discussion on what lies ahead in the supreme court term that began today, with marcia coyle and lawyers paul clement and paul butler. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:

discussion on what lies ahead in the supreme court term that began today, with marcia coyle and lawyers paul clement and paul butler. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. >> brown: tourists in europe were in the spotlight today after the u.s. and several other countries issued travel alerts. the alerts grew out of reports last week, about a terror plot aimed at european cities. in the meantime, the u.s. launched another drone attack into pakistan, where some of the plotters reportedly trained. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: japan and sweden today became the latest countries to urge caution by their nationals living in or visiting rurp. the u.s. and britain issued their alerts op sunday. the state department advisory said in part, u.s. citizens should take every precaution

paul clement is a partner of king and spalding and served as solicitor general from 2005 to 2008. before that, as acting solicitor general and principal deputy solicitor general. he has been a visiting professor here at georgetown. when he returns, i urge all the students to sign up for his class as fast as you can. he has been a senior fellow at our supreme court institute. greg garre is a partner in an appellate practice group. he served as solicitor general during the last presidential administration and as principal deputy of that office. he was my colleague when the clerk at the supreme court. he was right next door, clerking for then-chief justice rehnquist. finally, sri srinivasan also served as a surge general's office and continues to appear before the supreme court. i had the pleasure of working with him for many years, so it is a special delight for me to be here with him and my other colleagues on the panel. we will start with one of the most public roles that justice stevens has played on the court -- his role at oral argument. i think it is fair to say that, for supr