVESTIGATING-- THE QUIRING - STAGE. - >> Desjains: A FEW HOURS - LATER, OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL, - PROGRESSIVE GROUPS ADDED TO THE - PRESSURE ON PELOSI, CALLING FOR - NOT JUST IMPEACHMENT VOTES, BUT - IMPEACHMENT VOTES SOON.TES SO

- FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - LISA DESJARDINS. - >> Woodruff: EARLIER, I SPOKE - WITH CHAIRMAN SCHIFF, AND I - STARTED BY ASKING HIM IF TODAY'S - TESTIMONY GAVE HIM A BETTER - UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION HANDLED T - WHISTLE-BLOWER'S COMPLAINT - AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. - >> WELL, IT D, AND IT RAISED - OFOUND CONCERNS THAT A PROCESS - THAT WAS MEANT TO ALLOW A - WHISTLEBLOWER PROVIDE - INFORMATION TO CONGRESS BROKE - DOWN, AND IT BROKE DOWN ON THE - VICE OF WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL - AND THDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. - CONSIDERING THAT THE COMPLAINT - INVOLVED ACTIVITY, MISCONDUCT - THE PRESIDENT, CONSIDERING THAT - BILL BARR HIMSELF WAS IMPLICATED - IN THE COMPLAINT, THE IDEA THAT - A DIRECTOR WOULD GO TO THOSE TWT - SOURCES FOR GUIDANCE IN WHETHER - THIS COMPLAINT NEEDED TO BE - PROVIDED TO CONGRESS SHOWS IK - THE MOST DIRECT CONFLICT - OF INTEREST, AND THAT MEANT THIS - WECOMPLAINT WAS WITHHELEKS

- AFTER IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED - OVER TO CONGRESS, AND IT WAS - BEING WIHELD AT A TIME WHEN - THE PRESIDENT WAS STILL - WITHHOLDING MILITARY AID, VITAL - MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE. - SOE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE, BUT, - OF COURSE, THE FAR BROADERPR - LEM IS THAT WE HAVE A - PRESIDENT WHO HAS TRIED TO - LEVERAGE TE POWER OF HIS OFFICE - PRESSURE A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT - INTOG HELPN YET ANOTHER U.S. - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THIS TIMF - BY MATURING DIFFERENT DIRTRING - ON A DIFFERENT OPPONENT, AND - WE'RE DETY ERMINED TO FUT TO - THE BOTTOM OF THIS. - >> Woodruff: SO DO YOU HAVE - EVIDENCE THAT THIS WAS ALL - SUPPRESSED DELIBERATELY TO - PROTECT THE PRESIDENT? - >> WELL, THAT CERTAINLY WAS THE - GOAL OF EWHITEHOUSE COUNSEL AND - IT WAS CERTAINLY THE GOAL I - THINK OF THE JUS JUSTICE DEPART. - AFTER ALL, WHEN YOU READ THE - TORTURED OPINION OF THE JUSTICE - DEPARTMENT IT SAYS THE DIRECTOR - OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE HAS N - JURISDICTION WHEN IT COMES TO - FOREIGN ELECTION INTERFERENCE. - THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAID - ESSENTIALLY THERE'S NOTHING TO - SEE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO

- INVESTIGATE IT, EVEN WHILE IT'S - SAID THE INSPECTOR GENERALS - DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION TO - SO I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THE WHITE - HOUSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF - JUSTICE ARE COMPLICIT IN YING - TO KEEP THIS FROM CONGRESS. - IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTOR, LOOK, - I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH HIS - DECISION, BUT I RESPECT HIS - CAREER OF RVICE TO THECO - TRY. - AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN CONGRESS - SAYS THAT SOMETHING SHALL BE - MOTIVED TO CONGRESS, WE MEAN IT. - >> Woodruff: SO WHEN YOU - MENTIONED THE WHITE HOUSE - COUNSEL, YOU MENTIONED THE - ATTORNEY GENERAL, ARE YOU GOING - BE CALING THEM TO TESTIFY - BEFORE THE COMMITTEE? - AND WHO ELSE IN THE - ADMINISTRATION? - >> WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GET - I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEHA - WHISTLEBLOWEGIVEN US - DETAILS AND CREDIBLE - ALLEGATIONS, A ROAD MAP, IF YOU - WILL, AS TO HOW TO FINOUT THE - CONTOURS OF THIS PRESIDENTIAL - MISCONDUCT, THAT IS WHAT - HAPPENED BEFORE THIS CALL, WHAT - KNOWS THE RAIONALE THAT WASHO - GIVEN FOR WITHHOLDING THIS - BIPARTAN SUPPORT T UKRAINE. - WHAT ABOUT THESE ALLEGATIONS

- THAT THIS RECORD OF CALL WAS - SEQUESTERED AWAY TO A COMPUTER - THAT'SUSUALLY USED FOR THE MOST - SENSITIVE INFORTIONLIKE - COVERT ACTIONS BY THE - INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND THAT - THERE MIGHT BE O TTHER THINAT - HAVE BEEN SIMILARLY SEQEDUEST - FOR REASONS OF CONCEALING - PRESIDENTIAL MISCONDUCT. - SO WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO - GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ANDWE - WILL MOVE WITH ALL EXPEDITION TO - DO SO. - >> Woodruff: AND SUNABP - INDIVIDUALS, IF NECESSARY? - >> I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THAT - WWILL BE NECESSARY, ANDRE NOT - FOOLING AROUND. - WE DON'T HAVE A LONG TIME TO ASK - PEOPLE FOR COMPLIANCE AND THEN - SUBPOENA THEM AND GO THOUGH - CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS. - WE ARE GOING TO MOVE VE AY - QUICKLY TO COMPULSION IF WE'RE - TOLD TT THERE'S NO WILLINGNESS - TO COOPERATE, BECAUSE WE FEEL A - SENSE OF URGENCY HERE. - ONE THING THAT I THINK REALLY - LEFT OUT ABOUT THE HEARING TODAO - IS TO ONE, NOT THE DIRECTOR NOR - ANYONE ELSE, DISPUTED THE

- WHISTLEBLOWER'S COMPLAINT WAS - URGENT, THAT IT WAS CREDIBLE, - THAT IT NEEDED TO BEND - INVESTIGATEDASTHE - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS OUT OF - THE BUSINESS, APPARENTLY, OF - INVESTIGATING WRONGDOING IF IT - AND THE INSPECTOR GENEROUS CAN'T - DO IT, IT'S LEFT TO US TO DO. - >> Woodruff: CHAIRMAN SCHIFF,U - NOW THAT Y'VE BEEN NAMED HEAD - OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MOVE - TO IMPEACHMENT INSOFAR AS - UKRAINE IS INVOLVED, CAN YOU - GIVE US AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW - THAT MOVES FORWARD?GO - ISTHHAT NOG TO BE THE MAINOF - FOCUHE IMPEACHMENT - INVESTIGATION? - >> IT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE - OUR MAIN FOCUS IN THE - INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEETHAND I - K THERE' IS A GENERAL SENSE - THAT THIS IS AT ITS CORE THECUS - MOST SERIOUS ALLEGATION, THAT IT - WAS BAD ENOUGH AND SERIOUS - ENOUGH, WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF - THE UNITEDTATES, AS A - CANDIDATE, CAUGHT HELP FROM A

- FOREIGN POWER IN - A U.S. - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THAT IT - WAS MORE SERIOUS, STILL, WHEN, - AS PRESIDENT, HE USED THE POWERS - TRUCTE OFFICE TO OBS - INVESTIGATION INTO HIS OWN - MISCONDUCT, BUT IT IS STLL A - SIDENTRIOU SERIOUS WHEN A PRE - USE AS FOREIGN PRESIDENT TO - MANUFACTURE DIRT IN A - PRESENTIAL ELECTION. - ALL UNDERSTAND THE - SERIOUSNESS OF THAT AND IT'S THE - PRIORITY OF OUR CAUCUS THAT THIS - BE THE TOP PRIORITY, THAT WE DO - OUR BEST TO GET THE FACTS AND WE - DO SO AS QUICKLY ASIB PO. - >> Woodruff: TO BE CLEAR, THIS - INVESTIGATION INTO THE - WHISTLEBLOWER IS NOW FOLDED INTO - THE IMPGAEACHMENT INVESON? - >> IT IS CERTAINLY BEING - CONDUCTED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF - AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, ANTHAT - IS THAT THIS MAY FORM THE BASIS - OF AN ARTICLE OR ARTICLES OF - IMPEACHMENT. - THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO

