. >> reporter: judy was like most of us waiting for the water bill every two months to check out how much she used. now it's a click away for dublin-san ramon services customers and judy is obsessed with it. >> probably twice a day i'm on there, has it changed? [ laughter ] >> reporter: she has cut her water use and bill in half. >> this sends a read continuously. >> reporter: the smart system constantly updates online but only one in 10 water utilities uses this technology. why? the cost. >> it wasn't a cheap system. >> reporter: dublin-san ramon spent 3.5 million a lot of money for a small water district. but the bill came at a good

i'm judy woodruff. gwen ifill is away. also ahead this tuesday: as world leaders gather in new york, climate change takes the spotlight. we talk with the woman leading the united nations' efforts, former irish president mary robinson. plus, a different breed of hackers breach the genetics of living things to create what was once only imagined. >> as an engineer working with biology, i view biology not as a science, but as a platform for making, for manufacturing. i want to figure out how to partner with life to make the things we need, in a way that's sustainable and beautiful. >> woodruff: those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from electronics systems to intelligence analysis and cyber- operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. knowing our work makes a difference inspires u

but of all, judy johnson ha her memories.o of her husband, johnson john, jj, who was killed in the na yard shooting rampage. >> my husband was the most bel human bei that i ever had the honor of in my life. just loved his lord, he loved ever d his country. loved his job. >> r and he loved his wife. thiss c phone video of the co dancing in their living room. dancing when they fit met and quickly fell in love >> he loved me with all his het and soul. was the light of my life. he w my best friend. my - partner. he w my soul mate. >> r jj johnson wore his weddg ring until the day he e band went from his finger to a chain around judy's neck. >> he never took it off. and sin it was taken off, i wa it next to my heart. for the rest of my life. >> r on the morning of ser 16, 2013, johnson was at work in building 197 when a lo gunman came in and started shoo. judy didn't realize what was hag until a friend called to ask about him. m.it was the biggest nightmare >> r judy called his ce phone all day. and it wasn't until 10:00 that nit

good evening, i'm judy woodruff. also ahead, the growing safety concerns over exploding air bags that have caused manufacturers to recall more than fourteen million cars. then, investigating the chinese government's role in the $4.7 billion deal to buy the american pork company, smithfield farms. >> the chinese, they paid a 30% premium. very interesting. not exactly the best business deal. so, what's really going on here? what really is it that this merger, this purchase, was all about? >> woodruff: and it's friday, mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze another week full of news. those are some of the stories we're covering 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. >> i've been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. the ones getting involved, staying engaged. they are not afraid to question the path they're on. because the one question they never want to a

so what jude judi is doing is -- so what judi is doing is crucial to the integrity of our entire culture so we're going to be promoting the whole entire process with moms across america to our moms all across the country. we've had 246 leaders in 44 states so we want to get that out in the fall in our back to school campaign. it's just crucial that they are empowered in our home towns, all of us are empowered in our hometowns to do things like what you're doing, judi and make it happen and make it real and we can. >> i have this dream of a map with red dots for every single school that's gone g.m.o. free. ours is the first, this m.l.k. academy is the first school to be g.m.o. free but i know that within the year we're going to start seeing dots all over this map. and i think if we can see it and it's tangible and if one of us does it and makes the next person brave and courageous, there will be a ripple effect and the world will change. moms will -- >> absolutely. let's take all moms here for a second. because i'm involved with a moms determined project and i am just astounded at the mom

. >> and that is judy johnson speaking about her husband, john edwar edwards johnson. judy didn't know what was happening until a friend called to ask about him and later that night she received a phone call to break her heart. she said the days and weeks following her husband's death brought grief, pain and anxiety. she couldn't leave her house, she couldn't eat or sleep. >> and i just started screaming and crying. it was like, they made a mistake, this is not right. they have made a mistake. this cannot be. i just -- it's like my whole life for months and months was just a total fog. >> one year later judy johnson says she's at peace in knowing her husband lives on in the many lives he touched and she was lucky enough to experience a lasting love. to hear judy johnson's full story and for more coverage of the navy yard shooting, go to nbcwashington.com. >>> this just in to the live desk. the u.s. making a major move in the fight against ebola. the president says he's going to send 3,000 military personnel to west africa to give medical and logistical support. so far

