from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us." doctors without borders" is calling for an independent international investigation of yesterday's u.s. airstrike of a hospital it ran in the afghan city of kunduz. today, the humanitarian aid group said three more people have died from the bombing, bringing the death toll to 22. dozens more were wounded. president obama has offered his "deepest condolences" to what he called a "tragic incident." but the president says he's waiting for a pentagon investigation to be completed. the afghan army, backed by u.s. troops, has been fighting the taliban since it seized the city last week. u.s. military officials said yesterday's airstrike was a response to "insurgents who were directly firing upon u.s. service members." while afghan officials say taliban fighters routinely fired on security forces from the hospital grounds, "doctors without borders" told the newshour yesterday: "no insurgents were based at the hospital before the airstrike." the fighting has caused abo

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. thousands of migrants from the middle east, asia, and africa are being detoured on their desired path to western and northern europe. today, hungary closed its border with the nation immediately to its south, croatia, by completing a 216-mile long steel and barbed wire fence. last night, hungarian border guards let in the final 2,000 migrants from croatia. today, croatia re-routed 1,800 migrants on trains into slovenia, which then lead to austria and germany. those two countries have accepted more asylum seekers than any other european nations. croatia's interior minister was quoted today as saying, "nobody can stop this flow without shooting." the entry point to europe often begins in greece, where today there was a reminder of how dangerous the journey is. a dozen refugees thought to be from syria or afghanistan drowned trying to reach the greek island of lesbos. turkey's coast guard rescued another 25 people from the aegean sea. the united nations estimat

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hari sreenivasan is on assignment. a major rainstorm has dumped a foot of water on parts of texas and is now moving east. houston received nine inches of rain in the past day, causing flooding and numerous roads closures. the houston fire department rescued 28 motorists stranded by high waters. the storm system has poured on southeast texas since friday, along with the remnants of hurricane patricia. authorities say one san antonio man remains missing after being swept away by flood waters while walking his dog. as the storms move east into louisiana, weather forecasters say some areas around new orleans and baton rouge could get up to eight inches of rain through tomorrow. the leaders of eleven european nations gathered in brussels today for another summit to deal with the unending flow of migrants and refugees. the prime minister of slovenia, which has seen 60,000 arrivals in the past 10 days--since hungary blocked its common border-- said the 28-member european union won't survive unless it finds a solution to this

i'm william brangham, hari sreenivasan is on assignment. hurricane patricia has toppled trees and battered buildings, but has caused much less damage than expected. the storm, which briefly rated as the strongest hurricane on record in the western hemisphere, with 200mph winds while over the pacific ocean, has been downgraded to a tropical depression with winds of only 35mph. patricia weakened as it made landfall on mexico's pacific coast last night and largely spared the cities in its path, including guadalajara and the seaside resort of puerto vallarta. thousands of residents and tourists had fled inland. heavy rains have caused flooding but there are no reports of fatalities. the remnants of patricia are expected to add to the heavy rains already falling on texas. more than a foot of rain fell in the central and southern parts of the state in the past 24 hours, causing major flooding. flash flood warnings remain in effect in dallas, houston, san antonio, and austin. 50 miles south of dallas, in the town of corsicana, an overflowing creek

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. thousands of people gathered in the turkish capital of ankara today to condemn the worst terrorist attack in that nation's recent history. families and friends of some victims gathered today to mourn. at least 95 people died when two bombs exploded at a rally by ethnic kurds protesting the escalating violence between turkish security forces and kurdish separatists. today families also waited for news about the 160 people still being treated in hospitals. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack near ankara's main rail station, but turkish officials are pointing to the islamic state, or isis. some demonstrators blamed lax security by the government of turkish president recep tayyip erdogan, which is waging a military campaign against kurdish fighters in the southeast part of the country. yesterday's bombings came as turkey is also partnering with the u.s. campaign against isis militants in neighboring syria and iraq. turkish president erdogan said tod

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. israel is announcing new steps to curb a rash of deadly attacks on its citizens. an arab man shot and stabbed people in a bus station in the southern israeli city of beersheba. police say an israeli soldier died, and ten people were wounded. earlier in the day, the israeli cabinet proposed police be allowed to stop and frisk anyone on the street suspected of carrying a weapon. tel aviv and three other cities said they will prohibit arab workers in their schools starting tomorrow. and israel is enforcing roadblocks in arab east jerusalem. the moves come a day after palestinians carried out five knife attacks on israelis in jerusalem and the west bank. four of those attackers were shot and killed. over the past month, eight israelis have died in palestinian stabbings, while israeli soldiers and police have shot and killed around 40 palestinians in clashes, many of whom israel identified as knife attackers. today, israeli soldiers removed 30 jewish worshippers

hari sreenivasan has more from our new york studios. >> sreenivasan: coke is the world's largest producersugary beverages, so you might not think the american academy of pediatrics would partner with the company. but that had indeed been the case until this week. it was a main sponsor of the academy's website, healthychildren.org, and a past sponsor of the group's national conference. it's provided over $100 million in financial support to other professional medical and health groups. the academy is now ending its relationship with coke. and it comes after a recent story in the new york times laid out how the company has paid for scientific research that plays down the role of soda in obesity. anahad o'connor has been working on these stories and joins me now. i guess the first story or the most recent story first, what's the connection between coke and the academy of pediatrics? >> so the first story i did was looking at coke, the money they were paying, a lot of researchers and institutions to do research that, you know, is downplaying the role of sugary drinks and obesity, and the resp

