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KQED PBS NewsHour October 10, 2014

To analyze the weeks news. Those are 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 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 the pakistani girl who was almost killed by the taliban is now the youngest Nobel Laureate ever. Malala yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize today, for advocating education for girls. Shell share the honor with Kailash Satyarthi of india, whos campaigned for decades against child slavery and labor. Malala heard the news in birmingham, england, where she now lives. I felt more powerful and more courageous because this award is not just a piece of metal that you wear or an award that you keep in your room but this is really an encouragement for me room but encouragement to go forward and to believe in myself to know that there are people that are supporting me in this campaign. Woodruff well have a full report on the two peace prize winners, after the news summary. The number of ebola deaths has now passed 4,000, out of nearly 8,400 cases. That word today from the world health organization. Meanwhile, seven more people were admitted to a hospital in madrid, to be monitored. They had contact with the first person diagnosed with the disease in spain. And the Associated Press reported a liberian man, thomas duncan, had a fever of 103 degrees when a dallas hospital initially turned him away. He died wednesday. The United Nations is warning of a massacre, if Islamic State fighters in syria capture kobani, on the border with turkey. The militants have already taken 40 of the town from its kurdish defenders, and fighting raged again today. Thats despite steppedup Coalition Air strikes. In geneva, the u. N. Envoy to syria said he fears the worst. We know, we have seen it, what isil is capable of doing, when they take over a city. We know what they are capable of doing with their own victims, with women, children, minorities and hostages. Woodruff so far, turkey has refused to order its military to intervene in the kobani fight. Speculation about whos in charge in north korea flared again today. It came as the communist nations leader, kim jong un, missed another major public event. Lucy watson, of independent television news, is watching the situation from beijing. Reporter its north Korean State Television showing sight nor sound of the countrys Supreme Leader as the nation celebrates the founding of the worker Party Without him. singing kim jongun rules the most isolated country on earth yet hasnt been seen for 37 days, missing a number of highprofile events. In a democracy, his disappearance would generate curiosity, but in the most secretive state in the world, it breeds rumors. This is the north korean embassy. Outside the country the speculation is kim jongun may have been overthrown in a planned revoled by power brokers in the country or a more subtle leaving him to be a figurehead in the future or suffering from an illness. The longer he fails to make public appearances, the most likely the problem is a serious one. A problem thats worse than just the leg injury he suffered in the past. Its a theory being dismis dismy south korea and the man charged with stagizing relations with the north. Kim jongun is unusual. Its now a watch on how he repairs and how soon. In such an opaque nation, any scenario is plausible. Woodruff reuters quoted a north korean source today who said kim hurt his leg in a military drill, but remains in full control. Back in this country, protests in south st. Louis spilled into a second night over wednesdays killing of a black teenager by a white policeman. A candlelight prayer vigil turned into a standoff with police in riot gear. Protesters shouted taunts, and officers used pepper spray to force the angry crowd back. More protests are set this weekend over the august killing of Michael Brown in nearby ferguson. Theres going to be an independent review of the secret service, and breaches in president ial security. The Homeland Security secretary, jeh johnson, named four former white house and justice officials today. They served under president s obama and george w. Bush. Recommendations are due by december 15th. Wall street ended this volatile week with more losses. The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 115 points, to 16,544. Its now erased all of this years gains. The nasdaq was down 102 points to close at 4,276. And the sandp 500 slipped 22, to 1,906. For the week, the dow lost more than 2. 5 . The nasdaq fell 4. 5 . And the sandp shed 3 . Still to come on the newshour the Nobel Peace Prize goes to two leaders in the fight for childrens rights and education; paul solman reports on the fast growing sharing economy; a new focus on Healthy Living in West Virginia coal country; mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news; and, the path of four sudanese lost boys leads to america. Woodruff now back to todays two Nobel Peace Prize winners. Ones a global icon. The other is largely unknown, even in his home country. Hari sreenivasan has more on both of them. