Were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. Woodruff the u. S. Economy has turned in another solid quarter. Growth from july through september ran at an annual rate of 3. 5 . That follows an Even Stronger second quarter, and falling gas prices are expected to help keep the trend going through the rest of the year. Well look at how the economy is affecting the Midterm Elections, later in the program. That upbeat growth report pushed stocks higher on wall street today. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 221 points to close 17,195; the nasdaq rose nearly 17 points to close at 4,566; and the s p added 12 points to close at 1,994. Ifill a nurse from maine whos returned from west africas ebola zone, defied a voluntary quarantine today. Kaci hickox took a bike ride with her boyfriend in fort kent, maine. Shed returned there monday after spending three days in forced isolation in new jersey. Shes said shes free of symptoms. Maine officials are pursuing a court order to keep hickox at home until the incubation period for the virus ends. Ifill there are new warnings about the Ebola Outbreak in sierra leone. The new head of the countrys Response Center said today the crisis is getting worse and that efforts to fight the disease are three months behind. Thats one day after officials reported the rate of infection in neighboring liberia appears to be slowing. Woodruff a different crisis gripped another west african nation today. The president of burkina faso, whos ruled for 27 years, declared an emergency after protesters stormed parliament. They set the building on fire and from there thousands moved on to attack the homes of government ministers. The president declared a state of emergency and dropped out of sight. Ifill fighting has flared again in ukraine despite a ceasefire. The countrys military says seven of its soldiers were killed in the last 24 hours, in the eastern part of the country. Thats the most in two weeks. Government troops and pro russian rebels have clashed repeatedly since september fifth, when the truce was signed. Woodruff back in this country, the Education Department announced a new rule governing forprofit colleges whose students cant find jobs that let them pay off their federal loans. Theyll have to show that a graduates estimated annual loan payment does not exceed 8 of total earnings. The effort targets career schools that soak up tuition ai but provide little useful training. Woodruff the mayor who led boston through the Boston Marathon bombings, thomas menino, died today after battling cancer. Menino was hailed for uniting the city after the bomb attack killed three people and wounded more than 260 in april. Theres going to be a lot of help needed for them. Because thats what boston is all about. Were one city committed to making a better city in order for people to not to forget as you go further down the road. Woodruff menino retired earlier this year, after serving five terms as mayor. He was 71yearsold. Ifill the acclaimed poet Galway Kinnell was remembered today for his long awardwinning career. He died tuesday of leukemia at 87. Kinnell first gained notice in the early 1960s and continued publishing for decades. Along the way he won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book award for such works as body rags and mortal acts, mortal words. Woodruff and the San Francisco giants retuned home early today after winning the world series for the third time in five years. Fans greeted the team bus when rolled into at t park before dawn and the clubs c. E. O. Took the trophy for a victory lap. Hours earlier, the giants beat the Kansas City Royals in game seven, three to two. Ifill still to come on the newshour. Tensions in jerusalem rise after Israeli Police shoot a palestinian man. The tight senate race in the last frontier alaska. The impact a slow economic recovery may have on the Midterm Elections. An update on the ebola crisis in liberia. Apple c. E. O. Tim cook comes out. The science of sun spots and lava flows. And, the playwrite behind the Pulitzer Prize winning drama about identity and islam. Woodruff its one of the holiest sites to the worlds three major religions. Known to jews and christians as the temple mount, its also home to the alaqsa mosque, one of the most sacred in islam. Now it has become ground zero for another round of fighting between palestinians and Israeli Security forces. They were triggered when Israeli Police cornered and killed a palestinian man. He was suspected of seriously wounding a farright jewish activist who had demanded greater access to the place jews call the temple mount, and muslims know as al aqsa. Admist the trouble, the israelis closed the site for the First Time Since 2000. That brought condemnation from palestinian president mahmoud abbas. Through an aide, he charged the closure was tantamount to a declaration of war. translated we condemn and refuse the Israeli Escalation in jerusalem and over the holy shrines. We will take all legal measures to hold israel accountable and to stop these repeated attacks, because the continuation of Israeli Aggression and dangerous escalation will cause more violence. Woodruff hours later, israel announced it will reopen the site to worshippers. But israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu blamed abbas for starting the trouble, with a recent call to ban jews from the compound. translated i still have not heard from the International Community so much as one word of condemnation for this incitement. The International Community needs to stop its hypocrisy and take