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The reaction on wall street was decidedly negative. Investors worried the lackluster job growth wont stop the Federal Reserve from raising Interest Rates. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost more than 270 points to close near 16,100. The nasdaq fell nearly 50 points, and the s p 500 dropped 30. For the week, all three indexes were down three percent or more. To europes refugee and migrant crisis crowds of syrians and others began streaming out of budapest, hungary, today; with all their belongings, determined to make it to germany. Hundreds more struggled to get past authorities in other parts of the country. James mates of independent Television News reports from budapest. Reporter it is not quite on a biblical scale, but an exodus it certainly is. At least 2,000, maybe more, of the refugees and migrants whove been trapped at a Railway Station in budapest, now deciding to walk the hundreds of miles to germany and what they see as the promised land. Children too were set on the road, the blazing sun and traffic on the major motorway out of the city no deterrent. It is hard to imagine this refugee could got much sadder and still more pathetic. Theyve clearly set out on a hopeless quest. The austrian border is much too far to walk. Yet the fact theyve done this at all reflects their desperation being stuck in budapest. Infirmity was no barrier. There is clearly no chance of many of these people making it more than a few more miles. But they know that what they are doing will get attention and anything must be better than sitting in squalor waiting for a train that may never come. Is this your way of shaming europe into helping you . Yes, that is what we want. Reporter its hundreds of miles to the border. Youre not going to be able to walk that far. Ok. We make our way to germany. This is history. Our children will know everything. A Freight Train is being moved in to block the view of cameras, many of those on board have now given up and are being taken to waiting buses, though other are believed to have fled down the tracks. But its not clear there is any point in taking people to camps or Reception Centers. We watched a busload being brought into the center at biscke and they were fingerprinted, but barely ten minutes later were simply jumping over the fence and walking away. No one appeared to be trying to stop them. There was a different attitude on display at a camp in the far south of hungary on the serbian border. News from budapest is enflaming opinion everywhere and here at roshke there was an attempt to break down the fence. Police moved in using liberal amounts of tear gas to try and restore order. The situation is degenerating by the day. There are simply too many people on the move for the hungarians to keep them under control. The hungarian government announced it will send 100 buses to take the crowds to the austrian border of. Woodruff back in syria, two small boys and their mother were buried after they drowned trying to get to greece. An image of one of the children washed up on a beach, 3yearold aylan kurdi, has galvanized a global wave of sympathy. The burial was in the familys home town of kobani, near the border with turkey. The father said he wants to stay near them and wont try to get back to europe. In yemen, 45 soldiers from the United Arab Emirates and bahrain were killed today, fighting shiite rebels. Officials said a missile struck a weapons depot near their post, about 75 miles east of sanaa, the capital city. The attack was the deadliest yet on the gulf arab coalition. Its being led by saudi arabia, in a kind of proxy war with iran. President obama welcomed Saudi King Salman for his first visit to the white house today. The president reaffirmed u. S. Support for stabilizing yemen, while acknowledging the costs in human lives and suffering. We share concerns about yemen and the need to restore a functioning government that is inclusive and that can relieve the humanitarian situation there. Woodruff mr. Obama also sought again to reassure the saudi king about the nuclear deal with iran. The president secured at senators support from colorado Democrat Michael bennett. 38 u. S. Senators now favor the agreement, three short of whats needed to block a republican resolution disapproving the deal. Samesex couples in rowan county, kentucky began receiving marriage licenses today. Deputy county clerks issued the documents, while their boss, kim davis, remained in jail for refusing to do so. The first couple at the courthouse got their license in a crush of news cameras. Then, they celebrated outside, as supporters cheered and protesters booed. What does this mean for same sex rights in this country . This means, at least in this area, civil rights are civil rights, and theyre not subject to belief. Woodruff later, davis lawyer said the licenses issued today are worthless. And he said hell appeal a federal judges order that put her behind bars for contempt of court. And republican president ial candidate Mike Huckabee said he plans to visit the jail next week to meet with davis. But g. O. P. Frontrunner donald trump, citing the supreme court, said same sex marriage is now the law of the land, and, in his words, you have to go with it. And, a teacher from new york city was arrested early today for allegedly crashing a drone at the u. S. Open tennis tournament. The drone buzzed over the players in Louis Armstrong stadium last night, before landing in an empty section of seats. The police and Fire Departments