tonight, chief foreign affairs 1correspondent margaret warner kicks off a series of conversations withmakers on the scope of n.s.a. spying and what, if anything, should be done to restrict it. she starts with some background. >> warner: the boxy, one million-square-foot complex rising from the utah desert outside salt lake city, ringed by heavy security and code-named "bumblehive," is the latest data mining center of the national security agency, or n.s.a. it's built to process the troves of data being vacuumed up by the n.s.a. worldwide, from phone calls, texts, email, internet searches and social media. the activities of the super- secret spy agency, headquartered just outside washington, has grown dramatically since the 9/11 terror attacks. but the details of its work, which by law focuses on foreign intelligence, remained largely a mystery until early june with the publication of reams of documents leaked by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden. among the most explosive revelations, that the n.s.a. had collected from u.s. phone companies the so-called metadata of millions of cal

margaret warner reports. >> it wasn't bashar al-assad's forces that drove them out.he threat came from a different quarter instead, the ranks of anti-assad jihadi rebel fighters linked to al qaeda. >> ifill: 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: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. congress number negotiators reached an agreement this evening on a budget deal. aides said it is a two year agreement that includes operations to replace automatic spending cuts with savings from future years. it also requires federal workers to contribute more to their pension. among other things. the agreement was worked out by budget committee chairs, democratic senator patty murray and republican congressman paul ryan. heads o

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tonight, chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner continues her conversations with lawmakers on the scope of n.s.a. >> warner: documents leaked by former national security agency contractor edward snowden have triggered six months of explosive revelations and recriminations. the documents showed the vast reach of n.s.a. data collection of phone calls, texts, internet searches and emails vacuumed up, stored, and analyzed. the targets not just foreigners, but many americans. in august the president announced two reviews of n.s.a. activities. >> a general impression has, i think, taken hold not only among the american public but also around the world that somehow were out there willy-nilly just sucking in information on everybody. >> warner: today, the wall street journal and new york times reported that one advisory group has drafted a host of recommendations, including new rules for collecting and storing phone data and tighter standards for spying on foreign leaders. >> there has been no willful use to misuse the privacy of just your phone numbers, not even your name. >> warn

chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner explains. >> warner: tensions erupted in the streets of istanbul this evening as police blasted protesters with water cannon, tear gas and plastic bullets. the crowd threw rocks and shouted "catch the thief!", a cry aimed squarely at prime minister recep tayyip erdogan, in the eye of a widening corruption probe. but earlier today, the prime minister defiantly rejected the calls for his removal. >> ( translated ): let me be clear. if our nation tells us to leave, we'll go. there's no hesitation there. because that's the office we respect. but when the people are telling us to stay, we won't listen to someone who is telling us to go. >> warner: the controversy exploded ten days ago, when police detained two dozen people, many with erdogan party ties, in a 14-month-long corruption and bribery investigation. officers raided the home of the c.e.o. a major state-owned bank, discovering boxes of turkish liras. the video got wide play on turkish t.v. it was a sudden blow to erdogan and his islamist justice and development party, the akp, who ha

tonight, margaret warner talks to the chairman of the house intelligence committee, michigan republican congressman mike rogers. >> ifill: and the story of the families of children killed in newtown, turning their loss into a call to curb gun violence one year after the tragedy. >> my way of grig

-russia and the middle east, margaret warner chief foreign affairs correspondent at the "pbs newshour" and i'm pleased to say at this point that they'll monitor and news hour have agreed to coproduce joint web specials about the middle east posted by margaret warner beginning in 2014. welcome. >> thank you very much. i look forward to that and i look forward to our panel today. we have some fabulous participants. i know you know the mall and i will give brief introductions in a minute but as was referred to this morning we are seeing growing russian at least engagement in the middle east after quite a few decades of nonengagement. .. >> a fellow at the strategic and international studies and he has a myriad of books laying out his worldview and he has been a frequent guest of morning joe and his works are published in russian and english and this is similar to foreign affairs and also fiona hill, who is a former national intelligence officer for russia and eurasia. really quite recently. she is head of the center of u.s. and europe at brookings and she is co-author of a recent book ca

agreed to coproduced a joint web special about the middle east, hosted by margaret warner beginning in 2014. welcome. >> thank you. cynic i look forward to that and we have some fabulous participants and i know you know the law and i will give brief introductions and a minute and i think we are seeing growing russian engagement in the middle east. after quite a few decades of non-engagement. bashar al-assad and his regime with weapons and the deal with syria to be involved in the iranian nuclear nuclear agreement. russia has been making this part of the middle east and we have seen many have been a sphere of influence in egypt. so is russia and the middle east and if so to what end. and what is the objective and we can explore that today with a person who needs no introduction. center for strategic and international studies. this includes our intelligence council recently. and she is co-author of a recent book which the review said was not just another biography but a psychological portrait. so i hope he can bring this to the conversation we only have an hour and i hope that we want

the monitor and the news hour have agreed to produce a special hosted by margaret warner in 2014.welcome. to that andrward look forward to our panel today. artisticome fabulous fence. i know you know them all, and i will give reef introductions. as referred to this morning, we are seeing growing russian engagement in the middle east after a few decades of non- engagement. from the critical background of regime, both on the security council, to having brokered the weapons deal with syria, to being involved in the iranian nuclear interim agreement, russia has been making -- there have been expanded arms sales, and we are seeing the first time in a long time russian officials ain't welcome in capitals of countries always considered in the u.s. air of influence, -- u.s. sphere of influence, especially egypt. is russia back in middle east? mark, to what end question and what is their objection, and we are going to explain it today with the former secretary of thee of the sick -- of administration, and frequent guest. and morning joe. russia andchief of global affairs, which is publishe

