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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. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm hari sreenivasan. we start with greece, where officials are projecting that more than 60% of voters have rejected austerity measures proposed by creditors. crowds are rallying in the streets, celebrating the early returns. the "no" vote means greeks do not want to make the deep budget cuts in order to get emergency bailout money as the nation falls deeper into debt. greek prime minister alexis tsipras said that quote the mandate asking call for a break request europe but rather gives me greater negotiating strength. joins us from athens first of all the reaction on the streets i can almost pbs newshour special correspondent malcolm brabant joins us now from athens. hear them behind you in the constitution square. >> there is euphoria often the streets of athens tonigh
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. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible 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. we start where we have for what seems the past two weeks now, closer and closer to a historic deal between iran and several nations about limiting their nuclear program in exchange for a lifting of economic sanctions- - at one point today, word that a deal could be on the table as early as tomorrow. here was an optimistic secretary of state kerry this morning. >> a very good meeting. very positive. i think we are getting to some real decisions. so, i will say, because we have a few tough things to do, i remain hopeful. >> sreenivasan: but later in the day, iranian foreign minister javad zarif stood on his balcony and told press there was more work to be done tomorrow, and that a deal would not be finished today. the agreement would be a culmination of more than a decade of talks to allow
. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible 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. we start where we have for what seems the past two weeks now, closer and closer to a historic deal between iran and several nations about limiting their nuclear program in exchange for...
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and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. and additional support from koo and patricia yuen, through the yuen foundation. >> narrator: khalil al-dakhi is returning to his village in northern iraq eight months after isis overran the area. he is a yazidi, a religious minority targeted by isis. in august 2014, isis massacred hundreds of yazidi men. and as they stormed the region they took an estimated 3,000 women and children captive. (horns honking, men shouting) thousands of other yazidis who
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profits from newman's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station to viewers like you. once again moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. we are in different digs this week and i'll explain why at the end of the program. the white house victories are beginning to add up a another step toward normalized relations with cuba, same sex marriage and health care and good news on the economy yet another dropotn the unemployment rate. president obama: keep in mind when i came in office it was hovering around 10%. also we've now seen 64 straight months of private sector job growth which is a new record. gwen: but even so when the president was being called a fading lame duck, the challenge is on the flip side of the set starting cuba where the two governments are talking about embassies in each side. peter: it took him six months where they could set dates for the opening of embassies. it's a big deal. we have embassies in a handful of countries around the world. so this is the beginning of something big. what matters i
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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 has arrived in the ethiopian capital of addis ababa, continuing his mission to boost u.s. trade and ties with africa. earlier sunday, the president completed his visit to his father's homeland of kenya, with a stadium speech to an enthusiastic crowd of 4,500 people. the president criticized kenya's history of corruption and gender inequality but praised its budding democracy. his half-sister, auma introduced obama, who called himself the first kenyan- american president. with a growing economy in kenya the president said there was no limit on what young kenyans could achieve. >> you don't need to do what my father did and leave your home in order to get a good education and access to opportunity. because of kenya's progress, because of your potential you can build your future right her
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 has arrived in the ethiopian capital of addis ababa, continuing his mission to boost u.s. trade and ties with africa. earlier sunday, the president completed his visit to his father's...
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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. we're following three serious, but separate economic crises tonight. we start in greece, where parliament held a late night session to put together a series of budget cuts in the aims of convincing european leaders for 53.5 billion euros in bailout funds. prime minister alexis tsipras needs to persuade eurozone finance ministers meeting in brussels today that his austerity plan is worthy of further consideration by european leaders tomorrow. tsipras is promising budget cuts and tax hikes in exchange for a three-year loan to keep greece's banks from collapsing and keep the euro as its common currency. late today, the german finance minister suggested greece be taken off the euro for five years and get humanitarian aid instead of debt relief. one negotiator called today's meeting difficult. >> we are no
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. we're following three serious, but separate economic crises tonight. we start in greece, where parliament held a late night session to put together a series of budget cuts in the aims of convincing...
