Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by some say its a calling. Some say they lost someone they loved. Lo many say its to save lives, as many and as often as possible. Theres 100 reasons why someone becomes a doctor, but at m. D. Anderson, its because theres nothing and we mean nothingn we wont do in making cancer history. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. N and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the toll from days of historic flooding in louisiana kept on climbing today. Local officials raised the number of fatalities to 10. Early estimates indicate at least 40,000 homes have beenve impacted. The water did start to slowly recede in areas near baton rouge. T meanwhile some residents managed to return to their homes toed assess the damage. Governor John Bel Edwards acknowledged Recovery Efforts have been tough. This is a very difficult situation to get assistance out to where we need to. We still have about 34,000 meters without electricity thats customers, so thats homes or businesses. We understand that there is still a lot of people suffering. Sreenivasan the governor also reported about 8,000 people remain in shelters, a number het expects will rise. Woodruff in california, crews have gained ground on a Massive Wildfire north ofou san francisco. Its charred nearly seven square miles, and destroyed 175 homes and other buildings. But local officials said the fire is now about 20 contained. The progress came as authorities arrested a man they believe set the fire. He was charged with 17 counts oi arson, and is suspected of starting several other fires in the area. Sreenivasan the nationsas Third LargestHealth Insurer, aetna, has announced plans to leave most of the healthcare exchanges set up under presidenh obamas Affordable Care act. It will sharply cut its participation from 15 states to just four next year, citing heavy financial losses. Aetna is the third major Health Insurer to pull out of the a. C. A. In recent months, joinin. United health and humana. Woodruff russia widened its Bombing Campaign in syria today, this time, launching air strikes from iran. The warplanes took off from a base near hamedan, about 175 miles southwest of tehran. They targeted Islamic State fighters and other militants. Its the first time russia has used another countrys territory for attacks in syria. An American Military official said the u. S. Was warned in advance. They informed us they were coming through, and we ensured safety of flight as those bombers passed through the area and toward their target and then when they passed out again. They did not Impact Coalition operations in either iraq or syria during the time. We knew in time. Its not a lot of time, but its enough and it was enough time to make sure that we could ensure safety of flight. Woodruff its believed to b the first time tehran has allowed a foreign country to use one of its bases for military operations since the 1979 islamic revolution. Sreenivasan one of britains most wellknown radical muslim preachers has been convicted of rallying support for the Islamic State. Anjem choudary was found guilty in a london court last month. That was unreportable until now due to legal restrictions. His followers have been linked to a number of highprofile attacks, including last years beheading of a british soldierye in london. Choudary could face up to 10ac years in prison. Woodruff here in the u. S. , regulators today unveiled new fuel efficiency rules for large trucks and other heavyduty vehicles. The caps will cut Greenhouse Gas emissions by over one billion tons, and save over 170 billion in fuel costs. By 2027, heavyduty trucks will be 25 more fuel efficient than those sold in 2018. 2 heavyduty vehicles account for more than 20 of transportation related pollution. Sreenivasan stocks slipped on wall street today, due in part to a lag in phone and Utility Company shares. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 84 points to close at 18,552. The nasdaq fell nearly 35 points, and the s p 500 dropped 12. Woodruff a passing to note renowned tv host John Mclaughlin has died. He was the creator, executive producer and host of the a mclaughlin group, a long running Weekly Public Affairs a show. Mclaughlin was too ill to host this past sunday, the first time hes missed a taping in 34ti years. He was also an international journalist, and served as a speechwriter for president snaee nixon and ford. John mclaughlin was 89 years old. D sreenivasan and now some highlights from todays summerm games in rio. The u. S. Women gymnasts ended an exhilarating olympic run where they began it atop the winners podium. Po simone biles won her fourth gold of the games in the floor exercise. Her teammate, aly raisman, was at her side, taking the silver. And in the mens finals, american gymnast danell leyva grabbed silvers on both the parallel bars and the high bar. Woodruff still to come on the newshour, the largest guantanamo detainee transfer under president obama. How donald trump and Hillary Clinton plan to defeat isis. Allegations against fox news roger ailes spark a larger discussion on workplace harassment, and much more. Woodruff when president Obama Took Office there were 242 detainees being held at theg Guantanamo Bay prison. He stated his priority was to close the facility in cuba. But finding places for the inmates to go, even after they had been legally cleared, haste proven difficult. Yesterday, the pentagon