Judy Woodruff:

The arms sale by the Trump administration comes amid growing tensions between the U.S. and China over trade.

Back in this country, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein remains on the job pending a meeting on Thursday with President Trump. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders declined to say today if Mr. Trump still has confidence in Rosenstein. She said only that he — quote — "has confidence in the system." Rosenstein has denied that he talked of recording the president or of removing him from office.

The havoc from Hurricane Florence triggered new warnings today, 11 days after the storm hit coastal North Carolina. The town of Georgetown, South Carolina, is bracing for historic flooding. Authorities there are urging some 8,000 people to leave their homes. Rising rivers could put parts of the town under 10 feet of water, with more rain to come.

Grizzly bears are now protected again from hunting in Wyoming and Idaho. On Monday, a federal judge restored federal protections for the animals and blocked the first grizzly hunts in the lower 48 states in nearly 30 years. The judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was wrong to decide last year that the bears were no longer threatened.

And rising interest rates in oil prices weighed on Wall Street today. The Dow Jones industrial average lost nearly 70 points to close at 26492. The Nasdaq rose 14 points, but the S&P 500 slipped three.

Still to come on the "NewsHour", how lawmakers are responding to the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh; President Trump addresses the world at the United Nations; Bill Cosby is sentenced to prison for sexual assault; and much more.