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Captioning sponsed by Macneil Lehrer proctions woodruff a meteor exploded in the skies over russia today with the power of an atomic bomb, shattering windows and injuring more than 1,000 people. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the spectacle, and todays other cosmic event a Close Encounter with a large asteroid. This thing is pretty big. Its about half the size of a football field, although there are larger ones out there t...

Paul davies of independent Television News begins our coverage. Reporter emerging from the russian sky, a giant ball of flame, a meteorite providing a spectacular show until it suddenly explodes 30 miles above the earth. The city of chelyabinsk was unlucky to be beneath the meteorites flight path and was showered with debris dropping from the sky. Thousands of windows were smashed, shocked workers evacuated their offices. This school class is about to be interrupted by the shock wave. Here the w...

First, the state of play in florida, which has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the u. S. Nothing really truly equalizes a small petite woman with someone whos 63, 230 pounds whos angry except a firearm. Those weapons often times fall in the hands of bad folks in our communities. Suarez Hari Sreenivasan brings together High School Students from across the country to talk about guns and violence. Woodruff and as oscar night nears, tony scott, movie critic for the New York Times, gives us...

Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, we look at what the 11 billion deal means for the industry and for stock holders and for travelers. Im a little worried that some of the flight routes are going to be canceled, theyre going to change those up and we may lose some options as consumers but at the end of the day airlines have to make mone brown then, we turn to the troubled nomination of chuck hagel, president obamas choice to...

Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, we look at what the 11 billion deal means for the industry and for stock holders and for travelers. Im a little worried that some of the flight routes are going to be canceled, theyre going to change those up and we may lose some options as consumers but at the end of the day airlines have to make money. Brown then, we turn to the troubled nomination of chuck hagel, president obamas choice ...

Woodruff then, Margaret Warner updates the president s push to curb gun violence as he takes his case to his hometown of chicago. Brown mark shields and Michael Gerson analyze the weeks news. Woodruff and ray suarez talks with Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano about combating the growing threat of cyber attacks. To the extent that some are seeking to infiltrate our network, steal that information, not have to invest in the research and development that goes into innovation, thats a re...

The sky and exploited over russia. There was a sonic blast, injuring nearly 1000 people. It is thought to be the first meteor strikes of this scale in more than a century. We have a report. At morning in russia, the radio on, when out of nowhere, a dancing flash across the sky. A site that few people had ever seen until now. A terrifying blaze of light as a rock hurtled towards earth. People rushed for a look. The roc was burning as it fell. It was also breaking up. Explosions. The powerful shoc...

On this valentines day. Their combination means the field of major u. S. Carriers will shrink by one. These jetliners sporting shiny new paint jobs are among the roughly 900 planes in the American Airlines fleet and theyre about to be joined by the 622 planes currently flying for u. S. Airways. The price tag for the deal 11 billion. Creditors of americans bankrupt Parent Company a. M. R. Will own 72 of the combined airline. The merger affects some 187 million passengers who fly the two airlines ...

More than 1,000 people were injured. Paul davies of independent Television News begins our coverage. Reporter emerging from the russian sky, a giant ball of flame, a meteorite providing a spectacular show until it suddenly explodes 30 miles above the earth. The city of chelyabinsk was unlucky to be beneath the meteorites flight path and was showered with debris dropping from the sky. Thousands of windows were smashed, shocked workers evacuated their offices. This school class is about to be inte...

Troubled nomination of chuck hagel, president obamas choice to be secretary of defense, as republicans temporarily block a vote in the senate. Woodruff we talk to four new members of the house of representatives about the president s state of the Union Address, the stalemate in washington and more. Brown ray suarez gets an update on the South African olympic athlete known as blade runner charged today with murdering his girlfriend. Woodruff and we close on this valentines day with love letters f...