Pressures gonna be improved. And who wouldve thought that an attorneys gonna fix someones Blood Pressure woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. 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 president obama secured a major victory today on the iran nuclear deal. A 34th Senate Democrat came out in favor, enough to uphold a veto of any attempt to reject the agreement. Marylands Barbara Mikulski provided the 34th vote, and called the deal the best option available to block iran from having a nuclear bomb. But, on cnns amanpour, secretary of state john kerry called for even more support. Well, obviously 34 votes are enough votes for the president s veto to be able to be upheld. But were not thats not the way were approaching this. We want anybody and everybody hopefully to be able to vote for it. Were going to continue to try to persuade people, up until the last moment. Woodruff it would take at least 41 senators to block a republican resolution of disapproval from coming to a vote. Republican leaders said today that theyll go ahead with the debate next week. Ifill another day, another swing for wall street. This time, to the upside. Investors came to the market in a buying mood, a day after the latest selloff. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained more than 290 points to close above 16,350. The nasdaq rose 114 points. And the s p 500 added 35. Woodruff the c. I. A. And u. S. Special Operations Forces have launched a Drone Campaign against Islamic State leaders. The Washington Post reports drones are being used for targeted killings inside syria. The effort marks a substantial increase in the c. I. As overall role in the syrian conflict. Ifill in iraq, masked men dressed in military uniforms kidnapped 18 turkish construction workers in baghdad. The kidnappers stormed a site at a Sports Complex early this morning, as the workers were sleeping. Turkish officials said the turkish workers were separated out from the rest, and taken away. At this stage, it is difficult to comment on why this kidnapping happened or the motive behind it. We are in touch with the turkish construction company. Weve learned among the 18 kidnapped, there were 14 workers, p engineers and 1 accountant. Of course, well continue to follow the issue. Ifill there was no claim of responsibility, but suspicion fell on Islamic State forces. Turkey recently began air strikes against the militants in syria. Woodruff the state of california moved today to post crucial data on police and the public, online. A new website displays the number of Law Enforcement officers killed in the line of duty and suspects who die during arrests or in custody. According to the data, the state had 685 incustody deaths annually between 2005 and 2014. And, an average of 10 Police Officers were killed on the job every year from 1980 to 2014. Ifill president obama closed out his threeday visit to alaska today, by putting a spotlight on the lives of native groups. He visited a village where he got a firsthand look at local salmon fishing. He also hoped to highlight how the warming climate is destabilizing native communities. Woodruff and, one of the last two survivors of the great San Francisco earthquake has died. Ruth newman was just five years old, living on a ranch north of the city, when the quake hit in 1906. The violent shaking touched off fires that raged unchecked for days. Much of the city was destroyed, and more than 1,000 people were killed. Her family says ruth newman passed away in late july. She was 113 years old. Woodruff still to come on the newshour migrants from syria and other nations in turmoil push for passage deeper into europe, ukraine struggles to stem violence and the turmoil in the east, and much more. Ifill there is even more tragedy to report tonight as desperate migrants and refugees attempt to make their way to and through europe. At least 11 people drowned near the greek island of kos when two boats sank, including this small boy, captured in a photograph that immediately went viral. They are all thought to be Syrian Refugees. Meanwhile in hungary, the government has halted rail travel for refugees and migrants, creating a desperate and angry situation in the capital, budapest. James mates of independent Television News is there and filed this report. Reporter the mood is darkening outside budapests main station. Almost 36 hours now since the exit route north to austria and then germany was closed, and there is growing impatience among the thousands stuck in a country where they dont want to be. They chant the name of the place where they believe theyll find a welcome. The police kept riot gear, even cans of cs gas close to hand, but none was needed. Beneath the station in a concourse leading to the citys metro is where most of the thousands are making home. A small sea of humanity spread across concrete floors, most with nothing but a blanket or piece of fur. It is shelter from the blazing sun and some cover at night. But for parents of young families, this is no place to be living. Hasnan was a computer engineer in damascus traveling now with his wife and three sonls. Unhappy as he is here, it is better than where he came from. It is better here than in my country. So i have to run away with my children from over there. I wish for peace on the earth. Reporter there are many children here, some physically small, and some oppressed into family duty. There is food or water but nothing to do from morning till night. A volunteer brought in paper and pencils, a kind thought but no more than a gesture. A pipe has been erected for washing and hygiene but workers