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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. the family of muhammad youssef abdulazeez says there are no words to describe the "shock, horror, and grief" it feels that the 24-year gunned down and killed five u.s. military serviceman in chattanooga, tennessee. in a statement, they say:" the person who committed this horrible crime was not the son we knew and loved. for many years, our son suffered from depression. it grieves us beyond belief to know that his pain found its expression in this heinous act of violence." abdulazeez's family says it is cooperating with investigators and offers condolences to the families of four marines and one sailor killed in thursday's attack, saying: "...we are truly sorry for their loss." police killed abdulazeez in a shootout. but none of his victims had been armed, despite being members of the military at a res
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donating all profits from newman's own products to charity, the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions from viewers like you. once again from washington moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. less than 24 hours passed between the revelation that more than 21 million federal personnel records had been hacked six times as many as previously disclosed, and the obviously forced resignation of the woman to led the office of personnel management, a breach even the f.b.i. director described as potentially dangerous. john harwood joins us on this story. why are we learning of the scope of the breach now? john: i think o.p.m. gradually, as they took stock of what happened by these hackers suggested they're the chinese, i think they recognized it was much bigger than they said and that's one of the reasons why catherine archuleta had to leave, because you had democrats and republicans on the hill questioning both competence and their straightforwardness whether they told the full story early and once the news came out that it was 22 million people, it was -- the writing was on t
donating all profits from newman's own products to charity, the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions from viewers like you. once again from washington moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. less than 24 hours passed between the revelation that more than 21 million federal personnel records had been hacked six times as many as previously disclosed, and the obviously forced resignation of the woman to led the office of personnel management, a breach even the f.b.i. director...
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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. the mass shooting in chattanooga, tennessee, has claimed the life of a fifth victim. randall smith, a 26-year-old navy petty officer, died this morning, two days after being shot at a fenced-in navy and marine reserve center. smith was married with three éu four unarmed marines died thursday at the reserve center when gunman muhammad youssef abdulazeez opened fire with multiple weapons. police killed the 24-year-old abdulazeez at the scene. abdulazeez was a naturalized american citizen from kuwait who grew up in tennessee. he spent seven months in jordan last year. reuters is reporting a friend of abdulazeez says the gunman returned from jordan "concerned" over the situation in the middle east and that shortly before the attack, abdulazeez texted him an islamic verse: "whosoever shows enmity to a fri
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. the mass shooting in chattanooga, tennessee, has claimed the life of a fifth victim. randall smith, a 26-year-old navy petty officer, died this morning, two days after being shot at a fenced-in navy and...
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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 the first time turkey is joining u.s.-led airstrikes in syria targeting islamic state extremists, or isis. the turkish government says over the last two days its f-16 aircraft have attacked multiple isis locations, less than eight miles from turkey's southern border with syria. turkey's stepped-up role follows this week's suicide bombing by isis that killed 32 people in the turkish town of suruc. turkish forces have also attacked kurdish militants across the border with iraq. at the same time, they have arrested nearly 600 people suspected of being isis or kurdish militants. turkey's prime minister says both military operations, in syria and iraq, will continue. >> ( translated ): turkey's operations will, if needed continue until the terror organization's command centers, all locations where they
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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. i'm hari sreenivasan. we begin in greece, where the results of a nationwide vote tomorrow could keep the debt- ridden economy afloat or cut off desperately-needed financial support from its european creditors. voters from both camps have been holding massive rallies. if greeks vote "no" to adopting a set of severe austerity measures, the country would lose any chance of getting financial help. if greeks vote "yes" to the cuts, the country could get some debt relief. the referendum comes after greece failed to pay a 1.6 billion euro debt payment, shuttered its banks and started rationing cash. today, greece's finance minister accused creditors of trying to" terrorize" citizens by" instilling fear in people" so they'll approve the tough austerity measures. earlier, i spoke with newshour special correspon
