dollars. >> sreenivasan: quite a lot money in that world. >> yes. >> sreenivasan: what are the key driversng these people to find a better life? >> yeah, originally, in the country that they're coming from, take syria for example there's a conflict right? people are leaving there. many syrians have gone to egypt as another good example, this is where i spoke to a lot of people. in egypt they don't get adequate services can't find jobs and don't see a future for themselves. the only hope is to move on and this is the place where everyone wants to go. so it's desperation driving people. >> sreenivasan: what do we know about the smugglers? who's behind this? >> it depends. there are large international networks of smugglers all across the northern coast of africa and well-connected internationally and between the countries on the north african coast as well. those involve a lot of local people. sometimes local fishermen are involved. they help load the boats. there are people on the ground who collect the migrants take them from a bus in the big city to the coast. so there's a huge number of

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. isis has executed one of the two japanese hostages it was holding in syria. images released online today by the islamic extremist group purportedly show the beheading of haruna yukawa, a 42-year-old unemployed man who went to syria in july and was captured the next month. the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, called the execution, "an outrageous and unforgivable act." isis is threatening to kill the second japanese hostage kenji goto, a 47-year-old journalist, unless jordanian authorities release a man they are holding. isis had previously demanded that a $200 million ransom be paid. following the collapse of the government in yemen, efforts by the c.i.a. and the u.s. joint special operations command to combat terrorism reportedly have suffered a setback. the "washington post" reports that the obama administration has been forced to suspend certain operations because of losses suffered by government forces there. those forces helped american drones target ex

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight in indonesia, where search teams have found four large objects on the sea floor. the objects are believed to be parts of air asia flight 8501, which went down last sunday with 162 people on board. the airbus a320, traveling from surabaya indonesia to singapore, disappeared less than half way into what was supposed to have been just under a two-hour flight. so far, at least 30 bodies have been recovered. difficult weather conditions are slowing the international search effort. waves as high as 16 feet have been reported in the area. >> ( translated ): i ordered the divers not to resume until tomorrow. the currents in the sea are very strong. >> sreenivasan: today's discovery of the wreckage came as indonesian transport officials said airasia did not have permission to fly the planned route on sundays. a cargo ship with 360 syrian migrants on board docked in italy today, days after being abandoned by its crew. authorities described the rescued pa

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. france's prime minister today declared war on radical islam following two terror attacks that left 17 people and three terrorists dead. authorities now believe a 26- year-old woman wanted in connection with one of the two attacks left the country days earlier and might now be in turkey or syria. hayat boumediene had been sought in connection with the fatal shooting of a policewoman and the capture and shooting of hostages at a kosher store in the french capital. her boyfriend, amedy coulibaly was killed by french police who stormed the store last night. meanwhile, in the small town north of paris, residents were celebrating the killing of the two terrorists who shot up the offices of charlie hebdo, a satirical magazine, and later fled to dammartin en goele where this siege ended yesterday. i.t.n.'s jonathan rugman is there. >> reporter: in dammartin en goel's main street, no sign of the trauma which gripped this town yesterday. the two brothers who terrorized f

>> no. >> sreenivasan: are you kind of surprised?will have this other adjustment where they're kind of used to sketch comedy and, wait, what? she's, like a power roughicker on bushroughicker -- a power rocker on stage? >> there's a sharpness and critique and observations and the writing as always been a huge part of the band. it doesn't seem that crazy to us. >> sreenivasan: the worst thing that happens is you really love this tour. >> that is the worst thing. >> sreenivasan: what are your families going to do the rest of your lives? it's, like, oh i've had a great february! i have to stay on the road! >> when you're not sure something will continue the stakes seem high in the present tense instead of spreading the stakes out over a long period of time. you don't assume something is going to be around. i think we'll take it one day at a time. that wouldn't be the worst thing to enjoy a tour and we'll come back and do more next year. >> sreenivasan: thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: finally tonight our "newshour shares

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from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. dozens of world leaders joined up to two million people in the streets of paris today. it was a show of solidarity following the recent twin terror attacks that killed 17 people first at the satirical magazine "charlie hebdo" and then at a kosher supermarket. later, french president francois hollande visited the city's grand synagogue with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. hollande promised to beef up security at france's synagogues and jewish schools. a video made by the gunman who killed four hostages at the kosher market was released online today. in it, he confirmed that the attack on "charlie hebdo" and on the market were coordinated. >> ( translated ): our team divided itself in half. my brothers carried out the attack on "charlie hedbo." what we are doing is totally legitimate. you attack the islamic state, we attack you. >> sreenivasan: there were also reports that his partner, who apparently fled to syria a week before the terror attacks, had

