newshour. >> i was visibly not far at all from one of people shooting, because there were a lot of cases around me, a lot of, like, bullet shells. >> stewart: also, in our signature segment, converting trash into heat and electricity. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, allison stewart. >> stewart: good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm alison stewart, in for hari sreenivasan. belgium is not backing down from its highest security alert

machine. >> sreenivasan: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening thanks for joining us. world leaders are descending on paris for the two-week united nations climate change conference that starts tomorrow. france will host more than 190 delegations and 140 heads of state, including president barack obama, who left today. the white house said today the u.s. and 18 other countries financing 80% of the

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: a gunman opened fire near a planned parenthood in colorado springs, wounding civilians and at least four police officers. then, a solemn remembrance for the victims of the paris attacks, and the lasting effects on those who survived. >> i saw four people's lives extinguished very, very quickly, right in front of me. and that obligation is to give something back to the people i meet in the course of my life. >> woodruff: and it's friday. mark shields and david brooks join us, to analyze the week's news. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the new

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> sreenivasan: good evening. i'm hari sreenivasan. gwen ifill and judy woodruff are away. on the newshour tonight, britain's prime minster says a bomb is a possible cause in the mysterious plane crash above sinai, but russia and egypt deny those claims. also ahead, inside america's nuclear arsenal: we take a look at it's newest eight billion dollar upgrade. >> we're bringing this weapon to the 21st century. we're bringing it to 2015. we are updating its components, we're making it safer, more secure, and we're making it more effective. >> sreenivasan: plus, george h. w. bush reveals what he really thinks about dick cheney and donald rumsfield in john meacham's new biography on the former president. >> george h. w. bush said that he believed that cheney was responsible for a good bit of that hawkish image-- that he wished cheney had not had as much influence. dick cheney should have had his "own state department." all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> an

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. gwen ifill is away. on the newshour tonight: five people were shot in minneapolis protesting a police shooting-- this comes as a chicago officer is charged with murder for shooting a black teen 16 times last year. then, turkey shoots down a russian warplane that was on the syrian-turkey border, complicating talks between president obama and french president hollande over an isis strategy. and, how pesticides are killing bee colonies. >> we collected some of those bees and analyzed them, and found neonicotinoids on them and in them, so there is an intersection between planting these crops and killing foraging honey bees. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by bnsf railway. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: there is breaking new

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight: did exxon lie to the public about its climate change research? new york's attorney general lays out details of his new investigation, and an exxon vice president responds. >> ifill: also ahead this tuesday, in the footsteps of our ancestors: journalist paul salopek walks around the world to uncover human's prehistoric journey. >> the walk has opened up the vista to me in both space and time where i can see the connections between all of these stories and i see how history informs everything that's happening today. >> woodruff: and "breaking bad" actor bryan cranston talks about playing a black-listed screenwriter in the height of the red scare, in the 1960's. >> a lot of people will look back and see him as a hero. there are other people who would say he was no hero, that he was a dirty, red commie or whatever. i suppose the point of the movie is that all opinions are welcome. >> ifill: all that and more on tonight's

pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. the head of egypt's investigation into last week's russian airliner crash in the sinai peninsula said today while the plane was on auto-pilot, the cockpit recording registered a noise in its last second. >> all scenarios are on table. it may be the lithium batteries or one of the passengers, it may be an explosion in the fuel tank, it may be fatigue to the body of the plane. it may be that something exploded. >> sreenivasan: the head of the investigation told reporters the recording is being sent to a lab for further analysis, and it is still too soon to draw conclusio

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, a big win for environmentalists: president obama ends a seven-year review by rejecting the 1,100 mile extension of the keystone oil pipeline. and it's friday. mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the week's news. plus, pablo picasso, known best for his paintings, also had a talent for sculpture, now being shown in a new exhibit in new york. >> picasso, when he comes back to making three-dimensional objects, does it in ways that nobody has ever done before. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. >> th

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, deadly blasts rock beirut, as the islamic state claims responsibility for two suicide bombs in lebanon's capitol. plus, kurdish forces take over a major isis route in iraq in an effort to reclaim the town of sinjar. also ahead, one public school in harlem is making educators wonder: can students learn best with more time on computers, and less help from teachers? >> could it be that we don't need to go to school at all? could it be that at the point in time when you need to know something you can find out in two minutes? could it be that we're headed towards, or may be in, a future where knowing is obsolete? >> ifill: and oscar-winning actress juliette binoche talks about some unusual turns in her career, and taking on greek tragedy. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic pe