announced the latest transfer out 15 prisoners to go to the united arab emirates, meaning the number left is down to 61. William brangham has the story. Brangham on his first day in office, president obama promises to close guantanamo. Hes called it expensive, unnecessary and a recruitment brochure for our enemies. While congress has blocked the transfer of highrisk detainees to u. S. Prisons, the administration has focused on moving those who are cleared fon release to other nations. But mondays announcement, which was the single biggest transfer for this administration, has been criticized by republicans who say these 15 men are dangerous and should never havem been let go. Im joined now by Charlie Savage of the new york times. He hes covered gitmo and the war on terror for many years. Charlie, help us understand, who are these 15 men who were recently released. Hi. Thanks for having me on. Ure so these men, these 15, 12 of them are from yemen and 3 of them are from afghanistan. They were approved for transfer to a stable country that could provide various security assurances some time ago in many cases, either by a task force in 2009 or later by a parolelike review panel, in both cases made up of six security agencies, Central Intelligence agency, the defense department, the statest department, the Justice Department and sode on. These are career officials, not political appointee, and they unanimously agreed these men no longer posed such a threat to the United States that it wast necessary to keep holding them in indefinite detention without trial, but because they came from, especially in the case of the yemenis, countries that werw not stable, in fact chaotic and had a weak central government, they were stranded until some other country that could meet these security assurances wasty willing to take them in. And in this very sizeable transfer, the u. A. E. Solved that problem for the United States and brought them to its country and is now putting them through a rehabilitation program. They have not been released onon to the streets. They are still in custody but with an eye to eventually moving them out toward Halfway House and then life in relativea freedom in that country under monitoring. Brangham severalng republicans have pointed out,t they argue that these 15 men are very dangerous and they pointoi out in a prior classification, these men were ruled as being very high risk. So what has changed in their status as far as the u. S. Governments view of these men . Right. Well, there are two things toto understand about that. One is that it has become a politically potent sort of partisan fodder to say that any transfer release from guantanamo is endangering National Security as a way of attacking the Obama Administration. And it polls well. No matter who is released under what circumstances, this is a recurring theme. So it has to be understood as part of this policy debate. Now, as to your question specifically, what theyre t referring to is there was a group of reports or dossiersrs prepared by the military about everyone at guantanamo in thein first few years that they were there under the bush administration. But later they became public when they released by private through wikileaks. And they raised the threat level of the detainees and describeedb who the military at that point thought they were. Almost everyone who was theree was rated its ear medium or a high risk. Most of the men in this group were also rated a high risk that. Is a snapshot in time based on the militarys understanding in the year 2004, 2005, 2006. So what happens later, as years continue to pass is that then the Obama Administration came in and appointed that task force i mentioned earlier. And then later since 2013 thata parole life review board with these six agencies. So they come back and they take another look at these men. How have they behaved in custody. What kind of trouble have they gotten into or do they comply with the rules . What have they said over the years . What are their family members saying about them . What kind of situation would they go into . And now things are different in that we have this very welldeveloped system, some of it imposed by congress over the Obama Administrationsti objection, that requires detainees to go to a place where there are Adequate Security assurances of monitoring and other steps to reduce the chance of recidivism, whereas in 2004, 2005, 2006, if someone was released, they really were just simply let go. So what could be a threat, what could be perceived as a threat at the time of those reports may or may not still be the case ten 12, years later, but that is the basis of the attacks that youre hearing in the political sphere. Brangham we have 61 men who are still at guantanamo now. Whats likely to happen with those men . So 20 more of them have also been recommended for transfer if security conditions can be met b in the receiving countries. And the Obama Administration is clearly trying very hard to get that list down to zero or as close to zero as they can get it before president obama leaves office. And a few more names may be add to it over time by that parolelike review board. But there are still going to be dozens of men, currently 41, who are not recommended for transfer, either because theyre facing charges before a military condition, or more likely because by numbers they are simply deemed too dangerous to be released but untriable. They will have to be housed