Without breathing real heavy. Woodruff federal investigators surprise inspection of the National Football league to see if its use of prescription painkillers is out of bounds. Ifill plus, scientists race to measure the size of alaskas glaciers before they disappear. Most glaciers in alaska are retreating. Wed like to be able to predict with better accuracy of what will happen, but its hard to imagine a scenario there where glaciers will not continue to lose mass in this area. The question is how fast . Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possib
And girls that emphasizes how pressing and pervasive this problem is on our campuses. I am attending an initiative in connecticut to try to raise awareness about it and i would like your commitment that you will work with me and others on this committee on this issue. I look forward to working with you on that important issue in the statistics are alarming. 20 of all young women are either assaulted or an attempt of an Sexual Assault. Usually this happens and there freshmen are early part of their sophomore years. We have used those statistics in the work of the task force of the president has put together to deal with that issue and we look forward to working with you and other members of congress and trying to come up with meaningful ways that we can deal with an issue that has too often been if not ignored not given the attention it deserves. Just so no one thinks that this issue nearly involves rhetoric. There is a legal basis for legal action and federal title ix in protecting wom
Let me just say on the issue of trafficking i welcome your comments on that score. I have proposed a resolution, bipartisan resolution with my colleague rob portman who is not a member of this committee basically saying that there should be more vigorous enforcement of these laws particularly around the time of the super bowl because the trafficking on web sites like back page. Com and tends to increase during this time so i welcome your comments. And let me just add briefly, to take senator leahys comments, i want to thank you and the department of justice for really over these past years viewing these legal issues on their merits, on their legal merits putting politics aside. The Justice Department went through a dark area in my view under the Previous Administration when politics far too often became part of the analysis and i want to thank the career, Justice Department employees who worked so hard and long under you to make sure that the rule of law is berserk. Let me turn to a pa
Intelligence tell you about potential threats . Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The gridlock is breaking tonight after something that is not supposed to happen did. In an area called the sun belt in a city known as hotlanta, ice caused a meltdown. The winter storm that brought snow and ice to the south yesterday stranded thousands bumper to bump hour after hour an roadslippery cars and tr get traction. Some people spent the night in supermarkets and kids slept overnight on the floors of their schools. More than 1,200 traffic accidents were reported in georgia alone. Mark strassmann is in atlanta for us tonight. Mark . Reporter scott, im standing along i 285 south of atlanta. This traffic has just started inching forward but mostly its been at a stand still. Remember, some of these drivers are still trying to finish last nights commute. Oh, my god. Reporter state road 400 north of atlanta looked and sounded like this last
Who can least afford it. The president s signature extending signature checks, billions of dollars of aid to millions. The threat to torpedo the bill to approve it after damage was done. The latest example of his increasingly erratic behavior in the final days of his presidency. Trump was under growing pressure from republicans to approve the bill, partly to avoid sabotaging two in georgia. The president says hell campaign for them next week. With millions of americans at risk of going hungry, losing jobs and homes, the president relented after another day on the golf course where hes now spent almost 20 of his presidency. Cnns Jeremy Diamond is traveling with the president. He reports from west palm beach, florida. Good morning, christine and ryan, at long last, President Trump has signed the 2. 3 stimulus bill which includes 900 billion in desperately needed Coronavirus Relief. The president i signing the legislation five days after he called this very same piece of legislation a dis