. >> 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 contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a massive investigation of the terrorist attacks in paris was in full swing across france and belgium today. the death toll stood at 129, with some 350 wounded in friday's coordinated assault, now claimed by the islamic state group. hari sreenivasan is in paris, where he begins our coverage. >> sreenivasan: thanks, judy. it was a day of remembrance and resolve here. the victims in paris w

. >> reporter: i'm malcolm brabant. 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.

to the pbs "newshour", malcom brabant, sweden. >> ifill: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: actress juliette binoche takes on greek tragedy; and honors for a soldier who tackled a suicide bomber, and saved his platoon. but first, how a simple experiment in india has turned into a radical idea about whether children can teach themselves-- by giving them a computer and stepping back. economics correspondent paul solman reports, part of our "making sense" series, which airs every thursday here on the pbs newshour. >> why do dogs chase cats? >> reporter: i have absolutely no idea! a public elementary school in harlem, new york, is adopting a radical idea that threatens the education industry as we know it: soles -- self organized learning environments. >> how can you make a computer? >> how come father seahorses have babies and females don't? >> reporter: the students come up with the questions, and then choose one to answer. the man behind the idea: sugata mitra, visiting from england. >> okay, so now here's what's going to happen-- listen carefully.

. >> 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 macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contribution

but as special correspondent malcolm brabant reports, others fear the results are a giant step towardsocratic rule. ♪ >> reporter: the call to prayer rang out around central istanbul today, reinforcing the message that after five months of political instability and uncertainty, turkey is now back on a familiar track, under the firm control of the islamic firm control of the islamic a.k. or a.k. party, founded by president recip tayyip erdogan. political analysts here believe most turks rejected the opposition parties, because they needed a sense of security during a dangerous time. but not everyone in taksim square was happy. so many prisoners in turkey. can't say what you're thinking, exactly. i don't feel free. i'm also a bit scared. >> i think our people selec >> i think our people selected stability once again. and i think they decided well with a single party government again. >> reporter: as the a.k. party celebrated last night, the prime minister urged his parliamentarians to employ humility instead of triumphalism. president erdogan wasn't giving much away about his intentions

for the pbs newshour, i'm malcolm brabant in copenhagen. >> woodruff: stay with us.ing up on the newshour: the rise of presidential candidates ted cruz and marco rubio; mark shields and david brooks take a look at this week's news, and reclaiming face-to-face conversation in the digital age. but first, tonight we have another look at "race matters solutions." pbs newshour special correspondent charlayne hunter gault is examining specific solutions to racial problems in our year-long series. as we reported earlier, police in chicago today announced murder charges against a man for killing a nine-year-old boy as part of what they are calling gang retaliation. charlayne's conversation tonight focuses on preventing gang-related black on black crime. she traveled to south central los angeles to meet naomi mcswain and learn about a solution that keeps kids out of gangs, and in doing so, is keeping them alive. >> reporter: this crime scene-- the result of a gang related shooting-- is not unusual here in south los angeles. and recently, police attributed 80% of the homicides

. >> reporter: and i'm malcom brabant in brussels, the scene of a massive police operation to capturethe 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.

newshour special correspondent malcolm brabant is in turkey covering the elections, and he joins me now via skype from istanbul. >> malcolm, everyone got this wrong in their predictions heading into the election. what happened? >> well, there has been sort of consistency actually in lots of elections around the world, where the polls have gotten it wrong and turkey in that respect is no different than other places where the pollsters have got it wrong. perhaps people have been telling fibs tfibs to the pollsters bece they wanted to trick them. they wanted to vote for stability and also security. what seems to have happened is mr. erdogan's gamble in holding second election in the space of 5 months has worked. and the reasons for that seem to be as i say because the turks crave stability, there are also those terrorist bombs some time ago. and that's led people to go rushing perhaps to mr. erdogan's akp party. saying during the june elections the akp party supporters dessert -- deserted it because they were disillusioned by it, but the other thing that seems to have happened was there wa

. >> brangham: newshour special correspondent malcolm brabant is also in paris and files this report about a city trying to come to terms with tragedy. >> 48 hours, she is trying but not succeeding to suppress the recurring images of carnage, grabbing bandages from home, she managed to save four lives thanks to the emergency battlefield medical techniques she learned as a trfertion producer. >> as soon as i realized that the gun shots stopped-- and many times, then it stopped, and i said i have to help those people. there was an absolute silence all around the cafe. the windows were mashed. -- smashed, people were lying down dead, blood everywhere, and i don't know, i got out of my body, my mind. i don't know what i was thinking but i just rushed there, took my stuff and just tried to save the ones that were still moving and i think when people started to-- to be hurt and realize the pain, they started screaming. and this was the terrible part because they were screaming at me and trying to get my attention to get help. ♪ ♪. >> reporter: international sim pathee for france's agony wa

of innocent life the iraqi or american maybe it helps a little bit you carry the burden remember brabantsds of love you more than time could tell. i do. devoted the, dad. [applause] . . recently announced the publication of this new book. crippled america. >> we wrote a book as the title crippled america's very top. but unfortunately, we have to do what we have to do. and i think one of the reasons we have been doing so well in the campaign is because we tell it like it is. we know that america is crippled and and he owes 17 and 18 and now it's actually very soon going to be $19 trillion in debt. we have a military that doesn't have proper instructions from leadership. we don't know what we are doing. we are losing all over the world trade with trade deals every country no matter what country you talk about you can pick a name out of a hat. and we can't go on like this any longer. it's impossible to go on like this any longer. i always mention as an example the sergeant. they get five of the people they wanted. and they want it badly and that's not the way it's going to work anymore. so,

brabants words of love you more than time could tell. i do. devoted the, dad. [applause] . . recently announced the publication of this new book. crippled america. >> we wrote a book as the title crippled america's very top. but unfortunately, we have to do what we have to do. and i think one of the reasons we have been doing so well in the campaign is because we tell it like it is. we know that america is crippled and and he owes 17 and 18 and now it's actually very soon going to be $19 trillion in debt. we have a military that doesn't have proper instructions from leadership. we don't know what we are doing. we are losing all over the world trade with trade deals every country no matter what country you talk about you can pick a name out of a hat. and we can't go on like this any longer. it's impossible to go on like this any longer. i always mention as an example the sergeant. they get five of the people they wanted. and they want it badly and that's not the way it's going to work anymore. so, we write about it in the book and we tell lots of different stories of lots of d