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next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, this is pbs newshour weekend. >> brangham: good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm william brangham in for hari sreenivasan. we begin with a major legal victory for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak. an egyptian court today dismissed charges that mubarak was responsible for killing hundreds of demonstrators during the arab spring uprising in 2011. the 86-year-old appeared in court on a stretcher. the courtroom erupted in cheers when the verdict was read. mubarak and his two sons were also acquitted of corruption charges. the verdict means mubarak could go free for the first time since he was removed from office three years ago. he's also a

who are essentially above the law. >> sreenivasan: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. in a major unannounced policy shift, american troops serving in afghanistan beyond the end of this year will be allowed to engage in combat against the taliban. this from the "new york times," which says the new policy also authorizes the use of american jets, bombers and drones to support afghan troops on their combat missions. last may, the president had said the remaining 10,000 american troops in afghanistan would be limited to training afghan forces and hunting the remnants of al qaeda. the president's change of heart cam

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in hari sreenivasan. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. isis fighters have reportedly slaughtered dozens of people in. iraq. a local official said the extremists lined up at least 50 men and women and shot them. the incident, which occurred yesterday in a small village west of baghdad, was reportedly retaliation for resistance after the militants seized territory last month. all told, officials estimate that islamic state fighters have executed more than 300 sunni tribesmen in the area in the past several days. a local leader said earlier this week that he had asked iraqi air force officials to intervene, but they never did. >> (

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. at a summit meeting in australia of the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies, president obama today described what he said is america's one-of-a-kind role in the world and condemned russia's incursions into ukraine. >> as the world's only superpower, the united states has unique responsibilities that we gladly embrace. we're leading the international community in the fight to destroy the terrorist group isil. we're leading in dealing with ebola in west africa and in opposing russia's aggression against ukraine. >> sreenivasan: british prime minister david cameron and ru

and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.nk you. >> woodruff: anger over monday's grand jury decision not to indict ferguson, missouri, police officer darrell wilson, in the shooting death of michael brown, continued to reverberate today. protests continued across the country, and in the st. louis area, where, this afternoon, 100 additional officers were called in to protect the city hall. this is what democracy looks like! >> woodruff: the day of demonstrations started peacefully in st. louis but once protesters turned their sights on city hall's entrance, riot police swarmed in. >> who is this for? me! who is this for? you! who is this for? mike brown! >> woodruff: still, in san diego and other cities, protests remained largely calm. as did gatherings in new york city and washington d.c. last night. >> it's not just an individualized incident. this happens every 28 hours, a black person is killed by police every 28 hours in america. >> woodruff: but in oakland, california, police made several arrests after protesters blocke

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we'll continue with the pbs "newshour" special report in just a moment. but first, some of our stations are going to be taking a short break to report on local results in your community. for those of you sticking around with us we'll be right back with a look how the president's role played out in today's results. >> woodruff: his name is not own a single ballot but as you've heard in our coverage tonight, president obama has been a focal point in this year's election battle on both sides of the aisle. many democrats ran away from him. as republicans attacked his record after six years in offers. our political editor explains he's not alone in finding the oval a lonely office. >> you may have heard this one that the congressional mid terms really are a test of the president. try, not always. but possibly this year. president obama's approval rating has steadily dropped over the past six years. around 40% right now. result, as like this from the kentucky senate race and the president fellow democrats. >> i'm not barack obama, i disagree with him, i'm done,

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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. after months and months of negotiations, the deadline for the world's major powers to strike a permanent deal with iran to curb its nuclear program is tomorrow. and the two sides are still said to be some distance apart. in an interview broadcast this morning with abc's george stephanopoulos, president obama said the interim deal reached last november had slowed iran's nuclear program. >> the good news is that the interim deal that we entered into has definitely stopped iran's nuclear program from advancing. so it's been successful. >> but a deal would be a rollback, wouldn't it? >> well now, so the question is, can we get to a more permanent deal? and the gaps are still significant. >> sreenivasan: the president also commented on how a nuclear deal might change overall relations with iran. >> what a deal would do is take a big piece of business

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. the united nations warned today that the world must get most of its energy from renewable sources by 2050 or increase the likelihood of what it called severe, pervasive and irreversible damage. a report produced by hundreds of scientists around the world said inaction ultimately would prove much more expensive than switching over to renewables. secretary of state john kerry issued this statement in response: greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are higher than ever and we're seeing more and more extreme weather and climate events. it's not a coincidence. with this repo

