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and what you'll find in here are 560 llcs. private partnerships, many of them registered in delaware, some registered overseas. very difficult to penetrate, but some of them give us a sense of where the trump holdings lie. so, we see about 20 countries listed here. sometimes it will just say djt llc and then in parens, saudi. we don't know much about this particular llc, but we know that there is at least an expressed trump interest in doing some kind of business in saudi arabia. so we have these vast holdings and they extend to across -- sort of the range of human activities in some ways since it's donald trump, some of the most obvious and maybe the most consistent overseas are golf courses. next we have -- and there are 18 trump golf courses around the world. one of them came into the news, chris, and as everyone will recall, recently because donald trump is concerned about the view from his golf course. from some of the wonderful links that they developed in scotland. he's concerned that the view will be marred by a britis

but bbc world news -- captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> brangham: good evening, i'm william brangham. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, dueling visions for the nation. president obama seeks to preserve his legacy as donald trump lays out a very different path forward. plus, the greek island of lesbos is facing strained relations with the refugees it once welcomed with open arms. >> they're soaking wet, they're freezing cold, the temperature is close to zero. when you have a few people holding two towns to ransom because they don't want refugees in there, that's absolutely disgusting. >> brangham: and, remembering george michael, the '80s pop star and gay rights advocate who died at age 53. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> sreenivasan: good evening. i'm hari sreenivasan. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: with less than four weeks to inauguration day, we examine donald trump's cabinet and compare his choices to previous presidential picks. also ahead, the fall of aleppo. after fleeing to safety in turkey, syrian refugees face a bleak future. >> if they want to work, they will be beggars. they will live in the street, and have no future. some lost their sons, others daughters and wives. for them there is no meaning to life. it is better to die. >> sreenivasan: plus, the reach of opioids into elementary school classrooms. a west virginia school partners with local law enforcement to find solutions. >> we assume that everything needs to be provided here. so that means, if they need clothes, we're going to give

sometimes it will just say "djt llc" and then in parens, "saudi." we don't know much about this particular llc, but we know there is at least some expressed trump interest in doing some kind of business in saudi arabia. so we have these vast holdings, and they extend to across sort of the range of human activities in some ways, since it's donald trump, some of the most obvious and maybe the most consistent overseas are golf courses. and there are 18 trump golf courses around the world. one of them came into the news -- chris, and as everyone will recall -- recently because donald trump is concerned about the view from his golf course, from some of the wonderful links that they developed in scotland on one of his courses, he's concerned that the view will be marred by a british plan to erect a windmill farm off the north sea coast. and so, when he met post election with nigel farage, who is the head of what some think is the up andcoming ukip party in the british parliament, he mentioned his distaste for windmills. so, here is a president, at least i

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight: the future commander- in-chief strikes a deal to keep factory jobs in the u.s.-- what this early push for the manufacturing sector could tell us about the future trump administration. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this thursday: we join the medics on the front lines against isis-- a look into the lives of american volunteers helping bandage and heal the victims of the battle for mosul. >> woodruff: and, america's forgotten government investment: a look at why the nation's infrastructure and productivity are getting slower by the century. >> every major component of your iphone is a result of public investment and development: g.p.s., the memory processors, touch screen technology, even that annoying voice that doesn't >> sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: lincoln financial is committed to helping you take cha

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captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: president-elect trump announces his pick for secretary of defense. we take a close look at retired marine general mattis's background. then, as a deadline looms for protestors, pressure mounts at the site of the dakota pipeline, where clashes with police have been ongoing. >> the way i look at it is, as long as the pipeline isn't under the river, there's still a chance, there's still hope. >> woodruff: and, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks analyze this week's trump transition moves, and the democrats' discontent. 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. >> xq institute. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends o

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, from trump tower to twitter, the president-elect continues to shake up tradition, by attacking boeing's plans to build a new air force one. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this wednesday, the pentagon hides a study that exposes $125 billion in wasteful spending, fearing congress would cut its defense budget. >> woodruff: plus, a passion for improvisation. two jazz greats open up to jeffrey brown about their new album and staying in the moment. >> it's an emotional, it's an intuitive process. i mean, of course it's happening in the brain, right, but if i'm thinking about responding in that way, then i'm over-thinking it, and i probably won't do it well. >> sreenivasan

