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i'm hari sreenivasan, thanks for watching. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> 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 is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> the graduation recital is probably the biggest performance you give at curtis while you are there. , i was lucky enough that this is you get to do a recital of anything you want, and i said ok, these are the pieces i want to play. >> the greats of tomorrow, today on stage at curtis. ♪ >> the poulenc sonata is a piece that's not played as often as it should be, i think. it is a piece that either people won't know it or they know it and they love it. it is a piece write

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. attorney general eric holder today ordered federal authorities to perform an independent autopsy of 18-year- old michael brown. the unarmed black youth was killing by a white police officer eight days ago, touching off a wave of clashes between demonstrators and police. overnight, seven people were arrested by police after a small group of protesters defied the midnight to 5:00 a.m. curfew that had been imposed hours earlier. police used smoke and later tear gas grenades to try to disperse the protesters. authorities said a police car had been shot at but not hit. this morning, the governor of missouri criticized police in ferguson for releasing pictures of the slain black youth apparently robbing a store a short time before he was shot by the policeman who reportedly did not know about the robbery at the time. >> we were unaware that they were going to release it and we certainly were not happy with that, that being released, especially in the way that it was.

tomorrow hari will be speaking to the woman who inspired "orange is the new black." he is asking fans to submit questions for piper. you can read those on the rundown. all those and more on our web site pbs.org/newshour. on friday, margaret warner continues reporting from the front lines in the battle against islamic extremists in iraq. i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. from all of us at the pbs "newshour", thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> charles schwab, proud supporter of the "pbs newshour." >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org   >>> this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and susie gharib. >>

hari sreenivasan is back with that. >> they're handwriting on a tablet. a write-- . >> srennivasan: when a professor of computer science and engineering at the massachusetts institute of technology decided in 2011 to offer his circuits and electronics course on-line for free, he was amazed by the response. >> i had over 150,000 students taking it from 162 countries. >> srennivasan: an while the vast majority of students eventually dropped out, the sheer number of student was passed the course was remarkable. >> of 155,000 students took the course, about 5% passed the course. and earned a certificate. so that was about 7,200. that say big number. if i were to teach on campus twice a year, both in the spring and fall semesters i would have to teach for about 40 years before i could teach 7,200 students. >> srennivasan: now just three years later, his overall on-line venture reaches 2.5 million students from every country in the world. with help from harvard and m.i.t., the computer science professor founded edex a nonprofit learning destination with a staff

i'm hari sreenavasan, thanks for watching. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> 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 is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> with our small size, it seems fitting you get your graduation recital, which i think is a great vehicle to give a snapshot of your time at curtis. it's definitely what people want to give. this is what i've done at curtis, this is what i've learned, and this is who i am. >> the greats of tomorrow, today -- on stage at curtis. ♪ >> the way i put my program together is that i really wanted balanced view of many of the different kinds of music i found myself interested in and things i discovewh

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. york, hari sreenivasan. >> good evening, thanks for joining us, israel today began a major withdrawal of its ground troops from gaza but its selling of hamas targets there continues, one attack there today killed ten people at a u.n. school prompting con depp nation from a un official who was asked whether huh mass is using children at human shields. >> yes there are certainly behaviors that equipoise the population on the ground by militant groups that operate close to civilian premises, but certainly if you look at the extent of the damage, the extent of the physical destruction but also the extent of the loss of human life and i witnessed that myself visiting this week the pediatric ward in the main hospital in gaza, seeing the broken bodies of the children there, there is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that insufficient measures of precaution and control and protection are being taken including by the israelly defense force when engaging in gaza. >> the state department also was u

i'm hari sreenivasan.s and ipads. and visit the website where there's always much more, and where you can also listen to or watch each program. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, scenes of muslims around the world celebrating eid-al-fitr, the end of ramadan. ♪ >>> major funding for "religion and ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lilly endowment, an indianapolis based private family foundation dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, community development, and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing kos tumized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> rose: welcome to the program. i'm charlie rose. the program is "charlie rose: the week." just ahead, the ebola outbreak in africa. a conversation with the leader of hamas. and a new exhibition of classic american fashion. >> perhaps the one that we were really thrilled to be able to borrow from the victorianlbert in london is james' puffer coat from 1938. i think th