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, thanks for joining us. in an election being watched closely throughout europe and around the world, greece's left- wing, anti-austerity party today won a decisive victory over the ruling center-right party. that means alexis tsipras is all but certain to become the next prime minister. tsipras has pledged to try to force greece's creditors, including germany, to renegotiate the terms of the 270 billion dollar bailout package put together after the 2008 great recession to help greece stave off economic collapse. but in the years since, greece's economy has shrunk by 25 percent and about a third of the citizens there now live at or below the poverty line. we'll have more about what today's election results might mean for greece, the rest of europe and international markets right after the news summary. president obama is in india on an official visit, and after hours of talks with prime minister narendra modi, the president said the two leaders had reached what he called “a breakthroug

good evening, i'm hari sreenivasan. gwen ifill and judy woodruff are away. also ahead this thursday, one year after conviction an egyptian court orders a retrial for three imprisoned al jazeera journalists on charges of spreading false news. across the u.s. millions of workers get raises in 2015 as minimum wage increases take hold. plus, economic strategies to help you stay true to your new year's resolutions. >> sreenivasan: those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. >> 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. >> sreenivasan: ar

and i feel like those are the fundamental things that everyone wants in their wedding. >> sreenivasancouple then planned their reception in colorado and went to masterpiece cakeshop to look at cakes. >> we sat down with the opener jack phillips, opened the book of ideas and almost instantly he asked us if the cake was for us. we said it was. and he told us that he would not make a cake -- a wedding cake for a gay couple. what followed was an incredibly awkward pregnant pause before we got up and left. >> sreenivasan: jack phillips describes the meeting in much is the same way. >> i said i'm sorry, guys, i don't do cakes for a same-sex wedding. at which time they stormed out. >> we were mortified and embarrassed. the fact charlie's mother was there, you don't want your mother to see that. >> it hurt me and made me feel i was not worthy. >> being told and treated unequally makes you feel like a second-class citizen. it makes you feel like you matter less than the person standing next to you. >> sreenivasan: craig and mullins filed a complaint with the colorado civil rights decision. ama

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening thanks for joining us. bad weather continues to slow the efforts of divers searching for the wreckage of airasia flight 8501 and for the bodies of most of the 162 people who were on the plane when it went down last sunday. >> ( translated ): some rescuers tried to dive but were hampered by visibility and underwater currents that forced us to suspend operations. >> sreenivasan: before the operation was suspended, divers recovered four more bodies, bring the number to 34. officials say they have now identified five large objects at the bottom of the sea thought to be remnants of the plane. this weekend the "wall street journal" quoted indonesian meteorological experts as saying that icing inside the jetliner's engines may have contributed to the crash. israel has withheld the payment of $125 million in tax revenues to the palestinian authority and threatened further retaliation. this, in response to the palestinian government's decision to try to join the international criminal court an

hari sreenivasan has the story. >> sreenivasan: there's even more at stake than usual in tomorrow's 101stbowl game. the number-two oregon ducks will face the number-three florida state seminoles for a spot in the national title game. but the schools and their supporters are also finding common ground off the playing field, in fighting a rare blood disorder called fanconi anemia. it affects fewer than 1,000 americans. but, as fate would have it, both florida state and oregon's communities have been affected. on the florida state side, ethan fisher, nine-year-old son of head coach jimbo fisher and his wife candi, suffers from the disease. fisher has pushed for increasing awareness. >> that's how things are defeated: you have to present them, you have to bring them to the forefront so people can help you. and that's the way so many other diseases in this world have been conquered. and that's our goal. we're gonna conquer this disease-- it's not going to define ethan or our family and we're on a mission to find a cure. >> sreenivasan: former university of oregon president dave frohnmayer and

