and andrew stevens joins us life. 9% growth in the third quarter, which is a slow down, but actually better than expected. the big question, how reliable are these numbers? >> reporter: that is the question that comes up every time, just about these days. this is a china number, and it's a question that comes up because there are increasingly different ways of measuring the economy, and there's increasing suspicion about whether china is manipulating the numbers to make them look better than they are. we found a few ways economists are now look agent the no, your honors. take a look at this. when it comes to growth, one number does not tell it all, least of all in china where official numbers are often met with a healthy dose of skeptici skepticism. >> gdp is an indication, but the to get a bigger gauge, many economists try to look behind the headlines. in fact, china's own premier once described gdp numbers as manmade and for reference only. back in 2007, according to leaked u.s. governments, he said rail cargo, bank

i'm andrew stevens in hong kong. let's get straight to our top story this hour.and palestinians. the latest. police say they shot and killed a palestinian man who tried to stab an officer during a check. phil black is in jerusalem and joins us with the latest. obviously it doesn't look like the violence is starten to lessen at all -- starting to lessen at all. >> reporter: that's the case. early on a saturday, already there's been a knifing or two attempted knifing incidents we're hearing about from police. you touched on one there. here in jerusalem, israeli police say a police officer was approaching a palestinian man because he was deemed suspicious. and during that approach, the man, although 16 years old, pulled a knife and attempted to stab the officer. the officer used his weapon to shoot and kill that 16-year-old palestinian. the other incident we're hearing about was on the west bank of hezbollah where they say a jewish man defended himself. used his only sidearm to shoot a palestinian who had apparently tried to stab him, as well. friday, it was a day o

i'm andrew stevens in hong kong. here's an update on the top stories we are following this hour. israeli officials say a border police officer shot and killed a palestinian man in jerusalem during an attempted stabbing. in an earlier incident, the israeli defense forces say a palestinian tried to stab an israeli man who shot and killed him. >>> the first migrants have reached the slovenian border after hungary sealed its border with croatia, according to reuters. hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants have streamed through europe over the past few months. >>> a drug lord known as "el chapo" has avoided recapture but hurt himself in the process. mexican officials say guzman injured himself during a failed operation to rearrest him. they say he suffered injuries to his face and leg but not from a direct confrontation. >>> let's get back to the conflict in syria. russia's military says it conducted close to 400 air strikes targeting isis in the last week. meanwhile, syria has launched a new offensive against reb

andrew stevens joins us live with more on this. part of officials who negotiated this deal after years of working behind the scenes, but because of that secrecy, critics fear that this could be a kind of job killer. what else are they saying? >> reporter: it's a double edged sword. there have been negotiations ongoing, and they have been in secret. we don't know the real details. big numbers being thrown around. tens of billions of dollars added to exports, good for jobs and growth, but in some places it's being seen as a zero sum game. if you talk to american unions, they're worried that what this deal is going to mean is more american companies are going to seek markets to put their own manufacturing in because it's cheaper to do that. jobs will go offshore once again, and they point to nafta which is seen as a similar sort of a deal. and one thing they claim that 700,000 jobs have been lost in the u.s. because of nafta over the last 20 years. those are the concerns the unions have. there's also concerns that big companies, big bu

andrew weiss, steven simon, thank you both. >> woodruff: we now get the view from bagdhad on russia'sbing and the fight against the islamic state, or daesh, as the group is called in arabic. newshour chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner spoke today with iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi. he is in new york attending the united nations general assembly. >> warner: mr. prime minister, thank you for joining us. >> welcome. >> warner: it's been confirmed today that the russians launched an air strike in syria right outside the sea of homs. is that kind of thing helpful, do you think, to the common fight against the islamic state? >> well, of course, it is beneficial. don't forget, iraq was attacked from across the syrian border into iraq by daesh, by isil. and that cost us a lot of human cost in terms of people killed, people being kidnapped, people being inn slaved, women, children. so any joining of this fight against daesh by anyone, we very much welcome. we established this international coalition. >> warner: you're talking about the u.s.-led coalition. >> correct. th

