Turn dry river beds into healthy waterways. Ive never worked on anything thats had the magnitude of this project. In fact, its certainly the largest River Restoration in california, and perhaps the United States. Suarez and mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Woodruff thats all ahead. On tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. 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 the testimony is over, closing arguments are done, and now, its the jurys turn. Six women in sanford, florida, began deliberating just after this afternoon in the case of a Neighborhood Watch volunteer accused of murdering an unarmed teenager. Never said this in i criminal trial before, never heard if in a criminal trial before. I almost wish that the verdict had guilty, not guilty and completely innocent. Because i would ask you to check that one. Defense attorney mark omara used his clothes to insist again that George Zimmerman acted in selfdefense and to reject any suggestion that he had it in for Trayvon Martin. Instead omara argued it was martin who went looking for trouble that night. He pointed to the four minutes between the time the 17yearold initially ran from zimmerman and when he stopped running. The person who decided that this is going to continue, that it was going to become a violent event was the guy without didnt go home when he had the chance to. It was the guy who decided to lie in wait, i guess, plan his move, it seems, decide what he was going to do, and went. Reporter martin was unarmed but the defense lawyer argued the teenager still had potential weapons at his disposal. And that he ease that he used them. That, cement, the sidewalk, and that is not an unarmed teenager with nothing but skittles trying to get home. That was somebody who used the availability of Dangerous Items from his fists to the concrete to cause great bodily injury. Reporter the prosecution says zimmerman profiled martin, assumed he was a criminal, and actively pursued him leading to the fatal shootingment but omara told the jurors that the case is full of could have beens and maybes, and warned jurors not to do the prosecutors work for them. You cant fill in the gaps. You cant connect the dots for the state Attorneys Office in this case. Youre not allowed to. This is their burden. They have to take a wranl doubt. They have to look at this case and say to you, ladies and gentlemen of this jury, were the state, we have proved this case beyond, every reasonable doubt, that we have covered every dot that falls into line and leads to nothing but conviction. And they just didnt. Reporter ultimate ultimaty said omara the killing of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy but he said a jury must not let sympathy influence the verdict. In his rebuttal the prosecutor guy said the case and evidence may not be perfect but he argued it is enough, with your common sense. It is enough. And im not asking you to fill gaps. Im asking you to do what you do every day, start from the beginning, get to the end, and apply your common sense. Reporter with that, it fell to judge debra nelson to instruct the six woman jury on the main charge of seconddegree murder, or the lesser charge of manslaughter. In considering the evidence you should consider the possibility that although the evidence may not convince you that George Zimmerman committed the main crime of which he is accused, there may be evidence that he committed other acts that would constitute lesser included crimes. Therefore, if you decide that the main accusation has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you will next need to decide if george zimman is guilty of any lesser included crimes. The case then went to the juror to sort out the often conflicting testimony and the waiting begins. Law enforcement and Community Leaders in Sanford Florida no matter what it turns out to be. Suarez still to come on the newshour Edward Snowdens bid to stay in russia; what went wrong at the San Francisco airport; a comeback for the San Joaquin River; plus, shields and brooks. But first, the other news of the day. Heres hari sreenivasan. Reporter the cleveland man accused of holding three women captive for a decade will face hundreds of new charges. An indictment running to 977 counts was filed today against ariel castro. The charges range from aggravated murder to kidnapping to rape. Castro pleaded not guilty to an earlier indictment. Prosecutors say they have not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty. Janet napolitano is stepping down as u. S. Secretary of homeland security. She announced today shell resign to become president of the university of california system. During her four years as secretary, napolitano has been a leading proponent of immigration reform. In a statement, president obama praised her and said because of her work, the country is more secure against terror attacks. In egypt today, thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters protested against the military ouster of president mohammed morsi. But this time, there was no violence. Crowds massed in several cities after friday prayers, waving flags and chanting slogans. At the same time, a popular muslim cleric insisted morsis followers will never accept the countrys interim leadership. The Prime Minister is not legitimate and he doesnt have any authority. From our point of vow as revolutionaries he betrayed the revolution, any one who supportsed coup is a traiter to this revolution. We dont support his government. Any party which becomes part of government we consider it part of the coup. Reporter