- GOGOFORWARD AND THAT IS A DECISN - WE'LL MAKE WHEN WE'RE WEIN - POSSESSION OF ALL THE FACTS. - BUT THE FACTS WE DO HVE, - ALREADY, ARE PRETTY DAMNING, AND - WHAT TOOK PLACE BEFORE THIS - INTERSECTION BEFORE THE TWOEN - PRES, AND WHAT TOOK PLACE - AFTER, WE STILL NEED TO FLESH - OUT, BUT WHAT WE DO NEED TO KNOW - AND WHAT HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO I - BELIEVE IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF - THE PRESIDENT'OATH OF OFICE. - IT WILL BE FOR THE CAUCUS TO - DECIDE WHEN WE HAVE THE FULL - FACTS WHETHER WE SHOULD PROWHCED - WITH AN ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT. - >> Woodruff: FINALLY, DO YOU - BELIEVE ANY IMPEACHMENT EFFORT - HAS TO BE BIPARTISAN IN ORDER TO - BLBE CRE - >> WELL, I'M REGRETFULLY OF THE - VIEW THAT, AEDLEAST BASN - PERFORMANCE TO DATE, MEMBERS OF - THE G.O. DO NOT STAND WILLING - TO CONFRONT THIS PRESIDENT, NOTT - HOW REPUGNANT HIS - CONDUCT, NO MAT - R HOW MUCH HIS - CONDUCT MAY TRANSGRESS THE LAW - OR THE CONSTITUTIO - I HOPE THAT CHANGES. - I HOPE THAT CHANGES.

- BUT I THINK THAT WE CANNOT DEFER - TO THE OTH PARTY HERE IF TH - HAVE ABDICATED THEIR - RESPONSIBILITY. - >> Woodruff: ADAM SCHIFF, - CHAIRMAN OF THEOUSE - INTELLIGENCE COMM - >> Woodruff: I'M NOW JOINED BY - KELLYANNE CONWAY, COUNSELOR TO - PRESIDENT DOLD TRUMP. - SHE JOINS US FROM THE WHITE - HOUSE. - ITTEE, THANK - YOU VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU. - KELLYANNE CONWAY, THANK YOU FOR - TALKING WITH US. - I KNOW YOU HEARD SOME OF WHAT - CHAIRMAN SCHIFF JUST SAID, BUT I - WANT TO COME BACK TO TH - WHISTLEBLOWER'S COMPLAINT, THE - ESSENCE OF IT IS THAT THE - PRESIDENT ESSENTIALLUSED THEUS - POWER OF HIS OFFICE TO TRY TO - GET A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT - INTERFERE IN THE 2020 ELECTION - CONCLUSION AFTER TALKING WITH - OVER HALF A DOZEN U.S. OFFICIALS - OVER SOME FOUR MONTHS. - >> WELL, JUDY, THAT'S FALSE, AND - WE ALLTH KNOW AT BECAUSE WE HAVE - ACTUALLY THE COMPLAINT, BUT MORE - IMPORTANTLY WE HAVE THE - TRANSCRIIO OF THE CONVERS - BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE - PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE. - AT NO ME DID HE IN THE 2020 - RACE, AT NO TIME DID HE TALK - ABOUT JOE BIDEN THE FRONTRUNNER,

- WHO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BEAT, I - NEED YOUR HELP BEANG HIM. - THIS PRESIDENT DOESN'T NEED - UKRAINE'S HELP TO BEAT JOE BIDEN - OR ANYONE ELSE ANYMORE THAN HE - HILLARY CLINTON.HELP TO BEAT - THEY'RE TERRIBLE CANDIDATES TO - SELF-EMULATE ALL ON THEIR OWN. - I MUST RESPECTFULLY PUSH BACK, - JUDY. - WHEN CHAIRMAN SCHIFF SAYS THE - PRESIDENT IS USING TH SANCTITY - OF THE OFFICE TO DIG UP DIRT ON - A POLITICAL OPPONENT, WHE IS - THAT? - I'M LOOKING AT THE TELEPHONE - EONVERSATION HERE. - IT SIMPLY ISN'T THENORE. - IME WAS IT MENTIONED OF AID - BEING WITHHERALD OR 2020. - IN FACT, THEY'RE DISCUSSING THE - 2016AMPAIGN, AND THEY SPEND - MORE TIME ON EMANUEL MACRON OF - FRANCE AND ANGELA MERKEL OF - GERMANY AND THE FACT THE - UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT IS SAYING - THESE COUNTRIES ARE NOT HELPING - THE U.S. AMUCH AN NOT - SANCTIONING RUSSIA AS MUCH. - >> WoodrufWE THE POINT YOU - JUST MAKIKNG, IT WASN'T - STATED OUTRIGHT IN THAT

- CONVERSATION - THERE WAS NO TRANSCRIPT, THIS - WAS A MEMORANDUM OF PEOPLE WHO - LISTENED, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE IS - SET OFCIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE, A - SHORT TIME BEFORE THI - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD STOPPED ANY - MILITARY AIDOING TO UAINE - EVEN THOUGH HIS DEFENSE - DEPARTMENT HAD SIGNED OFF ON - AT AID AND SAID THIS IS A - COUNTRY THAT IS CLEANING UP - CORRUPTION, THIS AD SHOD GO - FORWARD. - YOU HAD REPUBLICANS AND - DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS FAORING - IT, YET PRESIDENT TRUMP STOPPED - IT. - SO YOU LOOK AT THAT AND COMBINE - IT WITH THIS CONVERSATION, THE - REPORTING THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS - ANGRY WITH THE UKRAINIANGRY - GOVERNMENT BECSE OF WHAT HAD - HAPPENED IN 2016, AND THE - CONCLUSION IS WHAT IT IS. - >> WELL THE CONCLUSION IS WHAT - PEOPLE WANT IT TO BE, AND WE SAW - THAT TODAY, IN, I THOUGHT, A - VERY UNFORTUNATE PUBLIC HEAVERYG - WITH THE ACTING D.N.I. DIRECTOR - LED BY NONE OTHER THAN CHAIRMANV - SCHIFF WHO L TO BE ON TV. - THAT ENTIRE HEARING COULD HAVND - BEEN DONE BECLOSED DOORS.

- HOW DO WE KNOW DOTHAT? - BECAUSE THE SENATE D A HEARING T - WI SAME GENTLEMAN, THE - ACTING D.N.I. DIRECTOR BEHIND - CLOSED DOORS RIGHT AFTER THE - CHAIRMAN SCHIFF THEATRICAL - PRODUCTI - THIS IS NOT THE WAY THESE THINGS - SHOULD OPERATE. - WE DO NOT IMPEACH PRESIDENTS - BECAUSE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO DON'T - LIKE HIM AND VOTED AGAINST HIM - HATE M. - HATE IS NOT A HIGH CRIME AND - MISDEMEANOR. - A PHNONE CALL WITH A FOREIGN - LEADER IN WHICH MOST OF THETI - CONVER IS CONGRATULATORY, - IT'S ABOUT HELPING MORE THAN - FRANCE AND GERMANY, ITO'S ABUT - THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ACTUALLY - CREDITING PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR - ENFORCING SANCTIONS AGAINST - RUSSIA WHEREAS GERMANY AND - FRANCEOON'T. - ATIME DID THE PRESIDENT - MENTION THE 2020 ELECTION, YET - YOU HAVE THE CHAIRMAN OF TH - INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AND MANY - OTHERS LYING TO SAY THEEN - PRESIS DIGGINGP DIRT. - WE DON'T SEET IT IN THIS PHONE - CALL AND IT'S NOT FAIR FOR IT TO - BE SAID. - >> Woodruff: I THINK MANY

- PEOPLE BYNT MEIONING JOE BIDEN - THE INFERENCE IS CLEAR HE'S - THINKING ABOUT2020. - >> NO, I NEED TO SAY THAT THE - "NEW YORTIMES" HAD AN ARTICLE - IN EWHLY MAY ABOUTAT HUNTER - BIDEN WAS DOING HIN UKRAINERE - IT HAD THE WHOLE TRANSCRIPT OF - JOE BIDENEN, JANUARY 23, 20A - YEAR AFTER LEAVING THE U.S. - PRESIDEN BRAGGING ABOUT - WITHHOLDING $1 MILLION IN LOAN - SO PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT - THAT. - >> Woodruff: THE REPORTING ON - THAT IS HE WAS REFERRING TO AN - INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO GET - UKRAINE TO CLEAN UP CORRUPTION, - AND HE WAS SAYING IF THAT - CORRUPTION ISN'T CLNED UP - THERE WON'T BE AID FORTHCOMING. - BUT WHAT I ALSO WANT SOTO ASK - YOU ABOYOU UT KELLYANNE CONWAY,S - DEMOCRATS AND OTHERS ARE SAYING - EQUALLY MORE TROUBLING THAN THE - PHONE CALL IS THE ALLEGATION T - PRESIDENT WENT TO SUCH GREAT - ONGTHS TO RESTRICT ALL ACCESS - TO RECORTHIS CALL, TO LOCK - THEM DOWN.AD - I'M GOING TO RFROM THE - WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT.

