PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 19, 2018

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>> Stewart: ON THIS EDITION FOR
SATURDAY, MAY 19: MILLIONS TUNE
IN TO WATCH THE WEDDING OF
PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE;
STILL SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
AFTER THE MASS SHOOTING IN SANTA
FE, TEXAS; AND IN OUR SIGNATURE
SEGMENT, "INSIDE YEMEN," FOOD
BEING USED AS A WEAPON OF WAR.
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>> Stewart: GOOD EVENING, AND
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
AS VICTIMS OF THE SANTA FE HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTING IN SOUTHEAST
TEXAS RECOVER IN LOCAL HOSPITALS
AND FAMILIES AND FRIENDS MOURN
THE DEATHS OF EIGHT STUDENTS AND
TWO TEACHERS, AUTHORITIES
CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE WHAT IS
NOW THE FIFTH DEADLIEST SCHOOL
SHOOTING IN THE U.S. SINCE THE
COLUMBINE KILLINGS IN 1999.
LATE LAST NIGHT, 17-YEAR-OLD
DIMITRIOUS PAGOURTZIS, A
STUDENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL,
CONFESSED TO THE SHOOTING.
IN AN AFFIDAVIT, HE SAID HE
CHOSE HIS TARGETS, AND HE DID
NOT SHOOT STUDENTS HE LIKED SO
HE COULD "HAVE HIS STORY TOLD."
PAGOURTZIS WAS CHARGED WITH
CAPITAL MURDER AND AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT ON A PUBLIC SERVANT.
TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SAID
PAGOURTZIS USED HIS FATHER'S
SHOTGUN AND .38 CALIBER PISTOL,
AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE FOUND
IN AND NEAR THE SCHOOL.
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY,
OFFICIALS SAID SCHOOLS WILL BE
CLOSED MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND
EXPRESSED THE COMMUNITY'S GRIEF.
>> WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS THE
SORROW IN OUR HEARTS TODAY AS WE
CONTINUE TO MOURN FOR THOSE WE
HAVE LOST AND THOSE WHO NEED OUR
SUPPORT EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY
AND PHYSICALLY.
>> Stewart: THE NAMES OF THOSE
KILLED ARE NOW BEING REPORTED.
AMONG THEM A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER,
AN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM
PAKISTAN AND STUDENTS AS YOUNG
AS 15.
IN A CEREMONY WATCHED AROUND THE
WORLD, BRITAIN'S PRINCE HARRY
AND AMERICAN MEGHAN MARKLE WERE
MARRIED TODAY AT WINDSOR CASTLE.
THEIR OFFICIAL TITLES ARE NOW
DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX.
600 GUESTS JOINED THE ROYAL
FAMILY, INCLUDING SIR ELTON
JOHN, WHO PERFORMED AT ONE OF
THE RECEPTIONS; OPRAH WINFREY;
BRITISH ACTOR IDRIS ELBA; HUMAN
RIGHTS ATTORNEY AMAL CLOONEY AND
HER HUSBAND, GEORGE CLOONEY;
SOCCER PLAYER DAVID BECKHAM AND
SPICE GIRLS SINGER VICTORIA
BECKHAM; THE BRIDE'S FRIENDS,
ACTRESS PRIYANKA CHOPRA AND
TENNIS STAR SERENA WILLIAMS, AS
WELL AS MARKLE'S CO-STARS FROM
THE TV SHOW "SUITS."
PRINCE HARRY'S GRANDPARENTS--
QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE
PHILIP, BOTH IN THEIR 90s-- WERE
GREETED WITH CHEERS FROM THE
CROWDS OUTSIDE THE CHAPEL.
THE BRIDE AND HER MOTHER, DORIA
RAGLAND, RODE TO THE CASTLE
TOGETHER IN ONE OF THE QUEEN'S
ROLLS ROYCES.
THE BRIDE'S DRESS-- KEPT A
SECRET UNTIL THIS MORNING-- WAS
WHITE SILK WITH A 16-FOOT HAND-
EMBROIDERED VEIL DESIGNED BY
CLARE WAIGHT KELLER OF THE
FASHION HOUSE GIVENCHY.
HER DIAMOND BANDEAU TIARA WAS ON
LOAN FROM THE QUEEN'S
COLLECTION.
HARRY'S FATHER, PRINCE CHARLES,
WALKED MARKLE DOWN THE AISLE.
PRINCE HARRY'S BEST MAN-- HIS
BROTHER, PRINCE WILLIAM-- STOOD
BY HIS SIDE.
( MUSIC PLAYING )
A VARIETY OF MUSIC MARKED THE
EVENT.