fear what will happen if the situation drags on. There are thousands of people here. There is only one water source for people. Everything else is provided by volunteers. Is government is nowhere to be seen. Reporter far from the grand buildings on the danube, the government insists it alone sen forcing european rules. This is a system through which not only hungary but the European Countries are handling migrants and we have to face reality, this is not a ref egee crisis, this is a mass migration coming from africa and the near east which requires different handling and different rules. Reporter there are definitely migrants by the thousands here, though its true a clear majority are refugees from syria, iraq or afghanistan. As they remind us, above all, they are human, and deserve better than this. Ifill for more on the economic and humanitarian tensions sparked by the rising tide of migrants, we turn to Astrid Ziebarth, a migration fellow with the German Marshall Fund in berlin. And nancy lindborg, the president of the u. S. Institute of peace in washington. She previously served as assistant administrator for the bureau for democracy, conflict and humanitarian assistance at the u. S. Agency for international development. Welcome to you both. Nancy lindborg, why are we seeing this uptick . I think uptick is too small a word to describe the amount of migrants. We are seeing an uptick from the number a year ago. But this is a small tip of a very large Global Crisis where were seeing 60 Million People displaced from their homes over this past year. This is the largest ever. You have people who are giving up hope. They are living in conditions of repression, pofer thety, conflict that isnt ending, and they are seeking a better life at great cost, at great danger for themselves and their families. Ifill some people try to distinguish between people escaping conflict and people escaping economic pressure. Is there any distinction to be made . I think there is a distinction. Clearly, legally, refugees are those fleeing persecution, conflict and danger. That 60 million is people who have been specifically displaced from their homes and are still either internally displaced or are already refugees. The importance, however, is how these issues are so intermixed where you have repressive, poor governments and poverty that is so correlated with conflict. Ifill one thing leads to the other. Exactly. Ifill Astrid Ziebarth in germany, chancellor miracle among others said they will accept up to 800,000 of these migrants and find some way to take care of them. But is hundred thousand arrived just last month. Is it plan thats germanyspecific or eurospecific that can begin to tackle this . First of all, we have to have note the 800,000 are a projection for the year, and this was stated by our interior ministry, but its not entirely transparent how the numbers come about so we have to be cautious about this because the government also switch their statistical estimate. What is to be noted is germany is able currently to take up that many migrants and refugees but, as also stated, we have to be cautious not to just see that those are refugees from syria are fleeing conflict and violence, but almost 42 are from the western bal balkans and their rate is less than 1 , so this is something where the German Government is trying to figure out how to speed up the processes for those fleeing persecution and violence and also trying to figure out how those who are not can be returned. Ifill there has been backlash in germany, not only in germany but we saw some in hungary, where people are beginning to say we cant absorb all of this. Is that picking up speed, that attitude . At the moment, i mean with the number of 800,000 being put out also in the public, its remarkable that the public mood in germany is still somewhat positive. You have the latest Public Opinion polls state that you have 60 of germans who state that we can cope with this, and the interior minister said we can cope with this for a while. But how long we can deal with such a high amount is the question. Ifill nancy lindborg, you said this is the tip of an iceberg. Theoretically, someone figured out how to address this or handle this before. Explain what the way people try to absorb this, the dublin mechanism. That was an agreement within the European Union in which where you landed was the country in which you sought asylum and thats whats being shifted now. The larger question is not just how we deal with those arriving in europe right now but how do we address the continuing conflicts and repression that is pushing people out because you have a large pipeline of people who are displaced but still within their borders and, as these conflicts remain unaddressed, there are many, many more who may be seeking refuge into the future. Ifill at some point, a lot of people say they would open their homes to refugees and others, but other nations are hanging back and you wonder whether the backlash will make this a problem on this and that end. Absolutely. Also i will note if you look at the middle east, this is a region saturated with refugees even before the syrian crisis. Since then, tough countries in this immediate region like turkey, lebanon, jordan, who have taken the majority of the 4 million Syrian Refugees to date. In lebanon, one out of four People Living there is syrian, which is an almost unimaginable number to imagine happening in europe or this country. Ifill Astrid Ziebarth, is there any discussion about imposing quotas on a number of people allowed in . Well, yes, there has been discussion about quotas. What is remarkable