Much you earn and how much education you have. Ifill and, entrepreneurs design high tech devices marketed to aging baby boomers, who want stay healthy and active. The stereotype that old people dont like the technology. I want to break that right now. I love these technological devices. I just need to see how theyre going to serve me. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by this is about more than work. It is about growing a community. Everyday across the country, the men and women of the i. B. E. W. Are committed to doing the job right, doing the job safe, and doing the job on time. Because while we might wire your street, were also your friends and neighbors. I. B. E. W. The power professionals in your neighborhood. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. 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We need the conditions of the recognition of the jewish state and Real Security in order to have a realistic twostate solution. And i was talking about what is achievable and what is not achievable. Ifill later president obama telephoned netanyahu to congratulate him on his election win. The white house said mr. Obama reaffirmed the u. S. Commitment to a twostate solution. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility today for an attack in tunisia that left 23 people dead, mostly european tourists. They were killed yesterday in a hail of bullets at a famed museum in tunis, the countrys capital. We have a report from Jonathan Miller of independent television news. Arrests were made of the dead gunmans alleged accomplices. At the port, traumatized tourists hugged in small groups in the spring morning sunlight. 12 of the dead were from the cruise ship spelndida. 13 more wounded. The huge vessel had earlier sailed off into the sunrise, leaving its dead and its wounded behind. Im likely happy to see you. Reporter but a young spanish couple had a remarkable escape. Here a tunisia government ministers greeting juan carlos sanchez, hind all night in a cupboard with his pregnant partner christina rubio. As we were leaving, he says, he saw them shooting people by the door. They shot one and we realized what was going on and we hid. We heard everything, he said. The assault on the National Museum took place at noon yesterday with at least two militants opening fire on tour buses and visitors disembarked before rushing into the museum itself. Various jihadi groups have been in the frame but this afternoon the Islamic State group claimed the museum attack. Today, at police h. Q. , they i had homage to and then laid to rest the antiterrorist officer morian, killed in the attack. Tunisias interior minister spoke at his funeral. We will eradicate terrorism, he said. We are confident and we have the support of our people. Ifill also today, u. N. Investigators accused Islamic State forces of genocide and war crimes in iraq. A human rights report charged the militants tried to wipe out the countrys yazidi minority. They allegedly carried out mass killings of yazidi men, and enslaved and raped women and children as young as six. The Islamic State group seized large parts of iraq and syria last summer. The university of virginia, and the states governor, are expressing outrage over the arrest of a black student that left him bleeding, early wednesday. Alcohol control agents wrestled Martese Johnson to the ground outside a bar. They said he acted belligerent. Last night, 1,000 protesters gathered on u. V. A. s campus in charlottesville, demanding an investigation. Johnson took part and appealed for calm. I beg for you guys, regardless of your personal opinons and the way you feel about subjects, to please respect everyone, we are all a part of one community. [applause] and we deserve to respect each other, especially in times like this. Ifill the 20yearold student had no prior criminal record. His lawyer says his head injuries required 10 stitches. President obama ordered federal agencies today to cut Greenhouse Gas emissions. Theyre to be reduced 40 over the next decade, from 2008 levels. White house officials said it could save taxpayers as much as 18 billion in electricity costs. The president also had a royal visit this afternoon. He met with britains Prince Charles and his wife camilla, the duchess of cornwall, in the oval office. Theyre in the middle of a four day trip to the united states. And, wall street lost some of yesterdays gains as Falling Oil Prices hurt energy stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost more than 100 points to close below 18,000 again, and the s p 500 dropped 10. The nasdaq was the exception, rising nine points. Still to come on the newshour the latest on a possible nuclear deal with iran. Transparency, or the lack of it at the obama white house. Chicagos Runoff Election for mayor heats up. Why poor kids are less likely to find a leg up. Tech startups design Innovative Products for Older Americans. And, a new memoir on the challenges for caregivers, when the role of parent and child are reversed. Ifill with a deadline fast approaching for an iran nuclear deal, negotiators in switzerland and officials in washington offered conflicting assessments today about where things stand. I can tell you that that report is not accurate. That there is no such draft document that is being circulated. Spokewoman p challenge the latest account of a Draft Agreement negotiated with iran. The Associated Press reported today a potential deal would cut irans centrifuges