MEGHAN MARKLE PERSONALLY INVITED
SHEKU KANNEH-MASON, A 19-YEAR-
OLD CELLIST AND STUDENT AT THE
ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC, WHO
PLAYED SEVERAL CLASSICAL PIECES,
INCLUDING "AVE MARIA."
AND A BRITISH GOSPEL GROUP
PERFORMED BEN E. KING'S CLASSIC,
"STAND BY ME."
>> ♪ STAND,
STAND BY ME
STAND BY ME... ♪
>> ...TO HAVE AND TO HOLD...
>> Stewart: THE COUPLE EXCHANGED
VOWS AND RINGS, HARRY BREAKING
WITH BRITISH ARISTOCRATIC
TRADITION BY CHOOSING TO WEAR A
BAND, UNLIKE HIS GRANDFATHER AND
BROTHER.
THE COUPLE EMERGED FROM THE
CHAPEL AND KISSED AT THE TOP OF
THE STAIRS BEFORE RIDING THROUGH
THE STREETS OF WINDSOR IN A
HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE.
THE CROWDS-- ESTIMATED AT
100,000 PEOPLE-- CHEERED,
SNAPPED PHOTOS AND WAVED FLAGS.
BEFORE THE COUPLE EXCHANGED
VOWS, THE PRESIDING BISHOP OF
THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
THE MOST REVEREND MICHAEL CURRY,
DELIVERED A SERMON ON LOVE,
QUOTING THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR.
>> WE MUST DISCOVER THE POWER OF
LOVE, THE REDEMPTIVE POWER OF
LOVE.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE WILL
MAKE OF THIS OLD WORLD A NEW
WORLD.
FOR LOVE, LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY.
THERE'S POWER IN LOVE.
>> Stewart: JOINING ME NOW VIA
SKYPE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM IS
THE MOST REVEREND MICHAEL CURRY.
REVEREND, THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US.
>> SURE, GLAD TO BE WITH YOU.
>> Stewart: YOUR MESSAGE TO THIS
COUPLE TODAY WAS ABOUT THE POWER
OF LOVE, BUT THERE WAS
DEFINITELY A MESSAGE FOR THE
REST OF THE WORLD, AS WELL.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE WE ALL TOOK
AWAY FROM TODAY'S CEREMONY?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO
HOPE AND PRAY THAT... THAT THIS
DAY CAN BE A DAY OF RENEWAL FOR
ALL OF US.
AND THERE WAS A COUPLE WHO ARE
DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER
AND YOU COULD FEEL AND SEE THEIR
LOVE ON THEIR FACES, AND IT'S
REAL.
AND... AND THEY CHOSE THE TEXT
THAT I USED FROM THE SONG OF
SOLOMON, AND IT'S JUST
INTERESTING THAT IT COMES FROM A
PART IN THAT... THE SONG OF
SOLOMON OR SONG OF SONGS IS
REALLY A LOVE POEM FOUND IN THE
HEBREW SCRIPTURES, THE OLD
TESTAMENT.
AND SO, THAT TEXT ACTUALLY
BECAME THE SPRINGBOARD FOR
RECOGNIZING THAT THE LOVE
BETWEEN HARRY AND MEGHAN,
BETWEEN THIS COUPLE, ACTUALLY
WAS TAPPING INTO A GREATER LOVE
THAT ISN'T A MATTER OF
SENTIMENTALITY BUT ACTUALLY IS A
WAY OF LIFE THAT CAN CHANGE
LIVES AND THAT CAN CHANGE SOCIAL
STRUCTURES AND CAN CHANGE THE
WORLD AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE
LIVE.
>> Stewart: AND WE NEED THAT
RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
YEAH, WE DO.
>> Stewart: YOUR NAME AND YOUR
SERMON IMMEDIATELY BECAME
POPULAR ON TWITTER.
YOUR NAME STARTED TRENDING
IMMEDIATELY, AND PEOPLE WERE
TWEETING THINGS LIKE "WE ARE
HAVING CHURCH" AND "PREACH IT,
PASTOR."
I'M A BLACK EPISCOPALIAN, SO I
RECOGNIZE YOU BRING THE
TRADITIONS OF THE BLACK CHURCH
TO THIS VERY FORMAL ROYAL
CEREMONY.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
THOUGHT PROCESS THERE.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY.
I REALIZED THAT THEY WERE... THE
COUPLE REALLY CREATED A SERVICE
THAT WAS VERY MUCH STEEPED IN
THE TRADITION.
I MEAN, THE SERVICE FOLLOWED THE
TRADITION OF THE CHURCH OF
ENGLAND HERE USING VARIOUS
PRAYER BOOKS THAT THEY USE HERE.