- HE SAID WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS - DOLLED ME THEY WERE DIRECTED BY - WHITE HOUSE LAWYERS TO REME - THE ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT FROM - THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IN WHICH - SUCHDOCUMENTS ARE NORMALLY - ORED. - HE WENT ON TO SAY, INSTEAD, THEI - TRAN WAS LOADED INTO A - SEPARATE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM THAT - IS OTHERWISE USED TO STORE - CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. - HE SAID, EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T - CONTAIN ANYMTHING OTELY - CLASSIFIED. - >> WELL, FIRST OF AL HE'S - INCORRECT. - ANY CONVERSATION WITH A FOREIGN - SSIFIED.S CLA - THIS VERY DOCUMENT HAD TO BE - DECLASSIFIED FOR THE PRESIDVT - TO RELEASED IT, AND HE HAS. - ALL WANT TO TALT HOW ITHOT THEY - WAS HANDLED. - THIS DOCUMENT NOW?S ACCESS T - EVERYONE. - THIS PRESIDENT WHO HAS LED TO - THE DEMOCK RAYTYIZATION OF - AINFORMATION, SOCIAL MEDI - PEOPLE LIKME SPEAK AND ME THIS - CASE RELEASE AGO FULL - TRANSCRIPT, A FULL MEMO ASIS - THE CUSTOM HERE OF A CALL HE HAD - WITH THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, HD - RELEIT. - SO THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW - IT WAS HANDLED YT WE ALL HAVE

- ACCESS TO IT AND CAN READ IT. - I THINK THE DOCUMENT IS - REMARKABLE FOR WHAT'S NOT THE. - WHAT'S NOT THERE IS A PRESIDENT - WORRIED ABOUT JOE BIDEN WHO'SES - SELFUCTING ON THE CAMPAIGN - TRAIL. - WHAT'S NOT THERE IS THE - PRESIDENT SAYING I'M GOI TOO - WITHHOLD SAID UNTIL YOU DO THESE - CERTAIN THINGS. - NONE OF THAT IS THERE. - THE UKRAINIAN PREDENT IS - TALKING ABOUT DRAINING THE - SWARCHED THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT - E BIDEN WHEN THEY'RE TALKING - ABOUT DRAINING THE SWAMP. - AB>> Woodruff: AGAIN, IT' - IMPLIED BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF - THE WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS. - BUT I WANT TO K YOU WHAT T - PRESIDENT SAID JUST THIS MORNING - TO THE STAFF OF THE U.S. MISSION - TO THE UNITED NATIONS ABOUT - PEOPLE WHO TALKED TO THE - WHISTLEBLOWER BEING SPICE AND - HOW TR IS COUNTRY HANDLED SPICE. - DOES THE PRESIDENT BELIEVE - ANYONE WHO TALKED TO THIS - WHISTLEBLOWER IS, IN EFFEC NOT - LOYAL TO THIS COUNTRY? - >> WELL, HE HASN'T SAID THAT TO - ME, AND I THINK THERESIDENT IS - ALWAYS ASTONISHED WHEN - CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS LEAK - EARLY ON IN OUR -- IN HIS - PRESIDENCY. - CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT

- OF MEXICO, THE PRESIDENT OFLI - AUST I BELIEVE IT WAS, - DIFFERENT THAN THE PREDISIDENTSF - THOSE TWO COUNTRIES NOW, THOSE - CONVERSATIONS LEAKED, SOME - COERSATIONS HE HAD WITH THE - RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR LEAKED. - HE'S ALWAYS SURPRISED PEOPLE WHO - ARE ENTRUSTED WITH THESE - TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITIES AND - HAVE AESS TO TOP INFORMATION,FOM - SECRET INFORMATION, CLASSIFIED - INFORMATION IN OUR NATION TAKEE - ON POSITIONS WHERE YOU ARE - A PUBLIC SERVANT ENTRUSTED WITH - INFORMATION TO PROTECT THE - PUBLIC, NOT HARM THE PUBLIC, - EECH THAT TRUST. - SO THERE MAY BE FRUSTRATION AND - CONSTERNATION THEAG. - BUN I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO - S TE PEOPLE ARE INCLINED TO - LISTEN TO THIWHISTLEBLOWER. - THE L.O.C. ACTUALLY SAID THIS - WAS ROUTINE DIPLOMACY NOT - INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITY BY THE - PRESIDENT AND THIS WHISTLEBLOWER - DID NOT HAVE DIACECT CESS, - THEY'RE GETTING IT FROM OTHER - PEOPLE. - SO WE NEED TO FIND OUT MOROU - THAT. - >> Woodruff: KELLYANNE CONWAY - AT THE THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK - YOU VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU, JUDNKY. - >> Woodruff: NOW, TO SOME OF - THE ONGOING QUESTIONS OF

- NATIONALECURITY, AND LAW, - RAISED BY THE WHISTLEBLOWER - MPLAINT, AND THE TRUMPST - ADMITION'S HANDLING OF IT. - JOHN CARLIN SERVED AS THE TOP - NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIAL IN - THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FROM - 2013 TO 2016, AND AS CHIEF OF - STAFF TO ROBERT MUELLER WHEN HE - S F.B.I. DIRECTOR. - JOHN CARLIN, WELCOME BACK TO - THE "NN, Wour". - YOU LISTENED, I BELIEVE, TO MUCH - OF WHAT THE WHISTLEBLOWER - COMMENT -- OR THHEAD OF THE - DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL - INTELLIGENCE, ACTING DIRECTOR, - HAD TO Y TODAY ABUT WHAT THE - WHISTLEBLOWER DID AND HOW THIS - COMPLAINT WAS HANDLED. - WAS IT HANDLED IN THE PRPER - WAY? - >> WELL, I THINK REALLY THE - IMPORTANT ISSUE IS THAT THE - COMPLAINT DID REAGRCH CONS - AND, SO -- AND ONLY BECAUSE OF - THAT WE ARE NOW AWARE OF WHAT - THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED - STATES SAID TO A FOREIGN LEADER. - AND WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID IS - QUITE TROUBLING, AS ONE OF THE - REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN SAID - TODAY, THIS IS NOT OKAY, AND YOU - CAN SEE WHY A CAREER MEMBER OF - THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITYNCS - SO SHOCKED BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAW - IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED - STATES IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY

- TALKING TO A FOREIGN LEADER - AND THE FAVOR HE ASKED FOR,E, - REPORTEDLY, ONLF OF THE - UNITED STATES WAS A PERSONAL - FAVOR, IT WAS SOMETHING TO HELP - HIS OWN POLICAL INTESTS, - BECAUSE HE ONLY ASKED FOR TWO - THINGS, BOTH OF WHICH HE - CONNECTED TO HISERSONAL - ATTORNEY, RUDY GIULIANI. - NUMBEY ONE, HE ASKED THAT THEYO - HELP HIM LK INTO THE 2016 - ELECTION IN ORDER TO REALLY - CONTRADICT THE MUELLER REPORT - THAT RUSSIA WAS RESPONSIBLE FORW - AND, NUMBE, E ASKED HIM TO - LOOK INTO THE SON OFS 1:00 OFCA - HIS POLIRIVALS. - THAT'S ALL HE ASKED FOR WITH THE - FAVOR, SO THAT'S, TO USE A - PROSECUTOR'S WORD, CORRUPT. - HIS INTENT IN THE CALL WAS NOT B - ALF OF THE UNID STATES, - BUT WAS TO FURTHER HIS PERSONAL - INTEREST. - >> Woodruff: AND ONCE THAT - CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE, I MEAN - TO GET TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS - AFTER IT HAPPENED, THE - MEMORANDUM THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER - ESCRIBING WHAT WAS SAID ON TH - PHONE CALL, ANI JUST ASKED - KELLYANNE CONWAY ABOUT THIS, WAS