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the "newshour" tonight, we're on the ground in berlin where police hunt for a new suspect in the truck attack that killed 12 people. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this wednesday, the political fight intensifies over north carolina's controversial bathroom law restricting transgender people's access to bathrooms. >> woodruff: and, "the atlantic's" ta-nehisi coates talks the legacy president obama leaves behind. >> if having an african-american president was as revolutionary as we claim, it was then there'd probably be some sort of backlash. >> sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, president-elect donald trump appoints senior members of his economic team. we look at who the men he wants to run the treasury and commerce departments are, and what changes they may make. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this wednesday, former secretary of state madeleine albright and former national security advisor stephen hadley are here to discuss the future of the middle east under a trump presidency. >> woodruff: and, bringing silicon valley to salinas valley. how a poor farming community in california is using technology to revive its economy. >> we believe, when it comes to a.g.-tech, if you can make it in salinas valley, you're going to be able to have a product that will be adopted globally. >> sreenivasan: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> ♪ love me tender ♪ love me true we can like many, but we can love onl

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, to a christmas market.owedersine also ahead, escaping a nightmare: after days of delays, evacuations resume in the war ravaged syrian city of aleppo. then, protests greet electoral college voters as they gather at state houses across the country to finalize president-elect trump's win. our politics monday duo analyze the latest in the transition. plus, a rare look inside bruce springsteen's personal studio. the rock legend opens up about his creative process. >> most artists i know consider themselves to be phonies. along with the feeling that just something that you're doing is essential, essential to communicate, and deeply, deeply real. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public bro

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, a dangerous search for answers among the blackened ruins of a warehouse fire in oakland, california where at least 36 people died, and digging for more remains goes on. then, president-elect donald trump's team expands as dr. ben carson is tapped for secretary of housing and urban development. our politics monday team on the latest in the transition plus, questions about the trump approach to china. and, we sit down with former british prime minister tony blair, to ask why he's pushing a movement in the political center. >> it's really about linking up people who look at the world and know the world needs change and not the status quo, don't want the center to be a place where just managing the status quo and instead where we're really articulating change. >> woodruff: and... >> this is more art than the human mind could possibly perceive. >> woodruff: as art basel kicks off in miami, jeffrey brown offers a look inside the nation's largest art fair. all that a

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: >> send clear message to russia or others not to do this to us, we can do stuff to you. >> woodruff: president obama talks about russian hacking, the crisis in syria, and what democrats need to do differently, in his final year- end news conference. then, a global movement-- italy's fastest growing political party embraces the anti-establishment ideals becoming popular around the world. >> this is where we see a parallel with brexit and the united states. there is a sense of the dispossessed, of the disenfranchised, those who feel they don't have a voice anymore. >> woodruff: and it's friday, mark shields and ramesh ponnuru analyze a full week of 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. lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the front

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> brangham: good evening, i'm william brangham. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, dueling visions for the nation. president obama seeks to preserve his legacy as donald trump lays out a very different path forward. plus, the greek island of lesbos is facing strained relations with the refugees it once welcomed with open arms. >> they're soaking wet, they're freezing cold, the temperature is close to zero. when you have a few people holding two towns to ransom because they don't want refugees in there, that's absolutely disgusting. >> brangham: and, remembering george michael, the '80s pop star and gay rights advocate who died at age 53. 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. ♪ love me tender >> we can like many, but we can love only a precious few, because it is for those precious few that you have to be willing to do so very much. you don't have to do it alone. lincoln financial h

llcs, those are flow-through entities. most of them aren't being corporations that deal with it that way. for a long time, small businesses have wanted that. would a trump administration create a tax bracket that gives protection to small businesses so they don't get taxed as ordinary individuals? >> yes. i mean, we're going to roll that proposal out. what you'll see is there's cohesion between the corporate income tax and the personal income tax so it'll be very easy for people to understand. and we hope in certain areas it will be revenue neutral, particularly on the high end. >> we ran a little away from the carrier deal. let me get you back there for a second. that deal, it looked good. saving families -- nobody should be arguing with that. it's that carrier is still going to sweat a lot of jobs across the border. in that we see the reality. you can't save enough american jobs by just giving tax inducements. what you created is now the potential for the next carrier, the companies who will come forward and say i'm goin

. ♪ captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >san: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, president-elect trump makes more moves to set the stage for his administration. what his controversial pick to head the e.p.a. signals for the future of the environment. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this thursday, the populists of wall street: a look at trump's economic team and the future president's promises. >> woodruff: plus, the female frontline-- the first part in our series spotlighting the first generation of women training for the toughest combat positions. >> i want to advance my career and be in a place that feels like family, you know that they have your ba

