All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the enginthat connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org 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 less than two weeks after the attacks in paris and with a Worldwide Travel alert in place, president obama told americans today theres no credible threat to the u. S. This holiday weekend. He urged people to go about their normal activities this thanksgiving. At the white house, flanked by his top counterterrorism and National Security advisers, he said the u. S. Is working overtime to protect the homeland. The combined resources of our military, our intelligence, and our Homeland Security agencies are on the case. Theyre vigilant, relentless and effective. In the event of a specific, credible threat, the public will be informed. Woodruff the president also signed a 607 billion Defense Authorization bill today, despite provisions that ban him from moving detainees at guantanamo bay, cuba to the u. S. In addition, the bill contains a provision that the president come up with a plan for defeating the Islamic State. Across the atlantic, the french announced theyll deploy extra police and troops in paris next week as about 140 world leaders, including president obama, arrive for climate talks. Meanwhile in belgiums capital city where some of the paris attackers were based the maximum threat alert remained in place as a manhunt continued. In spite of that, schools did reopen in brussels after a two day closure, and Subway Service was also restored in some areas under tight security. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for yesterdays bus bombing in tunisia that killed 12 president ial guards. In an online post, the group identified the suicide bomber and included a picture of him with explosives strapped to his chest. Today, investigators sifted through the wreckage and found roughly 22 pounds of military explosives on the bus. Russia today touted its rescue operation of the surviving Fighter Pilot shot down by turkish jets yesterday. The pilot told reporters he did not violate turkeys airspace and he received no warning, claims turkey rejects. The other pilot was killed. The shootdown sparked outrage in moscow, where protesters pelted the Turkish Embassy with eggs and chanted murderers. And russian president Vladimir Putin questioned turkeys motivation. translated the problem is not the tragedy we witnessed yesterday. The problem is much deeper. We observe and not only us, i assure you the whole world is seeing that the current turkish leadership over a significant number of years has been pursuing a deliberate domestic policy of supporting the islamisation of their country. Woodruff in ankara, turkeys Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoglu called the downing a communication accident, while still maintaining the russian jet did cross into turkish airspace. But he said russian airstrikes along the turkeysyria border must stop. translated nobody should pave the way to massacres against turkmens in this region under the pretext of carrying out operations against the Islamic State. Today, in this region near turkeys border with syria, civilians are attacked with cluster bombs. Attacks, close to a massacre, are being carried out. This should stop immediately. Woodruff Foreign Ministers from russia and turkey have also agreed to meet, but not before russia ordered stateoftheart air Defense Missile systems deployed at a Russian Air Base in syria. Pope francis arrived in kenya today to begin his firstever trip to africa. Thousands of people lined the streets of the capitol, nairobi, to greet the pontiff as his motorcade passed through. Later, he urged kenyans to work toward peace in a world filled with extremist violence. The pope will be in africa for six days, with visits to uganda and the Central African republic. Before the year even ends, the u. N. Weather agency is predicting it will be the hottest on record. The World Meteorological organization said there was no point waiting until the end of the year because temperatures around the world have already been so hot. Scientists point to manmade Global Warming and a strong el nino weather system for a 1. 8 degrees fahrenheit rise over preindustrial times. It was a day of Light Trading and little change on wall street today. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained one point to close at 17,813. The nasdaq rose 13 points, and the s p 500 dropped less than a point. And president obama carried out a timehonored thanksgiving tradition at the white house this afternoon. He officially pardoned the National Thanksgiving turkey, named abe, during a rose garden ceremony. The turkey and an alternate bird named honest will live out the rest of their lives on a farm in leesburg, virginia. Still to come on the newshour analysis of the video released in chicago. What is on the tape and what does it say about the record of the Chicago Police . New details about the u. S. Bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in afghanistan. And much more. Woodruff in chicago, the release of a video of a Police Officer shooting a black teenager has stirred racial tensions and launched protests. A warning to our viewers some of what you are about to see may be disturbing. Woodruff last night, the city of chicago