action against inciters, against those who try to change the status quo. I have ordered significant reinforcements, including reinforcement of resources, so that we can maintain both security in jerusalem and the status quo in the holy places. Woodruff all of this comes as tensions are still running high over the summer war in gaza between israel and hamas militants. Israel has also announced plans for more settlementbuilding in East Jerusalem, a move thats inflamed palestinians and been denounced by u. S. Officials. Woodruff for more on these tensions and whats behind them im joined by Hussein Ibish of the American Task force on palestine. And, David Makovsky, from the washington institute, he was part of secratery of state john kerrys negotiating team in the most recent talks. Welcome back to the program. To both of you. David makovsky, first, how significant are these tensions were watching . Look, you know, this is a conflict the israelispalestinian conflict that doesnt lack for emotion and passion, and jerusalem, on top of it, has even more doses than anything else. So weve seen episode where things have flared and then things have kind of quieted down. So its hard to know for sure. But i think we need to make sure that cool heads prevail here because we dont want this conflict thats a political conflict israelipalestinian to be transformed into a muslimjewish religious war. Because political conflicts you can solve. But religious wars you cant. Woodruff how concerned are you . I think its very dangerous. I think were closer to seeing a the process of the development of another intifada than we have been since 2005. It was 10 years ago when the second intfahda petered out. I dont think its upon us and i dont think its likely to be produced in the next few days but i think you can see the elements coming together, particularly cluttered around East Jerusalem with the question of the settlements and the question of holy places you you have the exact nexus of issues and the place consider that kind of explosion or implosion could come about. Woodruff you mentionedly the settlements. David makovsky, these new settlements, the new construction, how much of a sticking point, how much of an irritant is that . I agree with hussain, when you have a vacuum we were led by secretary kerrys initiative. People thought okay there was an effort to try to solve this, but when theres no effort, when theres a vacuum, all sort of things bubble up, and i think that capacker base the concerns. Woodruff you mean the fact that the talks collapsed last spring. Exactly. Look, these neighborhoods in jerusalem, i mean, i dont want to bore people with all the technicalities, but theres a six phases of planning. So this is recycled news from 2010. And theres going to be another four more of these announcements probably over the next few years over the same few apartment buildings. The problem is this netanyahu will say in these particular neighborhoods, areas that even palestinian maps, not all of them, by the way, but some of them will be israel anyway. But when you dont say the corollary of, well, i wont build in the other areas that will be palestine, people assume the worst. If you dont drawlet distinction, they wont draw the distinction. So i think theres a need to do both side of this. Youre going to build there saying thats going to be israel anyway in a twostate peace map, then you have to say where youre not going to build. Woodruff is it just a matter of how its talked about i dont think so. I certainly agree the settlements have not been built, and there is a multistraij planning process so you pay the cost politically many times over each time its announced. But it is not a conscious area. Its one of the new settlements announced and thats the one thats probably the biggest single irritant between the United States and israel and the International Community and israel. But all of these send a message to the palestinians and the other arabs that Israel Intends to keep hold of jerusalem, that israel doesnt want to compromise on jerusalem because if you really did want a twostate solution, why keep digging the hole deeper . Why keep expanding the number of settlers and the areas that are settled, especially in strategic areas that cut off jerusalem from the rest of the west bank . Thats a question ive never had a good answer to. Woodruff is there a calming influence out there that could make a difference in getting things to cool down, David Makovsky . I think thats a great question. I think whats key is, you know, netanyahu said status quo. Hes really, i think, coming out against the people who want to go on the temple mount and ready its the security chiefs who say, hey, this is a powder keg, people. And each one has good arguments. Will say, you know, this is the holiest site is the two Solomons Temple and the ruins of the mosque of the temples is where the mosque is. History has when the area became oofs taken by israel in 1967, moshe diane, who was the winning general said, you know, what, jordanian religious authorities, you administered this before the war. You administer it now. Israels not doing it. And the rabbenet, said dont go up to there, not because its not holy, because its too holy. Wait for the messiah. But what happened is this new Insurgent Group says he now can historically delineate through archaeology where it is, and thats upsetting the status quo. The message of the security services, keep the status quo. Make sure this powder keg doesnt go off. Woodruff how do you see this . I think there are important calming