To try to get to the man himself was if for no other reason just to know him better. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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. Woodruff our lead story tonight, the president of kenya proclaimed victory in the bloody siege of a Shopping Mall in nairobi. He put the death toll at 72, but the islamist attackers disputed his account. At the tale end of the operation, three floors of the West Gate Mall collapsed and there are several bodies still trapped in the rubble, including the terroris
To try to get to the man himself was if for no other reason just to know him better. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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. Woodruff our lead story tonight, the president of kenya proclaimed victory in the bloody siege of a Shopping Mall in nairobi. He put the death toll at 72, but the islamist attackers disputed his account. At the tale end of the operation, three floors of the West Gate Mall collapsed and there are several bodies still trapped in the rubble, including the terroris
With al qaeda and there are other groups that theyve been working in combination with. It has been suggested that americans might have been involved, british people might have been involved, freedom the arab world. So theres a great uncertainty in terms of exactly who people were who staged this attack. And finally tell us about what people in nairobi are saying. Is there still a great sense of fear . How are people sensing all this . How are they handling it . Well, i think there definitely is fear. People talk about not wanting to hang around in the food courts of malls or where people might strike next. I mean, theres real apprehension that comes from this attack. On the other hand, i think if the goal the militants had was to scare kenya and to drive it out of the parts of somalia where it has trooped stations then theyll failed quite spectacularly. Theres incredible feeling of solidarity here, of binding together and a sense, i would say, a lot of people wanting to fight even more
Speech isnt the only big speech on the schedule. Hell be with former president bill clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative later this afternoon to Talk Health Care with the Clinton Obama alliance. Here are the new laws. Plus, an old clinton pal, Terry Mcauliffe, is starting the day with some positive new poll numbers in that fight for virginia governor. Can tim cuccinelli do anything to close a massive gender gap . Good morning from new york. Its tuesday, september 24th, 2013. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd. Right to my first reads of the morning. President obama and the iranian president ra hanni assuming such a meeting logistically could take place. If it does it would be the first time u. S. And iranian leaders have spoken since 1977. If it doesnt happen, you can probably blame logistics more than anything else. Its been hard to coordinate this. No official meeting is scheduled. With rue hanni opting out of the u. N. Lunch because its serving alcohol, theres no opportune
Displaced, the state of israel is here to stay. So the time is now ripe for the entire International Community to get behind the pursuit of peace. Hand signals. Now all eyes are on irans president , rouhani, before his first speech to the u. N. This afternoon and that potential meet and greet on the sidelines with president obama. Not over yet. Gunfire, loud explosions heard again just a few hours ago as the violent hostage crisis at a Shopping Mall in kenya entered its fourth day. This as new claims that at least two americans were part of the terror group that stormed the mall on saturday, killing at least 60 people. Kenyas president says five terrorists have been killed, 11 are in custody. Well have a live report coming up from my roby. Nairobi. And good day, im Andrea Mitchell in new york. Today president barack obama opened the door for the first time to direct talks with iran, separate from the other members of the Security Council. Showing that he wants to test irans expressed n