AMNA NAWAZ: America's 41st
president, George H.W. Bush, is
lying in state tonight at the
U.S. Capitol.
He passed away on
Friday at the age of 94.
Today, the president's body was
escorted from a funeral home in
Houston to Ellington Airport.
Hundreds gathered there
for a farewell ceremony
with full military honors.
Mr. Bush's family, including
his son former President
George W. Bush and former first
lady Laura Bush, traveled with
the casket on a presidential
plane to Washington.
Later, at a Capitol ceremony,
Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell, House Speaker Paul
Ryan and Vice President Pence
gave eulogies before the Rotunda
was opened to the public.
MIKE PENCE, Vice President of
the United States: President
George Herbert Walker Bush loved
his family and he
served his country.
His example will always inspire,
and his lifetime of service
will be enshrined in the hearts
of the American people forever.
AMNA NAWAZ: The lying in state
and public viewing will continue
until Wednesday morning,
when a state
funeral takes place.
We will look at the life and
legacy of President George H.W.
Bush after the news summary.
In the day's other news:
President Trump and
his top aides touted
progress in the U.S.-China
trade dispute.
He and President Xi Jinping
agreed Saturday to hold off
on additional tariffs, and the
U.S. says Xi promised to
buy more U.S. exports.
Today, White House economic
adviser Larry Kudlow followed
up on Mr. Trump's claim that
China will also cut tariffs
on American cars to zero.
LARRY KUDLOW, Director,
National Economic Council:
Well, they're going to roll back
their auto tariffs.
I assume they're going to
roll them all the way back.
I can't say with specificity.
But that's got to
be part of the deal.
We know that.
See, here's a case where actions
speak louder than words, so we
will be monitoring everything.
AMNA NAWAZ: The president also
tweeted today that China will
immediately start buying U.S.
farm products again.
Later, Agriculture Secretary
Sonny Perdue said he expects
China to resume buying U.S.
soybeans around January 1.
Wall Street welcomed news of
the truce on trade with China.
The Dow Jones industrial
average gained nearly 288
points to close at 25826.
The Nasdaq rose
almost 111 points.
And the S&P 500 added 30.
In Paris, the prime minister
of France held crisis talks
with party leaders today, after
the worst riots
there in 50 years.
Saturday's trouble
started with protests
against higher fuel taxes.
They turned violent as crowds
burned cars, looted shops and
vandalized national monuments.
Today, ambulance workers joined
in, blocking a bridge to the
National Assembly over Social
Security reforms.
RACHID SOUKHMANI, Ambulance
Driver (through translator): We
hope that the government will
see reason and suspend this
law for now, so we can discuss
it and work together to find
new solutions which
will satisfy everyone.
But, today, no one is satisfied,
not us, not the government,
not our patients, nor our
employees.
AMNA NAWAZ: The protests
have targeted French
President Emmanuel Macron
over a range economic
inequality issues.
Qatar will be leaving the
international oil cartel
known as OPEC in January.
The small Gulf state made
the surprise announcement
today amid ongoing
tensions with Saudi Arabia.
Qatar is the largest exporter of
liquid natural gas in the world.
But it contributes only
a modest amount of OPEC's
overall production.
A United Nations conference on
climate opened today in Poland
with appeals to implement
the Paris climate
accord of 2015.
It's called for capping
greenhouse gas emissions
and limiting this century's
average temperature
increases to 3.6
degrees Fahrenheit.
Delegates from some 200
countries convened in Katowice,
in the heart of Poland's coal
region.
British naturalist Sir David
Attenborough spoke on the
urgency of the problem.
SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, British
Naturalist and Filmmaker: We
are facing a manmade disaster
of global scale, our
greatest threat in thousands
of years, climate change.
If we don't take action, the
collapse of our civilizations
and the extinction of much of
the natural world
is on the horizon.
The world's people have spoken.
Their message is clear.
Time is running out.
AMNA NAWAZ: The conference is
supposed to hammer out rules
to put the Paris accord into
practice.
Last year, President
Trump withdrew the United
States from the agreement.
Back in this country, thousands
of children in Northern
California returned to school
after the nation's deadliest
wildfire in a century.
They came back for the
first time since November
8, when the firestorm
destroyed eight schools
and thousands of homes.
TIM TAYLOR, Superintendent of
Schools, Butte County: I thought
today the most courageous
and brave people were
the parents and students.
Just when they came out of
that car and they were walking
down the street, to watch those
parents get their children up
this morning, get those kids
ready for school, and to deal
with all the emotions they dealt
with is as equal to everyone
else working hard to help
us.
AMNA NAWAZ: The confirmed death
count from the fire remains
at 88, but the number of
missing is now at 25.
And the NASA spacecraft
OSIRIS-REx chased down
the asteroid Bennu
today after a two-year
pursuit.
It aims to be the first
American craft to bring back
asteroid samples, something only
Japan has done.
The robot explorer will enter
orbit later this month, and
shadow the space rock for
a year.
Then, it will scoop up gravel
and return to Earth in 2023.
Still to come on the "NewsHour":
the nation reflects on the
life of George H.W. Bush;
what we know about a new
trade deal with China;
how a small Kentucky
town's economy is moving
from coal to health care; plus,
our Politics Monday explores
the political legacy of the
41st president.