SO, IT WAS VERY TRADITIONAL IN
THAT RESPECT, AND YET THEY WOVE
TOGETHER MANY DIFFERENT WORLDS.
AND SO, YOU HAD THE WONDERFUL
CHOIR FROM ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL.
YOU HAD THE GOSPEL CHOIR
SINGING.
YOU HAD THE CELLOIST.
YOU HAD DIFFERENT WORLDS OF
MUSIC THAT WERE BEING USED IN
THE COURSE OF THE SERVICE OF
WORSHIP.
>> Stewart: WHAT DID THIS
WEDDING SIGNAL ABOUT
INCLUSIVENESS?
>> WELL, I THINK IT REALLY DOES
SIGNAL IN MANY RESPECTS BECAUSE
THE ROYAL COUPLE BRING TOGETHER
MANY DIFFERENT WORLDS.
BOTH IN TERMS OF ETHNICITY, IN
TERMS OF NATIONALITY, IN TERMS
OF JUST VARIOUS KINDS OF
INGREDIENTS IN THAT BACKGROUNDS
OF THEIR LIVES.
THEY BRING A VARIETY OF WORLDS
TOGETHER.
WHEN THE FIRST CHAPTER OF
GENESIS SAYS THAT THE MAN AND
WOMAN HAVE BEEN PLACED THERE TO
NOT HAVE DOMINION IN TERMS OF
CONQUERING BUT IN TERMS OF
BEING STEWARDS, CARING FOR THE
CREATION, CARING FOR THE WORLD,
THAT PART OF GOD'S REASON FOR
PUTTING US HERE WAS NOT ONLY TO
CARE FOR THE WORLD IN TERMS OF
THE CREATION ITSELF, BUT TO CARE
FOR EACH OTHER.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE FIND
THAT WE'RE ON A PATH OF LIFE
THAT ACTUALLY WORKS.
>> Stewart: REVEREND CURRY,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
>> Stewart: SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM
THE ROYAL WEDDING.
VISIT pbs.org/newshour.
>> Stewart: WE TURN NOW TO OUR
ONGOING SERIES OF REPORTS,
"INSIDE YEMEN."
THE CIVIL WAR THAT HAS RAGED
THERE SINCE 2015 SHOWS NO SIGNS
OF LETTING UP AS THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
STRUGGLES TO FIND A WORKABLE
PEACE PLAN.
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE ARE
YEMENI CIVILIANS, 75% OF WHOM
REQUIRE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
EVERY DAY JUST TO SURVIVE.
AND AS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
MARCIA BIGGS REPORTS, FOOD
ITSELF HAS BECOME A WEAPON OF
WAR.
THIS STORY WAS PRODUCED IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PULITZER
CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING.
AND A WARNING: THIS PIECE
CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC IMAGES.
>> Reporter: IN THIS PEDIATRIC
WARD IN ADEN, EVERY ROOM TELLS A
VERSION OF THE SAME STORY.
11-MONTH-OLD MALIKA AL KHADER
CLINGING TO LIFE.
WEIGHING ONLY SEVEN POUNDS,
SHE'S JUST ONE OF THE 17 MILLION
YEMENIS WHO AREN'T GETTING
ENOUGH FOOD TO SURVIVE.
"WE ONLY EAT ONE MEAL A DAY,"
HER MOM TELLS ME.
"WE FLED FROM MOKHA THREE MONTHS
AGO, AND WE'RE LIVING IN A
CAMP."
IS THERE FOOD IN THE CAMP?
"THERE'S ONLY RICE, TOMATO
SAUCE, AND A LITTLE BIT OF
WHEAT," SHE SAYS, "AND I'M
BREASTFEEDING."
WHEN DID YOUR BABY BECOME SICK?
MALIKA CAN'T GET THE NUTRIENTS
SHE NEEDS BECAUSE HER MOTHER
DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD.
MALIKA IS HALF THE WEIGHT SHE
SHOULD BE AT 11 MONTHS OLD.
HER IMMUNE SYSTEM VULNERABLE,
SHE CONTRACTED MEASLES AND WENT
INTO SEPSIS.
>> SHE CAN DIE FROM HYPOTHERMIA.
>> Reporter: HER DOCTOR, AIDA AL
SADEEQ, SAYS THESE ARE
COMPLICATIONS THAT ARISE FROM
MALNUTRITION.
OTHERS CAN INCLUDE CHEST
INFECTIONS AND MENINGITIS.
ALL CAN PROVE FATAL.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE THESE
CASES?
>> FROM 30-40 MONTHLY.
>> Reporter: 30-40 MALNOURISHED
CHILDREN PER MONTH, SEVERELY...
>> ACUTE MALNOURISHED.