for enriching uranium by 40 from 10,000 to 6,000 for at least a decade. The u. S. The u. S. Had initially sought a maximum of 1,500 centrifuges, in exchange for the 40 reduction, washington would agree to phase out economic sanctions. And possibly, get the u. N. To agree to roll back an arms embargo. In lausanne, switzerland today where talks are underway, irans foreign minister sounded cautiously optimistic. We are making progress but there are issues that need to be resolved. Ifill but secretary of state john kerry said the u. S. Is still pushing some tough issues, and a senior european negotiator reported the sides are still far apart. All of this follows the israeli Prime Ministers fiery speech to congress, warning against any deal, and the Senate Republican warning letter to iran. Thereve also been bipartisan calls for congressional approval of any agreement, and possibly, additional sanctions, if the talks fail. And with me now is george jahn the Associated Press reporter who broke the story about the latest negotiations. George, this draft proposal that would bring down irans centrifuges by 40 how real is it . Its as real as anything were getting out of these confidential negotiations. We do vet our stories very carefully and several officials who are close to the top did tell us that this document is being discussed between iran and the united states. Of course, its part of a bigger deal, if a deal is going to be shaping up. So were not there yet, but its definitely on the table. Ifill so when the white house says the report is not accurate, they mean its not accurate its a done deal or these things are floating around . Theyre not denying there is a draft. Theyre basically saying its not being handed around to a wider circle. Its between at this point, mostly between u. S. And iranian negotiators. Ifill but the question about hardware and centrifuges thats not the whole story were talking about in these negotiations. Oh not at all. Not at all. The centrifuges are very, very crucial to a deal, numbers are very crucial to a deal, but centrifuges are part of the Enrichment Program and enrichment is only one of the things that is being negotiated although its probably the most important issue. We have been told several times over these negotiations that if the enrichment issue is basically done and dealt with, the other components should fall into place. Ifill so on one hand we have iranian issues saying everythings done but the Technical Details and we have the white house and others who are more cautious. Are they basically saying the same thing, just less willing to go as far. Everyone in the negotiations have something to say, the french are tougher than the americans on what they want from the iranians and are spinning their own message. But what is being spread publicly isnt necessarily whats happening at the negotiating table. I think if you look at what the iranians are saying and what the americans are saying, there is one common denominator, there is progress being made, but both sides are saying theyre not there yet. Ifill its interesting, george, here, this is all coming about against a backdrop of congressional threats action and inaction. Does that influence or does that cast a pall over these negotiations at this point . In some way, yes. It was interesting that the iranians brought up that issue several times at the initial meetings which began earlier this week, so its demplet something theyre finding hard to ignore. Of course, i would expect the american negotiators to basically play down the congressional threats and say at this point, we need to have a deal. The Obama Administration is behind the deal if we get one. The administration has a lot of tools, if you will, to make sure that a deal is honored. Ifill are we thinking march 31, more or less likely this week to make that deadline . Well, if i had a crystal glass, i would be writing an exclusive. I think its possible there will be an announcement in this round. Its also possible this round will be extended beyond friday which is the original end date but remember theres still more than a week to go until the end of the month, so its quite possible that it almost get there this time, they will just call another round to finish things off. Off. Ifill a lot could happen between now and then. Youre right ability that. George jahn, Associated Press thank you. My ifill even before he was elected, president obama promised his would be the most open and Transparent Administration ever. He can claim some credit for some progress on that front including opening up president ial records declassifying some data, and pushing federal agencies to reveal more information to the public. But by other measures, many experts and journalists say the administration falls far short, including in its treatment of highprofile whistleblowers. And a new Associated Press analysis says the administration has set a record for denying access to files or censoring them under the freedom of information act. Hari sreenivasan has the story. Sreenivasan the analysis looked at requests for information made to 100 federal agencies last year by citizens, journalists and businesses. More than 700,000 requests were made. The a. P. Said the administration either denied access to information or censored in 39 of those requests, more than 250,00 cases overall. Sometimes the denial was small such as a phone number. Sometimes it was the majority of a document. On tuesday, white house