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the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. even in the best of years, it's tough to break through in the summer before an election. often the leading candidate doesn't last until fall. even more often, the flavor of the month explodes for a brief time before he or she runs out of money or support. think herman cain, michelle bachman and howard dean. so hard to gauge exactly what's happening this year. why it feels a little different from campaigns past. or whether any of it matters in the long run. say you're ohio governor john kasich. who comes to the race with a heartland credential and washington experience. >> i have the experience and the testing. the testing. which shapes you. and prepares you for the most important job in the world and i believe i know how to work and help restore this great united states and i have to tell you it's a daunting challenge. gwen: or say you're rick perry, the former governor of texas or lindsey graham, the c
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the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. it took weeks months, years negotiating table spats and walkouts. physicists on call. politicians on edge. but the u.s. and its partners finally struck a deal this week on a far-reaching nonproliferation agreement that everyone at the table said means the end of iran's nuclear ambitions. president obama: with this deal we cut off every single one of iran's pathways to a nuclear program. a nuclear weapons program. and iran's nuclear program will be under severe limits for many years. without a deal those pathways remain open. there would be no limits to iran's nuclear program and iran could move closer to a nuclear bomb. gwen: even before the ink was dry, critics pounced. how would we hold iran to its promises? how extensive would those limits be? and by doing away with punishing sanctions, aren't we rewarding enemies who still seek to do our allies' harm? >> they gamble that in 10 years' time iran's terr
the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. it took weeks months, years negotiating table spats and walkouts. physicists on call. politicians on edge. but the u.s. and its partners finally struck a deal this week on a far-reaching nonproliferation agreement that everyone at the table said means the end of iran's nuclear ambitions. president obama: with...
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the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingby contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: a white police officer was indicted today for killing a black motorist during a traffic stop in cincinnati. ray tensing is accused of murdering the driver, samuel dubose, when he was pulled over near the university of cincinnati campus on july 19th, for not having a front license plate. tensing said he was dragged by the car and forced to shoot dubose. but footage from the body camera he was wearing revealed a different sequence of events as the car rolled away only after dubose was shot. we're not showing the moment the gun fired. after reviewing the video hamilton county prosecutor joe deters said there was no doubt in his mind it was murder. >> could you imagine the outrage you would have if this was your kid or brother? over a stop like this? and he didn't do anything violent towards the officer. he wasn't dragging him. and he pulled out his gun and intentionally shot him in the head. >> ifill: the vic
the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingby contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: a white police officer was indicted today for killing a black motorist during a traffic stop in cincinnati. ray tensing is accused of murdering the driver, samuel dubose, when he was pulled over near the university of cincinnati campus on july 19th, for not having a front license plate....
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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.y contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the death toll from sunday's al-shabaab suicide bombing in somalia's capital rose today to 15. the facade of the five-story hotel in mogadishu was sheared off when a car packed with explosives rammed into its front gate. in neighboring ethiopia today president obama said the islamic militant's attack underscored the need to push back against violent extremism. >> yesterday's bombing in mogadishu reminds us that terrorist groups like al-shabaab offer nothing but death and destruction and have to be stopped. we've got more work to do. >> ifill: the blast killed a kenyan diplomat, a chinese embassy guard and two journalists, among others. >> woodruff: airstrikes resumed in yemen today shortly after a midnight humanitarian cease-fire went into effect. the saudi-led coalition pounded houthi targets near the rebel- held military base of al-anad, and north of the port city of aden. 15 coalition troops were also ac
. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.y contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the death toll from sunday's al-shabaab suicide bombing in somalia's capital rose today to 15. the facade of the five-story hotel in mogadishu was sheared off when a car packed with explosives rammed into its front gate. in neighboring ethiopia today president obama said the islamic militant's attack underscored the need to...