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai sreenivasan for malala, the announcement in oslo, norway came two years and a day since a Taliban Attack propelled her to prominence. Shed begun advocating education for girls at age 11. In a 2009 documentary, New York Times correspondent adam ellnick profiled malala struggle ellnick profiled malala struggling in pakistans swat valley, where her school was shut down by the taliban. In the world, girls are going to their schools freely. And there is no fear. But in swat, when we go to school we are very afraid of taliban. He will kill us. He will throw acid on our face. He can do anything. They cannot stop me. Sreenivasan the taliban threats turned to action on october 9, 2012, when masked gunmen boarded malalas school bus and shot her in the head. She was flown to birmingham, england for multiple operations, but she eventually made a full recovery and, with her family, settled there. Last month, she told the newshour she has no regrets about the choice she made to speak out. At that time, i had really two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And then the second was to speak up and then be killed. And i chose the second one, because i didnt want to face the terrorism forever. Sreenivasan ironically, the attack that was meant to silence malala, thrust her into a global spotlight. In the two years since, shes campaigned for womens rights and universal access to education, penned her own memoir and created her own charity. She also delivered an impassioned appeal to a Youth Assembly at the United Nations. Let us pick up. Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. Sreenivasan today, in pakistan, people from all walks of life celebrated news of the peace prize. As pakistanis, this is a great honor for us that a youngster, a young girl, got this award because of her bravery, because of the courage that she displayed. She can be presented to our new generation, especially women and young girls, as a beacon and an inspiration for them. Sreenivasan but among some pakistanis, rumors still swirl that the attack on her life was staged and that she is a puppet of the west. Tariq khattack, editor of the pakistan observer, gave voice to that view on the b. B. C. Newshour today. She is a girl. A normal, useless type of a girl. Thats it. Whatever she says, or she has written or is attributed to her, its the craftsmanship of her father or some hired professional writers. She is nothing special. Sreenivasan for her part, malala appears unfazed by such criticism, as she told the newshours Margaret Warner last year. Some pakistanis say youve shamed their country, or that youre an agent of western interests who want to undermine pakistan, or islam. How does that make you feel, when youre out here fighting this fight . The first thing is that its ones right to express his feeling or her feelings. When i look at the group that speak against me in pakistan, or anywhere, its a very small group, a very tiny group. I must look at the millions of people, i must look at the support of people who raise the banners of i am malala and who are still supporting me. So i think i must not lose hope, and i must not look at the small group. Sreenivasan meanwhile, the man wholl share the peace prize, Kailash Satyarthi, is far less known to the world than malala. But he was no less overjoyed today, when he got the news in new delhi. It is not just an honor for me, its an honor for all those who are fighting child labor globally. I may not be knowing them but there are many people who are sacrificing their time and their life for the cause of child rights and i would like to thank and congratulate all of them because it is symbolic for me. Sreenivasan starting in 1980, the now 60yearold satyarthi has become a leading voice against child slavery and the exploitation of children for financial gain. Hes led Peaceful Demonstrations to raise awareness, and helped rescue some 75,000 child laborers. Like malala, he too has been physically attacked for his activism. Last year, newshour special correspondent fred de sam lazaro joined satyarthi as he conducted a rescue raid for underage workers in delhi, he lamented in an interview the status of some of his countrys young. You can buy a child for a lesser price than an animal. The buffaloes and cows are much more expensive than buying a child to work fulltime and for the whole of his life. Sreenivasan satyarthi estimates some 60 million children across india are forced to work in unsafe conditions, including many doing so to support their impoverished families. In choosing laureates from india and pakistan, the Nobel Committee also signaled its wish to ease longstanding tensions between the two countries. The committee regards it as an important point for a hindu and a muslim, an indian and a pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism. Sreenivasan india and pakistan have fought three wars since 1947, and the nobel announcement followed four days of fighting in disputed kashmir, the worst in more than a decade. Today, malala said she and satyarthi hope to promote peace between their nations by inviting their prime ministers to the nobel awards ceremony, december 10. Woodruff joining me now to discuss the winners and their causes is Gayle Tzemach lemmon, author of the dressmaker of khair khana and Deputy Director of the council on Foreign Relations women and Foreign Policy program. Gayle, this morning when you opened up the papers, there were huge pictures of ma lala and then mention of the other guy. So lets Start Talking first the work that mr. Satyarthis done. How significant has it been and has it changed policy in india . I think it has been very significant and underappreciated, underlysourced and underseen. You talk about somebody who saved 80,000 children by conservative estimate. Someone who dedicated his career starting when he was a young person himself, saw a child who couldnt go to school and asked why. Hownlts do we walk by people who dont have opportunities like we do and ask why. Hes trying to raise voices of people who havent been heard or seen and havent occupied the global stage. Sreenivasan hes trying to raise awareness of all the people working on this. How significant of a problem is child labor and child trafficking