Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. Yut the ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the president ial campaign erupted with new broadsides today. Donald trump unloaded on a critic who made headlines against him this week, and Hillary Clinton fired back. All of this, with the candidatel about to enter the final, fullto month before election day. Donald Trumps Campaign day began long before he got to president gerald fords tomb inf grand rapids, michigan. , early this morning, he unleasheg a storm of tweets against Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe winner. Trump had once mocked her weight gain, and clinton raised the issue in mondays debate. Today, the republican nominee charged machado had starred in a sex tape, and that Clinton Campaign helped her gain u. S. Citizenship. That came a day after trump raised former president bill clintons impeachment scandal. Machado called the charges cheap lies and saide on instagram the republican candidate insists on discrediting and demoralizing a woman. The Clinton Campaign called the allegations unhinged. Ga the candidate herself had an answer, to trumps charges, at an afternoon rally in coral springs, florida i mean, really, who gets up at 3 00 in the morning to engage in a twitter attack against a former Miss Universe . I mean, he hurled as manyer insults as he could. Ive said it before, and ill say it again a man who can be provoked by a tweet should be nowhere near the nuclear codes. Sreenivasan meanwhile, a Washington Post report found trumps charitable foundationw has never had the requiredth certification from the state of new york. That means the group has not submitted to annual audits. If the state attorney general finds the law was broken, he could go to court to make the foundation return money itet raised. Also today for the First Time Ever u. S. A. Today rendered judgment on a president ial race. It branded trump erratic, illequipped to be commander in chief and a serial liar but did not directly endorse clinton. Several traditionally Republican Newspapers have also come outpe against trump this week. The Trump Campaign is trying to fight back, with this new tv ad why arent i 50 points ahead0 you might ask. Maybe its because the director of the f. B. I. Said you lied about your emails. There was classified material emailed. Sreenivasan later today, he rallied supporters in novi,su michigan. When you cast that ballot, just picture a wall street boardroom, filled with the special interest who have beenav bleeding your country, and city, and every place else, imagine imagine the look on their faces when you tell them, youre fired fired. Sreenivasan away from the charges and countercharges, clinton today unveiled her new National Service reserve, in a speech in fort pierce, florida. I did not want this campaign to end without talking about it because it means a lot to me. Im trying to end the campaign focusing on issues that are really close to my heart, and this is one of them. Sreenivasan the end of the campaign comes, in 39 days. In the days other news a Disciplinary Court in alabama suspended chief Justice Roy Moore over gay marriage. Ay the panel found he encouraged probate judges to deny marriage licenses for samesex couples. The u. S. Supreme court had said there is a fundamental right to marry. Y. Moore is suspended for the remainder of his elected term through 2019. After that, hell be too old to run again, under state law. N, federal investigators in hoboken, new jersey have recovered one of the two black box recorders from a wrecked commuter train. The rain smashed through a barrier and into a stationie waiting area yesterday. One person was killed and more than 100 were hurt. The recorders should have data on the trains speed, brakingra and other conditions in the moments before the crash. The United Nations appealed today for a new truce in the syrian city of aleppo. But heavy fighting continued, and syrian and russian air strikes blasted more of the city into ruins. We have a report from alex thomson of independent television news. In rebel held east aleppo, the agony continues. Y it cant be independently verified, but he said russian jets dropped a thermobarric bomb, six killed, six injured, six missing. Another airstrike in the reporter another air strike in the besieged east of the city. Desperate to get out form this. But hands are all the rescuers have. Finally hes out, more or less in tact. The situation really is unfathomable. According to Health Officials there, thereve been 338 deathsh in the last couple of weeks due to the bombardment includingto 106 children. Reporter south, to the countryside near damascus itself, where people held a street protest in solidarity with those in aleppo, burning a russian flag. The posters say putin is a war criminal. In the grinding violence of o syria, street action like this where the revolution began, looks almost quaint six yearsluk on. John kerry voiced frustration over obamas approach to syria speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations generally assembly, said he advocated for more military action but lost that argument. In the philippines, outspoken president Rodrigo Duterte drew new criticism today, for comparing his war on drugs to adolf hitlers extermination ofi jews. Since duterte took office in july, more than 3,000 suspected dealers and users have been killed often, vigilantestyle. But he suggested thats just the beginning. Now there is three