>> i don't know, judy.as a speech seeking allies and making the case and making it far more assertively than the president when he spoke to the nation. it was a different constituency he was seeking. but the white house is frank that this is seeking a reset of the president's leadership credentials, burnishing his credentials. i do think that it was a more muscular speech or a less conflicted speech. but, judy, when you talk about destroying an ideology -- i mean, hamilton, former chairman of the committee at the house i was talking to this week, says who writes this stuff? you defeat an ideology. and these people are the ideal adversaries. they are the worst of human kind in their actions. but it sort of harkens back to the end of tyranny in the world which his predecessor george w. bush spoke of, rhetorical overleague of his speech. >> woodruff: the president advanced his case? >> yeah, i think so. he had been half-measures, ambivalent, i don't want to do this, reluctant. clearly he took off reluctant thi

good evening, i'm judy woodruff. gwen ifill is away. also ahead this wednesday, president obama vows to destroy the islamic state group. we explore how the u.s. can handle multiple crises abroad. plus, transforming how students learn to read by getting them out of their seats and requiring them to use all their senses. >> first, total change. teachers helped me a lot. they understood how i learned. a very hands-on. >> woodruff: those are some of the stories we're covering 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. >> charles schwab, proud supporter of the "pbs newshour." >> 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 and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers l

our next award recipient is judy from marshall elementary school spanish. >> i enjoy this kind of workprisingly things i see the first and second grade there's something about those kids their learning to be students that it is really interesting and learn how to formulate questions and to be a successful teacher have you to learn yourself your not down when you get our teaching credential dollars strategies but also things to learn about the world itself so you have to be a lifelong learn. >> judy thank you keeling clark harvey milk school. >> i got into teaching by being a community member and realizing where the needs were and also wanted to spend my life doing something it help other people. when you take a child there's the little things that come up that's my philosophy you want them to have a free roll but give them guidance and barriers. my teaching philosophical is lots of patience and pushing kids to be better >> congratulations kelly (clapping) our next recipient award is deanna chavez 7th grade (clapping.) i like to think of might have that gives tough love to students i he

only existing sound system that wouldn't be louder than a judy box i have been in business since 2000 and before that semester 1987 we're asking you to give us this license. >> thank you great commissioners you guys have any questions and can you explain our background to the busiest do you allow smoking in the background do your guests go back that how do you keep the sound is from leaking. >> there's a door between the backyard and the bar the lot is one hundred and 4 feet the backyard is 40 feet and we have to have a sound wall that's not in yet we got permission from the planning commission to use the backyard there's no sound so people go out there for a quiet drink. >> so you're going to constrict a sound wall. >> yes. we are charles the sound people are the one side that are designing the wall for us that will keep the sound from the neighborhood we probably wouldn't do my microscopic in the backyard anyway. >> we're more will concerned or concerned about lineal. >> the wall is 13 feet high and 20 feet long so i think that will incorporate it we've done testing. >> we get a lot

our third panelist is judi shils. she is the mom of erin shrody. the two of you did something important. can you tell us how you came to food? >> actually all of my life changed when my daughter was born. i read a book called "diet for a poisoned planet." in a day my entire kitchen went from conventional to organic and i never looked back. i realize the child i was carrying in may needs to come into a clean world. she grew up and some years later i realized i needed to do for her and for her peer group everything i could possibly do to sustain the world, so we started something called teens turning green, which is now much more college turning green. so many of these students are here with me tonight. basically our goal is to march around to college campuses to really affect change. my role as my daughter's role and that is really to be mentors. we have to teach them how to fight the fight. food, this year, has become a huge one for us. there is a lot of food justice initiatives on college campuses. there are a lot of food policy committees, as the

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: all you have to do is lie to me once. >> announcer: "judge judy."enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. the people are real. the cases are real. the people are real. the cases are real. the rulings are final. captions paid for by cbs television distribution 18-year-old aubrey lanigan is suing 18-year-old tiffany lapham for stealing her iphone and assault. >> byrd: order! all rise.

from judge judy to kathy griffin, kathie lee, and kelly osbourne, barbara walters was there, and whoopi and hoda, and howard stern. >> this is the first x-rated funeral, ever. blue humor, joke. f-bombs, jokes. it was an amazing funeral. there will never be one like it this, is what she envisioned crowds lining 5th avenue and a-list guest. red carpet. there is a red carpet inside of the temple. doing a sing along.