the u. S. Called today for morsis release. A state Department Spokeswoman said the Obama Administration is concerned about all politically motivated detentions involving members of the Muslim Brotherhood. A bomb ripped through a busy coffee shop in Northern Iraq late today, killing at least 31 people. More than two dozen others were wounded. The bomb went off just after diners had finished sunset meals, breaking a daylong fast during the muslim holy month of ramadan. Theres been new trouble in syria between rival rebel factions. Gunman linked to alqaeda killed a Top Commander of the free syrian army, a militia force backed by the u. S. And other western powers. A spokeswoman for the f. S. A. Said it happened last night near a checkpoint in latakia province, close to the turkish border. The group called it an act of war, and vowed to retaliate. A Train Derailment in france today was the countrys deadliest in years. At least six people died and dozens were injured when the train jumped the tracks and crashed into a station outside paris. It was loaded with passengers leaving for Summer Holidays and the upcoming bastille day. There was no word on the cause, but the french president promised a thorough investigation. A pakistani teenager addressed the United Nations today, nine months after she was shot by the taliban. Malala yousufzai made a plea for the cause of educating girls. We have a report from robert moore of independent television news. Im here to speak up for the right of education of every child. applause reporter she spoke before a special youth session of the u. N. , her parents and brother watching, telling delegates she felt more passionate than ever about her cause. The taliban shot me on the left side of my forehead. They shot my friends too. They thought the bullet would silence us, but they failed. And out of that silence came thousands of voices. The terrorists thought that they would change my aims and stop my ambitions. But nothing changed in my life except this weakness, fear, and hopelessness died. Strength, power, and courage was born. applause reporter she was introduced by gordon brown, who is the u. N. s special envoy on education. He knows that in malala the campaign has an exceptional advocate who is speaking on a special day. Never before i believe has a 16th birthday been celebrated in this way. But never before either have we had a teenager that has shown such courage. Reporter the u. N. Sets many worthy goals that are never achieved. So the question is whether malalas power both as an activist and as a symbol can really make a difference and get tens of millions of the most disadvantaged children into Primary School education. Reporter malalas message has resonated here and its hoped far beyond. Reporter the u. N. Also reported that in countries torn by conflict, the number of children attending Primary School rose from 42 in 2008 to 50 in 2011. The abortion drama in the Texas Legislature headed into its final acts this evening. Republicans in the state senate moved to pass some of the toughest restrictions in the nation. They include a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The states republican lieutenant governor, presiding over the debate, warned he will not let democrats and protesters kill the bill as they did in a previous special session. The u. S. Justice department is revising its rules for investigating news leaks. That follows criticism that investigators collected phone records involving Associated Press employees, as well as emails of a fox news reporter. Under the new guidelines, it will be harder to obtain search warrants for reporters emails. And the department will notify news organizations in advance, in most cases if it seeks a subpoena of phone records. On wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained three points to close at 15,464. The nasdaq rose 21 points to close at 3,600. For the week, the dow gained 2 . The nasdaq rose 3. 5 . Those are some of the days major stories. Now, back to ray. Suarez the man who leaked word of major surveillance programs at the National Security agency made a new bid today to break free of his international limbo. Edward snowdens renewed request for asylum in russia came nearly three weeks after he flew into moscows airport. Hes remained in a transit area there ever since. Today snowden met with human rights activists and Russian Politicians at the airport. A russian news web site showed video of the first time he had been seen since arriving from hong kong on june 23rd. Tatiana of Human Rights Watch was at the meeting. You can to the stay here indefinitely. There has to be some kind of a solution. And thats what makes him ask russia. Reporter the antisecrecy organization wikileaks is assisting snowden. Its web site published a statement from him that said i did not seek to sell u. S. Secrets. That moral decision to tell the public about spying that affects all of us has been costly. But it was the right thing to do, and i have no regrets. A russian parliamentarian who met with snowden reiterated the kremlins stance. First articulated last month by president putin. He already asked for political asylum in russia and the response was positive, on one condition. That he stop to hurt the interests of our american partners, as putin put it. So the ball is on his side of the field. Suarez saying snowden agreed today to stop leaking information about american surveillance but in washington, white house spokesman jay carney took a dim view of the moscow meeting. Providing a propaganda platform for mr. Snowden runs counter to the russian