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight: it's election day in much of the country. voters pick new leaders and decide on issues, from pot legalization to l.g.b.t rights. >> ifill: also ahead this tuesday: pipeline politics. the company behind the keystone xl pipeline asks to hold off on a decision. >> woodruff: and, we talk with the woman in charge of the upcoming u.n. climate change summit. >> the major, major shift that we had where we were in copenhagen to now is that countries have increasingly >> ifill: plus, could building more dams be a solution for drought-stricken california farmers? >> ifill: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: n an on board explosion, and there are reports of mysterious debris at the crash site. said not to be passed. it's hoped the examination of flight recorders due to start tonight could turn rumors into answers. all that's known at this stage is that the rus

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight: french police confirm the mastermind behind last friday's attacks did die in a police operation. we get the latest from paris. >> sreenivasan: i'm hari sreenivasan in paris. we talked to residents in the neighborhood of the raid and what this could mean for their community. >> ifill: also ahead this thursday: refugee politics here at home. the house votes to tighten security checks, while some local governments say they don't want syrians fleeing war in their communities. >> woodruff: and, tracking down the islamic state's money. have their finances been underestimated? >> isis actually took in as much as half a billion dollars in the past year from oil alone. >> ifill: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st cen

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, another deadly friday, this time in the west african nation of mali, where dozens were killed by gunmen who held 170 people hostage in a hotel. then, one week after the paris attacks we look at how the community and police in the french capital are recovering. >> sreenivasan: a night of >> woodruff: and mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze this full week of news. plus, a hip hop musical, that's also a history lesson. we talk with the creator of the broadway hit play "hamilton." >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: on the newshour tonight: a big win for conservatives at the polls; republican matt bevin easily takes the kentucky governor's race and ohio says no to legalizing pot. >> woodruff: also ahead this wednesday, looking back at the assassination of israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin twenty years later. how the event still shapes the mideast politics. >> ifill: and actor jeff daniels on bringing theater to his home town in rural michigan. >> you have to get them to not just go to the plays that have a happy ending. "is it a comedy? okay, it's not a comedy, when's the next comedy? i'll come to that." and you have to get those people to take a chance once in awhile. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, terror strikes paris. multiple coordinated bombings and shootings kill scores; at least 100 are dead at a concert hall that was held hostage; and french president hollande declares a state of emergency. plus, kurdish forces backed by u.s. air strikes declare a victory over isis as they take back the town of sinjar in iraq. then: dissecting strong language from donald trump, anticipating tomorrow's democratic debate, and more. mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. and investigative journalism on the silver screen: we look at the new movie "spotlight." >> there's something about the blue collar approach to this work, a kind of boots on the ground journalism that's more or less a dying art and why it's important and why this is fascinating. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supp

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: >> if we act here, if we act now. >> ifill: president obama joins hundreds of world leaders in paris, calling for an ambitious agreement to combat climate change. also ahead: the first in our weeklong series from nigeria, where the country is battling the brutal group, boko haram. >> we have children who have arrived and they lost their voice because of what they saw. it seems the war still rages in their mind. >> ifill: and, this politics monday: truth on the trail. parsing facts in the race for the white house. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to yo

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: on the newshour tonight, the immigration divide. republican presidential candidates debate what they would do, and they don't always agree. >> woodruff: also ahead this wednesday, another hit for the companies behind fantasy sports. new york state bans what it calls illegal gambling. >> ifill: and we travel to the country of georgia, to stand at the crossroads of human history. >> we're standing on one of the oldest boneyards in the world. dmanisi, in particular, is 1.8 million years old. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possi

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: brussels in lockdown. belgian authorities remain on high alert after a terrorist threat similar to paris. we look at what the u.s. and others can and should be doing to stop isis. also ahead: it's politics monday. we look at how the politics of fear is shaping the presidential campaign. and, could tobacco plants be key to finding a treatment for ebola? >> in a vaccine, you give a person a protein that stimulates your own body to make antibodies. in this case, we're giving antibodies directly to you so your body doesn't have to make them. >> ifill: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broad

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> ifill: good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: on the newshour tonight, a deepening mystery: what brought down a russian plane in egypt killing hundreds on board? >> woodruff: also ahead this monday, racial profiling in the courtroom. how one case taken to the supreme court could change the process of jury selection nationwide. >> in the prosecutor's files, they had race-coded and color- coded all the black people in the list of the jurors. they had compared the black jurors against each other. >> ifill: and, elvis costello talks about the moments that influenced his music, and his new autobiography. >> i'm a fairly decent, dark- dispositioned person, but you can start to like it. i was fine being a skeptic but then when you start to settle for that it's not very good. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and f