- PUT INTO A MPLETELY DIFFERENT - ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, A MORE SECUR - SYSTEME WHITE HOUSE. - AND THEN YOU HAD OTHERS IN THE - ADMINISTRATION MOVING TO DEFY - CONGRESS ACCESS TO THIS. - WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU? - >> IF IT'S TRUE, THEN WHAT THAT - WOULD SAY IS THERE WERE MULTIPLE - PEOPLE WHO KNEW THAT THERE WASWR - SOMEING ABOUT THIS - CONVERSATION, AND WE'RE TRYING - TO TAKE ACTS, SOME OF WHICH MAY - BE ILLEGITIMATE OR UNLAWFUL, TO - HIDE THAT CONVERSATION FROM - CONGRESS OR FROM PROPER - OVERSIGHT. - BUT, AGAIN, JUD'S LETOLOSE - TRACK OF THE FACT THAT IT DIDN'T - WORK, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ACCESS - TO THE CONVERSATION AND WE CAN'T - GET SO DISACTED BY ALL THE - OTHER ATMOSPHERIS TO FORGET - THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS - WRONG.SATION IS F TNDAMENTALLY - THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED - STATES SHOULD NOT BE USING A - FOREIGN CONTRY'S PROSECUTED - SERVICES TO GO AFTER ALA RIV - THAT SHOULD NOT INVOKE THE - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED

- PLAN, AND PART OF THA - THEY SHOULD NOT BEUTTING - PERSONAL ATTORNERDER TOHEIR - MAKE THAT PLAN GOING FORWARD - WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR OFF - CAPACITY. - >> Woodruff: EBL YOU JUST - HEARD KELLYANNE CONWAY SAY THAT - , ERE WAS NO QUID PRO O IN THE - CONVERSATIAT THE PRESIDENT - NEVER MENTIONED THE 2020 - ELECTION. - SHE'S SANG THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE - LISTENING TO THIS FROM THE - OUTSIDE ARE READING SOMETHING - INTO IT THAT DOESN'TXIST. - >> I GO BACTO Y THE - REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AT THE - HEARING TODAY SAID CORRECTLY - THAT THIS IS NOT OKAY. - THEY'RE NOT READING ANYTHING - INTO IT. - IT'S -- IN THE CONVERSATION, HE - ONLY ASKS FOR TWO THINGS FROM - THIS FOREIGN LEADER, AND THEY - BOTH BENEF HIM PERSONALLY, AND - THEN HE ASKS THEM TO TALK TO HIS - PERSONAL ATTORNEY. - RUDY GIULIANI, TH THE ETHICS OFN - ATTORNEY DEFENDING THE - PRESIDENT, ARE THAT HE CAN ONLY - EAKE INTO ACCOUNT TH - PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL INTERESTS, - NOT THE INTEREST OF THE UNITED - STATES, NOT THE INTEREST OF THE - AMERIC - INTEREST OF THE UKRAINIAN

- PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A COUNTRY OF - 40 MILLION PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN - INVADED BY RUSSIA AND HAS ANST - OVER 10,000 PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO - U.N. ESTIMATES, HAVE BEEN - LLED. - THEY'RE ASKING FOR MILITARY - ASSISTANCE. - YOU NEED RECIPROCITY, YOU NEED - TO DO US A FAVOR, AND THEN THE - FAVORSK HE ASFOR ARE PERSONAL. - THAT SHOULD NOT BE OKY, NO - MATTER WHAT YOR PARTY IS AND NO - MATTER WHICH PRESIDENT DOES IT, - AND THERE'S NO WAY TO POLTHICE - CONDUCT OTHER THAN - CONGRESS. - >> Woodruff: JOHN CARLIN, - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - Y>> THA. - >> Woodruff: AND OUR WHITE HOUSD - CORREST YAMICHE ALCINDOR - HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE DAY'S - EVENTS. - YA THANK YOU SO MUCH. - A FEW MINUTES AGO, AS YOU KNOW, - I WAS TALKING WITH KELLYANNE - CONWAY. - IT'S CLEAR THAT SHE AND THEITPR - PRESIDENT ARETTY DEFIANT IN - THE FACE OF ALL THIS PUBLICLY. - HOW ARE THEY OCESSING IT - INTERNALLY? - S BEINGE THE PRESIDENT - DEFIANT AND SAYING THERE WAS - REALLY NOTHING WRONG WHEN IT - CAME TO THECAMELL BETWEEN HIM AD - THE PRESIDENT OF UY AINE, - PRIVAT IS LASHING OUT AND - SAYING HE WANTS TO KNOW THE - ENTITY OF THIS WHISTLEBLOWER. Y

- TONIGHT THE "NK TIMES" IS - REPORTING THAT A WHISTLEBLOWER - WAS A MAN, A C.I.A. OFFICER WHO - WAS DEAILED THIS WHITE HOUSE - OME TIME.ERE FOR - THEY ALSO SAY TH PERSON IS NOW - WORKING BACK AT THE C.I.A. - THERE'S LITTLE ELSE KNOWN ABOUT - THE PERSON. - BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THE - WHITE HOUSE IS PROCESSING IS, - THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO - UNTERPROGRAM. - TODAY ERE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF - IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOM INFORMANT - WHO WAS DOINA BRIEFING AT THE - SO-CALLED SANCCITIES ATUT - THE VERY MOMENT THE DIRECTOR OF - NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WAS SAYING - THAT TE GREATEST CHALLEAT - THE U.S. FACES IS ELECTION - INTERFERENCE. - THE DIRECTOR OF I.C.E. WAS - TALKING ABOUT MIGRATION AND - ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. - IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE - WHITE HOUSE IS STILL FORMULATING - ITS PLAN ON HOW TO PUH BACK ON - THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. - I'M TOLD THE WHITE HOUSE DOES - NOT HAVE A PLAN AT THIS TIME. - I TALKED TO A TRUMP - THOUGHT THE RESEARCHERS SUPPOSED - TO BE DEALING WITH THE - REELECTION B A CAPABLE OF - MESSAGING THE IMPEACHMENT BUT A - LOT OF PEOPLE THINKNHAT 'T

- BE ENOUGH. - >> Woodruff: I WANT TO ASK YOU - ABOUT THE I WANT PENSALTY ISUE, - YAMICHE. - WE KNOW FROM LISA DESJARDINS' - REPORT FROM THE HILL ABOUT WHAT - CONGRESS CAN DOIRNTION BUT - YOU'VE ALSO BEEN LOKING AT - PUBLIC OPINION POLLS. - WHAT ARE YOU SEEING FROM THE - AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THIS WHOLE - IMPEACHMENT PROCESS? - >> WE CONDUCTED A POLL - YESTERDAY, AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY - SPLIT ON WHETHER OR NOT THE - HOUSE SHOULD BE CUSING ON THIS - IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. - I WANT TO TALK THROUGH NUMBERS. - 49% SAD THEY APP TROVED E - HOUSE STARTING AN IMPMEEA - INQUIRY. - WE BELIEVE THAT'S A 10-POINT - JUMP FROM SOMETHING FROM THE - PAST BECAUSE E ASKED A ILAR - QUESTION IN APRIL AFTER THE - MUELLER REPORT WASELEASED. - WE ALSO FOUND THAT 46% OF PEOPLE - FOUND THEY DISAPPROVED OF THE - HOUSE FOCUSING ON THIS - IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. - I ALSO WANT TO SAY OUROLL - FOUND THAT VOTERS THINK THE - IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY WON'T IMPT - WHO THEY VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. - WHEN WE ASKED WILL IMPEACHMENT - 25UIRY INFLUENCE YOUR VOTE, 25% - SAID A MAJOR FACTOR, 40% SAID A - MINOR FACTOR AND 48% SAID NOT A

- FACTOR AT ALL. - PRETTY STRIKING GIVEN WHAT'S - HAPPENING. - >> Woodruff: YAMICHE ALCINDOR,> - A LOT TO FOLLOW FROM THE WHITE - HOUSE, AS USUAL. - THANK YO, YAMICHE. - >> THANKS. - >> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE - MIKE POMPEO SAID SYRIAN - GOVERNMENT FORCES USED - CHLORINE AS A CHEMICAL WEAPON - BACK IN Y. - HE SAID THE ATTACK HAPPENED - DURING A BATTLE WITH INSURGENTS - IN IDLIB PROVINCE.PO - POMPEO TO REPORTERS ALONG - THE SIDELINES OF THE U.N. - GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK.HE - >>SSAD REGIME IS - RESPONSIBLE FOR INNUMERABLE - ATROCITIES, SOME OF WHICH RISE - TO THE LEVEL OF WAR CRIMES AND - CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.UN - TODAY, I AM ANNG THAT THE - UNITED STATES HAS CONCLUDED THAT - THE ASSAD REGIME UD CHLORINE - IN LATAKIA PROVINCE, SYRIA. 19 - >> Woodruff: POMPEO ALSO - SAID THE U.S. WILL PROVIDE

