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pit and with the ongoing cyst -- the ongoing support of these institutions. ♪ this program is made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. ukraine is reeling tonight from the deadliest russian strike in weeks. it comes at a critical point in this more than two-year-old war. first a congressional aid package for ukraine is -- you, israel and taiwan a key step forward today potentially putting the house speaker's job in greater jeopardy. geoff: the senate began and quickly ended the first ever impeachment trial of a sitting cabinet official for homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. lisa desjardins was there for in joins us now. lots to unpack, lots to discuss. take us through what happened in the senate chamber today.

>> it was never going to be a surprise how this ended. he was not going to be convicted. that was nothing question here. it was a question of how and hear the senate decided on a party-line vote the articles themselves were unconstitutional. let me take you through this. tender schumer offered at the beginning to have some debate time. that is what republicans wanted at the least and votes on procedural ideas. republicans including senator mike lee of utah and others objected. they want a full trial or nothing. schumer outgained them and said you rejected my offer. going to move straight to votes on whether these articles of impeachment are constitutional. he knew he had the votes to declare them so. reminding people i'm going to look at those articles. when you're talking about them being unconstitutional, what are they? those are the two articles we have talked about. refusal to comply with the law. public and say he allowed the border to be unsecured. second, breach of trust. . the idea he lied to congress about that. the lie to congress was the idea

the border itself was secure or not. all of that was declared unconstitutional because the vote was those are not high crimes or misdemeanors. this ended on the senate floor with back over whether or not a trial should happen. >> it is beneath the dignity of the senate to entertain this nakedly partisan exercise. one that both conservative and liberal legal scholars agree fails to meet the high standard demanded by impeachment. so i will say again, impeachment should never, never be used to settle policy disagreements. >> senator schumer said in 2020 fair trial has witnesses. a fair trial has relevant documents as part of the record. a fair trail seeks the truth. nothing more. nothing less. i will not assist senator schumer in setting our constitution ablaze. >> we spoke about game theory.

today senator schumer played chess and he put republicans in a position where they could not get to do what they wanted to do. >> has this ever happened before? a senate impeachment trial dismissed on constitutional grounds. >> that is the right question. i asked the senate historian's office and they told me they could not answer because what happened today was so complicated they were still getting their hands around it. senate democrats said they don't know of any time this happened before. i will say the reason this whole thing is on resident it is because of a man who was the secretary of war in 1876. he was the first cabinet secretary impeached but he resigned before he was impeached and before he ultimately was forced to leave office. >> what precedent does this set for future congresses? >> this is why we are talking about this at length. the senate and process determines policy. . we have seen that with the supreme court. we have seen that in the future with what happens in the next senate. in this case when you're talking

to conservative and liberal experts, they are concerned for different reasons about the way things went. when you talk to conservatives, they say mayorkas was someone accused of a serious crime come along to congress. we talked about why liberal say that is wrong. they say that is something that should have been tried and heard in the senate. >> if they like to congress as mayorkas has done arguably on several occasions when he says the border is secure or people who were found to have no right to remain are going to be removed, and when they have mismanaged the portfolio to such an extreme extent they are causing significant harm to the people, that is the only mechanism congress has to remove them from office. >> talk to folks who have expensed impeachment, they say that is nonsense and these articles themselves are what was dangerous. >> rather than alleging any kind of misconduct or malfeasance secretary mayorkas, they amount

to an incredibly wide-ranging policy disagreements over how this administration has handled immigration. for centuries, it has been understood by scholars of every political persuasion you cannot impeach on that basis. >> the question is how much of a political weapon will impeachment be. secretary america sent a statement saying this proves there was no evidence pit >> let's talk about the other chamber, the house chamber. the house speaker, has he made more decisions about how he is going to bring the foreign aid package to the floor? >> we were waiting for the bill text and he did put out text today. let me catch everyone back up to speed with where we are on these important foreign aid bills. we have separate bills for ukraine, israel and the indo pacific. . the text of the bills is out. there was a fourth bill about tiktok and there should be means to pay for the foreign aid. i have not seen that text yet. it could come anytime. today the speaker announced there will be a fifth bill on border security.

