captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, august 9: residents in ferguson, missouri remember michael brown, killed by a police officer one year ago today. how protests in ferguson, and the forceful police response, have affected police tactics nationally. and, from idaho, how rare political cooperation preserved this wilderness area forever. next on 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 is 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 in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. ferguson, missouri, is marking a somber anniversary today. hundreds of people marched peacefully in the st. louis suburb, one year after unarmed black teenager michael brown was shot dead by a white police

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for saturday, august 29: on the tenth anniversary of hurricane katrina, the continued impact of the storm on those who left new orleans. >> my family has been in new orleans for generations. it wasn't until katrina that everyone sort of separated. some folks are in mississippi, some are in alabama, florida, you know. everyone scattered about a bit. >> sreenivasan: how the federal emergency management agency, fema, has changed in the last decade. and a legendary new orleans restaurant, rebuilt. >> i had a whole lot of help. and i'm so blessed because a lot of people didn't have that help. >> sreenivasan: next on 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 is 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 i

captioning sponsored by wnet >> larson: on this edition for sunday, august 23: the latest on the passenger train attack in europe stopped by three americans. also, how chernobyl, once devastated by nuclear fallout, is showing signs of life. >> for wildlife, more important, absence of people, absence of their activity. >> larson: and, a movement in puerto rico to become more food independent. next on 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 is 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 in lincoln center in new york, john larson. >> larson: good evening, and thanks for joining us. i'm john larson in for hari sreenivasan. french officials have confirmed the identity of the would-be mass shooter who terrorized a passenger train in europe on friday night and say he is an "isla

captioning sponsored by wnet >> larson: on this edition for saturday, august 22: >> a potential mass shooting on a train in trance is prevented. new talks begin to defuse tensions between north and south korea. and in our signature segment, can puerto rico climb out of its financial crisis and pay off its record debt? >> do you think this will give puerto rico a black eye, that it will be seen as greece? >> it's happening already. and i hate it. puerto rico's not greece. puerto rico's not a foreign country. >> larson: next on 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 is 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 in lincoln center in new york, john larson. >> larson: good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm john larson in for hari sreenivasan. the presidents of france

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for saturday, august 8: life in prison-- reaction to the sentence for the aurora, colorado, movie theater gunman; isis captures a strategic syrian city; and in our signature segment, facing life or death decisions with your doctor and your family. >> from "keep me alive no matter what to "i just want to be home with my family to anything in between." >> sreenivasan: next on 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 is 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 of lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. there is a mix of anger and acceptance in colorado after a jury declined to sentence james holmes to death for his mass shooting inside a movie th

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, august 30: european leaders at odds over the growing migrant crisis. also, new research reveals trauma experienced by holocaust survivors can alter the body chemistry of their children. >> all i knew was that we were different, that i was different. i didn't exactly know why. >> sreenivasan: and, remembering oliver sacks. >> woo seize with the eyes but we see with the brain as well. pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: next on 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 is 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 in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. european officials are planning an emergency meeting to address the continen

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the u.s. government is opposing the release of a detainee at the u.s. military prison in guantanamo, bay cuba, who has been on a hunger strike for eight years. the military is force-feeding tariq ba odah to keep him alive. the 36-year-old detainee now weighs 74 pounds, roughly the weight of a 10-year-old boy. that's less than half what he weighed when he was sent to guantanamo 13 years ago. ba odah has never been formally charged or convicted of a crime, and he is among the 52 detainees who have been cleared for release by a task force of u.s. national security agencies. last night, the justice department filed papers in federal court opposing any court-ordered release for ba odah. however, a department spokesman told the newshour the obama administration will continue to work on resettling him in a country that will take him. ba odah is a yemeni citizen whose family lives in saudi arabia. this case

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, august 2: president obama pushes for deeper cuts in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. but industries vow to sue to block new regulations. in our signature segment, sowing seeds of diversity in the tech industry, by training black and hispanic teens to code. >> i can now build something and bring it to the table and show this is what i've done. >> sreenivasan: and, taking on muslim stereotypes... through stand-up comedy. next on 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 is 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 in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. president obama is proposing the toughest regulations in u.s. history to comb

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for saturday, august 1: the justice department's stunning investigation of discrimination against black children in the st. louis family court system; and candidates collecting massive amounts of facebook data on individual voters; and in our signature segment, home or hotel? a new battle in the sharing economy over airbnb. so, we're sitting in an illegal hotel room, according to the state senator. >> ( laughs ) yes, i have a difference of opinion with her, for sure. it's really hard for me to feel like my home is a hotel. >> sreenivasan: next on 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 is 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 in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and t

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition, for sunday august 16: spying on americans emails and phone calls: the unique partnership between the national security agency and at&t. remembering civil rights pioneer julian bond. and, from hawaii, residents invest in solar power, will the local utility keep up? next on 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 is 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 in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. for two years, secret documents leaked by former national security contractor edward snowden have yielded a steady stream of news reports about u.s. government spying-- on terrorism suspects, foreign leaders, and american citizens. now, another chapter

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition, for sunday august 16: spying on americansils and phone calls: the unique partnership between the national security agency and at&t. remembering civil rights pioneer julian bond. and, from hawaii, residents invest in solar power, will the local utility keep up? next on 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 is provided by:

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, august 30: european leaders at odds over the growing migrant crisis. also, new research reveals trauma experienced by holocaust survivors can alter the body chemistry of their children. >> all i knew was that we were different, that i was different. i didn't exactly know why. >> sreenivasan: and, remembering oliver sacks. >> woo seize with the eyes but we see with the brain as well. pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by:

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, august 2: president obama pushes for deeper cuts in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. but industries vow to sue to block new regulations. in our signature segment, sowing seeds of diversity in the tech industry, by training black and hispanic teens to code. >> i can now build something and bring it to the table and show this is what i've done. >> sreenivasan: and, taking on muslim stereotypes... through stand-up comedy. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by:

captioning sponsored by wnet >> larson: on this edition for sunday, august 23: the latest on the passenger train attack in europe stopped by three americans. also, how chernobyl, once devastated by nuclear fallout, is showing signs of life. >> for wildlife, more important, absence of people, absence of their activity. >> larson: and, a movement in puerto rico to become more food independent. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by:

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, august 9: residents in fergusonssouri remember michael brown, killed by a police officer one year ago today. how protests in ferguson, and the forceful police response, have affected police tactics nationally. and, from idaho, how rare political cooperation preserved this wilderness area forever. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designi