American education. First black general, first black graduate of the naval academy, second black of the naval academy, first black president ial cabinet member. What do they all have in common . Its this place, its Dunbar High School. Woodruff and mark shields and Ramesh Ponnuru analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ni supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdat;and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Oro o and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. nr 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 our lead story tonight washington headed into the final weekend before a potential Government Shutdown with the outcome still in doubt. The senate adopted a stopgap
We are learning more tonight about just how lethal the Ebola Outbreak is, and how much worse it could get. The World Health Organization says that by december, west africa could see as many as 10,000 new infections every week. And right now, its about 1,000 a week. Thats right, john, the death rate in the current outbreak has risen to 70 now. Its currently sweeping across west africa, but nowhere more severe than in liberia. Health workers are particularly at risk because they can be infected from the bodily fluids of the patients or the deceased. This is ground zero. Working for the red cross in liberias capital of monrovia. His job is to remove the bodies of those killed by ebola. The red cross shows him doing his gauges work. He takes bodies from the streets and inside of the homes and takes them to a site. Site. He says he picks upper around 15 bodies a day. But before he does anything, he puts on his personal protective equipment, also known as cpe. And then he uses the buddy syst
Trappings of a very normal holiday week, but Many Americans cant count themselves so fortunate this hour. Others defying medical advice to celebrate with family. This now is a new american ritu ritual, a daily reminder of our National Public health failure. 181,000 new cases, 41 states with 1,000plus new cases. 175,000 new cases is our new daily average. 29 states with a Positivity Rate north of 10 , a hair shy of 2300 new deaths. And there are more americans in hospital beds today, nearly 90,000, than in football stadium. Football on thanksgiving, covid brought that too. Steelers ravens game got shifted to shunned. The president is at his goal course in virginia. He will speak to military members this afternoon and an writing we come together to lift up one another. We have seen evidence of how remarkable our country is, we see is every day. We see it in the mirror, when we mask up. This is how we come together. Look at our airports. You see evidence of how we break apart. Nearly 1. 1
Ryan chamberlain the subject of a threeday manhunt. There are developments in that manhunt the fbi searched this bar. This morning a two and a half page letter was posted to his page saying i owe everyone an explanation. Tiffany . That letter goes into detail, ends with words times up, thank you. Sorry. I love you. Simp words for what is becoming a complicated story the door to hi apartment is sealed with duct tape. We cannot enter, this gives a glimpse into his world. And another insight. Two and a half page letter posted to his Facebook Page today. I was sad he didnt have it. Patriciaarlow says he masked feelings well. If boy have known, boy have reached out to m. Last year, he says he got betrayed by his mother, a woman he thought was the one and a person he worked with. The Parent Company of project sport would only say we understand there is a federal Investigation Underway and are not commenting at this time. On saturday, his apartment was raided and the fbi said they found explo
If boy have known, boy have reached out to him. Last year, he says he got betrayed by his mother, a woman he thought was the one and a person he worked with. The Parent Company of project sport would only say we understand there is a federal Investigation Underway and are not commenting at this time. On saturday, his apartment was raided and the fbi said they found explosives inside. In a tweet, he tried to refute that, saying in part nothing theyre reporting is true. No stashes, not armed and dangerous no call rigged to explode neighbors hope that is true. I hope everything is okay. Tammy says its not too late to come home. He wants her to know he has friends who will help pick up about two thirds of them called in sick today. This was the result there are thousands forced to walk or take a cab to work. Many people at the bus shelters having a hard time getting on because there is so few in service. Abc7 news has been on the story all day, and is it easier getting home tonight . Well,