i think of judy. judy works down in southern, illinois. she works in one of the motels that i stay in down there. she is the -- kind of the hospitality lady. when you go down for breakfast, she is the one who is greeting you and showing you where to sit down. judy is about 62 years old, a hardworking southern illinois lady and one of the sweetest people you would ever want to meet. and judy got health insurance for the first time because of the affordable care act, and it's a good thing she did because she just has been diagnosed with diabetes. she needs good care, because you know diabetes, if you don't treat it right, can lead to serious complications -- blindness, amputations. judy has that health insurance. remember when the government was shut down last year? senator cruz of texas came to the floor here and read dr. seuss books to us and things? i came to the floor and said to him you tell us you're shutting down the government to protest the affordable care act. well, what do you say about judy? judy who works down in southern illino

judy shields, executive director of teams turning green and our moderator is cindy dames, c.e.o. of text talk studio and moms determined. now i'll turn the program over to christy dames. >> thanks to the commonwealth club. we appreciate being here tonight and i'm excited to have these three powerful women, some moms, some not. powerful women, all the same. tonight we have a program about food and what's happening with our food. i'm asking my first question of deborah coons garcia. you have two major award-winning films and have been a filmmaker since 1970 and are quite the vocal activist and speaker and have a famous husband, jerry garcia. how did you come to make films about food? you've been a filmmaker a long time. how did you arrive at food? >> in 1970 when i was in college, i started making films and also because of that era, back to the land and going

. >> judy? >> i wish i could be optimistic, but i'm not.re is a great agenda of items to do out there and i don't think this congress is going to get to any of them. we can't depend on the administration to investigate it is. >> as it relates to the irs. as this top house republican demands the doj hand over the contact information. so, i mean, of a former employee accused of having a conflict of interest, we can't find it? >> well, there's not a smidgen. not a smidgen of -- look, this has gone on for so long, think the american people are at this point just kind of throwing up their hands and saying, of course. >> yeah. >> i think people understand what went on here. but whether or not we're of going to get a full accoting, i'm beginning to doubt that. >> it's like benghazi. just the drum beat, drum beat, drum beat. people made up their own mind guilt is involved but the justice department is never going to investigate itself. >> but does that drum beat impact the upcoming elections and how does thaplay out? >> we're going to see that. >>

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. >> reporter: judy was like most of us waiting for the water bill every two months to check out how much she used. now it's a click away for dublin-san ramon services customers and judy is obsessed with it. >> probably twice a day i'm on there, has it changed? [ laughter ] >> reporter: she has cut her water use and bill in half. >> this sends a read continuously. >> reporter: the smart system constantly updates online but only one in 10 water utilities uses this technology. why? the cost. >> it wasn't a cheap system. >> reporter: dublin-san ramon spent 3.5 million a lot of money for a small water district. but the bill came at a good time. the utility had to upgrade its water use data collection system anyway so leaders upgraded to the latest technology. >> it's changed the way we do things with water. >> reporter: but for judy, her smartmeter is now a necessity, eliminating the guesswork helping her cut back. ryan takeo, kpix 5. >> the state is watching to see how well smartmeters work and could free up more funds to expand the program in the future. >>> 4:56. coming up in our next

. >> judi, please talk about what you're doing in the schools. you have so much reach, but now, you are doing something different, and you said this feels like the most important work of your life right now and when you are engaged in. can you talk about that? >> just sitting and listening to you allows me to know more about why we are doing what we are doing. moms can attempt to take care of their children when they are not home, but they are in school a big chunk of their lives, and 16 years, at least, and they are being fed gmo food. a are being fed the worst food they possibly can, and everybody thinks that is ok, and what we are trying to do is mobilize campuses and encourage kids to fight the fight. one of the things we dreamed was a non-gmo pantry, and the goal of that was to show chefs on campuses and in restaurants the differences they can make just by eliminating foreign, soy, canola, and transferring it to what it means to be, non-gmo, and that can illuminate about 90% of the impacts we are having, but i think part of what we all have

good evening, i'm judy woodruff. gwen ifill is away. also ahead this thursday, forget essays, standardized test scores and high school transcripts. why one college is turning two minute videos to simplify admissions. what scientists can do to prevent water in the great lakes from turning toxic from algae. >> i've seen these before but i'd never seen a bloom where when you hit it with a boat, it actually slowed you down. it was that dense. >> woodruff: plus, as the n.f.l. season kicks off, we look at what pro football is doing to protect its players from concussions. those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i've been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. the ones getting involved, staying engaged. they are not afraid to question the path they're on. because the one question they never want to ask is, "how did i end up here?" i started schwab with those people. people who want to take ownership of their inve

judy wang is live at police headquarters with more.. judy? the police superintendent plans to discuss the crime numbers later this morning. the statistics showed the city closes out the month of august with the fewest murders since 1963. reporting crime overall down 14% so far this year. police report 21 fewer murders this year compared to last year. but there are 68 more shooting incidents with 94 more people shot. fewer people killed, more shootings and people wounded. this weekend, three people have been killed, 30 others injured in shootings across the city. the man shot in the head saturday will city in a vehicle near 100. a woman shot while riding in a car sunday on west 95. police say she managed to get behind the wheel of the car, crashed a car into a bus and another vehicle. and a nine year-old boy lay to rest following the funeral at an angle with church. he was shot multiple times in the 1200 block of east 71. police have made no or arrests. the superintendent says wall crime statistics show progress, the department is not satisfie