there is no question this is to appease conservatives who said why can we vote for eight on other countries but not our own. speaker johnson trying to work his conference to get those votes. all of this is going to come to a head saturday. . that is when the speaker says to his conference they should expect votes on this. >> does he have the votes on these bills and to keep his job? >> it is a nailbiter. it is not clear on either one. some surprising voices have been moving toward the fence like chip roy of texas. somebody who did not want to talk about motion to vacate today indicated he may be open to it. he is very unhappy with the speaker. the first big test could come as soon as tomorrow or friday when they vote on the first procedural motion. will democrats help the speaker? we are having this conversation over and over but so much about the ability of our own government to function and ukraine to survive hinges on all of this. >> our thanks to you and our congressional team. we appreciate it.

>> you are welcome . ♪ >> in the days other headlines, president biden is calling for sharply higher tariffs on chinese metal products. during a campaign stop in pittsburgh, he proposed tripling tariffs on chinese steel and aluminum. the president says he is trying to protect american manufacturers from a flood of cheap imports. >> the prices are unfairly low because chinese still companies don't need to worry about making a profit. they are not competing. they are teaching. -- they are cheating. we have seen the damage in america. >> the president also said today u.s. steel should remain a quote totally american company. the japanese from the pond still has bid more than 40 mullion dollars in deal the president has opposed. the navy flew a patrol aircraft

over the taiwan strait a day after u.s. and chinese defense chiefs held talks for the first time since 2022. china claims it has jurisdiction over the straight which runs west of taiwan. the u.s. says it is an international waterway. the american fleet said the mission quote demonstrates the united states commitment to a free and open indo pacific. china scrambled fido jets -- scribbled fighter jets to monitor the plane's passage. the biden administration is be imposing sanctions on venezuela's oil sector. the united states had granted nicolas maduro's government relief in october after it agreed to hold free and fair elections this year. today the u.s. to state department criticized him saying his government had quote harassed and intimidated political opponents and unjustly detained numerous political actors and members of civil society. presidential elections are scheduled for july 28. dubai is drying out after the

heaviest rainfall the united arab emirates has ever recorded. streets were still flooded after more than a years worth of rain fell on the desert nation in 24 hours. flights were grounded at dubai international airport. the world's busiest. passengers filmed their tarmac completely swamped by the dilution. the united agents -- and had nation's agency for palestinian river g says is really forces abuse some of its staff and other people held in gaza. in a report out today, detailed accounts of detainees being beaten, attacked by dogs and deprived of food and water. the state department called for answers at a press briefing today. >> we are deeply concerned by these reports and we will continue to press and engage directly with our israeli partners on the need for a full investigation into these allegations and accountability for any perpetrators. >> israel's military has long maintained it acts in accordance with international law.

it did not request -- it did not respond to a request for comment. we in morris former -- myanmar's former leader. has been moved to house arrest the country's military government cited health reasons for the transfer as the country enters a severe heat wave. she is serving a 27 year sentence for a variety of criminal convictions. supporters say the charges were made up. the justice department has agreed to pay 100 land dollars to dozens of larry nasser's victims. the settlement was first reported by the wall street journal. it is meant to address the fbi's failure to take accusations of sexual abuse against the former team usa gymnastics dr. seriously. the total amount paid out from the scandal tops $1 billion. actor hugh grant says he has received an enormous sum from a british tabloid to settle a lawsuit over illegal spying. the actor has accused the sun newspaper of tapping into his home and breaking -- tapping into his phone and breaking into his home.

he appeared at high court amid a long-running legal battle over hacking claims. the sun's parent company denied any wrongdoing. eli lilly says the weight lost drug will help patients with sleep apnea. the pharmaceutical giant cited two studies that showed the drug but irregular breathing episodes by up to 63%. sleep apnea affects some 20 million americans. the trial adds to growing evidence popular drugs like it have medical benefits beyond their primary purposes. on wall street, stocks slipped across the board. the dow jones industrial average lost 45 points to close at 37,753. the nasdaq dropped for the fourth straight session losing 181 points. the s&p 500 slid 29 points. former u.s. senator in florida governor bob graham has died. . the miami native came to national attention as chairman of the senate intelligence committee following the