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and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler, and additional support from scott nathan and laura debonis. major funding for this program is provided by the kendeda fund. >> narrator: this is the story of three seemingly disconnected events beginning at the same time. what they each have in common is a type of infection that is becoming impossible to treat... a type of infection that has triggered deadly outbreaks, even at one of our most prestigious hospitals. it is a crisis that is spreading ala
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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: wall street battled bad news all day and ended with sizeable losses. a computer glitch that stopped trading for hours. the dow jones industrial average lost more than 260 points to close back near 17,500. the nasdaq fell nearly 90 points and the s&p 500 fell 35. >> ifill: microsoft announced today it's cutting another 7,800 jobs, or about 6% of its global work force. the cuts affect the company's struggling phone business. microsoft already cut 18,000 jobs in that sector as part of a major restructuring. >> woodruff: greece made a new financial bailout proposal today, in the face of a new deadline and a possible "grexit" -- a greek exit from the euro zone, the european monetary union. it came as greece's prime minister addressed the european parliament in strasbourg, france. jonathan rugman of independent television news, reports. >> reporter: he arrived to mix of cheers and scattered boos. his country in
. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: wall street battled bad news all day and ended with sizeable losses. a computer glitch that stopped trading for hours. the dow jones industrial average lost more than 260 points to close back near 17,500. the nasdaq fell nearly 90 points and the s&p 500 fell 35. >> ifill: microsoft announced today it's cutting...
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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. >> ifill: nato ambassadors convened a rare emergency meeting today in brussels on the islamic state threat in turkey, after a string of attacks. representatives from 28 nations gathered at nato headquarters for the special session, at turkey's request. afterward, the alliance's secretary-general spoke to reporters. >> all allies stand in solidarity with turkey. we strongly condemn the terrorist attacks. we express our condolences to the turkish government and to the families of the victims in suruc and other attacks against police and military officers. >> ifill: at the same time, turkey faced more violence from kurdish militants. a turkish soldier was shot in the head near the border with iraq. in retaliation, turkish jets hit kurdish rebel sites in the southeast. president recep tayyip erdogan said the peace process with kurds is on hold for now. >> ( translated ): i don't think it's possible to continue a p
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. >> ifill: nato ambassadors convened a rare emergency meeting today in brussels on the islamic state threat in turkey, after a string of attacks. representatives from 28 nations gathered at nato headquarters for the special session, at turkey's request. afterward, the alliance's...
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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.ributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the head of the federal government's personnel office resigned today in the wake of a massive data breach at the agency. katherine archuleta stepped down after disclosures more than 21 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected. white house spokesman josh earnest said today the president believes new leadership is "badly needed". >> director archuleta did offer her resignation today. she did so of her own volition. she recognizes, as the white house does, that the urgent challenges facing the office of personnel management require a manager with a specialized set of skills and experiences. >> woodruff: in her statement today, archuleta said she wants to let the personnel office "move beyond the current challenges." federal reserve chair janet yellen signaled today the u.s. central bank is ready to raise interest rates this year. but in a speech, she also said that could change beca
. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.ributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the head of the federal government's personnel office resigned today in the wake of a massive data breach at the agency. katherine archuleta stepped down after disclosures more than 21 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected. white house spokesman josh earnest said today the president believes new...
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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the question today in chattanooga, tennessee was: what led to the deadly shootings yesterday at a military recruiting center and navy training site? but as hari sreenivasan reports, so far, there are no answers. >> sreenivasan: investigators spent the day poring over the crime scene and chasing some 70 leads. f.b.i. special agent in charge, ed reinhold: >> f.b.i. agents are partnering with state and locals to run down every lead that we have received. as our team continues to develop additional information, you may see or hear about f.b.i. activity in other areas of the state and nation. >> sreenivasan: the four u.s. marines killed in the attacks were identified today as: gunnery sergeant thomas sullivan of massachusetts, a two-time purple heart recipient. lance corporal skip wells of georgia. staff sergeant david wyatt of north carolina. and sergeant carson holmquist of wisconsin. three other people were
. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the question today in chattanooga, tennessee was: what led to the deadly shootings yesterday at a military recruiting center and navy training site? but as hari sreenivasan reports, so far, there are no answers. >> sreenivasan: investigators spent the day poring over the crime scene and chasing some 70 leads. f.b.i....
