>> good evening, hari.ly the commerce committee i chair will be processing his paperwork and the confirmation of the next commerce secretary and the d.o.t. and a few others. we obviously will look at his battleground and have those discussions as we drill down and ask the questions not only prior to but at the confirmation hearing about what his intentions are with respect to his business dealings and as has been the case with most cabinet secretaries, they find a way to insulate themselves from their business world and to focus on the jobs at hand. >> sreenivasan: as you know the international trade administration which sits under commerce sets the tariff policies to make sure companies aren't dumping products on theo our soil. if he still has stakes in the companies, the person, couldn't he profit personally from the policies he as commerce secretary can set? >> those are questions we will look at and he will have to answer before our committee. penny pritzker, current secretary of commerce, she went thro

>> hari, it's called the "breakthrough prizes."y were founded five years ago by a few silicon valley mowing ulz. they wanted to recognize scientists with the largest cash prizes in science-- glitzy gala, big-name stars from tech and entertainment. the scientific rock stars were honored by some hollywood celebrities -- morgan freeman, alicia keys, jeremy ions, and will i.am, who probably put it best. >> when somebody graduates plays basketball from the u.c.l.a., there's a show about that. there's a show called "the draft," and people tune in. but when someone graduates from m.i.t. and ends up working at google, nobody knows. so i think in popular culture, like, we do a very poor job celebrating the right things. >> sreenivasan: all right, i see three different categories here-- fundamental physics, life sciences, and math. let's start with life sciences. >> life sciences is the largest of the five topics for recipients. each person or awardee group gets a $3 million prize for major contributions to the understanding of the inner wor

hari joins us from our new york studio tonight with a look at the latest concerns and the beginning oferiodic series on the subject. >> sreenivasan: viral conspiracy theories masquerading as news spread at incredible speeds throughout the election cycle across social platforms like facebook, reddit, twitter and 4chan, but on december 4 came a very real measure of their impact. a 28-year-old man from north carolina man entered comet ping pong pizza in washington d.c. armed with an assault rifle, claiming he wanted to "self- investigate" a fast-spreading theory. >> edgar maddison welch, seen edgar maddison welch, seen here with his arms up, was intrigued by the totally false conspiracy theory that the pizzeria was part of in a child-abuse ring led by hillary clinton and her former campaign manager. after aiming at an employee, and discharging a weapon, he surrendered to authorities. luckily, everyone inside escaped unharmed. this week, more fallout from what has been dubbed as #pizzagate: the trump transition team removed michael flynn jr., the son of the man president- elect trump wants

miles, the beginning of an end of an era. >> it is, hari.an't help but look at a guy like that and think, one of the last great american heroes. he acceded to levels few of us can ever aspire to and all the while he was one of the nicest people you'd want to meet, despite his relentless and competitive nature. that's a hard mix. he managed to do it right to the end. he never really quit. he never retired. he always had a mission. >> sreenivasan: you got to know him personally. you flew with him in you small plane. >> i cooked up a scream for a story. i had met him during the 1998 flight on the shuttle when i had the opportunity to cover him and had no less than waller cronkite on my co-anchor on cnn. i consider myself very lucky to have that experience, but some years later we were doing a story on technology and aviation. i got the idea in my head that it would be fun to see what senator glenn thought about the technology. it happened to be in the aircraft i owned at the time. i flew it to columbus, and i had john glenn get in my air plane

your kids will get older sooner than you think, hari. i think when you know more you relax and think, i can teach them judgment and values. but i think parents are blown away by the digital media platforms. they don't understand snapchat or instagram, but they're using them themselves more. i think the number, nine hours, is shocking. tv is still the number-one medium that parents like, but they are spending time on the same platforms their kids are. >> sreenivasan: how do they feel about social media for their kids? >> very mixed. i think that's about media and technology in general. on the one hand, parents think their kids have to learn technology for education, for jobs, for 21st century skills, like 94% of parents agree that technology is really good. on the other hand, they're worried about tech addiction, lack of sleep, cyber bullying, pornography, all the down sides. it's a nuanced picture. i think it reflects the way i feel. they have to be there. they have to understand social media. but i'm worried about what might happen to t