september 11 terrorist attacks. he was an early critic of the war in iraq that followed. he served three terms in the senate and made an unsuccessful bid for the 2004 democratic residential nomination. bob graham was 87 years old. still to come on the newshour, the president of columbia university's grilled by the house committee investigating rising anti-semitism on college campuses. our one-on-one with iraq's prime minister on his country's partnership with the u.s. and escalating tensions in the middle east. and a whistleblower testifies he warned boling about safety issues in the assembly of the 787 dreamliner jet. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at the arizona state university. >> another deadly russian strike in ukraine today killed at least 17 people and injured many more

less than 100 miles from the capital city of kyiv. amna continues her reporting from ukraine and joins us from kyiv. what more do we know about today's strike? amna: officials say three russian cruise missiles hit the center of the northern town today. that sits just about 65 miles from the russian border and the strike occurred just after 9:00 this morning at a very busy time in the city center. multiple residential buildings were hit we are told educational facility was damaged as well as a hospital. this video from inside the hospital during the attack shows the moment the strike came down. people dropping to the ground as class shutters around the. 17 people confirmed dead so far. at least 61 injured. that includes three children and officials warned those numbers could rise because they're still pit be people buried underneath the rubble. those figures do make this the deadliest russian strike in ukraine in weeks.

geoff: we know russia has been intensifying its airstrikes in recent weeks. ukrainian president zelenskyy has been requesting more air defense support from the u.s. and western allies. what did you hear from him today? amna: president zelenskyy was blunt in his assessment directly linking the lack of that additional aid to the death toll today. here is what he said in part. . he said this would not have happened if ukraine had received sufficient air defense and if the world had been determined enough to counter russian terror. he has as you mentioned been calling for u.s. lawmakers to move forward with additional u.s. aid in congress have been holding up for more than six months and president zelenskyy was just in the city a couple weeks ago underscoring how crucial it is to be protecting these border cities with russia. got a frontline view of what life is like in one of those cities. we went to a northern city that sits just 19 miles from the russian border. it is ukraine's second largest city. it has been hit consistently and

relentlessly since the russian full-scale invasion over two years ago. officials and residents tell us those attacks have been ramping up in recent weeks. as you walk around, the city landscape is peppered with piles of debris and damaged buildings and rubble and boarded up windows. . even now, there are russian aerial bombs, modified missiles and there are drones. because of the proximity to the russian border, the time it takes from some thing to leave a lunch site in russia and hit the ground can be less than one minute. even during our time on the ground today, there were multiple air alerts, sirens and that was just over the course of a single day. geoff: after more than two years, however residents very -- residents faring? amna: the cube let's have toles started to take hold. we heard that from a young woman we met who is 20 years old. she has lived in kharkiv her whole life. many, they fled after the

russian invasion and the initial bombardment. they went to western ukraine. but after a few months she came back. when i asked her why, she said she missed her home she also said if she had to be considering whether she was going to live or die each day, she would rather do it in a place she knew and loved. she told us a little about what she called this new normal of living in this border city. here is what she said. >> you wake up. you read news. another bombarded plant. 10 people are dead to it is -- 10 people are dead. it is really depressing to know it is happening right now right here. amna: the fabric of everyday life in kharkiv and cities like it is afraid right now. there are not just the threats of life they have to cope with. . an official told me at this point in the war, russian forces

have targeted every single piece of their infrastructure. that includes electrical and water and tv and radio and mobile lines. they are enrolling blackouts because whole of their power plants have been hit. they like the air defenses to actually protect them. the new wrinkle is the growing concern in the coming weeks or months ahead there could be a potential for russian forces to launch a ground invasion into kharkiv. that is what residents are worried about right now. geoff: our team tonight in kyiv. thank you. ♪ today the british and german foreign ministers visited israel and urged the government to show restraint. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said only israel will decide how to respond to last weekend's unprecedented iranian missile and drone attack.