COMPLICATED MALNOURISHED, NOT
MERELY MALNOURISHED.
>> Reporter: WHO DO YOU BLAME?
OR WHAT DO YOU BLAME?
>> THE WAR.
THE WAR.
FIRST OF ALL, STOP THE WAR.
>> Reporter: THE BEAUTY OF
YEMEN'S LANDSCAPE BELIES A
SOCIETY THAT HAS ALWAYS
SUFFERED.
IT WAS THE POOREST COUNTRY IN
THE REGION BEFORE THE WAR, AND
NOW IT'S THE SCENE OF WHAT'S
BEING CALLED THE WORST
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE
WORLD.
IT BEGAN IN 2014 WHEN HOUTHI
REBELS OPPOSING YEMENI
GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION TOOK OVER
HUGE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
THE HOUTHIS ARE A PREDOMINANTLY
SHIITE SECT, BACKED BY IRAN.
IN 2015, THEY INVADED THE
STRATEGICALLY CRUCIAL SOUTHERN
PORT CITY OF ADEN, AND THERE WAS
A FIERCE BATTLE.
THE GOVERNMENT ASKED SUNNI SAUDI
ARABIA FOR HELP IN DEFENDING THE
CITY, WHICH IT DID WITH AID FROM
A COALITION INCLUDING THE UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES AND THE UNITED
STATES.
THE COALITION THEN DROVE THE
HOUTHIS NORTH WHERE THE BATTLE
CONTINUES.
TODAY, BOTH SIDES IN THE
CONFLICT USE FOOD AS A WEAPON OF
WAR-- THE HOUTHIS BY HIKING FOOD
PRICES TO FINANCE THEIR WAR
EFFORT, AND THE SAUDI COALITION
BY ATTEMPTING TO STARVE THE
HOUTHI SIDE INTO SUBMISSION.
FOR TWO MONTHS LAST YEAR, THE
SAUDI GOVERNMENT BLOCKADED THE
HOUTHI-HELD PORT OF HODEIDAH IN
AN ATTEMPT TO CHOKE ITS SUPPLY
LINES.
FOR A COUNTRY THAT HISTORICALLY
HAS RELIED ON IMPORTS FOR 90% OF
ITS FOOD, IT WAS CATASTROPHIC.
AMID INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY, THE
SAUDIS EASED THE BLOCKADE IN
JANUARY.
BUT IN ORDER TO CONTROL WHO GETS
BOTH FOOD AND FUEL ENTERING
YEMEN, THE COALITION REQUIRES
SOME SHIPS TO BE DIVERTED TO THE
ALREADY CROWDED PORT OF ADEN,
WHICH THE COALITION OVERSEES.
YOU CAN SEE THE REMNANTS BEHIND
ME OF YEMEN'S COAST GUARD, WHICH
WAS HIT SO HARD IN 2015 IN THE
BATTLE WITH THE HOUTHIS.
THEY'RE NOW TRYING TO REBUILD
THEMSELVES, AND THEY'RE IN
CHARGE OF SECURING THE WATERS
OFF ADEN'S COAST.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE US OUT TO
A SHIP, AN AMERICAN SHIP, WHICH
IS CARRYING AID FOR THE WORLD
FOOD PROGRAM.
APPARENTLY, IT WAS QUITE
DIFFICULT, QUITE A COUP TO GET
THE PERMISSIONS EVEN TO DOCK
HERE IN ADEN.
BUT THEY'RE STUCK SEVERAL MILES
OUT TO SEA BECAUSE OF RED TAPE
AND CORRUPTION JUST WAITING FOR
A PARKING SPACE.
ALL THESE SHIPS ARE WAITING?
>> ALL THE SHIPS, YEAH.
>> Reporter: OUR GUIDE FOR THE
DAY IS MARWAN AL BAKSHI.
HIS UNIT IS ASSIGNED TO WATCH
OVER THE SHIPS THAT ARE WAITING
FOR PERMISSION FROM THE
COALITION TO DOCK.
WHAT'S THE LONGEST ONE OF THESE
BOATS HAS WAITED OUT HERE?
>> SOME OF THE SHIPS, THEY ARE
WAITING FOR 20 DAYS.
>> Reporter: FOR 20 DAYS?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: THREE WEEKS SOME OF
THE SHIPS HAVE WAITED.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: IS IT HARD FOR YOU
AS A YEMENI?
>> OF COURSE, YEAH.
>> Reporter: TO SEE THAT THIS
FOOD IS STUCK AT 15 NAUTICAL
MILES OUTSIDE?
>> I'M REALLY FEELING SAD ABOUT
THAT.
YEAH.
BUT I HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DO.
WHAT I CAN DO?