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hari sreenivasan has our report. >> sreenivasan: hundreds gathered at a candle light vigil in columbuseekend in memory of transgender teenager leelah alcorn. the 17-year-old, who was born joshua, is believed tohqke killed herself late last month alcorn's story gained nationwide attention after a suicide note was posted posthumously on her tumblr page. in it, she detailed her struggles with her identity and placed much of the blame on her devoutly christian parents who she claims refused to accept her. she wrote, "the only way i will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren't treated the way i was, they're treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights." alcorn said she was taken out of school and forced to attend so- called conversion therapy, where she was told to change her sexual orientation. the practice has been banned in two states under grounds it is medically unfounded and puts children in danger. in an interview with cnn, last week, leelah's mother carla said she loved her child unconditionally, but could not support her sexuality on religious grounds. du

we are committed to that. >> sreenivasan: to that end, the n.f.l.r an ad during sunday's game. it portrays an abuse victim who disguises her call for help because her attacker is still in the house. >> large with half pepperoni, half mushroom. >> um, you know you called 911. this is an emergency line. >> do you know how long it'll be? >> ok, ma'am, is everything okay over there? do you have an emergency or not? >> yes. >> sreenivasan: the league also continues to wrestle with head injuries, but it says concussions were down 25% this season. still, there are no signs that all of this is affecting the bottom line. a 30-second super bowl commercial will command $4.5 million. and the game could exceed last year's record t.v. audience of 112 million viewers. >> sreenivasan: let's take our own stock now of the nfl as it heads into its showcase event of the year. we turn again to kevin blackistone, a sportswriter and commentator for espn. he's also a professor of sports journalism at the university of maryland. and christine brennan, national sports column

good evening, i'm hari sreenivasan. judy woodruff is away. also ahead. in the u.s., teaching unaccompanied child migrants. how special schools in california adapt the classroom for undocumented students who wait for their day in immigration court. >> we don't have desks, we have tables, and we have very purposeful groupings. a student from asia and a student from central america at the same table. so english becomes the common language of that group discussion. >> sreenivasan: and it's friday. mark shields and michael gerson are here, to analyze the week's news and look ahead to the year in politics. those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:

hari sreenivasan has our conversation from our new york studios. >> sreenivasan: on the one hand, parents know their children's talents can't be qawntified by multiple choice tests. at the same time, they often want their children to do well on high-stakes exams. a new book explores those issues and a growing backlash against testing in many circles. it's called "the test: why our schools are obsessed with standardized testing but you don't have to be." the authorainia joins us now. it's been a dozen years since no child left behind several years since the race to the top. now we're starting to roll out common core, and as soon as i say these phrases there are parents already bracing themselves. our kids are not at the competencies that were the goal and your book really says in part testing is contributed to the problem. >> yeah, you know, it really is a case of big unintended consequences because tests were supposed to have some kind of system of equity and objective measures of how students were doing, but because of the high stakes attached to them, districts and schools are increasin

hari sreenivasan begins our coverage. >> sreenivasan: shock and disbelief gripped parisians, momentsthe military-style attack. three hooded men with assault rifles forced their way into the offices of "charlie hebdo", a satirical newspaper. within minutes, they killed the editor, nine others, including two prominent political cartoonists, and a police guard. back outside, they riddled a police car with bullets and gunned down another officer. >> ( translated ): i was on my balcony and i heard a loud noise and then i saw an injured policeman. >> sreenivasan: amateur video captured a gunman who approached the wounded officer, and killed him, with a shot to the head. before driving away, the attackers shouted in arabic "allahu akbar"-- "god is great"- - and in french-- "we avenged the prophet muhammad! we killed charlie hebdo!" the left-leaning newspaper had repeatedly been threatened over satirical commentary and cartoons on islam and other religions. in 2011, a firebombing gutted its headquarters after editors used an image of the prophet mohammed on the cover. no one was hurt in that

. >> sreenivasan: the beginning of the end came in a blaze of gunfire and explosions just northeast of. two brothers, suspected of killing a dozen people on wednesday, came out shooting after taking a hostage at a printing plant. said and cherif kouachi had vowed to die as martyrs, and were cut down by police. their hostage made it out alive and safe. they had holed up after a high- speed car chase as helicopters buzzed overhead. schools evacuated children, and convoys of police swarmed to the scene, warning the locals to lock their doors. >> ( translated ): this morning i was woken up around 9:00 am by the noise of helicopters. there were a lot of t&ice there and they told me that i needed to go home immediately and i needed to stay indoors. >> sreenivasan: that was in dammartin-en-goele, near charles de gaulle airport. the raid there followed a nearly simultaneous police assault, 25 miles away, at a kosher supermarket in eastern paris.ç another gunman, identified as amedy coulibaly, took at least five hostages in the store hours before the jewish sabbath, and threatened to kill them

hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: the practice by police departments is known as civil forfeituret's raised nearly three- billion dollars for local departments around the country. but the practice has been controversial because property has been seized from people who are only suspected of a crime, but not convicted. to talk more about this is sarah stillman, a staff writer for the new yorker magazine. her reporting nearly two years ago brought to light some of the abuses of the policy. i tried to do it justice with a tiny description but explain civil forfeiture and what's gone wrong with it so we have an idea of why this is so significant today. >> civil forfeiture is basically a tool for law enforcement to seize people's property their cash, their cars other goods, and basically appropriate it if they believe it has been used in the course of a crime. the problem with it is that often that's been based on suspicion alone so people don't actually have to be proven guilty of a crime before their property is taken. the belief today is eric holder basically announced they were more

hari sreenivasan has that. >> sreenivasan: some two weeks after 9/11 a 30-year-old electrical engineerrrested from his african home, questioned by f.b.i. agents and released. in november of that year he was rearrested for suspect connections in a plot to bomb the naissments fat who will load was a harrowing journey through different countries and finally to the u.s. prison site at guantanamo bay. he remains there today. 13 years later with no charges filed against him. in 2005 he began a journal, confiscated by prison guard and deemed classified. after a seven-year legal battle, a gerald judge declassified the material, though some sections remain redacted. last week little brown and company published gaunt tan mo diary in which he details his first years of prison including isolations, beatings sexual abuse, et cetera. larry siems you say the book has been edit twice once by the u.s. government with 2600 redactions and a second time by yourself. unlike any other book, you haven't been able to talk to the author, right? >> right. >> sreenivasan: and you haven't been working with nancy

numbers, but what could be done to help break addiction. >> sreenivasan: compared to other drug use,st commonly used drugs. studies find 300,000 to one million-plus americans regularly use heroin each month but its toll is well known and increasingly worrisome. its rise has been confirmed in published studies and in a study of 28 states, the number of heroin deaths jumped by a substantial percentage since 2010. the huffington post is out with a major piece reported by jason churkis. he is looking at its rise in kentucky and specifically about a debate there and elsewhere over breaking addiction. one medication viewed is known as saboxone, but there is not agreementçó and some experts believe a substance-free approach is the only way to go. ryan grim is the washington bureau chief for the "washington post" and the editor of the article and joins me now. how significant of a problem are we looking at when statistics are so hard to find, especially when there are so many other drugs and other drug problems in america that out-- kind of outweigh heroin? >> particularly in rural areas thi

hari sreenivasan has the story. >> sreenivasan: over the past 15 years, healthcare and benefit costsembers of the armed forces has nearly doubled. so far, efforts to reign in costs have stalled as members of congress and veteran groups pushed back. today, a congressional chartered commission charged with recommending reforms released their report. they call for overhauling the health insurance system for military families and retirees and modifying the pension benefits for soldiers. to walk us through some of those recommendations, i am joined by the commission's chairman, alphonso maldon. thank for joining us. first i want to ask, how important is it for the military to carry out some of these reforms? what's wrong with the way things are now? >> our retirement system today, we have the vast majority of our military really does not benefit from the traditional retirement, military retirement. and we have made recommendations, this commission has made a recommendation that we can actually offer more benefits or increased benefits to those service members and we can best do that by a

hari sreenivasan begins our coverage. >> sreenivasan: squads of police with helmets and shields followed armored vehicles into an area northeast of paris by this afternoon. they shifted their search after two men resembling the suspects robbed this gas station in villers cotterets, a little over 40 miles from the french capital. in short order, helicopters began to buzz the region, security forces entered nearby woodland villages and carried out house-to-house searches, on reports the gunmen might have holed up there. in paris, french prime minister manuel valls sought to calm public fears. >> ( translated ): we want to tell the french people all that we are very mobilized. we want to salute the fact that the french gathered and were united yesterday and today, and will be this weekend without a doubt, and we want to tell our will to fight to defend our liberties, our democracy and our tolerance. >> sreenivasan: the objects of the manhunt are brothers in their thirties. the younger, cherif kouachi, had been sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2008 for trying to join a militant islamist g