investigated and the match was allowed to continue. The 26year old teacher faces a charge of reckless endangerment, among others. Still to come on the newshour how jobs added to the economy may factor into an Interest Rate hike. Guatemalas president resigns and goes to jail on charges of corruption. And much more. Woodruff as the Federal Reserve gets set to make a decision in a few weeks about whether to raise Interest Rates, todays monthly u. S. Jobs report added yet more mixed signals. The number of new jobs was quite modest and below expectations. Yet it comes amid some better data, and job growth over the summer was steady overall. Hari sreenivasan in our new york studio gets some analysis. Sreenivasan between the latest jobs numbers, the volatility of the markets and worries over sluggish wage growth, there are questions over just how strong, or not, the economy is performing, and what it means for most households. Diane swonk studies the jobs data and joins me now. Shes with Mesirow Financial in chicago. This is only one piece of data heading into next weeks fed meeting but its the last piece of data and, frankly, looking at it, it maybe would have been different three weeks ago before all of this churn in the market. Well, you know, and the fed is data dependent so every piece gets minced to the ninth degree and this data is notoriously bad. The first time they announce it, they dont get the full count and tend to underestimate quite a bit. We knew it was going to come in low and looks like we have the bias again. For many on the the fed, they say its enough. They say the labor market is doing as good as it can do. Its better than it was, but this is not good enough for a lot of people. But the uncertainty is its not just this data but what are we doing going forward, so all this market volatility, concerns about growth abroad, how that will affect us, there is no such things as las vegas in the economy anymore, it goes everywhere. So we worry when things abroad goes wrong because it can hit us on our shores. The uncertainty, its not just todays data, the fed have to consider what are the risk going forward, theyre clearly more to the down side than a month ago. How much . Thats why were splitting hairs over deciding is it going to go or not go, a few weeks away, the first rate hike in nearly a decade. Sreenivasan the balance act between shaking the confidence out of some markets and on the other hand overheating the economy . I think there is a lot of heated debate about a pretty tepid economy and the feds goal is not to take the punch bowl away from the economy but put a threedrink limit. Theyd still like to get us dancing on the floor, more people out there a little bit. So i think thats also important for people to remember. When history books are written, it wont be when the fed made the first rate hike and how big because we know it will be small, it could be in september, december, march. Whats going to make the difference is how fast the feds raise rates thereafter. Thats a glacial pace. Thats important because glaciers sneak up but they wont do anything to quell the economy real quickly. Sreenivasan 5. 1 is very close to what comilses call full employment. Yeah, that 5. 1 dpurnts feel like the past. We dont have the wages accelerating. Wages are still very stagnant out there. You should be seeing more wage growth. Wage growth is an afteraffect of a tighter labor market, but i look around and, gosh, i remember much better labor markets than this. This doesnt have the same feel and taste of a labor market that really is overheating. So i think there is going to be a lot of data and data points and whats interesting is were caught in the weeds. Stepping back, well get to have all picture, the fed is having a heated debate about a still tepid economy but may be as good as they can do for it and appropriate to raise rates, splitting hairs, but still not a great economy. This economy still needs catchup to it and the fed understands it very well, there is not much they can do. If they were a magician they would have waved the magic wand and lifted us out of this. Sreenivasan diane swonk, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you. Woodruff we turn now to a major shakeup in the Central American nation of guatemala. On thursday morning, president Otto Perez Molina was forced to resign. By thursday afternoon he was in court to face charges, and he spent the night in jail. Hes accused of taking part in a multimillion dollar bribery operation. As the allegations were revealed over the summer, tens of thousands of guatemalans took to the streets, demanding accountability. For more on these allegations and what it means for that country, im joined now by adriana beltran, a guatamala expert at the Washington Office on latin america, a Research Group that advocates for human rights. Welcome to the newshour. Thank you, judy, for inviting me. Woodruff so tell us, what are all these corruption charges about . What do they involve . Thats in april. The guatemalan Prosecutors Office and commission against impugn any guatemala unearthed a massive Corruption Scandal within the Tax Authority office. It implicated a number of highlevel officials who essentially set up a scheme where they were accepting massive bribes for importers to be able to pay lower taxes, thereby defying the state of millions and millions of revenue. Woodruff and this has been unfolding over the year. Earlier this year the Vice President stepped down. Due to these charges, the Vice President was forced to resign in