israeli officials have indicated they will respond. nick schifrin speaks to experts about what that action might look like and how it will affect the region. >> for decades israel and iran have fought one another in the shadows and through proxies until saturday night when iran launched the first ever state on state attack between these two countries with more than 300 missiles and drones flown from iran toward israel. that attack was a response to an israeli strike in damascus that killed senior iranian commanders. what will israel do next and what -- and what my iran do in response? we have two views. eric edelman served as u.s. ambassador. he is at the center for strategic and budgetary assessments, a research institute. and a special advisor in the state department during the obama administration. now a professor at the johns hopkins school of advanced and international studies.

thanks very much. welcome both of you back to the newshour. let me start with you. . as jeff just said, this attack by iran was unprecedented. do you expect israel to retaliate in a significant kind of way and should they? >> i think israel has no choice but to respond. this was unprecedented but the scale of this attack is what is breathtaking. very large attack with ballistic crews missiles and uavs meant to overwhelm israel's layered air defenses. i think it is impossible for israel not to strike back in some way but israel is in a quandary. part of its success in inflicting a humiliating defeat on what is one of the main tools of coercion available to the iranian regime was through the work of its allies including the u.s. coordinating a lot of

efforts with centcom, the u.k., france and arab partners. israel does not want to alienate them. the calls for restraint are clearly having an impact. the israeli war cabinet has met four times trying to determine how to respond to it is a difficult decision. > is that how you see this strike? breathtaking scale designed to overwhelm israeli and allied defenses? >> i think eric's analysis is correct. what we have been seeing is the rules of the game have been significantly shifting with every attack and counterattack. israel hitting the consulate in damascus was viewed by iran as a new red line that israel crossed. iran's attack on israel is significant not only in terms of the number of missiles that were used but it was also launched

from iranian territory. it was done in a brazen way and the doctrine that went with it is from now on if you attack iran, we attack you directly. how israel responds to this and i agree with eric both for domestic political reasons and strategic reasons it is difficult to see a scenario in which israel would not react. it could also cross another red line. we are in an escalatory cycle where the rules of the shadow war are no longer holding and with each of these attacks may be crossing a new rubicon and that can open -- end up in an open conflict. >> there are people in israel including inside the war cabinet arguing for a much more robust and immediate response. they argue anything short of a direct military strike by israel on iran will allow iran to have reset the terms and prevent israel from creating their own .

-- their own new line. >> i think israel has many tools at its disposal. none of the things i think is at asymmetry here is one of the -- as the complex defense israel has available is not something iran has. israel has lots of ways including non-connecticut ways -- non-kinetic ways to impose real cost on the iranian regime that does reset iranian deterrence without actually getting into the escalatory spiral which i agree is a possibility. but right now, i think this was -- should be a very disturbing defeat from the iranian regime. the fact that they are concerned about it has been demonstrated by the crackdown on domestic dissent we have seen in the last

48, 72 hours and right now, it is not even clear they could launch a second volley since they may have used up a lot of their medium-range listed missiles in the first go round and the failure rate may have been as high as 50%. if you're sitting in tehran, i think you may be more worried about an ethical tour cycle than israel is. >> two u.s. officials did confirm to me the philly rate was 50% in terms of what the meaning government is saying, they could go bigger next time and the president said even a small attack by israel on iran would yield a larger strike on israel. is that bluster or is that real? >> i think it is both. definitely there is bluster but there is also very tough rhetoric to dissuade israel from doing something that would force the iranians to escalate. i would say the ambiguities that

exist here, what can the iranians do? how afraid are they? would they react? at what level they would react is why israel is pondering its response and why you have two foreign ministers visiting israel to ask israel to restrain itself. partly this is not entirely a military issue to a question of what phil rate israel -- of what phil rate israel's missiles had. but the way in which this crisis over the last 10 days impacted global markets, impacted psychologically israel economically but also the way in which the united states and europe reacted to the urgency of the situation does give iran a certain leverage. once israel attacks iran, don't know when iran may react but we may go through another 10 or 15 days of the same think. if israel reacts to iran's reaction, israel and iran are no

longer the only two parties affected by this crisis. . the global economy, the arab governments surrounding, europe and the united states are affected and they are worried. that is a factor playing as well. >> the u.s. is trying to urge israel not to strike back at all and they are urging sanctions internationally. they are talking about the air defense coalition expanded. could that reassure israel not to strike? >> i think that what i have heard from u.s. officials is they expect there will be some retaliation by israel. exactly how it goes i think nobody knows right now. there has been some hesitation on the israeli side about how far to go. i think you're going to see some response. >> does that necessarily mean exactly what you are worried about? another round and more weeks of

