Good evening. I'm William Brangham. I'm the Navaz and Jeff Bennett are away. On the news hour

tonight, the rescission's bill goes back to the House for a final vote. We look at the impact on public

broadcasting. This is such an American institution trusted by people across political divides. And what's so

short-sighted about it, I think, is that this affects mostly rural communities. We speak to the

president of Planned Parenthood to discuss the fallout of funding cuts to that organization.

Planned Parenthood is a part of the public health infrastructure.

We are a safety net of safety nets.

And amid a violent week in Syria, we examine the state of that fragile new nation. Welcome to the news hour.

The clock is ticking for Congress to claw back more than $9 billion of federal funding for programs including foreign aid and public media.

Tomorrow is the final deadline for the House to pass the so-called recisions package,

which is a priority for President Trump.

Lisa Desjardin joins me now with the latest.

Lisa, bring us up to speed where this recisions bill is.

Well, the House is preparing to vote.

My reporting is it will happen very late tonight,

or perhaps in the early morning hours. This is the final vote needed to pass these immediate cuts,

and my reporting is that the votes are in fact there. Those who have opposed this in the past

told me today that now they are more or less on board. There may still be a few no Republican

votes, but this is on track to pass later tonight. Now, it should go without saying this is a major

victory for President Trump and his ability to sway Congress. Many Republicans did not want to

vote on this, thought this was really not worth their time. It's not really a lot of money in the

scheme of the whole federal budget.

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