and pope francis moves his visit to bolivia. breaking news first. the israeli government says two of its citizens are being held in the gaza strip at least one of them is being held by hamas as we understand it. his name is abraham mamgist open isto. second man is believed to be an israeli palestinian. imtiaz he tyab tyab is in gaza, what has been the response to these allegations? we reached out to the spokesman that an israeli has been held in their custody and has been for ten months now. he said that he had no comments and refused to elaborate on that news that is coming out of israel. whatever the case, what s interesting is the timing of all this just yesterday when of course we were marking the start of the israel s 50 day bombardment of the gaza strip. coded statement from senior fighters with hamas and be other various factions here that they said that they would not engage in any negotiations with israel, when it came to what they described as missing soldiers, un
but with dealing with poverty for people. woodruff: all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. 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: u.s. military and diplomatic leaders are moving ahead on the afghanistan strategy that president trump laid out in a speech to the nation last night. his remarks brought reaction today from the region, and the world. nick schifrin begins our coverage. reporter: today, in the birthplace of the taliban, afghan president ashraf ghani praised president trump s decision to deploy more u.s. troops without an end date. ( translated ): from now on, there will not be any timetable or conditions. america will stand with the afghan nation till the end. reporter: afghan chief executive abdullah a
for people. woodruff: all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. 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: u.s. military and diplomatic leaders are moving ahead on the afghanistan strategy that president trump laid out in a speech to the nation last night. his remarks brought reaction today from the region, and the world. nick schifrin begins our coverage. reporter: today, in the birthplace of the taliban, afghan president ashraf ghani praised president trump s decision to deploy more u.s. troops without an end date. ( translated ): from now on, there will not be any timetable or conditions. america will stand with the afghan nation till the end. reporter: afghan chief executive abdullah abdullah, who came to prominenc
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. brown: the man picked to lead the central intelligence agency was called today to defend his positions in the war on terror. john brennan s senate confirmation hearing revolved around several hotly debated policies. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman has our report. reporter: even before the hearing got truly under way, protesters from code pink disrupted john brennan s opening statement signaling that passions were running high on the targeted killings of terror suspects. they won t even tell congress what countries we are killing children in. reporter: the interruptions continued, and the chair of the senate intelligence committee, california democrat dianne feinstein, ordered the room temporarily cleared. we re going to halt the hearing. reporter: once the hearing resumed, bre
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions brown: john brennan, president obama s choice to head the c.i.a. faced a volley of questions from senators today about counter-terrorism policies, including waterboarding and drone strikes. good evening, i m jeffrey brown. suarez: and i m ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we excerpt today s testimony, which was interrupted from the start by protesters from the anti-war group, code pink. brown: then, we get the latest on the massive manhunt for a former los angeles police office wanted for murder. suarez: we turn to iran as the u.s. tightens sanctions but tehran shows no signs of halting its nuclear program or engaging in talks. brown: from our american graduate series, we have the story of a chicago non-profit that aims to change the lives of would-be dropouts. what s interesting about one goal is that it pinpoints and targets low-income, underperforming students in non- selective chicago public schools, stu