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Billion deal to buy the american pork company, smithfield farms. The chinese, they paid a 30 premium. Very interesting. Not exactly the best business deal. So, whats really going on here . What really is it that this merger, this purchase, was all about . Woodruff and its friday, mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze another week full of news. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our econ...

With John Seigenthaler in washington. Good evening, tonight congress, the country, and the world await president obamas state of the Union Address, the tradition comes from article 2 section 3 of the u. S. Constitution. Youre looking live at the white house where the president and his visors have been revising his address that hell give in two hours now. It comes during a troubled second term. President obamas approval rate something down and concerns about the economy are rising. The challenges...

And the acting for medicare and Medicaid Services for president obama. Learning that it was starting to spread late last year and spreading rapidly, dr. Fauci has aid, of course, this could spread like wildfire, that we know. What does that tell us . Starting to give us a better timeline on this virus. Some of not only how it was spreading but also a little bit of how it was changing along the way as well. One thing ill caution is that people are going to hear the idea that it was mutating all a...

Activated yet again as protesters are bowing to work on a statue celebrating emancipation, one that was paid for by freed slaves. And breaking time, the judge in the Michael Flynn case delaying all future proceedings after an appeal for ordering him to drop the case against flynn but at last check he hasnt actually the case. Will he or will this judge try to fight that order . Hello and welcome to fox news night, im Shannon Bream in washington. We begin with White House Correspondent kevin corke...

There are moments when serious parties president ial candidates can emerge. We may by a proeching one of those moments. Also, well head out to the plains of iwest virginia ted cruz spoke there last night and is uniteing, killing pheasants there today, excuse me. The gop establishments have been taking a shot at him. Its a big problem for republicans and well discuss it. Also on up against the color we made history last week with our highest score ever in our first ever jackpot winner. Now three ...

We are, of course, right on the copa cabana, most famous beach in rio. See people coming in from all over the world. A lot of americans, people from argentina, uruguay, all over europe have been coming in here. Youre absolutely right. The big question is, is brazil prepared for this world cup . And there i would say it is actually still somewhat of a work in progress. We scan still see construction. Theres some all right, unfortunately were losing some audio from fred pleitgen. Were going to che...

Lawmaker, elected official, a representative who wants to be a Public Servant who makes a decision and theres no turning back . It is absolute once you make that decision. But we are into the trapping season right now when it comes to the keystone xl pipeline and the republicans are back at it again. They are trying to trap some democrats who have the facts but they, too, are somewhat in denial. You see this latest report, the National Climate assessment, to me, is a total game changer. It is un...

Lot about what the fall is going to look like. Lets get over to peter hanby who is live in washington. Peter, layout just how important today is. The environment this year is very favorable to republicans. They just need six seats to pick up the senate. And democratic incumbents are playing defense in seven states that mitt romney wants. They woub should be able to take back the senate this fall but its a big if because as we saw in the last two election cycles, 2010 and 2012, tea party and gras...

First to report that airstrikes were underway in syria. We are told the offensive began with tomahawk missiles launched from the destroyer in the red sea. And the navy crews in the gulf. If includes f18s taking off from the george h. W. Bush targeting command and control centers and weapons depots. Also in on the action, b1 stealth bombers tasked to some of the 20 targets identified inside syria for this round of strikes. Plus for the First Time Ever the navy rolled out the f22 rap for. The firs...

Well have a lot more on how the case is proceeding legally later in the show. We want to begin by talking about how americans have been reacting to the shooting in ferguson and to the protests that have followed. The New York Times poll this week, americans appear evenly divided on the Police Response to the protests. 32 of those surveyed said the officers went too far. 33 about the same number believe the Police Response has been about right. 15 say police did not go far enough. In contrast, 59...