around the world . It is completely massive in numbers and also widely underreported. So getting a scale of a sense of how large the numbers are is actually difficult. About 27 of labor trafficking victims are said to be children. Many of them girls. And he really has spoken up for people and victims. People on the streets. People you dont see working inside factories you dont know about who are well under age 18, often under age 15 and who work for no wages in the dark, with no access to education, with nobody watching. Lets talk a little bit about malala. Shes applauded for her work around the world but it gets complicated when you get close to pakistan and how the people there feel about it. That has been discussed a lot. Ever since she sturted to blog for the bbc. The question is, as she said, how many people have appreciated her method. She has spoken for girls denied the classroom simply because they are girls and she dared to speak up in the face of violence and she did that well before she was shot at close range. Thats only when the International Community paid attention to her. Long before that, folks in pakistan were paying attention, talking about what she was saying that everyone deserves to be in the classroom, regardless of where they live. Sreenivasan has her plight and resilience from it increased the plight of education of girls in pakistan . They wanted to make her a victim but instead they gave her a louder voice. She used the fact that western media has really focused on her story which is both a tragic and incredible story of the human spirit, to basically not put a spotlight only her own story but on so many girls who will never get a chance to sit in a classroom. One in three will be married before age 18 and one in nine before age 15. She talked about childhood marriages and violence against children. Talking about girl children cannot go to school, something the world should not tolerate. She framed it as a security, prosperity and stability issue as well as an issue of rights. Sreenivasan why is she able to get through in such a crowded media atmosphere . Besides her tragedy, what do we find resonates about her message . She has an incredible story and is powerfully eloquent beyond her years. She also is part of a universe which loves heroism and shes occupied the stage the world has given her and says this is not about me, this is not Malala Yousafzai, this is for all the other children who wont be heard. I spent so much time in afghanistan with fathers who dared send their girls to schools and girls who went to School Despite the threats and violence. All those find a champion in her. That makes her different. She is the best of a human spirit and in a media area which loves mythmaking and she found a way to say you can take myster and amplify it but im going to tell you what it means. Sreenivasan Gayle Tzemach lemmon, thanks so much for your time. Thank you. Woodruff back in 2008, few travelers had heard of a new startup called air bandb. Its current value is said to be about 10 billion. Now others are copying air b andb business model, part of an emerging sector of the economy thats taking advantage of technology and peertopeer consumer services. Our economics correspondent, paul solman, looks at the good and the bad, part of his ongoing reporting making sense of financial news. Reporter last week, we reported on uber, a Smartphone App that allows passengers to summon freelancers driving their own cars. But ride sharing is just part of a fastgrowing phenomenon. The socalled sharing economy, its Main Attractions efficient use of Capital Assets of neighbors. Reporter peak efficient is of economy, putting idle resourcing to work, like a car, or your own idle time. Cook a meal for strangers or work a freelance gig in your down time. And how about the empty space in your house . The app dog vaca lets you rent it out to bored canines. One of the most popular sharing platforms extends that idea to humans airbnb. Now turning the Hospitality Industry on its head. Whats it like to consume idle resources . We decided to book a room on a farm in northwestern massachusetts. Out back, artist Janice Sorenson has built a literal airbnb, a tree house. The stairs were something of a challenge, but inside it was sweet. Definitely a room with a view. Working for guest and host alike. We have two kids in college, and its a huge expense for us, and i thought to myself, what are my assets . This beautiful home and our beautiful property. This is one of my greatest assets. Reporter and the number is the tree house which she rents out at 80 a night. Unheated and a bit chilly this time of the year, but bracing as was breakfast the next morning in the main house. A very utilitarian, sharing economy experience. Thats how she felt, sharing. I never feel like im waiting on you. I feel like im entertaining a house guest. Which is how i felt, so i would rate her high on the airbnb web site. But that could hurt the one official bed and breakfast in town just minutes down the road, the birds nest. Nearly a dozen airbnbs have sprung up in town in the past years and business for the nest is down a third. Artist cindy weeks. I was writing off the loss of business to an economy crash and it started coming back. I thought, why has our economic dropped to the level we could actually get food stamps. Weeks and her family moved to detroit 13 years ago, refurbishing the house and decorating with the boxes she makes. She says airbnb as unfair, unregulated big business. Airbnb is the walmart model of bed and breakfast and killing the mom and pops. Reporter and though airbnb Janet Sorenson is a mom,

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