concern for the whole region. >> it depends on what the nature of the response is. we see all these european diplomats, u.s. through back channels, arab diplomats find their attention to tehran to try to preach the same thing to the iranians not to react to the israeli attack. >> thanks very much to you both. >> thank you. ♪ >> when presidents of several top ivy league schools testified about anti-semitism on their campuses this past winter, the president of columbia university was traveling and did not attend. today, it was her turn to appear before the committee. she strongly denounced anti-semitism and hate speech. as lara baran lopez reports, some members of the committee felt she had not done nearly enough. >> that you, but i'm chairwoman.

>> from the outset, the colombian president tried to persuade lawmakers the university is being more aggressive about combating anti-semitism. >> columbia strives to be a committee free of disconnection and hate. we condemn the anti-semitism that is so pervasive today. anti-semitism has no place on our campus. i am personally committed to doing every thing i can to confront it directly. >> she and other columbia officials who testified before congress angled in the cochairs of the board of trustees said they were not yet testified with the situation on campus. she said the school has taken some action. suspending 15 students and disciplining a handful of professors. lawmakers particularly republicans grilled her on the university's response and whether it had adequately punished those who made anti-semitic statements. regina fox is the committee chair. >> how can we be confident that

you will restore order and a safe learning environment if it took you months to send warning letters? >> i have no hesitation in enforcing our policies. when i first started at columbia, our policies, or systems and our enforcement mechanisms were not up to the skill of this challenge. they were designed for a very different world. >> lawmakers focus much of their questioning on the employment of a tenured professor and department of deletion, south asian and african studies. he first came under fire after publishing an article on october 8 in which he described scenes of hamas's attack as quote awesome and astonishing which were seen as many -- seen by many as glorified violence. he told the near times his article was being distorted. he is one of several factor to do several faculty were dissipated in a protest on campus in support of gaza. tim walberg is a republican from michigan.

>> do you stand behind the professor ever meaning chair of the academic review committee giving his support for terrorism and her rushing your students. >> i went to confirm when faculty behave in any tory faculty -- in any is given a tory faculty. >> is he out of the classroom? >> to answer your question he is no longer a chair of that committee and does not have a leadership role. >> as the hearing continued, she said she was not sure of that. finally after repeated questioning, she seemed to commit to removing him as chair of an academic review committee. she also said several faculty were removed from the classroom and confirmed one professor was fired for allegedly posting support for hamas. others focus their questioning on the jewish student experience including republican lawmaker clarence burgess owen. >> the statement from a jewish student. it is impossible to exist as a jewish student without running

face first into anti-semitism everyday. hatred is so deeply embedded into the campus culture it is becoming casual among students faculty and neglected by administered. you agree with this statement? >> i have met those students and heard those words in the listening sessions i have been holding. a believe in leadership by prisons and walking around -- my presence and walking around. i have listened to the student and it has distressed me usually. > the grilling echoed a hearing held by the same committee in december when the president of harvard, the university of pennsylvania and the massachusetts institute of technology were heavily criticized for their answers on questions about genocide. since then, harvard's president and university of pennsylvania's president have resigned. on columbia's campus, allegations include the beating of an israeli student with a stick by a former undergraduate who was seen ripping down posters of israeli hostages. multiple students reported being cursed at for being jewish.

columbia cracked down on demonstrations deferring to a newly created task force on anti-semitism. david shows her, cochair of the task force appeared before the committee today. >> the problem is there and it is not yet fixed. i will say our first step was to look at rules for protest and i am grateful our responses have been taken so seriously. the university is in preventing all of our recommendations. we are only just getting started. >> pro-palestinian students at columbia have also been targeted including a docks and campaign whether identities were published online and circulate it on a truck around campus. students for justice in palestine, the most prominent nationwide pro-palestinian campus group has been suspended from at least four universities including columbia, brandeis, george washington and bueckers. other campuses are also still reeling from the fallout from the overseas conflict. this week the university of southern california canceled a planned graduation speech from a

