News Wrap: Trump says tariffs on Mexican goods ‘likely’

7m 31s

In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump said during his UK trip that he is “likely” to impose a 5 percent tariff next week on all Mexican imports to the U.S. Officials from both countries will hold trade talks at the White House on Wednesday. Meanwhile, China has issued warnings for people traveling to the U.S., claiming Chinese visitors have been interrogated and harassed by U.S. authorities.

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  • How Trump's 'brash' politics go over with British audiences: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Trump's 'brash' politics go over with British audiences

    S2019 E173 - 6m 40s

    After Monday’s royal welcome of President Trump in the UK, Tuesday was reserved for business and a final meeting with outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May. Trump took jabs at London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, and also said he didn’t see much in the way of crowds protesting his visit. Yamiche Alcindor reports and talks to Judy Woodruff from London.

  • 30 years later, the 'lasting tragedy' of Tiananmen Square: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    30 years later, the 'lasting tragedy' of Tiananmen Square

    S2019 E173 - 11m 17s

    In 1989, China's military suppressed a pro-democracy demonstration in Tiananmen Square with deadly force. Now, hundreds of thousands gathered in Beijing and across the country to mark the tragedy's 30th anniversary -- but the government expressed little sympathy. Nick Schifrin talks to Minxin Pei of Claremont McKenna College and Orville Schell of the Asia Society about new opposition in China.

  • Adm. William McRaven on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Adm. William McRaven on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden

    S2019 E173 - 8m 44s

    Adm. William McRaven oversaw the covert special operations team that stormed a compound in Pakistan in 2011 and killed Osama bin Laden. Now, the Navy veteran chronicles his 37-year military career in a new book, “Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations.” Adm. McRaven talks to Judy Woodruff about his adventurous spirit, the one thing Navy SEALS must do to survive training and the value of NATO.

  • Where inmates and mothers of murder victims hear each other: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Where inmates and mothers of murder victims hear each other

    S2019 E173 - 3m 19s

    Mothers with a Message is an organization of bereaved parents who have lost children to homicide. Members visit prisons to tell their stories of grief to inmates, with the goal of breaking down the walls between victim and offender. Maya Trabulsi of KPBS in San Diego reports on one group of inmates who were so moved by what they heard, they pooled their creativity into a compassionate response.

  • How contact with Russia permeated Trump's inner circle: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How contact with Russia permeated Trump's inner circle

    S2019 E173 - 6m 43s

    Robert Mueller’s report lays out scores of contacts between the Trump campaign and people connected to the Russian government. In the second of their series examining key parts of the special counsel’s report, Lisa Desjardins and William Brangham explain why Mueller didn’t believe these contacts added up to a conspiracy.

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