is a year ago no one at the european or National Level would have talked about quotas, but were now seeing the crisis has become so urgent that at first the European Commission introduced the subjects of quotas in the spring and also proposed their action plan on migration, it was met by fierce opposition because they wanted to have binding quotas but the other Member States said, no, we dont want binding quotas, and you had especially eastern European Countries against binding quotas, they were pushing for voluntary quotas, but anything voluntary is always hard to come on an agreement on that one. Now were seeing again the discussion about quotas and definitely on the table for the upcoming conference in september when the interior ministers meet. Ifill nancy lindborg, is there any question about reset ling these refugees or migrants in the United States . Well, the United States takes about 70,000 refugees every year. As a country, we have actually benefited tremendously from the vibrancy that many of these refugees bring. Since 9 11, its been a lot harder to bring in refugees from the middle east and i think the number from syria thus far is around 1,000. I certainly hope that we can find our way to increase that because we will probably benefit as a country as well as giving a home and a future to so many people. Ifill nancy lindborg, president of the u. S. Institute of peace and Astrid Ziebarth of the German Marshall Fund in berlin. Thank you both so much. Thank you, gwen. Woodruff while much of the worlds attention turned away from ukraine this summer, the fighting there largely raged on, killing and wounding more fighters and civilians and continuing displacement in the countrys east. Yet another cease fire between russian pro separatists and Ukrainian Forces went into effect this week, but many arent holding their breath. Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner has this update. Warner for children across ukraine, even in wartorn donetsk, this is backtoschool week, with its traditional assemblies and ceremonies. It provided the occasion for a ceasefire that went into effect yesterday. But was violated today near rebelheld luhansk, when a Ukrainian Army vehicle was ambushed, killing two people. Indeed, now in its second year of conflict, ceasefires brokered by european powers have repeatedly failed to stick. Instead, trench warfare rages on, in eastern ukraine, between Government Troops and russian backed separatists. All told, some 6,800 people have been killed, millions have fled and those who remain live in a constant state of fear. translated when its evening, when the night is coming, we are waiting for something because there are almost no quiet nights. Warner Washington Post reporter thomas gibbonsneff just returned from eastern ukraine, where he spent five days on the front line with a ukrainian. Every night is kind of the same routine burks that same routine involved a really, you know, palpable sense of tension. They are ready for someone to say, hey, tanks are coming across this field, get ready to fight to the death, or prepare to retreat. It was a strange routine in the sense that it happened the same every night, but that same night, every night involved, hey, maybe this is it, maybe this is going to be the big attack. Reporter the conflict in the east has stoked political tensions in the capital kiev. Far right nationalists protested monday outside parliament as it voted to grant greater autonomy to rebel areas. Violence broke out killing three National Guardsmen and hospitalizing 140 people. Inside, the lawmakers held a rowdy session, replete with chanting, paper tossing and impassioned speeches over whether to decentralize power, a condition growth to by president petro poroshenko, as demanded by russia in last februarys minsk accord designed to end the vie listen lens. The Ukrainian Parliament speaker urged clogs to vote for the measure urged colleagues tovote for the measure. Difficult decisions are not easy to make. This may stop the ukrainian nation from being a slave to others and ukraine will be independent, sovereign and rich country. Reporter washington blames russia for the continued turmoil. The fact of the matter is ukraine is now under siege. Russia is Building Military outposts on ukrainian soil. The brazen attempt to redraw the borders of europe by force threatens not only ukraine but the shared aspiration for a europe that is whole and free and at peace. Reporter n. A. T. O. Is now conducting annual exercises on russias doorstep. Yesterday five u. S. Warships and 1,000 troops joined other nations in operation sea breeze in the black sea. Woodruff margaret joins me now. Margaret, how significant is this cease fire . You point out it was broken almost right away. It is holding if you have to be holding. The u. S. Wants the europeans to push putin very hard to keep up his end of the bargain which was for constitutional changes that poroshenko is pushing. For the east is to withdraw russian heavy weapons and troops from ukraine. The question is whats the incentive for putin to do this . If putins objective is to keep ukraine weakened and divided, make it very, very hard for them to become the kind of progressive, forwardlooking european nation they want to, hes succeeded and the only answer americans can come up with is maybe the sanctions are beginning to bite, maybe mes going to carry out the military side of the deal, but they do not think that will end putins maneuvers to undermine ukraine. Woodruff so you were reporting on this vote in parliament in the last couple of days, violent protests. What was driving that