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Just because the rain stops does not mean that we are out of the woods. Brangham in a briefing today, governor nikki haley appealed to people not to take chances. I do want to say that weve had word that people have taken their boats to the Lake Murray Dam to take pictures of the water. Were trying to really say that is extremely dangerous and this is i cant stress enough that this is not a fun event. Brangham all that water is the result of a slowmoving storm system that lingered over the southeast and sucked in moisture from Hurricane Joaquin, spinning out in the atlantic. On sunday alone, more than 16 inches of rain fell on the gills creek area near columbia. Thats the most in one area, on one day, anywhere in the United States, in more than 15 years. Hundreds of people also had to be rescued around columbia. This video captured one dramatic moment, as a Coast Guard Team aboard a helicopter pulled a mother and her small child to safety. The flooding also shut down some 550 roads and bridges across the state, and 75 miles of interstate 95, and officials warned it could take weeks to reopen everything. State adjutant general bob livingston, jr. the roads are still unsafe. A lot of them have been undermined by the flooding. And so the road may look perfect on top, but if you drive across it, it could collapse. Weve had that happen to our rescue crews and were having to do engineering evaluations on those so again, dont get out unless you have to. Brangham elsewhere, cemeteries, like this one in springfield, were so saturated that coffins were coming out of the ground. And on the coast, charleston reported its worst flooding since hurricane hugo roared through back in 1989. Not far away, in summerville, drone footage showed entire neighborhoods submerged around cane bay. Governor haley warned recovery will be slow, as the surging waters continue following their paths to the ocean. This is going to be a process. It is going to be one where we have to prioritize and we have to stay on it. Its going to be one where were going to be ok but we are really going to have to take it one step at a time. Brangham meanwhile, columbia and two of its surrounding counties are under a nighttime curfew, and some 375,000 people have been warned to boil their tap water to make it drinkable. For the pbs newshour, im William Brangham. Woodruff as the storm slowly moved on today, more rain fell in the lowlying northeastern part of the state. In the days other news, a cargo ship that was caught in the path of Hurricane Joaquin has sunk with 33 people on board. The coast guard said today its found a body and debris near the bahamas, where the el faro was last heard from. A coast guard officer leading the search from jacksonville, florida said the chances that anyone survived are slim. Is if the vessel did sink on thursday and that crew was able to abandon ship, they would have been abandoning ship into a category four hurricane. So you are talking up to 140 mile an hour winds, seas upwards of 50 feet, visibility basically at zero. Those are challenging conditions to survive in. Woodruff the ships owner says the vessels captain had planned to sail out of harms way, but the main engines failed. Tensions over the Russian Air Campaign in syria escalated today after a russian fighter jet crossed into turkey over the weekend. Moscow said it was an unintentional violation as its planes targeted the Islamic State group, or isil, but nato member turkey protested. In brussels, the head of nato met with turkeys foreign minister and called the airspace violation unacceptable. I call on russia to fully respect nato airspace, and to avoid escalating tensions with the alliance. I urge russia to take the necessary steps to align its efforts with those of the International Community in the fight against isil. Woodruff the u. S. And nato have charged the russian air strikes are also targeting the westernbacked rebels in syria. Meanwhile, the New York Times reports the u. S. Will back a major offensive by rebel factions and kurdish fighters against isil fighters in northeast syria. In iraq, at least 56 people were killed today in a string of car bombings that bore the Islamic State hallmark. The worst attack hit a shiite town in eastern iraq, followed by a blast in baghdad and another outside basra, in the south. The sunni militants of isil have frequently targeted shiites across iraq. Elsewhere in the middle east, street clashes flared in the west bank, and israeli troops shot and killed two palestinian teens. It was the latest in a growing series of violent incidents. In bethlehem, palestinians threw rocks and firebombs near rachels tomb, where israels separation barrier juts into the city. The israeli army said soldiers initially used tear gas, then switched to live rounds. Three scientists will share this years nobel prize for medicine, for critical advances against parasitic diseases. Irishborn William Campbell and japans satoshi ormura share half the prize for discovering a drug to treat river blindness and elephantiasis. And, tu youyou of china was honored for developing a powerful antimalaria drug from traditional herbal medicine. Colleagues praised her steadfast approach translated over 200 prescriptions and dozens of kinds of traditional chinese medicine were used. Her research started based on this. Then it took a long time and many repeated failures. Her team finally succeeded after trying around 300 times. Woodruff tu is chinas first Nobel Laureate in medicine. Theres word that german officials have almost doubled the number of Asylum Seekers theyre expecting this year to 1. 