elements here that could be certainly the United States and the rest of the International Community can help with incentives and disincentives to the parties to calm things down. We can play a significant role in encouraging the parties to do that. In addition, i think the public sentiment woodruff even with the talks stopped . Yes, even with the yes, because there are still bilateral relations, and certainly we did have this interesting take by Jeffrey Goldberg this week about how theres a deterioration. He discussed whitehot anger against israel and netanyahus contempt, as he put it, for the administration. But that doesnt matter. There are still bilateral relations and also bilateral relations with the palestinians which could be utilizeed to calm things down. I think the public, especially if its given reasons to hope and reasons to choose to calm down, can be helpful on both sides, and particularly the palestinian public has shown a reticence to get stucked into another intifada. This summer, during the gaza war, there was a Major Incident at a checkpoint near a refugee camp, during a very holy night during ramadan, and the public backed off and didnt go for it. If the public can be given reasons to hope for Something Better tomorrow, i dont think theyre going to be interested in going down this road. This would be pure lastditch desperation and anger. Woodruff Hussein Ibish, David Makovsky, we thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Ifill we are now five days from the Midterm Election and the fate of the u. S. Senate is in the hands of a few key states with tossup races. Among them is alaska, with a senate race that touches on the States History and identity. As part of our project with public broadcasters across the country, liz ruskin of Alaska Public Media takes us to the last frontier. Reporter this vast state is the setting for one of the most competitive . Eet races this year, a race about the identity of this place and which man best represents its future. Between now and election day, i will work every single hour. Reporter the incumbent is democrat mark beggism, former mayor of anchorage. His father served in congress but died when mark was 10. Nick begitch was running for his second term in 1972 when his plane disappeared over the alaska wilderness. Now his son is running hard for his second term. More than any other everybody Everybody Knows this is it, right here. The control of the u. S. Senate. You bet. Reporter challenger dan sullivan was raise raised in sun cleveland. In law school, he fell in love within an alaskan and moved to her home state. Hes eye former state attorney general and a current reservist officer in the marines. This is his first run for elected office. People want to know youre here for legitimate purposes. Reporter Michael Carrie has written about state politics for decades. He says successful candidates here must prove they belong in alaska. Alaska has a long history of being ruled by outsiders some parts its been the federal government. After all, we were a territory. So theres also bane question, and to some degree, thats true now with the oil industry, about the authenticity of the people who are here and whose interests they are serving. Are they really alaskans or are they just here to get the money and lead . Theres a third character in this race, barack obama, the president is extremely unpopular in alaska. The Sullivan Camp is working hard to make sure alaskans see begich, and obama as teammates. Amanda coyne covers alaska politics on a web site carrying her name. She says obama is an effective foil because he represents unwelcome, outside power. You know, were talking about obama here, but i think that really we have to talk about the Democratic Party as a whole. If youre relying on oil, as we are in alaska, it can appear the democrats are your enemy. They are distrustful of oil companies. They are distrustful of resource extraction. We do independent Research Reporter meanwhile, alaskans are being hit with an avalanche of political communication on a scale theyve never seen before. Its so annoying. Not to mention phone calls and internet ads reporter the size of the bombardment reflects the state of the race. Literally, control of the u. S. Senate is at stake. And, again, i think we can start moving our country in a positive direction in contrast to where its gone under harry reid, barack obama, and mark begged ich. Reporter that kind of antiwashington talk is at the core of sullivans campaign. He says hed be more effective than begich rolling back federal limits on oil production. Its not only opportunities for alaskans and our future. Its opportunities for americanto have more access for lands. Reporter for two months, sulvoon has held a nasho lead in the race. As a result, begged ich is in overdrive and some polls suggest he may be closing the gap. He stresses he has gotten results from alaskans and keeping his difference from obama. This is about alaska. This is about the next six years. Reporter to beat sullivan, begich . Eedz a strong turnout operation. Supporters like these Union Workers could be essential for that effort. Fight for whats important for alaska. Sometimes i disagree with the president on guns, on oil and gas osome other issues hes broughted for. I push back on them. Ill fight for whats important for alaska. My record shows it, and im proud of the things weve been able to do. Reporter the area of land owned by the federal government here is larger than the entire state of texas. That gives washington a big role to play in how alaska use