may in. August, following more investigations carried out by the Prosecutors Office and the s. E. C. , they announced they had sufficient evidence to allege both former Vice President and now the former president were involved in this case. Woodruff what led to his actually leaving office . Since the april scandal came out, thousands and thousands of guatemalans had been protesting on the streets, demanding end to corruption, and to impunity and transformation to have the political system. It has been unprecedented in guatemala to see the number of people who have taken to the streets in a very peaceful way, but because it has brought together guatemalans from different sectors of off come together for a common cause. Woodruff and the government wasnt pushing back on these demonstrations . Not at all. They have been very peaceful. They have been happening for 19 weeks since april. Woodruff ga guatemala has a history of corruption and repression. What caused the people to rise up this time . I think there are three takeaways. One, i think the courageous efforts of the public prosecutor, of a number of prosecutors and judges that have shown that the Justice System can be made to work in a country where, before, you know, they always faced the repercussions and were at severe risk for taking a stand. The work of the International Commission against impunity of the s. E. C. Has always been instrumental in trying to build up the capabilities of the institutions and that, you know, allowed or provoked the people to take to the streets in massive numbers. Woodruff so now, the former president is in jail. Does this feel like a real turning point, like things will change after this . I do. To me, this is an historic moment for guatemala but also ananticorruption efforts in the region. This is not the guatemala we knew before april. Got mallens know they can make a difference and started new openings for their country. Woodruff the Vice President whos taken over, is he different . You have an interim government and the different sectors are continuing to work together. Theyre right now trying to define a common anticorruption agenda they can push forward in the next several months. Guatemalan politicians and policymakers know the population is watching and will mold them accountable. Woodruff whats your sense about the future . Im hopeful. I think this is a tremendous triumph of hope and a demonstration that change can happen, that justice and the rule of law can prevail to peaceful needs. Woodruff you said a minute ago a regional change. Do you see this having an effect anywhere else in centra Central America . Im hoping what we can take away from guatemala and these events is we can combat corruption through peaceful demonstration, through the leadership of courageous people and the support of the international community. Woodruff adriana beltran, we thank you. Thank you. Woodruff stay with us, coming up on the newshour mark shields and Michael Gerson analyze the weeks news. And, will machines help humans or replace them . Finding peace as robots integrate into the modern world. A week away from an emergency summit to discuss the refugee crisis, the countries of the European Union remain deeply divided over how to handle it. Sweden, the nation which has taken the most refugees in relation to its population size, is calling for every e. U. Nation to take its fair share and to be more civilized. But its neighbor denmark has just introduced new welfare benefit restrictions aimed at discouraging Asylum Seekers from heading there. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports on the north south divide in scandinavia. He begins in southern sweden. Reporter journeys end. Syrians khaled al habash, in the blue shirt, and nouri shkais are relishing their new sanctuary. But habash is missing his children. He didnt dare entrust them to the mediterranean. He hopes sweden will reunite them safely. The Reception Center in a country that regards itself as the worlds conscience. Habash cant comprehend how some europeans are hostile towards refugees. We are not coming here for tourism. We are coming from war. And i think who do like that are hostile to refugees. They must go to syria and see what happens in syria. My children now, under the bombs. They dont have water for one reporter nouri shkais fled latakia, the hometown of syrias president Bashar Al Assad to avoid being conscripted into the army. The destination was an easy choice. In sweden, you can get a residence permit for a long time. And you can get citizenship after four years. Not like danish. Reporter it wasnt just war that compelled saxophonist Mohammed Diab to seek refugee in sweden. In syria, his homosexuality could mean torture and a brutal death. Hes rehearsing in copenhagen with his old damascus band mate nour moura, who was granted asylum in denmark. They want to relaunch their careers in europe. And while they wait, they have the cushion of welfare benefits. But from this week, moura the guitarist, will be the poorer of the pair. His benefits will be cut by 45 . Reporter the center right minority government introduced the law to dissuade refugees and economic migrants from heading to denmark. It has the full support of the danish peoples party, which came in second in junes general election. Martin henriksen is their integration spokesman and sets the tone for the countrys immigration policy. In the past, we have taken a lot of refugees in denmark. And weve come to a point where we have to say enough is enough. We cant take any more. We ca