valedictorian's and it was due to safety concerns. the backlash was immediate with some claiming her pro-palestinian social media posting was the reason for the cancellation. the house committee is planning to hold a similar hearing next month, this time: for the school administrators from california, new york and maryland. for the pbs newshour, laura baran lopez. ♪ >> the iraqi prime minister is in washington this week, a trip that was scheduled before the iranian attack over the weekend that sent hundreds of drones and missiles toward israel. the sharp increase in mideast tensions has become a focus of his visit which we discussed in a wide-ranging interview today. but first, a look at what else is on his agenda including the future of u.s.-iraq security

cooperation and improving iraq's economy. iraq's prime minister kicked off his washington visit at the white house meeting with president biden on monday to discuss the status of u.s. forces in iraq as well as expanding economic and to plummet to. -- economic and dip a medic ties. >> we have seen over the last decade as our troops have served side-by-side to help defeat isis. . we have seen in our strategic framework agreement as well. >> the meeting was overshadowed by iran's drone and missile attacks on israel this past weekend. he called for restraint to avoid an escalation of the conflict. >> we encourage all the efforts about stopping the expansion of the area of conflict, especially the latest development and we encourage all for restraints for the safety and security of the region. >> while in washington the prime minister is hoping to boost u.s. investment and iraq's economy

and expand the relationship with the u.s. beyond security all while shoring up a long and complicated relationship. in 2003, the u.s. invaded iraq to oust saddam hussein's regime vowing to destroy weapons of mass destruction. as it turns out, there were no chemical biological or nuclear weapons. the war killed nearly 5000 u.s. service members and it is estimated half a million iraqis died according to a university of washington study. after the u.s. withdrew its troops in 2011, islamic state took over parts of iraq. in 2014, u.s. forces returned to the country at the iraqi government's request help recapture territory from isis and train iraqi forces. the same year, elections in iraq so a coalition government come to power that included iranian empathize or pitted some 2500 american military servants personnel -- service personnel.

. are stationed in iraq many iraqis want coalition troops gone and have been pressuring the government to demand with the withdrawal of u.s. troops from the country. those demands have only intensified since the war in gaza started last october. a situation complicated by the presence of iran backed militias that have attacked u.s. forces. one of which launched a drone strike earlier this year that killed three u.s. service members a base in jordan. last year, the same group of ducted princeton researcher elizabeth circo of, a dual israeli russian citizen drawing international attention. all of it serving as the backdrop for the prime ministers visit and the bases of our interview this morning in washington. mr. prime minister, welcome to the newshour. >> you are most welcome. >> your visit comes at a sensitive time for u.s. relations in the middle east going iran's on resident at a strike on israel over the weekend. the attack has inflamed concerns

of a wider regional war. president biden who you met with earlier this week says iraq has a role to play in maintaining the peace. how do you view your role? >> the region is witnessing turmoil in the red sea, lebanon, syria and recently this escalation which happened after the attack on the iranian consulate in damascus which is a dangerous development and a violation of international law. iraq has tried after the damascus event to de-escalate and we urge the iranian side not to respond. the intention of the netanyahu government is for these tensions to continue and when these wars continue in our region, that impact impacts the security and stability of those who lived there. >> the u.s. helped block iran's attack on israel by using iraqi airspace to shoot down drones

and shoot down an iranian missile over iraq but your military did not participate in the effort. why not? >> our security capabilities are still developing so they can protect our airspace. iraq and its security policy aims to keep the country away from any conflict or attack on other nations because the ultimate goal is the security and stability of iraq, especially in these difficult times. >> if there is an israeli attack on iran that uses iraqi airspace, what will you do? >> iraq rejects the use of its airspace from any country. we don't want iraq to be engaged in the area of conflict. i reiterate and stress that this escalation will engage the region in dangerous calculations that nobody will control the reactions. this is why part of our talks with mr. biden were to urge the

parties to de-escalate and to end these developments. from our side we will exert efforts to achieve this objective. >> let's talk about the u.s. security arrangement in iraq. the u.s. has some 2500 troops largely advising and assisting local forces to prevent a resurgence of isis. the iraqi parliament cleared u.s. advisors should leave. is that departure based on a timetable or is it based on a security situation on the ground? >> our parliament's decision in 2020 and the october 2022 government program called for the end of the global coalition's mission which was done in coordination with the united states. this coalition emerged upon the invitation of the iraqi government in 2014. we are speaking about 10 years ago. now there is a noticeable stability in the region.