- $4.5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL AID - TO INVESTIGATE OTHER SUSPECTED W - CHEMICPONS ATTACKS. - THE DEATH TOLL FROM A SEVERESS - LUNG ILLIED TO VAPING HAS - NOW RISEN TO 12 PEOPLE. - THE CENTERS FOR DISENTROL - AND PREVENTION ALSO REPORTED TH - NUMBER OF CONFIRMESEAND PROBABLE - SURGED TO 805. - THAT IS A 52% INCREASE OVER - THE 530 ILLNESSES REPORTED JUST - LAST WEEK. - A NEW PENTAGON REPORT HAS FOUND - THE SUICIDE RATE AMONG MEMBERS - OF THE MILITARY ROSE - SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2018. - THE RATE HAS INCREASED FROM - 18.5 PER 100,000 SERVICE MEMBERS - IN 2013, TO 24.8 IN 2018.E - MOST WLISTED MEN UNDER 30 - PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED AN - IVE ORDER THAT DRASTICAL - CUTS THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES - ADMITTED IN THE UNITED STATES.

- LO18,000 REFUGEES WILL BE D - TO RESETTLE IN THE U.S. IN - FISCAL YEAR 2020. - THATTHE LOWEST NUMBER IN T - HISTORY OF THE MODERN REFUGEE - PROGRAM. - THE SENATE TODAY OVERWHELMINGLY - APPROVED AEMPORARY GOVERNMENT - FUNDING BILL TO AVOID A - SHUTDOWN.L - IT WND THE FEDERAL - GOVERNMENT THROUGH NOVEMBER 21. - THAT GIVES LAWMAKERS MORE TIME - TO NEGOTIATE MONEY FOR MORE - CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS, LIKE - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BORDER WALL. - THE BILL NOW HEADS TO THE - PRESIDENT'S DESK, WHERE HE'SED - EXPEO SIGN IT INTO LAW. - THE U.N.'S NUCLEAR WATCHDOGTO - ANNOUNCEY THAT IRAN HAS - COMMITTED ANOTHER BREACH OF ITS - 2015 NUCLEAR DEAL COMMITMENTS. - IT REPORTED THAT TEHRAN IS - ENRICHING URANIUM WITH ADVANCED - CENTRIFUGES, AND PLANS TO - INSTALL MORE OF THOSE MACHINES - THAN PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. - IRANAS MAINTAINED THAT ITS - URANIUM ENRICHMENT IS SOLELY FOR - CIVILIAN PURPOSES. - AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN NEW - YORK, PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANIOU - INSISTED HISRY HAS BEEN - TRANSPARENT. - >> ( translated ): THED - SUPERVISION E INSPECTIONS

- OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC - ENERGY AGENCY HAVE NOT BEEN - LIMITED DECREASED.TH - I.A.E.A.-- IN THE SA - FASHION SINCE THE BEGINNING OF - THE NUCLEAR DEAL IN 2015-- WASIS - SUPEG AND INSPECTING AND - CARRYING FORWARD ITS ACTIVITIES - IN THE SAME FASHION AS IN IRAN - TODAY. - >> Woodruff:ODAY'S REVELATION - COMES AS IRAN IS GRAPPLING WITH - U.S. SANCTIONS IMPOSED AFTER - PRESIDENT TRUMP PULLEDUT OF - THE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT LAST YEAR. - THE LEADING CHALLENGER IN - AFGHANISTAN'S UPCOMING - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, - ABDULLAH ABDULLAH, IS ACCUSING - THE INCUMBENT OF ELECTION FRAUDE - DAYS BEFORE HEAD TO THE - POLLS. - HE LOST TO CURRENT PRESIDENT - ASHRAF GHANI FIVE YEARS O, - IN AN ELECTION THAT WAS LARGELY - DISMISSED AS FLAWED. - ABDULLAH TOLD THE ASSOCIATED - PRESS, HE'S WORRIED ABOUT GHANI - ABUSING HIS POWER. - >> MASSIVELY FRAUDULENT - ELECTIONS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT, - WILL HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. - AND THAT IS WHY IT MIGHT BE TOO - IDEALISTIC, CALLING ON EVERYBODY

- TO ACT RESPONSIBLY.BE - USE IT IS NOT ONLY THE - NUMBER OF VOTES. - IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE - MENTALITY OF THE PEOPLE, ON THE - VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE, ON THEOF - DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. - >> Woodrf: THERE WAS NO - IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM - PRESIDENT GHANI. - MEANWHILE, THE TALIBAN RENEWED - ITS THREATS TODAY TO ATTACK - POLLING STATIONS DURING - SATURDAY'S ELECTION. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, THE GAP - BETWEEN THE NATION RICH AND - POOR GREW LAST YEAR.TH - U.S. CENSUS BUREAU REPORTED - THAT INCOME INEQUALITY REACHEDGH - ITS T LEVEL IN 50 YEARS. - IT ATTRIBUTED THE EXPANSION TO - AN INCREASE IN MEDIAN HOUSEHOLDN - MES. - BUT THAT INCOME RISE WAS NOT - DISTRIBUTED EVENLY ACROSS THE - COUNTRY. - STOCKS FELL ON WALL STREET - TODAY, OVER UNCERTAINTY ABOUT - THVEIMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AND NEW - DATA SHOWING A SLOWDOWN IN U.S. - ECONOMIC GROWTH. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - LOST 79 POINTS TO CLOSE AT - 26,891.

- THE NASDAQ FELL MORE THAN - 46 POINTS, THE S&P 500 - SLIPPED SEVEN. - AND, A PASSING TO NOTE.PR - FORMER FRENCIDENT JACQUES - CHIRAC DIED TODAY IN PARIS. - HE - POLITICS FOR DECADES, SERVING - 18 YEARS AS THE MAYOR OF PARIS, - AND TWO TERMS AS PRIME MINISTER. - CHIRAC BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1995, - AND REMAINED IN OFFICE UNTIL - 2007. - HE WAS THE FIRST FRENCH LEADER - TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS COUNTRY'S - ROLE IN THE HOLOCAUST, AND - VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED THE 2003 - INVASION OF IRAQ. - JACQUES CHIRAC WAS 86 YEARS OLD. - STILL TOOME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - CHINE PRESIDENT XI JINPING'S - FULL-THROTTLE QUEST TO MAKE HIS - COUNTRY A SUPERPOWER. - AND, THE SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN - MINISTER ON HOW BEST TO NAVIGATE - KIM JONG-UN'S NUCLEAR THREAT - OUR SERIES, "CHINAR ANDE LAUNCH - PROSPERITY."

- WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE - PULITZER CENTER, CORRESPONDENTS - NICK SCHIFRIN AND KATRINA YU, - AND PRODUCERS DAN SAGALYN AND - INIC O'CONNOR, CONDUCTED MORE - THAN 70 ON-CAMERRVIEWS, - TRAVELED TO EIGHT CHINESE - ESTIES, AND REPORTED FROM, OR - COLLABORED WITH, PRODUCERS IN - EIGHT COUNTRIES, TO COVER - EVERYTHING FROM TRADE, TO - TECHNOLOGY, TO THE LIFESTYLES OF - THE YOUNG AND RICH. - WE BIN OUR SERIES AT THE TOP - CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING'S - PHILOSOPHY HAS BEEN WRITTEINTO - THE COUNTRY'S CONSTITUTION. - HE HAS SOUGHT TO RAISE THE - STANDARD OF LIVING AT HOME, - AND CHINA'S POWER AND INFLUENCE - AROUND THE WORLD. - CRITICS ACCUSE HIM OF - CONSOLIDATING POWER, AND - CREATING A CAMPAIGN OF - CKOPPRESSION. - CHIFRIN REPORTS FROM - BEIJING ON THE STRONGEST CHINESE - LEADER IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS. - ♪ ♪ - >> Schifrin: IN BEIJING'S GREAT - HALL OF THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE - CL IN UNISON FOR ONE MAN. - XI JINPING, COMMUNIST PARTY - GENERAL SECRETARY,OMMANDER IN