stevens. >> i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket and those of the other three americans off the plane at andrews air force base. >> reporter: clinton has been here now all day into the night, testifying ambassador stevens never asked her for more security but had made request from other officials. for all the talk about hillary clinton's e-mails, she said she did most of her business offline in classified briefings and didn't even have a computer in the state department office. lester? >> andrea mitchell on capitol hill. let's turn to our political director, moderator of "meet the press." chuck todd. assuming no bombshells emerge going forward, does benghazi remain a potent campaign issue deep into 2016? >> it's a potent issue with the republican electorate. it is not going to go away in republican circles, but as a general election issue for hillary clinton, benghazi, it's hard to see that today somehow changed minds in a negative way for hillary clinton. if anything, you have plenty of democrats who feel better about hillary clinton today than they did yesterday, who of course felt better abou

my name is andrew, >>> tom hanks and steven spielberg join forces for the fourth time as actor and director. their new movie "bridges spies" opens nationwide tomorrow. the oscar winners spoke with us here in new york about their winning partnership and friendship in hollywood. so how does this work, this particular collaboration? do you call him and say, tom, i have something for you, or you say, tom, guess, what, steven? we got to do. >> no, no. i called tom and said i got wind of a story that a young playwright from new england had brought to dream works. >> something important was come up. >> we have a soviet spy. >> reporter: that became "bridge of spies." a cold war drama based on true events in steep and intrigued in espionage. >> we call it constitution and we agree to the rules and that is what makes our americans. >> reporter: tom hanks plays james donovan, a lawyer signed to defend an accused soviet spy named rudolph engle. later, donovan is called on to negotiate a prisoner swap able for american pilot gary power who had been shoot down and held by soviet union. >> the spy swap w

stevens. >> i sat next to president obama as marines carried caskets at andrews air force base. >>> a american soldier has been killed in iraq in combat for the first time in four years. is nbc chief correspondent has the dramatic details. >> reporter: the raid was supposed to rescue kurdish hostages like these held by isis in cages. u.s. intelligence learned they were about to be executed. so, when the kurds, the closest ool l allies in iraq, asked for help rescuing them, u.s. forces agreed. and they headed for the town of hawija, landing near an isis prison on the out skirts of town. mass graves for their hostages. about 20 isis guards inside fought back. and the u.s. troops there to assist, guard the perimeter and communicate, decided to step in to protect the pentagon says, their kurdish allies and the hostages. about 15 isis guards were killed but not before an isis fighter shot one american commander. the first to die in iraq since u.s. forces with drew four years ago. but the pentagon insists this was a unique situation. >> they're not in an active combat mission in iraq. i can say that

andrew is currently a student at the university of wisconsin, stevens point. without the support of his perkins student loan, andrew said he would not have had the means to attend college with little to no income at his disposal. today, not only is andrew making the dean's list every semester, but he also has his sights set on attending law school, also at the university of wisconsin. andrew said -- quote -- "without the assistance i get from the perkins loan, i would be forced to either take out other high-interest loans or delay my graduation date or drop out, which is the last thing i want to do." mr. president, today this body also stood up and once again said "no" to students. students like naelli spar. naelli was raised by a single mother. she was an immigrant and worked two full-time jobs. naelli attended 10 different schools in three different states before she finished high school. without the federal perkins loan program, naelli said that her opportunity to get a college education would have been -- quote -- "an illusory dream." today naelli is the fi

stevens. >> i sat next to president obama asthma reap marines carried the caskets off of andrews air force base. >>> during a hostage rescue mission carried out with kurdish forces. chief correspondent with dramatic details. supposed to rescue kurdish host hostages like these held by isis in cages. they had learned they were about to be executed. so, when they sdprd help rescuing them, u.s. forces agreed. five u.s. helicopters headed to the town of hawija landing near an isis prison on the out skrts irts of town. they had already dug graves for their hostages. the u.s. troops there to assist, guard the perimeter decided to step in. to protect their kurdish allies and the hostages. brout 15 guards were killed but not before they say an isis commando who later died of his injuries. the first to die in combat in iraq since u.s. forces with drew. >> u.s. force are not in an active combat mission in iraq. i can say that directly. >> reporter: they freed the hostages, 75 of them and at least five captured isis guards on the helicopters and left. >> he reports the hostages -- 20 of them were iraqi for