million, what is it, three million drug addicts, there are. Id be happy to slaughter them. At least if germany had hitler, the philippines would have me. Sreenivasan the world jewish congress, the government of germany, and others condemned the remark. Europes rosetta spacecraft s ended its Historic Mission to a comet today. Ground controllers crashed thele probe after surveying the surface up close for two years. Animation showed rosetta flying closer and closer before its final collision. It had collected vast amounts of data, and even sent a lander to the comets surface in 2014. Theres new guidance on zika for couples planning pregnancy. The centers for Disease Control and prevention now says men whove been exposed to the virus should wait six months, instead of eight weeks. It also warns against travel to 11 additional Southeast Asian countries where zika is present. That includes thailand, which today confirmed its first cases of birth defects caused by zika. Banks and Energy Stocks led wall street higher today. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 164 points to close at 1 18,308. The nasdaq rose nearly 43 points, and the s p 500 added 17. And, several governors in japan have joined a campaign for mener to shoulder the burden of childcare and housework literally. A new video shows them wearing 16pound vests to simulate being seven months pregnant. After grocery shopping, hoofingg up stairs and folding laundry, one says he finally understands what his wife put up with. In japan, women do five times the housework that men do. Still to come on the newshour an iconic israeli statesman laid to rest, the new, streamlined application for studentst Financial Aid, migrants saved from the mediterranean sea, only to be forced into prostitution,c and much more. Sreenivasan thousands gathered in jerusalem today, as israel laid to rest one of its founding fathers. Shimon peres, the 93yearold former president and Prime Minister, died on wednesday. William brangham has our report on the funeral. Reporter the Funeral Service for shimon peres drew delegations from 75 countries, and even temporarily united adversaries. Ve palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas shook hands with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and his wife. The casket was carried in, a military rabbi sang traditional prayers, and netanyahu spoke in praise of his longtime political rival translated he brought arguments from the left, i brought arguments from the right. Eventually, like two tired boxers, we stopped arguing. I saw in his eyes and i think he saw in mine, that the determination emanates from deep selfpersuasion and devotion to the cause of securing the countrys future. Reporter netanyahu has taken a hard line on dealing with the palestinians, while peres was israels leading proponent of conciliation. But the Prime Minister speaking in english hailed the Nobel Peace Prize winner as a visionary. Shimon lived a life of purpose. He soared to incredible heights. He swept so many with his vision and his hope. He was a great man of israel. He was a great man of the world. Israel grieves for him; the world grieves for him. But we find hope in his legacy, as does the world. Reporter the failed search for peace in the region dominated the eulogies. Former president bill clinton was in office when peres negotiated the 1993 oslo accords with the palestinians. He started off life as israels brightest student, became its best teacher and ended up its biggest dreamer. So for the rest of our lives, whenever the road we travel comes to a dead end or the good we seek to do hits a stone walls or the hand of friendship we extend meets only a cold stare, in his honor, i ask that we remember shimon peress luminous smile and imagine. Reporter president obama has sought in vain a final middle east settlement between israelis and palestinians. He called for building on the foundation that peres laid. Bu we gather here in the knowledge that shimon never saw his dream of peace fulfilled. The region is going through a chaotic time. Threats are ever present. C and yet he did not stop dreaming and he did not stop working. The last of the founding generation is now gone. Shimon accomplished enough things in life for 1,000 men, but he understood that it is better to live to the very end of his time on earth with aa longing not for the past, but for the dreams that have not yet come true, an israel that isha secure in a just and lasting peace with its neighbors. Reporter after the service, a military honor guard carried peres casket to its burial site, and he was laid to rest before a crowd of family, friends and world leaders. For the pbs newshour, im william brangham. Sreenivasan for High School Seniors around the country and their families, College Applications and costs. A key to all of it, of course, is what kind of Financial Aid can they receive . Its even more crucial for low and middleincome students whost may be leaving thousands of potential dollars on the table each year. Starting this weekend, there are important changes for a student filling out the free application for federal student aid, also known as fafsa. For one thing, theyll be able to fill it out months earlier it the hopes of getting informatioi as they try to choose a school. Lets fill in the picture. Kim cook is the executive director of the National College access network, which works closely on these issues. First, whats the significance of whats happening thisth weekend . Its tremendous. Right now, over 1. 