>> Reporter: MM-HMM.
>> MY JOB IS TO PROTECT HER.
THIS IS FOOD FOR THE YEMENI
PEOPLE.
THEY NEED IT.
IT'S TOO IMPORTANT.
>> Reporter: THE SHIP SAT
OFFSHORE FOR FIVE DAYS.
THEN FINALLY IT ARRIVED HERE AT
THE PORT OF ADEN'S MILL, WHERE
THE GRAIN ONBOARD WAS OFFLOADED
AND WILL BE TURNED INTO FLOUR.
THE U.N.'S WORLD FOOD PROGRAM,
THE W.F.P., IS ON THE FRONT LINE
IN THE FIGHT TO FEED ALMOST 60%
OF THE COUNTRY.
SHASHI DHARAN IS THE PROGRAM
OFFICER IN ADEN, AND THESE ARE
THE BINS DESIGNATED FOR THE
W.F.P.
IT'S THE LEADING SOURCE OF FOOD
AID IN THE COUNTRY, BUT IT'S
STILL FEEDING LESS THAN HALF OF
THE 17 MILLION IN NEED.
WE SAW TODAY THE GRAIN STREAMING
IN.
SO, WHY ARE YEMEN'S PEOPLE
STARVING?
>> WE ARE PROVIDING FOOD, BUT WE
ARE NOT PROVIDING FOOD TO
EVERYBODY.
WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING
AVAILABLE WITH US.
>> Reporter: EVEN IF THEY HAD
THE FUNDING, GETTING THE FOOD TO
THE PEOPLE LIVING ON FRONT LINES
IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO
CONSTANT FIGHTING.
AND THERE ARE HURDLES, TOO, IN
GETTING THE FOOD TO THE REST OF
THOSE IN NEED.
WITHOUT PROPER CLEARANCES, AID
ORGANIZATIONS RUN THE RISK OF
THEIR TRUCKS BEING BOMBED.
>> THERE'S A LONG PROCEDURE OF
GETTING THE CLEARANCES AND
INFORMING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES
AND THE SECURITY BELT FORCES
THAT OUR TRUCKS ARE MOVING
THESE.
AND IT NEEDS TO MOVE IN THOSE
SPECIFIC TIMES BECAUSE IF IT
DOESN'T MOVE IN THOSE SPECIFIC
TIMES, IT COULD BE AT THE WRONG
TIME AT THE WRONG PLACE OR
ACCIDENTALLY BEING ATTACKED.
>> Reporter: HOW TOUGH IS THAT
RED TAPE TO GET THROUGH?
>> SOMETIMES JUST TO GET COUPLE
OF TRUCKS, IT COULD TAKE 5-6
DAYS OF DELAY, WHICH MEANS...
>> Reporter: DELAYED 5-6 DAYS?
>> YEAH.
LET'S SAY THE FOOD WAS
SUPPOSED TO REACH ON THE 10th,
IT IS LEAVING FROM YOU ON THE
15th.
BY THE TIME IT REACHES TO
PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE MONTH,
THE WHOLE MONTH THEY HAVE GONE
HUNGRY.
>> Reporter: IF YOU ARE DELAYED
BECAUSE THE SHIP'S OUT AT SEA,
THEN YOU ALREADY START DELAYED.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Reporter: SO, IT'S DELAY UPON
DELAY.
>> IT'S LIKE A FIREFIGHTING
EXERCISE ON A DAILY BASIS.
>> Reporter: A LOOMING FUEL
CRISIS CAUSED IN PART BY THE
BLOCKADE ALSO MEANS TRUCKS DON'T
RUN CONSISTENTLY.
"THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOMETIMES
WE DON'T HAVE FUEL," MOHAMED ALI
SALEH TELLS ME.
"SOMETIMES I HAVE TO STOP
DRIVING THE TRUCK FOR THREE OR
FOUR DAYS.
EVEN DURING THE FIGHTING, IT
WASN'T THIS BAD."
>> I CAN SHOW YOU THE FOOD
BASKET THAT IS PROVIDED.
>> Reporter: THE FINAL
DESTINATION IS A DISTRIBUTION
SITE LIKE THIS ONE JUST OUTSIDE
OF ADEN, WHERE PEOPLE WAIT IN
LINE ALL DAY TO RECEIVE MONTHLY
RATIONS.
ASHWAQ SAIF SAYS SHE WALKED TWO
HOURS WITH PAINFUL KIDNEY STONES
TO GET HERE TO BRING FOOD HOME
FOR HER FIVE CHILDREN.
>> ( translated ): MY HUSBAND IS
A DAY LABORER IN CONSTRUCTION,
AND WE CAN BARELY AFFORD TO HAVE
FOOD FOR BOTH LUNCH AND DINNER.