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. before leaving for vacation on martha's vineyard today, president obama warned that he could not put a timetable on the latest american military intervention in northern iraq. islamic extremists there have closed to within about 25 miles of the kurdish capital of erbil, where many americans are said to be. the militants' advance has also prompted tens of thousands of others to flee the city and take refuge on a mountain, where they are now trapped. >> and american aircraft are positioned to strike isil terrorists around the mountain, to help forces in iraq break the siege and rescue those who are trapped there. now, even as we deal with these immediate situations, we will continue to pursue a broader strategy in iraq. we will protect our american citizens in iraq, whether they're diplomats, civilians or military. if these terrorists threaten our facilities or our personnel, we will take action to protect our people. >> sreenivasan: for more about the situation

i'm hari sreenivasan. you can follow religion and ethics news weekly on twitter and facebook and watch on pbs app for iphones and ipads and visit the website where there's always much more and where you can also listen to or watch each program. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, more from the chabad lubavitch. ♪ >> major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the lillie endowment a private family foundation dedicated to founders interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement >> rose: i'm charlie rose. the program is "charlie rose the week." just ahead a conversation with sting and then a selection of songs from his new broadway show. >> momentum is important to me. and i'm still on that journey. i'm still trying to finish this journey but it's very, very exciting, very absorbing and probably the most difficult thing i've eve

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from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, this is hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said today that israel has accomplished many of its goals during its nearly four- week-long conflict with hamas. and israeli troops and tanks began to pull back from parts of gaza. netanyahu signaled that a wider pullback could be coming after the last of the hamas tunnels leading into israel from gaza are destroyed. >> ( translated ): the military will prepare for continuing action in according to our security needs and only according to our security needs. >> sreenivasan: an estimated 1,650 palestinians and 66 israelis have been killed during the fighting. meanwhile, the egyptian leader, abdel fattah al-sisi, is hosting a meeting in cairo with palestinian officials to try to broker a new, more lasting cease fire between israel and hamas. an earlier cease fire arranged by egypt broke down after only hours yesterday. earlier today, we spoke via skype from jerusalem with jodi rudoren of the "new york times." what do

hari?hour weekend," as museum attendance in the u.s. continues to fall, some entrepreneurs are devising new ways to make visits more entertaining for young people. but is it dumbing down the experience? hannah yi reports. we'll be back, right here, on monday, margaret warner reports from iraq, as the country struggles to regain stability. that's the newshour for tonight. i'm hari sreenivasan, have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by

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hari?eenivasan: in tomorrow's edition of pbs newshour weekend, i'll be taking a look at how the islamic state is more savage and media savvy in it's campaign to gain control of iraq, syria and beyond. and we'll be back right here on monday, labor day, with a paul solomon report on how some part- time workers are coping with this slow economic recovery. that's the newshour for tonight. i'm hari sreenivasan. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs "newshour." >> bnsf. >> carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehr

hari is back with the next in our series on "rethinking college".these are all natural science classes. >> sreenivasan: cheryl knows these hallways better than most. after all, she walked them some 20 years ago as a community college student. >> let's see if i can recognize any of my old classrooms. >> all righty. >> sreenivasan: today, she walks as the boss. in 2010, heimen was asked by chicago's mayor to leave a lucrative job at the utility giant commonwealth edison to become chancellor of city colleges of chicago, one of the largest community college systems in the country. >> this is how much closer we need to get to the starting. >> sreenivasan: heimen manages a budget of $650 million, overseas, hundreds of employees and seven college campuses. her task was to turn around a dismal record. only 7% of the 115,000 students were graduating. >> good luck and thanks for attending city colleges of chicago. >> sreenivasan: like many students at city colleges of chicago, heimen had a challenging childhood. >> how are you? appy birthday! >> sreenivasan:

plus, rethinking college, hari sreenivasan begins a week-long look at fresh ideas designed to improve the value of higher education. tonight, awarding degrees based on competency rather than credit hours. >> the credit hour is really only good at one thing, or at which is telling people how long you sat, how long were you in class. it's not very good at telling people what you've actually learned. >> ifill: those are just some of the stories we're covering 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 and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: at least 58 people died in a wave of attacks across iraq today. most of the violence targeted shiite districts. scores of people were wounded. the deadliest

i'm hari sreenivasan. judy is off tonight. also ahead, we wrap up our weeklong series on rethinking college. more and more states across the country are tying their public universities' funding levels to graduation rates. we went to tennessee where this practice began. >> it's trying to find ways to get schools to respond to incentives the same way people respond to incentives. as a professor, i don't grade students when they show up the first day of class; i wait and see how they perform throughout the semester, and then i evaluate them. >> sreenivasan: and it's friday. mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the week's news. those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these institutionshe s >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.le bri el >> sreenivasan: rebels in a ukra