i'm andrew spencer, reporting the 20-12 attack left four americans dead... including u-s ambassador j. christopher stevens. there's a change at the top of the republican presidential race here in iowa... doctor ben carson has knocked off donald trump as the frontrunner. that's according to a new qunnipiac poll. 28 percent of those polled support carson. 20 percent support trump... who's lead the poll since july. but a local man isn't surprised by carson's success... hey justin i'm here in new york city wishing you a very happy birthday and thanks for all your support. justin leuttjohann is one of carson's biggest fans.he got the video message from the frontrunner for his birthday on wednesday. it was a surprise gift from his wife. the two hosted a meet and greet with carson before he announced his candidacy. they hope to hold a fundraiser for him in the near future. the trump campaign may have tweeted away any possible win in the iowa caucuses... donald trump re tweeted an insult to iowa voters hours after the poll was released. it read, "ben carson is now leading in the polls in iowa. too much monsanto i

stevens. >> i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket and those of the other three americans off the plane at andrew'sorce base. >> clinton has been here now all day into the night testifying she never received requests for more security from chris stevens although the ambassador made those requests, hundreds of them to security officials but for all the talk about hillary clinton's e-mails she did most of her business off line in classified briefings and didn't even have a computer in her state department office. >> yeah, compose 11 hours of testimony under fire from this congressional security panel. and really looking composed. stark difference to her testimony in 2013 where she seemed a little irritated and at points retaliating but this time around since she won the first democratic presidential debate. joe biden is out of the race. she also had a lot riding on this. by the way, this appearance on national television. international television to keep this momentum going and i would say from what i heard there wasn't that much of a smoking gun in terms of her handling of benghazi. they even brough

stevens. >> i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket, and those of the other three americans, off the plane at andrews air force base. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting. and set your dvrs tonight, richle maddow sits down with hillary clinton for her first interview following her 11-hour marathon testimony before the benghazi committee. >>> a u.s. soldier has been killed in combat in iraq for the first time in four years. it happened during a hostage rescue mission carried out with kurdish forces, a key u.s. ally in the fight against isis. nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the dramatic details. >> reporter: the raid was supposed to rescue kurdish hostages. like these. held by isis in cages. u.s. intelligence have learned they were about to be executed. so when the kurds, washington's closest allies in iraq, asked for help rescuing them, u.s. forces agreed. at 2:00 a.m., america's special ops and kurdish forces in five u.s. helicopters, headed for the town of hawija landing near an isis prison on the outskirts of town. sources say isis had already dug mass graves for their hostages.

stevens. >> i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket, and those of the other three americans, off the plane at andrews air force base. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. >>> turning now overseas to iraq where an american soldier has been killed in combat for the first time since u.s. forces withdrew from that country in 2011. it happened as american and kurdish commandos raided an islamic-state prison successfully freeing some 70 hostages, said to be facing imminent mass execution. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the details. >> reporter: the raid was supposed to rescue kurdish hostages like these. held by isis in cages. u.s. intelligence have learned they were about to be executed. so when the kurds, washington's closest allies in iraq, asked for help rescuing them, u.s. forces agreed. at 2:00 a.m., america's special ops and kurdish forces in five u.s. helicopters, headed for the town of hawija landing near an isis prison on the outskirts of town. sources say isis had already dug mass graves for their hostages. kurdish troops stormed in. about 20 isis guards inside fough

from the new prime minister justin trudeau lets talk about the comments we just heard from steven harper. andrewchipper, almost cheerful like he a had a wit off of his shoulder and i'm sure the campaign was dragging. >> he was even talking in very open terms about his time as prime minister and almost sounded like he was ready for defeat. >> we talked before that was hard to see how you got to conservative victory from the beginning of the campaign. they had a 35% and less the vote purposely went the other way they were going to form a government so many of the departing cabinet members may have seen the writing on the wall. on the other hand it's entirely self-inflicted. they did run a very good campaign. they didn't have much in the form of platform etc. but they conditions were laid out in the year previous. a lot of it had to do with the approach to government that was all overly centralized in overly harsh overly autocratic and a lot of the message that justin trudeau was bringing was the opposite. it was much more upbeat a much more cheerful much less emphasis on controlling and fear etc.