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, president-elect trump talks jobs with the nation's biggest tech leaders, as he announces his pick for secretary of energy. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this wednesday, we sit down with white separatist richard spencer to talk about how he's energized white identity politics during this election. >> woodruff: and, technology versus tradition. the battle over building an ambitious telescope on a sacred hawaiian mountain. >> there's certainly an element of native rights issues, which is far bigger than astronomy. so astronomy, i think, right now, is certainly a lightning post for these bigger issues. >> sreenivasan: all that and

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, after the attack: we report from berlin as a manhunt continues. >> sreenivasan: then, one outcome of the election: a rise of women seeking long-term contraceptive care, fearing restrictions on birth control coverage in the new political climate. >> woodruff: plus, part two of our bruce springsteen profile. the rock legend opens up about depression and the joy of performing. >> i walk on stage, i play, i perform, i create, i write. that's where sort of that peace comes over me. >> sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> sreenivasan: good evening, i'm hari sreenivasan. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight... >> the two-state solution is the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace between israelis and palestinians. >> sreenivasan: secretary of state john kerry warns israeli prime minister netanyahu that his continued support of settlements in the west bank undermines peace in the region. also ahead, donald trump's promise to drain the "special interest" swamp of washington. can the president-elect succeed where previous politicians failed? plus, a banner year for television, from a story of young rappers trying to make it in atlanta to louis c.k.'s surprise web series. >> i haven't even heard of some of these shows and it's my job to watel

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> sreenivasan: good evening. i'm hari sreenivasan. judy woodruff is away. on tonight's pbs newshour: russian president vladimir putin will not expel american diplomats in response to sanctions imposed by the obama administration. we look at what lies ahead for u.s.-russian relations in a trump presidency. also ahead, the best of 2016 in music. a year of innovation and stunning comebacks, but also, great loss. >> one great thing about when we mourn these singers is that we also always celebrate and archive their work, and we're seeing that. >> sreenivasan: and it's friday. david brooks and david corn are here, 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. >> xq institute. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, as the c.i.a. concludes russia acted to sway the u.s. election in donald trump's favor, we talk with one of the bipartisan group of senators calling for an investigation. then, the future of obamacare: health and human services secretary sylvia burwell on the fate of the president's signature law under a trump administration. >> it's like a game of jenga where you have the puzzle pieces in and if you pull one out the thing will topple. >> woodruff: and... ♪ ♪ the music city feels the pressure: how nashville's booming housing market is threatening its historic culture. >> i believe in music city, it would be the equivalent of, in egypt, them allowing one of their three pyramids or something to be torn down. i, i believe it would just, it's just an impossibility that this building would be torn down. >> 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, th

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, president-elect trump talks jobs with the nation's biggest tech leaders, as he announces his pick for secretary of energy. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this wednesday, we sit down with white separatist richard spencer to talk about how he's energized white identity politics during this election. >> woodruff: and, technology versus tradition. the battle over building an ambitious telescope on a sacred hawaiian mountain. >> there's certainly an element of native rights issues, which is far bigger than astronomy. so astronomy, i think, right now, is certainly a lightning post for these bigger issues. >> sreenivasan: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- >> ♪ love me tender ♪ love me true we can like many, but we can love only a precious few. because it is for those precious few that you have to be willi

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: in the first of two head-turning foreign policy movies today: the u.s. abstains from a u.n. security council vote that condemns israel for its settlements, opening up a public spit between the current and future president. then: president-elect trump calls for an arms race, vowing to expand the u.s.' nuclear weapons arsenal and sending a ripple through the international community. and it's friday. mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. plus, service men and women from around the world celebrate the holidays with their rendition of "12 days of christmas." >> ♪ on the third day of christmas my true love sent to ♪ me three french hens ♪ two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree >> 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 moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. lincoln financial is committed to helping you take

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: president elect trump pushes his priorities while back on the stump, eyeing another new york investment bank executive for a key economic spot. plus, the power of lies. a look at the rise of fake stories on the internet, and their very real consequences. then: >> get back! >> aye, ma'am! >> woodruff: part two of our series, looking at the first generation of marine women who want combat jobs. will they meet the standards and pass the tests? >> it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from, how much money you've got, color of your skin, your religion; nobody cares. there's two types of people in combat: those that can, and those that you worry about. that's it. >> woodruff: and, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks analyze a week of new names proposed for the coming trump administration, as they remember john glenn. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 y

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, as president-elect trump expands his team with new picks, how the future commander in chief is redefining the presidential bully pulpit. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this wednesday, rescuers search under the rubble for survivors in indonsia's aceh province after a powerful earthquake kills nearly 100 people. >> woodruff: and, when religion and art collide: a new smithsonian exhibit celebrates the beauty and mastery of the qur'an. >> it really shifted my perception of what these works are, and i'm hoping that it will also shift the perception of the visitors who come to the museum to see the exhibition. >> sreenivasan: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> ♪ love me tender ♪ love me true we can like many, but we can love only a precious few. because it is for those precious few that you have to be willing to do so very much. but you don't have to do it alone. lincoln financial he