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support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. two americans held captive in north korea have been set free and are on their way home. kenneth bae of washington state had been held since the fall of 2012. last year, he was sentenced to 15 years hard labor for what north korea described as a christian plot to overthrow the government. matthew todd miller of california was taken into custody last spring and reportedly had been sentenced to six years of hard labor. both men were accompanied home by james clapper, the u.s. director of national intelligence. days ago, north korea reportedly secretly asked the obama administration to send an envoy to pyongyang to discuss the captives' release. secretary of state john kerry insisted today that any possible cooperation between iran and the united states in the fight against isis would not influence negotiations to curb

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. in an interview broadcast today, president obama again warned house speaker john boehner that he will issue an executive order on immigration reform by the end of the year, unless congress acts first. >> every day that i wait we're misallocating resources, we're deporting people that shouldn't be deported, we're not deporting folks that are dangerous and need to be deported. so john, i'm going to give you some time, but if you can't get it done before the end of the year i'm going to have to take the steps that i can to improve the system. >> sreenivasan: the senate passed a b

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. president obama this afternoon denounced the beheading of another american hostage by islamic extremists as an act of pure evil. this morning, the islamic state released a video, now confirmed as authentic by the white house, showing the aftermath of the execution of 26-year-old peter kassig. the indiana native served in iraq as a u.s. army ranger before being trained as an emergency medical technician and then becoming an aid worker. our report, by robert moore of itn, begins with footage of kassig taken in lebanon in 2012 while he was caring for wounded syrian refugees. >> w

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those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbsour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> 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 like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the space industry suffered a new catastrophe today. a "virgin galactic" space tourism rocket crashed during a test flight in southern california. the co-pilot was killed, and thó pilot was badly injured. the wreckage of "spaceship two" landed in the mojave desert. witnesses described an explosion after the rocket was released from a plane that carries it to a high altitude. on tuesday, a rocket owned by another private company, orbital sciences, blew up just afterÑi lifting off from a launch site on virgi

and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.nk you. >> sreenivasan: the long- delayed-- and much fought over-- keystone x-l pipeline is back on congress' to-do list. it won a new vote of support today in the u.s. house, and headed for the senate, propelled by the mid-term elections. parts of the massive pipeline already exist and new parts are being built every day, including this pumping station in hartford, missouri. now, the republican-controlled house has approved the final phase of keystone for the ninth time. it's never gotten through the democratic-controlled senate, but that may be changing. keystone is a key issue in next month's runoff between democratic senator mary landrieu of louisiana and republican challenger, congressman bill cassidy. it's their bills that are being voted on. the pipeline, owned by canadian energy company transcanada, would carry oil from canada all the way to the texas gulf coast, where refineries can turn it into gasoline, diesel and chemicals. in house debate, texas republican ted poe and othe

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. >> 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. >> woodruff: the u.s. economy created another 214,000 jobs last month. that makes nine straight months that employers have added more than 200,000 positions, the longest stretch since 1995. and, the october unemployment rate fell, to 5.8%, the lowest in six years. president obama welcomed the news today at a cabinet meeting. >> all this is a testament to the hard work and resilience of the american people. they have been steady and strong digging themselves out of the worst economic crisis since the great depression. and what we need now is to make sure we build on this momentum. >> woodruff: the president also acknowledged that many americans still aren't feeling the recovery, a

and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.nk you. >> ifill: another american family mourned today for a son slaughtered by islamic state killers in syria. peter kassig's death was confirmed over the weekend. >> our hearts are battered but they will mend, the world is broken but it will be healed in the end. >> ifill: ed and paula kassig appeared this afternoon in indianapolis, 24 hours after learning of their son's murder. mrs. kassig quoted one of his teachers. >> in 26 years, he has witnessed and experienced first hand, more than most of us can imagine. and experienced first hand, more of the harsh realities of life than most of us can imagine. but rather than letting the darkness overwhelm him, he has chosen to believe in the good-- in himself and in others. peter's life is evidence that he has been right all along: one person makes a difference. >> ifill: islamic state fighters released a propaganda video yesterday showing the decapitated head of peter kassig. >> ifill: later, president obama confirmed and condemned kassig

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next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening thanks for joining us. i'm alison stewart in for hari sreenivasan. demonstrators are nearing the end of day-two of a week-long march across missouri. they're protesting a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for killing an unarmed black teen. the march has been peaceful so far. the naacp says about 100 protesters are making the 120 mile journey from ferguson to the governor's mansion in jefferson city. darren wilson, the police officer who fatally shot michael brown, resigned yesterday. in his resignation letter, wilson said he didn't want his continued employment to put residents or

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