. and, fact-checking last night's democratic debate next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, >> brangham: good evening and thanks for joining us. hari sreenivasan is on assignment in paris and will join us in a moment. a manhunt is underway in france for at least one man suspected of direct involvement in friday's terrorist attacks in paris. this is contrary to yesterday's initial statements by french officials that all eight men who carried out

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. gwen ifill is away. on the newshour tonight: angry protests after the release of a video showing a black teen shot by a chicago police officer renews the question of excessive force. >> woodruff: then, a century ago, einstein changed how we think about our world. we talk with biographer walter isaacson about the scientist's revolutionary ideas. >> it was a huge leap. it wasn't a little improvement of newton's universe. it was a whole new way of looking at the universe. >> woodruff: and "the queen of soul," aretha franklin, wins one of the first "portrait of america" awards, and talks about her remarkable career. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the enginthat connects us. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff . >> ifill: on the newshour tonight: upheaval on campus. the university of missouri president steps down amid increasing student and faculty protests over racism and representation. >> woodruff: also ahead this monday: russia is caught in a state- sponsored doping scandal, putting russian athletes in danger of being banned from the 2016 olympics. >> ifill: and life on the road with gloria steinem. the famed activists talks about fighting for feminism in a new memoir. >> it was only after when i had been living this on the road life until i was 50, that i realized "wait a minute. this isn't just something on the way to something else. this is it." >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better >> and with the ongoing

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight: we continue our on the ground reporting from france on the fallout from last week's terror: >> sreenivasan: i'm hari sreenivasan in paris. the latest on the investigation into the attacks and the ongoing campaign against isis. >> ifill: also ahead this tuesday: we talk to presidential candidates ben carson and bernie sanders about whether, in the wake of the paris attacks, the u.s should withdraw its welcome mat for syrian refugees. >> woodruff: and, teaching kids to kill. we get a rare look inside an isis training camp for children in afghanistan. >> it was really really shocking to see these young children learning how to kill and what is jihad-- how to use weapons. >> ifill: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made >> ( translated ): they wanted to weaken the french passion

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff . >> ifill: tonight, we devote the full newshour to coverage of the islamic state attacks and their aftermath. >> woodruff: as an international manhunt continues to find those involved, we are on the ground in europe. >> sreenivasan: i'm hari sreenivasan in paris. a city in mourning, but resolute to fight the terrorists. >> reporter: and i'm malcom brabant in brussels, the scene of a massive police operation to capture one of the suspects. >> ifill: plus discussions on the threat of isis and what is being done to turn them back. >> woodruff: all tonight on the pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contribut

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff . >> ifill: on the newshour tonight: we're on the ground in france with the latest. >> reporter: i'm malcolm brabant. gunfire and explosions in paris, this time in a police raid targeting the mastermind of the attacks, once believed to be in syria. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. where the attacks in paris have added fuel to an already heated debate about europe's open borders. >> woodruff: and u.s. lawmakers are briefed on threats here at home. >> ifill: plus, privacy versus security in the digital age. should the government be able to access data on apps if terrorists use them to communicate? >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfou

newshour. with me, elizabeth puranam. coming up in the next 60 minutes, aung san suy kyi's party is expected to win the first seats as votes are counted in the first democratically elections in 25 years. >>> talks between binyamin netanyahu and president barack obama as violence between israelis and palestinians continue >>> a service healed at st. petersburg to remember the victims of the egypt air disaster. >> your top sports story, motogp has a new champion, jose lorenzo taking the title from his team-mate valentino rossi >>> we begin in myanmar, where voting is freery - voting in freely contested elections is taking police for the first time in a quarter of a century. turn out is high, at 80%. the outcome will not be clear for a couple of days and could be followed by weeks of political wrangling. outstanding's national league for demack racy is expected to win the most. it needs 67% of seats to take the parliament and choose a president. a roll she is not allowed to hold. the army dominates after decades in power. the union backed solidarity party neath 35%, and 35% of seats ar

newshour keep up-to-date with these hattest dproechlts pairings on our website at aljazeera.com. at least 10 people have been killed in a high-speed train crash in eastern france. the accident happened near straussburg. technicians were testing the tdv train at the time. local authorities say the train derailed because it was going too fast. still to come on the newshour high level talks in vienna. a horrifying discovery after pesh perfect push out isil fighters. >> the world of sport pays tribute to those who died in the paris attacks. details of that coming up later in the program. the issue is of execute is the said to dominate at a time second democratic debate. tribute to the victims have been laid at the french embassy in washington, d.c. the final three democratic contenders will faceoff in iowa in a few hours. let's go to our correspondent, kimberly halkett now. she is in des moines where that debate is going to take place. kimberly, how have the paris attacks -- how will they affect the debate? >> you know, initially, elizabeth, this was expected to be a debate focusing on domest