released the video from a policecruiser dashboard camera. Seconds after exiting his vehicle, Police OfficerJason Van Dyke opens fire on Laquan Mcdonald. The teenager collapses. Van dyke continues shooting, emptying his weapon. In all, mcdonald was shot sixteen times. Officers had responded to an allegation that mcdonald punctured a police car tire with a knife. Yesterday, van dyke was charged with first degree murder. Hundreds of chicago residents, upset by the video, took to the streets tuesday night. Although the protests remained peaceful for the most part, demonstrators and Police Officers clashed in a few incidents, leading to the arrests of five people. Activists had repeatedly called on the city to make public the video of the incident, which occurred more than a year ago. The city had already paid mcdonalds family 5 million at settlement. Still, it took a freedom of information lawsuit and a court order to force authorities to release the video. Today, members of the City Councils black caucus criticized authorities for that delay. While we know the system has failed, no one can specifically say how. We must value all the children of the city of chicago, more than just thinking that a clear payout can solve the problem. A clear transparent process is the only way we can begin to build trust in our communities with Law Enforcement. Woodruff at a News Conference last night, mayor rahm emanuel struck a similar tone, and said that the shooting of Laquan Mcdonald must be an opportunity for the community to heal and come together. We need, as a city, to get to a point where young men in our community and parts of our city see an officer and dont just see an officer with a uniform and a badge; but they see them as a partner in helping them reach their potential. We also have to get to a place as a city where officers see a young man not as a potential problem and a risk, but an individual who is worthy of their protection and their potential. Woodruff details on mcdonald and van dyke are still coming to light, but here is what we know now Laquan Mcdonald was a 17yearold african american. He was removed from his mothers care twice at a young age, and spent most of his life as a ward of the state. Family services twice investigated allegations that mcdonald was sexually abused in foster care, but no charges were ever brought. At the time of his death, the autopsy found mcdonald had the drug p. C. P. In his system. Jason van dyke is a 37yearold white Police Officer. He is married with two teenage children. He served on the Chicago Police force for 14 years. During that time he received eighteen citizen complaints eight of which were claims of excessive force. Van dykes lawyer told cnn today that the dashboard camera video is unreliable, and that his client was justified in shooting the teen. No matter how clear it is there are problems with video. And most important is the fact that video by its nature is twodimensional. And it distorts images. So what appears to be clear on a video, sometimes is not always that clear. Woodruff officer van dyke is being held without bail. His next Court Appearance is on monday. Now for a Law Enforcement perspective on this video and the events it captures, we turn to david klinger. Hes professor of criminal justice at the university of missouri, saint louis and a former Police Officer. He is also author of into the kill zone, a cops eye view of deadly force. A book based on firsthand interviews with Police Officers who have shot people while on duty. David klinger, welcome to the program. After looking at this video, what does it tell you about what happened on that night in october a year ago . What i see is i see a tactical failure on the part of the officer that ended up shooting as well as his partner and what i mean by nat is Police Officers, when theyre dealing with individuals who are reportedly armed with an edge weapon, a knife, a hatchet, a ma shedy, what theyre trained to do is try to keep distance. If you look at the video, what we see from the back of mr. Mcdonald as hes walking toward these Police Officers is he moves away and the officers actually move towards him away from their vehicle. Thats the very first thing i saw. Im thinking, this doesnt really make any sense. I was thinking at first there were perhaps innocent people on the opposite side of the street. I checked the video two or three times. There is no evidence of any other citizens who might be in jeopardy so it didnt make any sense. So when the gunshots started to ring out, i couldnt understand why shots were being fired, then mr. Mostly cloudy donald falls down and i dont understand why additional shots are fired. Im looking at this and descrashing my head. It doesnt add up. It isnt it doesnt appear to be calling for use of deadly force. Woodruff theyre saying this officer saw something we didnt see in this video. What could that possibly be . I dont know. At one point, i agree with the lawyer. A video doesnt tell everything. What the courts have ruled for a long time, for over 30 years or should be for 30 years, now, is you have to take the totality of the circumstances into account when youre looking at what Police Officers do. And then in 1989 in graham versus oconnor, the u. S. Supreme court said you cant look at it with 20 20 hindsight but through the eyes