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hari sreenivasan in our new york studios has our conversation. >> reporter: the most recent case, toledoio, where contamination from an algae bloom in lake erie temporarily made the water supply unsafe for 400,000 people and stirred new worries throughout the great lakes region. that followed a major disruption earlier this year in west virginia after chemicals leaked into the elk river around charleston. david beckman wrote about these matters in an op-ed for the new york times. he's with the pisces foundation, an environmental philanthropy based in san francisco and joins me now. so, mr. beckman, i know that we're better off than 800 million people or so on the planet who don't have access to clean drinking water on a daily basis but what do these two events start to make you think about? >> well, hari, they make me think about the fact that while we've come a great distance in terms of water in the united states since the early 1970s and had rivers catching on fire that water pollution is not a set it and forget it situation, and we have to be cognizant all the time and vigilant to ad

hari is back with that. did you ask that question?ead that you're not supposed to ask that. >> you read that? you do studies for prisons? >> sreenivasan: orange is the new black, netflix's most popular original show, follows the story of piper kerman, a white, middle class woman sentenced to 15 years in prison for a drug crime. >> i'm here to surrender. oh, okay. did he look surprised to you? when i said i was here to surrender. didn't he look surprised? >> i didn't notice. he did to me. >> sreenivasan: in 2004, in real life, piper kerman spend st prison in danbury connecticut ct and wrote a book called "orange is the new black." it brought life behind bars for women to light. she advocates for prison reform. she testified at a senate judiciary hearing on solitaire confinement earlier this year. >> there are egregious examples of solitaire confinement used by prison officials to hide horrific systemic sexual abuse under their watch. the terrible threat of isolation makes women afraid to report abuse and serves as a powerful disincenti

hari sreenivasan has our report. >> sreenivasan: it was a great day for ann degarmo, who joined 6,400 students for graduation at the university of wisconsin in madison last may. the milestone marked the beginning of her life after college. >> oh my god, oh my god, it's happening, it's happening. >> sreenivasan: it also marked the beginning of payments on $58,000 of student loans. the heavy debt load carried by students like ann degarmo has sparked a national dialogue among policy makers. and it's easy to see why. seven of ten graduating students left college last year in debt. the average debt load is $26,000. one in ten owes more than $40,000. behind home mortgages, student loans are the second largest source of personal debt, more than credit cards, more than auto loans. the total bill due for students in america tops one trillion dollars. throughout college, ann degarmo held a job. even so, she took on private and federal loans to make ends meet. >> i couldn't work enough hours with going to school full time and be able to afford to pay my rent in full. >> sreenivasan: now, the rea

hari sreenivasan spoke with the chair of the journalism department at quinnipiac university. can watch their conversation online. >> woodruff: other victims of the islamic state in recent weeks include christians and members of the yazidi miniority. most who were lucky enough to escape have flooded the kurdish controlled region in northern iraq with nothing but the clothes on their backs. tonight, chief foreign affaris correspondent margaret warner takes a close look at these newly internally displaced persons-- or i.d.ps-- and efforts to contain their suffering. >> warner: the boeing 747 touched down in the afternoon heat of erbil's today, carrying 3,300 united nations relief agency tents-- the first wave of fresh supplies since the u.n. announced last week a heightened level of emergency for northeastern iraq. >> we're not just getting the materials we already have in stock but are bringing them from around the world. >> reporter: the tents will shelter 20,000 people, just a fraction of the estimated 1.25 million iraqis who fled into the kurd, region since the self proclaim

. >> women bonnie hari, here to investigate what's in your food.am in the stream. >> welcome back. there is a water crisis in toledo ohio that stem s from toxic and maneuver on large farms feeds the algae that releases toxin. it's not limited to residents who live near the lake. joining us from columbus ohio to talk about this is jen miller, the director of the ohio sierra club. jen, the federal clean water act brought it back to being a pretty safe body of water. it sounds like you are heading back to the lake erie of old. >> we have toxic algae dead zones, massive areas that are killing out all of the fish, all of the national has been at that point in times of the water and this toxic algae contains a micro cystin. >> i am looking at a picture after dog along a contaminated lakeside. what happens if the dog drinks that water? >> the dog will get very sick, and, also, if the owner gives that dog a bath, the owner could get very sick. >> and what is being done about this? >> i know a lot of people are concerned, 400,000 in toledo who went without