IF WE WAITED FOR HIM TO FINISH
WORK TO PICK UP THE FOOD, WE
WOULDN'T EAT TODAY.
THE FOOD WE ARE RECEIVING IS NOT
ENOUGH.
ONCE WE RUN OUT, WE HAVE TO BUY
LITTLE PORTIONS WITH SMALL BILLS
TO GET THROUGH THE MONTH.
I HAD TO BORROW 500 RIYAL TO
HIRE A MOTORCYCLE TO CARRY THE
FOOD HOME FOR ME.
>> Reporter: SHE TIED THESE TWO
COINS TO HER SCARF SO AS NOT TO
LOSE THEM.
SHE SAYS IT'S ALL SHE HAS.
>> ( translated ): WE ARE VERY
POOR.
IF ONE OF THE KIDS GETS SICK, WE
CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE HIM TO THE
HOSPITAL.
>> THIS IS A SAMPLE OF THE FOOD
BASKET THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO
THE HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS AREA.
>> Reporter: TOUMNA OBAID IS
WITH FIELD MEDICAL FOUNDATION, A
LOCAL ORGANIZATION FUNDED BY
W.F.P.
SO, SUGAR, LENTILS, WHEAT AND
OIL.
>> SO, THE MOST ESSENTIAL
COMMODITIES TO SURVIVE.
>> Reporter: NO FRUIT OR
VEGETABLES.
>> NO, UNFORTUNATELY.
UNFORTUNATELY.
THIS IS WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM
FOR NOW.
I MEAN, WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE
LIVES.
MORE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE
ARE COMING BECAUSE OF THE
CONFLICT ON THE BORDERLINE.
AND THEY ARE COMING AND ASKING
FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR RESOURCES IS
LIMITED.
SO, WE ONLY CAN PROVIDE A
LIMITED NUMBER.
WE CANNOT KEEP UP.
>> Reporter: AND NOT EVERYONE
CAN MAKE IT TO ONE OF THESE
SITES.
WE JOINED DOCTORS SUPPORTED BY
SAVE THE CHILDREN IN LAHJ
PROVINCE, NORTH OF ADEN, WHERE
THEY WENT TO CHECK ON BABY
ABDULLAH, WHO'S BEEN
MALNOURISHED FOR MOST OF HIS
SHORT LIFE.
HIS MOTHER KHATIMA AND FATHER
ABDO AHMED SAY THEY'RE POOR.
THEY CAN'T AFFORD FOOD AND
MEDICATIONS.
ABDULLAH'S CHUBBY CHEEKS MASK
STUNTED GROWTH IN HIS ARMS AND
LEGS, AND HE'S BATTLING A CHEST
INFECTION.
SO, HE HAS GAINED A POUND IN THE
LAST FOUR WEEKS, BUT HE'S STILL
TINY.
THIS CHILD IS SEVEN MONTHS OLD.
WHILE ANY IMPROVEMENT IS
WELCOME, DOCTORS ARE STILL
CONCERNED ABOUT HIS OVERALL
HEALTH.
HE'S GOT A BAD COUGH, AND HE
STILL LOOKS MALNOURISHED.
THEY MEASURE HIS ARMS TO CHECK
HIS STATUS.
SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION.
SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION.
A CONCEPT SO COMMONPLACE IN
YEMEN THAT IT'S KNOWN BY ITS
ACRONYM: SAM.
AND BACK IN ADEN, WE THOUGHT WE
MIGHT BE WITNESSING LITTLE
MALIKA'S FINAL HOURS.
ARE YOU WORRIED THIS BABY ISN'T
GOING TO MAKE IT?
>> HER CHANCE TO SURVIVE IS VERY
LOW.
IT'S A PAINFUL SITUATION.
WE HAVE BEEN PASSING THROUGH
THIS PAINFUL SITUATION SINCE
YEARS.
WE ARE LOSING LIVES.
>> Reporter: 12 DAYS AFTER WE
LEFT THE HOSPITAL, WE LEARNED
THAT MALIKA DEFIED THE ODDS AND
WAS STABILIZED ENOUGH TO GO BACK
TO THE CAMP.
BUT DOCTORS TELL ME SHE'S ALMOST
CERTAIN NOT TO GET ENOUGH FOOD
THERE TO SURVIVE.
>> Stewart: WITH THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN PUERTO RICO STILL
WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, THE U.S.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS
LEAVING THE ISLAND.
IT'S BEEN EIGHT MONTHS SINCE
HURRICANE MARIA WIPED OUT HOMES
AND TOOK DOWN MUCH OF PUERTO
RICO'S POWER GRID.
