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. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. 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 theres word the gunman who mowed down concert goers in las vegas, may have considered other targets, in other cities. Stephen paddock killed 58 people sunday night, before taking his own life. Now, its widely reported that he had booked a hotel room in chicago overlooking the lollapalooza music festival, two months ago. Other reports say he also researched Hotels Near Fenway Park in boston. The National Rifle association announced today it supports regulating socalled bump stocks. Investigators say the las vegas gunman apparently used the devices to convert semi automatic rifles to even more lethal, automatic fire. In a statement, the n. R. A. Called for a federal review. At the white house, spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said President Trump would welcome that effort. We would like to see a clear understanding of the facts. And wed like to see input from the victims families, from law enforcement, from policy makers. And were expecting hearings and other important factfinding efforts on that, and we want to be part of that discussion and were certainly open to that moving forward. Woodruff House Speaker paul ryan joined a growing number of Republican Leaders today, saying Congress Needs to look into the issue. A new Tropical Storm has formed off nicaragua, and it could strike the u. S. Gulf coast this weekend, as a hurricane. Officials say the storm, dubbed nate, is already blamed for 22 deaths in central america. Forecasts show its on track to cross mexicos yucatan peninsula tomorrow night and reach the u. S. Mainland by sunday morning. Officials in louisiana today began to order coastal evacuations. In puerto rico, officials now say power has been restored to about nine percent of the islands customers two weeks after Hurricane Maria wrecked the island. Governor Ricardo Rossello says he hopes to see Service Restored to 25 of customers within a month. The u. S. House of representatives today approved a republican budget plan worth 4. 1 trillion. It revives a plan to turn medicare into a voucherlike program and to cut medicaid by about 1 trillion over 10 years. The vote split largely down party lines, with republicans and democrats arguing over whether the plan does more harm than good. This is a budget that reflects our First Principles freedom, free enterprise, a government accountable to the people it serves. A budget that will help grow our economy and its a budget that will help rein in our debt. It strengthens our national defense. It supports our men and women in uniform. This is a budget, their, that steals from the middle class. Steals hundreds of billions of dollars from critical job creating, wage increasing investments, infrastructure, and clean energy. It harms veterans. It cuts education. It abandons rural america. Woodruff the budget is intended to set the stage for the consideration of tax reform legislation. The senate is expected to vote on a similar plan later this month. This was deadline day for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought to the u. S. Illegally, as children. They scrambled to renew their work permits, and protection from being deported, for another two years. Those benefits were granted under president obamas daca program, which President Trump is ending. California is now a socalled sanctuary state for undocumented immigrants. Governor jerry brown signed this into law today. It bars police from helping federal immigration officials or from asking about a persons immigration status. The law takes effect january first. In iraq, Government Troops today recaptured one of the last towns held by Islamic State militants. Isis fighters seized hawija three years ago, as they rampaged across northern iraq. Today, iraqi soldiers could be seen riding through the streets celebrating their victory. Theyd been battling to liberate hawija since late last month. This years nobel prize in literature goes to british novelist kazuo ishiguro. The japaneseborn writer is known for works depicting british and japanese life, including the remains of the day and never let me go. In london today, he said he tries to speak to how nations remember their past, and how they sometimes try to bury it. I hope that these kinds of themes will actually be in some small way helpful to the climate we have at the moment because i think we have entered a very uncertain time in the world at the moment. Woodruff ishiguro said he was caught offguard when he heard he had won the nobel, before he was officially notified. He said he thought at first, it was fake news. Republican congressman tim murphyof pennsylvania announced today hes resigning. The antiabortion lawmaker admitted last month that hed had an affair. This week, came reports of Text Messages from murphys phone, urging his mistress to have an abortion, when he thought she was pregnant. All that infotainment tech in new cars and trucks is distracting drivers for dangerous periods of time. Aaas foundation for Traffic Safety warned today the systems are getting more complex, and taking more time to use. In the worst cases, drivers were distracted an average of 40 seconds when programming g. P. S. Navigation systems or text messaging. On wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained more than 113 points to close at 22,775. The nasdaq rose 50 points, and the s p 500 added 14. Still to come on the newshour the Las Vegas Attack raises a host of security concerns. An ambush in niger leaves three American Special forces soldiers dead. On the ground in syria, where Coalition Troops face an intense battle for the city of raqqa. Plus, much more. Woodruff even before the las vegas shooting, terror attacks had raised serious questions about how to secure open spaces and socalled soft targets. That includes hotels with their open access. Now, those security concerns are front and center around the country. Special correspondent cat wise reports from las vegas. Reporter in many ways, las vegas appears to be returning to normal. Tourists crowd the streets, wedding bells are ringing. But its also very evident this is not the same city it was four days ago. As the Vegas Community is still coming to terms with the worst shooting in modern u. S. History. Many here, and around the country, are wondering what could be done to prevent future Mass Shootings in socalled soft targets like hotels and open spaces. I can make the safest place in the entire world and nobody will come because you cant let them back in. Reporter Dave Shepherd is a former f. B. I. Agent and the former head of security at the venetian resort. Theres not one thing that is going to answer every question. Even if you had a metal detector, even if you had wand people down you still could run into problems with a person. You are looking at this hotel trk is a hotel, it is not being done at 72,000 other hotels in the United States, its not. These reporter these days, whenever we fly or go to big events like games and concerts, we expect to go through metal detectors and have our belongings searched, yet very few hotels around the country, and here in las vegas, have those same tight security measures in place. Investigators comb the scene at the concert venue, we ask advice visitsers on the strip if more security was needed. Would you be willing to go through metal detectors at hotels . I sure would. I definitely would. I mean when they started the extra security on airlines after 9 11. I did not mind waiting those few extra minutes while they checked me and everyone else. It seems like theres a lot of security here. I mean we see a lot of police officers. You know we feel comfortable, you know, is this an isolated incident . Hopefully, at this magnitude of course it is, but as far as the safety measures, what extent do they have to go . To really control something that they cant. Reporter vegas casinos are notoriously secretive about their security operations, cameras are often used with High Tech Systems like facial recognition. But bags are rarely searched, a gap in security shooter steven paddock took advantage of when he brought in an arsenal of weapons. Mgm resorts, which owns the Mandalay Bay Hotel where paddock stayed provided a statement to the newshour which read in part mgm resorts has increased its level of security and works consistently with local and National Law Enforcement agencies to keep procedures at our resorts up to date, and are always improving and evolving. Golden nugget owner Tilman Fertitta said increasing security comes down to a question of what people will accept. Were not a police state, and nobody wants to live in a police state. Now, besides going into a ball game or going and catching an airline, were going to start checking everything everybody brings into a hotel . Well then whats going to happen . He could have walked down the street and started shooting and would have killed 30 or 40 or 50 people. So now were going to have somebody check you when you walk out of your house . Reporter at the wynn vegas casinos, Security Guards were screening visitors with metal detecting wands and checking bags at random this week. And owner steve wynn has employed Security Guards with military training for years. There are almost 40 of them at every opening of my building, plain clothes, armed, on the las vegas is a target city. We have hardened the target at the wynn. Reporter security expert Dave Shepherd believes the question of how to increase security goes well beyond las vegas. Several news reports today said paddock had scouted locations in chicago and boston before going to las vegas. Every property in the United States now that is a high rise building has to look to see what the procedures are. Im sitting there in new york looking at central park are some buildings on here and a concert im sitting in chicago and im in San Francisco in the park theyre all going to have to look at that now. Earlier today the Las Vegas Security Chiefs Association met to discuss new security measures in the wake of the shooting. Judy . Woodruff thank you, kat, reporting for us from las vegas. Lets continue our remembrances of the 58 people who were murdered when the shooter began firing into the crowd at a Country Music concert. As stories of heroism emerge, so do clearer pictures of the victims lives. Here are 12 more. Brian fraser was moving closer to the stage, getting set for jason aldean to play his favorite song. He was shot trying to shield his wife. The 39yearold father of four was the definition of american, his son said. He taught me what it meant to be an honest, motivated, driven, loving