- CHIEF, PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S - REPUBLIC OF CHINA, SAYS HE'S - MAKI CHINA GREAT AGAIN. - >> ( translated ): THE CHINESE - NATION HAS ACHIEVED A TREMENDOU. - TRANSFORMATI - IT HAS STOOD UP, GROWN RICH, AND - IS BECOMING STRONG. - IT HAS COME TO EMBRACE THE - BRILLIANT PROSPECTS OF - REJUVENATION.. - >> Schifrin: IT'S OCTOBER 2017, - AND XI TELLS PARTY LEADERS ONE - OF HIS CORE BELIEFS-- CHINA'S - DESTINY IS TO RECLAIM A CENTRAL - ROLE IN THE WORLD. - >> ( translated ): THE BANNER - OF SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE - CHARACTERISTICS IS NOW FLYING - HIGH AND PROUD. - IT OFFERS CHINESE WISDOM A - CHINESE APPROACH TO SOLVING THE - PROBLEMS FACING MANKIND. - >> Schifrin: NOT SINCE MAO - FOUN FATHER, HAS A CHINESE - LEADER SUGGESTED SO CLEARLY THE - WORLD COULD EMULATE CHINA. - NOT SINCE MAO HAS CHINA HAD A - LEADER AS POWERFUL AS XI - JINPING. - IF WHAT THE PARTY LEADER SAYIS - E BIBLE, THE SCHOLARS WH - DECIPHERHET STUDY HERE. - THE NATIONAL COMMUNIST PARTY - SCHOOL FLIES THE PARTY FLAG AND - CHINA: UNITED ACROSS 55 MINORITY

- GROUPS, AND THE TORCH BEARERS OF - THE COMMUNIST FLAME.NG - PROFESSOR HAN ANG SAYS XI - INHERITS THAT LEGACY, AND IS NOW - CHINA'S INDISPENSABLE LEADER. - >> ( translated ): THE COUNTRY'S - DEVELOPMENT NEEDS XI JINPING, - AND PEOPLE'S HAPPINESS NEEDS - XI JINPING. - BIF CHINA WANTS TO BECOME - STRONG COUNTRY, IT WILL NEED - XI JINPING. - >> Schifrin: XI SAYS HIS WORK - STARTS AT HOME. - HIS GOAL IS TO DOUBLE CHINA'S - G.D.P. AND PER CAPITA INCOME BY - HE SAYS HE WANTS TO CREASE THE - PROSPERITY MANY CHINESE ALREADY - ENJOY, AND NOW EXPECT, AND. - REDUCE POVER - >> ( translated ): NOW IN THE - XI JINPING ERA, CHINA HAS - DEVELOPED. - XI IS DEALING WITH MCHINA - GREAT AND RONG. - >> Schifrin: A THAT STRENGTH - IS ALSO THE MILITARY. - TA CALLS FOR CHINA TO "STAND

- IN THE EAST." - HE EVOKES MEMORIES OF THE MIDDLE - KINGDOM, A TERM TO DESCRIBE - CHINA'S CENTURIES-LOE AS - AN INTERNATIONAL POWER. - XI HAS DRAMATICALLY MODERNIZEDIN - S ARMY, NAVY AND AIR - FORCE, AND OPENED UP CHINA'S - FIRST OVERSEAS BASE.MO - AN CONTROVERSIALLY: - CHINA CLAIMS ALMOST ALL OF THE - SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND HAS CREATED - MILITARY OUTPOSTS, FLOUTING U.S. - OBJECTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL - LAW. - ( LENG FENG ROARS ) - XI JINPING'S CHINA F XES - THAT MUSCULAR FOREIGN PO - ON THE WORLD STAGE, AND THE - SILVER SCREEN. - "WOLF WARRIOR II" IS CHINA'S - HIGHEST-GROSSING FILM OF ALL - TIME. - STAR AND DIRECTOR WU JING PLAYSS - LENG FENG,CIAL OPERATIONS - FORCES SOLDIER WHO WINS THE DAY - FOR THE INESE MILITARY. - WHEN HE'S NO LONGER A SOLDIER, - TROUBLE COMES TO HIM. - HE BECOMES A ROGUE HERO, - LAUNCHING A SEEMG SUICIDE - MISSION AGAINST THE BAD GUYS AND - TEAMING UP WITH FELLOW CHINESE - TO SAVE THE DAY, AGAIN. - IF A STORY ABOUT A FORMER - SOLDIER-TURNED-VIGILANTE WHO - RIDE IN A TANK SOUNDS FAMILIAR--

- ( RAMBO YELLING ) - --THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS. - AT THE HEIT OF THE COLD WAR, - THE U.S. HAD JOHN RAMBO. - WU JING ASKS, WHY CAN'T THE - CHINESE HAVE THEIR OWN HEROES? - >> ( translated ): I THINK FOR - LENG FENG, I WANT HIM TO BE A - HERO FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE.IN - I THINK HUMAN NEED - HEROES. - THERE ARE MANY QUALITIES IN - A HERO, LIKE BRAVERY, - SELFLESSNESS, DEDICATION. - >> Schifrin: IT'S MORE THAN - DEDICATION TO CHINA. - THE GOODUYS ARE THE CHINESE - MILITARY. - ( LAUNCHING MISSILES ) - THE BAD GUY-- - >> WELCOME TO AFRICA, SON. - >> Schifrin: --IS A OLENCE- - LOVING COLONIALIST AMERICA - >> PEOPLE LIKE YOU WILL ALWAYS - BE IERIOR TO PEOPLE LIKE ME! - THAT'S ( BLEEP ) HISTOR - >> Schifrin: THE FILM HAS MADE - WU JING RICH AND FAMOUS. - HE SAYS THE FILM'S NATIONALISM - IS A PRODUCT OF THE COUNTRY'S - PROGRESS UNDER XI JINPING. - >> ( translated ): IN CHINESE - MODERN HISTORY, CHINA HAS BEEN - BULLIED FOR A LONG TIME. - WH WE ARE RICH, OUR COUNTR

- CAN PROTECT US. - WHEN WE FEEL LIKE WHEN WE ARE IN - DANGERWE WILL BE PROTECTEDY - OUR COUNTR - NOT LIKE BEFORE. - >> Schifrin:UT XI JINPING - ISN'T ONLY ABOUT PROTECTING THE - PEOPLE. - HE PROTECTS AND RESTORES THE - PROMINENCE OF THE COMMUNIST - PARTY. - XI HAS REASSERTED E RTY INTO - PEOPLE'S LIVES AND PRIVATE - BUSINESSES. - SO, CAN YOU SHOW ME YOUR AWARDS? - HONG CHENG WORKS FOR THE MICAL - AND HIGH-TECH COMPANY, TIDAL - STAR, BUT HER MAIN JOB IS TO - LEAD THE COMPANY'S COMMUNIST - PARTY COMMITTEE. - SHE OWS OFF HER PARTY AWARDS. - >> ( translat): THIS IS FOR - ONE OF THE SERVICE BRANDS WE - ACQUIRED BEING IN THE TOP TEN OF - ALL SERVICE BRANDS. - >> Schifrin: EMPLOYEES MEET IN - TIDAL STAR'S PARTY ROOM, WHEREAR - XI JINPING THOUGHT ITEN ON - THE WALL, AND HONG ENSURES THIS - PRIVATE COMPANY ADHERES TO PARTY - TEACHING. - N ( translated ): TODAY WE'RE - GOING TO STUDY ATICLE. - PLEASE OPEN THE APP, "STUDY XI, - STRENGTHEN CHINA." U - >> SchifriER XI, THE - PARTY'S PRIMACY HAS INCREASED, - AND TARGETED THE YOUNGEST PARTY - MEMBERS. - EMPLOYEES ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE

- COMPANY TO USE THE "STUDY XI - STRENGTHEN CHINA" APP TO READ - ABOUT XI AND PARTY LEADE, AND - KE QUIZZES. - AND HONG ENSURES THE COMPANY'SVI - ON ALIGNS WITH THE PARTY'S. - >> ( translated ): IT NOT ONLY - LEADS OUR COMPANY IN LONG-TERMPM - DEVET, THE APP OFFERS OUR - COMPANY INSPIRATION. - >> Schifrin: FOR A WHILE, - THAT INSPIRATION CAME FROM - XI HIMSELF. - LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A PRIMETIME - TV SHOW "STUDYG XI IN THE NEW - A." - A ROBOT FROM A FUTURE, - REJUVENATED CHINA CHAL - ALNTESTANTS ON HOW MUCH XI - JINPING THOUGHT THEY CAN - MEMORIZE. - ( QUIZ SHOW IN MANDARIN ) - THE CULT OF XI HAS INCLUDED - IN CITYDA POSTE - STREETS, SUBURBAN VILLAGES ANDUB - RURAL ROADS. - AND, STATE MEDIA HAS CALLED HIM - HIM XI DADA, OR FATHER XI, A - POPULIST WHO EATS LIKE THE - PEOPLE AND CARES ABOUT THE - COMMON WORKER. - XI CALLS HIMSELF "CORE LEADER," - JUST LIKE MAO. - XI'S TRAVELS RECREATE MAO'S - COUNTRYSIDE VISITS.