spokesman josh earnest was pressed on the administrations transparency. His analysis was quite different. The administration, we actually have a lot to brag about when it comes to the response to the freedom of information requests. The Justice Department released metrics to fiscal year 2014. The administration in fiscal year 2014 alone processed 647,142 requests and over 91 of the requests resulted in the release of some we look at these concerns around access and transparency with stephen engelberg, the editor inchief of propublica, a News Organization known for its investigations and journalism on these topics. We did invite the Obama Administration to appear but it declined our request. We did invite the Obama Administration for an interview but they designed. They want to say look at all these freedom of requests we did answer and obviously journalists are unhappy with that. Lets be clear, the freedom of information law has never been fully functional right . The administration is supposed to answer in a certain number of days, they never do. All administrations have blocked out huge swaths of sensitive documents, so knot nog in one accepts. Anecdotally weve had a sense its gotten worse and the a. P. Downfirms it is worse and never has been great. Sreenivasan how sit worse for a journalist to draw accessed information from the administration. The administration campaigned on wanting to be epically transparent and thats clearly whats happened. They have pursued an Aggressive Campaign against leakers and whistleblowers. Theyve tried to jail people. They have i think within the administration, kind of a level of federal agencies, you know very basic interviews. My reporters said you used to go to the e. P. A. And talk to a scientist about an issue. Today will they not only not allow the interview without a spokesman present they dont allow the interview at all. I think the crowd was good in the campaigns about staying on message disciplined controlling information and have brought that to the government. Sreenivasan the administration put out a notion saying theyve extended and strengthened whistle blowers. You can have all the rules you want. We talk to a lot of whistleblowers and there have been prominent once. They dont believe a word of it. They believe they will be retaliated against. Edward snowden looked at what happened to other people in the Intelligence Community who tried to come forward quietly and had careers quashed and said no, im not doing that im contact ago journalist. He said and i believe him that he did not believe the protections would extend to him, that he would either get buried or punished. Sreenivasan whats the Ripple Effect when you have a public profile to have the whistle blowers . On the one hand, an immediate and chilling effect. People feel they could be arrested or prosecuted. You have less ease of doing journalism. I think paradoxically, you encourage that small number of people who are zealous about getting information out to be emboldened and said if no one whether come through and say anything in this atmosphere of fear i will pick up the phone and call, i hope propublica. That is why weve seen more tightness on information but more massive reeks. Sreenivasan is this part of the strategy inside the administration . I believe it is. I believe they look back at some of the predecessors in the bush administration, first years of the Clinton Administration and said we are not living in an atmosphere where everything is being constantly brooded about in the press and they have been very successful. They did the cuba policy reversal. One of the most political things you can imagine. I have to say, when i was in washington, that kind of thing would have gotten out. And they, you know managed to completely turn upside down an 50 year embargo. Thats an amazing piece of discipline that speaks to their success in controlling their information. I see why they do it. The problem is i think there is something to having the policy debates in a more public way and theyre missing out on that. Sreenivasan is the government afforded any credit in their contention that they have increased transparency of Government Spending data of modernizing government records trying to put hundreds of thousands of data sets and make them available mean, those are steps they say say no administration before them has been able to do and that helps your reporting. I think thats absolutely fair. We have at propublica benefited from openness on medical data. We have been able to say things about the way spending is done in medicare programs and Medicare Part d program that has never been done and i think they deserve credit for that but lets be clear, that is the easy stuff. When you get to the question about whats the president going to do about syria or how to handle the questions about immigration, to have no debate or programs suddenly dropped on peoples heads it works in the short term but not long term for any of us. Sreenivasan stephen engelberg, thank you for joining us. My pleasure. Ifill chicago voters return to the polls next month in that citys first Runoff Election for mayor. President obamas former chief of staff, current mayor rahm emanuel, is in a race against cook county commissioner jesus chuy garcia. Their contest is exposing a real divide within the democratic party. Special correspondent chris bury has our story. Reporter in chicago, where the irishamerican daley clan dominated for decades, chicagos f