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. >> so hari, let me ask you about steve bannon.bviously, a person who kind of keeps quiet and hasn't spoken out very frequently, i would say. he appeared on breitbart's sirius xm radio show earlier and he was embracing the narrative of deplorables and it's interesting they've totally spun it or made it now, they've owned it, after hillary clinton referred to trump voters as deplorables. take a listen to this sound bite. >> the hobbits or the deplorables had great run in '16. everybody mocked them and ridiculed them, and now they've spoken. so i think the key in '17, and i think '17 is going to be very, very exciting, a very exciting yea year. >> obviously he's doing an interview on very friendly territory, but what do you make of the fact that he's sort of embraced this deplorables label that was used in a derogatory way against trump supporters and now they're owning it. >> yeah. well, it's not all that surprising. i know he doesn't speak out a lot, but his influence is all over the administration. you know, the headlines from bre

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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

i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff.join us online and again here tomorrow evening with shields and brooks. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. >> 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. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> announcer: this is "nightly business report," with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> companies are not going to leave the united states anymore without consequences. it's not going to happen. >> president-elect donald trump draws a line in the sand and sends a warning to u.s. companies. >>> stepping down. the founder, long time chairman, and face of starbucks will no longer be ceo. and the stock tumbles. >>> shot

. >> 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

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. >> 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.

. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, president-elect trumpe 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

. >> 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

and to hari sreenivasan for our update. >> sreenivasan: thousands of protesters celebrated the announcementunday, the u.s. army corps of engineers said it would not grant the final easement to allow the pipeline to be drilled. instead, the corps said it would begin exploring alternative routes. the standing rock sioux tribe and others say the pipeline will destroy sacred lands and are worried an oil leak could threaten the tribe's water supply. north dakota's governor, the company and members of the state's congressional delegation all denounced the decision. william brangham has been covering the story for months and is with us again tonight. william, this doesn't seem to be over. i don't see the protesters breaking camp. i don't see anybody jumping for joy. >> brangham: no, there was some joy, certainly yesterday, and i think, obviously, some spillover in today because, for many people, this was considered an enormous victory. this is what the standing rock tribe and all of its thousands of supporters wanted for months which was to stop the pipeline from going under the missouri river rig

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. >> 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

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 newshour has been provided by: >> xq institute.

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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 with the ongoing support of these institutio

. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, president-elect trump taps exxon mobil executive rex tillerson for secretary of state, raising concerns even among republicans about the pick's past connections to russia. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this tuesday, a nightmare continues: the syrian government's deadly takeover of the war-ravaged city of aleppo. >> woodruff: and, an artist's take on how to look at art, offering a simple way to enjoy a museum. >> it's a kind of conversation that we're having with each other, so it might sound >> sreenivasan: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour.

. >> 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

hari sreenivasan reports. >> reporter: at a texas college, a football field that was turned into a farmwe need to harvest about ten pounds of radishes. >> reporter: the tigers of paul quinn college lost more football games than they won on this field, so nine years ago, when the historically black college on the south side of dallas was in financial crisis and had a 1% graduation rate, a new president turned everything over, including the football field. so, did you envision this when you first saw the football field and the-- >> no, no. >> reporter: michael sorrell had no experience running a college. he had been a lawyer and white house special assistant, but he knew paul quinn couldn't afford a football program. >> there's more than one field of dreams, all right? why should we tie everyone's future to athletic success? >> reporter: he turned the football field into an organic farm that generates more than 20,000 pounds of organic vegetables every year, veggies that make it into high-end restaurants and into the dallas cowboys' stadium. >> i think this has saved our school. it saved

. >> sreenivasan: and i'm hari sreenivasan. >> woodruff: on the newshour tonight, behind the hack: stillidence that russian military intelligence was behind the email breach at the democratic national committee this year. >> sreenivasan: also ahead this thursday, the public face of the trump presidency: the r.n.c.'s sean spicer is tapped to be press secretary as the president-elect announces his communications team. >> woodruff: plus, what to expect from washington, d.c.,'s new rules for paid family leave. taking on the economic challenges of having a child. >> it's really an impossible choice that families face: do i stay here and hold my baby's hand? do i go to work and keep the roof over our heads? >> sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight's pbs