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the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingtributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: three top obama administration officials mounted their defense of the iran nuclear deal before a committee of skeptical senators. secretary of state john kerry challenged those who want to spike the deal by asking, "so what's your plan, totally go to war?" we'll show you some of the exchanges from the hearing right after this news summary. >> ifill: islamic state militants fired across the border from syria into turkey today, killing one soldier and wounding two others. turkish troops returned fire near the town of kilis, on the border with syria. it's a key transport point for both islamic state fighters and equipment. it comes just days after a suicide attack targeted young political activists in a southeastern turkish town, killing 32 people. >> woodruff: turkey has agreed to let the u.s. start using one of its air bases, at incirlik, for strikes against islamic state militants in syria. the agreement, fir
the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingtributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: three top obama administration officials mounted their defense of the iran nuclear deal before a committee of skeptical senators. secretary of state john kerry challenged those who want to spike the deal by asking, "so what's your plan, totally go to war?" we'll show you some of...
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. >> 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: the world woke up today to the news of an agreement aimed at curbing iran's nuclear weapons program. it was the fruit of marathon talks between iran and a group of world powers-- the united states and other permanent members of the u.n. security council, plus germany. the weary foreign ministers gathered after 18 long days and nights of talks in vienna. >> today is an historic day. it's a great honor for us to announce that we have reached an agreement on the iranian nuclear issue. >> woodruff: within minutes of that formal statement, president obama addressed the nation, from the white house. >> we have stopped the spread of nuclear weapons in this region. because of this deal, the international community will be able to verify that the islamic republic of iran will not develop a nuclear weapon. >> woodruff: the agreement followed more than two years of talks, including the first direct u.s. negot
. >> 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: the world woke up today to the news of an agreement aimed at curbing iran's nuclear weapons program. it was the fruit of marathon talks between iran and a group of world powers-- the united states and other permanent members of the u.n. security council, plus germany. the weary foreign ministers gathered after 18 long...
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. >> 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: police are searching for a motive, after last night's shooting at a louisiana movie theater. authorities say 59-year-old john russel houser killed two and injured nine others, before killing himself. court documents from years ago showed houser was mentally ill and prone to violence, to the extent he was hospitalized against his will and his wife hid his guns. we'll have more on the shooting- - plus a broader look at gun violence in america-- after the news summary. turkish fighter jets bombed islamic state targets in syria today, in retaliation for an isis attack on a turkish military outpost yesterday. it's the first time the country's military has engaged in direct combat with the militants. turkish forces also stepped up patrols along the syrian border. and police detained nearly 300 people they labeled "extremist" across the country in early morning raids. turkey's president said the escalation
. >> 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: police are searching for a motive, after last night's shooting at a louisiana movie theater. authorities say 59-year-old john russel houser killed two and injured nine others, before killing himself. court documents from years ago showed houser was mentally ill and prone to violence, to the extent he was hospitalized...
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the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingby contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: good evening and welcome to our new home for the pbs newshour. >> ifill: judy and i are settling into our new set, with fresh graphics and updated music, yet with the classic sound you have come to recognize as the signal that the newshour is on the air. >> woodruff: we think this new look will give us greater flexibility and new tools so that we can better present the same quality journalism and analysis that the newshour has been doing for almost 40 years >> ifill: and now let's get to the news. >> woodruff: the united nations security council voted unanimously today to approve the nuclear deal negotiated in vienna last week. the vote was 15 to zero and it sets the stage for the lifting of economic sanctions, in exchange for limits on tehran's nuclear capabilities. in washington, president obama hailed the endorsement and called on congress-- which now has 60 days to review the deal-- to approve it. >
the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingby contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: good evening and welcome to our new home for the pbs newshour. >> ifill: judy and i are settling into our new set, with fresh graphics and updated music, yet with the classic sound you have come to recognize as the signal that the newshour is on the air. >> woodruff: we...