somewhere. President obamas plan to close gitmo was not to let them go but to bring them to a different prison on domestic soil. Congress has forbidden him from doing that. So most likely come january 20th, when the next president takes office, those men at least will still be there. Brangham all right, Charlie Savage of the new york times, thank you very much. Thank you. Sreenivasan one of the most contentious issues during the current president ial election is how to confront isis and who wao responsible for the rise of the extremist group. Ou Margaret Warner reports. Warner this was the scene recently in a village not far from mosul, in northern iraq. Newly uploaded video purports to show Islamic State fighters doing battle with Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces. Despite battlefield setbacks in iraq and syria, the militant Group Remains lethal. How to fight isis has become agr central theme in the 2016 u. S. President ial race. Isis is honoring president obama. He is the founder of isis. I would say the cofounder would be crooked Hillary Clinton. That was last week. Yesterday republican nomineest donald trump delivered a fuller antiisis message in youngstown, ohio. My administration will aggressively pursue joint and Coalition Military operations tn crush and destroy isis. International cooperation to cut off their funding, expanded intelligence sharing, and cyber warfare to disrupt and disable a their propaganda and recruiting. Warner he also proclaimede that he would end what he called an era of nationbuilding, and would take harsh steps to stop isis from penetrating the u. S. H the time is overdue to develop a new Screening Test for the threats we face today. I call it extreme vetting. I call it extreme vetting. Warner it would screen outut those who sympathize with terror groups, and those who have, in his words any hostile attitude towards our country or its principles. Ny those who do not believe in our constitution, or who support warner in a web video released last night, democrat Hillary Clintons campaign tried to turn trumps own words against him, saying he wouldp fail the test hed set for immigrants. Last november, clinton said she would defeat isis by massing more u. S. Ground troops against the group, though with limits. And we should be honest aboun the fact that to be successful, air strikes will have to be combined with ground forcesou actually taking back more territory from isis. Like president obama, i do not believe that we should againho have 100,000 american troops in combat in the middle east. Warner that fits with the picture of clinton in a joint Washington Post pro publicai report today about the early e Obama Administration debate over whether to fulfill his Campaign Pledge to pull out of iraq altogether. It notes that clinton was one of the most vocal advocates for a muscular u. S. Presence in iraq after the withdrawal deadline at the end of 2011. Clinton lost that argument, and all u. S. Fighting forces left. Its also been widely reportedpo that in 2013, clinton and then c. I. A. Director David Petraeus proposed arming and training so called moderate rebels in neighboring syria, but the president rejected it. Je those u. S. Backed rebels are still doing battle against syrian president , Bashar Al Assad, but with mixed results. In the brutal fiveyear old civil war that continues to this day. For the pbs newshour, im Margaret Warner. Sreenivasan so what are the differences between how donaldtw trump and Hillary Clinton would combat isis . For that, we turn to walidto phares, a Foreign Policy advisor to donald trump. P. And Wendy Sherman was under secretary of state for Political Affairs while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. Shes now an outside advisor to the Hillary Clinton campaign. Walid phares, whats the key strategic difference that donald trump wants to make in the fight against isis that the Obama Administration has not . First of all, very important to know that between now and 2017, many things will change on the ground, and they will change for either mrs. Clinton or mr. Trump. So anything were projecting right now has to do with the moment. There are major differses. First, in looking at iraq, syria and of course libya has to be dealt with. Level number one, what forces are going to be engaging isis o the ground . Is it Kurdish Forces . The iraqi army . Or others in syria . Why do you ask this question . Because we dont want to end up with a sect controlling another sect on the ground, which will sound the next war. Second, there is also who will take over after liberation from isis. Should it be the locals, national, the governments or a coalition of Regional Forces that will help them . And thirdly, of course, what is the future of civil wars such as in syria. Who will stay . Who will go . I think we have tremendous differences in how to go in, how the manage and, of course, the negotiations for the future. Sreenivasan one thing donald trump has said is hes open to 20,000 to 30,000 u. S. Troops being on the ground is. I that necessary . Is that the right course . T mr. Trump made that statement. He may make other statements. These are decisions that only when mr. Trump is the president hopefully with his National Security cabinet, they will decide upon the time. President obama did not want too send forces to the region after his withdrawal from iraq. He had engaged in a warfare situation. These are National Security