man. 21yearold erick silva was working as a private Security Guard at the concert. He was killed as he helped people get out of the venue. He would give the shirt off his back to comfort anyone, a close friend recalled. He was such a courageous man. Nicol kimura was at the concert with a group of friends who called themselves family. The 38yearold worked at a tax office in southern california. She was just such an amazing woman and she was just such a light, one of the Group Members said. Cameron robinson worked for the city of las vegas. The 28yearold moved to southern utah about a year ago to be with his boyfriend, and commuted two hours every day. A colleague remarked he was just so happy, you could see it in his face. One couple died together denise cohen and Derrick Taylor had been dating for several years. Each had two sons. Keri lynn galvan of thousand oaks, california, was at the concert with her husband, who survived the attack. The 31yearold had three children, ages 10, four and two. According to her sister, galvans days started and ended with doing everything in her power to be a wonderful mother. Lisa patterson called her husband just hours before the shooting, to tell him how much fun she was having with her girlfriends. She loved life, loved helping and there is nothing she would not do to help someone, he noted. 44yearold Chris Hazencomb was a big sports fan from camarillo, california. He jumped on top of his friends as the bullets rained down. One friend commented he was a very kind man that everyone loved dearly. Jordyn rivera was 21 and in her fourth year at california state university, studying health care management. The schools president wrote we will remember and treasure her for her warmth, optimism, energy and kindness. Brennan stewart rarely missed a chance to hear Country Music live, his family said. The 30yearold from las vegas played guitar and wrote songs. When the shooting began, he used his body to protect his girlfriend. Rocio guillen was a mother of four, including a twomonthold, and a general manager at a pizza restaurant in california. She was a supermom, her cousin said. Always working hard and juggling everything to be the best mom. Woodruff there is new information today about russia obtaining highly classified information about how the u. S. Military protects its Computer Networks and conducts electronic spying. Hari sreenivasan has that story. Sreenivasan the wall street journal reports on a web of breaches. First, classified material was stolen from the National Security agency by a contractor. His computer was then hacked and russia took the sensitive data. The article does not say who the contractor was but that he used Kaspersky LabAntivirus Software which is believed to be compromised by russian intelligence. For more on all of this we turn to shane harris, who broke the story, covering National Security and intelligence issues for the wall street journal. Shane, what do we know that was compromised, what dot russians have. We are told this is information that describes or deals with offensive and defensive Computer Network operations at nsa. So basically the tools and techniques, the codes of the nsa were used to hack into foreign Computer Systems and the tools and techniques they used to protect Computer Systems inside the United States. This is very critical information that goes to what intelligence agencies call sources and methods and the kind of thing that is most jealously guarded inside the nsa and extremely classified. Sreenivasan and the Kaspersky Lab soft wear was not at his desktop at the nsa but apt his home. What happened was the contractor removed this classified information unthoshzed from his workplace and took it home, we are told to work on it there is what authorities believed and loaded it on to a personal computer. And that computer was running the kaspersky antivirus product. This is a commercially available antivirus product, probably many watching this tonight may have it on their own home computers. What authorities believe is that that system was then used to alert hackers in russia to the files that were on his machine, which were then removed from it by russia. Sreenivasan so the software that is scanning his computer, looking for Sensitive Files sends a message to russia saying here is a sensitive file and since they have some sort of a back door, they can access it . There is a sequence here were still not entirely sure but essentially, yes, this is the idea. That it alerts people back in russia who are then able to take advantage knowing what they know from the software to then hone in on this individuals computer and obtain this information. It is important to say that kaspersky says they do not provide any kind of access, that is unauthorized or illegal, and they do not participate in computer operations of this nature, cyberspying on behalf of governments. So there still is some question about the sequence of events. But officials have concluded that if not for this kaspersky product they do not believe this information would have been obtained. Sreenivasan just a couple of weeks ago we had members of the intelligence committee, members of Intelligence Community sitting in front of the senate panel and when they were asked whether or not they would put this kind of software on their own computers they unanimous