governments previous declaration of russia neutrality. And that they have and that they have no control over his presence in the airport. Its also incombat incompatible with russian assurances that they do not want mr. Snowden to further damage u. S. Interests. But having said that, you know, our position also remains that we dont believe it should and we dont want it to do harm to our important relationship with russia. Suarez later president obama spoke to putin in a phone call. A senior u. S. Official said he raised concerns about moscows handling of snowden. The u. S. Has already revoked snowdens passport and filed a raft of charges against him. And todays New York Times reported washington is pressuring other countries, especially in latin america, not to offer him refuge. Snowden indicated today he would like to accept asylum offers from venezuela, nicaragua or bolivia, but he believes he cannot safely travel there. Indeed, last week the plane of bolivian president morales was denied passage through some european airspace after leaving russia. And then grounded in austria amid reports snowden might have been on the flight for more on all of this we turn to ellen barry, the New York TimesMoscow Bureau chief. I spoke to her a short while ago. Suarez ellen barry, welcome to the program. Well, we got to see Edward Snowden for the first time in some time, publicly, on camera. Now that that day is ending in moscow are we any clearer about what his situation is . I think so. I mean for one thing we know hes in moscow. No one had seen him for the three weeks since he arrived here from hong kong. The main thing that he made clear today is that he is running out of options. And that russia is the default position, and he views it as his safest and maybe only only option right now. Suarez but he said he hopes tow eventually end up in latin america. Was there any discussion of how that might happen . You know, there was no specific discussion that im aware of. He did talk a great deal about the attempts of the, you know, by the u. S. Or European Countries to prevent him from making his way to latin american countries. He expressed gratitude towards those countries who had offered him asylum. He said that they were four, and among them is russia. But it seemed clear from the presentation and even the fact that he had this meeting at all today, that he is printsably concerned about his safety and princip principally concerned about his safety and sees russia as his only option. Suarez earlier russia rebuffed is request and the president putin had gone as far as to say that perhaps he could say if he no longer leaked and no longer revealed surveillance secrets of a friendly country, the United States, where does that stand now . Did he make an assurance that hes done leaking . Well, he said that he saw this condition as not being an obstacle to his remaining in russia. He also went on to say that he never intended to harm the interests of the United States, and that in fact his past actions have not been intended to do that. So it wasnt entirely clear from what he said whether he was guaranteeing that there would be no more leaking of classified materials or simply that he didnt view them as damaging to the United States. But given that he is, you know, involved in some kind of a negotiation with president putin, it may well be that he is willing to agree not to publish further. Suarez it was interesting, as you mentioned, he gave further explanation of himself, asserted his bona fides as a real whistleblower and not someone who was involved in espionage or theft, didnt he . Well, he certainly portrayed his actions, he regards himself as a patriot and portrayed his actions as sort of oriented toward the greater good for american an other people. But i would say the thrust of his discussion today had to do with the practical question of where he goes, and what his next steps are. Because for the last week or so, really maybe the last few weeks its looked increasingly like he has no options. Suarez so you could see that hes actually more concerned, worried about his future. I must say, me and my colleagues spoke to quite a number of people who were in that meeting. And none of them conveyed none of them said that they saw him as they mostly said that he appeared cheerful, that he appeared to be in good physical condition, and not particularly anxious. They described him as perhaps shy or not comfortable speaking to an audience, necessarily. But every one described him as not being distraught and perhaps as being sort of optimistic about what would come of this meeting. He asked the group of people who were invited today to intercede on his behalf both with president putin, i assume to increase his chances of actually gaining asylum, and with the United States, presumably to prevent further efforts on his part to make his way to latin america which he says is his final destination. Suarez who were the other people in the room . Theyve been described as a mix of human rights people and russian parliamentarians. Were they politicians that were who are close to the current government of putin . Right, i mean, that was one of the most interesting things about this group of people. They were rather mysteriously invited via email yesterday evening at a point where basically no one knew whether this was a real email address or the real ed snowden. A few of them were representatives of internationally recognized human rights organizations Like Amnesty International or Human Rights Watch, who are often often extremely independent and often critical of the russi