FEMA WILL LEAVE GENERATORS IN
PLACE, BUT, WITH HURRICANE
SEASON ABOUT TO BEGIN AGAIN,
RESIDENTS ARE NOT CONFIDENT
THEIR OWN LOCAL POWER COMPANY--
WHICH IS BANKRUPT-- WILL BE ABLE
TO RESTORE POWER IN THE EVENT OF
ANOTHER STORM.
JOINING US NOW IS REUTERS
REPORTER JESSICA RESNICK-AULT,
WHO IS COVERING THE STORY.
JESSICA, SO, WHY IS THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS LEAVING?
>> SO, THE ARMY CORPS' MISSION
WAS ASSIGNED BY FEMA, AND IT
ENDED EFFECTIVE FRIDAY.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF WHAT THEY HAVE CALLED AN
ORDERLY TRANSITION TO HELP THE
LOCAL POWER COMPANY CALLED
PREPA-- THE PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC
POWER AUTHORITY-- TAKE OVER THE
JOB OF FINISHING THE RESTORATION
AND THEN HARDENING THE SYSTEM,
PREPARING IT SO THAT IT'S MORE
RESILIENT IN THE FUTURE.
>> Stewart: JESSICA, HOW LONG
WERE THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
ON THE GROUND, AND WHAT DID THEY
DO DURING THAT TIME?
>> SO, THE ARMY CORPS WAS
BROUGHT IN ABOUT A WEEK AFTER
THE STORM HIT.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY HAD TO SECURE
MATERIALS.
PREPA, BECAUSE IT WAS BANKRUPT
AND BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES THEY
HAD HAD AS AN ENTITY, DID NOT
HAVE A LOT OF BACKUP MATERIALS
ON HAND.
SO, THE ARMY CORPS HAD TO DO A
NUMBER OF SUBCONTRACTS TO GET
THE RIGHT KIND OF EQUIPMENT AND
MATERIALS ON THE ISLAND.
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING.
THEN, ONCE THAT EQUIPMENT WAS
THERE, THEY'VE BEEN HELPING WITH
GOING AROUND THE ISLAND,
PHYSICALLY LIFTING POLES,
LIFTING LINES AND INSTALLING
THESE GENERATORS, SMALL
GENERATORS THAT SERVE AS BACKUPS
TO BRING SCHOOLS AND POLICE
STATIONS AND OTHER CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE ONLINE.
AND THEY'VE ALSO BEEN HELPING
WITH LARGER GENERATORS THAT
PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL POWER TO
THE POWER PLANTS ON THE ISLAND.
>> Stewart: HOW MUCH OF THE
ISLAND HAS POWER, HOW MUCH
DOESN'T, HOW MUCH IS IN IN THAT
IN-BETWEEN STATE?
>> RIGHT NOW, OVER 98% OF THE
ISLAND'S POWER CUSTOMERS HAVE
POWER.
SO, THAT MEANS THAT ABOUT 22,000
CUSTOMERS OR HOUSEHOLDS AND
BUSINESSES ARE STILL WITHOUT
POWER.
THE IN-BETWEEN STATE IS A LITTLE
TRICKY.
SO, I TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SOLAR PANEL SYSTEMS THAT
ARE TEMPORARY.
THEY GET SOME POWER DURING THE
DAY, BUT THEN THEY'RE UNABLE TO
RUN THEIR REFRIGERATORS
OVERNIGHT.
I SPOKE WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE
LOANS FOR POWER SYSTEMS LIKE
SOLAR PANELS BUT DON'T HAVE THEM
YET.
SO, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE SORT OF GRADUALLY
GETTING ENERGIZED, AND IT'S
UNCLEAR WHERE THEY FALL IN THE
CALCULATIONS.
EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHOSE POWER HAS
BEEN RESTORED, THERE HAVE BEEN
INTERRUPTIONS.
SO, LAST MONTH, THERE WAS AN
ISLAND-WIDE BLACKOUT THAT
OCCURRED WHEN A HIGH VOLTAGE
LINE WAS HIT BY AN EXCAVATOR
THAT WAS DOING SOME WORK NEARBY.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN
THAT THE ISLAND REMAINS
VULNERABLE TO THIS SEASON'S
HURRICANES.
>> Stewart: WERE THERE ENOUGH
CHANGES MADE IN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH ARE LONG-
LASTING CHANGES, OR WAS IT A
PATCHWORK KIND OF SITUATION
WHERE THE ISLAND CAN WITHSTAND
ANOTHER STORM IF ANOTHER ONE
COMES?
>> HURRICANE SEASON IS EXPECTED
TO BE WORSE THAN USUAL.