the public health department on judy district attorney street for the suspicion of a tobacco sales permit 15 day superstition from selling tobacco to minority you have 14 anybody's to present your case given the interpretation. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> your honor and commissioners when i sell a pack of cigarettes the margin the profit is about one dollar and as i might see i have already checked with the decoy why would i break the law i would be out and not fortunate enough to please look at the matter more closely and my pleading. >> are you finished? is he finished okay. i have a question pardon >> okay sorry are you finished with our presentation? >> (speaking foreign language.) >> for a reference i'd like to point out that my serb very limited so i would not dare break the law because with my limited english i would get in trouble with the law that's one of the points i'd like to make. >> okay. i guess my question is that the end of his presentation if it is we may have questions speeding i have only summarized on paper everything i'd like to convey so i can look at this i

senior environmental health inspector the fact on april 27th the owner of western market located on judy district attorney street sold a pack of cigarette to say a 16-year-old minor hoa's as recorded the minor walked into the store 0 it he inspected the minors identification and he sold the pack of cigarettes it was the police department that spoke to the customer and that he had questions about not the health department no one including the gentleman is disputing the cigarettes the gentleman is saying the police and minor swapped id and it was determined that the bait-and-switch had no merit so there was no evidence as and dpw hopes that there is inform misconduct by the police officers or minor under it is the san francisco public health has a reason there is no reason for businesses to sell cigarettes to minors. >> many young i want to make sure our interpreting this part as well okay. go ahead. >> i'm going slower. >> i appreciate that. >> selling cigarettes to minors is a crime and allows the business to commit an unfair business practice tobacco sales ordinance allows dpw to spunt

in a new interview, a judge judy said that nobody will ever see any nude pictures of her, because sheter ] much like how she destroyed our brains by letting us know that at one point there were, in fact, judy nudes out there. [ laughter ] objection. [ applause ] that's right, judge judy destroyed her nude pictures. she said there was nothing to racey there, "just a guy peeing on my leg and telling me it's raining." so that's -- [ audience ohs ] [ laughter ] i wondered why she was so obsessed with that phrase. >> steve: she says that phrase all the time. she was wearing her legal briefs. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] and finally, there were no injuries this week when a truck in san diego overturned and spilled thousands of oranges on a highway, but it did mark the first time in 20 years people in california were yelling, look out, o.j.'s on the highway! [ laughter ] we have a great show. give it up for the roots everybody, over there. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey everybody! thanks, it's been a great week so far. coming up this monday -- >> steve: what? >> jimmy: this coming monday, we'

judy, the guy nails it. exactly what happens. what are they doing in the white house, putting their head into the sand? >> they are. the president is to be congratulated now understanding that he had to do more finally, finally. eric: too late. >> it will be harder now. and it will be more expensive. i think ultimately it will require those quote boots on the ground. i know it has become such a cliche. the fact of the matter is what needs to be provided can only be provided by american advisors or whatever else we want to call them but basically special operations forces or combat forces. eric: bottom line, quickly, if they had done something, if the president had done something earlier, would we be in this mess? >> very hard to say. i think had we acted earlier, it is hard for me to believe that isis would have been able to overrun large parts of the country and control an area now the size of great britain. i think if we acted sooner, that wouldn't have happened. eric: islamic state. judy myrl. thank you as always. >> thank you

jon: he is very tight with the president, judy.hat the president wants him to do? >> yes. i even rarely disagree with tammy on this one, i think his unpopularity i think is the reflection of the president's unpopularity. he was the president's attorney general, and in his defense i think he has done some wonderful things in terms of making sentencings fairer in this country. he also prosecuted a lot of terrorism trials. that's important too. and finally showed up at ferguson and calmed things down. so once again i think his legacy mixed you about right now you mention anyone in the obama administration i think you're going to have very, very high negatives. jon: the interesting thing will be who replaced him. that is the new parlor game in washington. >> yeah. jon: we'll have to leave it there. judy miller, tammy bruce. thank you. >> not just a parlor game in washington. we're talking about it all across the country. who will replace eric holder. jon: that's true. heather: new details in the disappearance of the college student. th

look at me. >> announcer: "judge judy."enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. the people are real. the cases are real. the people are real. the cases are real. the rulings are final. captions paid for by cbs television distribution 25-year-old amber davis is suing her ex-boyfriend, 23-year-old leonard bozeman, for stealing her car, withholding her possessions, and for biting her