andrew mellon who served as treasury secretary until 1932. up next, we visit the museum to learn about early american portrait painting and the work of john singleton copley. dianne: hello. i am dianne stevens. we are standing in a room full of portraits by john singleton copley, america's most important colonial portrait painter. i think as we look around the room, you can think back to the words of john adams, 1817, who said when you see his portraits, you want a discourse with him. you want to ask him questions and receive answers. let me give you some background. in the early part of the 18th century, early american painters without much background and training made ambitious but tentative efforts to capture likenesses on canvas because portraiture was really the only way to do that. it was the most important type of painting in the colonies. there was a great flourishing of activity that became elevated to a level of international acclaim. copley and west are our first two high-level portrait painters. unfortunately in some ways, but fortunately in others, west left early in his career to study in england where he had an incredibly successful career. he became the portrait painter to t

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andrew brody. here's the report. >> reporter: hillary clinton entering her eighth hour of testimony. >> you said everybody else was responsible for everything else. what were you responsible for? >> i was responsible for sending chris stevens to benghazi as an envoy. i was responsible for supporting a temporary mission that we were constantly evaluating. i was responsible for quite a business, congressman. i was not responsible for specific security requests and decisions. >> reporter: but arguably the most heated exchange did not even involve the former secretary of state. >> i don't care if you extend by morse code, carrier pigeon, smoke signals. you need to make sure the entire record is -- >> it's and that's exactly what i want to the do. >> reporter: clinton spent the day mounting a passionate defense in her response to the americans dead. >> i would imagine i thought more about what happened than >> reporter: republicans insist the hear something not the part an witch-hunt. >> we're gonna pursue the truth in am manner worthy of the memory of the four people who lost their lives. and worthy of the respect of our fellow citizens. >> reporter: during her testimony, clinton challenged the committee to look at the bigger

andrew needs to find his place and stake his claim. >> was this a four-cylinder or a six-cylinder? >> hey, how are you? >> hey, how you doing? >> i'm marcus. >> steven. >> both: nice to meet you. >> is this your car? >> no, no, we're wholesaling them. >> wholesaling them? you buy cars from them? >> yes. >> how many do you buy a month? >> 40 to 50. something around that number. >> that's what you're buying? >> yeah. >> wholesalers are a broker who stand in the middle of a transaction. they buy cars from jon, they mark up the price, and they sell it to a dealer. why do we need middlemen around here? how often is he here? >> my friend steven? >> mm-hmm. >> all the time. he's actually a wholesaler. i sell most of my cars to him. >> why? >> um, because i trust him very much. he's a good friend of mine. >> but the issue that i have is that you're giving up the spread. what did you put on the car? >> uh, 8,000. >> what did steven pay you for it? >> 8,500. >> this car will retail for what? >> i'd say-- >> 12,900? >> 12--i was gonna say, 12,999, yeah. >> how much margin is that, in between you and the final customer? >> 8,500 to 12,999, yeah. >> it's almost

stevens. that comes out our government has to get serious making sure our secrets are safe and your information is kept secure? >> yes. bill: thank you, judge andrewano. >> you're welcome. bill: nice to see you. martha: nearly 14 years after the 9/11 terror attacks a military judge could decide as early as today whether to continue the trial of five gitmo detainees accused of master mining those attacks including khalid sheikh mohammed. the case was put on hold after a lawyer for one of detainees revealed by the fbi about breaking security rules. that is an offense that could bring criminal charges against the lawyer. the fbi reportedly found no wrongdoing. we may be able to get back up and rolling with that case soon. bill: is hillary clinton using a fake accent to connect with voters in the south? have a listen, decide for yourself. >> how we're going to deal with systemic racism and injustice, i didn't hear anything about any of those issues. and i think that's really what this election is going to be about. bill: so a little folks sy charm for the local crowds there in arkansas. will a little track give you an edge in this campaign? plus there

stevens and his death. >> after the attacks i stood next to president obama as marines carried his casket and those of the other three americans off the plane at andrews force base. i took responsibility, and as part of that before i left office, i launched reforms to better protect our people in the field and help reduce the chance of another tragedy happening in the future. >> it's most likely going to be a long day. the hearing could last upwards of 8 hours today and there are two four-hour segments scheduled for the break for lunch and votes. we'll be monitoring this hearing for you all morning long and bring you the most dramatic and interesting parts of it throughout the newscast. back to you. >> thank you. >>> another breaking news, two criminals on the loose after a home invasion robbery. we're learning why that house may have been targeted. >> this is vil la paste hermaro, we are getting all the information we can get at this point. will, what do you know. >> we know no arrests in the case. the homeowner came home at the time at 11:30, he and his girlfriend came inside and saw the two suspects in the living room. the two suspects then flea an