hari sreenivasan has the story. >> sreenivasan: in a barn full of pungent fumes, demetrios papafigosilling: applying the techniques of monks who created this quintessentially greek elixir in the fourteenth century. this alcohol time capsule, in the central town of tyrnavos, is at the heart of the latest tax dispute, in a country that's broke and under intense pressure to extract as much revenue as possible from its citizens. brewed from fermented grape skins, it's a powerful, clear type of brandy, similar to italy's grappa, called tsipouro. >> ( translated ): tsipouro provides the grape growers with supplementary income. without it the vineyards would have to be uprooted. the vineyards wouldn't survive otherwise. the vineyards have only survived thanks to production of tsipouro because during difficult times when bad weather destroyed the crop we could even distill damaged grapes and make some money. >> sreenivasan: fellow grape farmers from this close knit community have joined papafigos for lunch, washed down, of course, with tsipouro. if the european union gets its way, the tsipou

i'm hari sreenivasan.newshour tonight: gwen ifill and judy woodruff are on assignment. >> woodruff: i caught up with hillary clinton in iowa, where she disclosed she is against the massive trade agreement president obama announced this week. we also talked about guns, vladimir putin and her emails. >> what i know about it as of today, i am not in favor of what i have learned about it. >> ifill: i'm in seattle, where i sit down with two of the world's biggest philanthropists and two of the largest voices in education: bill and melinda gates. >> sreenivasan: plus, on a different stage, recording

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i'm hari sreenivasan. on the newshour tonight: gwen ifill and judy woodruff are on assignment. >> woodruff: i caught up with hillary clinton in iowa, where she disclosed she is against the massive trade agreement president obama announced this week. we also talked about guns, vladimir putin and her emails. >> what i know about it as of today, i am not in favor of what i have learned about it. >> ifill: i'm in seattle, where i sit down with two of the world's biggest philanthropists and two of the largest voices in education: bill and melinda gates. >> sreenivasan: plus, on a different stage, recording artist josh groban visits our studio to discuss his latest album, "covers of songs from broadway." >> there's the goosebump thing when the melody just gets you and you don't know why. sometimes, it's in a genre you didn't think you liked and it just gets you and you just feel the hairs on the back of your neck. i love this song. >> sreenivasan: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for

i'm hari sreenivasan. gwen ifill and judy woodruff are away.wshour tonight: nearly 10,000 troops will stay in afghanistan through 2016 as president obama pledges to keep that country from becoming a safe haven for terrorists. then, following a recent "frontline" investigation, authorities have identified two new suspects in the 1988 bombing of a pan am jet over lockerbie, scotland. also ahead, a program to help inmates stay out of prison. >> how do i live my life when i go back into the same community where i may have been selling drugs and making $1,000 a week and now you're sending me out there to make $8.25 an hour? >> sreenivasan: we follow three prisoners on a journey to get out of jail. plus, you might not need as much

presente captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> sreenivasan: good evening, i'm hari sreenivasandy woodruff is away. on tonight's pbs newshour, a wave of suicide bombs shake nigeria, just days after nigeria's president pledges to defeat the terrorist group boko haram by the end of this year. also ahead this friday, an exclusive interview with the al jazeera journalist who's returned home after spending 400 days in an egyptian jail. freedom isn't easy. three inmates seek to rebuild their lives, and their families, after prison. >> having a child is a wonderful thing. you know, she's not like, "mommy, you have all these flaws, or you look ugly to me." she thinks i'm beautiful, strong and i want to nurture that. >> sreenivasan: and it's friday: mark shields and david bros

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hari sreenivasan reports from greece. >> sreenivasan: billowing smoke signified the latest threat to crossing southern europe: fire. it erupted at a camp along slovenia's border with croatia and jumped from tent to tent, likely sparked by bonfires, as migrants struggled to keep warm. there was no word of casualties. the camp is one of many that slovenia has filled to capacity since thousands began arriving croatia over the weekend. a number of people in the camp had just arrived, after a brutal 24 hours. during the night, a train from croatia released them near the frontier. then, in near-freezing temperatures, they were forced to wade across a river. >> sreenivasan: after the fire, many in the camp were taken away on buses headed north to austria. elsewhere today, hundreds waited in fields, guarded by slovenian authorities, as they waited to be told where to go next. >> sreenivasan: the slovenes have appealed to the european union for help. and early today, their parliament authorized a greater role for the army, guarding the border with croatia. thousands more migrants have trekked

hari sreenivasn, in our new york studios, has that story. >> sreenivasan: if you look at your tech newsof news about apple earning billions of dollars off iphones and other devices. but other big names, particularly twitter and yahoo, are trying to adjust their approach. yahoo's chief executive, marissa mayer, said she will soon launch a plan to streamline her company, which now finds itself using google for some search and advertising results. over at twitter, there's a new permanent c.e.o., jack dorsey. he's a co-founder of the company and charged with broadening twitter's appeal at a time when snapchat and other apps are rising. jon kelley is a contributing editor at vanity fair who covers this sector. let's start with twitter first. i mean, there's almost this jobsian mythos of the founder coming back to take the company the new heights. where is twitter and why has it seemed to fallen out of favor? >> there is this mythology because twitter and dorsey want to promote that very for obvious reasons. but twitter suffers from the same sort of problem that yahoo has. it was a hot compan