Far north where melting arctic ice has spurred a boom in shipping, but raised concerns about navigating uncharted waters. I think the surface of mars has been mapped better than our oceans have been. Woodruff good evening. Im judy woodruff. Ifill and im gwen 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. And 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. Ifill our lead story tonight a fuller picture is emerging of the man who opened fire, killing a dozen civilians at the navy yard in washington. Aaron alexis had a history of trouble du
Anything to keep people voting for them. It breaks my heart. I am a bleeding heart [inaudible] and i do not think the Founding Fathers meant that private people should very easily be able to get semiautomatics. There has been a small misunderstanding i think. Out andkeeps coming convincing everybody that we are trying to take way their rights. Barack obama is trying to steal their rights. I do not know. These changes towards peace go so slowly. Tavis that meaning can go a lot of different ways. There is political meeting meaning and social meaning and spiritual meaning. Talked me about the spiritual meaning. What is the take away for those about who believe in that sort of thing . The take away is that the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. What would jesus do, what would the disciples do, they show up and they are heartbroken and get everybody water and sit with them and they say more will be revealed and they say this is a very small piece of eternity.
Anything to keep people voting for them. It breaks my heart. I am a bleeding heart [inaudible] and i do not think the Founding Fathers meant that private people should very easily be able to get semiautomatics. There has been a small misunderstanding i think. Out andkeeps coming convincing everybody that we are trying to take way their rights. Barack obama is trying to steal their rights. I do not know. These changes towards peace go so slowly. Tavis that meaning can go a lot of different ways. There is political meeting meaning and social meaning and spiritual meaning. Talked me about the spiritual meaning. What is the take away for those about who believe in that sort of thing . The take away is that the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. What would jesus do, what would the disciples do, they show up and they are heartbroken and get everybody water and sit with them and they say more will be revealed and they say this is a very small piece of eternity.
Sufism is a universal stream that is at the heart of every spiritual. Its the love for god and the expression of that love through service to gods creation. The thing, its not a creed, its not a set of beliefs, its a living experience of the deepening and unfolding of love. Love for god. And because of that, its something which in every generation, in every culture is a living experience, so it has to be refreshed. Generation after generation in every culture. I see. Sufism is a con temp founded in 1952 by a spiritual figure from india, and its carried by a lineage of spiritual teachers that he appointed to serve as spiritual guides for americans who in their point of life picture of him right there. Mmhmm. In the stage of life that were in, feel the need for spiritual guidance for the living teacher. Now, i understand youve been a part about 44 years, and terry about 37 years. Mmhmm. How did you get involved . Well, lets see,s in my case, everybody gets involved we all are on our own
Woodruff good evening. Im judy woodruff. Ifill and im gwen 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. And 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. Ifill our lead story tonight a fuller picture is emerging of the man who opened fire, killing a dozen civilians at the navy yard in washington. Aaron alexis had a history of trouble during his military service, and may have had mental problems in recent months, but it remained unclear what drove him to start shooting. Well have more on his state of mind, and the state of the invest