- BLIS YEAR, THE CULT OF XI HAS - BECOME LESS VISI - BOOKSTORE, "XI JINHOUGHT," - THE BOOK, HAS PRIDE OF PLACE. - DESPITE - NEARBY, BOOKSTORE MANAGER QIN - HUI SAYS XI'S BOOKS ARE BEST- - SELLERS. - >> ( translated ): BECAUSE WE'RE - ENTERING THINEW ERA OF - DEVELOPMENT, GENERAL SECRETARY - XI'S THOUGHT POINTS A DIRECTION - FOR OUR FURE. - SO WE HAVE TO SERIOUSLY STUDY - THE SPIRIT OF GENERAL SECRETARY - XI'S SPEECHES. - >> Schifrin: BUT FLY 1,200 MIL - SOUTH OF BEIJING, AND HUNDREDS - OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE REJECT XI - JINPING THOUGHT, AND EVERYTHING - IT STANDS FOR. - XI JINPING'S CRITICS SAY HE'S - NOT ONLY SPREADING HIS OWN - IDEAS-- HE'S CLOSING THE SPACE - FOR ANYONE ELSE'S IDEAS, BOTH IN - MAINLAND CHINA, AND HERE IN HO - KONG, WHERE THESE PROTRS - SAY, THEY FEEL LIKE THE CITY'S - INDEPENDENCE IS BEING ERODED. - ON ANDFF FOR MONTHS, HONG KONG - POLICE HAVE CLASHED WITH - PROTESTORS, AND MANY OF THE - PROTESTORS CONNECT THE CRACKDOWN

- IN HONG KONG TO THE RESTRICTION - OF RIGHTS IN MAINLAND CHINA. - >> ( translated ): HOW CAN WE - EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE - PARTY IS TRYING TO BAN ALL HUMAN - RIGHTS AND FREED IN CHINA? - CHANTING IN CANTONESE ) - >> Schifrin: LEE CHEUK YAN IS A - FORMER HONG KONG LEGISLATOREN - WHO'S IGHTING FOR - DEMOCRACY FOR DECADES. - HE'S PROTEED HALF A DOZEN - CHINESE LEADERS, BUT SAYS XI - JINPING IS THE MOST OPPRESSIVE. - >> XI JINPING BEGAN TO BE EVEN - MORE AGGRESSIVE IN SUPPRESSION. - THEY BANNED THE UNIVER - PROFESSOR FROM TEACHING ABOUT - HUMAN RIGHTS, UNIVERSAL VALUES,A - YOU KNOW, AND HE IS TRYING TO, - YOKNOW, BUILD UP HIS OWN - CHINESE DREAM, WHICH IS A TOTAL - E.NTROL OF PEO - >> Schifrin: UNDER XI, MORE THAN - A MILLION MUSLIM UYGHURS HAVE - BEEN DETAINED IN CAM.AMPS - XI'S CHINA HAS CREATED A NETWORK - OF MORE THAN 200 MILLION - SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. - AND BEIJING POSTERS ON THE - STREETS OF BEIJING WARN THE

- PUBLIC TO PROTECT NATIONAL - SECRETS.AT - HE PARTY SAYS IS THAT THIS - IS FOR THE STRENGTH OF CHINA, - THAT IF THE PARTY WERE TO - , THE COUNTRY WOULD WEAK - >> YEAH, THEY ARE CHAOS. - BRAINWASHING THE PEOPLE THAT, - PARTY, THERE WOULDAOS.MMUNIST - SO WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY? - IF YOU HAVE DEMOCRACY, THEN - THERE WILL BE CHAOS? - WE BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY, BUT - THEY BELIEVE IN SUPPRESSION.ION. - >> Schifrin: INSIDE MAINLAND - LINGCH FEW CRITICS ARE W - TOTHAT LANGUAGE IN PUBLIC. - ZHANG LIFAN IS A HISTORIAN WHO'S - MADE PUBLIC APPEARANCES, BUTE - SAYS SURVEILLANCE HAS INCREASED. - SO, WE MET HIM IN THE ONLY PLACE - OURFELT COMFORTABLE: INSID - HOTEL ROOM. - HE WOULDN'T USXI JINPING'S - NAME. - >> ( translated ): BECAUSE THE - COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA IS - UNCHECKED, CRUPTION IS - WIDESPREAD WITHIN THE SYSTEM. - SO IF HE WANTS TO GET RID OF - OPPONENTS, HE CASILY DO SO - BY FINDING EVIDENCE OF THEIR - CORRUPTION. - THEREFORE, HE WAS ABLE TO PURGE - MANY POLITICAL OPPONENTS WITH AN - UNSTOPBLE FORCE. - >> Schifrin: LIFAN SAYS XI'S

- EYES ARE EVERYWHERE. - LAWYERS O HAVE REPRESENTED - ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN DISBARRED. - JOURNALISTS WHO WRITE CRITICALLY - HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT OF THE - COUNTR - AND, AS PART OF AN ANTI- - CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN, TWO MILLION - PARTY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN - INVESTIGATED FOR CORRUPTION. - XI HAS REPLACED COLLECTIVECE - LEADERSHIP WITRALIZED - AUTHORITY. - >> ( translated ): THE CURRENT - LEADER HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING. - HE FIRST CANCELED THE TERM LIMIT - OFNDHE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENCY,RE - THEN RE-RAISED THE IDEA THAT THE - PARTY LEADS EVERYTHING. - AS A RESULT, SOME OF T - ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE POLITICAL - REFORMS OF THE 1980s NO LONGER - EXIST. - >> Schifrin: XI'S REVERSING - THOSE REFORMS, LAUNCHED BY - PREDECESSOR DENG XIOPIANG, IS A - TOPIC EVENI'S ALLIES AVOID. - DENG TALKED ABOUT THAT THERE - SHOULDN'T EXCESSIVE - CONCENTRATION OF LEADERSHIP BY - ONE PERSON. - XI HAS REMOVED TERM LIMITS. - WHY HAS HE DONE THAT? - PROBLEM YET.ted ): THIS IS NOT A - NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO TALK ABOUT - >> Schifrin: WHY ARE THE - COUNTRY'S NEED IS SO GREAT THAT

- XI JINPING NEEDS MORE TIME?tr - >> ( slated ): IT'S NOT THE - TIME TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. - >> Schifrin: AND THEN, HE SAYS - MINDER:OFF-CAMERA GOVERNMENT - >> ( translated ): THIS IS A - VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE. - >> Schifrin: XI AND CHINA FACE - AHEADWINDS,OTH HOME ANDOAD. - BUT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN - MODERN HISTORY, THE U.S. IS - CONFRONTED WITH AN INCREASINGLY - ASSERTIVE RISING SUPERPOWER - THAT'S INTEGRATED WITH THE U.S. - ECONOMY..S - AND AS THE U.S. PUTS AMERICA - BELIEVES THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD - HAS CHINA AT THE CENTER.R - THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M NICK - SCHIFRIN IN BEIJING.FR - >> Woodruff: ALL THIS WEEK, - WORLD LEADERS ARE GATHERED IN - NEW YORK FOR THE ANNUAL UNITED - NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY. - AT HIS SPEECH THIS WEEK, - PRESIDENT TRUMP REITERATED HIS - POSITION THAT NORTH KOREA COULD - ACHIEVE ECONOMIC GREATNESS, IF

