captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for saturday, november 22: the president clears the way for american troops to fight in afghanistan beyond the end of 2014. a republican-led congressional committee says the obama administration was not guilty of wrongdoing in benghazi. and in our signature segment, tribal justice: searching for ways to punish non-native americans who commit domestic violence on reservations. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> the confusion creates this place where you have a category of people 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

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday november, 9: president obama says he will defy warnings from republican congressional leaders and press ahead with immigration reform on his own. the president heads to asia for meetings with the chinese leader. we'll examine the state of american-chinese relations. and in our signature segment, set free after being wrongly convicted but without the help the real criminals get. 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

captioning sponsored by wnet >> stewart: on this edition for sunday, november, 30: officer darren wilson resigns as the march from ferguson to the state capitol enters its second day. inside the numbers-- how retailers and shoppers alike are feeling so far this holiday shopping season. and new options that may help those with student loans. 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 m

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for saturday november 15: vladimir putin is accused of aggression at a contentious meeting of world leaders in australia. we'll examine whether there is a new cold war. in our signature segment, from iowa: superweeds, herbicide- resistant plants that could threaten american agriculture. >> this plant, when it's mature, can get five to six feet tall. where it gets real heavy, you can have 50% losses. >> sreenivasan: and from milwaukee, honoring a holocaust victim by making the dresses she never got to create. 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

captioning sponsored by wnet >> brangham: on this edition for saturday, november 29: former egyptian president hosni mubarak has murder charges against him dropped-- what the ruling means for egypt and the middle east. also, the latest on the fight against isis in iraq. and in our signature segment, how the battle over teacher tenure in california is leading to action in another state. 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

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday november, 16th: another american hostage is beheaded by isis. in our signature segment, despite loud protests, this town might become the first in the nation to ban all tobacco sales. >> we do not want the residents of our community to become another statistic in tobacco- related illness and or death. >> they are leaving us no choice but to take our business out of town. >> sreenivasan: and the recent release of american detainees from north korea. the story behind the story. 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

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for saturday, november 8: two americans are freed from captivity in north korea; what the president's decision to send another 1,500 military advisors to iraq means in the war against isis-- a top military expert weighs in; and in our signature segment, the untold story behind last summer's surge in illegal immigration-- how an act of congress in the '90s may have led to violence that fueled the exodus. >> 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. 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 t

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. >> ( translated ): i contacted government officials, and they promised me help. they asked me the coordinates and promised me that they will strike them, but it did not happen. >> sreenivasan: afghanistan's new president, ashraf ghani, said today he still hopes to work out a deal with the taliban, declaring, "peace is not easy, but it is

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 off the table. and perhaps begin a long process, not just between iran and us, but the relationship between iran and

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 report, we have yet another round of authoritative, peer-reviewed science to prove it. and there was this from un secretary general ban ki moon: science has spoken. there is no ambiguity in their message. leaders must act. time is not on our side. isis fighters in iraq reportedly have committed another massacre. officials say the sunni extremists lined up and executed at least 50 people today

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday november, 16th: another americane is beheaded by isis. in our signature segment, despite loud protests, this town might become the first in the nation to ban all tobacco sales. >> we do not want the residents of our community to become another statistic in tobacco- related illness and or death. >> they are leaving us no choice but to take our business out of town. >> sreenivasan: and the recent release of american detainees from north korea. the story behind the story. next on pbs newshour weekend.

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday november, 9: president obamaill defy warnings from republican congressional leaders and press ahead with immigration reform on his own. the president heads to asia for meetings with the chinese leader. we'll examine the state of american-chinese relations. and in our signature segment, set free after being wrongly convicted but without the help the real criminals get. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by:

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