Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. 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. Woodruff that blustery winter storm dropped a foot of snow on the midwest before setting its sights on the northeast, where today it closed schools, and snarled commutes on the ground and in the air. At least 13 deaths were blamed on the storm, many from car accidents. Hari sreenivasan has our report. Sreenivasan snow plows across the northeast started working early and often, in an effort to erase the first big storm of the new year. Though the snow has mostly tapered off now, its the drop in temp
Bus. At least ten people dead. Many of them High School Students. A fedex semitruck across the median and slammed into the bus. There are fires in front of the bus. Its crushed in the front. After months of taking heat for the bumpy rollout of obamacare, Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of health and Human Services is resigning. President obama is expected to nominate budget director Sylvia Matthews as her replacement. Teams searching for flight 370 are confident they know the position of the black box. In las vegas, a woman threw a shoe at Hillary Clinton. Clinton was quick to react. The suspense is over, Stephen Colbert will replace a David Letterman when he retires next year. Yesterday, on wall street, the dow plunged, its third biggest drop this year. Chimpanzees have recaptured after they escaped from their compound. All that minnesota is going to the championship game. What. Bill haas is your firstround leader. Adam scott is behind him. All that matters the 2014 induction into the ro
They unanimously passed a resolution today to state the obvious. That the Republican Senate is committed to the orderly and peaceful transition of power called for by the constitution. You know, thats your job. Your job is also to correct the corrosive crap coming out of trumps mouth. Thats your job. Thats your oath. Republican senators, republican members of congress, this is a moment that will be remembered for a long time. You know your districts. You know your states. You know they offer mailin ballots routinely. You know you have protections and procedures that make fraud statistically irrelevant. That make it better again, often better than inperson voting. Literally, nine ballots that well talk about more with our first guest came up, seven for trump. They were flagged. Maybe they were mishandled. This he had to be corrected. And now this scandal . How can these republicans say nothing to defend our democracy . You refuse to come on the show. Other shows. You pretend you didnt h
Voting. The republican controls the senate in the phase of this statement by him. This incendiary toxic statement by a president of their party. What did they do . They passed a resolution to state the obvious that the republican senators committed to the orderly and peaceful transition of power called by the constitution. Thats your job. But your job is also to correct the corrosive crap coming out of trumps mouth. Thats your job. Thats your oath. Republican senators, republican members of congress, this is a moment thatll be remembered a long time. You know your districts and states, you know they offer mailin ballots routinely. You know you have protection and procedures that make fraud statistically irrelevant that make it better again. Often better than in person voting. Literally nine ballots that we are talking about more with our first guest. They were flagged or maybe they were mishandled and had to be corrected and now the scandal . How can these republicans say nothing to de
Former vp biden says the disasters are clear evidence that something needs to change and shared by the vast majority of scientists, President Trump says the jury, well, it is still out. Weve got reporters across the country covering the latest on the natural disasters as well as the politics surrounding them. Lets start with Morgan Chesky in mobile, alabama, where they are starting to feel the impact of Hurricane Sally morgan, the big worry there with this storm isnt the wind. Its the water whats the level of concern where you are . The level is significant. I can tell you that. It just takes a few feet of water here in mobile before lowlying areas will be flooded. Im just on the banks of the mobile river as the storm surge starts to rise by just a few feet, parts of downtown could see themselves be submerged thats a real concern because this is such a slowmoving storm. 2 miles an hour that it could drop 15 to 20 inches of rain right where were standing right now. Mandatory evacuations