Giving teens hope for getting through high schools isolation in a social media world. The chance to sort of connect and realize that nobodys experience of loneliness is unique and that everybody at some time or another feels on the outside looking in is a really powerful thing right now. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. 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 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 russia is denying that it tried to hack u. S. Voting software and equipment before
Adding to concerns about the slowdown in china. In chinal out put rose but fell short of estimates. Nvestors reacted chinese stocks had their worst day in three weeks. The shenzhen composite was down more than 6 . Germany is going to slow up the influx of refugees, at least for now. The government is reposing border controls. They a sign to europe that need more help. At this moment, germany is introducing temporary border checks again at the internal frontiers. The focus in the first instance will be at the border with austria. The aim of this measure is to limit the current influx to germany and come back to an ordered proceeding of the entry again. This is necessary for safety reasons. Brendan european officials meet in brussels on the refugee crisis to discuss the plan of introducing styling seekers to your europe. Fastmoving firefighters in california have killed one person and destroyed several homes and businesses. At least 81 homes were destroyed in a separate fire near sacrame
Has acknowledged they do not perform oversight of these programs. Remarkably, a similar argument for collection under these programs is marked by the arguments under the section 215 program. This is the promise of big data. This is the Technology Age in which we live. What it means is that massive amounts of information can now be collected in order to anticipate threats and to anticipate individuals who might engage in wrongdoing. That approach is what the founders rejected. While information is being collected under foreign intelligence authorities, in certain circumstances, it may be used and is being used for criminal prosecution. The problem is, our communications are now global. We have historically depended on the borders of the United States to protect us. We are no longer bound by geography in how we communicate. Our conversations go internationally routinely. When they do, they can be monitored under a mere yut of programs currently in place. Similarly, our private papers and
Then it said it planned to accept a floor of 85,000 refugees and at least 100,000 next year. Once here with Refugee Status those individuals can claim any job and collect any federal welfare benefit. Recent statistics from the department of health and Human Services office of Refugee Resettlement indicate that 75 of refugees receive food stamps and more than half receive Free Health Care and cash benefits. For refugees from the middle east the numbers are even higher. More than 90 of recent middle eastern refugees draw food stamps and about 70 receive Free Health Care and cash welfare. Refugee settlement also comes with security risks as we have witnessed with the surge of isis recruitment among, for example, somali refugee communities in minnesota. Anyone claiming to have a serious and honest discussion of Refugee Resettlement must ask the difficult questions about integration, how can we accomplish that. Assimilation, and community safety. This is certainly true with respect to count
Juveniles in solitary confinement. Are you supportive of this . Or lynch this legislation an important opportunity for all of us to look at how we administer criminal justice in this country. If the goal is to protect the American People, in a way that is efficient, transparent and fair, sentencing reform has been the topic of great bipartisan discussion. Todays announcement is a great step forward. We commend and thank senators booker and lee. And the other senators who worked on this. They cross the aisle to come together with different ideas on how to improve the system. Casesmber prosecuting where we looked at people who were being cycled through a system, nonviolent drug offenders facing severe mandatory minimums being deported or going back home. You could not see the utility in it. We needed to focus resources on the kingpins, the leaders and organizers of the narcotics organization. It is something the department of justice has been focused on. I predecessor introduced a smart