there is preparedness of the iraqi security forces and isis is no longer a threat to the safety and security of iraq. this led the parliament and political forces to end the mission and to transition into a security bilateral relationship with the united states and the rest of the countries of the global coalition. >> i hear you say isis is not a threat but this week the defense secretary lloyd austin while standing next to you said isis remains a threat to your citizens and two hours. how is isis no longer a threat? >> isis inside iraq does not represent a threat to the security of iraq. the elements of isis are in syria and we are working with the global coalition to secure our borders with the syrians to prevent any infiltrations. the cells of isis are there. we are not speaking about armed people. . we are speaking about ideology, extremist ideology that believes

in killing and violence. we are tracking the recruitment and financing and we are working on limiting them, controlling them. this is one of our concerns. what happened in gaza will lead to a double escalation and violence and maybe will regenerate a new isis. > the last time the u.s. withdrew from iraq, isis took over a good deal of the country and the u.s. military had to come back into iraq fight against them. what is to prevent that from happening again? are the iraqi security forces that have been trained by american troops -- are they now capable of fending off a resurgence, potentially resurgent isis? >> this is an important question. certainly the situation in iraq is different radically now than in 2014. now isis does not have popular domestic incubators everywhere in the region especially the liberated area.

also, the iraqi security forces have gained unique experience at the advanced level. the top level someone forces in the region in counterterrorism. another thing as the political stability. might government is supported by 280 members of a broad coalition of 329 members that include all the components of the iraqis. this is a factor of strength. there is the economic development. in iraq we are not speaking about isis anymore. only here when i speak with the media do we talk about isis. in iraq, we are speaking about development. about investment in companies, universities, culture. >> i do want to talk about economic development but first, do you expect any u.s. advisors to leave iraq this year in 2024? >> we have agreed on a framework in the joint security dialogue and also issued a joint statement with president biden and committed to the outcome of

the u.s.-iraq higher military coalition which will assess the capabilities and operational conditions. according to that, we'll have a timetable on how to end this mission. > iranian-backed militia groups continue to operate from iraq and this is even after they killed three as troops on the border with syria -- three u.s. troops on the border with syria. you so you will not allow iraqi territory to be used many nonstate actor but the fact is they still operate on iraqi soil. why is that? >> the government has repeatedly stated its commitment to not allow any one side to play in outsize role in any operations that will lead to destabilization and lack of security. we have made that clear and we have taken practical measures against all those groups attacking diplomatic missions and military bases in iraq. . we will not hesitate to take legal measures against anyone who wants to tamper with our

security. >> half of iraq's population as i understand it is under the age of 25. most of them were born after the invasion. there are some 32% unemployment if i have that number right that affects the age group. why is that the case in iraq which is such an oil-rich nation and what do you need to change that? >> this is one of the straight factors we have in iraq that we have a young population and human capital we have to invest in. this is one of the priorities of my government. we are trying to reform the economy so we are not entirely dependent on oil. we want to diversify revenues and tourism and agriculture. we focus on education and health in order to provide young people job opportunities and entrepreneurship programs. we don't want young people to depend solely on government jobs. we want them to be involved in the private sector.

traveling with us are a number of businessmen of the private sector of iraq that have been beating for two days with u.s. companies and businessmen. >> as you try to entice u.s. companies to invest in iraq, do recent developments in the region undermine or complicate your message that iraq is a safe place for an varick -- for american investments and american workers? >> i will give you a simple example. the boswell pool company. one of the companies of the oil ministry and a sudden iraq has contracts with 34 american companies currently in iraq. we have different european and western countries. there is a good number of investors that amount to five mullion dollars with qatari companies and i'm a rowdy and saudi companies are trying to enter. this is what we are talking about in iraq about investment

opportunities. that means we have safety and attractive environment for investment. >> an israeli russian woman who was a graduate student at winston was kidnapped by -- student was kidnapped by hezbollah. what are you doing to ensure her release? > after the kidnapping incident, we formed a broad security team to track the investigation and to track all the information in order to reveal the fate of the citizen and also to follow the perpetrators. > her family and friends say you have the influence and their relationships needed to free here. that you have done that before for other captives of the same group. will you do that for elizabeth? >> aurora measures are continuous and investigators are monitoring every piece of information to reveal the fate of that citizen. >> finally, considering the legacy of the u.s. involvement in iraq, looking back, is iraq better off now than before 2003?