IT'S NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS
BAD AS LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S A
PRETTY SERIOUS STORM SEASON THAT
THE CARIBBEAN IS BRACING FOR.
AND RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE HOPE
THAT PREPA HAS IS THAT THEY'LL
HAVE IMPROVED SOME OF THEIR
LOGISTICAL RESPONSES.
THEY'RE DOING DRILLS AND STORM
RESPONSE DRILLS INTERNALLY.
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT AT THIS
POINT, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF
WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND,
WHICH IS THE MORE POPULOUS PART
WITH CITIES LIKE SAN JUAN, STILL
IS RECEIVING ITS POWER FROM THE
SOUTH SIDE VIA LINES THAT HAVE
TO CROSS MOUNTAINS.
SO, UNTIL THOSE LINES ARE BURIED
OR UNTIL THERE ARE REDUNDANT
SYSTEMS IN THE NORTH, THOSE
CITIES ARE GOING TO BE VERY
VULNERABLE TO ANY MAJOR STORM
THAT SWEEPS THROUGH THE
MOUNTAINS.
>> Stewart: JESSICA RESNICK-AULT
FROM REUTERS, THANKS FOR SHARING
YOUR REPORTING.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, ALISON.
>> THIS IS PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND,
SATURDAY.
>> Stewart: FIRST LADY MELANIA
TRUMP LEFT THE HOSPITAL TODAY,
RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN
WHAT HER SPOKESPERSON SAID WERE
"HIGH SPIRITS."
MRS. TRUMP WAS ADMITTED TO
WALTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY
MEDICAL CENTER LAST MONDAY FOR
TREATMENT OF AN UNDISCLOSED
KIDNEY CONDITION.
HER LENGTHY HOSPITAL STAY LED TO
SPECULATION THAT HER TREATMENT
AND CONDITION WERE MORE SERIOUS
THAN REPORTED.
BUT TODAY, IN A STATEMENT, THE
FIRST LADY'S SPOKESPERSON
CHARACTERIZED THOSE QUESTIONS AS
"UNINFORMED" AND SAID, TO
RESPECT MRS. TRUMP'S PRIVACY,
THERE WOULD BE "NO FURTHER
COMMENT."
IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE NUCLEAR
AGREEMENT WITH IRAN IN PLACE,
THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ENERGY AND
CLIMATE COMMISSIONER MET WITH
IRAN'S NUCLEAR CHIEF IN TEHRAN
TODAY.
THE E.U., ONCE THE BIGGEST
IMPORTER OF IRANIAN OIL, WANTS
TO STRENGTHEN TRADE WITH TEHRAN.
THE 28 NATION EUROPEAN UNION
SUPPORTS FRANCE, GERMANY, THE
UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA AND
RUSSIA-- SIGNATORY NATIONS STILL
IN THE AGREEMENT DESPITE
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DECISION
EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR THE
UNITED STATES TO WITHDRAW.
HEALTH OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THREE
MORE CASES OF THE DEADLY EBOLA
VIRUS, THIS TIME IN ONE OF
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO'S
MAJOR URBAN CENTERS.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
REPORTS 25 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM
EBOLA THERE SINCE THE MOST
RECENT OUTBREAK BEGAN IN APRIL.
VACCINATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
START EARLY NEXT WEEK IN THE
CITY OF MBANDAKA, USING AN
EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE THAT
SUCCESSFULLY HALTED A PREVIOUS
EBOLA OUTBREAK IN WEST AFRICA.
IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, THIS
MORNING AN OVERPASS COLLAPSED,
CAUSING A C.S.X. CARGO TRAIN TO
DERAIL.
30 OF THE TRAIN'S FREIGHT CARS
CAME OFF THE TRACKS, STOPPING
RAIL SERVICE IN THE AREA.
ALEXANDRIA'S FIRE CHIEF SAID
HEAVY RAINS THIS PAST WEEK MAY
HAVE WEAKENED THE OVERPASS.
TRAIN TRACKS CROSS BOTH ABOVE
AND BELOW THE STRUCTURE.
THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.
>> Stewart: FINALLY TONIGHT,
CUBAN OFFICIALS SAY 110 PEOPLE
DIED IN FRIDAY'S PLANE CRASH IN
HAVANA, THE WORST CRASH IN THAT
COUNTRY SINCE 1989.
AMONG THEM, 20 PASTORS FROM A
CHURCH IN THE EASTERN REGION OF
CUBA, WHO WERE RETURNING HOME
AFTER ATTENDING A CONFERENCE.
WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW FLAMES
COMING FROM THE PLANE AFTER
TAKEOFF AND THAT IT MADE A
SHARP TURN, AVOIDING HITTING A
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND.
I'M ALISON STEWART.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
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