5 million. The bild newspaper reports the number comes from an internal government forecast. The earlier estimate was 800,000. Back in this country, the Justice Department and five states announced a final settlement of 20 billion with b. P. Over the 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. Flanked by other officials, attorney general Loretta Lynch said its the largest settlement with a single entity in american history. It is significantly higher than the penalties exacted for the exxon valdez disaster which people often compare this to. And so we feel this will with cooperation with agencies here and the gulf states lead to real relief for people and the citizens and the businesses of the gulf. Woodruff the spill stained more than 1,300 miles of coastline and was the largest environmental disaster in u. S. History. The settlement includes alabama, florida, louisiana, mississippi and texas. The u. S. Homeland Security Department is reopening a probe into secret Service Efforts to discredit congressman jason chaffetz. It happened in march, as the utah republican was investigating agency misconduct. Dozens of agents looked at his failed 2003 job application to the agency, and someone leaked details. The renewed investigation comes after the secret Service Director changed his version of the incident. Woodruff wall street had a bullish monday on hopes that the Federal Reserve will delay raising interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained more than 300 points to close near 16,780. The nasdaq rose 73 points. And the s p 500 added 35. Still to come on the newshour a major trade deal is reached with asia. Fallout from the airstrike in afghanistan that hit a hospital. An investigation into the nations silent mass disaster, when people go missing. And much more. Woodruff after nearly a decade of negotiations and five nights of roundtheclock talks this past week, the u. S. And 11 other pacific rim nations announced the largest trade deal in a generation today. The stakes are big. Together, the countries shown here and which include japan, canada, mexico, australia and vietnam make up more than 35 of world trade, totaling some 28 trillion. But theres substantial opposition to the accord, called the transpacific partnership. Jeffrey brown looks at the deal, the compromises and the road ahead. Brown its a wideranging accord that seeks to lower trade barriers and expand agricultural markets. Among other things, it but many provisions are the subject of deep skepticism and outright opposition from voices across the spectrum. And getting it approved by congress during an Election Year is no small matter. Greg ip is chief economics commentator for the wall street journal and the author of the forthcoming book, foolproof. Welcome back, greg. Thank you. First, an overview, huge dollar amounts, wide ranges covered. Its a big deal. Its the biggest trade deal since the uruguay agreement in the World Trade Organization 20 years ago and the first to be negotiated by the United States under the obama presidency. 30 of world gdp. Covers areas that havent been covered in agreements of this size, Like Services and intellectual property, and important in g. O. P. Terms because its important for the countries in it and the countries that are not, more importantly china. Reporter first, in economic terms, the Obama Administration and supporters point to the benefits. Give us a couple of champs. There are specific areas where the United States is very competitive, has had trouble getting to other countries markets, agriculture, for example. Japan and canada which have highly protected dairy have to open up more to the United States. And other industries where the u. S. Is advanced like drugs, intellectual property, highend services and engineering, under this, no longer can discriminate against and other countries can challenge countries in their own court. Brown intellectual property has not been part of trade agreements and has been difficult to negotiate. Exactly, an example, the United States has a lot of pharmaceutical and biologics have 12year battent protections likprotections. In other countries, they will get 5 to 8 years. Thats not so good for the buyers overdrugs. Brown a lot of opposition has been throughout and will continue. Point to some of the particular areas where the opposition. One is the pharmaceutical biologic agreement because people who worry about the access by poorer countries to most advanced drugs are afraid they will be forced to pay extremely high prices because they can no longer put generics under the patent protection the law provides. Auto exains may not be happy japan will have more access to the u. S. Automobile market at a time when American Companies always struggled to penetrate the japanese market. Larger level, Bernie Sanders running for president , free trade benefits wealthier than the average. Brown free labor are against many ports of this. Right. Brown going back to the geopolitics, a