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, president-elect trump makes more moves to set the stage for his administration. what his controversial pick to head the e.p.a. signals for the future of the environment. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this thursday, the populists of wall street: a look at trump's economic team and the future president's promises. >> woodruff: plus, the female frontline-- the first part in our series spotlighting the first generation of women training for the toughest combat positions. >> i want to advance my career and be in a place that feels like family, you know that they have your back. >> sreenivasan: and we remember john glenn, the first u.s. astronaut to orbit earth, who became a national hero and senator. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> and by the alfred p. sloa

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> sreenivasan: good evening, i'm hari sreenivasan. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, the obama administration strikes back, issuing new sanctions against russia for meddling in the u.s. election. also ahead, a new syrian cease- fire is struck-- this time without u.s. input. can the deal hold, bringing the end of a bloody six-year civil war? plus, the best of 2016. the movies that got all the buzz, and the gems that were overlooked. >> you see things you've seen, things many times before, but it's told so much better and so much better that it puts you under a spell. >> sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> supported by the rockefeller foundation. promoting the well-being of humanity around the world by bui

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the "newshour" tonight, we're on the ground in berlin where police hunt for a new suspect in the truck attack that killed 12 people. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this wednesday, the political fight intensifies over north carolina's controversial bathroom law restricting transgender people's access to bathrooms. >> woodruff: and, "the atlantic's" ta-nehisi coates talks the legacy president obama leaves behind. >> if having an african-american president was as revolutionary as we claim, it was then there'd probably be some sort of backlash. >> sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ love me tender >> we can like many, but we can love only a precious few, because it is for those precious few that you have to be willing to do so very much. you don't have to do it alone. lincoln financial helps you provide for and protect your financial future because this is what you do

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, from trump tower to twitter, the president-elect continues to shake up tradition, by attacking boeing's plans to build a new air force one. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this wednesday, the pentagon hides a study that exposes $125 billion in wasteful spending, fearing congress would cut its defense budget. >> woodruff: plus, a passion for improvisation. two jazz greats open up to jeffrey brown about their new album and staying in the moment. >> it's an emotional, it's an intuitive process. i mean, of course it's happening in the brain, right, but if i'm thinking about responding in that way, then i'm over-thinking it, and i probably won't do it well. >> sreenivasan: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> xq institute. >> bnsf railway. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >>

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> sreenivasan: good evening. i'm hari sreenivasan. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: with less than four weeks to inauguration day, we examine donald trump's cabinet and compare his choices to previous presidential picks. also ahead, the fall of aleppo. after fleeing to safety in turkey, syrian refugees face a bleak future. >> if they want to work, they will be beggars. they will live in the street, and have no future. some lost their sons, others daughters and wives. for them there is no meaning to life. it is better to die. >> sreenivasan: plus, the reach of opioids into elementary school classrooms. a west virginia school partners with local law enforcement to find solutions. >> we assume that everything needs to be provided here. so that means, if they need clothes, we're going to give them clothes. if they need food, we're going to get them food. you know, if they need love, we're giving them the hug. >> sreenivasan: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs new

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> sreenivasan: good evening, i'm hari sreenivasan. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight... >> the two-state solution is the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace between israelis and palestinians. >> sreenivasan: secretary of state john kerry warns israeli prime minister netanyahu that his continued support of settlements in the west bank undermines peace in the region. also ahead, donald trump's promise to drain the "special interest" swamp of washington. can the president-elect succeed where previous politicians failed? plus, a banner year for television, from a story of young rappers trying to make it in atlanta to louis c.k.'s surprise web series. >> i haven't even heard of some of these shows and it's my job to watch television, that's how much great stuff is out there. it's ridiculous! >> sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> we can like many, but we can love only a precious few, because it is for those precious few that you have

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, as president-elect trump continues to build the future administration, a look at the most pressing questions around the role his children will play and potential conflicts of interest. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this thursday, evacuations begin in war-ravaged aleppo as a cease- fire allows syrians to escape from the battle's bloody end. >> woodruff: and, economists put their money where their mouth is, after grave mistakes in prediction polls, the betting markets feel the loss. >> one of the things that we learn here, and this is a lesson for both the media and for social scientists, is how difficult it is to communicate clearly about probabilities. >> sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technol