is iraq better off with saddam gone and an elected government now in your country? >> certainly iraq represents a unique example in the middle east because it is a wheel democratic system that has a constitution protecting the rights of all the people. all minorities are living there in an equal way. they have equal rights and duties. we have sacrificed a lot for the system. we are committed to maintain it. at this time, more than any tethered -- more than any other time. >> mr. prime minister, thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. ♪ >> boeing has faced intense scrutiny for months and as our aviation correspondent reports, new whistleblower claims where the focus of a congressional hearing today. >> boeing is at a moment of reckoning.

it is a movement many years in the making. it is a moment that results not from one incident or one flight or one plane or one plant. >> lawmakers and whistleblowers today slammed boeing's safety culture highlighting supply chain mismanagement, relentless production pressure and allegations of other design errors that have besieged the company. >> i have analyzed boeing's own data to conclude the company has taken manufacturing shortcuts on the 787 program. >> an engineer is just the latest in the long line of boeing whistleblowers. he told a senate subcommittee he has serious safety concerns about the 787 dreamliner. a fuel-efficient long-range wide-body that is boeing's newest design. . the alleged problem? pieces of the fuselage improperly joined together. >> in a rush to address the bottlenecks in production,

boeing hid problems pushing pieces together with excessive force to make them appear that the gaps don't exist even though they exist. the gap d not actually go away. this may result in premature failure. effectively, they are putting out defective airplanes. >> that said, the federal aviation taken no moves to ground the 787 and have not said they are unsafe. in a statement today, boeing dismissed the claims and said under faa oversight we have painstakingly inspected and we worked airplanes and improved production quality to meet exacting standards that are measured in the one hundredths of an inch. we are fully confident in the safety and durability of the 787 dreamliner. the company denied any fatigue problems with the fuselages under repeated testing. boeing's public battering comes

a made a series of harrowing fatal and near fatal mishaps and accidents with its 787 airliners. in january and improperly installed door plug on a 79 blue off midflight prompting the most recent round of public and regulatory scrutiny. boeing's safety nosedived first came to a public light when two 737 max's crashed killing 346 people. in the wake of those accidents, boeing faced a criminal charge it defrauded the faa. the company paid more than $2.5 billion to settle. a former boeing senior manager who left in 2018 and a whistleblower himself said little was learned. >> the world as shocked to learn of the wings production issues. i'm not surprised because nothing changed after the two crashes.

there was no accountability. that is not a single person from boeing went to jail -- not a sigel person from boeing went to jail. >> he believes the policy that allows manufacturers to police themselves is a key part of the problem. >> the gold standard is fools gold because the only thing that is more dangerous than a dangerous environment is the illusion of a safe environment. >> the allegations land on a long troubling list. >> all the problems that we have had we put band-aid over band-aid to resolve the problems and band-aid over band-aid does not cover it. >> he says he and other whistleblowers endured professional retaliation and threats after raising concerns internally. >> you just try to escape from that because this is hell i was subjected to. >> rather than saying you have a point, we need to do something about this. they are telling you to hide it. they are threatening you. >> threatening you, sidelining you.

transfer you. >> in response, boeing said retaliation is strictly prohibited. the company also said we know we have more work to do to foster a safety culture and we are taking action across our company to encourage all employees to raise their voice. senater richard blumenthal reiterated his invitation to boeing ceo dave calhoun to testify at a later time. calhoun says he will step down to the end of the year. for the pbs newshour, i'm miles o'brien to >> join us again tomorrow night for a a look at the rise of the four-day workweek as employers search for new ways to make their businesses more competitive and productive. that is the newshour for tonight. amna: on behalf of the entire newshour team, thank you for joining us. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by --

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