- IT'INS WITO GIVE UP ITSIV - NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. - WILLIAM BRANGHAM GETS A VIEW OF - WHAT PROGRESS-- IF ANY-- IS - BEING MADE ON THAT FRONT, FROM - SOUTH KOREA'S FOREIGN MINISTER. - KIM JONG-UN HAVE HAD TWO SUMMITS - AND ONE HISTORIC HANHAKE-- BUT - NOT MUCH ELSE. - THE NORTH KOREANS SPENT THEMM - TESTING SHORT RANGE - MISSILES, WHILE NUCLEAR TALKS - APPEARED SHELVED. - BUT, IN RECENT DAYS, U.S. ANIS - SO HOW DOES OOK FROM SOUTH - KOREA? - FOR THAT, I'M JOINED BY FOREIGN - MINISTER KANG KYUNG-WHA. - SHE JOINS ME FROM NEW YORK.NI - FOREIGN ER, THANK YOU SO - MUCH FOR BEING HERE. - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CONTINUED TT - TRY TO BROKER THIS GRAND DEAL - WITH NORTH KOREA. - THEY'VE HAD THREE MEE TINGS THUS - FATS OF PAGEANTRY BUT NOT - VERY MUCH SUBSTANCE. - DO YOU THINK THE NORTH KOREANS - DO WANTHT TO SIGN A NUCLEAR DEA? - >> WELL, I THINK -- FIRST OF - ALL, TMENK YOU FOR HAVIN --

- BUT THE SUMMITS, I THINK, BEYOND - THE PAGEANTRY, THERE'S THE - COURSE, THAT IT BUILDS ANDF - MAINTAINS THE TRUST BETWEEN THE - TOP LEADERS OF THE TWO - COUNTRIES. - I THINK THE NORTH KOREAN - COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE THE - DEAL IS TO REACH A - THERE. - THEIR RENT PUBLIC MESSAGINGS - HAVE CONFIRMED THAT, SO WE VERY - MUCH EXPECT THE WORKING LEVEL - DISCUSSIONS TO RESUME FROM WHERH - GS WERE LEFT OFF IN HANOI AT - THE END OF FAREB - SO I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP'S - MESSAGING ALSO CONFIRM THE - READINESS ON THE SIDE OF THE - UNITED STATES TO PICK UP WHRE - THINGS WERLEFT OFF IN HANOI, - AND WE EXPECT, BECAUSE HANOI - DIDN'T END IN AGREEMENT, BUT I - THINK THE G LVER LINTO THAT - WAS THE TWO SIDES CAME OUT OF IT - WITH A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING - ON THE EXEC TAKES ON THE OTHERE - SIDE OF AISLE, SO THAT WHENTH

- NEGOTIATIONS RESUME, THERE - QUICK PROGRESS ON ALL - THREE, FOUR TRACKS OF THE - AGREEMENT THAT WAS REACHED IN - MIEIR FIRST SUMMEETING IN - SINGAPORE IN JUNE LAST YEAR. - >> Reporter: I HEAR THE - OPTIMISM THAT YOU'RE CONVEYING - THERE, BUINTHE NORTH KOREANS - HAVE BEEN QUITE FIRTHAT THEY - WANT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS OFF, - THEN THEY WILL BE WILLING TO - MAKE MOVES ON THEIR NUCLEAR - WEAPONS PROGRAM. - THE UNITED STATES WANTS THATNTS - ORDER REVERSED. - WEAPONS PROGRAMS, THENON THE - SANCTIONS. - DO YOU SEE A WAY THAT THOSE TWO - COMPETING THREADS CAN BE MARRIED - TOTHER? - >> I THINK THAT'S THE KEY AND I - THINK, THEREFORE, THINGS HAVE TO - MOVE IN PARALLEL SIMULTANEOUSLY, - AND THAT'S ALSO EBAS - AGREEMENT OF SINGAPORE, YOU - KNOW, TOSTART BUILDING --

- IMPROVE RELNSATETWEEN THE - TWO SIDES, TO START WORKING - TOWARDS A PEACE REGIME ON THE - KOREAN PENINSULA AND THE - NORTH KOAN COMMITMENT - NUCLEARIZATION, AND I THINK - THE U.S. SIDE IS COMMITTED T - MOVING SIMULTANEOUSLY ON ALL - THREE TRACKS, THE FOURH TRACK - HAVING BEEN THE EXCAVATION OF - E REMAINS -- M.I.A. REMAINS - IN -- THAT ARE IN THE HANDS OF - NORT KOREA, THAT HASKEN - PLACE. - WE EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE TO - TAKE PLACE, AS WELL. - SO THE FOURTH PILLAR BEIRTNG THE - CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES. - BUT WE, OF COURSE, WORK IN VERYS - CONSULTATIONS WITH THE - U.S., AND OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH - OUR U.S. COLLEAGUES INDICATE - THAT TH READINESS TO MOVE ON - ALL FOUR ACKS. - >> Reporter: IS IT YOUR SENSE - THAT THERE IOAMMONLY - UNDERSTOOD DEFINITION OF WHAT - NS?UCLEARIZATION ACTUALLY MEA - BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE HAD - MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF

- WHAT THAT MEANS. - DOES IT MEAN THAT NORTH KOREA - GIVES UP APR WEAPONRAM BUT - STILL MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE - NUCLEAR POWER FOR ELECTRICITY? - WOULD THAT BE ACCTAE, DO YOU - THINK? - >> WELL, I THINK THELE CONCEPTS, - THE GOAL IS VERY EAR, FOR US, - R THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, FOR - KOREA, THE CONCEPT OF - DENUCLEARIZATION IS SPELLED OUT - IN A JOINT AGREEMENT BETWEEND - SOUTH KOREA ORTH KOREA - DATED BACK INTO 1993. - WE'VE LIVED UP T OUR POINT. - THAT GOAL, HOW TO REACH THATO - OBJECTIVE, AND I THINK - NORTH KOREA CLEARLY HAS A - DIFFERENT IDEA OF HOW TO -- HOW - I WANT TO REACH THAT AL, BUT - IT HAS COMMITTED REPEATEDLY FROM - THE TOP LEADER HIMSELF TO THAT - GOAL OF COMPLETE - DENUCLEARIZATI, AND, SO, THE

- TASK IS THEN TO SPELL OUT AOAD - MAP WHEREBY WE COULD REACH THAT - GOAL. - >> Reporter: I WOULDLIKE TO - TURN TO THE ISSUE OF THE - SEEMINGLY WORSENING RELATIONSHIP - BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN - WE'VE SEEN THAT THIS IS OVER - SEVERAL ISSUES, ONE ABOUT THE - FORCED LABOR THAT OCCURRED - DURING WORLD WAR II, ANOTHER HAS - MOVED TOWARDS THE DEBATE OVER - EXPORT CONTROLS. - DO YOU THINK THAT THIS RIFT CAN - BE HEALED? - IT SEE IT'S GEING WORSE - EVERY DAY. - >> WELL, HISTORY CASTS A LONG - SHADOW, AS I ALWAYS SAY, AND -- - BUT WE ARE ALSO VERY CLOSE - NEIGORS TAT HAVE BUILT VERY - INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONS OVER - THE PAST SEVEN DECADES. - BEING AN OPTIMIST, AS YOU NOTE, - BUT ALSO BEING TH FOREIGN - MINISTER OF MY COUNTRY, YOU - KNOW, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO - RESOLVING THE ISSUES THROUGH

- DIALOGUE, GOOD FAITH, HON - DIALOGUE. - I HAD MY FIRST MEETING WI THE - NEW FOREIGN MINISTER OF JAAN, - AND MY COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO - WORK WITH HIM AND HIS TEAM ON - ALL OFTHSE DIFFICULT TRACKS - REMAINS VERY STRONG. - I THINK THE ISSUEF THE FORCED - LABOR IS CLARIFIED IN OUR COURT - JUDGMENOF LATE LAST YEAR, OUR - SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT ON THE - SURCED LABOR ISAND, YES, - AUSE WEUE BEC - HAVE DIFFERENT RECOLLECTIONS, - DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE WANT - TO APPROACH THE PAST.DE - BUT THE TR RESTRICTIONME - URES WERE FOR US CLEARLY - UNACCEPTABLE AND RETALIATORY. - T WE ARE COMMITTED TO FINDING - A WAY THROUGH THIS VERY - DIFFICULT SITUATION THROU - CONTINUED DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT. - >> Reporter: FOREI MINISTEREI - KANG KYUNG-WHA, THANK YOU VERY - MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

- >> THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: AND THANK YOU, - WILLIAM. - AND THAT IS THE NEWSHOUR FOR - TONIGHT. - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - JOIN US ONLINE, AND AGAIN HERE - TOMORROW EVENING. - FOR ALL OF US AT THE - PBS NEWSHOUR, THANK YOU, AND - WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY: - >> BNSF RAILWAY. - >> CONSUMER CELLULAR. - >> FINANAL SERVICES FIRMME - RAYMOND - TO A QIOA. - HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP.

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