of a reasonable Police Officer on the scene. So consequently, we have to take into account everything in addition to the video that might be relevant. What that might be that would overturn what appears to be a clearcut case of unreasonable force, i dont know what it is. But certainly an investigation is never over merely because a video comes forth. We have to hear the officers statement, partners statement, listen to the dispatch tapes. Maybe theres other video or audio were unaware of. The bottom line is the officer has been charged with homicide, with firstdegree murder and he deserves his day in court and deserves the opportunity to put forth a defense. Well have to see what the defense is. You started out describing what an officer might do approaching someone, you said, with an edged weapon. What is the standard of practice for an officer in a situation like this . I know you cant generalize across every part of the country, but in general what would be the practice an officer is advised to take . In a situation where youre dealing with an individual with a knife, hatchet, some other form of edged weapon, you want to try to keep distance and the reason is if you are 30 to 50 feet away, its awfully hard for that individual armed with that weapon to harm you with it. When a suspect is within about 2025 feet, depends on what training block of instruction you might get in a given Police Department around the country, thats what we call the zone where an officer could reasonably perceive his or her life is in jeopardy if someone is moving toward them. The reason is three fold. It takes time to perceive something and react to it. Are you trying to cut me off, maam . Woodruff no, im trying to get at, when someone is down on the ground, what justifies continuing to fire round after round at that person . In this situation, i cant see anything that would justify it. However, if an individual is armed with a firearm, it doesnt matter if theyre standing up, sitting down or laying down, if they are moving that firearm in a fashion that could threaten someone, i. E. Could pull the trigger, the firing is justifiable. But i havent heard any indication that the suspect was armed with a firearm, it wouldnt make any sense to continue to fire. Woodruff professor clinger, university of missouri, saint louis, thank you. Thanks for having me. Woodruff next, we hear from two reporters closely following these events. They both have years of experience covering chicago crime, policing, and race relations. Mark konkol is a columnist at d. N. A. Info, a neighborhood reporting site. In 2011, he and a team at the chicago suntimes won a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on violence, crime and policing in chicago. And jamie kalven is a freelance journalist. He uncovered the autopsy report showing that Laquan Mcdonald was shot 16 times by officer Jason Van Dyke. Kalven is also the founder of the invisible institute, a nonprofit Journalism Project that recently released tens of thousands of pages of civilian complaints filed against the Chicago Police department. Gentlemen, we thank you both for being with us. Mark knokol, let me start with you. How does this incident fit into the Bigger Picture of Chicago Police relations with the Africanamerican Community in that city . Well, i think that its just a big example of whats been happening for a long time. There is a severe lack of trust between people who live in povertystricken communities that are crippled by violence and fractured in chicago, there are a lot of good cops on the department. The overwhelming majority, 90 , 95 , thrivel stories written that, you know, there is a few officers that are troubled. But overall, the Police Department has a generational problem that a federal judge said was a culture thats at the Public Interest and that is the thin blue line code of silence within the department, and its something thats really wrong with the department and its been recently said the culture of Law Enforcement isnt trusted and its just this incident highlights that to the nth degree, and the protests are about being fed up. I think thats the message these protesters have been sending and that Public Officials have been sending as well. Woodruff jamie kalven, as we said, you were part of the effort to uncover the documents that showed just what happened on that night and a broader practice among Chicago Police. Its been 13 months since Laquan Mcdonald died. What could explain the delay in releasing this video and in charging this officer as he was yesterday . I think thats the essential question at this point. Everything that we now know the day affidavit video was re the day after the video was released was known by the city, by the department within hours of Laquan Mcdonalds death. There were multiple witnesses, police witnesses, civilian witnesses, there is the video and the autopsy you referred to before was actually conducted at 8 30 the next morning with an investigator from the independent Police Review authority, the city agency tasked with investigating Police Shootings, in the room. So, you know, with all of that information, the information that has been the basis now for the indictment of officer van dyke, the city put out the Police Department put out a press release saying that the young man had approached