lot of this is in the context of rising china. China is not part of this deal. Correct. And china couldnt really be part of this deal because many of the things the United States wanted, for example governments may not allow governmentowned companies to have special privileges. This is not compatible with the way chinese economy is which is comenated by stateowned enterprises. The United States was adamant we create a framework that favors its more liberal vision of trade. China swek med to join but it will be a while before china is economically and politically ready to do that. It is a sign of u. S. Leadership and a time of uneasiness about the fact chinas company has grown and persuaded countries to sign up with its vision of unilateral brown this is seen as upa act of leadership and a model of future kind of deal . Possibly. But i think, at the same time, is that one of the big selling points you will hear from barack obama is that irrespective of what you think of the economic pluses and minuses of the deal, china is out there and there is a contest between the United States and china for Economic Leadership and if the United States doesnt step forward to right the rules, china will and the rules will not be as friendly to americans as u. S. Rules. Brown you mentioned Bernie Sanders and you could go through the list of politicians because its a campaign year. S in going to spin out over the next couple of months, play out inevitably in the president ial campaign. First we have to get the text of the agreement, that will be at least another month, and congress will have to vote on it sometime next year. Theyve already voted on trade Promotion Authority which means we will vote yea or nay on the agreement but cannot amend it and the vote passed very narrowly and most democrats voted against it. You should not take for granted this will pass. That said, republicans who now control both houses of congress by and large support free trade so they probably wont let the president get what he wants on this one matter. Brown thank you. Thank you, jeff. Woodruff the fallout over a u. S. Airstrike on a medical facility in afghanistan continued today. The incident, which is being called a war crime by Doctors Without Borders, took center stage at the pentagon this morning. If errors were committed, we will acknowledge them. Well hold those responsible accountable, and well take steps to ensure mistakes are not repeated. Woodruff that was general john campbell, u. S. Commander of Coalition Forces in afghanistan, pledging the facts will come out about fridays deadly attack. The air strike killed 22 people at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in kunduz, amid heavy fighting between the taliban and Afghan Forces. Some afghan Officials Say taliban fighters were firing from inside the hospital, a charge that Doctors Without Borders denies. Initially, the pentagon said u. S. Troops called in the air strikes, but campbell changed that account today. We have now learned that on october 3, Afghan Forces advised that they were taking fire from enemy positions and asked for air support from u. S. Forces. An air strike was then called to eliminate the taliban threat, and several civilians were accidentally struck. Woodruff the general repeatedly declined to answer questions about exactly who authorized the bombardment. That will come out in the investigation. I dont want to go into those great details yet until we get the investigation, and i dont want to cover the rules of engagement in this format at this point in time. Woodruff campbell also did not say if the hospital was hit by mistake, or if u. S. Air crews verified the target before firing. Doctors without borders has said it provided g. P. S. Coordinates of the site to Coalition Forces and notified them during the air strikes, but to little avail. Today, the groups general director, christopher stokes, rejected the latest u. S. Version of events. In a statement, he said woodruff as to that, general campbell said today the u. S. Military, nato and afghanistan are already investigating. If theres other investigations out there that need to go on ill make sure that we coordinate those as well, but i wont go into those details here. Woodruff back in kunduz, fighting continues on the city outskirts with Afghan Security forces trying to drive out any remaining taliban. And senior white house officials tell the Washington Post that president obama is now considering keeping 5,000 troops in afghanistan beyond 2016, which had been the deadline for withdrawal. Woodruff stay with us. Coming up on the newshour an investigation into what happens when someone goes missing in the u. S. And a look ahead to this years docket on the Supreme Court. But first, gwen gets the latest on the race for the white house. She recorded this conversation earlier today before leaving on assignment. Ifill from gun control, to the email dispute that wont go away, to a fresh leadership fight on capitol hill. Congressional politics and president ial politics overlap this week. So we turn to amy walter of the cook political report, and tamara keith of npr, reporting tonight from new hampshire, for our weekly monday night look at whats happening behind the scenes. Hillary clinton today got on the gun control bandwagon forcefully with her own plan.