-russia and the middle east, margaret warner chief foreign affairs correspondent at the "pbs newshour and i'm pleased to say at this point that they'll monitor and news hour have agreed to coproduce joint web specials about the middle east posted by margaret warner beginning in 2014. welcome. >> thank you very much. i look forward to that and i look forward to our panel today. we have some fabulous participants. i know you know the mall and i will give brief introductions in a minute but as was referred to this morning we are seeing growing russian at least engagement in the middle east after quite a few decades of nonengagement. ..

margaret warner.i am pleased to say that our monitor and newshour have agreed a show code per -- a show hosted by margaret warner. >> we have some fabulous participants. i know you know them all. i will give introductions in a minute. we are seeing growing russian engagement in the middle east. after quite a few decades of non-engagement. 'som the critical --assad program --elping deal and theemical nuclear agreement. we are seeing, for the first time, russian officials being welcomed in capitals that have been considered in the u.s. sphere of influence, most notably, egypt. is russia back in the middle east? if so, to what end? what is their objective? we are going to explore that brzezinski.bigniew is an author of a myriad of books. lukyanov. he is the columnist for al- monitor. and fiona hill. she is head of the center on the u.s. and europe at brookings and co-author of a book. the review said it was not just utin biography, but a psychological portrait. we only have an hour. we want to save 20 mi

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chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner reports. >> warner: russian president vladimir putinew embattled ukrainian president viktor yanukovich a lifeline today, agreeing to buy $15 billion in ukrainian bonds and to slash the selling price of russian natural gas by about a third. he launched their talks at the kremlin by voicing solidarity with his economically strapped neighbor. >> ( translated ): i very much hope that we will be able to move forward in solving the most sensitive issues for us. without any doubt, ukraine is our strategic partner and ally in every sense of this word. >> warner: but putin insisted there was no discussion of ukraine becoming part of an economic trading bloc of former soviet states, over which yanukovich has been criticized at home. >> ( translated ): i would like to calm everybody down. we have not discussed today at all the question of ukraine joining the customs union. >> warner: yet back in the ukrainian capital, news of the bailout angered protestors who want ukraine to move toward the european union, not back into russia's fold. one opposit

margaret warner.i am pleased to say that our monitor and newshour have agreed to coproduce a show hosted by margaret warner. >> we have some fabulous participants. i know you know them all. i will give introductions in a minute. we are seeing growing russian engagement in the middle east, after quite a few decades of non-engagement, from assad's regime to helping broker the chemical deal and the nuclear agreement. we are seeing, for the first time, russian officials being welcomed in capitals that have been considered in the u.s. sphere of influence, most notably, egypt. is russia back in the middle east? if so, to what end? what is their objective? we are going to explore that today with zbigniew brzezinski. he is an author of a myriad of books. and a frequent guest on the newshour. fyodor lukyanov. he is the columnist for al- monitor. and fiona hill. she is head of the center on the u.s. and europe at brookings and co-author of a book. the review said it was not just another putin biography, but a p

tonight senior foreign a fare-- affairs correspondent margaret warner takes a closer look at the erraticyear-old. >> warner: n.b.a. hall-of-famer dennis rodman returned to pyongyang today to renew what he calls his "basketball diplomacy" and his curious friendship with kim jong-un, north korea's young leader for the past two years who remains a mystery to the outside world. the visit comes a week after kim staged a theatrical and deadly powerplay. he had his uncle and presumed mentor, jang song-thaek, arrested in public, tried for treason and executed. kim's summary dispatch of his high-ranking relative perplexed and disturbed foreign governments and longtime observers. secretary of state kerry spoke on abc last sunday. >> it tells us a lot about, first of all, how ruthless and reckless he is. he is spontaneous, erratic, still worried about his place in the power structure, and maneuvering to eliminate any potential adversary or competitor. >> warner: yet, on tuesday, a smiling kim was front and center, marking the second anniversary of his coming to power after the death of his father,

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recently, chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner reported on disarray among the western-backed rebels. tonight, she looks at the islamist fighters who are gaining traction, through the eyes of a journalist with unusual access to the al qaeda- linked groups. >> for more than a year the border crossing from turkey, a vital lifeline for syria's rebels was controlled by the anti-assad free syrian army. but saturday a newly formed alliance of islamist rebels calling itself the islamic front took charge. it was the latest blow to the moderate forces backed by the u.s. which in initially lead the armed insurgency arising from sir why's 2011 civilian protests. as the civil war has ground on, radicallization among native syrian rebels has grown. and the conflict has attracted foreign jihadist fighters from throughout the arab and muslim world. so rather than a coherent force opposing assad, there is an array of rebel groups on the moderate to extremist spectrum. the free syrian army or fsa, the new islamic front including islamist groups once allied with the fsa. the al qaeda link zurdi

chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner talks with israeli author ari shavit about his acclaimed new book, exploring that conflict and the contradictions he sees in his nation's history. >> 65 years ago the state of israel was created from the ashes of the holocaust. its birth also uprooted by u.n. estimates some 750,000 palestinians who inhabited the land. the decades since have brought wars, violent palestinian uprising and israeli crackdowns. and many attempts to negotiate peace. yet today the land remains divided, with the majority of the palestinians living in the occupied west bank and unoccupied but hemmed in gaza strip. a family story of writer ari shavit spans israel's founding and history. from the days of his great grandfather a british solicitor in art and scientist. shavit a one-time paratrooper now a columnist tackles this complex history in his new book, my promised land, the triumph and tragedy of israel. we spoke recently at washington's historic 6th and i street synagogue. >> warner: thank you for joining us. >> pleasure to be with you. >> warner: the subtitle o