4 Million Students left 2. 7 billion in Financial Aid on the table by not completing the free application for student aid. So these changes that will make the form earlier and easier for students are significant in helping many of those lowincome students access the money they need to attend college. Co sreenivasan one to have the significant complaints was w hohow complex it was and how muh information they needed. Ee there was a connection between the tax filing you can auto populate online. There is, its a data retrieval tool. Whats significant about the changes coming online tomorrow, the students can easily transfer the Tax Information because its currently available data. In the past d we asked studentso transfer information that wasnt available till tax filing deadea will be, but now were goingng back a year to make it easierr for students to populate the forms with the information. Sreenivasan there is alsois a gap between when you found out if a school wanted you or not and another couple of weeks or months to find out what Financial Aid you were going to get from them. Exactly, because of theus filing times that used to be in january, Financial Aid offices were under the gun to get award applications out to students so they could make important decisions about what kind of as was available at each particular school and where thes could afford to make the college choice. On the front end, there is a choice to ask students to think about which colleges they couldd apply or go to before they had any sense of age eligibility,li never mind what they would have now is a commitment to federal student aid in. October, they go into College Application sometime. Sreenivasan thisap is part s to have disincentive of the burdens of trying to gete in, i dont know how much moneyismon going to get or who will accept me, one competing with the other. Rights so, now were giving students an earl will i commitment of at least their federal audit, so a lowincome student who receives a pell grant and subsidized loans could have up to 11,500 of a commitment as they look around and, a, make the important decision college is affordableda and something for me and, b, where to go, that i have a commitment of money in my pocket to make this possible. Po reporter so what happens if the colleges just decide toid move all of their deadlines up . Theres been some concern especially for low and middle income households that the deadline creep adds a lot of pressure and decreases the amount of completed applications. That is a concern that students could have a real crunch so push what used to be a longer process of admissions and Financial Aid into the same three months. On the good news, regardless of how it plays out this year, the maym 1 commitment date holds steady. So students could have that information earlier, but they cant be pressured to commit to an aid package before may 1. Sreenivasan you said in the beginning but its staggering to think about 2 billion left on the table. Right. Sreenivasan how manyn students start the process and dont finish . Were trying to get the data. Now we know how many students dont complete. Only 45 of High School Seniors complete a fafsa by their High School Graduation. Some continue to complete it after High School Graduation as well, but thats still a Staggering Number when yoube consider that the fafsa is the ultimate predictor of whether a student will go on to enroll in college with 90 of those completing a fafsa enrolling in college. Sreenivasan its alsoo interesting there are multiplepl things. Its not just Family Income that figures out what kind of aid you get. Right. So income obviously plays a significant role, but the number in college, whether you family qualifies for other federal means tested benefits, where you go to college. Many factors factor in. The key message that we want to get across and is part of national fafsa Completion Campaign called form your future is this is your first step to going to college. All students should complete the fafsa and get the money foror which theyre eligible. Reporter and evenig whether the type of household youre iny what kind of siblings, if you have siblings in school. Exactly, number in household and college, all those factors come into play. We dont want any students to rule themselves out. Ou we want all students to complete the fafsa to get the money left on the table. Ab sreenivasan kim cook, k thank you very much. Thank you. Reporter stay with us. Ta coming up on the newshour foreign hackers target Voter Registration systems, and mark shields and david brooks take on the weeks political news. It but first, the harrowing story of Nigerian Women fleeing to europe for a better life, but finding themselves trapped into a life of prostitution. The latest figures from the International Organization for migration estimate that 80 of all Nigerian Women that make it across the mediterranean to italy are forced into the sex trade. At its heart are female traffickers who enslave women to extort tens of thousands of t dollars. From italy, special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports. Reporter asti in northernth italy prides itself as the capital of the countrys sparkling wine industry. But theres another side to this city its home to african women, rescued after being trafficked as prostitutes. Like so many compatriots, 26yearold blessing ighodaro was seeking a better life in europe. The mother of three arrive